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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
WHEN MAGISTRATES May
QUALIFY.

The Democratic dodge to keep the
newly appointed magistrates from
qualifying, as the Secretary of State
failed to get the blanks out to the
Clerks of Court prior to the first of
April, is mere rubbish. They certainly
can qualify any time during this
month, and we are not sure but they
have three months after the first of
April. At any rate no Clerk of Court
has a right to refuse to qualify magis-
trates during this month. All who
wish to serve should go and take the
oath at once.
A correspondent who is pretty we'll
posted writes us as follows:
In 1883, the legislature passed an
act, which says: Every person elected
or appointed a justice of the peace,
shall, within thirty days after his term
OF office begins, take and subscribe the
prescribed oath before the Clerk of the
Superior Court etc.
Nov it is clear as anything can be
expressed by language, that under this
act as quoted above, every man elected
or appointed justice of the peace had
thirty days in which to qualify after
his term of Office commenced. And as
their term of Office did not under that
law, begin until August 1st following,
it is clear to every thinking mind that
each and every one had from August
the LIST to September the 1st in which
to qualify.
''The legislature of 1885, two years
later, evidently intended to make all
applintees qualify before September
the tst, hence they passed an act say
ing, All appointments Of Justices of
the peace by the General Assembly
shall be void, unless the person so ap-
poinfed shall qualify within three
monlths thereafter (See Laws of 1885,
Ch.f288.) Now, Mr.. Editor, it is a clear
case, that three months from the time
Justices of the peace have usually been
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
IMPORTANCE OF THOROUGH OR
GANIZATION.

We urge our readers to stay organ
lied. A little time and money spent
that way will be we'll spent. Give the
Alliance press liberal support. Your
papers can not stand up and fight
against fearful odds without your
patronage. Induce your neighbors to
subscribe. Present conditions cannot,
must not continue. This depression
and increasing poverty must be stop
ped, and will be checked if it takes an
actual revolution to accomplish it.
In case of trouble of this nature it is
important that the people be organ
lied in order that they may exercise
wisdom resulting from a multitude of
counsel, and when the time comes for
action act together. Every eason
favors organization at this time. The
interests of the farmers are indentical.
They must act together. They must
consult the common good and vote and
act unitedly for it's accomplishment.
Get together and prepare to cope with
organized ~plutocracy and combined
wealth. These counter organizations
are invading the domain of the farmer
and despoiling his heritage and rob,
bing him of his labor and savings. The
only way to prevent this in the future
is to organize and act unitedly, consis-
tently, conservatively, but firmly.
We, therefore, urge the farmers
everywhere to get into the Alliance.
It is the best system of organization
for the wealth producers, and the
farming element more especially. IF
there is not an Alliance in your neigh
borhood organize one. Go into it
unanimously, and don't be dictated to
and robbed longer by the grain and
money gamblers. Get into the ALI
ance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
DIR. LANSING AND PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND.

The Charlotte Observer of the 18th
replies to our estimate OF President
Cleveland's so called denial. It says:
1.-THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER sneers at
the denial of President Cleveland"
Exactly so, and we have good reasons
for so doing. To be plain and candid,
brother, we have no faith in the asser-
tions or statements of any goldbug, and
especially of one who knows better.
Ignorant men can be mislead. Those
who have no think shop of their own
may be honest in their foolish financial
views. But President Cleveland knows
better. After repeatedly misrepresent-
ing the financial question, by making
statements at variance with the facts,
it isn't any wonder that his testimony
is far below par. He handles the truth
so ~reckleesly, and has proven such a
tyrant that no jury would place any
credence in his sworn testimony, unless
it was made up Of financial Benedict
Arnolds. The Observer reproduces a
portion of our editorial and comments
as follows: I'm printing the above
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER merely
places itself on the same level with the
miserable preacher who degraded his
high calling by giving u~tterance to a
baseless Islander upon the highest off
clal of the country" Thanks for the
compliment. We understand that DIR.
Lansing stands very high as a minister
and man in the city of Boston. Our
only regret is that he yielded to the
goldbug clamor and took water instead
OF letting the goldbugs prove that his
charges were not correct, which they
have not done. Continuing, the o.
SerUer says: THE insinuation in the
FARMER that 1.-The goldbug press" alone
defended their idol is untrue" If any
other class of papers defended the
President we are not aware it. The
Observer names the Atlanta COnstitu
tiOn, which it says is almost as Popu-
listic as THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER" as
one of the papers that made a manly
defense of the President" That NAV
be so, but the Constitution is not the
same kind of a Populist we are. The
Observer says it has never heard that
President Cleveland owns q brewery AT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
o LAND.

Our liberal offer to our friends who
may wish to sell land has been taken
advantage of by two or three people.
We offer to put in a small advertise
ment, fully descriptive of your land,
four times for only 81, provided you
are a subscriber and send money to re-
new for one year and 81 additional for
the advertisement. This offer ought
to bring dozens of advertisements.
People who are not now subscribers,
can take advantage of this offer by
subscribing for one year and sending
81 additional for the advertisement.
Such an opportunity to advertise land
may not be offered Don again. Act
quickly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
NEED OF REFORM PAPERS.

The goldbug people own or control a
powerful press. They are using lit to
bewiider the people with ingenious
falsehoods. The reformers must be up
and doing. We ought to have at least
a small reform paper in every county
in the United States. This, however,
is well nigh impossible at this time.
But we ear have at least two or three
in each congressional district to pub,
lish the truth. If reformers will give
these papers their undivided support
they can be published. Reformers are
growing poorer, but the number is
growing larger, and they are learning
to read honest papers. Don't wait
until next year to educate the people.
1t will be too late then. Act now and
get these papers started.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
FIGUREs.

Some one has said that f gures never
1;o R,,t a later edition of philosophers
odmit that liars can dgurR The Demo
cratic press is responsible for the
figures we are going to place before
the reader. Since the 18th OF June,
1892. according to said papers, no less
than 200, 600, 600, O0disgusted Popullsts
have returned to the Democratic
party in North Carolina alone. Inc
returning process has gone on daily
and hourly, but at times the stampede
has been like unto a mighty rushing OF
humanity. Nearly every paper has
contributed more or less to this awful
detection. Some of them say 'they
are coming back in droves," others are
O conservative in their statements.
However, all agree that there is a
steady stream of disguised, 'disap-
pointed deceived" citizens rushing,
tumbling, scrambling and. climbing
into the great Cleveland menagerie.
But few people can comprehend the
above figures. Two hundred billions
of men! Think of it! Allowing a
reasonable amount of land for each
man to stand on-and Populists-
especially Disguised ones, have pretty
large feet, it will require every square
inch of North and South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and Kentucky to con-
tain this vast aggregation of renovated
citizens. Place them in a straight line,
shoulder to shoulder, and they will
reach from the extreme free silver end
of the Democratic party to the extreme
goldbug end of said party. If they
should march before President Cleve-
land for review, in single file, at the
rate of four miles per hour, tramp,
tramp, tramp, night and day, he would
probably consume so, 900 barrels of
beer before the last man would march
in front of him. Placed a few feet apart
this number of men would encircle the
circumference of the earth ninety and a
half times. But why carry the illus
trations further? The gorgeousness of
the scene is too appalling. If any per
son doubts these statements we refer
them to the files of said papers for the
past three years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
THAT PENIrRNrIARY CONTEST.

d ~penltentiary has been controlled
by five directors. The late legislature
increased thenumber to fourteen, elect
ing Meyer Hahn, r. L. Herbert, T. E.
McCaskey, j. 7. B Hoover, J. E.
Bryan, II. B. Parks, E. F. Wakefield,
j. A. Cheek, Henry Dockery, nine adj
dltlonal. The election was held late in
the session and President Doughton re-
fused to declare the election legal. as
four less than a quorum of the mem
bers are recorded as voting, though, of
course, a quorum was present at the
time, the Democrats failing to vote
either way.
The Populist caucus selected Capt.
w. III. KItchin to be "Agent" or the
pehitentiary. Capt. Kitchin, with
counsel and eight of the nine new
directors, appeared here Wednesday to
attend the regular meeting of directors.
They went to the penitentiary, where
the five Democratic directors, the old
board, were in session, but Superln-
tendent Leazar denied admission which
was a high handed proceeding, to say
the least of it.
But, in the meantime, Governor Carr
had been getting in some partisan work.
He had quietly appointed nine addi-
tional Democratic directors, placing
himself above the legislature, which is
the highest tribunal in the State, ex
cept the Supreme Court, which, how
ever, has no legislative power. Gov.
Carr appointed B. W. Ballard, Frank
linton; W. A. Darden, Speights Bridge;
w. II. Smith, Goldsboro; S. G. Rankin,
Fayetteville; w. J. White, Warrenton;
R. H. Hicks. Rocky Mount; W. J.
Adams, Carthage; T. S. Dale, Yadkin
College; r. L. Ryburn, Shelby. Eight
of these met with the old board and
were sworn in by a magistrate. This
crowd reelected Supt. L9azar. The
eight new directors, elected by the
legislature, eight of the nine came)
met and elected Capt. Kitchin agent"
of the p~enitentiary.
It is understood that the counsel on
both sides have arranged to bring the
case before Judge Starbuck in the Su-
perior Court in this city at once. 1t
will be appealed to the Supreme Court
and opinions given soon. Treasurer
Worth notified Mr.. Leazer last week
that he would not pay any more vouch-
ers from him until the case is decided
and it is known who really has charge
of the ~penitentiary. But this will not
include money for supplies or wages of
subordinates.
We hope this matter will be settled
according to law. Our Supreme Court
understands the law, and, we believe,
will settle the matter according to the
evidence adduced.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
n. r. p. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

We still insist that Gov. o. Ferral is
q whole Team-Ohl
There is nothing little about Sam
Small when it comes to working up
libel suits.
The State of Georgia has bought
another railroad. This is ~''paternal
ism" you Know.
Fifteen advocates of a one plank
party marched up a hill. Then they
marched down again.
Cleveland is q blessing in disguise.
He has given. the c0unty an object
lesson that will never be forgotten, and
will hasten relief.
We hope Mr.. Sells stock law will
not seriously interfere with the com
ing and going of the editor of the
Chatham Record.
An exchange says the future Ameri-
CAMS destined to be the highest type
of humanity. If that is true we will
then have no goldbugs amongst us.
In the olden times great rulers Dr.
dered those who displeased them be-
headed or shot. President Cleveland
Furnishes his o~bstreperous subjects by
getting shot himself.
Build up the Alliance. Agents for
the Alliance aid Association can do a
great work along this line, and give
members an opportunity to get the
cheapest insurance in the world.
We have just discovered another
important commission made by the last
legislature. 1t failed to qualify some
of cur State officials for the high
and important positions they hold.
That old story: Democracy is i'm.
mortal" has been revived again. Per
haps it is. But the modern goldbug
variety dispensed by Cleveland
wouldn't last five years if preserved il
alcohol.
An exchange says: "The issue be
tween the gold standard Democrats
and the bimetallic Democrats is clearly
drawn" If a gold standard Democrat
is a Democrat, then the devil is a de
vout Christian.
Advertise your chickens, ducks, hogs
sheep, cattle and horses, if you have
improved breeds. We will furnish
cuts of any sort of blooded stock to run
in connection with advertisements
without extra charge.
1t is said that only two men in tn
city of Raleigh fully endorse Presiden
Cleveland. One of them is the riches
man, the other the poorest. The ricl
man is a fool for money and the poo
man is a fool for the want of serse.
''The best banking system in tn
world" is not even best for the bankers
A few days ago one Chicago paper ha
an account of seven bank failures, tn
arrest of two bankers and an accoun
of the fight of a defaulting cashier VIII
carried away $40 900.
This issue of The PROGRESSIVE FAE
MER is not a free coinage edition, bU
We publish four columns of interesting
reading on this subject on page g.
OleVelands letter on the goldbug sid
ana several replies. The issue j
0early uraWn. Clevelands' letter is
defense of sound money!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

The oficeholders and politicians for
revenue only in this State may think
they can hold their ground and make
gains through social ostracism and
business b~oycotting, but they will come
out at the little end of the horn. How
ever, these methods and shameless
lying are their only weapons, and they
will usA them
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

The prospect for an early agreement
OF peace between China and japan,
and the need of great quantities of
silver, put up the commercial vaIne
OF that article a few weeks ago,
With the rise of silver came a rise in
n price OF cotton and many other
things. We told you so. Just think
no" what an impetus would be given
to everything should the coinage ri
SILVER oeglnl You simply couldn't
hold this old country down at all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

The Beaufort Herald rises to ask:
Were all the fools elected to the last
General Assembly, or have all the
liars gone to editing Democratic pa
pers9" We don't know the exact per-
centage in either case, but the liars
seem to be in the lead at present.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

The Nashua, N. H., Savings Bank
closed it's doors the other day with 3d.
zoo, 600 liabilities. The officials of the
bank we're strongly in favor Of the re-
peal of the Sherman law and ''were
against any legislation in favor of sill
YER" They did not want any ''debased
dollars' in theirs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

Buffalo. We have, and gained h IN
formation from Buffalo and New XorK
papers, some of them friendly to Cleve-
land, others opposed to him politically
When he came from the Chicago Con
vention in '92 he and a party of friends,
so these papers said, stopped over and
sampled the products of said brewery
getting full TO the high beer mark be-
fore proceeding to New York. we
still hold that his defenders have not
made out a case and that he has not
made a denial worthy of notice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

Every subscriber who is in aTrearH
or whose.time is about out, is urged "
renew and pay up at once. We ne0o
money and must have it. Don't decay
a day longer. Your paper will surrey
be stopped if you wait much longer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

The oyster law passed by the last
legislature is said to be very satlstac-
tory. 1t is really the first law of the
kind ever passed in the State that
gives all dredgers something like an
equal chance. A large number of peo-
pie along the coast are interested in
this law,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
IN THE INTEREST OF HEALTH.


Recently two interesting pamphlets
issued by the North Carolina Board Of
Health, one of which is entitled ''Sug.
gestions on the Prevention of Tubercu.
losis rs we Know it To day." the other
Drinking Water in its Relation to
Malarial Diseases" in both of which
every one is interested because both
very much concern the health of the
people. The Board of Health is doing
a good work in the attention it is CIV
ing such matters, and if the people
cooperate in following it's suggestions
the rate of mortality in North Caro-
lima will be very materially decreased,
as it has been in some sections already
where artesian wells have been bored
and a pure quality of drinking water
supplied. DR.. Richard H Lewis, Of
Raleigh, Secretary of the Board, will
send you a copy free Of charge if you
will read and hand out to some of your
nelghbors. Health is wealth. Our
people ought to be well posted in such
matters,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
H LATEST SCHEME

AVE.
Some days ago a ''feeler" was thru.
out through their Washington mas" a
piece, the Post, to see if thew ooG
check the reform movement nv os eol0
ing to nominate a Southern mon
President. on the Democratic tioh1 VI
By this means they probably tbo~S'
that defunct organization could ha~'
suscitated, at least given some anno.S
ance of life. This tub to the wbara,
will not fool many people. It il msr
known now that the goldbug plutocraop
has agreed to throw its strenptb
favor of the Republican nominee ~
President, who, of course, will hos
monometallist like Cleveland. D.,
they are willing Ito keep up appno,
ances' by nominating a goldbug Sortb
ern Democrat to head off the reforma,o
But they are cautious people. Tbi,
Southern man must be a gOIdbuq-bs
might by some hook or crook pet
elected. A New York dispatch pivo,
interviews with prominent New Yort
goldbugs. We append what two of thu
leaders said:
Henry Clews, who is one of the keen
est %fnanciers, as well as one of the most
careful observers of the signs of thu
times, said to-day:
1.-THE mission of the visionary silver
men to come to the East to make con,
verts to their way of thinking will sp.
nally fall, because it is directed entirpEV
toward national free coinage indeDenf
emit of international arrangement AZ !.
should be. It is we'll, however, that
their suicidal scheme scheme should NJ
ceive all the publicity that the siIve,
fanatics are trying to give it, and then
when the next presidential election
comes the honest population of the
country will understand the meaning
of the plot and will be prepared with .
verdict that will settle all such rant
once and forever. If a presidential
candidate comes from the South he
must be sound On the money question
that much is sure"
Elk Secretary Charles Fairchild, who
is at present president of a big trust
company in Wall street, has this tosay
on the subject:
"There is no reason in the world wbv
a presidential candidate should moi
come from the South. They have lots
of good men down there who are sound
on their views on money as we'll az On
other leading questions. I think that
a candidate from the South would poll
a large vote, if we were assured that
his monetary views were what thew
should be. We are monometallists and
only endorse bimetallism when it be.
comes the subject of international
agreement. The cry Of the bloody shirt
will never be raised again. The Demo
cratic party will find it's candidate in q
man with broad and sound views. re.
gardless of his place of residence. The
truth is, there is more silver fanaticism
in the West than in the South, and our
National Reform Club have to combat
these people.
1.-The silver question is bound to cut
a big figure in the coming presidential
campaign, and we can well afford to
take a good man from any part of the
Union"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

More than $50, 600 copies of "CoinS
Financial School" have been sold in the
past six months, and the sales are IN
creasing daily. Renew and send 10
cents extra and get q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

You may think you understand the
financial question, but after reading
Coin Financial School" you will have
many new ideas. Price 25, 80 andFL
A copy with this paper for only 10
cents to renewing subscribers, or y
cents to new n e
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

"T6m stGnding Just behind the
curta;A, and in full gLOU Of the coming
Ssrnaef Behind me are the shadows on
he fTGj ek, before me lies the dark galley
nyd t62e TiUeT. When mgingLe tUith cts
dgSL %Uaters I tCGnt to cast M finger
SG0 took upon q country Whose govern
msrjt is Of the people, for the people,
AMID 6y the peopLe."-L. L. Polk, july
Ehh. 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23

TIE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and Blue
and the Gray, one of the best maya
zines published, for only 50 a year to
new or old subscribers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-23
H SHOE FACTORY.

The following has been sent us from
Vance County Alliance:
1--WE, the Alliance of Vance county
In regular session assembled, this the
18th day of April, 1895, do endorse the
Alliance Shoe Factory, and we recon
mend to the Sub Allianceso of our county
and to individual Alliancemen tha'
they take stock in the enterprise"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-09-04

= The japanese grow dwarf oak
and pine trees that arc only Is inches
high when 200 years old.
= Among every 1000 inhabitant in
the United States there is an average
of 3Sl who are under lG; in France
there are only 270 such to the l 200.
The maximum age assigned to
the pine is 700 years; to the red
beach, 245 to the oak, 40, and to
the ash, 145 years.
= Mr.. Jacob Esbcuscn, who is in
the employ of the Chicago Lumber Co.,
at Dcs Moincs, Iowa, says: 81 have
just sent some medicine back to my
mother in the old country, that l
know from personal use to be the best
medicine in the world for rheumatism,
having used it in my family for scv-
cral years. 1t is called Chamberlain $
Pain Balm. Italways does the work. =
80 cent bottles for sale by Hill Bros.