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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22

lieve it is the best for us. / am sure
we can build and equip a three story
new building more suitable for q shoe
factory, with better machinery than
in the present building, with ground
room for all other enterprises we may
choose to add and building lots sui
fcient for all those who may be need
ed to run the factory, at less cost tnan
the present building has been sold tor'
The purchase Of this property from
under the Alliance while 1 understand
it is claimed it was not q blow
at the Alliance, yet it is like thousands
of things that have been done GyG'"0
the organization to cripple 1t '0tt"0"'
Intending it. Brethren from u COu
try with whom we have talked na'e
been aroused by this proceeding, anu
are more determined than ever % nave
the factory established. One DrOtner
sovs his Sub Alliance had called q spe-
cisI meeting just as soon as they neard
hat the Cary property had been DID
in nv other parties, and that 1t was the
feeling that they would take double the
amount of stock that they intended
taking before. Brethren, it is a well
known fact that the enemies OF u
order are against our having factories
of any kind, but say that if we will at
tend to the legitimate business of the
farmers, as they term it, that is, pillow
on and vote as they tell you, and let
others Cnot farmer5 run the factories,
manage the price of your farm pro-
ducts, loan you what money you need
on mortgage, make you pay the prices
they may choose for manufactured ar
ticles, then the organization is q grand
thing. Brethren, is it not time that you
are awakening to your interests, to
your dutiesG Is it not time that you had
come to the conclusion that you can
manufacture your shoes, your wool
and cotton, establish your cotton seed
oil mills and your t~anneries, and have
some one of your number to keep you
posted on prices of cotton, poultry,
eggs ETC., and n )t depend Sd much on
some one else who use you for their
own benefit and your loss. The shoe
factory will b built and put in opera
ton at once at Cary or some other
point. Forward your subscriptions as
fast as possible. Your Executive Com
mittee mean business and if you do
your part, all will be we'll.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
THE GOOD OLD WAY.

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has been
q whipping post advocate for some
time. We are not in favor of progress
ing backward, but we believe it was a
bad day when imprisonment was sub
stituted for the good old rule of forty
save one. Wife beaters and roguish
bank officials ought to come under the
head of criminals who deserve thirty.
nine, and certain other offences might
be included. 1t would save a vast
amount of expense, reduce the number
of crimes, and prove beneficial to the
culprits themselves.
The grand jury in the District of
Columbia have taken a bold stand and
recommend that the whipping post be
re established in the city of Washing
ton. In their report the grand jury
said:
1--WE, the under signed, members of
the grand jury of the District of Co
lumbia, after discussion of the various
crimes and offenses brought to our at
tention, believe that until some other
methods of punishment for such of
lenses as petty larceny and wife beat
ing than those which now prevail in
the District of Columbia are adopted,
the commission of said crimes and Of
lenses will continue to increase.
1--WE, therefore, after serious consid
GRAFTON, do most earnestly recommend
the honorable Judges of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia that
they take such steps to institute a
whipping-post, IS will cause the same
to be established, believing that the
same would result in a decrease of
crime in the district of Columbia and
lessen the expenditures of the criminal
courts in said District"
In directing the clerk to file the pa
per, Judge Bradley remarked that he
agreed that the establishment of q
whipping pest here would be produc
tive of good results in some instances.
But the court could not establish it,
hence Congress should be applied to in
the matter, and he advised the mem
bers of the grand jury to move in that
direction.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
DANGER OF N LAW.

We are opposed to lynch law. If
resorted to at all it should be after all
other meaIsar exhausted to mete out
punishment to those who commit
heinous crimes, and when the evidence
against the accused is upimpeachable
or the crime has been confessed. And
then it is hardly fair to lynch the
prisoner unless the judge, jury and
counsel who are responsible for the
miscarriage of justice are treated in
the anne way.
Lynch law is dangerous. It is a vio-
lation of civil law. When enforced by
sober and responsible citizans it may
punish the wrong man, and certainly
demoraliz9s the community and coun-
try at large. Only a few days ago an
angry mob tried to lynch a prisoner in
a Virginia Jail. The only charge
against the man was that he tried to
force a lady, to give him a receipt for
a board bill, and drew a pistol on her
TO brighten her into compliance with
the demand. Now that was very ug-
Iv. He deserved punishment-severe
punishment. But no Law says
the man shall be put to death.
.Lvnching would have been nothing
abort of murder. There had been no
miscarriage of justice. He had been
arrested promptly by civil officers and
was in jail awaiting trial and doubt
less the court would have made the
punishment commensurate with the
offence. Lynch law is dangerous.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
N. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Hold your cotton.
There are some wagons so tired"
ga4t a little work breaks them COM
Dietely down.
Our enterprising Raleigh warehouse,
nan, Nh. J. 8. Meadows, is offering q
sicket to the Atlanta Exposition free
to tobacco growers. Read his ad. in
aaother column.
me Cumberland County Fair will be
I'd at Fayetteville, N. O., Wednes-
Day, Thursday and Friday, November
9TH and 9Th. The annual address
g.. / be delivered at the Fair grounds,
Thursday the 7Eh, by Senator Marion
tier.
DIR. Jno. B Hussey, Senator Buffers
.rsvate secretary, has filed complaint
$40, 600 libel suit against the News
ezi Observer Publishing Co., Raleigh,
r. @. The case will be called at the
Z burary term of the Wake county
SIperior court.
me article headed Onions in the
18th" which appeared in last weeks
4 Ie of the THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
SaOuld have been credited to the
Arlerican Agriculturist. This is a
~ practical article and we take
% in giving the Agriculturist
oper credit.
We have just received a copy of the
1t issue of the Huntersville High
loOl Scissors. published at Hunters
50 10, N. O., by Professors 81. A. Grey
IL W. G.. Crosby. 1t is a monthly
soHool magazine and the subscription
CO 10 IS cents a year. With that
7be scholar, Prof. II. A. Grey, in the
editorial chair, the 81, II s. Scissors at
orGe becomes the leading school journal
q the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
THE sHoE FAC T

The factory property at Cary has
3a sed into other hands than the ALI
70. After a thorough examination
said property, as ordered by the
p te Alliance, the Executive Commit
accepted a proposition made by an
orney for the heirs-but some of
Use being minors, of course the o
~ had to be sold publicly, bv order
r court, and other parties overbi1 the
posed price.
ne Executive Committee will he In
zs sion on next Wednesday, the 2Sd
IL ;ant, and before many of the read.
r.s of this paper have seen this article
INC committee will, without doubt
nave taken steps to have the factory
g some suitable place. Proposition
T. N qliteanumber OF towns have beer
g. aived for the factory site and tn
Eealoval of our headquarters, al
.s which will be duly consider
- by the Committee.
t is to be noted that one o
leading spirits of Gary to hav,
aa hold our annual meeting
IRE and the n who gave us such
Grty welcome and afterwards il
asAlng US to place our enterprise there
'pld be the q who raised the BIZ
u.s. tits reported that a wealth,
7'e Is backing this party. / be
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
A BELATED cALAMITY HowLRR.

Inc men who dip their pens in rose
oolorea Ink have lattterly had much to
say OF the greatly improved outlook
ana 1t ls no doubt true that there has
been some reaction that is favorebIo
since the very low plane of 8 9 when
the bottom had we'll nigh dropped ont
But somehow the tramp busiDass
fourishes. According to a Northern
authority" in 1892, the number of
tramps was As .142, costing So, 600, OOO
annually for their support. He says
that this devouring army has SO in
creased that in 1895, it really numbers
5 1858, costing the people $17, 900, 600
to feed them. The army of tramps is
being recruited and enlarged all the
time. Why's Where is the cure-
Wilmington Messenger.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
& OF THE PRESS.

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patriotic
Paragraphs from Reform Papers.
Returning prosperity is all in the
newspapers as yet. Have you seen
any indications of itG-Washington
Republic.
Business is picking up. On, yes,
the mortgage foreclosure is picking
up the property of the people La.
boris Tribune.
The 80 cent dollar which the farmer
has most to fear is the one that will
buy two bushels of wheat at so cents a
bushel Buzz Law.
The dollars ofthe daddies is cutting
a bigger swath in the Democratic party
than a bicycle could at a Sunday
school picnic. Farm 9rs' Voice.
While the financial system permits
the robbing of the treasury, selfish
human nature will continue to take
advantage oft .-Saturday Critic.
The main question with the farmers
is whether they want a one dollar
bushel or a two bushel dollar. The
plutocrats want the two bushel dollar.
Peoples Pilot.
All the gold and silver have not been
sufficient to supply the money needed.
The two metals have been supple
mented with paper money for hun
dreds of years.-Missouri World.
Votes count, it is said. That de
ponds on how they are counted. They
did not seem to count in a Chicago dis
trict at the late congressional election.
But the judges did. They counted
Observation-Disclosures Voice.
Sound currency" is only another
name for honest money" Both
names originated in hell, were started
by Sherman and Cleveland, the arch
traitors to American interests. Buzz.
Saw.
England has twice failed to conquer
the United States, but Uncle Sam is
n, about to capitulate in favor of the
money power. England failed to con-
quer us with arms, but with money
she is about to succeed Southern
Mercury.
There isn't a more pious people any
where than the Southern Democrats,
but that fact isn't preventing them
from registering 16 year old negro
boys in Tom Watson's district in order
to have the names on which repeatere
may vote at the coming special cleo
ton, so as to defeat Watson. Truth,
Granbury, Texas.
Every man for himself and the
devil take the hindmost," is a good
enough recipe for making millionaires,
paupers, plumbers, bribsrs, thieves,
boodlere, bosses, anarchists, tramps,
buns and all the worst products OF
civilization, but a mighty poor method
of making patriots, statesmen and
good citizens; in short the poorest
kind of a recipe for a Christian civil,
i~zation, for good government or social
improvement.-People's Alliance,
Hartford, Mich.
Another progressive and radical
preacher, Rev. f. F. Paeem ore of Den
yer, Col, has been fired out of his
church and pulpit because he told the
truth and dilated upon the inactivity
of the church in the work of Christ
and true Christianity. That's right,
fire every one of his kind. TIE more
fred, the better we like it. Driven
from place to place, such men scatter
the seeds of truth and justice, and like
the will of God for right, it will pre-
vail. -American Enterprise.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22

Atwood, Violet & Co., have issued a
special bulletin advising farmers to
hold their cotton. Tney say it lies with
the cotton raisers whether theysacriice
their product or not. Hold it
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
AN EXCEPTION.

II. hardly know whether to marry
her or not" said the count. Her
father is in the clothing trade"
There is morey in clothes, " said the
duke.
There isn't any in mine," said the
ount.-Indianapolis Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22

Farmers, hold your cotton. You can
force the price to 15cents il. you viii.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30

have tbs power to command the rain.
The men often cram rice and beans
into their mouths from spoon. They
are very dexterous at this and never
make mistake, although, the spoon
never touches the mouth.
''The most beautiful sight l saw was
the avenues of royal palms in the
Botanical Garden at Rio. There are
two of these avenues made in the form
of a cross. They are smooth, slender
and graceful, rising one hundred feet
in the air, each having only q tuft of
feathery leaves at the top. There are
eighty.six of these trees on o.ther side
OF the avenue and they are 80 feet
apart. The avenues are "a feet wide.
So straight are these trees that, when
viewed on dead line they have the
appearance of an unbroken wall the
whole distance of about half q mile.
The view down the avenue, the blue
mountains in the distance, is one Of
the most beautiful my eyes have ever
looked upon.
cone very noticeable thing to o
stranger in Brazil is the different
varieties of trees, none of them being
like ours. The people there pay no
attention to the trees and hardly q
man knows the names of them. It's q
wonderful country, but still its not up
to the South, and I'm truly glad to be
at home again.
DR.. Morrison brought back with him
some specimens of Brazilian leaves
and some other queer products of the
trees, in addition to some pictures,
one showing the lip and ear orna-
ments of the aborigines. Some of the
leaves gathered from vines are ex-
actly like olive colored plush end
would be taken anywhere for artificial
leaves.
The doctor had some vegetables
puppies, tibrouslooking objects coming
from pulpy ball growing on tree.
They present the appearance OF a
sleeping dog and are real curiosities.
Then he has some monkey churrs, q
vegetable growth, very much ike a
churn in shape to the top of which,
when detached, is fastened something
like the dasher that reaches to the
bottom of the churn.
DR.. Morrison gives graphic de-
scription of the ants of Brazil, the
white ones often eating houses away
and causing them to fall. When the
red ants take possession of a field it
las to be given up to them, Us they
throw up large, circular piles of dirt
from one to five feet high, and they
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30

aigrette and two black ostrich feathers,
fastened by q brass buckle. On the
opposite side, at the back, are two
more ostrich feathers.
Another fetching" hat shown by
Fifth avenue milliner is OF fine black
straw, with wide brim and low crown,
surrounded by thick wreath of
colored dahlias, from which springs
another wreath or crown of black
feather tips which entirely surrounds
the crown, somewhat in wild Indian
fashion. Underneath the brim at the
back another dahlia is placed which
falls over the hair.
Hats are larger this season than IN
the summer, but for faces which can
not stand wide brim some pretty
tooues are made. One which is
especially effective for such face this
month is of yellow straw which is
made into ruches to form the brim !;
on either side are arranged three corn
flowers of two shades of blue, together
with pair of brown Mercury wings.
On either side at the back is rosette
of brown and blue shot silk ribbon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30

Among various other reasons for
the decline of the reading habit, NJ.
Cim, French expert, mentions the
bicycle fever. which has also injured
the business of the theatres, cafes,
etc. /; the quantity of reading matter
furnished by the newspapers; the ez-
cessive production of books, many OF
which are published for account of
the authors, who are usually out OF
pocket by the venture. The booksell.
ers have endeayored to arrest the de-
cline of their business by forming q
syndicate, which has entered into ne
gotiations with the publishers syndi-
cate with view to fixing uniform
prices and trade discounts, and cut
ting of the supplies of dealers who
undersell. This measure was princi-
pally aimed at the large department.
or dry goods esta6iishments, which
have taken over bookselling and OBJ
tain extra discounts by buying large
quantities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30
TYPES OF ABoRIGINEs.

they do here, and little streams that
would be called vet weather streams
here flow there all the year. tits one
of the best natural countries on the
globe. The trees grow in great luxu-
rance and vines cling to them, so that
it is we'll nigh impossible for cat to
go through Brazilian forest. Such a
network of vines is found on the tree
tops that monkeys run across it as if
it was floor.
"When man gets ready to cult.
vate new field he cuts down the
trees and vines and leaves them on the
ground until they are dry, when he
burns them. 1t never occurs to him
to pillow the land, for there are no
plows. The ground is soft and the
farmer generally sticks holes in the
earth with his bare toe, drops in the
corn and leaves it to make itself. 9th
ers use sticks for, this purpose and
some of the more progressive use
hoes. Coffee grows on the mountain
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30

sides and this is one of the chief pur-
suits of the people. One popularity
of the soil is that it will not wash as
does ours. Where embankments are
on the railroad the print of the picks
and grubbing hoes can be seen, al
though the road was made twenty-five
years ago.
''Brazil is a country where the most
primitive methods for everything are
employed. The only Brazilian inven-
ton is one for crushing corn. A Sec
ton of log is sunk in the ground
end up. The end is followed out like
a bowl. A big log is suspended from
an upright pole, on one end being a
heavy wooden chunk like mallet
while on the other end is trough.
The mallet end is the heaviest and fits
in the bowl. When it is in use the
bowl is filled with corn and a mill
race is opened. The water running
down the hill fills the trough, making
that end OF the pole the heaviest. 1t
falls, elevating the mallet end.
''As soon as it strikes the ground
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30
A Queer Stone.

Did you ever see seode, the ugly
creamy-yellow, rounded rock, which,
upon being broken open, presents a
perfect wilderness of diamond.like
crystals? They are oddities OF the
oldest kind, and are not too plentiful
anywhere. The word "geode, means
"earthform," and is applied to all hol-
low stones which are filed with cry
stsllized matter. When broken open
some are found to be filled with pure
looking clear water. Others appear
to be full of yellow or broken paint,
while third class are filed with what
appears to be fair quality OF tar.
No odds what the filling of the cavity
may be composed of, the sides are
always studded with CRYSTALS. Should
the filing be yellow, the crystals are
likely to be of the same color, put by
far the greater portion OF the n are as
clear as ice or diamonds. San Fran
cisco Call.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30

Seattle, whose ambition is to be
s'the Chicago of the Northwest" has
begun $1,000, 900 waterway known
as the Puget Sound and Lake Wash
ington Ship Canal. The project has
been under consideration forty years,
and it starts with local subscription
of S500,O00. The canal is only about
four miles long, states the New York
Sun, but it has to cut through couple
of hills; and since, also. it is to be
eighty feet wide at the bottom anl
twenty-six feet deep at low tide, it
becomes no little of an undertaking.
Lake Washington, which is twenty
miles long, by from three to five
broad, and from fifty to seventy-dve
feet deep, will then form q new fresh
water haven for ships.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-10-30

TN the Atlanta (Ga.) Journal Rev.
DR.. H. G. Morrison, the Secre-
tary of the Methodist Board of
Missions, tells of some queer
things to be seen in Brazil, that won
aerrul Republic in South America.
Brazil" said the doctor, sis a
wonderful country-larger than the
United States, and Rio, the old seat OF
monarchy, now the seat of Govern
ment, is splendid city of 100000 in
habitants. This is not the only city
OF Importance, for there are many
others, among them San Paula, with
population OF 130, 900. Back from the
coast, in the centre of Brazil there
*are about two million Indians, wild
and fierce, and dangerous men they
are"
Brazil is the only one of the Gen.
trail American States in which Portu-
guese is spoken. When the country
vas first taken possession of it was di-
vided between Portugal and Spain,
Portugal taking Brazil and Spain TAX
ing the other thirteen countries
"The average Brazilian home,"
said DR.. Morrison, sis but a dwelling
place. I do not mean, of course, the
homes in The populous centres, but in
the rural districts. There is no word
in the language for home, 1t is al.
ways spoken of as my house.. The
house is generally latticework af-
fair, the interstices daubed with mud.
A window is cut in the end and q
plank shutter is attached, making the
interior of the house as dark as night.
No flowers bloom about the door, no
ornamental trees are seen, nothing at
tractive. A grunting pig, few
chickens and ducks and sometimes a
mula are all that adds life to the
place. If it happens to be convenient
the man will not hesitate to drive the
pig or lead the mule through the
house.
''The wife is only woman who
cooks the beans and pie for the man,
waits on the children and feeds the
pigs duu CulChtuS. Lively non ~
Brazil smokes cigarettes. They smoke
only once day and that is all day
long, for they carry boxes filed with
cigarettes, and as fast as one burns
out o fresh one is lit from the stump.
1t is mystery to me how the women
stand the smoke, for it is everywhere,
especially on the railroad trains, for
in every coach the men smoke cigar
cites regardless OF the women. The
average woman in Brazil is never seen
to smile, for she has nothing to
brighten up her life. She may be
described in the words, sallow and
sad.
"The country is mountainous, and
while it is cooler than it is here, an
Rmeriear always wants his umbrella,
for there is sickly heat from the sun,
showing that You are nearer to it than
here. The soil is sponge-like and
seems to hold the moisture and dis
tribute it as it is needed. The rains
do not overflow the rivers there as