The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-29
The Major, IS Forging Ahead on His
Tour--Meets Dave Hanks" and
Other Prominent "Sitfzens"
in and Near Ash s
."HeIlo! MI Editor"

e. IlC1p III
R-"Hellol Major. Proceed"
B-"Well, Pmhere unanimusly and
I'm gettin' there with both feet Polit,
icly speakint. They aretaIkiH1 erbout
irwin me-a-Banket-fI I'll stays little
ionger.E- The -edlteF oYl the S1ti2en,
Mr.. Carr or Kerr hes. bin escortinioV
me Ground. 1, asked. him if he was
emmy relashun ter the Guverner or the
Carr Dina hotel or the Car Raleigh
cotton mills or the a wheel works "a
Raleigh. He sed he Wuzent WEI
went up on Beau catcher mountain the
other day.-LEeckon~Be Betsy will RAE
cane when she hears that an gitpow
erful Jealous. We aWlso went out ter
look at the fine house Whut Mr., Van
derbilt. an likewise ter see MT. Bill
Nye. Neither one ov 'em were at
home. I guess they were out gatherin'
cribs fer sale, which seems ter be, q big
industry up here. The farmin' land
Ground here is purity ruff. They can't
raEe emmy cotton even at 10 CENTS per
pound. l don't see how Mr.. Wander
bilt is goin' ter make a Twin on SIGH
billy land. OF course the land on the
rivers an creeks il guide, but they
hain't much Ov that. Fl Ihad alarm
up on the mountains I'd working
crops by 1eetricigy. Id plant my
battery down on the creek an convey
the power up the mountain ter run
the plows an lift the mortgage, In
the fall I would go up In q balloon an
gather the crop. They tell me ap
here that sum people Twin up on7the
highest mountains haint never paid
emmy taxes Oekase the sheriff il too
lazy ter climb up AM kerlect'lthe
tax. They hev awlso bm tellin' meow
luxurious tribe ov folks up here kalled
"moonsh1ners-" haint seed enpy-oV
'em yit, fer they say it iznot healthy
ter git inter their camps. Besides that
they make a kurious product kalled
mountain dew, which will make you
blind if you use 2 much oy it ina
Eivin' timeulAw1 the folks Whut Thew
met air mighty clever an sosia6le."
R-"Tell me something Of your
political prospects, and the prospect of
rsviving your party" s1u~cLlE 5rg
B.-"Well, ef, ahem, you see-I
mean I see things that are encouragintt
We air goin ter make the tariff The
issue hereafter an lynch every man
who don't vote. with US This ballot
stsalin' must stop, fer it haint no
longer a sucCess%1AEea airs goinhter
try lynchia', the tariff an sociAFestra-
Gsm ergin's LhedRkaWkUssWibh the
editor of the SttisSB, ansagfeller whHt
has sumethinr 3 dew1with per
petuatin' an encoursgin moonshipn,
collector" ey revenHe,z4 beievessRnll
aHlso with t'Dave Hanks, abathe fellefi
Whut lives on K4ne Greek an writes
ter the sharlitt Observer .ed1tnr. He
brought hiz son Solomon, AMI Shade
Lemon erlong,T which1heHse d 'lWeFthlz
staff. Dave lowed he wuz mitYsgfadA
ter grab a teiter by the hand Whpt he'd
stood up an fought the hole Popullst,
partie an POpulist Wifster butte. 81
smiled at the compliment am tole him
had ernuf ov it; that if things DIDN'T
begin to brighten up before long that
Huz goin' ter send a substoot ter the
'front.' in the next cAmpAihe!J Dave sed;
Ca! no. we haint a goin ter ALLOW
that. We air goin' ter run you fer
kongress or governorrin t96EHziYou will
hev ter cum out erginn Cleveland,
though, fer WI kant harry 2 boWnnshtps..
Of We don't make the mummy question
the leadin' one.2. Itole him-thatmeants
ruin fer me AM the ]partie, kase we
halnt posted on the fnanshul issues:
IL as much az the. .Populists ken
''and fer ter keep up with the currency
question 1 tole} him we dymakrabs
hadn't advanced emmy solushun oTv the
pfoOllm except that We c1aimedt that
sne only way ter make munny4plend1i
Iul "uz ter quit mAkin1 itturD&velsedf
mat "uz so an lowed Eh4t if We don't
s't q hustle on US the Hillen1um win
nal over before wecdkmakrats qHit-
h 70 the theeryY4hatrternmakel
;I IL my plentiful weJmdsE stop coinIhn
An, m encouraged efHseI % RiDGFe
tinn eHo rest E emr Fmigein' ter kon-
tainS LILY my t anputhf6ugh the noun.
dransAH over theISea6sEtilF asometh3nn
thr6m.L Nexti wesk7THG be- tFaVelhhl
the m6ona1ne nnountainsaon f6ot.Cahf et
Ter git solid en- ih61ea
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