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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
THE ROAD LAW.
A Correspondent Favors it and Thinks
Hyde County Will Vote for 1t.
Correspondence of tbs Progressive Farmer.

Correspondence of tbs Progressive Farmer,
LEECHvILLE, N. c., Oct. 1, '95.
I see in your editorial columns in
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER September
Oath an article in regard to the road
la VS., passed by the last Legislature,
which says 1--WE think the intention
of the law is good, but the plan is open
to objection"
Ny idea in regard to the law is that
it will meet with the approval of a ma
i0rity of the voters in our county
hyde and if the amount of money is
not sufficient to keep the road in rep tr
l think Sec. 8 of this act will allow the
general county fund to help. l think
n addition to the amount Of county
convict labor, that Sec. 2 of Chap. 1874,
laws of 1895, provides that any county
in the State having raised this amount
of money is entitled to the use OF %
convicts from the State prison. 10
sum the whole matter up, 1t WILL
amount to a neat sum in county;
probably will be suf cient. If not, the
idea of running roads out from county
towns would not meet with the ap-
prevail of the people, for in some counties
in the State, the county town instead
of being the hub, is nearer the rim
You would have to put the spokes IN
the rim first. This plan will not DO ID
our county.
But to improve the roads in our
State to any great extent is near I'M
possible while we are 80 near banR-
rupt.
Improve our country by letting uS
handle enough money to do the OuSl,
ness of the country on a cash basis, ana
every enterprise will build up.
w. A. Russ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08

tractionists would faint if such a propo
sition to be made.
Sixteen to one is the present ratio
and has been the ratio ever since June
%, 1884, From 1892 to 1884 the ratio
was 10 to 1, but in the latter year the
ratio was changed by reducing the
amount of gold in a dollar.
There are but two propositions before
the people SO far as ratio is concerned.
One is Is to 1, the other is to contract
the money volume by making the ratio
greater by increasing the size of the
silver dollar. It resolves itself down
to a question Of expansion or contrac-
ton, and that is all there is in it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
COME SOUTH YOUNG MAN.

We are not in favor of big shows in
a general way. However, if we must
have them, much depends upon where
they are held. The large Exposition
now going on at Atlanta will prove
beneficial to the South and turn the
tide of money and immigration this
way. The Phila: elphia Centennial did
much to build up that city, and mil
lions of dollars went North never to re
turn. A vast sum went North during
the Worlds Fair at Chicago in 1898.
Now the South has a little pull at the
purse strings. True, the money will
nearly all go to Atlanta, but it will be
out of the North at any rate. The rail
roads are reaping a rich harvest, and
that will distribute the money spent
more or less. Still another advantage
will be that a portion of the many
thousands of people coming South to
see the Atlanta Exposition, will seize
the opportunity to prospect a little.
They want to see our factories, mines,
forests, farms, and they will move
around and spend some money in every
locality. Others will visit relatives A
little later on thousands ofinvalids will
come South and spend the winter. All in
all it is probably fortunate that the
Atlanta Exposition was conceived just
at this time. At any rate, let us be
thankful that the Exposition is not
North, where it would be a still further
drain on our slender resources, for peo-
pie will go to such things.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE
FARMERS.

The Atlanta Constitution, after re
lating that all the Presidents save
Chester Arthur were country bred,
goes on to say:
1T is the same WY in business.
Almost every great capitalist, mer-
chant and professional man in the
United States is country bred. The
men born in cities who inherit fortunes
and step into the shoes of their fathers
find it difficult to hold their own
against country boys like Jay Gould,
Charles A. Dana, Charles Broadway
Rouse, John 81. Inman, and a host of
others.
And it is so in literature. Nearly
every famous writer is the product of
the country. The c~ountryman has the
best OF it. Whether on the farm or in
'ne city, he bosses the job"
10 Ihe above the R chmond E zening
Star adds the following which 10
equally true:
Yet the c~ountryman has lost caste
Forty years ago the farmer was the
leading man in all the gatherings ~
the South. To day he is without credit
or standing in all parts of the country.
Any city man worth $4,000 can nego
tiate a note more readily than the far
mer worth $50, 600, Even the clerks
and the mechanics in the towns and
cities speak contemptuously of him al
a "hayseed." We have here in Rich
mond bank Presidents, wholesale mer
chants, lawyers and judges who have
guided the pillow, but the SONS of these
men have imbibed but little respect fol-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
DEMOCRATIC POLICY OUTLINED

The New Y rk c orrespondent OF the
S~satesville Landmark outlines the fu-
ture national policy of the Democratic
party in regard to finance. AS the
writer doubtless knows what is on foot,
we recommend the following to the
prayerful and fearful consideration of
the so called silver Democrats, and to
that portion of them who still contend
that the only way to get silver is
through the Democratic party:
"As I predicted in my last letter, the
financial plank in the Democratic plat
form is as explicitly against the free
and unlimited coinage of silver as the
financial plank in the r 9publican plat
form. But as the Democrats are more
courageous than the Republicans. and
as the Democratic party is ever the
party of progress, the Democratic plat
form goes farther and advocates the
gradual retirement of the greenbacks.
1t is understood here that such is the
policy of the administration and that
in his next message to Congress the
President will make a remommenda
tion in line with this policy.
1.-THE position of the Democracy of
this great State on the financial ques-
ton must have weight with the Democ-
racy of the whole country. Practical
ly the whole North already agrees with
New York on the subject. So does the
Democracy of the Western State of
Ohio, and of some other Western
States. The free silver sentiment is
now practically confined to the Pacific
slope and certain districts Of some
Southern States, and is getting weaker
every day. BOldness on the part of
Democrats everywhere whoa are opposed
to free and unlimited silver coinage is
all that is necessary to insure the adOp-
ton by the next Democratic national
convention of a plank practically iden-
tical with the financial plank of the
New York Democrats. And if such a
plank is not adopted, Democratic de-
feat in the presidential campaign is a
pretty sure thing"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08

While the business men of this State
are wearing out their lives and pants
sitting around talking ab out the beau
ties of gold0uggery, the farmers of the
State are trying to start a shoe factory
to keep thousands of dollars here that
now go North every year. This shows
that the farmers are not only better
politicians than the business men, but
are doing more to aid in the develop
ment of the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
CREAM OF THE E
Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Pstr;,.,
Paragraphs from Reform Psper.

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Ps+,;.,
Paragraphs from Reform Paper.
A party that has swallowed Grou.-
Cleveland has no room for ''reforro
side the party. "-Farmer and Mino,
There are sixteen reasons WIN
Democratic party will neve pivo VIC
free silver to one that thew will ~
Farmer and Miner.
If there was nothing more to be- so;a
against a gold standard than tbat ~
took the side of bonds to sustain :.
that would be enough.-Farmers, Oat'
look.
Gold basis is a great thing, isn't i,
Just now when we have a big cron =,
handle, the basis is departing for otbo,
shores and leaving disaster behind
Missouri World.
The administration makes uss Of tbo
postoffce department for DISTRIBUTING
goldbug literature free of postage
This is a great saving to Wall street
and England.-People's Pilot.
We do not want more laws, nor d,
we want the enforcement of those We
have, SO much as we want to quit max.
ing laws, and begin repeating most II
those nov on the statute books.-Prts
burg Kansan.
When you hear of a man making
money in wheat" do not imagine that
the man was a farmer. That man is
usually a farmer of the farmers and
has an Office in a ten story city block.
Coming Nation.
Lyman Gage, President of the First
National Bank of Chicago, says that if
the bankers entered into an agreement.
some of them would break it in IS
minutes. Nice crowd. Thieves are bet
ter than that.-Farmers' Voice.
Over-production: More of something
than the rich nan wants. That is the
new definition. There is something
less than one and a half bushels of
wheat for each inhabitant of the world
produced, but we are told that we are
over-producing wheat Voice.
Populis5 editors Throughout the coun.
try are having a hard row to hoe, 81
but we r pleased to observe that none
of them have had to succumb to the
wiles of the New York sound money
propaganda. Boys, stand firm and
push the fght-our inning will come
| et.-Missouri Commissioner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08

If you want anything and don't see
it in the columns Of this paper, call for
it.
What about the shoe factory 1t is
important that cash for stock be sent
in right away. The enterprise is a Ger
tainty, and there is no use in waiting.
Attend your county meeting this
week and help put on foot the enter
prise that will give the Alliance a great
forward impetus, and save the people
of this State hundreds of thous snds of
dollars. The shoe factory is shat enter
prise.
The State, a free silver paper Of Biz
mingham, Ala has about completed
arrangements to buy the Age-Herald,
the sound money morning daily in
that city. The combined papers will
be called the State Herald, and will
advocate free coinage of silver at IL to
1 and will be the only morning daily
in Birmingham
You hear but little about the ''evil'
and Outrageous" pension system that
the Democrats were going to reform.
The Washington Star is authority for
the information that n thousand
rore pensioners have been added on
the rolls during the past year than
were taken off. That accounts for
Democratic silence.
Mr.. Elijah Walker, of Fender county
is one hundred and two years old, and
still hearty and active for a IN m who
has passed the middle age period. He
joined Shiloh Baptist church in that
county on the third Sunday in August
and has since renounced the Demo
cratic party and Joined the Populists.
Better late than never.
They have got 1.-The dead wood" on
Hoke Smith. Col. Livingston charged
that at Cordele Smith said that he was
Elm favor Of free and unlimited coin
age of silver at 16 to 1 to day, but,
boys, we can't get it" Smith cem3
out with an emphatic denial. Now
nineteen leading lawyers, bankers,
merchants etc sustain the charge.
Our Democratic friends still claim
that they are the original and ONLY gen.
uine (copyrighted free coinage party.
But as most of the prom nent leaders
and newspapers helped to demonetize
silver last year, we hold that there is
something wrong. Only recently one
of the supposed silver leaders of that
party, Senator Mills, of Texas, came
out in favor of gold and more business
depression.
Prof. Massey, OF the North Caroline
Experiment Station, says that wher
frost is imminent he gathers his greer
tomatoes, wraps them separately IL
paper (old newspapers will answer
and packs them in boxes, which ar,
stored in a place just warm enough t.
be secure from frost, the objet beini
to keep them, and not to ripen them
linen as the fruits are wanted, a few
are brought out at a time and places
ma warm position, where they vii
p9n In a few days. In this way b
AepS his table supplied with slice,
VOes up to mid winter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
o IN
How to Treat Frost Bitten Tobacco and
Potatoes.

: @SSS SASICH
Potatoes.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
MEBANE, N. Q.
Heavy fir at on October lat, ana
frost with a freeze occurred in Ala
mance on second instant. Much Dam
age done to the sorghum crop. Oon
siderable damage done to the t0OS0V9
crop, as but few farmers had house,
their crops. Afew have sustained Gull
siderable loss. Late CORP, beans e'o,
have been killed. Those who na'0
frosted tobacco will do well to leu " 10
main in the field a few days, as IL "H
turn red and make q good smoH ne
Three curings may be put Into The
barn. A fire should be bulI IL "a
fues in cloudy or wet weather ~ p be
TO dry the stem. Sorghum snouLu ed
made soon, or the cane cut ana pr or
in q shed, where it will not dry uP 20.
be injured by the rain. SWEEP Tod
toes should be dug before the WIG ro or
sap circulates back into the po'"V0'
B. F. WHITE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
mi N CREDIT.

The Richmond Times is a dandy
goldbug sheet. 1t can wear a longer
face and tell whoppers more rapidly
than a majority of it's kind. Unless
appearances are deceptive the editors
of that paper would like to see money
so scarce that only it's editors and g
few friends shall control it all.
O1e of the favorite arguments used
by the Times is that most of the bust
ness of the country is done by the use
of checks and this does away with
the use Of money. 1--WE need but little
money ,"saysthe Times, land that little
should be sound" 1t cites as an illus
tration, that a farmer sells a lot Of
wheat for 81, 900. The merchant pays
for the wheat with a check. The far
mer uses the check to pay his debts or
purchase something, and the check
probably passes through a half dozen
hands as money before it ends it's
career. The average goldbug fool will
read that in the Times and declare that
it is the religious truth, and that it is
all folly to talk about a contracted cur
rency or scarcity of cash to do business
with. But wait. The merchant who
started that check on its rounds had
81, ZOO in his bank before he wrote the
check. He simply used the check in
stead of paying out the cash, as a mat
ter of convenience. If he had paid out
the cash instead, the thousand dollars
would have passed from hand to hand
and liquidated debts just as the check
did. Rest assured that for every check
you see passing around in trade there
are as many dollars in money as the
checks call for, therefore checks are
only a convenience and do not increase
the circulating medium. Business men
in towns and cities do business with
each other with checks, but a great
many farmers and others cannot run a
bank account. Even if every person
were near enough a bank to do so the
amount of money needed to do the
bu siness of the country would not be
n cent less, for the check only repre-
sents cash. If we need three thousand
millions of cash to do the business of
the country, and it were equally divid
ed among the people and each one
could put his per capita in some bank
and issue checks for it all, there would
only be three thousand million dollars
IN circulation. We cannot believe that
the Times is ignorant enough to believe
what 1t writes, but it evidently thinks
Its readers are all ignorant.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
COUNTY ALLIANCE MEETINGS,

Nearly or quite all of the County
Alliance meetings will be held through
out the State this week and next-most
of them this week. A large attendance
of delegates and memb RS is desired, as
important matters will be considered.
1t ia hoped that the county officers will
set a good example by being on hand
and performing their duties as officers
should. No matter how brave and
true an army may be, good officers are
essential. Sub Alliance officers should
look after their delegates and urge
them to go in full force. The next
regular quarterly meetings will be held
in m~id-winter, when bad weather and
everything %conspires to decrease the
attendance. Hence the greater i'm
portanc9 of full meetings now. The
shoe factory will befully discussed and
it's success is of vital Importance.
Last but not least, we want to ask
the brethren to make special efforts to
increase the circulation of The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER, your State organ, at
these meetings. No farmer, whether
he be an Allianceman or not, can afford
to be without such apaper. The County
Secretary or some friend will please
send US, at once, a brief report of the
proceedings of each county meeting
for publication. Don't wait a week or
two to send them in, as that will delay
the publication until too late.
This is from the Lonoir Topic: BE
ware of calamity howlers. Nine times
out of ten they are Office hunters "
Judging from the wild whoops of the
prosperity shriekers, they, too, have
the Office itch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08

The Californian. says: The news.
papers of San Francisco have been
found to be thus assessed: The Call
for $40, 900, the Examiner for S27 600
the Chronicle for $35, 900, the Post for
$40 600, and the Report for So, 389." It
Will be remembered that the Cali was
sold for nearly $500, 900 less than six
months ago.-Tulare Citizen.
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N. r. P. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES

If you want anything and don't see
it in the columns of this paper, call for
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-31
LAuisEt. Run.

Correspondence ~ tho Argus
Miss pertie CHI is;opher has been on
the sick list sincc our last letter.
Mad. Smith and John iIas,ing were
at Terra Alta last week on business
The school At Lanrel Run was post.
poned few days on account of the
death of Mr.. Kooutz.
K. c. Spurrin and wife were in this
section last Sunday.
A. q. Gribblc was visiting John Crib.
bic last Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Baumyardncr preached a very
intcrcstiny sermon last SUNDAY niy "A
week, which was well appreciated.
George II. King was at Bruceton last
wcc,s on business.
The protractcd meeting at this place
is in a nourishing condition, there be-
ing several ut the altar. although Their.
seems to IN somewhat OF n dissatisfac.
Il IN. yet we hope that Col will SEPARATE
the evil from the pure i'm heart and that
those bearing falseness viii at once see
their own mistakes AMI ut once get In
thc way OF Righteousness
Quite a number from Bruccton at
tended church here last Sunday night.
W. II. Mctheny is:.improvin- slowly.
Quite slect visited us last Friday
night which was welcomed on SUNDAY
by some. Remember the Sabbath and
keep it Holy. Wu.co
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NEwstIisEG.
'rrespondencc Of the Argus.

correspondcncc Of the Argus
a wreck occurred at the west end Of
our town Tuesday evening in which
several cars were demolished. The
knights OF the Road, from this place
and Grafton were called. and soon had
the tracks free of debris. No one was
hurt
The protracted meeting is continuing
with grand success under the leader
ship of Rev NJ. VI. Eyerly Taere has
bcsn mp to- date about 90 converted.
Eewburg does not seem like the same
town.
Mr.. Jack SNYDER. formerly a resident
of this place, IS visiting friends In town.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Snyder. Of Ma
sontown. are the guests OF Mrs John
Posten this week.
Mr.. Edward Anderson. Of RowIes-
burg, was a business caller last week
Miss Lizzie Sh1fTer, Of Gladesville,
was visiting with Miss Grace Flynn u
few days last week
Miss Clara Hall, of Grafton, is the
guest OF her many friends in town this
week
w. Frank Stuck spent last Sunday
and Monday in Wheeling OF course
there is some attraction.
Harry Barnes. Of Monongah. who
has been visiting with his plrents for
several days, has returned,
Newburg can soon boast OF having
one OF the best orcbestras in the county.
We have the b,st Of talent and III /.
boys are just beginning exercise IL, -.
and IL 1, about time.
Perry Anderson. OF Oakland. Md. ID.
was IN town few days visiting friends
ami relatives
Mr.. Barley Rabbit an cx-res ident
OF this place. is here ON bus'ness. Mr.
Rabbit was forneiy Dc.aocrlt. bot
whoa he cot in "Booile" Elkias town
nc nOrpod. aye Gods" who would
have thoaght IT,
Paul s. Lee spent few days ia CIR Z.
ton last week in tie interest OF his
company.
Jolly" Bob Hollis, OF Rowlesturg,
was here jokiag With the boys last
week. d,anlam, Pcrriii, ctcJ. Wonder
IL IL YVES very fanny?
We understand That NJ. I. A. Jack
son. formerly with w. T. sharps e. Co.
o. Independence, has accepted clerk.
ship in Mr. Ellis store and is going to
move 20 this town Mr.. Jackson is r.
gentl' m m ana we welcome him and
family.
D. VI. Fortnev spent Sunday IN Tun-
neiton-By Gosh. Trf-ru
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tsoyrIs.
NYII.Co

Correspondence ofthc ARGUS.
Plenty of snow and ice. Roads are
almost impossible.
II. o. Shaffer will give his school n
.pelliny bee Saturday evening Feb. ..
All are invited to attend.
Hartley & jenkins are getting out
some fine timber to put into market
soon.
O. w. Zinn was visiting at Glades-
vile Saturday and Sunday.
Protractcd meeting at Mt Zion closed
Friday night 1t was conducted by
Rev. j. III. Miller IL was not much OF
success owing 10 the split i'm the church.
There is one or two people about
this place that are always meddling
with other peoples affairs. and they do
not always stick 10 the truth Iwou d
advise them 80 attend striciIly to their
own business. Such people who in
dnlge in such talk are generally de.
void of brains education and culture.
Joe Downs and u. NJ. Blaney have
returned from Lucyville, Pa, where
they have been engaged in digging
coal
Social hops are all the go at present.
i. T. Gale and Torb Blaney are pre-
pairing TO burn lime in the spring.
We noticed in last weeks ARGUS an
article in reference to chm lenge of n
few weeks ago by your correspondent
for q contest in spelling. In the first
place we are not 50 anxious TO spell as
to- go over To Kingwood. but IL Brother
White wants 10 try us come to cithc
Grant or Friendship school and we will
give him the best in the shop.
OcEoLA
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co-re.pcrdssSs - ~ ksss..

CorrespcrdseSe ~ ~ Ares.
I, does bcat al nov tusii~ss kr.f..
M sell Chfis,orser su.i as s-sst STA
Dcheie. attendei shurch a. laurel HOO
one night last w~ss
The peotracted n~etinr 40 t.sar~i
Run - s,iil LEA rio -rvsS Rev Trataer
"a lively worker. aaa 80 prrsal,sa
lasting ccCd viii yet ~ ssss.srii.hr.I
Mr. aud Mrs. Harry smiih have ~.
turned from their Ne Idlnr to,r. ant
are now az Mrs Snith's tather.. Jes,s
Gale.
c NJ. iIaines AMI W \ Walls m,d~
n business trip 10 Terra Alta isst ~e-ls
Haines is dealing largely la pork these
times.
Its fine time for e,,ssinr now ant
both young and old Arv r.r,icipat.nr
In the pleasure
II. G. forman and family were visit.
ing at Jonathan Gi0sons satard sy aud
Sunday.
Mrs Minnie Walls was visiting the
parental root last Thursday aud Eriaav.
\. w. Gribtle has a fins hors, o. sell.
Is g"ol working animal. aud has no
faults whatever.
Lou, little daughter % RIOS. RYAN.
died OF dlphtheria aud sc,r,ct tower last
Tuesday. The remains Ners inferred
In the Ryan GO nctery on Thurs iav.
His wife AMI three other children are
very low at this writing
Mrs jonathan Gibson has t,en on
the sick list now FOR few days.
Messrs. Schoolcr and Yes. Clark pass.
cd through town one day last week
Prof Ira Groves was visiting la Cheat
Neck last week.
A. II. Fearer was collecting tax here
last Friday.
G. L. Walls Is getting out Ions TO
build n new house. Thars right Chef.
build the cage befors you catch the
bird"
w. A. Taylor sings "IIomc, Sweet
Home" sincs he can't go Annie more.
lLKA TuEo,