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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
Z UP PETITIONS.

We are informed that thousands of
blank petitions have been sent out
from Washington all over the country
and that some people are signing them
The petitions pray for the passage of
the Load Postal Bill. Don't sign them
Get up counter petitions and forward
them TO your member Of Congress at
once The Lond Postal Bill is a covert
plutocratic strike at the liberties of the
people and the printing press. The OBJ
jet is to close up the venues Of intel
ligence and give a monopoly to a few
newspaper and book publishers. Il is
q I extremely dangerous measure, and
is probably the strongest link in the
chain with which the millionaries hope
to bind the great middle cla2s and re
duce them 10 baggary as they have
done millions of people already. Write
to your member Of Congress for blanks
and get signers against the Lond
Postal Bill
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
ALLIANCE NOTES.

A half dozen Jealous Alliar cemen
are worth q score Of drones who attend
a meeting when they have nothing else
to do, and then criticise what ia done
by their brethren.
Don't forget tire next meeting Of
your Alliarc ! B. on band loaded
with Thoughts and suggestions. and
turn tn, m loose or the brethren.
LG will evoke discussion and devotion ef
fort all along the line S-uthern Mer
curry.
Don't say times are hard and worse
coming: Join your neigh5ors in All
Alliance and put measures into fleet
that will lift your nose from the grind
stone. II times don't get better Won
have no one to blame but Yourself
Grumbling won't avail anything.
Did you attend the last meeting Of
your Alliance9 If not, why9 Don't
expect the Alliance to grow and exert
its full influence without YOUR helm
Your neighbors expect you to work
with them to change the present CON
ditions. There is no better place to
discuss plans and perfect measures
than In your Sub Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
BALLOT BOXES.

Clerk OF Court Hunt, of Davidson
county, asks US to publish full particu
lars about the making of boxes in
which to deposit votes next fall, accord
ing to the requirements Of the new
election law. We wia say right here
that clerks of court ought to have copies
of tie election law and everything
necessary to enable them to fully com
ply wi b the law. Section 6 of the new
Law says: THE Secretary of State shall
provide and forward to the clerks, on
their requisition, all the necessary
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

Another silver editor has shown his
grit. Mr.. Wheeler, editor of the New
York Voice, organ Of the National!
Prohibition party, is the man. Fank
& WagUallS, publishers, own the
Voice, and are SO cal ed sound money
men. Wheeler wanted silver in the
National platform, and they didn't,
hence Wheeler is not editor any more.
A New Jersey goldbug takes his place
Now is a coed time to qlit reading the
Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
n. E. 2. 4.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Senator Butler is still pushing bis
bond bill and the goldbugs are mad as
blazes.
Failures last week 227 against 2o7 for
the same week last year. Liabilities
much larger. That is the way gold
bug good times are coming.
Uncle Sam do, sat nesd an increase
in the size of the standing army. The
army of eff e holders is ample protec
ton against any foreign foe.
A Plttsburg. Pa preacher denounced
the Prohibition party in a recent ser
mon and his salary was nearly doubled
the next day. t. use a slang expires
sion, it locks like be was cut for the
stuff"
Nevarro county, Texas, has thirty
five live, active Alliances. Perhaps
other counties in the United States
have that many, but We hardly think
go. If any one knows of a county hav
ing a greater number, please let us
know.
Democrats are raising the cry of
''nigger" IN this State again. SErage
that they cannot realize that the
bloody shirt" tariff racket" and
''nigger" business has been buried out
Of sight.
Senator New baorEe was in the city
Saturday. lie Gays it looks like the no
fusion idea will prevail. but he fears e.
mistake has been made. We trust that
the Senator is the wrong guesser this
time, and We believe he S.
There will be an Alliance enc8mp
ment at TUz,h. seven miles from
Yorkville, 8 G on July 3Osh en6 31st.
President Page, Of the National AL
lance, Congressman Talbert, and other
prominent speakers will be present.
County Treasurer Spence, Of .Har-
nett, is not only a good official, but is
a good farmer. We were shown four
stalks of cotton from his farm, each
averaging ten inches in height, which
is a pretty good size for this ssction,
at this time.
Nearly q d In persons committed
suicide in the United States one day
last week. Tie doctors attributed it
to the excessive heat, But, in the
language Of the Wilmington Star, ccm
hitting suicide is rot the correct route
to a cool place.
The prospect OF getting Gil who favor
financial reform together under one
flag, grows brighter every day. 1t can
and must be done. Away with party
lin6s, and, Il necessary party names,
and let the welfare of our people be
paramount to everything else.
The commercial agencies go right on
attributing the dull trade to cool
weather, " hot weather, " ''drouth" or
Unusually wet weather" First thing
you know the gold6ugs will put the
weather in their platforms at ST.
Louis and Chicago as the ''overshad-
owing issue"
A lot Of fellows who are talking free
coinage now with q great flourish will
sing another song when they get to
Chicago and wrap themselves around
a lot of Whiskey and then come in con-
tact with Wall street ''long green's"
They wi | either vote for Cleveland or
some other goldbug.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

And the Democrats, the silver ele
ment, are going to nominate "an hon,
est silver man" at Chicago this year.
They did that in 1892. Wasn't Cleye
land the ~'honestesg" and ''biggest'
man in the whole country 2 And didn't
he have a backbone ''as big as a teIe
graph polc9' What the D mocrate
are elways going to do will fill twenty
large volumes What they actually
do can be printed in display type On d
nOstal card
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
(sound). Pretty honest money mar,

(sound). Pretty honest money mar,
he is.
The City Treasurer, of Omaha, Neb
has just been fined a large sum and
imprisoned for ENLIGHTENMENT.
George Fallet & Co., New York
wool dealers, have assigned. Liabili
ties SIS, 900 (sound).
The City Treasurer, of Camden,
N. j., Frank T. MichelIon, is short to
the tune of $40, 900 (sound).
The New Mexico Mining Go Santa
Fe, N. M, is in the hands of a receiver.
New York men own it. Liabilities
$50. coo (soUnd).
M. B. Tomblin, President, and B.
Lancaster, Vice President of the Sher-
man county, Kan, bank, have been
arrested for It c,iving deposits after
the bank was in a failing condition.
John Love, formerly cashier Of the
First National bank at Watkins, N.
York, has beenfound guilty of making
false returns to the Comptroller of u
rency about the condition of the bank,
and for stealing 500. 600. Such as ne
talk sound money" and honest
money"
Tae First National Bank of Fl Reno,
Oklahoma, has failed. Liabilities
$50, 900 (sound).
The Sumner National Bank at Wei
Iipgton, Kan has failed, Il is thought
it will pay part of the liabilities, which
are all sound"
The Alderman Hard ware Co Viii
mington, N. O., has kicked the bucket.
The liabilities are are all sound"
To- Rockford Watch Company,
Rockford. Ill, has assigned. Liabili-
ties $t1O, 900 (souD3). Assets eaid to
be $500, 600, but owing to the demone
tization of silver and other outrages,
the assets are far from sound"
The Gilbert-Taylor L timber Co.,
Elm wood N, c., is in the hands of a
receiver. Liabilities between $40, 600
$15, 900. mostly due the First National
Bank of Salisbury.
Major Claude ". Wright, has been
indicted in Nansemond county, Va,
Superb r Court. The charge is that he
stole between six and ten thousand dol
lars while he was Treasurer of the
city Of Suffolk.
Hiram Middlebrooks, assistant cash
Ter of the Fidelity and Trust Banking
Co., Atlanta, Ga, is in Jail in that
city. He wanted honest money SO bad
that he stole $I3 900 from the bank,
and misapplied notes for 81 400, appro-
priatiDg the money. He is another
fair sample OF the average goIdbug who
wants honest money"
W. W. Workman & Co furniture
dealers, Roanoke, Va, have assigned
Liabilities about 81, coo GounG).
John CLARK, Manchester, n. c., cot
ton manufacturer and merchant, as
signed one day last week. Liabilities
away up in the thousands, and all
sound. Assets are valuable, but under
a gold standard, will not bring much
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
SOME SOUND MONEY" MEN.

Francis J, Kilckhoover, distributing
cl8ik in the State Department at
Washington, is short in his account to
the tune of $40, 600 9ound). The
government will eudeavor to recover
the amount from his bondsmen.
Earl Poulett, of London, England,
has failed and the courts declare him a
bankrupt. He was q sound money
Earl. Now he will have to come to
America and marry the rich daughter
Of some trust man.
Ex-City Attorney Moreland, of Pitts
burg, Pa, is short about $3.50, 600
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
The REASON WHY.

A correspondent asks us Why an
American dollar will buy two Mexican
dollars. We answer
Because the Mexican dollar, wht1
imported into the United States, Is
simply bullion and is worth no more
than any other silver bullion, which3
the a with the money Of every coon.
try when exported to a foreign country
The Mexican dollar will purchase the
same in Mexico that it ever Woul''
They have had stability of prices, which
has given them great prosperity. me
United States is on the gold STANDARD
The administration holds that every
thing the United States owes must
paid in gold, Notwithstanding the Is"
authorizes payment in silver. 1D'
United States, being OF a gold e~tandar''
and the money Of ultimate pay meI.
having been reduced to the volume ..
gold, money in this country has doUo"4
IN value. Il will buy twice as much"
everything that it would twenty yeaE'
ago. Cons qIently it will buy twice
as much bullion. That is the reason
why it will buy twice as much Of Mex
can dollars, Mexican dollars are snRlyt
bullion in this country-more comnlo1
ities-the same as wheat and cotOn'
The American dollar will buy t"lc6"'
much of wheat and cotton and t"'3
as much of everything on account
the manipulation of the owners OF aoF
lars and of obligations payable II oor
lars. They have, through leglsls'Un
and administration, doubled the ValuI
of dollars and reduced the value oL"l
other property fully one half. IOa'
why an American dollar will buy WV
Mexican dollars. Silver kuighT'
Lot auarv old s11hscriher send us ONO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
DELEGATES TO ST. LOUIS.

We have received q letter from a
! prominent citizen of this State com
planning on account of the ruling OF
the Peoples Party Executive Commit
tee in regard to the appointment of
delegates to st Louis to the National
Convention of that party, which has
| been turned over to the chairman or
the Executive COMMITTEE. His views
are correct when he claims that the
delegates ought to be selected in State
Convention. However, we are told
the Executive Committee discussed the
matter fully at the recent meeting
here, and, as so many Of our people
thought it wise to hold a State Conven-
ton, after all the National Conventions
met, it was deemed unnecessary to put
the people to the expense Of attending
two State Conventions 50 close together,
and, as q matter of economy, and for
that reason alone, the plan OF a. p lint
ing delegates was locked upon tGVora
bly,.
II there are OH ctions to the plan
those who oppose it should speak cut.
Talk to or write to the chairman or
any members of the State Committee
1t is possible to hold township, County,
district end the State Convention ell
after both the Cd party conventions
are held. The Republican Convention
is on June IL b, Democratic July 7ch
Peoples Party July 22i. The Peoples
Party can, If thought best, hold its
township, county and State C)nven
tons between the 7th ano 22i Of July
There is plenty of time, but there
must be en- underetal d ng right away
so that due notice can be given. We
have no suggestions TO make, and will
be satisfied eth r way, fer we bslitve
the committee can and will select true
blue delegates, but there shou be no
dissatisfaction. There are good rea-
sons f,r delaying the State Convention
until August, but if this is-not agreeable
the convention should be he'd between
the 7,h aud 22d of July. Speak out,
friends.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

registration and election books, blanks
and forms for each election precinct,
and for the use of the clerk under pro
visions of this act" etc. We take it
for granted that this includes printed
copies of the election law, and clerks
should, without delay, get copies OF
same, and read up on it.
The law requires four boxes for each
voting precinct-not q box with foul
commitments but four separate boxes,
each of sufficient dimensions to con-
tim one cubic foot of inside measure
ment. ct ca to be plainly labelled in
Roman letters, with the name Of the
flee or officers to be voted for and
the q lestion or questions to be voted
upon. Each box shall be provided
with a strong lock and key, the lid
fastened on with hinges, and with an
opening at the top large enough to ad
nit one folded ballot and no more. We
notice that the Chair man Of the Board
of County Commissioners in one county
has advertised for bids on the making
of these boxes, the bi 8 to be in hand
by the first day of June, though, after
g nasty glance at the law, we find no
specific date for the making Of the
boxes. Presume that it can be done
any time. But we are not sure as to
that.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
CREAM OF H z
Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Pstri..,
Paragraphs From Reform Pane.

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and Patrio.,.
Paragraphs From Reform Papers
If gold were demonetized the co..
as silver is, it's market price would dras
just as that of silver has. -Topeka A5p
vocate.
The mercantile agencies say H..
business is still hopeful. And tho
aboutall that is left of it, tool p.aSs
Populist. '''
Ityou want higher priced corn and
beef, make more d uars-that nooa.
free silver and greenbacks -PeonIa,s
Pilot.
What is the difference 6etuo,.
Grover Cleveland and John Sharmaa
IN their War on humanity ClevpIs~I
uses g bludgoon and Sherman q d.,
gar.-Slver Knight.
They say that a silver dollar is NJ.
worth a half dollar, but the gold doIo,
men have none for sale at that prico
They want a 100 cents every time
american huG6rpEl5o.
Chicago has at last put up the x4o
0CO promised for the Democratic no
tioral convention. Il is now ONLY bonod
in Chicago's behalf that the cat and.
monkey show will be worth the price
Sound Money.
Why wont Mckinley tell how ra
stands on the silver question: Because
if be should tell the truth publicly. m
honest silver men would vote for him
and he can tell the truth privately IN
Rothechilds with safety and profit
Silver Knight.
If Andy Jackson should return "a
earth plane and see the wiIted remains
of the once proud Democracy, he would
want the ''tarnal thing" removed toa
museum upon the belief that it was
the remains of some a~ntidiluvian mon.
ster.-Ad0aEc3 Guard.
Senator Hill talked six days against
the passage OF Senator PETERS resolu.
ton for a bond investigation and Sc.
cured six votes against it. If be had
talked six more days the number might
have been less. Fifty-cne senators
voted with Senator Peffor.-Brockton
Diamond.
The goldbug times are still getting
III their work. No better evidence Of
the want OF money can be found than
in Hamilton county, Ohio, in which
the city of Cincinnati is located. Ac.
cording to the Cincinnati Enquirer
one fifth of the property in tie city
and county has been forfeited this
year, the occupants of the property be. !
ing unable to pay the taxes. Farmers
Leader. u
No greatorr1sEne agair.sS tAys people !
could be committed than that of dis !
eliminating against any of the legal 1
tender or lawful money of the country,
The lew should be SO amended as to
make such determination treason
against the government. Such crime
is less excusabie than open rebellion
AID leada to more harmful results
Tulare Citizen.
In 1850 the farmers of the United
States owned Is per cent. Of it's wealth,
while il, 1890 they owned but % per
cent, a clear loss OF 40 per cent, Or
over half in forty years; and this, too,
il spite Of the fact that there are now
three farmers to where there was one Z
in 1850. Thus it is e we are grad.
ually becoming a nation Of renters,
hence dependents [4aIveston Inda'
pendent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
PAY UP.

We must insist that all our subscrib-
ers who are in arrears pay up at once.
We need money and cannot wait any
longer. Send it right in and send your
neighbours renewal along with your
own, Send it right awey. We hope
it will not be necessary to repeat this
notice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

The D3mocrets now claim that the
Populists stole the free coinage idea
from them. Probably the Republicans
will bring the same charge. We hardly
think the Populists will deny it. They
saw that the old parties had no use for
the idea and just swiped it, and, in do
iug 30, have swiped good many Of the
old party voters.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

Gold Is going to Europe at the rate
OF from one to two million dollars 8
day and the treasury reserve will soon
be below the 800, coo, eco mark. That
is the way the goldbuge stop the out
flow. A Populist secretary of the
treasury can and will stop it in five
minuets after he is sworn in.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

The Democratic party has made our
money good in Europe" No doubt
about that. So good that over $780,
coo. coo in gold have gone to Europe
never to return. 1t w made our
credit good in Europe" and a debt of
1862 OOO, 900 payable in gold, interest
and principal, is proof of the fact.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
TO FACILITATE ALLIANCE
WORK.

Bro. R. A. Southworth, the efficient
and energetno.G ~2retary Treasurer OF
the National AllfarvA, Aus inaugurated
a plan whereby he hopes to get the
d f5rent State Alliances in closer touch
with each other. He suggests that
each State Secretary send a brief letter
to the National Secretary at the end OF
each month, said letters to be published
regularly il this way the condition OF
the organization can be known through
out the entire country.
Bro. South worth states that Penn
s~ylvania seems to be in the lead now
in Alliance work, with Colorado and
Texas pushing close for second place.
South Carolina is making the best fl
nancial reports of any State. We
trust that the State Secretaries will
heartily co operate with Secretary
S~outhworth.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26

Let every old subscriber send Us 0A'
new subscriber this week.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-18
Closing of the Night Schools

The night schools connected MIN t ~.
public schools of the city were c iose1 ~
The session on Thursday night az cioS ,i,
Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, chairman, anu
SUPERINTENDENT Fox attended the Lelsh
Night-School. and. after some very appio-
nriate remarks by these gentlemen tne
prizes were presented as foiiows' fi.s'
prize. Henry Poehler; second p rihe'
Frank Asher, third prize, Ernest diDps,
Mrs Maggie V. Michaels is principal OF
this school, with Miss Susie Ireshoh' as
sistant. -. 49,. ,oord
Hon Joseph c. Dickerson. OF the BOARD,
attended the Springfield and Nicholson
nieht-schools. and made appropriate re-
marks at each school. He AWARDED the
nrizes at Springfield School as 1ollows
First prize Clarkson. Parrish; second,
Ruins Hobson: third, Erwin Parrlsn,
fourth, George Adams: NTH, Ihoihas
Grigg. Miss Helen Hall Is prihcipai %
Springfield School, with Miss Irene Naieh-
Nicholson Night-school, under Mr.. s. o.
Perkins, had only been in operation since
February. hence no prizes were gwen
but the following pupils received nlsn
concentration: Frank Throckmorton
Stephen Loving. John Knester, and John
Boiler. - -. "a
These night-schools. although not as
largely attended as the board wishes
have given great satisfaction, ana Ar
highly appreciated by class OF worthy
boys who would otherwise grow up IL
ignorance.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-18
EDW. E. HALE, D. D.
GRAVE WORDS FROM A GREAT
MAN.
ctxe Them Their Due Weight III
You suffer from Nervous De-
nifty or Kindred Ailments.

Persons afflicted with nervous debility
mr. nervous prostration, with all the Ills
mai follow-such as sleeplessness, i'm
haired yieor OF body or mind. dyspepsia.
is ssis,,de. and wasted tissues-are. very
naturally. doubtful OF relief. Doubt is
one of the symptoms accompanying their
,ooladv. They have tried so many So
called specifics they find II hard to have
Ssi,h IN any. But when New England's
s,ast sor Dr. Edward Everett Hale,
famous everywhere as author, editor,
preacher, essayist, and lecturer, tells the
afflicted that he knows OF remedy that
Is what z claims to be doubt disappears.
DR. Hale has made the following an
nouncement, after careful Inquiry ana In
the full knowledge Of what his words
mean. The announcement Is from the
office OF the Boston Commonwealth (of
which DIR. Hale is editor-in-chieD, bears
date of December %. 1896. and reads thus:
II have been much interested In the
Kola nut as a tonic. In Africa, where the
Kola or Guru nuts grow. the natives eat
the fresh nuts 10 prevent hunger. thirst.
ard exhaustion. For some years the
medical profession has given Kola much
attention because OF Its medicinal quail
ties. but heretofore the difficulty has been
in getting the fresh nut in an availabls
urenaration, so as to retain the medicinal
nropertiea. This difficulty Is now over
come by that remarkable establishment,
The Eureka Chemical and Manufacturing
Company, OF La Crosse, Wis, which has
nnt upon the market very efficient and
highiy approved preparation. 1 am as
sured by careful inquiry among leadins
nhvsicians and personal friends, who have
used II, and in whom I nave the utmos!
coincidence. that DR.. Charcots kola Ner-
v,ne Tablets are invaluable IN Insomnia
and ali nervous diseases.
"''1 EDWARD r. HALE"
Fifty cents and 81 per box zone months
,,es,ment. see DIR. Charcot's name on
ho~ Ko,a booklet (ree. All druggists
or cent direct. EUREKA CHEMICAL
a MANUFACTURING COMPANY. La
$780, trte end Eost0r Mass.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-18
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.

Auction offerings on Change today. IA
packages, and all sold, OF which PACK
ages were old, and new toDaccos' hisn-
est price, $50. a,
Private sales: Filters. Is; wrappers. n;
Tugs. S: leaf, g. Total, 4S hogsheads.
Revenue collections: Cigars and cigar
cites, sl.sls.43; tobacco. s2.slss2. Total, W.
537.25
sale OF bright loose. and some sun-cureo
tobaccos to-day.
Offerings were largely bright smokers,
around s and 10 cents, and cutters, wnicn
sold up to Ice.
In the hogshead market prices remain
about the same. with no change In the
general demand, except, possibly, =
slightly-increased inquiry Tor bright oiu
Mr.. c. e. Wilson. OF w. c. Bentley a
Co.. has just returned from trip through
the West, and says while business Is not
dull II is anything but brisk
Manufacturers manage 70 get orders
sufficient 10 keep their factories Worship.
Mr.. N. r. Bowman, OF Lynchburg. Va
was here to-day.