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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

ters." they persisted, till in self-defense
he asked the whole party to adjourn to
the confectioner's and be his guests and
Jessie's at a tea-party, TO which they
eagerly consented, being sweet-toothed
younglings-on condition that they might
fetch Miss Hunt.
AS the whole tribe rushed or on this err
rand Mrs. Bennett, offering her warmest
congratulations, in her kindly confusion
kissed both the lovers-and so, amid happy
laughter and TO the general satisfaction.
ended the vicissitudes Of Jessie Digby.
The End
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
CHAPTER I.

Miss Goodwin"
serving"
Miss west?'
serving"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-10

Balance in treasury. ..$35,717
The above balance stands to the
credit Of the various funds as per
Treasurer's Balance Sheet, dated
Jan 2, 1896:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF J. w. BROOKS, DECEASED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
~ undersigned, Executor Of the Last Will
and Testament OF. j. w. Brooks, deceased,
to the creditors OF, and TO all persons hav.
ing claims against the said deceased, to
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first publioa-
ton Of this notice, TO :the said undersigned
Executor ut the ofloe Of Payne & Miller in
the town Of Elko, in the county Of Elko, Ne.
vada, the Same being his place for the
transaction OF the business OF said Estate.
... M. II. MILLER,
Executor Of the Last Will Of j. w. Brooks.
Deceased. .......
Dated at Elko, New, Feb, is, 1896.
,ld4w.l
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-10

AOouA'''' 800 s'''''~ 1c,O@o w
SUMMARY.
Total receipts. .$81 GAG so
Cash paid to State Deu
settle nent 800. $4,000 90
Cash sent State on acct
Judges salary. :. 1882 no
Paid from county funds. 1926 q
Paid from school finds. $3.50 80
Paid from road funds. q 90
Total disbursements :. ,s45,3 800
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-03-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF GEORGE n. ME1Gs, Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
IN undersigned, Administrator Of the Es'
tate Of George 81. Meigs. deceased, to the
creditors of, and to all persons having claims
with the necessary vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication Of this
notice, to the said undersigned Admins
traitor at his once and place Of business In
the county Of Elko, the Same being the place
for the transaction OF the business Of said
Estate.
w. T. SMITH,
Administrator.
Dated at Elko, New, Feb. 20, 1896
[feb2i4w.1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
HAS THE TRUST COMB TO sTAY7
T. really looks like the trust has come

It really looks like the trust has come
to t for some time. Those ntrusted
with power to enforce antitrust laws
Seem to make a failure of it, and tue
trusts are getting more active II az
pressiye. For some time the farmers
have done more kicking than anybody
else, but, failing to get relief, they are
nov going to try their hand. o. course
there have been CORNERS" On Rgrlcui'
tural products, but they don't benefit
the producer financially.
The dairym8n around Raleigh have
formed a trust. They were getting Six
cents per quart for milk, but now they
charge eight cents-none too mucn.
OF course this is only a local affair, but
the end is not yet. Soon you will see
kilograms in the papers like this: THE
Wool Growers Trust met at Cincinnati
to day and decided to increase the price
twenty per cent?" The Stock Growers
Truss met at Louisville, Ky, to. day
and agreed that they ought to have an
advance of 80 per cent. on all live
stock" "At a meeting of the Corn
Growers Trust in Topeka, Kan, yes
terday, it was decided that the price be
increased from 30 cents per bushel TO
so cents at once;' IA full meeting Of
the Truckers Trust was held in Balti
mora today and an advance af so per
cent. was unanimously adopted" Tnen
you ought to watch the Southern farm
er turn his hat up behind when he
reads this: "At a meeting Of the Cot
ton Growers Trust in atlanta yester-
day the price of cotton was fixed at Is
cents for good middiing and graduated
prices for all other grades" And this:
The Tobacco Growers Trust met at
DanviIle, Va, yesterday aod advanced
prices CHARGED buyer OF warehouse
fl DOR abou& 35 per cent"
Call the above nonsense, if you will,
but it is not at all improbable and not
impossible. The producers have done
much Of the sweating and kicking,
and they will finally reach q point
where they will fight the devil with
fire and make it warm for the other
665 trusts in he country.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
THE SMALL FARMER.

Times change, and people are shift
ing from n point of observation to
another, and, later in life, we are often
because of u past experience, en-
aided to see things to a better advant
age than we could see at the outset.
When we were a boy the man who
cultivated only ''patches"-who hoed
his crops chiefly, and devoted his
time to garden truck, poultry and the
like, was regarded as a lone hoss''
farmer, and held in contempt by the
man, or at least by the sons of the man
with the broad acres, new appliances
and spanking fine teams, says the
Southern CultivRtor.
But things have changed. The staple
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
MCKINLEY PROSPERITY.

The manufacturing embellishments
continue 10 start up and shut down
Some are increasing tho number Of
hands, Others decreasing. It seems to
depend on the sulibIlt5y Of the owaere
of the factories. Some Of them proba
bly, believe the ~goldbugs while others
see that they have been deceived.
Business failures last week numbered
344 GO more than for the week before
and "a more than duri; & the sam3
week LAST year. Il that prosperity
OF course the Mckinley adninisjra
ton is not in yet, and We cannot aSSrio
ute the trouble to the new admins
tration. But the goldbugs told Us that
g gold victory meant q restoration Of
confidence ana business activity, and
that was all they promised. All they
wanted was q victory, as no promises
ot improvement TO be made after the
administration went in were ever men
toned. Restoration Of confidence was
to do the business up in good shape
Now you see they have lied. Business
as a who!o is worse than before the
election, according TO the reports OF the
two great Commercial agencies, Brad
streets and Dams,
But let 'em get it in the neck. They
would have Ii, It is hard on honesJ
folks for the lst have to stuff II wish
the unjust, but let EN- get evarIastingly
kerwholloped, bombasted and lam6as
ted with the Internal hell born single
standard. In less than ive years o
will see supposed rich, prompous gold
bugs walking the highways in rags.
But they would have it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
WAY ENGLAND WANTS A GOLF
STANDARD.

The product Of the gold mines owned
by an English syndicate in the vicinity
Jonasburg, South Africa, amounts
to about $50, OOO. 600 per year accord
ing TO a statement in q recent numbor
Of The New York Financier," a goid
organ. The average output Of all the
mines in the United States, ~1868-l894
inclusive, was 240. 564 48l, an average
for the seven years Of $34 366, 354, &C
cording to eff ;ial report OF Director Of
our minis.
THUS il appears that L English
firm produces ia S juth Africa more
than half as much gold as all our mines,
Doesn't this point the morale Now sup
o; 81 the psOduc5 Of these E~ngiishmen
had been silver, and our silver product
that amount less, and III gold produce
that amount more, what would have
been the cry Evidently for a silver
standard, and all the English money
brokers on Wall Street would have
been sill 7erbugs instead Of gUldbuAs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

Mr, J. 4. johnson, one of Chatham
County's substantial citiz 9ns, wes q
welcome caller last week.
Capt. A. s. Peace, OF Oxford, one of
the hard working reformers of the
State, and one of Gu moss eubstantiel
citizens, spent two days il the city last
week.
Bro. Thad Ivey, tbs always active
State Alliance Business Agent, of Hills
boro, was in the city last week. He
says tho Agency has held up we'll dur
ing the hard times, there being ABOUT
the usual amount Of purchases though
the Agency.
We learn that Ion. A F Hileman,
Populis5 member of the House from
Ca6arrus county, will be a candidate
for Speaker when the Legislature con
venes. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER never
espouses the cause of any candidate, but
we will say tha5 Bro. HIleman is an ex,
perienced legislator, this being the
fourth time he has been elected, and,
if chosen for Speaker, he no douo t will
make a capable and efficient presiding
officer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

crops have run away down in price.
They don't pay good interest On the
fine fixtures of the big teams and broad
acres. A new system is necessary.
The lone hess" farmer must be imita'
ted The acreage of cotton, corn and
wheat must be cut down. The home
larder must be looked to first. Diver
sif6d farming must be resorteG TO. The
Southern planter must become the
Southern small farmer. He must grow
fruit and vegetables, and raise bis own
meat, his poultry, his eggs, honey and
the like, and not depend on cotton
alone to sustain him. He must live, as
it were, nearer the house; must thiDk
Of the crib, the barn loft, the cellar and
the smoke house-must stock up for
the home consumption, and raise g
small surplus of each I'd sell ii order to
get him what he cannot raise but must
have.
In this line lies the farmers rejemp
ton. He can work out his own saliva
ton if he will pursue this course Lei
him make his wants as few as possible,
and his surplus of each product of the
farm limited. Then the consumers in
the cities vino do not produce will seek
him out because they must live. The
farmer then becomes master Of the sit
uation, and for that which he produces
he is bound, under such conditions, to
get good prices.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
BEAUTIES OF SOUND MONEY,

Pat had worked steadily or She 500
tion for twenty years without losing &
day and concluded ne would take q
day off. He went to Chicago and sat
On the cushioned chairs of the Great
Northern hotel. There was a bankers
convention in session and the capital.
'sts stood in groups upon tie marble
floor discussing the beauties OF ''eound
money" and were agreeing together
that the present high priced dollar was
the best ''workmen' ever bad, because
it would buy him SO much more than
ever before. Pat listened intently and
finally the~followi0g collrquy ensued :
Pat-"Gentlemen, would gees be
kind enough to answer me a question: ,
Enthusiastically we will, and be
glad OF the opportunity"
Pat-''This is how the matter stands.
Twenty years ago 1 was wurrikin On
the ElinoY Central Railroad, and I was
gettin two dollars and a half q dav:
that made fifteen dollars q week. I
supported me family, paid ms rent.
and educated me caildren on eight dol
lars a week, and I saved oop sever dol
lars a week. I'm a wurrikin now on
the EIlnoy Central Railroad, on the
seltsame where l was. I'm gettin a
dollar and fifteen cents a day; that
makes six dollars and ninety cents a
week. Now the question I wants to
ak gees is this: How I can support me
family, educate me children and pay
me rent and save oop seven dollars a
week, when 1 amt a gettin but six
ninety, be gob9'
The bankers adjourned to the bar to
figure On the problem.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
MR. BRYAN TO LECTURE

Weunderstand that Mr. W. J. Bryan,
our late candidate for President, has
been employed by a syndicate 70 go on
the lecture platform, and that he will
be paid $50, 900 year, though that may
be an ex~aggeretion. We can't blame
any ma to accept legitimate employ
ment, and we presume that Mr., Bryan
will not DO anything wrong. Ga the
other HAND, if he talks finance he will do
a vast amount Of good. His popularity
has not waned since his defeat. He
arrived at St. Louis recently and Was
met at the station by an immense as
semblage Of people and received such
an ovation as few American citizens
ever had, especially so SOC after pc
litical defeat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
coMR TO NORTH CAROLINA.

People are on the verge Of starvation
in many parts Of the country. And
yet six pound JuEnips can be raised il
North Carolina. Taer8 is enough land
in cultivation in North Carolina to feed
ten millions OF people, and our climate
and soil is 50 varied tina almost any Of
the immense variety Of far1u, orchard
and vineyard produces raised through
out the world q BE- grown to peGfec
ton here. We need more thorough,
systematic farming.
In the eastern part Of the State cur
sounds are full OF the f1est oysters,
our rivers and lakes are full Of fish.
The trucking lands 10 the East are
'eqlal so the best in the world. In
twenty or more counties we can eq,lai
Texas IN growing cotton, and Louisiana
in the production of rice aud cane. We
supply tho world with peanuts. We
have fifteen counties producing the
finest bright tobacco. Oar corn lands
are equal TO any in Illinois or Kansas.
We have some good wheat land in the
Piedmont section. Obio can'6 beat the
bluegrass MOUNTAIN counties for wool
and cattle growing, N1SouthernS State
equals ours in the manufacture of cot
ton goods and fine tobacco. But, after
all this, low prices, business stagna-
ton and our weaknesses are holding US
down along with the rest Of the cour-
tTY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
MISSION OF THE POPULlST
PARTY.

Hon. Thomas E. Watson, who en-
joyed the honor Of being the nominee
OF his party from about one O'Clock
a, m. until twelve o'clock the same
day-untiI Bryan was northumberland
then got the marble heart has the fol
lowing editorial in his Atlanta paper Of
a recent date, which is such a clear,
concise statement of facts, that we
give it entire, as there is food for
though in it.,
Its glory has been that it made it's
appeal directly to tho people, sought
to educate them. and tried TO organize
them in the behalf OF better govern,
ment.
"Asa school teacher, 20 political par
~ every made utter Roadway bRan
ours. We have educated the masses
as fast as We could reach them; wher-
e7er people would lis.en converts were
made. And no man ever returned to
either OF tho ola p2rtis after having
become a P4pulist N principle.
cit is true hat our cause las suffered
much damage at the hands Of exGrem
ists. Radical ranters who b~ursesqued
PopulIsm rather than illustrated il
have p~rejudicad thousands against US
The fr8-eaters who make wer upon
private ownership Of property and
who s99m possessed by an insane desire
80 level everything in sigh, alarm
and disgust many citizens whose heart
and whose vote would be with US il he
understood Us just as we are.
During the recent campaign Popu
list doctrines stood a better chance to
get a fair hearing than v q before.
When the Democratic party adopted
III platform at Chicago, we st once
gained the ear Of an immense au
dienc9 which, up to that hour, had
b8en hopelessly hostile to us. And now
that the campaign is over, the moral
victory which Populiem won at erica
go is still ours. NJ Democrat can ever
hereafter be heard to abuse or ridicule
creed which his party formally EN-
braced.
"Not only has Populism done m8gai
icent work as an educator, but it has
achieved a yet more signal triumph as
liberator Of the human mind from
the slavery of party domination.
rs has smashed party ties right and
Left. It has broken the idols Of the
market place in q manner beautiful to
behold. Il has well nigh abolished the
party lash. It has utterly abolished
social ostracism for political opinions
sake No citizen any longer heeitates
to take sides with any party he likes,
to vote for any candidate he prefers.
The day of political persecution is
over-even in the Southland PoouIism
did it!
Not only has our reform movement
educated and liberalized the mssses
but it leavened both the old Parties
until they themselves throb with the
restless movement of the peoDle
Never before did two campaign man
ayers work harder to satisfy the minds
of the common people than did Jones
and Hanna. Never before did foot
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24

arOument. end illustration count for go
much in an election. Never before
! was 40 much economic literature prin
ted. distributed and read.
A few years ago what did the cam.
| paignE literature consist of Lies, mostly.
| The Democrats would get out a SIAN
! der Or WI on Blaine or G lrfeld, and
| the R 9publicans would concern their
! virtuous souls with a defect or so in
| Cleveland's moral character; and the
contest was fought out on the old
| fraved and frazzled line OF Force
| Bill" on n side, and Bloody Shirt"
on the other.
| Look into the campaign books Of the
| two old parties, a few years back, and
see how much space is given to mere
| scandals, and how little to economic
principles!
In this campaign all was changed
and Popukism has done it.
Every body sought information. The
| voter wanted light. He demanded to
know the facts. The printing presses
groaned night and day to supply the
demand.
The impression prevails thaS Mark
| Hanna's money bought Mckinley
election. We do not share that 0pin
ion. l. is practically impossible TO
bride people by the millions
Mckinley was elected because the
Republican writers and speakers were
able to hold their men together, while
Bryan's forces were scattered by bad
management
The P0pulist theory OF MONEY is the
only one which can successfully meet
the Sound Money" argument, and
Bryan lost votes because our Demo.
cratic allies were not willing to adopt
our line of reasoning.
But although the campaign is over,
the discussion Of the money question
goes right on.
1t has received a mighty impulse
which keeps it moving. And so greatly
disturbed ia Mark Hanna ever the out
look, that ne proposes to continue the
r publican campaign organization and
TO keep it at work.
Thus has Popu!ism b2en doing its
! work. It has put down party daspot
ism. Il has erased the lines Of section
ALIEN. 1t has brought politics to a
battle OF economic doctrines. It has
c 4iied the masses into such life and
strength as they have not had for a
generation. Il has abolished political
intolerance, II has made huge inroads
upon political ignorance.
Let US not be discouraged, comrades.
Good government does not happen by
accident.
Under great disadvantages, we have
fought a good fight. We must not
fa1ter nor fell back. The path OF duty
leads on ward, and we must press for
ward therein.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
CREAM Or TAE PRESS.
Hard Fits, Bold Sayings ard Pattlett
Paragraphs From Reform Papers,

Hard Fits, Bold Sayings ard Pattlett
Paragraphs From Reform Papers,
Dallas is the largest city in the United
States carried by the straight Pypui8;
ticket Southern MoTcury.
An evening every week Ct the ALI
ance meeting will be'of greav benefit to
yourself and family. Pa. Alliance Al,
vOcate,
Capital will now take its love for
labor If the fire and put it back ncoId
storage for another four years.'-Do,
troit, Mich, Tribune.
1t seems odd that one Of The officers
of President Cleveland's Cabinet Should
have declared that the election went
"all our way."-Grange Ad7.csto.
We hope by next issue 10 give the
number OF gold standard Democrats
elected to the next Congress by the free
silver crowd.-West Texas Sentinel
Couldn't rally under the Democratic
banner. The party's betrayal Of the
-Deople in 5w0 administrations pre-.
vented that.-World, ChiliicoChe, No.
The free silver hobby horse carries
the genuine free eilverites without
much bucking, but he lands the SILVER
plated goldbugs in the ditch without
much ceremony.-Lumber5on P0putlst
The preachers who have eo ardent
prayed for the gold standard, viii
doubtless have no objection to dOnrin2
an apron and handling a soup Iadle thn
winter. -AdvaLc9 Guard, Defiance
Ohio.
The free silver croakers in the Demo
cratic party now have a golden oppor
tunity to rise above party" It vii
be no trouble whatever for them tt
''rise above" where theirs ia now
Lumberton POpulist.
The first plan of the gold STANDARD
party comes from the milionairI
banker, Russell Sage, and it is said L
have the approval of Mr.. Mckinley. !
is for the issue of gold bonds.-Prcgfe5
eive Farmer, Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Yes. it is President Mckinley and j
had hardly been announced until tn
came that two big banks fajled Il
Kansas and the Santa Fe Railroad baC
gone into the hands OF a receiver. a
good slice of prosperity to start ch
with.-Council Grove, Kan, Courier
There wes never any permanent ad
vance in prices OF labor and comm5dl
ties under a gold redemption system Oh
money. The leboring people must De
content with the wages they receive
with an occasional cut, and prOducers
need not look for better prices
S Juthern Mercury.
The reforms advocated by the Peoples
party have lost none OF their vitality
The common people need them worse
now than ever before. Let every r9.
former buckle on his armor anew ana
go forth to do valiant battle for human
and American homes.-Tulare FaI'
Cal, Citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-24
HOW THE sHnR1Rp

- Nm,
tFRANK L. STANTON, in A+7oa.
Thought I'd gallop in the ro n"a''ltotop.
Office looked 50 hearty '@ce~
Sorter hankered for the nIo
Said so ter my party, P'"c0;
Sheriff he'd bin il 50 long
Rollln' N the Clover. ~
Voters got ter TALKING stro.
Thought they'd haul MIN 5r
Old man did his level best
every speech wuz teI]inN
R sled my sleeves up, i9rkad
Had the votors yellin'. NY 7est
When he'd talk, I'd call him d.
Every time I'd pin MIN. 1o"n
Till he seen that, fald an t7wD
Campaign wuz agin him.
But endurin' of the race
CPeared like I Wuz winnpN
Speakin' nigh the sheriff. nlLo'oo
Axed me inter dinner.
Then the trouble come fer sbogo
Took a drink O. water.
Soma one staEdin'. IN the d7or-
This here is my daughter"
G. ntleman, l give a look.
Talk erb0ut yer cherries.
Fac4s in a picFuc' book,
Peaches ANA sJra berries,
Ny. bat they wuz nothin' ike.
With them ribbons IN h3rI
Scr5er felt the lIghtnin' strike
Kaow'0 l wuz 4 gOner.
Clean forgot my campaign speea5
Sorter knocked Cue silly.
Cheeks IS rosy as q pc On,
Thar she s5ood-a lIy.
Well, the sheriff told s pkp,
Talked ero0uG tho weather.
Finally went Cuf for a smoke
Left us thar Jergethar.
Thar / sot, that purity face
Stings o conecienC5 giving,
Me a.makip Of a race
Fer her fathers living,
SIGH bright eyes and dimplad cheek
Eyes tha5 seemed conpIa,CiuN
Wuuid1'5 meet IN forty ygeass
Sich a slghG-camp algni1D
4 x
Whats the uae to b8at erOoua2
Campaigns aia'C 10 iu0n.l.
! decided I'd draw OuV
Leave tins sheriff ru0nin'.
Tod the voters fur an nigh
Sherlff-he would win it.
When g3oI mems il cifi;e, Why
Better keep en- IN il.
An the sheriff 5temmd the tide,
(Atways thought Ia orter
We j-BG sgapped = X X I'm sa6ief3
With the snertf's daughter.