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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
PAsQUoTANK COUNTY MEETING.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
ELIZABETH CITY, n. @.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. Q.
P8equotank County Alliance met
with Berea Sub April the 9th. All Of
the Subs but one were represented.
After usual routine business, we ad-
iourned for dinner, and oh, what a
dinner The choicest part Of the
grunter, chicken, pig, sheep, etc. Then
came the pies of different kinds, too
numerous to mention and too good to
talk about. That Berea Sub always
tries to burst a fellows buttons off.
Dinner was over and, we'll, [ thought
nobody could talk about anything but
dinner, but they did. Not very much
to my surprise I found Pasquotank
Alliance not quite dead yet, though
small numerically, yet not so in en-
thusiasm. Our worthy secretary gave
US a good talk on the principles Of u
Order. He was followe by Bro. James
jennings, the man who neve has any
thing to say, and yet, the nan who
has SAID So panWt good things fn'; and
about the Alliance az any man in Pas
quotank county. A charter member,
a man with limited education, yet full
Of good old fashioned horse sense.
Several other brethren gave interest
ing talks. One good brother told how
some had persuaded him to join and
then backed out. He wants them to
stay longer next time, and says they
remind him of church members who
Jump up and shake hands and think
they have got religion, but when the
test comes they are found wanting.
He wants them to stay longer, pray
harder and sing louder in order that
they may be on the right side next
time.
We need a good lecturer among us
in the east. We want to get one in
the fall to come and stay a few days
with us. We feel confident we can in,
crease our strength very much. Rally
for the shoe factory.
Fraternally,
II. M TCH COUntv Spc'v
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
DOLLARS" WANTED.

want to buy a limited number of
the Thirty Five Millions Nine Hundred
and Sixty-Five Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Twenty Four SILVER Trade
Dollars" $35, 965 92D which the Gov
eminent of the United States has here
tofore coined and issued as legal tender
debt-paying money at their face value,
but has since then, by goldbug legisla-
ton repudiated as money.
Address the undersigned, stating the
number of TRADE Dollars" YOU have
for sale, and the price you arb willing
to take for them.
WILLIAM A. GU R1E.
April %, 1896. Durha @
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28

900 Federal officials, centered in the
Chief Executive, will absorb the indie
pendence of the other coordinate
branches of the government; that the
circumstances seem to justify the be
lief that Executive influence, through
the use of Federal patronage, was
exerted to secure the repeal of the pur.
chasing clause of the Sherman Act at
the extra session of FIfty-third Con-
gress, and that it is believed this abuse
of the executive prerogative has been
practiced for many years. "Yetnever
eliminating to that shameful and
alarming extent as during the term of
the present administrator. 1t is re.
solved, therefore, that a committee of
five be appointed to investigate the
subject and report some pan by which
this growing evil may be eliminated. "
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28

Senator and Mrs. James M. New
borne, of L9noir county, have issued
invitations as follows: "Mr. and Mrs
James M. Mewborne request your pres
ence at the marriage of their daughter
Susie May to Mr.. Joseph J. Rogers,
nine o'clock Wednesday morning,
April 29th, 1896, Hebron church, near
Kinston, N. O." We wish the popular
young couple all the happiness poss-
ible.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION

In order to give Northern people d
chance to visit North Carolina ana Se0
something of cur State, the 0esOoaru
Air Line has made unusually 10" I"'0'
to Southern Pines from all Nor'neEn
points, and from Southern poln's u
it's line. The Northern Settlers wv
vention will be held at Southern PlnS'
N. c., May sch. Tickets on sale lrOD
May 2nd to 5th. From Atlanta :"
Southern Pines and return the tlch''
will cost but So; from Portsmouth 'a.
the price will be the same. Raleigh !"
Southern Pines and return u 81 ii
From Boston and return $780, Il
points north of New York the saUS
The rate from New York VIII DE- ..
Baltimore, via Bay Line, So "aSnpS
ton, Sc so. All prices are tor F9CuD
tickets. These figures will enaopS
large crowd to come from the No aIa
and from roany Southern points.
is a splendid time to visit North OD5
lima, and we hope many will take
vantage of the trip.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28

mine or bullion owners, who, IT placed
in authority by our aid, may favor the
issue of more bonds, the destruction of
our legal tender greenbacks, and favor
national banks of issue, to control the
money of the people. and oppose the
graduated income tax and all of our
measures looking to the relief of the
common people, with the exception Of
free silver. JOHN MCDUFFIE
Chairman Go. Elk. Comm.
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted by the Cumberland
County Alliance at their quarterly
meeting April 9, 1896:
ResOzU9d, That the Cumberland
County Alliance, in regular session at
Fayetteville. N. O., do urge upon our
brethren throughout the State, and
nation, to use Their influence in every
honorable way to send men to our
legislative halls, both State and Ma
tional, who are favorable to each and
every demand as has been continuously
adopted by our National Alliance from
time to time-men true and tried, who
will be true to their pledges under all
circumstances.
Cumberland County Alliance sends
greeting to all the brethren that they
may rely upon her to aid and abet no
man who is not true to our principles
and worthy of our confidence.
2. That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to our State organ, with request
that the Caucasian and other reform
papers copy from it.
4. @. MCCLELLAN, Go. Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
A SAFE LEADER.

The Denver Daily News pays Chair
man Taubeneck, of the National Peo-
ple's Party Executive Committee COM
pliments in the following language:
persons who we're so fortunate as to
meet Chairman II. E. Taubeneck while
he was in Denver Saturday we're
greatly impressed " it'll his appearance
and bearing. Mr.. Taubeneck is six
feet tall, of perfect proportions, and
carries himself gracefully and mod
estly. He would attract attention IN
any assemblage by his handsome ap-
pearance and manly bearing. He Is
modest in advancing his opinions, and
is as far removed as possible from the
extremists who have alarmed voters
by their %professed desire to hasten the
coming of the millennium by means
of fire and sword. Denver men who
met Nh. Taubeneck found that he is of
the conservative class, although at the
head of a movement as far-reaching as
humanity itself.
81 was most a~greeably surprised,
remarked a we'll known citizen yester-
day, when speaking of the impression
given by a long interview with the
Chairman of the National POpulist
Committee. Mr.. Taubeneck inepiresre-
spect by his self possessed air and un-
affected dignity Of manner. [ was de-
lighted to meet such q man at the head
of a great cause, but when he ad-
dressed the little assembly in one of the
private rooms of the hotel, his remarks
were so timely and to the point that
we all felt that any u would be safe
in the hands of such a man Mr.. Tau
beneck is not of the nervous, exCltable
natures who delight in a scrimmage
and never thrive so we'll as when IN a
fight. OF his fighting abilities there is
no doubt, but he is naturally a man Of
peace. His face is one Of the handsOmest
lever saw. Il denotes the rule of the
conscience and the intellect. Although
capable physically of strangling a lion,
the Chairman of the PopulisG Party is
so constituted that he would not know
ingly tread upon a worm. He i'm
pressed me essentially as a well bal
anced man, filled with the noblest in
s~tincts, and with a reserve power that
no ordinary occasion would require to
be brought into full play. l would not
regard Mr.. Taubeneck as a great
speaker. He is too d~eliberative. He
lacks the fire of the natural orator,
although his argument would in the
end carry conviction to the intelligent
mind. I cannot give a happier combi-
nation of qualities for the important
position which Mr.. Taubeneck has
been called upon to fill. I have felt
kindlier t o all mankind since I felt the
pressure of the hand of Mr. Tau
beneck.'
whether the Denver man over
states the qualities of the chairman will
be known by those who are personally
acquainted with Mr.. Taubeneck and
with his career. He impressed those
at the conference as especially qualified
in smoothing out the rough edges which
are constantly pre- citing themselves in
political affairs"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
ANOTHER GOOD L

Congressman Shutord, of this State,
has introduced resolution to 'investi-
gate the extent to which Federal pat
ronage is being used to control legis!a-
ton and corrupt the public service. "
The preamble recites that the use of
Federal patronage has become a ma
tional disgrace and a menace to our
institutions; that it is charged that it
is being used to control conventions,
coerce Congress and manipulate the
Supreme Court; that the power of 200,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
PRETTY GOODS.

We have received samples of cassi-
mere, fannels, knitting yarns, blan,
kets, ETC., from the Chatham Manu-.
featuring Company, EIkin, N. s.. The
goods made by this company have,
long stood at the head of the list. No
concern can or will do better work.
They buy wool or will take it and make
it into any kind of goods you desire at
80 much per yard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
FERTILIZER

Up to noon last Saturday, April -, -
the State Treasurer had receIVeu ~
this year, tonnage tax on 1874, 1000 % ~
of fertilizers. For the same Time"
year on "a, 752 tons. ..c
Our farmers should be sure " "a "a
vide an abundant supply OF nO ~
made Hoo and HOMINY," III Pl' H.d
ence to any other crop, at this unS0'T NJ
time, and let cotton and toOaccV
their net surplus.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28

Certain Republican emmissaries are
on the rounds trying to get Populist
county Executive Committees to
agree to fusion on any Ort of terms,
and they are also lying on several
prominent Populists. The way to treat
such cattle Is some vigorous kicks with
the toe of your shoes. The voters of
this State are going to run the machine.
Whatever they want they will have.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
CREAM OF Fl PRESS

Hard Hits, Bold Sayings and p.t.;.,,
Paragraphs From Reform Papers
Are you a goldbug Democrat .,
silver-loon Democrat2-DolIar Tits''
Rock, Ark.
When the supply of money oor.,.
the demand, the prisons and n 1aas
houses will be depopulated .-Pe6nIoS,
Paper.
The Democratic nomination for Pres,
dent still goes a begging. No mo0
seems to want to offer himself a sao nI
flee. -Banner, Pontotoc, Miss.
Bonds, ducks, and home mission,
seem to be the three great enternria.'
engaged in by the present edminist,,
tion.- Sentinel, Grand View, Tex
These compromise harmony stav.ir
the-party-vote-her straight-rpdeemor
are dying f r office but thew mnst3 4,
without. Leader. Weatherford. Tov
The sensible thing for the Democrats
party to do is to disband. The navt
best thing is to divide into at least tuo
wings and then the sensible thu
the people to do is to join neither vino
Peoples Tribune.
What do you think, Mr.. Angel If
the Presidents going on to New York
to preside over a Presby terrain meet.
ing? Well, he might have donea worse
thing in shooting ducks out of season
Our Dumb Animals.
The bottomless pit of humbugs might
be raked, but a bigger humbug than
sound money" could not be found,
A man who talks Sound moDeyois
either a fool or he is dishonest and
seeking to bunco the people. Southern
Mercury.
Husband-"We must be more eco.
nomical in the use of coal" Wife "a
Vassar graduate)-''There are uuAsd
billions of tons of coal just beneath the
earth's surface, and" Husband
And one or two big corporations just
above. New York Weekly.
The big Democratic papers of this
State, and the little ones too, are beg.
ging the Democrats to get together.
Never mind about that, gentlemen.
They'll get together soon enough, and
then the fur will fly for a short time,
after which they will drift further
apart than ever before. - Lumberon
Populist.
A prominent church member re,
marked recently that while the princi
pies of the Peoples party were all right
- "e"7 @~'@~~Fco joiNtbe party =
it would not win. GEe same lille o.
reasoning this church member to be
consistent should join the ranks Of
open up a grog shop and march
in the line with the majority who are
bound for hades News, Tulare, Cal.
OF all men, the farmers are the most
conservative, they are not Missionaries
nor revolutionists, excepting in so far
as the revolution of political parties is
concerned. The Farmers Alliance de-
mands a reform that will bring back
this government to the principles upon
which it was founded. The cOnstItu-
ton provides that government shaIOe
administered in the interests Of The
people-Tne masses. But it has drltteN
into the hands of the politicians ana
capitalists, who run it in their oWJ
special interests. In order to agan
make this govern ment a government
of the people" is why the farmers nave
organized Alliances. 1t i5 their a1m
to wrest the government from tn9
grasp of politicians, corruptionIsts anu
monopolists. American Enterprise
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
IN HOLE.

Al lltbu BLlO OLACAA
it's anonymous correspondents denied
the statement that cotton was still
bringing Is cents per pound n corn
and wheat 81 Is per bushel IN Mexico,
as they did here before silver was de-
monetized, or that that country was
prosperous and advancing.
The U. S. Consular reports and every
other reliable information having con-
firmed these statements as facts, the
Observer then fell back on the asser-
ton that the currency out there had
deprecated but every reliable author
ity, even the editor of the goldbug
Washington Post (who has often visited
Mexico) concurred that money had not
deprecated in Mexico, but prices of
everything remained as they were
heretofore in that country, and just as
they were in this in the prosperous
times we had before silver was demone
tized.
Driven from these positions, the OBJ
server lately had an anonymous article
several columns long saying that wages
were low, and that there was a great
deal of poverty in Mexico. Concede
for the argument it is so, would 1t have
made poverty less and wages higher to
have reduced cotton to Z cent and
other farm products in proportion?
Would it have raised wages to have
doubled the value of the money it is
paid in and cut in half the prices of the
products of labor, as was done IN this
country7
Who demonetized silver, anyways
Was it done by the friends of labor and
the opponents of poverty2 Who now
is opposing the reconciliation of sill
ver7 Is it the friends of the laborer
and the producers Does the opposition
comefrOm those who would be benitted
by the restoration of cotton to Is cents
and corn and wheat to 81 %. Or was
not the demonstration procured by
men who wanted to double the value
Of their non-ta1able government and
State bonds, and is not that the crowd
who are opposing the undOing Of the
great wrong and fraud2
The Observer takes the ground hat
the price Of our cotton is fixed in Liver
pool and we can't help ourselves. Why
then do the farmers of Mexico continue
to get Is cents for cotton and 81 Is for
corn and wheat to pay their debts and
taxes? The truth is, our government
fixes the price at half when it doubles
the value Of the dollar in which debts
and taxes and prices Of products are
fixed.
Suppose England we're to make
diamonds the standard, must we also
make diamonds the standard and when
our debts and axes are payable in cot
ton at l 100 of a cent a pound and
wheat and corn at ! cent per we bushe
Will still be told that the price of cotton
is fixed in Liverpool, and we can't help
ourselves.
Our Democratic neIghbors are not
out of the fight altogether They still
have their plan Of organ Z alton" and
are publishing it in some of their papers,.
They ought TO hoist a rooster on this
account.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
n. r. 2. a.
EDITORIAL T s,

Now is The time to get in some good
Alliance work. The success of the Al
lance should be first in our minds at
all times.
The Democrats and Republicans who
think they can swallow the Populist
party seem to forget that the Populists
have horns and hoofs.
Just at this time it seems pretty hard
to Pre5ocve tha parity between some of
the ,Populists holding office ana those
Populists who are not in Office.
In New York STATE good, sound po-
tatoes were sold for q cents per bushel
at public auction. Listen and you will
hear the farmers up there voting against
goldbuggery pretty soon.
Every movement has its crucial
period. The question to day Is shall
the Peoples party be ruled by Office
holders or by the people themselves?
This must be settled IN the next few
months.
The Wilmington Messenger ri icuIes
the idea that the POpulIsts may be able
to harvest 125 900 votes in the State
this fall. All we have to say is that
the political judgment of a man who
thought he could kill a million yankees
by preaching a sermon once a week
during the late val is not valued very
highly in these piping days of peace.
The gold dollar is sound No doubt
about that. 1t is worth 100 cents, and
go scarce that you do not see one twice
a year. Diamonds are sound, too, but
they are pretty scarce. All the dia-
monds in the world would not fill one
ordinary building. If divided up
amongst the people not one person in
a thousand would own a diamond.
Same way with gold. Then why does
any sensible man talk about the posi-
bility of a gold standards
These Pops are getting too uppish.
They not only hold the balance of
power in Washington, preventing any
further bad legislation. if they can't
get a., good legislation passed, but
they hRve gone further. The other
day senator Butler, our 'Maryann,"
actually and audaciously presided over
She Senate a whole day. If Cleveland
will now follow the example of Vice
President Stevenson and let Butler fill
the presidential chair a few hours, we'll
bet Messrs, England, Satan, Roths-
childs & Co. will not run this country
on that day.
A few days ago a Populist said to us
'If the State is turned over to the
Democrats again we will be disfran-
chised." 1t will be a sad calamity if
the State gets under Democratic con
troll again, but the man who is willing
to vote for goldbugs deserves disfran.
chisement. The man who votes for
goldbugs, no matter which party they
belong to, not only votes for disfran-
chisement, but for absolute slavery,
more degrading, and with less chance
of throwing off theyoke than the negro
w had. The negro was forced into
slavery; the man who votes the gold,
bug ticket, be he white or black, goes
into it voluntarily and with his eyes
wide open. There are several things
TO consider in this important matter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28

The goldbugs argue that a gold dol
lar is good because it is worth itself.
Upon the same line of argument a sill
dollar is better because it is worth
90 cents more than itself and a paper
dollar is still better because it is worth
998 cents more than elf.-Record.
Scranton, Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
ourselves.

Our Democratic nelghbors are not
out of the fight altogether They still
have their plan of organ zation" and
are publishing it in some of their papers.
They ought TO hoist a rooster on this
account.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-04-28
Fraternally

H. M. PR1TCHARD, County Sec'y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03
GIRL CHOKED BY ROBBER
MISS ANNA SCHOTT FOUND UNCON-
sCIOUS BY HER FATHER.
She Had Been Assaulted. on Return
ing from a Bicycle Ride,
by n Negro.

Saturday night Miss Anna Schott, the
nineteen-year-old daughter of Jacob Schott,
of $50 South Alabama street, had an expe-
ricence with a robber from which she is
still suffering. She went for a bicycle ride
early i'm the evening with a young man and
returned home at 1879 o'clock. At 11:30 her
father, who keeps a stand on Market, re-
turned and found her lying, unconscious.
on the back porch. She was carried into
the house and after half an hour was re-
vived. She said that she had gone around
the house to enter at the side door and,
as she stepped upon the porch. a negro
seized her by the throat. That was the
last she remembered until she regained con-
seriousness in the house. She had a pocket
book containing $3.50. which was gone.
Mrs. Schott remembers hearing a faint
cry about the time her laughter says she
was assaulted. She thought it was one Of
the children wanting something and she sot
up and looked into their room, but they
were asleep and. thinking she had been
mistaken, returned TO bed. The next door
neighbor remembers hearing a sound as IL
someone had jumped from the porch. II
is now believed ne heard the sound of the
young lady falling.
III is believed the robber had not been
expecting the young lady. but that he was
lying in wait for Mr.. Schott when he should
return from market. Saturday night is al
ways a time Of good trade and Mr.. Schott
usually has a large sum of money when
he returns home. The negro is supposed
TO have been some one who was acquainted
with Mr.. Schott.
Miss Schott suffered a severe nervous
shock. besides being considerably injured
by the choking she received.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Your recent editorial regarding the loss
that would be sustained by members of fra
ternal insurance organizations in the event
Of the adoption of free coinage of silver
pass among those who are not familiar
with the plans of such institutions. but with
the initiated it cuts no ice" 1t is the
boast Of the "fraternals" that no reserve
is accumulated. Members are assessed for
current death losses and expenses only:
hence there is no such thing as the mem
bers putting their savings into one of these
associations TO get IL back at death. as is
the case in regular life insurance compa-
MES. When q member dies the hat is
passed among surviving members. and the
contents. not TO exceed" a certain amount.
paid TO the beneficiary. When the ''frater-
nails get 10 paying their claims In fifty
cent dollars the members will be paying
their assessments in the same coin. and no
one will be the loser. The line OF argument
pursued in the editorial referred 10 has
some weight when applied to savings
banks, building and loan associations and
regular legal reserve life insurance compa-