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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
GOOD LOGIC.

Hon. s. L. Patterson, retiring Com
missioner of Agriculture, has the fol,
lowing sound sense in the June Bulle-
tin:
Let it be told over and I'VE again
that the farmer who binds himself with
crop liens and chattel mortgages, or
debt in any form, in order to secure
supplies which he a raise himself, or
to buy fertilizers for making a crop,
the yield and the price of which no
man can foretell, is enslaving himself
he is gambling on mere chance; he is
building his house on the sand, and
sooner or later the waves Of disaster
will bring him to grief. The farmer
who raises his own supplies-who
avoids debt like the plague, and keeps
his expenses inside his receipts, who
raises money crops only as a surplus
he is building on q sure foundation,
against which the storms may beat
and pillows roll in vain; he is i~ndepend.
ent Of panics and business depression
he is Master. The time is coming'when
these plain truths will be more and
more apparent.
Looking to the future: in all the
wide range of the varied industries of
the present age I can see no pursuit
that offers to the average man with
limited capital, particularly if he has
not received training as a specialist, so
certain a competence, with a fair share
of the comforts and conveniences of
this world, as farming. Certainly there
is no other pursuit in which he can to
the same extent enjoy his freedom and
manhood; none more healthful, none
with fewer temptations to draw him
away from the paths of uprightness,
and virtue, none in which he may have
such close communion with nature,
and natures own great God adore"
And farmers r better than anybody
else, as a class, except preachers"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

and severed. That National Aid must
drop the word Alliance" from their
name and title, and that the Alliance
have no further deaIings or connections
with said Aid Degree. While the Aid
officials stated they had requested all
their members in good standing to vote
upon the question of separation from
the Alliance, also change Of name,
their report shows that but l, 704 votes
were csst in all, including those voting
both for and against the questions sub
mitted, and as they claim to have sew
eral thousand members, the total votes
cast are not more than one fourth of
the number Of claimed, Eve paid policy
numbering over 1000 last winter) and
from the numerous protests read from
Alliance and Aid membes. against be-
ing forced out of the Order, rs well as
those not now insured, but asking the
Alliance that steps be taken to permit
them to take out some under their fos-
tering car and protection. It was
unanimously agreed that National Sec,
retary-Treasurer be instructed to notify
members throughout the Union that
all members Of the Aid as well as all
members of the Order wishing the Ma
tional r. A. 6 /. y. to continue a life
insurance, confined to members of the
+. A 6 l. u, shall at once notify the
Secretary N. T. A. 6 IA. W. P.
Bricker, Cogan Station, Pa, and shall
with said notice enclose 25 cents. The
same will be placed to their credit, and
used to procure books, applications and
supplies necessary for starting the
work. If enough fail to vote to justify
starting the work, the money will be re
turned. Icarried policy No. 2,176, dated
Sept, 1921, OOO-and paid all assess
ments to May, 81 to Aid Office. Was not
among 1,7C4 votes named. l vote for
establishing company under Alliance
control. Let US hear from you soon.
FraternRlly,
w. P. BRICKER, Sec'y.
Alliance and reform papers please
copy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
PRESS
copy.

The State Press Association, in ses
sion st Morehead City last week, adop
ted the following resolutions, all OF
which are of public interest:
"ResOl0ed L. That this association de-
sires to assur the teachers and people
of North Carolina that it is ready to
cooperate with them IN any and every
effort to exterminate ignorance In the
State, and that we will us u best
efforts in the direction according as
our judgment may dictate"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

One of the many persons in Colum.
bus. Ohio, who have been benehtted Oy
the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People is Miss Jerusha Mckinney,
of so South Centre Street. Miss Nc
kinney is we'll and fRvorably known,
~especially in educational circles, as she
has been for q number of years, q faith
full and progressive school teacher.
For some time she has been very
i'll and the sufferings and fortunes en-
dured by her for months have been un
The tale of her suferipgs and the
subsequent relief and final cure which
she derived from the use Of DR.. Wi
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People,
aroused considerable agitation among
her many friends and others.
A reporter was detailed to obtain q
reliable account of this marvellous case,
and when he called he found Miss Nc
Kinney at her comfortable and coy
home where she cheerfully complied
with his RI quest. She said:
THE firsT indication that l had that
ANYTHING was radically wrong with me
was about three years ago. 1 suffered
the most eXcrucieting pains in differ
parts of my body and vas almost craZg
at times. My sleep was disturbed by
horrible dreams and I had begun to
waste away to almost a shadow. TIC
add to my other emictions the mRlady
assumed a catarrhal turn and I was
soon a victim to that horrible as well
as disgusting disease. I consulted the
family physician who gave me some
kind of q nostrum and I was foolish
enough to imagine that it benefited me
I folio we'd the advice of the physici
clans, but noticed no perceptible
Improvement in my condition and was
about to despair of ever becoming a
strong and well woman again.
"Some of my lady friends we're call
ing on me ore afternoon and before them
I happened to mention my troubles,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
AN ADDRESS.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
CoGAN STATION, Pa June 4, 1897.
1Othe Members of r. 4 ell u, Greet
ing:
Your National Executive Committee
met In W1llamsport, Pa, May S9th,
1897, to consider action taken by the
officials of the National Alliance Aid,
or Life Insurance Degree of the Order.
After carefully going over the large
amount OF correspondence before them,
from members Of the Aid in many
States, it vas decided that relations
heretofore existing between the N. E.
A. & I. o. and N. A. A. be dissolved
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
A SUFFERER Relieved.
A Tale Of Sufferino
and Subsequent
Relief.
From the Press, Columbus, Ohio.

Wv
when one of them recommend,
I try DR.. Williams Pink Pills ~ u Ia
People. / had never had enU W 81
in medicine Of that kind and Rat
little attention to the suggosktaal 0a
was not long after this, hoRevo"a
I again heard the pills hiehlv ta
mended, by several persons 9n tSS Y
it was that l decided to give ~ y. sll
trial and purchased one box of tb os aS
I soon began to notice an imDrovo!p, u
in my condition and before fSo y
box had been taken my health VA.
much improved that l YVES abont "" w.
to begin singing the praise Of r. p'I 10y
liams' Pink Pills for Pale PeopIe '"
II was not ct thoroughly conv;,.
and decided to wait a while h'I
growing enthusiastic over the re S,tS'
and had begun on the second hoT Y
fore | was confident that I had stLas
found a medicine to meet the rfc,;.
ments Of my case. I discontinue !
calls to the ply siclaus and have Il
them alone since. ! am now oo =
and strong as I ever was in nv NJ
am entirely free from all pain, y.
never felt better in my life. eat :.
ularly and sleep like a babe. M ny
are my slumbers haunted With faaIs
dreams and when I retire at nipbt
go to sleep at once. I regard Dr. Ts
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People a. !
salvation, and would recommend M
to all ladies troubled as | was n
pills are more than what is claimed
them and anyone giving them Ri
will soon come to the same concluS
regarding their merits that I have
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale p.
pie contain all the elements necags
to give new life and richness to
blood and restore shattered nervs
They are for sale by all druggists
may be had by mail from DR.. William
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y,
SOC. per box, or six boxes for q 50.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
NOTICE.

|, The Governor has been requested
by the Farmers National Congress,
through its Secretary, Hon. John M.
Stahl, of Chicago, and it's Vice Presi
dent. Hon. J. s. Cunningham, of North
Carolina, to appoint two delegates from
the State-at large and one from each
Congressional district to represent this
State for the next two years at the
annual meetings. The next convention
VIII be held in ST. Paul, MINI, August
31st to September 6sb, inclusive.
Each delegate will be expected to
pay his own expenses, as there is no
state fund available for such purposes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
THE UNIVERSITY

Is steadily growing in popularity,
patronage and efficiency. The enroll
ment this year is the largest in it's his.
tory. We would like to aid some needy
boy to get its advantages Of scholar.
ships and loans. See ad. in another
column,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

The flee Hunting Major Attends the
Press association and Tells How Some
of the Editors Impressed Him.
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"HelIo! Msjor. Any new TO-
day"
B.-"Not much. I've jist cum in
frum Morehead City, N. O., where l
attended the State Medical Society an
the State Press Association. You see
a Teller Whut liz runnin' fer ofis awl-
ways wants ter git solid with the
editors an doctors. So l wuz thar
shakin' hands with them. They are a
clever set ov boys, I think. The new
Preserdent, Mr.. Whitaker, ov the
Winston Sentinel, il purity guide
lookin'. He reminds me ov Alexander
-the-gFate. John Beaurguard Sheriff.,
the Secretary a second Napoleon.
He il little but loud. ,RobertAhhanlas
Deal, OF the Wilkesboro Chronicle,
with his long flowing locks an burnin'
eloquence il bound to resemble Demos
thenese, though I amt old enuf ter
remember that distinguished sitizen.
CIaudius Romulous Hoey, Of the Cleve
land Star, awlso haz long fowin' locks,
and I think he looks like most ov the
old Paterarchs. John Abraham Smith,
of the Bessemer City Messenger,
doesn't look much like George Wash.
ington, but he has many Of Mr.. Wash
ington's habits, Horatio Burnside
Warner, of the Lexington Dispatch,
looks a little like John Leonidas Sulli
van, and l hear that he make it hot
fer delinquent subscribers. John Fran
els Maddrey, of the Durham Herald,
travels on hiz guide looks entirely. He
liz neither a warrior nor a statesman,
and don't look like he everd did anything
Wrong. Andrew Socrates Carson, OF
the Allegheny Star, IL q courtin' man
frum away back, an he don't care
who finds it out. But he has never
married. Dollie Thomas, Of the Frank
lin Times, il a beauty. Heiz not young
anymore, but he looks young, which
liz the same thing. Beau Brummel
Bell, of the Wilmington Messenger, il
the handsomest widoWer in the whole
lot, an just why he il allowed to run
around loose orter be explained by the
manageable ladies. B. J. Sumrow,
of the Newton Enterprise, IL jist 81
happy on the seashore ermong the
oysters an fish az he liz in the hills an
plains of Catawba county, an that il
sayin' rite much. / wish I had time
ter mention whut I think ov awl the
boys, but I hain't got it. It will not be
an easy job ter find a better lookin' or
smarter set ov boys anywhere than the
members ov the State Press Associa
ton. Gudebye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

For one week, beginning June a.
any Black or Blue SIS 90 SUIT for 81 o.
Rough Cheviots $2 so Suits for So so; RIBBED
-Cheviot, Smooth Cheviot $40 90 Suits will be sold Tor 81 So
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

To print money on gold or silver ia
like keeping accounts on plates of gold
or silver.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. J
LUCAS COUNTY. d

FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner Of the firm of
3. J. CHENEY Go, doing business in
the City Of Toledo, county and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will paw
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of CatRrrh that
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
SEAL A. w. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
Tor testimonials. free.
=. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

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Are : Waging : w
upon THE
BLACK " And =: Blue =: CHEVIOTG. j.,

For the first time in our business career, in our Especial Sales" has0u
they have always been excepted. But custom makes no laws for u.s. Wep
vided this season with our usual lavishness and, contrary to our expectation
they have moved alithe slow, but is cause enough for US to put pHa
aside and sacrifice them. Here they go.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

THE Republican members OF the
conference committee reached an
agreement on the bill Saturday and
the Democratic members of the bill
were notified to attend meeting this
morning, when the bill would be re-
ported to full committee. 1t was
the belief in Washington that an
agreement in full committee would
be reached today so that the bill
could be reported to the house this
afternoon, and it was thought it
would be adopted by that body by to-
morrow. Some of the more sanguine
were of the, opinion that the bill
would be accepted by both houses and
that congress will adjourn by Satur-
day. The Democrats stated that they
would want but little time and would
do nothing to delay the bill, but it is
hard to say what will be done when
the report reaches the senate. One
of the things in favor of immediate
action is the fact that members of
both houses are anxious to get away
from Washington at the earliest
moment possible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23
duction bugaboo will not scare the
workingmen. You will have 10 try
something else.

THE free coinage Democratic can.
didate for governor of Ohio is coal
operator, and his men are out on q
strike. He advocates the free coinage
of silver by the United States alone
without the aid or consent of any other
nation, and processes t be ieve by so
do that the United States alone and
unaided can raise the price OF silver
to Sl.29 per ounce. But when it comes
to the matter of coal, he admits
that is different, and that he cannot
do anything without the aid and con-
sent of his fellow operators. OF course
here is a clash of theories that makes
him appear very inconsistent, but
then a free coinageite is likely TO be
very inconsistent, so that cuts little
figure. But he stands before the peo-
pie as willing to have the country at
tempt to do what he, personally,
would under no circumstances at
tempt to do or advise any man to DO.
It is doubtful, indeed, that the peo-
ple of Ohio will select such a man for
governor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

THE county board has made very
sensible move in directing to investi-
gate into the advisability of using
crushed rock for road making pur-
poses. There is no question Of local
import, that is of igreater in
terest to the people today than that
of good roads, and with the wealth of
material at hand there ought be no
reason why within the next ten
years Blue Earth county should not
have the best of roads from one end
to the other. We believe that the
committee will find that crushed rock
can be obtained here at the least
possible cost. and that with a coat
ing Of gravel it will make a most
substantial roadway. AS only a mar
row wagon track is needed to start
with, that can be gradually widened
from time to time at small expense,
the cost of building quite a long
stretch Of road at time need not be
such heavy expense upon the tax
payers as some imagine. There is no
need Of anything so very elaborate to
start with. 1t IS to be hoped that
this move on the part of the county
board will lead to some material re.
suit,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

AS predicted would happen, some
days ago, Senator Ozmun, OF st. Paul,
has been named for foreign mission.
The next appointments that will be
thrust" upon the twin cities may be
mentioned Kiefer, Snider and
Timothy Erastus Byrnes, with others
to follow. With six of the seven
federal appointments already made
from this state coming from St. Paul
and Minneapolis, with three more
certain and several others prospec-
tive, the twins are having hard
time! The nursing bottle seems to
be we'll supplied with milk for the
poor dears, but fears are entertained
that the weak stomachs of the deli
cate twins will not hold up this no,
weather without fatal results from
cholera morbus. The President
ought to be informed Of the danger
that threatens the overloaded
stomachs of the city sucklings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

ONE of the most interesting items
of news during the past few days is
the reported alliance of Japan and
Spain against the United States.
Spain feels badly over the position
the people of this country have as
sumed toward Cuba, while Japan is
reported to feel equally sore over the
move by this country toward the an
nexation of Hawaii. The rumOr of
the said alliance, however, lacks con-
firmation, but should it prove true,
it is hard to see just what it would
amount to. Spain is just as decrepit
and as unable to do anything with
the alliance as without it, while the
idea that Japan could take any kind
of stand against country like the
United States, is somewhat ridicu.
lous. She would quickly find that
taking hold of China and taking hold
of this country are two entirely differ.
emit matters. But If these two ma
tions have really made combination
they will be great deal wiser after
an attempt to carry it out by force
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

The price of butter is merely fol-
lowing the fashion-going down as
money goes up. And it will go lower
yet; it is inevitable, and still most
farmers have no right to complain
they voted that way.-Atoet Lea
Standard.
The price of butter has always
dropped in the summer, lust as the
Standard we'll knows, and the gold
standard, which our Albert Lea Pop
ulist rails so much about has no more
to do with it than the. moon. The
large supply that is put upon the
market is the only factor in controll-
ing the price, as the Standard we'll
knows, but one would infer from it's
wall that the supply had nothing to
do with the price.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

IT is admitted that the new tariff
will add at least 20 per cent to the
cost of maintaining an average family.
1t may be imagined then, how JOY
fully it will be welcomed by those
who have had their incomes reduced
from 20 to 40 per cent; they will have
no doubt about the exact meaning of
protection. Isl. Cloud Times.
Who generally admits it? No one
but free traders, and their predic-
tions, in the light of the past three
or four years amounts to little.
AS to workingmen having their
incomes reduced 20 to 40 per cent, that
was from the present tariff.
Many have not had incomes
that they could depend upon since
ssthe step towards free trade" was
taken, and the new tariff will bring
about conditions that will allow bust
ness to resume again, and give them
more steady employment with con-
seduent increase Of income. Your re-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

THERE are great many people
who think more of Cleveland since
Tammany Missed him than they did
before. -MANKATO FREE PRESS.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Doubtless there are many who think
more of 'Tammany since it did the
Kissing than lever before Wabasha
Herald.
Yes, take the free silverites, Popu-
lists, etc. They proclaim their holt
ness and purity, and how badly they
hate corruption, and then embrace it
because it Kisses at the object of their
hatred.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

FRANK JAMES says that the ques-
tion as to whether he took part in the
Mortified raid is an unjust one to
ask him. Undoubtedly so. It is
likely to be somewhat embarrassing,
and especially so if asked in connec.
ton as to who rode the buckskin
horse, and who was the last man out
of the bank. Doubtless Frank does
not believe in opening old sores, es.
pecially when they come so uncom-
fortably close to home.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

The President yesterday sent to
the senate the name of Alvah East
man of the St. Cloud Jou1mal-P Press
for Receiver of the St. Cloud Land
office, and that of J. A. Henry Of the
GAINESVILLE Argus for postmaster at
GAINESVILLE. These are first-class ap-
pointments and will give entire sat-
isfaction to the people of the respec-
tive localities. Both gentlemen are
worthy citizens and good hard work.
ing republicans, and they have richly
earned the recognition bestowed upon
them by the President Mckinley.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

ALA SKA is likely to receive a great
impetus in the growth of it's popula-
tion, owing to the reports of the great
gold field just discovered there. The
region where it is located is almost
inaccessible and one has to go
through great privations and face
untold dangers to get there. But
that is nothing. Every man who
starts for that point believes that he
will survive all the dangers he may
meet and that a fortune will await
him at the end or his journey, with
which he will safely return. The
dangers are all for the other fellow.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-23

A POPOCRATIC paper says the re-
duction of wages of coal miners is due
to the gold standard. Curious, isn't
it, that it took more than twenty
years for the gold standard to get in
it's work, after it's statutory enact
ment, and that in the meantime
many periods Of great prosperity
were enjoyed. And curious too, that
the reduction of wages should come
so quickly after "the step toward free
trade" was taken. But then, OF
course the Popocratic writer did not
want to see that.