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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
National Lecturer F. A & 1. U
HALIFAX COUNTY ALLIANCE.
correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
AURELIAN SPRINGS. Nov. 3. 81.

correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
AURELIAN SPRINGS. Nov. 2, 81.
Halifax County Alliance met with
Mullen's Alliance second Thursday in
October, 1897. Mullen's is situated in
the lower end Of tie county, elk miles
west of Scotland Neck, and while we
Of the up country had to ride 35 miles,
we enjoyed the trip. The farming
lands below Enfield are very fine, be,
ing almost perfectly level, and it looked
as if the crop vas equally divided be-,
tween cotton and peanuts. There is a
good deal of tobacco made in this
county, but one grown along the road
that | could ee.
We went down the day before, and
three of us spent the night with Bro. @,
P. Simmons. He and his wife are mem
bers of our noble Order, and you may
know, that beingso, we were royalty
entertained. Bro. Simmons is all sorts
Of a farmer-makes cotton, peanuts,
tobacco, corn, raises cattle, collects
taxes; in fact, he is what you might
call an all round man. I think with a
little encouragement he would try and
furnish DUR shoe factory with hides.
Our meeting was called to order by
the president and all the Subs. repre-.
sented except Essex, We were over,
j0yed to meet with Hobgood Alliance,
which had re organized with Is mem
bers. We hope the brethren will
hold out faithful this time, for we know
that the delegates who were present at
meeting are true blues.
Bro. w Q. Bowers, delegate to the
State Alliance, made us a very inter
esting talk on what he had seen and
heard at the State meeting, and we all
felt encouraged. But I want to say
right here, brethren, with Bro. Hoover,
that more depends upon the Alliance
than making shoes. Be sure and read
his letters.
The following resolution was passed:
Resolved, That we have every rea-
son to believe with the lights before us
that the cylindrical mode of baling cot
ton is owned and operated by a trust
company.
2 That we denounce such trust as
being detrimental to the interest of the
farmers and ginners of the South.
8 That we ask all farmers aud news
papers, whether they be Alliancemen
not, to join with us to destr this
trust, as we did the cotton bagging
Altogether, we had a very profitable
and interesting meeting.
We adjourned at a late hour to hold
our next meeting at the court house
in Halifax,
w. NJ. MARTIN, Sec'y- Treas.
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ship in the county. Most of our people
take THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and
those that do not, should do so. 1t is
the farmers paper, and the best in the
State. 1t gives fact and figures, and
I can't do without it. We need more
such papers.
The following resolution was intro
duced and unimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The American Cotton
Company owns the B~essonette Bailing
process and only proposes to lease or
rent said press to cotton producers OF
the South, therefore, be it
ResOIUed, That we, your commit
tee, enter our protest against the use
of said press, either by lease or rent,
and that we will not use it except by
purchase, and we call upon all the cot
ton producers to unite with us.
w. J.. CAHOON,
II J. WILLIAMS,
w. B. BRICKHOUsE,
Committee.
Respectfully,
T. L TARKENTON.
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A UNITED STATES OFFICER,
Incidents of His Life and Hardshtns ;
the Late War.
From The Gazette. Midway, Mass.

> M6UWdy9 mhS6' 80
spasms of coma go that inot,
would fall wherever I might Suy
remain so for some time W and
"Soon l wss forced to keen
my digestion was wrecked. nv b,,: Oedl
was going to pieces and evo Uusaea
looked very dark. o. coureo : mig
all kinds of remedies that VA Vlst
mepded but to 10 avail ana ICON
vent to a Medical Institute IN D ! also
out sil my expenditure was frT1;G;STSoa,
FINALLY | secured a box Of ~ r'T 48s
liams' Pink Pills for Pale PooDlo WI,
received go great relief from tbPpno' ana
my family and myself could 500 ~ Vaat
rect benefits. 'ne d
II kept on with their Use
lily grew better, The dizzv 49,.
lessened and at last left me "uC.cRs
ing entirely ceased and nv unit
health has not ct stopped it's jn oSustal
merit. My digestion is now good o vs
to no otter agency than to Dr. W Ra9
liams' Pink Pills for Pale Peonlo W.
my cure be ascribed. ca
Il had since the war. been trorL,.
greatly with chronic r~heumarN%TIeo
this was relieved by taking these 10y Uu'
1t is one of the greatest Remedies pnS
used by anybody and every membs 0.S Y.
my family has the same high on:n;oWN
of it that I do. I have nofhineo " In,
earnest, grateful praise for what ? = W.
do 10 for me-" lag
(Signed) JOHN P L GRANT
Caps. Grant will Do GLAD to ansn,,
any letters addressed him abont b :
case. His address is P. O. box 1 4'
Midway, Mass. -
DR., Williams Pink Pills for p.r.
People ARE q specific for trout les necD,
liar to females, such IS eupDrassy,oTa
irregularities and all forms of wesI
ness. They build up the blood. and
restore the glow of health to pale And
sallow cheeks. In men they effect .
radical cnre in all cases arising from
mental worry, overw0rk or excuses n
whatever nature. They are meDriac.
tured by DR.. Williams Medicine Com.
pany. Schenectady, N Y and are cold
by all druggists at so cents a box or sY
b xes for 50 80.
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FOR THE DIssACrING KNIFE.

1t is a fact not generally known that
the last Legislature passed an act re-
quiring that the bodies of all criminals
executed and all people dying in jaiIs,
hospitals, asylums, aud other public
institutions and required to be buried
at the public expense, shall be deliver
ed to the medical colleges of the State
TO be dissected for the promotion of
medical science.
But such is the case, and under
takers in this city have had quite a
number of ''stiff5," as they are called,
to embalm and send to the institutions
of learning since the passage of the
act.
Mr.. John Brown last week sent the
bodies of two negro women, from the
Goldsboro Insane Asylum, to the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and he now
has another negro woman, undergoing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
rHE DAIRY.
ONE HUNDRED HINTS ON DAIRY
ING.
By the Late Col. T. D. Curtis

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
MILKING AND HANDLING MILK.
35. Strain the milk as soon a drawn
from the COW, so as to keep the amount
! of dissolved filth at the minimum.
SO. Set the can or other receptacle
where the microbes and fungus germs
from the stable or COW yard will not
fall into it, tx faint the milk and hasten
decomposition.
81. So long as the milk is warmer
than the surrounding atmosphere, it js
throwing eff vapor and is thereby puri-
fed. It will not then absorb odors, but
the germs of fungi and other micro
scopic lie may fall into 1T and do it in
jury.
38. As soon as the milk gets colder
than the atmosphere, the vapor in the
air will condense on the surface, a dew
gathers on a cold pitcher, and the i'm
purities and doors from the atmosphere
will be absorbed by the milk or the
cream on it.
80. If the milk is to be used for but
ter making, keep it as warm az possible
and set it to rest for Dreaming as soon
az possible.
40. The warmer the milk when set,
the more complete will be the separa.
ton of the cream from the milk at any
given lower temperature; and the more
rapidly the temperature falls, the more
rapid will be the separation of the
cream from the milk. Cream rises
best when the temperature is falling,
very slowly when the temperature is
stationary, and little or not at all when
it is rising. 4
Al. Milk containing uniformly large
fat globules the most readily parts
with it's cream Toe largest globules
always rise fret. Some fat gloouIes
are so small that they do not rise at all.
Milk containing small fat globules
parts with its cream very slowly and
i~mperfectly. AS a rule, large fat
globules make the best butter.
40. II the milk is to be used for cheese
making or for market, thoroughly but
carefully agitate it frequently, and
cool it down to so degrees or below as
soon as possible. The colder, the bet
ter, if above freezing.
43. Do not mix the nights and morn
lng's milk until ready for heating up
and curding. Mixing warm and cold
milk hastens decomposition.
Al. II carried to the factory, keep
the can cover eff until ready to start,
have q ventilator in the can cover, and
protect the Can from the rays of the |
sun while on the way to the factory. |
These precautions are necessary 60
keep the milk from tainting or souring. !
45. The idea cannot be TOO strongly
enforced that it is the duty OF the dairy
man to deliver good milk In good con
dI5Iou.
T. D. Curtis zone hundred hints on
Dairying" have for sometime baen out
of print. Before the authors death he
gave the writer the privilege OF re pub
fishing them, which he intends some
time TO do IN book form. But not be. /
ing at this time ready to do so, he has /
concluded to give them to the public in !
the above form. Future issues OF this
paper will contain Fem aiming parts, till
the entire n hundred hints have been
published. The hinFs will be worth q
years subscription to the paper.
+. W. MOsELEY.
Clinton, Iowa.
ITO Re CONTTNUED
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Tom WatOl'S Offer.

"Give me Populism to fight for, and
I'm yours to count On until death do
US part."-E e. W, in Peoples Party
Paper.
The Campaign Dept. of Peoples
Party Paper, Atlanta, Ga, will send
you that paper every week until Jan
uary for % cents in silver or stamps
four subscriptions for One Dollar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

the embalming process, which he will
send to Shaw University TO morrow.
She is from the penitentiary and died
of consumption.
Ali such bodies west of Goldsboro
are sent to Davidson College.
During the vacations these bodies
are given to such physicians as may,
make application for them.-Ex.
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READ THIS.

Mr. j. ". Denmark, Business Manager
Progressive Farmer:
DEAR SIR:-We recently run TOT .
short time an advertisement IN ~.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, and we run az 'S
same time the same advertisement -
four other leading papers in the staoS
and we write to say that we receive
ten replies from the one IN your pap
to every n received from antheoUp~
papers combined.
Yours truly.
EDWARDS & BROUGHTOH
RALEIGH, N. Q.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY ALL
ANCE.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
MACKEYs FERRY, N. c.,
October 90, 1897.
At a regular meeting OF the Washing
ton County Alliance, held on October
14th, 1897, the following resolutions
were unanimously endorsed. We had
a good meeting, a business one. Eli
subs were we'll represented and we had
two good forcible speeches by Bro.
Brickhouse and Oahoon. The prospect
is good for a great increase in member
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

49, ter,
B-"Heuol Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hellol Maj)r I am glad to
hear your sweet, musical voice nce
more. 1 trust that you have not got
ten tangled up In any o c~ircuses
or fairs, and hope the Nashville
vile street cars all managed TO dodge
you. II you escape the yellow fever
your chances for snyother campaign
are most excellent"
"B.-"Tm dom awl rite, thank you.
I'm keepln' erbout a thousand miles
ov unexp'ored territory bet ween me
an Betsy an that IL anyways under
stood ter mean tina I'm havin' q GUIDE,
solid ole time. I'm gainin' fash every
day. If / conld stay long enuf I'd
weigh nearly half a IN. l reckson If
Icould git that big Betsy would be sor-
ter mild IN her treatment ov me. /
Wuz down in Tennessee the other day
an SEEM Lookout Mountain an Mish
mary Ridge sorter made my rebel
blood bIle up ergin So ! pulled out
fer iist any pint North ov MasOn's an
Dxon's line, so l could lick q few Van
keys By the time l not up here,
tho I'd cooled down 20 1 could live
purity comfortable. When l cum to
consider that I'd make orphans ov
their children an widows of Their wives
/ didn't wan ter enact another war
list yit. Infac5, they seemed most too
plentiful. l settled down first in Hi
noy. Blamed if the Grand Army CIV
the Republic men there wuzzent thick
now blackbiras- In fact they weren't
much in site but pensioners an apple
butter, the other crops in that section
havin' bin purity nigh a failure this
year. I made an attack on the apple
butter, but I wuz satisfied with sassin'
the old soldiers a little. Tneir Yankee
blood dong run in their veins like our
Southern blood. Il fact they remem
Der very little about the late war.
They've q iit film an buried the mem
DRY of the late war an r now devot
in awl their time ter DRAWN pensions
an teacain' their children an granC
children ter do likewise. In erbout
fifty years we'll hev a ace " pension
drawers. I told sum ov 'em they oEter
divide with US Rebs, fer we did most ov
the fGin' in the late war. I tole 'em
they never licked US. We jist
ourselves ter a FRAGILE a-lickin' the
Yankees an erbout the time we got in
that condition we konkluded ter sur
render-thatiz as heretofore stated
aWl ov US surrendered but me an DE-.
Kingsbury. We are still fghtin' fer
dear life. If somebody will invent a
Gatlin' gun that will shoot erbout a mil
lun times a mint we'll begin the war
aWl over ergin. These Yankees are
the smartest Oein's I ever saw. Whut
they can't do in the spare moments
when they amt DRAWN pensions il
astonishin'. They are workers. Tney
invent ewl sorts ov things, from gold
bricks made ov lead ter wooden III
megs. I met a fellow on the train
the other day. He asked me
Whut / wuz dom fer q livin'. I told
him farmin' begoshI Then 1 asked
him whut he Wuz doin' ter earn biz
grub. He sed he Wuz sellin' Boston
baked beans. ItoIe him if he had sum
bread ter go erlong with them I'd take
erbout a peck, fer I Wuz tired an hun
cry that evenin'. He lowed he couidn't
sell less than carload lots. That settled
the bean question with me-. I didn't
feel like | could eat a carload in six
weeks. Gudebye."
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AULANDER, N. G.
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh,
N. c.:
Enclosed is s.. amount due for adver,
tisement No. 1873, Mastif Flows, which
was entirely satisfactory.
A. G.. BAzEMoRE.
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CONSUMPTION
and
Wants.

WANTED-Every man who has land for sale
to advertise in The Progressive Farmer.
WANTED-Every man who raises blOOdet
horses, cattle, hogs or chickens to .advertise
them in The Progressive Farmer.
VAN TED-5W manufacturers doing bushes
in North Carolina to advertise their various IN
dustries in The Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
When The Weather Changes

You'll change to heavier weights. It's a convenience not to have to bother till
then. The mercury drops you drop in here five minutes of time and out
again. with a handsome, stylish, perect-fting, fRullesg-in-every-wa suit
or Overcoat or both and a qua ter-maybe a thrd-of the money you M
.pecbed to spend still in your pocket
Follow the best dreesers-go where they 60 Ask them. They tell you
it's no secret-BerWangers Clothes are a standard. It argues good Judgment
to come here 1t means a saving-not at the expense Of quality, but by reason
of our facilities. We're lot selling goods at cost either. We buy them as
close as money can get them-aval ourselves of all cash discounts and they
go to you at the very smallest advance of that The finest talent s empovd
in cutting and making our fine Suits and O7ercoats
These mild days are good days to look, investigate, compare, decide And
our variety deserves time to be carefully reviewed. Even where all sg good
there's a best-specia] excellence
In Suits see our Sc, 81 co. $40, SIP $15 SIS. $50 to $5 See how they are
made aud trimmed; see how perfect they fl, and you'll SIC why We are
leaders.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09
R o AN

N AWTrn Canvasee1s at 41.5O per day. Address.
fN ~ ". Q. JACKSON, WtnterYille, M. Z.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-09

A. Cough. COLD OR SORE THROAT re-
quires immediate attention. "BrOUn's
Bronchial TTOcbeG" will invariably
give relief.
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The Major Still Goes without Home
ShackIes--Is Having . Big Time in
the Great Northwest---A Land Flowing
With Grand Army Men and Apple But
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$500 REWARD, $500.

ITO BIZ CONTINUED !
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

or In SQUARES, the skirt plated or fitted
as one prefers. And frills Of cashmere
trim q cashmere skirt in festoons
across the side breadths only. these in
clusters Of two just below the hips ard
just above the hem, bows of ribbon
ending them on each side of the front
breadths, and on each side Of the back
fullness. This arrangement on prin-
cess frock is gracefully repeated on the
bodice by festooning two ruffles across
the bust from choux on each side, the
ruffies continuing higher up over the
shoulders to form epaulettes over the
sleeves. Another cashmere model
fetchingly trimmed with narrow ruff
fles of the same stuff has two set to-
gether about the hem, third one
abaye them curving up at the front
and meeting at the waistline, thus CIV
ing a decided overskirt effect. This
last rufiie appears to continue up the
bodice and about the neck at base Of
the ehoker, second ruffle trimming
the bodice bretelle fashion and form
ing narrow epaulette at the top Of
the small gigot sleeves. A narrow vel
vet ribbon abouT the waist ties with a
bow and long ends in front.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
IN A SPELLBINDER'S TOLLS.
The Yonng Man Lost 800 Worth Of
Valuables.

The Yonng Man Lost 800 Worth Of
valuables.
81 was as healthy young man as
you'd meet in a days travel" declared
the banker to his physician, according
to the Detroit Free Press. I'm that as
sertion l refer to mind as well as body.
If had a fault it was that of being too
ment Of any pathological or psyche
logical manifestation that I could not
understand I simply branded it as a
humbug and dropped the matter. 'Rea-
son was my universal test.
when only 90 l was on the road
from New York to Boston and fell in
with a stranger, considerably older
than myself. He had piercing black
eyes, but neither long hair nor seedy
clothes. His smile was singularly win
ming, his voice musical and his con-
versation charming. He gave me one
of the finest cigars l ever smoked. In
10 minutes felt as if had known and
loved the man all my life. The more
we talked the more his wonderful eyes
glowed and lightened. Yet their pow
er was that of an irresistible attraction
and there was a caress in his tones
that made all about me seem pleasing
dream that ended in oblivion. 1t was
three days later when l awakened in a
hospital, the spell thrown off by some
magic electricity developed through a
physician then famous. 1 fully recov-
cred, but how do you account for my
experience, doctor?"
1T was the cigar, of course"
"No, sir. 1t was not half smoked and
had nothing worse in it than pure to-
bacco. You can't cry hallucination to
me as some of our ancestors cried
'witchcraft' when unexplained phenom-
ena puzzled them. My charmer was a
hypnotist, mesmerist or something else
that's uncanny in man. More than that,
he was the cleverest kind of thief, for
he stripped me Of $500 worth of valu-
ableS"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

will awake, or. indeed, whether she
will awake at all. Remember how old
she is. and what she has passed
through. 1t is wonderful, from what
you have told me. how she has borne
it ALL"
Sitting alone in the little parlor, my
thoughts naturally turned on the
strange discoveries of the night, and
on those events of my life which led
up to them. But l could not reduce
them to order, my mind was in such a
whirl; and one thought was never alb
sent. Had l wronged my wife in be-
lieving her to be unfaithful to me? Her
pale, suffering and her poverty were
stronger witnesses in her behalf than
all the circumstantial evidence which
proclaimed her false. Pearls light
step aroused me from my painful mus
ings.
"She is awake" said Pearl, "and is
asking for you."
l went upstairs at once, and sat by
my mothers bedside.
81 know my Amos STEP" she MUIR
INJURED. 81 have not been dreaming
then-and yet it seemed so real. Kiss
me, my son."
do you feel better, mother?" ]
asked, as l embraced her.
Il am very weak. Amos, 1 didn't
hear your 'Yo, heave, no. when you
came home tonight. You didn't forget
it, my SOM"
mo, mother, l did not forget it."
1T was your fathers call. His love-
call, he sometimes said. l shall hear
it soon again. You mustn't grieve, my
son, when 1 am gone. 1 have had
great pleasure in my life. Trouble
has come to me in my dreams, but all
my happiness has been real waking
happiness, and you, Amos, have be-
slowed it on me. Is Mabel here?"
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

From the Philadelphia Record: The
Cuvier toucan out at the zoo is in hard
luck. He has lost his tail feathers, and,
owing to his heavy bill-larger than the
proverbial plumbers bill-he has a
hard time maintaining dignified po-
sition. He was perched comfortably
on the topmost perch of his cage yes
terday afternoon when he CHANGED to
spy an appetizing bit of bread at the
bottom. Starting to hop gracefully
down he was prevented by the weight
of his bill, which toppled him off his
balance and made him spin around the
perch like an animated pinwheel. Four
or five times the poor bird went
through the same antics, and it was
only by sudden and painful flop that
he reached the coveted morsel.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
"All But"

Eccentric pronunciation is especial
ly out of place in the pulpit, although
some preachers seem not to think so.
An English magazine tells how one Of
fender was reproved: The curate of .
London church whose pronunciation Is
moro pedantic than proper is in the
habit Of abiding to the heir-apparent
as if his name were written "Awlbut"
Edward. iIe was asked the other day
why be 30 significantly excluded the
Prince of Wales in his prayer for the
royal family.
Exclude him! What do you p"
why" said his friend, you always
pray for all but Edward, Prince of
Wales!'
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Travelling Dress for a. Gill.

A simple travelling gown for q girl
of IL is made of rough dark green
serge. The skirt is moderate godet,
with the fullness carried up to the back
in fiat plaits. The waist is loose,
dartless blouse with the fullness con-
fined by narrow tan suede belt, and
the short basques are slashed to show
a facing of tan taffeta. The waist Is
such loose affair that it may be worn
as a jacket over blouse of pongee,
or by inserting V of the tan broad
cloth that the revers and cuffs are
made Of it may be worn as simple
bodice. The hat with this little suit
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Remarkable.

Unexpected humorous reading Is
provided by the report of the inter-
mediate education board for ireland,
published recently. Perhaps the gem
of the collection Of bulls and blunders
furnished by the examiners is the ans
wer that Millions poem, which is
modelled after the Greek, is Simpsons
Agnostics. Poor Milton was also de-
scribed as an 'lrreligious and llcentlous
poet. who passed his time between the
theater and the workshop" while his
principal prose works were stated by
third candidate to be Paradise Lost"
Paradise Regained" and Paradise
and the Periv'-London Globe.