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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-04

Hoods Sarsaparilla is known to b..
an honest medicine, and it actually
cures where others fail. Take 1t now
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-04

The days of cold soda water have
come again. Butts fount is ready for
customers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
RULING.

The grand hippodrome created by
Judge Sim0nton to take evidence re
garding the lease of the North Caro-
Ina Railroad to the Southern. under
the management of Kerr Craig, E.q,
continues on it's rounds. This eggre-
CATION has exhibited at Salisbury, New
York, Baltimore, Washington and Raj
eigh. The next performance will be
pulled off at Salisbury or Raleigh
about October 18Th. 1t performs
under the usual number of gorgeous
tents and is at once a farce, a comedy
and q tragedy. Judge Simonton in
tended that 1t should DC.
Ia the first place the ring that did
the jlb is not going to tell on itself.
The Southern eff Gals are as innocent
as Mary's little lamb, of course. But
some other people knew several things
and they have told what they knew
about Is. Il we are a judge of evidence
what has been told will not tend to
raise those who are responsible for the
lease and the way it vas made IN the
estimation of the public. The reverse
may be expected.
But in the meantime the Special
Master rules everything OF consequence
out as irrelevant. That word should
be copyrighted. Tuis ia what makes
the farce such a tragedy. Ia Special
Master Craig's court il Bill Jones. a
competent witness, should swear that
be saw Henry Smith shoot Charles
Johnson, the Special Master would un-
doubleday rule that the testimony was
irrelevant" in that the act of shooting
transpired q fraction of q second before
Charles Johnson fell morCally wounded.
He would further hold that the evi
derce was not relevant because the
particular brand of cartridges used in
the shooting was not known to his
court.
The people are tired of farce. But it
seems that they will not be able to get
rid OF it. If there has been any fraud
ia this lease matter, if any body has
done wrong, it should be made known.
On the other hand, if all persons are
innocent, their innocence should be
established. At the present writing it
looks like the fares of declaring mate
rial evidence irrelevant" will be con
tiuued, and, in that event, neither
guilt nor innocence will be established,
and those who believe there has been
fraud will still be dissatisfied.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
N EXPERTS,

We have referred to the mattad
expeT ts before. There are experts and
experts. Some of them know pretty
we'll what they are talking about
Others do wild guessing IL Or out d
court, and it frequently happens that
they start errors which are acCepa
as fac:s and time alone discIOses |
talsitY of their claims. The Luega
trial in Chicago is not an excepta
Luetgert owns a half interest In asg
factory. Some weeks ago his vile
with whom he has not gotten 8mg
IN a very peaceful manner, myst.
rioualy disappeared. Now they an
trying him for boiling her up in tA
soap factory. Some small bones ven
found In a vat. Some Of the expert
swear that trey are the bones otah
male. The defense proves THAT thg|
are the bones of animals BY othata
p0rts. The prosecuting attorneys III
q trap for one of the experts Thursday
Fne skull Of a dog was shown to na
He swore that it was the skull OIL
monkey, and all the world ls laugAn!
at him. They say that if DR.. ADPo'
can't tell the difference between 20
skull of a dog and that of a monl'
ne is a sorry hand to send out to laa
THY remnants of bones said to Oel04
to the human structure by som9 d.
to a hog by others. In fact the JoRS
on all of the experts for they swear :
sorts of things in that trial, ana! J,
they seem to know nothing W
hardly think Luetgert ought 20 Do "
vicUed unless better evidence cSp
brought in than these bone d0c"'
can show. 1.-The doctors differ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
A SILVER PAPER FoR ~,

Some days ago a gold n,.
that Elk Senator R4nsom .,p,I 'tsa
the campaign Of his life nor @a
Later Ransom denied the sofr Aa
ment. Speaking Of the ma,r 1Psst
Durham Herald said: e'
Senator Ransom denies IL.
that he is to enter the next "a 'sPN
II is gratifying to learn that 9 p'la
ticians know when they nave eno, POI
The Wilmington Messengpr p''sG
up the cudgel for Rlusom il "
lowing extravagant manner. 'uS@
"Who started the report tb.
eral Ransom would canvass npvs0e
Tha5 is rather fer ahead for 8 'Re
MS 72at year. Any man in tsi, :
can can vass at that age. Mc qr.4''
made one of his very grpars,,
paigns, speaking several limo, %s
when ne was passed his y
There is nothing more esc nus, !R
English political history Than ~:
stones Midlothian canvass -af Ua
We hop8 General r 2nsam viii H. %
De as Old as the great E g}iam,n .
That his closing years NAV nro1. @a
most useful. Speeches. by bin. in ,@ y
on the straight,ou5 democratc W.
form would dc good doubtless t,,t ra'
an eloquent and able campaigpera
For come time the M4s-pngo,
posed as a silver paper, supp rses R.-,s
and Rll that last year, Nov il rai,1
Ransom, one Of the mot Dronon,,'
gold Standard advoctee In sbe con,t,'
can do a great deal of good N rba o.s
paign next year. We can onlv inf,
that the Messenger is getJing READY :
lean to the goldbug side Lex wear 4
any rate 1t seems ready to 20 into a,
fight With the most prominent p1
bug in the State as a campaiguer. n,
people have not forgotten the tr
that Ransom voted for the ugca5
Gionel repeal of the Sherman law in M
Senate in 1898 AID otherw wise agsss
Cleveland and his Wall Street AM
London allies to plunge the couptU
into the worst financial panic eva
witness, from which we will notr
cover in years, and which was entird
needless, being for the benefit of ag
whose object was to bleed the count
tor private gain.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
HOW DOES THIS STRIKE YOU,
BROTHRR7

Oae of subscribers says that if
any farmer will subscribe for THE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER and read it carefully
one year, and will not then admit that
it is WORTH DOUBLE ITS SUBSCRIPTION
PRICE, then he (our present subscribo1)
will refund the money paid in by the
discontinued brother. People who
have feared they would not get their
moneys worth by subscribing for this
paper, will please bear this in mind.
Here's your challenge. Ask your neigh
Dor across the way if he will accept it.
Free, fair, and open to all, with no
chance of evasion, what are you going
to do about it, We can't wait, 80 an
swer quickly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

Bro. j. E. Harvey: "When I left
Hillsboro I thought the factory would
have been running in this time" and
1.-The people I represent are getting
anxious for shoes" Many other SINH
lar expressions reach us, to all of which
we will say we happen to know that
the committee has been doing all they
could; they realize fully how anxious
the brethren are for shoes, and are as
anxious as the brethren. Let each
member decide how many shoes he
will want this winter and get all his
neighbors to join the Alliance, and find
out how many they will want, and get
ready to purchase the shoes when
made, and you will find the shoes COM
ing. The committee is in q hurry and
hurrying as rapidly as the nature o!
the case and some trihing obstacles in
the way, which could only delay them,
will admit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
rHE NEW LIMRLass COTTON

a new variety OF cotton which If re
ports are true promises to revolution
lzs the cultivation OF that plant, Is Just
now attracting much attention among
all classes of people, and especially
southern farmecs. This new variety
Is grown by a farmer near Atlanta, Ga.
There is not a branch on any Of it., !"
says the Atlanta Constitution, ''Out the
stalks shoot up six and eight feet high
and the boIls and the blossoms are on
a little stem jutting out two or three
inches, sometimes four, perhaps, from
the stalk. Not a sign Of a branch or
limb is to be seen or a single stalk in
ali the six acres"
The absence Of limb, which greatly
facilitates picking, Is not however, by
any means, the beat feature of the me-"
variety. The point that cuts most ic9
is it's prOductiveness. To readers OF
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER who consider
a bale per acre a fair yield, the state
ment that the new variety yieid9 four
bales per acre may seem incredible,
set this statement is we'll suthenti
Gated. The leaves, which are broad,
do not grow from limbs but from the
main stalk. The quality of the cotton
itself ia said to be much better than
that of ordinary cotton-so much bet
ter that the cotton last year sold for
Is cents per pound.
The owner OF the ak acres has struck
a veritable Klondike, without being
compelled to endure the cold OF that
now famous region. II we remember
correctly, the fret seeds we're brought
from Africa and given to him six years
ago. He has carefully saved the seed
each year until nov he has O field OF
six acres, for which the owners have
been offered $25, 900.
4 Mississippi planter says it will
yield five times as much as his finest
cotton in the Mississippi Valley. Just
how tall it would grow in that region
ia not known. IA the proverbial ''old
red hills of Georgia" one stalk grew to
the height of IA feet last year, and
from this stalk, 1876 polls were gathered.
Uncle Sam has sent an officer of the
Agricultural Department down to e.
anime the new cotton and it is probable
that the government will buy up large
quantities for distribution next spring.
Perhaps some OF our readers would
like to exchange a bushel of their cot
ton seed for a bushel of the new vari
ETY.. For the benefit of such we will
state that if their seed is worth % cents
per bushel, they a secure a bushel of
seed of the limbless variety by paying
Mr.. Jackson just $199 Is boot" This
means that the seed sell for 5000 per
bCshel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
WHY IS TIP

The N. Q. Act creating the Railroad
Commission torbids all determinations,
for equal services, except excursion,
Communication, mileage and charity
tickets and forbids free passes other
than to railroad employees and officers.
The penalty is not less than ST. 900
nor more than S., 900 iue, fer each and
every cf3nse." Judge Robinson
charged the grand jury of Wake county
that this was the law, last week. We
give elsewhere extracts from numer
GUS decisions of the Interstate Com
MERGE Com mission concurring with
Judge Robinson that issuing free passes
TO anyone except railroad employees
and officers is illegal. Our readers
will find it pleasant and instructive
reading.
Raleigh fairly swarms with rich men
and big shippers who tote free passes,
and is overrun with politicians and
ohceholders who do the same;a falling
limb would hiE a dozen of them any
time. Why is it, then, that no indict-
ment was found for issuing free
passes, when''for each f9nse, 'for each
and every pass, the railroad giving it
should swell our school fund 81, 900 to
$1,000. An enforcement of this law
would not only educate the railroads,
but the children Of this county. II
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
PROSPERITY FOR MILLIoNAIRES
AND RAILROADS-TaE PEO-
PIE NOT THOUGHT OF.

The Railroads continue to boast Of
their increased Dett earnings, measured
in millions and hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Their favorite politicians
and big shippers, by the hundreds,
continue to ride free, in contemptuous
defiance of law. Cotton has gone down
{ ST cents and common people, not in
railroad favor, continue to pay high
freights aud st cents per mile psssen
ger FACES. Prosperity, like every thing
else desirable, 10 reserved" for Pier
pont Morgan and his ~favorites. The
''0ird of beautiful piumage" is for the
exclusive pleasure and possession of
the Money Lords and their lackeys.
The public are not even to be allowed a
glimpse of it. Yet tne remedy is in
cur hands. At the ballot box We can
chastise and drive out officials and
parties who sustain this state Of things.
How long shall we stand isl
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
NORTH CAROLINA CoTIV'
MILLS.

North Carolina possesses gres' q 4
vantages for manufacturing o.
kinds, and gradually these splonuiIrs M,
portunities are being improved ,. 81
September Bulletin of the Agricu =,
Department gives some iOteF0'a .,S
facts regarding North CarolIn" .d
and wooden mills. Two hunot0t s.s
twenty four is the numOsr OF 'o ,s
mills now in the State, and va s
have 1, OPS mills and factories Oh " n
kinds. The cotton and wooden ,nna
are thus distributed: Castor S.os
leads with %; Randolph and A,'I prb
each have 10; Mecklenburg To- b
mond, 70; Guilford II; tlevols ,oIa s
Cumberland, 8; Durham, s; bIDc y. O.
surry, 8; Catawba, z; Rowan, :,
barrus, s; Rockingham, s; ho9 Ss' s
cry, 4; Rutherford. 4; EorSy ~ ADr
Halifax, 8; Iredell, 8; Wake o. - d
der, 2; Anderson, 3; B1nco pam. D.
Burke, 2; Caldwell, 3; n@%Danklh
Davidson, 2; Edgecombe 3; d.onIg, 81
2; Henderson, 2; Moore, 3; 0' .. HN|
Union, 3; Ashe, 1; Craven, - 30
wood, 1; L9noir, 1; Nash i 10 D,bssN
over, /; Orange, 1; Polk,
/; Vance, 1; Wayne, 1; WIS'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
COL. HENRY wArrERsoNsSAE
PLIGHT. II

The latest goldbug argument Is touno
in the following logical attack upon
Populist principles, by Hon. Henry
WatLersOn:
There are two kinds Of Popocrat.
One is the plain, Old fashioned, dyed.
in the wool ggeenOacker and red nosed
cnerub; your cross roads yawper by
day ana toll gate raider by night, VINO
brides himself upon going the whole
hog in his politics, ana be damned TO
the Niger! Eh9 other is the silly billy,
half educated, would be political ocono
NJ 81. who is cock sure that wheat ana
SILVER go hand in hand, and sometimes
il is uD, but generally II Is Gown, ana
now you ace it and now you dontl-
Henry WaCterson."
That's a frightful piece OF argument,
IS ymelimes you see IL and sometimes
you don'tl" OF course, sometimes we
fanCied we could see what this great
piece OF argument meant sometimes
we couidn'C, and we finished -he article
in q worse mu0dle than Vel. 10 any
one that will make heads or tails OF II
as a piece Of logic, we will give a years
subscription to THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER Yet these are the kinds OF Sasgu
ments' thai are being circulated by
the goIdbug press.
Col. Henry Watterson was once a
forcaful aud logical writer. He came
downto r 4leigh about June, 1893, and
made q speech that as not at all dear
| TO the ]plutocratic hearts. At that time,
Col. Wetters0n had not surrendered
entirely to the m~onopOlists. He was
fighting Wall Street, and political O
ruption, and used sound arguments in
stead of the inane and contemplate
rot of which the above is a specimen.
IN his speech here Mr.. W~atterson quo,
ted the lines:
iii fares the land to fastening ills a
prey
Where wealth accumulates and men
decay"
Were these words propheticG Soon
after this, we heard that Mr.. Waiter
son had kicked 1T the orders of the
goldbug owners of the Louisville Cour
Ter Journal of which he is editor. It
was said that be was paid his regular
salary to let his name stand as editor,
though he did not have to sti03 con
science by writing the editorials in de-
Tense of wrong.
But now Mr.. Watterson is in the
chair again. He is there t o serve the
corporations for all he is worth. NJ
one knows better than he that they are
practically without argument, and
therefore the Courier Journals col
umns gre filed with abuse and with
editorials that are the best examples
of empty nothingnees we have ever
seen. when men decay y What q
moral can be drawn from the career of
Henery Watterson!
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
n. r. P. a.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

' s.. 9sho Wilson says the Hayseeder
will be so hot that his subscribers
will netd no coal this winter.
The News and o oserver advantage
took OF another opportunity last week
and gave the defuncs Tribune g severe
hogging.
That was a sensible man who com,
mitsed suicide at home instead of going
to the Klondike. Rope is considerably
cheaper here.
When Senator Hanna said that God
was with the Republicans this year it
was she political gospel according to
Mark, remarks the Winston Republi-
can.
Is VIII soon be tima for the October
County Alliance meetings. We hope
the true blus brethren will stir up the
1ukewarm ones and have good meet
ings,
Special Master Craig evidently be
lieves that the lease of the North Caro-
lima Railroad was relevant and stands
ready to give the lie to anybody vino
would swear that it was not.
By tie time the experts get through
wondering what caused the yellow
fever TO break out at Ocean Springs,
Miss, and guessing as to the probabil-
ity OF it becoming epidemic, the fever
will have subsidized. Some experts are
daisies
1.-THE State Fair meets Oct. 1928 at
Raleigh, II. O. Come up, bring a club
for IHK PRoGREssIYB FARMER and call
in and see us. Secretary Nichols is
working with vim and the Fair prom
Uses 90 be we'll attended. Winston To-
bacco Fair meets Nov. Sd, An and 55h.
Another big cdunko of Mckinley pros
perity has struck US and money is
plentiful-R hemi-we mean for the
manufacturers. The largest piece Of
prosperity comes in the shape Of cor
siderable decrease in the price Of cot
ton, and a corresponding increase in
the price Of cotton goods. This is the
kind Of prosperity the oddities voted
for.
The Wilmington Star is authority
for the statement that the deposits
Of g)ld IN Washington (worth $40, 900
to tbs ton) are in run in the rock in
wire form and all the finder has to do
to is to pull it out and wind it on a
spool" Now, Bre'r Barnard may have
been joking, bat il true, We venture
the assertion that it pays to be a Wash
ingtoR ''wire-puller."
Last week we received two requests
to give notice that Hon. Marion But
Ter was billed to speak at Garysburg
Monday, October Alb. Both these re.
quests reached US too late to get in last
weeks paper. We must once for all
request our correspondents TO send in
their articles so'that they will reach us
at least by Saturday morning proceed
ing the day of publication. We have
been put to much inconvenience by
Hardness Of correspondents, who sent
an articles ''at the eleventh hour" with
"e request, PLEASE get in this week"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Mary Alice Hoover, daughter of
Rev. ]. T. B. Hoover, Secretary-Treas
urer of the State Alliance, to Mr.. a. r..
Taft. The ceremony will be performed
in the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Elm City, N. O., at noon on Wednes-
day, Oct. SIN. The hosts of friends of
the contracting parties wish the happy
and acc omplished couple a long, pros
porous and happy life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

their heads. Bat then the day OF re-
demption is not past, and she ''savior"
may save them yet. Tne Herald wants
q nan "who can combine into one
great and invincible whole the various
elemenJs of the party that are now so
antagonistic to each other"-which be
ing Interpreted is, "Tne State is not yet
saved" We beg, merely as an on
locker, that they give Col. Josephus
one more trial.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
HOW IS IT IN NORTH CAROLINA.

There is a great contest in the new
Greater New York. The Democracy
and the r publicans have each split
into two factions, thus putting four
tickets in the field. OAe faction of the
D Democratic party mas adopted the
Chicago Platform, the other has not,
but 1t is significant that both factions
have put IN their demands" that the
City shall take over and own the street
railways, gas, water and electric lights
and for lower railroad rates and gas
charges. E%vidently the majority of
the voters (tor the two wings Of the
democracy if united are a large ma
j1rity in the Citg) are tired of manu-
featuring millionaires and peupers, as
the present high rates do. How is it
in North Carolina3 Are we tired of it,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05
JUST ONE MORE TRIAL.

Col. Josephus Daniels now has a use
for Judge simonton. He ought to get
out an injunction. The editors Of the
Smithfeld Herald are not satisfied
with a ''savior" but prefer a leader.
These brethren sh0uld go of and soak
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

- MGny Of u subscribers haze
been carried through the summer.
Crops + now being gathered and sold.
If you are due anything, send it right
in.~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

When can trusts be destroyed by
legislation if the gold Standard is main.
tanned and prices continue to tallG
When one man with q tin dipper a
destroy the navigation on the St.
river by drinking the water
which flows over Niagara Fall. -Silver
Knight Watchman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

- am standing nosC jtest behind the
snrtG&n, and tn fun gLO1c Of the coming
sunset. BehtTd ne are the ShG6010s 01s
ghe track, before me lies the dark valley
gad The TipeT. When I fgffggLe SOfth SIS
dark svuters I tCGnt TO cast one LtT1geT-
(po look upon q country tGhOse govern
msnt Sc Of the people, for the people,
gnd By the people, pa. L. Poll, july
5th, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

the conductors running into this city
were sent before the grand j Try the
CHASTITY dimensions Of this evil would
be uncovered. As the receivers Of
these pes7es are not themselves indict-
able, they can be summoned as wit
nesses against the railroads to find In.
dictments for violating the law. The
railroad officials could also be sum
moned. aud the whole gangrene laid
bare. Half the trouble req Tired to prove
a poor negro guilty of larceny
or that liquor has been sold without
license, would prove hu- dreds of viola,
tions of this law. Why was this not
doneG Who is r~esponsible3 Are the
big corporations above the lawI
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

The yellow fever in New Orleans
continues to spread despite the uotir
ing zeal with which il has been fought.
Friday, with 80 new cases. was some
thing OF a record breaker. Yet the per
cantage of deaths, we are glad to say,
is remarkably small. Seventy six pa
tients have b5en discharged as cured,
and there arc now 1853 cases under
treatment. Saven new cases were re
ported at Mobile, Friday, and nineteen
at Edwards, Miss. There were % new
cases of yellow fever in New Orleans
Saturday, and four deaths; nineteen
new cases at Edwards, Miss, aud only
one at Mobile, Ala. Cases in New o.
leans are widely scattered.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

~ The date or year label tells you
when your CiIne is out.