davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-02

UPTOWN OFFICE, BRoAD-sTREET
PHARMACY, 5ls EAST BROAD
STREET.
WEsT-END OFFICE. PARK-PLAcE
PHARMACY, BELvIDERE AHD MAIN
STREETS.
MANCHESTER oFFNcT, 1909 HULL
STREET.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

cake. You have great possibilities in
feeding stufs; also you could do i'm
mense business shipping it direct to
Northern farmers.
By the way, what could you furnish
seed at, 1. o. b. cars per 10O pounds,
usual priceR Where could I get seed
and also oil clean enough for human
food9 I have some ideas about it.
Again, there ia the tea trade. The
South ought to grow all our tea, and
would if it were pushed; SIS, 600, 600 a
year go abroad for that. The South
could get that. A little invention like
the cotton gin and China and Japan
would lose our tea trade.
We have to face their competi-
ton in manufactures. We must avoid
sending them our cash. The South
would do a patriotic thing for the coun.
try and a fine stroke of business for
herself by going into silk and tea. You
have cheap land, cheap labor and eli
mate, what more do you want-push
and intelligence. England and Ger.
many will swamp you with African
cotton, tobacco and sugar in % years.
We must beat them on their exports
to us.
One million dozen eggs are imported.
Heavens, man! The South has infinite
possibilities in poultry. One store in
Dawson recently bought 1850 dozen
eggs in one afternoon. Eastern North
Carolina and Virginia, along the Chesa.
peake, ought to grow 1. 900, 900 eggs an,
nually and no end Of spring chickens
and ducks for the great cities. Don't
despise small things, The roads here
are alive with peddlers, picking up
eggs, etc. Groceries, meat, etc are
brought to the farmers door. Buyers
besiege him for his fat animals, hay,
wool, etc. Isuppoee your people would
shoot peddlers, etc, from what I hear,
You are away off
Yours fraternally,
ERNEST HOLLENBECK.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
A PIONEER SHOEMAKER
Working At HIS TRADE ALTHOUGH EIGHTY five YEARS. n,
Mr.. James McMIrGn, Of Champaign, Has Followed the Shoemaker
Trade all His Life Every Day at Els Bench Working
With Apparently The Same Yigr as a Young
Ml-A Sketch Of Ellis Life
FrOm the Gazette, Champaign, M)

At the advanced age of eighty. five
years. James McMilleD, OF liz West
Washington street, is one OF the most
active men in Champaign, Illinois
Mr.. McMillen is a pioneer citizen OF the
CITY. and his form is as familiar on the
streets as that of any citizen OF the
town. All his life MI. McMilien has
followed the trade of shoemaker, and
every day finds him at his bench,
bending over his work with apparently
The same vigor he commanded when
he was a young man.
He has a little shop on North Wright
street, in the vicinity Of the University
of Illinois, and he is the official shoe
maker, as it were, for the students OF
that institution.
About a year ago Mr. McMillen was
absent from his bench for several
weeks, and his f6miliRr form was
missed along the streets. The local
newspapers announced that he was
dangerously i'll. For months he Bas
a sufferer, but finally he appeared
again at his shop, and has lost but
verv few days since then, and none,
perhaps, on account of sickness. His
friends were surprised to g him out
again, and they were more surprised
when he told them the cause OF his
recovery.
Il feel" said the spry old gentleman,
that I owe my life to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. Something
like a year ago it appeared to me that
I was almost a physical wreck. I was
suffering from a disease of the kidneys.
A thick scurf had formed on the bot.
toms of my feet and my ankles were
terribly swollen and infamed. In
fact, they reached such a condition
that I could not walk, and it loOked~Rs
though my days were numbered.
II read in Gne newspapers testimo
NAL from people who claimed to have
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
LETTER FROM MICHIGAN.
DAWSON, Mich.

DAWSON, Mich.
Z. IUey, S. B. A., HiLsbOro, ~ c.:
DEAR SIR AND explana,
ton, will say I was a member of the
Alliance, but ours just died. Farmers
orders do not seem to thrive here In
Michigan.
There are several things / have had
in mind to write you about that seem
of vast Importance to the South.
First. The silk industry. / have
grown and seen grown here fine silk
worms and cocoons on the Usage range.
You have unlimited territory for the
culture of the mulberry. You have
the climate. You have the limitless
possibilities Of cheap labor. Get the
darkies interested in it. The aged,
past field work, the undergo members
of the fan lilies, ETC., could rear them,
feed them and sell the cocoons on pri
vate account, making an important
addition to their scant incomes. IL
this were pushed, the United States
would become the first silk producing
nation Of the Occident in % years. The
more money the laboring class have.
the more things they buy and the bet
ter the times. The fatal defect of the
Southin it's treatment of it's labor classes
ia in limiting the amount OF cash they
have to spend. Push them into pro
ducing things that will sell outside and
bring more money within your borders.
Money Els the life blood of prosperity,
and lack Of money in circulation is
what ails us all.
There is the sheep industry. Shrewd
farmers up here feed lambs for the
Buffalo market every winter. There
liz money in it,. With yourOheap lands,
grass nine months in the year, the pos
abilities of corn, turnips, rape, etc.
with you, your farmers ought to thrive,
especially in billy regions, the natural
home of sheep.
There is cotton seed, meal and oil
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

been cured of kidney troubIo
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills f. W ta
People. and thought that it wo" u SEQ
me no harm to give them a trial %
bought a box of them at the dru 1,1 a..
and began taking them accordS;s tole
directions. It may seem stranno6 D
it is a fact that | felt the beneft NJ Ot
almost as soOn as I began to tako S1eQ
After l had taken a few pills nv r len
discharges became almost az bIo Una
tar and / noticed at the same tira aCE Z q
the pain and soreness were leavino ' ma
kidneys. IL!
"a few days later the swelling h...
to go out Of my ankles, and ct 3ho ssa9
OF five weeks it had ENTIRELY S Goua
peared, taking with it that to lisp
scurt which had formed on the hottouUes
of my feet and caused me ~ r,"l4
trouble. Icontinued to gather NV T Iva
strength, and at the end Of ak wcoL .% !
felt entirely recovered ard resI1mai
nay work at the shop. I think / tooS
from four to five boxes Of the pills I SUi
have taken more since"
Mr.. McMillen's residence on w.,
Washington street, is more than ~0 y
mile distant from his shop. but nea,0
every day he walks the entire d55
lance, morning and evening, and h.
could not do this if that swelling s5
EXISTED.
Mr.. McMillen hes no back werdnes
in talking Of the merits of Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pail
People contain all the elements peces
sary to give new life and richness
the blood and restore shattered nerves
They are sold in boxes (oever IN loos
form, by the dozen or hundrp6) at
cents a box, or SIX boxes for 50 30 AM
many be had of all druggists or d
rectly by mail from Dr.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22


operate the slow, non-paying part, by
the public at a loss, of course.
II. The government placing a tele,
phone at every country p~ostof1ce, ard
increasing the number, Of course, tbs
would, to a large extent, amount to
rural delivery, without the expense
that an extension of the present CITY
delivery to country districts would be.
This would also destroy the isolation
which is now the drawback to country
life. by putting the country districts N
speaking distance of the town. 1t
would enable those in the country to
summon a doctor, inquire for freight,
ascertain the daily state Of the mar
kets. and to communicate with the
court house when needed as witnesses,
or on other business.
. 10. No millionaires would be created,
as now, out of the surplus earnings,
but the money, beyond the bare cost
of operation, would remain in the peck
cts of the people, while at the same
time these facilities would be extended
to every nook and corner Of the repub-
lie. and become a convenience to the
whole people, instead of being, as now,
a mere advantage to. a few. which is
very often to the detrimeut OF the
many.
RoIo;oh NJ y lime d 1897.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
S. s. D. BERWANGER.
PROGRESSING ONE-PRTCE CLOTFIER8
RALEIGH, N. G.

there has been fusion. In Kansas it
has been with the Democrats, and in
our own State, saving the little side
show of electoral fusion last fall, with
the Republicans II reports are true,
it has been a se30us injury to the party
in Kansas to state it simply and in our
State it has injured the character,
weakened the il fuence and greatly de
creased the numbers Of the party and
cut eff all recruits. Without a com
plete change, its doom is sealed. All
this will prove true Of the party na.
tionally under present conditions and
leadership, ere long.
Some say the conference will cause
division. Il cannot cause what already
exists. The division exists and cannot
be removed under present conditions
If>the truth could be known, it would
be found that the people who honestly
desire reform and the politicians who
want to use their votes to secure power
and pelf are on the other.
The party has been tossed about as
the playthipg of the two old parties
and used as q cats paw by the poll
ticians to draw their chestnuts out of
the fire until it is on the brink of ruin.
ut is time to ect," Mr.. Editor, as YOU
so torcibly said last December. Some
say wait until the regular time for the
meeting Of the conventions. What
would be thought of a general with a
demoralized' shattered army if he
waited until just before the battle was
joined to re-organ:ze his army4
We need recruits. The prosperity
promised by the Republicans is not
coming, and there are now many dis
satisfied men Of that party. There will
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
no FOR THE APEX MEETING!

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
the Wake county Alliance will hold
it's July meeting with Apex Sub ALI
ance, on the second Thursday in July
the 9Th. Let us have the best meeting
yet held, one to be felt and remem
bered.
Brethren, bestir yourselves, get your
work and business in shape so that
you a spend at least two days at this
meeting. Some Of the Apex brethren
have promised some good things; and
the county Alliance should promise
them a fnll meeting. Let every Snh
l. lns c1xnty % vel a2-
rs >.lsL
-v2a the ExseUtsve Tcu@a
~l orange for a public day a- S-a
"-.h speaksra taE G1e Ccc--o-,
and publish the programme at once.
L. N. RANEs, Sec'y Treas.
Rolesville, N. O., June IL, 81.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

be hundreds of thousands of them ere
long. Can you ask them to join us
when you cannot say how they will be
expected to vote9 You would not. as
we'll ask a patriotic soldier to enlist ID
a body of Hessians not knowing TO
when his service, his life might be
sold.
Let all true blue Populists unite
and stand by their principles 70
the last man and the last ditch. Lev
those who want to fuse or co operS@
with either Of the old parties go to tns
one Of their choice and cease trying I"
drag others with them under the nam'
of Populiem.
1t seems to be impracticable for Om
State to be regularly represented 10 'n'
conference, but / hope a goodly mum
Der Of POpulists will be there to adV,''
with our brethren from ali parts oil 'D'
country. I am assured they WILL "
heartily welcomed.
You say you are not enthusiastic J"
or against the conference. lam Dy ~
means sanguine as to results. ThoroueD
re organization may save the parry,
nothing else can. The remedy 10y
seem desperate, the disease cerFslD'
10 Ono r. BOGGa
Waynesville, N. O., June II, l8S"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
THE DECLARATION OF INDR-
PENDENCR SAVED BY
A WOMAN.

In an historical article recalling the
destruction Of our National capital by
the British forces in 1914, Clifford
Howard in the July Ladies' Home Jour
nal, will show that Dolly Madison, the
most beloved and popular woman of
her day, was courageous and fearless
in the fsc9 of grave danger. In the
mad stampede from Washington, that
preceded the invasion by the British
troops, Dolly Madison was the last to
seek safety in flight, and her final act
before quitting the White House, as
the enemy advanced, was to seize the
Declaration of Independence and carry
it with her to a place Of safety. AS
the White House was Immediately
afterward looted and burned by the
British, Mr.. Howard declares that but
for brave Dolly Madison the priceless
parchment would have been destroyed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

During the recent earthquake Mr.. T.
l. Bsachman, of West Asheville, was
standing On the bank of the French
Broad river and saw several large fish
run out of the water and upon the
bank of the stream where they were
captured by the bystanders. One of
the fishes, a large red horse, ran up a
steep embankment fully two feet high,
though the bank was so steep that the
fish rolled back into the river.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
WORK YOUR WOOL.

Write Bro. +. Ivey, S. I'd A Eillsboro,
N. c, for Terms and Prices.
Bro. Ivey has arranged with two
mills and can serve you satisfactorily.
A brother writes: MY neighbors were
80 well pleased with last years results
l think I will be able to get others to
to ship to your mills who have formerly
sent elsewhere"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

The Major is Kept Busy With Farm and
Domestic Troubles--WRnts the z ditOr
of the News and Observer to go out and
Save His Hay Crop.
R.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hellol Major. Any news to
dayT
B.-"Mity little. I'm tryin' ter git
my wheat awl cut an keep the grass
an weeds down en- save my hay crop
aWl at the same time. I tell you it
keeps me a humpin.' I hev a lot ov
truble with Betsy, too. 1t will take
erbout @ car load ov salt TO save her,
/ reckon. She wants me ter do erbOut
forty different things on the farm at
one time an help wurk the garden, too,
an if I complain airy bit she talks er
bout gittin' a divorce. Tt il goin' ter
take close c~alculatin' an hard work ter
save everything out this way. I've
bin thinkin' erbout tryin' ter git Mr.
Josephus Daniels ter cum out an save
my hay crop. I think he orter do that.
He cum home frum Washington ter
save the State an made SIGH a poor
success ov it that I think he orter sor'
ter even up things an compensate awl
us Dymakrats by helpin' us save our
hay crop. don't like ter bring up IN
pleasant things, but bein' a plain
spokin' man, an belieVin' in the guide
old doctrine ov eleckshun by ballot, l
move that we hold a special election
an elect Mr.. Daniels chief hay saver
ov the commonwealth ov North Caro-
lima. Maybe he will do a guide job in
that line. Iain't in favor ov his savin'
the State any mor fer I never saw the
Dymakrat Party 60 torn up. / think
it has got apendsitus or sum ov them
new turin complaints that are liable to
take the starch out ov a teller before
the undertaken can git in site ov your
house. I see you sed in last weeks
sEDe- IRE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
THR UNIVERSITY

Is steadily growing in populSln "
patronage and efficiency. The en- e.
ment this year is the largest In iS !,
tory. We would like to aid some ne1..
boy to get it's advantages OF scn ~,
ships and loans. See ad. in anO"
column.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

guide ole-fashioned butter milk an save
my hay crop. I'll talk demockracy
ter him after supper every mite till bed
time, an Betsy bein' a Populist, she
can talk Populism, fer I understand
MIR. Daniels il sorter like the Irish
mans hog with a streak oV fat an a
streak ov lean. He has a streak ov
Democracy ana streak ov Populism
I hope he will now git in a guide humor,
fer while the Pops an RAIDS are takin'
awl the chs pie in site we are goin' ter
create a new fits fer him, that ov chief
hay saver fer the commonwealth ov
North Carolina. Gudebye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
NOTICE,

The next session of the Duplin Coun-
ty Farmers Alliance will be held witb
Carr's Alliance July 9Th, 1892. All
sub-Alliances are requested to send
delegates and report.
JOHN KING, Sec'y.
o. W. SUTTON, Pres.
June IL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
THE NASHVILLE CONFERENCE
AGAIN.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Allow me to thank you for the pub,
LEGATION of the call of the committee of
the P. r. A. for the Conference at
Nashville, as requested by me.
In your issue of the 18th ult. you
say The people want to get right and
stay right, and this they will do if let
alone. It is the SO called leaders who
have brought about all the complica~
tions, and the so called leaders will
hardly be able to improve the situa-
tion."
asked you in my former communi,
tion if in this you meant to refer to the
leaders in the movement. You have
not answered my question. That you
do, seems the natural Interpretation of
your language and your silence seems
to give assent. The leaders in it. Wat
son, Burkitt, Park, Morgan and others,
are the very persons you urged by
name in your issue of December 9Th to
lead off in this matter. You endorsed
them in the strongest terms, as tried
and always found true.
If you mean to say that the people
are better eff without any leaders, your
counsel is impractical. It contradicts
all experience. An army could as wen
do without officers. The people in any
important movement always have had
leaders, always must have them, so
long as human nature remains as it is.
The only question is what sort Of lead
ers shall they have7 In this instance
shall they dismiss the ''fusionists and
traitors to use your own words, and
promote those who have been tried and
always found true, and go to work to
save if pool his great reform move.
ment, Tey stand idly by and
let it drifP SIS htable ruin'
So far as holding of q conference
is concerned, that is settledAit will be
held. But Twill, with your kind per
mission, say a few words in it's defence.
The conference is not only unusual,
it is unique. It is not simply irregular,
it is a rebellion, if you please, and for
this very reason, in part, if it is a neces
sity, l commend it. I believe it is a
necessity. This may seem an over
strong statement to some, but l believe
it is justified by the conditions and by
experience. Boesism and partyism are
the bane Of our political life. They
meet reform in it's infancy and strangle
it. They have done more than any
thing else to bring US to our present
condition, and until the people learn to
rebel against them promptly and de
terminedly, there will be no reform Of
any real value.
The Peoples party alone embodies
the principles necessary to complete
reform. What is the condition OF that
party9 D~amoralized shattered and in
some States hopelessly divided. What
is the cause of this wretched condition2
The question can be answered in one
word-fusion. AS proof of this you
need only examine conditions as they
exist in two States-our own and Kan
sas. In these States the party was at.
the outset especially strong and de-
termined, and in them fusion has been
specially active and successful, n in
them the evil results are only too ap-
parent. Let it be noticed too, that it
makes no difference with which party
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
BerWanger's Sovereignty.

Honesty of purpose, honesty Of word, honesty of deed: These are
virtues the people applaud. They are the steps up which we have
mounted to the highest pinnacle of popular preferment. Your con
fdeDee is sofe in our keep, your opportunities are greatest, your sat
isfaction assured, hedged about by the protection of honesty. Our
guarantee: Your money back for what doesn't suit.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22

Pay your subscription.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
T,UCAS COUNTY.

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner OF the firm of
z. J. CHENEY & Co, 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 cas- Of Oatarrh that
cannot be cured by the Use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
SEAL A. W. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Caterrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials. free.
+ J: CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo, 0.
81 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
The SERGES

are rolling out faster than we've ever known them to in many
years of our doing business-bOth black and blue single breasted
coats and vests and double breasted coats. They are gentlemens
garments-theres no gainsayiDg that they always look we'll, but
that is our responsibility. We guaranteed the color Of our serges.
Then we can ft you, no matter whether you wear Regulars, Sims
or Stouts. in sizes from 80 to so chest mt asure. Double breasted
coats At IS so and s. 90; Single breasted coats at 81 SO and 5000;
Suits 81 so $40 90, $i2 90 and S5 CO.. Other goods that give Won
comfort during summer: Crash Suits, India Crash Suits. Irish
Linen Suits, ALPACA Goats in all lengths, extra Crash Pants,
White Duck Pants Office Coasts, Busters and many more STYLES
too numerous for our limited space to mention all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-22
NEGLIGEE SHIRTS,

Guess we cell more than ever, cause we have more of EN-. One
lot of about fifteen dCzn left at 75c There isn't q shirt in it worth
less than 81 90 and many were 81 25 and 15O. For quick selling
we've marked them 75c. See our French Madra at 81 rs with cuffs
separate, non ebrlnkaOle collar and cuff band. Our six stripes,
soft material, no starch except in collar and cuff band-our price,
81 so; none better at any price, and there never was more comfort
II any shirt for three times our price. Come this waV for comfort
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-06-10
How Chow Chow Originated.

MN TO- hund'ed yeahs ago." began
"Uncle Jake" "dey lived In China or
family by de name of See. Mistah See
wus er gahdnah an riz vegtubles TO-
de folks in de city. He had er littla
son wot fas called Hi. One day Mis-
tab See had gathahed FUN dc gahden
er basket OBJ onions. cr basket OF
caulifowah, an er basket OBJ little
pickles. an placed dem in er row on
dc back po'ch. While he wus er
hitchin' up his nag fo' to haul de truck
to de city. little Hi See tried to bui,t
one OF dose funny little Chinese house,
wiv de pickles an things. Wen de oil
man yelled to Missus See dat he WIS
ready TO to go to de city, little HI See
WIS SO scahed dat In his hurry to
get dc truck back into the baskets he
split er ahmful OBJ de pickles, cauli-
flower an onions into er pan OBJ mus
tahd an vinegah. dat was on the po'ch
To- to make or plastah TO- Missus Sees
f4thah, who had de rheumatic. Dat
night NIBsus See foun' de mixed pick
les In the mustahd an vinegah, an
little HI would hab got n lammin' II
de stuff didn't taste jes' raight. Mis-
tab See IaIked It. Missus See laiked Il.
an II cu'ed dc OIL man oh de rheuma-
tIz. Chow chow in Chinese means
sumt'in' laik lucky find SO dey called
the mixtuah chow chow"