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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
SILVER AND

Only @ few weeks ago the goldbuga
were pointing gleefully TO the fact that
the price of wheat was up and the
price Of silver going down. But they
had hardly gotten the news well started
before the price of wheat began to drop
and the price Of silver began to rise
proof that abnormal conditions will
reverse the rule either way. The fail
ure Of the crops in India, Ireland, parts
of Fagland and Germany, was the real
cause of the rise in wheat, aud this
vas given an impetus by active, even
wild speculation.
Prevailing conditions have not
shaken our confidence in the dollar Of
our daddies." Silver is n Of the
greatest of the products Of our country
and the price Of it will never go very
low if it is given a fair chance. Legis
late against gold, cotton, wheat, iron,
any other product, Curtal the uses
of either and the price will do down.
Coin silver into money and the price Of
it will go up, and il will carry prices
of other products right along with it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
~NINCOMPOOPS AND INCOMPR,
TENTS.

Much ado is being made by some of
exchanges about the ''incompe
tents, "''nincompoops," ''lootera, " etc.
now in charge OF the State government.
Here is a sample of incompetency or
something worse. During the year 1895.
the Secretary Of State, who belonged to
the G.. o. P, of which you have
doubtless heard, turned into the State
Treasury: fees, seal taxes, insurance
taxes, sales of Supreme Court reports,
etc., the sum of S49. Os2. 60. This was
a whole years income. Since January
%, 1897, not yet 8 months ago, when
he was inaugurated, the Hon. Cyrus
Thompson, the present Secretary of
State has turned in under the same
laws, unchanged, collected from the
same sources, with the same amount OF
clerical assistance, the Sum of $87,
1874 81, an increase Of S3s, 752 OF. And
yet more than one third Of the year to
hear from. Will some one rise and ex
plain how this could be thus9 The
above figures do not include income
from entries Of vacant lands. Nor
doth it yet appear how the account
will stand when the Doctor becomes q
full fedged competent" and gets his
hand we'll in"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

In q railroad collision at New Castle,
COL, last Friday, 80 persons we're
killed and 1856 injured, many of them
being seriously hurt. The wreck caught
fire from the explosion of a pintsch gas
tank, and many passengers, held fast
by pieces Of timber, etc., were burned
to death. It was q most terrible acct
dent. Press dispatches say that the
wreck was caused by a head end col.
lision between a Denver and Rio Grande
passenger train running at the rate of
40 miles an hour and a special Colorado
Midland stock train running at 80
miles. So terrific was the conclusion
that both engines, baggage and express
cars, smoker and day coaches and two
stock cars were totally demolished and
the track torn up for rods in both direc-
tiOns.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

this outrageous piece Of Court.
law, given forth in the name -,
tice. ~
This is q disgrace to the Federal,
ciary and the blood of these nooNO4
be upon the heads of these hirelioQ
plutocracy and upon the heads =,
men who made laws which con1, q
construed 80 as to thus abridoo Y
rights Of American citizens. %
How long will the American
support men or parties that on VpR
such tyranny9 Would thew bons
dused this in 1776G No! rit"
British tyranny they would ,.S''
Why then should they bear the onn''
sion Of American tyrantsG 'WS.s
i'd a nAme9 Would not a rose h,
other name smell as sweetG"
not tyranny as despicable n
temptible when it has stolen the ~ NV
cry Of heaven" or rather the ipdi';',
NUN
ermine in free America, as wboo ]
sails under the name of British ~.
isn't Was death less bitter IN ~,
score of miners because thew ~
shot at the bidding Of American
rsnts2 Is it not as pleasant h !.
robbed by a British king as by a WIN
Street millionRire9
Again We say, let the people A,H
this tyranny, not with bullets. IN,
with ballotsy The striking coal Nina.
had committed 40 acts of vioIeno.
and never before had we heard that,
was q crime for q man to argue IN.
friendly way with another to attemn
TO induce another to join in a CAM
which the first believed to be for III,
best interests Of both. In union thar
is strength" Let the common peOOh
Of the country get together and Crub
once for all-politically-the men and
parties that thus prove false to TIN
trusts reposed in them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
PROSPERITY TO THE PALACES,
POVERTY FOR THE PRO-
DUCRRS.

A late issue of the Charlotte Observer
sets forth editorially az convincing
proof of prosperity the steady increase
in the receipts of the Southern Railroad,
q table which shows that the net profits
of that corporation are annually near
.S2, OOO, 600 more than they were three
years ago. That Pierpont Morgan's
~overseers have levied upon the public
and collected out of them two millions
net. above cost of services rendered,
more than they did three years ago Is
q strange way of proving that the pub
lie are more prosperous. It will be re
Numbered that Notwithstanding this
enormous increase in Pierpont's profits
it is his overseers who have been most
influential in persuading the N. Q. and
Georgia r abroad Commissioners to re-
fuse the public demand to Rbate in any
particular the exorbitant freight and
passenger r~ates-this, too, when the
gold standard by enhancing the value
Of money has, in effect, been raising
the railroad charges, measured / the
prices received for the farm products
handled by them. But the Charlotte
Observer thinks there Is prosperity. OF
course there is, from its standpoint, for
has not Pierpont Morgan increased the
annual tribute money collected out Of
US, some two millions dollars, and Is
not the $50, 900 salary the public pay
his head overseer worth much more
since the purchasing clause of the Sher
man Act was repealed. But from the
standpoint of the people who constant
~ pay a lager part of their produce to
get it hauled by the railroads, and who
sweat the addition of two millions an
nually for Plerpont Morgan and the
high salaries for the chief ~overseers he
has put I'VE us, there is neither exu
berant prosperity nor gratitude.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
SHERIFF MAR TINS VERSION OF
THE BATTLE WITH THR
MINERS. II

Sheriff Martin who ordered his depu-
ties to fire on the marching miners at
HsEleton, Pa, last Friday, at first de.
Died giving the order to fire, but finally
said that he was about to be killed aud
gave the order in self defense. The
following conversation is given in the
Associated Press dispatch:
Mi. Martin, the Sheriff, was asked
during the interview: when you met
the men were they on the company's
property or on the public roadG"
He replied: They were On the pub
lie road"
Were they marching toward Lati.
mer3"
Yes"
Had they up to that time commit
ted any overt act or acted otherwise
than peaceably7 2"
''No."
why, then, did you order the depu-
ties to freF'
II did not order the deputies to fire;
some one else did that. FIRST came q
single shot, and then a vOIley. Igave
no order"
"How many men we're killedI"
There were II dead when / left and
about 40 wounded"
"Were any Of your men hurtR"
Zone of my deputies was shot
through the arm"
SnerIf Martin, when he reached
WIkesoarre was badly scared. Though
he claims to have been brutallv as
saulGed, when seen he did not have q
mark on his person TO show where he
had been roughly hRnnled. All Glasses
OF citizens i'm this city and community
unite In COndemnlng Sheriff Martins
hGgty GCElOn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
GENERAL wRYLER's TACT.

More than once we have compli-
mented Gen. WeyIer on his bran new
ideas lately injected into the Cuban
war. He is undoubtedly the leader in
his particular line, and If he fails to
suppress the insurgent army it will
simply be on account of the short time
allotted to ordinary mortaIs on this
earth.
Recently we referred to his wire
fence around Havana, 1t must have
struck terror to the insurgent heart
when the building Of that fence was
begun. A later dispatch from Havana
to the New York Herald brings the
startling information that WeyIer has
started a crusade against the growing
crops within a safe distance of the
city. He has inaugurated q "person.
ally conducted" campaign and is tear
ing up the potato fields and ~uprooting
all kinds Of growing crops. With 20O,-
600 brave Spanish folders at his heels,
every one Of them ready to burst with
an uncomfortable desire to suppress the
l~nsurrection as speedily as possible, it
Is apparent that the war will soon end.
The whole world will be compelled to
Iook with admiration upon Weyler and
nus 100000 braves as they march out
through the gates in the wire fence
every morning crying: Long live-the
Queen" and after forming the lines of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
N. r. p. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

If the free coinage of silver Is not a
good thing, why is it opposed by so
many bad peoplef
] A Vienna professor says that on Nov.
18th, 1899, the world is to come into
collision with q comet and the human
race will be seen no more N this poor
world.
DR.. Caldwell, of the Charlotte Obser-
yer, as good as admits that he will fol
low Senator Butler if he (Butler) will
change his spots" How have the
mighty fsllenl
y I'VE have never heard that Governor
Russell was a preacher, but at any rate,
he caused Mel. Wilson to turn from
the evil way, and in a jiffy, at that. 1t
the Governor was as successful with
every one, he would make q great mis-
sionary.
NDean Swift said that IF q man can
not mend the public, he should mend
old shoes If he cannot do any better"
Some of our Washington officials who
are trying to claim credit for good
crops and such things, would perhaps
beof more service to the people as cob
blers.
The Colorado Democrats are in q
hole. In their haste to defeat q move
to fuse with the Populists, they nomi
mated q Cleveland gold man for Justice
of the Supreme Court when they held
the State Convention the other day.
And now they don't know where they
are at.
Crops r reported to be suffering
much from drought. An unusually
small amount of rain fell during
August. The weather is hot and dry
and cotton is opening early. About q
month ago an unusually good crop of
cotton and corn was expected, but the
continued dry weather seems to have
proven a powerful enemy.
NSome of our exchanges profess TO
believe that there was no illegal fraud
in the SO year lease business. They
do not even consider that the large
amounts spent for lobbying and kindred
expenses are evidence of this. Strango,
but we guess that they are getting
somewhat hardened in the matter of
brides, etc. That's the only explana
ton we can give.
\ The enforced resignation of President
Andrews, OF Blown University, does
not seem TO be endorsed even by gold
bugs themselves. The September Re-
view of Reviews, an extreme gold stan
dard magazine, says: What DIR. An
drews' views on the silver question
may or may not be is, after all, a
wholly irrelevant matter. The CUES
ton is whether q board Of trustees acts
wisely in trying to supervise the re
ligious, political, philosophical, eco.
nomiC or scientific orthodoxy of the
president and faculty of q university,
The trustees Of Brown University are
excellent gentlemen who have meant
we'll, but who have made q serious
blunder in trying to muzEle one of the
most loyal, fair-minded and sensible
men who YER presided over an Ameri.
can college,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
A TRUTH.

There is a great desire in certain
quarters to keep the lease Of the North
Carolina Railroad out of politics next
year. 1t is said that only in the Popu
list platform will any reference be
made to it. That is probably true;
but its place in any one platform is
enough and it has q place in the
thoughts Of the people, apart from and
above all platforms .-Morganton Far
mers' Friend.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
CHICAGO'S GREAT MURDER
TRIAL.

All Chicago is excited over a now
famous murder trial. The supposed
criminal is a man named Luetgert, a
sausage manufacturer. On the night
of May 1st., Luetgert's wife,disappeared
and it was believed that Luetgert mur.
dered her and threw her body in an
acid vat in which the body would de
compose or be ''eaten up by the strong
acids. In investigating the matter the
police found in the vat two rings, which
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
HOW WE ARB BossED, AND BY
WHOM.

When the public demand that the
railroad charges for freighrs and fares
should be reduced in proportion to the
enhanced value of money was being
heard before the N. @. Railroad Com
mission, at one time five private palace
cars we're standing on the side track at
Raleigh. They had been built at immense
cost (out Of high freights and fares),
they were splendidly decorated with
mirrors and upholstery and furnished
with high priced servants and cooks
at public expense-for no high salRried
railroad official could aft ord to travel
on the cars used by the public. Those
five palace car brought seven railroad
bosses and lawyers, employed at enor.
nous salaries to oversee the public.
Another official was already here.
When these eight railroad overseers
took their seats in the dingy little room
of the Railroad Commission, accompa
MED by their local hangers on and ex
peCtants, it was a brave show of rotund
LOIAS 0uO Oh1AlAuB "hSCA Cu6A16 6uu
rings. It is said that the cost to the
public, charged or the freights and
fares we pay, OF the salaries and per-
quisites Of these eight men was $243,
600 per annum, to say nothing of the
crumbs and fees thrown to their hum
bier hRngers-on. Then these men,
speaking In behalf of the banker own
ers Of these corporations set up the
Calamity neutrality-suspicious.
= not - afford any reduction, so,
they-could-not. Their distress, or
something else, convinced the tender
hearted Railroad Commissioners and
the burdens of the people were not
lightened. The people were told they
must go on paying the same charges,
in a constantly enhancing gold dollar
and with falling prices for cotton. So
Pharaoh of old told the Israelites, "Go,
ye shall make your tale of brick and
furnish your own straw"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14
GIN. L~oNGSrRRET's MARREAGA

Gen. James Lonstreet, the lam,
Confederate calvary commander " J
married to Miss Ellen Dortch ID y
blue parlor of the executive mansA.
Atlanta, Ga, at 8 O'Clock on the Aa
noon of September 9Th.
Gen. L0ngstreet is 80 years OLD " I
very deaf. Miss Dortch is % yeaF'''
and very pretty. /,
I'm January last he formally :
dressed her." says the Atlanta JOuF1I
land the warm hearted girl respODp
to his plea, for she had long
him for his splendid personally
the high place which he had "oD
himself among his fellows throuSD
superb courage and chivalrous gear
''she accepted him and their eng,
ment dates from the beginning
year. -
sit is a long, ways from the hisso1
field of Molina del Rey, 1.-The ""
Kings" in distant Mexico, to fnS
ernor's mansion in Atlanta, d
fifty years separate two of the 4
important events in the career o.
old warrior.
To-day half a century ago, 00
Der 8, 1847, Colonel James D
street led his regiment in the
on that field where the glory
American arms was enhanced
his courageous daring and depOs
and as recognition of his serv ~ss
that occasion he was promo'eu
For that reason this was ne
lected for the wedding ceremony
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

Railroad Commissioner s. o. Wilson
thinks that the paragraph in last issue
referring to the fact that ''some of the
Commissioners have given up the hotel
business" did him injustice, as he he's
never owned any interest in a hotel. OF
course we had the deciding away" of
Maj. Wilson's share in the Round Knob
Hotel in mind when that paragraph
Was written, and did not intend to ap-
pear to include either of the other
Commissioners.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

The New York Tribune, edited by
WhitelaW Reid, thinks farmers should
stick to raising and selling crops and
not trouble themselves about politics
and law making. OF course; no doubt
the Tribune and it's goldbug allies
would be glad of it. But il doesn't
advise bankers and millionaires to let
politics ''severly alone" Oh, no; and
while they continue to interest them
selves in politics, we are pleased to in
form the Tribune that farmers are not
such fools as to entrust the sole man
agement Of the country into the hands
of those merciless money sharks. You
can't fool all the people all the time,
and if Reid intends doing it, he has a
Herculean task before him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

The A. SIN College has opened with
brilliant prospects. The enrolment up
to date is about $50 and it is thought it
will reachsSQ0 by the end of the week.
Pretty good showing for Hooters" and
''nincompoOps," Bro. Daniels.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

battle, begin-to tear up all the potato
and cane fields in sighti When the
first field has been devastated they
will take some refreshments and march
on to conquer more potatoes. We re-
spectfuIly suggest that the United
States, English, French and German
war departments send experts to
Havana and let them take lessons in
modern warfare. It will be q novel
and inspiring sight to see Weyler NOW
down a hundred acres Of sugar cane
with a battery OF gatling guns, and
after the smoke of battle clears away,
to see another detachment of troops
swoop down upon q potato patch and
dig them up with CORY bayonets. The
world has never before witnessed such
q spectacle.
While this may be effective, it will
be attended with dangers and uncer-
tainties, for Weyler will run UP
against insurgent troops after he gets
q few miles from the suburbs of Havana,
and his men may have to divide time
in getting out OF the way of the insur
gents. This will necessarily make the
crop destroying process a bit tedious.
Weyler will be compelled to leave gaps
in his wire fence so that his troops can
get inside with as little delay as posi-
BILE. We await further news from the
front with more than ordinary inter
est. We are also anxious to know how
it is possible to starve out $1,000 insur
gents when they already occupy land
enough to support probably a million
people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

1t was announced last w Ven q
John D. Rockefeller had tss0C 0p
Baptist missionary societies eSO@
pay their debts.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-14

lam standing note Just behind the
SMrtaSn, and in fIu gLOIU Of the coming
6PEnsef. Behind me ar the ShGdOtCG on
Oe track, before me lies the dGrk GALLEY
and the TioeT. When nGSngLe GCtth GtS
dark GDaters I tCGHt to cast one finger
ina look upon q country whose govern
Bsent Is Of the people, for the people,
and 6g the peOple,"-L L. POLE, july
Eth, 1890.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24
1876 Climax Brandy.

From grape wine, has by its extreme
age and constant care while in uniform
temperature and pure. sweet atmosphere
of storage houses for fourteen years,
become rival of the Hennessy and
other brands of Cognac Brandy, and
much lower in price, and preferred by
the physicians of Philadelphia, New
York and other cities Buy it of drug
gists.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24

You can have them, Barney, she ls
said to have replied, but You must
take me, too.
The Barnatos had three children, all
born within recent years. Barney was
anything but a handsome person, he
was about ) feet tall. fat. and short
legged. His most marked peculiarly
of dress was that he always wore white
silk stockings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24
HorehoInd and Elecampane
Cordial.

Each of the component parts OF Aunt
Rachaels Cordial, Viz: Horehound and
Elecampane Root and Speers Grape
Juice is a cure for pulmonary com
plants The Grape Juice and Hore
hound are combined with Elecampane
in the proportions recommended by the
best physicians for throat and lung dis
eases public speakers and singers, fol
sale by druggists. or at Aunt Rachael
home. Passaic. \. J.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to 3 days.
It's action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
causes and the disease Immediately dis
appears. The first dose greatly benefits;
IS cents. Sold by J. {. Redic, ard J. +.
Balph Druggists Butler Apr 90
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24

1t is over work" that has filed this
country with nervous dyspeptics that
takes the flesh off their bones, the vi
tality from their blood, and makes them
feeble, emaciated and inefficient2 No.
it is bad cooking, over eating OF lndl-
gestible stuff, and other health-destroy-
ing habits.
The remedy is an artiicially digested
food such as the Shaker Digestive Cor
dial Instead of irritating the already
infamed stomach the Cordial gives 1t a
chance to rest by nourishing the system
itself and digesting other food taken
with it, so strength and flesh return.
Is not the idea rational? The Cordial Is
palatable and relieves Immediately.
No money risked to decide on its value.
A 10 cent trial bottle does that.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24

The Sultans order for 00,000 Of the
latest rifles means that he has in view
some important business with larger
powers than Greece. His armies are
spelling for fight, and want to see a
battle before they disband.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-06-24

me SulIan : OIutE lpI lvV'v'' VI WV
latest rifles means that he has in view
some important business with larger
powers than Greece. His armies are
spelling for a fight, and want to see
battle before they disband.
For that tired feeling Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla has no equal 1t lnvigorates the
whole body.
An act Of Assembly approved May %
provides that every person who with
out appending his or her proper sigma
ture thereto. shall send or cause to be
sent to another any written or printed
communication or matter, the nature
of which Is either libelous, defamatory.
scurrilous or opprobious shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
shall be fined not more than $500 and
undergo an imprisonment not exceeding
one year,
KEEP Cure L in the home. 1t is an
instant relief in case of sudden pain
| Cholera -Morbus, Group, Spralns, Bruises,
| Toothache &c-Ask your Druggist.
An expert potato grower has learned
| how 10 lessen the ravages OF the potato
bug by anticipation. Just before the
plants make their appearance above
ground he scatters potato pairing'
plentifully over the potato ground,
covered gith an ample dressing OF Pari:
/ 4. Of Rao%laG l. Tim,
taken care OF and the summers bGttl'
is half won.
THE remedies put up by the I Cure I
Co., Ltd, No, Io6 Centre Ave, ar
first class, aud give excellent satisfaction
Sold by every Druggist in Butler Coun
ty.
| Z Some of the hats worn in church thu
spring are loud enough in coloring t
to disturb sleeping worshipers
MOODS PILLS cure Liver E.is, .siI
iousness, Indigestion, headache
Easy to take, easy to opeTafo. 2oc
An orchardist furnished the follow
: ing timely advice: Every year
{ heard of caterpiIlars destroying Who'll
orchards and there is nothing to b
disposed of more easily, bore a hol
deep enough in the tree to reach tn
| sap, fill it with sulphur and then plu
/ it, The result is magical The sal
takes the llphur to every branch AM
twig and all of the caterpillars at one
die l have never known tree to b
injured by it, and have pursued tn
course for years.
ARMSTRONG'S Little System Pill
are fine 4 true Liver Pil!.-25c-
The Republican party is engaged IL
redeeming its platform promises as fast
as it can get at the work. This is one
of several reasons why the Republican;
will have the best chance in 1900