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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
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destroy the organic existence of the
Peoples party, and our life is endan-
gered by the too friendly touch of
either.
They CD operate with US for their
own advancement, and with a view to
our disruption and ultimate absorp-
ton.
Only last week, Immediately after
Senator Prii chard's election by a bolt
ing faction of the Peoples party, the
Ashe vile, N. O., Register, his personal
organ, gloated over the apparent dis
ruption of our ranks, and boasted that
the Republicans would absorb by 10 o
every PopuGsr in North Carolina that
is worth having"
The boast and hope of the Rapubli.
can party In North arolina finds, no
doubt, a parallel elsewhere in the hope
and purpcs3 of the Democratic party
against the continued existence of our
organic life.
But we have not come uDOn the stage
Of political action as food to prolong
the life of the t 40 old parties. to whose
corrupt practices are justly chargeable
the lille the people suffer. We are here
for the purpose of establishing good
| government on equitable prir C pies.
This purpose cannot be executed if
we follow the example Of the two old
parties. In the unconditional repeal
! of the Sherman Act under Mr. CIeve-
land, the Democratic party, for IN
stance, submitted for the sake of har-
mony and patronage, without serious
complaint, 6 the betrayal of Its prIn.
| CipIes The t~reacherous retained their
standing II hs1party on equal footing
with the faithful. The-purpose of the
Peoples party is sterner thaRRRy plea
for harmony, when harmony can be
had only at the sacrifice Of the party's
principles; and the existence of the
party cannot be satisfied by a barter
of its principles for patronage.
Here must lie the line of demarca-
ton between the Peoples party and
the two old parties, and this line must
be sharply drawn by Populists every.
where in the Nation.
Let it be shown that the Peoples
party is instinctively a party of prin-
ciple and political purity. IL will then,
il the great struggles before us, merit
the support and confidence of men of
honesty Of purpose and patriotic in
s%tincts, and will surely become the
majority party of the nation.
This address was adopted unanimous
ly Dy the caucus.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

pany to court legitimate competition,
with other transportation companies,
rather than to discourage it, feeling
assured that if the same laws are en-
acted Of one, as of the other, and the
same privileges afforded. we .aau sue
c~essfully maintain ourselves and at the
Same time satisfactorily serve the pub
lie as a common carrier. Should we
acquire control of the North Carolina
Railroad, there would be no hesi5ancy
on our part in agreeing to handle the
trains of our competitor, its present
lessee, over such portions of the line SIS
desired, upon payment of trackage
charges o in excess of amounts paid
out by them, to lines, in this section for
similar accommodations, or upon such
terms as are usual In such cases.
It might BE out of place for me at
this time to go into details as to the
sanitary effect the operation of the
North Carolina Rsilroad by the Sea.
board Air Line would have upon com.
merce throughout the section it trav-
erses. I beg, however, to thank you
for your communication, and hope
that conditions will make it possible
for you to give favorable consideration
to the terms suggested ABOVE, the
further details of which l shall be
glad to discuss, by letter or otherwise,
"a may suit your convenience.
With great respect, Ihave the honor
to subscribe myself,
- Yours very sincerely,
Signed) r. 9. HOFFMAN
President.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
MILLENNIUM FOR FARMERS
DAUGHTERS.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Come. mothers, let us take the adj
vice of the noble, sensible, sacrificing
mother who wrote in your issue of last
week and all move to Greensboro to
educate our daughters. None Of as
need stay in the poor, miserable coun'
try to raj g ducks, chickens, &c. Our
husbands and sons need NJ n to cook,
wash and sew for them so they a
raise corn, wheat, hogs, etc. The men
can do all that. sew, make their own
clothes and ours, too, while we are all
off to town to educate our daughters.
It is a noted fact that, not only our
mothers, but our fathers, too, are NOV
ing to town. They have heard that
there is but little difference in the man
who works and the man who does not,
and the man who does not work gets
the money, and since they a neither
get money nor education in the oun
try. they are all moving to town.
The State has set a precedent; that
the town that will give the most will
get the benefit. And as there are so
uQH4y W "hO4O SD4dLU kLA CcA 10
educated as well as they can in Green's
boro, we will await an answer from
Greensboro before we all migrate to
that lovely town, where we can all
live and never worry over the terrible
drudgery of raising chickens and ''slop-
ping" pigs to educate other mothers
daughter Mothers. let us have mil
lenium in Greensboro or the town that
will give US the biggest bid. But the,
town must promise US that we will
never hunger, thirst or be chilly in
winter. The grand rally Of all the
country mothers and their lovely
daughters will be sufficient to make
some lively bidding in the different
towns, Bid up, oh! ye towns, ! beg
you. We can never, never, give our
daughters an education under present
conditions in the country. Our daugh-
ters are as dear to ue, as sweet, pure
and lovely, as the daughters Of those
who have moved to town, or those born
in the town.
I hope, dear PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
some one will tell us in your nextfEaue
which town will do the most for the
mother and the daughters.
A MOTHER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
SEABOARD AIR LINE SYSTEM

BALTIMORE, Feb. 2 1892.
To His Excellency, the Hon. D. L Rus
sell. Raleigh, N. c.:
SIR:-I beg to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your esteemed favor of the
goth concerning the probable nulliica
tor of the existing lease of the North
Carolina Railroad, and suggesting that
in this event you would like our com,
pRny to submit a bid for a twenty
years lease of this line.
Permit me to say that it is most
gratifying to receive assurances from
you of the likelihood of our being al
lowed to participate, upon an equal
footing, with competing lines in sub
uniting a bid for the operation of the
States's property, a privilege not here
tofore accorded US, although we have
heretofore been, as we r today, pre-
pared to submit a bid, which is an ad
vance on the amount paid by it's pres
ent lessees, and a figure more consis
tent with its value to the wner af the
stock and the taxpayers of your State.
In the event of the present lease be-
ing annulled, beg to say that our com
pany would be willing to lease the
property in its entirety upon a basis of
the legislation now proposed, at an an
nual rental OF four hundred thousand
dollars, which, you will note, is equiv
alent to ten per cent. upon a capital
stock of four million dollar
I beg to say in this connection that
under favorable conditions the North
Caroline Railroad would prove a valu
able adjunct to the Seaboard Air Line,
not only resulting in accrued benefits
to the latter company, but affoIding
the people of North Carolina that COM
petition which is most essential to the
upbuilding Of any State or commu-
nifty.
1t has been the policy of our com
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
MILEAGE.

The State Treasurer paid in January,
on account of mileage to members and
officers Of the General Assembly, as
follows: Senate branch, 13, 967 miles,
and House branch, 80, 80 miles, max
ing an aggregate of AZ 277 miles, which,
at 10 cents per mile, makes 81. TIT, 70.
There are no members of the General
Assembly-5O Senators and 12O Repre-.
sentatives. The average mileage paid
in January was $27. 81 per member.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
A WAVE OF MCKINLEY PROS
PERITY.

The NOVEL; Flour Mill at Estell
Springs, in Franklin County, Tenn,
which cost $500, 900 is advertised for
sale (Narch Pad, 1897 for a debt of
$18, 600. This looks bad for Tennessee,
and it is in the neighborhood of the
Nashville, Exposition too.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09
GOV. RUssELL's SPECIAL MIS-
SAGR.

GOV. RUSSELL'S SPECIAL MES
SAGR.
The North Carolina Lease--Correspon-
dence Between Gov. Russell and the
s. A. L. Officials.
On Friday Gov. Russell transmitted
a special message to the legislature
relative to the North Carolina R silroad
lease, including correspondence with
the Seaboard Air Line officials. We
give the correspondence, but have not
space for the message. However the
views of the Governor on this matter
are well known tO~the readers of this
paper.
THE CORRESPONDENCE.
RALEIGH, N. O., Feb. 5
To the Senate and House of Rspresen-
tatives:
have the honor to submit herewith
the following correspondeEce concern,
ing the lease of the North Carolina
Railroad:
SEABOARD AIRLINE SYSTEM,
BALTIMORE, Jan. 30, 81.
To HE E kc~ellency, Hon. D. L. Russell,
Governor OF North Carolina, Raj
eigh, N. c.:
DEAR Notwithstanding that it
is probable that the North Carolina
R siGroad's present lease may be an
nulled. and the road offered to fair
competition, 1 desire to state on be
half of tie Seaooard Air Line, as I
stated to the President and Directors
of the North Carolina Railroad before
i last lease was contaminated, that If
the road was IN position to be handed
over to the success ul bidder, that the
Seaboard air Line would make an offer
TO lease the property aG a higher rate
than is named by the present agree
ment.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) r. 9. HOFFMAN,
President.
Upon receipt Of the foregoing letter, 1
notified the r representatives. Of the
Seaboard System that l did not regard
their offer as 81 Efficiently definite to be
satisfactory to the General Assembly
and thereupon addressed to them a let
ter and received the reply as folio US
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
RALEIGH, N. O., Jan. 30, 81.
r. @. Hoffman, Esu., President of the
Seaboard Air Line System, Balti
more, Md:
Ny DEAR SIR:-.There is, in my opinion
a reasonable prospect that the lease of
the North Carolina Railroad will be
annulled through legislative or judicial
action, or both. In that event, I, as
| Executive of North Carolina, desire
through the keenest competition to
make the property bring the greatest
| amount possible. Therefore I would
be pleased to have from the companies
you represent a proposition for leasing
the same for the term of twenty years,
and desire that you will state plainly
and fully the terms upon which
you would be willing to acquire the
property and the amount that you
would pay for the same.
Besides the franchise rights and
privileges of the said corporation, the
lessee would acquire the use of the
property embraced in the accomp any,
ing schedule.
I earnestly ask for an immediate an
swer. Yours respectfully,
DANIEL L RUSSELL,
Governor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-09

10 quickly introduce into new localities DR.. Hornes New I'M
proved EIgetnc Belts and Appliances, BEST ON
4 \ Il 4 e warranted TO cure without medicine all chronic and
weakening diseases Of both sexes, We shall give away FREE
OF COS4 for advertising purposes, one hundred
DT. Homes NOS Best $4,000 Electric Belts to sufferers from any OF
the following dtseases:-Sheuma5ism Lnmbag0, Seiatiea, CataFrh.
Asthma HeaoacEes Neuralgia, Paralysis, Epilepsy, Deafness
Nervousness, BysPePsia, Constipation, Torpid Liver. Throat
Troubles, Epiieptie Fits Spinal Diseases, Heart Troubles,
SieeplessHess, Nervous Debility, Female Complaints, Cold Exs
tremites, General Debility, Kidney Complaints, Pains in the
Back, Head and Limbs, and all weaknesses Of Men and Women.
We shall not give away more than one belt to any one person,aud
not more than one IN any locality, and shall give to such persons as
we think are worthy sufferers. We san just what we say, FREE
OF ANY COST: There are no charges Of any kind to be paid BY
you. Wea are making this offer to introduce our Electric Belts and
Appliances intonew localities, believing that it will pay rs In the
end. IL yOu are, in our opinion, a worthy sufferer we viii give Won
one free. Send rs your name and address with your waist measure
and state nature of your disease. Answer at once. All answers
must be sent through the mails and received By us not later than
March LIST, 1897, as that is the date on which we shall give away
the belts and answer all letters received. Address
DR.. Horne Electric Belt s. Truss Co., Dept. 1914, Chicago, liz
HfnnH powaYH paid TO any person proving This advertise
0iUGS E1GI0iu ment lnot honest in every word it contains
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-01-23

Two BIOOdhounds Trail the Murderer
of Redmond.

Late in the evening the police obtained
two bloodhounds belonging 10 DR.. william
II. Johnson of Brightwood to put on the
trail as experiment. Elmer Shaler was
in charge of the dogs and they took the
trail of the murderer at the mouth of the
alley leading into Massachusetts avenue at
II 10 o'clock. The dogs are not much over
a year old, but they readily followed the
trail, which led north through the alley
IN St. Clair street, across that street to the
alley between Park and Broadway. and
thence north in that alley TO Home avenue
Police Captain Dawson, Sergeants Crane,
Hyland, Laporte and Scheigert and a jour
nal reporter followed the dogs. At Home
avenue the dogs strained at their leashes
and the party followed as rapidly as possi-
BILE on the south side of Home avenue to
Central avenue, and at this crossing the
scent seemed TO lead TO the north side Oh
Home avenue, which was followed to the
first alley west of Delaware street. thence
north in that alley to Fourteenth (old
Fifth street.
On Fourteenth street the dogs ran west
TO Pennsylvania and then north on the
west side of Pennsylvania street to Six
teenth (old Seventh) street, in front of Maj
w. j. Richards's home. The progress Of
the robbers from this corner puzzled the
dogs for a while. The animals took the
trail a half square north TO the small street
Immediately I'm the rear of the old Talbot
property, and then came back TO Sixteenth
street. where they shifted around for five
minutes, then returning on Pennsylvania
street. following the east sidewalk TO
Twenty-first street (old TWELFTH. turning
at this corner and proceeding west to liii-
nois. where five minutes time was lost
picking up the trail again.
From this point the dogs ran TO Capitol
avenue. turned north in that street and
proceeded To Mullis's grocery, which is al
most opposite Fred kisseiS place. Here
the dogs crcled around i'm an undecided
manner. FOR quarter of an hour. entering
several yards and clambering over porcheS.
1t was about | o'clock when they reached
this vicinity. The dogs were thoroughly
chilled and the officers took them into kis-
sells TO warm them. SergeantS Laporte and
Scheigert could not keep up with the dogs
and were dropped behind. Captain Dawson
thinks the robber took buggy at kisseFs.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-01-23
EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS.


The nineteenth annual meeting of the In
diana Republican Editorial Association at
the Denison yesterday was one OF the most
interesting meetings the association has
held. Charles +. Wilson. president of the
association, expressed regret that his du-
ties at the Statehouse would prevent him
from remaining the entire day. Vice
President G.. r. Stormont. of the Princeton
Clarion, presided. Committees on member
ship. memorials. auditing and nomination
of officers We're appointed. There was no
resolution committee but notwithstanding
a couple of resolutions were adopted. The
first was an emphatic Endorsement of the
Loud postal bill pending I'm the United
State Senate. The secretary was instructed
ard did send telegram 10 the chairman of
the Senate committee on post roads. in
forming him of the action of the associa-
ton. The following resolution was also
adopted:
Resolved That we commend the State
Association OF Township Trustees for in
dOrsing at their recent meeting in this city
annual reports, law IN the interest of the
honest trustee and the taxpayer. and as
publishe we pledge ourselves to exert our
Influence TO have the publications as con-
else and condensed as possible and at the
same time give the information 10 which
the people are entitled.
The report of a committee which had
carefully investigated the cost OF these
publications by township trustees shows
that they run from SIC 10 $S5 a town
ship. except in three or four extreme cases.
In those cases no sympathy for the greedy
publishers is held by the association.
on the call Of the legislative committee
by districts IL was ascertained that mas
much as the trustees have decided not TO
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-01-23

He Drew the Substitute Resolution
and Suggested La Toilette.

A little later in the day the attorney gen.
eral made a statement in regard TO the
matter TO the News which ha6 so severely
impugned the motives OF the lieutenant
governor the day before. 1t was printed
by that paper without any apologies TO Mr.
Haggard. whom it had maligned as follows
Attorney General Ketcham assumes all
Responsibility Tor the appointment of the
Nandala committee named by Lieutenant
Governor Haggard. in accordance with the
substitute resolution adopted yesterday. 1t
was reported in the Senate that the at
torney general had also prepared the sub
stitute resolution. He was asked il this
were so. He said that he had prepa red a
substitute similar to the one that had been
introduced. His resolution provided for the
appointment of the speaker of the House
and means committee of either Senate or
House as the ex officio chairman of the
committee. This portion of the resolution
introducing the amendment. The attorney
general said he himself had desired TO be
left off of the committee, as had been re-
in his opinion, is needed under which the
State might successfully prosecute any
claim that might be established.
Did you suggest the names of any of
the committeeman who have been ap-
pointed in the Senate under the substitute
resolution Mr. Keteham was asked
that | regarded Mr.. La f'oiIette as one of
the best of the lawyers in the Senate. 80
lar dS Il knew tnenl. ana tndI he Woulu
make a desirable member of the commit
tee. / named over number of senator's
including Senator McCord. and suggested.
him as an available man for appointment
as / had heard good accounts of his,
abilities.
- Did you know that either of these two
had been employed as attorneys by the
Pennsylvania Railroad"
/ knew that one of them had been oc-
casionally employed by Mr.. Pickens. of
this city. to assist in Pennsylvania cases
and that the other had been employed as
the attorney of the Grand Rapids & In
diana division, which is not concerned in
this affair. 1 did not, and do not. regard
the relation as sustained by either of them
to the railroad as disqualifying them in
any sense for appointment on this commit
tee. / believe they regard their duties as
senators as paramount. and il there is to
be any blame for these appointments. 1t
belongs To me and not to the lieutenant
governor.
The lieutenant governor said in his
speech that you suggested MIR. La Fol-
iettes fitness as n lawyer, but that no one
suggested McCord or anybody else
. i think i mentioned McCords name in
going over Il list of senator's that might
be regarded as available He said that
Senator Shea had been thought of for the
committee. but that he had been an active
railroad attorney. while the others chosen
the attorney general said, were in no way
involved by their relations to railroads as
clients"
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-01-23
INDIANA WHIST CLUBS.


The Indiana Whist Association. which
was organized in this city last January,
consists of the following clubs: The Ameri-
can Whist Club, the indianapolis Whist
Club. the Marion Club. the Kate Wheelock
Whist Club. the North End Whist Club and
the Scottish Rite Whist Club. all of Indian
apo;is; the Charlottesville Whist Club the
Lotus Whist Club of Crawfordsville, the
Anderson Whist Club, the Elkhart Whist
Club. the Indiana Club of South Bend. the
Rushville Whist Club, the Kokomo Whist
Club and the Knightstown Whist Club. A
meeting of the executive committee of the
association was held at the Denison House
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of fix
ing the date and preparing a programme for
the second annual convention and tourna-
ment. to be held at an early date. The time
agreed upon is Thursday and Friday. Feb.
4 and >. The association Will meet at IL a.
m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. for the transaction
of business. The programme for the tour
nament includes four general contests, as
follows:
Thursday Afternoon-Preliminary play for
club fours for the Coffin trophy. which is u
silver cup presented TO the association one
year ago by Mr.. Charles u. Coffin, which
was won and successfully defended by the
Indianapolis Club.
Thursday Night = Preliminary play for
any number of club pairs for the Heron
trophy. which is bronze horse and rider
presented by Mr.. F. NJ. Heron. and which
was won last wear and successfully defend
ed to this time by Drs. l.. D. Waterman
and j. F. Johnson, of the American Whist
Club.
Friday Afternoon-Finals in both the Cof-
fin trophy and Heron trophy contests, the
former by the two highest teams of four
in the preliminary play and the latter by
the highest pair from each club in the pre-
liminary play.
Friday Night-A progressive match for
pairs for the Heath trophy. which is a
set of the Heath duplicate trays. presented
by Colonel l.. W. Heath, of Grand Rapids,
Mich. to become the property of the club
whose pair wins Ii at this time.
All whist clubs throughout the State and
all clubs or societies having a whist de-
partment requested to send delegates To
this convention. All communications should
be addressed to Samuel g. Sweet, Indian
apolis.
The Indianapolis journal., 1897-01-23

ask for the repeal of the publication law
there is no legislation the association will
care TO ask OF the Legislature.
In the afternoon the nominating COM
mittee reported the following nominations.
and their election followed:
President-James A. Kemp, of the Salem
Leader.
Vice Presidents-J. II. Rerick. of the La
grange Standard. and Fred II. Nauer, of
the North Vernon Banner.
Secretary-J. ID. Hogate. OF the Danville
Republican.
Treasurer-T H. b. Mccain OF the Craw-
fordSville Jour- al.
Executive Committee-The president and
secretary. w. S. Montgomery. of the Green
field Republican; S. y. Cragen. of the Leb-
anon Patriot and 4. W. Howard, of the
Spencer Journal
The old legislative committee was re-
elected, es follows:
First District--G. r. Stormont, Clarion,
Second District-W. b. Maddox. News.
Bloomfield.
Third District-Jasper Packard. Tribune.
Fourth District--n. C. CARRIER, Courier,
Madison.
Fifth District-G. NJ. Allen. Express.
Sixth District-w. H. Elliott, Courier.
New Castle.
Seventh District-H. S. New. Journal. In
Eighth District-w. B. Campbell. Herald,
Anderson.
Ninth District-M W. Pershing. Advo-
Tenth District-H A strohm. Enterprise,
Kentland.
Eleventh District-W. w. Lockwood, Re
publican. Peru.
Twelfth District-F w. Willis. Press,
Waterloo.
Thirteenth District-E. A. Jernegan, En-
terprise, Mishawaka.
A memorial on the life of the late Editor
Beal. of Laporte. was adopted At noon
the association visited Parks Bacchante
in body and expressed much praise for
the statue. In the afternoon visit was
paid TO Governor Mount. who received the
editors cordially While at the Statehouse
a number of the editors looked in on the
legislators at work in the House.