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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03

The County { ficers' Convention Prac'
ticalIy EeId A Secret Meeting By talk
ing In Strange Languages -War Weld
ed A L astipg Friendship.
R.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R.-"Hellol A. jor. 1 presume that
you have just returned from Mcrehead
City, and that you caught onto all Of the
mysteries of the county officers con,
vention."
B.-"Yes, I'm jist back frum More
head City, but I amt any w'zsr than
wuz before 1 left. Invent down there
expectin' ter hear nothin' but pie dis
cussed, but they disappointed me. /
reckon. In fack 1 don't know what all
they did discuss, fer most ov it wuz
sum furrin' language. Col. Hal ".
Atmosphere talked Spanish, an he
talked il so fast I couldn't tell whut he
didn't say. But it wuz eumpthin' er
bout taxes an things, an if he sed pie
airy time, l didn't catch On. SSaEe
Treasurer Worth talked Quaker purity
much awI the time an I didn't hear &
wurd erhout pie. Ohio Wilson talked
the Ramkatte language awl the time
I couldn't understand @ wurd Cv 1t but
I could see him wiDkin' pie a. the other
fellers. The whole thing WIZ Y nicely
conducted ez q pray Or meetin' an !
couldn't learn a thing. Ne an Dr..
BIacknan both kept every eye peeled
ter see if we couldn't git infermashun
so we dym6kTats could hold a perlitlcai
skule, but it wouldn't pan out q thing
1 reckon they get onter my commin'
an sorter adopted the turin language
ter throw me eff the track. l wish
Col. friedrich AnDanias Odds an Col.
7. Bomb Kingsbury could hev bin thar
ter watch the ~purseedins. 1 bet Col.
Kingsbury would hev sent home fe hlz
Gatling gun an q made them cum ter
the notch by talkin' United States. NE
an the Col. are both down on these
furriners. He an me are strong
friends. We were in the war tergether.
Not exactly In the war, but he looked
after the spiritual welfare ov the felix's
at home an I overseed niggers on q big
cotton farm nearby. The trials, tri0u
lashuns an' dangers that We we passed
through tergether welded q lasting
friendship that cannot be broken by
small matters. We marched side by
side through aWl sorts ov weather, en-
dured privashuns, went hungry, cole
an barefooted, an in spite ov the dis
tant roar ov the canon an mueketry
We sung Comrades" awl through the
terrible four years. We had lots ov
hair breadth escapes. The perils that
we encountered we're equal to the
dangers Col. Josephus Daniels met an'
overcome while he wuz savin' the
State. I think we orter hev a pen
sion. Gudeby g."
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The State Normal and ia5. asI Nh
GREENSBORO, n c..

Ofe S the young wome en- of the State tmI
professional litera =, classical, scientific
Industrial education An ua5 .lgcn@ n
$50 FaculUy of % members Mole tL2I
regular students. Practice schoo. of G}ta'
ers More than 200 matricUlates repregS
every cou ty in the State except three. (
TesEODdence invited from those deshilgs
petenC trained teacher. TOSCC}UC board nj
itOTIe8 dlIfreG tuition applicants mt2t he ns
fore august 1St For catalogue and informgs
address. PRESIDENT CHARLES D. Ndn
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GuilfOrd COLLEGE.
Founded IN 1887.

Five large and well arranged brick
buildings. besides new gymnasium.
Science Hsll now building, Co educa
tional, Buildings specially planned for
both sexes, Location in healthful Pied
mont section. 800 acre dairy farm
8 courses leading to degrees. also
Music, Art and Physical training. Cor
respOpdence solicited.
PRESIDENT L L HOBBS.
GuIlford College, N @.
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RIDGEWAY HIGH 2CH0l
OPENS AUGUST g., 1897.

Total expenses for session Of tVaI
weeks:
Tuition. Board, Washing. Ligbsa
Fuel, k65 to SIS, Music, with ua
instrument. SIS. No extra charEt
Latin. Greek or French.
Endorsed by the Univereity ardN
leading Male and Female C0Aeg
{ atalogue fur Dished up1u appi
ton. JOHN GRAHAM Principal
RIDGEwAY, NJ
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CataWba College.
NE N. G

Next Session Begins august 3rd, 1897.
Full Academic, Business and Cole
giaCe Courses. with Music and Art
Ten accomplished Instructors. Coed
Buildings, Apparatus, Libraries, etc.
Thorough work and moderate ex-
penses. Pure water and mountain air.
Worthy persons helped Catalogue
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REV J. @, CLAPP, D D, Pres.
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UNION INSTITUTE.

Fall term of this school opens August 4th
aid closes December % 1897
If interested in one of the cheapest and most
desirable nigh schools in the State, you should
highest testimonials Of superiority. etc.
Address: O. e. HAMILTON,
N. O.,
Union. Co.
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EXECUTORS NO rICF'

Having this day qualified as ETec s4S Of ~
6 est 96t2 OF notice Il; Ht4 Is ( \ SSG gwen to an 3 pr
having claims against the said deceaSSss%2 9tb .
sent the same to us on or before tnI7eesd 10 y
of May, 1898, or this Lotice VIII DC Rd to z
Of their recovery. All persons 1ndeDL n9avneDi
deceased are notified that prOm1B865 20"
required. This 18th day Of May 1917 44ooPKISs
Wakefield, N. O. n; 'HoPKDs
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Roanoke c S]3.n. !.

Courses FIR Degrees, with ELECTIVE; u
standard. Also Commercial and Pre4aI45
Courses. Library 10000 vO'Um-s WGi4
Lab atory. Good morals md discipline Y
c~hurcbes-nO bdr-rOOmS Healthtul molLll-
climate. VERY MODERATE EXPENSES: may
reduced below 3i50for nine months ices, ~.
etc. 45th year begins September I5th L|
Presiddt
The record-union., 1897-09-22

The London "Globe" talks wildly of
the United States being a fourth-rate
Power, and of England having been
so gentle with Uncle Samuel that he
has forgotten the iron hand beneath
the glove. So! so! When did the iron
lastingly upon the American system?
1t surely was not between 1I16 and
1888, for in that eventful period the
cross of st. George went down upon
the glorious fields of the American
Revolution, and the thirteen colonies
proved to all the world the rightfulness
of their declaration, that they were free
and independent States. The iron hand
did not win then Later, between lS1Z
and 1915, the iron hand sought to grip
us again, but again peace followed with
our banners uncovered. If we mistake
not, an Ameican naval commander with
only the ordinary name of Jones dld
that to England which no other nation
has done in centuries. He sailed his
gallant SnlpS lnLO EilSl -
fought and whipped English ships off
Scarborough in sight of assembled
Britons on the cliffs. He landed on
English coasts and ravaged and ter
rorized the country, and came off with
all the honors. The iron hand did not
close upon the throat of Paul Jones
1t did not throttle the heroes of the
American Revolution; it will not now
or ever dominate the American people
by threat of war. Without being at all
disposed to Jingoeism, we beg leave to
ask the dyspeptic and equity "Globe"
when the iron hand benath the glove
has ever successfully served the pur-
pose of the Briton against the Amer
lean?
The record-union., 1897-09-22

Just now there is a boom among men
Of money in the placing of drinking
fountains in the midst of large popula-
tions for the free use of the people
but the boom has not reached Sacra-
mento. There is wealth here in plenty
to confer similar benefits upon the
Capital City. There are but two drink
ing fountains in the open in this city,
and neither is the result of private
benefaction, and both are very cheap
and poor affairs The man who has
money in plenty wins the gratitude OF
humanity who expends a little Of it in
erecting a drinking fountain for the
use Of all the people. Such fountains
should in fair degree be ornamental
and contribute to the cultivation of
artistic tastes among the people. They
should be adjusted so as to be of use
bv adults or children, and they should
be so placed as to provide constant
flow of fresh water, with clean, dry
approaches from all sides. There ought
TO be at least four such fountains in
this city, and the four men or four
women who win the honor of placing
them will write their names in the
hearts of the people as public-spirited,
generous and humane.
The record-union., 1897-09-22

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, STATE
OF California, County of Sacramento.
In the matter of the estate of HENRY
WITTENBROCK, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that FRIDAY
the 24th day OF September, 1897, at 10
O'Clock a. m of said day, and the court
room of said court, at the Courthouse, in
the City of Sacramento, County of Sacra-
mento and State OF California, has been
appointed as the time and place for PROV
ing the will of said Henry Wittenbrock,
deceased, and for hearing the application
of Eliza Wittenbrock for the issuance TO
her of letters testamentary thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court, this 18th day of September, 1897
(Seal) w. b. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY Z. S. Wachhorst, Deputy Clerk.
Indorsed: Filed September 49, 1897
W. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
By E. s. Wachhorst. Deputy.
White &, Seymour. Attorneys for Petit
tioner se14-td
The record-union., 1897-09-22

1t is not with official positiveness that
the news is given forth that the United
States has delivered an ultimatum to
Spain, demanding that the Cuban rev
olution shall be crushed before the ides
of November else the American Gov
ernment will recognize the independ-
ence of the revolutionists. We enter
tain the hope that this is news and
not fiction But this suggests the ques-
ton: If the Cubans are worthy of be-
ing recognized as an independent peo-
pie by the close of October, why are
they not worthy of being recognized
now as belligerents? To be entitled to
recognition in the first instance they
must have maintained belligerency in
support of a regular form of govern
ment. as an essential prelude. This
being true, it follows logically that they
are now and all along have been worthy
of and entitled to recognition as bellig-
ants
The record-union., 1897-09-22

the wheat crop of the United States. Ii
is capable of endless variety in compar-
ative showings and relative expositions-
Thus. on the umption-generally
agreed to-that the wheat crop will ag-
gregate 500, 100000 bushels, and that
box car will hold a thousand bushels,
it would require a train of 100000 cars
TO move the yield. But only a few box
cars win hold 1000 bushels, many of
them will carrT no more than 4O,OOO
pounds of grain, so that the assumption
OF l. 900 bushels to the car is too great
and hence more than 100000 cars would
be needed. But standing behind the
assumption, how long would the train
34-fOot cars are used to haul wheat.
inside measurement. Allowing four feet
for drawbacks, and We have full
length of thirty-eight feet per car, and
a line of 100000 feet. or more than
3,59S miles: greater distance
than from San Francisco to Augusta,
Me. If we export, as it is believed we
will, 2O0.0OO0O0 bushels of the crop. it
will require more than 1,300 grain-car-
rying ships of average capacity to float
the wheat, and these will employ an av-
erage of twenty men each, or in all
10000 sailors. Four times that number
of men will be directly employed in
handling the same quantity of wheat in
reaching the seaboard. so that we will
have 150,0 900 men employed as handlers
of the export alone in the capacity of la
borers. y great variety Of calculations
of this order may be INDUCED in, and
none of them will fail to impress upon
the mind the enormous Importance of
the wheat crop to the country.
The record-union., 1897-09-22
TRUSTEES SALE.

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
of a certain deed of trust executed by
D. w. Hutson and Philippine Hutson,
his wife, both of the county of San Joa-
Beckman and J. l.. Huntoon of the
County of Sacramento, State of Califor-
mia, as trustees, dated September Il,
1892, and recorded on September 10,
1892. in the office of the County Re
corder of the county of San Joa-
quin, State of California, in Book
San Joaquin County Records, and on
application of the holder and owner of
the promissory note secured to be pGio;
by said deed of trust, and because de-
fault has been made in the payment of
the indebtedness secured TO be paid by
said deed of trust, the undersigned
highest and best bidder for cash in Unit
ed States gold coin at the front of the
Courthouse of the county of Sacramento
in the city of Sacramento, State of Cal
ifornia on SATURDAY, the 9Th day of
October, 1897, between the hours of 10
o'clock a. M and u m. of that day, said
sale commencing at the said hour of 10
o'clock a. m. OF said day, the fol-
lowing described real estate with the i'm
provements thereon, suitate IN the coun-
ties of San Joaquin and Sacramento,
state of California, as follows, to wit:
The northeast quarter "a of section
fifteen Q5), township five 90 north,
range eight tS) east, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian; also that portion of the
southeast quarter "a of said section fif-
teen Q5) lying north and east Of
straight line drawn from the northwest
corner to the southeast corner OF the
said quarter ga section; also tract OF
land containing one hundred and eighty
dS0) acres adjoining said section in Sac
ramento County; ,rr,v,,A>-
j. L. HUNTOON,
Trustees.
Sacramento, September Is. 1897.
Budd and Thompson, Attorneys.
The record-union., 1897-09-22
Notice Of Assignee's Sale Of Bar Room
Stock and Fixtures

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE
Fischer, an insolvent debtor, that I will
on Monday, the 9th day of September
1891 at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m, in front
house, Seventh and l streets, in Sacra-
mento City Sacramento County, Califor-
mia, sell at public auction Tor cash the
following personal property belonging 70
the estate of said insolVent, to-wit: One
cash register. / large bar mirror, 400 ci-
gars, miscellaneous lot of liquors, includ-
ms rum wine, brandy, syrup, kummel,
whisky, ccgnac, bitters ginger ale, sarsa-
parilla, soda, etc; also a lot of bar glass
ware, spoons, tables, chairs, desk, clock
pictures, etc. being the stock and fixtures
lately contained in the Elmer Hotel Sa-
loon u. J. SIMMONS & co.
Auctioneers.
David Reese, Assignee. se2i-5t
The record-union., 1897-09-22
PROPOSALS FOR LEASE OF
Agricultural Park, Sacramento.

BIDS FOR THE LEASE OF AGRI-
cultural Park in Sacramento County for
one year from October /, 1897, under speci-
fications on file with the undersigned will
be received at the Secretary's office on
October l. 1897 at 80 O'Clock D. m.
EDWIN L. SMITH, Secretary.
-o2n- W IN-fd
The record-union., 1897-09-22
SHUT THEM OUT.
Indopses Tt.
(River News, Rio Vista.)

The Sacramento Record Union has
ment road to the Yosemite Valley The
Record Union" has always been an
earnest advocate of good roads, and its
present labors secure the Endorsement
of all
The record-union., 1897-09-22
Unregenerate.

Brother Blockson-Ahl Fishing on the
Sabbath day! Just wait, miserable sin
ner, until the lake of everlasting fire
is before you
Unregenerate Ike-I allow then 1 kin
ketch 'em already cooked.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The record-union., 1897-09-22

The latest opera bouffe revolution is
that in Guatemala, followed by news
of a similar farce in Nicaragua The
two came on rather early; the quarter
had hardly expired. If the usual rule
prevails the next shake-up in these
seething little Republics-by will
ripen in January. 1898. The head
lines for the news reports have been
ordered to remain standing.
The record-union., 1897-09-22
Weather Forecast.

Northern California: Cloudy Wednesday,
with showers and probably thunder
storms in the interior: southerly winds
inland, northerly winds on the coast.
The record-union., 1897-09-22

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1t is reported that Argentine threat
ems tariff retaliation because of the
Dingley bill. But that will not pay
the Southern Republic. Our exports to
Argentine amount TO but about So
00000o. while her output of goods to
the United States is greatly larger.
Fact is. Argentine is not in a position
to retaliate, even We're she justified in
attempting it.
The record-union., 1897-09-22

could be invoked to restrain them from
here already. Most of them are not
United States citizens. Few of them,
even can speak tho English language.
Most of them drink and carouse and do
all in their power TO vitiate good citi-
zenship. We hope that the visiting an
archists will be watched by the au-
thorities and upon the first violation
of the law in the way of sed.tious
speech they will be punished by the
courts. 1t is about time that loud
mouthed blatherskites who are so free
in publicly uttering incendiary speeches
directed against law and order we're
given to understand that there is linn
it to the patience of the patriotic pee
pie of this land.
SCORE ONE FOR HIM.
Los Angeles Times: Score one for
Mr.. Bryan. He is not in favor of dy-
Mantle and the torch, and states a pal
pable truth when he says: THE Amer
lean people are a law-abiding people. "
Much of the disfavor in which Mr..
Bryan is held is because of the Altgald
class of cattle he trained with. We
fear he has read himself out of his
party.
POPULATION.
Los Angeles Express: The Treasury
Department officials have been collect
ing all possible data relative to the pop
ulation of the United States. The re-
suit of their calculations places the
number of people in the United States
at something over 100000. This is
an. increase of rather more than 1000,
600 a year since the census taken in
1890. and would, therefore, PLACE the
mark above S0,000,000 when the next
census is completed. With the popu-
lation at this figure, the United States
would rank among the first nations Of
the earth in point of numbers.
SHUT THEM OUT.
Santa Rosa Republican: The noted
anarchist woman, Louise Michel, and
her two female companions have been
expelled from Belgium. They had gone
there to condemn law and order in
their public speeches, and the Govern
ment ordered them to leave. Now it is
announced that they are coming to the
United States They could not do our
country much harm if it were not for
the hordes of ignorant and depraveo
people who have been imported in de-
fiance of law. Those who have been
born and reared and educated in this
country and those who came legally
from other lands are not going to be
influenced to great extent by the ad-
vOcateS of anarchy.
The record-union., 1897-09-22

Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as second-class matter.
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THE WEEKLY UNION.
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The record-union., 1897-09-22
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TIMES BETTER.

Contra Costa Gazette: Demagogues
continue the cry that times are no bet
ter, but the fact remains that they are
very much better than they were a
year ago. A single instance is proof of
this fact, and California has the bene-
fit of it. Up to September 1st the
number of cars of fruit shipped this
season exceeded last years record just
942 cars. This indicates that there is
a greater demand for fruit this year
than last, and that the people have
money to pay for it. Last year there
was a lack Of employment, and the
demand for fruit was much lighter.
The record-union., 1897-09-22

Some curious figuring is INDUCED in
here and there, concerning the size Of
The record-union., 1897-09-22
TION


Riverside Press: San Francisco is
very much disgruntled over the action
of the State Board of Equalization in
reducing the assessment of most of
the interior counties and leaving San
Francisco's assessment unchanged. The
latest scheme evolved there to prevent
a recurrence of such an Outrage" is
the election of the members of the
Board of Equalization by the State at
large instead of by districts. A num-
Der of people have been interviewed on
the subject by the San Francisco pa
pers, and they all favor it. But it is
a interesting fact that the gentlemen
interviewed are all residents of San
Francisco, and of course they would ia
vor anything which they thought was
for the interest of that city. The rest
of the State has not been inter
viewed" but the interior counties will
be heard from all the same. At the
next election San Francisco will poll
about $4,000 votes of probable 100000
in the State, or one-fourth. If the State
Board of Equalization was elected on
the general State ticket, it is pretty
safe to presume that those $4,000 votes
would be very largely pooled. regard
less of politics. for candidates that were
pledged to be friendly to San Francisco.
And lots of politicians with cartilagin-
Gus spines would promise anything to
to catch the San Francisco vote. The
result would be Board of Equaliza-
t1no that would be mere putty in the
hands of the city and county of San
Francisco. 1t is notorious fact that
for years the assessment of San Fran
cisco has not been equitable to the rest
of the State. The great newspaper
plants of the Chronicle" Examiner"
and Call" for instance. have been
assessed only little more than that of
the Press" This latest scheme TO
escape taxation is certainly not likely
to be received with any very general
enthusiasm by the State at large. The
ton of taxes and make no kick about
it. Why cannot San Francisco do the
same?
LOSS BY THE STRIKE.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: A table, largely
speculative, has been prepared TO show
what the losses from the coal miners
strike aggregate. The loss in wages is
put at $15.T50000: the loss to mine
owners at S1,000.0 .00G: the loss TO rail-
roads at s4.S0G,000: the loss to the
stores of coal companies during the
months that the miners have made no
purchases. S13, ,000,0c0: loss to the pub
lie through increase of the price OF
coal, 5000. COO. These figures must
be largely guesswork. but in all prob
ability they approximately are correct.
for it does not take long for thousands
The record-union., 1897-09-22
WOOL AND SILVER.

Virginia City Report: The Carson
News" finds much qualification in the
fact that thirteen or fourteen woolen
and other mills in the United States are
prospering under the new tariff. That's
not surprising. The Silver party papers
of Nevada would feel much gratifica-
ton in noting that thirteen or fourteen
mines in Nevada had started up under
a free coinage law.
The record-union., 1897-09-22
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