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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
HEREFORD COUNTY MEETING.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
HARRELLSVILLE. N. O.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
HARRELLSVILLE, n. O.
Hartford County Farmers Alliance
ordered a part of this proceeding sent
to you for publication. SO / here with
present a sketch Of the meeting. When
coming together, it was proposed as
there was so few present to appoint, a
committee on Good of the Order and
report as soon as practical the condition
Of the Order in Hartford county, and
il there was any use trying any longer
to hold together, and what the excuse
was for so little interest in the Alliance.
The following are the committee :
E T. Snipes, John f. Newsom, T. Q.
Copeland, J. T. Griffith, W. 7. Boles
and D. F. Dunn.
Committees report: ''It is the view
of your committee, that we should en-
courage the work of the Alliance. and
we should know why our State officers
do not keep us posted. for We find some
complaint against our Business Agent,
T. Ivey, and against Secretary w. 8.
Barnes. No minutes of the State ALI.
ance have been received; no new con
situations. We find that q great many
have contributed to the shoe factory
and not a certificate of deposit has been
sent. And we find that some of the
excuses and reasons why so few have
any interest in the Alliance. Now we
hope that our leaders will keep US bet
ter posted, and the prices quoted will
be the ONES sold by. VIZ find some
complaint elong this line: That orders
made for goods are not billed as quoted
by our State Business Agent. A mo
ton to adopt was offered and discussed
by T, Q Copeland, saying officers
should be diligent in their duty, etc.
J. J. Brown: They should be dill
gent in their duties, and prompt in
obeying commands, and Alliance
meetings should be second to no other
meetings"
John F. Newsom: "History is re-
peating itself and if the Alliance fails,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
BRIDE, IS; GROOM, II.
A Davie County Woman Steals Her
Lover From His Home at Midnight,

A Davie County Woman Steals Her
Lover From His Home at Midnight,
A gretna green affair occurred in the
neighboring county of Davie Thurs
day night that completely changed the
natural run of events of this kind
from the way they were conducted in
the days of Cervantes.
1t is generally the rule for the gen
tleman to take the initiative, but in
this instance the 'Fayre Layde" actu
ally did the performing. She surepti
tiously took possession Of the wagon of
a neighbor, drove seven miles to the
home of her beloved, with the assist
ance Of a rope ladder helped him to
escape from his room, she then drove
to M~ocksville, where they were mar
ried.
Our informant requested US to with
hold the names. Truly this was a
singular case, but like the last chap
ter in the yellow-back novel, where
the hero and the heroine ever lived
happily afterward. The age of the
bride is 35, and the groom " Sails
bury World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
NEW \. c CUT HERRING

EDENToN, N. @, April II, 1897.
I quote new bright N. O.. Gut Ter
ring at 50 so per thousand lin buLEI
in -four barrels or boxes. delivered t. O.
b. here l catch all the fish | sell, ana
as the expense in handling them Is con.
siderable, it is necessary, to insure
prompt attention, that orders be &C.
companied with the CASH
instructions for taking care OF them
will be furnished with each order.
Respectfully,
a. A. BOND,
(2128) fisherman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
NOTICE TO JUSTICES OF
THE PEACE.

The NORTH CAROLINA MANUAL o.
LAW AND Forms, revised to GATE y =,
cluding Laws OF 1892, is now ready y
is by all odds the best book for Meg
istrates, County Officers and Lawyer
ever issued in North Carolina.
This revised Form Book takes EDs
place of all former editions. and ~
Magistrate can afford to be without u
Price by mail 81 90.
Address,
EDWARDS & B~ROUGHTON,
Publishers,
RALEIGH, N. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
THz OLD GUARD.
Subscriptions, Renewals and Kind Words
Extracted From Letters

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Extracted From Letters
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cept thanks.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27

The Major Gets Out An Injunction And
Mrs Bilkins' New Spring Dress Fails
To Materialize-Why He Couldn't Buy
Her A New Dress.
B.-"HeIlol Mr.. Editor"
R.-'Hellol Major. Any news to,
dayp
B.-"Not very much. Erbout the
most exsitin' thing goin' on in my neck
ov the woods nov IL the injunckshun
I've got out erginst Betsy. I'm bound
ter keep rite up with the perseshun an
awl the latest styles in everything. I
see the railrodes are startin' ipjunck-
shun suits rite an left an bein' some
thin ov q monopolist myself I hev
started the ball ter rollin'. If awl the
married men will fall inter line we'll
soon git our rites instead ov go many
wrongs. I'm sorter goin' slow till the
tarf bill il dispozed ov, fer I'm efraid
they will put a tax on in junckshuns
ter keep out the pauper i~njunckshuns
ov Yurip. The other day I notised
Betsy lookin' at two or three old dres.
ses. She would shake them an turn
'em Ground an examine them closely.
She looked sorter dissatisfied an havin'
knowed trubble wuz breWin'. Directly
she said: Il 9kie, l hate ter do it, but
] reckin I'll hev ter ask you ter git me
q new dress the first time you go ter
town. My ole Ones are erbout gone up
the spout" She aWlWays calls me
'tZ9kie" when her dresses begin ter 60
inter q decline. I tole her l reckoned
I'd hev ter postpone the matter; that
OWN ter the sgitashun ov the silver
question in the South and West an the
uncertainty ov tariff legislashun.
coupled with the exsitement ov the
visit of the United States Bi metallic
Commissioners to Yurip an the failure
ov the powers ter intefere in the wran-
gle between Turkey an Greece an the
fact thai the Eastern capitalists are
hesitating erbout investing their money
here so long as the silver craze lives,
but prefering to invest it in Mexico,
where they already have free coinage
in full blast, an other things too num-
erous to mention, I'd be bound ter wait
q brief season before investin' my
money in a new dress. Then you orter
seen her bile over. I reckon she wuz
erbout eZ fine a geo pound specimen ov
temper az you would find in a years.
travel. Az the gum chewin' girls say:
''myI" but she Wuz mad. Then she
proceeded ter give me a lecture con-
sistin' ov erbout Is QUO words, pointin'
out erbout aWl the mean things l ever
did, an sum things never thought ov,
Windin' up with an ultimatum which
Wuz ter the effect that I could git the
dress or leave home at once Then I
went an hunted up a magistrate an
got an injunckshun."
RI don't understand how you
could get an Injunction in q magis.
trates' court"
B-"OhI never mind erbout the in
q magistrate who was neal a railroad
crossin' one day an a train cum by.
The engineer give two long toots ov the
whistle an two short ones an the mag
istrate, who had just been appointed
thought the tootin' wuE in honor ov
him an he hes bin a rank monopolist
eve since. Don't you lose any sleep
over my injunckshun. Gudebye."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27

The Huntsville College. situated at
Hartsville, Indiana, was founded years
ago in the interest of the United
Brethren Church, when the State was
mostly q wilderness, and colleges were
scarce. The college is well known
throughout the country, former stu
dents having gone into all parts Of the
world.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27

No SAFER OR MORE EFFICACIOUs
REMEDY Can be had tor Coughs. or n
trouoIe of throat, than ''BrOtUn's BrOn-
chiGL TrOches."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23
Early Theological Zoology.

OF marine animals the early Christian
philosophers knew little, but naturally
they had heard Of the whale and found
important meanings in him. One Of tho
lessons taught by the whale is given as
follows: "When he is hungry, he opens his
wide mouth seaward, and a pleasant odor
issues from his NAV, so that other fishes
are deceived and swim eagerly toward the
place whence this sweet odor comes. In
needless shoals they enter into his extend
ed jaws. Then suddenly the grim gums
close and crush their prey. Thus the devil
allures men to their destruction and closes
upon them the barred gates of hell. "
The medieval imagination played curl
ously about the pelican. A type of the
atonement was found in the supposed fact
that the pelican tears uren its breast and
feeds its young with its own blood. New
value was given to the pelican by tina,
great thinker, St. Augustine. Writing
upon the passage in the one hundred and
second psalm-"I am become like peli
can in the wilderness" says: 1.-THE
males of these birds are won't to Kill theii
young by blows of their beaks and then t.
hewail their death for the space Of three
days. Al length, however, the female in
fliCts severe wound on herself, and let
ting her blood flow over the dead one:
brings them TO life again"
Naturally this statement, coming from
man so widely venerated, proved great
source of inspiration to the pious writer;
and sculptors of the middle ages.
drew ID. White in Popular Science Monthly
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23
Carter Lead will cover one
fourth more surface

The superiority of Carter Lead is due
to improved methods and the putting
into use the very latest machinery by
which a perfect rorrosion is obtained,
and, consequently, when you purchase
a key of Carter Lead you get keg OF
Lead that is perfectly corroded.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23

This White Lead has been tried in
Honolulu, and all that is claimed for it
has been proven true.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23
TWILIGHT IN rHE ROCKIES.

The sun has hung gorgeous curtain cross the
sky
That sways and glnts and pales in over
changing hucs.
Beyond the solemn peaks and graceful, aou.
scious hills
A faint, green twilight filters through the
forest dews,
While uhdulnting fern and braclen meath the
tread
or sweet eyed deer and untamed things hum
song,
And lcufy bushes bend with rows of sleepy
birds,
Who nestle close and whisper that the day l.,
long.
A squirrel Chambers up fir for one more cone
Before he sleeps warm in the hollow of tree.
An eagle spreads his WINGS finding himself
alone,
And sails far DER the mountains to his vsit-
ing mate.
The lights die out behind the melancholy crags.
For day and all sun rays have closed their
eyes to dream.
Now silver dusk comes sitting DER the charm.
ed world
And weird, fantastic shapes loom through
the moonlight gloam,
Where, like a spirit pale wander with the
mist.
A phantom voice calls to me from the sad,
gray gloom,
A lonely, shadowy form glides softly by my
side
Eternity is vast, o soul, and cold the tombl''
o birds and beasts and wild things Of the
mighty wood;
o flower moon and budding stare and bios.
SONS white,
Teach me your wond'To secret of great calm
and good
Give me some hope, or else my human heart
will break.
Irene Osgood in Chicago Times Herald.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23

1t is a singular fact that in almost all
countries the superstition about peacock
plumes Is tie same 1t is universally con-
coded to be Jhe cause Of i'll luck, and
though the shading and coloring of tho
feathers are unusually brilliant and beau
tiful any woman with n love for prosperity
md happiness will invariably avoid deco
rating any of her apartments or possessions
with the i'll omened plumes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23
Ten Good Reasons
why you should
Use Garter Lead

list. The Carter White Lead is abso-
lutely pure.
End. The Carter White Lead will cover
one fourth more surface and
thereby save you % per cent.
3rd. The Carter White Lead will last
much longer and look better
than any other paint.
4th. The Carter White Lead Company
is independent of all trusts.
9th. The Carter White Lead is much
whi'er than any other lead
offered.
9th. The Carter White Lead is much
finer and superior for inside or
fiat work.
7th. The Carter White Lead will take
more oil than any other lead.
9th. The Carter White Lead is superior
in body.
9th. The Carter White Lead works
smoother under the brush.
10th Twenty-Five Test Boards paint
ed during the year 1896 SUBJ
stantiate all OF the above
reasons.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23
A key Of Carter White Lead il
All Paint.

The new plant recently put in opera
ton in Chicago is the largest in the
world and the combined output of the
Chicago and Omaha facto les places the
Carter Company ia a position to fill all
orders promptly.
There is more Carter White Lead
sold than any other brand manu-.
featured i'm the United States.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-02-23
CARRIERS
WHITE
LEAD
IS STRICTLY Pure.

The Carter White Lead Company
stands ready at any and all times by
practical tests to prove that the Carter
Lead will cover one-fourth more sur
face, and do it better, than any brand of
lead manufactured by what is known as
the old Dutch Process. and also to prove
its superiority in body whiteness and
durability.
We invite practical painters to make
INDEPENDENT tests by carefully measuring
surface and weighing the leods TO be
tested and then comparing results,
which will In every instance prove that
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
TAX ACT OF 1852.

The new Comptroller General,
Epton, is endeavoring to enforce
the tax law Of 1882 that the other
chief tax officers of The State have
hitherto ignored. The act TO
which we refer requires that:
Section 229 (17L) Any person
who shall at any place in this state,
be engaged N the business Of buy
ing and selling personal property,
or in selling personal property
consigned to him from any place
out Of the state, or property not the
product, of this state; consigned
to him from any place within the
state, shall be held to be a mer-
chant, and, at the same time, he IS
REQUIRED 70 list bis other personal
property, shall deliver to the
auditor of the county IN which
his business is siiuateda statement
under his o&tl. Of The average
monthly value CT the personal
property, moneys and credits
pertaini1g to his mercantile
business; to ascertain which he
shall set down the value on hand
on the first day Of JaE uary ot
the preceding year, or other time
ol conmencing business during
the year, add thereto ali purchases
when made at cost, and the
remainder shall be the average Oh
hand tor that month; and Il.
like manner ascertain tae aver&se
value for each month, down t(
the first Gay of January OF the yeal
in which the return Is to he made
add together such monthly values
divide the aggregate BY the numbc'
of months he has been il buGlnes.
during the preceding year a.
aforesaid, and to the quohsnt acc
the moneys and credits On hand
the first day of January IN to-
year III WHICH TIC iN'.
and the product Of tais las
addition slGll he the sum u"o
which be shall pay taxes Tor IN
year in which the return IS m3d7
Provided, That what wien oGslneS
is opened after the first d%E
the preceding year and closed h' =.
fore the first day OF January Oh IL
year in which the retuEn i= ina"
the parties opening and closil
such business shall MAKE ie o''
on nlerchandise-the tame
opening and CT sing such buS1lne me
being lie times used Us ti:e 3aS ~.
Of the return as established III tn
section.
1t is but justice to Auditor Tia
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

,;ba bladder was created for one pur-
po.e, namely, q receptacle for the
rrine. and as such it is not liable TO
anv form of disease except by one OF
two WAYS. The first way Is from I'M
perfect action of the kidneys. the
second way is from careless local treat
ment Of other diseases.
CHIEF CAUSE.
Unhealthy urine from unhealthy
Kidneys is the chief cause of bladder
troubles. So the womb, like the blad-
fer. was created for one purpose, and
- not G9ctored too much is not liable
70 weakness or disease, except III rare
.esos 1t is situated back Of and very
lose to The bladder, therefore any
o,in. disease or Inconvenience rhanl-
Ies,et, in the Kidneys, back, bladder or
ueirary passage is often, Ivy mistake
,ttrihutcd To female weakness or
Corb trouble of some sort. Ihe errcf
is easily r,adc and may bn as easily
avoided. 70 find out correctly, sci
your urine aside for 2t hour;
| sc,jiurrt or settling indicates kidney
,r bladder t-uubIc. The mild and tine
extraordinary effect Of Dl. kllmer
swarIp Root, the great k'ohe!
lud bladder remedy, is soon real
2,d. If you need . medicine yc'
should haze the best. AT druggists
ori.e il!y cents and one dollar
loa may have Il sample bottle an
pamphlet both sent free by maii, men
lion the ADVERTISER and.send you
address to Dr.. kilmer s Co., Blne
pamton. X. y. The proprietor Oh In
oaper guarantees the Sennineness
| nc nIfrr
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17

Apparently small 'hings, whaH
properly utilized. lead 10 fame
and fortune. Hiran. 9. Eotclkiss
of Wayne county, \. l., s'af'eC
the pepegmin; industry. ae e0"ic
not sell it to home folks, but ioNne =.
a rich market il. Germany 1il
Grew rich and in 1878 spent severaI
months in Europe. lie was rece''
ed with great honors in all th&
leading cities. For many years
he has been known as The Pepper
mint King" both in Europe 'N'
America.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
ScIlneider's
CLOTHING
DEPARTMENT.

los mems black or blue chevlot
suits, the IS so kind, as starter
So SO
65 mems blue frock suits, nicely
made; they are worth 81 5o, at
this sale 81 80
sc NJ Clay worated suits; you
can not duplicate same less than
50, at $6 so
50 mems French Clay suits, tai
lor mad; they are worth $2o, a
leader, SO :,
LOT Of 353 men suits are left,
the best from lots. As suits they
are all right and perfect, but as
merchandise they are simply in
the way. We are going to sell
Ihsrn ut $5 and 81 80
210 cf:ldrcn's black sul's to close
out &t Sc
i lot oi ch;:',uren's 81 suits tc
move az 81 25
lot Of children's So suits to
rlovr at 81 70
/ let of $3 so children;s suits te
go at ~ =. ;,
!o; Of IS childrtn's suit TO g
of ~
a. 5c0 &c pairs of pants, ? co, 8 OF
and / CO, to go at S! 5O
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
AUGUSTA, GA, October 81, Is

AUGUSTA, GA, October q, 1881
MR. B. ToBIN that he has sold his interest tne
Augusta Cotton Compress Co., retired from ne hb OF null M h
Having thus disposed of all his other cotton
time and will be devoted hat ms ou 4
and planters and merchants generally VINO may A0 ''A ~
patronage. ~ a f.oiI;t;os for advancing CASH
upon crops during the spring and su"e anu o' '0''0 " ''
reasonable rates ooo .. Cotton Factor and
S Guarantee of very best results to his patrons
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
Qui.rine and other R'
yer medicines take fom5
10 10 Gays to cure fever:
Jo.znson's Chill andFever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
Valuable Land for Sale.

I will offer for sale at Green
wood, s. c., or Jan. 3rd. 1898, $40
acres of land as follows:
Lot No. l, known as the DR.;
lhos. Lake place III Greenwood
county, situated on the Martin
Town read, in -- town
ship near Airksey P, O., contain
Inc 500 acres with en- elegant eight
room brick house, store house,
tnree tenant houses, barn, stables,
&c Tract Nc. 2, 100 acres, two We
tenement houses. Tract No. 3
$40 acres, two tenement houses
stables, etc. Tract No. 4, llS acres
one tenement house, principally
woodland. Tract No. ) contalnlng
Z acres. all natural forest. Tract
No. G. known as The Rye Lot, con-
ta;ning 11S acres, largely wood
land.
Terms: 0ne-fourth cash, bal
ancc one and two years time.
II. W. CELY, Administ'r.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
Schneider's
UMBRELLA
DEPARTMENT.

26 inch all silk, gloria, paragon
frame, steel rod: Arabian Congo
handles, CSC
26-inch pure silk gloria, suage
handle, paragon frames, steel rod'
at 12c :,
26 inch fine O X satlne umbrella
at 7SC
26-inch China silk, fancy handle,
at 81. 2S
2G-inch all silk taffeta wheel tops,
steel rod, paragon frame, imported
handles. 1925
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-11-17
Schneider's
KNIT UNDERWEAR.


l case of gents heavy derby
ribbed heeced shirts and drawera,
worth 81 so a suit, now, garments
SOC
A case of gents Norfolk and
New Brunswick wool and cotton
shirts and drawers, natural color,
patent elastic seams, worth " suit,
garments 75c
A case OF Norfolk and New
Brunswick medium weight merlno
shirts and drawers, worth 81 "A
suit, now, garment 81
Ladies' SOC quality feeced
ribbed vests and pants, covered
seams, correct cuts, bargain at
25c