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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-09-20
SPLENDID TOBACCO CROP.
The Finest Ever Known in the North
Carolina Piedmont Section,

The Finest Ever Known in the North
Carolina Piedmont Section,
A special from Winston, N. O., Gays:
This years tobacco crop in the Pied
mont section promises to be fine, and
the leaf exhibits at the annual fair to
be held the fret week in November are
expe c:ed to be full and of the choicest
selections. The planters are required
tc pay no entrance fee, and besides,
are offered liberal money premiums.
The Winston manufacturers, who had
such exceedingly and unique display
Of their goods last year, are determined
to out do their former efforts. Manu-
facturers OF tobacco from other cities,
and makers and dealers in tobacco
machinery and supplies, will likewise
be we'll represented at the fair and will
contest with the honors. Arrange.
ments are being made for full assort-
ment Of meritorious auxiliary attrac.:
tioDe, including midway, races, gor-
geous street parade, theatrical per-
tOrmances, and the like. Ample ac-
commod ations will be provided for the
accommodation of the thousands of
visitors. This will be VI questionably
the greatest fair Of any kind in North
Carolina this year. All persons inter
ested in the tobacco industry through
out the United States are invited to
attend, and will be repaid for the jour
neV and expense incurred.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-09-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The News and Observer sent a man
down to Craven county to find out
about negro road oversaers. He should
have gone to Chatham county under
Democratic rule. There he could have
found three iu one township. Oh
consistency" etc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-09-20

Evidence of short memories will be
common this fall. Nine out of ten of
us will have forgotten that we need to
build an ice house, by the time enow
flies.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-09-20

~ Gns standSf5g TsosU rust behind the
.ssrtGj4s, and i1a ftsH gIOtU OF The coming
s3yaset. Behind me are the shadows on
Ite track, before me lies the doris v1IIeg
and the TtUer. WIIe7g BISpgLe tUtth sta
lark tUaters I tUGgt to cast one gtrger-
no look tpo7s q country tCh0se gOUer1s-
gasrt is Of the people, for the people,
zssd by the people, "-L. Z. Polk, july
SEh 1890
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-09-20

Has the largest
circulation of any
family agriCulCus
raj OF political
paper published
between Rich
mond and Atlanta
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-09-20

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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
TROOPS ARE LANDED.
SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION
ON THE FLORIDA.
Nearly o Men,. ~ Pack Train. 1000 Rifles
and 1,OOO.OOO Rounds Of Ammunition
Taken to Cuba Under Captain Dorst
and "a Junta Representative.

KEY WEST. Fla. Juno. Nearly 400
men with "A pack train and n large
quantity of arms and ammunition
sailed for Guantanamo upon the Plant
line stcamer Florida, on the night of
May ~. These men and the equipment
constituted an expedition able to oper-
ate Independently and to defend itself
against any body of Spanish troops
which might oppose it.
The expedition was under tho com
mand of Colonel Jose Lacrct. formerly
insurgcnt commander in MatanzaS
province. lie assumed the direction OF
lifairs Immediately on the landing OF
the expedition. Until then General
Joaquin Castillo was in control.
In the landing of the expedition the
United States army was represented
by Captain j. A.. Dorst and Thomas
Estrada Palma was represented by j.
T.. Cartaya, who has been the landing
agent of nearly every ilibustcring ex-
petition for more than "A year. Mr..
Castillo, Mr.. Cartaya and Captain
Dorst will return To Key West. Gem
cral Julio Sanguilly. ON the way to re-
port to General Maxine Gomez, was
also on the BOAT.
This is the most powerful anti-Span-
ish expedition ever sent to Cuba.
About 300 of tho men are Cubans: the
others are Americans. The engineer
corps of the expedition is composed en-
tirely of Americans under Aurclian
Ladd.
The men were dressed in canvas ami
forms furnished by the United States
government. and the commissary de-
partmcnt had ~rations enough to last
fifteen days after the landing. The
pack train consisted of s~cvcnty-fvc
mules and twenty-five horses. The en-
petition carried 1000 rifles and a.OOo.-
coo rounds Of ammunition for General
Cslixto Garcia. The expedition is
composed of hardy young fellows who
looked fit for anything.
The expedition was conveyed by the
cruiser Marblchcad. TN" torpedo boat
destroyer Eagle and other warships.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
BRIEF WAR NOTES
CONDENSED SKETCHES OF
ACTUAL POSSIBILITIES.
Plain. Cnvarnishcd Paragraphs Portray
Ing Truthful News OF Events ~ They
Have or VIII Happen Movements ~
Army aud Navy DEPARTING n;ai Doiugs
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from MONTGOMERY 'aF': ~ H. l''Nnn-
Tree, secretary "i 'h' Aiapaiha press
assoclatluh "lo haS JuSt r'turh'u from
N~aslilngtoh. brings "" private UP
ihat M~aJor-''h'rai Nhc'I'f ot Ma
baina Is ~ncH.echlng th' Preslu,ht 20
appoint "llIlani a. brNah "t NepraHha
10 hlgh pos'tioh Oh MS NtaH'
Thirty.oix thousand inrn are now
rncamped at Chickamauga pariS. and
by Saturday night there will "A, least
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
PROBABLE LANDING PLACE.
The Invading Forces Expected to go to
santiago First.

santiago first.
NAsHiSGToN. June |. -Gcneral Miles
made no secret before leaving Wash
ington of the immediate departure of
the army from Tampa, though he de-
clined to encourage any speculation as
To it's destination for obvious military
reasons. 1t is known, however. that
ever since the first reports announcing
the arrival OF the Spanish squadron at
Santiago last Saturday night he has
been thoroughly alive to the practi-
cally prohibitivc dangers which would
have to hc encountered by an American
fleet in fighting its way past the clc-
waited batteries and up the narrow and
%tortuous channel of that harbor to
force a battle with the Spaniards. and
has steadily urged upon the authori-
ties the necessity of II land attack on
the place a. the quickest and most cf-
~rcctivc method OF dealing spain .
crushing blow.
In the transports AZ Tampa. in addi-
zion to the large quantitic, of supplies
needed by the army. whatever its dcS-
%tiuation. have been stored n number OF
powerful siege guns. which will be cf-
~fcctivc for Smelling the entire basin in
which the harbOr and city of Santiago
lie, Svhcn mounted on high positions
among the surrounding hills.
There is believed to he only u single
contingency which could operate to
modify General Miles plans for the
land attack on Santiago. and that may
-. I1 -. .....1 Al. u.t - ,a
ports under the convoy of Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron arrives of Cape
Maysi. in the Windward passage.
GOO miles from Key West and
scarcely half II days u from
the proposed landing place on the
coast near Santiago. This is the
possibility that Commodore Schlcv. i'm
patient over the delay in getting at
the Spaniards. and in the absence of
accurate knowledge that military re-
Inducements are ut hand, may, on
drawing the fire of the batteries. asccr-
tain that their formidab.lity has been
greatly exaggerated, and determine 10
force his wa into the harbor and com
plctc the work without assistance.
| ciIplill 'sllN ''''h N'' h''N va
ports and warships arriving in the
Windward passage will quickly secure
the news from scout ships. and the al
formative destination of Porto Rico
will he ut once adopted.
General Miles counts on the active
support Of the insurgcnt General Gar.
ella. II i, not the intention of General
Miles to remain ~ santiago an unc
c,>ary hour after the capitulation OF
that port and the successful accom-
plisl:ncnt Of the purposes of the inva'
sion. On the contrary. most of the
troops will be quickly rc~-"mbarbcd in
the transports and the combined mill
tary and nasal forces will proccc,
directly Ia take possession of Port,
Rico. being reinforced for this purpose
by additional troops from Tampa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
SATURDAY.. May ~.

Spain hope, for II general war. She
thinks in that event she would have
tnany allies.
The state department has been noti-
fled by British Consul Gollan at Havana
that the exchange has been effected
and the Maple. with Charles Thrall
and Hayden Jones. the American cor
respondents on board, has sailed for
Key West.
Inventor Holland. builder of the
submarine boat Holland. i, in Wash
ington for the purpos" of making an
offer To the government. He Jays he
can Sc, "A crew of volunteers. 90 TO
Santiago de Cuba. destroy the mines
il the channel, and il need he can
enter the harbor aud destroy Il ship or
two.
After Il careful inspection o. the 1000
troops AT Camp Richmond. il was semi
officially announced tha, the second
Manila expedition would probably be
composed ofthc First Colorado regiment
LOO, men; First Nebraska, LOSS. and
lhirticth Minnesota. l.i3S.
The military situation u, at present
determined upon 10y those in authority
il To make no forward movement of
troops either upon Porto Rico II Cuba
until fall and definite information is
received a. t. the location of the span
18Th squadron and it, possibilities ~ II
factor in Spain's aggressive movements
The personal staG Of M~aior-ocncral
~FitHhuoh Lee j. First Lieutenant
AlgcrnOn ~artpris, First regiment
United states volunteers. who is a
grandson of General /. =. Grant: and
First Lieutenant i~ithhugh Lee. IT.. II
grandson of General Robert l.. Lee.
Richard Biurkman. who was recent
Is ap pointed - u position in the Lin.
coin. N,h.. tir" department. yesterday
received the Information that he viii.
be allowed to enlist in the navy de
partwcn: ii he 80 desires. While hat.
ing To leave his family. and not being
very well fixed financially he feels
that If the United states needs trained
scamcn. il is no more than his duty tu
90. lie holds m honorable discharge
from the service.
Adjutaut-Gcncral Barry and Govern.
or liulcomh yesterday sent >i,"5?. y!
10y draft t. Colonel Bills. commanding
the second Nebraska regiment OF vol
un'ccr, AT Chiclaunauga. This is the
amount due members of the second
regiment who left the state. Colonel
Bills has been appointed payma~tcr
with instruction To report To the GOV
crnor upon the completion ufhi, duties
in this matter. Pay rolls of the men
were mailed yesterday evening tC
! Colonel Bills. Upon their receipt TIA,
mon will lc paid for service from ApriI
- u May (, inclusive. The First reg
incut wa, paid SG,lOO 10y the state
ThcS" payments, with others for sub.
,i,taucc. leaves practically no money
in the appropriation made by the las
legislature for the support of the ma
tional guard for two years. Genera
Barry wanted $40. 1000, but the lcgisla
turc gave 10000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03

The battery of artillery offered 20
thr government by John Jacob Astor,
when hostiliticS broke ont was ac-
copied today. Lieutenant March Of
the Fifth United States artillery has
been detailed to command the battery.
The gun carriages and guns of the
battery are detachable and are packed
on backs of mules for transportation.
The battery will be made Of six IIOtcli-
kiss rapid fire guns.
There is abundant reason to believe
that the naval officials tonight re.
crivcd dispatches from Admiral Samp-
son. though at ll:3O p. III. no bulletins
had been made public. The Associat-
ed press has already announced that
AZ . o'clock this morning the dispatch
boat Dolphin OF Commodore Schlcy's
squadron ran along the flagship New
York. which VAS then off Havana. and
informed her that she bore dispatches
for Admiral Sampson from Commodore
Schlcv. II is considered probable that
these dispatches contained Information
of the precise whereabouts of the Cape
Verde squadron; naturally the Snfor-
nation would be sent To the naval au-
.h0ritir~ a. SnO: ~ fast boats and tel
cgraph wires could carry IT.. That the
naval officials huS' received this in
formation is not dOubtcd. but H. yet
they have neither given the long cN-
prCtcd ncWs To the public, nor have
they admitted eve that dispatches
from Sampson have been received.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03

The battlrship Alabama, which has
been in dry dock at League island
navy yard. has been taken back tn
Cramps who expect to complete her
in about nine months.
The boys of the Second Nebraska
regiment AT Chirknmauga are enjoying
themselves ~ much rs they can. The
weather is hot, but they are getting
used To it. Colonel Bills is their idol
and they are eagerly waiting the word
''On to Cuba
The men Of the LIST NCb. are making
more and more friends among the pco.
pie of san Francisco. Many of them
arc invited out to the homes of
the best people in the city. and
the camp now even more than on
the first days. j. bc~icgcd with visitors.
The soldiers are much BATTERED bv
their attentions. and il cannot be
wondered AT II they brcomc more than
ordinarily interested in the people of
the city when they are received by
strangers with greater enthusiasm and
warmth than they elected at home or
in camp ut Lincoln. Huge hampers
and baskets are daily coming to the
grounds. In giving these gifts the
uohbfN mpNcNlIN say iiat IncN WDulu
think themselves very NEAR indeed if
they could not do this much for boys
who are 80 ready to- sacrifice them.
selves for their country.
General \. W. Greeley. chief signal
officer. has lccn informed officially of
the arrival in New York Of the two
war balloons which are to be used III
the Cuban campaign. They have been
transferred to Governors island where
certain finishing touches are To- be put
Ia them. after which they will be
shipped to Tampa. In addition to
these two balloons, General Greedy has
another of American manufacture
ready for use and has given ordcr, for
II fourth. Probably IA week or two
will clap,c before the we from Europe
and the American balloon will reach
Cuba. and in the interval work will
progress on other features OF the
equipment which are necessary for the
successful working of the airships.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
"A RESURRECTION SHIP"
London Correspondent Tells OF Foriua-
ton OF Third spanish Ilect.

LONDON. June /. A dispatch TO the
Daily Chronicle from barcelona refer
ring To the Spanish announcement of
the formation of Il third Spanish fleet,
including the Numancia, under the
heading ~ Resurrection ship" says:
The Nunancia is here. her hul-
warkS battered, her anchors and chains
thick with rust. and her paint all
gone. Apparently she does not carry
a single gun. ! am not sure whether
she has engines. Beyond IA few sen
tries. she certainly has no crew. a
small gang Of men is hammering,
swabbing and painting, and marines
from Iarthag,na have been ordered
here 70 do the work of patching up.
Though official announcements say
that the reserve fleet, including the
Numancia. is to go To the Philippines,
the orders for the 1000 men who were
To have gone with it are now definitely
countcrmandcd.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
STEPHENS OFFER TO BRYAN.
The Sc~braskan rendered IN" Coioncic.
OF ~ Missouri Regiment.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, June l.-Gov
crnor stephens to-day sen the follow.
ing telegram To W. y. Bryan, Lincoln.
Ncb:
seeing that your state, undcr .hn
second call for 10000 volunteers, may
not be requested to furnish II full rcgi-
mcnt, and knowing of your patriotism
and anxiety to go To the from IN the
service of your country during the
present war, | hereby tender you, il
under the second call | am empowered
by the secretary of war to make such
an appointment. the c%olonclcy of "a
Missouri volunteer regiment. prcsuin-
ing to speak for my state, | will say
that our people will be AS loyal to yon
personally as you are to oar country
and they will feel honorcd to tight
under your leadership"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03


NcbraSka'S portion under the new
rail- will he lao men. or about a r,gi-
mcnt and Il half.
As far as can be learned The ilcc,~
Of Sampson aud SchlSy have IN" cius-
i've Ccrycra bottled up in Santiago de
Cuba harbor.
Doadwood, South Dakota. ~Salooni.t~
have started II movement To build q
NarShip. and will contribute SIn.DpO
of the $4,000 cO necessary for the
purpose.
II is scmi-oficially declared in Boz
jim that there il no truth in the story
that the German consul in Manila
thrcatcnd to land supplies from Ger.
man cruisers and that Dcwcy threat
rncd to fire on the same.
Colonel John y. Bratt of the First
Nebraska volunteers stationed a, san
Francisco, j. anxious To get into active
service. He j. making rapid work
OF rcrfccting hi, regiment and in Il
short time there VIII be no better
drilled organization in the camp.
The event of yesterday in the ,yar
situation was the presidents call for
1000 more volunteers. II added q
new and stirring phase tothc !cthargic
conditions which have prevailed %
late and came with startling uucN-
pcctcdncSS. II i believed the call
means that Porto Rico a. we'll a, Cuba
l. to have IN army of occupation.
Late yesterday afternoon the steam.
ships City of pcliin. City of Sidney and
the Australia left san Francisco har
Dor with 900 troops bound for the
Philippines. II all goes well they will
reach Honolulu in about six days, and
be in Manila by June -. This /, the
first time in the history OF our govern.
mcnt that United states troops ever
sailed to u foreign country with hos
'ilc intent.
The boys of the second Nebraska
are t~cnting on the old camp ground at
thickamnuga. The boys are seeing
hard service in drilling but are rapid.
~ becoming proficient soldiers. when
the boys entered camp last SUNDAY
they found they had been assigned tU
the second brigade, first division. third
army corps Colonel Hardin Of Tia,
Second New York j. i'm charge tempo,
rarlly, while Colonel Fred -. Grant /,
division commander temporarily. II
seems hat Colonel ilaruiu'~ commits
sion, May Il, antcdatrN That OF Colonel
Bills by four days, otherwise the lat
ter would have had charge of the hri
gadc temporarily. The thuttanoug.
Sunday Times highly romul.m"ntr,
the appearance Of the second regimen
band and said il vac a Npcudid orgaui
2atiua Of twcaty-two pieces aad that /
had made n decided mash ON Chat.
nurTans,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
HONOR TO THE NAMES DEAD.
Imposing Memorial Day nv
Key west-Sailors Take Part.

KEY WEST, June This little town
and in fact, the whole island, observed
Memorial day with more earncstncss
and patriotic feeling than has been the
custom for years. Chief honors were
paid To the graves of the twcnty-four
scalnen of the Maine in the Key West
cemetery. All the ships, including the
dispatch boats, with the exception of
cas gunboat, which had to 80 to sea,
and the cruiser c%orsorting the prize
Panama. sent delegations, They pur'
chased flowers ans the band WAS sent
long, too.
Several hundred of Key Vests most
prominent ladies, few of them IubGnS,
p'eparcd the hand bouquets which, in
addition to the large wreath, wcrg
paced on the graves.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
INVADING ARMY STARTS.
Movement OF Troops tn spanis!, Territory
Decentralization Jnknown

WAsHiNGToS. June 1.-The military
invasion of Cuba has begun. Unless
the orders of the war department mis-
carried. mt an early hour yesterday
morning the troops that nave been
gathered at the Gulf ports began tai
break camp and march aboard trans.
rorts waiting to carry them to the
cnemy's territory.
About twenty-five of these ships, the
biggest and fastest that could be oh.
tanned suitable for the purpose. had
been gathered ready to receive She
troops. They will accommodate abou,
3 0 1000 men. How many troop, started;
whore they took ships; whittier they
are bound. are questions which the di-
recting spirits Of the campaign refuse
positively to answer. They have no
desire that the Spanish should have
opportunity afforded them 10 gather
forces to attack our soldiers rs they
land. Therefore, nothing of the de
tails Of this first movement can be
learned.
1t is probable that there will be no
fewer than our separate military OK
petitions, and that these will be land
! ed at four different points. Whether
Porto Rico is one of these points or
rot cannot he learned.
1t was said at the war department
that chief reliance would he placed at
the outset on the United States regu-
lars, most Of whom are conferred ~
Florida. and in such volunteer rcgi'
mcnts AS are thoroughly equipped and
reasonably well seasoned for service.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
SunllN. MnN 20.


There is absolutely no truth in the
report tAat the United States cruiser
Baltimore. now ut Manila, vas dam
aged by an internal explosion.
The United states auxiliary cruiser
Xatro, which arrived ut Hong Kong at
midnight Friday last, reports that
Dewey j. short of provisions and am
muuition.
Although yesterday was devoid of
definite Developments Of II military
nature, il was marked by Il strengthen
ing uI the conviction that Porto Rico
and not Cuba is to be the first object
of invasion by the combined land and
naval forces.
From the best advicc> obtainablc to-
day the tape Verde squadron is ubSo-
lutcly bottled up in the hurbor Of san
tiago dc cuba, and the cork is there
IN the shape of Commodore Schlcy'S
magnificent dying squadron. When Il
battle between the two fleets will take
place i an unknown quantity. A.
soon. however, rs the government i,
assured that the fleet il in the harbOr,
dnnnitc movements toward the inYad.
I ing OF cuba and Porto Rico are expect.
/ 60 to h,gin.
Tho navy department has made pub
lr the following dispatch: Cavitc, May
-, VIA Hong Kong, May - Nochang'
80 the situation of the blockade. l.
effective. H. impossible for the pcopl,
O. Manila To buy provisions, cNccp'
rice, The captain of the Olylnpi;
unratlcyD condemned by medical sur
ycyor. IT, ordered home. Leaves b.,
Occidental and Oriental STEAMSHIP
from Hong Kong the 2sth, Command
rr lamhrrton appointed commando
of the OLYMPIA. DEWEY.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03

The new naval auxiliary cruiser
board has sen to Washington "A ,lSt Of
forty yachts which il recommend, Tor
purchase. Among the y,,,e., named
nre George Gould', N'alanta aad JcGn
Jacob AStor.s NOurmuhal. Each J., re
commended 10" purchase nj Sl0O. nJo.
Reports from vsriou, no",nw ,,tera
states indicate that President Nc.
Kiuley'S second call for volunteers.
asking for 5000 men. viii meet with
hearty response, independent com.
panies are already organized IN many
states and these will be offered t. the
~servicc OF the country,
Arthur Scwall Of Bath, Me, can3,,
date for vice president ~ the demo
cratic ticket in 1896, hH3 offered t. the
government the ship Roanoke, now at
San Francisco, for transport purposes.
1t is of 3,5I9 tons register and has Il
capacity of 1000 toas.
A dispatch from Manila says the
German consul at that point attempted
TO land provisions froma 'icrman ship,
hut that Admiral Dewey refused I,
permit il. The consul declared hC
would force The LANDING under the
protection of the two German cruisers
but Admiral Dewey threatened "a fire
upon tho cruisers and the attempt "a
land provisions was abandoned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June about
1000 soldiers passed through here yes
tcrday. Members of the Worcester,
Mass. militia, after leaving New York,
drank too freely of ommon whisky,
with which they had their cantrens
filled, and as n result of a harmless *
change of puns eliminated in "A terri
bile fight. All the windows in the
three ears the mer occupied were
broken. The ringlcadcrs were arrest
ed and the men put On another train
under Il heavy guard.