The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-08-02

4 phosphate were r0puG6u ElCD,
they are so regarded now. You took
the paper of the phosphate company
without yer having obtained the en-
| dorsement or security Of these rich
| stockholders, who were really getting
the labor of the convicts for them
selves. When the people dispensed
with your good government" you
dumped upon us some sixteen thou
sands of dollars of the worthless paper
| of this insolvent corporation.
There are three other plantations on
the Cape Fear that have been rented
by the present management for the
cultivation of rica. Two OF these places
were rented from Mr.. Buffers, n of
them for $500 and the other for $3.50 q
year. One of them was rented from
Mr.. Borden of the Navassa Guano
Company for some $500 or $3.50. am
told that some slanderers have already
circulated the report that Gov. Russell
owns these places, or had some inter
est in them. In this there is NJ truth.
The Governor had no interest whatever
in the properties. l am reliably in
formed tina there are Responsible par
ties who would be glad enough to take
these three plantations from the State
at an advance Ga the rent which the
State is paying. Suppose you send out
some of your heelers, and find some
body who will give us one half or one
third Of the rent which we are paying
for the Halifax farm and the Arson
farm.
Now since you have so much love
and affection for the interrogation
mark, suppose you take a look at a few
of them. As you are asking questions
of me, 1 propose to ak of you:
What do you know about the six
thou and dollars of Stanly county
oo.ds, and the eight thousand dollars
Ut Wilkes county bonds that we're IN
loaded on the University of North
Carolina, resulting in a loss of fourteen
thousand dollars to the University and
the tax payers Of the State7 All men
know that these bonds were worthless
Who sold them to Chapel HIl7 The
Richmond and Danville Railroad Co,
that is the Southern Railwey CO.., are
supposed to have gotten the bonds.
They were sold to the University at
about IS or 80 cents. DIG he money
20 the original holders, the r chmopd
and Danville Railroad Coo pany 2 If
nor, who got it7 Did anybody pur
3hase them from the original holder ?
Ii 80, who was it9 And what was the
price paiG2 The whole thing was done
oy the Democratic management in the
days of good government" Our poor
old University must struggle on and
5Gagger under the loss Who put the
loss upon herr Were they fuaiorlsts2
Now sCand-up AID answer ike a man
We're they lu%aIoniste8
! You were Chairman OF the DamO
cratic COMMITTEE IL 1892 How many
votes old your party seal In the cleo
ton or 1929 As to the negro vote you
need not mention them liz our sched
ule, tell Us how many white men your
party robbed of their suffrages that
years
How many of your eeCrct circulars
did you circulate among he election
rogues who held the haIlot-boxas in
1922 How many of your eecret Cir
culars have you got lett over2 The
Populist and Republican committees
are running short of them How meny
of them will you turnlso for uae es
souvenirs in the pres ent campaigr2
What do you know abt Ut the oyster
fraud casee2 Were you Il OF the
lawyers who tried to gaV these claims
paid out of the State T~reesury9 If so,
now much we're you to get as your
part Of the swag7 If you we're che of
the lawyers, who were the others, and
how much we're they to get9
TIE Democratic convention of 1896
declared for Bryan and free silver.
How many days before the assembling
OF the Democratic convention YVES i,
when you, being a Cleveland office
holder at g four or five thousand dol
lar salary, printed in the Washington
Post that North Carolina would Ger
tainly be for Cleveland and goldY
One more question. You are now
clamoring about white mans govern
ment and negro rule. 1t has been time
and time again publicly charged, that
the Democrats of Craven county fused
with a faction Of the Republicans, and
put out a coalition ticket along in tht
eighties, on which was the name OF
one or more negroes. How many Of
them were there? What VIZ re the