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We shall be selling twenty thou
sand a day in fortnight-of course,
rapidly exhausting the lots. The
great choosing time is now.
French Handkerchiefs, hand
woven and hand-worked.
Irish Handkerchiefs- we take
Belfast her biggest orders.
Swiss Handkerchiefs, for the sake
Of some specially pretty embroidery.
In the whole length and breadth
Of the land there isn't such another
handkerchief store. And the SELL
ing of handkerchiefs, which every
body knows, may be taken as a
measure and test of the stocks and
mode of selling less familiar goods.
Prices 2 Five cents to fifty dol
lars apiece.
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While Douglass Kersey and Walter Jar
reIl, of Dover, were on their way from
Little Greek last Sunday night. their car
riage was overturned by the high wind
which prevailed and both of them were
thrown out in ditch. The horse ran away
demolishing the carrisge. Neither of the
young men, were hurt and they secured
another team in Little Creek which brought
them home. The runaway horse has not
bean found.
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Women's Curing a blunder
Chooc q so the blunder of
' wow buying too much
leather-the shoemaker said dhewould
sell us six hundred pairs of what he
counted $4 shoes to retail at 81. so.
He got the leather cost back; he
got out in the easiest way. The
shoes in button and lace.
Patent leather and plain kid tip
ped hdsldn shoes.
Box-calf shoes.
Dull-fnish hdshn shoes.
Any of these styles $3.50.
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TOT lnIorhauoh In regard to Freight Rates
F. b. Watkins, Manager.
Odessa, Delaware
JOHN KEEGAN, Clerk.
VIM. B. Sharp { Co
FOURTH and MARKET Sis.
Wilmington, Del.
Priestley's Black
Goods.
Silk warp Meloose and silk
warp Crepe of this celebrated
make are the most beautiful.
fine and medium weight black
dress fabrics that any lady
can wear. They are elegant
aud dressey and just right in
every way. AZ inches wide
$l.25 and $3.50 per yard.
Gloves
Heavy Gloves for boys
and men from 25c to $l.50
per pair are always desirable
holiday gifts. They are as
sorted in
Wool Knit Gloves.
Wool Knit with kid gusset.
Astrakhan with kid gusset
Stockinett with kid gussete
Wool with heavy pulse warmer.
All Kid.
Mocha.
Kid lined.
Kid lined with fur top
Mocha lined.
Astrakhan mitts.
Quitting Flannels.
200 yardstf the handsomest
styles we have shown this
season. Our regular l2Hc
quality which we now offer
for 80 per yard.
Down Quilts
Only a small lot of the $5
srade which makes special
holiday offering at 1896 each
They are made of fine sateen.
nicely filed and carry COM
fort with every breadth. No
nicer bed coverings are shown
for the money.
Silkaline Qnilts
Duplicated and doubly du-
plicated are our demands for
these popular goods. Still at
95c each; we'll worth one-third
more.
Fleeced Underwear.
We will offer on Saturday
24O of heavy feeced lined
Vests and Pan's for ladies.
They are extra heavy and well
the pants having French
bands-25c each hgarment and
easily worth twice that.
Mackintoshes.
or misses, in navy blue,
'roWn anu maroon, nicely,
ined and having two capes-
3 and $3.50. For ladies'. in
he same colors, with serge
finish and one cape, S3: two
apes, $3.50.
,hawIs
Shoulder shawls, single
lawls. double blanket shawls
| >grays, blacks, green's, reds
nd mixed plaids room Use to
6, are always handy to have
round.
apanese Silk Shawls
i white and beautifully en-
with floss silk and
nished with fine knotte
inge, will make a handsom
esent at little cost. They
re well adapted for evening
'ea 1926 and IS. SO.
Tove1ties in Combs.
Side Combs Back Combs,
a great variety ofshell and
shell combs at all
rices.
IM N nnInn q. Go
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THE INSTITUTE.

4 -
The TRANSCRIPTS excellent report of the
session of the Twenty-Fourth Institute Of
! the teachers of New Castle county closed
last week with Thursday night. Friday
mornings session opened with singing and
prayer by Prof Spade. Prof. Austin APP
gar of State Normal School, Trenton, N, J.,
was introduced and spoke on the Study of
Nature in the School"
DR.. George l. AIdrich, Superintendent Of
Public Instruction in Massachusetts, spoke
on Arithmetic This was a most in
stractive and interesting talk. The dsini-
ton of the relation Of teacher and pupil
was presented in few brief strokes with
crayon on the board, and the field of action
was before the audience, and the doctors
earnestness in urging on the teachers pres
ent the stand they should take on this
ground was decided. One fact he wished
to impress on their minds was "The main
thing in teaching, is the manner in which
learning is acquired" and the art of teach
ing arithmetic as he presented it will no
doubt cause the boys and girls of New
Castle county schools TO bless his memory
if his theory be followed.
Prof. Austin c. Apgar next engaged the
attention of those present and the beauties
of nature around rs everywhere were made
evident, not only by his eloquence, but by
charts drawn by his own skillful hand.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Friday afternoons session opened with
singing "Star Spangled Banner" DR.. Aid
rich continued his talk on arithmetic with
many helpful thoughts. The ends of in
struction are knowledge, power and skill
power and skill in training the child to
grasp numbers, expression, operation and
relations of numbers. The pupil should
acquire power to be accurate and rapid in
his wo,k.
Prof. Apgar's talk on "The Study of Birds
and of Leaf and Plant Life" was helpful
and instructive.
Dr. Aldrichs closing remarks on how TO
manage the problems and SO secure the
results desired was worthy of careful
thought and practice.
On Saturday morning the usual resolu-
tions were passed and with good byes until
another year the members of the Institute
one of the best ever held in the county.
hastened away 10 their homes.
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Halliday It's thoughtful gift
cI;.aa.. that carries luxurious
PS comfort to the recip-
lent. What more suggestive Of coy
ease than slippers7 The Christmas
shoe store is ready with its splendid
holiday show of
Slippers for Men
Slippers for Women
Slippers for Children
And there is newness in the styles;
betterness in the making more COM
fort, more prettiness; and easyprices,
too.
The slippers for women and chill
dren are dainty in style; have soft,
easy soles, and yet serviceable as good
shoe-maling can make them. The
felt slippers are prettily trimmed with
fur.
Mems Slippers, in Romeo, Faust5
Operaand Harvard shapes, of chrome
tanned kidslxin. alligator and sealskin,
in chestnut-brown and black; also
felt slippers with leather or felt soles.
This hint Of price ranges
Mems Slippers, SOC to So
Women's Slippers, Soc to So
Children's Slippers, Soc to $l.75.
John Wanamaker.
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Cecil county having 'sgone wet," he
license commissioners have granted the
following hotel licenses:
Middletown transcript., 1898-12-10
Quitting Flannels.

200 yardstf f the handsomest
styles we have shown this
season. Our regular l2Hc
quality which we now offer
for 80 per yard.
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Down Quilts

Only a small lot of the $5
erade which makes a special
holiday offering at $3.95 each
They are made of fine sateen.
nicely filed and carry COM
fort with every breadth. No
nicer bed coverings are shown
for the money.
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WANAMAKER'S.

Philadelphia. Monday. December S. l8s
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Silkaline Qnilts

Duplicated and doubly du-
plicated are our demands for
these popular goods. Still at
95c each; we'll worth one-third
more.
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fers you its improved and enlarged
facilities, confident that it can care
for you in every way better than
ever before.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-18

have the interest of The PROGRESS
I FARMER at heart, for l am conf
dent that on it hangs much OF the des-
tiny of the Farmers Alliance. When
ever O. man stops reading it, / just
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through such filthy party channels
that the people heed it not or directly
vote against what is good out of party
hate or contempt. We have said it
often, and we repeat it now, that the
Farmers Alliance is the only true con
sentative power in this nation. The
Democratic and Republican parties are
DESTROYS of only one thing and that is
SUGGESTIVE votes. Either party
would sell out the country to the high
est bidder for success.
Do they ever advocate the rights of
the peoples 1t is for success for votes.
Do they ver inveigh against plutoc
racy, monopoly and trusts9 It is for
succession votes.
Do they inveigh against extrava.
gance, tyranny and high ta%xationG tt
is for Succession votes.
Votes are all they want and the only
question which troubles their anxions
souls is, how to get them. We are not
speaking of the millions Of honorable
men composing these parties, but that
black devil who stands behind the cur
tain and directs their movements.
Finding then that the dominant par
ties only advocate what is for good to
the people mechanically and is ever
ready to sell them out when they can
strike a good bargain, brings US to en-
phasize the Importance Of giving the
people a direct voice in lay-making.
Give US this and the abolition of the
spoil system and we think we will be
safe for a century. This is the key.
W. r LINDsAX
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FARMERS SHOULD KEEP MORN
SHRRP.

That rough, billy farms, where tie
soil is thin, can be used for sheep rails
ing more prof1tably than for any other
kind of stock, or for raising grain and
hay for sale, is generally conceded,
but it is believed by some that sheep
cannot be kept prof1tably on rich,
high priced land, where grain raising
and dairying can be followed to good
advantage. There must be some mis-
take about this. The better the land,
the more grass and grain it will pro
duce for the maintenance Of the sheep,
and the more animals can be kept per
acre. It does not follow that because
sheep are more profitable on poor land,
that they will not be equally profitable
on good land.
In England and Scotland the farm
ers almost universally keep more or
less sheep. They are kept not only on
the highlands and heathers. but on the
richest and most productive lands in
the valleys for which the farmers pay
an annual rent of six to eight dollars
per acre, and they say that sheep pay
them better than anything else they
raise.
The conditions under which they
raise sheep are no more favorable than
ours. They get more for mutton, it is
true, but the hay and grain consumed
by the sheep, if solid, would bring
more than with us. There are no
closer caIculators in the world than
the farmers of Great Britain, and if
they can raise sheep profitably IN high
priced land, so can we.-J. W. Ing
ham.
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mark him hown as a dead AlIianceman.
If we could only get the farmers in this
country to to take an interest in the
paper, and could divest them of their
old p~rejudices, then we might do some
thing in the way Of building up the
grand cause of the Alliance. -JAMEs
PAsoUR, Dallas, N. @.
land Bro. Pasour shows that he
means what he says by choosing with
his letter FIVE renewals-end n new
subscl iber for THE PROGRESSIVE FAR
MER Here is a good example, and we
hope others will not be slow in follow
ing it.-ED
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n Railway
Condensed Schedule.
IN EFFECT JUNE IA, 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH DAILY.
NORFOLK AND CHATTANOOGA LIMITED

NORFOLK AND CHATTANOOGA LIMITED.
$40 D. m. Daily.-Solid vestibule
trains with sleeper from Norfolk to
Chattanooga via Salisbury, M~organton,
Asheville, Hot Springs and Knoxville,
Connects at Durham for Oxford,
GAINESVILLE and Keysville, except Sun
day. At Greensboro with the Wash
ington and Southwestern Vestibule
Limited) train for all poins North and
with main line train No. IL for Dan
vile, Richmond and intermediate local
stations; also, has connection for Win
ston, Salem and with main line train
No. 35, Omitted States Fast Mail" for
Charlotte, Spartansburg, Greenville,
Atlanta and ali points South; also,
Columbia, Augusta, Charleston, Sa-
vannah, Jacksonville and all points in
Florida. Sleeping Car for Atlanta,
Jacksonville and at Charlotte with
Sleeping Car for Augusta.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:45 a. m. Daily.-Solid train con
sisting of Pullman Sleeping a and
coaches from Chattanooga to Norfolk,
arriving at Norfolk at 5 p. M, in time
Merchants and Miners, Norfolk and
Washington and Baltimore. Chesar
pe8ke and Richmond 8. s. Co.'S for all
points North and East.
Connects at Selma for Fayetteville
and intermediate stations on the Viii
son and Fayetteville Short Gut daily,
except Sunday for NeWbern and More
head City daily for GOldsborO and VII
mington and intermediate stations on
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
Express Train.
s: So a. "a. Daily.-Connects at Dur
ham for Oxford, Keysville, Richmond:
at Greensboro for Washington and ali
points North.
Express Train.
$40 p. n. Daily-For Goldsboro and
intermediate stations.
Local Accommodation,
200 q. m.-Connects at Greensboro
for all points for North and South and
Winston Salem and points on the
Northwestern and North Carolina Rail
road. At Salisbury, for all points in
Western North Carolina, Knoxville.
Tenn, Cincinnati and western points:
at Charlotte, for Spartanburg, Green.
vile, Athens, Atlanta and all points
South.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH, N. c.:
Express Train.
$40 D.. m. Daily.-From Atlanta.
Charlotte, Greensboro and all points
South.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
$40 p. N. Daily. From all points
east, Norfolk, TarbOrO, Wilson and
water lines.
From Goldsboro, Wilmington, Fay
etteville and all points in Eastern Caro-
lima.
Norfolk and Chattanooga Limited.
11:45 a. m. Daily.-From New York,
Washington, Lynchburg, Danville and
Greensboro, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Hot Springs and Asheville.
Express Train.
1853 a. IN. Daily.-From Goldsboro
and intermediate stations.
Local.
7:2O a. m. Daily.-From Greensboro
and all points North and South. Sleep
ing car from Greensboro to Raleigh.
900 D. N. Daily except Sunday
From Goldsboro and all points East.
Local freight trains also carry pas
sengers.
Pullman cars on night train from
Raleigh to Greensboro.
Double daily trains between Raleigh,
Charlotte and Atlanta. Quick time;
unexcelled accommodation.
W. II. GREEN,
General Superintendent.
W. A. TURK,
General Passenger Agent,
Washington, D. o.
J. II. CULP, Traffic Manager.
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We demand that no land shall /.
held by corporations for specuIativo
purposes or by railroads in excess ~
their needs as carriers, and all land
claimed by the government and heI6
for actual settlers only.
EXECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS
We demand the election of Unita5
States Senators by a direct vote Of the
people. That each State shall be ii.
vided into two districts Of nearly eOual
(c) That our national Legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not r.
build up one industry at the expeps
of another.
"a We believe that the money of II.
country should be kept as much az
possible in the hands Of the DeonIo
and hence we demand that all National
and State revenues shall be limited n
the necessary expenses Of the govern.
ment economically and honestly a5.
ministered.
(e) We demand that postal savinus
banks be established by the govern.
ment for the safe deposit of savinco
of the people, and to facilitate ey.
change.
f) We are unalterably opposed tn
the issue, by the United States. of in.
terest bearing bonds, and demand the
payment of all coin obligations of the
United States, as provided by existing
laws, in either gold or silver coin. al
the option of the government and not
at the option of the creditor.
TRANSPORTATION.
now owned by aliens should be r.
voting population, and that Senators
from each shall be elected by the
people of the district.
DISTRICT LEGISLATION.
Relying upon the good, common
sense of the American people, and be-
lieving that a majority of them, when
uninfuenced by party prejudice, will
vote right on all questions submitted to
them on their merit; and, further, to
efectually annihilate the perniciOus
lobby in legislation, we demand direct
legislation by means of the initiative
and referendum.
r. A. SOUTHwoRTH,
aeC'v-Treas. N. +. A. and I. y.
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[218O.]
CoFFIOIAD
NATIONAL ALLIANCE DEMANDS.
Adopted at Washington, D. c., February
6. 1906,

AoOPGG0 81 "&SnA1&CO48 ~S ~'S 4Sy
6, 1896.
WHEREAS, The Declaration of Inde3
pendence, as a basis for a Republican
form Of Government that might be
progressive and perpetual, states:
''That all men are created equal;
that they are endowed with certain r.
alienable rights; that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness: that to secure these rights, gov
ernments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the
governed"
We hold, therefore, that to restore
and preserve these rights under a
Republican form of government, pri-
vate monopolies of public necessities
for speculative purposes, whether OF
the g of production, distribution
or exchange, should be prohibited, and
whenever any such public necessity or
utility becomes a monopoly in private
hands, the people Of the municipality,
state or union, as the case may be,
shall appropriate the same by right of
eminent domain, paying a just value
therefor, and operate them for, and in
the interest Of. the whole people.
FINANCE.
We demand a national currency,
safe, sound and flexible; issued by the
general government only; a full legal
tender for all debts and receivable for
all dues, and an equitable and efficient
means of distribution of this currency,
directly to the people, at the minimum
of expense and without the i%nterven-
ton of banking corporations and in
sufficient volume to transact the bust
ness of the country on a cash basis.
G) We demand the free and unlim.
tied coinage of silver and gold at the
legal ratio of 16 to 1.
O) We demand a graduated income
tax.
(G) The government shall purchase
OF construct and operate a sufficient
mileage of railroads to efectually con-
troll all rates of transportation on q
just and equitable basis.
6) The telegraph and telephone,
like the postof1ce system. being a ne
cessity for the transmission of intelli
gence, should be owned and operated
by the government in the interest of
the people.
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Peoples Letter Box.


Here is onr Postal Gard Department. a
dep Irtment for brief letters on politics
Alliance work, news from all Over-the
State and nation, and kindred subjects.
We want corresDOnd6nts from each COM
munity in the II. =. Give rs your views.
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Patronize those who advertise in
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 1t never
knowingly admits a humOug ad. You
will also do us q favor by always men
tioning THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER in
writing an advertiser.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-18

Can you give your readers the inter
probation Of Kitchens trance3 He has
had one. He is out in the cold, has
missed the door Ito the pantry and is
knocking for admittance, He wants
to get in-anyWhere, As to the place, or
name, it makes no difference. I will
just say, keep free from all the old
parties. The people will always vote
right, if rightly intormed.-L L KER
NOBLE, Gibson7ille, N. @.
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The ~silverites can trust our men when
they cannot trust each other; there
fore, if they wish to endorse u can,
didates, it is their privilege to do so,
but let it be understood that henceforth
Populists will coni1e their support to
their own candidates. A heroic policy
like this would inspire confidence and
thrill and unite our party NOR than
to hold a nominating convention. It
would serve to bury animosities and
arouse action; it would penetrate
every district, arouse every sleeper,
and call to activity every worker. The
reform press would hail with Joy the
advent of renewed hope and proclaim
the good news throughout all parts Of
the country.
Can we not unite our forces on some
conservative, middle Of the road plan
like this9 A crisis is now at hand. 1t
is time for the party to speak C. W.
In the Peoples Party obviously the
first step towards reconciliation and
unity Of action ia a joint meeting of
the National and Reorganization Com
mittees. These bodies could meet first
separately, and then confer together
regarding the welfare and future policy
Of the party. What better day for
such a meeting could be suggested than
the anniversary of the birth Of our
party next Mays
To accomplish this, it would be nee
essary for the Reorganization Commit
tee to abandon the idea Of calling the
proposed Nominating Convention in the
the spring. The National Committee
could bs called by its officers or through
the referendum, to meet at such time
and place as might be agreed upon by
the two committees. To dispel any
doubt as to our ability to secure such a
meeting of the National Committee, l
quote from the letter of Senator But
Ter to Mr.. Ferris as follows: II will
urge a meeting at the earliest possible
day, if there is the least prospect of
harmony or chance to do any good.
You say that If l will work with
you to get an early meeting of the
National Committee, that you will try
to get the meeting OF the Nashville
Conference Committee Called for jan
uary 49, postponed, so that a time and
place may be agreed on to suit all. l
will gladly work with you to this end"
AtCn1s meeting a ringing, well-timed.
emphatic declaration could he iserod
giving the fullest assurance thot o.,
party shall remain loyal to the roaj
ton above stated, and calling upon the
State committees to meet and endorse
the action of the National COMMITTEES
am uualterably opposed to holding
a national nominating convention next
spring.-GEo. f. WAsHBURN, Boston,
have the interest of THE PROGRESS
sTvE FARMER at heart, for l am conf
dent that on it hangs much OF the des-
tiny Of the Farmers Alliance. When
ever g. man stops reading it, l jus
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-18

We have barely emerged from a
national contest that rent our party
into factions before we are urged to the
selection Of delegates for another
National Convention to be held next
spring. Therefore, I ask: Why this
unusual haste before the factions in
our party can heal, unite, and act to
gether2 Why call a convention that
would represent only a faction and not
the party2 Why cook this dinner two
years before it is to be eaten9 Not only
only is this scheme unwise, but asso
ciated with il is another even more in
judicious, viz : the nomination of
Wharton Barker. The tive schemes
90 together, so I hasten to ask, why
pass by the tried leaders of the party
to greet the untried2-GEo f. WASH.
BURN, Boston, Mass.
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II there is any significance in facts,
the influence of the crossroads politi-
clans, who are the controlling power
in the organization, styled Democracy,
is waning. This, together with the
fact that the conservative element of
the Democratic party has long seen the
futility of supporting any kind Of
nan simply because he is the nominee,
emphasizes the Importance of Curri
tuck Populists making concessions suf-
fcient to justify them in uniting with
them for the purpose of bringing into
the field q county ticket that will meet
with the approval of all voters save
thieves and professors of bar room Ell
quette. CALEB B. MATTHIAS, JR., Cur
rituck Q. H., N. Q.