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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19
REDUCED RATRs IN MAY.

The Seaboard Air Line announces
the following reduced rates for special
occasions, to take place In May.
BALTIMORE, ND.
Q1adrennial Conference of the NJ. e
Church, South
Rate of one fare for the round trip,
tickets on Sale May 2nd-4Gh, with final
limit May 31st
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
National Orders OF Etks.
r Itt 8 of one fare for the round trip,
tickets on sale May 7Gh-9s h, with final
limit of fifteen days.
General Assembly of the Presbyte-
rian church OF the United States.
Rate of one fare rOund-trID, tickets
on sale May ~17th-19Sh, with final limit
of June III.
NORFOLK, VA.
Southern Baptist and Auxiliary Con,
ventiOns.
Rates of one fare for the round trip,
tickets on sale May 21d-6jh, with
final limits of fifteen days.
CHARLOTTE, N. O
Twentieth of May Celebration of the
Mecklenburg Declaratiod of Indepen
dence.
Rates of one fare for the round trip,
tickets on sale May 10Th 10 IN, and one
cen5 per mile travelled from points
within a radius of two hundred miles,
tickets, on sale Is ,h-19.h with final
limit May 23rd.
Reunion Of Confederate Veterans.
Rates of one cent per mile travelled,
tickets on sale May 18th 18Th with
final limit May 23rd.
For Information 10 regard to these
rates call on or address any agent OF
the Seaboard Air. Line, or write TO
T j. ANDERSON,
General Passenger Agent.
Portsmouth, Va.
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From a Prominent Citizen and Ex-Postmasa

Hrs. J. A. DuNall,h
reaton, n. g.. saysStlga
one to see me 3 TnoD,3 +
and see me now ~o~sg
take me for the san
son. Then | was 20 IT.
and weak | could US
eat or stand on ny
voice t~remblcd ana ~
believe l could h %s,s
lived another two rgerr8B
a last resort ansAg15kibH
Beaty's adj. and to'a !, ~
send his medicine tbstfi
He did so and tr2 itPD o.
day / began to plSA a ~
-alVInE
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KEEPING BAD PROMISES.

# you have made a bad promise
break it. Two wrongs do not make a
right. One wicked thing is not re
deemed by having another added to it.
1t is right to do wrong. It is a
virtue to renounce a vice. Conscience
RECEIVERS her throne by resembling the
bad promise. God desires truth in
the inward parts" And doing wrong
for the sake of being consistent is not
truth in the inward parts.
Better endure the consequences of
breaking a bad promise than those of
keeping it. Herod was far more dis
turbed in conscience by the sight of
John the Baptist's head on the charger
than he could have been by the gibes
OF his companions Exchange.
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A SUCCESSFUL EVANGELIST.
w. A. Dunnett. a Man whose Good Work
is Widely KnOWn--He Relates Events III
His Career of General Interest.
From az SMITH 5 FaAs Record.

Five DOCTORS had arrived and we're in
attendance before he regained con
s~ciousness. In all these cities end
towns the newspapers freelv mentioned
his emlction at the time. Mr. Dunnett
said ne mad consulted many physicians,
though, he said, to be entirely fair, he
had never been any great length or
time under treatment by any one doc
tor because OF his it1nerant mode OF
life In the early part of the summer
of 1896. while in BrCckviIle assisting
the pastor of the Wall Street Methodist
Church in evangelistIc services, he was
speaking of his trouble to q friend wnn
urged him to try DR. Williams PINK
Pills, ard nexS day presented bIm with
q d. gan boxes. II took the pills, salc
Mr. Dunnett, 'tand / declare to you /
am a we'll man to day. fused to worry
q great deal over the pain about my
heart but that is all gone now, and l
feel like a new man" All this the rev
erend gentleman told in a simple Con
versational way, and when IL was sug
gested that be let iG be known, he rather
demurred, because, al he put 1T, Il am
almost afraid to say Lam cured, n
yet there is no man enjoying better
health to day than I do.
at That time, at Mr.. re
quest, his statement was only published
locally, but now writing under d date
of January 21st, from FItchburg, Mass,
where he has been conducting q very
successful series OF eVangellstlc meet
ings. he says: II had held back from
writing in regard to my health, not be
cause I had forgotten, but Oecause 1t
seemed too good to be true that the OLD
time pain bad gone. l cannot Say
whether it will ever return. but / can
certainly say it has not troubled ms
for months, and I am in better health
than I have been for years. I have
gained in flesh, hence in weight /
would prefer not to say anything about
my appetlte-like the poor, it is ever
with me Y~s. I attribute my GOOD
health to DIR. Williams Pink Pulls, and
you have nv consent to use the fact. "
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SPAIN MUST GIVE Up CUBA.
so SAYS THE SENATE. DORS 1T
MEAN WARP SAFFRON FLAG
MUST BIZ FURLED AND
CUBA MUST BIZ FRRF,
SAYS THR SENATE
BY A VOTE OF
81 TO Fl.
Verdict Rendered Is Decisive, But Not
Yet Final.

Verdict Rendered L. Decisive, But Not
Yet Final.
After a stormy debate, lasting with
out interruption from 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning until $40 p. m, the
following resolution was passed by the
United States Senate by a vote of 81
TO 81. An analy Sis Of it is as follows:
Yeas-RepuDIcans, "a; Democrats,
81; POpulIsts, 2; Silver Republicans,
5. ToEaI, 81.
Nays-Republicans, 10; Democrats,
2. Total, 81.
The resolution begins by announcing
q that the war In CuDa as conducted by
Spain Ia q Disgrace 20 Christian civil,
ization" and accuses Spain of the MUIR
der Of the Names sailors.
The resolution Is as follows:
"FIrsG-Enat the people Of the island
OF Cuba are, and OF right, ought to be
free and independent, and that the
government of the United States here
by recognizes the republic of Cuba az
the true ana lawful government of thai
island.
Seeond-That it is the duty of the
United States 20 demand, and the gov
eminent OF the UnICed States does here
by demand that the government o.
Spain at once relinquish It's authority
and government In the island of Cuba
and Withdraw ats land and naval forces
from CuOa and Cuban waters.
"Tnird-rnaT h President Of the
United States be, and he hereby is, di
recteo and empowered to 8 the entire
land ana naval forces of the United
States, and 60 call into actual servicC
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War At Home-The Oath Of The Rail
road Comm ssion--They Should Not Be
Sworn--The Oyster Frauds Are An
other Result Of Too Much Swearing.
B-"HelIol Mi. Editor"
R-"HelloI Major. / hope you are
ready for war"
B. Yes, I'm ready, but I'm too ole
ter go now. Me an Kurnell Kingsbury
do the most ov Our f1tin' in time ov
peace. / see they r erbout ter hev
sum more war Ground the railrode
commishum offs. reckon the Score
tary ov war will hev ter send the navy
an standln' army ter Raleigh before
that il settled. / understand that il
why they don't go ahead an lick Spain.
That railrode commishun liz an awful
lot ov truble. The main point seems
ter be that the commishuners don't
Wanter violate the Oaths they take.
Betsy says the devil never has failed ter
furnish q guide excuse fer his own. So
he hez gone ahead an tole most ov the
railrode commissioners that whenever
they were tempted ter do right ter re-
member that they took an oath when
they took the CffS. So that il their ex
Cuse fer not reducin' rates. 1t IL sorter
funny that they anyways think they
would violate their Oaths more ter re
duce rates than they would if they
made q reasonable rAduckshuR. a
GUIDE many TO ks think the commishun
violates It's oath more when it fails ter
make q ~reduckshun than it would ter
reduce. At any ate it is aWl on one
side, like buUtered bread. The only
way I see out ov the difficulty IL fer
the railI DAD commishun ter be exempt
frum swearin' when they go inter ofis
Let them be appointed or elected an
60 inter Cfis without sWearin' a lick
If this II done, an the rite men put in,
I'll bet my best bay mule that we'll
ride cheaper than we hev bin goin'.
reckon members ov the legislator an
Kongress who don't vote against mo
nopoly are Influenced by their oaths.
So it must be plain that the great tru
bic with this country il swearin' toe
much. Anvil men orter be put 10 offs
without swearin'. Maybe we would
hev better government. If it hadn't
bin fer awl this swearin' them fellers
wouldn't hev got up that big oyster
fraud down in the Eastern part of the
State. Tney swore out warrants an
issued fer infants in their
mothers arms an awlso fer people who
had bin dead several years. That IL
another result ov too much sWearin'.
Anvil this swearin' business orter be
broken up somehow. I'm eternally
opposed ter it. G~udebye."
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/ people without the intervention OF
Banks as demanded by the Peoples
Party. Anything short OF this will
prove a miserable failure and in the
end do more harm than good to the
cause of reform.
AZ most of those who will read this
are professed Populists, / will not at
this time enter into an elaborate de.
fence of the financial principles of III
party as published to the world in our
national platforms. Those who do not
believe in and are not ready to defend
these principles ire not Populists and
should 60 where they belong and eas
trying to drag others with them under
the name of Populism.
There are others, Of whom Senator
Butler is a prominent type, who pro-
fess to believe in the principles of our
party and yet insist on joining forces
with the Democrats who antagonize
our fundamental financial principles
Offering US the shadow without the
substance and oppose our demands
in regard to transportation and other
great questions that r as vitality I'M
portant. Senator Butler, who deserts
his principles to CO operate with the
Democrats says Mr.. Brya an ia a Popu
list at heart. If 80, he lacks the cour
age of his convictions and is unfit for
leadership.
They insist on putting the Demo
cratic party in the lead for reform; but
consider for a moment it's condition
and condition and it's record. 1t is
hopelessly divided on every great
Issue before the c~ountry-its record is
that Of the great promise breaker"
If our party that alone stands for re
forms that are vitality necessary to the
prosperity and happiness of our peo-
pie continues to follow this lack o
lantern" it's ruin is int vitable.
Mr.. Bryan in his speech in Chicago
on Jackson's day in January last said:
1T required a great sacrifice in Popu
lists to abandon their party" referring
to the election of 1896. Have we n
right to expect our party to live if we
continue to abandon" it9 Fusion has
well nigh killed it and a little more of
it will complete its ruin. Are the Pop
ulist of North Carolioa willing to take
part in the ruin of their partyP II
not let those who love the principles
Of the party more than temporary
success get together and stand manful
ly by them against all who oppose or
would desert them.
There is q movement we'll under
way throughout the country among
the POpulists who propose to reorgan
izs the party on its original principles
and firmly stand by them. This
movement is the only hope of the party.
Fusion has wrought confusion. Ii
has weakened, demoralized and divided
our party and largely forfeited the
confidence Of the public B 1t there is
still a great opportunity before us.
The masses of both the old parties are
dissatisfied and restless, but know not
where to go. Let Us cease dickering
and trading with either of the OLD
parties, but go forward In a manly
and aggressive fight for our princi.
pies and they will fJck to US.
Let the approaching State Conven
ton elect as National Committeeman
those who are in full sympathy with
this movement and appoint delegates
to the National Convention that will
undoubtedly be held on the 4 b of July
mex. GEO e. BoGGs.
ITO BE CONTINUED
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-19

No good deed, no genuine sacrifice,
is ever wasted. If there be good in it,
God will use it for His own holy pur~
poses; and whatever of ignorance. or
weakness, or mistake was mingled
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ASLIGHT COLD IF NEGLECTED, OFTEN
ATTACK THE LUNGS. ".BrO1Un 8 BrOn-
chat IrOches' give immediate and
efectual relief.
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NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. July -FLOUR-Receipts
1856; exports. 1853 barrels. Quiet but steady
with wheat.
WHEAT-Receipts, 1O,175 bushels; exports
297. 1872. Spot hrmer No. red. 9012c f. o. b.
afoat. import grade; SIC elevator. Options
opened easy unfavorable cable news. but
rallied, and were steady to firm all day on
strength in cash wheat receipts and the rise
in corn. closed 1i4c higher on July and &c up
the late months. No. red July 0%GS115c
closed Size; September closed S2ksa
HOPS-Firm
WOOI-Cuiet.
METALS-The market for me,-.. showed
some irregularity to-day with business slack
At the close the Metal Exchange called:
PIG IRON-Warrants quiet at Sc 90 bid and
Sc So asked.
LAKE COPPER-Firm for spot at 81 s716
and weak for futures at 81 62i5.
TIN-Quiet with SIS Go bid and SIS IS asked
SPELTER-Dull and nominal with 81 so bid
and 81 rs asked
LEAD-Quiet with SO 95 bid and 81 asked
The firm naming the settlinP rice for leading
Western miners and smelters quotes lead at
So So
COFFEE-Options closed steady at unchang
including September IS So. Spot Rio dull and
featureless; No invoice, 6Isc; No jobbing,
csc. Mild, SMALL Jobbers market; Cordova
S15G15c.
SUGAR-Raw. firm. held higher. Fair refin-
ing S19c; centrifugal Sc test, 4hc. Refined
firm.
BUTTER-Receipts. 1920; Western Creamery.
1Sl2dTc; Elgins. lie.
EGGs-ReceiDts 6677 steady; Western, 14c
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NEW YORK, July 15-Bradstreet's Finan-
cial Review will say: More than customary
irregularity prevailed in the market this week.
At its conclusion there marked weakness
developed the basis Of the surrender OF
Santiago and the apparent willingness of the
Madrid Government to negotiate. Before this
point had been reached, however, the market
passed through several changes Of speculative
sentiment. In the beginning Of the week it
was strong on the belief that Santiago would
soon be taken but by Wednesday II expert
enced a depression on the reports of yellow
fever outbreak among the American troops
strong undertone, though the public has been
inactive. and London was, UP to Friday,
considerable seller here. Activity in the stock
list has also suffered from the stamp tax and
the professional element in the board room and
street have adopted bonds speculative
vehicle owing to the fact that transactions
in the latter not subjected to the stamp
tax. This resulted in very active buying in a
number OF classes of railroad bonds, the trans
fer of speculative intention to that part of the
market having a tendency TO improve values
of bonds all around. There was the best atten-
ton paid TO matters apart from war news than
for some weeks back. The great success of
the Government bond subscriptIon must how
ever, be counted among the bullish factors,
and has given financial interests generally de-
cided satisfaction. The absence of disturb
would prevent II having, however. any imme-
diate effects upon speculation, though the be
having been entirely absorbed by individual
subscribers. will bring large amounts OF cor
poratlon funds, which nave been held TO pay,
for new bonds. back into the general invest
ment market. The crop news and rumors have
ceased to be much of a factor in the market,
but on the other hand. good deal of atten-
ton has been paid to the reports of rate cut
ting, which, with the decreases in gross earn
ings which many roads displaying for the
present, has created some bearish sentiment
on railroad stocks. This has not taken the
form Of selling of the granger and trunk line
shares On the contrary. its effect has been to
turn the speculation more completely toward
industrials and bonds. while the weak feature
supplied by coal stocks.
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EASTERN MARKETS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK. July l5.-The bears who COW
cred their short contracts in haste yesterday
afternoon on the fall of Santiago sold stocks
again to-day and raided prices down with none
TO say them nay. The bull element refrained
entirely from offering any support and prices
of the whole list dropped away easily and
without any important interruption. There
was entire absence of any outside interest
and dealings very small and confined to
a narrow list. The sharp break in Metropolitan
Street Railway in the afternoon accentuated
the general weakness and the bears were ap-
parently content to leave their contracts open
over night, for there was no covering move
ment manifest. The closing was near the low
est with net losses, in many cases a point or
more. 4 break in Metropolitan Street Railway
was accompanied by rumors that the addi-
tional issue would be Sl5 900, 900. instead of
$l0,OOO00o as heretofore reported. The state
ment Of earnings for the June quarter was also
considered Disappointing. The stock went down
easily and closed only one point above the
lowest. No very large amount of stock was
dlslodged by this sharp decline, business being
confined almost entirely to 100 share lots on the
break The recent weakness OF the coalers also
persisted, the offerings OF Reading first pre-
ferred indicating some continued liquidation Of
long stock. Peoples Gas was also prominent
for weakness, There is growing feeling in
the stock market that the successful termina-
ton OF the war and peace with Spain have
been discounted The reception both OF the
destruction Of Admiral CerVera fleet and of
the fall OF Santiago point to this conclusion.
Wall street entirely ignored the disposition of
London to buy American stocks on Torals
surrender and the advancing tendency of
Spanish As on the talk Of peace. The definite
assurance that none but individual bids for
probably not more than $1,000 would secure any
portion of the Government loan had no appre-
ciabe effect in the money market to-day. The
New York banks have lost nearly 81. 600 900 to
the sub-treasury during the week on account
of the loan, but there is no pressure for money
from interior points
There was a further falling off in the bond
transactions and prices yielded in the late
dealings. Total sales, s.. 625. 600.
United States old As declined Il per cent in
the bid price.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 2l9 100
and Ohio 3029; Burlington 10 096: Louisville
and Nashville. $40; Manhattan, 1000; Metro
potan, 100; Reading preferred. 1850: Missouri
Pacific. 6237; New Jersey Central, 3l35: North
ern Pacific, 4335: Northern Pacific preferred
5S25; st. Paul. 10,151; Union Pacific, S000
Western, $3.50; Peoples Gas, 1850; Linseed
1000; Sugar, Il, 740; Rubber, IL 100
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THE STOCK MARKET.

There was quite a boom in mining stocks,
considering the bedrock prices now prevailing
and some Of the Comstocks scored marked ad-
vances, as will be seen by the list OF sales
The brokers and operators are slowly getting
at the real intent of the stamp law and
in few days will doubtless be familiar with
its details.
The Potosi assessment falls delinquent In
board to-day.
Local securities were fairly active at about
the same prices.
for the week ending July the usual explora-
tons continued in the New. Moyle Bullion,
East, Main Standard, Black. No, 10 and For
tuna lodges on the $50, PAS, 31s. $50 and $50
levels, and a considerable amount of fair to
good ore. improving in places. is being de-
veloped. The slopes in the various productive
sections of the mine yielding the regular
quantity of fair to good milling ore. Some very
high grade ore is being taken from raise 8
above the north drift on the 3SO-foot level.
Standard mill statement-Ore crushed for the
week, 1881 tons; average assay vanner tail
ings, IS 20; concentrates produced, tons; assay
value. s162 81; amalgam produced, 740% troy
ounces; value per ounce g 50. The mill was
shut down on July 4. Taings plant No.
treated 1858 tons tailings during the week.
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and heifers. 50 15@4: calves. 50 25G7; Western
steers. 81 20d5 %: steers. - 7s~ 4 6.
HOGS-Were about &c higher Fair to choice.
IS s21sQ4 10; packers 50 S5@3 90: butchers. IS 30
q. o6 mixed. So s5Qp%; light s. 7bG4; pigs. y IS
sHEEP-Were active at recent prices: West
ern sheep. 50 2593 rs; natives, 81 25@6; rims.
Receipts-Cattle. 1000; hogs. 5000; sheep.
KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, July 15-CATTLE-Recepts
400O Market about steady native steers. "a 80
as %; native and heifers. 81 1904 So
80.
HOGS-Recepts. Il, 900. Market strong 20 &c
higher. Bulk of sales, 50 1903 90; heavies.
IS So44 O5; packers. SO 65G3 95; mixed. 50 500
"; lights, SO 60@3 Is; workers. 50 7oq3 49, pigs
sHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady; lambs
Is 1906; muttons s3d4 65.
OMAHA.
OMAHA, July 15.-CATTLE@Receipts. 1900
Market steady: native beef steers a 20g5 10;
y. Western steers, 50 S5@4 20: cows and heifers
HOGS-Recepts. 1900 Shade stronger; heavy
50 1908 50.
sHEEP-Receipts. 100. Steady: fair to
choice natives. IS s0G4 50; do Westerns. 70
ga 30; common. 50 25a4 20; lambs. 3496.
DENVER.
DENVER. July 15.-CATTLE-Receipts, 2200
Market firm; beef steers. s4Q4 20; cows, $394
feeders, freight paid to river. s4@4 50: stockers
HOGS-Receipts 100. Market steady; light
50 s063 so.
sHEEP-Receipts. none. Market unchanged.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO. July 15.-Wheat started with
prices a shade easier on lower Liverpool cables
and exceptionally fine weather for threshing
did not last long. however as the Corn mar
ket quickly developed strength on a report
that the Corn not affected by drought in
many sections, and this had its refec-
ton in Wheat. 1t found while the arrivals
Of new Wheat were on the increase they could
by no means be called liberal. and were being
taken freely. This, together with the fact
that July still holds at a big premium caused
a growing reluctance to sell September at the
discount. and shorts were disposed TO cover
This business of covering was largely by the
scalpng element The big traders held off
recently having little confidence in the present
strength and yet feeling that the short side
was hardly safe so long as the crop was
moving so slowly and the premium was so we'll
maintained. There much Wheat for
TENDER closed asQ1tc higher.
Continued dry weather, with favorable pros
pect OF more of It, was sufficient to affect the
Corn market for an advance. The opening
trades were at about yesterdays closing figures
but quickly began to improve. and while some
advance. the strongest phase in the mar
ket during the last half hour A big business
was done in cash Corn and shippers found diff
Guilty in picking up cargo lots. September
closed with an advance of 1LNl3ac.
The frmness in Oats was due to the strength
displayed in Corn. September nc on the
day.
The consideration in Provisions was good
cash demand, both domestic and foreign, to-
gether with the high prices for hogs at the
ribs PIC each
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

BAGS-Are weak. Calcutta Grain Bags, 40
4Ac; Wool Bags. nominal; San Quentin. 81 So.
CoAL-Welington. IS per ton; New We'll
lington. IS: southfeld Wellington. 81 so; Seat
tie. S.; Bryant. IS; Coos Bay; IS; Wailsend,
sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg, si4; Can
mel $40 per ton; Rock Springs and Castle Gate
81 so; Coke, S12 per ton in bulk and $14 in
RICE-China Mixed. 81 s594 4o China No. l.
12lb; Japan, IS Sodb6 40: louisiana IS 5096 60
SUGAR THE Western Sugar Refining Com,
pany quotes terms net cash: Cube. Crushed
Granulated, &c; Dry Granulated, SIC; Confec-
TONERS A. 57sc: Magnolia A, 5hc; Extra C.
5sc: Golden C, SIC California A. SIC per lb
half barrels nc more than barrels. and boxes
&c more.