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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05
From The Mission Field.

Elder John H. Bailey Jr, Of the
Fourth ward. salt Lake cry. Is home
again, after a mission In Great BrlNain.
Tie lcft this city Jan. II. 1896. and on
reaching Liverpool was assigned to la
hor rs travelling Elder IN the Leeds
rpufCrencc lie wua IN several dis
trlcts. enjoyed his iabors. and met
With good success. During the latter
part u his misslon he presided over tho
leeds conference. where he says pro.
gross IN spreading the Gospel Is most
encouraging About two months ago
Elder Bailey was released and nude n
trip through France. Germany, Swift
zcrlaud aud the Netherlands, He re-
turned home on sunday, July ?.
Elder Genrge y. Despair. ~ Granite.
salt Lake county. was caller at the
"Ncwa' today. having Just returned
from "a mission 20 the Society Islands
Eldor Dsapaln icft home on the g5th
M November. 1894. lie returns feeling
wei and reports the mission In good
condition.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05

BRIGGs. In Bountlfui. Davis couh.
~. Utah. sunday, July 2, 1895. u dfopr
and old aHe.Ann burgess Briggs, VIZ
OF Thomas Brlgga. aged u years. D.
ceased was the mother Of seven child
rem. thirty.six grandchildren and two
great She was baptized
igrntod 10 Utah In 1889. passing through
many OF tho hnrdahlps incidental 70
Pioneer lie. Although a long sufferer
Sister nrlrrs bore all with heroic tor
tltude Rnl tied as she had lived a
faithful ilticr-day Saint. Milionnh
star please copy.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05
Ask Your Grocer Tor I|.

much appreciated. Leaving llllnoi
near shawneotIwn they went west
ana have never been heard OF since.
Yours respectfully.
WliiTMG1.L ]. BGBERT.
Order. Caldwell county. KY.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05
WANTED -AarNrs

MEN AND RoYsi PATENT NO. sLm
makes cigarettes In one miuutc all ~,
nnd gluedi no special paper or tobheT
uscdi sample In nickel, by mail. Toe. u v
NJ. ME- Co, Orange Valley, \. j
FoR our GEN" oNE-PIECE DETAOl'
alto pants buttOni no sowing sample y
;. u. buchner.2 rs w. 18th ST, Now York Gnu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05
DIED.

BENZoN-In this city. July ;. 1885,
u nhscrra OF the lungs. susie r., VII,
" Andrew n. Rcngon aged a. ycafu, 3
months and ~ days
Funeral services VIII be he'd
"wednesday the 9th. M 10 n. m, from
tho Nineteenth ward meeting houit,
Friends can Wow the remains from "
$3.50 q. M. az go Center street, and are
respectfully invited 10 attend the funef'
al services
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05

benjamin Leland Hard.
Ing. Hon of e. u. ana Jennie Lloyd
Harding; born Sept. 18th. 1891.
Funeral NJ residence, II Euclid Ave-
Wednesday az " o'clock.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
The PRESS ASSOCIATION.

The North Carolina Press Associa.
ton held its annual meeting at Way
nesville, Wednesday and Thursday,
June 22nd and 23rd. This meeting was
unusually well attended, due largely,
no doubt, to the beauty and healthful-
ness of the place of meeting.
The ''quill drivers" have seldom had
such q pleasant meeting, and those
who were there will never forget it. It
seems to US that the people Of Waynes-
vile could not be more kind and hos.
pitable. The scenery around Waynes
vile is-but we shall not attempt to
describe it here, for it is beyond de-
scription. We shall, however, have
something more to say about the coun-
try in our next issue, for those who
live in the eastern and central parts of
the State are sadly ignorant Of the
beauty of this region.
The Association. received IS new
members this year. Last year the
number was %. This broke all pre-
vious records, but it will be seen that
even this record was completely de-
molished this year, the number of new
members being nearly so per cent.
larger.
Messrs. Ramsey and Poe, of this
paper, attended the meeting and we're
so we'll pleased with the climate and
scenery that they did not return at
once when the meeting adjourned.
Hence cur brief account.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28

Last week we had something to say
regarding President McKinley's meth
DDS Of making appointments in the
army. Having further investigated
the matter, we do not care to modify q
single expression in that editorial.
Some newspapers defend the course OF
the government in this matter. OF
course, it sounds very nice to say that
the sons of great Federal generals are
to fight under @ Lee, and while the
sentiment is all right, sentiment does
not ''cut much ice" when it comes to
war in Cuba. For our part we are not
yet ashamed to condemn the policy of
appointing men TO any army positions
because OF their fathers fame.
In America, we have no hereditary
titles and u people often and justly
boast Of it, but title is all mere moth
ing when compared with a position in
the army. If the Government is under
any obligations to these SONS, let it
rather give them q title.
No, we are not yet ashamed to con
TESS our belief that merit should be the
criterion. Let us look at some of these
appointments.
First, we find that to begin at the
beginning, the son OF our National
Secretary Of war Mr.. Alger is appoint
ed captain.
The son Of ex President Harrison has
been appointed major.
The son Of JAS. Ct. BIain, captain.
The son Of 10 / A. Logan, me 1r.
The son of FItznugh Lee, first Lieu.
tenant.
A son of Senator Foraker, a son Of
Senator Murphy and a son of Senator
Sewall are made captains.
A son Of Representative Catchings,
captain.
A SON of representative Hull is Lieu
tenant-coloneI.
A son of ex-senator Gordon, major.
A o Of ex Senator Price, a son Of
ex Senator Mitchell, and a son OF the
late Senator Earle, captains.
Then, too, here are the sons Of the
late Congressman Milliken, ex Secretary
Thompson, ex Governor e. j Davis,
ex Governor Woodbury., ex Major
Strong of New York,-all with good
positions in che army.
And In ali the aOove list we are told
by a reliable authority that the onfy
officers OF experience are-now don't
think we viii worry you with another
long list, for In all tn. s list we find OnIu
too officers OF experience: Represents
tive Mllllken's son, who is a graduate
Oh West Point, and Major Strong's son,
who was q militia office.
besides tine list OF sons, there ia q
long list OF nephews and grandsons of
men with influence" who 90 forth IN
command less fortunate, even if more
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
RRMRMRRRl

Since the Democrats have deserted
free silver (by refusing to endorse
Bryan's plan and by refusing TO cc-op-
crate TO elect silver Congressmen),
lower freight and passenger rates (by
straddling this question and failing to
endorse Commissioner PearsoD) and
other reforms, and know that
they can no longer deceive the
people regarding their position on
these questions they attempt to delude
the people with the hypocriticaI cry Of
''negro donation" and NEGRO post
masters" Let 'em cryi Let 'em hol-
leri This cry will not deceive you if
you do your own thinking.
Remember that when at their State
Convention IA opportunity was offered
them to ''get the white men of the
State together" as they term it, by
cooperation, THEY and not the Popu
list, REFUSED Put this down in your
note book. Call your neighbours at.
tention to il, and make the Hypocrats
try TO explain lt away.
Their cry Of ''negro postmaster" is
equally misleading. Who is it that
appoints negro postmastersG Why,
Mckinley, OF course. Yes, and who
elected McKinIey9 The opponents of
Bryan. And the opponents of Bryan
and of Bryan's plans controlled the
recent Democratic Convention. Pop.
1lists voted almost solidly for Bryan.
Had the Democrats done likewise Bry-
an would to day be President. Hence,
we see that gold-standard Democrats
are leaders in the North Caroline
Democratic campt.
Keep posted. The rank and file of
the Democratic party did not but
gold, Mckinley Democrats did control
their recent convention the people are
gradually learning the factsin the case.
When they do so, they will rebel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28

One day we ind our daily Exchanges
~danloring the fact that the State, che
Nation. Che world and everything in
them are ruined because the negro il
in control. The next day, il indeed
You do not happen to find il in the fol.
lowing article of the same paper, you
viii find the negro il being deprivedot
all his rights, politically, socially and
otherwise because he is not in control,
and he is warned and begged and
pleaded with in most pitiable tones, to
behold how little influence he really
does exert in comparison with the inn
mense voting strength he is able to
WELD. The white voter is shown the
negroin Office and hisprejudice, appeal
ed to, to help knock him out. The
negro is appealed TO, by the same
papers, to claim their rights, the Offices,
demand them. take them, hold them.
They are told, and urged to believe
they are worthy Of them and ought to
have them; and we expect to see negro
candidates for Congress put out this
year, by some of the bosses OF these
dailies, just as has been done before.
While we have two white to every one
negro voter, why so much ado4
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
PROFITABLE PAINTING.

A short time ago we published com
~munication, giving the advice: paint
the Farm Buildings" We gave this
article our hearty editorial endorse
ment, for we believe then and still
believe that The advice is good.
Too many of our farmers seem to
think that buildings are painted merely
to beautify them. To such we wish to
emphasize the statement made by a
Chicago paint dealer. On a high wall
near his establishment in letters about
ten feet long is this statement: "Paint
Saves Money" And while speaking
of this the following remarks of the
Farmers Voice are worth repeating:
ut seems that most of the painting
in the country he's been done for effect
rather than for the purpose of saving
money, for while nearly every house
is painted good many barns and
other outbBildings are allowed to stand
TO be weathered and worn out with.
out being preserved by being kept
covered with paint.
When barns were made of rough
sawed lumber it wos a costly work to
undertake to paint them, but in these
days when all the lumber used is
ship lap or regular weather boarding,
planed and ready to paint, it is pretty
costly to allow a building to stand un-
painted.
Paint works in two ways to save
buildings. The pigment used makes q
hard coat to protect from the beating
efectssot the rains, and the oil fills the
pores and prevents water from enter
ing the wood and making minute
cracks which soon become centers of
decay and disintegration.
Roofs as we'll as sides of buildings
should be painted, a roof made of good
shingles and kept painted being prac
tically indestructible. For out build
ings it is not necessary to buy the most
expensive paints. What is known as
"lronclad" paint is very cheap, and
when put on with oil makes a hard
coat, which prevents all damage. The
writer has known a barn painted with
.'ironclad" to be saved from the flames,
although but a few feet from another
which burned, the paint preventing
the wood from catching on fire. Use
paint and sage money.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
LATEST WAR NEWS.

On last Friday morning in thicket
overlooking the town OF Santiago de
Cuba, a battle was fought which re
suited in the defeat of the Spaniards.
Ten American soldiers were killed and
forty wounded. Tie Spaniards occu
pieda very strong and entrenched posi-
ton, but after an hours fighting they
retired toward Santiago, leaving the
worEs in the hands of the Americans.
Probably so S~paniards were killed.
The Cnban's did not come to the res.
cue until the Spaniards had fed.
OF those who went with General
shafter only eighty are sick; no more
than when in the United States. The
only deaths have been two men
drowned Ia landing.
The above are facts cleaned fro N
General Skaters ofi3 report.
On the lash in a battle between the
Cupans and Spaniards the loss was az
follows: Spaniards, 300; Cubans, 9.
On Saturday evening the work Of
paying off the Second regiment in
camp at Raleigh was completed. Pri.
Yates received $17 68 each; Captains
$1T0; First LieuuenanEs $141 78, etc.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
NORTH CAROLINA sTRAwBER
RIES.

The strawberry season along the
Atlantic Coast Line having closed sew
eral days ago, the record of the nave
ment has been made up and it shows
that shipment was 265. 615 crates, or
1896. $50 quarts. The estimated aver
age price Melted for berries was s cents
per quart, and the money value Of che
crod $697, 974 40. The shipment this
season has exceeded that of last season
by over 100, 900 crates. The greatest
shipment Tor any one day was on srd,
when lie, $50 crates were moved. The one
days shipment on the 3rd required SO
cars, which would make a train q
half mile long-Wl. Ness.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
FEWER ACRES; BETTER TILL
AGE.

In our dairy department this week
we publish the history of an 8O,aCre
dairy farm which supports a herd Of
80 cows which average 300 pounds Of
butter per year. This is an object les
son in the matter of ''fewer acres and
better tillage." In commenting on
this article, Hoard's Dairyman en-
phasizes the following facts which
should never be forgotten:
1. It takes more labor to farm two
acres for the crop that ought to be
raised on one.
2. It takes double the capital in land
to farm two acres for a return that
ought to be got from one.
8. It calls for double the wear in ma
chinery to run over two acres for what
should be got from one.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
PUBLIC VS.. CORPORATE MO-
NOPOLY.

The farmer, is vitality concerned IN
the government of cities. If light
power and transportation r supplied
to cities by corporations that evade
taxes and corrupt municipal councils
it imposes a double burden on tn0
farmer-increased taxes and reslsF
ance to an immoral example, says tno
Farm and Home. The advocates o.
city. State or national ownership o.
public franchises assert with mucp
truth~that. even with Ell the evils o.
our political system, public ownersng
and operation could not be worse t1a;
the scandalous way in which Am ~
can steam railway municipal fraDCuJ5
es have been exploited. SWItZ9rlaD.
has gone q step further and by gyg y
ular vote of two to one has decldeu;~c s
take over all the railroads, at q 80
of two.thirds their cost. n MI sesl
ing allowed for depreciation. Ihe and
involves only 200 million dollars q
less than 2 500 miles OF road oop ssr.
total business of 20 millions 8 yy;ors
and affords no criterion for conoiTav
in the United States, with lts r8u Mi.
capital and debts of some II If
lions. and more than $50 OOO III ECO
road doing q business of neafl5
millions annually.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28

brainy, men who do not have 'sthe
pull" at Washington.
Will not ven q cursory glance st
the above list convince any one that
the authorities at Washington are MAX
ing q terrible mistakea Il means either
that they are trying TO pay political
debts with positions in the army or
that they have not the backbone to re-
fuse pleas OF "men with influence, .
even when the good name Of our coun-
try and the lives of her citizens r at
stake.
Either is bad enough.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
A PATRIOT AT HoMR.

The editor Of the Watauga Demo
crat says he canot 60 TO Cuba unless
he gets much madden than.he is now.
Accordingly he stays at home and as.
sists in launching warships on the sea
Of matrimony. To show that this
work is not altogether monotonous we
clip the following RULES and Regula-
tions'' from the last issue of his paper
cit is very disagreeable to this court
to be awaked-at 2 O'Clock in the morn
ing to marry q couple, but such was
our misfortune on last Tuesday night.
''Serv cssasf this kind increases on
US, and we will have to adopt morerigid
rules and regulations. Parties desir-
ing our services must hereafter appear
before the court after supper, and not
later than 9 o'clock for night services.
Our regular fee of 81 will be charged,
but before or after the above time,
double fees will be charged and no
prayers offered. Widows and widow
ers, who have been married several
times before, will be charged accord
ing to their several cf3nses at the dis
erection of the court. Young and ig.
norant couples will be married free Of
charge, but woe unto those old often
ders. Colored troops will be charged
according to the crowds attending the
services. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28

North Carolina Democrats say they
are in favor of free silver. Yet when
an opportunity was offered to elect
nine free silver Congressman, they re.
fused.
They say they r opposed to corpo~
ration rule. Yet they failed to endose
one of their own party, Railroad Com
missioner Pearson, in his efforts to
tail the power of railroad corporations
by reducing freight rates to the gold.
standard level.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28


iards are brutal and heartless. IN fact,
since the war began We have not heard
q man say that he believed there was
in all Spain q single courageous, mag
unanimous Spaniard. Yet it ia not at
all smart to underestimate the courage
Of our foes. It we conquer them it
will be much nicer to say that we con
quered q great army Of brave men,
while If we were to be beaten by them
in 8 single battle il would be humiliat-
ing to be compelled to confess that We
were beaten by such towards as some
Of US say the Spaniarda are.
Yet it was SO in the civil war. Down
In Georgia, early in 81, for instance,
a certain orator whom we viii call
Brown, made a speech in which he
assured the boys that the Yankees
couldn't shoot. He said they had been
raised in ease and luxury and knew
virtually nothing Of the use Of arms.
As q result many Of Browns hearers
volunteered. In a short while they
ran upon a company Of these Yanks
who knew snothing about guns and
presently the Georgians behind
trees; and Yankee bullets were peeIing
off the bark with wonderful rapidity.
So we'll did the Yanks shoot that il was
not safe for q man to poke his nose
out from behind a tree. Then it was
that a Georgian recalled Browns
speech and ventured to remark that If
the Yanks didn't know how to shoot
when Brown spoke, they 'Iearned
mighty doggone festt"
Give honor to whom honor is is due.
To those who believe that no Spaniards
are brave, the following extract from
a letter from Admiral Dewey to a
class mate, describing the battle Of
Manila may teach a lesson. He says:
81 opened on the Spanish flagship,
Maria Cristina, with my 8 inch guns at
|, 1900 yards. Every shot took effect.
The Spanish Admiral MONTH"; fought
his ships like a hero. He stood on his
quarter deck until his ship was ablaze
from stem to stern and absolutely
sinking under his feet, then transfer
ring his flag to the Isle de Cuba, he
fought what was left of his feet, stand
ing fearlessly amid q hail Of shrapnel,
until his second ship and over 1O0-ot
her crew sank in q whirl of water like
lead.
"It seems to me that history in its
roll Of heroes should make mention of
an admiral who could fight his ships
SO bravely and stand on the bridge,
coolly and calmly, when his feet cap
tain was torn to pieces by one of
shells at his side. I sent him a mes
sage telling him how I appreciated the
gallentry with which he had fought
his ships, and the deep admiration
my officers and men felt for the
commander of the Maria Cristina. who
nailed his colors to his mast and then
went down with his gallant crew. /
think, my dear Norton, that had you
witnessed this, as I did. you too would
have sent the brave sailor the message
I caused to be sent him. to which he
responded most c~ourteously."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28
N. r. P. A.


The expression, rally round the
flag, boys" is getting popular. The
s'sweet summer girls" are beginning to
wear shirt-waists representing the
flag.
Two weeks ago. q newspaper, not a
thousand miles from Raleigh, clipped
an editorial from this paper, inserted
the name of that paper in the article
and used it for its leading editorial 90.
We wish to thank that editor for thus
honoring us. We are always we'll
pleased with an editorial which other
papers consider worth stealing.
If true Populists control the next
Legislature we will have lower freight
and passenger rates. But don't de-
ceive yourself into believing that a
Democratic Legislature will reduce rates.
They studiously avoided, in their plat
form, saying whether or not they IA
vored the reduction. The Populists
endorsed the action Of Commissioner
Pearson in voting for the reduction;
the Democrats did not. He is q Dem
ocrat, too, but not one the Southern
Railways kind. This accounts for
their treatment Of him.
The time for laying by" crops is at
hand and every farmer should now go
to work to build up the Alliance. We
have given reasons and every farmer
knows reasons why this should be
done. The thing to do is to tell your
neighbors Of these reasons. We have
our preference as to political parties,
but If farmers wish reforms they must
organic and stand firm so that every
political party will respect their
wishes. The Farmers Alliance was
organized for the purpose of educat-
ing farmers to know their rights land
knowing, dare maintain them" Let
every Allianceman resolve that the
membership of his Sub-Alliance shall
be doubled within the next three
months and the good effects will soon
be manifest.
1t was only five years ago that the
Columbian Fair at Chicago brought
about a special display of interna
tional good-feeling between Spain and
the United States, and many people
remember, and perhaps have preserved
some of the devices, printed at that
time and circulated about the fair
grounds, in which the Spanish and
American flags were lovingly en-
tWined. These look c~uriously impossi-
bic to day, when by a Spanish war the
popular attention is probably diverted
from another great national exposition,
now in session, at Omaha, and second
in size and Importance only to the
Chicago Exposition of 1893. The Ex-
position buildings at Omaha, covering
a space of nearly two hundred acres,
r extremely beautiful and imposing,
and the quality and quantity of the
exhibits make the event one in which
she Western States can justly take
great pride. In-Harper's Weekly for
June 18Th are printed striking pictures,
made from photographs, of the Trans.
Mississippi Exposition, wdich seems to
indicate that it is to be an immense
affair.