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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICUL-
TURAL DIRECTORY.
FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.

FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
President-W. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, Wal
rem Co., N. @.
vi~ce-President-T. p. johnson, Salisbury,
Rowan Co n. @.
Secretary-Treasurer and State Business Agen'
IT. B. Parker, Hillsboro, Orange Co., N. @.
Lecturer. c. Balm, Wade, Cumberland, Co..
N. @.
Assistant Lecturer or Steward-Jno. NJ. Nit.
chen, Wayne Co., n. c.
Chaplain-Rev. W. 8. Mercer, MOyock, Curri.
tuck Co., NC.
DOorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greensboro, Gull.
ford Co., N. O.,
Sergeant-at-Arms-R. III. Lane, Aurora, Bean
fort Co., N. g.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W. A. Ora.
ham, Machpelah, N. @.
COMMTTTEE.
]. w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh, NJ Q.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, N Q.
John Graham, WsrrentOn, N. Q.
DR.. j. E. Person, Pikevine, N. Q.
Thomas ]. Oldham, Teer, NC.
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION,
Director-B. W. K1lgore, Raleigh, N. G.
Agriculturist-C. W.. Burkett, West Raleigh
N. O.
HoricuIturist-w. F. Massey, West Raleigh,
N, G.
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TRAINED NURSE r
BY SWAMP=ROOT.
USED BY HOSPITALS - PRESCRIBED BY DOCTORS
To Prove what Swamp-ROOt, the Great Kidney, Liver and Bladder
Remedy will do for YOU, Every Reader of The Progressive Far
mer May Have q Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail.

Miss Alice Brown, the we'll known
trained nurse, is in a position to
speak with knowledge. She was
formerly with the St Louis Baptist
Hospital and has had many trying
experienoesin her ardu0us vocation.
She adds her valuable testimony to
the thousands already received by
Swamp Root. She said in a signed
interview with a reporter of the
st. Louis Star:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

impurities. OF course I do not praise
Swamp.Root as q cure for all trou-
bles, but it is splendid for the kid
neys, stomach and bowels and re-
lieves female disorders when all other
remedies have failed to give relief.
l know of many cases in the hospital
cured by this wonderful remedy.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The following Raleigh dispatch to
the Wilmington Star contains a COM
pact and accurate report of the meet
ing of the Democratic executive com-
mittee held in Raleigh last week:
The State Democratic Executive
Committee voted tonight SO to 80
for the State Convention TO be held
in Greensboro and later adopted
July 10Th as the date. The first two
ballots resulted in a tie, then J. s.
Carr's proxy was brought in and
cast for Greensboro.
The designations of Judge Justice
and Judge Walter 81. Neal were &C.
oepted and A. D. Watts, of Iredell,
and A. S Dockery, of Richmond,
were elocted to succeed them on the
Central Committee. Ed. S. Abel, of
Johnson, was chosen to succeed the
late Wiley Rush, in the Fourth
district.
The committee adopted as the
opinion of the Democratic party, an
opinion presented by Chairman ST ~
mons from Hon. Geo. Rountree on
the matter of the validity of that
provision of the present election law,
acts of 1901, Chapter SO, Section 13,
requiring as a condition precedent
to the right to register and
vote, the applicant TO show that
he had paid his poll tax, on or be-
fore May 1st, as applied to the gen.
eral election in November, 1902
The committee discussed for three
hours in a pleasant way the question
of method of selecting United States
Senator and finally adopted a resolu-
ton by Paul Means as follows:
"ResOLUed, That the chairman of
this committee shall, in his call for
the next State Convention, state that
the State Convention will determine
whether the Democratic party will
choose it's candidate for United States
Senate by primary, by convention,
or otherwise"
ID is said that in some of the coast
counties, at least, there is marked
dis satisfaction with the new oyster
law. So says a prominent man
from that section. He fears that
this will get into politics. The thing
TO be done is TO send some experts TO
Virginia and Maryland, study their
oyster laws, see all the conditions,
go to the oyster region, talk with
the people and get their views pro
and con as to the operation OF the
laws. Then such a committee should
go to the North Carolina oyster
waters and study the whole matter
from that viewpoint. Two years
ago the writer urged this course, as
practical and proper, but the advice
was not followed. Virginia and
Maryland get good revenues, this
State nothing worth even mention
ing.-Raleigh Cor. Charlotte OBJ
server.
If you want the best, the most I'M
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GleasOn's. Horse Book.
PROF. OSCAR GLEASON.

Renowned throughout America and patronized by the United States Gov,
eminent as the most expert and successful hnrseman OF
the age. The whole work treats of
Breeding, Training, Breaking, Driving, Feeding.
Grooming, Shooting Doctoring, Telling Age, and General care o the Horse
This remarkable work was first sold exclusively by agents at 81 per
CODY. A new edition has been issued which contains we word and every
illustration in the g edition, but is printed Of lighter paper and has a
heavy, tough paper binding.
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OUR GREAT OFFER

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Address: THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
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If you want the best, the most I'M
proved and the most reliable binder
In the world-buy the Mccormick
lie is the unit of measure In hRr-
vesting machines.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01

although a woman in my posi-
ton can receive plenty of prescrip-
tions from physicians without cost,
1t was upon the advice of a we'll
known West End Doctor that I began
to take Swamp Root. No, l will not
tell you his name, for he might not
like it. But all the same, 1 took it
when 1 was run down from night
work in the sick room. I was thin
and yellow and tired even when I
rose from my sleep. Swamp Root
gave me a relish for my food and
cleared my blood from it's stagnant
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
FERTILIZER \
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We have again arranged
with the Durham Fertilizer
Co. for the manufacture Of
the Alliance brands of Fer.
tilizer: North Carolina Off,
cial Farmers Alliance GuanO,
and Acid Phosphate, and
Progressive Farmer Guano.
These Fertilizers are too we'll
. known in every community
where fertilizers are used in
this State TO require an ex-
tended description of them.
They have been time tried
and time tested, and always
found reliable. Our arrange.
ment for this year provides
for their being kept in stock
by all Agents for the Dur
ham Fertilizer Co.'S Guanos,
who will furnish them In
any quantities at lowest
prices. For further informa-
ton concerning them, ad-
dress:
DURHAM FERTILIZER CO., DURHAM, n. O.
Orders will be received for
Fruit Trees, to be delivered
next Fall.
Make all Post Office Mon
ey Orders payable at Raj.
eigh, but address all letters
to me at HILLsBORO, N. G.
Fraternally,
B. PARKER, S. B. A.
HILLsBORO, N. G.
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.AAeA8 u1nI
1919 semple Ave, st. Louis, No

l0lS S9mpl6 ave., S6. Louis, Mo.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are
responsible for more sickness and
suffering than any other disease,
therefore, when through neglect or
other causes, kidney trouble is per.
mitted to continue, fatal results are
Wre to foILOoO.
We often see a relative, a friend,
or an acquaintance apparently we'll,
but in a few days we may be grieved
to learn of their severe illness, or
sudden death, caused by that fatal
type Of kidney trouble - Bright's
Disease.
The mild and extraordinary effect
of the great kidney and bladder
remedy, DIR. Kilmer'a Swamp-Root,
is soon realized. It stands the high.
est for its wonderful cures of the
most distressing cases. Hospitals
use it with wonderful ucc in
both slight and severe cases. Doctors
recommend it to their patients and use
it in their own families, because they
recognize in Swamp Root the great
est and most successful remedy. A
trial will convince anyone-and you
may have a sample bottle free, by
mail.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
The Markets.
RALEIGH COTTON.

RALIGH, March 30, 1902.
Receipts to. day 10 bales
Prices TO day .8Z09
Receipts this season. ..... 9,719 bales
Receipts last seaso to this
date. .16, OO2.
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L%nQrNGd.s!5;!5!I4s!.!lS:!51
&SIsA
=
"a
Delivered Freight Paid to any Rail.
road Station in North Carolina.
Warranted for 20 YEARS.
PRICES REDUCED.
Style No. 6, Seven Drawers,
BOX $3.50
Style No. 4, Five Drawers,
Box Cover .......... .$17.6 o
Style No 8, Three Drawers,
Box Cover. ............ $3.50
Our FiVe-Drawer, "IDrOp Head"
Machine is a Beauty.
Price, only $17. 5O.o
The above are all the Improved
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no other machines now. Send for
descriptive circular.
Now is the time to send in your
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Plow and Plow Castings,
Guano Sewers and Farming
Utensils of every description
Farm Bells,
e Cook Stoves,
Feed Cutters,
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Washing Machines,
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~ Granulated Sugar to. day is worth
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jeot to change without notice, az
all other prices are.
~ Green Coffee from 80. to 100. per
pound.
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To Make CSuS Pay, use snarples Cream Separar
tors. Book Cuisines Dairying" & Cat. 25 free
". Chester, Pa.
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SPECIAL NOTICE If you have the slightest symptoms of kidney or
bladder trouble, OF if there is a trace of it in your family history, send at
once tO DIR. Kilmer& Co, Binghamton, N. Y, who will gladly send you
by mail, Immediately, without cost to you, a sample bottle Of Swamp
Root and a book telling all about Swamp Root and containing many of the
thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from men and
women cured. It writing to DR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be
sure TO say that you read this generous offer in the Raleigh PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
If you are already convinced that Swamp Root is what you need yon
can purchase the regular fifty cent and one dollar size bottles a It the drug
stores everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y, on every bottle.
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Warranted for 20 YEARS.
PRICES REDUCED.

Style No. 6, Seven Drawers,
Box Cover. 3d. so
Style No. A, Five Drawers,
Box Cover. ............. .$17.6 90
Style No 8, Three Drawers,
Box Cover. 1850
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NORFOLK PEANUTS.

NORFOLK, March %, 1902.
Farmers stock nuts are quoted az
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Our Five DraWer, "DrOp Head"
Machine is a Beauty.
Price, only $780,

The above are all the Improved
Alliance Machines. We are Offering
no other machines now. Send for
descriptive circular.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
German Alpinists at Play.

The German-Austrian Alpine club
now numbers over 10000 members,
and has many branches all over AUS
tria and Germany. 1t builds and main
tains some thousands of shelter huts in
the Alps, and keeps and improves the
mountain paths. In the winter the
club holds a great costume festival in
KrolTs theater, Berlin. All who take
part in 1T are in mountaineering cos
tune. On the stage a mountain shoot
or slide is represented, which, begin
ming before the boards, rises to a con-
siderable height. The shoot consists
Of a highly polished board set up ar
such a steep inclination that the men
and women who sit down and slide
down it travel like lightning to the bot
tom, where they are caught by their
friends. Every now and then the slid
ers follow each other at such a pace
that there is a heap of them at the foot
of the slide, but this adds to the fun
London Graphic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
ITEMS OF


Sixty United States naval vessels
are now being constructed.
Tea consumed in England is subject
to a duty of II cents a pound.
There are about 100000 more WON
en- than men in the German empire.
One hundred thousand letters are
posted in the wrong pillar boxes in
London every day.
Two hundred and fifty Trappist
monks L now working at twenty-five
stations in South Africa.
Thirty to forty miles an hour is the
rule for railroad trains in Russia; in
Siberia fifteen to twenty.
Wireless telegraph stations are now
being erected by the Japanese author
tiles OH the Korean coast.
Halifax policemen have each been
provided with a packet of salt with
which to sprinkle ice slides.
The costliest fur is that of the sea
otter. A single skin of this animal
will fetch as much as $1,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Thrilling En-
counter With
Chinese
Thieves ON
The Canton
Riv er
With
Pirates

Forty years ago it was no uncommon
experience for ships trading in the
China sea to have a battle with the pi-
rates who infested those waters. In
these times, however, one would think
that the Canton river would be reason
ably safe for the traveller.
Mr.. C. A. Burckhardt of San Fran
cisco, the representative in Canton,
China, of a European silkhouse, tells a
thrilling story Of an adventure with pi-
rates on the river and has two wounds
in v~erification, of his tale.
In July last Burckhardt and three
companions-M. Spalinger, a Swiss; G.
e. Hujigen, a Hollander, and V. Hogg,
an Observation-Disclosures bound up the
Canton river to Shuntack in a house
boat owned by Burckhardt. The Can
ton river houseboat is of peculiar con
struction. 1t is much like one Of the
stern wheel river steamers so familiar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The choicest apple is always just
beyond your reach.
A woman worth her weight i'm gold
is worth waiting for.
Many a mans death is due TO his
struggle to acquire a living.
When paperhangers go to the wall
their creditors do not suffer.
There never was a girl so homely
that she had no use for a mirror.
During his s~ojourn here ON earth q
mar must put up with a lot and put
up for a lot more.
The wise woman enjoys a maya
zine fashion plate because it shoWs
her how not to look. i
Occasionally a mans greatness can
be traced to the marriage of the Wom-
an of his choice to some other a
When a woman listens attentively
70 every word a man utters it's a sure
sign that she either loves or hates
him.-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
POINTED


A bur hangs on longer than a straw
berry.
Usually a girl isn't afraid Of an
armed man.
The more a spinster sees or men the
better she likes cats.
A man who is fond of cabbage Is
nearly always a cigar smoker.
Effects of a big feast are almost as
bad as effects of a big drunk.
Unprofessional people give ADVICE.
but professional people sell 1t.
One convincing proof of good c1tl-
zenship is the prompt payment OF your
bills.
Time steals on without fear OF ar
rest, but the man who steals often
has to serve time.
A man feels lonesome when he IS
in the company OF people VINO new
make mistakes.
"It's impossible to- keep a good man
down." sighed the whale, as Jonah
picked I'D his hat and departed.
The average woman has no desire TO
enter a room unless she happens to see
a mo admittance'' sign OIL the door.
Fire worship is supposed to be eX-
tinct. yet when the mercury hlrts With
the zero mark it's popularity seems TO
break out afresh.-Chicago Daily
News
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
1t Touched Thomas.

GUS Thomas and BILLY" Post.
while walking up Broadway discussing
the merits of the formers play. Col
orado." now playing at Wallack's,
passed the Broadway theater, where
upon Mr.. Thomas, with a view to-
fetching his offspring to witness the
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" iP
uuired of Mr.. Post: How is that show,
Billy good?'
Greatest scenic ana spectacular
or oduction 1 ever saw" replied Mr.,
Post, 'but from the point Of novelty
in the book, why, Gus it's the same
old story. The godmother enters,
touches the child, and -
''That's novelty enough interrupt
ed Mr.. Thomas. "Tve heard nothing
except stories where. the child touched
the godmother since l played small
parts as an amateur in shows, many
years ago."-New York Telegram.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20

comes to a thoroughbred ignoramus
posing as a critic and making light of
my grammatical pitfalls, | feel like
jamming his peaked Uranium iato a
manhole in the W and expose the
ragged part of his trousers, which are
hidden by a long linen buster. An
attorney without a practice should
never criticise a poet who can earn
IS cents per week and win $49.67
worth of applause.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Where Artists Differ.

Harry Levy is responsible for this.
The story, as told by MI. Levy, is
that recently one of the great singers
was crossing the ocean on his way to
this country and went TO the barber
shop on the steamboat to Indulge in
the luxury of a shave. The baIber
was a dapper little Engfishman with
a cockney accent, and immediately
struck up Il conversation with the
great singer:
Hope you will sing I'M the saloon
tonight" he began.
"Well, no; you see, we artists have
learned that it Injuries Our throats to
sing on the ocean"
quite right, you are, sir; SIR do
you know that l experience just the
same feeling you do about such things!
l never shave anybody on land."-Gln'
cinnatii Enquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
A HurrY-up Medicine.

Every housekeeper recognizes the
need of effective remedies to be used
in emergencies, when something must
be done right away. Such a remedy is
Perry Davis Painkiller for sprains and
bruises, for strained muscles and for
the aches and pains resulting from
blows and falls. It's mission of mercy
began sixty years ago. 1t is used in
all countries. There is but one pain
killer. Perry Davis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
A Double Team.

A man who was bicycling in south
ern France was pushing his machine
up a steep hill when he overlook a
peasant with a donkey cart. The pa
tent beast was making but little prog
ress, although it was doing it's best.
The benevolent bicyclist, putting his
left hand against the back of the cart
and guiding his machine with the 9TH
or hand. pushed so hard that the don
key, took fresh courage. When
the summit was reached the peasant
burst into thanks to his benefactOr.
1T was good of you, indeed, mon
'sieurn.' he protested. Il should never in
the world have got up the hill with
only one donkey."-Youth's Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
The Best Blood Purifier.

The blood is constantly being puri-
fled by the lungs, liver and kidneys.
Keep these organs in a healthy condi-
ton and the bowels regular and you
will have no need of a blood purifier.
For this purpose there is nothing equal
to Chamberlain's stomach and liver
tablets; one dose of them will do you
more good than a dollar bottle of the
best blood purifier. Price 25c. Sam
pie free at Benefits drug store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
MY COMPANIONS DID GOOD WORK.

on the shallow streams OF America,
but the wheel, instead of being turned
by a steam engine, is operated by a
crew of coolies, who stand watches
turning a series of cranks arranged
after the manner of a treadmill. For
this work on Burckhardt's boat a crew
Of eighteen Chinese were carried. They
were in charge of a bOatman who act
ed as captain of the craft. Besides
J there were several servants. All went
! we'll until the second night Of the jour-
ney, when the boat was about thirty
miles above Canton and almost oppo-
site Sanyoungkee. Burckhardt and his
! guests had retired O after mid
| night, when they were awakened by a
shot being fired A bullet passed
| through the side of the house on the
( boat and struck Burckhardt in the foot
| as he lay in his bunk An artery was
cut. and he bled ~profusely. All four
| men at once, seized their rifles, but by
! that time bullets We're flying about the
! boat.
81 was fast losing strength from tine
; wound, and 1 tore a strip from a blan-
|ket and bound it up as best l could"
! said Burckhardt in telling of the at
tack. Before l had my foot bound a
stinkpot had been thrown on the roof
of the house, and it threatened to set
fire to our craft. I climbed up to- where
it was, but as l reached the place l
met the. boatman. The fumes from the
thing were awful, but we succeeded in
extinguishing it. While we Were at
that work a bullet struck the bOatman,
and he died a few minutes later from
the wound. l got down into the cabin,
and in a minute or two later l was
struck in the right leg. The pirates had
boarded our boat, and the bullets were
coming from all directions One of the
pirates got upon the bow of the boat
and threw a bomb that came rolling
along the deck, the fuse burning Steadi-
". 1 picked it up from the floor and
hurled it through a window, carrying
the glass and the sash with it. Just
outside the window it exploded, and
the side of the cabin was shattered
with the force of the conclusion. My
two wounds were too much for me, and
l fell.
"As I lay on the floor n of my COM
panions handed me a revolver, and l
had the satisfaction of shooting two OF
the pirates as l lay there, though ]
was hit by another bullet in the left
shoulder. Luckily, the last bullet made
only a slight flesh wound. Another
bullet clipped a piece out of my scalp.
"My companions did good work with
their rifles, and after about an hour
they succeeded in driving III assail-
ants off. Spalinger was shot through
the left arm soon after the fight began.
The bullet barely missed the bone, but
he tied a handkerchief about it and
kept in the fight to the last. The Chi
nese of the crew jumped into the wa,
ter. and most Of them chung to tie
| paddles of the wheel.
After the pirates had been driver
: off the crew reappeared, and with theil
help we turned the boat down the river
and about daylight anchored close to
Chinese gunboat and asked for pro
lection. The crew of the vessel mad,
no effort to pursue the pirates. Tht
bodies of eight of the pirates were
found in the river with bullets in then
from our rifles"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Touching.

care you a married man?' inquired
the sinqulsitive stranger.
"No, SIR" replied the other sadly.
90" said the first, Il trust you will
pardon me for referring to your be-
l should not have opened
such a touching subject"
Touching describes it beautifully"
murmured the other. ut is hard to
pay S15 a week alimony."-Ohio State
Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Banner Salvc.

letter, eczema and skin diseases
yield quickly to the marvellous heal
ing qualities of Banner Salve made
from a prescription of a skin special
ist of world wide fame. 25c. Hatch
Bros. and Jos. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-20
Don't Accept a Substitute +!

When you ask for Cascarets be
,ure you get the genuine Cascarets
Candy Catharticl Don't accept
fraudulent substitutes, limitations o.
counterfeits! Genuine tablets stamp
ed C. c. C.. Never sold in bulk.
All druggists, 1oc.