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y'v.r- t 01 fi. m mmm mi izmsmm: ijsj it . 1 '1 V J 1 II VV A 1 11 M 71 11 VVIl j , .y , j H TflE iriDUSTRIAL AMD EDUCApONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO i ALL :bTHEli C (Dlisi 10 E ItATlD flS ! OF.' ;ST AT POLICY.!" ' I - MOIWJ 0 2i0sr 3HT ' ' ! : ' ,' : , r:v." - " : 1 . Vol. 2. : j ; : ; s- . RALEIGH, N. b.,' AUGUST 18, 1887;" 1 ' '' ! 11 ! v: ; , No. -26: HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. OUR FARMERS CLUBS. What our Farmers are Doing and How the Work of Organizing is' , i Progressing. - .''i LIBERTY FARMERS': CLUB. '1.: The farmers of this vicinity met oq . the 9th.. inst. ; and. organized- a. club oi 33 members by electing' D. C. Coxj President ; A. P. Brower, Vice-Presi dent; ; T. M. Robertson, Secretary anc( Treasurer. , ? jThof . club, adopted -the constitution and by-laws as .published by The Progressive Farmer, i; .. , Our first regular meeting will be on Saturday, the 20th mst., ,fct 2 o'clock p.in., when we will discuss 'A the best methods .of. preparing ;.i lands for wheat." . , : , . .. . . , .. .,:'. . Our club is made up of sound,1 sub stantial material, and we ! start : out with the hope of doing and receiving good. "We have 'faith in the farmers' movement. . You ..readers shall hear ! from us. T.:M.'. Robertson, Sec'y. - . RICHARDSON CREEK FARMERS' CLUB. This club .was organized with 1 5 members April 16 1887,: and we nbw number 62. We received tl"U members at our last meeting. - That begins - to look like business.) TVe hold out meetings , twice a month; since - the busy, season is overl !: I think farmers 'are ; nearly all . cbiiverted: b convinced in union, and we areloocr ing-. for! them all to fall.in line bye and bye. ..m The .iollowing are. th. officers : . Pre'sident-M. -B.? Simpson j'.."-. r. ni ' Yice-President James R. ! . Griffin. Secretary A. J;iBrooks : : i i Asst;!Secretar-S. IxJMullisi i ! , Gor.- SecretaryT-G. M. Simpson. Treasurer--B. D. Austin'. ruro Executive Conimitte---fP.'Cr.'Grinih James R. Gardner, H. M. "Brooks 3 Jacob G. Griffin and P. W.! Griffins '! -"We i will Jiold ourext meeting 4t Fairfield school;, house in New Salem township, Aug. -12th, at 1 o'clock p. ml Postoffice address, Richardson creek Union countyj N. C. f - : -, .i -.rr , . A.-Jk Brooks, Sec'y.n J J AUBURN AXLIANCE; . v.-. Auburn, !N;G.j Aug;; 6- 1887.x ? The farmers' alliance met- here at the appointed time for the.transactiori of business;: iWej bad & call meeting Aug. ' 4th.- - At' this meeting 'we ; in itiated 9 personsj A finance commit tee was Appointed by the chair, : At . this meeting (Aug; !4th) only 3 one was initiated - This j . alliance, is now com-? posed tit - 31; members- ! :Applicatioii4 for membership arexapidly increasing Somebody lhas the privilege of 1 f riding thegoat V at every meeting.; r r At our last meeting the subject ot education was discussed by several brethren: j j : . The subject of building 'a' lodgwa aiso ; 'Oiscusseaiana iisaeciaecu-.iuponi tnereiore we expect tinr a r snort ifjwnu to have a nice-lodge erected here"LW meanbusmessJ -!;'.-! :i''?f'r What !l have said I- say again ' pet there ibe morecbmmunicatiohfbetwei the Tdiif ei ent alliances of the '. State ' Brotiter .secrtariesj?let"tishear':froin youvthroui'TiiE Progressive Farmbr Or;byilefter.:I winilu' a vf I i i..iRespectfully yours, . f u. f i i ; A- -' SelLie-. M. Smith,': Sec'y. c f ;ft V-i " 1'L - "'' vf:!r ! 7 ! . . v j .! t--nr tTi -! F THSTfttidlBEssiTE FiidbK? ! Ballentines MiLLS'Wake-Co. -Ni'-O.j ui Hiijjx'.aT AulAiigJ 1887i-' i -ivI' organized my twenty-fifth alliance in Wake county last night, my deputies several ' others; making t some thirty with over one thousand .membership! . Should the farmers V' alliance 'grow in 'the nextn sixty 'days as in nhepast -sixty, the farmers will takfe charge o Wake 'county by cotton pUningtinie and run it f to their own notion; !il -1 f it I f go ih-Harnett cOlmty this mo'rhing and - have every reason to believe that county'will-' -organize in ten' dayj Moore county in fifa'o!ays, then' tne State will be ready to organize; Then. I go home, -thfftrnrers having done5 all 1 ,came inhere to! ask of them; V. e. to, organize their 'State intoheat that they can send delegates to" tho I National Convention of cotton planters io uo' neia on tne i ttn oi ucto Der at Shreaveport,!L6uisiaiia: -!'.' ' v j fvr WhenTriy old native State is brgaht ized , there- -will be -a lecturer and ; or j ganjzer sent into every bounty iii th State,: which- - will- -have ' the ; State1 solidly 6rgabiied : 'within 'sixty 'day thereafter jxtrnti'in myf opinion,'. I in twelvei months the farmersj mechanics fec. will ihaVe1 ks .complete! scontrol oi North Carolina as they have in .Texas and will run their . State to their "own not3onv' "ttT .iV f I.,; -i-voii .if --a -fJ. B.- Barry, Organizes -r r ' t I . I ! 1 (For Th Pbogrzbsive Fabker; FARMERS ANDJTJNANCE n j 1 , t t5I wish to call ybjir tentpn,tQ .ome facts ; . , The, e4Mf 1 fawyers, banker and . politicians, all ; say the. improvef ment in .agriculturor is. .to begin with individual .effort, Klan4 ;hey ppnt,o some individual. -who las exceptionally good f Iand.Aor cash. ; in, :; hanid. as tari example -j to , folio w, ; T The : great and rich who have to farm on ..odjnarj landrand hill-sides and buy on credit; paying.25 to , 40 per r cent: more -for suppKe5f are , placed at disad vantage. !ow. why cqftld not . the ;p"ne hundred milbjpns idle f n, the XJ.: S, Treasury: ?bi loneqny mortgage at, 40 .per.centf to, . farmers 2 , ; Bans:s will . Ot , loan, . . to them- p ZEh&Y Iqoji to7mephiants(at ,10 ; to 12 , per jcent , and they sell , to i arm ers &t. 20to 40fper cent advance.. But il . - P j? 1 me politicians, ..CijSay we-iarjuefs must npt gp on credit ; let them operj ate on a cash basis. Others do not! the merchants lawyers,, editors, &c.j dan:! realize,bn;th'$fcrk in a short time, the iarmer Only oncf a year and q! -all, laborers fthe .iarmer, should (farmer to pay .casArana, every one. eis0 BeHndulged': ,ax.the; public to.edu ior. me'mercnanxs ana specu4aioxt aa then Jauorhat' the. iFarmexysiianoranc & 1 I . A r I . I . ana poverty. ; .. ana -then wonder wh I people are so, wicked, as, to form labor parties er !anU;Poyer5y ' 09ffiwp. , j ? , -. Jtam not aciUaen pf y6ur?itate, fut S? iXPWham tegrnd ggf. M tackj.e(? th errors mAmA j: Cade qy;;uy Bj.8,7,T ,ltM r.WJTHOiSTABffl j . v .epare !p,,-OTfMf'W two..biishfiIs or ceas to -the acre and 6 thMcr?iana Lputer wpli vnnr rnickwn'fiat Doddm .pftefj; .juTOr .wftmrt i trv. tmsifiit Wi m. oeat your ieriuizers ana The propeFdepth f pr Six seeds rf( e nlanteoL nvr ..deeper ,I meanJS acre brmg you that ,amountj;Ftraher t?W, spaesoiopr iand 28THt vSStQULie MfiT OWfiSLQW URSbnieiJ.merssaicI'J Vuxfrxhy whea underiwithlai? twthsf se plow i! t Jfeon say I hafrow"it:iir ;3another fxmei say$ HV brtishecUinixie).' inlaid- tmdde f?o$ twheat. 1 o Wisaye sowiy o'xtr whestt rnol over one inch in depth on well-pre; pared ground. Why ? ! Because ' it comes ' up "quifckly, takes a good root iand shoots come out in the fall strong and robust ; tlfe roots are so near ? the surface that when the , hard freezes come, about the first of January the ;whole root, and. mother grain is raised up. all together; and . nothing hurt, -and when the ground thaws aU is, packed .i3ack, again as e.freeze raised it. Thq consequence isin the spring you haye1 a , strong plant . and plenty: of sidei ;8lOptS.;r; , ,. fT ;f ;;r ; ii;-t;' f $) r -.; ! 4 : ; Now for .deep sowing and its conse quenees, put under your wiheat say.si inches deep, as the nrst man suggests and it is a hard ime coming through the clpds and ; ones, . and we ,w,puld think it wou;snot more ; than get through bef orethe : last of December, if it come atf aii;. but say it got through by tli last of December, yor first of JanuarJ, you must remember yon please, that, all things have in qpmmon termsa mother. . Wheat has its mother, the? grain.. , Now when it comes up anj the mother grain (is rotten pr decayed, it has a self-sustaining rooAt,withi a half ; an inch, of the surface. Now when you sow deep; as before stated, ifcis a long -.time, get ting through tefj clods . the mother grain has not nourished if. -long enpughy the freeze pomes in about the first of January, and ; breaks , off, ,tie young tender wheatjstalk say one or two inches bQiQwTtliesurfacQ.nd th0 consequence is instead of having sev eral strone well-rooted and well- branched' stains, ! you have but one sicidjr arid Spindling stalk: "' Reinemf you will be coiViriced i we ar6 right.; ; Z. G. II. fForTHE Progeessive Fakiep ' , 'THE'r HOEST AD j L'W. ' , It. affords us much pleasure to know tt tliere .is one newspaper published Jn, North'. , Carolina , though, r wKpse columns we can, express our views ori $i fatter that so concern,?: the farmers '61", the.', good 4 Old 1 NortH ( tate. asthe jhpmesteap) j-'law-rr:6' t Jas al jre'ady dphe , ;jthe farmers ,of:, vprh parolina . mjore harm,, fihancaUy than all other ia.ws in, exiseiif f . Jt is only .ajilpd ,by ,the filing" system, of the government whicfr1 draws?ich a suj-j plus ,frpm the people tharourt pfficils .,vThp tendency; of , our Jws sce he late r war between ..the"" States, both i i ! NatiohaLand Stte, has been too much tftpiarm. ?9 j fATOng interest specially neeas no , .inai wi operate; ayjor pf centralizing money and, oapitai (n ; any prjtipjilar directionj nr : anv T narticular, TDoint. -r w hat we rsee t .naturauyuenougn .wui , .now laws for the farmer. So iwne; .wise,,, let us, always lov cheViV11 .hopo.jhpse .who .iiyatertheigoilJ Mh9 exis.thatmfieee; progress of that hjanored profession-l the,, foundation ,q qhr 'industriesj A few reasons why the homestead law ought to be modified by the farm ers OI isorin oaruuna: - i . .1 o i Jt was intended to gave a' hoine forrthe farmers wives -and cihldren-as1 ,well as, other f7proes3ions, , yettiti ha made ve pmeless .cmespevryn; it nas savea. . ,. , t:j :.XThrfre are ' niofe homestead !ini Ccumbered and have beri' sold fOrdebi since : the passage of -. the. i hotrie&tead law,- 20 -years ago, : than .had, .been ,p I cumbered and sold for debt for a, hum area years previous io ,iue passage u Jghei-lafe.,,:- ! -'- Tt4 twemfarmersEndfaU other; classes- created a a n mortgage-Iieii-law; . system thereby comphcatmgithei busmess o: the country-V'-'tnah oi nuim-nah ft iBiTheciarmeri wno ..raises proauce a to seH di forced by theveiideiicy of ithis lwi toshaul his Iproduce to matket arid scll ? f brwreduced; ? pricesV L vand-) often poceso thafciJjffllT noiiTpayi the cdsfci rprbductioh;, while, atcfehe: same tim'ahis meighbbri needaihisroduceiandwbnld readily givemsinDteat'a proncto the producer at 25 to 3 0 per i cent, v !Men say well, never saw uciujhard times. t; Bore the war J borrowed all the money T wanted at 6 per cent on my plain note ; iioW I!c4h't 1 get: it tinl less I gite a- mortgage' on my real estate,; and after, I get about i one-third of its;yahier I m done borrowing j . 1 am at the mer6y of the mortgagee. r. If ft: H'jf t. f-t.iiJ'tf f Q-i:s -i i can t raise the. moneys to pay that e-third' back'' and ' the7 8 to per! one -cent. I ihterestj I on . charged', and my land's k gone;"' : (.,f - . , This centralizt; our farming community all its sub Tstahce'and plcihghbthing1 Farm j ers, let us wake Up1 rand' put' 'Our shoulders . together, and have all laws speedily,. removed ittyVh ?t?ktute books which' destroy confidence be tween outselves and ourf neighbors and" discouragfe1 our' energy :"ahd' 4 bur enterprise--law4hat' imt'.'our honie ste"ads on the market in spite. of .usfipt less than,pne-tti.ird itsvalue.; ; ; r5 , ! , . Farmers, let us make a big effort all together ! 1 'to r ies6e nat f IcMfiden'ce 'whicb'' once1 existed between us, arid when -we have done that,- outsiders trjll ihaye ,mpTe cpnfidence jn us ; capj ital'will more naturally flow more frpely among us. t r nml believe 5 the 'homestead lawtbe the root of pur 'local' and 'financial troubles, and the . plan : to . get rid of , thes ,trqu"ples is, , to, tae. uprthe stump,. 'root and all. r - 5 . There ' 'are' a hundred "other things that could be "SaloT atJout ' the damage the homestead 'is doirig1andwill,'&o if it Temains as it?is-..IWhen: we see the products, ,pf pur , labor . depreciatngrfl all of us oupf money pur land&det wrons'.' and'the'ioorie'r we remVe that iirongjtheibettex ifciwillbe fonug.jiLet us. , .look r . out f . after; , , pun , mtes a a3 farmers and we may rest assured. that nil oiiiex liiLtJiesLij win caie ui theriiselve'sVte r,liS 'VH r"-viu.vii ; t WAteGot?NTY .'FxrmerT DOES FARMING PAY? !n M' 6f emphaCically no !; if carried ori m a slm shod manner fences Door cattle pbore''eipbciailyii iff the spririgj ,$hHetedidfirinI the, storms of-winter Then the tround ls.plowed m spring ih'W'ai ove after :aiM6A-faifea,6y,,fbr4 mer. i lageS, vthdnseedcast 'irij coVeredj wih . plods, 'and j-left to the T tended ffie c6rn',f ttfe tifeffi itf theardn:-!1" iWfaetftlidI'rObfl'fare gatnredrftHe h market- is fpoor:butrianUst?havetthd one-half cent of. average pnce - :iThe MfetaTfeaipd TfifiSfal can beenumertecy hecorsd ifo? thisufcaussitfLanoirttfage sqp rbfej other jvise ihannliemphatto4io tk'thej mestioiADpeSc.Fai'mw ay I ibmmMmm tHSSFlW&a ;;fo,t, 'f;fc,r ar iron vlfvyn (!! Til Tm'i i OUR STATE CONTEMPORARIES onTheypeniteaitiary isysteki was iic; f avbiate J i withf thew white people of .North -Xarplma, rfThA,t proposition 11. t i i - i nnn 1 rtiaan'afteirafgs eFareo! b'reatH. a ireheWal 1 ot the 1 0nJc6trcutir'-.rtit0 uepuowean.parvy.ioQiGiine rems waw "derade'd 'Jagam7 id tey'thelasfif Awm iacagaih'yt ;have "his; back marked with the famiha tripes.iiffA iatle piiilndpleppeas misrht repent at leisure or lazily kick etmets wHile theV VaitedtAe day of liberation. The pemteHtiaryis no pet of theJJgmcratic party. It never; ouH have 'authorized rtsVIcre ationirr- Ferall it would iav'e donein the premises,! the laws, f would . have been executed in the old style u of preciaung every aay ana our taxes as die as the cate.mav be. . The hoers m tmng is1 swallowea up .With this p;cilrbi!bet6Te &&rK6WMtfmhm wfeimmSy VoieoTdownthat no ppl- mane to anom it m i nay .was so over whipping, hanging and incarceration! in the county., jails. But that part had v no idea of treating a criminal as af guest of the State. If a criminal were i adjudged to the penitentiary, he must be made to work out his board. This? was a surprise and a disappointment to the Republicans. They furnish tool large a portion of the boarders. IIinc tllce lachrymce AslieviUe Citizen. - : THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND ITS FRIENDS. 1 :- M!lt Js.known thatjW.start.e;this "paper ' under m.Qsti disadvantageous surroundings. "It il not known howr we have toiled and labored "in season! and out of season" day. and night, tor place it beyond the breakers. We! confess with pride and , with gratitude! to. our,, friends, that it has succeeded beyond our expectations. It has made: strong and true friends. '"s It ' has! enjoyed the courteous kindness, iff not co-opera-tion, ofthe press of the State for which it expresses', its pro: found appreciation. . Kind words of en-; dorsement and encouragement , .are! borne to us by almost every mail. JTor ; all this we feel,gratifi.ed. " But we desire tpjSjeak a few plain, earnest words'. Aow our subscibers. Ours is an. agricultural State. ;Pnr people are supporting over one hun dred and 'fifty newspapers and jour nals. Over one hundred of these are? political ! papers. The Progressive Farmer is the only agricultural 'paper I- 1li..'- ' : ' it ' 111' ' TV .iL wtjeiuy f among Lueiu . an. , 4 u - la iw voted, exclusively to the interests of ; industrial classes. Is it unreasonable to claim that of .tjiene hundred and; ten. j hpuand hscj5bersjtpj all our; papers, a majority-of whom must be j farmers, that The Progressive Farmer! ought to have ten thousand subscribe. ers 1 ms wouia pe , an average 01 ; but a fraction, over, one hundred to; echj!co;unty,in the ' State.7 'Are there i not, twenty counties in the State that with little ; effort on the part of our friends would give; us five hundred each by January next ? Are there not fifty Other counties that would give us ; two hundred each? Are here' riot! twenty others that woulderiye us from L fifty ,rto one hundred each ? If - our irienas in tpese counties win Kinaiy - give us their, help: and will give half ' the number named by the first day of j -January nex we believe we can safely im?mtee nthjlist uptpten 1 thousand by thg ttVftoi June next. It . would enable "usnrst, to' reduce the price of the paper to the uniform price i of one dollar. . Seconds It would enable us, to increase the size t and, give our ; readethe mod el agricultural weekly of the South. ' Third. It would enable f us to employ, constantly the best: edi .torialalent, in all. its,; departments,: aijd' lastly, ; it would give . . us a paper 'that could ah,d wbujd wield a'tremend-: 'dus'bOwer in1 bur 'Stated ' Is r not this brue? I If'lt-b'e true, ' is'! it not 'worth ' fcnf effort on. the part, of pur friends to tneir.aia in - securing nve mousanu uDScribersl1b4vf the first' of 'January?? . ; P !' tbok attheseratesl -2 ivv r, ni&''' 1 to"; clubs : il l ? A 'nkZ--i - JCZJ I , ...,.. 1 .-' . i- , ' ' . . . . ' i rif o suDsenoers ana unaer ten, 1 year, - i.od W saMribers dhd -imder' fifteeri';' 1 'r ':r tryer,'-. j -t p- V i 'irt -'"t. U.o0 uo subscribers and under twenty, jl i year, . . ,. . 1.20 20' subscribers or more.-1 year; I' il.OO ; n ij Sridiy ' pouik in ' advance. c r ' i !m:i '- Wno wili-be the farst to send us aciuDr niRemfeirjer that" for1 any one of the ! fcbove clubs' you get the ' paper free for one year. , . Will 'vou not make ;np ; a clujin'rypjax .neighborhood in: your. orange, in your uiuo,. moux .ai- xi ow many oi ouriucxiuB wm live' blank subscription! list, and sample copy, of thepaper. Who will help ? If you can't do it, can you not get some one V'l tt n': en. -.- iWA ! ahi.? 10 ap SO l oliow m ppi.w neignbdrtake it - with yori to your; dub, lirange or.; Aiuancu.Buu emu w brethren and eet them to take it Who will write first for, the Hank f. JOin US 1U,1,JU WUI&, &uJ. xv ua y, "by the linning of next year; the very best paper in the whole South for our farmers;;" h-iit-h-i'i f '
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