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THE PROGRESSIVE; FARMER iJKPAR Y 29, 1889.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
In the Senate Mr. - Wimberley's bill
to work public roads bj taxation, was
lost.
Senator Williams introduced a bill
to authorize premiums for certain
field crops. It was loaded down . with
amendents and killed by ridicule, a
proceeding that would havo better
suited a less dignified - body than the
North Carolina Senate.
Mr. Means introduced a bill to
amend the Constitution of North Caro
lina as follows: 1st. To prevent any
member of a General Assembly which
creates an office, to be eligible or .ap-.
pointed to the first term of that office.
2d. To (make the Commissioner of
Agriculture a Constitutional officer of
equal dignity with the Secretary of
State and other officers of State and
elected by the people. 3d. To make
the term of office of Governor and
other State offices to begin on the
third Wednesday after the first Mon
day in January, so that the General
Assembly can count the vote before
the, term of office begins.
A bill providing for election of cot-,
ton weichers in counties of Rowan
and Mecklenburg, passed third read
ing.
Mr. Lusk's bill to prevent the keep
ing of screene, blinds and other ob
structions in bar-room doors, failed
to pass by a vote of 31 to 13.
Bill to change time of holding court
in Granville county, passed.
Bill to prohibit sale of liquor near
neaver uamunurcn, in union county,
Fafa&t5U-
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Din ior regulating iees oi sonci-
tors in capital felonies, was tabled by
a vote of 46 to 3. Messrs. Turner,
"Williams of Pitt, Stubbs, Tou and Le-
Grand opposed it, and Messrs. Means J
and Blair favored it.
In the House, Mr. Holman, a bill
relating to sale of liquors near New
Bethiny Church, in Iredell county.
Mr TV hill rlatW to nnhlin
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; highways.
! Mr. Jones, bill relating to construct-
; ing public roads.
Mr. Galloway, bill authorizing Com
imissioners of Brunswick county to
levy Special tax, passed.
Mr. Coffield, bill to abolish Decern-
jber term of Martin county Superior
Court. I
Mr. Hood, bill for better protection
of tenants and servants.
Bill relating to weighing and gin-
iling cotton in Harnett county, passed
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its final reading.
Bill prohibiting making fertilizers
but of live shell, passed final reading.
Mr. Lyon, a bill to repeal all laws
imposing a license tax on fertilizers.
Of course we do not present a tithe
bf the work done in the Legislature,
3Ut wnen il snail nave assumeu suape
md is brought up for final action, we
mal! present all measures of general
Interest and the action thereon. We
learn that it is generally believed that
iny measure looking to the enlarged
jurisdiction of Justices of the Feace,
fill ,bev Vigorously opposed, by certain
ifimhera. Doubtless " this " and the
i latter of establishing a Railroad Com
l lission, will be strongly contested.
Cor. The Pbogressiye Farjteb.
RIDICULING THE FARMERS'
LEGISLATURE;
Articles in newspapers and rumors
ailoat are numerous, ridiculing " The
Farmers' Legislature." ' This isiri
tsnded not only as a stab at the Alii
2 nee and Grange, but intended to pre
sent farmers from supporting fanners
for any office hereafter. If farmers in
this Legislature betray the trust im-
iosed in them, our farmers should not
be discouraged but should be more f
j careful hereafter in selecting men of
1 nerve, honor and honesty men who can-
not be hood-winked and "canoodled "
I lby sharpers men who have the cour
I lage to withstand and the sense to
piow wnen a joo is Demg put up on
Hem; "clever fellows" that talk of
lsaiuicio xiguia auu . interests at nome, I
and.are used by others to defeat the
purposes for which they were elected
must be left severely alone. Watch the
record of each member; sift the taffy
from the substance and judge each
one by the results he accomplished or
tried to accomplish. The farmers
have been fed on taffy until it is
necessarily .monopolistic. Trusts and
combines all love the farmers, like the
lion loves the lamb; and it is our duty
to protect our interest by our''otes,
if not, it is wrong to make any de
mands on the Legislature. Mr,
Editor, we look to you as our sentine!
to tell us of the danger, and he who
betrays us hold him up to the public
gaze. Give the whole truth, and spare
not. Harvester.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
The Goldsboro pottery is said to be
doing a thriving business.
Lent begins March 6th, Easter Sun
day will fall on April 21st.
Electricity is the successful motive
power of the new Asheville street car line,
The Burlington Free Press "pitties
the Waterbury Watch Company if it ever
has to wmd UP lts movements."
It is said the Legislature wiltbe asked
to form a new county out of Randolph
(J Jli'ord, For.sy : and D. Ison.
There was not a death recorded dur
ing the month of December in the city of
Salisbury, among either the white or col
ored population.
Dr. B. F. Dixon, in his report as
Snnorintendent of the Oxford Ornhan
Asylum, dves the number of orphans in
the institution at 251.
Mr. R. J. Sledn-e. of Kvle. Texas.
0ffers for saie a lot of fine horses and
mules. See advertisement in to-day's
paper and note low prices.
"In the soup" is a new phrase which
is having a big run in the Northern and
Eastern eities. Everything which is un-
successful is "in the soup."
The Southern Mercury says Hunga-
nan capitalists attempted to corner maize
a 10st W llonns ana VUSIJ
iitt ml T 5 1 .3 t
ejacuuiics, xne ijoru ue praiseu.
Col. Jas. D. Glenn, of Greensboro,
has been appointed Adjutant General of
the State, vice Gen. Johnston Jones whose
term of office had expired by limitation.
The Rev. Henry White, of the Savoy
Chapel, London, states that out of 1,000
co;.ples whlch he assisted to join together
ony one pair had found marriage a
failure.
The Charlotte Chronicle has this
item : "How to be happy though married
let your wife do all the talking." Per
haps this is the key to why "marriage is
The North Carolina Plow Company,
a: r. -v, jn. l;., a co-operative finance en-
terprise is booming. On Monday last it
shipped eleven wagons five of them go
ing to Cheraw, S. C.
See the advertisement in this issue
c Qur paper headedj .The Farmer? the
Backbone of the Country." Mr. Bagwell
js an experienced undertaker, and ther
oughly reliable. Read the notice.
y0 js it that does not admire fine,
blooded stock? See Mr. W. H. Rogers'
advertisement in to-day's paper offering
for sale nne Jersey tows ana neners.
Tms opportunity is rot onerea every aay.
' The Legislature of North Carolina, on
Tuesday last elected Hon. M. W. Ransom
to succeed himself in the United States
Senate. The vote stood, Ransom 113;
Dockery 24. Ransom's majority, seventy-
six.
At Yancey ville on the 25th inst, in a
drizzling rain, John Yancey, colored, was
hanged for the murder of , another negro.
On the gallows he confessed his guilt and
expressed the hope that his soul would be
saved.
A La Grange item in the Kinston
Free Press says, " Thus far, the merchants
have failed to sell as many goods to
mortgaged customers as on previous
years. This is a fair indication of a pros-
Parous year.
Wo are ver7 much gratified witn
the prompt responses to our appeal for
renewals, published on our first page; but
there are several yet on our list whose
subscriptions have expired. Are you one ?
If so, send us a dollar and go with us an-
ntW War. Remember the proposed imr
nVovementof the paper. The serial stories
alone will be wortn more tnan a aonar,
( -Gen... Johnston- Jones is. to be editor-in-chief
of the Asheville Citizen. The
General has ..had much ; editorial experi
ence, both in this city and in Charlotte,
and we are glad to. welcome him back to
the tripod. ..
Snow fell throughout, the Northwest
on the 16th inst., light in places and ac
companied with rakL In northern Min
nesota the snow fall was from six to
twelve inches, accompanied by a very
light wind.
A telegram to the News-Observer,
dated Fayetteville, Jan. 25th, says: Sena
tor W. L. Williams' corn mill and cotton
gin were burned last night. ' Six 'bales of
cotton were lost. It Is supposed to be a
case of robbery,, t. , .' . ... , .
It is said that the present mild winter,
which is knocking the spots, out of the
mine-owners and coal barons of. the
country, is proving a great blessing to the
poor of the land. It is indeed a foul wind
that blows no one good.
Judge David Schenck, by invitation,
will address the Legislature in the Hall of
the House of Representatives on Tuesday
evening next, with a view of obtaining a
small appropriation to aid the Guilford
Battle Ground Company.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, on Tues
day last deserted the South and voted
with the Republicans' on the wool tariff
issue. He is now the onlv Southern
Democratic Senator, who gives "protec
tion " votes in the Senate.
Among the first official acts of Gov.
Fowle was the granting of a reprieve to
Bud Anderson, the condemned murderer,
who was to have been hanged in Golds
boro la.-1 'Friday. He was respited until
Wednesday, February 27th.
The contract to do the Public Print
ign for the next two years will be awarded
to Josephus Daniels, of the State Chronicle,
the Democratic caucus having decided in
his favor. And it could not have been
bestowed on a truer and worthier man.
The electric lights of the United
States consume 150,000 "carbons" daily.
Of these 100,000 are, made in Cleveland,
Ohio. They are made , of oil residuum,
ground fine and compressed with an addi
tion of a little pitch, then baked in a very
hot furnace.
The Piedmont Bank, of Greensboro,
was organized on Tuesday the 22d inst.
Ex-Gov. A. M. Scales was elected Presi
dent and Col. J. M. Winstead, Cashier,
For the present the bank will do business
in the same building with the People's
Five Cents Saving Bank. ' "
We are glad' to notice the success
which is attending Holly Springs Acad
emy under the splendid management of
Prof. C. S. Siler. There are over sixty
students already in attendance, and the
probability is that a number of others will
be added within the next thirty days.
Attention is directed to the new ad
vertisement of the Racket Store, corner
Martin and Wilmington street, this city.
Read the low prices at which they offer
boys' suits, overcoats, men's and women's
shoes. &c. Those who have been there
describe the bargains as " marvelous."
Hon. Ruf us Y. He Aden, of Charlotte,
originally of Caswell county, one of the
most prominent business men of the
State, died at his residence in that city
on the night of the 24th inst, in the 56th,
year of his age. He had been suffering
for a long time with some kidney trouble.
A Winter Fair is a novelty and it
was such a success at New Berne last
year that the citizens of that place have
organized an annual exposition known as
he " East Carolina- Fish, Oyster, Game
and Industrial Association." Grand prep
arations are being made for it this season
February 10, 20, 21 and 22.
The weights of 1he silver coins of the
United States according to the latest re
port of the director of the ' United States
mint are' as follows: The dollar, 412
grains, fineness, 900 ; trade dollar, 420,
grains, fineness, 900; the half dollar, 192.9,
grains, fineness, 900; the quarter, dol-
ar, 96.45; grains, fineness, 900. So it will
be observed that one-tenth of all the coins
isallop. v ( -
The experiments- made in 1888 in the
treatment of vine diseases fully demon
strated that the copper compounds, espe
cially the Bordeaux mixture, would pre
vent Black Rot. A circular indicating a
definite line of treatment for the malady
has been prepared l?y B. T. Galloway
chief of the section of vegetable pathol
ogy in the U. S. Department of. Agricult
ure at Washington, D. C. It will be sent
on application to all grape-growers and
others interested in fruit culture.
,: The celebration of the fifty-fourth
Anniversary of the two Literary Societies
of Wake Forest College will take place on
the 15th of February. The programme is
attractive and the occasion will be inter
esting and enjoyable. Public debate at
2 p. m.-1 Query: Are the merits of the
present system of free schools in North
Carolina sufficient to justify: the State in
supporting it? Orations at night and a
social gathering inthe Halls. The Pro
gressive . Farmer thanks the courteous
Marshalls for their kind invitation to be
present.
A farmer friend writing from Panther
Creek, N. 0., says : " We must put our
brains to work. Let every farmer orp-
viae nimseii ana ramiiy with an aouna
ance of good reading, matter in order tnat
they may always keep posted and abreast
of the times. I would suggest that after
your church paper, The Progressive
Farmer is the paper to subscribe for ; it
is doing more to educate the farmers than
any other paper I know of. We have
no more right to neglect the cultivation
of our minds than have the lawyer, editor
or preacher. The more general knowledge
we acquire, the more successful we may
expect to be in our business.
Lippincott's Magazine for the month
of February is upon our table, and, as
usual, is filled.with choice reading matter.
The f olio win er is the table of contents : A
Transaction in Hearts, by Edgar Saltus ;
Mezpah, a poem, by Horner Green ; The
Days when I Went J.ournaling, by ex
editor; With Gauge and Swallow, by
Albion W. Tourgee; To Sleep, (a sonnet)
by Helen Gray Cone ; Nathaniel Haw
thorne, by R. H. Stoddard ; At Last, Six
Days in the Life of an ex-Teacher, by
John Haberton : My Experience as a
Government Clerk, by Frances E. Wad-
leigh; the Key-note, by Mary Bradley;
Our one Hundred Questions; After Five
Years, by M. P., Monthly Gossip ; Table
Talk ; and Every Day's Record.
The Progressive Farmer will begin,
on the 5th of February, the publication
of Joaquin Miller's new serial story en
titled "The Buried River." It is a bold
venture beyond the improbable into the
impossible, for it deals to some extent
with that river which some Californians
have conceived as 'flowing under the
ground below their mines, and bedded in
solid gold that has during the ages washed
into its waters. In that respect it sug
gests a Rider Haggard phantasy. But
Joaquin Miller is ever a poet, and he has
placed an absorbing romance of quite
reasonable if unusual love into that en
vironment of strange adventure. It is a
work that introduces him powerfully and
remarkably into prose fiction, according
to a publisher who has read the manu
script. This is the beginning of the
series of stories which we referred to m
our last issue, and will be followed by
" The Colonel's Cards," by Franklin File,
" The Lily of Rochon " . by Maurice
ThomDSon. and a storv of St. Clair's de
feat in Ohio, by Rev. Dr. Edward Everett
Hale. Do not miss these by neglecting
to renew your subscription to The
Progressive Farmer.
ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS.
Since it is impossible for us to print
m full, m our limited space, any consider
able portion of the correspondence which
is now flowing m upon us from every
point of the compas, and, being desirous
that every section of the State may have
a hearing through our columns, we have
decided that hereafter, we will give, in
brief form, only the pith and point of the
brethren's favors. Correspondents will
therefore understand that our only object
in re-Writing and condensing their con-
trmuxipns js simpiy to save space ana to
give V greater number an opportunity to
be heard.-; -There are now in North
Carolina 1,506 Alliances, and no one out
. .. .
side of this office can form the slightest
idea of the quantity of matter sent us for
publication. We nave reached the point
where we must condense.
Catawba Creek Alliance, No. 636,
have resolved that they will buy no guano
this year unless it can be-procured through
Alliance Agents. -
Plain View Alliance. Franklin county.
at last meeting, resolyed that they will
use no commercial fertilizer on corn or
cotton if the price is higher than it was
in 1888.
At a regular meeting of Ormandsville
Alliance, Green county, held on the 5th
inst. it was resolved to use no fertilizer
unless it could be obtained through Alli
ance Agents.
Spring Hill Alliance, of Sampson
county, by a unanimous vote, decided to
buy no guano except through Alliance
Agents. If they cannot get it that way
they will do without it
WoodalTs Alliance, Davie county, has
endorsed the demands of the State Alli
ance in regard to increased jurisdiction of
justices of the peace, convict labor, and
free passes on railroads.
Davie County Alliance, in session
J&U' 5th inst, endorsed unanimously the
demands of the State Alliance upon the
Legislature, in regard to giving away con
vict labor, public officials accepting free
passes over railroads, &c ' 1
. -At a meeting of Buffaloe Ford Alli
ance, Randolph county, on the 19th inst,
after endorsing the demands of the State
Alliance, a resolution was adopted asking
the Legislature to so amend the school
law as to require the teaching of the ele
mentary principles of the science of agri
culture in our common schools.
Morgan Hill Alliance, of Buncombe
county, at its last regular meeting, by
resolution, instructed their members of
the Legislature to use their influence to .
procure the construction of aline of rail
road from Asheville to Crahbety ; also, to
ottse their best endeavors to have the pub
&Kc: highways worked by taxation. .
At the last meeting of Chalk Level
Alliance, of Durham county, a resolution
was adopted protesting against the repeal
of the Mecklenburg road law, as asked for.;,
by the Durham County Alliance. Such'
repeal would be highly detrimental to the
interests of Durham township, and, to a
considerable extent," to other townships.
At a regular meeting of Moore Hill
Alliance, Moor,e -county, January 19th
inst, .the demands of the State Alliance
were unanimously endorsed A resolu
tion was also adopted asking the Legis
lature to enact such a law as will compel
railroads running through Moore county
to pay full value for all damage done to
live stock.
The Jones County Alliance, consider-.
ing the homestead law the parent of the
present burdensome mortgage system,
and that it has a tendency to drive capi
tal and manufacturing enterprises from
the State, resolved to ask its repeal at the
hands of the present Legislature, and re
quests the co-operation of all Alliances in.
the otate.
State Line Alliance, Richmond county,
by resolution passed a tew -days ago,
enters its earnest protest against the cus
tom of the Legislature of paying per diem
and mileage to defeated contestants for
seats m , the Legislature, and prays the
present body, in the name of the over
burdened tax-payers of the State to enact
a law to prevent it in the future.
county, memoralizes the General Assem
bly of North Carolina to amend the pres
ent school law so that each county shall
appropriate not less than one dollar per
scholar, and that the money be paid direct
from the Sheriff to the school committee
of each district,
tne committee to give a
for the security of said
sufficient bond
money. .
Stanly county Alliance, at a meeting
held on the 4th instant, petitions the pres
ent u-eneral Assembly to enact some law
for the better protection of farmers from
loss in weighing bale cotton. They pro
test against long-beam scales and ask that
only platform scales be used in weighing
cotton. They ask that all public gmners
be made sworn weighers, required to
mark and brand the dry weight on every
bale ginned, and that the same shall be
sold by said weight :
Rockfish Alliance, of Dunlin countv.
at a recent meeting, protested against the
coaxing of able-bodied laborers of this
State to other States to work, leaving
their children, behind to be schooled, and
the old and infirm to be taken care of,
and requested the Legislature to enact a
law to remedy the evil ; , they further ask
that persons convicted of crime who are
unable to pay costs and fine be required
to work out the same on the ' roads, in
stead of being confined in jail at the ex
pense of the tax-payers; further ask, that
all able-bodied insolvent tax-payers be re
quired to work out the amount of their
taxes on the public roads.
At a meeting of Brassfields Alliance,
Granville county a series of resolutions
were adopted declaring it to be their pur
pose to purchase no fertilizer from any
individual or company who reuse to sell
their goods through Alliance Agents; that
they will not buy from any fertilizer com
pany that is or has been in any manner
connected with, a trust.- which has for
its object the advancing of the price of
gHano; that they will hereafter- bestow1
their patronage upon honest North Caro
lina companies, and other Southern manu
facturers, so long as they steer clear of
trusts, and deal fairly with Alliance
Agents; and endorse the bold and patri
otic stand taken by Gov. Scales in regard
to a railroad commission, &c, in his recent
message.
TRADE CARDS.
I am now prepared to furnish blank
u Trade Cards " to all Farmers Alliances in
North Carolina at twenty-five cents per
hundred Send in your orders.
W. A. Darden,
State Business Agent "
NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE
ALLIANCE.
The correspondence of my office is very
heavy and it takes all the time I can pos
sibly spare to attend to the matters be
longing legitimately to my office. Hence,
l.musi insist mat tne Dretnren wno wis a
to know anything relating to the Business
Agency, will write to Bro. VV. A. Darden,
Business Agent, Raleigh, N; C.
S. B. Alexander,
President State Alliance.