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. - - L. L. POLK, - - r . Editor. D. H. BROWDER, Business Manages. Raleigh, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION: SSngle Subscriber, One Year - - l-r f nntVia $1.25 .75 flm Sn"hm.rihers- One Year ...... .. - 5.00 Ten " One Year 1000 One copy one year free, to the one sending Club LTen. - ' - 4--- ; Cash Invariably In Adv once. . f .'Honey at our risk, If sent by registered, letter or Bcney order. 'Adverufiliig Kates quoieu uu nym-auvi . To Correspondents : . '. Write all communications, -designed for publica tion, On One Biae 01 iue ppcr vmj. . wznty In the State. We want facts of value, re- 01X3 aCCOmpuoneu uj value, cipcricucD vx 'omo, jhrtnly and. briefly told. . One solid, demonstrated jaet, is woixn a moiiaana meanes. ,; Address all communications to Ths Progressive Fat. web, naleigh, N. C. RALEIGH, N C., FEB. 26, 1889. tThis paver entered as second-class matter at the Post The Proeressive Farmer is the Official Organ of the N. C. Farmers' Association and N. C. State Farmers Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm era Alliance. ' : Do you want your paper changed to other office? State the one at which jou have been getting it. Do you want your communication pub lished? If so, give us your real name and your postoffice. Our friends in writing to any of cur advertisers, will favor us by mention iag the fact that they saw the advertise ment in The Progressive Farmer. The date on your label tells you when your time is out. MONOPOLY AGAINST THE PEOPLE. Legislators, Do Your Duty. " A FAVORITE argument with the opponents of a Railroad Commis sion in our State is that the charters of the older roads prohibit any inter ference with the rates of freights and tariffs, and that the Commission could nly control those of the new roads in the State. The friends and represen tatives of these old roads assert this with, such a triumphant air of confi dence, that one might be led to believe that they were perfectly indifferent as to the action of the Legislature on the pending bill. We were much interested in read ing a carefully prepared argument from the pen of Mr. J. W. Hinsdale, one of the ablest and most thoroughly equipped lawyers in our State, and whom we presume is an attorney for one or more of these roads, and which, " effected by the proposed Commission. tv . ,i -i ; -i j i J5UI me activity, viguance anu zeai with which the representatives of . these roads' resist the passage of the Bill , to say the least of it, is very sig nificant and suggestive. If by the terms of their charters they are so securely shielded against interference By a Commission, as they claim, why is it. that they are ever present before the Committee on the Commission, to zesist it ? Why are they so faithful, ecs constant and so untiring, in the lobby ? Why are they crowding the columns of newspapers with arguments to prove that their roads cannot be affected by the Commission? Why ehould they be the least concerned, . if this- be true? According! tar their argument they are safe, then why be disturbed at all ? We say that the attitude of these roads towards this bill is- very suggestive. It may be' that a faithful and energetic Commis sion might, after all,-find some way to force these roads to act fairly by the people. It may be that in the inves .ligations of charters and their require ments, some important omissions might; Te developed on the part of the roads.' . It may be that "the " vested rights " of which we hear so much, might not xist in "all cases. It may be that a Commission might take it into its Lead to look into the values which are taxable under our laws and find thai heavily " watered stocks" had submerged JLdpless tax collectors. Or, after all, it may be that ,these old and strong ,roads, conscious of their security, and .moved by, sympathy for the new roads ;ia.ve magnanimously -espoused their cause and 1 are simply . interested on iheir behalf.,' s-But., it is wonderful to see how hard 'and how earnestly and Sow anxiously man work against a law which they say cannot possibly A 1 1 . a i T-v . t .7 toucn meir interests i io tney see "a nigger in the - wood -pile ?" r But Mr. Hinsdale goes further in Lis labored argument. He not only . proves .to his entire, satisfaction that our Legislature cannot give the power ta a Commission to control freights and tariffs bri our roads, but he points Jt3S:o the admirable systems "which axe-adopted in Mass., iand all the New England and several of the Western States, and which have proved so ta the fact that they do not grant such power ?" Such is the soothing lam guage oi Mr. Hinsdale. But why does he go so iar away from home and .to a people whose industrial social and commercial conditions and necessities are so widely different from ours? Why does he choose to select such States and such conditions and to point us to the systems which do aaf control freights and tariffs? Why T. - - 1 ----- . ...... m . . . .-. 1 . , . thps i choose to argue, this, question negatively f Why did .hejnot come nearer home and take a State and people where they do control freights and tariffs and tell us how it operates? Why 'does he hot tell the' Legislature that Georgia has just such "a Commis sion as is proposed here ? W hy d oes he not tell us that since she adopted this law, Georgia has bruit more miles of railway than ever beore within the same period, , in all her history ? . Why does he not tell us how many applica tions were made to the recent Legisla ture of that State for charters for new railways? -Why does he not tell us that never in the history of that State has capital been so eager for invest ment in railroad enterprise as it is to day ? Why did he not quote these facts to our Legislature and why does he not, tell our people' that the net earnings 'of the rOads in Georgia in 1887, in a State' where7 this horrible law exists, was $2,729,952, or $1,043 for every mile-of railway in her bor ders? No wonder the people of Georgia and the railroads are con tented, prosperous and happy. No wonder these facts are overlooked by those who would deprive North Caro lina of the benefits of a Railroad Com mission. If our Legislature would subserve the best interests of our whole people, it will heed their great nnd strong demand and give them the bill that is now pending. If they would serve the people, they must turn a deaf ear to the lobby and to employed agents of railroads. ' The people are looking on ana are expect ing the farmers and business men especially, in this Legislature to do their full duty in this important mat ter. DEALING IN FUTURES. Two Measures to Prevent it Reported on Adversely. Washington, Feb. 20. '89. THE House Committee on Agri culture to-day decided to report adversely a' bill to punish dealing in futures in agricultural products; also a bill to prohibit fictitious and gam bling transactions on the price of articles produced by American farm industry. The objects of these bills are to stop gram gamoiing m tne puoiic ex changes and boards of trade. The committee has had these bills under consideration for some time, and con siderable testimony has been taken on the subject. The committee arrived at the conclusion that Congress has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of these- measures, as they pertain to the State exclusively. Exchange. Now let the Legislature do . some thing to stop this national disgrace and this wicked robbery of the people. Will it do it ? WIDENING OUT. A College President Takes a Hand in , the Fight. MR. JOHN CROWELL, Presi dent of Trinity College, assajls in the News and Observer, most vigor ously the Railroad Commission bill now pending before the Legislature. According to his view of the matter, it would be a fool-hardy proceeding to pass the bill, "forthe plain reason," he says, "that this Commission with such powers as it is granted cannot 1 exercise them without bringing rail road building to a sudden and violent j check, driving away capital that is j coming into our State," &c. Mr. Crowell is doubtless a good I College President -'-'is not a legisla tor," as he says, "but is a student of politics of political science, methods, j practices and results," &c. We are happy in the belief that he knows more or these things than he does of the condition of the, . people of this State, and the relations, existing be tween them and the railroads. "Bringing railroad building to aj sudden and violent check 1 1" "Driv-: ing away capital from our State," in-: deed I 1 If bold and reckless asser tion were argument, then, indeed, would the .article of President Crowell be a ponderous document.; He admits that he does not know "what the results have been of the operation of the law in Georgia." Well, he should have knovrn before he assumes to put himself up to teach the people. For his .information, we would tell him - "that; during the nine years in which the law, has been op--erated in Georgia,' the yalue of the railroads in that State has .increased $19,437,998 an increase of over 200 per cent. ; that during that time more miles have been built and more money invested in that State than ever before in its history for the some period of time; that within the last two years 730 miles were built. Do these facts sustain the wild . assertion that .this bill will kill the railroads of North Carolina ? Really and seriously, did President Crowell know anything of the great interests of which he writes so vigorously ? Or has he simply fal len into the procession with his mighty gong to aid in frightening and bull dozing the Legislature ? But he mounts to a higher plane. The passage of the bill would not only bring financial ruin to the railroads of the State, but it would be "an act of moral, perjidy" to induce capital to come here "and subject, it to such un called: for restrictions;" so says the agitated , and excited President of . - f : Trinitv College. Does the President of Trinity College know that twenty six States in this Union have been tniiltv of this "moral perfidy ?,r- Does he know that the people of California? Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, 'Mis' sissippi, Missouri, IN ew Hampshire and South Carolina -have been guilty of this same " moral perhdy ?' Does he know that in these same nine States where this "terrible" law exists .that the net earnings of the railroads in the year 1887 was $84,421,952 ? Ia it "moral perfidy" for a struggling people to make an honest effort in- an honest way to free themselves from th: grinding oppressions ; under which they are staggering"? Is it " moral perfidy " for the farmers, and laboring and business classes - oi , our fetate -to try to throw off some of the load, .so they may be able to send their boys to Trinity and other schools to be educated ? Is it " moral perfidy " to resist unjust, discriminating and ex cessive charges on ourJ railroads ?: If so, then we can -inform President Crowell that nine-tenihs of the good people of North Carolina have delib? erately made up their minds to commit the act. And we desire to say further that there are a number of patriotic, intelligent Christian gentlemen in our Legislature, whose character and bear ing as citizens does honor to them and their Alma Mater, Trinity College and who received lessons in morals at the hands of the grand old Dr. Craven, and who will support this bill from the high moral standpoint of patriotic duty to their State. They desire to see the noble boys of the State educated. They want to see the halls of Trinity College crowded with them and they know that the passage of this bill is a step in that direction. - ; We bid President Crowell God speed in the noble work of building up has college, and . we will most gladly give him any aid in our power, but in all kindness we suggest to him that he take time to investigate the conditions which environ and deaden the energies of our people, before he charges them with "moral perfidy" in an honest effort at self -protection. This is noth ing more nor less than a clear-cut, well-defined "dead, square fight" be tween monopoly and the people, and he that is not for us is against us. The people, the railroads and the Legisla ture, we believe so understand it. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. r I HE Railroad Commission . bill X came up . in the House on last Wednesday, and on motion of ilr. Alexander, of Tyrrell, the salary; of the Commissioners was fixed at $2;00 each and that of the clerk at $l,b0. Several other amendments were offered but were voted down. The question was put on the passage of the bill on its third reading, and it passed by the following vote: Aves Messrs. Alexander. Ander- son, Anthony, Bass, Bascom, Bedding field, Bell, Bond, Carter, Chadwick. Cheek, Cherry, Clifton, Coffield, Cooke, DeFord, Doughton, Dunlap, Edwards, Galloway,. Gibbon,, Ham, Hampton, Hamrick, Hargrove, Hoffman, Hoke, Holman, Hood, Hopkins, Huitt, John son of Pender, Jones, Kellogg, King, Littleton, Long of Columbus, Lyon, Makely, Marsh of Beaufort, Marsh of TT r r i a ' T-i' 1 1 r s, ... union, xucuoiter, jvicuonaia, McUrill, i Miller, Newland, Nichols, Outlaw, Overman, Parker, Pearson, Phillips, Regan, Scott,- Stevens, Sutton, Taylor, Walker, Watson of Robeson, Wel lons, White, Wilkins, . Wilson, Wooten of Richmond, Yancey Total 65. . Noes Messrs. Amis, Arjedge, Baird, Banner, Bennett, Blahtbh' Blevins, Blue, Carver, Carey, Cooper, Crisp, Urowder, Uiils, t ranks, Grant, Green, Hendricks, Holloway Howe, Hussey, Jacobs, Justice, Lawson, , Long ; of Mecklenburg, Mastin, Matheson, Mc Cubbins, Millikan, Pugh, Rawls, Rey nolds, Rolinson, Snell, Starbuck, Tem pla, Tilley, Wall, Walser. Ward. .Watson of Vance,, Waugh, : Woods :iotai 46. ' Mr, Wooten, of Lenoir, paired with MrfBaucom, of Green. Mr. Wooten would have voted aye, Mr. Baucom no. Mr. Trull was paired with Mr. Gilman. MrTrull would have voted no, and Mr. Gilman aye. : iy The -bill to establish a Central Train ing School for teachers passed the Senate after considerable iiscussion; A bill for securing a more efficient system for working, the public roads' of the State was introduced bv Mr. Mc Donald in the House and excited lively discussion and passed its second read ing. We will publish' the bill in full if it shall become a law: The bill to appropriate1 $5,000 to the establishment of an - annual en; campment for the State Guard oassed its third reading in the Houae by the ioilowing vote: " . . Ayes Messrs. Alexander, Ander son, Anthony, Baird, Baucom, Bed- j: c-i.i nr x -r i tt . r. i umguem, xianLon, rsona, uarter, Uhaa wick, Cherry, Clifton, Coffield, Cooke, DeFord, Edwards, Galloway, Gibbon, Gilman, Ham, Holloway, Hood, Hop kins, Howe, ' Johnson ' of Johnston, Johnson of Pender, Kellogg, King, Long of Columbus, Long of Meck lenburg, Lyon, Makely, Marsh i of Beaufort, McDonald, McGill, Miller, Newland, Outlaw, Overman, Pearson, Phillips, Regan, Stevens, Sutton, Tay lor, Walker, Walser, "Watson of Robe son, Wellons, Wooten of Richmond, Yancey Total 51. Noes Messrs. Amis, Arledge, Ban ner, Bass, Beaman, , , Bell, "Bennett, Blevins, Blue, Bndgers. Carver, Uarey, Crotfder, - Dills, ' Doughton, ; ! Dunlap, Franks, Grant, Green, Hargrove, Jblen dricks, Hoke, Holman, Huitt, Hussey, Jacobs, Jones, Justice, Lawson, Leak, Littleton,-Mastin, Matheson, Millikin, ! Pugh, Rawls,. Scott. Snell, Starbuck, Temple, Tilley, Vestal, Wall, . Ward,. : W atson of Vance, White, W ilson, Woods Total 48. . . , Senator White, of Randolph, chair man of the Senate branch of the Committee on Govornor's Mansion, made a report, in which it is estimated that it, will cost $58,843,01 to finish the mansion, but the committee saya that this does not include - the third floor nor the fence. "The committee unanimously recommends that, in ad ditioh to the money to the credit of said mansion, now on hand, and the proceeds of town lots that "may be sold, that the State appropriate . the sum of $3,933.04 to complete, said mansion." . . ; : , t The committee recommends that the building be completed only to the third floor, and it is estimated that it will haye cost $58,843.01 to do this. We hope the committee has not under estimated the cost. But we do know that the clear headed and 'cautious Gov. Jarvis, aided by his architects, studied and estimated closely before he undertook the job and they fell far short of the mark. We say, we hope the committee has done better, but we have our doubts on this point. Sup pose they are correct and it will cost no more than they estimate. Then to this must be added that "unknown quantity," which will be required to finish the third story (for it will have to be finished), the laying "off and decoration of the four-acre park, the placing of the fence around it, and the furnishing of the building. And to all this must be added the expen sive cost of keeping up the grounds, the building, the repairing, &c. The Progressive Farmer has believed all the while that the State should sell this building and not finish it. Now that a committee of the Legislature has investigated it and made its esti mates and has reported in favor of finishing it, we still believe that it will be bad. policy, and we see no reason to change our opinion. Tt will be a dea structure to North Carolina in more ways than one, ancjl we hope the Legislature will consider it maturely before it takes the step. Mark the prediction: Future Legislatures will have to continue appropriations for this palace, if this one is made. Mr. Hood introduced in the House a bill for the reorganization of the Department of . Agriculture. It pro vides for the consolidation of the Board of Agriculture and the Board of Trustees of the A. & M. College and to place the Department and the College under the control of one Board. It restricts the expenditure of the Department funds strikes out the appropriation to the. JLabor. Bureau and the appropriation f or toxologi- cal work by the State Chemist, con fining his work strictly to the Station and stops the expenditure of the fund for coal surveys, oyster surveys, &c, and confines it to the promotion of the State. It directs that the Board shall ' elect a Secretary of Agriculture, Immigra tion and Statistics at a salary of $1,500 and a clerk atasalaryf $1,000, and. that $8,000 may be expended through this Department. The College and 4. Farmers Institutes ' shall be fostered by the Board. - Only those who are practical agriculturalists and identi fied with the industrial interests of of the State shall be on the Board. This bill, it is claimed, will save $10, 00 OT to $12,000 which has hitherto; been expended in other interests than : agriculture, and will greatly improve the efficiency of the Department. ' We shall rejoice to see this accomplished, : and we sincerely. hope the. bill will pass.- It is one of very great;iimpor- tance to the agricultural interests of our State and this farmers legislature,' we trust, will srive it due consideration. HOW TO PLANT AND CULTI VATE CHUFAS. T"N response to bur request, Bro.- R JLD. Carr, of Magnolia, N. C, kindl sends the following for publication : . In . reply to your request .f best .plan, for planting chufas, give our plan, which I think is very goo Plant chufas any time irom the mi die of May Until the middle of June. Run off rows about two and a haff' fta qt-voW- "Pii-f TTTrv cki3 in o Till! -N from twelve to fifteen inches apart in the drill rcover. tolerably deep. : . Ma nure the same as for cotton, plow and hoe overwhenever they.become grassy. Some very fine late watermelons can be made by planting seed among the4 chufais. Plant watermelons after first plowing so the vines will not be in the way. . - . ; Success to The Progressive Farmer. . . Fraternally Yours, , R. D. Carr. N. B. I like "The Buried River". splendidly. ' We apprehend that the day is not distant when such questions as State Railroad Commissions 5 will be sup planted by the overshadowing ques tion: Shall the railroads run the gov ernment or shall the government run the railroads c , Cor. Tub Pbogresstvz Fajucsb. WELL TIMED. v 3 " r iHE article on free' wool in last week's paper is tl well timed." It isvhigh time that the farmers were seeing that their products were pro tected ; that they got . value received for what they have to sell and that their labor is not 'brought in coinjpeti-; tion 'with the lowest pauper labor of the world. Alliance men seem to be I thinking only of buying cheap, and not how to get the money to buy with. It is getting value received for ,what a farmer sells that makes him prosper. Senator Plumb, of Kansas, said in a speech that he was told by a Massachusetts farmer that everything around him was protected except farm products, and although ne naa a gooa farm, it: was liard to make both ends meet; "Every ' farmer knows how hard it is to make Tooth ends - meet here. Cotton raisers are interested in free wool -as well as sheep-raisers' free wool would reduce the price of-cotton. Millions of pounds of cotton are now used' in making mixed goods ; at b or 7 cents a pound would oe usea instead of cotton and millidna of yards of woolen goods would be used where cotton goods are now used, thus re ducing the 'consumption of cotton and with the present consumption of cotton, cotton hardly pays a laborer's wages to raise it. Are the cotton farmers; willing to aid in reducing the price of cotton ? . If farmers prosper they must stand together and aid one another. Tt is being governed by theorists that has reduced farming to the grovelly edge of bankruptcy. We must look in detail into practical facts, attend to our own business and pro tect our own business. 1 here are many things that " figger ;well," and many men that "spout" well but when they are tried they "don't pan worth a cent. Give us practical men, and we can expect our interest to be pro tected. Discuss more how we can get better prices for what we have to sell, and examine well the question what laws discriminate against the farmers and who are responsible for them and who failed to do their duty in trying to have them repealed. Gen. I S. D. Lee said m his article in last week's paper, that from 1850 to 1860 the farmers had increased the produc tive wealth 101 per cent., and from 1870 to 1880 only 9 per cent., and re-, marks "it is even much worse than this," and shows that by reason of farm mortgages the farmers in the ten great corn States are virtually bankrupt, their mortgage debt being greater than that of the United States gov ernment at the close of the war. Taffy for the farmers and protection for everybody else has done the work.' If we don t attend to our own busi ness nobody will do it for Us. Trust our legislation into the hands of the theorist, and we might as well make an assignment. The lobbys of cor porate greed, monopolies and com bines have gotten in their work, and before onr homestead goes it is time to call a halt. Farmer. IS THERE NO NEED FOR A RAIL- THE Newbern Journal enters a modest but most powerful plea for a Railroad Commission in the follow ing: "Merchants in New Bern want to handle the goods of factories in Char lotte and other towns in North Caro lina, but the freights are prohibitory. Freight on the same goods from Canada or West Tennessee is much less. People between "Goldsboro and Greensboro want to come to the New bern Fair; they can only buy a ticket to Goldsboro; then buy again to Ne w' berh. Newborn has corn to sell; Richmond has corn to sell.. brought from Chicago; Raleigh wants to buy; Ne wbern, as every man endowed with common sense will admit, ought to have the Raleigh market, but the' R. & D. fdrces it' Richmond. 5 EDITORIAL NOTES. T A Railroad Commission is needed ' not so much to , correct abuses of power by the roads, but to prevent abuses of power, by them. . Ex-Gov. Vance, Ex-Go vv Jarvis, Ex-Gov. Scales and Gov. Fowler-all favor a, Railroad Commission. -Who believes for a moment that these men are enemies "of the roads; or would sanction any policy that would im pede the development of our State ? It is the merest twaddle. We are greatly indebted to Serg't A A. VY hite, of Uo. V, 43d JNorth Carolina Regiment , Scotland . Neck, 1ST. C, and: who was wounded at Get tysburg, for a copy of the Fayette ville Observer of August 3d, 18 63. We will cull irom it for the informa tion of our young readers, and by way of refreshing the memory of some of our older readers, for next week's issue. . It is asserted here in Raleigh that the people of Randolph and Moore counties are opposed to a Railroad Commission. We do not believe it. We received and placed before, the Legis lature memorials from eighteen Alli ances in Randolph and seventeen, in Moore, unanimously demanding a Bail road Commission.' Did5 these farmers mean nothing by these ' demands ? Have they changed their views ? Will Uiey tell Athe fumer. the tax-payers of these two counties cm. ppsedtQ a Railroad Commission ? 'ttrn tky tell us t- I " tU ' Moetiiig a, distinguished gentle Tn'an"bn the street,- we asked- "Vfh t do you think of the chances for m? ing the" Railroad . Commission bill He, replied, .with a significant nod .Hannibal lingered at Capua." Ye that great General, with his splendid and ..hitherto invincible army Wen into winter quarters, at Capua and the enervating and emoralizing effects on his troops. of luxurious living came near ruining his army, and we could see; e' : point Jin' the gentleman's re mark, r '- .-' When the Railroad Commission bill wasi under consideration .oh its third reading', in the ' House, Mr. C M Cooke made a capital speech fgr it in which he said ; , We want men who have as big backbone as this marble columnmen who will treat the rail roads fairly and who will say: 1 Thus far you shall go and no further.' We don"t,want on the Commission the sort of man who would come here and be for a Commission the first three weeks of the session and afterwards against it. ' Capt. Cooke is one of the "old" members. He has served here several sessions and has done so with ability and -fidelity. He knows what he talking-about when he so delicate hints at those members who for the first three weeks of the session are for a Railroad Commission, but for some unexplained cause, about that time, turn against it. He has seen that same thing time and again, in former sessions. Voters, tax-payers, think of it. When the legislature assembles fresh from their promises and fresh from the people, they are ready to vote ior a uommission ana to stand by the people, but after having breathed the Raleigh atmosphere for few weeks, their backbone gives way, tney desert tne people and go over to the railroads. Something pe culiar in this Raleigh atmosphere. ALLIANCE NOTES. ("Members of the Alliance, when writinff to ns. will greatly favor us if they will always give the No. of their Alliance. We nave given the sixth and seventh pages of our paper to the exclusive nee of the Alliance. Use them, brethren. For all official orders, rulings, notices, fcc, the brethren will ex amine these pages. One thousand five, hundred and ninety-two Alliances to-day: J County Business Agent, W. R. Creech, of Johnston county, requests the Sub-Business Agents of said county to meet him in the town of Smithfield, March 1st, at 1 1 o'clock a.. m - A. full meeting is earnestly desired. :- " Reddick Alliance,' No. 1,120, of Sampson county, sends" 50 cents to the William Andrews ' relief fund and urges other lodges to do likewise, re minding the brotherhood that it is "more blessed to gixe than to receive." In sending the resolutions, in which Wicslow Alliance declares to keep its own councils, Bro. Campbell enforces the good determination by this Scrip tural quotation: " He that keepeth his rtiouth and his tonjgue, keepeth his soul from trouble." D. L. Beach, . of Cross Roads Alliance, No. 1,058, Martin county, says his Alliance is prospering and has eighty members in good standing. The Business Agent has made arrange ments for trade which are very satis factory to the brethren. J.:T.Webb, of Alliance No. 1,149, Chowan county, in the absence of a correspondent, writes to say that the brethren of that lodge are m most hearty sympathy with every move ment that is being made to elevate ine farmer and to promote his hnanciai interest. Bro. J. H. Dark, of Rock Rest Alliance, Chatham county, writes that they were organized February, 1888, with five members, and that they npw number thirty-seven. The brethren are a unit and the outlook is good. At last r meeting thev " sat down on high-priced guano. Bro:- G. T. Boyettey of Alliance No. 621, Johnston county, informs us that at their last meeting a resolution was adopted calling upon the Legisla ture to so f ramo; the law as to require citizens whose property consists of stocks, bonds -and money on deposit to pay the same ; tax as is required ot land holders. . . , . , f , Miranda Alliance, No. 381, of Rowan county, was organized one year ago and now has only thirty-nv members. For a long time the lodge stood .at a standstill, but recently a new b'fe and spirit seems to have pos sessed the brethren, and they are en couraged and believe that at no dis tant day they will he rewarded w their sacrifices and labors. ' A' correspondent writes: "I ? glad to say that Mt. Camel Sub-Am-Le, Orange county, No. 469, stertrf out along a new line at our M i -nroa anpointea w mg. , yu "lv- " Tr dress read an essay or to aeuvex on the best at rOur next meeting, 7;irQiinri -j .;n and cultivation A of a corn crop. : Anome. preparation and cultivation oi crop. Other crops, such as Irish tfj sweet potatoes, &c, wiU engage our V,Q ar future, vu. esteemed President, who wasreareuj i