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V y u L. Ll POLK - - - Editor. D. H. BROWDER, Busikxss Masagix. ' ;. Raleigh, N. C - - SUBSCRIPTION: El2?le Subscriber, One Year. : rT Ri-r Vrmt.h 1.23 Sir Month. .75 m Snhnftrfh - Otm Yer . 5.00 ftm . . -, ATM-.YpAr . . . 10.00 One cony one year free, to the one sending Clab CI Ten. ' - - .-.T ' Cash 'Invariably In Advance. :; i Honey at our risk, if sent by registered -letter or coney order. - . . - Advertising Rates quoted on application. , : To CortMPondents : . ... , -Write all communications, designed for psblica lion, on one elde of tne paper omv. ; we want intelligent correspondent In every county in the State. , Ve want fads of value, te nia accompilsnea or value, experiences oi value, plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated a&, is worth a thousand tneonea.- : . - .- -Address all communications to - Thk Pboqeessive Fakmzb, Haleighr N. C. EAtEIGH, N. C, SEPT. 1 0, 1889. This paper entered as second-class matter at the gost The Prosresshre Farmer 'is : the Ollcial Organ of the N. C. Farmers Association arid N. -C. State- Farmers Alliance, and the Virginia State Farm- Do vou want your paper changed to another office. State" the "one at which you -have been getting, it. . - ! i Do you want your communication pub? liabed?. If so, give us your, real name tad yotir postoffice. V ' v- ' . rf 2T" Our friends in writing to any of Our advertisers, will favor us by mention ing the fact that they saw the advertise ment in The Pboqbessivb .Farmer. IE7 The date oh your label tells you when your time is out. a U. S. SUPREME COURT. A T the last meeting of the Ameri- can Bar Association held in. Chicago, August 28th, Judge Thomas "Wilson, of Minnesota, said " That the Jurisdiction of the U. S. Supreme Court should be confined tp cases properly belonging to it. He argued that corporations had been declared to be persons for the purpose of " wrongfully getting their cases before the Supreme Court That there was a large number of cases now before the Supreme Court than was for the purpose of recover ing money for personal injuries' and that the 'suits had been carried there .by corporations for the purpose of wearing out poor plaintiffs who could not stand the expense. He. held that corporations should not get beyond " State courts where individual citizens could meet them on an equal looting. It seems to us that this is the frost "sensible solution of the difficulties that lie in the way of an earlyojaslmeni of cases that cases that w-tiave seen. The ourUsjiojHJve years behind in its cases. ' . -rrr V Ex-Senator TrumbuU jsajd: We must limit the . extended jurisdiction M-the .Snpreme Court, giwn U during wie. war. xjio ouuiemo auuuw have the same jurisdiction it had in the days of Chief justice Marshall and no more," - - -'u- , - i "We liail with ; delight all , move ments that have a trend toward first principles and practices. Corporations I should not be denied their nghs but BUU uave a oecreiary oi Agncuiiure they are quite as likely to get them in in the Cabinet and spend our days in the State courts a3 in the Supreme passing - strong resolutions; and de Court. Besides that class of cases re; niahds, but the conspitators . will go f erred to by the learned Judge relates on laughing at our , helplessness so largely to facts and should not go be- yOnd State limits. STUDENTS FOR THE A. 8c M COLLEGE. nnHAT Dersons desiriEar to know I jl. syuicmiug icuuucuicuw wi ..AVin. V, - wkm-.-iwn'mnvifa m I conditions upon which jstudents may be admitted to the school, we quote from an announcement just made by the Trustees as follows: AGE AND QUALIFICATIONS QF APPLICANTS. Applicants must be at least 1 4 years of agejmust furnish evidence of good moral character and phys.cal if;!'. cKU a , r ' 3- i-. . I gently, and must be familiar with simple "arithmetic, including the prac tical rules of -the same, through frac tions and have a fair knowledge of geography and State Mstpry.. , MODE OF ADMISSION. ; . - . ' fl On the first Saturdav in August 'or such other day as maybe decided on ltifAnrtfirit nf Kdnfation. m connActmn With not less than two members of the County Board of Education; and sue- mil to an examination byV written questions, which will be prepared and I. :t,-j a-u: .-.a - i - iuruisutju iuo saiu Biauiuicia uy vue x lesiuem. ui tuu vuuege; aau.iuo saiu examiners are requested . to lssue a certificate of qualification to the most meritorious, m number equal to - the representation oi their respective wuuwes iii luo jiuuw oi xvepresema - tivesrof the ;General Assembly, and said applicants shall present them- f. 1 . il r -i J . i . . c onege at suca time as p.-r; j va Tl?.,." JCA .w JYiarjnr.aTita mhn , lih ""Tr " WAAAC WiJu - w"iu. by the County boards of ; .Education, , .wnten -article on our sA. & M. College, ynai- uve, energeuc peopie to apph'cants (said applicants., to" be fe- bays: o-i ' -.Vii p -t itrlihemost'attractive and' interesting stricted to the provisions of section 8, ' : The age we live in-is "intensely falrYer held by;tbem. ; cates from the county, authorities will be required to pass an , approvea ex amifiation at theCoIlee. x ;, ' ADMISSION OP- OTBlBB BT0PKNJS. ; : - Ab to - Mother students, the saine qualifications shall apply; exainiha-. tions to be conducted by the, facility. - "rati or TUITION, The: rate of tuition shall . be at the rate oi 20 per scholastic year, ' BATE OF. BOARD.' - " Board 'shall "be furnished at $8 per month. ,.t ;t . . - ESTIMATED COST TO STUDENTS . J. COUNTY 8TCDBKT9. ' : . 1. Tuition free. '" r ' a i?sii1 af vl tvpt mnnth. rte.T FeSSlOn 10 awv vr , '- Rf (VI months...-. .;.-.'.. py-w 3. Wa-hing at, 75 cents per taonth (ee,ll- ) mated). ........ - .-. a .. Rnnti- -. ctatinnprv. f nel liehts ana . - mimi ttTidance for entire term 12.50 Total. vx . Y -.i.V. $100.00 Vi 2.. roBoiHra sTxnjiNTs:." 1. 2. S. Tk Ition Tier session i . i si . r . . . -. ',. - . . S 20.00 Board at $S per month, 10 months. v.. fcO.OJ r..i.rn . ua3 jmi tA mnntha -COO Washfne' at 75 cents." term 10 months. 4 Rooks, stationerv. fuel, lishtsandmed ical attendance for entire term .. 12.50 x. For odeinB in College building, room; r r ." furniture, bedding, etc.....'. 10,00 t V;;- TotaL V - . .v - $180.00 ' NojK.rConnty students who are accommodated with lodging in the college, building will be fur nished with room or section of room, furniture and bedding, without cost- Pay students will be given similar a ccommodations at $10 per term when room admits. Should the lodging accommodations of the College be filled' with county stadents, room, 1 ael at-d lights can be had in families in im mediate neighborhood at. per month. . r ' "THE FARMERS MUST. KEP it : .OUT OF POLITICS." SO we are' told, .by the would-be bosses. But there are some quest tions .the hard-handed sons - of toil would like to have answered. : y,u Through what influence has it been made possible under our form .of government for trusts, combines, pools, syndicates and- monopolistic conspiracies to be formed Ti Upon what influence do they.' deipend for perpetuating their power ? Wby did the people of North Carolina, Texas, A rkansas and other .States fail last winter to get a railroad commission? Through what influence was the in iquitous i financial policy of our gov ernment established, by which the National Treasury is filled rith mil lions of the hard-earned money of the people, while the business of the country is choked for the want of a circulating medium ? Through what influence did one-third of the Ameri can Senate become millionaires, a ma jority of whom only a few years ago were poor men ? Through what in fluence is the population of this country being rapidly resolved into two Classes the extremely rich and the extremely poor ? Through what influence is power beiner stolen froia the many and given to the few ? there is one answer to all. It has been done through the influence oi designing, corrupt - political-ZSaniDU- Yea, verily, the farmers should keep out of such politics, but they should rise in their might and power and hurl 'from place these prof aners of the Temple of Justice. - - , , . J ' - XHE ONLY WAY . TO REACH IT. TRUSTS, pools, combines- ' and syndicates, the legitimate off. spring of ' monopoly, 'are.."!!! country with an iron band. . We may organize Alliances, Granges and clubs liong as the people are so stupid-as, to lcontmue to elect men to I our oi&io legislatures ana to I v1 '. x, Wuu .vvmwuu of monopoly, The remedy is at the P ballot box It Has in tha TviAnt nnr fv, kn. .n: land fear ass v;n.sAd.. WhAnovr tri I . . . . , J 1 O . J I people make up their minds that they twill have true and patriotic men to 1 Tepresent them in. our . State Legisla- tures ana m our i auonai- uongress, l and will go into their primary meet-ljof inoa ft'tjfl r.nn vpti ti ati a a n rt nnnn'nota oniv- wi mpn v tw vw ,vkJ true to their interests and th o-a f.n Ithfr - nnlTfl anrl a Wt t hdm t.hon nr r-i w ww i - xl: vi 1 . . . . . . and plunder. If the American Con- gress were composed of such-men we would; be safe. , . 1. V AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, HhHE Newberne JburnaXm & well I JL conceived and admirably well I riav affairs nf iifa 'Tittvo maa rran the husbandman was onlv'f equif ed tdl know the use of crude ihiplements of labor and be able to-distinguish seed- time and harvest, but that competition xt. Si ....... i wuiou snarpens tne WllS andSumuiateS o,ub cuergies OI man, nas laid IIS 6XaC. 1 tions udou tne farmer no less than upon the mechanic and the merchant, and ne wno -hopes to achieve success l m agricultural pursuits must be fnr - 1 maueu xur xus worjj witn ail tne ap pliances that science can brinir to his aid. ; ..v.,.. mi . .. me ioundations of asoundagricul- i - 3vm.v.w.w4 uiuota uo laiu iu a true conception oi mq nature oi the caliiEcr i . i j . .. .. . as a itjarxieu scienunc pursuit." EDITORS. R AfcEIGH'correspbndent of the : 1 Wilmingibn Sfwicwer, speaking of railroadsV remarks:' : . " The railway people are reticent to the last decree. . and hate td see any mention oi uitur auauo m uxT.FttFtf I " A at Zm a Ta M-t3 4hA, VM A- t The railway men in some cases kfeet scrap books for clippings' retatrvto their Toads, taken frbm nefspaps. If an editor saya r any tning 'agaihsi a rdad .be. is .a' marked-man forthwith. This - custom' obtains all over ; Jthe country, it is said, and. it is;;compara:" tively new in North Carolina." . Not "so "new in orth. Carolina " as this correspondent seems to think. Over; two; years ago The Pbogressiye Fabmkb incurred the dire displeasure, of one of our lines by admitting --to its columns a humorous, -article "from an anonymous correspondent, and we were placed on the " black- list .' - and mysterious as it may - appear to the management, of that Jine, The Pbo GBtssivE Fabmeb still Uvea ! ' v No newspaper should.T imp air its freedom', or ; ihde)endei;cej or. manli ness, by placih itself under pecuniary obligation tOxrailroadsftar any. one else. It should, a-t all times,i'feel free to do jufUte whether it- requires criticism or approval, -regaraiess- -pi being 11 marked '' or navmg a piace in fian scrap-book.'' 2 r, f y 'V - BURNED. ,: . a v.,: Cabthage, N. C, Sept. 5, 1839. J Mb. Editob The county, ,court house: was discovered oh fire . at 4 o'clock Ihis morning, i The fire broke out in the- Registrar's office where all records and . bookstand papers 'were destroyed. The building was a total loss.. About one-half of the books and papers in the Clerk's office were saved. 1 -Vv : There was considerable difficulty in saving the stores of Messrs. Tyson & Son, and G. C. Graves. " The" fire was without doubt of in cendiary origin as it was discovered as "soon a3 - the fire was noticed ; j,hat the ropes on the - only public well, were. cut, ostensibly to prevent water from being -drawn with whicK- to quench the fire. u . , The court house was valued- at $15,000, with $6,000 of the amount to be paid. Tax books for 1889 were also burned. A new levy will have to be made if the tax is collected,:-. Yours truly, v . H. A: Foote, Jb., Editor Blade: COUNTY SECRETARIES PLEASE REPORT AT ONCE. Jie JStateS by" the State Alliance, to 'publisli a directory of the County Secretaries, County Presidents and pdunty $usir: ness Agents and State officers, with their postofnces, f of .the "nse : of, the order. This directory, will be of great value especially iii our businesV rela lions; Please send to this office at once a report as follows, under seal: ..... County, JT. C. . . . P. O. ..... . President, "secretary,... ... Business Agent, If either of the3e . ofl5ces; be vacant ask the County Alliance - to fill .it at its first meeting and report.- Report all changes promptly to this office, k Li. Li. Polk, ' Sec'y State Alliance. EDITORIAL NOTES. ; In the New England States, three per cent., of the population owns more property than the other 97 per ceni. Maryland ramcMy organ wiu soon Laiiy ner posiuon m ine IKreat sisterhood or btates that are To I liririnp r.A tha rol lor rf tha rarvra Je rr-""w wvw." w"w The Northeastern and. the North Central States, containing about Ijone - half the population of the United ptaies. own v o per ceuw oi me weaitn the county. ' V . 4 I V r v - .. V?: We acknowledge our indebted ness Uo our -good brother,-r ;01d TTi I. .. i a. . . . . . i uogv ior a compile sei oi agncui tural reDorts of the State of Connec- f . , T 1 T V W u T T 1 most valuable addition U1 ,to our Agricultural Lilbrkry ; and " We 'prize it most highly. 1 " The Hickory, Catawbar Industri al Association ill hold its fifths an nual 'Fair at Hickory oh the 24tb. i25th; 26th and 27th of this mohtb.. I Extra efforts are being put forth 'by I . vr v" SS-JS- r;- r H turit:f i ? v'tWexC' WW i xiittierio neiu. in that section. The Jtfew." York ''i&un - of-tbe ;28th had the . brazen effrontery .to I complain that the farmers are organ I izing a trust on cotton bagging and 1 that thev are thns doinir tha I thing they condemn. - Can the editor tell ns how we are to fio-bt. r.nmHn. tion except bv combination, esneriallv l - 1 r when the American Congress the i oniy legal inounai to wnicn we can apcreal. is made up. for the most nart. i - ' . t 1 of men who are mere tools of these MARKING cambinations ? Little Johnnie jwas a badl'petted boy. ;He was screaming at the top of his voice' when his mother ian io; jbe "door ' and ; inquired, the trouble. Johnnie1 said": " Big Bud won't let me JiU hun on the head with mytickjr This- jeditor raises anowi 1 !' ll. . " A uecause lae iarmers oi mis country riase ipjoe rpoDeai v ; r: specialljrdirect attentioii to the resolutions of the National Cotton Committee printed on our seventh page. Also to an article "Valuable suggestions . to our i cotton farmers." This correspondent is one of the best informed men in our State on the operations of our cotton markets Am.eric.an and . foreign, and his sug- L eestions are i timely and valuable. Read these articles. ! j The MdnuaBurtrs1 Record says that a summing up of thb Cotton fac tories of, the South for the" nine years shows as follows; . On May Slst; . 1880, there were in W the Southern States 1 61 mills, 667,854 spindle's arid 14 323 looms. i -On -July 31sf, 1889, there were '3 55- mills, 2,035,268 spin dles and iSlOO looms, a gain in slide f years of 1 94 -mills, 1,367,41 4 spindles and3077 71; looms. ?i i These figures speafei in language more eloquent than words. . - : r i . r Ahy f arnief inlje State who wishes to cultivate one "acre or moire in clover or grass, and who will write to Capt. B. P.t Williamson,ir;Raleigh, N.-O., inclosing Stamp and ; describing land, will receive i a reply, to his en quiries. e thank Capt, Williamson", on behalf of bur farmers, for His gen; erous consent to gi ve them tHe benefit of his large and successful experiencei in raising grass and clover, for no man 'in';.the State is .better qualified by observation an experience or. by his splendid success to aid those who wish to engage in it.f It will pay you, to write him. , ' . ; ' . BUSINESS AGENCY FUND. To Secretaries ot Sub-Alliances. . In making out your "lists of con tributions put the like amounts to gether, beginning with the highest; this will expedite the work of the Secretary in issuing certificates, as he will not have to change " stubb " books so often. Don't you see it ? If you put down $5 and immediately below $1 or $2, etc, the secretary when he fills out certificates has to lay aside the $5 stubb book and take up the $1, etc., and do so as often as the amount changes. If you put the amounts together he finishes each kind of certificate on your voucher as he reaches them and the time lost in changing is saved. r After you have 'received an ac knowledgement from , me for money sent, if there is any delay in receiving certificates do not write to me but to the Secretary of the State Alliance at Raleigh. The delay is in his office and I . have no knowledge of its cause. In writing to: either the Trustee or Secretary always mention the number ol the voucher concerning which you write (which, the Trustee gives you in acknowledging the receipt of the money) and the name and number of your-Alliance. 'r - ' - -Keep in your minute book a list of the names of the contributors and be certain that it corresponds in names and amount with the voucher you for ward .to me, then there can be : no trouble in correcting any mistakes that may occur. Reserve my receipts until you re- . . . " ceive your ceruncates. Alter you have the certificates it is of no more value. If contributions are fromin- dividual members you must send names -'with the money so that certifi cates " can be made to each one con tributing. When this is not done certificates will be made to the Alii ance as a body.7 "' 'r ':C;' It you send a registered letter di rect to W. A1 Graham, Trustee, care . . -.t- .. t t- . -ini' T2iV xt- n First jxationar ranK, juanuue, xx. kj. I am wo miles from the -postoffice, consequently ha.ve a" trip of four milea to receipt - for and get a registered letter at Machpelah; besides it is safer to have the money in bank than in a country ; borne v 1 " An " omcer; " of the rjanic signs tne return registry cam and' there is no delay in your getting a receipt. - If ' Vou rsehd a check for p6stofiBce,m'oney order payable at the postomce in unariotie, aireci to w .v. liranam, Macnpeian, jm. u., ana .,is delivered at'my house which tbe. iau route passes.,, ; r ?i . . : . Machpelah is not a mpney order ofiice. Now, brethren, you can, all understand this, so.bugy.np the con tributions.- "V". i . ...f1 ' . Fraternally, :-. .. jr "W; A. ;bajam, Trustee. - Machpelah, N. C., Aug. 28, '89. r:. i The State Secretary; ? mailed ; last week to the Secretaries of, the subor dihatfe and County -Alliances, ;y blanks for quarterly reports. Also a circular from the National Cotton I Committee which should be presented to the AUi ances " as soon as possible, r He will mail three copies of the proceedings of the State Alhance to "each Secre tary this week one for the Secretary one for the President and one for the Secturer. Secretaries will bear m mind that all circulars, reports or other official matter sent to them be long to the Alliance and should be preserved as Alliance jyropertv. L, Polk, State Sec'y. ALLIANCE NOTES. Alwavs give the name and number of your Alliance, your postomce and our county, jjlainly when, you write tO: thf Presidentj Secretary, .Trustee, JJugitsess Agent or. Chairman of Executive . Com mittee of the State Alliance.1 A " " .;" Suggsville farmers' AlMnce; of Greene county, " meets every 2d and 4th Saturday at 2 o'clock. "r v The editor of :Thk PaoaREssiVE Fabmes' will speak at Rock ' Bridge Wilso county, on next Thursday, the 12 th, and at Fremont on Friday, the 13th, at 1 1 o'clock a. nu . , . ; B. F. McGregor,'- Secretary of Alliance No. 36," informs us of -the death of Brof Geo; Hall Graham," which occurred suddenly on: August 30th, of heart diseasein the fifty-fifth yeariof ' his age. Hjs p'ostofiice was Laurinburg, Richmond county. " -The County Secretaries will please furnish me: with the name " of .the County Business Agents, and their postoffice address. 'Please- give this your immediate attention, as it is very important that Iii av6r a correct list bf them at once. W. H. Worth, , State Business Agent.1 " : ' --"- In accordance with . Art 1 2 Sec. 5, of the : Constitution, ..Bro. J. 'M. Dennis, Secretary of Enno Alliance, No.' 175,. reports the. death bf -Bra William H. ,Overby,rwhO;died. of con sumption, July 17th, -1 889, - in the sjxty-sixth year of his age. His post office j address was; Holly .Springs, N C. . u- ;. " ' ' l . ,. ' ;y. :?? The' Alliance of r Rowan county will hold a Fair atf Millbridge on the 26th and 27th instS. ; the first Alliance i'atr. ever4 -held in our State. The editor of this paper will " deliver an address on the grounds on the 26th. Hon. A; Leazer,vHoh. G. W. Sander linR B. Hunter and others will also be present and . speak; We ' wish the brethren all manner of success, - n To Business Agents and Secre taries : I want to call your attention to the importance of using your official seal on all your communications with this office. - That is the only way I have to know that orders are genuine, and to those who have no . seals, I in sist on your getting them at once. Let the above receive your prompt atten tion. W. H. -Worth, S. B. A. . We are informed' that Bro. Jas; S. Cook succeds Bro. S- H. Goolsby as Secreeary of "Taff's Creek Alliance;' No. 1,670, Richmond county; 'Stokes- dale, postoffice. This Alliance was organized the 20th of April, with nine members andrnow numbers twenty six, with- additions at every meeting. We are raising aiund for the business agency which we will : send forward by the first of October. Bro. W. J. Rogers, under the direction of representatives men of the Alliance of tbe northeastern sec tiorij hjis issued, a call'fSTe Alliance in those" counties tributary to. Norfolk, to send' delegates Xo Nonblk the 17 th' irist. tpcbrisider pains for hand. ling the cotton arid other crops of those counties. "It is a very impbr. tant step and it to be hoped that tbe counties 'will be well and. jtrongly represeritedv f , - ' --.Dutchman Alliance, Wake county, had a most enjoyable time ,on last "Thursday. Plenty of good things , to eat, plenty of people, plenty of pretty girl and .gallant blaux, plenty of speeches and W plentiful supply of everything to make up a good,- social enjoyable occasion. We are gratified' to see the Alliance encouraging these occasions - all over the State. No people are ; more i clearly entitled to social enjoyment and none can better appreciate it han the farmers and their families. N G lW; Leonard, Corresponding Secretary of Pisgah Alliance, Bruns wick county, says we are getting along tolerably well ' considering all things. We have passed but few resolutions, but at our last meeting the following were passed i "Resolved, That we, the Farmers' Alliance of Pisgah; -No.- 409, "do . agree not to sell any more neei niaes to speculators, but will keep them for home purposes. Resolved, That the Secretary be re quired to Send the books of this Alii ance to the meetings -wben he cannot comeliimself. . - : - At the; last meeting of Johnston County Alliance it was ordered that the President of each Sub-Alliance, in the county be requested to A appoint, one suitable member whose - 'duty it shall be to solicit exhibits, to; the next State Fair. In response to this action of the County Alliance, the following appomtments haye been made:- Pine Level, Gibson Fitzgeral ; Princeton, J. J Stafford; Selma, D. A. Graves: Wilson's : Mills, d ;-R. : Tomlinson ; Clayton, N. G. Gully. It is earnestly desired that each and every member of the Alliance will - make an effort to send some article for exhibition at the approaching State Fair. TLet every Alliance in the State follow Johnston's example, and compete for the splen did prjzes offered for the best Alii ance exhibit. , - BroT. C; Patrick, of Gum Neck Alliance, No. 1,834, Tyrrell county, writes cheerily as follows: - " Our little lodge was organized about four weeks ago with sixteen charter members and now we number thirtyHwo and have several to initiate at our next meeting Our little band of farmers are" in good earnest and we expect good1 results from our organization Wehave five lodges in the county -and more will soon organize. The farmers intend to shake off this leth argy which has had hold on them for lo, these -many -years, and stand up for theirrights; and the; only way to accomplish' anything is to be a unit and fight with might" "and main all these soulless combinations, trusts &c. The crops in our county are badly, cut off. We have had nothing but rain all the year, and our lands are low: and very - poorly drained hence the cut off Hoping that ali good men of the - farming class may ere long fall in line with us and wish, mg your; valuable paper much su cess,-1 'send herewith ten dollars to helrj? swell your" fast-increasing sub Scription list, and promise, to tandhr the guns until' the last trust shall cave in or burst." ' Mis? Leta T.j a member of Jericho Alliance, No'. -1 ,1 02, Davie county writes that,' like most of the other Alliances,"' they are moving forward slowly ' but shrely: . The profits; as yet, seem Ho be very small; but as great bodies' move slowly, we must not expect greati; Results too early. The organization HfeS dOne-'a great deal to wards harmohizing and bringing abOuf-'a community - of -feeling, it causes the people to; realize,1 as never before, that they u be brethren," and that they 'are, in some-sense, interde pendent upn each other; and instead bf 'such a: f eelihg being burdensome it is' rather one of comfort. We are persuaded that the Alliance will prove & blessing to the land in more ways than one. We can already see its good effects on society, to say nothing of its economic features. Our Alii ance will not use the obnoxious jute bagging to wrap their cotton, this year; but we won't need much of any kind, as the crop is very short. Other crops are very good, however, consid. ering the very wet weather. Quite a number of our Alliance takes The Pbogkessive Farmer and none should bewithoujt.it. The Mississippi State Alliance met at Jackson on the 28th ult. and was a splendid-representative body. The - reports show 1,346 Alliances, with an aggregate membership of j 50,000, and that the order, financially ? arid, otherwise is in admirable con ! dition. Bro. Love's term as Presi- -VA . - dent having expired by limitation, Bro. Robt. C. Patty, one of the truest and best men in all the. South, was chosen as his successor. We heartily congratulate the. order in Mississippi on placing this able and elegant, gon, tleman in a position where the force of .his intellectual gifts, his sterling oyaity . and nign cnaracter may be felt. Among other things, the Alli ance adopted the' following recom mendations to the Legislature: 44 That money be appropriated by the State to encourage .foreign immigration; that so much of the convict labor as is necessary be etnployed in running bagging factory as a State enter. prise; that railroads, banks, etc., be reouired to pay ad valorem instead of a privilege tax; urging a law estab lishing a State' agricultural bureau, -and providing for the teacning of agriculture in the public schools; that the next Legislature call a constitu tional convention : that a law be adopted requiring an inspection on hoof of all beef cattle." Verily, the armers are moving and are waking up the South. RAILROADS AND THEIR CHAR TERED RIGHTS. V ' BY OLP FOGY. It 4s agreed that . railroads have rights; so have thepeople. The rail roads 'demand their pound of flesh, and want it nearest the heart. It is theirs. ) . The law gives it. The court awards-it? but the .courts bave been slow to Bay that they shall not have blood with thefc flesh. The railroad question' is the supreme issue in North ;Carolina. . . Briefly stated,-- it as, shall the people control the railroads, or, will we allow them to eotrol us? - To aid you. .brethren, in making up! your.minds as; to the right, L submit J theiouowing facts: c.r- .: - . -l;wiHtake:up the railroad charter intbe order they: were granted. Petersyburg r, Railroad Company was chartered by the Legislature of North uaroiina,3A i.y 1830.- - ' efore : femgr. submitted ;to oui Legislature, rit jiad. been chartered by. the Legislature of .Virginia. , ? Section 5 of, the-charter: (JN v. ad ditions) reads jas follows: ; 4 f That tne railroad contemplated within the State of Nortb Carolina shall terminate on the nortb side of tbe Roanoke river, nor shall the. said company under any pretense whatever - extend " the une tbeir road . beyond said point. Section 10 says: "That the corpora tion shall exercise the corporate powers herein granted for sixty years and no longer,- v without a renewal of their charter. Section 18 (Va.) of their charter re quires the railroad company "to transport produce or commodities that be deposited in their depots? M there is not a word about depots uj their charter; but they are require! to transport produce or commodities