6 THE PBOGKESIV LOVXJ' : iw M : ,. . . . ... t 1 I "RELIGIOUS NEWS. A briet outline of the doings of the differ ent Christian organizations through out our State and country Per sonal points, etc. More churches hav"been built by the Methodists of Maine this year than in any recent year. 4 Baptists are gaining largely in Iowa. Their additions one hundred thousand more this year than last. The Congregation alists of Fairfield, Conn., ar6 about to build a house of worship to cost $40,000. Rev. "WV L. Grissom is conducting a protracted meeting at Liberty church this week. Davie Times. The United Presbyterians built eighteen parsonages last year and spent in the work $49,500. Daring a recent visit to Montana, Bishop Hendrix, of the Methodist church, dedicated three new churches. A paper called 11 Roma and printed in the Italian language is issued by the Italian mission in New York city. Twenty persons were immersed last week at Olivet church in Iredell county, N. C, Rev. J. B. Marsh, pastor. Rev. T. W. Smith is conductirg a series of meetings at Center church, and is assisted by Rev. J. H. Page. Concord Times. Rev. G. M. Webb, of Shelby, re ports forty-seven baptisms at Long Creek and Pleasant b ill churches. Biblical Recorder. The First Congregational church in BufEalo, N. Y., has a membership of four hundred and ninety although only ten years old. Rev. B. H. Phillips has gone to Col orado for his health. There is hope for his recovery, but he is very feeble. Biblical Recorder. Little over a year ago Rev. C. C. Harrah organized a Congregational church in Peoria, 111., and it now has a membership of over one hundred and fifty. Rev. R. P. Pell, of Albemarle Pres bytery, has been elected evangelist of Fayetteville Presbytery and signified his willingness to accept. N. C. Presbyterian. Fifteen additions to Beth Car church in Wilmington Presbytery. We hope to have good news from Mt. Horeb for next week's issue. N. C. Presbyterian. The First Presbyterian church of Eureka, Cal.r with sixty members has been received into Presbytery of Bec icia. A special session was held to receive the church. Bro. M. B. Royster, of Apex, one of our aged and highly respected brethren, is critically ill. He will be eighty years of age in December next. Biblical Recorder: Rev. T. S. Brown, pastor of the Lutheran church, in Charlotte, greatly to the regret of people of all denomi nations, has tendered his resignation. Ill health the cause. Rev. Dr. W. H. Ryder left over $270,000 to various Universalist insti tutions. The theological school at Galesburg, 111., receives $32,356 and henceforth will be known as the Ryder Divinity school. Rev. J. R. Maynard, of Morrisville, baptized seven new members at Swift Creek church on September 21st, and two at Ephesus on Sunday before. Five others await the ordinance. Biblical Rtcorder. The New York Tribune, says that Dr. James M. King has had six con secutive pastorates in New York city, covering a period of sixteen years the only record of the kind in the Methodist church. The Monroe Register x reports the continuance of the meetings at the Methodist Church in that town and much interest is being manifested. Rev. J. W. Jones, of Maxton, has been assisting the pastor, Rev. A. P. Tyer. It is proposed to open in Philadel phia shortly the " Church Training and Deaconness House of the Diocese of Pennsylvania " for training women for work under the auspices of the Episcopal church. It will be open to women of any diocese. The New. York Herald of the l9th announces that Mr. Rockefeller has given another million of dollars to the Chicago University. This with his first $600,000 and the $400,000 raised by the Baptists north, makes two mil lions for this University. During the nine year's pastorate of Dr. Smyth in the Second Collegiate Dutch Reformed church of Harlem City, New York, about one thousand two hundred members have been " added, and one small church has be come two large congregations. Rev. Frederick E. Hauser, a gradu ate of Heidelburg University and connected wun tne merman Ke- formed church in this country, has been elected professor of Hebrew exe gesis and church history in the Ger" man Theological School of Newark, iN.J. orneims Vanderbilt and his mother are about to expend $250,000 in erecting a building -for religious, social and industrial uses. It is to be in charge of the rector of St. Barthol omew's Episcopal church, with which Mr. Vanderbilt and his mother are connected. Rev. J. N. Hoggard filled his regu lar appointment here Saturday and Sunday. He seemed to be in a happy mood and preached two excellent ser mons, and baptized eighteen candi dates in Beal's mill-pond Sunday morning, one of them for Meherrin. Roanoke Patron, Potecasi. ALLIANCE NOTES. Always give the name and number of your Alliance, your postoffice and your coonty, plainly, when you write to the President, Secretary, Trustee, Business Agent or Chairman of Executive Com mittee of the State Alliance.! Jugtown Alliance, No. 1,542, Catawba county, resolves that they will support no paper antagonistic to the farmers and their organization. Stanly Creek Alliance, No. 433, Gaston county, heartily endorses the course of The Progressive Farmer for presenting all matters to its read ers in their true light. Pleasant Grove Alliance, No. 32, Wake county, resolves that its mem bers will not patron ze the papers that are slandering our National officers and the Alliance generally. Alliance man " writing from S wanner, N. C , says that the brethren in that vicinity are standing as firm as flint; that they have selected good men for the various county and legis lative offices. Goose Creek Alliance, No. 169, Union county, has denounced the slanders that have been circuited against our National President and has resolved to sustain him in all his undertakings. Loves Alliance, No 1,380, Wilkes county, have decided to withdraw their patronage from papeis unfriendly to the Alliance and which have been engaged in slandering our organiza tion and its ofiBcers. Deep Springs Alliance, No. 166, has resolved that they will not patron ize any merchant that sells jute bag ging, or any ginner that uses it; that they fully endorse the course of The Progressive Farmer in the past. Concordia Alliance, No. 422, Rowan county, has resolved to support only such newspapers as treat the Al liance justly, and that they will pat ronize cotton gins, grist mills, etc., owned by Alliance members in prefer ence to all others. They ask all Alli ance men in the State to stand by them in their resolutions. Bro. J. F. German, President of Beaver Creek Alliance, No. 1,995, Wilkes county, writes that they now have 23 male and 14 female members; that their membership is composed of some of the best material in the coun try, and that the ladies are taking an active interest in the welfare of the order. He says the Alliance members in his section show a general disposi tion to vote for such men only as favor the measures advocated by the Alli ance. If the label on your paper indicates that your subscrption has expired, please let us hear from you with your renewal ; or, let us know if you wish your subscription contiued. ACT IN THE LIVING PRESENT. There is no higher crime against a free government than to abridge or trample upon the rights of citizenship. The glory of any country is the de fense it throws around its humblest inhabitant. That is the great countrv whose citizens, from the highest to the lowest, are equally free and indepen dent. This is the secret of the unpar allelled greatness of ancient Greece and" Rome. At one time, to have been a Roman citizen was to have had a sure guarantee of protection, not only in Rome, but even in the most distant and barbarous countries on the globe. And so has it been with America. But is it so to-day? .Our own grand Republic is tottering on its base; the name American citizen has lost its power for protection, and uh less the almighty dollars will jingle in a man's pocket, so far as protection is concerned, he may go to the devil. This is not a day dream, it is a stern fact, and our readers know it to be true. Patriot 1 if you would save your country, act now! Forget the rivers of gore that flowed in " our horrible war, and Let the dead past bury its de d; Act! act in the living pref ent, Heart within, and God o'er head. It will be too late to save the Re public when partisan prejudices has stabbed it to the heart and monopoly has sucked aw&y its life-blood. Our Country. - The SuHTreasury bill proposes simply that the government shall lend its credit to its people on as easy terms as to national banks. It lends its credit in the shape of bank bills to these banks at one per cent. Why not lend its credit in the shape of treasury notes to the people at one per cent ? Luray Uunion. GENESIS OF INIQUITY IN GOV ERNMENTS. .' C Chap. I. 1. In the beginning man created commodities. 2. And exchange was without in terruption, and direct; and financiers were a thing unknown. .But the Spirit of Greed moved upon the hearts of men. 3. And Government said, Let there' be gold coin: and there was gold coin. 4. And Government saw the gold coin, that it was capable of monopyly: and Government divided gold coin from all other mediums of exchange. 5. And government called gold com Legal Tender, and other mediums of exchange he called Taxable Notes. And confusion and depression were the first day. - 6. And Government said, Let there be a monopoly in the midst of the people, and let it divide the com modities from the commodities. 7. And government created the monopoly, and divided the commodi ties of the producer from the com jnodities of the consumer: and it was so. 8. And Government called the mo nopoly Bank. And poverty and wretchedness were the second day. 9. And Government said, Let the gold coin be gathered together unto one place, and let paper appear: and it was so. 10. And Government called the pa per Bonds; and the gathering together of the gold coin called the Good Se curity : and Government saw that it was good. 11. And Government said, Let the Bonds bring forth compound Interest and usury, yielding extortion after his kind: and it was so. 12. And the Bonds brought forth Interest and usury, yielding extortion, whose seed was in itself after its kind: and Government saw that it was good. 13. And misery and want were the third day. 1 4. And Government said, Let there be forces behind fthe Banks, to protect the Creditor from the Debtor; and let them be to collect the Interest, by the seasons, and by the days, and by the years. 15. And let them be to protect the Banks, and to intimidate the people: and so it was. 16. And Government made two great forces; the greater force to kill the insubordinite; and the lesser force to demand the Interest; and he made the police force also. 17. And Government set them all over the country to intimidate the people. 18. And the greater force the gov ernment called Army; and the lesser force called the Civil Authority: and Government saw that it was good. - 19. And fear and trembling were the fourth day. 20. i And Government said, Let the good Security buy up the land and take rent that may crush the pro ducer. 21. And Government created the great tariff, and every tax that op- presseth the workers, and all Interest which the Bonds brought forth abun dantly, after their kind : and Govern ment saw that it was good. 22. And Government blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and monopolize an the exchange, and let the rent increase upon the earth. 23. And desolation and crime were the fifth day. 24. And Government said, Let the Bonds be perpetuated, and be pay able in gold, and let usury and scul duggery bring forth fruit after their kind : and it wa3 so. 25. And Government made Taxes after their kind, and Interest after its kind, and Rent after its kind: and Government saw that it was good. " 26. And Government said, Let us make politicians in our image, after our likeness: and let them have domin ion over the Taxes on commodities, and over the rent of the earth, and over the interest on the Bonds. 27. So Government created politi cians in his own image, in the image of Government created he them. 28. And Government blessed them, and said unto them, Be fruitful and govern the people and subdue them, and have dominion over Rent, Interest ana Taxes. 29. And Government said. Be hold, I have given you Rent, Interest ana laxes, that you may have domin ion over all voters, and over every thing that voteth upon the face of the earth. 30. And over all workers on the earth, that ye may live upon the pro duct of their toil. I have given you their wealth: ana it was so. 31. And government saw every thing that he had made, and, behold. it looked very good, But fury and wrain were tne sixth aay. Chap. II. 1. Thus Rent, Interest, and Taxes were finished, and all the host of roliticians. 2. And the seventh" dav Govern ment ended the confusion and misery he had made; and he rested ons the seventh day from all the crime he had committed, and gave man a chance -3. And the seventh day was blessed because, that on it Government rested and the'era of man began. 4. And it came to pass, that man - . m m m -w- r 1 i i lr i .1 k 11 k w m 1 m w - r m ft . w m t said, We will exchange freely without Bonds or sold coin; and it was so, and Interest was no more. 5. And man said, Behold, each of us will rule himself: ana it was so. And the politicians went to the land of Nod, and took unto tnemseivea work. 6. And man said. Behold, much and is vacant, we will settle thereon, and pay no rent. 7. And Banks and Politicians canea upon government, saying, Help us, for man has sense. 8. But Government was resting from all his labors: and the Army and Civil Authority were no more. 9. Thus Rent, Interest, and Taxes were abolished.- 10. And every man reaped the full product of his toil. 11. And eace and prosperity were the seventh day. An Independent. FROM ABANDONED FARMS. Some of the Thoughts that Came to a Man Who Occupies Two of Them. I have lived on a farm all my life, and now occupy two abandoned farms which adjoin my own. Their former owners got into debt and the farms were sold at sheriff s sale, and are now owned by men who are able to live without working a farm. I remember the hard times of the " fifties " before the war, and also the good times just after that "unpleasantness," when money was abundant and all the pro ducts of labor brought good prices. All kinds of business were brisk and all classes seemed to be prospering, in spite of the fact that we were them paying a large war debt. Oh, we are paying it still, and our taxes are just as heavy now as they were when the debt was more than twice as large. hid. The public officers, apparently jealous of the prosperity of the people, had their own salaries doubled, and these have generally remained un changed to the present day, while the prices of the products of labor have been reduced one half, and in many cases more than that. We were told that tho prices of those days were "fictitious" on ac count of the prevalent "inflation," and that we must come down to a "gold basis," and of course the way to "come down" was by contraction, and the way we have come down has been fun for the bondholder, but death to the -farmer. Although in figures we have already paid more than one half of the national debt, it will take more of the products of labor to pay the remainder than it would have done before a cent had been paid. This is not an accidental con dition ; it is a premeditated scheme to rob labor of its just dues. We all ought to know that scarcity of any necessary or desirable thing makes it high in price, and money is no excep tion to the rule; but money being the measure of value, the ordinary mind fails to grasp the idea that money can be high in price. But many a farmer knows to his sorrow that it takes double the amount ofJprodu:e to get a dollar that it did twenty-five years ago, and hence they have tried every means to increase their crops only to make the matter worse by helping to bring down prices. One correspondent of the Rural mentioned laziness as one of the causes of the existence of so many abandoned farms, but human nature is just the same to day as it was twenty -five years ago, and young men are just as eager to own a farm and home of ther own as ever; but they have seen too many caught in the agricultural trap to feel like trying it themselves. They have seen men grow old and gray in useless toil try ing to pay for a home, and after they have made improvements, and in part paid for it, it has perforce of hard times been sold out, only to help en rich the money shark' and to add one more to the list of abandoned farms. The farmer labors under too many disadvantages. Let me mention a few. If he waters his milk, he is-a fit candidate for the State prison, and a sojourn there would serve him right; but the railroad man waters his stock for the same purpose (to get something for nothing), and he is a fit candidate for the United States Senate. The farmer issues his promise to pay and piys the interest on it. The banks issue their promises to pay and get interest on them. Real estate pays an outrageously large disproportion of all State taxation. If the farmer is in debt on his farm he is taxed for the full amount, while the man who hold3 the mortgage often gets off scot free. Again, our tariff system on the nec essaries of life causes the poor man to pay as much of the tax as the rich man, and causes millions to accumu late in the United States Treasury, and these are lentto the banks free of interest. Farms that were bought twenty-five years ago at $40 per acre will not sell at the present time for $20. But United States bonds were bought at forty cents on the dollar. and were then refunded in such a I way that they are now worth $1.28. The cause of all this is that we have voted for money sharks and corpora tion lawyers to make our laws, and they have Made them in their own in terest and those of their clients. Now, if these conditions continue to exist ' it is only a question of time when the farmer who owns; the'land he tills will be a person of the past, and his place will be filled by the mis erable tenant farmers so common in the Old World. W. W. Coats, Alle ghiny county, New York, in Rural New Yorker. BLACKBERRIES. Where wild blackberries are so fine and so plentiful as they are all over North Carolina, it is hard to get growers to realize that there is large profit in cultivating them. The low prices at which the wild berries usually sell lead them to suppose that the cul tivated fruits wouli go in at the same rate: This is a great mistake. In Baltimore while the wild berries shipped in buckets are selling for a song, the cultivated ones shipped in quart boxes and packed in crates bring a better average price than straw berries, and many growers in Mary land and Delaware consider them more profitable. The sorts now cul tivated have been selected from wild plants at the North. We have among us many wild plants which produce very superior fruits. Will the farm ers and fruit growers co-operate with us in developing a blackberry that will bring money to their pockets ? If you know or find a wild plant with very superior fruit, mark it, and next fall, in November, send the plant to the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Station at Raleigh. Do this and aid us in making the Station the source of real profit to farmers, truckers and fruit growers. W. H. Massey Horti culturist. THE BIG SALE OF THE YEAR. " Maplewood," the beautiful country home of Jere Baxter, was sold some time ago to an Eastern syndicate. On October 23d, all the stock and farming implements go to the highest bidder, including about twenty fine trotters, most of them in foal to such stallions as Wedge.wood, Candi date, Ponce Deleon and Noble Med um. A large number of fine Clyde draft mares and foals, about thirty Shetland and im ported ponies and a few larger ponies. Among his twenty-five Holsteins are four of the finest bred bulls of the breed, and more large milk and butter-tested cows than any herd of the same size. All har ness, mowers, hay rakes, tedders, harrows, wagons and engines, balers and other ma chinery will be sold. It will be the big gest sale of the kind ever held in Ten nessee. Index to New Advertisements. American Book Company. Foos M'fg Co. Grinding Mills. Jere Baxter. Grand Closing Out Sale. Dr. A. Fontaine. Cure for Deafness. RATES TO LAND SALE AT OX FORD, N. C. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company will sell parties attending the land sale at Oxford, N. C, tickets to that point and return at the following rates from points named, tickets on sale Oct. 9th and 10th, good returning until and including Oct. 13th, 1890. From Greensboro, - - $4.5o " Durham, - - 1.90 " Raleigh, - - 3.15 Selma, 4 55 Henderson, - - .70 Rates from intermediate points in same proportion. DIED. A committee informs us of the death of Bro. J. D. Laney, which occurred on the 3rd of August at his home in Union county. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Alliance, No 1,237. If every fullering lady who reads The Peo- gressive Farms b knew how easily and pleasant ly ene can De 1 eiievea sue would saner no longer. Send 2c. stamp to Mrs. Jos. W. Ashby, Mt. Airy, N. C, for free sample, or 1.00 for one mouth's treatment sent in plain wrapper. NOTICE. To Business Agents and Cotton Raisers in North Carolina : Look to your interest. Norfolk is the best market fcr your cotton. Write me for particulars. Address : J. J. Rogers, Man'g'r Alliance Exchange, Norfolk, Va Box 364. THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY ALLIANCE-READY TO WORK. Shallotte, N. O, Jan. 30, 1890. The Brunswick County Alliance Busi ness Agency is nowready to attend tc the wants of the Alliancemen of the county. If you want to sell your farm products, or if you wish to purchase any thing ir the markets, your agent may be of mate rial benefit to you. Consult me on the market prices of all your products.- Let your wants be known to me and they shall be attended to. E. L. Stanley, Business Agent. MAKE A NOTE OF THIS. On all .matters relating to the State Alli ance, address E. C. Beddingfield, Ral eigh, N. C. On all matters intended for the orgar of the order? address The Progressiyi Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. On all matters relating to the Business Agency, address "W. H. Worth, Busines Agent, Raleigh, N. C. On all matters relating to the Nationa. Order, address L. L. Polk, President, 511 9th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. The agency will always keep posted and buy in the best markets at lowest orices on the day the order is placed. W. H. Worth, State Agent To the Voters of Rowan County. Owing to the dissatisfaction of a large number of the voters of Rowan county with the present candidate for the office of cotton weigher, I here by announce mysely an Independent candidate for that office. . Very respectfully, ADAM L KETCHEY. NOTICE FROM SECRETARY BEDDINGFIELD. I have on file in my "office a number nf orders for Constitutions. I am not fill these orders because I am waiting to hJ some new ones printed, which will cn Ali:fi a - : . i ... tk fliuauw ai its cssuu in Asneville e As soon as tnese can be printed, all will be filled nromntlv. orders Fraternally, E. C. Beddingfifll Sec'y N. C. F. a. TO THE BRETHREnT We are receiving every day mam- V ters of inquiry about things rela-iVe the business of this office, whi, ;, already answered in The Vhoc.r, Farmer. Owing to the large corresp0ll dence and increasing business of this of. fice we are unable to answer as promptly as we wish. We ask the brethren to please read The Progressive Farmer and it will save them much writing and will be a source of great benefit and pleasure to them, and relieve us of a large amount of work. Fraternally, W. H. Worth, S. B. a. BRO. S. OTHO WILSON, Representing this office, will lecture at the following times and plac s : Goldsboro, Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 11 a m Clinton, Wednesday, " 24," 11 am Tinnn ThnradAv. 41 9 " n ' Fayetteville, Friday, , ... - J ' -"1 11 g, m S6, " Ham Bro. Wilson will carry samples of goods giving prices, and will give any infor mation about the workings of the Agency. Come out to hear him, and every BusU ness Agent should be sure to meet him. Fra'rrnilly, W. H. Worth, S. B. A. OFFICIAL Washington, D. C, January 3, 18S9. At an early day the Ritual, containing form for burial service, will be published and issued from this office. Also the Constitution and Statutory Laws of the Order, with simple and practical rules of parlimmentary usage. These books will be printed in neat and durable style and will each bear the imprint of the seal of the National Order. Rituals and National Constitutions with out such imprint will not be recognized as official. This office can supply State secretaries only. Members of the order must apply to their State secretary. By order of the President. J. H. Turner. Secretary N, F. A. and I. U. All communications for L. L. Polk, President National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, or for J". H. Turner, national secretary, should be addressed to them, 511 9th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. NOTICE. County and Sub-Business Agents will please send their names and postoffice address, with cf?Hfioate of bond, at once to the State Brdress Agent, W. H, Vcpth, Raleigh, N. C. 13,000 PAIRS HOME-MADE SHOES. This is the quantity just purchased of the celebrated Wetmore Shoes for our Alliance trade. These shoes are not shoddy but honest home-made goods, and are warranted to give the best wear. They are' fully 25 per cent, better and 25 per cent, cheaper than the Northern goods. This is one of the largest single pur chases of one make of shoes ever made in the State. These shoes are recommended by Mr. Worth, State Busines Agent, and Capt. Powell, Business Agent Wake County Alliance. W. H. & R. S. Tucker & Co. NOTICE TO FORSYTH COUNTY SUB-COUNTY SECRETARIES. Please send the name and address of your Sub-Business Agents to our County Busmess Agent, Bro. J. F. Griffith, Winston, Forsyth Co., N. C. This is im portant, brethren, as he has business of importance with your Alliance, but ha? no list of the Sub-Agents. Fraternally, -E. A. Conrad, Co. Sec'y. BUSINESS AGENTS. Fall Terms on Guano and Acid. I am prepared to furnish the North Carolina Farmer's Official Fertilizer upon the following terms." viz: Car lots F. O. B., Richmond, Va., payable Oct. let, 1890 $2 ) 50 Payable Jan. 5th, 1891.... 21.00 Payable Nov. 1st 1891... 22.40 Any quantity F. O. B., Durham, N. C, Pa) able Oct. 1st, 1890..... $21.50 Payable Jan. 5th, 1831. 22.00 Payable Nov. 1st, 1891 23.40 Parties desiring to purchase on time will please send orders . and notes direct to Durham Fertilizer Co., Durham, N. C. Cash orders, as above or, through this of fice. North Carolina Farmers Alliance Bone Phosphate guaranteed 13 per cent avail able Phosphoric Acid ('uns 13 1-2 to 14 per cent) at any railroad dpot in North Carolina at $16.40. Yours Fraternally, W H. WORTH S. B. A. NOTICE FROM STATE EXECU TIVE COMMI (TEE. The State Alliance does not pay the expenses of any one visiting or speaking to Alliances except the State Presidents and Lecturers, and any Alliances inviting speakers to address them should expect at least lo pay their expenses. ' S. B. Alexander, J. M. Mewborne, J. S. Johnston, Committee- For Salo I Several tracts of 'and suitable for growing bright tobacco. Apply to A. B DEANS, Wilson, N. C Seed "Wheat. AU the new and best yielding varieties. Oar fall circular contains full description, price-, etc. Aieo valuable Information about Grasses and Clovers, and full lists of Dutch Bulbs and all seeds for sowing, mailed free. 8endforit. T. W. WOOD & SONS, ' 8 & 10 South 14th St., Richmond, Va.