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PROGRESSIVE Tiffin ft THE INDUSTRIAL AXD EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR fEOFLE l'ARAMOUST TO ALL OTIIEIt CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE 1'OLICY. RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 11, 1891. Vol. 6. No. 25 r. 1 11 H K X1 XI w 5 I 1 I THE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLI ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL UNION. i President-L. L. Polk, North Cnro lina. Address 314 D. fat., rs. v ., Washington. P- C. Yice Resident - B. II. Clover. Cam bridge, Kansas. qecret i" y-Treasurer-. J. II. Turner, Geor-ia Address. 239 North Capitol 3t x W. Washington, D. C. Lecturer--J. II. Willetts, Kansas. EXECUTIVE BOARD. C. W. Maoune. Washington, 1). C. Alonzo Wardall. Huron, South Da kobt. J. F. Tillman, Palmetto. Tennessee. JUDICIARY. II. C. Hemming, Chairman. Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Ark. A. E. Cole. FoAvlerville, Mich. NATIONAL, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The Presidents of all the State organ izations with li. L. Polk K.v-oU'io Chairman. SOUTH CAROLINA FARMElfc' STATE ALLI ANCE. President Elias Carr. Old Sparta, X. C. V ice-President A. II. Hayes, Bird cown. N. C. . Secretary W. S. Barne. Italeigh, N. C. Treasurer -J. D. Allon. Falls, N. C. Lectin er Thos. B. Ixaig. Asheville, X. C. Assistant. Lecturer P. B Hunter. Huntcrsville, N. C. Chaplain S. J- Yeaeh. W arsaw, N. C. I)or -Keeper W. II Tomlinson. Favetteville, N. C. Assistant D .or-Keoper 1 1. K. kmg. Peanut, X. C. St'reanl-at-Arms -.!. S. Ue.lt, Chalk Level.' N. C. State Business Ast-ni - . H. orth. lialeiu'h. N. C. Trustee Business Agency Fund -W. A. Graham. Maehpelah. N. C. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Vl? THK NoRTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCK. S. P.. Alexander. Charlotte. N. C., Chairman: J. M. Mowborcie. Kington, .V C. : J. S. Johnston. Kuflht, X. C. -TATK A LLI ANCK. LEC4ISLATI V V. ttlMlTTF:. K. .1. P. evelK Raleigh, X. C. ; X. C. English. Trinitv College; J. J. Young, Polenta: 1 1. A. Forney. Newton, X. C. THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. Bro. Hoiick Gives a Good Report of His Trip There. )slovi, Ashe Co.. ,. C. Alir. Editor: As my letter of .lure 25th escaped the wate basket. 1 will bop; leave to drop a few items in your noble paper again, giving you a sketch of my trip to Mitchell. And in the outset please permit me to congratu late The Progressive Farmer and its thousands of anxious readers in having succeeded in getting our able and esteemed Bro. Ramsey to again asso ciate himself with uur State Organ, feeling confident that with such a man as Bro. Ramsey at the helm, success is ours; and well" satisfied that I bespeak the sentiment of a great army of Alli ance brethren all over the country, I wish to say that we welcome you with a hearty n (-option, Bro. Hamsey, and bid you Cod speed in your efforts to champion the cause of an oppressed and suffering people. But excuse the digression, and we will come to the subject. As Bro. C. C, Wright. Assistant District. Lecturer, could not go to his appointment in Mitchell county, he sent me. Well, after a long, tiresome ride, over unusually rough roads, I readied F.Ik Park, the first appoint ment, in due time, June 10th, but to my regret 1 found no Alliancemen there, had no hearing and left without the benediction, i then resumed my ride for Elsie, my next appointment, which was 18 miles distant, lata in the evening. 1 readied the neighborhood and called for the night at the house of Bro. J. C. Keener, a prominent citizen and able farmer, and the best of all, a genuine Albaiiceman. whore 1 was very hospitably cared for till speaking time next day." Here at Fish met quite, a good crowd. I tried to speak for one hour and a quarter, and f must say had the very "be-t of attention, after which we liad a ree ss. ;md wen.' favored whh a fine dinner prepared and spread 1m 'fore us by the good Alliance ladies, and I am sure that no man could have eaten of their variety of ood things as heartily as 1 did. and then had the littleness to say women should not be taken i.ho the Alliance. Had f been that mean 1 think some of th m ouht to have broke my fool noggin, bull vi. '.M h;:o to say hurrah for the eood s of I A e Alliance. Weil, from here I went home with Bro. Lata etie Wiseman, another very line man wh-re 1 was well entertained forawh'.le Uv t!i music of his little iiuic ea 1 , i daughbr 1 erforrued Cordie. I very well on must s,.y lier organ, a id! ugh e mere, child. Alter, wt in wt-h eared for her-. Fri- day, I stared Saturday morning for Grassy C; e; k, ; eeompauu d bv Bro. E. E. Wist man, u i;..,n j informed. aud have good i ea Lo believe is one of the best young men of the com munity, we reaehed. the appointment in due time, had a a r good crowd and met many good Allianeeuien. But as I was suffering very mueh with a severe cold, which heal annoyed me greatly dating the wh-..le tnp, I got bro. Silver to o to my appointment at I '.ear Creek, and I started for home. So 1 only wish to add that I ani thoroughly convinced that Mitchell county has many true and tried Alli ancemen. and that in this bloodless war, and in this grand emancipation of the agricultural classes from the determined grasp of monopolized cap ital, and for right and for liberty Mitchell is with us: and mv brethren. ! when the war is over and the final vietow is won. old Ashe also. I think, will be represented on the last battle lield, and will be ready to help raise the shout of victory. Fraternally vours, T. J. IIuck. Co. Lect r. TAXATION. Mr. Editor: Must labor, industry and eHergy be crushed ofE the farmer.' It looks like it might to some extent. Men may as well be lazy as industrious. Suppose Mr. A. and Mr. B. buy 100 acres of land each at $10 per acre. Mr. B., being a careless, lazy fellow, don't improve his any. He is sleeping while Mr. A. is working. Mr. B. sits around having a good easy time; the laws of this land encourage him, his land be ing assessed at 5 per acre. Mr. A., Mrs. A. and all the children work. He hardly sleeps as much as he should. Mr. A. builds a few more cabins on his land than Mr. B, HeJmys fertilizer on time, puts it on his land and makes better crops than Mr. B. Mr. As home is not comfortable; he improves it. Mr. A. works himself almost to death, denies himself and family of the pleas ures of life, toiling to make an honest living. By so doing his land is assessed at $L" per acre. Gentlemen, take this, look at it. I can see it all over our land. Mr. B's is as good as Mr. A's: it was bought at tiie same price. Why not assess it at the same? You are taxing Mr, A's labor, which is not right. I knew a man who put r worth of fertilizer on the acre this year. He was taxed for that. That is taxing a man for what lie never has had, nor never will have this year. He is in debt for his gu;mo. If this be the rule and law, why not have it in full, apply all around the line, if we to pay tax on what we put on our land i1 Some men spend money to improve their land, others put it in the brains if their children. If thai money must be followed up, why not follow it up all round t lie line.' We must have sonic buildings on our laud or wo can't stay there. We want somewhere to settle our bonds without being tx- vl out of reason for it. These tenants can't, stay with us unless we give them a house; this house do.n't make us e.u money. W hy if, consider this line jore-t in this .. !: ' -v ; 1 k p. oy si )!: fine for; -I the axe never isited. and still it d..(s not e. ine up to the average h'X o f em township. Is it any a Iv.anhv.re t have the timber cut elf our land and the laud worn out : The worn out land is the laud th" most tax is paid on. Is it right .' It is enough to crush the energy and industry oil" the farm. Lei us try to hold the little industry there is in this country by regulating this wrong as soon as possible. Tax our farming land according to the value of the hind, the labor not considered, where there is machinery, tax it. By so doing, the man who has the will, will go ahead and encourage these lazy, sleepy fel lows to follow. Jf it g.es on as it is now, a great manv of those who have the wiii. will sit down aad, almost h their families suffer. This wav of taxation w ill bring our farms into the hands of the sheriff. Encourage men to work. He is a fool who will work if lie gets nothing for it. We have been told of old that we should have bread by the sweat of our brow. Take these slmckles off us: let us work while it is to day, for we know not when the sheriff may come. Tuos. H. Brown. BRO. HUNTER AT GOSHEN ACADEMY. Houtox, X. C. On the morning of July sth, all of the inhabitants of Goshen, and from Beers' icba to the Dan and 'round about Jerusalem,' aroused themselves at an early hour and repaired to Goshen Academy to hear Bro. R. B. Hunter make one of his ablest and best speeches. It is useless to even attempt a synopsis, but sufhee it to say that he threw heavy Alliance solid shot and shell into the enemy's ranks, suflieiont to satisfy any fair minded man or woman that our Order is right. The exercises were opened by religious ser vices, and a by-stander remarked that it '"looked like a protracted meeting." This writer informed him that it was and one of the bt'gyext kind, that it was sweeping this Union like an imhunxe tjd-.il mlrc. After dinner W. E. Hill, Esq , a non-Allianceman but a good farmer, was called upon and made a ::ood. practical Alliance speech. Then iho. (Jai, b Komegay (everybody and ic.s family knows Uncle Caleb) in one of his happiest efforts entertained the nnmuise crowd by his good, sound Alliance sense, wit and humor. I mu.-t not forget to State (but. being an old bach, fame in an ace of it) that the near, kind ladies did their part well, as they always do, by lending their sweet presence and preparing an ele gant repast. Bro. Hunter's private lectin e in the Alliance hall was simply grand and imposing like his public outdoor speech. Take courage, Alliancemen, and stick to our leaders and never give up the good old Alliance ship, let our enemies do and say what they may, but stand as a solid phalanx shoulder to shoulder, and die if need be in our sacred cause C. RALLY OF THE COLORED FARM ERS' ALLIANCE IN GRAN VILLE COUNTY. IIorall, Granville Co., July 27, '01. Mr. Editor: I send the following sketch of a grand rally of the colored Farmers' Alliance at this place on last Friday, under tHe management of Rev. j . Pattiilo, State Lecturer Colored Farmers' Alliance. About twenty five hundred participated. Granville and adjoining counties were well rep resented, and not a few from Virginia. The colored Alliance formed in front of their store and marched to a grove adjoining Rev. W. Pattillo's residence, where a stand was erected for speak ers and seats for the crowd, banners and transparencies were carried. In introducing Capt. Alex. Peace as speaker, Rev. Walter Pattiilo de nied the assertion that the white and colored Alliance were the same; whilst their aims were very much the same, it is more expedient to work in separate organizations, and with a perfect un derstanding between them, we can "get there all the same." Capt, Alex. Peace, Granville County Lectur r, with his usual eloquence, fully explained what the Alliance in tended to do. A. H. Gregory. President Granville County w hite Alliance, Dr. Dalby and James Eaton and Robert Wyche, col ored, made very forcible speeches. The prevailing sentiment of the crowd was that they were tired of following blindly party leaders, and a new de parture must be inaugurated. One significant fact, one that you could call a professional politician could not be found in the crowd : something remark able in a large political gathering of colored people. During recess the crowd partook of an ample dinner. The tables i'airly groaned under the weight of good things spread on them, but in spite of sharp appetites attack ing them, enough was Jett for as many more. About fifty wliites were present, and a separate table fixed for them. As a colored Alliance rally, it was a grand si'.ecess. and of a new departure ma mark the era Bout. J. Coen. PIC-NIC IN BLADEN. A Good Speech aad a Good Dinner An Affah" of the Heart." :iu. hair iharoR : - -Wed. thai was an f the heart all around that nic-nie at ( Vdnr Alliance on the t'lti, of th. it was a rand success, as i-lent of that Alliance (Mr. Pre Tom Davis! intended it should h l"iu au tsing clouds ob.vatred the shy ever and anon all dav, melting into gent lei a showers about noon, and to- wart Is coning. ausmg the dainiv white-robed b'Mulies to rush to the dielt er in a panic, for this was an affair of the heart ami uke the Ml samier. tney oelievrl in "kecnm a their powder dry." 1 !ut it was a gat her ing of beautiful maidens and gallant beaux. Truly, Bladen should he proud of her "colors," for no other county can boast of prettier girls, or but let that pas;; you see 1 am mindful of their pocket-books; I don't want their naivnts to be nut to needless evnense i i - i - - - - by refurnishing the house with look ing glasses. But the nie-nio. the snoech. and the effect it produced on the heart is what I am speaking of, not every day occur rences. I need a pen made from the wing of a humming-bird, with a lily petal to write on, and ink made of forget-me-nots and dew to rightly describe the eloquent address of 'Bro. Hunter, and give him fitting praise, or to depict the glowing effect his in spired words had upon the large audi ence. The rain had no effect on him whatever; his words flowed on, giving more courage to the farmer, more hope, nerving them to the strife. He discussed the Sub-Treasury in a ch ar, strong manner, fully explaining its importance to all ; and after a grand speech of sound logic and pleasing wit, the crowd began making preparations for dinner: and such a dinner! The table, spread in a beautiful grove, near Mr. Griff Joints' residence, looked as if groaning under its weight of pies, cakes, chicken, etc. It made the heart of the hungry and the eyes of the small boy swell with sympathy for the poor table- legs longing to hear some of its burdens on their own. What followed is what generally follows where there is a hungry, pleased crowd, viz. : crook ing of elbows, onto which there was a live-pronged fork, conveying dainties to appease a long ftdt want. Lemon ado, watermelons and "taffy," both to eat and listen to, were the" afternoon attractions. Yes, it was "an affair of the heart all round." Have any of you noticed the differ ence in Tut: Progressive Farmer? There is nothing like knowing how to do anything. Our auburn haired knight of the quill and defender of the Sub -Treasury bib, settles back into his old chair as complacently as if he had never left. You can see from the lightning of his eye that there is ' thunder nigh." and from the "sparkle of his hair, 'tis bet ter to beware. Crops are fine in this section: cotton nearly as good as last year: rain plen tiful and everything booming along w ith the Alliance and Col. Polk. Yours forever, E VANG KLINE UsiIF.R, Cor. S. O. Daws,. State Secretary of the Texas Alliance, writes that he Vent out since the Fort Worth meeting thirty charters in one day. Better call an anti-Sub Treasury meeting in every State if this is the effect. FINANCIAL REFORM. A Gentleman Who is Not a Farmer and Who Has Been 44 Behind the Scenes" Says we Need It. Mr. Editor: The writer began the study of finance in 1SG5. At the outset he determined to free himself from all party and educational bias. The truth and nothing but the truth I sought. I knew there was something radically wrong in our financial system. In seek ing facts and arriving at conclusions I have applied the same common sense utilized by all successful business men. The conclusions arrived at soon satis tied me there would be a steady shrink age in value of all the products of labor as long as the present financial system was continued. Having satisfied my self of this fact and having no desire to be crushed by this huge anaconda, I made haste to get out of its way. As its huge folds tighten, in obedience to Wall and Lombard streets, and the peo ple's substances shrink in value, ruin increases. I can buy more of the un .'icccssaries and luxuries of life. The purchasing power of my income in creases in the same ratio that yours decreases. The writer does not belong to the farming or manufacturing class and has no financial interest in com mon with them. As his financial in terest is opposed tb theirs, he can truth fully say he writes without prejudice in their favor. A conspiracy. The industrial classes are to be ar rayed against each o her. The politi cians have entered into a conspiracy with the creditor class and whiskey power to keep the producing classes divided. To accomplish this result they have chosen the tariff as the bone of contention. At the behest of these two no wers they have deliberately at tempted to array the farmers against the manufacturers. The veriest tyro in political economy knows that the farmer is the principal consumer of the manufacturers' products; that the manufacturers are dependent upon the farmers for a maiket. This statement is so self evident thai it requires no a rgument to sustain it and is under .-oiod by all but imboeilea. Any legis 1 !ii -n tli.it will impair the purchasing power of the farmer, impairs the mau ulaciurers' market to the same ex tent. Any legidation That impairs the I urdiasing power of the farmer, com pels hiui to buy less audi compels the manufacturer to produce It ss or sell cheaper. it is well und.ers.tood by all students ' . Idieai economy that no great pro a -lag efass can over-reach another producing vda.;s without injuring them selves. Every rude attempt has its re flex action, and, like the boomerang, returns to the sender with the same force as sent. Tin? manufacturers and farmers are each producers and consumers, con suming the products of each other. Neither asks for legislation that will impair the consumptiv power of the other. The mauufa turer and average farmer knows that adverse legislation is inimical to their interest. Each are interested in such legislation as will increase the consumptive power of the other. They are brothers, each per forming their part in industrial evo lution. The worst enemies the farmers and laboring men have are those who seek to array them against the manufac turers. Every close student of finance knows panics come as readily under low tariff as high tariff mid vice versa. The panics of ISoT, 1817 and 1S.7 were under low tariff and the panic of 1873 was under a high tariff. Each of these panics were proceeded by a contrac tion of the volume of money. From the dawn of civilization down to the present time all panics have been pro ceeded by a contraction of the volume of money. This is just as applicable to free trade England as it is to high protective United States. Other things being equal, the vol ume of money determines prices. If a nation has one thousand md lions in circulation and reduces the volume to one half this amount, the one half will as readily measure the wealth of the country," but such contraction will shrink Values one-half and double the purchasing power of all fixed incomes. It follows as a logical sequence the power to coin and issue money carries with it the power to contract or inflate values. The creditor class of the whole civil ized world (except France) exercise this control. They possess the power to increase the purchasing power of their fixed incomes by decreasing the purchasing power of labor through contracting the volume of money. The estimated indebtedness of the United States, private, municipal and public is ten billions and the interest six hundred millions annually. It would take forty per cent, more of the products of labor- to pay this now than it would have taken m 1875. The estimated indebtedness of the civilized world is cue hundred and fifty billion dollars. The shrinkage in value of the product of labor in the last sever. teen years has not been less than thirty per cent. It will take forty-five billion dollars more of the products of labor to par this debt now than it would seventeen years ago. At tuis rat e HU lUilr, li 111 ii liri. uiij ci editor class to own the producing class. If low taritf is the panacea for all our ills. England should be very pros - 'M.vnin lmt ;lie hn ln.iiiv nan ics as the United Spates. History (our only I guide.) shows that panics pays no at tention to high or low tariff. It follows as a logical sequence that all hard times are caused by a scarcity of money in circulation. No one knows this better than the politicians of tlx? two old political parties. Neither one dare ant tgonizo the money power. To do so is certain defeat. Their (creditor class) mottoes are "our interest first and our party second." "We will de feat any man in our party who antag onizes our interests." "Yea, we wrll defeat any man who is suspicion ed of antagonizing our interests." The Democrats cannot elect a President without New Yrork. New York is completely dominated by Wall street and 8,000 saloons. One-half of the bankers North are Democrats and four fifths are Democrats in the South. Is there a man gifted, with common sense that belongs to the industrial array wdio believes these men will support any party inimical to their interests? They are the shrewdest men in the United States. They kno w wdiat they want and how to get it. They will never surrender one pet title of their advantages. It must be wrung from them by sheer force. They are wedl organized in one solid compact organi zation and their generals are the finan ciers of the world and have never known defeat. They surrendered slavary, or traffic in human flesh, and counteracted all their forces, and by oontroling the volume of money they will effectually control all production and make the producers pay heavy tribute to them. They are heavely entrenched and have at their command all the resources the enemy of general pr gress can com mand. They are entrenched in front of civilization and no progress can be made until they are routed. The struggle for the nutstery will be the most stupendous ever known. They have full control of the machinery of the two old political parties. Their tactics is keep the people divided. The tariff is the bone of discord: To advo cate high or low tariff as a remedy for existing evils, complained of by the farmers and the whole producing class, is the most gigantic fraud ever at tempted to be palmed oil upon a suffer ing people. It is no wonder intelligent men say we don't understand this tariff (pies tion. The average politician does more lying about the tariff than telling the truth. Both ai'ties aim to deceive ml Kee p the people mist;, lied. It is part of their practic- !' ..eenmg the people divided. Stidc to ibe financial question that you understand and the eaiisw of your woes and let tiie tariff qutsliou alone until you have settled i no dnanoial question. James Murdock. Bkavkr Dam, N. C, July 13, IsOL Mr. Editor: At a regular meeting of the Union County Farmers' Alliance, .July 10th, 1S01, the following resolu tions were adopted: lirfsolrcd. That Vhe Union County Farmers' Alliance heartily endorse the course pursued by L. L. Polk, Presi dent of the N. F. A. and I. U. in the great war now being urged to free the wealth producer of this country from the oppression brought upon us by un just legislation, trusts and combina tions and that we proclaim to the world that we stand square on w hat is known as the Ocala platform, and that we will use all honorable means in our power to bring about the reforms therein contemplated. 2. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to The "Progressive Farmer with a request to parblish the same. J. S. Little. A. W. McManus, II. C. Moore, Com. FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS PRICES OF COTTON. In the present condition of the cotton market the following prices especially collated for the Democrat from 18'34 to date for the staple, will prove of interest to its readers. The rates are on Mid dling Uplands in New Y'ork: year, price, year, price. 1831-35, 183G-37, 1S3S-39, 1840-11, 1812-13, 18 14-45, 1816-47, 1843-19, 1850-51, 1852-53, 1854-55, 185G-57, 1858-59, 18C0-C1, 1S!;2-G3. 1804-05, 1800-07, IsOS-G'J, 1870- 71, 1872-73, 1 871- 75, 1870-77, 1888-89, 1880- 81. 182-83, 1881- S5, 1880-87, 18S8-S9, 1890-91, 17 451835-30, 13 251837-33, 13 30 1&39-40, 9 501841-43, 7 251843-41, 10 50 10 14 S 92 7 85 7 73 7 87 8 03 12 31 9 50 10 97 10 30 12 23 1 1 00 31 29 5 031845-10, If 211847-13, 7 551849-50, 12 141851-52, 11 021853-51, 10 39-1855-50, 13 511857-58, 1 2 08 ls.0-(JO, 13 011801-62, 07 211803-04, 101 50 83 381805-00, 43 2 31 591807-08, 29 011809-70, 10 951871-72, 18,151872-7-1, 15 00 18T 5 -76, 11 73 1877-7S, 10 8.0V-1879-80, 11 31 1S81-S2, 10 03 18s3-8 J, 10 02-18S5-80. 9 43 1837-Ss, 10 31 18s.)-90, 24 85 23 98 20 48 17 00 13 00 1 1 28 12 02 12 10 10 04 9 18 10 18 11 28 10 00 to 7.50. These rates, are for averages in the years given. It is thus seen that the present price is lower than any previous in the list, Avith two exceptions 18 13-14 when it touched 7.25 and 1845-46 when 5.03 was reached. Charlotte Democrat. A huge crop seems now assured, of all kinds of grain, of cotton, of hay and of tobacco. What will prices be? OUR PROGRESS Weekly Record of Manufacturing- and Other Enterprises Started Rip Van Winkle no Longer in the Old North State. 3!;iiunicU;rers' la-conl.l Salem Tiie Salem Water Supply Co. will extend its mains. Tarboro -F, S. Rovstcris reported as to erect a fertilizer factory. Vance boro O. K. Stilly & Co. are erecting a raw mill, as reported re cently. Clear Creek Hunnicut, Joiner & Fillmore are reported as to establish a chair factory. Bryson City J. W. L. Arthur has put in machinery for the manufacture of picker sticks. " New Berne The Roanoke Railroad & Lumber Co. contemplates the erection of a lumber mill at New Berne. Cartilage -P. K. McLean will rebuild and operate the saw mill of McLean Bros., recently reported as burned. Charlotte -R. E. Blakey, G. L. Doo ley, J. S. Prakoford and Thomas Led-w-ell have incorporated the Blakey Printing Co. Raleigh-It is reported that El lington, Royster & Co. have put in a saw mill and machinery for the manufacture of bed springs. New Berne J. F. Prettynian. of Pemberton. Ya., is reported as erect ing a saw mill to have a capacity of 20,000 feet per day. Winston J.K. Mcllhenny and others are endeavoring organize a stock com pany for the purpose of establishing a cheming gum factory. Clinton Endeavors are being made to organize a stock company to erect a cotton mill in Clinton. M. Butler can probably give information. Whetstone J. A. Smith and others have, it is stated, purchased the gran ite quarry of Albert Torrence. near Whetstone, and will develop same. Chimney Rock The W. Logan tract of land near Chimin y Rock has been sold for 825,000, as reported last week. The purchasers are Matthews Sc Co. ( o.-eenshoro -1). R. Lean, of Pitts burg. Pa., has received contract o con struct iron furnace of the North Caro lina Steel oc Iron Co., nvi iuh men tioned. Raleigh -The R. iURohinsou Publish ing Co. lias bten organized with R. D. Robinson, president, and Y. A. Wil kinson, se veiar,-. The ennitai stock is $10,000. New Berne--The Sarin rvih'e Cotton Uompre. Co., of Sonurvme, fern. contemplates organizing a tock com pany for the purpose of establishing a cotton compress in New Berne. Hickory The Novelty Wood Works, operating novelty wood works, has in corporated with G. C. Bonnewell as president, and J. A. Leutz, secretary. The capital stock is to be 850, Oou. Salisbury The Central Land. Co., lately reported as organized and as having purchased the Shaver property of 470 acres near Salisbury, has been incorporated with a capital stock of 00,000. Durham B. N. Duke, J. B. Warren, T.S. Walker, C. A. Jordan and others have incorporated the Trinity Land Co. for the purpose of dealing in real estate in Durham county, etc. The capital stock is 525,000. Charlotte The Highland Park Man ufacturing Co., recently reported as in corporated, etc., has for its purpose the erection of the gingham mill men tioned some weeks since. R. 1 1. Jordan is president, and Gilmer Brinizr -r, treas urer. Woodsdale-J. W. Carroll, C. C. Dunn and P. J. Otey, all of Lynchburg, Ya., ani others of Pennsylvania, wall, it is stated, organize a stock company for the purpose of developing copper mines in Person county, near Woods dale. MASS-MEETING. Mr. Editor :- Gates County Alliance have voted to have a mass meeting at Kittrells, in Gates Co., on the N. & C. R. R., on Wednesday, the second day of September, and have invited Nanse mond Co., Ya., Perquimans Co., N. C., Chowan Co., N. C, and Hertford Co., N. C, Alliances to be present, and hope that Col. L. L. Polk will make this one visit to Northeastern North Carolina, for there are a great many of us too poor to go even as far as Goldsboro to hear him. Other speakers are invited, but Ave particularly want him. Fraternally, H. J. Reed. A WORD FROM CARTERET CO. Mr. Editor: We see our position is constantly being attacked as a mad craze. Yv'e are proud to say they will find more ma I and crazy people in 1892 than they could count in all their life time. The Alliance of Carteret is a unit, and the man avIio thinks differ ently is honestly mistaken, and he will find it so. The outside clement is in sympathy with us, and will vote with us. The people are tired of promises. It wws that noble philanthropist Mr. Lincoln, avIio said that "-you might fool a part of the people a pru t of the time, but you couldn't fool all the peo ple all the time." Besides, vou sav that the old parties have not the ability to carry rat this reform movement one will nt let the other. Fraternally, i HlLLIARD GLANCY. -i I