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THE PROGRESSIVE PARMER: APRIL 12, 1892. ht kin-, 16 Attrw. ta in 3ffice, but T b the i It. lbsolutely b filled Thisi3a ect a Piu. nt eQough office has ice. This "Rllf XV a reform ,cer or side, see he past. SHIP. T logical W in an t can get ! govern, ssession t under tt owner chase of .United aich are rnment of and Sien any ould be ed upon )proved gh lines perated and re mxious In case le gov to sell, minent ipanies wner's ike the urse a nment ght of g sites 'e rail be ab wenty tcreaa ibility Iroad much se the ase as land ! pub- i i nions i ty of; k we not who 5resi said: , ratic eoc- jght dF it tany Mo- arith jld'fl 31k- 5ve cs nen lost iwn hat us, few ood ons len f tal ho rer wo he id- or ye- en he id er ZEKE BILKINS Pes. Jeke is at Work, but Mrs. BiHun l aiics Politics. "iHlo! Mr. Editor." 4' Good morning, Mr. Bilkins." 3 ' Say, I'm in a big hurry this ay's wort, dui l wane W ucai- uum he Statesville meeting." t 'lt passed off very quietly. The JUliance in inau section is m ueucf lhape than ever. B I reckm Maj. lvODDins win let onest pe3pl alone now fer a while." r Ho will if he knows they are onest. R '-SilV. I things are geum on. is mtre auj . T- i.1 chance for reform?" ine om " u , . T pie all to get together ana put cne rascals out.' Every farmer, every i u'T-nmr tormpr T7tT,v mechanic, school-teacher, merchant, manufacturer, editor and lawyer who Wants tO See JUSUCO uuu aiiu. 0vc shoulder to shoulder against the poiiti . ji i, -tV,i.v. ot- cians an i tuoia ui mvlivij v ui i one ana toe same; or iu cuuuti,) m gawticvcj. B.-4k That is just what betsy an' me were siym7 the other nignt at least ... . Betsv said so an I wouldn t disagree with her for a thousand dollars. You w just call Betsy an' have a talk. I've got to finish plantin' corn to-day." R l- Hello! Mrs. Bilkins." Mrs. B "Hello, Mr. Elitor. Talk fast for I must watch after Zeke. I'm afraid some of these politicians will come along an' put deviltry into his head; men are such fools in campaign times. They are willin' to put their wives and children in slavery rather than act sensible and vote for good men who will make honest laws. ' R. "What is the outlook in your township ?" Mrs. B. "Well, all the neighbors who have been to eeo us sctin to think that everybody who wants honest gov ernment must s -and together. Ihey agree that fightin' each other is not any good, an' they tal like they are goin' to stand together through thick and thin. I seen one old gentlemin who said he was goin' to vote his party ticket whether it had any platform or not. I tell you, Mr. Editor, it is well I didn't marry such a man. I would get a divorce or make him imigrate somewhere. j 1 True. There is no use in work ing fo'- roform if you doa't work as a unit." Mrs. B. "There is one thing you editors don't s ly enoughabout. If the parties had been doing their duty, there would have beenao need of the Alliance Yet some cranky members don't insist on reforming their party V in r Xtfnrn, putting something m he platform. r Zeke was fool enough lor a long time , . T -a m0 mog to think that all that vas needed was to vote his party ticket straight an' the politicians would do the rest. If the politicians are all right and the party platform all it should be,we are fools for kicking an' organizing." R,"You are right, Mrs. Bilkins. We should study anj discuss these questions more. If ou: parties are all right, we should disbati. If they are not right, we should rehse to vote with speaker Rf any of themuntu they fre made right. " i ing tnej - r t- 11 T'- .1.. fViaen I Dllf matters a good deal. )ur State Gov emment has been coiducted mode, ntnl-ir moll it emild ht miir-h betV Lvl jr i i v v 1 . . 1 ! .. awa-m nil. 1 twfllT miC 100K.1L1K uvci iiULUiitll hjcv find that both parties are fy hen eggs five years d. been quarrelling cjwr ty enue, iorce oms nai their ugly mouthsf oil i-i Jerf ing tneir pocis-cus t -o -we working peopl the bills." I bj . r. I would ja z ith Mr. Bilkins.' arj Mrs. B 44 You "i is at work tryinxJ eat like all honesem! 11 M.MVinv tVlO 2 J. Ill X UllUlUg -1 1-1 ir-WTTrtQTSlD 11KG ever J' nwuiiM men have no eensi; teach them somev fl hereafter an' don, A t The Proppj iw; ill MTo IE OUR WORKERS. We are under obligations to the fol lowing brethren for clubs sent in since lastreDort: D. R. Parker, J. W. Burnes, W. B. Sellers, J. B. H. Boddie, Jr., ITT m 4 m ' 27 17 new 2520 2321 15 7 13-10 12 3 1110 1010 9 5 . x. uninn, J. M. Carpenter, J W. Lawrence, J. J. Williams, G. A. Clendenin, H. L. Johnson, J P. Callhurn, L. E. Tyner, A M. Bum garner, N. A. Stionestreet, R. W. Bigger, J C. Loftin. 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 C 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 8 7 4 7 5 6 6 5 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 it P. P. Morgan, G Fitzgerald, T. M. Bevis, " S. T. Goforth, T. J. Atkins, S. W. Wilcox, P. B. Kennedy, L Herring, W P. Hailey, J. E. Story, T. J. Savage, M. G. Bryan, E L Sloan, Jno. King, E T. Crawford, T H. Talor, P. P. Foster, tt tt It tt tt J. C. Trexler, H. Li. Loucks, We only name in this list those send mg three or more names, but the many oremren auu irienus wuu uu.v bcui ui tneir renewals nave our mauKs mtw. We want in make thifl list a whole col- umn long every week. What are you .,i,o weev What ore vou reader? " - ALLIANCEMEN AND THEIR LEAD ERS. ,.,rrt AlUonmon he heen SO - thoroughly drilled that they have im I V -: i ii.-i i -. rrw pacn connueiice iu tuii: ioiici. mcj i nave euu iu"" . ol i iic ii lfuutria nicii iv cuuuuuhj fnworshin- there are some Alliance- t tr r r " . . . . men that annear lo nave mure conn dence in Col. Polk than they have in God. This confidence has been buut . vv-a - up JJB stantly reiterating that both old parties are thoroughly corrupt," says the Kin ston Free Press. We do not reproduce this for the pur pose of trying to weaken the logic of the article. The Free Press evidently has hit the nail on the head. Alliance men knoiv that the parties are as cor rUpt as hell itself, and if a man don't want to be known as a second Ananias be will say so. However, the parties could be reformed if they were not un der the management of men who are rapidly sinking them deeper and deeper into the cesspool of corruption. 4 'Hon est control" or "ownership" is what they need. How would "government - ownership" strike you? If the great mass of voters could get charge there would be more honesty. OUR LAW-MAKERS. In the capitol building at Washing ton are two bar-rooms. The Commit tee on "Public Buildings and Grounds' have decided that more room should be given for the same purpose, and the room now used for printing may be turned over for this purpose. A few years ago Congress left the whole matter in the hands of the com mittee on "Public Buildings and Grounds." They can say whether or not intoxicating liquors can be sold in the capitol. Thig committee at present consists of the following : Sena tors Stanford (Chairman), Morrill, or Qay, Squire, Carey, Vest, Daniel, Renresentatives muirvivii, m.i-cifo, i, j - ner, Williams, of North Carolina; Mil liken, Shonk, Enochs and Sweet. "Renentlv a renrespnt.lt ive ofJPA3 York Voice dropped, into i- - 'restaurants." Here i about it : A FEW OF THE CONG Last year the. restaurant beo- uotioiooK mine restaurants sal win j uuu it. iflpy navs servea liauors i m coffee cups in years trone by. but I now I hear it is sold the same as in any I saloon. It is certainly a disgrace." MORE BAR-ROOM WANTED. So rapidly has the business of the House restaurant " increased that more room is imperative, and the com t a. t- -k m r J - mittnn T3KHo R.-Mor, amnnR I y,a aaa A f, have about decided to give over to the " restaurant " the use of the room now . . ... i- i occupiea dv tne Jjommnsee on rnnt ing, as well as another room on the opposite side of the hall. DO YOUR EARS BURN? ttt i i i-i. .in wenavea long use ot vuoso wuuun. us on bick subscriptions, and so me- tunes we look over it and are surprisea at the large number of good men we t.W And M hard times . " " , ; , pinch us for debts we owe and we think how much easier it would be for 1 nno m0n tn roxr no 41 Anon than it is A x i n 14- ior us w iuho i,wu, wo wui il - l l i il A rnw nn tumsing nii.ru. luuuguw. a j "f brfithren and friends, and come in a club for another year. STRANGE VOICES IN THE EAST. Allusion has been made more than once in these columns to the tremend ous flood of reform literature now del - ugiHg iu cuuutijr, c&pwicmj nx t-o South and West. pregent & -3 0f the econo- mlc questions oi ine aay. ijxany ui iucm wo wuucij niuwu, ""j show an earnest purpose, a love of jus- tlceandm case, comomeu wuu argument wuiuu the ODDonents of reform have not an swered to the satisfaction of the aver A . . . ... age citizen. Until quite recently these pubiica tions had few readers in the East. That section has been almost entirely con trolled by the views of the privileged r . 1 r . classes tne owners ot great iortunes, i wuuuie iuwjicbwju in muiuui6 mo pt. - i icv Oi me goverumeuu tu uruiuuto uic welfare of the few at the expense of the "v j - 1 mnnv gut within the past year strange voices have been heard in the East, and v-bi the common people ngr tpem giaoiy. Even in Boston, where the newspa pers, less than two years ago, spoke of the Alliance movement as an impor tant affair confined to a few country people in the benighted South and the wild West, the reformers have gained a foothold, and in the very citidal of the goldbug3 and plutocrats they have set up their printing presses and are sending out their printed sheets among the Deorue The writer of this article picked up The Arsna, the brightest of the Bost - ton periodicals, last night, and a glance through it p; revealed some as- toundmg things. This magazine, published in Boston, where hardly anybody knew anything about the Alliance two years ago, now devotes most of it3 space to the great reform and its leaders. In the April number Hon. John Da vis, an Alliance Congressman, discus ses the money question. Mrs. Diggs has an article on the Alliance and its leaders. Hamlin Garland has a story on the Alliance side of the question. - The advertising pages announce a fresh whole aspf ct of The Arena is revolu tionary from a goldbug point of view. Verily, this is progress ! In this Boston magazine will be found advertised "The Abolition of Plutocracy," by Professor J. R. Bu chanan; "A New Declaration of Rights," by Hamlin Garland; 'The Farmer, the Investor and the Rail way," by C. Wood Davis; " The Con dition of Labor," by Henry George; " The Coming Climax in the Destinies of America," by Lester C. Hubbard; "Jason Edwards," by Hamlin Gar land; "Bondholders and Bread-win ners," by S. S. King; A Member of the Third House," by Hamlin Garland, and various other books upholding the riehts of the farmers and the masses. land uread-wm the twen the S twenty one! In 1880 the twenty-one nau od Der nent. or t.h r.ti nnmiiafmn ana were able to keen hut 23 wr cent. of the total wealth gained. The nine had 29 per cent of the total population, and were able to save 41 Der ct nv of th total wealth gained. isn t it infamous? Isn't it robbery ? There is enoueh in fiat Drosiwc.tiia VV u people W II11DK1 tO Set DeODle to thinking nnH tViPir noughts will not make very pleasant ffi" "?L Vr eadmg for Eastern capitalists The article on the monev Question hv Uongressman Davis is wonderful I v clear and readable. Mr. Davis advocates a full lesral ten- aer paper currency and plenty of n. TTa nkMvr A-1. A. - X. 1 J HA A- - -- z I J-1-u ouuwb niuu iL luieu zu Der cent. b . f Rm . . Pat,u iic 0f Venice, that it carried England i tnrougn the Napoleonic wars and en abied the United States to put down seceaing boutnern .states. JetninKs tnat such money 13 very good money and backed by the credit of the government, and issued to the people without a national banking sy s tern to stand in the way. he is satisfied c.,u . - : ia i Bnf J . ... T.nari Hllnri q nnrronrr i and satisfactory. And why not? There is no danger of an unlimited is sue. Concress would always stand ready to check the issue if it damaged the people. Mr. Davis refers to the fact that the first $60,000,000 in greenbacks issued by J the government during the war were 1 f un wai tender notes, and remained at i par with gold or aDove ll ail me ume, I Then, he quotes the following from Sen buff8: b 1 people in a great emergency ever 1 round a raitniui any in goia. 11 is me most cowardly and treacherous of all It makes no treaty it does not break. It has no friend it does not break. It has no friend it does sooner or later betray. Armies and navies are not maintained by gold. In times of panic and calamity, shipwreck and disaster, it becomes the agent and minister of ruin. No nation ever fought a great war by the aid of gold. On the icouirarv, iu vnt in the crisis of the greatest Derj it becomes an enemy more potent 1 than the foe in the held ; out when the battle is won and peace has been se cured, gold reappears, and claims the fruits of victory. In our own civil war it is douotful if the gold of New York and London did not work us greater injury than the powder and lead and iron of tho rebels. It was the mo -t invincible enemy of the public credit. Gold paid no soldier or sailor. It refused the national obligations. It was worth most when our fortunes were the lowest. Every defeat gave it increased value. It was in open alli ance with our enemies the world over, and all its energies were evoked for our des ruction. But as usual, when dan ger has been averted, and the victory secured, gold swaggers to the front and asserts the supremacy. If this sort of talk is :o make itself heard through the densely populated East, where millions of toilers are im patient under their many burdens, we may expect before long to see the masses ot that section getting rcaay so vote with their brethren of the South and Wes'i. Besides, The Arena, The New Nation and other Boston periodicals are en listed m tho cause of reform. In the South and West similar publi cations literallv cover the face of the earth. Now. does all this mean nothing? Does it not show the drift of public opinion? There are Democratic leaders who ignore the signs of the times. They clamor for tariff reform as the single is sue of the campaign. Yet they must know that the masses demand financial relief. They must know that m people claim that they have bcn de ceived time and again with the hollow sham of tariff reform, and will m longer join their faith to is as the su preme issue. Tamnnroti'rt Ian 3 n Yc lrni-iTir nil ill Id lyLllUVlUVlV -.V1 U . Ull ."V , and still some of them take no forward step. Very well the perpetuation of Re publican plutocracy by blind Demo cratic leaders willeai- Democratic STATE NEWS. -rn nf the State Press Drops of Turpentine tc1 Grains of Rice from the East Clusters f Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the Vorth Stalks of Corn and Grains of Wheat from the West Peannts . and Cotton Seed from the South Tarboro is to have electric lights. Justice Davis of the Supreme Court is in failing health. John Hardy, a colored boy, at tempted to commit suicide at Salisbury last Thursday. Winston pays $11,000 and secures the location of the Colored Agricultural and Mechanical College. The Alliance Echo is the name of a new weeklv published by Mr. J. E. Spence at Moncure. ' Roxboro Courier : Mr. John A. Clay ton told us a few days ago that he killed 200 crows a few days ago with three baits. The Smithfield Herald reports that there has already been more corn shipped to that place this year than during all lsyi. Asheboro Courier : The cotton mills at Randolph spend a considerable amount of money every year for wooden shuttles. Mr. John W. Keziah, general mer chant in union county, has made an assignment. His liabilities are $2,200, with assets of 1,500. Murfrersboro Index : The fishermen are not doing a great deal this season The catch of fish along the Chowan and Meherrin is small. Norfolk Virginian: Officer Hoof nagle last night arrested an escaped convict from the Raleigh penitentiary, who had two years to serve. Concord Standard: Rev. H. W. Bays. D. D., will preach a sermon be fere the graduating class of Kinston College about the first of June. Oxford Day: Evangelist W. P. Fife and Rev. Geo. C. Need ham will conduct a series of Bible readings in Oxford, beginning next Sunday morn ing. Last week seven prisoners escaped from the Mecklenburg jail, John Boyd, the train wrecker was among the number. Six recaptured, Boyd still at arge. One North Carolinian was hurt by he fall of the staging near the cruiser Raleigh at Norfolk Thursday, Mott D. Lee, a well known business man of Goldsboro. Salisbury Herald : There are, now ninete n prisoners m iau. Wheat is looking exceptionally fine just now. Present indications point to a splendid yield this year. A letter from Rutherford College says the attendance is large ana in creasing almost daily, and that lully 300 pupils are expected to be in at tendance next term. Dunn Tirtus : We are sorry to an nounce the assignment or Mr. vv . s Jackson of our town. From the best estimate that can be made at present, his liabilities are $z,uu, wnne ins assets are $1,000 or fl,200. Charlotte Netrs : Mr. A. Metger, the German miner, has begun gold mining operations on the lands of Mr. John P. Hunter, at Denta. He is getting out some rich gold ore, so he says, and Mr. Metger knows good ore when he sees it. Goldsboro Argus: We regret to chronicle the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Elmore, wife of Mr. Jerre P. Elmore. Her death occurred yesterday after noon at tre home or her husband m Saulston township in the 65th year of her age. Greensboro Workman : The chair of chemistry, in the Central University of Kentucky, has been tendered to Prof. W. A. Weathers, of the Agri cultural and Mechanical College, Tbut it was declined, the professor pre ferring to remain m his present posi tion. Nearly 200 out of the more than 300 parties who made professions of faith in Christ at the Fife meeting in Wilson handed in cards showing their church preference. Those handed is showed us: Methodist, bO; .baptist, 5U ,erian, 30; Episcopalian, 20. e. 10. Boston. Mr set XL A THE LATEST NEWS. Sparks from the Wires Most Important Events Throughout the World for a Week. London, A pril 8 Fourteen lives were lost tnis mornine in a uoin&iuu of two steamers in the English channel. Omaha, April b. A blizzard of un usual severity, for this season, raging over the greater pari; oi mis oiaie. The snow is several inches deep. New York, April 6. The World has a special that Uatheld, the Aeaaer or the celebrated Hatfield gang, was shot and killed by one of his gang in a row over cards. ' Shelby ville, April 8.-n-The Victor Flouring Mill, in this city, the largest in tne ssoutn, was Durnea tnis morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The loss is largely covered by in surance. Paris. April 6 At Angers lat night a dynamite bomb was placed on the window sill ot the ponce depot anu ex ploded. The building was badly shat tered and one of the policemen was injured. There is absolutely no clue. Angers is a manufacturing centre and Socialists abound. Olean, N. Y., April 6. A terrific cyclone struck this city last night, wrecking ten houses and a church. One jwoman was killed and a number of people seriously injured. There were sixteen people is the church, " which was lifted from its foundations and carried twenty feet away. New York, April 5. Lieut. George Backus, First Cavalry, whose station is at fort Keogh, Mont, is missing. He arrived in this city two weeks ago and registered at the Sturtevant house. Nothing has been heard of him at the hotel for the last few days, and it is card he has committed suicide. Alexandria, La., April 6 News has reached here that Patrick Kelley, aged 55 years, a peddler, killed on last Sun day on Little river, near Fishville, bv a gang of eight negroes, that lour of the negroes were caught by a mob and hanged, and the mob was in pur suit of the rest of the gang. The kill ing was for the purpose of robbery. New Orleans, April 8. The New Orleans rice merchants have organized a stock company with $500, 000 capital to fight the rice trust. A new rice mill will be erected here, as all the present Mills are in the trust. It is thought the rice farmers will join issues with the new company to fight. the trust. FIVE FATALLY INJURED. Long Island City, April 6.- The fire box of a locomotive on the Long Island Railroad exploded this morning while the engine was standing on the track near Blissville. Fve men were fatally injured. THE SAFE FOUND INTACT. V HEPnziBAH, Ga., April 8. Mr. J. B. Fryer found the inner safe belonging to the sate recently aynamitea ; it was near his dwelling and was intact, deeds, bonds and etc., in a perfect tate of preservation. FIFTY ATE POISONED CREAM. Nashville. Tenn., April 6. Fifty persons were poisoned by eating ice cream at a church social held Mono ay. Two victims have died, and ' try' others had a hard struggle forX The others hwe already recovf' are on the road to recovery. SEVEN B Fort Madison, J people lost th broke out in t Pease at 12:30 building was cons of S. V. KitcheD, li in all, were burnel plosion of gun powf esenne. The Pto-" escape. ne was a hor KILp (
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