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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER: SEPTEMBER 6, 1892. 8 LOOK ON THIS They Lied on Col. Polk They Lie on at Work Our People REBEL POLK. Gen. Polk Sent Prisoners to Salisbury to Starve He also Ordered Union Prisoners Shot. "Sergeant Lamb and all of the regi ment except fifty seven were either killed or captured while in advance line of battle, three miles from Rich mond, October 17th, 1864 Company H was not in the battle that day ; this company bad 22 members; there were but 57 of the regiment foun 1, all told, after the battle. The prisoners were all taken to Salisbury prison and murdered by intentional starvation by direct orders ot the President of our great re form party. Comrades, this thing is too hot for you to monkey with. Drop it." P. W. Kenyon, " Corinth, Osborne Co., Kansas. 41 Yes, I know old Polk! I remember just how he looks the old cuss.' One day he and two doctors came into the prison to inspect the sanitary condition of the pen just as a wagon load of dead soldiers was being hauled out. I was standing a few feet from Polk aa the load of dead soldiers passed and Polk said to the doctors: That is just what I like to see; them damned Yanks won't fight any more.' "Oh, how I wanted to jump onto him: I said to him right there that I was not going to please him, but I would live to fight him again. Our rations consisted of one pint of corn meal, ground cob and all together; or sometimes we got instead one pint of cane seed ground, or wheat bran; one pint of either was got for one day. We had no meat or potatoes. We were provided with nothing for bedding and were compelled to lie in mud. God only knows how any of us happened to live through it all. Strong men went down like grass before the scythe. "Oh, the intense suffering endured in that hole can never be told. I have counted seventy five dead in one day. I would of ten say to myself: 'Will my turn come next? Fourteen of my company were captured the same time with myself and were in the same prison. I am the only one now living. Only one of them got out alive besides myself, and he died within a few days after he got out. We were starved to death. I was in Salisbury prison three and one half months. . Gen. Polk was in command and knew how we were treated, and from what I saw and heard at the time, I am convinced that our terrible treatment was by his orders. Oh, yes, I would know the old brute if I should meet him in. a crowd of a thousand." " John W. Lamb, ' Exeter, Neb. At various times Col. Polk was ac cused of other things. For instance, the "Slander Bureau" reported that he ordered Union prisoners shot in Pennsylvania; that he was a defaulter while Commissioner of Agriculture; that he was a coward in battle, and other things too numerous to mention. That "Slander Bureau" is at work again. Watch out for its schemes. It is needless to tell our readers that all of these charges were untrue. THE SILVER QUESTION. Mr. Editor: Whenever and wher ever the creditor class has been able it has tampered with the measures of the people's produce that is, tam pered with the currency. For the past twenty years the degradation of silver has been the pet object of this class all over the civilized world. The purpose of attempted degradation is patent. The people have promised to meet their obligations in dollars. If be tween the time of promise and the time of payment the, value of the dol lar is increased, they lose the differ ence. This increase of the value of the dollar is effected by diminishing the number of dollars in circulation. This diminution of the number of dollars in circulation is effected by (1) total de monetization, always if possible, (2) by Sartial demonetization and legislative iscrimization against and degradation of silver. This legislative descrimina tion tends to destroy the parity of the two metals and to confuse values until what is called "business interests" rise up and join hands with the capitalists in demanding a "single standard" gold. This is the last act of the game of sssntraction of coin circulation. The fractional silver currency coined in the United States since 1793 is 195 millions, of which something like 100 millions (or as the gold-bug admits, 77 millions) is still in circulation. The face value of every dollar's worth of this fraction al currency coined since 1853 contains 38 grains less silver than the silver dol lar. Silver was very scarce in this country when 'this law was enacted. Its production was only $50,000 a year. But now since silver has become "cheap." has the gold bug been heard to ask that 38 grains be added to a dol lar's worth of this subsidiary silver coin to make it even with the silver " dollar? Not a bit of it? The effect of this would be to increase the market price of silver and tend to defeat his scheme of degradation and eventual demonetization. In the same way if silver is too cheap the gold-bug ought to ask that five cents be put into the present nickel piece which intrinsically is hardly worth anything. If the supply of silver were suddenly And permanently cut off, the cry against it would cease. It would no longer be "cheap money," it would be scarce enough to' make it profitable to hoard it as gold is now hoarded. The speculators in money and all jugglers THEN ON THAT ! WeaverThe Same Old Slander Bureau Know Them Too Well. WEAVER AT PULASKI, TENN. The Story of His Robbery and Oppres sion of the People The Names and Amounts Given Evidence Which Cannot Be DenUd. Charlotte Observer. Having seen in some papers an ac count of Gen. Weaver's conduct while in charge at Pulaski, Tenn., I wrote to the clerk of the county court for either a verification or denial of the charges. I received the letter which I send you. Very respectfully, W. E. Abernethy. Rutherford College, N. C, Aug. 19, '92. Pulaski, Tenn., Aug. 15, 1892. Mr. Will E. Abernethy, Rutherford College, N. C : Dear Sir: Your letter of inquiry in regard to the acts of General Weaver while in command of this place was handed me to answer. I was between 15 and 16 years old when Weaver was here, and I know whereof I write, and in support of what I shall write, I refer to a few citizens of this county : J. P. May, President People's National Bank ; Z. W. Ewing, ex Speaker of the Senate; Iflourney Rivers, State Senator; J. B. Stacey, ex-Clerk and Master of Chan eery Court, Thos E. McCoy, Sheriff Giles county, Col. Solon E. Rose, Dr. William Battle, Dr J. C. Roberts; S. W. Butler, Judge of County Court; R. H. Ragsdale, county trustee, and L. E. Abernethy, President Commercial Bank and Trust Company. Most of these men were here and know the facts. The others know from reputa tion. The said Weaver seemed to have a perfect hatred for the Southern people. He pillaged, robbed, persecuted, villi fied' and abused our people in every imaginab'eway. He had citizens arrested and im prisoned on trumped up charges, and made to pay to be rescued. He made the friends of D. K. Cox pay $500 for his release. Mr. Cox is dead, but his son, Ed R. Cox, is living here, and can testify to said facts. So can Maj. J. B Stacey and Col. S. E Rose, friends of Cox, who paid part of the money. He robbed Mr. Jasper Cox (no relation to Mr. D. K. Cox)cpf $2,000 worth of spun thread. Josper Cox is a reliable citizen of this county, and now lives near isoaennam, unes county, xenn. He robbed John P. Williams, an old reliable farmer and soldier of theMexi can war, of all his hogs and meat. Mr. Williams' postoffice is this place. Ha had Dr. J. C. Roberts, of this place, arrested, and tried to make him pay $500 for his release, but after he tound that the doctor would not pay it, he turned him loose. ' The doctor is now living, and will answer any letter. On January 26, 1864, he made the fol lowing parties pay the sums opposite their names. I have the original re ceipt he gave my father, Charles C. Abernethy. All the parties are dead except Dr. Wm. Battle, who will cheer fully bear me out: Thos. Martin, $250; Dr Wm. Battle, $100; Chas. C. Abernethy, $250; Robt Dickson, $250; J. H. Newbill, $100; J. Mr. Morris, $100; David Reynolds, $250; B. Abernathy, $200; Thomas B. Daly, $200. Total, $1,700 He claimed in his order that it was for the support of Union refugees com ing within his lines. Thos. h, Dalv, son of Thos B Daly, and Wm S. New- bill, son of J. H. Newbill, are living here and will answer am' inquiry. could give other incidents, or acts of said Weaver, if necessary. Yours truly, J. P. Abernathy. in values could join hands and make thi3 money tight any time they wished. It is most profitable to the jugglers in the cotton crop to make moaey tight when the cotton crop is to be moved. If the quantity of gold were greatly increased and those interested in limit ing its volume should be convinced that its production must henceforward be far cheaper and easier, they would seek as they once did seek to demone tize gold. The reason is obvious. They have got the gold; anything which supplies the demand for it cheapens its value, and by so much makes them poorer. They are speculators in money as well as in farm products. When they have made a "corner" on the money market, they fight the intro duction of more money just as Armour fights the introduction of more lard to break his corner on lard. Whenever the supply of money is limited and its volume fixed so that it may be known and may not be easily or tpeedily changed, a combination of moneyed men can make a "corner" on it as easily as they can on wheat, corn or lard. Of course they object to the free coinage of silver. We produce 118 million dollars' worth of silver a year in the United States, and if only this were all coined it would add about 94 million dollars a year to our existing circulation with its small present an nual increase of about 24 millions per year, and the money corner would be harder and harder to make every year. With sufficient silver and gold as the basis for a still more flexible currency, another corner in money would be an im possibility. With United States credit as a basis for a flexible currency, such a corner would likewise be impossible certainly as long as such credit was good. With farm products as the basis for such a currency, no corner could be made. The speculators in money understand this perfectly; and they fight all three of these schemes with equal zeal. Jay Gould is reported to have gone to certain banks in New York some time ago to borrow 75 mil lion dollars. "What security have you got for so $iuch money," they asked, "the best in the world," replied Gould, "just lock it up in your vaults and I'll pay the interest on it." They did it, and Jay became a stock-buyer on a contracted money market, reduced in volume temporarily. He bought till he got enough, and then he quit pay ing interest and the 75 millions were turned loose. He began to sell then in a loose monev market. Onlv OnnM and the devil who helped in the ib i i in ji i .. mm Kjua wxio win some uay judge nun t IA. 1 1 1 V. - iur it, itiiew now jluucii no maae. . Monev is 11 ver cent, interest nnw in New York on good security. A year or A J - dm two ago uurmg one oi inese corners it coma not do naa at 34 per cent. W. J. Peele At the People's party Congressional convention for the First district, held at Edenton on the 18th, John Bradv was made Chairman and T. E. Mc- Caskey, Secretary. Col. Harry Skin ner, E, A. Moye and J. T. Respass were put in nomination for Congress. Skinner received the largest vote, but declined in favor of E. A. Moye. J. T. Respass was nominated for Elector for the district. PEOPLE'S PARTY SPEAKING. . Dr. W. P. Exum, candidate for Gov ernor, and Marion Butler, Elector-at-Large, will address the public at the following times and places : Whiteville, Thursday, Sept. Lumberton, Friday, " 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 Rockingham, Saturday, Wadeaboro, Monday, Monroe, Tuesday, Charlotte, Wednesday, Rutherfordton, Thursday, Shelby, Friday, Lincolnton, Saturday, Dallas, Monday, Concord, Tuesday, Salisbury, Wednesday, Greensboro, Thursday, Winston, Friday, Graham, Saturday, Reidsville, Monday, Yanceyville, Tuesday, Lexington, Wednesday, Statesville, Thursday, Mocksville, Friday, Morganton, Saturday, Marion, Monday, Marshall, Tuesday, Waynesville, Wednesday, Asheville, Thursday, Salisbury, Friday, Durham, Saturday, u it It it We ask that the citizens turn out and give the speakers a respectful hearing. Other appointments will follow these and other speakers. S. Otho Wilson, Chm'n State Ex. Com. People's Party. THOMPSON SCHOOL. Parents, guardians and young men who are anxious to get an education would do well to send at once for a catalogue of Thompson School and Business College, Siler City, N. C. This is one of the first-class boarding schools of North Carolina for young men and boys, with military training. The new and handsomely illustrated catalogue, one of the neatest of the season, shows an enrolment of 253 students during the past year, and an increase of pat ronage of five hundred per cent, in eleven years. The school is well equipped and is located in a beautiful aud healthful community on the C. F. & Y. V. R. R , thirty five miles south of Greensboro. This school is highly endorsed and recommended by a ma jority of the best educators of North Carolina. The catalogue shows that the school has a thorough literary course, with special preparation for the University, Trinity, Wake Forest, or Davidson College. The Business Col lege work includes a complete commer cial course, plain and ornamental pen manship, telegraphy, short-hand, and type-writing. The catalogue also shows that the expenses of this excel lent school are very reasonable. Good board is quoted at eight dollars per month. A catalogue with full particu lars will be sent immediately upon ap plication to. J. A. W. Thompson, " (916) Siler City, N. C. NOTICE. Please take -notice that I have re signed as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the People's party, owing to my nomination for Congress in the Fifth district. S. Otho WiLon, Ral eigh, N. C, is Chairman of the State Executive Committee. Respectfully, W. R. Lindsay. PROHIBITION SPEAKING. Col. R S. Cheves, of Kentucky, will address the people at Raleigh on Sat urday, Sept. 10th, at 3 o'clock p. m., on the great political issues of the day as seen by prohibitionists. People's party, Democrats and Republicans all invited to hear him. The Princeton, Ky., Banner says of Col. Cheve3: "He cuts his argument out of solid cloth, all wool and a yard wide. He deals in facts, sows the seed of thought and invites serious refle tion." - NOTICE. A meeting of the Executive Commit tee of the People's party for the 5th Congressional District is hereby called to meet in the city of Greensboro on Thursday, September 15th. A full at tendance of the committee is desired as in addition to important business to be brought before the committee, there will have to be an election of district elector in place of Rev. P. H. Massey, who declines the nomination to accept that for the legisloture in his county. J. B. Smith, Chm'n Ex. Com. 5 th dist. THE PEOPLE'S PARTY SONG BOOK A book of new People's party songs set to familiar tunes.- Xifcv entertain ing and to the, point. Sen for books and organize a glee club. Price 8 cents apiece; twa'for 15 cents; fiixty cents per dozen. Address f Theodore Steele, (820) Mt. yernon, 11L BROWN S IRON BITTERS cures Dyspepsia, In digestion & Debility. SUSTAINED. I - The organ of the Virginia State Alli ance, the Virginia Sun has i een in a position exactly similar to our own. The State Alliance sustained its course. Speaking of it the Sun truthfully re marks: We have honestly endeavored to "hew to the line" as chalked out by the Farmers' Alliance, without taking any side squints of our own. That line is 44 the demands." We have followed the demands where they have led! If they are to be found in the Democratic party, we have made a mistake. If they are to be found in the Republican party, we have made a mistake. But everybody, whether Democrat ox Re publican, admits that our demands are found in the People's party, and if we are found there along with them, it only' shows how absolutely non par tisan the course of the Sun ;has beer. The great desire of our heart was that the demands should be found in the Democratic party, because that has el ways been our own party, but when they led in another direction loyalty to our obligation to be non-partisan com pelled us to turn our back on our own party, and affiliate with that party which alone repiesents our principles." Vance township, Union County, has 250 voters. One Hundred and forty four are in the Weaver Club, twenty seven in the Cleveland Club and the Weaver boys think they will get 200 leaving 50 for the Clevelandites and Republicans. PEOPLE'S PARTY COUNTY CON VENTION. The Johnston county People's party nominating convention will be held at the court house in Smithfield on Tues day, Sept. 6th, at 11 o'clock a, m., for the purpose of nominating a legislative and county ticket. Any voter who is in sympathy with this great reform movement and expects to vote with us will be recognized as a delegate and en titled to all the privileges of the floor. We find this movement much strongerH than at first anticipated and believe by united effort we can carry our county for the People's party, and therefore we urge upon all the townships to send a large delegation ana let us nave a grand rally. W. B Rains, Chm'n Co. Ex. Com. TO THE FRIENDS OF REFORM. I have been commissioned as State Organizer for the Citizens' Alliance and Industrial Union, and request the hearty co operation of all friends of re form. The Citizens' Alliance and In dustrial Union is to be to the trades men, merchants, laborers and others, what the F. A. and I. U. is the farmers, and' was established to enable the peo ple of the cities and towns who are not eligible to membership in trie Jr. A. ana 1 U. to make an active, systematic ana effective fight for equal rights. There is no money on hand to pay the ex penses of myself or any one to visit the. cities and form assemblies, and l ex pect my brother mechanics and friends of purity to take up the worn and secure signers for an assembly in each city. Write to n e for blanks and in structions. When ready to organize, notify me and I will come and give you the secret work and put 3 ou in worK ine order. Remember that success or failure lies with you, and that a sue cessful fight demands organization. W. H. Warner, State Organizer C. A. & I. U. 641 Asheboro St., Greensboro, N. C SCARLET or CRIMSON CLOVER A BOON TO A G It CULTURE. " A Godsend to the cotton farmer." Prof. W. F. Massey, of the North Carolina Experiment btation. We offer pedigxee seed crop of 189'. For the Scarlet Clover bulletin. No. of the Deaware gricultural eriment fetation, cir culars, prices, etc., address vhe growers THE D E W A W ARE FRU IT EXCHANGE, Sam'l H. Derby, Sec'y, Woods ide, Delaware, F. W.HUIPEKOPER AND REUBEN FOSTER, RECEIVERS Richmond & Danville R. R. Schedule. In Effect August 28th, 1892. TRAINS LE AVE RALEIGH, N. C. 6:00 DAILY for Durham. Oxford. Hender P.M. son, Buffalo Lithia Springs, Greens boro, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, Hickory, Asbeville and Western North Carolina points; Charlotte, Columbia, Augusta, Charleston, Sa vannah, all Florida points; Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans and all points South and Southwest; Danville, Richmond, Lynchburg, Washington and all points North Through Pullman sleeping car from Raleigh to Asheville on train leaving 7:00 a. yi. I at 6: 5 p. m. 1:28 P.M. Daily. For Goldsboro, Fayetteville, Wil mington, Morehead City. Newberne aud all points in Eastern North Caro lina. For Goldsboro, Wilson, Tarboro and all Eastern Carolina points. 8:45 A.M. ex. Sun. 8:15 P. M. Daily. (For Durham, Oxford. Henderson, Clarksville, Buffalo Lithia Springs, Keysville, Burfceville, Richmond, Wert Point, Baltimore and all points North, via York River Line; cri ries through. -Pullman sleeper between Raleisrh and Richmond TRAINS ARRIVE AT RALEIGH: 1:10 P.M. Daily. 2:00 A.M. Daily. 10:40 A.M. Daily. 5:45 P.M. Daily. ll:3U P.M. ti. Snn From Greensboro North and South. and all points From Richmond Durham. via Keysvir and From Goldsboro. PASSENGERS LEAVING RALEIGH AT 7:01 a.m. make close connection at Grens , bpro for all points North and South; also for all Western North Carolln Points, arriving in Asheville 5:58 ji. m., Lenoir 3:50 p. m., in ample time i6taK to Blowing Rock, twenty E. BERiaSSr SA'SBSfc Superintendent, Gen'l Pass. Act s TT Wi0dTV . Washington D. ( S. H. HARD WICK. Ass't General piss. Agent, W. H. GRT5T5N. Gen'l Mang'r. Washington. D. C. SOL HAAS, Traffic Manager. Washington, D.C. I liEGlippii : 1 I!b(I1: iWHITlOCPRICHHOW The old reliable " Jones" Tobacco Warehouse of this city will be opened on the 15th inst. by Messrs. J. R Ran kin and Robt. L. Williamson, for the sale of leaf tobacco. Mr. Rankin has been for several years connected with Lockhart's Warehouse at Durham, N. C, and is iu every respect a first-cla?s warehouseman. Mr. Williamson is well and favorably known among the planters of this section, having been connected with Stronach's Warehouse. We bespeak for this firm a bright future, as both gentlemen are young, energetic and experienced tobacco men. I I ff.l I 111 I LWWI iiiwuri Zk Containing an Account of the Various Organ izations of Farmers, Planters, and Me chanics, for Mutual Improve ment and Protection Against Monopoly. By the Prominent aud Well-known Writer, H J Author of "The Golden Gems of Life," "Bible Companion," "History of Civilizb tion," "Scenes Abroad,1' Etc., Etc WHAT IS THOUHGT OF IT. 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Its accounts of the great labor organin tions of the country are fair and truth ful, and its illustrations are work cf art Thos. J. Ogilvie, Assistant Cohmis sioner of Agriculture, Bellbuckle, Tenn, I have carefully examined Mr. Allen t new work, " Labor and Capital," and find it a splendid work well adapted to the times full of valuable information, and it ought to be read by all classes. , t 1891. Raleigh,' N.' '6! : . as payment for subscnr PosTorricE. State.
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