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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER : AUGUST 20, 1895. ZEKE BILKINS. M. A. ? 1 1 iJa iiil The Major Attends the State Alliance MeetingHe Felt Meaner than a North Carolina Railroad Di rector at First Too Full for Utterance. B. "Hello! Mr. Editor." R. 4 Hello! Mftpr. I'm at your eer PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. vice. B. ,4I'il try ter discuss a few things with you, but I'm not feelin' like talk in7 much. I went to the State Alliance last week, an' I haint got over it yet. Them Ckry folks had so many gude things ter eat it cum mity nigh disor ganize' my whole corporosity. It does a feller gude ter git out frum home now an' then, purvidin' he kin stand it. But I tell you I ft It putty mean at first az mean az a Direckter ov the North Carolina Railroad I reckon. 1 hadn't bin takin1 much part in Alliance pereeedins fer turn time an' I felt like I wouldn't be welcome at the State nieetin', especially bein' e z I'm a dyma- hrn.t "Rnt T found that wasn't so. The brethren iest treated me az well ez if I wuz a kalemity howlin' Populist with silver-plated soes on my feet. The perseedins, so far az I could see, were strictly non partisan, an' I didn't hear any party menshuned. So far as my observashun went the meetin' wuz Populist, Republican an Dymakratick the best ov awl ov them but not awl ov any ov 'em. I tole Betsy that when I got homo. She Bed she reck oned I wuz erbout rite, but she'd bet that it wuzent Republikin or Dcma- kratick enough lergit the endorsement ov President Cleveland and Senator Sherman. I didn't feel sure erbout that, an' I didn't say anything." R. 44 You eay you have not been at tending Alliance meetings for some tim, and yet admit that this one was all right and that you thoroughly en joyed it. Will you explain why you absented your -elf from the meetiags-? ' B. "Yes, I reckon so. It wuz be kase the Alliance went into polyticks four years ago." R. "Will ycu not admit that every other member has much right to go into polities as you have? ' B. "I don't know. Majbe they have. But thousands ov the members left the Dymakratick an' Republikin parties an' started a new party. They had no rite ter do that." R. "I insist that they did have that right. A political party is an iuani mate thing. The principles are the only thing of substantial value. If these principles are du carded then the members of that party can and should leave it without further ceremony. If your dwelling house becomes rotten unfit to live in you are at liberty to build another and mcve into it if you can. If the timbers in a bridge are rotten, you ought to tear it away and build a new bti ige, instead of risking life and limb in crossing the old one." B "But I didn't think the dyma kratick party wuz rotten an' I staid in it." R. "All right. That was your privilege. Nobody objects. If you c in stand it other people will say amen. But there are these who believe it best to flee from the wrath to come and they fled. Later developments have convinced them that they were not mistaken. But if that were not true there is no reason in the world why ycu ehculd net affiliate with the Alliance. You admit that its meetings are frater nal, nonpartisan and useful. I have been in dozens of Sub Alliance meet ings, many county ai d State meetings and two annual meetings c f the Na tional Alliance. Not one of them were partisan, ai-d nothing was said cr douo to olfend any partisan. The man who says ho had to leave tho Alliance be cause it went into politics is simply running on tho plan that a poorexcus 5 is better than none at all." B. "May bee you are rite. I often feel like I orter do better, an' I'm goin' make another powerful tflort. Gude bye." COMMITTEE MEETING. The Executive Committee of tho North Carolina Farmers' State Allianca will be in session August 30th, 1895. Time for meeting, 9 o'clock a. m. By order of A. F. Hileman, Chair maD. Executive Committee. W. S. Barnes, Sec'y Tre as. August 15, 1B95. Annual Message of Bro J. M. Mew borne, Retiring President of the State . Alliance, Delivered Before the Alliance in Session at Cary, N. C , August 13, 1895. Dear Brethren : The Father's hand has kept up and guided us till this our Linth annual session; His love and wonderful beneficence have been again shown in the prosperous crops throughout the greater part of cur be loved S:ate. For this and all other blessings we offer our grateful thanks We have assembled for coutcd for wise and peaceful council to make plans for the amelioration of our brotherhood and to take steps for their speedy consummation. We are met here in the town of Cary by special election of your Executive Committee to view the surroundings of this railroad junction and to take into immediate consideration the ad visability of establishing a manufac turing enterprise here. This is a great and grave undertaking, but you have the power to do it if you so desire ; others have done, it and are now bask ing in the wealth produced by you. Oar people at home expect the offi 1 j - 5 il cers ana delegates to ao more man routine business at this meeting, they knew from the first that they were in a wilderness, and are novr; and for this reason they organized themselves into this great brotherhood to relieve them; they have learned, and learned it through great tribulation, that they have been wronged and terribly wronged by adverse legislation, and that favorable legislation will ultimate ly restore them to their former con dition; they have found out by the education they have received through this organiz ition, which he s been veri fled by actual experience and pro claimed by wise and learned states men, that when the government issues from its treasury a given amount of money which is only a medium of the exchange of wealth to circulate among its people to be useful to them in their business and m sufficient volume, no more and no less. With this sufficiency the people buy and sell ; promise and receive promises ; make all manner of debts and receive all manner of debts, and all are contented and happy in "a smiling land." If by legislation gov ernment reduces that volume of cur rency, just in that proportion the man who made the promise is robbed by the man who received the promise, and the man who made the debt, by the man who received the debt, and gov ernment is the instigator of these out rages, through vile and vicious lcgisla toi, either for self-interest or SDme body els j's interest. They have learned through the Alliance and by unrelent ing toil as well, that, if the volume of currency shall bo reduced one half, then the remaining half must now do what all once had to do, and that the price of the produce of the farmer and the hire cf the labDrer is reduced one half and the products of all other en terprises are in like manner reduced unlets sustained and upheld by nefari ous and unlawful combinations. That by reducing the price of products and labor one half the conditions have been so changed that it will require twice as many pounds, twfca as many bushels, twice as many da 's labor, and twice as miny proauc s (save and except those up by unlawful trusts) to pay the debt that it once took, thereby doubling the energies of the man who promised the debt, and to the man who received the debt the value thereof. Was there ever a crime more criminal or a coun try more corrupt? They have lea ned also that, by da monetizing silver, the conspirators were only furthering this criminality against the commonweal, and to give honor and credence to a crime, they have made the Chief Executive of this nation the standard bearer of a gold standard who says to his subordinates "ycu shIir' and to the people "you will?'' Dictator to the one and deceiver to the other. These lessons cannot be un learned. They are indelibly fixd. Tho friends who are opposed to the Alliaice call it politics, atid it may be so, but it is the truth, as well, and all truth shall be told. We h ve told ifc in lovo, and time and sad experience havo demonstrated is to all. Shall we not kindly eay to our friends bo done fighting us? 11 we we not told vou the truth, and have you not received it in ppito of your opposition? The Philistines are upon us. Gold crowned and sceptred and panoplied with the paraphernalia of a mighty warrior, dtfimtly and in advance hi us to worship at hia ehrine. I: s cad let us warn the people. At Gold's altar there are bonds, and places vacant for more bonds; in tho present ones there is a sd and weary story, a large por tion of your once plentiful currency has been taken from circulation and transformed into these quiet and unre lenting bonds which increased your in debtedness, and by funding your money it has rendered you lees able to pay. Bonds, disastrous bonds; was it not I "denominated in these bonds" that they should be paid in coin ? Have not the gold conspirators struck down one half of your coin, thereby doubling the debt? These have bound your country and you, and the 'places vacant" when they shall be filled, will be bonds for your children, and they will be bondmen. Shall we not continue to strike at this monster, and worship only at our country's ehrine? It has been well said by a former President that "The two corner stones on which the Alliance was founded and is standing today, are: First, social and moral development; sacond, intellectual development, followed by co operation in business efforts and in dustrial pursuits." Our "social and moral development" have been wonder ful, andcivil'zation, as well as religion, havo been advanced since the advent of the Farmers' Alliance. Its intel lectual development, especially in the science of government, has been so rapid that the world wonders why ic is so, but thes, I fear, have not been "followed by co-operation in businees efforts" as they should, and "industrial pursuits" have not been even nominal. These latter things, at this meeting, ought to be duly considered. If such goods as are generally used by the Alliance are not sold to its members through the Business Agency as cheap or cheaper than otherwise it is becauso the Alliance has been discriminated against, and it is in your power to use your organization to its utmost ability to manufacture such goods for your use. When we shall have advanced as far in these "industrial pursuits" as we have in the "science of govern ment," the world will truly say that this organization is most wonderful, and Alliancemen and women will de light to praise acd honor this great Industrial Union for its immediate benefit to them While they have learned to love our demands, and will stand by them to the last ditch, they demand of you that you shall preserve their organization by doing something along the lines indicated in this ad dress. 1 I thank you for confidence reposed in me for the last two years. I wish I could have done more than I have. I now surrender the badge of office to another, and will promise you that I for one will ever be ready to obey the commands of the man who wears it. James M. Mewbornk, Pres't. STATE NEWS. A POINTED QUESTION. Recently Mr. W. J. Peele publieed an article on Ex Gov. Jarvis in this paper. In that article he said : "If Governor Jarvis means to magnify the mistakes of the fusion legislature so that the people will believe them worse than the s 3 of the members of his own party above named, (Graver Cleveland, Hoke Smith, John G. Car litle, John Snerman and Minister Rin som) the cap of the demagogue will fit him. If he denounces the People's party for the sins of the fu&ion Lgis lalure, will he denounce tho Demo cratfc party for the stiil more scarlet sins of Grover Cleveland and Matt Ransom?'' BROTHER BABB WILL SPEAK. Rev. T. W. Babb, District Lecturer, will visit the counties of Martin, Wash ington, Tyrrell, Hyde and Pamlico during the months of Siptember ar d October, 1805, representing the National Alliance Aid. He will also lecture to the various Sub Alliances in these counties. Alliancemen are r quested to be on the lookout for posters giving time and places of speaking. As Bro. Babb is lecturing under the auspices of the State Alliance, it is expected that he will be shown every courtesy by all Alliancemen with whom he may come in contact in these several counties. J. T. B Hoover, Slate Lrct'r. VIRGINIA GRAY WINTER OR TURF OATS. The great value of these oata is on! just beginning to be appreciated 1 other parts of our country, althou. they have been for the past ten or fil teen years the principal variety grov.-r in this section. This crop seems to t following the same course in its &c velopment and use by American farm ers as crimson clover. The crinisrr clover has been largely grown in our section for the past twenty veara. I j was then taken up by Maryland ar d I Delaware farmers, and since then irs -t i i - . li t men is nuve uecocue generally ku-ii all ovtr thp United Spates. The Vir ginia Gray Winter Oita are following up a similar course. Their growth ha? gradually extended from Virginia to Maryland and Delaware, uutil no they are very largely grown in tho' States, as we;l as Virginia. In addition to this, have, in the past two or thre years, sold them in other Northern ai d Western btates, where they have given the most sa i factory results The Virginia Winter O it 'ehould he sown broadcast, at the rate of about H bushels per acre in August or Septem ber; or further South can be sown as w w11?;??01 October. Write T. W. Wood & 8ons, Richmond, Va., for circulars giving full information. Cir culars seed catalogues, etc., will be mailed you free. See their ad. in an other column. Cream of the State Press Drops of Turpentine And Grains of Rice from the East Clusters of Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the North Stalks of Corn and Grains of Wheat from the West Peanuts and Cotton Seed from the South The Goldsboro Argus newspaper property was sold Friday by Receiver . Parker and bought by W. H. Smith and J. B. Edgerton for $625. William Williams, the color, d , brakeman who was hurt in the recent wreck at Glen Alpine, on the Western road, died. His home was in Salis bury. A negro from Elgecmibe county, employed to run an elevator in the War Department at Washington, was killed Friday by the elevator falling on him. When Minister Ransom returns to his mission he will not reside continu ously in the City of Mexico, but will pass the greater part of the time in some healthier place. Mr. L E. Eveans, of Roanoke, V1., manager of the Armour Packing Com pany in Wilmington, was drowned while bathing in the surf at Wrights ville Sunday afternoon. Jonesboro Progress: President Hens zey, of the Cumnock (formerly Egypt) coal mines, says the output is now the 300 tons daily contract d for delivery to the S aboard A'.r Line. John C Davis, the swindler wbo escaped mm the Kiieigh ayium a few days ago. was capture at More head City. He paid he was making his way to Beaufort to ee-i his mother's grave. Rileigh Visitor: In the State dur ing the present year work has begun or arrangements made for it to begin on fourteen new cotton mil's, and at over sixteen other cotton m lis there is an enlargement of plant. The Gaatonia Gazette says the barn of David Ray, an industrious old colored man cf G s-on county, wee burned Sunday night a week aero ana two good mules perished in the fl imes Fire supposed to have been mc n diary. ROpjgh Prefs: Tnere is a twelve year old c nid at the Insane Asylum who h deaf, dU'ub, blind and an idiot. The only enj yment the child receives in life is sitting in the sun3hine. Tnis pleases him. for he has a satisfied look on his face when once in the sunshine. He is fed on porid.e. The Chatham Record saj s J. A. Wcmack, of Pittsboro, who retiree from office on the 1 t, had been a magis trate since 1869 During that time b- disposed of about 2,000 eases lhe e were few app als from his court ana in everv appeal save one his decissione were affirmed by the higher court. Winston S ntinel: Make ic ex-efd- iagly warm for the keepers of gtmb ling dens. "Hew to the line let the c'uds fall v here they may." In other words. :et the it:V( stigation be thorough and imo-irtia! : let n'inody bide behind the veil of respectability or of social or oubho iio-ition. row is the time to put an end to this vice. Exhausted Soils NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. urauce Brokers, N. P Addison Sc Co . In Washington, D. C Fine Blooded C atle, E c Bjyer & To., Co ite-vi le, P.. Alwavs oi'M! ion Tubs Pitoci rkssive Fakmkk when writing to advertisers FTATT! nw nrrrr!- Pitt nc Tii rr, Lucas County. ss' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is tho eenior partner of tho tirmof F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of IIall's Catarrh Cuke. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHEN FY & CO., Toledo, O. JjT Sold by Druggists, 75c. SEAL. I p""1 nijjN f ville, Fa. INK Blooded Cattle. PVeeo. Hoes Poult, y. Sporting Dogs. Send itpTnns for r t alnirues. IfU) t nerrRV- ings. N. F. BOY' K, ..V: CO., Coates- j i 9 f are made to produce larger and better crops by tK h O use of Fertilizers rich in Potash. e Write for our " Farmers Guide,' a 142-pasre ilWmt 1. , 0 y is brim full of useful information for farmers. It will be cPnt ll A ill make and save you money. Address, , ' nd j tr'-wYorlf f No. 607 13 tli Street, Washington, D. c Make a specialty of placing insurance on tobaeeo and tnhnrwx u from 15 cant3 to 20 cents less than those given by 1-ci! aeent 3&trsi Arft in n. nrRir.inn tr rlnrA ircnrptinp of. low rr.too nr. ii i - w ,..vw - -..a vu cm i ,iaoo.i , i property. VL Correspond with and represent all the leading companies. Form for description of property sent on app'ic ition No business man can afford to b9 without protection. Drop us a line before taking out your iLsurance. Sol citors and agents war ted. rogfiessive AND Coin' Financial School O.vLY $1 15. Silver Will be the Issue of 1S6. INFORM YOURSELF! I 4 i it 1 V... V . . 'A .NW III. . oBSafe Colrx's Financial Scliool. C. F. S. Converts Free Sil-rer Skeptics. address THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Rileighj University College of Medicine, Richmond,! HUNTER McGUIRE, M. D , LL D., President. Departments: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, A. Tnree Years' Graded College. An optional fourth y ear freo, if dees Opens September 12th, 1805. Ertch Department ha an independent Facnltr. nnmbtring thirty-four 34 inthel'ed eitrht (8) in the Dental, and six (6) in the Pharmaceutical Department. Equipment is modern and complete; ttree separate college buildings, five Liho at rif J iw xi'K y ittis. cipt-uct a iuu icisie; uuam. mciuuiug every t, inp, 511 10 Sio per mon c. list" lion is versouai ana j-racuca ; ciinicai mxceriai, vnrita ana ai unaant. For forty page illu trated catalogue, or any information, address Dr. J. aLLfSON HODGE, CCr. Sec'y, Uoivf rsirv College of Medicine. Riebmoai Ti (1703) THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOR THE COLORED At Greensboro, N. C. The Fall Term will beerin Wednesday. Oct"b r 2.1. 185 Exaa i: ation for admi.-si.v wiTs: Wednesday and Thuibday. October 2 t and 3 1. Examination of county r-tii'leats will :tml esch county by the county examiner on the rir.-t tatur:ay in September next. Ins-truotin is given in Agriculture, Horti ulturt, Dai. y Mariegeiuent, the Mfcbacical Alt'! English Language, and various tranches of Vatl emati al, Phjica- Natural aud tcrtoitj ence, with special reference to their application? in the indu-t i-s f 1 fe. j A 1 imi t I TI T-l . . f .rip' . 11-1 1 1 Vw k 11 H , !t 1 1 . ,1- Vi . 4. . t . . i . r . . i ... , , -.t. .. ' ir. uuiiiiu 1 (ill ii? mil rjz ca. Lull I. - HJl v Jl 111 eti lJLi LI' 11 ' t I uu xc. u tl. . ; ai Ul ;.- intiucLlon will be given in Murdc Sewing, Cooking and Laun-'ry Wrk. This f-cbool is endowed by the United States aud the State of Soiib C hrolina. It is nctr rian, and is not control ed or intl fenced by any articula denomination. TERMS COUNTV FTUDSXTS. Tuition Free. FOR ALL STUDENT. Poard per Meek . .. S 1 -r Lodging, usa of room, bedding etc. , ner s ssion. 1 1 ( U instruction on piano two le-sor.s a week, per mi-nth 1 0 For use of piano per session 1 00 r" For additional terms see catalogue, hich can be had by addresin? "The Piesidciio'. Agricul'ural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race." Greens oro, X. ('. n- OTIIR Sil'DLVS 'uitioa. v t se-sioa.... t : J I i i, , i .. i 1 .. . v. 1 no'.Btein Cattie. Thoroughbred BUeep. Frdct Ponltry. Hunting 8. W. biUTli. CoeEVanTllle, Chester Co.. i'caaa. 1 SEEDS. WOOD' IE III! WHO MAKK3 5 Ton Wason Scales. Imn T.eTor, Steel Bar1n;t, Brui Tate Benm aod Beam Box, for 300 and JONES he ps? the freight fer fre Price Lit crifntin this pnper net aUdfeee JOHES OF BINGHAMTOH, Binghaniton, N.Y. ' WALL PAPER Samples R B r sent on . - 1 " . application faptr Uangers" lare Sample books now ready for Chas. M. N. Killen, 1233 Filbert St. Phila.,Pa. Lumber Uanieil Cut Accurately and RapA Idly on the FARQUHAR Variable Friction V Feed Saw Mill V With Quick Recedlns Head V Blocks. Capacity 5,000 to 30,000 feet, with Engines' and Boilers from 12 to 401 Horse Power. UFor full descriptive catalogue address, A. B. FARQUHAR CO., Ltd.," YORK, PA. ' n V V Va. Winter Or Tur f Oats. One,of our leading spe cialties that is now being largely grown and sold all over this country. Hardy as Wheat, and largely outyields Spring Oats, and a much surer crop. Wherever once grown the farmers all want them, and sow them largely. Write for sam ples and prices. T. W.WOOD a SONS Seedsmen r RICHMOND, d HurfjU, Vs., Wipjs &1 K Thoroughly reorganid. Abreast M times in all approved methods Ail" meuts under cnui-.-etpnt instructors, w uu.-urims (1. Duil-iin and Ki'iipmM'i clas. Chargts moderate. For fit' University of Kortii & Cou, prise the University, tbe for Teachers. Hiil. "NT c fnr . K.tnl. eue ana U "Univeisity Education." Tuirr.n 3'. U-crf;5 98 President Ji-'f' A North Carolina Cellfe, MT. PLEAS N TTTT T T OLMIH'V XXLi V .1 t OUlUJVi, a Pre -i . . . . . . . Total i.ecefSdry e.penes ior - weeks. 58-5. to 137. . Next besnion begins Fept. ' .p ard ?i ecial information, aaon-ss as above, or S . ci etary of Facuit . . - igU ScW- Ridciewav Hi - " ...... 1 Fo loyea:tiui.. 4.vt Fall Term of 1M commences cortinuts tw-ntv wei-kr-. T" 1 7, jf: Tuition. $15. $20, an' 1 tr wa-hin, lights and fuel; -MJ"" im-triiment) 515. ,,;,va::.f CatAlni'Ui'M inrnishf d upon 8J'P j.f;: 117 r iii-B- Wak f r "11 A Phristifln Cni eee. emirafir? For Sals! O', Presljierfia K gi Ssbco! cf So?ft Carolina fo: ! Boys m mil asn. (Bingham School Buildings ) Centrally located. Purest water. No malaria Home and Cnristian influence, 'nbtructiun thorough. Facultj best 1 erins very low Art. dress. Rlv. fi. O. KEGBV, Pxincina Two Cotton Gias and fixtures. Two tton Presses and fixtures. One 10 ; horse power Steam Engine and fixtures. The above are in fairly good order and will t9 sold on accommodating terms, when satisfactory arrangements are made. S. W. BREWER, (1716) Rileigh, N. C. na-nts in -cierce. La n.! . t .1 al-o ilia 1'roiesfcioiuM - LU , i t i hirteei. Instructor, eacu fnr -':- Ti e Library of ll,(.Jvo uneV of sli students. Ttie iV'.H ,W I with the beit CurreLt Literal arc t The Biological f nd rfcem:r - rf. J the Gymnasium are thorouj,' ,Bt: Litrrary Societies on.-iiiI,i,- j 'he s.' ' th. !: ,.1flr"5 Vountr ministers an their tuition fre- of rhaie Board 6 to 1U per w OSSIOD Opens nuur i j. or f-uecial inlora'Hiio:j, c Pr.s't Lii-; .;fork (1683) Salem Female Ac a a inn V-h it - - .i" instruc . The Th flith Annual 5th, 1895. Register for than 500 persons under year. Special i-.'n, ct. hea'th, character and lnteU' C J nniihlv remodelled. Full vSeV collegiate and poet V'fiic.&l VUUX TH. LEWELL, PrinciP
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