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' Largest Circuit. i I : tion of any Pspei ; in the SoutL At i; iaatic States. Flnt Your Ad TCrtlsemeat lo Rich Soil. 2 bilk cOte uri-iSaa irV Ik Af - THE INDUSTRIAL Z I UCATIOXAL INTERESTS OF OCR PEOFLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 0 VIATE POLICY. RALEIGH, N. C, JUNE 2, 1896. Vol. 11. No. 17 si B 0 S j 5 R -ra- H a.N. rf H 111 b I 'j .lb YTIONAL I--AKM5iKSf -uLL:-AliCIi AND INDUSTRIAL UNiOI. rr:&2dcr.t-ilatm Pago, Brendan. V;?c President H. C. Ssavely, Lob anon. Pa. Q wcKb," De.tver , Col. cunt's roASD. t T ifV!j Huron, B. r : P- tf: VV. L Pi. eke, JUDI-CIAUY. - . Alabama. V: - o. Kentucky. "hesid -nt Dj. Cyrua Th emptor., H"hPr.-d Vi.x- irc-i ic-at Jno. Gr&hf.m.Jiul-i L-irJrer-J. T. B. Hoover, lCl. it. y -Dr. V. 1. Scawell, Vil'-i ;;,:.v;ioHo7. P. II. llccsey, D-o i)oor-kpcr Geo. T. j'ne, Greens .iivi --taut Door hecper J'i?. Iyon. r.ivham, N. C. r i r.int -rt Arm? A . D. K. Vv allacn. nur.bcrfor-.Hon, N. C. fciau? dasiiicas Agent T. Ivey, ni is boro, N. O. Trustee Baeinc-ss xV?o-icj Jimci A. Grftham, MfvchpeU-h, In. srs'snn? oommtttss or ths nortt. C:':OLINA FARMU3 STATS ALLIAPOS. A . F. Hiiernan, Concord, N. C. ; N. C. Enpliih, Trinity, N. 0.; Jamca M. Jiewbc-me, Kius on, N. C. ALL1AK03 JUDICIARY fX2SMlTTTS. John Brady, Gatceville, N. C. ; Dr. J.K-. Harrell, Whitevilio, N. C; T. J. Candler, Acton, 0. rjftb Carolina Kelcrta Press A;c!tioc. Oncers J. L. Fmvwu, President; tirion Bizler, Yice-H-fiideni ; Vi. 8. PAPERS. p?sr?fws!7e Firasr, StAt OrJi, Kislelarh, N. C. Pnuc asl.nn, ,0 iiU la , i . C. "rf Whit Akors, N. O. '-T r 'torr-P, Beaver Dam. N. (J. The V.-Minl'. Lumberton, N. C. tert.-we ,,ml N.n. Wadc.-txiro, N. C. Salisbury, N. C. CfcrcAiL-a. NViitchman. iCact cf tte atov-nar:xi papers are ?& vested to ke-ep th list' standing on r. 3 Jiai page and add others, provided h-i v are i elected. Any j taper fail '?;, ro ci.trcvve ffea Ocala platform will Stepped from thelihi provipily. O ut ;:-i''-?ie ecu now see tcuU xpe? art 'i:-ifiM in Vteir intere&t. AGKIOULTU RE. Isothinn: ou the farm resp:-rv.s so rca3-ly to proper c.re ar-d with ?ucb etrtain rp.-ults as coe3 tnc live .1 tec a. G 3-;-d care pays. Dy a-jdrei-i-ijg the Bure au of An-'nutl In iustry, Dt. partrnent of Ajr;'cv5ltur', Wi shmgton, D. C, ycu f.an pet one cf the Utj:t paiuyhlots oxi cbrrso ai.d cheese rn iking, giving mauy irpport-Mtt fact3. It also tdis hov to detect spuri If start it- with rr.orlersto radars, a farroor must often boj wL.'jrf at d whut he can: bu it is bett. r bv.j a smali r'c 'a f irm than a large poor one. I: rrquires a totter farm .r to trirg upthf largo tract to a profun.ble btMe o? cut tivaiion than it dots to n-,ke tho hranil fai ra py. Ground bene contain?, in sIo-vK aailab'.o form, tho mineral element vrhich is icarcet in the soil, but to make this phosphate more available it ia CDmm:uiy treated with sulphuric acid. This reduces it to a fine pov, de r, though at the tamo time convening a large part ot it into eu'phate ot limo. An exeharge truly say, tsat until farmers lf-arn the importance c f organ izaticn and the necessity of co opera tiou, they coed not expect to better their conditions very materially. Wiih combines facing them on all s;.de, the, must learn to pull together or bo pitmed closer to The wall than they have been in tho past. The farmer, like every r-neclso, wort s for mmey, and nothing v.-hich pro ducea it ebruld be overlrjckcd. Pov 1 try raiding s;era a email husmers to many, but the pay is not small. The care of the flock in ranter entails extra work, but there is mc st ample remuneration ia a well filled o- basket, and eggs always sell for ca3b me eij;er farmor a man becomrg the better cirjZ-n he is. h n(:ed not bani! hi? he ld in any assembly becau-e of bemg a farmer. Ko should pocGess Buflicient E'-lf esteem to believe that he indeed belongs to tho truenobility ot the lands. Hia home of all others ehculd be, the most attractive of any, because be can have the help of nature to a grearer extent. Trees in variety, shrubs, flowering plants and vines, should all their beauty to his home. WEEKLY WEATHER CROP BULLETIN Fcr the Week Ending Saturday, May 23, I3y6. Ckntral Office. Raleigh, N. C. Tho reports of correspondeufs of the 'Voekly Crop B il'ctin, 13 ued by the North Carolina Section, for tbo week ending Saturd May 23rd, ISOtj, irdi cito u very favorable change nearly et rywbere. The first par'; cf the vrovk eoatii:u-a very v?arm f,jd dry, but coinruer:.cirg tho 19:h favorable rains '-irved ii'Tii iy e very day ovvr large portienq of the Str.te. Ihe dic??ght, hONvevr, ccntiimrs to j iv vvl in none of tho vcf-torr: ceuntie?, in sou'hrrn p-.v.1 ior: cf the Central d.itriot, nnd i-f'peoivJly over the eoutheas orn aiid c.- '.-t region. Thi tcmperaturo vrae ab ve noraiai every day cuiing the w?ek, and whro r uGi ieai; r fell crops made rr.ri-i growth. Eastsfn L isti-K'T. Tho draught has bee:; b oken in this district by rains frora the 10 :h to the 23 1, except in the southern p: rtion and along the cosst. coverirg the cuntirs of Columbue, X r.7 Ranover. B.unsiok, O itlow, PiDilic:, Craven, Jonfs. Hyde, Tyrrell and portions cf Per.d:r and Duplin, where drought continues to prevail T7ith very ir j iriou t ft ct on all ccps. the other hand, ia the north some esots've rains have washed lands b inly and interrupted farm svork, ex cept on lrght lands. Hail vra- reported ?u cij-ht ounti'.s, with however, but Is tile darcago, and a cloud burst occur t d in Q itos Genei'tilly great improve merit is reported in the growth of crops Corn and cotton are in good condition; largest portion cf ctttcn crop has been chopped, and work goes on in the north Much progress was made in transplant mg tobacco and setting cut sweet pota to slips, except in counties where the drought continues. A clight improve meat occurred in wheat and oats and much improvement in gardens. Crops were well cultivated and in gold con dition to r criv rain, but grass is mak ing headway now. CeNxKal District. With theexcep tion of local areas in Montgomery, An son, Stanly and Forsyth counties, the en' ire district received copious rains this week from the 19ih to the 231 ; the rains were q lite heavy and washed lands at a few points. Hail was re portrd in nir.o c: unties with pome daraago to crrps, necessitating some ri-p'&iitisg. hut Ier-,3 than might have been xpected. A very favorable change refuit'' froni the timely breeklrgof the dro:phr.t ar.d crops are now mckirg sp'r-noid growth. S :tting sweet potato ps made much headway, and the transplanting of to ceo is approach ing completion. Some jora planted to replace failed crops, and some cotton was d im-iged by hail. Eirly and well w. rked cotton, is q iite larg? for the season. Irish potatoes and vegetables now doing well. Pairs came too late to help v heat mu;h ; it is begir ning to ripen, r-pparenly vith good heads, though short ; oats practically a failure. vVaterinelors doing extra well. Western District A few ccrro ppondents rc p:rt tho drought still un broken, Lut a larga m.j rity ind cate that favorable bhowers cccurred this vrr.fk, w hich, though ltss than in other portions of tho State, greatly benefited aii crops. The mott serious ir j iry by ii rough c occurred to wheat and oats. These crops are heading very low. Where rain occurred corn, cotton, po tatoe.3 and gardens are now doing finely. It is still too dry in somo sec tions for transplanting tobacco. The wee.ther was favorable for farm work and crops sro clean and well cultivated. FIELD CULTURE 07 TOMATOES. When tomatoes are grown on a large scalo, the plan of narrow and wide rows alternating has many advantages. After preparing the soil, lay eff rows alternating thua: Between first and second rows a distance of four feet, be tween tho second and third rows a dis tance of two feet the object being to keep ps many of the tomatoes as pos sib'e cif the ground. When the plants are ready to full over from the increas ing weight of fruit, train the branches towar. s the narrow middle rows so as to brace each other up. At the first picking of the ripe fruit, if not done earlier, the pickers can lay each plant over to the Darrow middle rows, and iu such a way that the vines can be made to support each other sufficiently we41 to keep 90 per cent, of the toma toes clear eff the ground. The narrow middles should bo cultivated the last timo and left perfectly clean, just be fore the vines are falling ever. Tne wide rows ought to be cultivated at least twice after cultivation of narrcw middles has ceased and they have been filled with tho vines. It an oc'jesional fetako ia driven down ia the narrow middle s, and a wire or fctrorg cord is run clo'g as tightly as possible from etako to itikr-lhe l:ng:h of the rows, it viii hr.ip su.-atir to f-upport the vines. The plants ars? sot from two to three feet apart in the rows. 3. A Cook, in American A gr i c u P 1 3 r i e t . -o- - The fp.vn r a.:d his famdy should hvo better thaa anyouc c's-3 ia the world. It they onuor. iaereuvj value? a -id mal; o their crops worth more money, they may iinprovo the ir con dition and make life easier b..- producing more o 1 he Ii'xuiks and using them at homo. Sonje do; if otner.a do not, it is their own fault es, mi-jfo tuiie. 11 li W POINTS ABOUT PARIS P rit' green of standard quality eon tains about. 51 p r coot, of arsenic up acid, of which 4 p r cnt. ia soluble iu cohl wa'er and S to 9 per cent, in boil ing water. A ' new prices.1' paris green now on the market, according to tho Massachusetts Experiment Station ia not paris green at ail, t ut a combina tion of l;mo and areenious acid with a fm.il 1 r mount of copper oxide. It con tains from 53 to (3 per cent, of atccn ious acid. About tho same quantity of it s ars. nious acid is soluble in cold water as in standard paris green, but in bailing wa'er from 15 to 20 per cent, is soluble, or more t han twice as much as in truo par's green. It is suggested that the i: j iry done to foliagy by paris green may to csused by putting this substance into heated lime mixtures, to the heat generated by the chemical ac tion in mixing the two, or to the heat developed by the euu on globules of water standing on the leave-?. If this is true, paris green should never bput into liquids until tho latter are thor oughly cooled, and e-pecially is this true of the new process parie green. It is well known that by adding m:lk of lime to the water containing paris green, or by using the latter with bor deaux mixture, much more of the poison can be pprayed without injury to foliage than if paris green alone ia used in the water. One gallon of the milk of lime to 10 gallons cf the water containing paris green ps ordinarily used (1 pound to 150 to 200 gallons cf watei) will be SLilieknt. As Prof. Maynard truly pax a, "Tbs me of the bordeaux mixture has become a necei feity to protect run? fc of our crops from fuugu? pest, and as the lime in thi mixture has the same effect as the n ilk of limo, we urge their combined u.-e, thu - reducing the cost for the destruc tion of each post to the minimum American Agriculturist. One nr'ght be a great success as a grain grower, and make a failure equally or, great with small fruits, not because o lar k of industry nor intel hgcrec, but because he needed the requisite painstaking talent, such wcrk doman's. Having been ued to tergc areas, be wo'eld find it hard to restrict himself to desirable limits iu tho newer occupation. LIVIj STOCK FALLACY CF POOR BREEDING It ie said in Wisconsin net one colt will be dropped this sprirg where ten were dropped five years ago. Tne ab senee of foals is noticeable ad over the country. This state ot affairs shows that tho shortage cf horses will arsert itself in a year or two. It phould not, however, induce a rush to breed horses except without the exercise of great care and discretion. Farmers ai d breeders are Habie to bo misled, and to think tho way to make money ia to jump in and breed every mre on the farm regardless of breeding, quality, style or purpoee. It will pay right now to breed all the good mares to good stallions, but there will b9 no profit in breeding scrub mares to cheap stallions, or the product will rot pay the ex pense of keep. This cot ntry has many well bred stalliono that are now stand ing at a low service fee, and these are the ones to patronize. Maryland Farmer. - Good laws against noxious weeds are rarely well enforced. The intelligence and public spirit of all land ownors ehould be concentrated upon this ques ticn, and this should be sufficient to effectually control ib. The wild carrot and the Canada thistle have infested many a farm because of the negligence of these most interested in their suppression. THE DAIEY. ACCORDING 1 O MERIT. There are too many poor milea cow?; on the farms of this country cows that do not pay for their ' b.ard and keep." Toe N,rlh Carolina Experi ment Station proposes a plan, that it is b lieved vriil result in eventually rai ing the standard of the milch cows of tho wh.do country, for, if aiopttd, it will result iu the turning over to the buU-herof all poor cows in the country. Toe j lin proposed is to buy crd sell milch cos absolutely on tho'r aierit?, the qusxitiiy and quality of their milk toing uctermiacd by V 8-s. The rule i ; to pay fur tho cow at the rate of $12 p?" gallon of milk given per day that is high enough to nhow three ar.d ore !i tlf per cdfit. of fat To this price add or subtract one dollar for every one fourth of one per cent of int, which is above or below the three and one hilf par cent. Do-dor this rulo i!; will not pay to sr-i! a poor cow as a m.Jk'r, find sho wiji be dried up and fa-.t- Ur d. Un vubie-uly tho plan id r-asiblo and the oiiU i: s -cks greatly to be dorired. O ccurse, this sprifjg you or going to krep your tools sharp and in good repair, that is, your tools of iron, but what abut considering the highest comfort and well being of your horses? Upon their physical well b dug d spends the amount and quality of work they cm do. Let them be conscientiously groomed. Let them have water often, even if you mujt haul it to tho fields with ycu. PRACTICAL DAIRYING IN NORTH CAROLINA. BY DR J J :.IOTT. 1 have accepted the invitation of the President of the Nrlh Carolina Fair to make some remarks here to night on the subject cf Dairy Farming I did so, supposing the character of the speeches would be in the nature of a wining discussion, and am not pre pared with an address such a3 the sub ject and the occasion demands. But in consideration of my desire to aid the able and self sacrificing President, and comply with his wishes, I will not do cline to pay something, though unused to public epeakmg and f.m without not s or any written means cf assist ance. Tho President, I t-'ke it, kno-? Inz that I am engaged iu tho business of dairying, naf.ural!y expects aud desires me to speak from my experience in it. I began the business ten years ago. buying fi.-e or s'x of the best bred Jer seyo I could find, and placing them ou a farm I owned two miles from States viile. It was the oldest fcettled pi ice ia the cc mmunity, and the cultivated land had been run down by continuous crop, without putt ing back any thing on the soil. My herd of J.reeys in creased rapidly, and in a few years I :ad fifty or sixty head, which has boon increased at times since to nearly one hundred. I built cheap barns and stables, as they were needed for the stock, and buildings for dairying pur poso". A market wa3 secured for tho butter produced, and it was sold, ou year round contrc.e s, at 25 cents a pound in this and adjoining States. The skimmed milk was used for calves and hogs. My plan has been to keep one hog for each milch cow, ar.d I find that the amouut of milk is sufii cient to keep the hogs much more healthy and making a more rapid growth with the same amount of grain feed. Buildings for storing ensilage have been used all the timo. and with great economy in feeding. There is no doub: about this. The ensilage keeps up a better Adw of milk in winter when there is no green food, and winter dairying, for butter, is much more profitable than summer dairying. I have used in early epriug and summer rye to start with, then clover, and when clover season was over, followed iu with green corn rowed in drills and fed about tin tasseling period, keeping it sowed ia smaii lots at such intervals as to uso up each lot before it would get too old and the stalk too hard. With this plan there has been large quantities of manure saved and put on the land, and the land is rau im proved and a good portion of it capable of producing largo ere pa. The advantages of dairy farming are the better facilities it affords for im proving the land and the continual money income, whatever it may be. The cash the dairyman gets out of his business comes in by the week or by the month, and thua ho i3 enabled, with ready money, to buy what he has to buy, and cf course can do eo on better terma than credit. Tne great disudvantr.g of dairj ing in tho Suth is tbo character of labor h-ire. It is not of tho humane, pains taking, caro:ul quli'y th-t the dairy co vr quired. G.K.d milkers can rarely be foufid, or such voikers be got to learn and d d the work properly. Kind treatment to the c w an-.l correct m ik ing are tho groat de:d k-raturn, and without tbe?e the d.-drrmia will fil A good cow, well U d a;d --vafercd, and who positive regularity, and kindly treated and milked by &omo one v,ho kno?: and does it right, will pjy for it O .ie cf the other important coo d- ra t.OiiH L dairv ing i to htart on the r-oh" kuid of land, iiiy ian i -i v hfe:?. produce too hard wood-i mtirc-ly iavri i gocu clay eub rOil wh cli 9 ill h-Jd m-iuu-e? and fertiUz-'rs of aoy kiod. These land are good grayj .nd clover lands, and can be bougho up fpontaneouoly and gro v on e-ucii lanai for a few years, but will die out as tho original grosvth of too forest oak, hi-.kory aud the hard woods -arc ro e.-tubhehed. Toe pine does not txMt ia any eld origin?.! foreat where there is a tight eUy tub soil. Almost universally where the pin-; form a part of an aged forest, the sub-soil is open and much of a heavy cast of nieoiures would eink below the reach of crops before they could take it up. The pine lands, however, are necessary for the mrt valuable money crops of our State cotton and tobacco. There is a cone id: rable quantit y of the hard wood, tight clay sub soii land in our State. Tne largest extents of it that I have seen are in O.ange, Aloraince, Ireded and Catawba counties, but there is some of it in all the counties in the Piedmont section. It all ought to be come euiplcyfd ia dairy farming. From First Annua1. R?port of the N C. Dairymen's Association. ADVICE TO BUYERS OF CHEESE. T e Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C, offers tho follow ing advice to those buying cheese: With this explanation, the following advice may safely be eff :red to buyers of cheese. It miiat be understood that these remarks apply only to cheese of the customary factory form, weighing from twenty to s'x-y pounds each, and sold and t hippci in round boxes, one or two chc; s -e in a lox. This des cription covers tho great bulk of the cheeee of commerce in tho Uoited S rates, but nccsfc-sarily excludes a large number of other kinds and fancy forms of cheese, more or los faaiidar to trade bun all in comparatively insignificant quantity and less sulj c5 to imitation aud adul teration. Merchan-s boy ing cheese ebotdd deal with agents and firms whom they con ider thoroughly reliable and from whom icdress oan bo obtained in case of deception and loss, even if uninten tional. Tney should become ft. miliar with the authorized or official mark ings for full cream cheese made in the principal producing States and ehomd specifically cider only such choose as is so marked. Upon arrival, every cheese ehould bo examined and none accented which cannot bo de finitely identified by its markings as the article ordered and desired. Retail dealers should tahe the farce precautions and should either keep cheese ia the boxes in which bought, cr preserve the boxes until the cheese is all sold. Every cheese should be eo cut, for retail, as to keep the mark on the bandage, to insure identity, until the last piece is sold. Consumers should inform themselves as to proper markings in like manner and, when they buy, should insist upon seeing the markings upon the cheese and, if necossary, upon its box, in order to fully identify the article as one tffi cially branded. These simple directions, if followed, will make it reasonably certain that the buyer secures a full cream factory made cheese, gu' ranteed under the law3 of the state indicated by its bra d While it will be thus possible to obtain cheese made from whole milk, pure and unadulterated, it ia not possible in any way to guarantee skdl in making, age, and propf-r ripening to develop the special flavor dpeired. Flavors diffcr and tastes differ. In these reapect3 ' the projf of the pudding is in the eat ing." Those who desire to obtain pkim cheese, or partly skimmed, or filled cheese, can get these articles by specially inquiring for them, and at prices to correspond to the quality of the article, being always considerably bslaw the current prices fcr the 8tate brand of full cream cheeee. Several States provide by law that these lower grades shall be so branded on cheese, or box, cr both, as to ehew exactly what they are ; but those laws are so diverse as to prevent concisely describ ing them. FOULTEY YlRID MANAGING CHIC-IS. Wherever chick c? dark-lager ether pouhry bu '!-'; arc k- V . vr. ether iu aa : dor a ht n, one u.t-dy nteecary artificial h?o i. oder ( r ; ' 1 wave :u. - ; wr eueces-, m racing tLen, nni that is j a dry hd;io -pi .ice i ant plenty of o ho jiir things rink.r.g v.ater; Ov!t; '..h-i u hi: t:-o .taii;;.e:--i th- y need or em ix i. j mo b " .a-M .... to keep them out of tho r.v.-.i col of wet gra-s, f.nd in a p o t :; is rat proof. Daa'pnots and n. s uo aay tvith a !argo proportion of rho chioks and ducklings that arc h.-itthed, and per- ec'i.y s :-tind rats ab ur.d. on.i-rg Where " in be ivade rat- pro. '-.f in a cho-'-t anuer bv rr. of a ereou with frm:!: n-faca.- Fatm- 5 RoTiev. THE FrtKMfcK'S 5 At V A I ION. Poultry rai'-iog cil n-. more '.hiui one phase of p -cd i.: sal to ro i ce persons who aro willing t) r. g rd it a:n a really i-i a modest can .". 'I he f.-trmer ccires firat in the list cf those 'vh; are quali fied to t.xkc it up. Too iucomo of tha family may be increa-id .;500 a year ia ca- h; and to many a former who is l:3 he.u'cened over the out I-..- k or his bur ners this means salva im. lie can make hi poultry pay far moe ihan hia wheat does, and ihat too at m:ich lesa cost of labor. Tne urb .n and euburban residence comes next. By coi rect at tention to a small flock, an ar;;sm, a clerk or a professional man can secure a healthy eupply of g-:od food for hia table, and at the eamo time benefit physically by the exercise and the di version incident to the care of tho fowls. Then coroee the youth cf the family, who may be at the parting of tho roads of life. Aa interest in seme such work as this may settle the vex ing problem of his career ; and while he may not develop into a poultry man for life, he may be given the ripht impetus towards the habit cf "doiig well" whatever he undertakes. American Poultry Journal. Under some circumstances grass ap pears to grow belter under trees than it does when exposed to the fuii bluza of the summer's sun. Ia a yeung orchard; and c speed ally one that 13 plowed every ye ir, tho tree roots near the surface are cut off by the annual cultivation. This leaves s-. vend inches cf soil in which shall jw rooted gras3 plants thrive. But in orchards that have long been uncultivated, tf eo roota will be found very rer.r the surface, ready to take in the rainfall, even of very fight showers. In f-uch circum stances it is impossible for grass to thrive, and much 'ess for the deeper rooted clover to dc sx In any event, the grass grown in the shade wiil hava leas nutrition than that which has abundant fcuniight. FROM JACilSON CCUMTY. Oorresponrienco of the Pro;rrcsIve Farmer. Tne true Alliance and reform pr"n cipie still lives in old Jackson, On tho second Thursday in April we held cur county meeting with Love's Chapel Sub. Did net havo as full meeting aa we have had, but had a good one. All we need to have a gccd County Alli ance here is a good speaker or two from a distance to come among us, and knock some of the scales from our eyes. Our next county meeting will held on tho second Thursday in July, at John'rf Creek. Hope we will h ve a rousing time then. Free silcer is the watch word here, I tell ycu. The colored people of Beta are going to organize a tdlv-r club at Iiry son's School House soon. Will ;;ay more about it some other timo. I have never heard a riogio Populisfc of Jackson say that he did not f ndorf e our "Mary Ann's" plan. All say if tho Republicans or Democrats either want the Populists to vote with them, let them say "free silver" straight out, and mean it and do it, otherwise let thern go. We are in the middle of the road to stay; "you bet." We mean to havo good true officers or lot ls be left Wo say vote our principle, and s-and by it, if we fail to elect a single m.n in the United States. We pay here is cur fl.ig; look at it. We will figjit ur d.r our true colors, and if defeated all wnl know what wc were fighting fcr; and if we are whipped, do like the fellow who got drunk "Lire and get over it, and try it again. So, brethren, one and all, stand by your flag. By wishing Tue Progressive Far mer, the best pper in North Carolina, much success, I close. Very respectfully, T. M. Frizkll, Secretary Jackson Co. Alliance,
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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