TBH PE0OEE23IIi FARXJDB: AUGUST 30, 1008
STATE WEV7Q.
. gute Preoa Drops -I Turpentta
3JLin& of Bic 110111 tiie East - Cluster
tfJ rl -r.il Tobacco Steins trom tbt
fUflrtH-stlkB of 11114 Grains ot
W&e from the Weet Peanuts
jad Cotton Seed from the South
Andrew Joyner and J. O. Foy have
Reeded to the management of the
Winston Journal.
jfewbern Journal : The farmers of
m and upper Craven are giving a
eat deal of their attention to the cul-
Lrfl of tobacco. They have a fine weed
lure n " .
and &re makmS BomQ verv excellent
re3. Tney are getting up to dato in
culture and curing of this weed,
tfhich ia their principal money crop.
Chief has not been in a fight,
cor did a "blue gum" negro bite him
cD the ncs9. He went equirrel hunting
e?terday afternoon. The dogs "treed"
rquirrel and he took hold of a big
rape vine to run mm out or nia neat.
$hen he shook the vine a big hunk of
food fell i quarely on the bridge of his
E03e,and this is how it was done. Re
cord, Greenaboro.
Newton Enterprise: Borne of the
farmers are worried about not having
enough dry weather to cure thoir eec
ccd crop of hay. Farmers are in
fine epirita over their crop prospects.
Xiey say there haa been enough rain
tjcake good crops on uplands and not
tco much for low lands. Low land
co:a ia the best they ever saw and up
jscd corn is almost as good.
Stateevillo Mascot: Six negroes, full
of corn l:quor and devilment, tried to
paint the little burgh of Maiden, Cat
awba county, a bright vermilion on
Friday last. A lot of white men inter
fered with their "obatreperouenoss"
and a free fight ensued. A variety of
"vveepona" were introduced, and one
ccon hss a souvenier in the shape of a
knife blade sticking in his back. The
whites finally routed the invaders and
the authorities succeeded m arresting
two of the negroes.
James Roebuck, a young unmarried
,r, ft.-m npflr Everett s. was killed n
the planing mills at Parmele Saturday
evening. He was putting a large belt
on the drive wheel under the planing
department, when he wa3 caught by
the belt and mangled to death before
thn marhinerv could bo etODDed. One
arm was torn off and thrown some dis
tance and one leg was also torn cff.
The belt had to be cut to get his body
out. and he 'breathed one time after
wards. Greenville Weekly. 1
The Labor- Commissioner haa pro
cured for this year's report the follow
ing figures: Tobacco factories in North
Carolina: Cigars and Cigarettes, 35;
plug and smoking, 175, all these being
(n operation. In the Eastern district
there are produced 15,139,000 pounds
of plug and smoking, an increase of
3.000,000 over the year previous; 7,
192,000 cigars, and 277,520,000 cigar
ettes, the latter being a falling off of
lesa than 60,000,000 as compared with
the previous year. Of snuff 56 000
pounds waa the product. There are
129 whiskey distilleries in operation,
which make 166,000 gallons annually.
Exchunge.
Lincoln Journal; From the time he
left Tampa for Cuba until his death,
Lieut Shipp did not hear a word from
home although Mrs. Shipp wrote to
him daily. This week she received
every one of the letters, which were
sent back from Santiago endorsed,
Killed in Battle." It is known that
500 bags of mail for. his army waa re
csived at Gen. Shafter's headquarters
before June 29. h. Up to July 8-h none
o! that mail had been distributed.
Mrs. Eaama Hoover and the tenants on
her la-ids in Howard's Creek township
raised thia year 1 500 bushels of wheat.
Oae of these tenants, Alonzo Ramseur,
colored, who luns a two-horse farm,
made 501 bushels of wheat. In addi
tion, he has a fine corn and cotton
crop.
Day before yesterday two negroes,
living near Deaver'a View; neither of
whose names could be learned, became
involved in a row, which may result
in the death of one. It seems that a
young negro named Walter had plan
cei to elope with the wife of one Dave.
Wednesday evening he went to the
bou3e, and finding the husband waiting
for him in the door, he supposed the
wife had betrayed him, and commenc
ed to shoot through the door at her.
The husband used his pistol to defend
hi3 better half, and numerous shots
were exchanged. In the ectflls which
ensued, the husband was shot in the
leg, the ball ranging up into his body.
The wound was dressed by Dr. J. T.
Savier, who thinks it to be of a danger
oua nature. Tne man who did the
shooting escaped. Asheville Gazette.
Durham R3Cord: For several weeks
typhoid fever haa been epidemic at
Orange Mill. There have been several
daaths and finally samples of the well
water used were sent to Raleigh to be
aialjzad. The analysis showed that
the water, while seemingly pure, waa
filled with germa of disease and the
heilth officers declared that the wells
must be filled and water must be se
cured irom some other source. The!
wella were filled and thn
tion waa begun to determine why the
wuier waa mied with typhus germs
and where better water could be ob
tained. Thia investigation disclosed
mo Buwuing ract that the wella Irom
Which tha r.Pnrt1 VtA Koan noinovnfor
had been sunk in an old abandoned
graveyard. The existence of the ceme-
terv had bfum tnTvrtttnn hnt it had rrl-
- -.w0wv -
luted the water and caused much
sicsess.
A Rocky Mount special to the New
and Observer says: An old "fortune
teller" named Hester Brantl-. who
lived near here in Nash county, died
suddenly on Monday afternoon. She
had been telling fortunes for over fifty
years at a quarter per tell and as only
eight dollars waa found in her house
and it was known that she never spent
a cent, always getting what little she
needed that was not raised at home by
bartering eggs and chickens and the
garden truck, the neighbors questioned
a girl who lived with her and learned
that the old woman went out to her
smoke house every Saturday at mid
night when ehe thought that she, the
gfrl, waa asleep. A few digs with
spades unearthed several old coffee pots
filled with Bilver. The whole find
amounted to nearly $500, which haa
been put in the bank here. Every
piece found was of the demnomination
of a quarter. The epades are still fly
ing in the air as more money is buried
near by. '
THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE
PEOLES PARTY.
Correspondence of tne Progressive Farmer.
We favor the perfect equality of all
money, whether composed of gold
silver or paper, all being issued by the
general government.
We also favor the issuing of a proper
amount of United .State Treasury
notes to do the business of the country
on a cash basis. The government has
issued treasury notes some twenty dif
ferent timea and they invariably re
mained at par with gold, with but one
excetion, which was during the late
war, when they were designedly de
predated, in the interest of capitalists,
by placing 4 'the exception clause
thereon.
During the war with Mexico, United
8tates Treasury notes, ia the city of
Mexico were at a premium of 6 per
cent, over gold. Why not try them
again in lieu of bonds?
We also favor superseding national
banks with United States Savings
Banks from which the people can pro
cure loans at a very low rate of inter
est. I will, before I get through, re
fer to an important advantage of these
banks.
The above financial system rests
substantially on doctrines advocated
by Franklin, Gallatin, Calhoun, Bur,
ton and Webster, as I will now pro
ceed to show:
FR AS KLIN.
"The legal tender quality of the
Bank of Vem'ca waa a greater ad van
tage than coin redemption " See "The
Bank of Venice" by Hon. John Davis,
of Junction City, Kan.
The above bank had a system of ir
redeemable paper currency that car
ried at one time $80 per capita. Ye:,
with this large, circulation, it was
worth more than its face value in
gold. It existed from 1171 to 1796
626 years without a run, without a
panic, without the losa of a single dol
lar to a stockholder. No other known
financial system has existed so long
In 1787 the bank waa captured and
overthrown by Napoleon.
GALLATIN.
"The right of issuing paper money
aa currency, like that of issuing gold
and silver coins, belongs exclusively to
the nation and cannot be claimed by
individuals." Writings of Gallatin,
Vol. 3, p. 429.
It is far safer and better for the gov
ernment to issue the paper money, in
lieu of Eculle:a corporations.
CALHOUN.
"Whenever a paper currency, re
ceivable in the dues of a government,
had anything like a fair trial it has
succeeded." Speech of the Hon. John
Davis, delivered in the House of Rop
rcsentatives, August 21, 1893, p. 27.
We have some twenty precedent! in
favor of iisuing United State Treasury
notes flat paper money.
BURTON.
"The government itself cease3 to be
independent; it ceases to be safe,
when the national currency ia at the
will of a company." Ib., p 34.
Soulless corporations, with the above
privilege in hand, would surely reduoe
the masses of the people to galliag
slavery.
WEBSTER .(
"When all paper money is ..made
payable in specie on demand, it will
prove the most certain meana that can
be used to fertilize the rich man's field
by the sweat of the poor man brow."
tee Speech of the Hon. John Davii
Bryan Tyson.
. .
THEY TO IMC U3 GIANTS.
Open-tlcut he d Wonder in Porto Pico
Over the Size of Our Men and Males.
A Ponce, Porto Uico, dispa'ch of
August 14th says:
"The people of this part of the island
look upon Americana as a race of
giants, and they seem to have a firm
conviction that not only are we a great
nation and a big people, but that every
tsing connected with ua is made upon
the sa me great ecale.
"There are ,good reasons for their
having arrived at these c Delusions.
The first troops which landed at Port
Ponce were the Third Wisconsin Vol
unteer Infantry, and the3e were fol
lowed by the Second Wisconsin and
Sixteenth Pennsylvania. Probably
nowhere in the whole army could one
find a similar number of men of equal
stature. The Wisconsin men are par
ticularly large and each one of them
would make jiat about two of the
Riconians. The natives are a little peo
ple and lightly built. Many of the
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania men
stand two inches or more above six
feet in height.
"It happens, also, that many of the
members of General Wilson's staff are
large men and some of them, like'Capt.
A. P. Gardner and Lieut ?nant Fred S.
Titus, are notsd as athletes.
"With these big men and officers to
furnish them with their first impres
sions, the coming of our horses and
mules and wagons clinches the idea
that we wore gigantic without any
loophole for argument. The Porto
Biconians have plenty of horses and
mules, but every one of them E33ms to
come of a race which was stunted ages
ago. They are tough and serviceable
every one agrees, but the horses and
muea are but little larger than a good
sized donkey. The horses are thin
and agile, and the Spanish thought
lessness, which is equivalent to cruelty,
kc-'ps them goaded alon a: so that they
never have time to pick up flesh.
"The mules which we brought are
particularly flae specimens of our na
tive product, and as hundreds after
hundreds of them were landed, hitched
to army wagons and set to work, the
natives stared and e tared at them in
wonder. They could be heard talking
of the great size and strength of the
animals as one passed along the streets,
but it was not until yesterday that
any of them took means to show his
astonishment at the size of the men.
Among the big and handsome men of
General Wilson's staff is Majir Hoyle,
the ordinance officer. He is tall, and
although trim in figure, solid. He
stepped into a native shop yesterday
to get some matches. After Jie had
been waited on, and waa about to go
out, the proprietor beckoned to him.
The gesture, Major Hoyle says, was
such aa a back country storekeeper in
America would use to indicate that he
wanted you to step into a back rocm
and try a nip of moonshine whiskey. ;
Major Hoyle says he has accepted
such invitations frequently, but upon
thia occasion it waa his intention to
refuse, and he waa brushing up the
Spanish in his mind to say so when
the man's manner overcame his ecru
pie and he followed him in. They
went through a winding passage, and
presently emerged into a back apart
ment. Here, however, instead of find
ing a bottle with whiskey, clear as
water, euch as the moonshiner makes,
there stood some platform scales, and
the shopkeeper with anxious look, mo
tioned for M j r Hoyle to step upon it.
Major Hoyle may have been disap
pointed, but he did not betray it, and
being good natured, he got upon the
scales. The native manipulated the
weights until the scale balanced at 19b
pounds. Then, with wide open eyes,
he looked over the fine proportions of
the mt j 3r, and exclaiTied in wonder,
'Muchal MuchaP"
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A CALL FOR-A MASS MEETING.
f Believing in the justice of the princi
ples of the People's party, and that the
evils under which thia country labors
will never be remedied until such' de
manda are enacted into law, we main
tain tnat these righteous principles
should never be sacrificed for office
alone, for the benefit of a few. There
fore in order that we, aa a party, may
maintain our integrity and preserve
the autonomy of our party, we issue
thia call, and appeal to all Populists in
Wake'county who avor maintaining
the principles of our party, to meet at
the court house in Raleigh, on Satur
doy, the 3rd day of September, 1898,
for the purpose of nominating a straight
Populist ticket for the county.
(Signed) R N. Wynne,
C. E. Kc . ullees,
Jno C. Fort,
C. R Debnam,
J. R. Ecarboro,
D. M. DiZi.R,
G. A. BCARBORO,
O. C Dunn,
W. G. Pearson,
Nob ah Wall,
W. E. MOwULLERS,
N B. Penny,
R J. BUFFALOE,
A. C. Green,
B. B. Buff aloe,
V W. D. Goodwin,
M. W. Buffaloe,
Sherwood White j
? W. O. Buffaloe.
AN ADDRESS.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
To the Loyal Religious, Patriotic
Citizens of America:
Much gratified and greatly encour
aged at the success of the recent sec
ond Annual Convention of the National
Good Citz3ns, Laa&ue, July 11-13,
1893, we feel that the time has come for
aggressive action.
The highest and best needs of the
country demend the securing for pub
lie effice of upright, patriotic, compe
tent men men of truth, fearing God
and possessing high moral caurage.
We call upon the awakened citizens
of the land to doule their cff jrts to
arouse the religious and patriotic con
science of the people, so that all will
remember that private duties and pub
lic duties run in parallel lines he that
sins against the one does injury to
himself he that falters in the other
does injury to the common welfare;
and so that the individual will feel it a
part of his duty to assist in the eradi
cation of existing evils in every way
possible, and especially in the selection
for, public office of "able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating unjust
gain."
"The wicked walk on every side
when the vilest men are exalted."
"When the righteous are in authority
the people rejoice ; but when the wick
ed beareth rule the people mourn."
' Righteousness exalteth a nation, but
sin is a reproach to any people." "The
nations that forget God shall be turned
into destruction ;" and so with individ
viduals, for "Not every one that say
eth unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the Kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father,
which is in heaven." And, "Without
me ye can do nothing."
Too many men have devoted all their
time to their business and left politic?
to those who make politics a trade.
The remit n political conditions that
make any business venture risky and
hard times universal. If the real busi
o633 men of the nation would realize
the necessity of taking an active and
intelligent part in politics, the result
would be better men in office, better
laws, wiser politics, and more prosper
ity and contentment all over the land.
The caucus and the primary should
be made the pivot of reform, and here
is where every loyal citizen should
take an active part in politics the
politics which our leading lexicog
rapher defines as "the science of gov
ernment; that part of ethics which
has to do with the regulations and
government of a nation or state ; the
preservation of its safety, peace and
prosperity ; and the protection of its
citizens in their rights with the preser
vation and improvement of their mor
als." The purification and elevation
of politics to a high moral plane is the
only hope for the preservation of thi9
republic. In the government that ia
supposed to be of, by and for the peo
ple, political blunders in the nature of
things will rule unless not only the
people at large, but the beat of our citi
zens reduce this theory to practice.
The primary source of all legislative,
executive and judicial power is the peo
ple. Thia power they wield through
the ballot in a representative republic
fetich as ours, and for the wise us3 of this
power they are morally responsible.
What we need, and what we must
have, if we hope for success, ia unity
of purpose and concert of action.
Well directed action above all things
else, for it ia high time to be up and
doing. Public opinion ia ripe for ag
gressive action, and with the objecta
of the League properly carried out, re
form along these lines cm be speedily
implanted on the thoughts of the na
tion as the most important issue before
the American people to day.
Through thia non partisan move
ment reform can be had inside of party
lines by organizing local Leagues, one
for each political party, at all voting
precincts. Loyal, patriotic citizens
are wanted at all precincts throughout
the nation to organiza Precinct Leagues
m every voting district.
..For further particulars send two
centa for postage, and literature ex
plaining plans of organation
Address all communications to the
National Gcod Citizens League,
S. T. Nicholson, Gen'i Sec'y,
Washington, D. C.
WILL MAKE NO POLITICAL
SPEECHES.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction
Not a Partisan
S'ato Superintendent of Public In
struction Mebane will not make any
political Bpcchea during thia cam
paign. He does not think it would be
proper for him to do so. The c flics he
holds he considere3 a non partisan one,
and he will take no active part, there
fore in partisan politics.
"Do you expect to go into the cam
paign and make poll t ice I speeches?" I
asked hfm yesterday.
"I do not. I never attempted to
make a political speech in my life, and
shall not begin while in the effice cf
Superintendent of Public Instruction."
"Do you think it wrong for the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
or a candidate for that cfli:e to make
political speechefe?"1
"I do not think it the proper thing to
do. I did not go into the campaign of
1896 because I always thought that the
office should be as far from party poll
tics as the office of judge of the Sa
preme court, and in fact the most rr
moved from politics of any effico in the
State. I am aware that come of my
predecessors went into active cam
paigns. I do not meai tj cast any re
flection upon these gentlemen, but
simply have a different ' idea cf the
office in this particular from what
they ee?med to have htd."
Speaking of the spectacle in South
Carolina a few days ago where the can
didate tor the office of Superint3ndent
of Public Instruction fought before an
audience, Mr. Mebane said:
"I think it was enough to make the
good people of that State hang their
heads in shame. God forbid that we
should have euch a disgrace in our
State by the candidate for this impor
tant office. The South Carolina case
makes it all the more important to re
move the effice from partisan politics.
We want the office and its duties to
have as much dignity as any office in
the State. We want it to be more and
more respected by all our people. We
want our people never to expect any
service from the Superintendent of
Public Instruction in a political cam
paign any more than they would ex
pect from the Chief Justice of our Su
preme court to render service in such
campaigns."
"Do you mean that a man who fills
the effico must not belong to any poli
tical party?"
"Cartainly he may belong to a party,
but he should never even feel that he
owes any party any consideration
more Lthan the judge of the Supreme
court, when meeting out justice, feels
an obligation to a party."
"You place a high standard for the
dignity of your office. Dj you hae
any hope of reaching this standarc ?"
"I have hope because I am keeping
oit of partisan politics and am pr actio
ing what I am preaching on thia &ub
j ct. My ideal may not be reached in
the minds of our people, but I can at
least hope that they will look at this
matter with due consideration, and
sooner or later, it may not be in my
day, will see the force of my views
upon this public school work."
"Will this view be pleasing to your
f riends generally ?"
"I do not know as to that, but every
friend of public education who has
heard me on this subject and who has
expressed himself to me has most
heartily agreed with me. This ques
tion as to whether this will be popular
position to take, is not the one of chief
concern, but the chief concern is
whether it is right or wrong, whether
the cause of public education can be
served better or hot I believe this ia
the right view of the office and its
duties. I believe the cause of public
education can be advanced more rapid
ly in this way." Ex.
FIFTH DISTRICT JUDICIAL CON
VENTION.
The Populist Judicial Convention
will meet in Durham on Thursday,
September 15th, 1898, for the purpose
of nominating candidates for Judge
and Solicitor. The Executive Com
mittee of the district will meet at the
same time and place. A. S. Peace,
Chairman of the Fifth Judicial Execu
tive Committee.
Our Social Chat
IDITED BT AUNT JENNIE. R4XEIOH. N. C.
AUNT JENNIE TALES OF CANNING FRUIT.
I must tell the 'Chatterer's' how I
have managed to put up fruit pre
serves, etc., in the same jars for seven
years in succession and have not broken
even one. ,?
, While the fruit is cooking I have a
vessel filled with fresh water and a
large cloth (usual' y a flour sack) ready.
When it ia ready to take up, I wet the
cloth, spread one end of it on the
table, set my jir on it then wrap thd
cloth all around it until the glass is
covered. I am then ready to fill the
j ir with the slightly boiling fruit. A
cup I find the moet convenient
thing to dip and fill with. Take half a
cup of fruit from the kettle and pcur
it into the jar you have previously
wrapped, then place your left band
firmly flat, over the mouth of the jar
and the suction will produce a eizzing
sound, which I consider a signal that I
oan proceed with perfect safety. Be
sure your jar is full and that the rub
ber is all right; ecrew the top on aa
qiickly aa you can, then turn the jar
Dottom side up, remove the cloth and
let it remain in this position until the
next morning when it is ready to put
away in a dark closet.
Jessamine asks how to can corn.
' Take nice firm ears of corn, plunge
them into boiling water, let boil one
minute, take cff, cool and shave from .
the cob, put into a preserving kettle,
let cuok for five minutes, put into cans
hot, seal and put away in a dark
place." This recipe is given by a
"Yankee" friend, who is very success
ful in canning.
If you keep fruit in a light room,
wrap each can in paper. The real
secret of excellent canned fruit lies in
the good quality of the fruit itself; the
use of its juice instead of water as far
as possible; and the perfect exclusion
of air. I have a friend who keeps her
butter perfectly in this way. She haa
a large stone jar which ehe fills half
full of strong brine, then rolls her but
ter into pound balls and dropps them
into it, being careful to keep them be
neath the brine. When she wishes to
use it, she eimply washes the salt out
of it and moulds it for the table. While
not so gocd PS the fresh butter, it is
very palatable. There are inumerablo
blessings and many dollars awaiting
the discoverer of a perfectly satisfac
tory method of preserving eggs. To
me, the most satisfactory way is to
pack them in salt and remove them
once a week and repack them, thus
preventing the yolks settling to ono
side. I trust that seme reader of this
article can tell U3 of a better way to
keep them.
Alphomega's letter came too late last
week for me to note it. It is needless
to remind you all that whenever you
833 a letter with that mysterious signa
ture you will be both instructed and
entertained by reading it.
U. B. Gynn, excelled himself when
he wrote, "Love and the Photo." Of
his many good poams I think this de
cidedly his best, as in the last verse it
gives you such an unexpected tumblo
from the heighti to which his fancy
has carried you.
Will some one pleaie be so kind as
to tell us where Will Retlaw, Davie C.
and Ben Bolt are? Did they enlist, or
are they engaged and too busy prepar
ing for that all important event, to
talk to us, or have they been sick these
long weeks? Let us hear from you,
boys, for some of the 'Chatterer's' are
becoming restless because of your
silence.
I suspect the merry wedding bells
will be heard by members, of our cir
cle era another month ; I think secrets
ar 3 safe in my keeping. However you
a 1 shall know all about it, when it
is no longer a secret.
Oh I girls, I came near forgetting to
tell ycu that it those of you who intend
returning to boarding schcol thi3 fall
and are registered as 'Chatterer's' will
write us letters from school giving
your addresses we will send The Pro
gressive Farmer until you return, as
we would dislike to bid farewell to any
of our girls or boys for so long a while.
Bachelor Jack writes us a nice letter
this week.
Patence, ia such a dear sensible girl
and always writes readable letters, and
this one is no exception.
We hope to hear from these, and
others again very soon. Lovingly,
Aunt Jennie.
(Other letters crowded out thi3
week. Ed )
It has been reported that certain.
Populists of influence in Union county
had joined the Democrats. We know
of our own knowledge that the report
ia without foundation, becaua the Pop
ulists referred to by the Dema havo
told ua so. But on the other hand wo
know of quite a numbe of Dema who
will vote the Pop ticket thia fall.
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