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?HS3 PEOSBESSIVF, DECEMBER 13 1898 fHa , : ::it'E .1.; MRS L.. L POLK, . J. L, RAMSEY, . CLARENCii H POE, J. W. DENMARK, Ralkihh Propnetor Editor . Asso ditor Business M'g'r n. o Single '5t'vc:l -.:: SU iior1-" 60 fviccxfv Ti! yr t any r. am!Iri; c -Of Vr. iDlTOKlAL, NOTES The Bip'ist B ote Ccnvention meets nexs 3 ear in Asheville. In his latost reoort tho Sj-'.retary of the Interior f s inate3 tne numb'rg of Indians in th3 country at 262 000 about Q3 many as thero were 4' 0 years ego. We hope tho?e of our sub cribera ?ho have recnily xenewed wiil par don our f tilare to change d ite on labl imnibdi iteiy. Tae mittt'r will bo at tended to as arly as possible. N; yearly subscribers are coming in daily, und tho ndr cf each one has the date rn hi laoel moved up iw j cn.nths. And if he sends in 5 new euo ecriptioiis, one yeir. Cau't you sjnd U3 a cIud from your neighbor hood? We adv.se our readers to preserve the lisv of menobsra of the next legis laiure, which wo give on pag 4 his weex We keep t he pledged of these men standing, but it it well also to have the names of members at baud, especially during the session of the legislature. We need about $1 000 00, to meet ob ligations du! and to bo mpt by Jan uary 1 t 1899 At least 3,000 people to whom this paper is addreeeed, and who are sub.-ccibers, owe us at least $1.00 each upon an averege. Snail we -eay more? The pappr cannot be effered for lees than $1 00 per year aid we bore none of our subscribers expect to do so Willi im A.. Graham. Jr., of Lincoln county, son of M j )r W. A. Graham. Trustee of Alliance Business Agency fund, is a candidate for Reading Csers to the Senate. We do not know Mr Graham, but ho is s.id to be a youor mm of irreproacaablo charge er ana marked abiliy, and if like his father would douorlfsi fill the position in a very eredrablo manner. The prpj!aioQ of the terrier ry rf Oklahoma is now estimate! at 333 000 larger than that of many States kx times, forinetiuoo, the popu'a ion of Wyoming Now Mexico's ponulaiion. too, is rapidly mcreiPin, or d as both theso territories are R publican, ic if more than probaol tuat they vrill bv admitted into tne Union by the n -xt Congress. I; is fooo'so to worry Gvcr what sorf cf Cr.r;sim--.s pteseo.5 to gH for y. ur frien v Ja't sad him or a-r Tus Pro GRESSIVe Farmer oao year. Ao u a mimia asJ a gendman handed u h do-lar Baying: "Take chk aul c ai-e the pper you have b?n s-nimj: to Miss at p st ffi :e, to Mr at same pas. ffi Tae young m n referred to ba l Hmt the paper a year to tne youn lady. Needless to sy eheadmred his taste, and in tee maa t'me bccime his wife. Comment is usneccss ry. In his report which is j st out S?c retary Lorg makes rtc; mmendations for the buildir.g of cewehips, provided Te occupy the Poilippioes. Thrsa in clude three eochef battleship3, armored cruneri3, and pr.itfed crui-ers, to b ,re?prctivly o 13 5 0. 12 000. aLd 6 000 ts eh, aid - x ni.hi aodco perel cruij s o 2 500 o:is eaa. Tne totn ctf of theeo tbipp will b about j37,(00 CC0, exclusive t armor and BrciHtaeiic, whi.;h viil cis: about $13 O0(,000 If, on t'le oiner hand, we do r oi c i'jpy too Poiupji g, oxdy Tt;rfi niv iior'i c uist-rs will bv? nc-fdoi Inj'-iii iU , oi-, th.ijc- g ;CS ?lxj we vW h; 1 it. MR. CARNPGIK TO thi SPCRF- uiltd by the counsels of Washing j TRY OF AGI ;UlTURH. ; i .tcn, m o a vuiar. c mmour lce j eta,!r.t rouna a op in pn sieai iou r, ; 1 for one am u.jt flazz'wi toe x- ampio or Knglan. ihe irsiitu' i ii-8 ; o h2-:gaii:"s wnitju nava euaOied r:er t ' anv. Vi Hi!ll(lv ill till "i Itol ) i fi VOTE BV COUNTIES. A far idea of ho thri ountin vo?cd rart and corrupt element gaining the &S3ecd i::cy in tfce mmonweal'.h. And now ir peorxs that imp jri.ilsm . would rot bei t fit us tven in a ccmaier-; C'al f-envo. t?horc but to the poin is th follow in tha recent election ratv bo goad! The N :wp and Oo.rver (Dm): A from the foUoiog ta!e of votts ct ; hiJl has been introduce d to the Geor- it c-iaifttiirA tn f-!fc.t the railroad ft. il "tjoi oc htniOH are foun ltd. us Mr. Andrew Carnegie, tj the Hon. Jamte r miot,d out. on the coo Wilg n, S cre'ary of Agricultuie, t .uj fA Jjjt q mhfy 0ur i,8Ulull,)tj8; Wftfl'iirg on, D U. : j are founJcQua ihe ductnne ot qi iiity. -inegocQ wotk you ar ujibr i.rjlf wtj are to outstrip Eaglaod m n the Bgncultutal interests of the coun UouJl1 p0 ,;er, it must be by puaning try ir.du-ea n,e to call your attention . Q!jr p UQd nQt by fuiluvyiljg m to the foilowipg: j PROVISIONS FHOM AUSTRALIA. FOR ; ',j,Q fe fc eolufcion WG believe, Of the DEWH.Y S FLEET . ' . , , -Vancouver. B C, D,c. 2.-Ad wtol.v.x.g prcb em, that , b.otid vir-e tn.iu 8.uth vvalessa ihat a- iy i nuior Uoacoler, cf N,w th eteinit-r Cukon h s sailed from j II v-nys iiie in a reoeiio lacier: Hvdney with a eao of provif i na for Rir Admiral Dewey's fl --r. at Miila Toe cargo mn-uatf ti of 5 000 arcise of mutton, 250 1 vinos, 125 i of pota t.nt. 81 foua uf ouijn, und 22 cons of carrcts.1 "Secretary Gice find? 'commercial expaneijn' u ei ffi tient rasja for re canting his form.r opinion and bo ciming an imperialist. I this a ram pie of the 'commercial expaoeion' which has cap ivate-i him, I bor der? Mr. Swretary, u-'n-i know oettr ihau yourhelf tha: thi 'open door' whici the P."68iiient ba gien to th3 foreifjnRr in the Philippines mearis the Vloci d -or' to tne pr: d iets of tha soil and of the mines of our on country. Tnv foreigner gets the trado tne Americ. n pays the taxeM 'Toe Piiilippiuos treaty is soon to come before the S jo ate. Surely evor farmer of the Uuited S:atescm look to yoa as the heai of tne Agr ;uUurl department to secure a change in ti e clause which put3 the producers ot America, boib of the soil and oC the mine, at so f-.erious a disadvantage, hi i 'g th. u-aads of milea further awuy. "Ooo would have thouns that the food of our soldiers migi.t have betn purchased by the g ivtrnmect upon !he Pacific coast, but even Sin Fran cisco is thousands of miles furtur from the Pmlippioes than the c m petitive Rgacukural country of au naha. E 'n India is nearer etil:. As the Nev Y rk Trir-on justly say-, Th-5 Pnili; pines art- 7 000 milea a y, rar ijeanr to othr ieat posrn i. their p-jHaessi s than t ) u , Ktid bf ioog i.ig to the georaphic.ii and ammef ciai pystem of anoicer coniioroc.' "KuO'vi. g your etrico gUirimnehip jf the interests of agriculture in tai (;ounfry, I b? to lay the tubjct Dt -fore you, knowing that you will giv il due attention. With biocrre or gratuiatioos upon your succj&su; work in various directions, "Very reap c fuiiy your?, "Andrew Carnegie" Ic is unnecessa y to U3 to ej,y that we endorse whas Mr Carnegie hhs .veil paid. Tivtae who read The Pro urkssive Farmer last wet;k kuu-.v tht ur upitiioa ot l jiperialisoa is t:ot ver vxilted. A trtm-r.doui r-.-spoaibihy ieetsi upon our tJ-ji-'g'tsarcou, m ftc . is has 'een eaM, so ausoluta a oaaue in a nitioa's p Auy wo u:.vur eo h s'.ii ntt red upon." Taj peupit? h:-.vu nao aO ChaUC:i tO VOU U;)Oa tlli.J IUS.lJ.-fci lid wo th nk ttiLCi oar OoiirvHan n ihould no: bi sio v o a.-k Ltioav.o ol neir iont?t tu-nts jiorfch;:u;d tiut?e c -l s uuents decide the inulter h sciiy, Io ur hour of triumph, it is well for m t; oaten to the veuei aoieSaoa or H ar, o Mesdichusyits, whco-3 woids arcj, wi inmk, as timely as were those of the servant woose duty it was to remit; o the old Roman cotq lerer iha:: h j out m-Ttal. Stnator ttoar says: Tnis year has baen crowded with hiytory aid crowded wita glory. Ic it. lso, to my miud, crowded with dan sier. Tae flag ot Spam, formerly the proudest on earth since tLie day of toe Rjman empire, has gone down in darkaees and in oljod before the vie cjiiusnavy and army of the United S ares Too flag of the United S.atu; oai r sen in the E t.-tern ssy iiso u n.:w ' If. we are unil.ing to make our selves respoosio o for tne govemmenc uf re mo to savage pHCple-,ii;nlaud wiii i t ia.e tae iSiauds aLd give us Uauatia, if tha latter wanis to come, as sne soun will." A BD MUVEi We uaderst ind coat tha bill tor the ise v govOtLtment ot Hvaii, now b f re Uoi'jirM-i rjei a the iiwatin iaw-i o-.t iou-itii: g p-.yd-.al BiViugj oait.S a d dire 0 9 the S crtlury of toe Trt as iy to py too amounts oa djposu ia H.i--vud io i ho ptrs;iin emitted .hereto, t. ino a' lug ti"r iu-erer oa all depo.-its on the first of J uy, 1899 and torbia 'K g fur h-r dt posits u ter that date. Tots, wo thinK, is a siep m the 'roug direiticii. Tne pottul eaviog b ii k law wafl abo its tne only thing on rie vs holo lsianu of Hawaii thit was wi Tuii aont-xing, and we hooed that cne nysiem would be not only retaioed ihero but introduced into our otvn c.uatry. AN OLD S TORY RETOLD Will the frmr3 never learn that hey too must organiz ? Almosc every week s es the formation of eome nev rut and gives some new proof of th power of organization, yeU all the ni'e the frm rs who, if organiz d could exert more it fl ienee than am thcrdczm trusts ric down quiesly and lee o'her trus s grind them to the uh. O iiy last week in rur narp c lumis told of the f ,'uneaticn ( f the tin plate trust, aod before cu." f n ire oditiou wa3 printed the nowsp i ovr dir-paiche 3 brought ne a s of a stove ru?t 'Ve quote: 'At Chattanocf-a, Tern., Dec mbc. 5 h, aeecrr t mcetm cf the S)Utheri oovo minufa 'lu-ers was held and o combination formed to miotaif oncfs. Tne pcalo of prices ad )pted m f-i'gitly h'gher than formerly." No comment ii needed. GOT W.-tAT 1H -Y PAID FOR. "We arc now promised a wc r be screen t:o tobacco tru-03 If Atto ey GrifcT!.s and Assistant Jams E cioyd wculd d v te this week to firir.u th trwv.ri, us t'.ey are in law com 0 .M ed t Hi ins. O id of flhooiiog hirdi. oo iru ' s c uld bec uiied. B-i- un 'T H rtH"i, titVdaT-d and M K'ri- 1 y thn ini?-lH M O not tfO'l'olv1, bat a e l.'lpci no i rtrpi'.g h 'fi d They paid or it Mid Hree.nns it!" l oo i vo paragraph, ?rhieb. wp c!ii from a c Jnt is-u ot tnn News &; O server baa our hea-ty endorscmrnJ-. i i-, wr b-Vuld lik to afrk our eserm'd c intr mporary if it caarotf ua-ot somf method to enable our Dext legislature o pot in a we--k or two filing nto th trusf?. Cnarity, is is said, should be gin at home, and we clrnk that reform si-old b?.in at the same p'aca. A the N-ows and O ogerver knows there is no truss mnr3 epprcs'sivo than the Southern R-dlway. And we suppose it is the railway referred to in he fol losing p;r . graph from Webt er e WYe tly (D m ) : ' Too uni'ed uppot given the D:m o 'rai. p -r;y by the bu-iaos iDtrrets cooa iiation. L .t us not uccepc tne tho m inurtc uror, r :viiroad men. ! . , . . - iuuos utid rcsp-ji s oihty of tain victory oi any temper ot vulvar vaia feiory. fetill L583 of a vu gir gred of pj -er r juL g'H. TiiM Uiii' d rfiares o jmi s to j vLOte oprtss a people, E..t and vv'eai Jxcsc Woircii'b R.ey's lrio on thoviim o ho ri roe of O l Gi-r'" in th-j D.-ovrnb r Atl - tic tt .1 noiab'-1 o'v.i tf t-f i! poem Too poet apostrophizes th fl i; io several impas S'ofd etdiz, io d iii?S8 of it: Who gave youthd u .mE of O.d Glory, ar d wlitf Are thiL?d a the name cf Old G;oryf Then the o?d banner kaprd, like a sail in thr ba-t. And fl ictertd an audible answer at last And it spake, with a shake of thy voice, and it said : By the driven snow white a'ld the liv ing blood red Of my bars, and their heaven ot stars overhead By the symbol cor jjined of them all, skyward cast, As I float from the steeple, or flap at the mast. Or droop over the sod where the loDg grasses nod, Uy came ia aa old as the glory of God. . j 3 a g;c it uuivt.rcr. To doU wua llis pti .n' n.-. ' r 1 villi I J C. 7'hotockan ec vo n rt in thr VQip'( an 5 CONTK1BOTKO L1B.CRAJ LY of r:eirnr aoH to p-v do O.iOetuewr. of w.ar, contii :utija much io the vjc orv." All of wh":ch cauf g us to wonder it j.h'5 fotUiiM pira'ruph m1. s bo 'm&-z te i n the ob.tuary ot the Hixt leisia ture : "B ii urder the legnlaMire of 1899 tnet -'.-ry and the Southern Riuuy we n Wi troubiod. Thay paii for it a-'d g .!!:- it." Wo hooo not. .SO:tlE CO.fa.CTlON3. gr.-at occanioa hy t-uliviug uut coa iL-g ii.aiiut.a tnJ i jfcC;a.ivui.-i-,' - Oc?;r .d.;a . . ......... . wr . . . l;5 ut iiivxra ti. u uuvtj uov over tmo-.vu Spam, wo have nos luipri ea tho livi-s sjL our soai ihas we m-.v make money ou oi oor no.v rotations. -Bai 3 e; the iirscouty ofiLoAm n can people id to tHtCi?eivt3, aau wut-n I tuy it in no i?pis:tt ot btiti-iiiu.aj or of ltid-ffrence to tne welfare of maakind. "On toe contrury, I oeiieve thut the In Bra G E. B vgs' article last week V..... n . . . . . . 4. K . ! . uiS iKt, a- i io iua xxtLiu.iu-.u peop e 111 trr? ucni pa-rapn discus3?cg tco Ciu render to mankind and to liberty is moosy q les-ien, the S3nteaee, "Oar to preserve uusoiaed and unchanged I p.vop.c aro diviiol iato cl3Sicj3 on the t . Republic as it come to u from the money question " etc , should ba. "are utherd. It is by example, and not by i divided into two cla-ses," etc. And in tne paragrapn oeginnmg, "rne old fetish idea," tha sentence, 'Some claim that they (the precious metals) should be u?ed to measure the balance of til other commodities," balan e should bb value guns or by bayonets, that the great woik of America for humanity is to be accomplished. And in my opinion we are to day in a great danger a greater danger than we have encoun tered since the pilgrims landed in Ply mouth. The danger is that we are to . . . Bo I come by the name of Od b a transformed from a republic, foun Glory. i ded on the declaration of independence, Hoke, Dcmo?.rat: Ah mance, Al xarder, Alleghany, Arson, Aho, Beaufort, B rtie, Bladen, B unswick, Huneombe,- Borke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, C atoam, Cherokee, ( howan, Clay, Clev-latid, Columbus, Cravrn, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, v Davie, Duplin, )urham, E .'geoombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gacton, 4aes, Graham, Granville, trene, Guilford, tlilifax, II irnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, rcdell, J i ks m, J ?huson, Jones, L neir, Lincoln, M icon, Madison, viartin, M dowelI, vieeklenburg, Ii chell, Montgomery, Moore, NTash, New Hanover, NT rthumpton, O ?g1 iw, O arg, P tn'ico, P a q lotank, 'OLtdt'T, Prrq liman?, Prreon, PlLf, P 1&, H u'idolpb, Riohm jnd, R -Orson, R ckiayjham, Ro van, R itherford, S impson, St inly, S obes, Sairy, S-vain, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Uoion, V ince, vV ake, vV arrfin, iVashington, W atauga, Wayoe, WllK' S, Wilson, Yaikin, Y incoy, Total, Ea"s. 2 239 811 584 1 43 1 815 2 291 2-0L3 1 428 1 210 3 868 1 34 1 3.7 7v7 555 1 053 1 637 1 514 2 112 939 1 174 3H5 1,53) 1 T3L 2 885 2 235 47 457 2,( 92 1 097 1 39 1 r95 2 48 3 24 2 49 1 7;U 778 379 2 279 1 237 3 24 2 K77 1 348 1 041 1 313 1 460 90 2.096 997 2 040 851 1 695 1.118 971 2.154 1 556 1 017 3 P26 1 639 1 193 2,017 2 219 2 641 2.228 877 1 i65 826 1 391 1 255 992 1 5'2 2 7n9 07 2 742 1 OSS 2 8 4 2 673 1,533 1 685 2.437 541 1 9i4 2 391 701 646 472 1 4S0 1,791 5 084 2 251 1.237 1.155 2 533 2 649 2,040 1.610 850 159 511 gt ; ivmmissdQnTs by tho people Tf e H ' North 4 arolma legislature ia p'edeed 2 616 ro tnt reform Io will therefore e?eot 893 railroad commissi mers only till 1900, 8P3 when tho people t-lt them. 1 873 17"4; Statesville Ma-cot (Dem ): In ell 2 66j'fotak about the impeachment of 1,"32 Cr ?eroor Ranseil we eee no plan and 1 676 specifi atioo of the laws which be tas 1 93 violated. Thtt his administration has 4 488 j bpen very obnoxious to Democrats is 1 474 ! entirely true, but it must be shown 1 949 ! bat he has violated the laws before i the Democratic Ifuis'a'UTe will be jug t fl d iu impeaching hic. ' w if 1 190 6' 6 1 3o() 1 445 1 988 2 054 972 Chatham Ric rd (Dam ) : It is eug geared that a bill will be introduced in our next legis'a'ure proposing a con stitutional amendment providing for a division of the pchool funds, by apply- QQl 3 ig the school taxes cf the blacks to their schools and of tho whites to theirs t-'uch a proposition would no u uui oo l-avoraoiy reoeivea oy a large 2 076 2 405 963 4U9 2 4 9 915 2 109 2 534 2 891 3 cm 9 2 69S 2 34S 1 103 370 2 236 1 2i8 4 211 3 684 1 6i7 1 853 1 048 1,183 994 2 795 1 156 3 7c7 821 2 (35 1,341 1 15 1 272 1 7oo 1 257 5 185 672 1 368 2 i43 2 530 2 804 1 815 1 451 1 530 758 1 372 1 295 975 1 6 0 3 224 5 5 Z two majority of the white po ple of the S ate, who are tired of pajiog taxes to educate ne&ro coildr n Roanoke Beac m (Dm ) : North Ctrolina pays a very small ecbool tax, in fact i here are only one o? two States chat pay less, and many pay even three times what we pay. But the legislation we need i-3 to give those who piy the taxes the bentfi; of same Under the present system of public schools wo get, prhp3, all that we pay for, that is, the children of the Scate get it. But we need a better system; we nerd to pay a higher tax, and we net d a compulsory law to make the children 'ake advantage of what the S;ate gives chem. We are sure the next legislature will do all in iss power to aid the rising gen eration in obtaining an eduoatioo. The Tarboro Southerner (Dem.), in an editorial headed: "What will bs dom ?" says: "Will the next legisla ture pass an election law so that intel ligence may rule, or will it keep the negro for political capita!? The pres ent election was carried ao ely oy draw mg the color lioe. Lot ic stay driwn by giving the intelligent voters only the rubt of franchise. The press all over the Srae is harping on who is en titled to spoils. Fir, d ) somathing to -mow the people that every promise hia been carried out. Djn'fc iet them b9 disappointed. The Democrats are oho Siate's guardians for the next two year3, so let ihsm do their full duty." Chatham Rocord (Dm): Another uselr-ss expeasa, that our nex5 legisla ture should cut eff, is the oaymsnt of mx y cents for tho sheriff of every county to notify every magistrate and const. bie ;f his election. Tttis one item rnu-t havo coG the rax payers of North Carolina at least, $3 000 at the ' lacoelecti n, which was j isc tnat mu h " j money thrown away, because of c u?se 0 OO-i 2 950 2.950 2 260 1,736 1 238 1 679 2 247 744 6.6 523 2 510 1 233 5 664 1 2i7 8i7 1 115 3 454 1 74 L 2 45S The Major at Fis Cld 7 ricks -A p Incicea s ia Hi3 t ourting i jf? Pays to be Independent and bt? i7ery magiscrato aai constabio who va8 elected knew of his election iu a fe hours thereafter. Domocsalic mj rivy . 17 93 J O io import int problem the next legi-laturo will have to solve 13 what to do with the Spate's convic s. There is complaint that the preheat system of working the convicts on the farms cor. pHes with the free farm labor of the Scate and there are other obj-c-ions to working the convicts on farms. If ! the convicts are put to manufacturing aoy article there is serious obj ction on the part of labor in whatever depart mont of manufacture the convicts work. Why not put the aonvicts all to work on public roads and digging cmals in tho swamps of the eastern portion of the S ate, and thereby save 1 o-7 5 the Ssate thousands of dollars annuallv 977 j m too way of good roads and make 7- what is otherwise a bogzy waste the 177 449 ou Can. B "Hello! Mr. Editor " R. ' Hollo I Major. S oppoj T., ... . .... aro living aod doing w 1 ?" - . . . r- mco I've fGuad that a f jjr v? hain't killed a nigger or pompthia' that sort, ain'c goiu' u r s andao at the dyoiakrat pio couu or, 1 1x1 tin' sortor resignel. In ftck, I'm pia;' io.' the independent ack Is paja :. bi mdepei deot oh iwl ecea-ri r8 don't rtcon I'd ever bin tiid r,t r Be if I hadn't a bin purty tol rabie icjj well that I wtz, tro, for I tair. much ice a bein' icidependnc bh My nerves are not so strong ez U; were before I got married. Vii t you how it wtz: Me an' Beisy bed t noldin' hands an' gom' ter meetiu' tc gather c ff an' on f r a gude waile. I whole naoorhood eed we'd be hitch- before long. I thought so sum suns toen apin I didn't. BetHy bz pu a . . ou..u , . 1 . y . ouc u ju txiuug tn, a pt.r-y gu;? pace till I'd git to eque ziu' her fcai; purty hard an' hitcbin' ov' my eha cloe to hers. Whenever she'd think wuz goin' ter pop the question she! chaogo thesubjk so blamed abrupt! that I'd purty uigh fall iff the chair Thirogs k ipt goin' that way till I g; sorter fractious. I wurked roy?e!fi up ter tha biun' pint more timea th T wv. J IX ? . 1 r-, . 1. ucku li js h au lolo, an ro-!tsy woui find sum way ter eide track me ever time Then I concluded ter try a litt screak ov diplomacy. Silly Wiiku wuz a mity lieeiy gurl a livin' p-irtj close by. So I sorter tapered oil gjj, ter eee Batsy an' paid a judd aeei ovi attenshun ter S lly. Tnen- ic cum B; sy's time ter git nervous an' extern that faUln, snation thf.s izsjuooV ant an' so ple.aaaat ac tho &me t So when I'd drio in ter se hr woz purty apt; ter briDg up tho su-jf ov mat:rmouy. I'd shy off t ;ea. c: wou d mention a CJUple or tvott wuz goin' ter gi5 sphc-.-d, an' thn s:e; sorter draw a long breath an' sjy reckoned married life wuz : q: hapit- doe wuz sorter hintm' that way cr n'gos an' I didn't apo ar cnc.i ill: estei. Finally she sed: Z e, k a wonder you don's git epiico i. ' 1 1, her I h viu'c thought mucu eoou:: out wnenaver I aei aih utoi ?- h i gals oz S dly vVi kiis, Icod'dt'ub: ttiiukiu' mora or less orhou5 01 .tn ny. That toucnei t. ff one tuao I vtcd d B tsy wuz iscarf d ter da itn. Sao iu.i pale aa' trirnbled, Then she .iurg " nead an' bsgan ter cry. I a. ktd t whut wuz tha matter? Sae cnedtl more. After awhile soe sed: '2 if you won't never name that freca Wi.kins girl ergin, I may hd )t: little wife sum time" Web I whole atmosphere lookei ser meli it wuz full ov striped cacdy, Con mas trees an' shooting stars. I l the happiest man in North Caroht B itsy h: z ofcen referred ter tne tw that I proposed. I never prop? Sae did it herself, an' I wurktdt up ro is. That is the wav I'm g'.-ioM do the dymakrat party. Gdd&Dje. THE NEX f L-HGISLA FURS. Opinions of the Press Regarding Some C rea- Ques ioas to be Dec ded 11 hen A s a Whole the Advice is Good, Very Good. Cnurily aod Children (R dig ) : It is ai6H.dy proposed that a tax he inid upon Nj-rta Oarolir a dog, and the re c ipis be put ia toe c. mmon sihcol fund. Did you ever h ar the like of cnat before? Bat little is bring said about a re formatory f )r child criminals in North Carolina. Tais would be worth more to the State than the impeachment of every Governor in the South. Mouroe. Eaqairer, (D m ) Always mention The Progressive Cashes when writing advertisers. Bibhci Recorder (B Ate ): We hope N" -rth Carolina will ba g.veu aa ciwc tiou law modedod upon the AU4tralia?i b illot idea. It is t baolutely fair, feitf toe only ooj 'coion that cm oe made io is is toat io requires decent, intelligence oJ the voter, and ttia is its grea-xnc v eiue. Ail the candidates are puc oa oih ticket, separated according v. tffij s. Tae voter is given a place to vote in which no one may molest him. Ho selects his own candidates unaided Ic he is not better informed than the average cit.zon he will find difficulty ia voting "straight," as it is calieo. Bat this U also a virtue. No xnau ought to feel impelled to vote straight. Mt. Olive Advtrtieer (Dsm ): After Parties have no consciences, at least the legislature redeems the pledges j no more than the corporations wh en made in the Democratic platform, the t ey denounce as soulless, but men concensus of public opinion seems to j have, and the conscience, not party iavor tne uuupuuu ui some measure 10 spirit or sentiment, is tne proper test At 11:30 a. m. last Friday, 'he: tinguishing eveat of the Baptist tij Ooavenci--ii, in session at G eu occur re . b ir.g toe formal i o v '' ' toe tn associariooa formerly e -i;gtho Western North C.r.l.i uHuOvnvention. R.v. Tiuuv- li i-: of Cnerfikea, Rv. A. B r-m. -'-('ran 3 Iva xia, Rv. D. Vi At ' 1 1 00m oe, Rv. A E hro vn, of t ootuDft. and others maoe i.a nn diviHion at the . birih-place of ir-e' ventiou. this union is fffewd"1! peculiarly appropriate eircuoocttfe restrain and restrict the voting pro clivities of the colored citizen. No country can advance aa long as there is even a remote possibility of the igno of a ballot Col. Albert B Gorrell, May Winston, di-d of heart disease at ' Friday night, Dec. 9 h. H.i L j of Winston's leading citizjoa aod tj business men. ' l 1 Drop us a postal or latter glV : of R When you write to advertisers pi aso mention this paper. names and PoatofHce addresses sons whom you think may be ia1 to subscribe to The Progressive ? mer Also state 11 you will dist"" a few sample copiea among J neighbors. 1 Pay your subscription.
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 13, 1898, edition 1
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