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Vol. 1.
OUR FARMERS' CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is Progressing.
CEDAR GROVE CLUB DISCUSSING THE
CULTURE OP WHEAT.
Cedar Grove, N. C July 3, 1886.
The Club mot at the usual hour
and after attending to the regular
business, A. W. Bevel, T. Ketner,
Samuel Alspaugh and -L K. INull
made short practical speeches on
the culture of wheat.
A. W. Bevel. Turn ground soon.
Sow from October . 1st to the 20th.
Early wheat is generally best. Har
row and roll in Spring.
T. Ketner. Turn ground soon.
Turn when dry. I have best success
on clover land that has been pas
tured. Enrich your land; tend less
land well and you will have better
success.
Samuel Alspaugh. I raise from
400 bushels down, 60 being the least
I ever made. I turn ground soon
and shallow. A short time before
sowing I haul manure and scatter.
Then break deep. Sow from 1st to
20th of October. Have made 20
bushels per acre. Once I made 100
bushels Irom six seeding. Manured
land put in well seldom fails.
I. N. Null. Stubble ground to be
seeded in wheat should be turned
soon as wheat can be removed. Let
lie until just before sowing. Then
harrow and break and harrow again,
then put in wheat with 200 lbs. fer
tilizer per acre. I prefer putting in
with drill. I make my own fer
tilizer from which I have better re
sults than from any I ever bought.
I used one ton last year that cost me
$11.80. Formula: I get 1,400 lbs. of
dry dirt from under buildings from
which I remove all trash &c, by sift
ing. To this I add 600 lbs. of dis
solved bone. Mix thoroughly and
it is ready for use. If I can't get
saltpeter dirt, that is dirt from
under buildings, I use any loose rich
dirt and 60 lbs. saltpeter. By making
your own fertilizer you save pay
ing freight on the dirt it contains.
J. M. Jarvis,
Secretary.
FALLING INTO LINE.
As will be seen the townships of
Bethania and Kernersville are mov
ing to be properly represented in
our Farmers' Convention on the
first Saturdayin August. This is
right. .Let the farmers in every
township in Forsyth County see to
it that a good club is organized at
once and that a strong delegation be
sent to the County Convention.
This organization can be made of
incalculable value to the farmers,
and it is encouraging to see the in
terest that is being .manifested by
the farmers throughout the county.
Forms of Constitution and. By
Laws may. be had by applying to the
office of The Progressive Farmer.
SPANISH GROVE CLUB.
. Held a meeting on Saturday, the
10th. Notwithstanding the rain
stormwe had, a good attendance.
Three names were added to the ro)l,
making 22 in. all. -The movement
for a county club was ' "enthusiastic
ally endorsed and our club will be
represented in .the convention in
Winston on the 1st Saturday in
August. " ' .,. t, ., . ..t. ., ..,
Our club is taking steps .to estab
lish a good school and other clubs
near us are thinking of joining usip
the 'enterprise, ..With their; cooper
ation our n'eighborKood will(ityave (a
first class schooj, apd this you must
put down ty the .crpdit of the
Farmers Club movement.
' . Secretary.
KERNERSVILLE TOWNSHIP, ,
. We learn that a meeting o farmers
will be h,eW. in; tfc js. to wush jp qn , the
17 th , inst., for, .the, . purpose,' .of organ
izing a club. . , We were favored with
a call from very enthusiastic Jfriends
of the movement,, who , say their
township will not fail to be repre
sented in the, , county, meeting on the
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77 INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
BETHANIA TOWNSHIP.
A meeting of the farmers in the
vicinity of Rural Hall will be held
on Saturday the 24th inst., to organ
ize a Farmer's Club. We hope to
have speakers present. Crops suf
fering from excessive wet weather.
Will Sentinel, Republican and 'Press
favor us by publishing the above call ?
Hastily,
: B.?L. Bitting:
A VOICE FROM PITT.
A Progressive Farmer Who Takes a
Practical View of Things.
Marlboro, Pitt Co., N. C, )
July 6, 1886.
Editor Progressive Farmer: I
am trying to persuade neighbors by
example and precept that all cotton
farming is not farming, and that to
sit quietly by and submit to the dic
tation of those who handle their
money is lowering their manhood
and subjecting posterity to a hu
miliation that our fathers would
have spurned with contempt. 1 1
for "hog and hominy'' first, last, a
am
and
all the time, and preach that doc
trine "in season and out of season."
Catching the spirit of The Progress,
ive .f armer, i am urging our people
t- T T
to organize foF-mutual advancement
and protection. Tiie Progressive
Farmer is all that' we could wish for
our cause ; may it long live to teach
the people their rights and duties,
and make them be true to themselves
and their cause? " "
The wheat . crop,, which is very
small, has yielded poorly. Oats were
very promising but the incessant
rains are about to do great damage
in harvesting. We had last night
and night before the heaviest rains
of the season, though wo have had
them almost daily of late and heavy
ones, too. The low land corn is
almost hopeless, especially the late
planted. Cotton, in addition to what
it has suffered by rain, has been uni
versally infested with lice, which,
in some places, destroyed it and
greatly retarded the growth of all.
The price of cotton has been decided
for next season, and the merchants
are discussing whose head must fall,
and who shall be sustained by their
gracious favors, to struggle another
year for a sustenance for their fami
lies. From my boyhood I have hated
cotton as a deadly enemy to the
prosperity of our country, and each
year convinces me more and more
that it is a curse to any people that
make it their dependence. There
are some points I would submit to
the public through your paper, but
it seems so well filled with better
matter that I have waited for a more
suitable time, and am still waiting.
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SENATORS' BIRTHPLACES.
. Five Senators can , never .become
Presidents, as thoy are foreign-born,
Beck. having been born in Scotland;
Jones, of Nevada,' in England; Fair,
Sewell; and Jones of Florida, in Ire
land. New. York has given birth to
more of the present Senators than
any other State,,thenumber being
eight; Kentucky Qbio and Virginia
can boast of six each, Virginia and
West Virginia being considered in
this estimate, as one ; .Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania each,' with the re
mainder scattering! ' Fourteen have
been born in New England. Only four
State's west of the MississippIndi
ana," Misso'tiri," 16 wd' ami Minn espta
hkvA .mveti birth to Senators'. '1 Not
W Senator "has been torn inthe west
ern half of the United ! States.
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wasninqion jjtuci .
: L Great damage-has ' been done to
the crops on the water courses One
farmer, J; D. Hamlin, who lives' oh
Enb river, informs us that ho lost
$150 worth of wheat and 6ats by
the freshet' last week." ! Lower dowh
on the Neuse the losses were very
heavy. The-eorn eps on the bot
tom lands have been drowned, and
it; is now.; too, late.- to .plants again.
The ipropprospect ; is , not , flattering.
Durham PlanU , M.??f -Hir
OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO
WINSTON, N. 0., JULY 14,
' " Mr E. H. Brill,' near Asheville,
has a field of corn which averages
eight feet tall.
A party from London, England
arrived this week. They have pur
chased the' Winningham Mine and
will at once begin work. -High Point
Enterprise. '
... - Some fifteen years ago Mr. T.J.
Riggsbee bought a farm near . Dur
ham for $2.93 per acre, to- day the
same land sells for from $150 to $300
per acre. Durham Recorder.
Frank' Gaston, colored, was
hanged in Salisbury on the 3d inst.
In his speech on the gallows he
said he wasn't "the first man hanged
and hoped to God he wouldn't be
the last."
Mr. H. F. Harriss, of this town,
has invented a well auger that is a
decided improvement over all others
that have been made, and will bore
a well with greater rapidity. Green
ville Reflector.
The chair factory shipped several
hundred chairs this week. An order
for 360 was filled at one time. As
he superior quality of their chairs
ecomes known the demand for them
iicreases. Henderson Gold Leaf .
A vicious cow kicked a scythe
blade against the ankle of Miss Em
ma Munday, of Lincoln county, last
week. The young lady's foot was
nearly cut off by the blow. Newton
Enterprise.
The continuous rains lately have
considerably damaged the oat arid
wheat crop, that which is cut lies
wet and the uncut has been blown
and beat down by the heavy winds
and rains. They have also thrown
our farmers behind with their work.
Battleboro Headlight.
We never saw farmers in this
section so low spirited, some of them
have not worked their corn the first
time though it is time it was laid by.
They say if the rains continue that
not half a crop will be made and they
fear that if it should turn dry the
result will be even worse. Danbury
Reporter.
A branch of Mount St. Joseph
academy (Catholic), Hickory, is to
be established at Asheville. Rev. J.
Mcllugh has become pastor of the
Catholic Church, and will make
Asheville his residence. This is the
first permanent Catholic pastorate
west of the Blue Ridge, in this
State.
Dan Williams, a miner working
in the Fisher Hill mine, about seven
miles from Greensboro, was killed
last Thursday. The bucket filled
with earth became unfastened when
near .the top. of ithe shaft,: which is
nearly 100 feet deep. He was stand
ing the bottom of the shaft and
was crushed by the falling bucket.
- The State board of education
met at the Governor's office yester
day, 6th inst. "' The main business of
the meeting was to receive bids for
the Bible, arid Carrow lands in Hyde
county. There' was one bid submit
ted to them and that was rejected.
The- surv'ev of these lands is , now
going on ana the poara are deter
mined to press! the work as rapidly
as possible. Raleigh News and Ob
server. - ' , V:V
, , Messrs., M. L; Holmes & J.: D.
Gaskill have purchased, ithe . lot : at
; tb o Depot, formerly owned by i the
t i i . -TT--i nrin 1 III
paiiSP.ury; , yv ooieu ms, aim wm
proceed shortly. to erect . thereon a
large .tobacco, factory-a four story
building, 135x50. --The continuous
rains have caused, the farmers to? be
low spirited. Corn and cotton are
in the grass,ik4?reiiijdeal of which
has, .never, been wprked since i came
up, an4 the , bulk ot thefiwheat and
oats iarvesied, is still in the fields
and , sprouting badly. Take ; it all
in all, it is a: gloomy outlook for, the
tiller, of the soil- and indirectly , for
everybody J -J, else.7--Salisbury k Watch
man
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ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY.
1886.
James Johnson, who killed his
brother with a brick bat, a little
over a week ago, is avoiding arrest.
The case is a very sad one. - It
seems that the terrible blow was
given during a childish frolick, with
no malice and no ; anger. Charles
Johnson, the deceased, leaves a
wife and two children James has a
wife and five children. Their wives
and children were all present and
witnessed the shocking . tragedy.
Cliatham Home. .
-Apples tire scarce this year.
Many trees have none on them; but
peaches are quite plentiful. There
is a subscription paper out to raise
money to build a union church at
Pine Grove in Abbott's Creek town
ship. Henry Hege died in Reedy
Creek township last Thursday night.
He was blind and had been entirely
paralyzed twenty-six years, during
all of which time he lay, on his back,
unable to move either hand or foot.
Davidson Dispatch.
A drummer who recently trav
eled through the counties adjoining
Mecklenburg on the south and east,
says that nearly all the bottom
lands have been "turned out," that
is, left to grow up in grass and weeds
and the upland crops look badly.
In York county, S. C., seventy-five
farmers , have surrendered their
mortgages to one individual, Mr.
Ashe, giving him the privilege to
work out the crops if he cares to do
so. The best estimate yet made is
one third of a crop. Charlotte
Observer.
Sheriff Hodges is not only a good
officer but a good farmer. We have.
in our office an Irish potato which
weighs 28 ounces raised on his farm.
Its shape is most peculiar, being
very similar in shape to a bear foot.
The hail storm on Monday even
ing did serious damage to the crops
in the line of its march. The cotton
plants on the farm of Mr. Fred Wolf
enden were completely stripped and
the corn was damaged to a consid
erable extent. Washington Gazette.
We' hear of one citizen, Mr. W.
B. Vickery, of Level Cross, who losi
$2,000 on his oat crop alone by last
week's flood.- -Mr. James Harpei,
of Richland, only saved three shockt
of wheat off of seven acres. The res
took an excursion down towards
Cape Fear. He likewise lost several
loads of hay. The latest from
Chatham is that three more block
ade stills have been laid low. One
of them, it is said, was bought only
a few days before by the notorious
Bone Taylor who had just got home
from the penitentiary. Asheboro
Courier.
, Among the patents granted in
June was one to J. W. Fries, Esq.,
of this place, for improved process
of tanning. The' 'old organ in the
Moravian church is undergoing re
pairs, tunirig,&c. The organ was put
up in 1799,and is considered ' good
yet. Persons taking an interest
in the State Fruit Fair to be held
in Fayetteville, August ,4th and 5th,
willj)lease leave specimens of fruit
at Messrs. Lineback Bros., who ; will
attend to the shipment. , A man in
Davidson , county says that out of
more, than 300 .Leghorn chickens
which have been, hatched; at , his
house this summer, he has but eleven
young chickens now, living, j He' in
tends to .get rid .of . the. Leghorns.
Salem Press. , , .
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' 1 We hear great complaint of the
wheat crop roitirig ' 1 in the fields
throughout this section from V the
heavy rairisT-Mr: D.! Mi.Pety, of
Bush Hill, thrashed out, as the pro
ducts of three acres, 110 J1 bushels of
wheat on(!the 7th.-r-J.R. Boone,
near McLeansville, this county,, has
a heifer twenty-six months old that
has, never had a calf, but gives about
a quart pf milk a da.-r:A contract
bas been made v with,, the ':i peniten
tiary authorities for. 150 convicts to
grade the branch road to . the .facto
ries on Deep River. Tho work . will
be commenced at ones.- Greensboro
Patriot.
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THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR.
The Washington Post publishes
the following summary of the finan
cial operations of the government for
the first fiscal year ending June 30,
under President Cleveland's Admin
istration: - - ' -
The reduction in the public debt
during June, as shown in the state
ment issued from the Treasury De
partment yesterday, was $9,061,898,
and for the fiscal year just ended
$86,098,766, against $63,494,708 for
the preceding fiscal year, the last
of the late Republican Administra
tion The total receipts of the Gov
ernment from all sources during the
year were. $336,144,290, or $16,000,
000 niore than the expectation of
the Treasury officiafs, as shown in
their estimates of last December.
Customs receipts were $192,747,822,
against $181,471,939 during the pre
ceding year; internal revenue re
ceipts were $117,034,523 against
$112,498,725 the previous year, an
increase in both instances, while re
ceipts from miscellaneous sources
amounted to $26,361,945, a decrease
of $3,000,000. This shows an in
crease in revenue, as compared with
the preceding year, of nearly $13,
000,000. With an increased reve
nue, there is reported a decrease in
expenditures amounting to about
$15,000,000. The total expenditures
of the year amounted in round num
bers to $245,000,000, against $260,
000,000 the year before. Ordinary
expenses for the year just closed
amounted to $130,000,000, or fully
$22,000,000 less than the previous
year. The interest charged for the
pastyear was $30,580,679, about "a
million less than the previous year,
while $64,702,454 was paid out for
pensions against $56,102,267 during
the preceding year. 1
With total receipts amounting to
$336,000,000 and total expenditures
(including $45,000,000 sinking fund)
of $290,0000030 guviJi'iMttqits
surplusfiCnepast year will reacnN
$45X100000, against $18,000,000 du
ring the preceding fiscal year ended
iine30, 1885. " ,f
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
The industwal school" is becoming
a favorite withVthe American public.
There are but few stjftes in which
one or more of ibesc institutions is
not in successful operation, and
where their gooiireults are riot be
coming manifest. The course of
training in wiese' schools embraces
the theoretical and theractical,the
ordinary course of study pursued
in primary schools, accompanied by
two or three hours a day of manual
training, under' a thoroughly quali
fied teacher. The shops attached to
the schools are fitted up with neces
sary motive powers, lathes, tools for
working metal land 1 wood, etel, and
the boys are thus afforded an oppor
tunity of practical work in the re
spective avocations they may choose.
They build machinery'draw plans
of and construct ininiature houses,
build wagons, make furniture, etc.,
as their tastes or 1 inclinations lead.
The work done in soihe of these' in
stitutions by the boys is creditable
to theni and would be to expert me
chanics. ' The spirit of emulation is
aroused and the boys take pride in
their work;' It also breaks the mon
otony of routine study and' furnishes
a profitable and inspiriting recrea
tion, and' when ' they ; leave ;; these
schools after 'the f course vof study
arid : training prescribed,, they 1 are
ready' to enter upon the trades they
have 'selected ' ;and' readily becoriio
accomplished arid expert workmen.
' V Benton 1 Gray,; a cripple, i! who
kept 1 a 1 little1 store in' McLeansville,
was found murdered in! his store on
the morning of the 3rd insti ' The
motive . o f tbejnuxder. wa s a little
money, which the, murderer got and
made his escape. t y ,
The President last ' Saturday vetoed
the bill which had passed Congress appro
priating $80,000 for ; the. ; erection j of a
government building at Asheville. r2
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