TOE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Thursday, November 2l 19
07.
increased through Brother
Cates'Q
work.
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Virginia News Notes.
Tobacco Farmers Are Organizing in . Amelia Notes on the Tobacco
Markets Prominent Member of Richmond Tobacco Exchange Dead
Farmers' Institute at Culpepper.
Messrs. Editors: Tobacco organi
zation work is progressing finely in
some portions of Virginia. In Ame
lia County especially, canvasses are
being conducted vigorously. E. T.
Berduant, vice president of the To
bacco Association, has recently been
at Amelia Count House to consult
with C. N. Stacy, a member of the
advisory board, in regard to making
a thorough canvass in the interest
of the Association.
The Tobacco Markets.
Offerings of tobacco on the Rich
mond market for the past week have
been moderate on account of cold
rains and dry weather. Sales of old
tobacco continue in a small way;
prices are higher than for the past
week. At Danville the offerings the
past week have been mostly of me
dium grades Many farmers who
sell on this market are holding off
until the money stringency loosens
up a little.
Lynchburg receipts were consid
erably larger than during the week
previous, consisting largely of good
leaf tobacco, with only a small quan
tity of primings Prices were very
good, with indications that receipts
will be heavy for weeks to come.
The average price of $10.53 at the
South Boston market is the highest
since 1902.
Capt. Wm. M. Bridges Dead.
In the death of Capt Wm.
M.
Pecans, Pears, Plums and Pigs.
B. W StotiA fc Co., ThonaavlUe, Oa , have
Jut lued their new 1908 "Fralt Ouide and
Catalogue," about 'their four P'g pecans,
pa p, plurag and pigs. The booklet Is 24
pa 'fta. 11 'nitrated, and will befentfree to any
rea'er upon request. Wrlt for it
The New Hardware Enclyclopedia.
TH nw reupral fa'alogne just Issued to
the Retail HTd are Trad by theRlramon
Hurwi'e rn"pinv mnta'ns 4.200 paees.
21.533 lUnRfatlot.B.ar'd 79.127 different Item.
anfl weleb p-md. th enfre eltlm
wefehi g mnre tban ?50 tons It represent
perfection In verv detail, - The five-colored
productions of Een Kutter eroods re beau
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lustrations are correct descriptions are cm-cl-e
and c omplete, classification of goods
clearly defl ed, and g a whole, It Is safe 10
say It Is the greatest Com me rcial Catalogue
of 8ny fciod the world has ever 6ecn.
Thl Catalogue Is lRcud ex -luslvely to the
Retail Hardware Merchant for his ue in pic
turing and de-crib ng to the public any 1 tenia
which mleht b wa ted but which he would
not tonally carry In stock, and iy means of
It the retail merchant ctn supplv anything
ob earth tat wuld be in stock in the largeet
retail hardware s ore In the worli.
It Is well worth the tim of any man. wo
man orch Id t call on a locl dealer and ask
to pee a -opy of toe "Simmons Hardware En
clyclopedia." -
Bridges, on Tuesday night the 12th
inst., Richmond lost one of its most
esteemed citizens and the Richmond
Tobacco Exchange one of its most
efficient officers since 1888 up to the
time of his death. He had been the
secretary treasurer and inspector for
the tobacco trade of Richmond. '-:
Culpepper Farmers Hold Institute.
A meeting of the Farmers' Insti
tute of Piedmont was held at Cul
pepper on November 12th. W. , H.
Eggborn, member of the State Board
of Agriculture from that Congress
ional district, conducted the meet
ing. An address on corn culture
was made by Prof. H. . B. . Heegis,
formerly in charge of the State test
farm at Saxe. Prof. R. J. Davidson,
of the Polytechnic Institute at
Blacksburg, made an address on the
composition of fertilizers.
J. M. B.
Richmond, Va. V
."Please, please," says Bro. T. B.
Parker, "please tell the brethren
that I am no longer Secretary-Treas
urer or State Business Agent of the
North Carolina Farmers' Alliance,
but that Bro. Geo. F. Parrott, Hills-
boro, N. C, is the man. Tarn still
getting three letters to Brother Par
rott's one all addressed to me here
in Raleigh, this in every case mean
ing troublesome and . vexatious de
lays. Write Geo. F. Parrott; Secre
tary and Business Agent, Hillsboro,
N. C."
I appreciate The Progressive Far
mer very much. I appreciate highly
your exclusion of unworthy advertis
ing. Hope your valuable paper will
live long and prosper beyond ques
tion.-. H. D., Downingsville, N. C.
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yon upwards of 24 ' 4
the price on strict l
ly high-grade f'l
SEWING
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Every
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iu cTcijr ijaiuwiar as tue uioBl espenijiVe
Agency Machines on the market.
Latest improved Sewing Machines from
$12.85 up. QUALITY considered, onr offer
cannot be duplicated. Send f or Catalog
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FAEM MANAGER WASTED.
A hustling farmer -with a family to work
Dairy and Truck farm, on shares, near town
of 1,000 people No competition. I can offer
a "good thing" to the right man. Write me
If you mean bnsLness. or better come to bba
me DR. H. V. DUNSTAS,
. Windsor, N. C.
Those wishing the best selected
COTTON SEED FOR PLANTING PURPOSES
Will do well to write W. A. SIMPKLN8. Kalelgh, N. o, for prices, and also' for
Best Cabbage Plants for Winter Setting to head early in the Spring.
FARMERS ALLIANCE NEWS.
A note just received from State
Lecturer H. M. Cates says: "It may
be best not to say much about it
because I have noticed that the col
ored people are the best organized
of any people at all, and they say
less about it. However, I want to
say that the l3tn day or Novem
ber was a field day for the farm
ers' Alliance in Johnston County.
We reorganized the old Archer Sub
and the Buffalo Alliances in less
than six hours, with about, forty
members of the very best men l and
women in all the land. And to-night
we go to Live Oak and hope to do
better still. As the preachers say
we are truly in the middle of a great
(Alliance) revival. Am expecting
to begin work at Godwin, Cumber
land, County, November 26th. Get
ready boys."
We regret that a report of John
ston County Alliance, October 12th,
was mislaid two weeks ago The
meeting was a good one, and John
ston County reported then 200 mem
bers, this number having since been
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