The Progressive Farmer from Winston-Salem, North Carolina • Page 3

THE PROGRESSIVE PARHER AUGUST 24. 1897. I STATE NEWS. "BANKERS' ion. unas.

u. fool died at bi3 homo I in Elizabeth City Wednesday, aged 58 kMr. J. J. Pegram showed us a sac tion of a Siberian crab apple tree Mon Too little Potash in -the fertilizer used produces a "scrubby' crop, just a lack of sufficient grain fed to stock means a scrubby animal.

An illustrated book which tells -what Potash is, how it should be used, and how much Potash a well-balanced fertilizer should contain, is -sent free; to all! applicants-Send your address. i GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nossatr New York; more economical, less teachers are required and better ones can be Kcured in under the isolated and ill adjusted, district; system. The grading of the: pupils permits of more efficient school management and instruction over old. plan, where pupils of all ages and degrees of advancement were packed iato some Way-off little school houso and divided into 20 odd clas3esll trying to study and recite in the same little room. In place of badly heated and.

illy ventilated district Echool houses well ventilated rooms of more event temperature in the one large building: are provided and protection from inclement weather and wet roads in transportation has a marked effact on the children's health. The social good done the children by thii daily meek ing is also of inestimable value to them. There was much opposition to the plan at first, but' to day not a man, woman teacher or child would go back to the old Farm and i i WEATHER AND CROPS. Drought in Some Sections Condition of Cotton Generally Favorable. I Washington, Aug.

17. The weekly crop bulletin of the Agricultural Department to-day say i Drought con-tinuef in portions Missouri, Tenn6s- i see and Southern Texas, and the need of rain is beginning to be felt in Indiana Illinois, Iowa and in portions of Vir giniaand North Carolina. There has been too much rain in New England and local storms have caused some damago to crops in the Virginias. The" conditions have been generally favor- 1 able to crops in the Southern Oklahoma, -Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio-and in the middle Atlantic States. Oa the North Pacific Coast, the week, although very warm, has been favorable for harvesting.

In the principal corn 8tates of the central valleys the weather conditions of the week have not been wholly favorable, being too cool and, over a large area, too dry. GDod rains have of tbe State Press Drops Turpentine Paf'naot Rice from the Ea -Clusters pfGrpMnd Tobacco Stems from the tfortH-Stftlks of Ctorn and Grains of fTSeat- from the West-Peanuts ni Cotton Seed from the South Guilford College is to receive a 000 faction, says the Asheviille Citi- to Rutherford county 1 930 votes flje cast ogainst the -school tax and jyll6 for it. Brevard News A panning factory enterprise which will materialize is evard in tha near future. for Br North Carolina Killing Exposi 1 0ELbel3 will b8 named Charlotte, Piid f5C0-for th0 Privilege, -lyor Linn of Salisbury has order-dtfce police to arrest jail women ap- tgs street3 ia Mother Hub Tffo baseball nines, composed oi mo tch game cf ball at Concord Thurs The North Cardinal- Baptist calls Forest College rtroof building for its JOGO library. a Llimmond and Bird Shepherd, convicts on the State farm, have it Irak cut that tliey are the tiaa Brids wreckers.

Is is rumored that a Boston capitalist take $5( ,000 of stock uniltnair Tina in the pro- from Mor- ntoa to Blowing Tho first bale of ne crop cotton ess sold 'ia Wilmington Friday 13. It fa3 grown in Orangeburg cfcunty, weighed o'Jo pounds. Hr. Alexander; for a long time prominent citizen of Charlotte, died at his heme in that 'city Saturday afternoon, aged 65 years. Marion Messenger: When the two 11 linn 11 fhunn factories are in uu peranum employ near 100 hands, or.

more, This wSlmeana good pay roll. Tie jury which investigated the Wombe lynching decided that the Wo was hung by "about; 15 men Vhoeo names are unknown' I The falling cfE in the i acreage of to- in this state ia so great as to at- ttww tract much attention. It is reported to 47 per cent, under an average. At one of tbe election boxes in Rjwan i3t; Tuesday, according to the Balis Vjry Sun, theV men got to discussing pligion, and the election broke up in a radkinville Ripple: Sandy James Hutchens, who was carried to the at Morganton some jp, escaped cmd is at home lagam. The Winston Journal learns that the asonic picnic at Mocksyille Thursday ft nKnnf.

RirAtiof fnr fVio Krphans. Three negroes are engaged in the manufacture of tobacco in Davie county. The style of the firm is Dunn Brothers. They employ about 25 hands do business in a log house. The appointment of George S.

Powell a3 Receiver for the First National Bank of haa been held back. A. Gfadger, who has turned Rspublican, wants the place. liark Cotton, who was hit by a pass iag freight train on Eeast "Market street crossing some weeks ago, settled matter, beina naid, so it is said pOO Greensboro Record. kin Times: Robert Gravely, who silled Gr dcrg.9 Law in a drunken brawl war lilt.

Airy a year ago, was capture'd 3 tHt Virginia a few days ago and is confined in Dobson Mail. M. Beckett, local egentpf the Singer He, has disappeared! The Citizen iay8 thf re is a shortage of several ndred dollars in hia accounts. Concord Standard: Jno. Milan, absconding ticket agent of the Sea toard Air Line office at Charlotte, and 3 hai been in hiding for a week or orf.has been arrested at Mcrristown, Tenn.

The Greenville Weekly flars ex Gov. Jarvis, whn was An ft1rnffttfl nf fchA school tax and claimed to have advo- ed such a measure for 25 years, failed td turn nn af. tha rrUa nni xrnta B'aelby Aurora: Mr. Marion York foilad a rioh onlHI mi'nfi nn t.hfl lAnd 8. Cox, 'at the foot of Pilot moun-y, about ten miles east of Asheboro.

the vem. is. elate and. is about fifteen Greensboro Record Near a station on between here and (auuihiuu tram xuuiouajr eClllJirirv mUU nnf nn an .1, mu a uuit. bctxw auu te-.

vr lu uwu, in wnicn nowever, no the -ten, iormeny editor ui pA--. amx nuu uciu during the last adminis- I Pfiact uo located in Winston ror the lceoflaw. About Five'Hundred Delegates Present Gov. Piogree Makes Some Pertinent Remarks in His Speech Welcoming the i Visitors to Detroit. Detroit, Aug 17.

The mg interests of the country were well represented this morning when about 500 delegates to the American Banking Association assembled in the Detroit Opera House to attend the opening scs-! sion or the twenty third annual con-; yentionjjf that body. President Lowry presided. The welcome speech! of Gov. Pmgreei while considered somewhat radical by some of the members, was I on the Whole well received and hb was given a generous amount of applause ut its conclusion. In the course of his speech, Gov.

Pin groe eaid: i 4 1 do not pretend to fully understand the theory of money, being but an erery day manufacturer of shoes, but I have a thought which I wish to start rolling for discussion! Whatever men's ideas may be upon the subject as to whaV money metal of ultimate redemption is best in the jworld's commerce arid monetary sy tf- items, I beliqve it is conceded that when jsilvcr gradually ceased to be a part of jtho stcck used for feuch purposes in the jbalance of trade and otherwise, the available amount of primary money was reauced aoouc one nair. to rem- ay tnis state oi eriairs it is sougnt to ffect an agreement among, nations whereby the unit of measure may again be in either gold or silver at a certs in ratio, called bimetallism. i "Should it be possible tu effect such an agreement, or should the people of pe United States decide to' hereafter use. gold alone for money of ultimate redemption, a condition of affairs may he imagined when such a large propor tion of the world's annual gold product shall be used and consumed in the arts that an increasing stringency in gold coin will cccur. The use of gold in the arts is now mcreaeing from year to year.

As I understand it, the principal purpose of remonetizing. silver, either with or without foreign assent, is to in crease the available supply of ultimate redemption money" As one method of increasing the etock of the world's coined gold, Gov. ingree 1 suggested that some way be devised to prevent the increasing use of gold in the arts; for instance, a tax I upon gold in tne shape oif awelry, gold leaf, etc Gov. Pingree then went into an elab orate discussion of trusts and corpora tlonsand the necessity for regulating their scope of action by law, and con eluded by favoring an amendment to the national banking law, permitting national banks to lend as State banks dp, upon real estate, say ing such amend ment could not but tend to benefit both bankers and those who borrow 'from them. George EL Russell, as spokesman of the Detroit Cloanng House, adminis tered a mild rebuke to the Governor by ay ing that he had only been in the banking business eight or nine years and would not, therefore, attempt to deliver a hcrhUy on the silver question ori the evils of corporations.

The ap plause which greeted this sally showed Ithat the hit at Michigan's anti-corpora tion Governor was understood and ap preciated. I A PORTENTOUS EVENT. England has notified the German and Belgium governments that she will abrogate the existing treaties between those countries and the United King ddm on July 30, 189S. This is tho first result of the recent council of colonial premiers at London. This action is taken because these treaties prevent Great Britain from imposing higher duties on goods from Germany and Balgium than she imposes on goods rbm her own colonies.

It indicates that the United Kingdom is disposed to favor the preferential tariff between England and her colonies of which Mr. Laurier has been a leading exponent. Already the new tariff in Canada dis criminates in favor of goods imported from countries that admit Canadian produce free. If, therefore, England's action means that she will put a higher tariff on stuff coming from other than her own colonies, it indicates that she intends to substitute protection for free' trade. Mr.

Laurier would have ftnrWetft free trade between the mem- bersof the British imperial federation J.m fho root, nf thAl wnrld. iMfc there is complete free trade between the States of i the Ameri- cin Union with varying duties against produce from other countries. Should this policy ba carried it would naturally work a great change in the world's trade, possibly benefiting arm- RTfl! in the colonies at the expense of manufacturers in the mother country, and also to the detriment of the foreign market for thfl mirnlus CTOPS Of the United States. But this program cannot be carried out without a bitter con test in England and elsewhere. The Germans are already mizch disturbed, I years, no was lormeriy judge of the oupenur lor.

tne nrst judicial district and at ther time of hia death1 was mayor of Elizabeth City. I Brieco Vunderford, 8 year old son of Mr. T. H. Vanderford.

of Salisbury, died Wednesday afcernoon after an I illness of nearly three months. This I ia me uixa aeatn in Mr. vanderrord's ittimiy wuis.aummer, an oiuer and nis I father haying died previously. I Washington Messenger: The negro Dock Blount, who committed rape upon Miss Jane Stepp, in Greene coun ty, in January, was tried at Snow Hill court last weefe and found guilty. Two colored men were on the jury that con 1 victed him.

I Raleigh News and Observer The State Treasurer yesterday received I 126,709 .06 from railroads for State taxes. Tho Atlantic Coas.t Line paid $19 509 93, the seaboard Air Line $6, 20a 28, and the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk, $990 85. Greensboro Record W. F. Bcgar bought at auction an old fashioned coffee mill or grinder, in uso over a hundred, years ago in thia country.

It looks td be in good shape yet, but not one man in a thousand, unless he is old, can tell what it is. I The Shelby Aurora says Chas. H. Hardin, a fetorekeeper and gauger of Cleveland county, has been turned down "without cause," and adds that he will appeal to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and demand his rights under the civil service laws. Boone Democrat Capt.

Bill Fletcher, who has 'had his ceffia made for sev eral months, was in town this week eff ering for. sale a lot of bridles made by himself, and, from all appearances, one would judge that it will be some time before the coffin will be needed. Salisbury World: The Reimer mine, situated in this county and for a long time worked by Mr. J. B.

Lanier, of this city, has been sold to Mr. F. S. Clauser, of New York, Mr. Clauser has also purchased a mine in Cabarrus county and will work both of them.

Jim Taylor, the celebrated blockader, who was recently arrested in Stokes county, was only allowed to remain jail one night. He gave a two thou sand dollar bond for his appearance. Taylor is said to be the individual who shot officer Wiley Ls wis about three years ago. Hustler. The Winston Sentinel says Deputy I Revenue Collectors Hunt and Chap man seized a one horse team, 40 gallons of whiskey and a breach-loading shot gun, near Bale ws creek, Forsyth county, Friday night.

The outfit, it is said, belongs to a man named John Sprinkle, of Yadkin county. Salisbury Sun: The Southern Rail way Company has in use seven hun dred locomotives, valued at Fivo thousand men are employed in the cpmpany 's repair shops. The Sounthern has 70,000 freight cars; which if coupled together would extend 223 miles and also has ouu passenger coaches. Greensboro Record: Samuel Klutz, of High Point, aged about 45 years, got up this morning at 6 o'clock and fed a horse at the place where lie worked. Then he came back to his house, sat.

down in a chair in the back room and in a moment or two he dropped oyer and expired in a few' minutos. Columbus baker, a student at tho Enochvills High Sshool.Rowan county, attempted to take his life Thursday I mgnt ny orinEing tne contents oi a laudanum His condition was dis covered. Baker is from Winston and his act is said to be due to disappoint ment in a love affiir. He will be ex polled from the school. Hickory Press One J.

H. McAden Was arrested on eufpicion of being the person who attempted to assault ev- eral ladies two weeks ago but there was not sufficient evidence to implicate him and he was discharged: McAden was carried before one of the ladies for identification, but she could not swear to his being the right man. anbury Reporter: We learn that real nice cabbage are selling at our springs at one cent per head. Roasting I ears, tomatoes, cucumbers, pro portionably cheap. McKinley pros perity" and a little streak of patriotism has struck our people, and they had rather sell their truck low and pay their taxes than to go to il.

Lumberton RDbesonian: Splendid crops have been made as a general thing, and there, is a better state of feeling in business circles in conse quence. Artesian wells are claiming the attention of the citizens. One has been bored to a depth of 263 feet on the lot of Frank Gough, and is being carried deeper. Another has been bored on the lot of Geo. B.

McLeod, in Eist Lumberton. A fair flow has been found there. Others are talking of having wells bored on their premises. a day containing 26 well formed apples in a space oi 7 inches. It was a pretty sight very much resembling wax work.

The Siberian crab apple is not as sour! aa the common variety and are very nne preserving purposes. Mr. Pee ram has them to sell. Henderson Gold Lca ureenviiie Keflector Mr. Fred rniiips lives up near Falkland.

He has two boys, aged about 8 and 10 years respectfully, who have proven themselves smarter than the average boys, of their age. They of their own accord dug a nice well 22 feet deen. when they struck "water. PhilliDS then put a curb in the well and fitted it up for use. A car load of Portugese came through on Capt Coble's trainlast night, bound for California.

They may be all right, but it is to be hoped that this class of foreigners will not "take up'' with the South. We are doing very well, thank you, but an influx of such people would not bo long until this country wuum ue tuo ux ua UP orxn. ureenshoro Record. Winston Journal A gentleman from Stokes county reports that a severe, hail storm visited a limited Eection near Kings, in that county few days ago, and played havoc with few crops of tobacco. The crops of Elia Grubbs, John Pitner, Rufus 81ate and J.

W. Spawbon were completely: wrecked, so the report goes. Fortunately the hail covered only a small area. The Salisbury Sun says Mr. J.

Shuping, of Woodeide, Rowan county, undertook to destroy a yellow jacket's neat with powder. placed a quantity of powder on a shovel and, after applying a burning fuse, intended to place the shovel near the icket nest and "let 'er go." But it went off be fore Mr. Shupping was ready and the result was a badly burned arm and hand and face. Greenville For some days corn 'and meal have been coming to merchants herefrom other States. This looks like the home crop of corn is about to become exhausted before the new crop is ready for harvest Mr.

R. B. Byium, near Farmville, says he has 0 acres in cotton from which he expects to gather 25 bales of cotton, averaging 500 pounds, if nothing hap pens to injure the crop between now and harvest. Mr. Jack Baker, of the same neighborhood, says he has 100 acres in cotton from which under the same conditions he expects to get 100 bales.

Salisbury World: When asked by the World last night how he was progressing with his scheme of the coloni zition of Northern immigrants here. J. Newman replied that he was now negotiating with a party of colonists, and as soon as he -could get suitable, prices 'would bring them down, We learn from our Faith correspondent that Mr. T. C.

Wyatt, who lives near Bingle's Ferry, has found gold on his place. He has found a vein one-half mile-long and six to seven feet wide. A shaft has been eunk' 62 C3t deep and active work will begin at once. Fayetteville Observer: Hope Mills has had a scandal and yesterday it was made public by a trial before 'Squir Smith and Gardner, in the presanceof a large and curious audiencd. In con sequence a.

young white man named Ell Chasen was bound; over -to court and requested to give a one hundred dollar bond for his appearance. He was in charge of a deputy sheriff, while he was trying to make up his bond, wnen unasens orotner drove up rapidly, Uhasen jumped into the buggy and away the two flaw, leaving the orncer too amazed for utterance. They made good tneir escape. me trial oi ueorge tfroaie, ror a crime ne committeed upon a young lady at Kutrell, the 29 of July was begun in a special term of the court, at Henderson Monday. Tuesday the evidence was all in.

No speeches were made on either side. Judge Brown's charge to the jury consumed about four minutes. The jury, consisting of nine white men and three negroes, was out about three minutes and brought ma verdict or guncy. liroaie was sentenced to be hanged on the 1st of September. A large crowd was present and there is 'great satisfaction at tbe and conviction of this ppeedy trial fiend.

Ex. Governor Russell effers $200 reward for the capture of two perpetrators of a sinerularlv brutal murder, the facts being given him by Sheriff Davidson, of Cherokee. A 15 year old negro girl, Ida Young, was in a delicate condition and eaid Asburv Nichols was her child's father. He swore he would kil any negro who so accused him. At night the girl's home was entered by three men.

her father threatened with death, she was pulled out of bed, beaten and kicked insensible and shot, Before dy ing she swore INichola was the father of her child and her mur derer. Nichols and his brother have fled, but Paley Culberson, who was also implicated by the coroner's jury 1 is in jiL Winston Journal for 20 per cent of their total exports go to England half as much to this coun try, so that nearly one third of Ger- many 'a export trade is threatened by recent event3. There is a strong senti-' ment 'in the mother country against the propos9d policy, on the grounds that her imports from British depend encies are only; one fifth of the whole, while the colonies take on an average less than one-third of her total exports. To thus sever her treaties with two cf the greatest commercial nations of irope involves far greater possibilities than was indicated by Canada's ref usal of Mr. Blaine's proposition looking to complete free trade between the United States and the provided the Canadian tariff was made identical with that of the Siates.

These possi bilities and the changes in market conditions that may be caused by the development of vast aries of virgin land ia Southern Siberia, Africa and South America are certain to in time, virtually affect every farmer in North America, but whether for good or; evil remains to be seen. The United States Department of Agriculture has already dis-patcked a special envoy to investigate the possible competition of wheat in the worldys market Farm and Home. MINE OPERATORS Determined to Forcibly Resume Opera tions in the Pittsburg District Without Further Cleveland, Aug. 17 The operators of the Pennsylvania coal miners held a conference in this city to day and de' termined that the mines in the Pitts- burg district should be started and operated without further delay, on the grounds that the miners have taken a high handed position; that nothing but an unreasonable price for mining will satisfy their demand, and that tney have been unwilling to treat with the operators cn any fair grounds. Also, that there is no course left open to the operators at this time.

It was determined that all coal sold at the 54 cent basis of mining this year must be mined at that price. No change in the price of mining will be consid erred until the contracts made at the 54 cent basis of mining are filled and the uniformity agreement is completed. At least three, fourths of the tonnage of the Pittsburg i district was repre sented at the conference, and all are unanimous and agreed to, if 'necessary, forcibly to resume operations, with the exception of M. A. Hanna Company; NEW YORK SUICIDES.

Five Persons Killed Themselves in the City and Vicinity in a Day. New Yobk, Aug. 17. An unknown man about fifty years of age committed suicide this evening in Central Park by shooting himself in the temple. Tne report of the pistol was heard by a policeman who found the man dead.

John Huter, thirty five years of age, a cable car gripman, was found dead this afternoon in Mount Morris Park, with a bullet hole in his head and a re volver beside him. He had committed suicide, and when discovered had been dead five or six Hours. At the time hundreds of children were playing about the park, James Bamberg, thirty six years of age, jumped from the roof of a four story building early this morning, after a quarrel with his wife, and was in stantly killed. Mrs. C.

Martin, twenty five years old, was found to night dead in her bed room. She is supposed to committed euicide by inhaling gas. Anton a tailor out of work and despondent, committed suicide in Brooklyn tc-day with carbolic acid AN ADVANCED STEP IN RURAL EDUCATION. -The method adopted by the towns of the Western Reserve of Oaio, at Mon tague, and perhaps elsewhere, ia to be commended, an plan was first adopted by the town of Kingsville, which was divided into seven school districts. The districts are now abol-ished and the school houses abandoned and in their stead there has been built at the center of the town a fine two-story brick school house, where the pupils of the whole town assemble each day and are divided Into grades as in the public schools of larger places.

Bids are called for; each year to furnish daily transportation -for the pupils from house to school and return, in uniformly built covered spring wagons which seat 25. This plan is said to be 1'. however, improved the crop in Kansas and Nebraska. The week has been generally favoi able to CDtton, except in North Carov lina and portions of South Carolina, Missouri and southern Texas, where it suffered from drought. General rains over the greater part of the cotton belt have arrested premature opening and shedding.

Tobacco cutting is general in the more northerly tobacco States, and is neariDg ccmpletion in the Carolinas In Tennessee the late crop is improv ing, but in Indiana and Kentucky it has made but slow growth. Reports from Maryland and Pennsylvania are favorable. In portions of Virginia local storms have done much injury to' tobacco. COUNTERFEIT U. S.

NOTES Of the Issue of June, 1865, Presented for Redemption at the Treasury Depart-ment. 1 Washington, Aug. 17. There were presented to the Treasury Department to day for redemption two $1000 7 30 notes of the issue of June 15, 1865. The persons making the presentation were business men of Louisville, Ky.

Upon examination the notes were found to be counterfeits, being a part of a very large issue of counterfeit notes which, appeared in the principal bond markets in 1865 and 1867. The imitation of the genuine is so complete that many the principal dealers in United States securities purchased them freely, anc? only discovered that they had been victimized when the notes were thrown out! by the authorities at Washington. The loss to the bankers and dealers through thia counterfeit amounted" probably to several hundred thousand dollars. The only marked difference between the original and counterfeit is found in the red seal, the points sur rounding the seal in the genuine being; broader, more clearly defined, and note so long. There is also a slight difference in the signature of $pn.

Spinner, wjio was the Treasurer of the United, States at the time of the issue of original notes. In the geuuine note there is also a small spot just below the bar between the baskets of the balance which the figure of America holds sue-pended. At the secret service cfEcaiw is said that the plate from which thesev notes were" printed was captured November 2l3t, 1867, fromWilliam E. Brockway, who is now serving a ten years in the Trenton, N. penitentiary -for counterfeiting $500 goloU certificates.

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