The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-26

Charlotte had no May 20 celebra-
ton this year. Reason: Subscriptions
were too backward in coming forward,
and as the fire boys did not feel disposed
to foot the bill themselves they concluded
to postpone till next year.
The N. c.. Medical Society met in
New Berne last week. DIR. Henry Balm
son, of Salem, was elected President for
the ensuing year. The next meeting will
be held in the city of Charlotte on the
second Wednesday in April next.
There is little or no prospect for the
passage of the Blair educational bill in
the House of Representatives. 1t will
probably hang up there as its prede-
cessor did after it passed the Senate last
session.
The American Forestry Congress
will hold its fifth annual meeting at Den
yer, Colorado, probably about the 10th
of September. The people in the prairie
States of the West are taking a lively
interest in the subject of forestry.
The freshets of the past week have
done immense damage south and west
of us. Reports from the Yadkin, Ca
tawba, Deep River, Pee Dee and other
streams report great destruction, grow
ing crops being washed away and in
many instances the plantations ruined.
Scotland would not object to home
rule for herself, but don't believe in ex-
tending it to Ireland. Mr.. John H. A.
Mcdonald has presented a petition in
parliament against granting home rule
to Ireland, which petition was signed by
106,S 1894 Scotchmen, was one and a quar-
ter miles long, and weighed pa pounds.
The apple crop of Orleans, Niagara,
Chautauqua and Genesee, four of the
fruit counties of New York, is worth 81
10000, averaging over half a million
dollars a county. The apple crop OF
North Carolina, if properly handled,
WOULD De worth mllllOnS.
There were four Bishops elected by
the recent M. E. Church, South, Confer
ference, at Richmond, Va: Rev. w. w.
Duncan, of South Carolina, Al years old
Rev. Chas. B. Galloway, of Mississippi,
81 years old Rev. E. R. Hendricks, of
Missouri. 80 years old, and Rev. j. S.
Key, of South Georgia, 81 years old.
7 In 1870 there were invested in manu-
featuring enterprises in Raleigh 1925, 900;
the number of hands employed was 3l5,
value of products 1926, 600. In 1885 the
amount of capital was $791 600, hands
employed s25, value of products 81 ,l60,-
600, an increase of over $50 per cent.
There are four times as many manufac-
tories now as in 1870. This a pretty fair
showing for the "City of Oaks
There have been introduced in the
House of Representatives the present
session $40 bills and III joint resolu-
tons. The number of public bills passed
is l72, of private bills, 651. Of these, 40
public and 10 private bills nave passed
the Senate. The Senate has passed and
sent to the House 129 public and 252
private bills, of which the House has
passed 33. public and 81 private.
An anonymous article published in
the local paper led to a street pistol fight
in Martinsville, Va, Monday, 18th inst,
in which Jacob Terry was killed, his
brothers j. K. and Ben Terry danger
ously wounded, Col. P. D. Spencer, Tarle-
ton Brown, R. L. Jones, R. L. Gregory
and a colored man, Sandy Martin, also
seriously wounded. Spencer was the
author of the offensive article, and he
was attacked by w. K. Terry, the subject
of it.
The farmer should study farming as
a business. He should devote to it as
much thoughtand as much brain work as
does the merchant to his business. 1t is
a great mistake to claim that the money
you receive for a thousand pounds of to-
bacco, or for a ton of hay, is ~"clear"
money. First, know what it has cost
you to produce it. We lave known many
a farmer to receive a dollar for some
product of the farm that cost him one
dollar and fifty cents to get it.
There is a rumor going the rounds