The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-21
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER APRIL q, 1886.

Se, the enefget1c ana entefpflslng pro-
prietor of the Salem Iron Works has in
vented and patented a cotton press
which he claims to possess many advan-
tages over the presses now in use. 1t is
of simple construction, powerful, reauir-
ing less power to operate, and dispens-
ing to a greater or less extent with the
necessity of congresses.
A gentleman handed us the sub
scription price of our paper and requested
us to mail it to the address of his two lit
tie children, giving as a reason that it
would encourage and stimulate them to
learn. ! can read it as WE'LL said he,
''but they will feel that it is their o
and they will know every week all that is
in it," Reader, are you a father? And
have you children?
We had the pleasure of welcoming
to our sanctum last Thursday Mr.. H. A.
Deal, business manager of the Charlotte
Observer, one of the most successful daily
papers in the State, and Mr.. F. B. Aren-
dell, of that able and live paper, the Raj
eigh Chronicle. We were favored also
with a call last Monday from Mr.. w.
C. Phillips, publisher of the North Caro-
lima Prohibitionist, at Greensboro, who was
here in the interest of his paper. Come
again. The latch string hangs on the
outside.
The entertainment gwen by the
Salem Academy on the evening of the
18th inst. was a delightful occasion. The
exhibition in calisthenic exercises by the
young ladies was highly creditable. The
recitations, ''Somebody's Darling,""Poe's
Lectures" would have done honor to
older and more pretentious persons. The
music, under the direction of Prof. Agthe,
and indeed the execution of the entire
programme was in keeping with every
thing which is done by this splendid in
stitution. Salem Academy is an honor
to Salem and the whole State.
WoN'T STAY Int seems that prison
ers have an objection to staying in For
syth County Jail, although they are
pretty we'll provided for. A short while
ago we recorded the sudden departure
of young white man who made his I'M.
ceremonious exit through a hole which
he had bored in the brick wall. He went
but left the hole. His success, doubtless,
encouraged other inmates who were
longing for liberty, for the jailer on ma
king his rounds Saturday morning missed
another prisoner and found another hole
in the wall. This time it was Ed Walker,
a young colored man who was held for
trial at Superior Court for imposing on
the confidence of a colored damsel and
afterwards denying the paternity of the
offspring. He failed to notify the jailor
of his future plans, and up this writing
his whereabouts are unknown. He has
doubtless emigrated to other parts.
On Tuesday, the 18th inst, Pied
mont warehouse sold %, 946 pounds of
tobacco at an average of $l4.44 per
hundred.
j.. D. Anderson sold one load GAG
pounds, $1S7.22, an average of $2S.9 SO,
four lots bringing $40, $41, $40 and 500.
J. M. Long one load, Lib pounds,
$33S.74, average $3O.43, four lots $35,
$45, $50, $50.
Lewis Fisher one load, 554 pounds,
$l2S.9S avearge $23.28.
w. III. Long, two lots 1913 and $45.
G. w. Lawson, two lots 1874 and $40.
w. w. Doubs, one lot $50.
Y If farmers will plant only so much to-
bacco as they can cultivate thoroughly
and thus improve the quality, they will
find that it pays. Quality not quantity,
should be the motto of our tobacco far
mers. But we care o what quality Of
tobacco your land may produce, you are
doing a hazardous business if you fail to
produce your home supplies.