The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-07
"A St. Louis physician places the co

tive results. A man can get owe drink
ing. He can give up morphine, but when
cocaine takes hold of him he is gone. Co
caine is said to be worse than alcohol and
opium put together, 1t completely de-
stroys a mans will power, and will make
a villain of the most honest man in the
world. '.t
Mt. Pleasant College, which is adver-
tlsed in this issue, was chartered in 1859,
and is under the direction of the Ev.
Lutheran Synod. 1t is non-sectarian. It
is located in eastern Cabarrus-one of the
healthiest as well as one of best communi-
ties,in the State. It is a good school man
aged by good and competent teachers, and
surrounded by heightened moral influences
and we heartily commend it to the pat
ronage of our people.
We think it worth while to call at
tention once more to the splendid pre-
MUM offered by the Raleigh Standard
Fertilizer Company to the Farmers ALI
ance of the State. 1t will give to the
Subordinate Alliance which shall make
the best display of agricultural products,
at our State Fair, five tons of the Raleigh
Standard Fertilizer. This is. a splendid
premium, and is well worth working for.
Write to MI. P. NJ. Wilson, Secretary,
Raleigh, N. c., for a premium list of the
Fair, which is now ready for distribution,
free of charge.
We are indebted to our good friends
and old school mate, Mr.. T. R. Bennett,
of Camilla, Ca, for a nice lot ofxhe cele-
brated LeCont Pears. They were shipped
from his Georgia Fruit Farm and arrived
in excellent condition-luscious and de-
lcious. He ships melons in June and
July, Pears IN July and August and
oranges from his Eldorado Orange
Orchard in Fla, from the 1st Of October
to February. If our friends want the
choicest and earliest of these delightful
fruits drop him a line. He is a thoroughly
reliable gentleman of the old North Caro-
lima school.
w. J. Boylin, has bought the Wades-
boro I~nteUigencer and consolidated it with
the Messenger. Brother Boylin is n of
our most enterprising and successful
newspaper men. The Monroe En-
quirer and Express, Of which he is
editor, is one of our favorite ex-
changes, and is an honor to N. G. journal
ism. We congratulate the good people of
Arson, and of that section. Bro. Boylin
says of the Messenger and M~teUigencer: ut
shall be clean in it's tone, prudent in its
statements, reliable in its assertions of
fact, devoted to the interest of its patrons,
and I hope, at all times, mindful of its
duty to the public, to peace, law, order,
religion and morality" We hope and be-
lieve that such a paper will be appreciated
and properly supported. We wish it the
most abundant success.
"A truthful history of the struggle and
trials which has attended the heroic efforts
Of Mrs. Jeo Person, to introduce her
splendid remedy, would make a volume
of peculiar interest. But right and pluck
will win. Despite formidable opposition
despite popular prejudice against patent
remedies-despite the great need of
money with which to push it, she has by
indomitable energy and loyal faith in it's
final triumph, at last reached the point
where she can rest it purely on its merit.
1t is now for sale by all druggists and she
proposes to let our readers know of It's
efficacy from the mouths of her patrons.
We do not know by practical test of the
merits of the remedy, but we do know its
reputation, and we know that many of
the best people Of this State endorse it in
the highest terms. Read her advertise
ment in this issue.
On Tuesday afternoon the boiler of
a portable steam engine, used for run
ming a threshing machine, on the farm of
Mr.. P. H. Mangum, near F~orestville, ex-
ploded, killing one man outright and
severely injuring several others. MI.
Mangum and Mr.. Geo. Wall had just
ridden up to the spot on horseback, and
had halted, about six feet apart, and near
the boiler, when the explosion took place.
Half of the boiler and the truck upon
which it rested were hurled forward with
fearful force, passing directly between
Mr.. Mangum and Mr.. Wall. An aged
colored man named Toby Mangum, who
was near the boiler when it exploded,
was instantly killed. Mr.. Mangum was