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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-09-09
Rond SUI

An Act to abolish the Office OF Rond
Supervisor; approved Mnrch 2. 1857.
SEcrIoS 1. The Office Of Road Super
visor. created by all Act OF tho 1T sisla.
turc entitled IAN Act in r~elntiuu to
public highways" approved March
dtteenth. eightson hundred m seventy.
Eve; mud thu nmendn,ory Act thereof
entitled AN Act to III nd nh Act in
rclntiou 10 Highways" approved March
fifteenth, eighteen hundred mud seven
iy-hTe; approved March second. eight.
cen hundred md sevtnty-sevoa, is
hereby abolished.
sEcrIos Q. This Act shnll lnke effect
on The expiration Of tho terms Of I o
present incumbents.
From tho above IL appears that there
will be ITO Road Supervisors after Janu-
AIRY /. 1889, aud hence no such officer
will be oiectod ut the coming general
election. All matters pertaining a.
roads after TINT dnto will DO Tor tho cor.
sidcration Of the Board Of County Con-
missiOner6.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-09-09
ST. r Y,
SALT LAKE CITY,
Conducted by
THE SISTERS OF
THE HOLY Q

Studies for bonrders and day pupils
will DO resumed Monday. September
3, 1888. The English course Includes
all the branches necessary for q first
class education. Tie languages, linenr
drawing, vocal music in class. plain
sewing and ornamental needlework
form no exirn charge. Terms nro
modified when two or more of the ianli-
~ attend school mt the snme tim.
Students attending All IIallows Col
eGe are permitted to visit their ~sisters
Mt the Academy. Half iates can be
secured on two OF the railroad lines.
Terms moderate. For catalogues ad-
dress MS above.
7-25. I'll.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-09-09

The nbovo 10 n purely vegetable prep.
a~ration. and II positive curc for Dysp.p.
win aud all diseases Of tho Stomach mud
Bowels. II cures NIL diseases arising
from n disordored Liver, dispcls General
Debility and restores the appetite.
There nrO a number Of persons in lhi.
county who have usod II with great
benefit and WHO recommend Il worry
highly. Those who arc affected with
Stomach. Liver or Kidney diseases
should give IL a trinl. Prepared by
Jos. s. finii & % iG2 First St. Jcrsey
City. New jersey.
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IEstrny Notice.

Came to my ranch, on The Tuscnrorn
road % miles north Of Exc, about 2
years nSo. one BAY HORSE about 7
or s years old, branded All on lett
high, nnd vcnt tho Same on left
shoulder. No other iron. The owner
is requested to provo property. pr.
charges and take the animal away.
j. II. W~iILASD,
p. o. Address.
Aug. 9, 1855 . mo. Elko. Nov
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-09-09

NEW TODAY.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1888-09-09

County Committees In the several counties
will please mako the necessary arrangements
for the meetings.
j. ". ADAMS.
chsirmsn Democratic state Central Commit.
tee.
p J. puyHE. BeerstarJ.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26

as humiliating and degrading as That
endured by the African IN ante
bellum times, and is a mighty mill
stone, weighing down the energies
and paralyzing the manhood OF the
country. He wanted it SO modlhed
as to do away with liens and mortgages
and place every mans credit where 1t
should be-on his honesty, his indus
try and integrity. And while he be-
lieved all this, yet the condition Of the
debtor class was such that he feared
that a total repeal of the law would
act most d~isastrously to them. He was
for taking them from under the yoke,
not to make it more burdensome. He
believed, if we could get a Legislature
who comprehended the situation and
had the moral nerve to take hold OF it,
that it could be done to the great re-
lief of the country. Something must
be done, and he believed that a law
that was fruitful of evil to the very
class whom it was honestly designed
to benefit could not and would not
stand when the public mind was awak'
ened to the enormity of the evil it
produces.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
NEW PROFESSOR OF CHp,r,,
TRY AT WAKE FOREST
COLLEGE.

This chair was filed with signal
ability by the late Prof. Duggan. His
death was a loss to the College, a loss
to Science and to the great cause Of
general education in our State.
The Executive Committee Of tho
Board Of Trustees, has supplied his
place by the election of DR.. Charles T.
Reese of Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore. He is a graduate of the
University Of Virginia. He took the
degree Of Phi: D. at Hsidleburg Ger.
many, and comes to us with the bioh.
est testimonials as to his efficiency and
attainments, but the best guarantee as
to this, perhaps, is the fact than he has
for some time been teaching chemis.
try in Johns Hopkins University.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26

ence has this grand old State in the
lower House today? Let an intelli-
gent Washington correspondent OF
the State Chronicle answer He says:
"The more [ think about it, the
less | censure the speaker. The State
is to blame for the position and mtu-
ence' she will have in the 5Oth and
5lst Congresses. Messrs. Henderson
and Johnston had a right to expect
the Craftsmanship Of small committees.
Length of service determines these
things primarily. A second considera-
tion-but it is one that counts, for a
great deal in the long run-is the
character and ability of the represen-
tative. It is the custom in North
Carolina to give a man two terms IN
and then retire him for some
other. aspirant who prefers his own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to the good of his
district or State. This is all right so
far as the aspirant goes. [ am the
last person on this earth to decry am
bition-even though it vaults beyond
the utmost capacity Of the individual
possessing it. But the constituents
and the nominating conventions are to
be blamed and they will suffer for
sending, continually raw inexperienced
and incompetent men here as long as
they do it. The fact that North
Carolina is one of the original thirteen
States makes her situation less excus-
able. She ought to learn some things
from experience. She has another
ridiculous custom which | hope she
will abolish at once, though it has
been honored until it has become an
unwritten law in nearly every district.
1t is this: If an incompetent Con-
gresham slips in accidentally and
serves two years, he must come back
two years more because "custom "
requires it The "custom" is too
ridiculous and illogical to bear com
ment. If by mistake, an incompetent
man comes here, the sooner he is rele-
gated to his proper place, the sooner
the mistake is remedied."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26

Now that our people are more in
clined to diversity their crops and to
improve on old methods, to depend
less on cotton and tobacco and more
on the cereals and root and grass
crops, we want to do all in our power
to aid them in their new departure
We enquired of a very successful
farmer last year what he regarded as
the percentage Of increase in the yield
of wheat as a result of narrowing in
the spring, ard he said his experience
would put it at twenty per cent. Now
we doubt not hat a large number of
our readers harrow their wheat in the
early spring, and others harrow and
roll it, some with and others without
manuring it. We would be glad to
publish the experience and views of
of these farmers on this subject, for
the benefit Of others.
Should wheat be narrowed in
spring?
At what time?
What kind Of harrow and how
should it be done?
Should it be rolled and when ?
What is the cheapest form of a
roller?
Should it be MANFRED e?
What kind of manure and how
much per acre?
We would be glad to have at least
a dozen of our good wheat raisers to
send us answers to the above questions
at once, so they may be published in
time for the present crop.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
THE SOUTH SHOULD CALL A
HALT.

We believe tibet it is time for the South
to call a halt in some matters. This paper
doesn't meddle in the policy Of parties but
it regards with patriotic solicitude the
effect which the action of parties has on
the general interests of the country. And
it can but deplore what it conceivesto be
a great error and evil, into which both the
political parties of the South have fallen.
We refer to the practice, if not now the
established rule, especially in positions of
high trust and dignity, Of constant routine
rotation in Office. Take, for example, our
representation in the lower House of
Congress. Whatever may be his qualifi-
cations, intellectually or morally, how
ever faithful TO his duties, and whatever
may be his growing influence, yet under
the party rule, at the end of his second
term at most, he must stand aside to give
the place to another. The men who can
go to the American Congress for the first
time and in two terms attain to a position
where they can command influence, are
very rare among US. Hence it is that the
glory and dignity and power of old-time
Southern craftsmanship is not felt in the
House of Representatives. 1t was not so
in the days of the Clays, Calhouns, Toombs,
Stevens, Mapeums, Alstons and Culpep-
pers. The North seems to recognize the
fact, that for, q member to have weight
and influence, he must have legislative
wisdom-to have this he must have legis-
lative experience, and to have this he
must have time. When we find men who
by their moral and intellectual qualifca-
tons may be developed into men of
power and influence we should retain and
cultivate them. Lightly as we may re-
gard it, there, are very few four-year-old
congressman who can be developed into
statesmen of influence and power. But
rotate in Office and degenerate in states
manship seems, to be the policy of the
parties.-PRoeREssIvE FARMER, Oct. 18th,
1886. :fH...
We wrote, and published the above
in The PROGRESSIVE FARMER fifteen
months ago., and we are induced to
reproduce it at this time by the numer
ous complaints among our State ex-.
changes Al to the: treatment of North
Carolina by Speaker Carlisle in the
appointments of committees. We are
not surprised and do not complain, for
we believe that North Carolina, and
not Speaker Carlisle, is to blame, if
we have failed to get creditable po-
sitions on the committees. The work
of Congress- in the main, is done
through its committees, hence the tax
paying patrons of this paper have a
direct interest in the influence which
these committees exert infithat, body,
ana hence it,&is our duty to protest
against the ahwise and suicidal policy
I this constant rotation in the election
Oh our representatives. What inHu-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
THE FARMERS ASSOCIATION.

Mr.. ~Josephus Daniels, the able
editor of the &atA Chronicle, attended
the meeting of the Association in
Greensboro, and[wfete most inter
esting account of the meeting to his
paper from which we extract the fol-
lowing:
""The first session of the Farmers
Convention was held in Raleigh just
one year ago. 1t was organized with
a view to securing needed cooperation
among the farmers of the State who
feel the need of a standing together in
advocacy of those measures which will
help the tillers of the earth. The call
was first made, after consultation with
leading farmers, by Col. l.. L.. Polk.
Its success was problematical. An
other convention, which proved a fail
ure, was called by other parties at the
same time. Failure was predicted for
this Farmers Convention, and in GER
tain. quarters it was ignored and ridi-
culed; and it was said that nobody
would attend. The day came for the
holding of the conventions: Raleigh
was full and running over. There had
never been, in the history of North
Carolina, SO large a number of intelli-
gent, progressive and earnest farmers
gathered together. The result of the
work of that convention is known Of
all men. 1t was called, in attempt al
derision, Legislature No. g." because
it devoted so much of it's time to a dis
cussion of Legislative questions that af-
feet the farming interests of the State.
But, however much the Legislature
No. 2" was laughed at by smart
Alexis, this is true: Its recommen-
dations had great weight with legisla-
tors and received the endorsement of
the people of the State. The chief
work of that first convention was to
declare for a reduction of the expenses
of the Agricultural Department.. This
was done. And second, for starting
the work of erecting an Agricultural
and. Mechanical College. This was
done. The other recommendations
were considered, and some were
adopted. e
Having made SO great an impression
by their first convention, the second
session of the Farmers Convention
was looked forward to with interest.
1t met in this town Wednesday, Mr..
Elias Carr, a prosperous and popular
farmer of Edgecombe (they talk of
running him for Governor) was re-
elected President and presided during
the session. Hon. D. +. Caldwell
(HUncle Frank" is the familiar title
which hundreds of men give him) well
coined the farmers to Greensboro in a
characteristic and ringing speech. Col.
layE.iPolk, who has the rare talent of
knowing how, at all times, to say a
pleasant thing pleasantly, responded
to the address in a ~felicitous manner"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
H TOBACCO TAX.

The question of ab%olishing the In
ternal Revenue is now ajitating the
politicians, the manufacturers, and the
tobacco farmers, the Congress of the
United States, and the Cabinet, and
we publish below a resolution which
should have a significant bearing with
our representatives in Congress. It
will be remembered that a convention
of representative manufacturers and
leaf dealers from all parts of n. G..
was held at Morehead City last Aug
ust, and organized the North Carolina
Tobacco Association, Mr.. J. S. Carr,
of Durham, was elected President, MI.
}. b. Pogue: Of this city, and a large
manufacturer, introduced the follow
ing resolution and it was adopted
neutrality-suspicious. a dissenting
voice:
.rResolved, That it is the sense of this
Convention that the time has now ar
rived when the Internal Revenue tax
on manufactured tobacco should be
abolished; and to that end we, the To-
bacco Association of, North Carolina,
in Convention assembled, hereby APP
peal to the Congress Of the United
States and especially to our own SEN
ators and Representatives to bring to
bear and concentrate their best en-
deavors to secure this result.
To which every tobacco farmer in
North Carolina will say, Amen.
We have today 312 Farmers ALI
ances in the State, IS of which have
been organized since the first of the
present month, Or an average of four
per day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
PLEASE NOTICE.

In writing to this Office to change the
address of a paper, our subscribers will do
us a favor by stating the Office at which
the paper is received, as well as the one
to which it is desired to be sent. Failure
to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble
and the necessity of going through a long
list of names, involving not only much
work, but much loss of time, when time
is valuable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
NORTH CAROLINA FARMING

We publish on u fourth page the
awards of premiums for field crops. BY
the judges at our State Fair. The
Executive Committee very wisely re.
CURED the successful competitors to
file a statement of the methods &c. by
which these large yields were obtained,
and we present below that gwen by
Mr.. L. Banks Holt of Alamance who
carried off several splendid premiums.
Mr.. Holt is one Of our most intelli-
gent and progressive farmers. He
cut 1852 pounds Of hay from one
acre. He says of it:
"Soil red; the land had been used as
a truck and corn patch for several
years; was sown in oats in 1886, and
in orchard grass seed at the rate of
two bushels of seed per acre. and got
a good stand. Moved a crop of hay
in the fall of 1886. This piece of land
has been moved this season three
times; the last week in May it yielded
400 pounds of dry hay; in the mid
die Of July it yielded 3,2lO pounds,
and the last week in September it gave
1922 pounds.
COST OF H CROP OF HAY
Two bushels orchard grass at $50,
So sowing same, so cents; moving one
acre in May, IS cents; horse-raking,
SO cents; hauling to barn, So, moving
one acre in July, IS cents; horse rak-
ing, SO cents; hauling, S2.75; moving
one acre in September, IS cents; horse
raking, SO cents; hauling, $2.75; total,
$l5.65. Value of hay at 81 per hun
dred, $1O5.S2; cost of same, Sl5.65;
profit, $7O.l7."
Mr.. Holt also averaged "a bushels
Of wheat on five aces for which he was
awarded the first premium and he says
of it in his report:
Soil, red clay loan, with good sub
soil. Had been in orchard grass and
moved for eve successive years.
MANFRED heavily when grass seed was
sown. Top dressed with ashes once,
at the rate of 40 bushels to the acre
and manured once with 20 two-horse
loads to the acre; each year yielding
from two to three and a half tons OF
good hay per acre. Land plowed with
a two-horse pillow in August. Har'
rowed twice, and drilled September
3Oth, at the rate of n bushel per
acre with Fultz wheat, using on two
acres, 400 lbs of Star Brand guano at
200 lbs per acre, on two, acres Durham
Bull fertilizer, 600 lbs per acre. and
on one acre 200 lbs Raleigh STANDARD
guano. Did not see any marked dit
ference in fertilizers.
COST OF CROP.
Rent of land, $3.50; cost Of plough
ing, $3.50; narrowing, S1.25; drilling
$3.50; cost of fertilizers, same, each
1000 lbs, $l4.5O; five bushels wheat,
$500; total $500. Straw and b
pays for harvesting and threshing Gut
with a self-binder June 9th, 1887.
Production, 121 IA bushels wheat al
ST., $121.25; net profits, $4,000.
We would gladly give to u read
ers every week the experience of some
of our successful farmers on our RED
clay lands, in the cultivation OF the
grasses and cereals. The agricultural
success of the red clay lands OF Norln
Carolina depends on small gram anu
the grasses and clover. To repeal
what we have SO often said: TO MAKE
these lands what they ought to De- We
must have manure, to have We
must have stock and to have We
must have clover and grass.
To our many friends Throughout snr
nhh
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-26
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To our many friends throughout inc
State, who are working so well o oua
paper, we desire to express our sincere
thanks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-09
PERSONAL MENTION,

DIR. V. w. Blanchard is in town.
Mrs. II. E. Smith is visiting friends in
New \ ork city.
Mr.. George Hammond's health has
improved very decidedly the past week.
Ex-Postmaster B. J. Derby of Burlng-
ton and Albert G.. Pierce of the same city
were in town on Monday.
Gen. John Hammond of Crown Point
is in town, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rider at the Addison House.
The Mr.. Allen whose death at Bristol
is noted in our correspondence from that
of this village.
Among the victims of the measles is
Mr.. G.. NJ. Fletcher, teller of the bank,
Mr.. G. ID. Miner is assisting Cashier
Pinney temporarily.
Mrs. F. a. Bond is slowly recovering
from quite a severe illness brought on by
over-work in caring for members of the
family who were sick with measles.
Mr. 5. f. Meekin's oldest daughter,
Gertie, was just alive yesterday after
noon. She had the measles and this was
followed by attacks of capillary bronchi-
It's and erysipelas.
Mr.. f. Y. Bissell of East Shoreham
was in town yesterday. He is just back
from the West, where he went to pur-
chase sheep for Mr.. McCaughey of Aus
tralia. lie bought 81 head, "a in Michi-
gan and three in Western New York.
President Brainerd has been appointed
one of the examining committee of the
Andover Theological seminary, the other
members being Rev. DR.. Twitchell of
Hartford, Ct, ana Rev. DR.. Ward, editor
of the Independent. The duties of the
appointment will require that the COM
mittee be in Andover on the 18th and l4th
inst. and from the 18th to the nth of
June.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-09
LOCAL NOTICES.
% cents at Manney's.

Meals % cents at Manney's
Lemons 20c dozen at Manney's.
Mixed pickles in bulk at Tulley's.
Spring styles in hats and caps at Pine Hall.
March list settle up if you possibly cal.
W. II. SHELDON.
WANTED.-A good farm hand at once.
ID. MEAD.
FOR RENT.-Five pleasant rooms.
4stf L. d. TwITCHELL.
plowed ground. {. ID. MEAD.
FOR RENT.-Desirable tenements. Inquire
at this office.
Gauvin Bros studio will be open until the
night of the 18th.
Early spring styles in new goods, arriving
every day, at Pine Hail.
Winter goods at reduction, leggings and
lumberman's overs. W. H. SHELDON.
A few good overcoats and listers at two.
thirds price, ut Pine Hall.
To LET.-Thirteen hundred dollars, on first
class security. Enquire at this office.
NoTICE.-All accounts made before Jan.
must be paid at once.
FARNswORTH 4 Co.
suit ever in town TOR s35, at b. b, Hopes Fur.
niture store.
For SALE.-A nearly new 1925 Mason 4 Ham.
lin organ-in first-class condition and for sale
cheap for cash. Inquire at this office.
Harrison F. Dean of West Cornwall has 500
bushel of white Shoenan oats for sale, at GOc
per bushel, if called tor soon. lowe
Providence River oysters at the ladies' and
gents dining rooms. Also fine line of can
dies and fruit and cigars.
New spring dress goods, fannels, ETC.; EN-.
broideries, dress trimmings, laces gloves,
etc, a full stock now in at f. X. CIay's.
have removed my furniture to room over
E. r. Clay's store, where will be found a good
stock at bottom prices. Give me call.
II. w. PITTS, Agt.
Miss Belle Thomas No. 80 North Pleasant
street, will receive pupils at the pianoforte
and will teach Prof. John Orth's method OF
technique. Terms, SIS Tor "a lessons.
FURs-I will buy raw furs, ginseng and bees.
wax every week day at George McCue's, Mid.
dlebury, and on Saturdays at w. J. Thomp.
sons store, Vergennes.
4Stf l.. o. THOMPSON
NOTICE. have leased the Addison House
barber shop and am prepared to do shaving
hair-cutting and other work in my line in a
firstclass manner. Ladies' and children's
work speciality. WILLIS G. SCOTT
NJ. ID. Parmelee, Middlebury, has for sale a
fine three-year old colt, well broke to drive
double and single; color, bay large size
sound and gentle. For terms, inquire at the
premises, first place west of village limits on
the Bridport road, Also pure blood Jersey
bull, one year old, from DR.. Wellington's
stock. Att