The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-04-10

wanted the fine pianner;" could sell
that and get his money back.
W. J. +. Stubs, of Arson, saw n
of the agents of Stone; talked with him,
but he did not offer to sell him any
seed.
Commissioner John Robinson:
Peterkin seed we'll known in Arson
and pretty generally throughout the
cotton cotnties@of the State. Under
direct and cross-examination, gave
reasons why seed or variety should be
selected in the field, where the plant
could be carefully INSPECTED. That
he could not see how a man could i'm
prove cotton by selecting seed from
the heap. Got his idea from Mr..
Dixon, of Ca, and had experimental
and found it was the surest, and he
thought the only reliable method. He
had made as high as two bales per
acre, but gave no name to his seed.
| Said character of Mr.. Dunlap, Mr..
Ralliff and others was good.
Rev. Mr.. SPRINGFIELD, teaching at
Wakefield, IN Wake-public place,
but had never heard Of Stone offering
anv cotton seed for sale in that Sec
ton.
P. J. Steel, of Richmond county:
| Bought seed from Stones agent. Rep
resented to have been raised by Stone
neal Raleigh, and was the best ever
put on the market, &c.
DR.. F. L. Reid, editor of Christian
Advocate: Stone came to his office and
wanted him to write and publish a
notice of his seed; showed him seed
and lint and explained it's merits. DR..
r. declined, as he knew nothing
about cotton seed. Stone then showed
him the local in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and asked him the price for
inserting it in his agricultural column
and how much he would say or add
to it himself. Told him that he knew
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER and knew
Stone, and would endorse them. Local
notices are frequently written by the
advertisers themselves, and they gen
orally want them as much like regular
reading matter as possible. Charged
Stone 10 cents per line for the notice.
Stone had never offered to advertise
the seed in his paper in the regular
way.
Rev. DR.. G. T. Bailey, Editor of the
Biblical Recorder, testified that he re-
ceived a letter from a lady in Davie
county and sent it to Stone. Stone
came to his Office and brought some
lint cotton and four or five packages
of seed and asked him to write a local
notice and offered him 20 cents per
line for it, and he declined it. Stone
was advertising in his paper, but never
offered him a regular advertisement of
the seed. H.
Thos. Johns, of Wake, testified that
he was a county commissioner and
farmer. During the winter one of
his neighbors having heard Of the
seed, induced him to go to Stones
place of business to examine them.
Asked Stone to. show them his fine
cotton-the Baily cotton. Said he
had none to sell. Stone said he had
a very fine cotton, and showed them
some lint and seed, but they wanted
to see bolls or seed cotton. They
cared nothing about lint Or seed.
Stone told them that it yielded largely
of lint, &C., and that it had five locks
to the boil. Mr.. J.. told him that he
already had cotton that would yield
80 to AZ pounds of lint per hundred,
and if be couldn't beat that he didn't
want it, and that five locks t. the boil
was one of the characteristics of his
cotton. ~.
0. G. Covington, of Richmond, a
poor man and runs one-horse farm:
Bought a box of the seed Of Stones
agent; was told many things of its
merits, among them that it would
yield as high as SO pounds of lint per
hundred; that 1000 pounds of seed
cotton would make a 500 pound bale.
Bought it as Zephyr.
VIM. Ellerbe, colored, of Richmond
county; poor man; can't read;; farm .
ing: Bought box of the seed of agent;
called it Zephyr; said it was raised
near Raleigh; liz bales per acre.
Agent told him it would make 1000
pounds of lint per acre. Didn't read
him any paper at all. Asked him to
give him his name SO they could write
to him from Raleigh. He signed the
paper but didn't know what it was.
Agent told him big, rich farmers were
taking hold of it, and the poor ones