The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-12-17

Q Davis, a man whose nrir..
was so lrreproachable, a bravo Life
and an able statesman, wbo Soldier
way was so honorable and tTn every
convictions Of right" OS TO his
Mr. VIII. Roberts Of W
township, Rockingham county, V'' p Fit
some good farming this YEAR did
ing to the Rocket: "Witb ono accord
he made $50 bushels Of cos mule
bales of cotton averaging neal i've
pounds each, 100 bushels Of 800
AID sixty bushels of peas. T6 5'I Ht
OF farming pays. And
The Gold Leaf says. "AtI..
trust has struck Henderson. It
tobacco trust-a combine amonn ne
of the leading cigarette mannfsos I'VE
concerns of the country to rnIu ing
price of stock that enters IN 1e The
goods. Read what u corresnon slelr
says on the subject in this issno
The, Progressive FARMER. VI
We note with pleasure that
excellent contemporary, the Ts0n."
Farmer, began with its last issno :;
fourth volume The editor savo ~ US
circulation of the paper is stesdiI " su
rapidly increasing-having do1bIaS
itself-not only in Tennessee, bnt sIso
notably in Alabama, North CaroI;nO
Arkansas, Mississippi and KentucEr
The paper is a capital one and j.
serves success.
"TAe Southern CvLtyator stand.
at the head of agricultural journals i0
the whole country" remarks Mrs.
Arma Hunter Perfume, Of Alabams
"It is conservative yet keeps abreast
of the times. Its editorial MANAGE.
ment is superb, and every department.
is compile. 1t should have 100 Oo
subscribers in every one of the South,
ern States" Evidently lady of good
taste and disernment.
y Mr., Montgomery M. Folsom
upon hearing Of Hon. Jefferson Davis's
death, wrote and published some
verses in the Atlanta Conststution
under the caption DAVIS IS DEAD. The
two last stanzas are as follows:
"Davis is dead =. The message read
God keep his noble name!
The deeds OF those who fougt and bled
For Dis lie are eternal wed
With his undying fsme! .
"Davts is dead ~ The message read
Last of a princely train;
Though loWly lies his cfoWnless head
His memory lives, and in his stead
No other king ehall reign p
We learn from the Washinyton
Progress that there were ffty.fv
members taken into the PRESBYTERIAN
church in that town on Sunday before
last, as the result of Evangelist Flies
meetings. This gentleman is now
conducting a series of very successful
meetings in the, Baptist Tabernacle of
this city. He breaches to crowded
assemblies nightly. He is conspicuous
| for his great zeal and earnestness, and
sways his audience at will. He is
not an ordained minister. Is an ex.
| commercial traveller, or drummer"
and is known simply as "Bill Fife"
The Jute Bagging trust has de.
termined to follow suit to the Cotton
Oil Trust and become incorporated.
According to the Boston Commercial
Bulletin eight companies with a total
annual capacity of 81, 800, 900 yards,
will be incorporated under the laws of
West Virginia as the American Manu-.
featuring Company. with a capital
stock of $l,ooo,ooo, in which there is
very little water, it is said. Fourteen
mills will remain independent, with a
capacity of 3o,ooo,o 900 yards, chief Of
which, as before, is the Ludlow Com
pany of that State. So goes another
trade conspiracy.
The. New Orleans correspondent
| of the New York Times, writing on
| the day of Mr.. Davis's death, says:
"a touching incident occurred in the
death chamber this morning upon the
arrival of Milo Cooper, an aged and
| deerepit colored man, who had been
Mr.. Davis's servant during the war
For the past fifteen years Milo has
been a resident of Florida, and each
year has sent to his old master some
remembrance in the shape of oranges
or other fruit grown by himself
Hearing of the severe illness OF Mr.
| Davis, he departed for New Orleans
for the purpose of getting a last
glimpse of his masters kindly face
Upon his arrival this morning he was
| odmittad to tho doath chamber. where