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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
New School Law.

GLOWING is Ul8 4uIA G0AU u G11o
new school law, which all should be
familiar with, patrons of the school as
well as teachers and school officers:
SECTION /. An annual meeting of
each school district shall be held on
the last Thursday in July of each
year, at the school house belonging
to the district, at o'clock p. m. No
tice of the time and place of such an
nual meeting shall be given by the
clerk by posting written or printed
notices in three public places IN the
district, at least ten days before said
meeting. Special meetings. may be
called by the district board, or upon
a petition signed by ten resident tax
payers of the district; but notice of
such special meeting, stating the pur-
pose for which it is called, shall be
posted in at least three public places
in the district, ten days previous to
the time of such meeting.
SEC. 2. That section 3, chapter 219
laws of 1887, be, and Is hereby amend
ed so as to read: The clerk Of each
district shall, at least five days pre-
vious to the annual meeting in July
of each year, make a written report
which he shall submit and read to the
legal voters of the district at the an
nual meeting for their Information
and consideration If any change Of
alteration therein is necessary, The
same shall be made, and it then shall
br transmitted to the county superin
tendent of public instruction. Sale
report shall show: 1st., the number
Of children, male or female designat
ed separately, residing in the distric
or part Of the district on the last day
of June previous to the date of sucI
report, over the age of five and under
the age Of twenty-one years; I'd, thu
number of children attending schoo
during the year, their sex, and
branches studied; 3D., the length o
time school has been taught II
the district by a qualified teacher
and wages paid; 4th., the amount o
money received from the count!
treasurer, arising from disbursement
of the state annual school fund, TIN
amount received from district taxes
the amount received from all othe
sources during the year, and the man
ner in which the same has been ex
pended. 9Th the amount of none.
raised by the district each year, ant
/ the purpose for which it was raised
9Th. the kind of books used in tn
schools, and such other facts and sta
tistics in regard to the district schOo
as the superintendent may require.
SEC. 3 All county treasurers in thi
state are hereby required to motif
clerks of ali school districts in thei
respective counties, by mail or other
wise, ten days prior to the time fxe
by law for holding the annual distriC
meeting, of the amount Of none
drawn from the treasury by the dis
trict treasurer of his district since th
commencement of the past schOC
year, and shall also state in the sam
notification the balance remaining o
hand, if any, in the county treasur
to the credit of the respective district
SEC. 4 The county treasurer sha
pay no money to the district treasul
ers after the close Of the school yea
June 80, until after the annual dil
: trlct meetings Of the school district
have been held.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
PraiTieyieW Business Directory.

Post Master. .............D. W THOMAS.
Notary Public. ........-.. bacon PoPPEN.
Justice Peace and Notary Public, D. D BEsus
Druggist and Physician. ..........H. c. sPRAGUE.
General Merchants. POPPEN & VAN DrEsT.
.............D. ". THOMAS.
Logan Lumber Co., Manager. J. ". BOWMAN.
Harness Dealer -....... VIM HUEDEBsIAE.
Livery and Feed Stable. ......... JOHN CUMNGs.
Hardware and Implements =. ....J. S. FARMER.
blacksmith shop o.. ..-....... VIEzENT BoLTE.
Flour Store ---.......... --MRs. H. HODGTNs.
Carpenter and Contractor. ...........G ZwIERs.
Commercial Hotel -... ...........L. C. TAYLOR.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-05
TIME is EVERYTHING.

The sooner the system of the hog is fortified
against disease, the more certain is the result
Hogs cannot be raise successfully without
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-14

If there be those who believe that
the farmers are not fully alive to the
great value and Importance of such an
institution, we proudly point them to
the wise and patriotic resolutions
adopted unanimously by the represen-
tative farmers in their Institute l n
this city on last Friday. They are
strong and very significant. We want
and we must have a school where we
can learn the farmer boys and the poor
young men of our State how to make
an honest living and how not to be
ashamed of it.
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AN INTERESTING MEETING.

RA1EaeFBbINt c., May 10, 1889.
Nh. EpITQRIThe Wake County
Alliance Institute held it's session in
the Court House this morning at 10
o'clock. The. attendance was COM
posed of the; best and most intelli-
gent farmers and citizens of Wake
county, and was very entertaining and
highly instructive.
The Institute was honored by the
presence of Gov. D. G.. Fowle, who
addressed the meeting in his usual
happy style. He cordially endorsed
the organization of farmers. and the
great possibilities in store for them in
the near future, if intelligently di-
rected. His remarks concerning the
progress of agriculture in North Car
DINA were very encouraging to the
members of the Institute. He ex-
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THE STATE BOARD OF AGR1-
CULTURE.

THIS body met in this city last
l. week. Gov. ~Fewle,- at his re-
quest, was relieved by the Legislature
from acting as Er-ofcao Chairman of
the Board by changing the law in that
regard.
Col. w. F. Green, of Franklin. was
elected Chairman of the Board. His
long connection with the Board, his
high character, his patriotic devotion
to North Carolina, and his interest in
the agricultural development of our
State, eminently fitted him for the
place. :;
Mr. j. T" Patrick, in accordance
with a notice which he filed with the
Board several months ago, resigned
his position as Commissioner of
immigration. We know much2of
the trials and embarrassments which
he met and overcame, and it gives us
pleasure to say that for earnest, per.
sisteRt labor, no man in North Caro-
lima could have made a better record.
He is succeeded by Mr.. P: M. Wilson,
who brings to the task large expert
ence in the department work and q
zeal and efficiency which will insure
the best possible administration of the
duties assigned him.
Mr.. John Robinson was re elected
Commissioner and Nh. 7. K. Brunei
was reelected to the position of Score
tary.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

x Read carefully the suggestion
of Mr.. Thos. II. Sutton On first page
in regard to a confederate Home"
for our old soldiers. Something
should be done for them, and the best
thing to do is what our people should.
decide upon. ,
< = At a meeting of the citizens of
Raleigh interested in organizing a cot
ton factory, held in this city Thursday
evening, it was found that $58,3OO.
had been subscribed and it was resolv-
ed that the company should be organ
lied at once. A committee was .ap-:
pointed to procure charter, in which
the capital stock is to be not less than
$500, 900, nor more than $500, 900.
We congratulate the gentlemen inter,
ested and all the people of Raleigh.
We trust. that it is but the beginning
of a great swell:tide in manufacturing
enterprises in our midst, which shall
keep our money at home and trans
form the idle consumer into an active
self-tustaining producer. By a prop
er policy the South could become, in
ten years, the most independent agri-
cultural people on the earth. Let us
all resolve to hoe nearer home. .
The season for shipping peaches
will soon be upon us. The crop.
promises to be abundant. Farmers
frequently have some of the best and
most salable varieties of this queen of
fruits, but they have failed to keep in,
formed as TO the best methods for
gathering and packing it, and hence
are often disappointed in the returns
they get. Here are some simple rules
which if observed will be of great ad-
vantage: Hand-pick the fruit. Handle
gently. Discard. all that are in any
way defective. Take none that are
soft or mellow, but only those which
are full grown and just ready for the
ripening process to begin. Pack it
very carefully. Do: mot bruise it. Pack
close, snug and tight so it cannot move
about and become d~isarranged, Buyers
want it free from specks " bruises,
and if you pack it over ripe it will be
a fatal mistake.
Bro. Evan Jones, President Of
Texas State Alliance, called ameeting
of the Business Agents of his State,
which was heldin the City of Dallas,
on the 26th and 9th ult. There were
seventy-one agents and the State Off
GERS present. The condition and work
of the Exchange engaged their atten-
ton largely and steps e instituted
for making it more useful to the order,
to secure it on q solid financial basis,
Resolutions were adopted concerning
the Bagging Trust, and from the tone
Eof.which we confidently rely upon the
brotherhood of that great State to
stand by us to the end in resisting it.
Among other sensible things done was
a resolution endorsing in the strong.
est terms their State Organ, the Mer-
cury, and commencing it to the sup
port of the brethren. 1t was an ear.
nest enthusiastic meeting and much
good will doubtless come of it.
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COTTON SEED HULLS AS A
FEED-STUFF.

TINE possibilities of the cotton
Il plant are simply wonderful.
It has not been many years since the
oil of cotton seed, was presented as a
valuable product. The meal or cake
has always been recognized as a good
fertilizer and also as a valuable food
for cattle. But with thousands of
farmers to-day the best and most re-
numerative use that a be made of
the seed, is to put them out as manure,
after having heated, scalded and
steamed them in the fermentation fur,
mace of huge. piles of stable manure.
Until very recently, the idea that cot:
ton seed hulls was a valuable food for
cattle was monstrously absurd. The
hulls are to-day carried away from the
mills and the best possible u~seafound
for them is as bedding for horses and
cattle. But some recent experiments
are developing the fact that they are
really valuable as food for cattle, when
used in connection with the meal.
From the Director of the Arkansas
Experiment Station we learn that
Capt. Wright, of Little Rock, is feed
ing about 1000 cattle, and that about
$4,000 are being fed at Fort Smith,
as a test of the value of the hulls as
food, and the results thus far are
highly satisfactory. The ration given
daily, to each one is twenty-five pounds
of the bulls and five pounds of the
meal. The gain of the cattle
has been surprising. The aver
age gain per week lis twenty
two pounds. The hulls are worth
about So per ton-the meal varies,
averaging about SIS per ton. This
report is corroborated by Mr.. w. G.
Upchurch of this city, whose expert
ments along the same line, have been
highly satisfactory and encouraging.
Mr.. Upchurch, some months ago,penned
40 steers and has fed them exclusively
On cotton seed meal and hulls-sthe "a
ton daily to each being from 20 to. 25
pounds of the bulls to 4 to S pounds
of the meal. His cattle kept in good,
healthy condition and thrived from the
beginning. He informs us that he has
fed and fattened them at a cost of
sevem cents perday per head. Wehave
see some Of them on our market and
they were exceptionally fine. An
other fact worthy of note, which his
experiment developed, is that a full
blooded Jersey steer fattened and fed
as the others. (which are what are
termed ''scrub stock') by Its superior
thrift and accumulation of fat, netted
him much more than any of the others.
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER would be
glad to have the experience of such
others in our State, as have expert
mented with this feed-stuf.
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THE TENTH OF MAY IN RAJ.
EIGH. = 4H

THIS day, now sacred to the people
of the South, was fttingly and
appropriately observed by u city.
All the business house, closed prompt
" at one O'Clock and the evening was
entirely devoted to the memorial exer-
cises. Gov. Scales, the orator of the
day, selected for his subject "Pettigrew
and his Brigade, and did himself great
honor in his triumphant v~indication
of that brave and gallant soldier and
his heroic brigade, against the base
SANDERS which have been published
against them. The whole people gave
cheerful aid to the efficient Chief
Marshal, Mr.. A. B. Stronach, and the
occasion passed off most pleasantly,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-14
GALA DAY FOR THE FARMERS.

MAY 18th is the day for the Wake
M County Cattle Show, and The
Grounds of the, Capital Alliance Ware
house of Raleigh, is the place of ex-
hibit. The manager of the Alliance
Warehouse, S. Ohio Wilson, offers as
a. premium for the 400 pounds of to-
bacco sold on their floors on that day
and making the highest average, a
fine Grade Jersey Bull 1919 out Of
a 2, year ! Jersey heifer giving 10 lbs.
butter per week, sired by a fine full
blooded Jersey bull out of Imported
Cow. Value of bull $500
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CLAY COUNTY STEPS INTO
LINE.
WARNE, n. c.. Nav 2

WARNE, N. u, May z, '89,
Mr. EDIToR:-The farmers of Brass.
town township met to form an Ali.
ance E. Henry explained the object
of the Farmers Alliance, when seven.
teen members joined and the follow
ing persons we're chosen charter mem.
bers: Rev. J. W. Farmer, NJ. L.
Smith, A. II. Brown, Rev. j. 7. Plat
ard G. B. Gibbs.
The following persons were chosen
as officers: J. T. Plat, President;
B. Gibbs, Vice-P President; A. H.
Brown, Secretary; N. R. Hogan,
Treasurer; Rev. J. w. Farmer, Chap
lain; S. V. Byres, Doorkeeper; W. H.
Mcclure, Lecturer; A. H. Brown,
Traiesman. Name of Alliance, War.
rem; Time of meeting Thursday be-
fore first Sunday of each month,
Upon the suggestion of E. S. Henry
that u Secretary forward the min.
utes of our meeting to the Country
Home and PROGRESSIVE FARMER, the
Alliance closed in due form. Hurrah
for the Alliance
S. T. PLAT, Pres't.
A. II. Brown, Sec'y.
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(
A LIVELY MIDDLE.
Some n Mistaken as to the Law.

Some n Mistaken as to the Law.
ON the 10th Of April, we received
" from Bro. John Y. Stokes, Sec
rotary of the Rockingham County Ali.
ance the following:
R1EDsvILLE, N. c., April 10, 80.
Col. l.. L. Polk, RALEIGH, NC:
Dear SIR and Bro:-I write to know,
if farmers have the right to buy
Guano for their own use direct from
manufacturers who have not paid our
State tax, So as to save agents com
missions. I want some for myself
and it, would not justify the Company
to pay said tax. Plsase answer at
ono and oblige yours, f~raternally, /
JOHN Y, Stokes. =
To which we replied as follows:
RALEIGH, N. c., April IL; '89. /
Dear Bro. Stokes: If I understand
your question, it is: Has a farmer
the right to order. guano or other
goods, direct from Manufacturers or
Dealers, in other States, who have not
paid our State tax ?" I answer, > Wn--
QUESTIONABLE they haze.
/ If Lean serve you, command me.
The cause is moving grandly forward
in our. State.
Fraternally and truly,
Ii. Polk. ,
From the published correspondence
in Webster's Weekly of the 7th inst,
we see that Bro. Stokes also wrote to
Attorney General Davidson in regard
to the matter by whom his letter was
referred to Commissioner Robinson,
who replied as follows:
RALEIGH, April II, 1889
John Y. Stokes, Esq,
Reidsville, N. c.,
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 10th
instant to hand and contents noted.
There is nothing in the present Law
which prohibits an individual from
ordering fertilizer from any sourc'
for his individual use, but the inter
probation of the law forbids an indi
vidual from ordering unlicensed good
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of the law" This ruling yer the
ground of your enquiry.
Very respectfully -,
JNo. ROBINSON, Commissioners.


JNo. ROBINSON Commissioners.
We now had the ruling of the Board
which according to oar view of the
law was correct and according to our
construction exempted the manufact-
urers from the penalties of the law,
who sold to the farmers direct for their
own use. But MI. Robinson, in the
letter referred to above had placed on
this ruling a different construction
and not only declared his right to
sieze and condemn the guano thus
ordered through the Alliance agent,
but gave his opinion (which we thought
a little peculiar to say the least of it
from one whom we thought was in
charge. of the farmers interests) that;
"The buying agent of the Alliance IS
doing the business Of the regular merchant
and as dealing to the prejudice Of the same
and rs LIABLE"
This is the language and the argu-
ment of Mr. Robinson-not of the
Board.
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pressed, as GtaOayS, his readiness to en-
courage and aid, in his official capac-
ity, theagricultural interests of the
State.
Capt. Octavius Coke, in his felici.
tous style, entertained the Institute on
the use of improved agricultural i'm
plements.
A. D. Jones, Esq, addressed the
Institute on the Importance of the
Agricultural College, now being or
gained for the education of our
young men in agriculture and the
mechanic arts.
He was followed by w. j. Peele,
Esq, who, in a very emphatic way,
endeavored to impress upon the farm.
ers the necessity of their taking an
active interest in the management of
that Institution, and the great impor-
lance of selecting men on account of
their peculiar adaptability as instruct
ors in the Institution.
Josephus Daniels, Esq, in his ad.
dress, referred to the great Importance
of intelligent labor in successful agri-
culture; that while-many deprecated
the exodus of the negroes, he thought
that it would be to the interest of the
farmers of the State to let them 90.
While he entertained a kindly feeling
towards the colored people, he thought
that progressive improved, modern agri-
culture could not be attained without
more skillful labor.
The following resolutions were in.
troduced and unanimously adopted:
We, the farmers of Wake county,
in mass meeting assembled,
R-esoEve, First. That the College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts be
directed, primarily, for the education
and development of practical farmers
and mechanics.
That there ought tobe at least three
chairs relating directly to agriculture
with three separate professors, namely:
(lC. The chair of General Agricul-
ture.
(2). The Chair of Horticulture and
Fruit Growing.
(3). The chair of Dairying and
Stock Raising.
Second. That it shall be the first
college in the United States directed
to these object, and that we favor the
first men in the world in their special
ties for the chief position in this COL
lege; and if the appropriations are in
sufficient for the employment of such
men, then we favor a larger appro-
priation.
Third. That a faculty that will not
command, by the learning and emf.
hence the admiration of all men, will be
inefficient, and that the money already
invented by the State will be lost and
incalculable injury will be done to the
interest of Agriculture in the State.
Short and instructive addresses
were delivered by J. J. Rogers and
s.. Ohio Wilson and w. B. Upchurch
on the cultivation of tobacco. Also,
the institute was entertained by short
and interesting addresses from Jesse
Taylor and A. G. Green and others on
the cultivation of grasses.
On motion the institute adjourned
to meet with the Auburn Alliance No.
40, on a day to be named by the presi-
dent. The program tor the next ses-
sion'will be duly published.
r. J. Powell, President.
EUGENE I. JONES, secretary.
- Co.,
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sUB-ALLIANcEsI

By authority of a resolution OF tn the
Wake County Alliance the dlffeTenI oug-
Alliances in Wake county Will oe az
dressed al the following times Dy tne
brethren named as to the adVlsaollty u
subscribing to the capital stock OF an A.
lance shoe factory. Full attendance oe-
sired. w. u: CRoWDLh
Sec'y. Wake Co. Alliances
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Do you want your paper changed to
another Officer State the one at which
you have been getting it.
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Do you want your communication pub
lished2 If so, give US your real name
and your postofice. '@
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~ The date on your label tells you
when your time is out.
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3 Bro: j. N. Morgan, Deputy Or
ganizer for Yancey county, will or
ganize the County Alliance on the 18th
inst.
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Sec'v. N. G. F. S. Alliance.

Our information is, that the Board:
adheres to it's ruling as given above
and has referred the matter to the
Attorney General for his opinion as a
whether an Alliance agent can be
classed under the law as q dealer. The
whole matter rests on this one ques-'
ton. We are not informed as to the
disposition made of Bro. Stokes case.
But we are clearly of the opinion that
Alliance agents, as constituted under.
Alliance law, cannot be classed as dealers
This question was very recently de-
cided in the courts of Tennessee on a
case taken up from the city of Nash
vile.
We give the history of the matter
so that all members of the Alliance
may be informed as to their rights
under the law when it shall have been
decided, which we will publish as soon
as it comes to hand. Of one thing we
feel assured-if the Board shall rule
that Alliance men cannot buy guano
from an unlicensed company it will be
for a far different reason than the
strange one given by Mr.. Robinson,
that it "is dealing to the prejudice OF
the merchants"
Receiving a copy Of a letter IN
which Mr.. Robinson, in our Judgment,
had assumed an unwarranted and un.
tenable position as to his authority
under the law, and to maintain which
would assuredly precip1tate a conflict
between the Commissioners and the
Farmers Alliance, we feel it our duty
to ascertain the exact position OF the
department in the matter, and hence
we wrote the following letter.:
Mr.. John Robinson, Com. Of Agric~l-
tWre,, Raleigh, N. G. j
SIR:-As. Secretary of the n. c.
Farmers State Alliance, I respectfully
ask for your ruling on the following:
A number of farmers belonging to
tbs Alliance, desire to order a lot OF
acid phosphate, dissolved bone, or ma
nipulated fertilizer, through the bust
ness agent of their Alliance, direct
from a manufacturer who has not
paid the license fee. Can the manu-
facturer supply the order2 The said
business agent gets no fee or COM
mission for his services, but simply
makes the order and distributes the
goods on arrival to those making the
order, who are consumers strictly. Your
early attention will ~willgreatly oblige
Yours respectfully.
L.. L. Polk,
Sec'y. N. G. F. S. A.
To this letter Mr.. Robinson replied
as follows:
Coz. L. L. Polk, SEc'Y. N. C. STATE
F. A, RALA1GH, N. Q. i
Dear Ssr:-Your letter received and
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from without the State, and receive
therefore any commission Or other
compensation; he is a dealer within
the meaning Of the law. This covers
all clubs or organizations which order
for themselves and receive pay for
handling, either from. the buyer or
seller. &'<7s<"
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Sec'y. N. c. F. S. A.

To this letter Mr.. Robinson replied
as follows:
Col. L, L. Polk, SEc'Y. N. C. STATE
F. A, RALA1GH, N. @. -
Dear Sir:-Your letter received and
contents duly noted. The State Board
of Agriculture has ruled as follows:
"But the Board declares its judgment
that any person ordering fertilizers for
others and receiving therefor a CON-
mission or other compensation is liable
as a dealer and subject to the penalties