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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-21
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-21

The Burlington Furniture House has
an advertisement in this issue. This
is an enterprising oncern and shows
good business ability in the free use of
advertising space. Burlington is a
wide awake little city and this furni-
ture house is one of it's successful en-
faPDrisea-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-21
U LADY AGENTS.

We want one lady agent at every
post Office in the State, and only one.
So notice this list and if you find we
have an agent at your office don't write
us for a Premium List:
Ridgeway, Warren County.
CantO, BunCOmbe Co.
Clay, Granville Co.
Elizabeth City, PasQuotank Co.
burlington, Harnett Co.
Jackson Hill, Davidson Co
University Station, 0 ange Co.
Flat Rock, Henderson Co.
Bahama, Durham Co.
M1neOla, Beaufort Co.
Reidsville. Rockingham Go,
TarborO, Edgecombe Co.
Henderson, Vance Co.
Durham, DuTha Co.
LOuisburg. Franklin Co.
Clarkton, Bladen Co.
Wildwood. Carteret Co.
EIbethel, Cleveland Co.
Forest City, Rutherford Co.
WILLIAMSBURG, Vance Co.
Leg EFT, EdgecOmbe Co.
Resaca, Duplin Co.
MOTven, Arson Co.
Winnie, BLADDER Co.
Saxapahaw, Alamance Co.
GrOttO, Moore Co.
Thurman. Craven Co,
Snapp, CASTOR Co.
Oregon, Rockingham Co.
DSbney, Vance Co.
Gibson Station, Richmond Co,
M~cLeansville, GuilfOrd Co..
BaTclayville, Harnet Co.
BranchviIle. Robson Co,
Elm City, Wilson Co.
Key, Harnett Co.
Riggsbee, Chatham Co,
Antioch. Robson Co.
Chapel Hill, Orange Co.
Sharon, Cleveland Co.
Mebane, Alamance Co.
Walkersville, Union Co.
Eure, Cafes Co.
Finch, Nash Co.
Airlie Halifax Co
DeTita Mecklenburg Co.
Shine, Greene Co.
NOrval, Harnett Co
Garysburg, Northampton Co.
Rosemead, BERTHE Co.
Old Fort, Mcdowell Co.
Rurgaw, Fender o.
Fayetteville, Cumberland Co.
Salem Church., Randolph Co.
Thompsonville, Rockingham Co.
Rose Hill, Duplin Co
Okeewemee, Montgomery Co,
Outlaws Bridge. DUplin Co,
HObgOOd, Halifax Co.
Grouse, Lincoln Co.
Mingo, Sampson Co.
Smithield, Johnston Co.
Beattyville. Cleveland Co.
Winslow. Harnett Co.
SnOccO. Warren co.
Idaho, Cumberland CO.
OktskO, PasQuOtank co.
Grit, Pende co.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-21

The Farmers Alliance OF Sacramento
county, California, has just held its
quarterly session. and the Sunday
Ne1Us, OF Sacramento, says it was the
largest meeting ever held in that county
by that body. 1t is stronger and in
better shape than aver before.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-21

TOR COUGHS, ASTHMA AND THROAT
CADERs "BrotUn's Bronchial TrO
oS are an efectual remedy. Solo
only in boxes.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-21

The Baptist Tabernacle Sunday
school will go to Norfolk on their an
nual picnic, leaving Raleigh at 5:45
a. m. Wednesday, May 29th, return
ing on Friday the 31st. They invite
their friends to join in the delightful
trip. Fare for round trip, 50. Those
who wish to can get return tickets to
Baltimore for So additional.
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1 would not be surprised if, on in
vestigation, Mr.. Furman should find
that some of the herbs named in these
old remedies are still used for snake
bites by the negroes of the low-country
of South Carolina. +. NJ. LAW.
South Florida Military Institute,
Barlow, Fla, August "a, 1895.
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. A cannon ball fired from one O

- A cannon ball fired from one Of
the great Krupp or Armstrong guns
travels at the speed of 2,SS7 feet per
second.
- Sir William Turner has compiled
a table which shows that whale of 80
tons weight cxcrts 145 horse-l -loytr in
swimming II miles an hour.
- According to figures and stats"
ties prepared by the Provost Marshall,
the wars of the past 30 years have
blotted out $500, 900 lives.
= Observations recently made on a
criminal bcheaded in France proved
that the heart beats continued for six
minutes after the Ak fell.
In Europe Denmark is called the
"Universal llennery. The export,
of eggs from that country average
Ill 900, 900 annually.
If the Atlantic Ocean could hava
layer of water 5000 feet deep re-
moved from it's surface it would only
reduce the width of that great body
of water one-half.
= "Wcll, Tommy, you got whipped
in school today p "Ycs, but it did
not hurt" "But you certainly have
been crying" ooh, I wanted to let
the teacher have little pleasure out
of it, SO | made out it hurt like
blazes."
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proceeds until she has laid from 100

proceeds until she has laid from 100
to 200 eggs.
The eggs, in the course of time, are
Matched by the sun, assisted by the
heat which the decomposition of the
vegetable material generates. AS soon
as they have "chipped the shell, the
baby alligators are led to the water by
the mother, who provides them with
food which she disgorges, showing
much anxiety for their safety. At
this early period of their existence
they are exposed to many dangers,
being favoritc prey of fishes and
turtles. Alligators eggs, by the way,
arc sometimes eaten by the Florida
crackers. The robbing of the nests
for market is helping to hasten the
inevitable destruction of the alligator
fishery. which has been an important
and profitable industry in Florida.
Facts recently gathered by the Fish
Commission show that the reptiles
cannot long escape practical cxtcrmi-
nation. Already they arc becoming
scarce, and the price of hides has gone
up.
1t is estimated that $500, 900 alli
gators were killed in Florida between
1880 and 1894. In 1889 three firms,
located at Kissimmce for the purpose
of buying skins taken in the region
between Lake Kissimmee and Lake
Okeechobee, handled 10000 hides.
During the same year 12 hunters
brought to Fort Pierce 1000 pelts.
Two firms in Jacksonville handled
30, 900 skins in 1889. a few years ago
an expert hunter could easily secure
900 alligators in three weeks, and one
man at Cocoa killed ~ in one night.
The skins are paid for in provisions
and ammunition mainly. Dealers get
65 cents apiece for them from tanners
in New York.
In 1890 about 25O pounds of alligator
teeth were sold, hunters receiving
from 81 to 50 pound for them. They
are removed by burying the heads and
rotting out the teeth. OF the best
teeth about 10 make a pound. The
stuAing of alligators and the polishing
of the teeth give employment to 40
persons. Unfortunately, alligators
grow very slowly. At IS years of age
they are only two feet long. A II
footer may be supposed reasonably to
be IS years old. 1t is believed that
they grow as long as they live, and
probably longer than any other AMI
NAL Washington Star.
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immortality Of Bicycling.

The Erening Post yesterday quoted
School Trustee Henry H. Haight, of
the Seventeenth Ward, as having said
at the closing of the Seventeenth Ward
vacation school yesterday morning:
"a woman that don't know how to
keep house amt fit to get married.
That is their business. [ don't think
their place is riding around on bicycles. ;"
Trustee Haight was also represented as
having said Sunday and Saturday
riding, especially by both men and
women, is a menace to society. They
ride SO much Saturday that they can t
go to church on Sunday. Therefore,
it is not only vulgar, but immoral. .
A SIN reporter called upon Mr..
Haight at his residence, "A First ave-
nue., last evening to obtain his views
on the bicycle question. Mr.. Haight
is from down East. He speaks with
a distinct New England drawl aud
doesn't confne himself to the estab-
lished rules of English grammar. He
said:
"What made me speak about bicy-
cling at the school was what seen
not long ago at Greenwich, Conn. My
son-in-law has a house at Greenwich,
Just out of the town, and across from
his houseis Methodist Church. Now,
I've gone to that Methodist Church
and looked out during the service, and
seen a thousand men and women in
bloomers riding up and down the post
road. At the dinner table that Sund' y
1 expressed myself very plain about
bicycling and its influence on the
rising generation. I said that if them
bicyclers was not riding on Sunday
they would be in church. AS it was,
the congregation was very small. Now,
I think that sort Of thing is going to
demoralize young people.
"The hicycle.may be uscfulin many
respects, but in more respects bicycle
riding on Sunday gives young folks
bad morals. That's why spoke to
the school children to-day about this
thing. For the purpose Of making an
argument I called the attention Of the
children to the front picture in an
illustrated paper about a minister
preaching from cart on country
road, and after him there was coming
a lot of bicycle riders. That picture
was to illustrate the fact that if bicy-
clers dom t 60 to church, the church
will have to go to the bicyclers. The
bicycle is keeping people out of church,
and that's the reason [ wanted to tell
them school children not to learn to
ride. Still, the bicycle may be Of
benefit to some people. My daughter
rides one.
Mr.. Haight is of the opinion that a
law might be passed prohibiting wo-
men from riding bicycles and prevent
ing men riding them on Sunday.-N.
Y Sim
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I;ucklcns ArnIca SaIY3.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chappcd Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erur-
tions and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
cd. Prise 25 cents pcrhoS. For sale
by Hill Bros.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-09-04

A conjuror was recently perform
ing the old trick of producing eggs
from pocket handkerchief, when he
remarked to a little boy in fun, Il say,
my boy, your mother cant get eggs
without hens, can she p "Of course
she can, replied the boy. "Why,
how is that p asked the conjurer.
"She keeps ducks, replied the boy.
A giant alligator, measuring
fourteen and one-half feet long, eight
feet around the body, and with head
three feet long, was killed in the 81.
Johns River, near Fort George, Fla,
recently. The alligator has been
known in that vicinity many years,
and many hunters have tried to kill
It's back was covered with barnacles
and moss, and local naturalists say
the reptile was much more than 100
wears old.
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HatchIng Queer Animals.

The attention Of the United States
Fish Commission has been called re-
Gently to a new and remarkable indus
try, namely, the artificial propagation
of alligators. For supplying the trade
in Florida curiosities there is large
demand for young reptiles Of this kind.
In Jacksonville, which is the center
of the traffic, from 5000 to 10000 al
igators are sold to tourists annually
nearly all of them baby ones. The
latter are collected in considerable
numbers by professional hunters, who
receive for them $50 to s25 hundred.
Some Of them are disposed of alive at
retail, but many are stuffed. An in
FAINT alligator stuffed is worth 25 cents
more than live one. Saurians 6 to
12 feet long fetch s12 to s25.
The difficulty Of securing young al
ligators in sufficient numbers has led
to the establishment of the strange
business described. To find the nests
of these reptiles is comparatively easy,
and the eggs are shipped in bulk by
the hunters to Jacksonville. In that
city there are 12 dealers in alligators,
the best known Of them being man
who has earned the sobriquet of cal
ligator Davis" 1t was he who origi-
mated the incubator system, which is
simple enough The eggs, about the
size of goose eggs, are placed in boxes
of sand and covered up. The boxes
are exposed on roof to the torrid
rays of a semi-tropical sun, and in a
few days the lizards arc hatched. They
are 6 inches or so in length when they
make their first appearance in the
world. Some of them are killed and
stuffed as soon as they see daylight.
A species of true crocodile is found
in Southern Florida on both coasts. 1t
is hardly distinguishablc from the al
ligator except by the shape Of its head,
though it grows bigger, attaining a
length of IS feet. DR.. Hugh NJ. Smith
of the Fish Commission says that young
crocodiles are hatched for market in
the same fashion. The mother croco-
die lays the eggs in sand like turtle,
and simply covers them over. Some
what different is the practice OF the
maternal alligator, who. in April or
May. seeks sheltered spot on bank
and there builds small mound. The
foundation of the mound is of mud and
grass, and on this she lays some eggs.
She covers the eggs with another stra-
tum of grass and mud, upon which she
deposits some more eggs. Thus she
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Are We Getting Better or Worse !

The first Methodist church in our
settlement was log cabin, with high
pulpit at one end, with little square
window over it. twas no trouble for
the preacher to look over the congre-
CATION from his exalted position. The
benches were such as not to invite
sleep. Our circuit extended all over
Laurens County, with part of Green
vile. The senior preacher made the
first round, followed by the junior in
two weeks. They went out in twos,
as the apostles of old. What school
of training it was for the young
preachers Twenty odd opointments
were on our circuit. This neccssitated
many weekday meetings. The faith
full members would turn out on their
preaching days, it made no difference
how the grass was growing. Now
every little circuit must have Sunday
preaching. Saturday meeting days
are almost failure. We are too busy
to attend preaching during the week |!
The few Sunday schools of that day
were slimly attended. Many children
brought out their old blue-back spell
ing books, to learn to spell and read.
The services were often protracted
half the day. Glass meetings were
also held. The leader was too
thoughtful to skip any, all pres
ent we're called upon. 1t was COM
mon thing at class meetings and
preaching days to hear "amens,' and
for some one to get happy and shout
little. Bro. John Kelly used to say,
"Open your mouth and let it come,
when you feel like shouting" ;" Our
local preachers had regular services at
the churches and school houses, and
generally took their time and had their
say out. There was no rush to get
through with preaching and Sunday
schools like to-day, nor complaint Of
long and tedious services, and II am
so tired that I cannot attend but one
service to-day" The boys that did
not go out to Sunday school were found
hunting rabbits with the negro boys,
raiding watermelon patches and or
chards, or on the creeks bathing. Now
you can hardly find negro hunting or
fishing on Sunday Many old men in
our settlement set bad example to
the boys. Sunday was their favorite
day to squirrel hunt and fish. This
class of men have passed away, and
there is great improvement on this
line. At our country churches you
could sec whole congregations dressed
out in homcspun clothing. there was
no display of jcwelry and fine dress.
The pride Of show AL fine goods are
running our country-too many people
are dressing beyond their means. In
these days of steam and electricity
everything goes with rush. | guess
it is all right, but We old people had
rather 20 a little slower. May be all
our Improvements are for the better.
We hope so. Time will show
Methodist. Southern Christian Adro-
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Trains leave Spartanburg, a. and G. division,
northbound. 4.2sa. NJ, a.l9 p. M, e.1sp m, Ves-
tibuled Limitedl southoound, 100 o. m, sop.
m., 1ls7 o. M, (Vestibuled Limited.
Trains leave Greenville, A. and c. Division
northbound, a.2sa m. o. IA pm, and 5.27pr'r Ves'
tibuled Limited); southbound, 1t2a. M, 4.4op.
M, 1928 p M, Vestibuled Limited).
Trains leave Seneca, A. and c. Division, north.
bound, 2G2 a. m. and 12A p. m; southbound, so2
o. m. and sos p. m.
PULLMAN SERVICE.
Trains is and 18 between Asheville tnd Co
Iumbia make connection OF Columbia with +.
C. & p. trains IS and 80, and carry through
Pullman sleeping cars between Asheville and
Jacksonville.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on Trains %
and SO, 81 and SO, on a. and c. Division.
W. "A. TURK, S.H. HAhDW1Ch,
Gen. Pas Agt. As't Gen. Pas Agt. Eas Sys.
W. q. GREEN, j. ID. GULF.
GenI Superintendent Tramc Mgr.
Washington, D. G.
E. BERKELEY, Supt., Columbia, s. -.
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= Australia has population of less
than 5000, ,OOO but econmists declare
it could support 100, 600, ,00O with
ease. As means of showing how far
the world is from being ovcrpopulated
they assert that the population OF the
United States could livecomfortably
in the single State of Texas.
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY or ANDERSON.
cOJTRT OF COMMON PLEAS,

Sylvester Beckley. J. J. Fretwell, as Executors,
and Mrs. S. Josephine Peoples, as Ex:cutrlX OF
the last Will and Testament of John +. Peoples,
deceased, Plaintiff, against Cornelius Il. Reddy,
Sylvester Becklcy Company, Corporation un-
der and by the laws of South Carolina, Sylvester
BIeckley and ]. J. Frctwell, partners in trade as
Bleckley & Fretwell, and Sylvester Bleckley,
]. ]. Fretwel +. G.. Brown, W. K. Osborne. J. I.
Pearson and ]. II. vonlIasseln, partners coiD-
posing the Firm of Sylvester Bleckley Co now
in liQudation Defendants.-COinplaint Served.
To the Defendants above named
VIOU are hereby summoned and required TO an
Y swer the Complaint in this action of which
a copy ia herewith served upon you, and to serve
4 copy of your answer to the said Complaint on
the subscribers at their office, Anderson c. H., $,
C. within twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive Of the day of such service; and it you
fail to answer the Complaint within the time
aforesaid the Plaintiffs in this action will apply 10
the Court for the relief demanded in the Cor,-
plant.
Dated August 21st, A. D. 1895.
BONN AM & WATKINS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys, Anderson, Sc.
SEAL JSo. c. WATKINS, &C. c. p
To the Defendant, Cornelius r. Reddy
You will take notice that the summons ana
Complaint in this action are filed in the ONCE OF
the Clerk of the Court Of Common Pleas ior An
dcrson County &. C., at Anderson Court House,
this 2st day of August 895.
rlain'i's' A''0rney''
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= She (poutingly)-Beforc We were
married you used to bring me candy
every time you came. He briskly-
Yes, my dear, and it cost good deal
less than the meat and potatoes L
bring you now,
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HoW's This.

We offer ODe Hundred Dollars reward for any
case IF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY co. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known FL. Cheney
for the last Is years, aud believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions aud finan
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDINo, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gsts, Toledo. O..
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces nj
the system. Testimonials sent Free
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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u It is never hard to believe when

- It is never hard to believe when
we get on believing ground.
"What quiet little body she
is !" said the visitor. eyes," an
swered the proud father, gazing fond
ly at his little girl, busy with her
mimic housekeeping. IT don't think
she will ever be the man her mother
is.
= Landlady-Johnson says the true
art Of memory is the art of attention.
Boarder-What's that to do with me.
Landlady-Why, if you would give
some attention to the bills I send you,
you might remember to pay me some
time.