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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28
ANOTHER VICTIM.
Cur Financial System Causes a Suicide
Mad Dogs in Alamance Co.

Mad Dogs in Alamance Co.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Daniel Huffman, living near Haw
River in Alamance county, and form
erly a member of Ray Alliance, died
on Sunday mig ht of Easter from wounds
inflicted by himself the Thursday pre-
vious. On that day Huffman took a
friend with him to see a man who
owed him large sum of money, and
make a collection. The man being q
bankrupt could pay nothing, and gave
Huffman to understand that it was
doubtful if he ever paid him anything.
Huffman had borrowed some money
to meet obligations rather than push
those who owed him. A friend whom
he owed a few hundred dollars was
dunning Him for it, Huffman, who was
a very punctual man in all his trans
actions, remarked to bis friend who
accompanied him, that life under euch
circumstances was intolerable; that
as much money as was due himself,
and as much property as he owned he
could not pay his debts; that he pre-
ferred death; that he would go home
and kill himself, and invited his accom-
panying friend TO return home with
him and see him do it, On passing
the home of Mr.. Huffman's son, his
friend got out of the buggy to apprise
him of his fathers intentions. Huff
man kept on, and looking back called
to bis friend to come on. But before
Hufman's son and his friend could
come up with him he entered his house
Finding his wife IN her room he locked
her in, and entering his room he fired
two pistol shots near the region of the
heart, the balls passing Immediately
above it. He then seizaGl his knife and
cut cash across his throat. Medical
aid was called IN, bat the deceased told
the doctors not to give him anything
unless it was poison or something TO
kill him. A minister asked him if he
might pray for him. His reply was,
You may pray for me to die" Mr..
| Huffman il only one Of the many VIC
TINS of oar wret ehed financial policy,
and his blood must rest upon the head
of those who brought it about and who
are doing all they can TO perpetrate it.
Mad dogs have been quite numerous
in the neighborhood of Mebane. Two
weeks ago a child of MTs. McAdams
and a little son Of Henry Wilson, Of
Orange county, were bitten, Charles
Vincent, of Alaaaane9 county, q lad
seventeen years OLD, vas badly bitten.
All three of them have been treated
by Miss Cornelia RaRey, OF Haw River.
who has a mad stone. She has treated
fully hundred persons with only one.
singIe failure. That was the case Of
a little negro boy whose drunken father
took him away before the virus was
extracted, Miss Raney protesting
against his doing 80. Mr. Thomas B.
Thompson, postmaster at Mebane,
came near being bitten recently. A
large number of dogs have been bitten.
B. D. WHITE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28

The frat calves Of young heifers are
generally very small, and, as sone
farmers think, mot worth raising" If
they were to be kept only for beef,
there is more reason new for keeping
the calves till they attain maturity
than there was a year age, when beef
prices were lower 1t is likely that
good beef will bring fair prices for
some wears to come. But the heifer
calves from young heifers often make
the best COWS, though they may not at
tain large size. They are born before
the tendency to make fat rather than
milk has become established.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28
RALEIGH. N. c.. MAY 28, 1895.

You then have a compost heap all over
the land so treated.
Be sure that you turn under your
cotton stalks and corn stalks as soon
after maturity es possible, preferably
before frost. Do not let them stand
until the following spring and then cut
and burn them. Your farms will run
down under such a policy, however
much you may compost and buy fer
tilizers.
Iwould prefer to let stable manure
remain in the stable until wanted. Ii
placed in piles it should not remain
sufficiently long to heat.
AS regards acids, etc., those who
manufacture them are supposed to
combine the necessary Ingredients.
would therefore consider it more prac-
tical to appIy the fertilizers directly to
the soil and rely on the green crop, to
be afterwards turned, for the compost.
Neither lime nor ashes should be
mixed, or composted, with stable ma
nure. They expell the ammonia.
BRYAN TYSON.
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FARM MATTERS IN ALAMANCE
COUNTY.

Correspondence of the Progress sive Farmer.
a snowy cold winter with an un-
usually wetspriDg, has greatly retarded
farm work. All farmers working
farms with close clayey subsoils or with
much bot ON lands are very much be-
hind in corn planting in the middle
section of North Carolina. 1t is now
time to plant ground peas, sorghum,
sweet potatoes, watermelons, tobacco
and corn. Upland corn should have
been planted fully O month ago; and
what is to be done about its
My answer is by all means diversity
if you can, but by no means leave off
a corn crop. Nothing will ill it's place
as a crop that supports man ard beast,
and on good soil may be safely planted
for the next 80 days, or till the 18th of
June, or for feeding in the green state
or for table use as roasting ears till the
10th of July. 1t is always best to pre-
pare the ground we'll before planting
By thoroughly breaking and then pull
verizing with the harrow, the DISC or
cutaway harrows being the best for
this purpose. But in a wet season like
this, one cannot always prepare his
land we'll. If the land is not sobby or
wet, break with turning plow and plant
as soon as possible, then bar the dirt
away from the row on each side as
soon after the corn is planted as con
venient, even before it comes up, then
follow after with harrow; this is
equal to a good working. If any one
has a clover or grass sod, even if the
grass or clover is six inches high, haul
cut all the manure he can afford, scat
ter it broadcast, turn under with a
good No. 8plow, then thoroughly pul
verize with harrow without turning
over the sod; plant shallow. In Guilt
waiting use cultivatOr, and do not turn
up the sod, but cultivate fat. The
corn will not fall down, even if a ridge
is not thrown up to it. But in case a
storm should blow it down before it
stools above the ground, few days
sunshine will lift it up. The stalk will
crook at the ground and will stool
more freely and ear more heavily. AS
matter of course, it is only proper to
cultivate hilly or well drained lands in
this way. On much bottom land corn
is planted successively for many years.
On such lands the old stalks should be
cut and burned and furrow run in
the old middle, then the old ridges may
be reversed. If the ground is cloddy
or very weedy, a harrow should be run
along each ridge. On bottoms plant
fully three times as much seed as on
upland, for it is cheaper to thin out
than to replant. When the corn is
ready to work, take a common spike
tooth harrow, take out the middle teeth
and run lengthwise each row; let the
hoe hands follow. Set up the few hills
that may be dragged down and replant,
do not thin to stand till the second
working. 1t is best to cultivate uplands
on the level, but it is better to plow
out the middles on bottom lands, and
the rows should be run so that every
middle should drain into a ditch.
In the middle @ounties of Virginia,
during the war, saw much corn that
had been planted q seven feet between
the rows. This plan of cultivation has
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28
WE DOUBT IT.

They are talking Of abolishing bull
fighting in Mexico Perhaps some of
these days they will abolish foot ball
in this country - Wilmington Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28
Of all fruits the plum is most likely

Of all fruits the plum is most likely
to overbear. 1t would do so every year
if the curculio did not thin it. AS it is,
it bears so heavily that it makes a great
drain on the vitality of the tree and
also on its capacity to furnish the min
eral elements required to make the
seeds. All stone fruits have very large
seeds in proportion to their pulp. tits
probably lack OF potash and phosphates
that makes plums rot badly in the sea-
SONS when the trees have set a crop
that they are unable to mature.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28

not been tried in this section. am,
however, persuaded not only from OBJ
serVatlon, but experience, that corn Is
generally planted much too thick. The
rows should not be less than four feet
SIX inches in width on upland in this
section, nor less than four feet on bot
TOMS. A crop should be cultivate d
Ihree or four times. The earlier work
lngs should be the deepest, the last
should be very shallow, SO as not to
break the roots. The first working
should be as soon as the corn is about
four inches high and the cultivation
should cease about the time the first
taesels begin to show. Corn does not
tassel uniformly at the same time,
Corn with red cob tassels the earliest.
Replant early-nevor after the first
working. B. f. WHITE.
Make pork of young pigs, and do not
gorge them with sour swill; let them
have milk, peas, oats and sweet slops.
Let these supplement good clover pas
ture, and let corn make the bulk of the
ration only when feeding off, and the
pork will be got at the least possible
cost.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28

In the outskirts Of every city and
village are many places having a small
eaFoen attached, which the owner
would care for if he could only get the
land plowed. A man with smart team
and Plow can plow ana fit these garden
pieces for planting in an hour or two.
doing enough in day so as to make a
profitable days work for himself and
team without charging more than a
dollar or dollar and q half for each
garden. THIS work can be made profit
able for both parties, as the product of
small garden plot may be made make
several dollars.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-28

The feathers from the duck are no
small part of the profit, if the fowls are
not sold until late in the season In
any event, it pays to get the ducks tn
laying early, where one wishes to mar
ket the young chicks for oroilers. or to
keep them until the holiday trade.
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NO. 10

many varieties, including the Concord,
ives Niagara, Delaware and many
o'ners' and the bUDehes were large,
Sollo ana abunaant, showing that with
tn0 necessary attention grapes could
W Ealsed of quality and abundance
mat would make her a worthy rival Of
OalAIefnla. L G.. PATTERSON.
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vol. 10.
,,Ar1oNAL FARMERS ALI
NJ sNCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

.,.u+J T Willetts, Topeka,
Kan. president-H. G. snavely, Leb-
anon, ry-Treasurer-Col.D T. T. O"n
,on Columbia, 3. y.
call' wv EXECUTIVE BOARD.
1nncks. Huron, s. D; Mann
8. l.; L;Ln5on LO Virginia; 1. K. Dean,
Page, brtSlaIII Ellis New York; Il. Z. Dem
Honeoy7es y7sorotaTv. ot-a1, Harrisburg. Pennsyl-
ming ser oTGarion m Butler. Raleigh, y. Z.
JUDICIARY.
southworth, Denver, Colo'
. U Beck, Alabama.
q d Davie, Kentucky.
=. .por1VA FARMERS STATE ALL
SUA-D ANCE.
o.os;dant-J. M. MewbOrne, Klnston'
n, o.. :; Presidential. G. Shuford, New
ton, n: y, Treasurer-W. 8. Barnes,
8&lslgn' = ssleg{nI1'rerECyrus N. {; Thompson, Rich
I'ads, a9dtss,vsrd%J. ar - T. B. Hoover, Elm City,
Nc, McS5,anlain-Dr. 7. T. Speight, Lewis
'0R, Roor N: k0eeper-Geo. 0s T. Lane, Green's
OOlo, S,sistant st Door keeper-Jas. Z. Lyon
DG[Io,ee, GGor%oant.at -Arms-J. r. Hancock,
r1Hoo1shOrO n, &.
d[S91eOB State Business Agent-T. Ivey, &al-
elgn, ~ n: II business Agency Fund-W.
, Graham. Machpelah, n. y.
--ncu--7vv COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
nIPoIrSA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Marion Butler, Goldsboro, n. O.; ).
! Long Eoka, n. G.; A +. Hlleman'
Concord, n. y.
srATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Tno Brady. Gatesville, N. c.; DR.. ].
HarreH Whiteville, N. c.; John
Graham, Ridgeway, N. Q.
.sEa Carolina Reform Press Association.
r1meers-.J L. Ramsey, President ;
par;oy, Butler, Vice President w. 3.
Barnes, Secretary,
PAPERS.
DYorssziye Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh \ =
Caucasian, 6aielsn' = = -
sssis-' Whitakers, N. Q.
Oar Home. Beaver Dsn' ~. -
m. ponrIist LumbeFUon, n. @.
n, pe6nIe's PaueF Charlotte, n. g.
Tss vssfi6nIe Concord, n. @.
TNs PIovT- Row WadesborO, ~. 9.
ipsoE Blade Peanut, n. Z.
Each of the GboUe-1panGed papers are
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Zach of the GboUe-GGnIed papers are
1spasted to keep the list standing ON
" first page and add others, prOUtded
tseY are duly elected. any paper JG9L-
100 TO advocate the OcGlG platform tUELt
6ropped from the list promptly. Our
gsoDIe can rotU see tUbGt papers are
s5!ished in their interest.
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worsh Carolina Reform Press Association.
0Rcers-J L. Ramsey, President )
ear;or Butler, Vice President; ". S
BarseS, Secretary,
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A silo may be constructed of stone,
brick, metal or wood. 1t may be erected
entirely underground. above ground
or a combination of the two. OF what
ever material it is constructed, it should
The morning times., 1895-10-22
COSTLY IMpoRTATIoNs.

Riots are again Threatening in the Penn
sylvania coke regions. The aggressors
are, as usual. the Hungarian miners, who
have sworn vengeance against The English
speaking miners for declining to join
them in a strike they are seeking 20 in
auguratc, the ground of their resentment
being the refusal of the operators to in
crease wages.
Pennsylvania is paying very dearly for
the luxury OF having the various Carnegie
plants within her borders. 1t was II. C.
Frick, the general manager OF the Car
negies, who first imported foreig ners for
employment in these establishments, and
they have proved TO be the dragons
teeth from which has sprung a crop OF
bloodshcd, incendiarism, rioting, and other
forms of lawlessness. If the sums were
to be compiled that the Keystone State
has expended tn suppressing dis order
created by the element referred to, and in
prevent ing still further outbreaks, in
protecting persons and property, the TAX
payers of the commonwealth would prob
ably come to the conclusion that they
have been paying pretty dearly for their
whistle, or. more correctly, the whistles
on the Carnegie factories.
The present instance again emphasizes
the necessity for more stringent 1egisla-
tion 10 regulate immigration. II ought
to be possible 10 keep away from our
shores class of people who, by reason
of ignorance, vicious habits, and un-
governable temper, are out of har-
mony with the customs and ideas pre-
yailing in the United States. They have
nothing in common with the American
work ingmen. Their interests here are
epbemerai; for no sooner have they ac-
quired enough-and 1t does not take a
great deal-to live at comparative ease
in their native country, Than they return
to the places and associates most con-
genial to them. Their presence is a
continual source of irritation; for, kept
down in their native country by sheer
force, and compelled by the same agency
to abide by their labor contracts, they
take the liberty they enjoy here as
riotous license and commit excesses upon
the slightest proyocation.
The national increase of the population OF
the United States is such That the influx
OF foreigners ought 10 be checked as much
as possible, certainly TO the extent of
keeping out Immigrants who not only are
not profitable, but a positive injury.
The morning times., 1895-10-22
Y. NJ. C. A MANAGERS MEET.
d. Fulton Harris Selected as Actin
General SecretarY.

d. Fulton Harris Selected as Acting
General Secretary.
A specialmeeting of the board ofmanagers
of the V NJ. C. A. was held in their room.
1925 New York avenue, last night, with all
members present, except three.
The meeting, which was called chiefly for
the purpose of electing an acting general
secretary, pending q permanent selection.
chose Mr.. ID. Fulton Harris, one of the as
sistant secretaries. who has served in that
capacity for the past four years.
The work OF Mr.. James Z. Pugh, the late
general secretary. in behalf of young men,
was heartily indorsed, and Sunday evening.
November 3, at 4:30 O'Clock, was set apart
OF memorial services, the exercises to be
conducted at Foundry NJ E. Church, Presi-
dent Williams and Mr.. ID. F. Harris being
appointed a committee to arrange the pro-
granme.
President Williams and the acting secre-
tary were also appointed to arran nge for the
forty-third anniversary of the Y. NJ. C. A.
which occurs ON November l. 3. A commit
tee, consisting of President Williams, S. W.
woodward and F. A. Harding, was ap-
pointed 10 consult with the international
committee at New York, and recommend
as soon as possible and consistent with the
requirements of the work general secre-
tary.
The building committee was requested to
report at the next meeting of the hoard
November 4, all sites that have been under
consideration, and TO meet, If possible, at
least every other week.
The board decided also to secure. If pos
sible, general secretary for washington.
The morning times., 1895-10-22
No "ScOrchtng" There.

st. Peter had a heavy day OF it answer
Ing the many rings at the golden bells.
and was just sinking off into a doze. His
hand was on the cordnD of the golden gates,
ready TO pull for annther arrival.
There came short, staccato. but decided
ding n ling -a-ling.
Outsidestood a tail. muscular female, with
a set look on her face, an Alpine hat on
her head, and bioogners-elsew wnere
Who are you?'' he asked.
II am the New, Emancipated. Coming
Woman" was the reply.
''All at once?'
'All at once"
How did you get here:" was the saints
next question.
''0n my bike" responded the NJ z. c.
woman, as she extracted a paddock and
chain from her hip pocket, preparing to
anchor
Pretty speedy on that wheel of yuurs."
hazarded Peter.
Quite so,' returned the bloomered raid
Expect to bring the machine in with you.
| presume?" continued the custodian of the
final portals
Certainly" confidently assented the n.
E. C.
Then" said Peter. as he tilted his
crown over his left ear. you've made a
great mistake. You have come to the
wrong terminus Go 10 the other one
You can't get in here"
Why nOt?" asked the woman, the
tears rising in her eyes in spite OF her
emancipa ton.
Because" replied he of the keys. as
he stepped back upon the inner mat.
there is no such thing as scorcbing herei'
And the gales closed with a suneu
clang.-New York World.
The morning times., 1895-10-22
GREETING THE OLD COMMANDER
Reunion of the Survivors of the Eighth
Virginia Regiment.
(sDpcial IN The Times

t5PNtidi "
Lcesburg, Va, Oct. 21.-The reunion
Regiment to-day, under the auspices OF
Clinton Hatcher Camp, s. ", Col. E. ".
White, commander, was one of marked
interest To all from early morning till
1890, when the train bearing the speakers
OF the occasion arrived. Crowds came
pouring in from all quarters, and when
the train stopped at the depot the gallan
survivors were drawn up in line TO greet
their old commander, Gen. Hunton.
The speakers were Gen. Hunton, Gen.
Payne, Attorney General Scott, and Eppa
Hunton, jr. When Gen. Hunton appeared
he was greeted With cheer after cheer
In the old rebel style. The veterans, num-
bering about 100, the sole survivors OF
the gallant Eighth, then escorted the dis
tinguished visitors to the speakers stand,
on the porches of the Leesb1rg inn, fronting
On the courthouse yard, which was literally
packed with people.
The exercises were opened with a prayer
by Rev. J. W. Grubb, of the M. f. Church
South. Gen. Hunton was introduced by
Capt. X. IL. Tyler. and spoke a short while,
being interrupted several times by vocif-
erous cheering. He was followed by Eppa
Hunton, Jr., in q stirring address of short
duration. Gen. Payne was then called.
and he in turn was given n grand ovation
by tie enthusiastic crowd. Gen. X. Taylor
Scott next held the attention of the audi
ence in an eloquent effort.
fnterinission WIS then declared for din
ner, after which Gen. Hunton again stirred
the hearts of the assembage by his eloquent
words for an hour. The meeting was then
adjourned, and all repaired to the famous
battlefield of Balls Bluff to find, as some
one aptly put it, the particular stump OF
tree that was his pet in the battle. The
10
over the old veterans during the day, as it
had in bygone days.
The morning times., 1895-10-22

as to caute him to give up the ghost like
poor little Clara Koehler. However, 1t
did as well as time and circumstances per
mitted and upon the next opportunity may
knock the life out OF a real man.
In all serioutness, something should be
done about the Tender at once 1t is cutie
clear that as a protecting contrivance it
is a failure. 1t is not ornamental, and IL
moreover it is not u, eful, it ought 70 be made
TO give way TO something that will accom-
plsh Just " hat Is expected OF it.. Such an
apparatus can be devis ed, Ii it is rot already
In existence. 1t may be some what more ex-
pcnsive than the thing of iron bars and ropes
that now does the act, but that thould not
be allow ed 10 stand in the way of charge.
The people of the city have right TO demand
that their lives and limbs shall not be un-
necess arily jeopardiZed
The morning times., 1895-10-22
woRKAHEApro oRcHARIrY

The report to be submitted by the Asso-
ciated Charities at its regular meeting to-
night has some encouraging and some dis
coura ging features. Among the former
is the exhibit of what may be called the
Pingree farmers, that is, those people
who were furnished with land, utensils and
seed potatoes in order that they might
cease to be a burden TO the community
witha few exceptio ions heexperienccintheir
cases would seem to warrant an ampifi-
cation of the experiment, for the ma jority
not only raised veeet ables enough to feed
them during the summer, but they had a
surplus, from the sale of which they
probably realized enough to keep them
from extreme want in the winter, even if
they are unsuccessful in obtaining other
employment.
On the other ha nd the A ssociated Char
tiles are confronted with the decidedly
disa greeable reality of an unusual demand
for charitable aid-unusual for this time
of the year. 1t is already far in excess
of anything that was asked OF done year
ago, and becasue of this fact the prospect
for the winter is IA ther ominous. In a little
over one month and with mild weather
nearly five hundred persons have asked
for assistance. and in the same period
one hundred and eighty families, repre-
senting an aggregate of about nine hundred
people, have received aid. Probably never
before at this time of the year has there been
a showing of SO much distress.
Yet with q ii this Washington is to be con-
graduated that its showing in this respect
is far better than that of other cities
of equal population, nor need there be
doubt that our people Will be this time,
as they always have been, equal TO the
emergency. 1t may require an earlier
and more sustained effort, but it is
condition that must be, and, therefore,
wiilbe, met wit energy nd per-
severance.
1t may not be amiss, however, to warn
our people against indiscriminate giving.
That increases inst cad of diminishing
pauperism. Organized action is the best
in this as in other matters, and if any one
has anything o spare, whether it be money,
food or clothing, he or she would better
turn it over to one or the other of the
charitable organizations that make spe-
cialty of the relief of the needy.