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The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
FIVE MILLIONS
In Pine Lands, Glass Works, Steamboats,,
Sawmills, Etc.

Sawmills, Etc.
Eber B Ward, of Michigan, died at
Detroit, January 81, 1875. He was
supposed to be worth five millions of
dollars at his death. In the settle
ment of his estate, the results of a life
work of a financial genius were
wasted. Virtually there was not a
dollar left. Two years after his de-
cease, when values had been restored,
and the pulse of commercial activity
was again beating IN all the marts of
trade, the same rolllngmills, pine
lands, glass works, steamboats,, saw
mills, real estate and warehouses left
by Captain Ward were estimated to be
worth eleven millions of dollars. A
mans fortune, or an estate, In this
country is valuable or worthless as the
years of panic and depression, cycli-
cal in their coming, are with US or alb
sent.
Captain Ward simply did not take
the advice of life insurance agents
who see the same story of financial
wreck repeated time after time. FIVE
hundred thousand dollars in life in
surance-ready cash when most
needed-would have saved elevon mil
lions of dollars!
Almost every month the same lesson
repeats itself on nearly as large
scale, and every day is taught the
great truth that every one should
know, that mans effects are worth
less at his death than at any other
time; and when to this is added year
of panic and unsettled values; the diff
ficulties of reaizing; the prevention
of sales by the laws delay; the impor-
tunities of creditors; the impossible
ties of compromises is it any wonder
that men who are rich in life today,
are bankrupt IN death tomorrow; and
that among all the men in mercantile
and professional pursuits, but three
of every hundred leave unembarrassed
estates!
WEIGHING
carefully the claims of oar competitors
and with due regard for the obvious
merits of their multifarious forms of
policies, we nevertheless confidently
submit the Phoenix plans for careful
| comparison and critical examination.
DIVIDENDS
are appOrtioned and paid in cash every
year, beginning with the second an
pual payment, and may be used to re-
duce premiums or to Increase the
amount of insurance. These accumu-
latlons may be recOnverted later into
cash to pay premiums In a financial
pinch.
FANCIFUL
| estimates have no place in the plans
of the Phoenix Mutual. Speculative
hopes out of all keeping with the act
ual interest earnings of the time are
not aroused, visions of enormous
gains through the misfortunes of 9th
ers are not called up. Fair play for
all, security to all, just returns to all
for premiums paid, is the Phoenix's
| motto. j. B. ABRAMS,
Gen, Dist. Agt., Brunswick, Ga.
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
Shorts at Dillon's.
Bought the Business.

Mr.. Ben Borchardt has purchased
the business of 2. w. Godfrey. The
trade was closed yesterday, aud Mr..
Borohardt at once assumed charge.
He will conduct solely wholesale
business In produce, etc.
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
ODe-Ce|tQ Word Column

:
Under this head advertisements VIII he
inserted for one cent n word for the first in
sertion, and for every Insertion thereafter
at the rate of half IA cent a word. No ad-
vertisement will be taken for less than ten
cents. Cash in advance invariably re-
quired for all advertisements in this col
umn.
FOR SALE.
NOR SALE CHEAP - THE RESIDENCE
Il pronerty at lll7 5. Wolf street. Apply at
this Office. 4 bargain.
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
FOR RENT-HOUSES.


NERN PLEASANT SLEEPING ROOMS
and office to rent in the j. b. Wright build
ing, corner of Newcastle and Gloucester streets.
lnq uire at POS Newcastle street. 9-l2-lm
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
HELP WANTED.

w WANTED-TRUSTWO ORTEY AND ACTIVE
w gentlemen or ladies to travel for respon-
sible, established house in Georgia. Monthly
$65 and expenses. Position steady. Reference
Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The
Dominion Company, Dept. W, Chicago.
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
RESIDENCE BURNED.

Mr.. W. E. Edenfeld Loses His Pretty
Home.
The large residence of Mr.. w. Fl,
Edenfield, 1904 South Wolf street, was
almost totally destroyed by fire this
morning between and O'clock.
The family barely escaped with
their lives. Nearly all the furniture
and household effects were destroyed.
Mr.. Edenfield had $500 insurance
on the house and $500 on the furniture.
The water supply was very weak and
the tiremen couldn't do much.
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12

Every merchant in Georois i :,
vlted to ask the Downing company for |
prices on groceries and feed ,f f0'
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
Use Harker'S Tooth Powder.
'The finest line of pipes
and cigars in the city.
Prescriptions Our Specially.

U. NJ. c. "New Club loaded shells
ing Co., Brunswick. u
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
Dining-room Chairs from
SO up.
Sideboards from $40 up.

If you want to see the latest in rugs, lace cur
tains, portieres etc. etc. wait for us.
just received 50 toilet sets; all the latest de-
signs.
We have the prettest line Of lamps in town
just the thing for a wedding present.
Our Bucks Stov are the best. If Won want
to know how they cook come to us and we'Il
give you list of customers who have them in
constant use. Joe Wallace says:
Il have had mine in use ten years and it can't
be beaten"
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12

Persistent Saving is the Road to Wealth.
The Brunswick times., 1897-09-12
WEIGHING

carefully the claims of oar competitors
and with due regard for the obvious
merits of their multifariOus forms of
policies, we nevertheless confidently
submit the Phoenix plans for careful
comparison and critical examination.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
HORTICULTURE
TRANSFORMING E

A leading authority in ~dendrology
favors Country Gentleman with his
views as to the best time to set trees,
also some hints on the manner Of do
ing it. He writes:
Generally l should transplant decidu
GUS trees In autumn Or spring as most
convenient, with a little preference for
the spring. / have tr~aDsplanted Eel
green's only in the spring. / should
fear that Transportation from the leaves
during the winter would SO exhaust the
moisture from e~vergreens as to kill
them. SO far as I have observed, a
white frost upon the exposed roots of
any tree, even the hardest, will kill it.
Sunshine is also very Injurious. i
doubt If any hemlock can be made to
live after 80 minutes of bright sunshine
on its completely exposed roots, and
think il is pretty much the same with
the pine.
If deciduous trees are transplanted
In autumn before all their leaves have
fallen, or in spring after the leaves
have started, the leaves should be
mostly removed, in order to prevent
them from exhausting the moisture IL
the trees before the roots have made
sufficient connection with the grounC
TO supply the required moisture. Trees
transplanted from shade into open sun
shine should have their bodies pre-
tected from the sunshine. TransplanteC
trees generally die not from lack o
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19

food, but from want Of moisture. Trees
taken up with a good supply Of roots
and set in wide, generous holes, with
the we'll p~ulveriEed soil carefully and
closely packed around their roots and
sufficiently moistened, will almost in
varlably live. They may or may not
require several Naterings. This de-
ponds upon the soil and the season.
It is well to set the tree as it grew
with regard to the points Of compass.
When the ground is we'll wet, is well
TO mulch the tree with straw, sawduFt,
stones or any similar substance which
will keep in the moisture and keep
down the grass or weeds AS many
roots are broken eff in taking up the
tree, limbs should be clipped or taken
off TO correspond, lest the many leaves
may require more moisture than the
roots can furnish. Small, thrifty trees
grown in the sunshine r generally
preferable for transplanting. Earth
left upon the roots when the tree is dug
up helps to make it start readily and
prOw
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
THE WAR AGAINST GREEN
BACKS.

Some Eastern journals, mainly those
that have praised everything in the
policy of the present national admin
istration, are since election pushingth
victory against free silver coinage
much farther than anything in the
popular verdict warranted. If any
thing was settled by the election, it
was that no continuation of the present
administration Dr. it's policies In any re
spect is desired. If there is any good
in it, that good is stronger standing by
itself on its OWL bottom than it q be
with all the backing which either the
President or his advisers can give it.
The befitting attitude for such jour
nails, therefore, should be silence as to
advice and continued as lorg as pos
sible. To have the election hailed as it
is by some as a verdict for retiring the
greenback currency, is to put the con
struction on il farthest removed from
the truth. 1t is only under the present
administration that there has been any
such proposal from official sources, and
every official who has echoed this de-
mand has been distinctly repudiated
by the American people.
The popular favor for the greenback
as money is not half appreciated by
most political writer's Of the present
day. Many of them are not old enough
to remember the excitement occasioned
d or % years ago, when the resump
ton law WIS passed, providing for re
firing all green6aCks as fast as paid
into the treasury. Sosoen as the fleet
of this law was understood the macs of
the people, almost irrespective of party,
were aroused as they had not beer
since the firing on Sumpter. By 1875
this feeling had grown SO that it c.. n
trolled the majority In both branches
OF Congress and of both the great a
ties. Both Republicans and Demo
Gratis united in amending the Resump-
ton law, providing that no more green
backs should be retired, but that when
presented to the treasury for rede mp
ton, new, ~gTeenbacks of the san {
amount should be issued and be q leg.
tender tor all debts. Among those who
in 1873 voted for this amendment tc
resumption was William Mckinley,
then a comparatively new member
from OHIO, now President elect Of che
United States.
1t is common for some Eastern papers
to speak Of this as an unexplaInablG
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
THE APPLE SITUATION.

According to a bulletin of the Amer
lean Fruit Growers Union, the apple
exports up to November 7th, have
amounted to 1 372 800 barrels, an in,
crease of 1,O94. l34 barrels over last
years exports to the same date.
November the 9Th, the sale in Liver
pool showed a good Improvement in
prices, and that this improvement was
genuine is shown by the fact that the
latter part of the sale show better
prices than the first. Newton pippins
bringing 81 so to S. 10, and red apples,
81 81 to g %. This is a satisfactory
advance over late prices and shows
conclusively that they are coming to a
realization Of the excellent bargains be
ing offered them in the Amerlcanapple.
The bulletin concludes:
1--WE Ut pleased to see that while
the exports continue large, prices are
advancing as noted in the sale of the
9th, and we think still higher prices
will rule. Markets in the United States
are showing some sympathy with the
better weather prevailing, but we do
not look for a strong advance until
next week, when the usual Thanksgiv
ing trade should materially strengthen
it.
Furthermore, the withdrawal Of
the supply of bulk and wind fall apples,
and the natural tendency to low prices
which the competition of this fruit
would cause, will have a tendency to
allow the retail merchant to pay good
prices for good fruit and the peddler
who handled the bulk fruit will turn
his attention to other fruits. ALI in
all, we still maintain the apple situa
ton to be strengthening and ripe for a
material advance and advise our friends
to not force the sale of their fruit"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
THR COMPOSITION AND COST OF
BAKERS BREAD AND MILK
IN NNW JERSEY CITIES.

Perhaps no two factors are more inn
portant in the food economy OF the
people at large than the bread and milk
supply. 1t was the or ject of the inves
LEGATIONS reported in Food and Nutri
ton Investigations in New Jersey in
1895 and 1885," by e, B. VOORHEES,, A.
M Director New jersey Agricultural
Experiment Stations and Professor of
Agriculture, Rutgers College, New
Brunswick, N. J. [Ofice of Expert
ment Stations Bulletin No. 35] just
issued by the Department of Agricul
ture, to obtain more definite informa'
ton as to the chemical composition OF
bread and milk and to secure accurate
data regarding the relation Of their
selling price to the actual cost of their
production.
The variations in the composition OF
bread due TO the amount of water that
may be absorbed by the -four, the vary
ing proportions of protein, fats, and
carbohydrates, and the different meth
DDS used by bakers in mixing their
dough are discussed, and analyses are
given of samples collected from leading
bakers in several cities of New Jersey.
The average cost of bread varies great
ly In different cities, being as much as
90 pei, cent. more in some cities than in
others.
These Investigations indicate the
necessity of the adoption of a standard
less variable than the loaf" so that a
definite number of OUNCES may be
found in each loaf. Thus, if a con
sumner preferred to pay more for one
kind of bread than for another he
would understand that he was not
securing a proportionately increased
amount Of nutriment. The increased
cost of nutriment due to the transfer
nations taking place between the pro-
Queer and consumer is chargeable to
the baker rather than to the miller, for
the cost of the bread made from a bar
rel of -four costing 81, to which was
added 96 cents of other ingredients,
was $40 "a, or a profis Of 116 per cent.
for the bakers labor and the cost Of
distribution.
A perusal of the pages of this bulle
tin will enable the 10 intelli
gently decide whether it will be more
economical to purchase bread of the
materials and have the baking done at
home.
1t is well known that milk from diff
ferent COWS varies greatly in compost.
ton. The special object of the investi-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
THE DAIRY
WRITING DAIRY ARTICLES.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
From a letter written July % 1887,
by W. D. Hoard, later Gov. Hoard, of
Wisconsin, 1 quote three sentences
that to my mind contain a good ceal
Of solid common sense. Tnis is what
he wrote:
"The more I write and speak the
more I see the value of short compre
hensIve articles on some one question
or n phase of a question. A great
deal of dairy writing shoots clear over
the heads of ordinary farmers because
il is not rugged ano pointed enough
and because it attempts to cover too
many points. Farmers can understand
science if it is only brought down TO
where they live, move and have a be-
ing, and no man has a right to put it
any where else"
It would be hard to find more good
wholesome truth any where expressed
In the same number of words. 1t was
true when written and although nine
and One-half years have passtc by
since it was written, it is just as true
to day as it was then. More than that
experience has mao g it more apparent
othe average dairyman, writer, and
reader. Yet there are still some writers
that will undertake to In one
article al subjects relating TO the but
ter making industry from the selection
or rearing of the herd to the marketing
OF the product In such an article
enough space cannot be used to treat
fully all steps and feature 8 of the in
dustry, hence it will be readily seen
that it would be better to make several
articles each of moderate length, or
Gven short articles.
It is true that there are some points
In the industry that can be covered by
q five or ten-line item-too short for a
single article, These items can, though
entirely disconnected, be grouped to
makeup a le ter. This the writer will
later on undertake to do.
Reference made at the beginning OF
this letter to ex Gov. Hoard reminds
the writer he Is now being mentioned
by many prominent agricultural jour
mails as the best man for the position
of Secretary Of Agricu ture under the
incoming administration. AS the dairy
interest is one of great Importance in
this country, there seems TO be a sort
Of fitness in suggesting ex Gov. Hoard
for the Agricultural Secretaryship.
The writer is sure there are tens of
thousands of dairymen scattered
through every State and Territory in
this Republic that will endorse this
view of it. A better selection could
not be made.
T. w. MOsELEY.
Clinton, Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
RESOLUTION.

From the knowledge of the fact that
Lodges are going down every week
and Alliencemen becoming discour-
aged on account of the factory not
running, we the members Of Chestnut
Oak Ridge Alliance, No. SAG, recon-
mend that So coo of the Business
Agency fund be taken to start the shoe
factory. D. M. SYKES,
A. r HOLMES,
Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19

''greenback craze" which lasted two
or three years, and then died out with
out leaving any effects. If it subsidized,
it was only after all the purposes of
those who melted the movement had
been secured, and all possible danger
to the greenback currency had, as it
was supposed, been averted. Let it
be understood that this supposition
was a mistake, and a breakup of par
ties much more complete than occur
red 90 years ago will be the result.
What will be the conse quence of re
firing the greenback currency9 Unless
there is to be a contraction of $346,.
600, 600 in currency volume, this can
only be done by replacing the green
backs with an equal amount of bonds
on which semi yearly interest must be
paid. This must involve such violent
contraction of currency as no other
measure ever proposed or agreed to by
the American people has produced. 1t
is impossible that, however modified
this contraction of currency may be,
that it should ever be sustained by a
majority of the people. It is said that
the bonds may be used for a further
extension of the national bank cur
rency. But this is always a less de-
sirable currency than the greenback,
which is a legal tender for debt, as no
bank currency ever can be, and which
must involve at the lowest calculation
a loss of IL to II million dollars in in
terest, while the greenback currency
costs the government nothing,
1t is easier to keep greenbacks at par
than it is the same quantity OF national
bank notes. The only time when green
backs have made any trouble for the
government has been during the past
three years, when the government
revenues have been insufficient TO meet
expenses. That difficulty will be
remedied by a higher tariff, either dur
ing the short session of the present
Congress, or by an extra session that
will be called for that purpose as soon
as President Mckinley takes the place
in the White House to which the peo-
people have elected him.
The Supreme Court has sfirmed the
constitutionality Of greenoacks not
merely in time of war as a war meas
ure, but as legal money which the gov
eminent has a right to issue in time of
peace. With this decision of the high,
est court in their favor, it is very I'm
likely that a majority of the American
people can ever be persuaded to turn
against this cheapest and at the same
time best money the government has
ever issued. Instead of Going away
with greenbacks, they are more likely
than not to replace some other kinds
of paper money, which cost the gov
eminent more to keep in circulation,
yet which are not so good as the paper
currency, that helped 10 sustain the
government during the darkest days of
our civil war. American Cultivator,
Boston, Mass.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
FRESH MILK FROM JAPAN.

DR.. Bonds article in the Royal Jour
nal concludes: 1--WE are thus brought
within measurable distance of the ideal
state of things in which milk drawn
from the COW by a mechanical mixer.
In q perfectly sterile condition, shall be
maintained in that state until it is re
quired Co be used" Bottled milk can
now be kept long enough to arrive per
fectly fresh from Japan. 1t only has
to be sterllIzed, and does not want ice
+ cold characteristics Dairyman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19

CATION on milk reported in this bulle
tin was to find out accurately what
was the value of the nutrients actually
contained in milk sold by different
milkmen at the same price per quart.
From analyses of 1O8 samples it Is
shown that if milk containing IL per
cent. of solids, 81 per cent. of which ie
fat, is wot tn 6 cents, milk with 13 z
per cent. of solids, "a per cent. of which
is fat, would be worth 9 cents per quart
IF both of these milks r sold tors
cents a quart the consumer getting the
low grade milk pays too much for it.
If both are sold for 6 cents a quart the
farmer producing the high grade milk
does not get what he desires for milk
of that quality. The facts brought out
by this investigation go to show that it
would be a falrer plan to sell milk &C.
cording to it's quality, as shown by
analysis. I This plan is already followed
at many creameries, and there is good
for believing it might be advan
taReously adopted by mllkmen gener
ally.
This bulletin is not for miscellaneous
distribution by the Department, but
can be secured by sending 5 cents to
the Superintendent of Documents,
Union Building, Washington. D O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19

This funny and instructive book tell
in a most humorous way how the
Angel of Liberty took Grover Cleve
land from the White House in the deac
of night. and left him. ragged and hun
cry, in Oklahoma City. to tramp homt
Growers trials and tribulatlOns as E
tramp are most IudicrOusly related
and his conversations with farmersape
laboring men about the silver question
are very instructive.
EVERYBODY SHOULD READ IT
It contains 176 pages of laugh pr
voking matter, and 40 fuii-page illut
traSions of Cleveland as a tramp,
PRICE, IS CENTS.
Send 25 cents for the book to the Sill
yer Knight Watchman, 1920 New YoTs
avenue. Washington, d. g.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19

One among the many hopeful signs
of the times is the manifest effort of
agriculturists, hortlculturists and
scientit ts to determine positively what
is the best special manure for each of
the crops. The Importance, indeed the
necessity, of this determination in the
present condition of the business of
husbandry is too evident to need arguy
ment.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19

With careful rotation
crops and liberal fertilization
cotton lands will improve. I'll
application of a proper ferI
lizer containing sufficient Pd
ash often makes the different
between a profitable crop al
failure. Use fertilizers contai
ing not less than 3 to AZ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-19
ONE CASTOR COUNTY ALLIANCE
correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
GAsTONIA, N O.,
T4Dra~x & 1907

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
GAsTONIA, N O.,
January 6, 1892.
We attended a very pleasant meet.
ing of Union Grove Alliance On Janu
airy End, and took in seven renewals
for The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
Much time was taken up IN discuss
ing the shoe factory question, which
resulted in the following resolution be-
ing passed unanimously:
Resolved, That SO much Of the Bust.
ness Agency Fund be used as will
with the amount paid in by subscrip
ton make the 50 $50 needed to start the
factory. This Alliance is weak fnan-
cially and can Cffer nothing else at
present.
We earnest hope that the day will
soon come when the factory can be
started, and it is opinion that it
will add very materially to the growth
of the Alliance In this State and il
made a success will have Influence that
will be felt in other States as we'll es
ours. The Alliance is needed more to,
day than it aver was.
With many wishes for the C OF
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. I remain,
Yours fraJernsiIy,
L G. CATHEY~
go 49,