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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
Dairy Hints.

Avoid dust in stable. Do not feed
dry feed just before or during the
milking.
Just before milking moisten the
cows udder and adjacent parts with
a damp cloth.
Remove the milk from the stable
as soon as MIXED, and strain.
If the milk is not going to be sepa-
rated, cool at once to below 60 de-
grees F.
Milk can be kept sweet from
twelve to fifteen hours longer by a
thorough and immediate cooling.
CARE OF CREAM
Cream should be ripened at a low
temperature. If the cream is allow
ed to become too sour, bad results
may follow, such as a strong, rancid
butter, containing white fecks or
spots of casein.
CHURNING.
Fifty-six to sixty degrees in sum-
mer and f~fty-eight to sixty-tWo de-
gress in winter are good churnlng
temperatures. The lower the tenn
perature of the cream, the longer 1t
will take to churn, and the more but
ter you will make and the better Will
be the quality. A high temperature
tends to produce a soft, sarvy butter
containing a large amount OF caseln'
Such butter lacks body and Will not
keep well. There is also too mucn
fat lost in the buttermilk. Stop the
churning when the butter grains
reach the size of wheat kernels,
Churning should require from tnllHy
to forty minutes. After remoVl!e
the buttermilk, wash the butter IL
two changes of cold water INC anO'
it to drain.
Sailing AND WASHING BUTTER
After the butter has been taoLl
oughly drained, it should be Wel lstar.
and spread out evenly on a Oq f"rn
worker. It should still be IN the iOi~
Of small eranules. Good, clean daI r.
salt should be gifted evenly over 1DS
surface at the rate Of th]Fee 1qgnnd Of
to an ounce of salt to the PounI hit.
butter, The object of wOTk. nb9v ii is
ter t Ioen ai9S Incorporate no pr1Ss the be. ' 56s
White streaks in the butter 81. alt
to the the Bnfbsp should u be stamped APE r T5ts
ped in parchment paper college
VIM Burkett. n. Q. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03

We hope to have our pure bred stock
farm of dairy cattle, beef cattle, An
CORA goats, Berkshire hogs, collie
dogs and pure bred fowls, cry short
" now, as we have it commenced.
l came ten years ago from North
Dakota, and with our present expe-
rience, would not exchange our
farms here for half that State, if
obliged to live in it the rest of my
days.
Yours truly,
I. G. WADE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
Habersham Co., Ga.
The Goat Industry.
1. @. WADE.
editor of The Progressive Farmer

Editor Of The Progressive Farmer
The goat industry of the United
States is the subject of a pamphlet
about to be issued by the Department
of Agriculture compiled by George
F. Thompson, editor of the Bureau
of Animal Industry. The censu of
1900 shows a total of a little less
than 100000 animals, largely found
in the Southern States. Not all
kinds of goat skins, the circular says,
are in demand for leather. The pelt
of the angora is, as a rule, too thin
and poor for leather, the longer the
hair of the goat, the thinner and
poorer the pelt. This applies to
goats not angoras. Among the
French m~ountaineers the raising of
kids for their skins is a leading in
dustry. As soon as the kids are old
enough to eat grass and other such
diet, the skin begins to grow cOarser
and harder. The kid is therefore
| penned, not only to prevent its eat
ing improper food, but to prevent
scratching and bruising. The con-
| ditions in the United States, it is
stated, especially as regards the item
| of labor, are so unlike those of
mountainous France that it is not
probable that a similar industry
could be maintained here. We i'm
port from S2G,OOO,OOO to $25, 200, 1000.
worth of goat skins annually, mostly
for shoes and gloves.
The bulletin discusses the ques-
ton as to whether it will pay farm
ers to raise common goats for the
sale of kids, whose meat is as pala-
table as that of lambs, and is in fact
sold in every large city as lambs
meat. If a ready market were estab-
lished for kids at, say $3.50 each, and
if any n nanny goat can raise three
kids annually it can hardly be
doubted hal the industry could be
made profitable.
The bulletin points out that there
are vast acreages in this country
suitable for goat raising where per
Ehaps no other animals would thrive.
The feed that goats prefer is browse.
with a small proportion of weeds and
grass; therefore lands burdened with
brushwood and briers are particular
~ desirable. The pronounced char.
acteristic of angora goats for de:
stroying brushwood, briers, weeds
ETC., has been exploited SO extensive.
" that many people have received
the impression that this was a trait
peculiar to the angora breed. This
is not the fact; the prediction Of
goats for such a diet is common t.
all breeds alike. Brush ridden lane
Is usually rich, but to clear it by or
binary methods requires an expendi
turO varying from S. to $40 per acre
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03
A Northern Immigrant Pleased With
Southern Farming Opportunities.
Editor OF The Progressive Farmer:

about our section, at hand. Whilst
I am very busy planting peaches,
will give you a word.
I came South some ten years ago,
on account of health, and sought a
favorable location for stock and
fruit. l travelled wei all the South
ern States with three items In view.
I found by United States census of
1890 Habersham County, North
east Georgia, amongst the Piedmont
foot hills stood one of the three
first counties in the United States
for health. For the past five years
/ have been testing this section for
fruit and grasses-the apple in the
veleys; the peach on the high ridges.
l find here old trees, Is or more years
old, and still bearing. For over fifty
years now there has been but three
failures of the peach and cherry.
The reason of this Is: We occupy
the Chattahoochee ridge or water
shed between the Chattahoochee and
Broad Rivers, 1900 to 1900 feet
above the level of the seattle first
ridge from the Atlantic Ocean-so
the humid waves of air strike this
sharp ascent and give plenty of wa
ter, So to 81 inches per annum
Springs but a few rods apart, on
either side of this ridge, flow into
the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic
Ocean respectively, making a perfect
water shed and drainage system.
The height also gives an air drain
age that fairly precludes the May
frosts, that peach men all stand in
so much dread of.
One can raise peaches almost any
where. / was born and raised IN the
peach district of West Michigan, and
whilst that is a great fruit section,
still we can get almost two crops
to their one.
And our low freights and New
York markets, give us more dollars
per acre. Our land lies on both
sides of the Southern Railroad, with
stations only two or three miles
apart through the whole belt.
Also the Tallulah Falls Railroad,
that branches off from here ia nOU
being extended into Franklin, N.
c., and this section for apples, is
even superior to ours, but the peach
grows in its perfection here, on &C,
count of the soil having a great deal
of iron in it, giving better color, tex.
ture and flavor. AL kinds of nuts
and garden stuffs grow perfectly.
A neighbor has been shipping fol
past three months, the famous Buck
eye Tomatoes, to Savannah, Ca, tht
home of the trucker.
The buyers say, "never before have
we seen or gotten such fine fruit.
Our land varies in price according
to distance and elevation, the highe
the better for peaches, from $40 t,
$40, o probably adjoining railroad
stations $50 per acre.
We can clear the timber, plant an,
carry through the first three years
that &c o,11fivo+a aud trim oso'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-11-03

the sun, thereby getting a better
quality. We plant Is feet apart, If
hills too steep, we plant on a water
level or contour. IF level in squares.
18 feet each way. In the valleys we
put one-fourth to apples, that is, one
in each alternate row and each alter
nate space.
So far our peach crops have, the
third year, paid more than every
dollar we have in the acre. We can
show here the largest one, two, three.
and four year old peach and cherry
trees in the United States-so say
the Assistant Pommologist of the
Unietd States Department of Agri-
culture and the largest growers in
the country.
Our soil is a sort of red loan, is
simply perfection. So far growers
from other sections have only one
fault to find, as two of the largest
in the world, wanted 10000 acres
each in a body.
This is impossible to get, as the
strip is narrow, only one-half to one
and a half miles wide and only ex
tending in it's best-the centre here
at Cornelia-going south and north
each way 10 to Is miles.
Plenty of cheap land just for gen
eral farming can be had for, from
81 to So per acre back a little from
station, say from two to five miles
Since l and my friends determined
to settle here one year ago Angus
LIST, after looking about for ter
years, we have bought some 5,00C
acres and planted about 1000 acres
January LIST will have 1000 acres
in peaches, apples and cherries. w
plant the standard varieties, Elber
tas, IS per cent; Belle (the Elberta'
sister, only white), 20 per cent; tn,
Carmen for early, 10 per cent;
very late peach for extreme South
ern markets, the other 5 per cent.
DR.. Henry, Director of Wiscon
sims famous Agricultural School anc
Experiment Station, whilst South IL
August to deliver the address befor
the State Dairyman's Association
whilst being shown over Mr.. Wi
liamson's famous dairy farm, wit
it's Bermuda grass pastures, and tn
amber cane, being cut for silage, an
over the writer's farm where is grow
ing the different varieties of forag
he remarked that he never saw g
many or as good forage plants, grow
ing on a farm in the United States
He saw four different kinds of cor1
four different kinds of COW peas, an
velvet beans, eight different kinds o
roots (namely, carrots, ruta bag
turnips, sugar beets, satisfy, maj
gels, parsnips, and artichokes). o
the grasses, Bermuda grass, alfalfa
blue grass, crab grass, amber can,
and now rye and essex rape, beside
five or six kinds of pumpkins, we1
shown.
On top of all this, u cotton-see
meal and hulls right at our farm
}
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

man of Richmond, son of Judge Greg
ory, of that city. The bride is the accom-
plished daughter of the owner of large
cotton mill at Concord, who moved there
from Richmond some time ago.
Among the visitors here today was Mr..
]. M. McMichael, prominent architect
of Charlotte. AS an indication of the
progress in church work, the amount OF
church building thi ssingle architect has
now under construction becomes interest
ing Mr.. McMichael has at present eight
Baptist churches, two Methodist, 1 Ger
man Reformed and Presbyterian
churches being built, one of the Presby
terian churches costing $20,000
DR.. E. c. Register, of Charlotte, arrived
last night to pay professional visit to
Mrs. r. L. Snow, having for long time
been the regular family physician. She
was beyond mortal aid and died at one
o'clock this morning. She was daugh
ter of DR.. J. II. Holcombe, of Rockford
Surry county, the wife of Mr.. r. L. Snow
postal clerk between Greensboro and
Richmond. and most estimable woman
The remains will be taken to Rockford to
morrow for interment in the family bury
ing ground.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
Succeeds Williams Who
Resigned Yesterday.
OTHER CHANGES MADE
Williams Elected Chairman of the
Board of Directors. Ryan on the
Executive Committee. Mid
dendorf Refuses Re-
election.
election.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Dec 30.-At meeting of
the directors of the Seaboard Air Line to-
day j. Shelton Williams resigned the office
of president of the company and Vice
President Barr was elected President and
General Manager. Mr.. Williams was elect
ed Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr.. Williams expressed desire to be
relieved of the active management in order
TO give more of his time to his banking
interests and personal affairs. It was
therefore decided to amend the bylaws
and to establish the office of Chairman of
the Board, to which he was then elected.
j. M. Middendorf was nominated but
declined reelection as Second Vice-Presi-
dent, and the office was therefore not
filed.
The following members of the board
were elected to be members of the Exec
utive Committee: T. F. Ryan, T. J. Cool
idge, Jr., J. A. Blair, j. S. Williams, j.
B. Denis, B. F. Yoakum and S D. War
field
Other officers were elected as follows:
n. S. Meldrim, Vice-President and Treas
urer; D. c. Porteous, Secretary; and T.
W. Roby, Comptroller
Mr.. Barrs succession to the Presidency
was expected some months ago in spite
of repeated deniais from official quarters
His selection was urged by the interests
which more recently became dominant in
the Seaboard system.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
THE SHAPERS OF THOuun..
Second Days Session of the Two As
soCiations at New Orleans.
(By The Associated Press. !

Wy we AooiJCldlGu GrSSS.)
New Orleans, Dec. 30.-The second
days session of the American Economic
Association was held In Tulane Uni
slty. Ppresident Seligman presided.
proceedings opened with the reading
a paper by Prof Frank A. Fetter,
Cornell University, on the relations
tween rent and interest
Prof. Thomas d. Carver, of Hary
University, and Prof. John H. Ho,lan
Of John Hopkins, and c.. w. McFar
participated in the discussion of
Fetter's subject
Prof. Dunning, of Columbia Univers
presided today over the meeting OF
American Historical Society in Tulsuc
University. He announced that the object
OF the session was to show the college
professors of the North the conditions
in the South with respect to the all inn
portant question Of teaching history
Prof. w. e. Godd, of Randolph and Macon
College, OF Virginia; Prof. Alcee Forticr,
of the Louisiana Historical Society,
Prof. Lillian w. Johnson, of the Uni
sity of Tennessee, spoke.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31

the flames were started in the rear of the
stage. The stage is unusually wide and
there was so great draft the flames
all the scenery in the rear of the house.
[ never believed it possible for fire TO
spread so quickly. When it first started
went to the footlights, and to prevent
alarming the audience, said that there
was slight blaze, and that it would be
better for all to leave quietly Then /
stepped back and called for the asbes-
tos curtain to be lowered. This, wien
about half way down, refused to go
farther, and thus an additional draft was
created. This swept the flames cut into
the auditorium and l knew that the
theatre was doomed. l rushed back to tne
stage and aided in getting the women
members of the company into the alley.
Scme of them were in their dressing
rooms and were almost overcome BY
smoke before they could get down to the
stage and to the doors.
"The simple 5-et that the curtain did
not descend entirely was what saved the
lives of the company, although it caused
such horrible catastrophe In the front
OF the house. After the curtain had
refused to descend, there came the explo-
sion of the gas tanks and with the cur
tain down all the fire and gas would have
been confiiIed between the rear wall CT
the theatre and the fire-proof curtain III
front Under these circumstances il
would not have been possible for sin
gle member of the company to escare
alive unless he or she had been standing
Immediately in front of the door leadi 1g
into the alley. AS it was the draft carried
all the gas and fire out beneath the ar
tain and the company was saved although
their salvation was the death of SO ma. y
poor people in frcnt.''
Rarely IN the history of Chicago has its
people been so stirred as by the calamity
of today. It is next to the Chicago fire.
the greatest catastrophe that has ever
occurred here. and the speed with whicn
it came and went seemed for brief
period to appall the business section of
the city. The news spread with great
rapidity and in short time hundreds of
men. women and children were rushing
toward the theatre. The building in
which the calamity occurred stands mid
(Contiued on Page Five.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
THE STATE TROOPS
Gen. Woodruff Ordered
to Report to Governor
for Duty With Them.
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Especial to News and Observer
Washington, D. c., Dec. 30.-At the re.
quest of the Governor of North Caroluss
Brigadier- General Garlic A. Woodruff, L
S. A.. retired has been ordered to report
to the Governor at Raleigh for duty with
the organized militia of the State OF
North Carolina for q period of four years
unless sooner relieved.
This detail is made under the provision
oil the Dick Militia Bill, and while serv-
ing under it General Woodruff will receive
the full pay and allowance of his grade.
The torpedo boat Peoria has been sent
from Norfolk to Currtuck, N. c., to as
sist in the salvage of the submarine boat
Moccasin, which went ashore some weeks
ago.
A policeman at the White HOUSE re-
Gently got into trouble over sCmc slight
neglect of duty. He went to young Ar
chic Roosevelt.
Archie he said. Il want you to see
what you can do o. squace this trouble
for me-
''All right" answered Archie, well see
what can ne done"
Speak to your father for me- s'lg-
gested the officer. He'll fix it all right. .
That won't do" Archie objected.
''Well see what Lodge can do about it.
He's the man to see
FRED L. MERRITT.
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MRS. HARRIS LAID TO REST.
The Funeral Conducted at Henderson.
Buried at the Old Home.
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Especial to The News and Observer)
Henderson, n. c., Dec. 30.-The remains
OF Mrs. Carrie Jenkins Harris reached
Henderson last night accompanied by her
nephew, DR.. Robert Jenkins, and friend,
Mrs. Hassett. of st. Louis. They were
taken to the home of her brother, Mr. Will
liam Jenkins The casket was loaded
with magnificent floral offerings. Rev
Julian 2. Ingle conducted the funeral SER
vice IN the church Of the Holy Innocents
here. Many friends attended and good
many relatives and friends accompanied
the remains to historic old Williamsboro.
where they were inferred in ST. John s
church yard. Mrs. Harris leaves many
relatives and friends in this section of the
State She was one of North Carolina 8
most gifted and highly cultured women.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-31
TAKEN FROM HIS CELL.
The Unfortunate Professor on His WAY
Home. Other News.
Especial to News and ObserverD

Especial to News and Observer)
Greensboro, N c., Dec. 30.-Some OF
the Greensboro guessers of the number
of cigars on which the internal revenue
tax was paid for the month Of November
are now betting that Mr. w. D. Poole
one of the mail clerks at the postoffice
here will get the $4,000 prize offered by
tobacco firm There are $4,000 prizes of
fcred, the main one being the above nice
sum, and running on down then the thous-
ands and hundreds to a box of cigars.
The correct number, as just announced by
the revenue department, is SIS, ,157, 40
Mr.. Poole's guess was 57S.125,47O
Westcot Robinson and d. H. Blair. at
torneys for n. H Silver, dealer in furni-
ture and jewelry at High Point, filed a
petition in bankruptcy before Judge Boyd
yesterday. Liabilities stated are 81 1885, 49,
Assets s2,27O.34, of which $1.215 is In leases
on furniture sold on the installment plan,
and $1,000 in stock and fixtures.
T. B. Finly, attorney of Wilkesboro,
was here last night and secdred from
Judge Boyd the appointment of a receiv-
er in bankruptcy for, the Pilot Mountain
Furniture Company, the Bank of North
ing citation for the 14th of January, to
show cause why the Pilot Mountain Fur
niture Company should not be adjudged
bankrupt.
The action last night seems to be the
result of contest in the State courts, as
Judge E. 3. Jones, at Winston yesterday,
after a hot trial, had just issued an order
naming permanent receiver for the com
pany, J. A. Yol1ely, of Mt. Airy, and c.
F. Denny, of Pilot Mountain, member
of the company. being appointed.
Deputy Sheriff John Weatherly left for
Danville on the noon train to bring back
Clint Breedlove, who was sentenced to the
chain gang for two years, and after serv-
ing two months made his escape three
months ago He was at work on dam
being built at Danville, and living with
the same woman he was sentenced here
for unlawfully living with.
Accompanied by his wife and brother-in-
law who arrived last night from New
Haven, Conn.,, Prof j. c. Estill, vino has
been insane in Jail here for the past two
days went to New Haven on the noon
train today. He never did yield to treat
n1ent and was put to sleep and carried to
the train In a cot. Policeman Barnes.
who weighs 800 pounds and has had eX-
perience with the insane in the hospital at
Raleigh, went along to look after the af-
1icted nIan
The County Commissioners have allotted
splendid room in the enlarged court
house to the Board of Highway Commits
sioners. and the next allotment will be for
the Superintendent of County Education
The high pressure of water from the new
waite rtower continues to burst water
mains put IN under the lower pressure Of
jhe old tank. Yesterday pipe on Ashc
street and one OH Buchanan street broke
Rev. Dr.. II. w. Battle. pastor of the
First Baptist church of this &ty left on
the noon train for Conford. wheTe\ tonight
Re will officiate at the marriage 81 Miss
Aubrey Robertson. to Mr.. l.. Fl. Gregory.
The groo mis- promising young business
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Story of the Catastrophe.
(By the Associated Press


Chicago, Dec. 3O.-Nearly four hundred
people were killed in ten minutes this
afternoon during fire in the Iroquois
theatre, the newest, the largest and as far
as human lower could make it. the safest
theatre in Chicago.
A few of these people were burned to
death b. flre, many were suffocated by
gas, and scores were trampled to death
in the panic that followed the mad plunge
of the frightened audience for the exits.
1t will be many hours before the number
of dead is accurately known and many
days before all of them will be identified.
There are bodies lying by the dozens to-
night in the undertaking rooms, in the
police stations, and in the hospitals from
which nearly everything that could reveal
their identity to those who knew them
best is gone. Their clothing is torn in
rags or burned to cinders and their faces
have been crushed into an unrecognizable
pulp by the heels of the crowd that tram
pied them down as they fed for safety.
The fire broke out during the second
act of the play, "Mr. Bluebeard," which
was the first dramatic production pre-
sented in the theatre since its erection
The company, which was very large. es-
capped to the street in safety, nearly all
of them. however, being compelled to
flee into the snowy streets with no cloth
ing but their stage costumes. few men,
bers of the company sustained minor in
jurles, but none were seriously hurt
THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
The accounts of the origin of the fire
are conflicting and none of them certain.
lus the best reason given is that an cleo
trio wire near the lower part of a piece
OF drop scenery broke and was grounded
The fire spread rapidly toward the front
OF the stage, causing the members of the
chorus who were then engaged in the
performance. to flee to the wings with
screams OF terror
The fire in itself up to this time was not
serious and possibly could have been
checked had not the asbestos curtain
failed to work
As soon an the FIRE was discovered. Ed
die Fey, the chief comedian of the COM