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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
Last Weeks North Carolina Bulletin.

Planting corn is now being pushed
vigorously and may now be consider
ed general over the State; in some
southern counties all the upland corn
has been planted, and the preparation
of law-lands is under way. Some
early corn was cut back by frost, and
replanting is in progress. The plant
ing of corn is proceeding very slow
ly, though a fair quantity was put in
the ground during the week; all eyi-
dences point to a considerable di-
minution in the acreage to be plant
ed. Tobacco plant beds are in fine
condition, and the plants, though
still small, appear to be growing
nicely and will be plentiful; a little
tobacco has been set in extreme
southern counties. Wheat, oats and
rye have generally made consider
able improvement during the week;
spring oats, where up, are doing
nicely, but they are slow coming up
In the west.
In regard to the damage caused
by the killing frosts of the 18th and
1OCII, d large uuInDor OIL SpCCIdI 10
ports received indicate that the dam
age to fruit is much less than at first
thought. In low-ground almost all
fruits were killed, but on all uplands
and sloping surfaces permitting
drainage of the cold air to lower
grounds, while the damage especially
to peaches is considerable; fair crops
of all fruits we're left on the trees.
Cherries, plums, pears and aples were
not SO much injured. These fruits
were too well set and large in the
east to receive much injury, and the
greatest damage probably occurred
along the eastern slopes of the Blue
Ridge. Of the truck crops, Irish Po-
tatoes and beans we're quite generally
cut to the ground, as we're unpro-
tected tomato plants; the injury to
peas, cabbage and onions was inSllg-
nifcant. The injury to Strawberries
was much less than anticipated, and
will only have thee fleet of delaying
rlpening to some. extent. A little
very early corn and cotton were cut
down, and in places slight damage
was done to wheat and clover.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
TELEPHONE LINE CONSTRUCTION.
Mr. Tart Gives Veabe Who Would
Put Rural

when you begin to unroll, and there
should be enough extra to reach the
house so as not to splice. -
Hanging the Wire.
Now you are ready to hang the
wires, the hneman to carry up the
wires and tie them to the insulators
with piece of wire about II inches
in length; same size of your line
wire, and should be carried around
the insulator and then fastened to the
line wire firmly by twisting around
five or more times. When the line
man has reached the second pole, and
carries his wire up, and has wrapped
his tie wires loose so as to permit the
wires to slip until the men at the
third pole with the rolls of wire are
signalled that it is pulled tight
around and are Informed to hold it
firm, the lineman wraps it firm and
comes down and proceeds to the next
pole. The men with the wire should
always be one pole ahead. Of course
they are expected to put down their
wire and pull it tight from time to
time. [ think there should be at
least one hand needed extra to keep
the kinks out of the wire and to help
pull it tight.
Cost of Telephone Line Per Mile.
/ think the cost of wire insulators,
pins and nails to construct mile of
metallic line would be about $15. This
does not include the poles, cross-arms
and guy wire which will have to be
added.
The Kind of Telephone.
[ will now speak in regard to the
kind of phone to use. 1 advise the
use of the very best, as they are
cheaper and they cost less for main
tenance and will give better service.
ALI phones need to be high-grade
bridging and should be the same
Ohm Ringer. Where they are all the
same, it makes it easier to get the
party you want. The kind I would
recommend to the public is the Swed-
ish American, No. 80 Hercules
Bridging, Bar. 10000 Ohm Genera
tor, 1000 Ohm Ringer, with a con-
densed wire in circuit so that neither
talking or ringing will be affected by
receiver being taken off the hook.
This will save a good chance of an
noyance on a rural line. This phone
will cost about $3.50 and freight.
Any person wishing further ad-
vice on line construction, I shall
be glad to answer, if he-send stamp
ed envelope for reply.
TT T TTNGTON TAPT
r. F. d. No. 2, Dunn, n. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
Farmers National Congress to Meet in
Richmond.
Richmond.

Messrs. Editors will you please
announce in the columns of your ex-
cellent paper that the next annual
session of the Farmers National
Congress will be held in Richmond,
Va. September, 1922, 1905. The
Congress is composed Of delegates
appointed by the Governors of the
various States on the recommends
tion of the agricultural organiza-
tions of each State. The president
is Hon. Harvie Jordan, Monticello,
Ga.
Respectfully yours,
JOHN M. STAHL.
Secretary.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

When our will goes hand in hand
with Gods, then are we fellow
workers with Him in the affairs of
the universe.-George Macdonald.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

telephone line, | will turn to the poles
first.
Cedar, chestnut, and juniper are
considered standard. If they are diff
fcult to obtain, any wood that has
been found lasting and will stand
reasonably straight will do. Poles
should be from 20 to 25 feet in length
and set in the ground at depth of
3 to feet at distance of $50 to
$50 feet apart. If there are to be
more than two wires strung on poles,
they should not be over $50 feet
apart, and not quite that far on corn
ers and angles. Poles should be
inches at top and rooted like a
house so as to run the water OFT.
The larger poles are, the better; they
will stand and last considerably
longer, of course. Five-inch tops
can be used, but recommend 6-lnch.
Before setting the poles a cleat
should be cut inches from the top
of pole to fit a cross-arm 4 inches
wide and 1 inch deep in the pole, so
that the cross-arm will rest fiat
against the pole. A cross-arm should
be SKA inches and "a inches long,
and should have two holes at dis
tance of IS inches apart. This would
cut the holes just 3 inches from the
ends of cross-arms. The holes should
be cut with an auger IA inch size In
the holes, and wood pins should be
put to carry the insulators. The
cross-arms should be spiked on with
No 80 wire nails or bolts. l advise
the use of bolts if more than two
wires are to be strung.
Setting the Poles.
When the cross-arms are fastened
to the poles and the pins are put in,
and the insulators run on, then you
are ready to set your poles. You will
need at least one pike pole when you
get the pole about half raised to hold
it until the men that are lifting it
can get better positions to complete
the erection. Poles should be set
erect and we'll tramped around so as
not to give way when the wires are
strung. You can go to a blacksmith
and have him to take a 3s inch rod
of steel Z inches long and point it.
Then get you a piece of good sub
stantial wood 10 feet in length and 2
inches in diameter and make a hole
in the end and put your spike in it,
and/get ring and put around the
pole to keep it from giving any way.
This Will answer every purpose of one
ordered from dealer.
Bracing or Guying.
At corners and angles in the line,
poles should be set to - inches
deeper. Large poles should be used;
also be well guyed or braced against
the strain of the wires. For this
guying, / recommend a No. 6 steel
wire. The wire should be firmly
anchored around a large piece of
wood and buried in the ground at a
depth of 3 to 4 feet, or even deeper,
and well tamped. However, if the
strain is not too great, it may be
fastened to trees; then fasten the
wire below the cross-arm. 1t would
be well to pass the wire around the
pole twice.
Material for Wires and Insuiators.
The insulators should be pony
glass No. 8. The wire l would recon-
mend for farmers use is B. B. iron
No. 12-double galvanized-an it
takes about $50 pounds to make full
r,o31o of roo+o113o l,-o
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02
TEACHERS READING COURSE.
Conducted by MISS ADA V. WoMBLE, Raj
eigh NJ c.. to whom all correspondence re-
garding the Course should be addressed
Studies in Civics.
BY w. j. PEELE.

no better evidence of the talnt IN
our moral nature than is afforded
by our efforts at governent.
In A. D. 80 the Devil claimed that
all governments we're his to give,
and the claim was not disputed.
There has doubtless been improve
ment since that time, though not
in the quarter where the sentiment
was uttered. But the attention paid
to the science by the party in ques-
ton is certainly a compliment to its
Importance to say the least of it.
Of the peoples of the earth, the
Jews have paid most attention to
it, and as a nation they held to-
gether for fifteen centuries, and as
people they have Kept themselves
separate from other nations, under
most adverse circumstances, for forty
centuries.
They made the observance of their
law their religion, and this was well
enough when they did not mistake
it's form for it's godliness. When
they come to recognize their last
Law-giver, their zeal will lead the
world in the science of law-maklng.
The synagogues and the churches
will then be the law schools.
Some one has said that government
or politics (Which is the same thing)
is not better than the people make
it and no worse than they suffer it
to become The complacent compE-
ment to ones self that he does not
"meddle with politics" carries with
it the confession that he has fled
the field and left it to the one who
boasted of his governmental monop-
oily in A. D. 80, and who had not
resigned when the phrase "to the
victor belong the spoils" became the
self-sxecuting clause of many consti-
tutions.
The cornerstone of Jefferson's
government was that the people
should govern themselves, /. e., that
the people of each locality should
govern themselves. When the inter-
ests of one locality touched another
they could unite upon matters of
common concern. The State united
number of localities. The United
States brought together under one
government, a number of States for
two well recognized purposes:
CD To defend them against their
common enemies.
(2) To settle their differences as
between themselves, i. e., control their |
foreign relations and their interstate |
relations.
The mercantile or manufacture
ing interests in control of some
States have demanded and made
most of the importan changes
in organic law since Jefferson for
mulated it. The agricultural States
being proverbially conservative, and
the Federal Constitution being diff
cult to amend on account of the fact |
that amendments must be consented |
to by three-fourths of all the States.
the Supreme Court (whose members
have generally been citizens from |
communities most subject to mer-
camille influences and habits of |
thought), has adopted what is called |
a liberal policy of construction, and |
so IN a manner have gradually en-
larged the powers of the general
government as originally defined by |
Jefferson and his disciples. How far
this will go, and whether we will ever
have any more amendments to the
United States Constitution made in
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-05-02

when you begin to unroll, and there
should be enough extra to reach the
house so as not to splice. 27~
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
WANT COUNTY HISTORIES
Arkansas History Commission Will Pay Twenty Dollars for the Best History of Each County of the State Walking Contest Held-Some of the States New Industries.
Will Meet at Mena.

The president of the State Hortieul- tHral Society has announced that the annual meeting of that organization will be held at Mena on the 18th, 17th and 18th of January. The lead ing horticaltufists or this and adjoin= ing states wll attend the meeting. An address on horticulture and kindred subjects will be delivered at their meeting by Dr. Schreuk, of the United States Agricultural Department. The subject of grape growing will be dis eussed with the society by Dr Munson of Texas, Dr Munson is said to he one of the best authorities in the world on this subject
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Gevee Law IS Valid.

A decision was rendered.. recently. by Chancellor !. NJ. Elliot, al Pine Bluff. in favor of the commissioners of he Linwood kevee District. This de. eision was given in suit which was brought to test the validity of the bonds issued by the commissioners mder an act of the last legislature. This suit involved bonds to the value of s10o.G00, and will likely he carried to the supreme court
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Prizes are Offered.

The secretary of the Arkansas His tory Commission has announced that a prize of s20 will be paid by the com mission for the best county history CT parl thereof, that is offered to them prior 10 July 1. 1906. lt is hoped that this will help to stimulate interest in the work of the commission. All "reminiscences and local items of i'm portance are considered suitable mat ter for use in these county histories. Each writer may suit his own con xonienee as 10 size and plan of his &r= ticle.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Cansnl-Generat Lay, at Canton GA.- m. has made a thorough iavestigation into the recent murder Of five Presby- teIian missionaries at Lienehow. and has forwarded his report t9 Washing ton
 During the last fiscal year Illinois pad internal revenue 10 the govern ment to -he amount Of S51 ,S92 7as3' which is nearly twice as much as paid sly New York. the next largest in mcmnt.
 lu tho fiscal year ended June % last tl1e United States produced l55.259.3f9 aat8ns If distilled spirits that the gov es6ment knew of
 Paul chalfont. Of Boston won the fourth e epetitiou for the Jacob Il. Lazarus scholarship for the study el mural painGag which teok place lu New York.
 fhe Mexican vanilla planters com plaiu that they are losing money by req A.n of the many substitutes for vanilla il he United States iesscaius the Ge- mand fer the beans.
 The steamer TWligbt sank in the MmCneahela river at Lock No. ?. The erew of i2 men were taken off in skiffs.
 ttarry Williams and Jack Sur were R4ted near Carbon Ind, by a Big Four train. which ran down a hand ear on which the men were riding on their WHY to Perth
 Havana continues to report new eases Of yellow fever, the last being two Spaniards
 Lord and Lady Cuuzen have arrived in England from India.
 County Commissioner John Y. kopt, or Chicago. who was stabbed during mzlee in the Thirteenth Ward Repub- Ecan clut. died Of his wounds at Grace hospital.
 The seeone battery of field artilley h5= arrived at Fort Riley. kas.. having marched from Fort Sill, Okla, to re Eeee the Sixth battery. which will make the march to Fort Sam Houston. Texas. 600 miles distant.
 \ number of Russian bomb makers were severely wounded by an eXplo- e.an in their apartments in Geneva, Switzerland
 Roy C. MeCurdy. aged 19 shot Mrs. Mary Chard, aged 42 in the neck. at Harrisburg, Pa, and then killed him elf The motive for the shooting ha5 n5. uanapireG.
 Field Marshal Oyama was given an ovation On arriving at Gjina, Japan, antl Gen Asada, commander of the guards division was given an enthusi- 9 tic reception on his return to Tokio.
 Fire destroyed the clothing factory ct Stahl. Urban X Co. at Terre Haute. Ind. entailing a loss Of Sl25000 to the firm: insurance, $69 .ed0. The loss on the building. owned by Herman HuI- man. Sr.. is $75,000.
 X tidal wave seven feet in height se- riausly damaged shipping and dock p5nperty at Waukegon. Ill.
 MiGshipmar Minor Meriwether, who was tried by court-martial at Annapolis, Md. for causing the death of Midship- man Branch ip fist fight, was acquit- ted of the charge of manslaughter, but the court recommended his dismissal from the naval academy for violation of the rules of the institution.
 Every business house in Arcadia, Fla. except three brick structures the King, Seward and Desoto blocks vas destroyed by fire; loss, $25a,0o0.
 Hiss Florence Carpenter. of Chicago, was thrown from horse at Excelsior Springs. Mo, receiving injuries which proved fatal
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
THE sIru ,rioN N RUSSIA.

St. Petersburg is in a state of semi pauie. Communication with the outer world by telegraph is cut eff by the strike Of the telearaphers, and fears are expressed that the railroads will be aadin tied up. There is imminent dan ger of financial crash, and the people are withdrawing their money from the banks and coIWerting it into sold.
 The situation in the Baltic provinces ts said to have grown exceedingly grave. The troops al ReYal are neigh borhoOd are in open mutiny.
 The Jews Of Odessa are living in a state os tefrcs, daily expecting mas sacre which may exceed anything that has vet occurred.
 Admiral ChouRnin, at Sebastopol, telesraphs to St. Petersburg that the tempest of war has ceased but that ot revolution still rages.
 A. workman approached q soldier ih Warsaw and shouted to him that mar tial law had been abolished. The sol Gier evidently didn't telieye it. for he shot tue workman dead
 Father Gapen has fea from St Pc tershura to Finland
 + is understood that the whole Cos sack force of the Russian empire will be mobilized numbering 456,so0 men They are the only troops whose loyalty i undaubted
 Peasant troubles have broken oat at Flock, Russian Poland. The peasants have torn down the Russian eagles oil the cantonal buildings
 The president and all the principal members of the congress of peasants &t Moscow have been arrested under the authority of martial law
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Find the Body of a Woman.

The crew of Hot Springs Western train found the body of woman in a creek several miles from Lonsdale few days ago. The unfortunate woman is supposed to have fallen from a trestle into the creek. but may pos sibly have been knocked into the creek by a train The body was taken to Benton and inferred
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Two Men Killed.

Count and John C1eghorn, were shot and killed near Hope last week, hE Squire Smith. The dead men were whites and the slayer is negro. IL is said that bad blood had existed be- tween the parties for some time The immediate cause of the shooting is thought to have been the burning of a house belonging to the Cleghorns.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Ore Exhibit.

An exhibit Of ore from the mines of Marion county was displayed al Cottef last week Specimens were furnished by 26 mines located in the county and a ereditabie showing was made by a number of the individual exhibits The exhibition was given for the pur pose of attracting public attention to the mineral deposits of North Arkaa- coG
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Taxable Values Increased.

The taxable values of real estate and personal property at Pine Bluff show all increase since 1871 of $5.39l.= 1GS. The value of realty and personal property being s75766o in 1871 and $6.148.S2S in I905 The increase in valuation has been especially rapid during the last two or three years.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
New Industries.

Some of the new industries of sho state that have been organized recent ly are: $50,000 building and loan com pany at TeXarkana. $5Oo0o merchan- tile business at Brinkley, rice mill st Lonoke to cost $50,000, mining com pany at Fayetteville. capital$200, ,00o; <; s1oOo lumber company at Huttig.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
A Walking Contest.

\ ten mile walking contest was held at England last week. The contest ents were w. A. Smith, a professional athelete and number of young men residing at England. The contest was held in a large hall and the ten miles were covered in one hour and eight minutes. The race was declared n tie
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Collections Increased.

The reports of the internal revenue office al Little Rock fer November shows an increase in total collections of more than $1000 over the amount collected during the same month last year. The total amount collected last year during November was 80 S14G4. against $l0.S5644 collected last month.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Whitecanpers Sentenced.

Four men were sentenced to terms in prison by the Federal Court, at Texarkana, last week The men are J. Graybel of Hampstead County, Ben and Byrd Burk of Stamps. and Allen Allen of Stamps These men were convicted of whitecapping and gen orally intimidating negroes.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Nenro Commits an Assault.

Mrs Barnes. a white woman resid ing near Fulton was assaulted recent ly by negro. The woald-be criminal was frightened by the screams of his intended victim and made his escape Efforts to locate the culprit have so far been fruitlcss.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Officer Shoots 2 Nenro.

X negro was shot and killed al Hot Springs. recently, by Deputy Constable Lloyd The negro is said to have been advancing upon the officer with a drawn pistol at the time the shooting occurred.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Good Roads Convention.

The executive committee of the Ar. kansas Good Roads Association at their meeting at Fort Smith recently. made dates for the next annual meet ing. The committee decided that the association should hold their next meeting at Fort Smith May 10 +. 12. 14nE
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Ieachers are Scarce.

Eight additional white teachers and four negro teachers are needed in Pulaski County Persons desiring such positions should communicate with the Pulaski County examiner. The demand Tor capable teachers is very marked over the State this year
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Restaurant .Keeper Missing.

William Galley. or Pine Bluff. is missing from his home. A restaurant that was conducted by CurreE has been closed. No clue as 10 the where abouts of the missing man has been obtained by the Pine Bluff authorities.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
=Arkansans. Get Patents.

The following patents were issued 10 citizens of Arkansas recently; Wade A Byrd Swifton, cotton picker's sack carrier, Crawford D. Lonsan. Coal Hill, buggy bow rest, George L Ritchie, Crossett, apparatus for laying and talk ing I'D railways
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Heard IL Before.

Johnny" said Mir Oldham, who was courtng a young widow. you are ! fine, manly litle chap"
 Yes" said the widows small son. scornfully, that's the same chestnut all the old guys spring that hang around here tryin' .o cop out ma - Cleveland Leader
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Put Wires Underaround.

The telephone company at Texar- kama are putting their wires under ground This work will keep large force of men busy for some time and it is estimated the cost of the work will be nearly S50000
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Arkansans Favor the Plan.

Arkansas business men and states men are heartily endorsing the project of the St Louis Business Mems League to hold a convention to promote the plan for making deep waterway ef the Mississippi river. The convention will probably be held neXt spring
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
EIectrician Injured.

Henry Parr an electrician was seri- ously hurt in a sawmiII at Harrisburg recently Farr was struck in the heai by one of the saws. which penetrated his skull entering the brain Ii Is thought that the wounded man will re cover
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07

Riley Bryant. an ex-regular army soldier, is wanted at Hot Springs The government authorities at that place have federal warrants for him. in the sum of $500, or account of back pay.
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Fell Into the Fire.

Andrew Jackson, aged D. fell into fire at his homo near Jonesboro, last week The injuries received by Jack son will probably cause his death The unfortunate man is said to be worth upwards of s400,00o
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Factory to Be Built.

Plans are being laid for sash, door and blind factory at Mena. The tim Der will be secured along the right of way of Mena and Eastern Arkansas Railway
The Monticellonian., 1905-12-07
Mean Business.

The SoGalists of Jefferson county will call a convention at an early date 10 place q full ticket in the field. Speakers of national reputation wil' probably attend the convention.