The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-23
TALKS OF CROPS
Farmers Gather and Dis
cuss Live Questions.
Greensboro had Something ola DeIuge
Reasons for Deferring the Re-
union. Greensboro Life Begins
Business.
(SneciaI to News and Observer.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, n. c., July 22.-Th
large court room was nearly filleC
with good substantial practical Gull
ford county farmers today, in attend
ance on the Farmers institute, be
ing conducted by Commissioner Pat
terson under the immediate supervis
ion OF the department experts. A
the session today. interesting and ben
eficial talks were made as follows
each address being followed by al
round discussions and suggestions by
delegates present as the result o.
actual experience on the matter il
hand.
The Farmers Vegetable Garden, by
II. II. Hume. State Horticulturist.
The Importance of Leguminous
Crops, by John A. Young, Green's
boro.
Fertilizers for Cotton. Corn and
other Crops. by c. M. Common, Profess
sor of Agriculture, Florida.
Alfalfa, by Samuel L. Trogden
Greensboro.
Farm Poultry, by ]. S. Jeffrey, Poul-
tryman n. c. Experiment Station.
Feeding Beef Cattle, by John Gret-
ter, Guilford College.
Farm Dairying, by j. c.. Kendall,
Dairyman n. c. College of Agricul-
ture.
Second Crop Irish Potatoes, by w.
L. Kivett, High Point.
The Silo in Stock Feeding, by j.
Franklin Davis, Guilford College.
How / Improved my Farm, by w.
c. Balm. Greensboro.
n Severe Storm.
Two and a quarter inches of rain
fall is the record of the downpour
which visited this city and commun-
tty at six o'clock last evening. The
rain came up without much prelimi-
naries, and seemed to gather courage
from its initiative winding up ia a
literal deluge Among the washouts
was a serious one to the street car
company Of about 100 feet of the en-
bankment of the track at the ReVolu-
ton mill trestle and a smaller one
near Lindley Park. The manager of
Revolution mill says that a little more
rain would have caused the mill to
have been flooded, something that has
never been approached before. On
the farm of Mr.. Sim Loman in this
section a barn in which a threshing
party had taken shelter was blown
down by big tree falling on 1t and
nine men were caught under the tim
bers. When they were rescued by
those who did not seek shelter here,
il was found that only two were Sc
riously hurt the others escaping with
slight bruises and a bad scare. 1t
was thought that Mr.. NJ. c. Sykes lS3
was broken and he was brought TO
the hospital, but II was only sprained.
The other man had deep cash on his
head but it proved to be only a scalp
wound, needing only bandage.
The Deferred Reunion.
People here take the disappointment
at the postponement of the reunion
of native nonresident North Caro-
linians, which was to have been held
here October Sth heroically. Besides
several local reunions being held at
various sections of the State this sum-
mer and fall. taking the cue from
the State reunion idea carried out on
a large scale here two years ago, the
committee on transportation and
schedule, found that while the rail-
roads were willing to do everything
possible to make rates favorable as
to cost and extent of time limit, they
were advised that in the late sum-
mer and fall, there might be consid-
cradle trouble for cars, owing to the
extraordinary demands which the
Lewis and Clarke Exposition at Port
land, oregon, might make upon them
in the West The reunion for this
year had been pitched on a scale diff
ferent from the one two years ago
for the purpose of enabling all non
residents to radiate from Greensboro
to all parts of the state, to visit their
old homes and neighborhoods, with
reduced railroad fares and longer time
than was possible, On the shorter no.
tice of two years ago, to arrange for
In view of all these facts, the board
of directors had no disagreement in
arriving at tn conclusion that it
would be better to delay the reunion
until next year. Active preparations
for this event will be begun as early
as January first, so that it will be
the feature of the year 1906 in North
Carolina and in other States with
large North Carolina population
CoIored Royal knights.
There has been in session here to1
three days this week the annual gath
ering of the Royal Knights of King
David, and the personnel of the ofh-
GERS and delegates in attendance
would indicate. that this colored fra
ternal organization has in it's member
ship some of the best people of the
race. From the accommodating State
Grand Master j. L. Pearson, of DUR
ham, it is learned that some of its
sickness or distress, to patronize one
another in business, to cooperate II
the establishment of business and in
dustrial Enterprises throughout the
whole country for the benefit and bet
torment of the negro race. The order
has already established brick max
ing plant in Roxboro that is a fine
success. Plans have been made anC
means are furnished for the erection
of a handsome brick building in Dur
ham this year to be known as the
Royal knights of King David Head
quarters, which will not belong to
few men, but every lodge and almost
every individual member will have a
share At the meetings here, it was
noticeable that every speaker ex
pressed the idea that it was time fol
all good negroes to come together
and join in the common cause aiding
others to uplift their own race.
The order has a regalia and printery
establishment doing a good business
at Collettsville, ~. c.
Greensboro Life Begins Business;
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