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CLINTON, N. CL THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1889.
No. 32.
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OITI
INGS LOOK FRuM
STAND POINT.
The Opinion of The Caucasian and
the Opinion of others which we
Can Endorse on the Various
Topics of the Day.
The credit system is ruinous
t the f firmer-. He cannot pay
the exo bi taut rates for money
or supplies and escape bank1
ruptcy. To those already in
oVbt the best they can do is to
reduce the debt some each year
uhI increase the yield of the
fiirin, which any pood fanner
can do if he will try hard. Such
a roiir.se in a few years will
bring independence. -North Car
olina Farmer.
Another fact cited by Dr. Mar
able in his sermon, which we
reviewed in last week's issue, to
prove that crime was oa the de
crease and that the world was
gi-ouvug better, was that at a
comparative recent date in the
world's history there was not a
single charitable or benevolent
institution in existence, while
to-day the christianized portion
tion of the globe is literally dot
ted with those heavenly results
of Christianity's leven. How
can the Wilmington Stir har
monize this with its position
that crime is on the increase ?
The New York Star contains
the following from its Wash
ington correspondent:
The moral effects of capital pun
ishment, as publicly administered
by hanging, were to-day finely illus
t rated at the nation's Capital. Nel
son Colbert, a drunken, repulsive
looking negro, years old, was
hanged in the jail in the presence of
at least 110 spectator. At 12:50 p
in, how ling and singing that he was
going to glory, and inviting every
body to meet him 'on the banks of
freedom where Uod's angels dwell."
Tw o hours afterward a well connect
ed white man by the name of Allen,
husband of a teacher in the public
school', murdered his wife in the
presence of the terrified school chil
dren, and then shot himself with
the same pistol with which he kill
ed his wife.
Oar readers will remember
how The Caucasian had just
cause to condemn public execu
tions on tha 29th cf last Janua
ry. Such scenes art a disgrace
to our civilization.
Chief Justice Fuller is now on
his Federal Court tour. His
district includes the Virginias,
Carol inas and Maryland. He
will hold the Virginia courts
first.
In this connection we might
say that this district is the only
one of tie nine into which the
United States is divided, that
is not represented on the Su
preme Court Bench. The va
cancy caused by .the death of
Chief Justice Matthews,of Ohio,
a few months since, has not yet
been filled. Now it would be
the proper thing for President
Harrison to select a man from
one of the States of this dis
trict for the place. The dis
tricts and Justices represecting
them are as follows :
First, New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island.
Justice Gray, of Boston, Mass.
Second Vermont, Connecti
cut and New York. Justice
Blatchford, of New York.
Third New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania and Delaware. Justice
Bradley, of Newark, N. J.
Fourth Maryland. Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina. Unrepre
sented.
Fifth Georgia, Florida, Ala-
baraa,Misissippi, Louisiana and
Texas. Justice Lamar, of Mis
sissippi.
Sixth Ohio, Michigan, Ken
tucky and Tennessee. Justice
Harlan, of Kentucky.
Seventh Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin. Chief Justice Jbul
ler, of Chicago.
Eighth Minnesota, Iowa, Mis
souri, Kansas, Arkansas and
Colorado. Justice Miller, of
Keokuk, la.
Ninth Calif ornia,Oregon and
Nebraska. . Justice Field, of
California.
Justice Miller its the oldest
man on the bench, and on ac
count of age and feeble health
is thinking of resigning. Judge
McCary, of the Iowa, is spoken
for the place.
As seen in another column.
County Supt. Royal suggests
hat the patrons in every com
munity supplement the public
school money by private sub
scriptions. This is a good idea,
and it is a pity it is not a com
pulsion instead of a suggestion.
It is a miserable farce or a
school where the parents and
pupils' interests are not quick
ened by the salty sweat of the
individual brow. If the free
schools are to become a fixitv
tfien we hope the time will
soon come when every school
district, before receiving its quo
ta of public money, will be
forced to supplement the a
mount by raising an equal
amount by private subscription.
When stock is turned on the
green pasture, and there left all
day, the water supply must be
looked after. A milch cow must
have plenty of Dice fresh water
She cannot wait until she is
driven up at night. The water
is a necessary constituent of the
milk, and she must have it du
ring the time the milk is being
manufactured. If deprived of
water during the warm days her
supply of milk will fall off. N.
C. larmer.
WItONG, BROTHER.
What the Raleigh correspondent
of the Durham Tobacco Plant calls
Mthe annual row" over the Atlantic
& North Carolina Railroad, (which
extends from Goidsboro to More
head City, and in which the State
owns the controlling interest, is
now in full blast. It is all about
who shall be the officers of the road.
The Governor has not yet appointed
the directors, and their meeting will
not be held until late summer or
fall, but this fact does not depress
either the friends or the enemies of
the present administration. Mr.
Washington Bryan, of New Berne,
is now the president of the road and
desires re-election. Those who are
opposed to him are favoring ex-Congressman
Simmons for the succes
sion. The Landmark hopes that
Mr. Simmons will have nothing to
do with if. He is an able, useful
and popular young gentleman and a
bright iuture stretches out before
him. As president of the Atlantic
& North Carolina Railroad he would
in two years be the most unpopular
man in the State. otatesville Land
mark.
The usually level-beaded Joe
Caldwell is wrong in the above
paragraph. Yes, Mr. Simmons
is "able, useful and popular,"
and therefore he is just the man
for the place. Railroad man
agement requires the best tal
ent and the strongest influences,
and if this piece of State prop
erty is ever to be worm any
thing to the State or to the sec
tion through which it runs,
then such a man as Mr. Sim
mons must be put in charge.
Such a trust need oy uo means
endanger his popularity, but
would even augment it. If
any one has become unpopular
as president of this road, th:t
fact should be chargeable, not
to the position, but to man.
THE CANNING BUSINESS.
Business men of
Clinton,
read the
farmers of Sampson,
following and think:
The canning business in the South
is steadily increasing. It should be
increased five fold at least. What
a farce it is to be eating all winter
Northern canned fruits and vegeta
bles. This is positively as discred
itable as it was in the North Caroli
nu Agricultural rair to leeo tne
stock exhibited on Northern hay
The Baltimore Sun says:
"At Marion Miss., a company has
contracted with local iruit growers
to take 25,000 bushels of lruit, to be
delivered between now and the
month ot June, and at Meridian in
the same state, fruit and vegetables
will be canned this season on an ex
traordinary scale. The New Orleans
Times-Democrat says: "It Missis
sippi tries hard she can beat Dele-
ware and New Jersey in peaches
and make her vegetable and fruit
crops worth more than her cotton
crop, as witness the results in the
pine lands along the bower end of
the Illinois Central Railroad."
North Carolina has a splendid
field right here. In 1851 the two
highest premiums for apples in the
World's Fair in New York were
awarded to North Carolina. Wil
mington Star.
lnere is no place, as iar as
we know, in the South and cer
tainly not in North Carolina
where a canning factory would
pay better than right here in
Clinton. liut our people are
alow to combine and take hold
of an enterprise and easily per
suaded b outside parties tha
it is best for Clinton to rest on
its oars and let other places
reap the benefits of enterprise
and push.
CUMBERLAND NEWS.
FAYETTE VILLE TO HAVE A
CANNING FACTORY HO
TELS CROWDED WITH
GUESTS STEAM BOAT
WAREHOUSE DE
STROYED. 700 Persons Converted and Reclaim
ed by the Pearson Meeting.
Fayettevillk, N. C,
May 20th, 1889
89.
The Kickapoo Indian Show,
which Las been in Wilmington
for some time, is in this city.
They are camming out in regu
lar aboriginal style, with wig
wams tvc. Every night ihey
give a iree show, illustrating
the character and habits of the
Indians by dances, games, &c.
There are several real Indians
among them.
4 f i
numoer oi geniieioen are
engaged in forming a stock
company for the purpose of can
ning fruit and vegetables. It is
to be called the lavetteville
Canning Factory, This is the
way to do. Thousands of dol-
ars worth of fruit and vegeta
bles are allowed to rot every
year, but with a canning factory
hera it is hoped to utilize all of
t and benefit the people.
The annual session of the
Grand Lodge I. O. O. Fellows
cohimenced in this citv last
Tuesday and remained in ses-
ion until Thursday when it ad-
ourned. About 100 delegates
wer3 present. liie following
ifficers were elected: Grand
Master, Joseph G. Brown, of
laleigh; Deputy Grand Master,
11. Tool, ot Elizabeth City;
Grand Warden, J. F. Benton, of
Wilson; Grand Secretary, B. II.
Woodell, of Raleigh; Grand
Treasurer, R. J. Jones, of Wil
mington; Grand Representative,
Rev. .J 11. Cordon, of Raleigh;
Grand Representative to Grand
ncampment, R. B. Kerner, of
Winston. About 2,000 was
raised for an Odd Fellows' Or
phanage. The next place of
meeting is W ilmington, on the
2nd Tuesday in May 1890. The
delegates were very gentleman-
y and a handsome set.
An excursion from Bennetts-
ville last Friday brought sever
al hundred people to the Pear
son meetings. The train re
mained over for the evening ser
vices. An excursion also came
in for the night service from
Hope Mills bringing a good
many.
Many thousands of visitors
lave been in Fayetteville dur
ing the last two wesks. The
Hotel La layette fed 500 people
on Memorial Day and all last
week had 125 guests exclusive
of regular boarders and the
transient travel. The other Iro-
tels were also crowded.
Walter McDonald, a negro
was committed to jail ior a
criminal assault on a white lady.
The scoundrel will be severely
punished if the charge prove-
true.
At 1:15 o'clock a m., on Sat
urday morning fire destroyed
the warehouse of the Cape x ear
and People's Steamboat Com
pany. A good deal of merchan
dise was consumed. The fire is
a n incendiary one, as the watch
man had just passed on his
round not more than a half hour
before. The fire department
were on the scene, but could do
nothing towards saving the
building, as it had made too
much headway. The loss is
about 1,550, and no insurance
The closing service of the
Pearson meeting was attended
by more people than at any I
time during the meetings It j
is estimated that not less than
4,000 people wern there. Mr.
Pearson's sermon was a convinc
ing one, and over dne hundred
went forward and . professed
faith. The number of converts
and reclamations is said to be
over 700. The evangelist raised
over 325 for the Y. M. C. A. to
employ a General Secretary. A
purse of 50 ) was raised for the
evangelist. A great work has
been done by Mr. Pearson, the
influence of which will be felt
for many years, and the deep
sincerity of the faith of the
conversions will be shown in
the lives of the converts.
Union services were held in
Tabernacle last night, the Pres
byterian, Methodist and Baptist
congregations participating.
A piece of good news for the
people of this city and the trav
eling public, is that a handsome
passenger depot will be built by
the C. F. & Y. V. Railway Com
pany, on Franklin street. It
will be large . and 'atted with
every convenience, and as the
drawings show an ornament to
the city.
The repairs to the Roman
Catholic church, are nearly corn-
pleted. It has been improved
and repainted and is quite pleas
ing to the eye. The First Bap
tist church has been under re
pairs for several months, and is
almost equal to anew building.
Services are now held in it.
Eccl's Park is now a popular
resort, as the weather is so warm.
A good deal of shrubbery has
been set out near the lake side,
which gives a picturesque ap
pearance to it. The girls and
bojs enjoy the afternoon rides
in tne pretty boats on tne lake.
Occasionally a band of music
was there on summer nights last
year, &nd we suppose will be
this year.
The crops in Cumberland are
good, it is said, though rain is
badly needed. The dust in the
city has been fearful.
mi
F AI i 31 llll S' ALL I ANCE
The Birmingham Convention Re
jects a Proposition from Manu
facturers of Jute Bagtiiiijr and
Resolve to Cover Cotton "With
Cotton.
Birmingham, May lGth. The
National Convention of the Alli
ance and Wheel, to consider the
bagging question, continued in
secret session today. A propo
sition was made by lepresenta-
tivcs of jute bagging manufact
urers present, as follows: To seil
for present delivery jute bag
ging at these rates; 1 pound
bagging at 8J cents per yard; If
pound bagging at 81 cents; 2
pound bagging at 9 cents; 21
p .mi rid bagging at 10 cents, or
at less than 5 cents per pound.
Also, that if farmers were not
picpared to
take and pav for
bagging now
tll.lt. tlrn-u- wnnlr) I
hold bagging for them until it
was needed, adding J of a cent
per yard for each month. The
jute bagging men claim that at
the price asked for bagging
made of cotton 121 cents for
ciom weighing oi a pound, or
lGf cents per pound that jute
bagging at present prices(5 cents
per pound), is less than J of the
cost of bagging made of cotton,
and its use will save the planter
at least 1,00 per bale. This es
timate of the amount saved "per
bale is based on the suppositon,
that the cotton exchanges will
not reduce the existing tare re
duction for jute bagging.
The convention declined this
proposi tion.
The following is the full text
of the resolution reported by
the committee and adopted on
this subject:
"Resolved, That we, from all
the lights before us, recom
mend to this body the perma
nent use of cotton bagging as a
covering for cotton. V e furth
er recommend the appoiniment
of a com'nittee of three, their
actual expenses to be paid pro
portionately by the various
state Alliances, Wheels and U-
nions, whose duty shall be to
secure from purchasers and man
ufacturers of cotton covered in
cotton bagging, an allowanse of
at least eight pounds on each
bale at the mar
rket price of cot-
We still furth-
ton when sold
er recommend that in the event
of any cotton buyer refusing to
grant the allowance above ask
ed for, then we advise members
of Alliances, Wheels and Unions
not to sell until such conces
sions are allowed."
It vas developed that there
wTa3 some opposition to the a
bove resolution, but it went
through with practical unanim
ity. Delegates contend that
there is no such paving in the
use of jute bagging as inanu
facturers allege, and further
that they have no guarantee
that the price will not be put
up again at will in future years.
The price offered by cotton bag
ging manfacturers is 12J cents
per yard, weighing f of a pound.
The A lliance has strong hopes
of getting the allowance of tare
in cotton which is sought. Let
ters are on hand from strong
New York and Liverpool ex
changes. Southern manufact
urers of cotton have agreed to
allow them ten cents per hun
dred pounds ou cotton wrapped
in cotton bagging. 11 il. Star.
WILMINGTON'S NEW HOTEL.
The "Wilmington Messenge
says Mr. William Bonitz, for
Hia'iy years proprietor of the
well known-known Bonitz Hotel
in Ucldsboro, has leased the
Commercial Hotel in that city,
anu win at once morouguiy ren-
n -1 1 i. 11 1.1
ovate, refurnish and remodel th3
house, and endeavor to furnish
good accommodations to the
traveling public at very mode
rate prices, flf he makes it
equal to The Orton Wilmington !
will have cause to congratulate
heiself upon having two of the
best hotels in the State.J
For LAME BACK, side or chest; use
SIIILOIi'S Torous Tlaster. Trice 25
cents. For Bale by R. II. Hollidav,
Druggist, Clinton, N. C.
OUR FARMERS' C0LUMX.
SOMETHING INTERESTING
TO THOSE WHO TILL
THE SOIL.
jG2PSo many agricultural pa
pers are published and articles
written by men, who have little
or no practical experience as
farmers, that information and
suggestions through such medi
ums have fallen into disrepute,
and does but little good. In
view of this fact, we wish to get
the views and tested plans of
practical farmers forthis column
each week. So farmers, send in
au account of your success in
any branch of Agriculture, for
the benefit of thefratemitytSa
Three "UuestionsTbeir Answers.
"I know how to raise cotton
at 1 1 cents per pound now . 1
want to know how to raise it at
5J. I have sten cabbage raised
at 10 cents per pound; I want
to know how to raise it it 25
cents per hundred. I have seen
wheat and potatoes raised that
cost so much that had I eaten
them they would have tasted of
the 'greenbacks' that composed
them." Cor. Progaessive farm
er.
To the first question we
an-
swer, malt your own manure.
To the second question we an
swer, make your own manure.
lo the third question we an-
swer, make your own manure,
his own questions a little furth
er on. lie says
"To me it is clear that manip
ulated fertilizers have been the
cause, indirectly it may be, of
the present conditions of the
lands in the South. The lands
were stimulated by doses of drugs
known as 'fertilizers' until, like
a constant eater of morphine,
the land responds but barely.
if.at all, to heavier doses than
before- Their wholes le use led
to a waste of fertilizing material
that is disagreeable to contem
plate. I know some of the most
intelligent planters in the Old
North State, and I know that
ten or fifteen years ago these
planters worked 50 head of cat
tle oi their own, did not, as a
rule spread 50 pounds of manure
per head of stock. They relied
almost altogether on guano
How to Make Farming Pay.
Does farming pay?" I
en?
phatically say it does. I
was
born and reared in a city, learn
ed a useful trade and always
commanded the highest wages;
can now leave the farm and get
steady employment at 3.00 per
day, but that docs not pay near
so well as the farm. To make
farming pay it requires as close
attention in every detail of the
business as is necessary in any
branch of merchandise, and it
must be'strictly borne in mind
that all food supplies for the
family and stock as far as pos
sible must be raised at home,
and, too, it must be considered,
that it is not what is consumed
at home, but the surplus, that is
soid, and don t be ashamed to
sell anything from an egg up,
and don't think the amount too
small to take care of, and you
will soon see that farming pays
and have a snug amount of cash
in hand. A. J. Jones, Colum
bus, Ky.
How the Best Pork is Made.
Mr. F. D. Curtis says, in a New
York exchange, the best pork
he ever made on tiie larm was
made by feeding sixteen old
3g?, twice a day, five bushels
of turnips and sweeds, boiled
and nixed with half a bushel of
rye, ground entire: Three weeks
before killing time the rye was
increased to three pecks at each
meal. The tumirr were cooked
in a potash kettle which held,
heaping full, ten bushels. The
troughs were filled with the tur
nips, the meal spread on and
mass worked together with, a
hoe. The hogs were allowed to
pitch in. N. C. Farmer,
Wolf in the Tail of a Cow.
The so-called "wolf in the tail"
is really inflammation of a joint
serum andfeels soft under pres-
sure There is no worm m it.
1 . ;
The supposed worm seen on cut
ting into the disease part is one
of the tendons which are white
cords of the thickness of a knit
ting needle. The trouble may
be caused by an injnry, as one
cow treading upon the other, or
hv Avnivsnrft tn spvotb rnW and
tiowKrnir hvihooffta
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tine or any strong liniment to
the part. New York Times.
XANAGEX ENT OF MAM EE.
lly Jatuv Norwood ol Orany County.)
Some manures, it would seem,
operate by attracting matter
which is food for plant, ench as
gympsum, which is supposed to
attract nitre and moisture.
Ashes afford salts and attract
nitre. Other manures again af
ford, in part, the food of plants
and at the same time assist
them in obtaining more from
the earth by opening it for the
more easy extension of their
root?, such as barn dung and
manures of that kind; others.
perhaps, assist directly in sup
plying food, such as salts, blood.
putrid flesh, etc. Others, again,
only serve to open earths which
are too solid to admit the roots
in search of food, such as sand,
rotten wood, saw dust, tan bark,
etc., applied to clay; and clay
applied to sands aseiats, in part,
by supplying additional food.
and partly by enabling tha soil
to retain a sufficiency of. water
to supply plants with the requi
site proportion of this article.
Some plants extract their food
principally from the air; some
mostly from air and water, and
others principally from the
earth. But generally eppaking,
plants require the united ass is
tance of air, water and earth,
and from these they extract
that food which ie requisite to
bring them to perfection.
Some plants acquire most of
one kind of food from the earth
and some another. Tap-rooted
plants, again, derive their nour
ishment from a great depth,
while those of fibrous roots only
extract from the surface. Hence,
the earth as the common parent
of plants, may become exhaust
ed in continually producing
some kinds, while it may still
l)e fitted for the production of
others; and hence in some in
stances arises the necessity of a
change or rotation of srops.
A knowledge of the efficacy
of different manures to which
soil they are most suitable, and
the means of making the most
of each, is worthy of the partic
ular attention of the favraer.
Lands are seldom so rich, but
it may be a matter of gain to
increase their fertility: and few
tracts are so poor but that with
proper tillage and manuring
they may be made the residue
of plenty.
Manures are composed of all
those subtances which either
directly or indirectly supply
plants with their requisite food,
by means of which they are en
abled to expand and come to
maturity.
In the first place, different
earths will serve to manure each
other. Thus, clay is a fertilizer
of a light sandy soil, and sand
is equally a fertilizer of clay.
Where clay lands are in grass,
the sand should be laid on as a
top dressing; but where they
are ploughed, it should be well
mixed with the soil, for the
purpose of destroying its adhe
sion. Sand which has been
washed down in roads is best.
Where clay is applied to sandy
soil it should be carted on in
lllu UUU OJX. -U V-'iA.J. Jf UU
that the frost may pulverize it
before it is mixed with the soil
in the spring. The better these
earths are mixed with their re
spective soils, the more sensible
and immediate will be their ef
fect; but their principal excel-
lenc3 is that they are calculated
permanently to improve the soil
to which they are applied. Stiff
lands are also in the same way
assisted by sand, and sand again
bythese, but neither in so great
a degree as in me iormer case.
Generallv, it may be obsetved,
that all dry, light soils may be
improved by being mixed with
heavy earth, and vice versa.
Ashes, I do not think, are suffi
ciently appreciated. They an
swer a most valuable purpose
when applied to corn, paiticu-
larly where the soil is not suit-
ed this plant. Where the soil
i9 wet, cold, loamy or clayey, the
plants are apt to get stinted
by the cold rains which usually
fall after planting, then the ash
es servo to supply the natural
deficiency of the soil till it be
comes tertilized by the sum
mer's sun. ?
Ashes should generally be
used for a top dressing. Their
salts lose nothing by exposure
to the air, and some find their
way into the soil.
Common salt is a good fertil
izer and adds verT mucn to the
UinM 4 Ti.hnnt nnH of"anrTf nana
J,AC1C' Ui r,a"i ancugiuruo
the straw and prevents rust; top
dres3 five busnels lo the acre.
It is, however, more efficacious
when mixed in compost than
when applied in its crude Ftate
to the soil.
Soap suds is valuable. It is
usual to throw this manure a-
way; but this is needless
waste.
sleepless nights, made
ftWe by that terrible coush. Suiloh'B
Cure is the Ktmedy for you. For sale
by K. II. Holliday, Druggist, Clinton.
Alliance Department.
.
ORGANIZATION.
President Marion Butler;
Vice-President E. Rich j
Secretary J. D. Esxell;
Treasurer S, A. Howard;
Business Agent G. A. Clute.
LecturerN. II. Fennel!;
Chaplain J. (). Tew;
Sergeant-at-Arms B. II. Jer-
nigan;
Doorkeeper Charlie Crum-
pier,
Executive Committee J. A.
Oates, Chairman ; II. M. Cruai-
pler, M. M. Killett, W. II. Thom
as, w. K iigiord.
Committee on the Good of the
Order J. A. Oates, a S. Peter
son, C. II Johnson.
Query Committee W. J.
Craddock, M. M. Killett, Abram
Hobbs.
Co. Organizer I sham Iioyal.
a&TTiiE Caucasian was adopt
ed as the official organ of the Coun
ty Alliances by i ho County All lance,
January 10th.jt
orqaxizer's report.
To Caucasian, County Organ :
On the 15th instant I organized
the 49th Alliance in this county,
in little Coharie township, with
the following officers:
President Am ma Fisher.
Vice-President John Autrey.
Secretary James M. Spell.
Treasurer To be filled.
Chaplain Dally Spell.
Lecturer Herman Spell.
Assistant Lecturer Bernice
Spell.
Door-keeper Richard Crum
pier.
Assistant Door-keeper Oil
ver Spell.
Total number initiated seven.
Name of Alliance, Holliday;
Secretary's postomce, Clinton.
Ihey . have agreed to meet
twice a month : that is, on the
second and fourth Saturday, t
2 P. M., in the District School
house, No. 40, white.
Lsham Royal,
Deputy Organizer.
The convention of delegates
of the State Alliances and the
various wheels of the Union
that was in session in Birming
ham, Alabama, last week, deci
ded to use cotton for bagging.
We think this a proper and wise
conclusion, for the jute bagging
combine would hardly Keep
their fair promises next fall,
when the farmer was compelled
to use jute or nothing. We Aiye
elsewhere an account of the pro
ceeding of the meeting.
Farmers' Institute.
The Fanners' Alliance of
Wake county held an institute
in this city on Friday. There
was a large attendance, and an
interesting occasion. The insti
tute was addressed by Col. Coke,
Gov. Fowle, Messrs. A. D. Jones,
W. J. Peele and Josephus Dan
iels. The speeches were perti
nent subjects, prominent among
which was the Agricultural Col-
lege. The institute adopted res
olutions expressing its views as
to the management of the insti
tution and submitted them thro'
a committee, to tne lioard oi
Trustees of the College. News
and Observer.
BLUFF ALLIANCE.
A member of this Alliance
says when he conducted a one
horse crop he planted eight or
nine acres in cotton aDd made
about the same number of bales
on laud that bad a clay sub-soil,
and he used the best compost
fertilizers he could manufacture,
and also made an ample supply
of provisions. He has for a
number of years been cultiva
ting a two-horse farm and plant
ing about twenty-five acres in
cotton and only makes about
twelve bales, and buys his fer
tilizers. Which plan is best?
H s motto is, make a sum
ficient supply of provision and
then p'ant all the cotton that
can be well cultivated, but says
it is better to plant four seres
to the horse crop in cotton on
land that has a clay sub-soil, and
by the proper improvement with
good compost it will not require
many years to realize a bale per
acre, he maKes enougn wneai
for home consumption and after
he hai vests his wheat he plants
peas on the same land, which is
a most excellent method to im-
IflMTO I9T11 I nOT'A a ! ntflAF
land. There are other
t-w,w
good farmers in1 this secion
whom I rr ight write up, but as
I am doing this without permis
sion, will wait until a more con
venient season and with their
consent; but suffice it to say.
there are some number one good
practical farmers belonging to
liluff Alliance, whose experience
in agricultural pursuits are
worth reporting, and the major
ity of then, are one and two
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WAKi: FOREST CXJLLlXil-
A Short Sketch of IUUtblUhn:-nt,
larljr Htntgilau4 lrrMnt
IVcMiperiljr.
Wakk Forest. X. C,
May 20th, 1KS9. f
Mr. Editor la 1S32, iat forty
years after the origination of
the University in Chatham coun
ty, the Baptist of North Caro
lina met in convention tn the
same county at Ri eves' chapel
to organize a school upon the
"Manual Labor Plan for the
benefit bt the poor and Ignorant
children of their church and
others that might come. Thus
Chatham has the honor of being
the birth place of both, though
neither are situated In Its histo
ry. The convention began to
push the matter, and finally
purchased a piece of land f rom
Dr. Calvin Jones containing 600
acres ior ju,uw, oi wnicn
amount $1,500 was paid during
that convention, and the balance
shortly afterwards. The matter
was dropped until Neveinber,
1833, when the convention met
at Dockory's meeting house in
Rlchmord county, when again
they were reminded of an edu
cational institution, and at once
forty trustees were appointed for
Wake Forest Manual Institute,
which name originated from the
beautiful oak grove and county
in which it was to be tdtuated.
The convention of 1834, ap
pointed William Hooper, Thos.
Meredith, John Armstrong and
Samuel Wait to meet in Raleigh
and select a master or teacher
as they might term it.
Samuel Walt was ele. ted to
fill that humble position as it
then appeared; but, on account
of no suitable buildings and
furniture he was compelled to
stend th3 firjt year In canvass
ing for students and means to
begin.
On the first Monday in Febru
ary, 1834, the school opened
with thirty-four students and
only one instructor, and with no
necessary building except seven
log cabins used by Dr. Jones for
servants.
The morning and evening
prayers were held in a carriage
house 16x34 feet which firmer
lv belonged to Dr. Jones. The
trustees applied to the Legisla
ture of 1833 and '34 for a char
ter for Wake Forest Institute,
and after a good deal of debat
ing was granted by a majority
of one which was wiven by the
chairman as there was a tie,
which allowed it to occupy only
$50,000 worth of property and
shoull not be exempt from tax
ation. The trustees appointed
Elder Armstrong to solicit aid
for erecting building, and in one
year he raised $13,500.
In 1836 Messrs. Hooper, Skin
ner and Dockery were appointed
o adopt means for raising
money to endow a professorship.
They raised $16,667.67.
The first building was erected
in IS37 at a cost or 814.500:
which was used for more than
forty years for dromitories, reci
tation rooms and library. The
Legislature of 1837 changed the
charter to Wake Forest College
and in various other ways.
The college continued to in
crease very rapidly for some
time. William D. Hooper re
signed the. presidency in 1843
and W. H. Jordan was elected
in his place. At this time the
college had become somewhat
in debt, but in 1849 the whole
amount was paid and again it
assumed a prosperous condition.
Since that time numbers of en
couraging gifts have been given
as an endowment fund. The
first amount iven to it as an en
dowment was by Mr. Barclay
Bower, of Warreu count j thj
sum of 10, giadually gradual
ly did that incease until the
close of the war, when there was
$17,500, since that time by the
benevolence of Mr. J. A. Bos
tick, ot New York, and numbers
of other frl- nds it has reached
$177,000. .
The college now comprises
four handsome building situated
in a beautiful campus ol twenty-
two acres. More than four hun
d.ed minifctnrs have gone out
from its wall?. Fight of her
sous have occupied president
ships of colleges, and a good
many mure professors chairs.
Oar 3,000 students have gone
out from its walls, some to for
eign lands as inL'gionaries. From
time to tilne it has had a good
many draw backs but bravely
has its banner planted itself and
to-day it stands with as fair
prospects an any Institution in
the South. . Sextram.
By brushing solid plush goods
with commercial chloroform
they may be renovated and
made to appear as good as new.
This is a fact Well worth remembering.