The progressive farmer. [volume], June 30, 1887, Page 6, Image 6

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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, JUNE 30,' 1887.
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A WOMAN'S QUESTION.
Do you know "yon have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the Hand above .
A woman's heart and a woman's life, .j
And a woman's wonderful love .g2... -
Do you know you have "asked for this priceless thing
As a child might aek for a toy,
Demanding what others have died to win, -.
With the reckless dash of a boy
You have written my lesson of duty out,
Manlike you have questioned me ;
Now stand at the bar of my woman's souj
Until I question thee. . - . , ,
You require your mutton shall always be hot,,
Your socks and your shirta shall be whole ;
I require your heart to be as true as God's stars,
As pure as Heaven your soul. . - .
You require a cook for your mutton and beef ;
I require a far better thing iZZZ
A seamstresss you're wanting for stockings and
shirts
I look for a man and a king.
A;kinffor a beautiful realm called home.
Anda man that the maker, God,
Shall look upon as he did the first,
And say, 4 It is very good."
I am fair and young, but the rose will fade
- From my soft young cheek one day. ,
Will you love me, then, 'mid the falling leaves, i
As you did 'mid the bloom of May r
Is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
I may launch my all on its tide ?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the.day she is made a bride.
I require all things that are grand and true,
- All things that a man should be.
If you give this all I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
If you cannot do this, a laundress and cook
You can hire with little to pay.
But a woman's heart and a woman's life
. Are not to be won that way.
Twelve or fifteen new members
joined Iona Alliance, Kobeson county,
at its meeting June 18. .
There is a vary disastrous epidemic,
a bowel trouble, raging in Henderson,
which is proving very fatal among the
people.
Exchange: We have advices from
the eastern and western portions of
the State that the crop prospects are
excellent.
"Wilmington Star: We regret to
see that sections of North Carolina
and Virginia crops are being much
ravaged by devouring insects.
Tarboro Southerner: The Farmers'
Club at Noble's Mill was well attended
Saturday. Gen. Cox : made an excel
lent speech on agricultural matters.
Troy Vidette: The most of the
farmers have reaped and housed their
wheat in good condition. Some of
the. farmers in Mt. Gilead township
are crying out against chintz bugs in
corn.
High -Point Enterprise: A lot of
wheat was threshed here this week
and produced a bushel of grain to a
little over two shocks. Wheat is
unusually good and the crop will turn
out well.
Cor. Davie Times : The fanners are
busy with their wheat harvest. The
wheat and oats are above the average
in this township. The outlook for
corn is ivefy promising. Cotton is
looking well. Not much tobacco
planted.
Henderson Times : It is now a cer
tainty that Capt. M. C. Toms has a
coal . mine.. - It is situated on Pilot
Mountain, in this county, and from
the specimens ; shown : we judge the
coal to be of the finest quality of can
nel coal. -
Greensboro Daily Workman :. Jas.
W. Foe, a colored citizen of Rocking
ham county, will bring out a volume
of., poems some time within the next
few months. The book will be read
by many to see how much it has in it.
It will be f Ml of Poe-try.
, Carthage Blade; Now- is ther'time
for our farmers td make their manure.
Every wet rainy day when they can
no plow,; they ought to hav alliands
raking rand hauling litter, Composting
and preparing for the grain crop and
even for next year's, crop. Litter is
just twice as easy raked and hauled
; now as in winter. '
Greensboro Workman: We have
very unfavorable reports concerning
the iruit crop. Mr A. L. Rahkinwhp
has just returned from a trip- across
the counties of Davidson, Strokes,
Surry, Forsyth and Davie, in the Inter
est of the Odell Hardware House, says
the fruit crop will . be exceedingly
small, not enough for drying purposes.
- Chalotte Chronicle: Mr. Moses
Stroup, Jr. of Gaston county, is one of
her most progressive and prosperous
farmers. He does not give his entire
attention to cotton but raises other
. things more profitable. - His ' wheat
crop will make abbiit 400 bushels and
his oats and corn will turn out splen
didly. Mr, Stroup has taken a great
deal of interest in bee culture and has
54 hives of the Langstroth patent.
Since , the beginning of the present
honey season, he has robbed 15 hives
and has secured 654 pounds of honey,
securing as much as 253 pounds in a
day His hives are stocked with the!
genuine Italian bees, and he finds this
industry a thriving one.
Dan Valley Echo : On last Friday,
June 17th, Mr. Luther Jones, miller
at the Leaksville flouring mills, ground
for Mr. Albert Ray 4 1-2 bushels of
new wheat,- and the flour was returned
to him before 10 o'clock In the eve
ning one bushel was ground for Mr.
W. M. Batemah. ; This is the earliest
that new wheat has ever been ground
at these mills.
Cor. Dan Valley Echo : The factor
ies on Deep river, in Randolph county,
furnish employment and good wages
to many hundreds of hands, and these
have not felt any hard times. Regular
work, good wages, good houses with
gardens attached, they: seem to have
plenty and are happy. There are
three factories at Randleman, which
turn out daily not less than 30 or 40
thousand yards of plaids.
Lexington Dispatch : A few days
ago a farmer said that Davidson will
take a good step forward this year
Good crops of wheat, corn, oats and
grass will do much to. advance the
material prosperity of the county.
The walls of the Female Seminary are
going up aapidly. At the rate the
work is being done, the building will
soon be ready to be turned over to
the corporators.
Warrenton Gazette : Charlotte is to
hav& two new and important enter
prises. One of those will be a brick,
tile and sewer pipe manufactory, and
the other will be a large mill for grind
ing corn, meal and feed stuff. The
crops in South Carolina, we --are
pleased to see published, and reported
better than they have been in twenty
five years. Cotton is number one. The
wheat has been saved in good condi
tion. The crop on good land is a fine
one. bnt the area devoted to it was
small.
Asheville Cor. News and Observer:
Through trains, made up of elegant
coaches, including Pullman cars, :pass
here daily going between Charlotte
and Louisville. So far this line is
developing- business in a manner en
couraging to the railroad authorities.
Judson College commencement
exercises were held during the first
three days of the present week. There
were six graduates, all in the com
mercial department. Rev. Dr. Car
roll delivered the annual address in
place of Dr. Hume, of the State Uni
versity, who was kept away by serious
illness. The book-keeping medal was
awarded to W. R. Patterson, of Bun
combe ; that for declamation to J. D.
Boone, of Iredell ; that for recitation
to Miss Nora Welch, of Haywood,
The degree of L.L. D. was conferred
upon Prof. G. G. Goff, of Bucknell,
Pa., and that of D. D. upon Rev, B.
Royal, of Wake Forest College. These
are tne nrst degrees ever conferred by
Judson College. The exercises were
concluded by a pleasant concert.
Under the management of Rev. J. B.
Boone this institution continues to
grow steadily in favor with the literary
public.
News and Observer: Mr. A. J. Har
rell, one of the best farmers of Wayne
county, sold, a nice lot of tobacco ;at
Jones' warehouse yesterday. Mr.
Harrell says he wilt have some of his
present crop on exhibition at the com
ing fair.- Last September during a
tremendous freshet, Jones & Powell's
mill was washed away and their iron
safe went down with the building.
Search was made at the time, but the
safe never could be found' 1 It looked
almost impossible or "such an article
to be lost in a stream of such size ; but
the search had proven fruitless and had
been given up some' time ago. Yes
terday while at force of convicts were
at; w,orc straightening and cleaning
put the be of the creek, they strcuk
the safe, which had been buried under
neath the bottnm of the stream for the
past nine months.
;.' Just where, it was found there is a
bend in the creek and. after the water
had snbmitted a large hole was noti
ced in the side of the bank. So it .is
supposed that the safe fell into the
hole in the stream and was covered
over with sand and rocks from the
dam. It has not been opened yet, and
it is not known whether the contents
are well preserved dr riot.
AH along the roac( of the editors
recent travels the most abundant crop
prospects were reported. It is said
that the prospects hava not been so
good, in Swain county, for fifteen
years. IT. iV. C. Baptist... . . .
FARMERS' CLUB.
Form of Constitution and By-Laws.
CONSTITUTION. ,
This club shall be known as the Far
mer's Club of TownsKip. Its
object shall be to improve the condition
of the the farmers and promote the cause
of Agriculture.
Its officers shall consist of a President,
Vice-president and Secretary and Treas
urer, who shall be elected for the term of
one year. v
It shall be the duty of the President to
'preside at all regular or called meetings of
the Club, and to announce the order of bu
siness. In his absence, the Vice-president
shall preside. In the absence of both, the
club may elect a temporary Chairman.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to
keep a record of the proceedings of the
Club, and carry on such correspondence
as the Club may direct
In addition to the offieers there shall be
an Executive Committee, consisting of
three or more members, as the Club may
determine, to transact business appertain
ing to the Club.
Applications for membership must be
made by petition, endorsed bv one or
more members of the Club. Such petition
shall be referred to a committee, who will
report at the next regular meeting, when
a vote may be had upon the petition, a
majority of the Club, not of those present
simply, being necessary to elect to mem
bership. No one shall be eligible to membership
unless practically engaged in Agriculture.
Farmers' wives and daughters may be
elected as honorary members.
There shall be no initiation or other fee
charged. All necessary expenses shall be
defrayed by proportionate assessment or
by voluntary contributions, as the Club
may decide.
The President, Vice-president and Sec
retary shall be ex-officio representative
members of the Club to the County Club,
when such is organized, and shall have
full power to vote and act for the Club,
unless the Club shall decide to elect other
members as such representatives.
The Club shall have power to draft by
laws for its government.
The Constitution may be amended by
giving two months' notice of the amend
ment proposed, in writing, but no amend
ment shall be carried without a two-thirds
vote of the members of the Club.
BY-LAWS.
I. The meetings of the Club shall be
held once a months (or oftener) at such
time and place; as-'the Club may direct.
Special meetings rxrayJbe called by the Ex
ecutive Committee if deemed advisable.
II. The Order of Business shall be :
1. Calling the roll.
2.. Reading minutes of preceding meet
ing. '
3. Election of new member?.
4. Report of committees.
5. Unfinished business.
6. New business '
7. Election of officers. ' "
III. Elections shall be by ballot, , the
tellers appointed by the President, and
those candidates receiving the largest num
ber of votes, as counted before the Club,
shall be declared elected.
IV. After the "regular business, the Club
may hear discussions, essays or addresses
upon Agriculture, but nO religious or po
litical discussions will be permitted, or
nothing calculated to mar the harmony of
the Club.
V. Seven members shall constitute a
quorum for the. transaction of business.
Each member will have the right to ex
press his views fully upon any subject un
der discussion, but must do so corrteously
and not indulge in . rudeness. Breach of
courtesy 1 will subject the offender to re
proof, and if persisted in, he may be ex
pelled by a vote of the Club. An expelled
member cannot regain admission under
one year. ''
Every member should feel it his duty to
advance the interests of his fellow mem
bers and of his brother farmers, giving
suclaid and council rasp they may seek,
wheiHn his power to do so. -
52f The above .form, with slight mod
ifications,' wiiansy organization:
of County CIuds. j.
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