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Tuesday, February 14, 1905. j ; PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT. , STATE NEWS FROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE Items of Interest Gleaned from Our Cor respondents and Exchanges. The A. & M. College asks for $90,- 000 for maintenance, a laboratory, ami heat, light and power. The "corn meal bill," fixing m the standard weight at forty-eight pounds, has been favorably reported Governor Glenn has been asked and accepted an invitation to deliver an nddress at Appomattox battle ground April 9th. A trolley car line from Burlington to River Falls, via Graham, Haw River, Swepsonville and Saxapahaw, is said to be assured. A special term of Federal Court will begin at Charlotte, 3Iarch 15th, for the trial of J. E. Dickson, one of the Asheville bank wreckers. Rev. George R. Leyburn, associate editor of the Presbyterian Standard, u been called to the church at Lex ington and has accepted the call. , Twenty-five out of the thirty-four applicants for license to practice law successfully passed the examination by the Supreme Court last iTonday. It is said that Rev. G. A. Oglesby, who was recently killed on the Ash boro and Aberdeen railroad was the first nassencrer ever killed on that railroad., The Junior Order of American Mc chanics at Raleigh have petitioned the General Assembly to establish compulsory education in Wake County. Jno. W. Gates and John D, Rocke feller, who have money to burn, are sojourning for a season at Pinehurst. The latter remains out of doors near ly all the time, being devoted to golf. Charlotte Observer: High Point has fully demonstrated that there is at least one place that can pull off a successful banquet- without having recourse to the cup which both cheers and inebriates. State Alliance Lecturer H. H. Cates begins work to-day (14th) in Wayne County. He has had remark able success in all the sections visited thus far and we hope that Progres sive Farmer readers will co-operate with him in working for a general revival of the Alliance in old Wayne. Congressman Blackburn's Tar Reel Club will have a big "blowout" at Greensboro on Washington's birth day, February 22nd, and it is an nounced that Vice-President Fair banks, Internal Revenue Commission er Verkes and Congressman Dixon, of rontana, will be feature of the occasion. State Veterinarian Tait Butler is notified by the United States authori ties that the' State extension of terri tory free from the Texas cattle tick is accepted, this covering the entire counties of Wilkes, Catawba, Gaston, and parts of Burke and Surry, which are added to the exempted area. Dr. Butler says this is a very fine work for a year, and he is very much grat ified. At New York yesterday, the ques tion of whether Brodie L. Duke, of Durham, N. C, is competent to man age, himself and his property, was submitted to a jury by a decision of Justice Levintritt, in the Supreme Court. The petition for them to de cide whether Mr. Duke iscompetent was filed by his son, B. Lawrence Duke. The motion was opposed by Mrs. Alice L. Webb Duke to whom Duke was married in December last. Ramsay's Confederate Battery, an organization which distinguished it self at the battle of Gettysburg and other great conflicts olthe Civil War, has invited President Roosevelt to attend a reunion of the battery which is to be held in North Carolina next May. The invitation was tendered the President yesterday by Represen tative Kluttz, of North Carolina. The President expressed his pleasure at receiving the invitation, but ex pressed doubt whether at that time he would be able to be present. Raleigh News and Observer: Myr tle was abolished, Hoffman was abol- ished, and Hamlet was abolished. There are stronger reasons why Ad vance should be abolished than why the other three should have been knocked out. The House will be con sistent and give Advance the same medicine as was administered to Myr tle, Hoffman and Hamlet. Is. a dif ferent course to be pursued with ref- erance to Advance because the ag gressive stillers there are able to bring a bigger lobby to Raleigh and hire able lawyers to make special pleading in their behalf? A Little Money brings big face comfort and makes shaving easy, N if invested in the famous WILLIAMS' I'oTp Sold everywhere. Free trial sample for2-cent stamp. Write for "The Shavers Guide and How to Dress Correctly." The J. B Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn. ffy It is announced that Senator Eller, of Forsyth, who managed Governor (ilenn's campaign for the nomina tion last summer, will be appointed secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Railroad. The job pays $2,- 000 a year and the secretary i3 allow ed an assistant at $1,000. Mr. Dan Hugh McLean, of Harnett, has held the positon for the past four years. THE HONEY-MAKER. The best box In the world for the produc tion of fine Section, Chunk and Extracted HOney. Write for booklet giving full de scription or uoney-MaKer ana otner valua ble information. It's free. WALTER L. WOMB LE, Raleigh, N. C. Better Tlian Cotton. Slnele Comb Brown Leghorns Jay all the year. As fine strain as there Is In the South. jggs f l.ou lor 10, i.70 ior au. xtemii Dy tr. u. Express money oraer. MRS. L L. M7JEILL, Vass, N. C. or Ptant Ir Tnnlt 5Iiai"e Tu 10 o lwo oay wore in one, easier, cneaper, better, write r idiici jr. 1 uuu f or i y o j Planet J r. Catalog-, a finely-illustrated, useful handbook every noes ; nana, one ana two-norse cultivators ; narrows, etc. No. 25. Combined Seeder !&S: I piuw. xAwseiiB buu , kuib weeaa ; iuttowb ; mages, etc Nn X " HnrtO Hm i a remarkably efficient Cultivator MU. U. I 1 1UC ., Ho 1iTtr.hii,li .tiff .tfiel s; non-ciogging ttanaarai; patent-aeptn regulator!; rereraiDie noes ana outer exciutiT features. . Be (are te ret the catalog. 8. L.ALLEN A. CO., BOX 1108 0, Philadelphia Pa. J- ' ' W a Pulls Stumps or Standing Trees. Clears a two acre circle with one sitting pulls anything' the wire rope will reach; stumps. trees, gruba, rocks, hedges, etc. A man and a boy with one or two horses can run the coneirjATiorj stuhip puller, Stump Anchored or Self Anchoring. A minute and a half is all it takes for the ordinary stump. No heary chains or rods. Note tne strong wire rope witn patent coupler grips the rope at any point. Does not chafe rope; far ahead of old-style"take-ups." Smallest rope we furnish stands 40.000 ids. strain. 11 generates immense power ana it s made to stand tne strain. We also uiant oruo ana itump mac nine, tne oruooer ana Hawkeye Grub and Stump Machine. Write for free illustrated catalogue. Largest manufacturer el stump Pullers la tne world. Established 1884. HILKE MFC CO., 78 8th St., Monmouth. III. make the Iron DON'T BUY ANY OTHER Until Ton InTetl(.-ate the Merita of Machine That Uas Stood the Test of Time. Plants corn, beans, peas, etc., without cracking a grain or miming a hill. Drops seed in drills, or in hills at any dis tance. Distributes any kind of fertilizer in any quantify de sired, with absolute safety from injury to seed. Send for handsome new catalogue of Com Planters, Grain Drills, Cultiyators, Spring Tooth Harrows and other farm tools; also Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills and Threshing Machinery. We manufacture the largest and most complete line of farm machinery and implements on the market. It will be to your advantage to write to us before buying anything in this line. Farquhar machinery awarded more Gold Medals at St. Louis than any other. A. Be FARQUHAR CO., Ltd., York. Pa. . r -71 DEAD WEEDS LIVE CROPS The YORJI IMPROVED WEEDER ha? square spring steel teeth, with round points, narrow In the body and of great flexibility the most important essential of a weeder. Do not slash nor bruise the young , plants as flat teeth do. Never clog, give greater clearance. The teeth t being square, never Drsak. The frame Is made of strong, flex , I ible, angle steel handles and shafts are adjustable. Send for free I circular. The Spangler Corn Planters and Grain Drills are the best. 4 THE SPANGLER MfG. CO., 50 Queen St., York, Pa. TERRACE AND IRRIGATE YOURgPARfl. Begin Right, cuid Begin Right Now. Don't pay hundreds of dollars for fertilizers and let the rain wash them away when yon can bny a Bostbom Improved Fakm Spirit Lxvkt. with Telescope for $ 10, (one with out Telescope for 55,) and SAVE IT ALL by properly terracing your farm. For Irrigation and Rice Culture Ditches. Tile Drainage, Road Building, Laying Out Orchards, Obtaining Angles and Foundation Levels, there Is no better Instrument made. Write for descrip tive circular, also Treatise on Terracing, etc., Free. Bostrom-Brady Mfg.Uo.,25 W. Ala. St.,Atlanta,Ga. GARDNER 'PEA: HULLE The only perfect machine for hulling and cleaning field peas from the pod In one operation. They are made of better mate rial, better built, better finished and do better work than any other Huller. Four Sizes at prices to suit you. Don't be fooled into buy ing an imitation. Have nothing but the genuine Gardner Pea Hul ler. Catalogue free. Ghattanooga Implement & Manufacturing Co., ' Hast Chattanooga, Tenn. ' Free catalogue will be sent If you will mention this paper. if Takes tho Placo of tho Plow in r.lany Soils And it Does tho Work Better Quicker Easier is a truly economical implement. It turns, breaks up and thoroughly pulverizeslhe soli, letting in the warm sunshine, thus sweetening and freshening sour, stale land. -, Cuts and covers up weeds, stubble and trash; cuts Dut does not pull up sod. Works with least possible friction and tills entire width of cut. Lightest draft disk harrow made. Send for a copy of our Disk Harrow booklet and learn why its Roller Bearings, Improved Center Bumpers, Pressed Steel Weight Boxes, Special Steel Disks. Steel Scrapers and Direct Draft for three horses make it the most desirable tilling machine to buy. Strong and durable will outwear any other makes. Made in widths from 4 to 25-f t. cut, 16, 18 or 20-ln. solid disks, 16 or 18-in. cut-out disks, one lever or two, with or without Center-Cut at tachment or Disk Drill and Seeder attachment. Grand Prize highest St. Louis Award. Johnston Harvester Company, Oox C-7 Batavia, New York;,!). S. A. JOHHCTOH'&SrD UNTIL YOU INVESTIGATE -THE MASTER WORKMAN," a twcw:v1!nder pasollne eacrine cunerfor tn 11 one cylinder engine: rerdutlonlzlny gxs power. Costa Leas to Bar and Lento Sim. Quickly, easily started. No vibration. Can be mounted on any wagon at small cost portable, sta tionary or traction. Mention this paper. SSXD FOR CATALOGUE. TIIE TEMPLE PUMP CO- Mfn., Mesa;her St 15th Sta., Chleaco, - THIS IS OUR FIFTY-FIRST YEAR.