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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1889
Page
3
The Enterprise notes spring begins next Tuesday as days and nights equalize. It lists local events from Thomasville post office measures to measles in Durham and Lexington, a Randolph county court session at Asheboro, and a stockholders meeting for Empire Plaid Mills. It reports cold weather hindering gardens and multiple local notices on rail, tobacco, and marriage.
Rumors affirm Richmond and West Point have sold controlling interest in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and telegraph lines to a Terminal-leaning faction led by Sully Brice and Thomas. Garrett reportedly cedes control amid unresolved official announcements.
Train movements revised effective Sunday March 13 at 8 00 am with multiple through cars and Pullman sleeps. The New Orleans Fast Mail Southern Express Western Express Washington Fast Mail Northern Express and added Washington Lynchburg services connect to Bristol Knoxville Cleveland and New Orleans.
A persuasive 1887 advertisement extols D. L. Clark's as the place for finer pictures with proper fixtures. It urges readers to compare beyond papers' claims on price or style, claiming no rival north or south can beat their quality. Dated March 14, 1887.
Telegraphic communication was opened between Lenoir and Hickory on Monday last, marking a new line of contact and faster messaging between the two towns.
An old notice promotes a versatile salve promising cures for cuts sores and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price per box. It lists multiple druggists and vendors, and mentions John Farlow & Co buying fur meats and country produce for cash with low-priced provisions and stock.
Fenny Virginia January 16 1887 letters from W H Snow of High Point NC and Wa T Woodley of Hien Port NC praise the Modern Barn for curing tobacco efficiently. They report proven success across Virginia and North Carolina, reduced wood use, easy heat and moisture control, and confidence in a brighter tobacco season with several farmers planning to build.
Plant ready phosphate blend lists contents per 200 pound bag, including 10 to 16 pounds phosphoric acid and 4 pounds sulfuric components, with low water content. Claims other fertilizers are overwatered and overly acidic, advises use rates: cotton and corn 400 pounds per acre with kainit, grains 400-600 pounds per acre, grasses 600 pounds with muriate potash.
On clay soils use 800 to 1000 lb Lime Phosphate 100 lb Muriate Potash and 2 sacks Salt per acre or two. For thin land add 1000 lb Lime Phosphate 100 lb cotton seed meal 100 lb Sulphate Ammonia or Nitrate Soda and 100 lb Muriate Potash per two to four acres. For oats use 1000 lb Lime Phosphate and 400 lb Kainit for best yields. Lime Phosphate concentrates the blue lime stone for Kentucky like grasses and meadows.
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