The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-26
NEWS ITEMS.

If you want an Engine, Cotton Press
or Jersey Bull Calf, read the adv. of "E."
in this issue.
VIM. Houston, the condemned MUIR
derer, has been respited by the Cover
nor until July 10th.
We learn that Maj. P. F. Duffy is
now engaged in editorial work on the
s~prightly Toim City Daily.
The North Carolina Teachers Assem-
bly, is now in full blast at Morehead city,
with a very large attendance.
Members of the ways and Means
committee are making a determined effort
to lave a final vote on the tariff bill.
1t is generally understood that the
political campaign in this State will not
open actively until about the first of
August. :" H.'
The present Crown Prince of Ger
many is six years of age. He has not
yet declared how he stands on the "war"
question, .....
The Mount Airy Celebration was a
grand affair, and the number present is
variously estimated at from eight to ten
thousand souls.
Mr.. Henry Pennington of this city,
has the finest patch of oats we nave seen
for many a day. The average height is
six feet and five inches. ... -
w. T. Walker, candidate of the third
partyafor Governor, has challenged either
the Republican or Democratic nominees to
meet on a joint canvass.
The Board of Assessors and Apprais-
ers which met in Wilmington recently
fixed the valuation of the Carolina Cen
trail Railroad at S4,536 per mile.
The capacity of the Charlotte cotton
seed oil mill is to be doubled. Last sea-
son the mills crushed t~hirty-ive tons of
seed per day from October to April.
The State Weather service is now
issuing a weekly Weather Crop Bulletin,
giving the state of the crops as affected
by the weather at the end of each week.
There will be a grand gathering of
the people at Apex, N. c., on the Fourth
of July next. Several distinguished speak
ers will be present and address the people.
The degree of Bachelor of Arts has
been conferred by Johns Hopkins Uni
versity upon Mr.. Charles c.. Holden. He
is a son of Ex-Governor Holden of Raj
eigh.
Greensboro, on the morning Of the
18th inst, had a fire which destroyed
property on South Elm street to the
amount of $1,000, with only $1,000 in
surance. --a
The editor returns thanks to Super
intendent B. S. Skinner, of the Agricul-
tural College Farm, for a peck of the
finest Irish potatoes seen in this market
this season. t.t
The reason Col. Dockery has not ac-
cepted the nomination for Governor is
because he has not been officially notified
of his nomination. It is believed he viU
accept however.
The Raleigh Chronicle notes the fact
that travellers going over the Cape Fear
& Yadkin Valley Railroad eat breakfast
on the South Carolina line and get sup
per at Mt. Airy, near the Virginia line.
The Fayetteville Observer says that
work will at an early date on
the extension of the Wilson & Florence
Short Cut Railroad, and that sufficient
force will be employed to bring it to rapid
completion.
An exchange says: The simplest
pocket rule is the silver a person usually
carries in his pocket. A silver quarter
measures three fourths of a inch, the half
dollar n inch, and the dollar an inch
and a quarter.
During the past few days the tin
mines at Kings Mountain has assumed a
business shape. Prof. Furman has men at
work digging out the ore, and will start
a much larger force, if the ore exists in
paying quantities.
The editor of the Greensboro Work
man thinks the theology of the new
"war lord" of Germany at fault when he
speaks in his recent general order of his
"war lord" ancestry as looking down