The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-20

new work by W. J. Peele, z O., of
Raleigh, OF Eminent North Carolin-
ians. Mr.. Peele says the likeness is
authentic. Congress will no doubt or
der one of the portraits.
Gov. Russell Thursday appointed
Beverly 8. Register, of Oxford, Adult
ant General. He had for some years
been Inspector General. The appoint.
ment is admirable. Gen. Register en-.
tered the Third Regiment as a private
twelve years ago. and has held every
grade of tmce up to his present one.
He is 33 years old and a Democrat.
kHis commission ia dated December 1
FActing Adjutant General Davis says
Register is 1.-The best man in the State
for the position"
Mr.. Frank 2. Milburn goes to Raj
eigh this morning to receive the Blind
Asylum. The States handsome new
building is now completed. MI. Mil
burn is the architect, and it was from
his plans that the building was erected.
The structure cost $24 500. 1t is thor
oughly modern. 1t has fire proof hall
ways and iron staircases, so that in the
case of fire the children ear escape I'm
injured by the flames, and it is heated
with steam. The basement is arranged
for a play room. The building is Hew
in design and ia a splendid addition to
the States many handsome buildings.
-Charlotte Observer.
Durham, n. O., Dec. 16 There was
an accident to the e~astbound freight
train here last night, between - and l
o'clock. Between here and University
Station is down grade. After leaving
the latter place seven cars and the
caboose broke loose. This YVES not OBJ
served by the. engineer and conductor,
and when the front end of the section
stopped at the water tank here, the
runaway cars ran into it, demolishing
three freight cars loaded with cotton,
scattering the cotton and box cars pro-
miscuously on either side of the track,
but fortunately irjuring no employee
or passenger.
The farmers have received many
costly lessons during the last few years.
as to the folly of depending upon q
single product as a money crop. This
season those planters who pin their
faith upon cotton alone are again
mourning over their failure to diver
sity their crops. It is never the case
that every product Of the farm drops
IN value down to the z2ro poins, and
no matter how bright the prospect
may be for the handsome returns from
any one crop, the farmer who raises a
variety will be the most prosperous in
che long run. Raise your home sup
plies and diversity your money crop.
Elk.
His many friends throughout the
State will learn with sorrow OF the
death Of Mr., J II Mills, which occur
RED at his home, near Townsville,
Thursday. Mr.. Mills has been ill for
some weeks and his death was not un-
expected. A native of Halifax county,
Virginia, he entered Wake Forest Col.
Iege in 1851, graduating with the de-
gree of A. B in 1884 He has since
chat time been a conspicuous figure
among the citizens of the State, and
especially in the councils of the Bap
fist denomination, of which be was a
member. He has been President of tb G
Oxford Female College, editor of the
Biblical Recorder, Superintenc ent of
che Oxford Orphan Asylum and gu
~perintendent of the Baptist Orphan
age at Townsville from 1885 to 1895.
He ia known as the father of orphan
age work in North Carolina.
A number of gentlemen, including
Ohas Haigh. W. N. Williams and G..
A. Burns of this city have leased from
80 20 40 thousand acres of land in the
neigh borhood of Spout Springs with
the object OF making il a great game
preserve. The land will be posted i'm
mediately and recorded in the court
house at Ellington. This land is
Eate red by upper Little river, and a
number Of other good sizsd streams
and ia the natural home Of the deer,
which are almost es plentiful in this
neighborhood now as they were a
hundred years ago. Game of other
Kinds are also plentiful, especially
quail, which are abundant. Ii ia pro
posed to make this one of the finest
preserves In the South, and with this
OBJ CT in view a syndicate will be
formed, Including a number of north.
ern capitalists, for it's purcL ase.-