The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-29
A NEWS.

- Rrains Of Rice from the East Cluster
= cram and Tobacco Sienna from the
HoTth-staIks bf Corn and Grains Of
wheat from the WOgt-PeanutB
and CottOnsoedfr from thasOuth-
slight earthquake was felt in some
.nsrts of the State Friday evening
Nov. 95tb). 80 ~
Trinity won the silver cup in the de-
bate with Wake Forest, In Raleigh,
thanksgiving night. A very large and
sppreciative auNIence heard the
speeches. +
ut ia no doubt q certainty that the
Yadkin River is to be hsrnessed, said q
Gentleman who is in q position to
know who is going on. It is q s.. COO:
900 Job, and when the system is com
pleted, Salisbury and other towns IN
this part OF the State will be hghted
NO With electricity from che plant, and
IL will be the power that will run q
large number OF manufacturing estab.
Vshments in this section. salisbury
Sun. + $3.50
The present fall has been q most re.
nerkable one hereabouts. At no time
has the weather been really cold and
AZ vet comparatively little frost has
come. Roses and other flowers are
still blooming in the open air and one
Iadv in the city reports ripe Faspberries
in her garden and q tree on which
there is a second crop Of ripe June ap
ples. Miss Emma Green is the proud
owner Of this garden.-Raleigh News
and Observer, Nov. %.
The Western North Carolina Confer
ence, which met at Centre Grove
church, Chatham county, on Tuesday
of las5 week, adjourned on Thursday.
Rev. P. Il. Fleming, Of Burlington,
was moderator and Mr.. J. 7. Mofitt,
of AGleboro, Was secretary. There
was quite q good attendance Of dele
gates, about three ,fourths Of the
churches being represented. The bad
weather wal the only drawback to the
full enjoyment Of the Conference, as
it rained every day. Several interest.
ing subjects were ably discussed, and
all the proceedings yer very harmo.
NOUS. The hospitable people of the
neighborhood entertained the delegates
and visitors mcss pleasantly. The
Conference will meet next year at Lib
erty.-Ex.
An uneducated colored youth in this
county, named John Aston, has made
an invention that may entirely revolu
tionize the motive power that propels
machinery and do away with the use
Of steam power. This newly invented
machinery is propelled by condensed
air, which can be used as q motor at
very little expense and Is more power
I tul than steam power. The model he
has made is q self propelling car. or,
as he calls it, ahorseless carriage. How
the machinery is arranged is concealed
from view by being boxed up or in
closed in one end Of the al When
the machinery is put in motion it will
keep going for an indefinite time. He
ran it steadily at one time for a month.
He will have his invention patented -
Chatham Record.
There are just two thingsI want the
legislature to do" said Rev. w. G..
Clements, OK county superintendent Of
schools, who was in Raleigh recently,
II want separate coaches on the rail
roads for the white and cOlored races,
and I want a law for compulsory at
tendance upon the public schools.
The Eastern Christian Conference
unanimously adopted q resolution
which I offered memoraliEing the legis-
lsture to pass q compulsory school law
and the conference appointed Rev. w.
G.. Clements, Rev. ]. L. Foster and
Mr.. J. E BalIentine q committee OF
three to go before the Educational
committee and advocate the measure.
This week the Western Conference in
session in Chatham county adopted
the same resolution and appointed a
committee with Rev. P. II. Fleming as
chairman, to press it."
The restrictions imposed by the
operations Of the Federal quarantine
line beyond which cattle we're not al
lowed to be- shipped North, ceased on
the 18Th of the present month. The
establishment of this line or boundary
annually is made necessary by the ex
lstence of Texas fever among the cattle,
but as there is no danger Of its spread
ing in the North in cold weather, the
restrictions usually are removed about
this time of the year. This line runs
through North Carolina and to q great