The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22

Easat from the West-Peanuts
and CottonSsed from the South
State Librarian, r. A. Cobb, says
his paper, The Home Rule, will not ap
near any longer.
The North Carolina Methodist Pro
testant Conference opens at Liberty,
Randolph county, on Wednesday, the
23rd instant. Rev. Walter Bunch is
President OF the Conference.
The receipts oteotton Saturday we're
the largest for many years, Six hun
dred aud ninety one bales were re-
ceived at the platform. The best price
paid was sos. -Charlotte News. p
Charlotte News: The two engines
h a figured i'm the collision near Hick-
orv last week in which two men were
killed. have been taken to Spencer for
repairs and a general rebuilding.
AS to the future of the negroes, col
onization is the thing for them. And
every leading negro in the United
States should begin to advocate it
J.B Fortune, Republicap) in Char.
lotte Observer.
One of the most gratifying results of
the recent election is the defeat of
Harry Skinner for Congress in the
first District. His past record shows
him to be a man of no fixed political
principles.-Pa Patron and Cleaner.
A telegram received Thursday night
by State Treasurer W. II. Worth an
nounced the death of his mother, Mrs.
p eoe Swain Worth, at her home in
Greensboro. She died at 10 O'Clock
Thursday night, in the 91st year of her
age.
Lumberton Populist: One very re
markebIe feature in the result Of the
election is that those counties in which
colored voters were most numerous,
gave the biggest Democratic majorities,
and it is believed that taking the State
over, as many negroes voted the Demo
cratic ticket as voted the fusion
ticket.
1t is quite a strange coincidence that
Mr.. Womble, who was defeated for
sheriff, received exactly the same vote
C21O3) as Mr.. Pascal, who was elected
register, and it is quite a singular coin
cidence that cur newly elected sheriff
has exactly the same initials to his
anne as his predecessor. Joseph J,
Johnson succeades Joseph j. Jenkins
Chatham Record.
Chatham Record: The annual ses
sion of the Western North Caroline
Christian C~onferenoa is being BIC this
week at Centre Grove church, about
six miles south of this place. In this
conference are about thirty churches
and sixteen ministers. There are sav,
eral churches of this denomination in
Chatham and the members are among
our very best citizens.
Official returns from all the Sena
torial districts make no change in the
forecast as heretofore published. The
returns from only two of the three
doubtful districts were received yester
day. The doubtful districts were the
145h, 29bh and 3lst. Returns from the
29th SHOW that Lowe, Democrat, and
Campbell, Republican, wer elected
while the 31st returns two Republican,
by % majority. The 14th failed to re-
port. The Senate is now constituted
as follows: Democrats 80; Fusionists
9; Doubtful 2.
Washington, d. O., Nov. 49,
Special AN official at the War De
partment stated that it had been prac
tically decided that the First North
Carolina regiment of infantry, now al
Savannah, Ca, will remain at Thun
derbolt, neal that city, until the 18th
of December, and probably until
On, istmas. The chances are, he saye.
that the men will not be able TO go to
their homes Christmas, not even a very
few of them, as they will embark for
Havana province about that time, sc
Rs be on the island when the United
States assumes control on January 1,
Cd Fort Cor e~spondence Marion
Messenger: Lost, strRyed or stolen
namely, Chief Police Leet. The above
notice would be the proper bulletin
for the authorities of the city to posi-
jlst at present. About nine or ter
months ego a me claiming his name
to be L9et, 'lit" in this town. No mar
knoweth from whence he came mol
whittier he went. He seemed to be a
very model for a gentleman, and like
'.Thadeus of Warsaw" wanted to die
for the protection Of the peace and