The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-21

SAS year uhS lbIl6u 10
come up to the registered standard of
the department.. Tnis ia a great change
from a few years ago when fertilizers
deficient In some Of the important in
gradients were frequently found on the
market. This il. one good result of the
station Work.-Ex.
In the Criminal Court at. Wilson last
week the jury in the Brinkley case re
turned a verdict of murder in the
second degree. A motion for a new
trial was overruled. Thomas Reed,
one Of the defendants, was sentenced
to the p~enitentiary for eight years, and
R obert Cobler for six years. An ap-
peal was taken to the Supreme Court.
Raleigh Post: Mr.. R ]. Reynolds,
OF Winston, has offered to devote IS 600
to the Slater Industrial and State Nor
NAL School at Winston-Salem for the
purpose OF erecting and establishing a
a hospital and nursc-:raining school in
C %1nnection with the institution. The
gift is conditioned upon the Efforts of
the officers OF the school, who muct
raise a similar amount by 1901.
State Senator A. ] Franks, of Swain
county, has about closed a deal with
Q O. Miitmore, of Los Angeles, Gal,
for the sale Of 544 acres of land in
Swain county, lying near the junction
OF che Nantahala and T~uckaseegee
rivers. The consideration is S., 400
Mr.. Miltmore owns ], 900 acres a adjacent
to this tract, and the swo properties
are to be divided into small farms and
a Dutch colony established there.
The subject of food adulteration in
North Carolina has been under inves-
tigation by the State Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station for some time. Prof
W. A. WitheTs, who has prosecuted
this work, recently completed two in
teresting reports on the adulteration of
canned foods and butter off sred for
sale in North Carolina. These reports
have been issued in bulletin form.
Greensboro Reflector: The Free Will
Baptists held q harmonious session
with the church at Mays Chapel from
Thursday through Sunday. Rev. B
Fl. Hearne, after preaching the intro
ductory sermon, was elected Modera
tor. The entertainment was all that
could be deeired. The congregations
were large and we'll behaved. The
next conference is to be held at Hull's
X Road in Greene county.
II is understood that the damage to
Fort Oaswell, at the mouth OF the Cape
Fear River, by the hurricane of Octo
Der 31gt is of go serious a character
hat the G )vernment will have to
spend $3.50 900 TO restore the work and
provide protection against further
storms. Toe damage is estimated at
$500 600 A break water will have to
Quilt around almost the entire island.
&c ia estimated that this will cost
5000. 900.
TIE report OF the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General. just made public.
contains the following items Of State
interest: Number OF appointments of
Presidential postmssters during the
Year-Vlrginia, 2; North Carolina, 2
Number of fourth class appointmensg-
Virginia, $50; North Carolina, SOB In
North Carolina the number Of post
Offices is 3,OO2, the State ranking fifth
m this respect, and the gross North
Carolina receipts were 1888 12I.67.
The geaeral notion is that the per
centage of illiteracy is less in New
England than in any other part of the
country. In an article advocating a
compulsory educational law that will
appear In the Labor Commissioners
report, Mr.. MebAn8r State Superin
tendent Of s3hools, says that O-egon
leads the country, hayiqg only two
per cen of illlteracy Ia North Caro-
lima it is % per cent, and Mr.. Meoane
bellows a compulsory educational law
would go far toward lessening it.
Somewhat of the industrial progress
of North Carolina can be inferred from
the statement in q special from Kick
DRY to yesterdays paper that there is a
probability that four new cotton fac
tories will be built in that town within
the next year. New factories are going
up all over the State and many Of
tbose already built are being enlarged.
1t will not be long before the State is
manufacturing the whole Of its cotton
crop. 1t ia now spinning $50, 900 Of it's
$50, 900 bales. -Oharlotte Observer.
Thanks to the progressive men who