The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28

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Pest: Mr.. Maine, of the large cotton
house Of Copeland & Co of New York,
has satisfactorily accomplished the OBJ.
ject for which he recently visited
Fayetteville, having, through the en-
terprising real estate agent, Mr. N. Fl,
Smith, secured a suitable tract of land
IN Flea Hill township for his Angora
goat farm. He will put his purchase
l the very best condition, and stock
it with the finest Augora breed.
The Wilmington Star says that Mr..
K II. Paddison, of Brunswick county,
who is a telegraph operator and has
been attached to the signal corps in the
Philippines for more than a year, has
returned home, having been honorably
discharged. Mr.. Paddison, says the
Star, tells "the same old story about
the hopeless task of c%onquering the
Philippines and says that owing to the
nature Of the country and the guer-
rilla mode of fighting by the insurgents,
that it is his opinion the end of the
wal will not be seen during this ad-
ministrRtion."
The National Tobacco Workers
y aion has organized two branch unions
in Winston, one white and one colored,
em1ng the employees of the tobacco
manufacturing firm of Brown Brothers
Company. This firm will hereafter
employ only members OF the union.
The organization has a large member
ship in the North and West among
factories outside Of the trust. The
union is against combinations, and the
members promise not to use goods
manufactured by the American and
other trust companies. Other upions
will be organized there among m
ployees Of other tobacco factories. It
is charged that the trust tobacco firms
do not employ union labor.
The board of directors of the peniten.
tiary cost the State "a, 799. 81 from
March 1, 1899, to O3tobar l. 1899. This
item consists of the amounts paid
members for mileage and per diem,
with one exception-that being 5000
commission paid Col. w. FL Osborn
for the purchase of mules. The three
members Of the executive board have
bean paid 90. 313 IL, and the other
eighteen members OF the board of
directors 90, 486 AZ. The members Of
the executive board have drawn the
following amounts: Col. w. H. Ga
born, LOSS 60; Mr.. z L Travis,
1865 O5, and Mr.. W. Q. NeWlands,
$3.50 80. The printed report Of the re
ceipts and disbursements Of the peni
tertiary from January 1, 1899, to o.
tober 1, 1899, which was recently
issued by Superintendent w. II. Day,
shows that the expenditures we're
$40, GIG 90 more than the receipts.
Toe State Superintendent of Public
Instruction asks the Attorney 3neral
the following questions: docs the re
cent decision of the Supreme Court re.
garding county boards of education at
feet the contracts and general business
transacted according to the law Of 1899
by county boards Of directors and their
a~ppointeesl What effect has the de-
cision upon present county s%uperinten
dents9 What effect upon township
trustees aud district committees7 How
much or what part of the general
school law as enacted by the last Legis
lature is la and what. part is not laws
IL the old boards are the legal boards,
viii they perform the duties as laid
down in the laws OF 1899 for county
boards of directorsG Have old boards
authority under the recent decision to
meet and take charge OF public schools
before the nex5 regular mseting day of
the county boardsG Please give me
your opinion clearly, aud explicitly on
all these points, as / am anxious TO act
in accordance with what is law and
right in these matters of so much pub
lie Importance"