The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-01

q railroad commissioner and his term
had not expired when the commission
was abolished and the corporation com.
mission established. He claimed that
he was entitled to a.place or the latter
commission in place of Bedding1eld.
The Ease will 60 to the Supreme
Court.
At Catawba County Alliance meeting
the Discussion of the Educational
feature was postponed until the night
session, and the Farming question was
taken up, and discussed by j. 8. Bird
ges, w. d. Eckard, A. Q. Snuford, T.
V. Cline, J. Dallas Rowe, L r. White
ner and others, and created enthusiasm,
and q great deal Of information was
obtained in suggesting plans, economy
and how to get better prices, all agree
ing that even trusts among farmers
were wrong, but that they might have
to be resorted to in self defence.
The opening of the tobacco market
at Clinton Friday was a complete sue
cess in every particular. Notwith
standing the heavy rains and bad con
ditions of roads, there was an immense
crowd of people from the adjoining
counties. Old Duplin vas represented
by so men with tobacco. She sold
about 5000 pounds Of tobacco. The
first pile of Mr.. J. o. Bells brought 16
cents. Boyette and Lewis 233 cents
G L Brewer 80 cents; Mr.. Q. 81.
Smith, Of Duplin sold 400 pounds of
ungraded tobacco as taken from the
barn for Is cents; the highest price re
ceived was to Mr.. A. Smith, DIplin,
SO cents.
Raleigh Post: R ailroad accidents
and wrecks always come doubly. The
Seaboard killed another negro Sunday
morning, making the second accident
of the kind within three days. Sunday
morning a negro named R l. Wo.
mack, of Apex, was knocked from the
Seaboard track a mile west Of Gary by
the northbound Atlantic special. The
negro who was evidently under the in
fuence Of liquor, was sitting on the
track. The train knocked him aside,
killing him instantly. His skull was
slightly fractured, but other wise his
body was not disfigured. The only
means of Identification Of the dead
man was by several letters on his per
son. They were addressed to r. L.
Womack and were from his parents at
Sanford
Newbern J Jurnal: 1ring the heavy
rains of the last two days, the regular
remark has been, well, this will drown
out the caterpiIlars." Yesterday when
the sun came out millions of the cater.
pillars also came out thicker than
ever. They we're crawling OF the
walks and walls and the wind blew
them in at the open windows. Every
tree in town seems full of them and
they are reported to be thick through
the country. a Middle street druggist
tried the effect of several kinds Of in
sect powder On the things yesterday
and he says they are proof against
anything OF the kind. The fact Of the
matter ia that the caterpillars are
now in season and are leaving the trees
where they have matured especially in
the elms and willows A short time
more and they will have all disappear
ed, the sooner the better all will agree.
Bat why this should be such a cater.
pillar year is hard to g y, unless they
have their regular period like the
seventeen year locust.
Chatham Record: The Erwin Cot
ton Mills Company, of Durham, has
bought one thousand acres of land on
both sides of Haw River for a distance
of about three miles, ex tending from
the mouth of r )berson's creek (0elOw
the county bridge near Moore's mild
up to and including the old Henley
mill tract. OF course this purchase
includes the water power and all
riparian rights, which was the real OBJ
iect of the purchase and will be utiliz ID
in operating two or more large cotton
mills. A thorough and accurate sur
vey of this water power was made be
fore the sale was contaminated, and it
is found to be one of the most valuable
in the South, the fall being between
ninety and n hundred feet. The
Erwin Cotton Mills Company is a 0
poration organized a few years ago at
D 1rham, where it erected and has
most successfully operated one of the
largest cotton mills in this State. Its
officers are B. N. Duke, president; G
w Watts vice nresident; and w. 4