The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
State News.
TAR HEELS ARB DOING.

e III
~~,,th-StAIks of Corn and Grains Of
Fhsat from the West-PeanutB
nd OottonS Seed from the South
Finest Jenkins, Is years old, died at
I'D Hill, Rowan county, Monday
lining from excessive cigarette smok-
Death was preceded by violent
m%nvulsions.
psv. J. A. Perry. a holiness"
-.ssrher, died at Marion Monday. Mr..
p,,rv believed in the cure of diseases
- faith and refused to call in. ply 81
alan during his illness
John Curtis, a young white man, a
..arosd brakeman whose run was be-
,~sen Greensboro and Mt. Airy, was
lacked from the top Of the train by
~ overhead bridge near Germanton,
Tnesday morning, and instantly killed.
gs leaves q wife and child.
The Sheriff of Durham 'listened to
he voice of the chRrmer' and let a Cir
ana show for only 800 State and coun
70 taxes, instead of the required $500.
yow he is out $3.50 to the State, for the
Auditor says he will require him to
nav it. This is a good warning to the
other sherlfs.
Chatham Record: The millennium
ru,J be near, for Be last the lion aud
the lamb are lying down together. at
tsst. our former county man, MIR.
Tbos. J. Lambe, and Nj. George Lyon
have formed a co-parEnership, sE Dur
ham, in the clothing business under
the rame of Lambe & Lyon
TIE PeniEentiary investigating Com
mittee commended Nj. r. P. Rein
hsrdt, of the Arson farm. Chairman
Brown said, as the examination was
concluded: I'VE found that ReInhardt
il a RJod, honest, humane supervisor
He Is thoroughly competent and there
il no complaint eg 4inst him
Cherokee Scout: John McLsymore,
sCheroKee Indian living near Murphy,
was IN o wn the other day with a violin
that ne male himself, including the
bow. It was q piece of handsome worz
maDship and stamps Jonn as a genius
Of no mean character. The violin mad
q pleasant sound and was admired by
all who saw it.
A Greensboro dispatch says: The
committee in charge of the investiRa
tion in the case of immortality charged
against Rsv. J W. Lee, known as the
IRISH Evangelist, made their report to
day. Tney found hIm guilty OF M of
the charges, untruEhfulness, and sus
pended him from preaching until the
quarterly conference.
1t was not expected that there would
be mora than 81 applicants for attor-
ney's license before the Supreme Court
lsst NJ 7ndsy, but to the surprise of the
officials 81 we're registered 4S whites,
three negroes. Among the successful
applicants were 8 nator Butler, and
editors Clyde B. aoey and J. D. BIvins.
Forty others received license.
Three negroes charged with the muir
der Of Constable Bryant at B .thel, Pitt
county, last May, we're u on trial at
GreenvIlle this week. One submitted
for murder in the second deg ee, an
other for manslaUghter and a third for
assault. Judge Hoke sentenced the
frat TO the p~enitentiary for 81 years,
the second IL years and suspended
1nd~-,-~@ - $500 - e%A &hS~H
Durham, says An exchange, is to
have a cotton mill that is unique.
The mill is to take the raw cotton,
spin 1t into yarn, it into cloth
make the cloth into bags and the bags
to pc used for packing tobacco A
market for all the product OF mill is
found almost at the mill door. $4OO,
900 is to be the original capital, and
this is to be largely increased If the
mil ls as great a succes as. is antici-
p8ted.
Recently Loge Harris, e q, came
on for Marion Butler for G vernon In
1900 He was in Asheville last week,
-N upOu uiS E0buEu AOLnO S0gS' AAO
Asheville Republicans, Gudger, Jim
Grant, Lusk and the rest, told me they
we're ready to go for Marion Butler Rs
Tue Fusion nominee for Governor If
That is the thing to do, as / contend iE
e. thought they would be utterly
hostile They said: If that's the
Thing to do we will not oppose him ,"
We learn from good authority that
The long pending deal for the construc
uon nt a railroad from Wilmington to
southport has been contaminated. a
successful deal has been made with a