The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
State News.
TAR HEELs ARB DOING.

UA.-aIng of Rice from the East -OlusterB
%-.Doa and Tobacco Stems from the
Ia gegth-staIks of Corn and Grains Of
eznsat from the West-Peanuts
and CottonS Seed from the South
q a. far in 1899 the State has chartered
y a cotton mills. This breaks all re-
cords.
n some persons are saying that ex-
o,rator Ransom will be An aspirant
10 sr the senatorial nomination.
c Observant strawberry growers say
,,ov never, at this season, saw the
a, Giants look more healthy and thrifty.
q. Mount i've Advertiser.
's The Oldest inhabitant doesn'tremem.
bar ever to have seen such a long
d smell" of such fine weather as has
: prevailed in North Carolina this fall.
I Morganton Herald: President Paul
y Kruger, Of the Transvaal Republic, is
said to have been converted under the
! ministry OF Rev. Daniel LindIey, who
GENT from North Oar olina as a mis-
sonary to the z illus in 1884 laboring
with them for 4S years.
As the result of an undecided wager
\ m Glebel's election, Colonel A, Ell.
Letswich and Captain B. /. Fisher
: took turn about in rolling each other
in a w~heelbarrow in the streets of
. G~,eensboro one day the past week.
= The State University Railroad has
q been placed in the hands OF a receiver
? bv order OF Judge George e. Brown,
Z Jr.. OF the Superior Court. Mr.. Paul
D G Graham of Durham, N. O., has been
appointed temporary receiver of the
road.
The Dukes of Durham have bought
g. 1000 acres of land in Like county,
Fla, and it is reported that they will
+ cut the timber off first and then grow
tobacco, and will build a railroad
across the county connecting with the
Florida East Coast Railway system.
s.. Carr, John O. Niche and VIM.
A. Guthrie have fled articles of agree
ment for the Incorporation of the
Niche Bayonet Shovel Company of
Durham. This company is organized
for the purpose Of manufacturing and
selling entrenching tools for military
service.
There are now three places in the
State, Prof. Massey, of the a. & M
College, says, which are badly infected
with San Jose scale on fruit trees.
These places are Tarboro, Faison and
Southern Pines. So far as is now
known the scale is not found i'm the
State west of Raleigh.
A spring that gushes forth calcic sui
phur water, as analy zsd by the Safe
chemist, has been recently discovered
on the plantation of Mr.. FL. Q. Sherard,
in Pikeville township, about ten miles
northeast Of Goldsboro. Those who
have tried the wafer deem it far SUI
perior to the noted Seven Springs
water Goldsboro Headlight.
Articles of agreement were fled last
week with the Seer etary Of State for
the Pembroke Manufacturing Com
pRny of Newborn. The object Of the
corporation ia the manufacture OF cot
ton and wooden goods aud other tex
tile products. Toe company is inGor-
porRted for sixty years and has a CAPT
tai stock of SIS, 900.
Stephen Crane, the novelist, dedi-
Gates his last work, "Active Service, 81
to Dr.. Eben Alexander, one professor
Of Latin at our State University and
Minister to Greece under the Cleveland
ADMINISTRATION. The novelists met
Prof. Alexander, while in Greece, as a
war correspondent, and there formed
his strong friendship for the distin-
guished educator.
The Winston Sentinel prints the fol-
loving special from J. ff9rson, Ashe
county: Ten thousand acres of mag
netic iron ore land were leased Wed
nesday, in this county. by Philadelphia
parties, representing the Pennsylvania
Steel Company, the Cambria Steel
Company and others. This embraces
the famous Ballou Home Place Bank
which realizes sixty seven per cent.
Chatham Record: There has been
almost an epidemic of typhoid fever in
a certain neighborhood in Baldwin
township, and several persons have
been it's victims. Two died last week
Toe fever was brought to that neigh
borhood from Chapel Hill, several
weeks ago, and in some families nearly
every member has had it. Several
persons are still sick with it, but it is
hCppd that tho worSE in QUAR-