The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-26
State News.
WHAT TAR HEELS ARB DOING.

cream OF the state PreSs-Drops" # T~urpentine
es6 Grains of Rice from the East Clusters
Gf Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
4OEth-StAlks Of Corn and Grains Of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and ottonS Seed from the South
A coffin factory will be located in
Charlotte.
Gaorge w. VAnderbilt's State and
county taxes in B1ncombe county
amount to So. 900 30.
Weaversville has voted $40, 600 of
bonds foran electric railroad from
Asheville to Weaversville.
1.-The Morven News, Vol. 1, No. l."
is on u table. Il is a first class local
paper and we wish it success.
Fayetteville Observer: Our former
townsman, Mr.. Tnos. B Fuller, is to
be president of a $500, 900 cotton factory
at Durham.
In a letter to the County Superin-
tendent of Schools, the superintendent
OF Public LIS iruction, Prof. Q. 81.
Mebsne, announces that the apportion,
ment of the 500, 600 public school ap
preparation will be approximately 16
cents per capita.
Raleigh Post: Greensboro, n O.,
September 20-L1st night a committee
appointed by the quarterly conference
began it's investigation Cf the charges
of immortality against R ". J ". Lee,
the evangelist. The members of the
committee are: E L Rider, W. G.
Balsley and M. P. Sherwood, all mem
bers of Mr.. Lees church-the West
Market Street Methodist church OF
Greensboro.
The Executive Committee Of the
Board of Directors Of the State Prison
has completed the purchase of the
Caledonia farms Nos. 1 and 2 lying in
Halifax county. The number of acres
in the farms lie z 300 and the price was
SOL 665. The purchase had been prac
tically agreed upon before and was
merely ratified and the deeds accepted
last week.
Charlotte News: NsWs reached here
Friday morning that Colonel Richerd
R ankin, the Oldest citizen of Gsston
county, died Thursday night at his
home in "Ranki-town," near Mount
Holly. He Yves 95 years of age, and up
to two years ago had never had any
serious illness in his life. Two years
ago he fell and broke his hip bone, and
never recovered from iEs effects.
A Post G reenviIle special September
22nd says: Today, in the Superior
Court, E al Joyner was convicted in
the frat degree OF murder and arson at
DOngola last April. The entire trial &C
cupied only three hours, and when the
case was given to the jury they were
but fifteen minutes in reaching a yer
dict. Judge Hoke sentenced J oyner to
be hanged Friday, November 10Th.
A Durham Sun special says that a
meeting will be held in the c)urt house
at Roxboro October 81 for the purpose
Of letting the contract for the erection
Of twenty.six new public school houses.
These are to be built cut Of funds left
to the Person county public schools by
the late Dr.. J 1hn O. Terrell, of Phila
delphia. Person is to be congratulated
on the gift, which will enable her
public schools take long strides
for ward.
Winston 3rresp 2ndent Raleigh Post:
Deputy Marshal Royal, of Yadkin
county, says he arrested a man named
Younger in IredelI county a few days
ago for blockading. After the arrest
Younger called the revenue officer to
prayer, and the officer sIys he invoked
'God's blessings upon them both with
EARNEST and sympathetic words. Royal
claims that this blockader has given
him a great deal Of trouble, notwith
standing his supplications.
A correspondent of the Kinston Free
Press Dom says: We frequently
noted during the last few years,
especially during the last campaign,
the l~awlessnes that seemed on the in
crease, and ascribed it to certain con
ditions then obtaining. Those condi
tions have totally changed, and yet
Iawlessness increases daily, and if it
continues to do so, our courts will be
overwhelmed and good people will
stand amazed at the impotence of the
law, or the wickedness of their neigh
bors, or both.
Durham Sun: This morning the
Southern shifting engine came lei
running over three young ladies while
on the way to their work in Dukes
factory. But for the watchfulness of