The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-30
sTATE NEWS.

grains Q Tohacco Stems from the
Of STAp g..Irs of Corn and Grains OF
HS..t from the
w. cotton Seed from the South
has a case of smallpox.
Atlantic Coast Line has fed
Inc ho corporation Commission ex
VIII neions to the recent order making 10
esp.' the minimum carload OF tertll'
igsrs' ,.,rol and Mechanical
L. has purchased from the estate
Von late R 8. PulIen 225 acres Of
I'D living southwest of PulIen Park
"a the college farm.
~. Wschovia Loan and Trust Com
Of Winston, bought the entire
Po,o n sI1O 900 penitentiary bonds at
ga. The $40, 600 brought $3.50,
80 "a There was a long list of bidders
=. the Winston concern swept the
field.
Marty all the railroads in the State
ca notified the corporation commits
-, that they will comply with the
..,arste car act June 1st. The Coast
line system is already using separate
,rs on some of it's trains.
The RIleigh directory issued last
Geek gives this city a population OF
> l-2 including West Raleigh, East
Raleigh, Brooklyn, Pilot Mills and
r,rsleigh Mills, all Of which are within
,ns mile and get mail through the
Raleigh Office.
The sale of fertilizer tax tags this
,ssson is about 10 per cent less than it
VAS for a corresponding time last year.
This is accounted for partially because
n the backward season; but it is
thought to be due principally to a de.
crease Of cotton acreage.
J,hu W. Leezar, a farmer Of Sandy
Ridge. was in town with a bale Of cot
IN Monday. Mr.. Leazsr is eighty one
years and five months old, and the
oroud father Of several small children,
the Youngest of them being nine
months old.-Salisbury Sun.
The management of the penitentiary
will purchase the shirt factory at the
prison. The price to be paid is $4,000
This is the decision of the special com
mittee appointed by the Board OF Dl,
reet5rs OF the Prison to dispose OF the
contract for the operation Of the shlrl
factory.
Near Waynesville last week How
ell Smathers, IA years old, and two
other boys were shooting at frogs
when the % caIiber rife used by How
ell vas accidentally discharged, TIT
~ eUuring his right groin and rang
ing upward. He died next day IRON
the effect Of the il jury.
Fridays Newbern Journal says
The tide Of negroes from Whining
ton to new homes ia the North, con
unues to flow through this city, vii
the Atlantic Coast Line and E. @. D
line. Last Monday fourteen familie
passed through, and Wednesday six
teen families. These families had al
their portable possessions with them
filing a good many packages AM
trunks"
Thirty s1 negroes from this plac
boarded the train yesterday morninI
bound for New York. They go to worl
in the brick yards there. All availa
Die space around the depot was crowd
ed with the colored population, VIII
assembled to see them off, The me
we're IN charge of Stephen Mosely,
colorad agent, originally from Boyr
!or, Va Milton Herald.
Mrs. Llura B Watson is electe
natron Of the Baptist Female Univel
aty. She is from Greensboro. Wor
On the diversity progresses rapidly
There are 100 rooms. The chapel is o
the second floor, the dining hall on th
1tst. The heating aud lighting a.
Judgements are excellent. The thir
door is completed and the secon
nearly 90. There r some rooms G
!ae fourth floor.
It Is now a fact to be depended upo
that Concord will have her cotton see
Gil mill and ginnery, as the subscri
Ton list is now almost completed. II
amount Of the stock is $50. 900, an
~ 900 has been subscribed, and thel
s M doubt but that the remainir
5000 will be subscribed. The esta
Ashment promises to be Of the mo
lpto date make, being equipped wit
Inc latest Of neutrality-suspicious.
Standard.
Says theP 0st's D Irham correspondent
UCEG HTpHa WG9 convicted to-day