The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10
General News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The Latest Reliable News From the
Earth's Four Corners Selected
and Condensed for Pro.
gressive Farmer
Readers.
A freight train was held up and
robbed at Antonio, La, Tuesday night
by masked men. It is not known what
the robbers got.
From estimates based on reports
from rs counties, the Georgia cotton
crop will amount to about LOCO, GOO
bales against 1. $50, O(O last year.
The State Board of Health Of Cali
fornia has adopted a resolution to con-
slider the propriety of quarantining
against human. beings and domestic
animals with consumption.
It is estimated that 1. 500 persons lost
the ir lives in the earthquake in Asia
Minor last week. Whole villages were
destroyed. The shocks continue, but
their strength seems to be spent.
VIM. J. Bryan will speak for Goebel
in Kentucky on October is. II and IS
He will be conducted over the State in
a fast special train, covering every
section. The fual speech will be made
at a big Democratic barbecue in Louis
Vile.
Miss Julia Dent Grant, daughter OF
Gen. Frederick Grant, and grand
daughter OF Gan. U. s. Grant, and
Count Speranzky, Of Russia, were
married at Newport, r. I, Monday.
There were two marriage ceremonies
one according to the rites of the
Greek church, and the other an Eois
copal service.
Nine ships have been designated by
by the Navy Department to proceed
to Manila as soon as possible to rein
force the American feet there, in &C
cordance with recommendations made
to President Mckinley by Admiral
Dawey. These vessels are the Brook,
Ign, NeW CLEANS, Albany, Bancroft,
Badger, Nashville Machias, Marietta
and Monocacy. Dewey says that the
very appearance Of the Brooklyn in
Manila Bay will do more towards sup.
pre- s'ng the il s1rrection than a regi
ment of soldiers.
Toe New York Journal says: "Tne
exact amount Of the inheritance taxes
on the estate of Core lius Vanderbilt
is not known, but it is estimated that
it will exceed 81, OOO. 900. The State of
New York collects 1 per cent. on col.
lateral b~quests. The National Gov
erument, under the war revenue act,
has a complicated system Of graduated
inheritance taxes on personal property,
ranging from rs cents per 100 on small
legacies to members Of the immediate
family to $I5 per 500 on legacies over
81, O0O, 900 to persons of remote or no
relationship or to bodies polite or cor
porasions
While We rej3ice at the riso in the
price Of c3tton, we also endorse the
following item from the Manufac-
tucers' Record of Baltimore: 1.-The
South may have eight cent cotton and
it may not. The crop may be one
third less than last gear, or it may
not. No matter what the price and
what the profit, this is the time for the
Southern people to exercise caution.
One Of the great dangers in the rise in
cotton is the wholesale tendency to
speculate. Many q planter in the past
has lost the opportunity to come out
| at the end Of the year with no in
]debtedness and a balance to his credit
by taking the profits Of his yield ana
specializing in futures. Where ha
may gain in one instance he may lose
in Line. Tee old saying that "a bird
in the hand is worth two in the bush"
is very applicable at this time to the
Southern planters and business men,"