The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-07
sTATR NEWS.

state Press-Drop # Turpentine
rean a-aIns of Rice from the East Clusters
30 G-,nes and Tobacco Stems from the
"S,-tb-StaIks Of Corn and Grains Of
gybsst from the West-PeAnuts
and Ootton Seed from the South
rsore are SO lawyers in the House Of
anresentatives OF the present Legis
AZURE. g.
uith a population of about 1, 800, the
81 death Of a grown person within the
.snorste limits of Lenoir for seven
s,rtbs occurred last Thursday. An
rtrsordinary record.
The Democratic Legislative caucus
=. decided that this General Assembly
bonId finish its duties by the 25:h of
T.bruary, and on that day adjourn to
dsv hereafter to be agreedupon. And
hat the Democratic aucus says,
Toes.
DrRHAM, N. Q. Jan. 3O.-At an early
,onr this morning, on ex Register of
deeds W. Il Woods place, about four
,iIps from Durham, Misses Nancy
md Polly Garden, two aged maiden
aides. we're burned to death in their
home.
The railroad people have made what
tbsv say is q very careful calculation
= n the taxes which railroads now
Dav sd valorem, and say it is 1920, 600
year Then they say the new cor
borstion tax which it is proposed to in
norporate ia the revenue bill will make
them pay 1870 600 more.
Over 5000, 900 pounds of leaf tobacco
we're sold on the Winston market dur
ing the month of January. This is one
bf the largest months business in Win
sson's history. The same can be said
bf the shipment of manufac sured to
DaOco during the month, which aggre-
psted 1, 736, O21 pounds. The revenue
elections amounted to 1917, SOB Sc
At Joint meeting of Tarboro's Town
commissioners and Board of Trade
sst Tuesday at which the leading bust
ness men and property owners were
Dresent BY invitation the question Of
municipal ownership Of water works,
beverage and lights was discussed, and
by q unanimous vote decided in favor
Df municipal ownership, and the board
pf Town Commissioners was directed
10 ask the Legislature to authorize the
town to issue bonds to the amount Of
City thousand dollars to accomplish
the same.
A special from Atlanta says: The
Third North Carolina volunteers, com
posed of negroes, has been mustered
out at Macon and the men YER paid
all the way FIR, m $25 to $75, and were
furnished with q special train home.
Before leaving Macon most Of the
NEGRO soldiers began to drink, and by
1.-THE time the train pulled out more than
half of them we're drunk. They began
TO take charge of the train, which was
composed of fourteen coaches, and
they soon had things their own way.
TIE soldiers quarreled and fought in the
coaches and several of them fired their
pistols. Three or four Of the coaches
were riddled with bullets.
All andersonville paper recently re
ported the arrest there of E E Britton,
charged with forgery. The Durham
Sun copied the news item, Identifying
the arrested party as Prof. E E. Brit
ton, an educator who has taught at
various points in the State, when in
fact it was another E. E Britton al
together. AS the Charlotte Observer
says: 1T was such an error as any
newspaper man might have made and
there is no reason to believe that there
was any malice in it." As soon as The
Sun wss advised of it's mistake it made
full and ample correction, but Prot
BrittOn has brought a suit for libel
against it, and E litor Robinson has
been placed under a bond Of IS 900 for
his appearance OF Wilson court. The
bond was readily given.
Attorney General Walser's bi ennial
report is just out. From the general
consolidated statement and from for
mer reports Of the ofice it appears that
criminal actions have been disposed Of
IN the State during several biennial
periods Of the last ten years, as follows:
From January, '89, to July, $50, a
period Of IS months. 10, 437 cases; from
W to'S2 1921 cases; from 80 to "a
"A 557 cases; "a to go, 1908 cases;
from sc to '9s. Is, Sal cases. There
we're 228 cases of homicide disposed of.
Sor the two preceding years there
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