The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-18
State News.
vEGr TAR HEEIsl ARE DOING.

f the State Press-DrOps OF Turpentine
CTe@ Grains of Rice From the East-Clusters
cranes n Tobacco Stems From The
Tortb-Stalk of Corn and Grains
of Wheat From the West
Peanuts and Cotton
Seed From the
South.
Chapel Hill had a 81, 900 fire Thurs
a.v of last week.
Hon. Edward W. Pou has accepted
.ho nomination by the Democrats of
10 Fourth district as their candidate
for Congress.
Weldon dispatch, 14th: The Re-
,rblican executive committee of the
Second Congressional district met
here Yesterday and nominated J. j.
Martin for Congress on the second
ballot.
Biblical Recorder: Two hundred
and sixty students at Wake Forest
FORTY more than last year this time.
Professor Carlyle says that the new
Students are more advanced than
formerly.
News and Observer: 1t is known
tbough that negroes are leaving the
state in large numbers. The immigra-
ton seems to be from the cities,
however, instead of the farms. On
last week one thousand negroes left
Winston for other points.
There continues to be talk about
the scarcity of farm labor. Much is
needed for picking the cotton, which
is opening with unprecedented rapid
itv. It is said that in the southern
mart of this county and in Harrnett
half the cotton is already open.-Ex.
Christian Reid, North Carolina's
best known writer, has just issued a
new book weighed in the Bal
ances," published by Marlier, Gala
han & Co, of Boston. The scene is
laid in New York and Italy, and of
course it is a love story. The adj
vance notices indicate that it ranks
with the best of Mrs. Tiernan's
stories.
Mrs. A. W. Davis, of Webster is
in a physicians hands as a result of
a singular occurrence. She was
aroused by some noise in her house
ard went to see what caused it. Her
husband awakened and saw her NOV
inc about the house but did not
recognize her. He seized the first
thing at hand, an iron poker, and
threw it at her. 1t struck her head.
{ Exchange
Raleigh Post: j. A. Giles, the
Republican nominee for Congress,
declared yesterday that he would
not come off the Republican ticket
under any circumstances. Speaking
of the nomination of an elector by
the Republican committee, Mr.. Giles
said: THE nomination will be
made within ten days. We will
name a representative business man
for the honor. AS yet he has not
been selected"
The progressive farmers of Cald-
well county have organized a live
stock association with G. D. Coffey
as president and John H. Pruitt as
secretary. The Lenoir News says:
All injected cattle and farms in the
county will be placed in strict local
quarantine and everything done that
can be done to rid the county of
every vestige of s~plenetic fever or
distemper and distemper ticks.
There are only a few places in the
county where any ticks exist and
the work of this stock association or
club will soon exterminate them"
Capt. ". B. Shaw, of Vance, de-
teated by E. W. Pou for the Fourth
district nomination for Congress,
('because too honest to succeed in
politics, his friends say,) writes the
Henderson Gold Leaf as follows
Especially do I thank that noble
band of gentlemen, who staid so long
IN the convention, and so manfully
Oattled against the unfair and qUes-
aonable tactics used for my defeat.
And l assure them that defeat after
an honorable contest, IS TO me, far
Preferable to success obtained by
treachery and chicanery, for would
not accept any position secured by
other than honorable means"
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer
j. A. Giles, the Republican, and j.