The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-02

MOUNT dive. He was hauling logs
for Mr.. John Bell, who runs a saw
mill at Mount Olive, and was riding
on the tongue of the carriage be-
tween the wheels. He fell and one
of the wheels of the heavily loaded
vehicle passed over his head crushing
it into a jelly. He died in fifteen
minutes.
In the fight for a fairer election
law, this good point has been made
by an Exchange: "How would the
other Senatorial candidates like to
have a primary election with the
whole primary election machinery in
the hands of Mr. Simmons, and allow
Simmons to select not only his repre-
sentative, but to select the one for
Mr.. Carr, and the one for Mr.. Wad-
dell and so on? Does not the same
principle apply with ten time as
much force in an election between
two or more parties?"
The dispensary at Waxhaw has
been closed with instructions to
wind up the business. We do not
just know the situation, but we are
told that this decision was reached
largely, Oh altogether, through the
influence of Rev. J. w. Little, who
has been conducting a revival at
that place. Mr.. Little is a most
earnest worker against the liquor
traffic in any form and he usually
comes out the victor in any contest
with it. Just how the business will
be finished we can't say, but at any
rate the authorities met yesterday
and agreed to do it and gave instruc-
tiOns OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Journal.
Mr. w. G. Brewer, of Wake Forest,
who was in Raleigh yesterday, re-
ports very good Roadway being made
in the new cotton mill, the Royal
cotton mill, now in curse of con-
structiOn there. He says the con-
structiOn is among the most substan-
tial in the country, the walls of the
main building being entirely of peni-
tenitary hard brick. The work on
Wake Forest College gymnasium is,
Mr.. Brewer says, also progressing
very satisfactorily and will be COM
pleted and fully equipped very soon.
Altogether Wake Forest is, Mr..
Brewer says, just nov especially
active in general business and build
ing circles.
Concord Standard: Mr.. J. Wal
lace Cook, who lives at Forest Hill,
is one of our best farmers. He raised
22O bushels of wheat on six acres of
land. This is 36% bushels to the
acre. This piece of land has been
farmed in wheat for six or eight
years and always yields well, but
this is the banner year. Mr.. Cook
says that SAG. 80 covers the expenses
or cost from blowing the land to, and
including, threshing, but does not
include the toll. He says hat so
bushels of wheat can be raised to the
acre, and he will make an effort to
do so next year. Mr.. Cook is not
only a big wheat farmer but he is
the father of 10 children.
Raleigh Post: It is learned that
the minority stockholders in the
Blackwell Durham Tobacco Com
pany, who are represented by Major
w. A. Guthrie, of Durham, will APP
peal from Judge SimOntOn decision,
in which he ordered a sale of the
plant of the Blackwell Company.
The date set for the sale is Novem-
Der 5th, and it is claimed that the
minority stockholders will take &C
ton in time to stop the sale. The
appeal will be taken on the ground
that Judge SimOntOn did not have
Jurisdiction. While Major Guthrie,
who was in the city yesterday, de-
clined to discuss the matter, it is
learned that the appeal will be made
in a few days, ,
Rich Square Times: The last an
nual report of Mr.. Paul j. Long,
superintendent of public schools for
Northampton county, presents some
interesting figures. Contrary to gen
eral belief, the per cent. Of enroll
ment of white and colored children
is about equal, so per cent Of white
and 81 per cent of colored. This
shows an increase in enrolment over
1899 of 4 per cent of the white 8 per
cent of the colored children. An in
crease is also shown in the average