The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-06

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Ct -aham and d A Parsons. The CAPT
tai stock lie $4O, 600 They expect to be
IN operation by October, 1900. The
mill is situated three miles south of
Troy, On Little river. This is the sec
ond cotton mill Ia the county, and
there is talk of others.
Asheboro Courier: The AsheborO
Furniture Factory has been Ia oOera
tion for three years and Mr. Norris
and his associates have demonstrated
that the money invested in a furniture
factory in AsheborO is a most Pr st
able investment. We have been told
that the showing made at the recent
meeting of the stockholders of the
Asheboro Furniture Company was
most satisfactory, in fact, the factory
has made money from tne beginning
The 8 ate Labor Commissioner has
tabulsted the returns of textile mills
IN North Carolina up t. D cember 81.
1899 Hrs report will show rhe follow
Lug total : $50 cotton mills, 26 Knitting
and IL woulen mills The grand totat
Is 2I7 mills, with 1 l45 912 -pindtes and
% 8l9 looms. But some mills fail
uCCerIy to give the number of sDindles
and looms T0ere are mills In AZ coun
'Ies The average number OF sOIndles
is S $50 co a mill So North Carolina is
a State of small mills
President McIver and q. G Chat
ham, q member Of the board Of dIrec-
RS of the 8 .ate Normal and Inc ustrisl
College, have purchased water sserili-
E4rs and q filter for he use Of the n
stltution These have arrived al d are
now being put up, and hereafter all
water used at the college will be both
filtered and stprrl ed The fIterer hes
a capacity o. 90 600 gallons a day al d
ls the bert MADE. Toe leading heal, b
authorities of the country CONSIDER this
an ideal arrangement for q perfect
water supply.
High Point Enterprise: The shirt
tac5ory looks very much like business
now. All OF the machines are hum.
ming and the goods are being turned
Ous very rapidly. It is a fine little
plant, doing the town much good and
paying the owners - D IriDg the cold
map the pond at o .koale fro Ee thick
and hard When IG began to tbsW
around the edges the large carp began
G O play in the shallow water OIe
hrnn RoIlo- - Aonorn1 nwo11r6 ont
ouG on the ice and never got back. It
waa found there one morning frozen
81 fl. IL was ex4ctlv q feet long and
weighed over 30 pounds. The scales
on 1t we're var an IDcn IN diameter.
Concord STANDARD: The Mecklen-
burg grand I'y On Tue day as a cIcs
ing item of their report said that they
'deplored' The increase Of crime and
attribute 1t very greatly to the large
amount OF gambling of every descrIp
tim prevailing everywhere. This
rambling, h jury believes, was IN
culcated largely by the example of
1.-The fair, d f. hands Of the progressive
euchre players" G ImblIng in high
life, said they, is WINGED at, while the
little % throwing craps back in
some livery stable and ON the creek
banks for a nickel game are always
G IralIed by the police. There's some
CnIng hollow about that shot thro n
into the social camp aud Who says that
iE is not timely We have no idea
what progressive euch, g is as a game
but toe muc care cannot be taken i n
sJciaI Circles TO aviod the cultivation
of tancIed experiences in young men at
games wherein that other mental vision
is quickly inspIred OF gaining a living
utslde the legitimate toll channe 8
When all things come to light there
will Doubtless be many q bad end ira ed
to perni9ious IL fuences that do not re-
celve due consIds ration.
Raleigh correspondence Char otte
Observer: Senator BuGler's paper, Ire
Caucasian, published here, will be
made a daily, and the official organ OF
the opposition to the franchise amend
ment to the constitution. Three
weekly anti amendment papers are to
be published east Of Raleigh. The
AsheviIIe Gazette will be the organ
west OF the mountains. An IF FT Go
remove the latter paper to Raleigh
failed and hence the decision Co make
The Caucasian q daily. The Rapubli-
,ans will cooperate and furnish capt.
tai. It is rumorSd that Hal. W. Aver
will be editor-in chief. "A r publ
can newspaper m an here says &C ls Ct 9