The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-12-04

like 5000, 900. OF this amount the
$4,000 went to the penitentiary.
The officials of that institution are
claiming that it will not ask the
State for a cent for 19Ot.-Ex.
Much disappointment was expert
enced when the census returns from
North Carolina were made public to-
day, in that they did not give the
population by cities separately, but
incorporated the population of the
cities in the county in which they
were located. Tt was explained that
the population by cities will be given
later in a comprehensive bulletin,
which will be issued in a month or
sooner No city in North Carolina,
it is officially announced, has d popu-
lation of 25, 900. Wilmington stands
first and it Is a close race between
Charlotte and Raleigh for second
place-Ex.
Winston Salem Cor. Charlotte Oh
server: A negro hospital for Win
stOn Salem is now assured. 1t will
be established in connection with the
Slater Industrial School. Mr.. r. j.
Reynolds last year proposed to
donate 5000 for Il hospital if the
institution would raise the same
amount. President Atkins has
raised over 81, 900 and expects to get
the other 1000 by Christmas. Mr..
Reynolds has appointed his two
brothers and nephew to represent his
interests. They met with Messrs.
A. H. Eller, w. A. Blair and Presi-
dent Atkins Saturday and organized
a board of managers to arrange for
the hospital. Mayor O. B. Eaton was
elected chairman.
Stanly Enterprise: There has
been "a story afOat for a long while
that one Mr.. Dillimot, who was
buried at Old Town, in Montgomery
county, near Lowder's Ferry, some
thing near a half century ago, had a
golden idol before he diedand that it
was buried with him. On last Thurs
day night some ghouls, with torches,
visited the grave, Ostensibly for the
purpose of getting the golden image.
Mr.. e. B. Hamilton, of this place,
passed by the spot last Sunday, and
from his account the robbers were
not careful in placing the remnants
of the coffin and bones of the dead
back in their proper place, leaving
both exposed and the grave only
half filed.
Goldsboro Argus: Mr.. VIM. NJ.
Moore has received by letter from
the Philippine islands, the sad news
of the death of his son, w. Jarvis
Moore, by drowning, the 24th of
September. The letter was written
by Capt. S. L. Draper, in charge of
the arsenal at Cavite, where jarvis
was serving as d corporal, and states
that the company guarding the
arsenal we're expecting an attack
from the enemy, and in order to de
fend themselves had to cross Il swift
flowing stream, over which there
was no bridge but Il single marrow
plank. It was while attempting to
cross this stream that Corporal
Moore was drowned. His body was
recovered and inferred with military
hOnOr5.
People who have "a curiosity to
know what it is to have the hand of
taxation on them ought to move to
Greater New York and acquire some
thing taxable. The estimate of the
cost OF the municipal government
for the next year is over $98, 900, 600
which is so near 500, 900, 900 that it
is not worth while to talk about the
difference-and which is equal to
about $50 per head of population.
When it is remembered that accord
ing to the figures given out by the
State Treasurer d few days ago, the
whole amount of tax collected by the
State of North Carolina during the
last fiscal year for all State purposes
was less than 81, 500, 900, and when
these figures are compared with those
above, it will be seen that while we
think down here that we know sOme-
thing about taxation we really
don't.-Sel.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer
The Baptist State Convention, which
meets here December 18th, will be the