The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-02
General News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The Greek Church has
nicated Count Leo Tolstoi, the world
famed author, because of his stric-
lures on the church.
Congress of Mexico, September
26th, declared the result of the Pres
ldential election. General Diaz was
unanimously reelected.
The well-known seed-growers and
merchants, Messrs. T. w. Wood &
Sons of Richmond, Va, have been
awarded a gold medal at the Paris
Exposition, this year, for their splen-
did exhibit of seeds at the EXPOSE
ton.
It is said that Paul Kruger, to
guard against contingencies, had
shipped about 81, OOO, 900 in gold to
France. In view of his advanced
years if he is as economical as he is
said to be'and he and the old lady
can worry along on their share of
this.
BrOOm-cOrn is quoted in Illinois at
800 per ton. There is a good profit
in raising it at $50 per ton. The
Post a year ago urged attention to
the growing value of this crop. A
few acres on on every farm might
help attract a few dollars to the in
d~ustrious farmer.
SOUTH PIrTsBURG, Tenn, Sept.
26.-TwO negroes passed through
here last night with another colored
man whom they said they were going
to hang for an assault on a woman.
Officers heard of the affair and fol
lowed. To-day they found portions
of the Negroes clothing in the
woods on the bank of a creek. It
is supposed the negro was thrown
into the creek.
Dispatches from the Nauces River
Valley in Texas says the Mexican
village, La Aigle, on the Gallardo
creek, a branch of Nueces, was de-
strOyed by the recent flood. A Mex
lean family of four, and two Amer
lean campers, supposed to have been
deer hunters, from Eagle Pass, per-
ished. Loss of life is reported to
have resulted on the Circle x Ranch,
and at Dos Pasitos, but this cannot
be verified. All efforts to get word
from Brackettsville have failed,
owing to the washing away of teIe-
graph wires.
MACON, Sept. 17.-Dr. J. L. White,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
preached a pointed sermon last night
aster. He said the city of Calves
ton had been a very wicked one, and
in the cOurse of his remarks he re-
ferred to the floods in Catalonia, the
inundatiOn of Holland when 400, 900
people we drowned at one time, the
destruction of SOdOm and GOmOrrah,
the JOhnstOwn disaster, the Chicago
fire, etc, and in effect said that the
wickedness and Observation-Disclosures of
man brought on such calamities.
Joel Chandler Harris has resigned
the position of chief editorial writer
on the Atlanta Constitution in order
to devote his time exclusively to lit
erary work. In retiring from The
Constitution Mr.. Harris has the sat
isfactiOn of seeing his son Julian,
only 26 years of age, it's managing
editor, and his son Evelyn, still
younger, it's city editor. There are
perhaps no other men of their age in
such responsible journalistic posi-
tions in the country, Each Of them
seems destined to shine in the news
paper armament indeed, they are
already doing so.
BATH, Me, Sept. 25., (SpeciaD.-
Magniicently impressive were the
launching ceremonies attending the
sliding from the ways of the torpedo
boat Bagley. Shortly after 1 O'Clock
to-day. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, of
Raleigh N. c., sent against the
sharpest points of the bow a bottle
of champagne, with the words, Il
christen thee Bagley." The Bagley
left the ways smoothly and swiftly.
The launching, according to naval
officers, was the most successful in
many years, Mrs. Daniels stood on a
platform decorated with American
flags and with her were Mrs. Ada
laide Worth Bagley, OF Washington
Cadet David Worth Bagley, Of the
naval academy; Henry Bagley, Of
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