The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16
State News.
WHAT TAR HRRLs ARB DOING.

Wheat from the West-Peanuta
and Cotton Seed from the South
Mr. s. 81. Cover, of Johnston county,
killed a hog a few days ago which
weIghad 525 pounds.
Col. w. 8 Pearson, editor of the
MorRanton Herald, is g candidate for
the Democratic nomination for State
Auditor.
Ashley Horne, of Selma, who has
been often referred to as an asp1rant
for the Democratic nomination fer
State Treasurer, says he is not an
aspirant.
Miss D avis, of Granville county, q
student at the Normal and Industrial
college at Greensboro, recently died,
the thirteenth victim of the typhoid
epidemic.
The Alexander county board of edu
cation was in session Monday and
apportioned the public money. The
amount was found to be SO cents per
scholar.
A special term of G 1ilford suuerior
Court for the trial of civil cases has
bean called, to begin Monday, Frbru
ary 5. His Honor Judge W. A. Hoke
pr eeiding.
A negro girl attempted to poison the
family OF Mr.. R. Q. Bachelor, at Raj
eigh, N @, by putting a box of
matches into a pot of ccf3e. She had
been discharged az a servant.
The eighteen-year- old son of James
Burns was found dead near Woodlands
bridge, nice miles north OF Pittsboro
last week. 1t is supposed he was
thrown by g mule and killed.
10 Fl arris O white man has been sent
to Jail in Wake county for falsely
swearing to a girls age in order to
procure a marriage license for a friend.
The girl was IA and Harris made oath
that she was Is.
It has been announced that assistant
district attorney Spencer Blackburn
will contest with Congressman Linney,
before the next Republican convention,
for the nomination to represent that
district in the next congress-.
E~x-Treasurer Pope, of Harnett, who
had failed to pay the State taxes for
1898 and against whom the State
Treasurer had obtained Judgment, last
week paid up and got "a clean bill Of
health" Hs paid 50 479 80, Of which
$50 70 vas for costs.
The ReidsviIle WeekIy says that
President McIver, of the State Normal
and Industrial College, expended $500
of bis private funds ia assisting sick
students and others who had no funds
to go to their homes after the receCt
outbreak of the epidemic at the State !
Normal.
Capt. r. B. Glenn is greatly annoyed
over the announcement in the papers
shat he ia q candidate fer the United
Senate. a representative OF the
Atlanta Journal did talk with him
while in Washington, but Capt. Glenn
did not know his sta cement would be
published.
Preparations are being made as G. as
tonia, N. G., for the erection of a cot
ton mill to cost 81 600, 900 A mill
engineer from B )ston began a survey
OF the site last week preparatory to
drawing plans to1 the buildings. Work
will begin on the plant as soon as TIE
weather will permit.
TIE Try in the case Of Marshall, |
the young Wilmington la wyer char ged
with counterfeiting, which has been
the sensation in Raleigh Federal Court
for some days, failed to agree.
Nine jurors were for aCquittaI, three
for conviction. The case will be tried
again in August next.
The Wadasboro Messenger says that
Sandy ORpIe, a 10 year-oId orphan
colored boy. was found dead at hia
home near L lesYilIa, Aneon county, /
q few days ago. The boy had cpl
parently frozen to death, but as the
people with whom he lived did not
him we'll there are suspicious of
foul play.
D. Ulery, of Chicago, was in Raj
eign last week on matters connected
with the giving of title to the govern
mens for 80 acres of land on Bald Head
or Smiths Island, at the mouth Of the
Cape Fear river. H, the island
and will make a game preserve and
resort of it, stocking it with deer, etc.