The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.


have established quarantine against
allurements that seek to tempt their
cotton pickers elsewhere. Trains
are watched and negroes are required
to stay at home.
The Galveston storm devastated
the very richest part Of the country
round about, not only running the
growing cotton, but damaging the
so that it may take years before an
other crop can be grown on the same
land, reports say.
The Middle-of-the-Ro Populists
nave apparently taken heart by rea-
son of Mr.. Towne's defeat Arkansas
City and the substitution of Steven
son by the regular Populists. The
Mid-Roaders will have a full ticket
in the field in most of the trans
Missouri States.
The torpedo boat Bagley will be
launched September 25th (today) at
the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. She
is named for Ensign Bagley, who
was killed off Cardenas, Cuba, dur
ing the Spanish war when he was
accommodating near the forts with
the torpedo boat Winslow.
A charter has been granted by the
State of Virginia to the Cudahy
Packing Company, and all legal pre-
liminaries have been complied with.
Ground will soon be broken for their
extensive distributing plant in Rich
mond, Va, the plans now being in
the hands of their architect.
DIR. Hunter Holmes MCGUIRE, who
was Stonewau Jackson's medical di-
rector during the civil war, and an
emint surgeon, died at his country
home near Richmond Wednesday
morning from the effects of a stroke
of paralysis suffered early last
spring. He was born in Winchester,
Va, in 1885.
General Charles Tracey, of New
York, chairman of the national COM
mittee of the gold Democratic party,
says: Judging from my observa-
ton and knowledge, my opinion is
that rs per cent. Of the gold Demo
Gratis of 1895 will vote for Mr.. Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt. The remain
manning 25 per cent. will vote for
Bryan"
According to a report from Gen
eral Roberts, the South African war
is practically ended. The British
commander in chief announces that
there is nothing left of the Boer
army except a few rowing bands.
He says that when the bUrghers re-
allied that their cause was hopeless
a general tumult ensued and the
federalists destroyed considerable
ordinance.
A Charlotte, N. c., dispatch says:
The recommendation of the South
ern Cotton Spiners Association that
it's members curtail their production
of yarns as much as possible for so
days has been complied with by
enough mills to bring about a reduc-
ton in the Southern output of about
40 per cent. Two large mills at
Maiden, N. c., have suspended alto
gether.
A leading English paper in touch
with the cotton mill interests, the
Manchester Guardian, says that at
present there IS not the slightest
prospect of a prolonged scarcity of
cotton. The paper adds: "What-
ever the American crop, it is certain
the consumption of American cotton
will be substantially reduced by the
abundance of the Indian crop now
approaching maturity"
A recent Chicago dispatch says:
The Republicans have become alarm
ed and have decided to attempt to
sidetrack the imperialism issue. For
the next two weeks, acting on the
present plan of the Republican Con-
g~ressional Committee, trust litera-
ture will be sent out. After the
trust literature pamphlets treating
on the currency question will be
sent for two weeks. The last two
weeks of the campaign will be given
over to sending out prosperity liter
allure.
The complete vote in the recent Ala
bama election for Governor, the only
contested Office. has been announced |