The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-16

Mage Smith was found dead in tho
woods near the Wadesboro depot Tues.
day morning. There we're WOUNDS on
his head, which looked as if they were
made with q pick. The dead mans
pockets were riff sd and his watch was
removed. The coroner's jury found
that he had come to his death at the
hands OF unknown persons.
The News and Observer Washington
correspondent claims to have iDforms.
ton that Governor r lssell, Judge
Spencer B. Adams and others are fix.
ing up the most mixed State ticket that
was ever heard Of before. A 6istin-.
guished anti amendment D 3mocrat isl
to head this ticket and PopulIsts and
r publicans are to fill in the minor
piaces."
o. Friday, 10 b, the directors of the
State Normal and Industrial CgIlegeI
decided to open the institution January
80. The directors are satisfied with
che present sanitary condition of the
college, and the vote to open January
80 was unanimous. The work of fumi,
CATION has been conducted ia the most
scientific manner possible.
The Landmark says that the officers
of the Presbyterian church of States
vile have decided to prohibiE the use
of the church for public free-to all
marriages Hereafter no marriages.
can take place in the church except by
permission of the session, and then ad.
mission must be by card. THIS action
is the result of abuse Of the church by
thoughtless witnesses of former mar
riages.
Col J. Bryan Grimes, of Pitt county,
is being boomed as the Democratic
candidate for Secretary Of State. The
Greenville Weekly says: TIE friends
of Mr.. j. Bryan G lines are pleased
with the favorable mention Of his name
in connection with the nomination for
Secretary of State. Mr.. Crimes will.
be a candidate for the nomination and
if meri5, honor and ability are the
qualifications 10 be consider ed, then he
ia the peer Of any candidate.
Chatham Citizen: Oae night Te
Gently a young couple with matr:-
monial inclinations went to the home
of q Cape Fear Justice of the Peace
after he had retired and asked to be
married. The Justice was tired and
sleepy and did not want 10 have the
trouble OF this late marriage, but as
they insisted he had them conduc ed
to his bedroom and he married them
without getting out of bed.
The Monroe E q Iirer reports that
during 1899 the amount Of liquor sold
by the ~dispensary a~Rgrega.ed $17,z
807 10, with a total profit Of 81 41O O4.
1t adds: by the report Of the dIspen-
sary boerd it will be seen that Mc nroe's
iiq1or bill during the past year was
near eighteen thous8Ld dollars, to say
nothing Of the amount sold Illegally.
Il is a sad fact, but q fact, nevtrthe-
less, that more money is spent in the
county for liquor than is spent Cor
churches"
The Durham county school fund hiss
been a~pportioned. There are 8,475
school children in the Couv ty and the
amount aoportioned was 1924. 916 o., or
a per capita Of 50 "a O. this per capita
50 80 comes from the county fund and
ID cents from the special State appro-
priation. In speaking OF the apprc-
priation Superintendent @. W. Massey
said: This is tha largest per capita
aver apportioned in this county, next
to it being last year, when the yer
capita was 50 So"
Dlring 1899 there was only one
lynchins in North Carolina. That &C
Cured in OarCeret county. The victim
was the murderer of a fisherman near
B 3aufor5, whose neighbors took the
murderer from costody, placed him in
a boat, carried him many miles to the
scene OF the crime, and there killed
him, while the sheriff and posse was on
the way to retake him.-Ex. The
Progressive Farmer would be glad to
believe that we had but one lynchiDg.
But was there not one in Chatham
county,
The Grand Lodge Of Masops of North
Carolina held its one hundred and
thirteenth annual session in Raleigh
last week. There are four new lodges,
one each at Red Springs, Cookerville,
Carthage and Raleigh. The total mum
Der of lodges is 81. The mem oership
is Ii, 400, an increase OF 500, which is
more than usual. The old ones have