The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

"O0 -
question heard today.-Ex.
The marriage of DIR. Della Dixon.
physician at the Baptist Female Uni
versity, to DR.. Norwood Carroll. is
announced to take place soon. The
groom is a successful and popular
dentist. The bride is a sister of
Revs. A. G. and Thomas Dixon, and
is a talented physician and accom-
plished lady.-Ex.
Our State Veterinarian has received
advices from DR.. DE Salmon of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture that cattle will be allowed to
pass from the counties of Rabun.
Townes, Union and Fannin, of Geor-
gia, into this State during the COM
ing fall only IN a special permit
issued by the department.
Not one of the Democratic nomi-
nees for the house was old enough to
see service in the Confederate army,
and w. w. Kitchin, Claude Kitchin,
Chas. r. Thomas and Edward w.
POu born since the close of the
war. The others-Small, Bellamy,
Buxton. Crawford and Kluttz-were
small boys during the war.
Raleigh Post: Raleigh is to have
a new citizen after March 4th, next.
Senator Marion Butler, whose term
of Office in the United States Senate,
expires at that time, announced,
while here last Monday his intention
of making Raleigh his future home.
The Senator will move his family
here and engage in the practice of
law.
At the meeting of the directors of
the State Hospital in Morganton DR..
Murphy was unanimously reelected
superintendent. There are 792 pa
tients in the institution. The p
intendent gets daily from three to
ten letters, making application for
admission but there is no room.
Work is progressing on the new
building.
A joint canvass of this Congress
siOnal district has been arranged be-
tween Mr.. J. r. Blair, Democratic
candidate for electOr, and Mr.. j. L.
Randleman, Republican candidate
for elector. The campaign will be-
gin a Star, Montgomery county, on
September gath, and end at Sails
bury, October Both. The gentlemen
will speak at thirty-six different
places.-Statesville Landmark.
The Greensboro Record says that
Judge Boyd has adopted a new plan
for drawing Federal Court jurors.
He has caused to be appointed two
men in each county in the district,
of different political faith, who
select a certain number of names
from their county, those names to be
sent to the commissioner and placed
in a box. A small boy then draws
them from a hat and the duty of the
commissioners is only to certify to
these names.
The Legislature now gives $40, 900
d year to the Soldiers Home. It last
year gave So, 900 for the hospital and
for various improvements. The next
Legislature will be asked for $50, 900
so as to provide for $50 to 175 in
mates. OF course as the years pass
the home will become and more
a hospital. In, say Is years, or 20 at
most, it's use will almost be at an
end. The hospital will give o
for a number of veterans in the pres
ent quarters.-EX.
Newton Enterprise: The drought
still continues in this section of the
country. With the exception of two
or three days, there has been no rain
here since the first of August. TIE
heat has smashed all previous re-
cords. The damage to cotton and up
land corn has been tremendous. The
supply of both will be short this fall.
There bas been very little wheat
land ploughed on account of the long
dry spell. Almost all of the wheat
sown this year will be late.
Assistant Labor Commissioner Fai-
son when asked today about the
sentiment in favor of compulsory
education said d new lot of inquiries
as to it had been sent out this year,
and that the next report will make a