The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-12
State News.
WHAT TAR HEELS ARE DOING.

AHO AAOS1u0uG mas nominated y. II.
Waller, to be postmaster at Burling-
ton.
The Proximity cotton mills are on
the go again after the recent strike.
Only employeswho signed an agree
ment not to join a labor union were
allowed to resume work.
The output of manufactured to-
bacco in Winston for the first five
months of 1900 was 1854, 442 pounds,
against 1868, 1873 pounds for the five
months of 1899, an increase of 1885,
3O4 pounds.
The CumnOck coal mines are again
in full operation. Tt is stated that
there will be no damage suits brought
against it on account of the men
killed and injured in the recent ex-
plOsion in the mines.
Hon. 1. Finley Snipes, member of
the present Legislature from Hert-
ford county is under treatment for
appendicitis in the Old Dominion
Hospital, Richmond, Va. His con-
dition has been critical for six
weeks.
The Governor has fixed the date
for the execution of Thomas Jones,
the negro who near the town of Gar
ner, some three months ago. killed
his paramount, Ella Jones, and her
daughter and then set fire to the
house, burning the dead bodies and
four live children. He will hang in
Wake county jail-yard on August 81.
Lumberton Correspondent Raleigh
Post, 9TH: Henry j., son of J. B.
Pittman, one of the most prominent
citizens of this place, died this morn
ing of inflammation of the bowels. He
had just returned from Trinity Col
lege Saturday. He was sick when
he reached home and gradually grew
worse till II 20 this morning when
he died.
Lexington Dispatch One hun
dred and sixty-four hawk heads were
presented to Clerk Phillips during
the month of May. Under the pres
ent law the county pays 25 cents for
a hawk scalp and on Monday the
county commissioners were com
PEELED to allow the neat little sum
of $41 for the slaughter of these
pests in May.
Governor Russell has appointed
the following delegates to the Farm
ers' National Congress, at Colorado
Springs, on August 21st to 31st, viz
L. Banks Holt, DIR. J. J. Mott, S. B.
Alexander, A. T. McCallum, J. J..
Laughinghouse Jno. S. Cunningham,
NJ. j. Hawkins, J. B. Cof1eld, VIM.
Dunn, J. A. Varladge, Geo. F. Yves
ton, Chas. McNamee, J. E. Pogue,
J. D. McCauley, B. w. Kilgore, B.
Cameron, W. A. Graham.
Statesville Landmark We assume
that the tobacco trust-sometimes
called the cigarette trust and again
the American Tobacco Company-is
prospecting and paying the usual
large dividends. We assume so be-
cause we note that Brer Geo. w.
Watts, one of the members of the
trust, last week gave $50, 900 to the
Union Theological Seminary, of
Richmond. Brer Watts gives a part
of his to the Presbyterians while
Brer Duke stands by the M~ethodists.
Weldon special Raleigh Post, 9Th
The fast mail on the Atlantic Coast
Line ran into a freight train On the
siding at Garyburg this morning at
1 o'clock. Engineer Walter Cheat
ham was instantly killed. His body
was cut in half. An unknown white
man was also killed and the fremen
on both engines were seriously in
jured. w. H. McGeorge, mail clerk,
was cut about the head, had several
ribs broken and received internal
injuries. 1t is thought that some
one misplaced the switch to wreck
the fast mail. The lock was found
some distance away and battered.
News and Observer; Of the opin-
ions handed down by the Supreme
court Thursday, 9TH, the n of
greatest general interest is that in
the case of Debnam VS.. Southern
Bell Telephone Company, from Dur
ham. This is an appeal brought to
test the validity of the Craig Law,
passed by the last Legislature, re-
curing all foreign corporations to