The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-03
General News.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
The Latest Reliable News From the Earth's
Four Corners Selected and Condensed for
Progressive Farmer Readers.

n OEOuZ0 STATUE nI0-S1Z0, OF IA
phael Semmes, late Admiral in the
Confederate Navy, was unveiled in
Mobile, Ala, last week.
The Florida State Democratic Con
vention has adjourned. This is the
last State Democratic Convention
that will be held in Florida for many
years, probably, as the platform
adopted provides for primaries for
United States Senators down.
The legislature of Oregon has
passed a resolution proposing an
amendment to the State Constitu-
ton, establishing the Initiative and
Referendum. House vote was 43 to
8; Senate vote, 20 to 8. The amend
ment was proposed by the Republi-
cans. "Whither are we drifting?"t
W. S. Taylor. of Kentucky, and
wife, have started for Niagara Falls,
followed by four detectives, two in
the employ of Taylor to guard his
person, two bearing warrants for his
arrest. It is understood Roosevelt
will not surrender Taylor to the Ken
lucky authorities.
AS soon as Secretary Root re-
turns to Washington early next week
final arrangements will be made for
the withdrawal of as many troops as
can be spared from further service
in Cuba. 1t has been estimated that
about half the troops. can safely be
brought home within the next few
months.
F. W. Hazleburst,~ Secretary of the
Georgia Peach Growers Associa-
ton, who has just returned from a
tour of the great orchards in Middle
Georgia says that the continuous
rains of the past few weeks has cut
off the early peach crop, so far as
spring shipping is concerned, fully
25 per cent.
The jury in the case of B. H. Rob
erts, the expelled Congressman from
tatiOn returned a verdict of guilty.
Roberts in an agreed statement of
facts, but before the jury admitted
that he entered into a polygamous
marriage with Maggie B. Shipp and
lived with her and his legal wife,
Sarah Louisa.
Fifteen hundred recruits for the
regular army in the Philippines are
now being enlisted and assembled in
New York harbor and Columbus
Barracks, Ohio, to sail about the
first of November. The recruits
to take the places of enlisted men
whose term of service will expire
this year, many of the veterans
having expressed a desire to remain
in the Philippines to try business in
civil life.
As to the question of Constitu-
tionality of postponing the State
Alliance meeting we refer brethren
to Art. l, Sec. 6: delegates from a
majority of the counties shall con
stitute a quorum Of the State Ali
ance." Therefore, if a majority Of
the counties instruct delegates to
remain away, no meeting can be
held Aug. 18th. Art. 1, Sec. 8: THE
President of the State Alliance may
call L meeting on application of the
Presidents of on~e-fourth of the
county Alliances" So the Presi-
dent can call a meeting September
4th.
A detachment of forty men of the
Fortieth regiment of our army in
the Philippines, Captain Thomas
Miller commanding, left Cagayan de
Misamis, Island of MindanaO, June
18th scouting. During the morn
ing of June 18th they encountered a
strongly ambushed and entrenched
force of the enemy. The Americans
attempt to charge were frustrated
by the Filipinos' pitfalls and traps.
The advance line, consequently was
under a heavy fire in front and on it's
TANKS and fell back on Cayagan.
The American loss was nine killed
and two officers and ten men woun-
ded.
Great rains, fall in Georgia and Ala
bama, S we'll as in North Carolina,
last week, doing great damage to
crops A Mobile dispatch says /:
Twelve and ~ffty-seven one-hun-
dredths inches of rain fell in Mobile
between 4 a.. m. and l p. M. This is