The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-09
State News.
IAT TAR aERLs ARB DOING

a. Grains OF nice ITOm Tie EaS1
Of arSDes and Tobacco Stems from the
~Hn,th-Stalks OF Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanut'
Gad Cotton Seed from the SOUTH
Another Normal student, Mss D wis,
of G. awhile county, died on the morn
ing Of the 1st.
The Weldon Cotton Manufacturing
Company, shipped on n DAY a solid
car lad of underwear to one i'm In
Dstrolt Men, says the Weldon News
The delegates elected from Wilson
county TO the Tobacco Growers IN
yention are Msssrs. f w Barnes,
Alex G aono, Wiley Barnes, R 8.
Wells and II E. freeman.
The Ro he New ssays that z. l.
Summ raII, supervisor OF tne Safe
farm, sud 2 900 pounds of bacon,
raised % the IA N 1t is the first time
this has baen known, says the Weldon
News.
The Jnarlotsa Poultry Show opens
on ii. 10 n Of ] .nusry and will COZ
tinue for tn ee days. Mr.. Within
BsrrInger Ce,ls 5ne Ne Rs c at a largr
numoer Of handsome birds will De on
exhibition A nu nber Of these Will
come from a die stance.
Toe R pub lean State Executive
CommI5,ee met the ID, and after sNme
discuss on decuds d to hold the State
convent n IN R ,leigh May 81. It was
agree1 mat the r 'pubIlcans should not
hold their convention until after the
D mocrats nominate their ticket n
April
State Treasurer Worth says: 81
have no idea when I will be able &C
honor the AUDITORS warrants for thf
800 600 appropriated Oy the L g.sla-
ture t. the DunsIc schools I nope {,
paw lE all by next j me. / have moi
much money nov. Yesterdays ex
pendItures we're double the receipts"
The B ard of Directors have as yet
made n report with reference t. the
epidemic of tV phoid fever at the State
Normal and Industrial College, Tney
will du % &C tneir meeting 10 be held
at G.1ensO no on the 11Gh of January.
They vii also az that mseting deter
mine when the college will be re-
opened.
Ameeti of representative tobacco
rover Of G Ilford county was held
in the cour. mouse New Years day at
: noon for the general convention OF to
bscco-gro Vers to be held 10 r Leigh
January II q The folio wing farmers
were appointed delegate: W. ],
G,oome, Walter Lindsay, Charlie,
WeatherIy, J. F. Dtggett and ". Il
Case.
The tire ssurer of the dispenaary, in
pursuaucsO Of Instructions by the DO ard,
has turaed over 60 the treasurer OF H.
city 4 g ernsbOro che sum of 81 600
and to the treasurer of GuIItord county
81 600 TnIs 10 for the first six moothe
of tn operations of the disper 8 Iry,
and repre-eL to as much as the GA
rooms paid the city in ayear.- G GELS
boro Telegram.
L9noir county elected these delegates
to the Tobacco g overs meeting in
Rlleigh, JHuary 17.h: w. l. K u
nedy, B.. f D .ughety, ] 81 D4Iden.
Dampsy Wood, ] h Dawson. e R
Rouse and E. 7. Moseley. A m DtIon
prevailed that all tobacco gro Rers from
the county that might attend the s ate
meeting shall be considered delegates,
say the Klnston Free Press.
The fires we're kindled at the D l.
gado Cotton Mills on Friday nIgtt.
and SATURDAY the big Corlls4 engine
was tried Everything worked smooth
ly. The lower floor of the mill IS nov
heated, and the fires will now be kep
going day and night, not even except
ing Sunday. 1t will be about ten day q
before the machinery in the mills Will
be set going.-WIlmington Star.
Ths Superintendent of Public In
structlon, Prot. O. II. Mebane. has
Gent an thcIal letter to the NAV rs Of
the various TOW ns in North Carolina
urging them to exert their 10 Aoepce
among their people to vote a sue nal
tax for their public schools No soec,sl
act Of the Legislature will be Dtcs-sarv
to do this, as authority for towns ana
cities TO vote a special tax for the pun
lie schools 10 given in section 76 If the
general school law of 1899
Scotland Neck Commonwealth: Pur-
a to the call OF Mr. J Bryau
Irimes, a number Of tobacco farmers
Oh tne country met at the court house
IN HALIFAX Mlnday. Mr.. W. T. Eur
was made chairman n Mr. A r