The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-08-14

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Jor1ty against the amendment. Tt
was thought here that Yancey had
gone for the amendment, but today
news came that it had cast almost
400 majority against the amendment.
The Democrats will do some great
campaigning this year, to carry the
Eighth and Ninth Congressional dis
tricts.
Greensboro Telegram: The over
whelming defeat in Guilford of the
dispensary system of controlling
liquor in Greensboro does not cause
the Telegram to change it's notion
that this is the best method yet pro-
posed for selling whiskey neither
does it cause us to believe that that
verdict is the best for this com
munity, or make us regret having
stood for what we believe right. The
vote, though, does Enthusiastically
show that the majority are against
the dispensary, and so-requiescat
in pace.
Raleigh Post: Sheriff Hooker, of
Pamlico county, who was charged
with being drunk and leading the
mob at the county seat of that
ty last Saturday and upon which
charge the Governor ordered the
troops to Bayboro, publishes "a card
in the Newborn Journal Indignantly
denying the charge and denouncing
the author of it in the ~severest
terms and in this denial the sheriff
is sustained by Mr.. John P. Tingle,
chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, and Hon. w. T.
Caho, ex-Representative of the coun-
ty, both of whom were present
throughout the time the disorders
are charged to have occurred.
Col. Odds correspondence: The
negroes are very undemonstrative.
All this year they have had but little
to say about politics. A lot of the
educated and bHst Informed ones
voted for the amendment and no
doubt share in the general pleasure
that the ~illiterates of their race are
no more in politics.--The grand
encampment I. o. o. F. meets Au-
gust 18th at Newbern. Louis G.
Howlitt, of Greensboro, is grand
patriarch. 1t will elect a delegate
to the sovereign grand lodge, which
meets at Richmond, September 18th.
Many Odd Fellows from this State
will attend the latter. There are
now 115 lodges in the State, with
6,4O0 members, a gain of over 1000
in the past year.
Raleigh Post: 1t is well known
that Mr.. F. NJ. Simmons, the Chair
man of the Democratic State Com
mittee, desires to succeed Senator
Butler in the Senate. Other candi-
dates prominent in the public eye
are General Julian S. Carr, Elk
Governor T. j. Jarvis and Colonel
A. M. Waddell. All of these gentle
men are understood to earnestly
favor the primary. 1t is one of the
probabilities that the newly chosen
legislature may select two United
States Senators. According to cur
rent reports Judge Boyd has the
Federal Judgeship with a string tied
to it and he may retire after the
November election in favor of Sena-
tor Pritchard. In that event the
Legislature will elect two Senators.
Mount Olive Advertiser: Crops
IN this section, even before the late
rains, were in excellent condition
when compared with those of other
parts of the Stete, but since the plen-
tious showers they have taken on
new life and vigor, and r now in
as good condition as any reasonable
person could wish.-Mr. j. A.
Westbrook is the most extensive
grower of c~antaloupes in this session,
having about forty acres devoted to
to that crop. Up to the last Monday
he had shipped over 1000 crates and
even then the shipment was up to
the daily average. Prices have been
satisfactory and the season very
favorable.-The strawberry grow
ers of this section had the business
in their own hands last season and
we're successful. The outlook indi-
Gates that the business will be over
done next year.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION