The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25
State News.
Tat TAR HEELS ARE DOING.

snaoropes and Tobacco Stems-From the
o. %~orth-stalks of Corn and Grains
Of Wheat From the West
Peanuts and Cotton
Seed From the
South.
iron bedstead factory is to be
..tablished at High Point.
al Waddell began his Senatorial
.,npaign at Rutherfordton last
thursday
The University has opened with
- stndents-38 more than at the
,.me period last year.
nanbury Reporter: Farmers tell
that their turnip patches are com
TO failures. The ground is so dry
%o+ the seed will not come up.
The Greensboro Telegram has it
I'm, p we'll posted gentleman that
On Carr will carry the fifth dis
lot in the Senatorial race by about
1000.
Mr.. E. Spencer Blackburn, Repub-
roon candidate for Congress in the
.;rb+b district, has declined a joint
.anvass with Mr.. J. G. Buxton, the
Damocratic nominee.
Archie Kinsauls, the murderer
rho was to have been hung at Gin
,n on the 9Th and attempted suicide
bv cutting his throat, has been re-
,nited until the 2Sth.
Two boys who went from Colds
boro to enter school at the Virginia
Military Institute at Lexington, Va,
we're so severely hazed that their
narpnts took them home.
With cotton at 1917 cents, as
against 81 last year at this time,
and cotton seed at 24% as against
12Z last year, the North Carolina
farmer is doing pretty we'll, thank
you.-Ex.
". H. Mizelle, Of Pitt county,
whose wife died under such suspi-
Gous circumstances recently as to
Indicate poisoning, has been commit
ted 90 jail to await the action Of the
grand iury.-Ex.
In the State Senate there will be
eight Republicans, three POpulists,
and thirty-nine Democrats. In the
House there will be eighteen Repub-
leans, two Populists and an even
one hundred Democrats.-Ex
The Gazette says that Mr.. Ruther-
ford Pratt Hayes, second son of the
late President Hayes, is in Asheville
and has about decided to make his
home there. He will take an inter
est in the local street railroad cor
~poration.
SAYS Col. Odds: Julian S. Carr
IS conducting his Senatorial cam
mign on lines of most amazing &c
tvity. He is in fact ubiquitous.
Today he was here and went to
Johnston county to make an address
at a veterans reunion.
Gastonia Gazette: There is a
crowd Of range peddlers a short dis
lance from town, we are informed,
that are swindling a great many peO-
pie out of their money. They offer
arrange for $50 that could be bought
here or in any town at $50 or $35.
The fact that there is not a single
Confederate Veteran on the list of
Democratic Congressional nominees
may help Gen. CarF in his contest
for Senatorial honor8. It does seem
that the State should have one
veteran to represent it at Wash
ngton.
tits odd that just nov everything
hinges On the Senatorial fight be-
tween Simmons and Carr. Some of
the Carr men are saying that the
nomination of Pou is an aid to their
candidate. This is because Simmons
and Pou are members of the same
law firm.
The State convention of Demo
cratic Clubs meets in this city on
Wednesday,, Sept. 26th. A large
crowd Is expected. All the clubs
throughout the State have appointed
delegates. This is the formal begin
mig Of the National campaign in
North Carolina.
Miss Sallie K. Stevens, of Colds
OOfo, ID young lady prominent in the
work Of the WOman's Christian