The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
State News.
naAr TAR BELLS ARB DOING

rains of Rice from the
,.pes and Tobacco Stems from the
stalks of Corn and Grains Of
rr.at from the West-PeAnutS
Seed from the South
9 nator PrIrchard will speak at New
tcD. ID Ga sw ba county, on the % q
T. spr, ars that there vas no small
nov AZ R-iosvIIle. The disease in the
?, male Summary was chicken pox.
On .rrtv ard Children say there ap
nesrs to b. q rte a good deal of feeling
down about Red Springs on account of
the execution If Ruben R 1873.
The ANU Il orat lricsl contest of the
Loszar L Uersry Society of the Agri-
c~u,rur4l ard Mechanical @ llege was
held Friday night. Mr. J E Porter
wa a ~arded the medal.
On account of the smallpox scare
near West Durham, Trinity College
and Yves D Irhem have both quaren
tined egaIns, the district 1 wnIcn the
disease fist made it's appearance.
Spot c ton 10 selling in New York
for 9 1 16. In Raleigh, on account Of
tn DE nand from tue mills, 1t IA bring
ing even more than that, and 600 bales
were sold hare Ia st week by a cotton
buver for IS
Meetings of the farmers OF Chatham
cnuuty are called for Friday, March
2n1, 20 discuss che recent increase in
the price Of fsrEiIIzars, advise utilizing
homo fertilizer and buying less Of the
Manufactured product.
At a second mass meeting of the
Pr sny terIans Of Charlotte Sunday
&12 GOO was subsc rIbed for the enlarge
mint of the Presbyterian college for
women in that city. THIS amount
completes the fund OF $50, 600 which
the trustees decided TO at "npE to raise
a few months ago, with $500 TO a
A Winston telegram says: FIVE
cases OF smallpox we're discovered at
the counsv home for the poor today
Kepper Robert FuIcher, his wife and
bsoy, Assistant Keeper Seigsr and a
negro man nave the disease. There
are thirty. five inmates who have been
exposed. Ali of them we're vscciDated
this afternoon.
The trustees of the y diversity Ct
North Carolina have decided that In
future that H. stItutIon shall have con-
tinuous g ssIons. In other words, the
University will be open all the year,
as, according TO the plan, the summer
school will be leaRthened to include
the mouths OF June. July, August and
a part OF September.
A Southern Pines sueHral. 19 b, says:
Southern Pines mad a $50 600 fire early
this morning the Alta HJGeI with all
is contents being desc Dyed. The
thirty guests escaped, out saw d little
Of heir property A bank, the post
off q and a puotic rail- we're located in
tn guiding. TIE mail was saved as
was also the banks books
An Ashevhie epecial, "a b, says:
Smallpox is quite prevalent west of
here now Cnere is nome in this city
Canton, a SIN IN village west, Is miles,
has about 81 cases and tour des, hs
DIG M-ase. a tramp, 10 supposed 60
have brought it TO the town He died
of it They are trying Co stamp 1t cue
by iRid quarantine, and compulsory
vaccination.
An important suit has just been de-
cio ed IN Greensboro. Miss Correll
sud the wa er company fer lack Of
suR lent VAR pressure at a fire which
destroyed her property some time ago
The case is without a precedent and D.
the decision Is an e~ye-Opener to all
water companies generally The jury
brought IN a verdict OF S. 900 An ap
peal WRs taken.
A correspondent of the r IeiRh Post
saye: R cky Mount will have 4 Rradei
school, aE least that was the unanimous
determination OF a very large ana
respe .taole mass meeting nt it's cICiZPn
held IN the OJera House Friday night
last An auj burned meeting will be
held Friday night of this week, when
committee appointed to inquire fully
into the best plans will make their
repOrr.
A Newbern correspondent of the
Ra,aigh Post. "a n, say g: An Associated
Press dispatch from New Y rk dated
the 2Oth told OF q big C mbi, alton
form d to control the entire lumber
buet.ess of North Carolina. Ing Try
among lumber dealers and mill M n
Weu poste1 IN North Carolina matters.
shows hat there ia thI in this