The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04

COrn ana Grains
of Wheat From the West
Peanuts and Cotton
Seed From the
South.
Charlotte is to have a $500, 900
brewery.
Weldon News: The negroes of
+bo east helped to make the victory
COMPLETE by voting the solid Demo-
cratic ticket, and by voting for the
amendment.
Tom Jones, the negro murderer of
q family of six, was hanged in Raj
pigh Friday. The Post says that che
met death stoically. OF the great
crowd that surged around the jail
Enclosure and those who witnessed
the hanging, Tom Jones appeared to
he the least concerned"
Raleigh Post: The vote, as re-
+urned on the amendment, indicates
3 loss of more thousands of votes of
the opposition than an increase of
the Democratic vote in support of
that measure. These figures will
bear careful consideration, and will
be strongly suggestive as to future
possibilities.
Raleigh Times Visitor The sub
iect of the Speakership of the next
House of Representative is beginning
to attract attention. The place will
90 to the west this time. Among
those mentioned are Walter Moore,
of Jackson Edward Justice, of Nc
Doweu S. NJ. Gattis, of Orange, and
Locke Craige, of Buncombe.
Mr.. Mills H. Flack was shot and
killed on his plantation, near Forest
City, Rutherford county, last week,
by Avery Mills, a negro. Mills and
the officers in charge of him were
overtaken by a crowd on the way to
Rutherfordton Jail an hour or two
later and the negro carried to the
woods and ridd1ed with bullets.
Wake Forest dispatch, 31st:. The
opening of Wake Forest College was
a success in every respect. The
registration today at 10 o'clock was
POS, and we can safely estimate those
unregistered at 20, making a total
arrival of 225 students at the open
ing OF the third day, which is an adj
vance in registration of 10 over last
year 1t the same date.
September 18th, in the towns and
cities and September 18th, in the
country precincts has been selected
as the dates for the organization of
Bryan and Stevenson clubs in every
voting precinct in the State. A call
signed by the State Chairman, Ma
tional Committeeman, and State Club
officials for these meetings, has been
issued. A State meeting will be held
in Raleigh, Goth.
Mr.. Edward w. Pou has with
drawn from the race as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
member of Congress from the Fourth
Congressional district. This an
nOuncement will be read with sur
prise all over the district. Mr.. POu
had the matter of his candidacy I'm
der advisement for several weeks,
and about two weeks ago, authorized
his friends to announce that he was
IN the race.
The total vote cast on the amend
ment was 80, SOP. The total vote
cast for Governor was 331, 1926. The
Democratic vote in 1896 was 145, 226,
in 1898 it was III, 499 and in 1900 it
IS 1872, 217. Wake cast by far the
largest vote of any county in the
State, exceeding all others by more
than 1000 votes. Another signif-
can't fact is that the Republicans re-
ceived more votes in Wake than in
any other county in the State. Hall
fax leads in the majority for the
amendment, giving 1881.
The Fayetteville Observer, speak
ing of the North Carolina political
situation, says: But the influence
which supplied the backing necessary
to carry the elections in 1898 and
l90O-the great railroad, corporation
and protection interests-will stand
at the back of the Federal officials
IN the November contest. Its power
determines our elections at its own
will There is but one combination
that can defeat it, that is the union
Of Vance's whites who carried the
State for BRYAN in 1896 by 10000