The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

Greensboro Telegram: J v N Lind
ley perhaps the best authority IN the
State on such things, says that no to
the present time the prospects Tor an
aOundant fruit crop this year are bet
Ter than for many years past o di
ner'ly peach, pear and pun trees are
II full bio IN by the MIDDLE of this
month. NV there il barely a sign of
9 yelling bud anywhere.
President Hpogood, of Oxford Fe
male Summary, has arranged fer a
great commencement this year, May
~ n to Is q, E0 celebrate Ene ftGteth
an MYERS Try of IN fou liung Of Oxford
+ male Seminary. Oxford 10 goIr &
f n war;" be says "WIGnin b. past
mont c1mDa1i a have Oean orkanrz9 ID
To ouIId d go 600 furniture &c snrV, n
go 900 wagon factory, and a 1928 600
co ton mill"
The report Of the CONDITION of ma
tinDsl banks In North CaroiIna under
n" iss1 Gall shO ws that they b Id
50 ll9 All m l"aqa and dIzcounte, ae
again So 725 698 n the previ ne ~ ;
GOLD C l., 1885 96I eR ms 1891, 1913
mtIvi"ual q posICs. 81 SJ2 459 az .'"s
81 All 456; 4v-rsgt rec, nrld, % IS
yer Z at. against 10 10 per cen Tolls
Is az * client sho wing al round.
Mr. 81 rber M jordan, city editor
of tn, SIn, Game near being the VIC Im
OF a horrible accId n aG thu Southern
depot IN Durham Saturday morning.
Mr. Jordan slipped and fell urder a
moving passenger tram, and buf for
the prumptness Of Y I'D Master g "a
z w, who rk9d J DrOan from under
the wheels, you'd nave been ground t
dea h beneath the wheels OF the train
ARDckY NJ unit dispatch, I'm, says
A meeting was held aG the far gr, uud-
here yesterday by the stockholders O.
the Fair Association and other prom
nenG ciIZ9ns. An oil ano fer u IL 'r
factory Company was organized and
ten thousand dollars sub-cr, bed. The
stock will be mere, g d TO forty thou
saUd dollars. The mill will be Quilt a.
once Stock b. 8 Oeen sub, crlOed for q
Knitting mil { Oe OullG this summer
Mr., g. L. Patterson, the Commrs-
sIOrer OF AsrIcut,ure, spent last nIghC
II Clarlo0ge on his return from MI
home ! n OaId veil u R IeiRh. M.
Pa tersGD states that the ASr4culruf al
Depar menT is exclusively occupied
now IN selling and maLiDR fer I'll z ,
tags. As the numoer of tags SUD Is
UNUSUALLY great ne lufers tina toe CIT
ton Crop IN this 8 ate wilt be consider
ably larger than lG vas last year
Ona. lotte Ooservrr II h.
S5anly Enterprise: The hail storm
OF Wednesday OF last week was tn
most CerrIf3 one tina has struck ne
srcuon for many years. The han stone
were very large, and on the mo n,p4
folio y ing were found fr m six Co eIxh,
Incnes deep on a level IN macy pl-cas
Toe imbered lands OF R.v d 8 M n
cor, near Whitley, sUf red the great
eat damage we have heard. SOM Got
or On re prns trees were bio Hn DO ~n
some being nearly three feet ia diane
Ter.
The taking Of dep 1siti0ns in the rail
way taxsrinn csscs will begin IN Wi
muugC.n March % d B tn the rail
rna1s and the OOrppr .tiun y mn 'ssI0L
are 10 wed three months for ticking Of
d positions. The hearing 10 to De har
0o'or the standing master, ex.CnIet
Jl"ice James E Shs pherd, who ia t
reOor5 the facte TO J Idge S,nonlOn
The hearing will be mOsG I'D Oortanr. al
1t viii deal with Ihe mPrhCds Of .txe
ton IN vogue il the S ate. The qprs
ion as to the reasons OienPss OF tht
railroad assessments for 1899 which
we're made by the Corporation Con
% sion. il at isaue. Che commIssipE
increased the valuation of railway
property in the SAFE ten million dol
las
AS there are several eff :ials TO b.
elected Oy the people for n first tim'
this year, the fOtIo wing complete rs
of the Offices to DE- filed, and for WhIco
candidates are TO b9 nominated at Ih'
State conventions this year i,
printed by r,ques,: 6 vernon Lieut.,
G. vernon, Secretary of STATE, 5ratC
Treasurer, Stase Auditor, Attorney
G. neral, Superintendent PuoIIc In
s~Uructlon, Oommis Toner of AgrIcul-
ture, Commissioner o. L sOor, Corpora
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