The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-08
State News.
from CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE.
ItsnS Of Interest Cleaned From our Cores
pondsnts and Exchanges in all
Parts Of the State.

help may force the farmers 80 do
what they should have done years
ago-deorease the acreage. If this
should be the result 1T will prove a
blessing.
Fayetteville New Era: We learn
from Prof. Cole, the Superintendent
of Cumberland county schools, that
the interest in every neighborhood
in this county along educational lines
is intense.
Newton Enterprise: A farmer
tells us there has been more hay
made this year in Catawba county
than was ever known before. Mr..
Tom Sigmon out one hundred loads
of crab grass
There are $40 men in the garrison
at Fort Caswell, at the mouth OF the
Cape Fear river. o The United States
government is putting the old fort
in order and seven new buildings are
TO be a~dded.-Wilmington Messen-
ger.
Mr.. William Anderson, Secretary
of the Carnegie Library committee,
states that work on the library will
hardly commence before the first of
the year. The library will not be
ready for use before next summer
Charlotte Observer.
About two months ago a mule be-
longing 30 Mr.. Aurelius MCGEE, who
resides near Germanton, was bitten
by a mad dog. The animal exhibited
no sign of hydrophobia until Septem-
Der 21st, when it became mad and
had to be killed.-Western Sentinel.
The rural free library movement
marches steadily on. Yesterday the
Superintendent of Public instruction
issued warrants TO three white and
q like number of colored libraries in
Pasquotank county five in Wilson
and four in Harnett.-Raleigh Post.
AS a result of the competitive ex-
aminations for Peabody scholarships
the State Superintendent of Public
instruction gave the awards to Miss
Lizzie Terrell, of Clinton Miss Maud
White, S~tatesville Walter R. Jones,
of Pine Ridge; R. w. Stuart, of
Buie's Creek.
Raleigh Times: Gen. Toon, Sec
rotary of the State Board of Eduoa-
ton, TO day received from Capt. K.
s. Finch, of Charlotte, two checks in
payment of State lands sold under
his option, 80 the Branning Manu-
featuring Co., of Edenton. One
check was for 1880, and the other
for 1898 67.
Squire Hoey and Mr.. R. q. Ora
ham, met to day and purchased their
winter shoes. Mr.. Graham took the
left shoe and Squire Hoey the right.
Both we're deprived of a leg in the
civil war. Every year they meet
and purchase one.pair of shoes which
Is an ample s~uficienoy for both
Charlotte News.
At the meeting of the Charlotte
Poultry Association last night it was
decided to hold the fifth annual show
on January z, 8, 9 and 10, 1902. The
meeting was very enthusiastic and
every one present seemed determined
TO make this show the biggest suc-
cess the association has eve held
Charlotte Observer.
Charlotte Observer: The school
census OF the city has just been taken
and the number of the white chill
dren is found TO be 3,406 and colored,
2,224.-Reoeipts at the cotton plat
form Yesterday were 173 bales, the
price being 7:75. Receipts for the
same date last year we're 321 bales,
the price being 10 20.
Dunn dispatch 2nd: Representa-
tive Stewart, of Harnett, who has
been very sick, several months, is
now at Johns Hopkins hospital. The
physicians there say that his disease
Was caused by poisonous vaccine
virus. He has suffered agony and
his friends now hope for his re-
covery.-News and Observer.
News and Observer 1t seems that
the disease known as staggers has
not been wiped out. A Wildwood
respondent of the Newborn Jour
nal says: THAT disease that was
kIjag the horses in Hyde county
has found it's way down here among