The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-30
State News.
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Items Of Interest Cleaned From our UOrres-
pOndsntS and Exchanges in all
Parts Of the State.

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W Cobb collector of customs for the
district of Albemarle.>
The noted Gattis-Kilgo case is on
the calendar of the Granville County
Corrt, in session at Oxford. This
case is expected to come up Wednes-
day 31st,
Peace Institute has so many appli-
cations for admission that President
Dinwiddie has leased a spacious resi-
dence. owned by Gen. R. F. Hoke,
near the Institute, for use as a dor
mitOry.
Sanford Express: Major w. G.
Petty says nothing will be done for
the present in the way of extending
his road to Greensboro, as rails are
so high. Four months ago 40 pound
rails were worth $24 a ton now they
are $35. He says the trust put up
the price.
This is from the Rose Hill letter in
the Sampson Democrat: "The scar
city of cowpeas has run up the prices
until ordinary bring 1925 and Black
EYES $1.75 and none to be had at
that. 1t is rather strange that a
larger crop is not raised, as it is an
easy crop as we'll as a land imprOver
and profitable"
The newly elected professor of
biology in the A. & M. College is DR..
F. L. Stevens, who has made an ex-
ceIlent record as teacher. Professor
Coulter, the distinguished botanist
in the University of Chicago speak
ing of DIR. Stevens, says: "He is the
best available man in the country
for such a position"
Durham Cor. Post: The Ameri-
can Tobacco Company is having a
very large stemmery erected on the
Bull factory lot. Contractor L. g..
Lawrence is doing the work. Inc
building will be four stories high,
and 1876 by 81 feet. 1t will require
about eight hundred thousand brick
to put the building up. 1t is to be
completed by early fall.
The State has just paid the costs
in the Winston registrar cases as
provided for by the last Legislature
Chapter 181, Laws of 1907 They
amounted to 1920 IS, as follows
John T. Thompson, registrar, $135. 20
costs Il. L. Wall, registrar, $1O6. 80,
costs ; R. o. Fry, attorney, 50 IS, ex-
penses R. D. Gilmer, attorney gen.
eraI, $40, expenses. We do not think
State funds should be expended in
any such manner.
Raleigh Post, 25th At meeting of
the machinists union of Raleigh,co
posed of the strikers in the Seaboard
Air Line shops here, it was decided
last night to go back to work. That
is, all will resume work for whom
positions are open here. True it is,
unfortunately, that in future only
six machinists will be employed by
the Seaboard in spite of the fact that
when the strike was ordered there
were thirty.
Biblical Recorder: Littleton is
now rid of the saloon. The provok-
ing cause was the insolence of a
salOon-keeper. The real cause was
the enactment of a law prohibiting
the sale of liquor within a mile and
half of the college. But the State
of North Carolina continues to sell
on the parlor a "Vanoe''-
of the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad!
Charlotte Observer: One secret
of North Cardinals increasing pros.
is her diversifcation of indus
tries. 1t is with pleasure, therefore,
that we hail Mr.. J. W. Hanes' pro
jected industry of a knitting mill for
Winston-Salem which is to make a
high grade article of woman's
hosiery. And by the way, North
Carolina Is setting the pace in the
South in the establishment of fac
tories to make high class fabrics and
of goods.
ASHORE Cor. Post, 26th: The
three contested election cases in
Randolph county were to day com
promised by the Democrats getting
the offices of register of deeds and
treasurer and the Republics the
office of sheriff, each party paying
their own costs, and terminating
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