The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-05

dergone a marvellous change in the
last day or two. Although the can
s is not complete fully two-thirds
OF the business men of the town
proper have pledged their support to
b measure. Present indications
are that it will receive a large ma
Jority of the test vote which will be
cast Friday week. The surrounding
country is largely for it.
Having had experience in the use
of the wide tire wagon [ would like
to say 1 found it a great improve
ment over the narrow tire. I also
notice that the macadam is being cut
In ruts by the narrow tire which
difficulty wenld be overcome by the
use of wide tires and thus a better
rOadbed be obtained with much less
expense for repairs. l think a trial
of the two systems would prove the
advantages to be gained by the wide
tire SYSTEM. Il. Clark, Sandifer,
N. G..
every little drunkenness can be
seen on Our streets since the closing
of the saloons, which is exceedingly
gratifying to our citizens" SO~says
a Clinton exchange. 1t is now in
order for the people to get an act
through the Legislature making it
unlawful to manufacture whiskeY
in the county, and then they will not
be bothered by the government stills.
Men and women of Sampson, we
congratulate you. Go on until the
saloon is completely outlawed as it
is in the good county of Robson.
Fayetteville Baptist.
Raleigh Cor. Newborn Journal,
28th Settlement of the long suit
involving the increase of ten millions
in assessment of railways for taxa
ton was made today. President
Warren G. Elliott, of Atlantic Coast
Line, presentd on behalf of various
railways an agreement to the Gov
LII DHO liz Ia III blAC III
poration commission. Gov. Aycock
will send messages tomorrow or
Wednesday to the Legislature Civ
ing the terms of agreement and
transmitting a recommendation of
corporation commission that it be
accepted.
The Legislature is asked to char
ter the New River Development
Company, headquarters in Ashe
county. The minimum capital is $50,
900, maximum s., 1000, 900. 1t is the
purpose to build a railway TO the
great iron ore field In Ashe county.
If the Norfolk and Western railway
will build this road, the Develop
ment Company will not do so; but
otherwise the Development Company
will construct it. The Pennsylvania
Steel Company, which owns the Paris
Point Steel rolling mills, has leased
fifteen square miles, composing this
ore bed.-EX.
Asheville Citizen Plato V. Rec
vess yesterday brought to the city
samples of mica which he found on
the Little Sandy and Big Sandy Mush
creeks, on the Buncombe and Madi-
son county line. Four veins Of the
mica have been tapped and all APP
pear TO be very rich. One vein is
four to six feet deep and about two
feet wide. Solid blocks of mica taken
out cas- about II to ID inches
and sever inches thick. The mica
is of excellent quality. In the same
vicinity specimens of good copper
have been found, as we'll as speci-
mems of silver ore, which are pro-
nounced valuable by assayists. These
deposits are about 20 miles from
Asheville and about Is from Mar
shall.
At a mass meeting held in Sails
bury on Monday it vas decided to
ask the Legislature to call an cleo
ton in June of this year to vote on
the liquor question. The ballots are
to read "For License" Against
License and for "Dispensary." If
For License gets a majority of all
the votes cast, then there shall be sa
looms in the county. If the combiR,
ed vote of Against License and For
Dispensary be greater than the votes
For License, then there shall be no
saloons in the county. If For Dis
pensary gets more votes than Against
D:z-o,.-