The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-07

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W%ooten, Wilmington; John s r
Young, Henderson.-Ex.
High Point Enterprise: Mr.. Milt
Jones had something in his overcoat
pocket Monday which would have
made any n but a newspaper man
envlous. 1t was a lump of gold as
large as an orange and weighed 6Z
pounds. He had securedit from n
"clean up at Candor -Notwith-
standing the cold wave and the storm
for the past few days, it is the o. IL
eral report from the surrounding
country that the fruit crop will not
be very much damaged. The farm
ers tell US that this has been the
most trying spell of weather they
have experienced in years.
Announcement is made that the
commencement exercises of the
North Carolina Agricultural and
Mechanical College will take place
May 26th, and will be held in Raleigh
at the Academy of Music instead of
at the college. There are 26 mem
bers of the graduating class and the
folio wing six young men have been
selected by the faculty as honJr
graduates to deliver addresses on that
occasion: Fred Bonitz, of Whining
ton Fletcher B4rnhardt, of Stanley
county William D. Faucett, of Hall
fax county Jesse j. Lilies, of Wades-
borO; Martin Kellogg, of Gates
county.
S~tatesville Landmark: A Raleigh
correspondent has been furnished by
one of the directors of the pe1lten
ti4ry u statement of the condition of
the affairs of that institution. He
says: Il have TO day completed the
work of gJing over the books and &c
counts, inventory, etc of the peni
tertiary and have made a full report
to the Governor. Here is what l
find: Assets, $76, 900 debts, $4,000;
available net assets, $50, 600. This is
SOOgOOO loss DudL1 !" Ii DdN , IT,
port for january as superintendent
showed" This shows that the peni-
Tertiary lacks d good deal OF being in
good condition.
The good people of Greensboro
have become so dlsgusted with young
men gathering in front of the
churches on Sunday mornings be
tore and after worship to stare 1t
the girls as they go IN and out OF
church, that they have enacted an
ordinance making lettering in front
of the churches on the Sabbath pun
ishable by u fine of S.. We need
something of the same kind here
If it were the good looking young
men of the city who insist on doing
the staring act, it would not be SO
bad. The girls could standi it better.
But it S the class that have
tenance like sheep or calves after
their heads have been skinned
enough to give u refined girl the
Jim jams Charlotte Peoples Paper
Wllkesboro Chronicle: Ashe comes
forward with something new for this
section: In last weeks court there
was u case of ''blasphemy'' and the
parties submitted and paid the cost.
This is the first case of the kind on
record in this section, so far as we
can learn. The parties loaded up
with the liquid extract of corn and
went to a mill pond on "HOss Creek
on Sunday and baptized each other
as best they could under the circum-
stances. Their loud shouting and
praying disturbed the neighbors and
they were indicted for blasphemy.
BIasphemy is not Ii statutory Ofense
in this State but t is Il common law
| offense. 1t would probable be Ii
good thing to make blasphemy a
statutory offense for the accOmmoda-
tioh OF our neighbor county, which
delights in getting up something
new.
Raleigh Christian Advocate: Al
though very little is being said on
the subject, it is a signif iant fact
that the Un ted States Government
is doing d good thing for North Caro-
lima in the establishment of D. Bio
LOGICAL Laboratory on an island near
| Beaufort. The plant will cost $685.
IOOO. 1t is said that there is a greater
variety of marine life to be found IN
the waters around Beaufort than
anywhere else in the United States.