The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-19
State News.
FROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE.
Items OF Interest Cleaned From our Cores
pondents and Exchanges in all
Parts of the State.

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mil established here in the near
future, also another large cotton
mil. that will employ between 400
and 500 hands.
We learn that Pres F. P. VenabIe,
has been offered the position as head
professor in the Chemical depart
mcut of Columbia University. 1t is
not known whether he will accept or
not. We hope not.-Chapel Hill
News.
Mount Airy News: The farmers
Of Surrv and adjoining counties are
are not expecting over a half crop of
wheat this year. The outlook is
very gloomy indeed, but the grow
ing crop of wheat may produce an
excellent yield.
Raleigh letter, 18th The direc-
tors of the Central Hospital here
met this morning and on the fourth
ballot elected DR.. james Mckee, of
Raleigh, superintendet. The Other
candidates we're ID in number, among
them Senator Speight, DR.. Anderson,
DR.. Picot, DR.. Mcneil, DR.. Brown,
etc.
Newbern Journal: Yesterday the
Government clerk signed the pay
rolls and are now outO of employment
aS "a result Of the failure of the River
and HurbOr bills. The failure of the
bill affects $50 men in the Whining
ton district, which includes New
bern. The funds on hand were so
ell ,salv drawn down that the amount
now available is hardly sufficient to
carry over the needed employees, such
as superintendents and watchmen.
Mr.. D. ?. Hutchinson, chairman of
the township trustees, who returned
from Raleigh a day or so ago, said
Yesterday that the broad tire bill,
which requires that all wagons in
Charlotte township shall use IA tire
fr.m 3 To > inches broad, (this being
g1aiuarel according to the size Of
the wagon, has passed the House
and l. sure t. pass the Senate, as 1t
is fuvDreI by Senator Alexander as
wei a. by the N~ecklenburg members
in the House. The bill Will 60 into
effect August 1st.-CharlOtte OBJ
server.
The ReformatOrv must wait until
some other time, they say. All right,
Ier u see If the other State instItu
tians viii wait. OF all times l n the
world. this strikes Us as the strung-
est time for our colleges to he asking
for big extra appropriations when
the LEGISLATURE Is at Its wits end To
provide revenue to meet present de
muud-. OF course there never was
d college that didn't need just one
more building, but there is Il time
for all things and this Is hardly the
time for the State to 90 to building
new houses-Charity and Children
The Raleigh Post is bitterly OF
posed t. impeachment. 1t says: 1t
Is unnecessary to discuss the answer
fled With the high court of impeach
ment by the Chief Justice and AsSO-
ciate Justice Douglus t. the charges
contained in articles presented by Il
majority OF the House, 1t will i'm
press every reader, we T sure, as
complete and unanswerable in every
particular. They show circumstun-
italy and in detail that the action of
the igstlces-the dead Chief Justice
included as Of those who T charged
with crlme-that they followed pre-
cai-nt after precedent and in no
particular deviuted from the law as
declared in this State from the days
EatIin to the present.
The report of the State GeOlogist
Says ID great many gold mines have
.r.Dcd or re-opcned. The greatest
activity prevails in Cubarrus, Rowan,
E..a-enburg, Guston, Burke and
Henderson. There l. much activity
ID. .unDer mining and there will be a
large output this year. The iron
ore 5aIS at Cranberry e opened
ANA shown to he one OF the finest
1.i-lu the United States, while the
d an,-5n county bees hive u thick
Of from Is to ID feet of ore.
81 .. mines are being extensively
r~cd. The output of monazite In
r.. past two years is 500, GOO worth.
..rri is more activity In stone quar-
r- rhzn ever before. The coal out
20 600