The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-02-26

the beloved Zeb B. Vance which
stands at the east entrance of the
State capt. u grounds in this CITY
and Is so much admired by the thou
sands of people who see it.-The
governor pardons Elisha Milton, of
Wilkes, serving six months for fight
ing; also John Seasons, of BERTHE.
sentenced to four years for secret
assault.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Nj. B.
Williamson, clerk of the Criminal
Court, returned yesterday after an
absence Of two days at his farm in
Morning Star township. He got his
ploughs started and they wer5 at it
yesterday when he left, despite the
frozen ground and artic wind. Mr..
Williamson reports Il remarkable
mortality from grip among the
negroes in that section. The deaths
are alarmingIy numerous. Two bodies
were buried on one farm yesterday
and another negro was dying.
The weight which should be at
tached to the average petition was
we'll eXemplfied by Il story told by
Salisbury correspondent d few
davs ago. 1t appears that many
petitions, on various subjects, have
been in circulation in Salisbury re
Gently, and u practical joker con
Ceived the idea of getting up one in
ftvor of burning the court house.
He did so and got it numerousIy
signed. The average man will sign
almost anything that is presented to
hun eXcepta prOmissory note.-Char-
lDtte Observer.
S]mithfeId Herald: One of the five
deep wells at the cotton mills has
proved to be d genuine artesian well,
"a it has been overlooking ever since
it was bored, more than two weeks
since. The We'll is three inches in
diameter and fifty feet in depth, the
iron casing pipe penetrating into the
solid rock, thus preventing the en-
trance of all surface water. The
water i pure and wholesome, and a
great many visitors have already
awaited themselves of the OppOr-
tuninty to take d drink from the
only artesian we'll in this section of
North Carolina.
1t seems to US that this year it is
very important for the farmers OF
this section to plant some peanuts.
One failure should not discourage
Us. In 1899 we made a big crop and
sold at a fair price. Last year the
crop was cut off more than half by
the drought and the price has ruled
lower than the year before. For
ten months past the rainfall has been
unusually light, which is some indi-
cation that this will be Il wet year.
Cotton is "a dry weather crop while
peanuts require much moisture.
This fact should be remembered in
planning for Our money crop
Roanoke hOwan Times.
While other states are SEEING OPP
~portunity to enact laws to put a
severe curb on the baneful cigarette,
North Carolina hangs fire. Public
enlightened sentiment IS strongly
favorable to "a cigarette law. The
Reidsville Weekly says: "Reidsville
is d tobacco town, and public senti-
ment is overwhelmingly in favor Of
the passage of an act prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes. We believe it is
the same way all over the State save
perhaps in one or two places where
they are manufactured" Represen-
tative citizens in that prosperous
town and all about the State urgently
favor a law that will greatly restrain
sales or end them if possibIe.-EX.
The Times cOngratulates Represen
tative Morris on his vote against the
resolution of impeachment of the
two Justices of the Supreme Court
We assure him (and this assurance
is based on the fact that every man
with whom we have talked ia with
him) that he voted in accordance
with the wishes of ninety-nine one
hundreths of his constituents. We
see the beginning but who can see
the end of this important matter?
AS some one has said, we "have been
oppressed with the gravity Of the
situation" and have been astounded
and mortified a5 the fippant manner
in which some Of the legislators have