The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-27

Luke Hough, a negro, twenty
years old, was lyncheda at Mcfarland,
Arson county, Wednesday, 21st. He
had assaulted and outraged M So
Lena Keith, a w~ell-known young
lady living near the South Carolina
line. He confessed. A mob of about
two hundred riddled his body with
bullets.
Rockingham dispatch, 22nd: Hon.
Jas. T. LeGrand died here yesterday.
The deceased was born near Mangum
in 1849. He moved to Rockingham
in 1877 for the practice of his pro-
fession, the law. He was a member
of State Senate in 1874 and 1875, and
was a candidate for the congressional
nomination several times in the sixth
district. He was one of the most
prominent lawyers in this entire
section. A wife and six children
survive him.
Pittsboro Record: The grand jury
of the superior court of Buncombe
county found a true bill, last week,
against the ice companies of Ashe-
vile for forming a trust in violation
of an act of the last Legislature.
The Indictment was drawn by Solici-
tor Gudger, who was a senator in
the last Legislature and voted for
the new law against trusts. 1t is to
be hoped that this law will be rigidly
enforced in North CAROLINA, and
that it may accomplish all that it's
advocates have hoped.
A correspondent of the Roxboro
Courier suggests that the people of
Person county should honor them
selves by erecting a monument to
the memory of DIR. John Terrell, who
gave $4,000 for Persons public
schools. We hope that this will be
done. Had his money been given
to some institution for higher educa-
ton, a monument would doubtless
have been erected before this. Given
to the public schools, no less good
will be accomplished, and the people
should show their gratitude in some
enduring manner.
News and Observer: Recently we
made reference to the efforts of GER
tain trust companies in New York to
get control of large blocks of repu-
dated or discredited Southern securi-
ties, with a view to making an
organized effort backed by unlimited
capital, to compel their payment.
AS over $26, 900, 900 of these bonds
we're issued for North Carolina by
carpet baggeEs and repudiated by
the State, and as it would now take
$50, OOO, 900 to pay them at par, with
accumulated interest, their payment
is of concern here.
G%OldsbOrO Cor. Post: Mr.. M. G..
Winston, president of the Selma oil
mill, was here today with his at,
torney, Hon. E. W. Pou, arranging
the sale Of that mill to the Southern
Cotton Oil Company, which corpora
ton recently camel into possession by
purchase of tho GoldsborO oil mill.
The transfer of the Selma mill was
made to-day and Mr.. Winston re
ceived a check therefor from Mr.. {.
FitzsimmOns, the mHnaeer of the
combination that is purchasing ali
the oil mills IN the South which ii
reasonable price IA command. Just
what this evolution viii mean 20 the
farmers Of the South, from whom
The oil men viii buy cotton seed and
to whom cotton seed fertilizer vii.
be sold, cannot be approximated with
any degree OF Ger tainty.
Col. OIds: The State Superintend-
ens OF Public instruction says some
Of the towns in the State seem dis.
posed to defy the constitution. The
latter says fines shall go to the gen
eral school fund. A number of
towns are trying to make what they
term Il compromise with the county
boards Of education: that is to pay
over part of what is due. The At.
torney General says this is unlawful
and that no such compromi-e will
stand. The officials of one town in
formed the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction that if they have
to pay the fines to the schools they
will not impose any more fines -lt
is said o-day that during the coming
tobacco season Raleigh will have no
warehouse for the sale of leaf. Yes