The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-08

the acknowledgements of the negroes.
Will this cause a rise in Hanna's
stock in this part of the country?
LAGRANGE Sentinel: Rev. T. H.
Sutton informs us that he gave a
nickel to several of the members ofhis
church here in 1899 and asked them
to invest it and make all they could
for missionary purposes. One young
lady invested her five cents and re-
ported an increase of $25 at the end
of the year. A good brother invested
his nickel in cotton seed and planted
them and sold the product for $14.
Another brother invested his in
Irish potatoes which he sold for $13.
Judge Faircloth, whose death we
recorded last week, was born Jan
uary s, 1929, was educated at Wake
Forest, and served in Company c.,
2nd n. c. Troops. In the fall Of
1865 he was elected u member of the
Legislature from Wayne county,
which convened November p, 1865,
and adjourned sine die March -,
1866. During this session of the
Legislature he was elected Solicitor
of the Superior Courts for the Sd
Judicial District, and held the office
until reconstruction in 1868. He
then pursued his profession Oaw)
steadily until the summer of 1875,
when he was elected a delegate from
his county to the State Constitu-
tiOnal Convention, which convened
at Raleigh September 6, 1875, and
adjourned sine die October II, 1875.
In November, 1875, he was appointed
one of the Justices of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina by Governor
9. H. Brogden, and held the office
until the term OF the Court expired
in the fall of 1873, since which time
he has continued the practice of law
at Goldsboro. He was married Jan
uury 10, 1859, to a daughter of the
late Council Wooten, at MoseIy Hall
(now LaGrangeJ, in Lemon county,
y. G. He wa- elected Chief Justice
in 1894.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer
Some weeks q when Evangelist
George Stewart was here, IL Well
known minister told me several of
the Raleigh ~bur-keeper> had told Mr..
Stuart they intended at the close OF
the year t. abandon their business
A. "a matter of tact five did retire ON
the last day of 1900. But IA few vcars
ago there were - ~1ar-r5Du.- i'm
Wake county. Now there are only
2I. all OF which are in RaIci-h.-
The report of the State Treasurer
Will show an enormous increase of
expenditures in the past % years.
During i've years beginning in 1877,
the average was only S6U4, 600 an
nuuIly, while during five years be
ginning 1899 the average was 81, l0O,-
900, or two and Il third times more.
The State debt at present is
So, 567, 900 at / per cent, and @12O, 600
at s per cent. Bonds not yet sent in
for exchange call for S2Is,O 900 in /
per cents, but it Is hardly probable
many of these will ever he sent
in.-The co-partnership between
f. Nj. Simmons, J. IL. POu and E. d.
Ward expired today. Mr.. Pou will
occupy the office and practice alone
here.-The report of State Labor
Commissioner Lacy as to trades says
81 per cent. Of replies received from
the representatives of 30, me-
chanics in North Carolina report an
. increase Of wages over last year; A
per cent. work over time; Is per
cent. report cost of living increased
S. per cent. Of adults and So per cent.
of apprentices read and write aver
age number OF hours worked daily
lO%. Nearly ali Gavor IA 9%-hour
day established /, l..w 81 per cent.
favor indenturej upprenticeships
10 per cent. report Improvement in
education 95 Pc cent fnvor COM
pulsOry educatiCn 80 per cent. re-
port financial condition good.
GOVERNOR BROGDEN DEAD.
Goldsboro Cor. Post, 9Th Alters
lingering illness, due in part to the