The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-03-05

~ N0OIOu parents Q0p6nd on the
labor OF such children. In no case
will they employ children under 10
years of age. Also, shorter hours
Will be in vogue after that date.
working only &c hours per week. or
IL hours per day.
Raleigh News and Observer Lieu
tenant Clarence O. Sheriff., of the
graduating class at West Point, is in
the city on a visit to his father. Mr..
Miles o. Sheriff., State Librarian.
he graduated on February 18th, and
stood second in a class of seventy
two. This class entered four years
ago with 1875 students in all, and
there have been additions from
time to time, making in all IA. So
rigid is the test that only seventy
two held out to graduation. Of this
number North Carolina had four.
Sanford Express: There is talk of
a cotton factory being built at Pine
Bluff, this county. Mr.. John T.
Patrick is interested in the proposed
enterprise. The building will be four
stories high. An electric light COM
pany was recently organized there,
and are now constructing a lighting
plant.-One of the most prosper
Gus enterprises in Sanford is the
v~eneering factory. They work a
good number of hands and can
readily dispose of all the material
they can turn out. The hands are
required to work some at night.
The last issue of the North Caro-
lima Agricultural Bulletin is of more
than ordinary interest. 1t comprises
the following discussions of work
done by the department 1. Fertil-
izer Analyses-Fall Season, 1900; 2.
Analyses of Some Fertilizer Materi-
ais 3. Analyses of Maris; 4. Lips
Manual of Secret Processes for Home
Made Fertilizers 5. Analyses of Iron
Ores. The most valuable feature of
the last Bulletin is a table showing
the amount of freight due on a
load lots to various places in the
State from various shipping points.
"Whiskey drinking has decreased
very much in this city, as else
where" said a Charlotte man yes
terday. "There is nothing like the
drinking that there was a few years
ago, and the young men, especially,
drink far less than ever before. The
truth of the matter is that in this
business age a young man who
drinks is handicapped at the start, is
not in demand, and this is being
realized fully. This principle will
operate more than anything else for
temperance. Another great factor
is the fact that drinking is being
rather tabooed by society Char
lotte Observer.
1t is probable that a new railroad
will be constructed through this
county within the next year or two.
A bill has been introduced into the
Legislature, and will be passed, to
charter a company to build a rail
road from Durham to Sanford by or
near PittsborO. The object of this
road is to make a through line from
the coal fields of southwest Virginia
to Southport, at the mouth of the
Cape Fear river. Men with ample
means are the promoters of this
road, and they say that it will GER
tainly be built. We certainly hope
so, for it would run many miles in
Chatham and be of great benefit to
this cOunty.-Chatham Record.
In his speech at the Normal and
Industrial College Monday evening
Senator Mcintyre said that in less
than twelve months the people of
this State would witness a sight
which they have never before seen,
towit: Their Governor going up
and down the State, making a cam
paign for education. We take it
that Senator Mcintyre, who is in
close touch with the educational
thought and work of the State, did
not make this statement without
grounds, and hence it must be that
such a campaign is to be made by
Governor Aycock. We hope this
may prove true,-GreensbOro Tele-
gram.
A letter from G.. w Conley &
Bros. manufacturers of -four, meal,
bran and feed at Lemon, states that