The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-03
State News.
FROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE,
1t.mr Of Interest Cleaned From our Cores
pondsntS and Exchanges in all
Parts Of the State.

Parts Of the State.
The Waynesville Courier says that
six rural free delivery mail routes
have been laid off in Haywood ooun-
ty and that they pretty we'll cover
the county,
Robson county is to share in the
rural free delivery routes. One has
been established to go out a distance
of % miles. Mr.. R. E. L. Prevatt
will be the carrier.
Mr.. w. d. Caster is making an
effort. in which he sees good hope of
success, to establish two or more
free rural delivery mail routes in
Cumberland county.
Mr.. R. J. Reynolds, of Winston,
has an annual income Of $57, 706-at
least that is the amount he returns
for taxation. Ninety seven persons
in Winston return incomes in excess
of $1,000.
Henderson Gold Leaf: The out
look for a prosperous season for TO-
bacco growers appears to be very
bright. The demand for good TO-.
bacoo was never better, and even the
cheaper grades bring prices that beat
10 cent cotton.
The Raleigh Post is confident that
oil can be found in several North
Carolina counties-Chatham Cum
berland, Harnett, Moore and others.
Is thinks the trial should be made to
test this. Explorers might find a.
bonanza.-Exchange
According to the report of the Cor
poration Commissioner there are
now 79 State, II private and 13 saw
ings banks in North Carolina. The
total resources of the State banks
are $12, 489, 357. As; of the private
banks, 81, 581, 755. 81 savings banks,
SIG, sol, 368.O4.
Lincoln Journal: Mr.. J. B. Del
inger, of Iron Station, was in town
Tuesday with a load of the finest
watermelons ever seen on the market.
There were two dozen melons in the
load and placed on end they filed the
wagon bed. The melons averaged
about so pounds in weight.
Mount Olive Advertiser A Nc
Cormick corn harvester was tested on
the plantation of Mr.. Robert Korne-
gay last Thursday and attracted con-
siderable attention from our farm
ers. The machine cuts the corn and
binds it in bundles and will harvest
about twelve cre per day.
Morven Cor. Charlotte Observer,
9th: Morven was honored with
the first bale of new cotton in the
State, to-day. 1t was sold by Mr.
Preston Radcliffe. 1t weighed $50
pounds and sold for 81 cents. 1t
was strict middling. This town
generally receives the first bale of
the season.
The manuscript of the "History of
North Carolina" which Capt. s. A.
Ashe has written is now being re-
viewed by the State Text Book Com
mission. The Commission has not
yet adopted a history of the State,
and will not take action until Cap
tain Ashes work is given a thorough
examination.
Statesville Landmark: Some of
our exchanges, in noting the suicide
OF Mamie Banks, cOlored, have re-
marked that it is unusual for a col
ored person to commit suicide. This
is not the case in Statesville. Within
the past ten or twelve years at least
three colored people have committed
suicide in Statesville.
Winston Sentinel: After a four
day chase, Chas.. E. Wright, a United
States secret service agent, yester-
day arrested Thomas Ferryman, of
Lexington, at Jerusalem, Davie
county, for passing counterfeit coins
on merchants at Lexington, Tyro and
Cooleemee. Ferryman had some of
the spurious coins in his possession.
A strong effort is being made to
build a railroad from Tunis, on the
Chowan, to Rich Square. We under
stand the road is almost assured for
about half the distance. In our
Jackson correspondence we see the
question of extending the Northamp
tpn and Hartford road, which has a
charter, is being considered again.
As q ~rresDOn6ap Dointed ont two