The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-25
State News.
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The Wilmington Messenger says
that Sheriff Stedman has "beat all
records, having collected 90 per cent
of the States taxes listed"
The public school authorities are
notified that when the second $780,
900 of the States aid TO schools is
needed it will be forthcoming.
Winston Sentinel: Farmers say
that the snow will be worth thou
sands of dollars TO wheat. Some say
the crop would not have been worth
much had the sno not come.
The big snow storm of last week
covered almost the entire State and
parts of Tennessee, Viz ginia and
South Carolina. 1t was heaviest in
North Carolina and was the greatest
snowfall in a good many years -Ex
The Senate has confirmed the
following nominations of pOstmas-
ters: Ty re G enn, Greensboro j..
81. Ramsay, Salisbury j. f. Wray,
Reidsville; j. w. g. Long, States
Vile; E L. Ware, Kings Mountain.
TarbOro ~SOutherner: Capt E. e.
knight has several fine beds of let
tuce which he is now shipping to
Northern markets, where he fiuds a
ready sale. Every day several loads
of crates can be seen pulling out of
town for his farm neal Mildred.
A gentleman who has been study
ing the census bulletins closely, SAYS
that as the last election 1913, 100
voters in n nth Carolina failed to go
80 the polls. There are only nine
ountles in the State in which the
negroes have ii majority of voters
Exchange
Alex. Ritter. a substantial citizen
of Moore county, vas thrown from
his mule a fe Y days ago and so badly
hurt shat he could not walk, conse-
quently he lay out for nearly 48
hours Is is said that his feet are
severely PROSTITUTION and may have
80 be taken IF
Washington Cor Charlotte OBJ
server: There ia a report here that
Gen. Julian S. Carr will not be a
candidate for the Senate, but will
enter the race for the Congressional
nomination against Congressman w
W. KitChin. The story was repeated
several times last week.
Contracts have been awarded for
the new Watauga hall, to cost $l2,-
OCO, and for the Pullen Memorial
Hall, 80 cost SIC, 900, at the Agrioul-
tural and Mechanical College in
Raleigh The b ildings will be very
handsome and and contain armory,
dormitories, library, mess hall and
chapel.
High Point Enterprise At the
National Bank of High Point this
morning is u gold brick that weighs
229 ounces and is valued at IS, 600
It is Just from the mint at Charlotte,
sssayrd for Mr. Milt Jones. Is was
the re-ult of a six weeks run at the
lola G Id Mine, near Star. This is
avery promising mine.
Col ODDS: The shipment of fer
tizer tx tags is large, yet it is not
believed it will be anything near so
great as It was last spring, when the
fertilizer sales were enormous and
broke all records. About one halt
or two thirds of the fertilizers used
was made of no use by the great
rains which set in early in May.
Chatham Record The third deep
eat snow ever known in this county
teI on last Friday night. The deep
est snow ever known here fell in
JsrU.ry, 1857 The next deepest was
In February, 1899 1t began snow
M ri noon On Saturday, the 18th #
February, 1899, and continued with
out lutermi-siOn until noon on the
following Monday.
Pot. Capt Jasper Fleming died
or Pneumonia at the A. and M Col
-ege Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
his home was in Milton, Caswell
county, and he was attending the
College. taking = special course in
aalrElng, with d view to establishing
asc.entf' dairy and stock farm at
Milton. He was 68 years old and
leaves a wife and three sons
News and Observer: The annual
C9nTertion of the North Carolina