The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-03-04
State News.
EROk CURR1TUCK TO CHEROKEE.
ItsnS Of interest Cleaned Prom our Cores
pondOntS and Exchanges In all
Parta of tha State,

pondOntB and Exchanges In all
Parts Of the State.
Mr.. Jake Hill of Stokes county,
who has invented an air ship, an
nounce that he has decided TO enter
the flying machine contest at the
st. Louis Exposition, and he is conf
dent that his ship will win the prize.
Exchange.
Asheboro Courier: The enterpris-
ing citizens of Worthwhile established
q public library in that town nearly
sever years ago and there are now
some $50 or o volumes of stand
ard literature, biography, history,
travel, etc., in the library. The
library is very popular with all
classes there.
Post: Five more countes-Guil-
ford, Meoklenburg, Wake, Wilson
snd Forsyth-have reported TO the
superintendent of Public instruction
that they will not apply for any part
of the second 800, 900 TO make their
public schools four months, they
having enough without it. Alto
gether fifteen counties have reported
that they will need no help.
Edenton Cor. Post: Prof. Stone
of Edenton Academy has been desir-
q for some time of securing a
library for the school, so on Satur-
day the children we're turned loose
upon the town, TO see what they
could do towards getting funds for
this purpose. They entered into the
plan with great enthusiasm, and set
to work like little beavers, and by
night had raised a sum sufficient to
buy two hundred books or more.
Books have been received for five
additional rural school libraries,
making a total of 81 of the 80 white
schools in the county that have
libraries. It is quite certain that
the remaining four schools will order
libraries in the near future. The
movement started by the State and
taken up by Colonel Carr and the
County Board of Education will
place a library within reach of every
school child.-Durham Cor. Post.
Morning Post: The new building
for the Practice and Observation
SchAOl at the State Normal and In
dustrial College at Greensboro, has
been named the Curry Building as a
compliment to Hon. j. L. M. Curry,
the agent of the Peabody Eduos-
tional fund. DR.. Curry has proved
himself a staunoh friend of the State
Normal and Industrial College and
the students and faculty of that in
stitution are always glad of IN op-
portunity TO do him honor.
Col. Odds: A cotton mill man here
says the yarn mill men made a great
mistake in running double time and
over-stocking the market, instead of
keeping along behind the demand
rather than going ahead of it. Their
action caused a great accumulation
Of stocks and put them at the mercy
Of buyers Il is now asserted that
there was no such person as esther
Wake, " after whom it has been said
this county was named and the
further assertion is made that
"ShOcko" Jones, the "~historian, Is
the first man who ever told of her,
in 1881.
Durham Sun Several North Caro-
lima tobacco men, both planters and
dealers, have been asked what effect
the proposed tariff reduction on
Cuban tobacco would have in this
State. They all agree that it will
not hurt the North Carolina tobacco
Tor the Cuban article is the leaf used
IN cigars, while the North Carolins
weed is used in smoking tobacco
and cigarettes. The only injury
which the growers in this State
could suffer would be that some
cigarette and pipe smokers might
take TO cigars instead when the lat
ter became cheaper.
Washington Cor. Post: Maj. w.
A. Graham of Lincoln county is writ
ing q historical sketch of his father,
the late William A. Graham, who
Was Secretary of the Navy and a
Vice President candidate. Congress
~Sn Kluttz is endeGvoring so secure
copies Of his official letters and pa
peFs, which Major Graham will in
Jude in the sketch he is now pre-