The progressive farmer., 1902-07-08

| SOCS d uVe thousand dollar JudgeShip
IN the Indian Territory, which ALSO
meets all his expenses. When Judge
Adams was notified of his luck this
afternoon by Senator Pritchard he
probably felt like he had been hit by a
stroke of lightning. The first infor-
nation that Senator Pritchard had
of the appointment came in phone
message from the White House.
Says the News and Observer: "Gov-
ernor Aycock will speak at Rock
Ridge Academy, Wilson County, July
25th. This is a famous place for
great gatherings. 1t promises to be a
bigger success this year than ever"
DR.. 81. F. Freeman writes The Pro
gressive Farmer as follows: every
body invited to come early, bring din
ner for themselves and friends, stay.
all day, and have a good time" We
suppose this is the great annual pic
mic of Wilson County farmers and
Alliancemen.
Gastonia dispatch: The young la
dies and young men at the Loray Mills
here have just established circula-
| ting library. The first installment of
200 books is in and the library has
been thrown open to the operatives.
The movement is a most commenda-
BILE one and bids fair to be a success.
The committee in charge hopes to add
new books from time to time and, and
if the operatives take advantage of
the good offers of the committee the
library will soon grow to be an impor-
tant interest.
Greensboro Cor. Post: Some of
Judge Connor's friends here are in
clined to resent the item of news sent
out from Raleigh yesterday that
Judge Brown was fifty votes ahead
in the race for Associate Justice up
to date. The manager of Judge Con-
nor's canvass here had paper he was
exhibiting yesterday of delegations so
far instructed, and he had it all fig
ured up nicely by counties, and his
score gave Judge Connor $50 in
structed votes to Judge Browns 18O.
This did not take into consideration
delegations that are uninstructed.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer: ::
The chairman of the County Commits
sioners of this county says he has
farmed regularly for thirty years and
that he never saw such good crops as
there are at present. He says cotton
is as large as it frequently is August
1 that in the eastern part of the
county it is nearly waist high, and
that it and corn are without blemish.
Postmaster @. T. Bailey, who
pays all the rural delivery carriers in
t this State, was interviewed to-day
about them and said: "There are now
116 of them. I paid 90 on the 1st,
and the vouchers for the others are
ready. Over half the counties are
now represented. This Congression
al District has 20: more than any
other. Wake has eight" 1t is
said by the Register of Deeds that the
amount of mortgages and crop liens
this year is 10 per cent less than last
year. He says that the amount is
! greater after a prosperous year than
after one in which there is a failure
of crops, such as occurred last year.
This appears to be a strange state
ment.
Raleigh Cor. Messenger: Of the
100000 which the last Legisla-
ture appropriated for the particular
purpose of keeping rural public
schools open four months in the year,
exactly $50, 1889 was disbursed.
This went to Is counties. The bal
ance is covered into the Treasury
It is ascertained that some school
districts are using the district school
funds in erecting school houses This
is an absolute violation of the orders
and ruling of the State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction that the
general school fund and not the dis
trict school fund must be used for
building purposes. In some districts
all the fund would be consumed for
such purpose, leaving nothing for
the schools. Some districts which have
thus wrongly used their funds asked
for aid from the State in keeping their