The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
State News.
FROM CURK1EUCK TO CHEROKEE.
,,.ms Of Interest Cleaned From Our Core
spOndents and Exchanges in all
Parts of the State.

,rop of Warren County, unless some
Unforeseen accident befalls it, viii be
mich larger this year than for sew
eraI years past.
Governor Aycock has appointed Mr.
p B. Kennedy, of IredeI, a member
If the Board of Agriculture, to sue
coed Mr.. L. G. Waugh, of Dobson, who
has been made a fertilizer Inspector
BY the Board.
Col. Jos. E. Robinson, editor of the
Argus. Goldsboro, comes out of the
race for Congress and leaves the field
open to Hon. @. r. Thomas, the pres
emit incumbent, @. L. Abernethy having
also withdrawn.
Fayetteville dispatch: The Demo
cratic executive committee for this
Congressional District met this after
noon and set Fayetteville as the place
and Goth August as the time for the
nominating convention.
Wilson Times: Most excellent re-
ports come in from every section of
the country of the excellent condition
of the crops. The prospects for a
good crop are very bright and the
farmers are in high spirits.
We thank Mr.. W. A. Harper for an
invitation to attend the commence
ment exercises of Kenly Academy,
now in progress. Tomorrow (June A.
the literary address will be delivered
BY President Vardell, of Red Springs
Seminary.
Gastonia Gazette: The present tax
raluation of property in CASTOR, says
Register of Deeds Carpenter, is over
two and a half times as great as it was
in 1890. Here are the figures: For
1890, 81, SAB; for 1901, $6,727, 708.
Percentage of increase is 158, nearly.
The Democratic Fifth District Con
gressional Convention will meet in
Greensboro on the night of July 18th.
This Will be the night before the State
Convention meets. 1t is thought that
Congressman w. W. Kitchin viii be
renominated by reclamation.
Durham County. n. c., has 80 white
schools and 81 of these have libraries
for the children. Good libraries help
good attendance, aside from the great
good they do for the children and pa
rents who read the books. Good books
for children cost very little now and
almost any school can raise the money.
and get a library.
Goldsboro Headlight: Reports from
Greene County as to the condition of
the tobacco crop are very ~discourag-
ing. The dry weather has caused the
plants to wither and die and there are
no new plants to reset with. The lower
part of this county is also suffering
for lack of rain, and in a great many
places will not be half a crop of to-
bacco.
Washington Cor. Post: James H..
Young, of Raleigh, hopes to become a
member of the ~"Freedmen's inquiry
commission" and so does Geo. H.
White. The commission is to consist
Of five members, who are to receive
$500 a year and all expenses. As yet
the commission does not exist save on
paper, and the chances are very much
against a more substantial existence.
Wilmington Cor. Charlotte Observ-
CT: The strawberry season is at al
end. The general opinion is that as
a whole the season has not been the
great success it promised once. The
strawberry weevil did much damage
during the blooming period, and the
duration of high prices was limited.
a few crates are now being shipped
by express but the refrigerator trains
have been taken off.
Post: The North Carolina Agricul-
tural Experiment Station of the A.
and M. College has issued a special
bulletin on silk culture. The treatise
Is a very able one, being from the pen
of Mr.. Gerald Mccarthy. 1t consists
Of - pages, is well illustrated, and
treats comprehensively of every phase
o, sllk-wOrm culture, being a most val
liable publication. 1t will be mailed
Tree to all parties interested in silk
culture who apply.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Asbestos has
been discovered in Vance County, and
while Investigation has not been made
sufficiently to determine the extent