The progressive farmer., 1902-01-07
State News.
PROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From our Cores
oondsntS and Exchanges in all
p,rfs ~ the gtata

Items Of Interest Cleaned From our Cores
DondsntS and Exchanges in all
Parts Of the State.
Newton Cor. Charlotte Observer
There has been a great clamor for
rural free delivery mail routes in
this county since the inspector has
been here and there seems proba-
bility of getting the routes estab-
lished A number of petitions for
routes are now in circulation.
Col. Olds: The figures as to the
amount taken out of the pockets of
the people and mainly poor women
and girls, by the swindlers, who
operated the Amos Owen Cherry
Tree Company, is put in the Obser-
YER at something like $46, 900. 1 have
heard it put considerably higher.
Statesville Mascot: Union Grove
township is said to have largely in
creased the acreage of wheat sown
this fall over last. w. P. Sharpe of
that township drilled for himself and
others 14S acres, while one of his
neIghbors, VIM. Campbell, put in
about 100 acres. These are only two
of the many drills in the township.
Greensboro dispatch: It is learned
here that DR.. c. Alphonso Smith, of
the University of Louisiana, is to re-
turn TO North Carolina and take the
chair of English at the University,
succeeding DIR. Thomas Hume, who
will be made Professor Emeritus
DR.. Smith will take charge of the
department. at the beginning of the
next annual session.
Raleigh Post: Governor Aycook
yesterday appointed Mr.. W. G. Ham
mer, editor of the Asheboro Courier,
solicitor for the Tenth district TO fill
the vacancy caused by the untimely
death of Mr.. Wiley Rush. Mr.. Ham
mer is not only faithful editor, but
a lawyer of ability, gentleman of
high character, and an all round good
man. He will fill the office well.
Wadesboro Messenger: This seems
TO be bad year for farmers any way
you take it. Less than a half crop
of cotton and almost no corn at all
was bad enough in all reason, hut
now the failure of small grain 30
come up is another disaster they are
being called on 60 face. 1t is said
there is a silver lining to every cloud,
but the one to this most calamitOus
of years has not put its appearance
as yet.
Roxboro Courier Farming don't
pay - Did you ever hear that be-
fore? Mr.. w. G Rogers, of Rose
Vile, in answer TO our question So to
what the condition of the farmers in
his section was, replied, shat he
did not know how others were stu
ated but as for himself, it had been
a good year for him; that he bought
his farm of 179 acres and that his
crop of tobacco this year would pay
for it-that is, he would make
enough on this crop clear to pay for
the farm "
There is a strong reminder Of the
court scandal at Statesville last
spring in the Asheboro special in
this mornings paper which tells of
the tampering with a witness in a
railroad case by an agent OF the
Southern Railway Company. The
best friends of the Southern Rail gay
wish it would stop this sort of thing,
but as long as it keeps up this class
of business and continues to fight
Justice as it is doing in the james
Howard case from Rowan and as it
often does, it is estopped from COM
planning that it is denied justice in
the courts. He who would have
equity must do equity.-Cherlotte
Observer.