The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-01
State News.
-1oT CURR1TUCK TO CHEROKEE.
1rtsrsat Cleaned From cur Cores
pondsntS and Exchanges in All
Parts Of the State.

Raw. Robert f Petl OF OOLunhOl"'
y INIT a native of North Caro-
ga has been elected president of
converse College.
T, is said that Hon. Zeb. Vance
n.Iser. of Lexington, will be q can
,,5ste for Congress from his dis
Cot on the Republican ticket.
The Superintendent of Public In
,ruction on yesterday issued war
..rts on the State Auditor for the
states part, $40 each, In establish
jno four rural public school libraries.
Tbere we're two each in Robson
and Edgecombe Counties.-Post.
Col. Odds: To day preparation
rss begun TO send out warrants for
finds called for TO keep the public
,cNoGls open four months. Of course
or,v the counties which have fled
ts legal afidavits will get any
narev. About one fourth of the
n~unties do not want any money.
Col. Odds: Postmaster Bailey,
who pays all the rural free delivery
csrriers in the State, was asked
he number of routes in operation
p.day in North Carolina. He re
pled "There were Sc, up to March
lst. There T about % new ones.
By June 1st there will be $50 in
operation"
The round bale cotton gin has not
made any progress in North Carolina.
One was put up at Smithf1eld a few
years ago, and now it is to bemoved TO
another State. The round bale peo-
Me need to make different arrange
usnts before the round bale gin will
y popular. It's methods look too
nuh like trust MISUNDERSTANDING
Verify, it was Charlotte and Neck
bnburg day at the White House
yesterday. Mr.. Mullen was told he
could hold on TO the postofhce but
"sin no more" while it was deter
mined TO lat lesst) proclaim the in
dependence of Cuba on the Goth of
May. Mecklenburg ought really to
go down and give the fellow patriots
8 lift.-Post.
Two members of the State Demo
cratic Committee returning from the
meeting in Raleigh say that from
Mat they could learn all of the
a~natoriaI candidates except Locke
Craig are in favor of settling the
contest by primary. The majority
Of the members of the State Com
mittee are also said TO favor that
plan.-Exchange.
Chatham Record Let it be known
that a man is entitled 80 a receipt
from the sheriff for his poll tax for
1901 by paying that tax, although
he does not pay any other tax that
be may owe. A delinquent may pay
only his poll tax for 1901, although
keOwes other taxes, and on demand
the sheriff is obliged to give the re
CURED receipt. Don't forget this.
We are glad TO hear that the Re-
Order, along with THE PROGRESSIVE
farmer and the Raleigh Advocate,
viii buy an outfit ana do their own
printing instead Of giving this work
out 70 others as has Eesn done here
htgs. We hope the new arrange
nalt will be profitable to all. The
Company is capitalized at $4,000
and Mr.. J. W. Bailey is the Presi-
dent Charity and Children.
Person county is IN fine shape, y
aid Editor NOEL, of the Roxboro
Courier yesterday. "We made a
good tobacco crop last year and the
good prices put our farmers in good
shape. One man, on rented land,
With only one horse, employing only
'Aalt grown boy, made Sl,O2O on MS
efop. And that was not exceptional.
Others did as well, some even bet
teF.'-Exchange.
Congressman Cbas. r. Thomas of
The third district won his contest TO-
Jay before the House Election Com
nlttee No. 3. More than that, a
Unanimous report vas made in his
'svor, and it will probably be pre-
soted in the House to,morrow by
representative Olmsted of Pennsyl-
,Aaia, chairman of the committee.
Congressman John E. Fowler
%Eopulist) brought the contest for Mr.
1nomas' seat.-Post.
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