The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-07-22
State News.
nam, Of Interest Cleaned From Our Core
SpondsntS and ExoAangsS in all
Parts Of the State.

In Greensboro last Tuesday W. W.
v;tchin was nominated by acclamation
~ the Fifth Congressional District,
md Brooks for Solicitor by the Ninth
Judicil Convention.
Col Odds: A full statement was
made to the Democratic State Con-
vsntion at Greensboro of the States
financial status. The revenue act
of 1901 fell far short of raising the
amount of money it was expected to
raise. Estimates of this shortage
range all the way from 100000 to
S85O,OOO.
Fayetteville Observer: The Cape
Fear and Northern railway will in a
few days award the contract for ex-
tending its road southwark from An
ger, Harnett County, to Fayette-
vile. 1t will make important CON
n~ections there, and a further extern
sion southwark is spoken of as by
no means improbable.
Pilot Mountain News: The hum
of the threshing machine is heard
in the country, but it moves from
farm to farm too fast to suit our
liking, as it is an indication of a short
crop and we fear our allowance of bis
cult will be short, but we are thankful
the corn is very promising as corn cake
is a very good substitute for biscuit.
News and Observer: The Suffolk
and Carolina railroad will build to
Elizabeth City as soon as a right-of-
way is secured. In a mass meeting
of citizens the board of aldermen were
petitioned "to secure the r~ight-of-way
for the Suffolk and Carolina railroad
by purchase. condemnation, or other
wise"
Goldsboro Headlight: At last the
city has come in possession of the
water works plant, the amount of
$4,000 being paid over to the com
pany last Thursday. In addition the
city owns the sewerage system and
electric light plant, and it is to be
hoped that after a while water and
lights will be cheaper to private con-
sumers.
Murphy Democrat: The seventeen
year locust is due at this time, but
has not been heard of thus far in
North Carolina.-Charlotte Observer.
IF the Observer had spent latter part
of May and first of June in Chero-
kee County, he would conclude that
the locust was both seen and heard.
The air was alive with them. Their
music at some hours of the day
seemed to fill everything.
Raleigh Cor. Messenger, 10th: The
Democratic Congressional Convention
of this District met at noon to-day in
the city hall. 1t was called to order
by James Richard Young, the District
Chairman, and was certainly a repre-
sentative body. James B. Phillips, of
Nash County, was made President of
the Convention. Ex-Congressman B.
II. Bum placed in nomination Edward
W. Pou, and the latter was renomina-
ted by reclamation, amid a scene which
must have been gratifying to him.
Goldsboro Argus: Judging from
the quantity of tobacco fues which
are being hauled out the city by far
mers every day, the tobacco crop must
not be as short as first expected. All
the timers of the city have an extra
force of hands employed in their fue
making department and then they
do not seem to be able to take care
Of the many rush orders which are
continuously coming. In. The crop
of tobacco is the first which the far
mer puts on the market. 1t comes
of at least. a month ahead of the cot
ton crop ~ ~ 49,. .
Ex-Congressman John W.. Atwater
has announced himself as an indie
pendent Democratic candidate for
Congress in this (the Fourth) Dis
trict. He appeals especially to the
farmer and aborer vote. His plat
, form declares. for: II. A tariff for the
people and not for the monopolies;
l would, oppose any revision that
would take from us the. present pros
Porous condition. of the country, and
that would revert us to the condition
which existed under.th the Wilson tariff
bill. 2nd. Extending to the Filipino
- tha- rnrnn Eharal and maonanimous