The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-08
State News.
1vor OURR1EUCK 10 CHEROKEE.


10" voudsats and ExOhAngOS in all
Parts Of the State.
rbe Senate has confirmed the
-ominstion Of Ada Hunter as post
mssser at Kinston.
rrspeotor Boushee has favorablY
.norted on four rural delivery
.ontes in Johnston County.
Roth Raleigh and Greensboro are
usking an effort TO capture the Re
nnblican State Convention.
p. L. Fry of Greensboro, won the
.rpointment go Annapolis i'm a com.
nstitive examination recently held
ruder the direction of Congressman
". W. Kitchin.
Congressman E. Spencer Black
bnrn has been elected the member
If the National Republican Cam
nsign Committee from North Caro-
lima. The choice was made by Sena-
cor Pritchard and Congressman
Moody.
s~tatesville Landmark: A gentle
man who looked over the tax books
IN the sherif's office last week found
that there were about 1900 white
men in the county, most of them
Democrats, who have not paid their
poll tax.
At least O hundred delegates from
all parts of the country were pres
ant at the organization of the Cum
berlsnd County Anti Saloon League.
Entire harmony prevailed, inspiring
CpeeChes were made and the organi.
zsAon was perfected.
Col. Odds: Mr.. Hackett, of wilkes
boro, says the people Of that section
will build . very fine turnpike from
that town to Jefferson, Ashe County,
"a miles, and that so convicts will be
employed on IL, besides free labor.
he says IL win be a model road and
that an automobile mail service will
be put in operation on il.
Pittsboro gpecia! TO News and OBJ
server: The coroner's jury In the
case of Lucian Trip, returned a
verdict that Trip was murdered.
Bruises were found on his head and
suspicion points TO General Earring
ton, q negro who was with him q
short while before he was found
dead. No arrest has been made.
Some fields Of wheat T beginning
TO Improve In appearance, but farm.
ers tell as that the prospect of wheat
generally is very gloomy. Nearly all
the wheat on some fields is frozen
out, and many fields are badly wash
ed. On a whole, it looks as if the
wheat crop of the county will be a
very small one this yesr.-Newton
Enterprise.
Governor Aycock and State Super
intendent Joyner have both accepted
invitations TO attend the fifth ANIMAL
conference of the Southern Educa-
ton Association, at Athens, Ga,
April 24-27. They were invited by
Robert G. Ogden, of New York, the
president. Last years meeting was
at Winston Salem, and was remark
ably interesting and resultful.-Ex-
change.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer {:
Commissioner of Agriculture Patter-
son Ia that DIR. Salmon, of the
Bureau of Animal Industry of the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment, tells him the disease among
horses known as "forsge poisoning"
which killed many horses in several
eastern counties in this State last
year, prevailed TO an unusual and
fatal degree along the Atlantic sea-
board from Maryland TO Mississippi.
Greenville Reflector: Mr.. w. NJ
Smith, of Falkland, was here to-day
and told us he had been examining
his tobacco beds and found plants
very scarce. This led him TO inquire
Of his neighbors and also of people
along the road, and the same cOndi-
ton was reported by them. He says
If this is general, the farmers will
not be able TO have as large acreage
in tobacco this year as intended.
How are the plants in other SEQ
tons?
The Cleveland Star notes a large
attendance at the Good Roads meet
ing in Shelby. "All the speakers
agreed that the time was ripe for the
ementa that ueOple we're ready