The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-17
State News.
- CURE1rUCK TO CHEROKEE.
rntsrsst Cleaned From Our Core
,nondsnts and Exchanges in au
Parts of the State.

Hn0nQEHkG 60N
Parts Of the State.
and Observer: Sheriff Page
tbat the license tax of $500 on
~.,sttes has caused several of the
'nsr ~storekeepers to give up selling
The money is not coming in
fast. The law went into effect
81st.
= i said that the peach crop of j.
), Lindley at Southern Pines will
.,rnt to about ten thousand crates
|. season. With good prices this
Ems a nice sum of money in Mr..
Lindley's pocket. 1t is said that
finest peaches put on the New
= market are raised at Southern
res.-Exchange.
L is well always to accept stories of
,bnlous wealth suddenly acquired
IN q few grains of allowance. A
months ago DR.. billiard, an alleged
,r wealthy negro, returned to Reds
IN With stories of the dazzling
esth acquired in Australia. He has
sentenced to jail for embezzling
h dollGrs.-Exchange.
laleigh Cor. Messenger: 1t is said
n there will not be over half a crop
wheat in the State. This is de-
sred to be true as to Davidson
5unty, easily the first of the wheat
rowing counties. Yet it is said that
heat in Cumberland County is par
sularly fine; James D. Mcneil so in
med Commissioner of Agriculture
htterson.
Winston Journal: B. F. Jones, a
eminent farmer of Yadkin County,
v in the city yesterday. In an in
Eew concerning the crops he said:
hTeat is looking better than it has
h for years. I believe there will
more corn and grain in general
Eed this year than has been for a
be while. And I don't believe there
3 twenty farmers in the county that
We not got a tobacco patch"
Two young negro boys, named Har,
Son and Gillespie, murdered a young
bite woman, a Miss Benson, near Sal
bury last week. They were captured
Hi lodged in the Salisbury, n. c.,
L. Early Wednesday morning a mob
about fifty got them out,
ing them, and riddled the bodies
Wa bullets. Miss Benson had re-
ped the negroes for stealing, and it
iaid that their anger at this caused
I'm to commit the murder.
LanImark: In the Federal Court
Raleigh last week J. T.. Corbett, late
stmaster at Selma, Johnston Coun,
& was sentenced to five years in the
|Enitentiary for stealing registered
and letters containing val,
bibles. Jos. Exum, former postmas-
l at Four Oaks. Johnston County
vas sentenced to six months in jail fol
ubezzling 1868 of the post Office
nds. He had returned all of the
.aoDey but 500.
Burlington Cor. Post: So far as is
noWn to the contrary, Randolph
County is the first county in the State
to formulate and organize a systemat,
Hand vigorous educational campaign
he County Board of Education and
lie County Superintendent of that
county have arranged a series of TWEEN,
Y meetings to be held at various
Places throughout the county and have
Sued circulars giving places and
2tes Of holding these meetings.
Winston Cor. News and Observer
L Is reported here on excellent au.
aonty that the connection of Win.
Son-Nalem, Greensboro and High
FONT by an electric railway is an as.
SUED fact. The line will run via Ker,
a~asiIle and Guilford College tc
0ensboro and from Greensboro the
@tral point. A. branch will also ex.
ad to Pittsboro where they will con,
-ct with the S. A. L. Railway. The
-e viii be equipped for freight as vel
& pass niger traffic.
Washington Cor. Post: North Car
una @.ts two of the three bills fol
~s Construction of monuments which
'tfe ], ported favorably to the House
~aay by the committee on libraries
>llS action was taken at the instance
VI The pcaker, and it means that the
I1s viii pass. One of these bills car