The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-02-11
State News.
FROM CURR1TUCK TO CHEROKEE.
ItsnI Of Interest Cleaned Prom our Cores
pondsnts and Exchanges in all
Parts Of the State.

ponueuEB ana A4OuhuBos III aA
Parts Of the State.
The President has nominated j. F.
Wray to be postmaster at Reids,
vile.
Representative Small has intro
duced a bill appropriating $3.50, 900
for a public building in Elizabeth
City.
Col. John A. Holt, a we'll known
citizen of Salisbury, died Thursday
night. He was a native of Davidson
county, and was "A years old.
The last negro inhabi sant of Ora
ham county has left it's borders. It
is the only county in the State that
numbers NJ negro among it's in
habitants.
Tarboro Southerner: The largest
Weld of cotton from one acre is re
ported from N. P. Bullock in No. 2
township. On that one acre he picked
q few pounds over 5000.
Post, 9th Out OF u class of thirty
three applicants for license to prac-
tce law VINO stood the examination
before the North Carolina Supreme
Court last Monday, only fourteen
we're successful.
senator Hill, of New York, has
been invited so deliver the CON
mencement address u5 Davidson Col
lege next June, al2 51e Manufaotur-
ers' Club, of Charlotte, has invited
him so visit that city.
Republicans held a meeting at
W~ilkesboro last week and adopted
resolutions favoring the suppression
of anarchy and Federal control of
elections in the South. Ex-Congress-
man Linney addressed the meeting.
News and Observer: The death
of Mr.. Milton l. Shields, of Greens
bOro, is a positive loss to the State.
His business Judgment and we'll
directed zeal had built up the largest
Wholesale shoe house in North Caro-
lima.
The Literary Societies of Wake
Forest College have issued invita-
tons TO their sixty. seventh ~anniver-
sary, celebration to take place on
Friday, February IA, beginning with
d debate at two O'Clock in the after
noon.
Washington Cor. Post: There is
amOvement on foot among Republi
cans from several Southern States
to urge the appointments of Charles
Price of Salisbury TO succeed Justice
Shiras of the United States Supreme
Court, who, it is reported, will re-
sign in the near future.
Greensboro dispatch The Green's
bOrO public library, d source of pride
TO every citizen OF this city, was
thrown open TO the public this morn
ing. The opening was marked by
appropriate exercises held in the
Grand Opera House last night, when
the library was presented to the
city.
Winston-Salem dispatch: Apromi-
nent member of the State council
says the Junior Order will not estab-
Ish an Orphanage in North Carolina
for some time at least. He says it
cannot be done without the State
council Withdrawing it's support
from the National Orphanage, and
this is not feasible.
Golds5oro dispatch There will
be q n examination held in Raleigh
or Wilmington on Tuesday, April
u, 1902, of all candidates in this dis
trio for the vacant naval oadetship
at Annapolis, Mar land. The su)-
oessfuI candidate will be appointed
to the Naval Academy and will be
eE mined there only physically.
Goldzboro Cor Post: The new
superintendent of the Gold sboro
graded schools, Prof. Thomas r.
Foust, arrived in the city last night
anu assumed the duties of his posi-
tin today. Prof. J L. Foust, who
resigned the superintepdent's posi-,
uan here to go TO the State Normal
at Greensboro, will leave shortly to
Install himself in his Lew position.
The January buliet sin OF the State
Board Of Health say = smallpox is> in
Il e0uHties: BUncambe, Cabarrus,
OGrliu, Durham, EdgecOmbe, For
7Ttl, CASTOR, Greene, Henderson,