The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-24
State News.
vpor CURn1rUCx TO CHEROKEE.
~ Interest Cleaned From Our Core,
suOudsnts and ~ExOhAngsS in all
Parts Of the State.

suoudents ana k4onanB04 IN al
Parts Of the State.
u the Wilson school district there
s42 boys and girls between the
rs IF 6 and IS. OF these 621 were
= school during the session just
closed.
PamIico County will vote on the
.stb of June on a proposition to vote
10000 bonds to build a railroad.
There is great enthusiasm for the
nronosition. Pamlico is a rich
county and needs only a railroad to
develop it.
Monroe Enquirer: Last Saturday
twelve men were standing In front of
. store here and some one took the
mains to find out how many candidates
there we're in the group. There were
inst five candidates, not counting a
man who is thinking of running for
Office.
Chatham Record: The University
graduating class numbered ffty-one
members, of whom four we're ladies.
C~o-education seems to be on the in
crease both at the University and at
Trinity College, at whose recent COM
mencement a still larger number of
ladies graduated.
Col. Odds: The Governor pardons
George Hearn, of Randolph County,
who was sentenced to the roads for
FIVE years for larceny of a silver dollar.
His age was said to be u years, but
the family Bible shows it to be only
8. Governor Aycock said regarding
this and other cases: ave ought to
have a reformatory. Anyhow, Hearn
has served two years"
Biblical Recorder: The trial of Rev.
Tobias Bright, his son DR.. Frank
Bright, and their successor in the
Cherry Tree Co., G. D.. Wilkie, took
place in Charlotte last week. All
three were found guilty of fraud and
of using the United States mail for
fraudulent purposes. 1t was found
that they had employed 3,400 agents
who had paid into their hands $4,000.
Winston Journal: The effect Of the
coal strike is being very much felt by
the manufacturing establishments in
the city. The supply of coal in the
city is now the lowest it has been for
many years, and unless something hap
pens to increase the receipts of fuel
here soon a number of our firms will
be forced to stop their machinery.
The Fries Wooden Mill was reported
suspended Friday night.
High Point Enterprise: We have
some fine specimens of Mr. J. r. Holt's
wheat. 1t is up to the average of a
good wheat crop and Mr.. Holt SayB it
is due to early blowing and good prep
aration.-Capt. T. J. Redding brings
the encouraging report of q good
wheat crop in the Carraway section.
He never knew the prospects better.
There are some farms hat will not
produce any wheat, but the crop on
an average rs good
1t is announced from the Office of
the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton that teachers institutes will be
held during the summer in practically
every county In the State. Dates have
been arranged for the following: Ma
con, July 10; Stokes, July 7-18; For
Tyth, July 7-1S; Caldwell, July II;
Tyrren, July and August; Rocking
1925; CASTOR, July 7-12; Allegheny,
July 2, August 2; Chatham, July IS;
Moore, July IA; Stanly, July g.;
Gates, July %; Davidson, August 4;
Durham, August 4.
At a meeting of Mecklenburg Pres
bytery in Charlotte last week, iteWas
decided that DR.. Jno. w. Stag, pastor
Of the Second Presbyterian Church
OF that city, should give up the work
Of agent for the twentieth century
fund in the North Carolina Synod,
and remain as pastor of that church.
DR.. Stage stated to the Presbytery
that duty called him to the twentieth
century work, while personal prefer
ence would keep him at Charlotte. He
was unable to do both. A call from
Norfolk had been extended him, and
was urged, but declined.-Landmark.
Chapel Hill special to the Charlotte
Observer: The ninth session of the