The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-04-22
General News.
WHAT THE DISPATCHES TELL.
The Facts Boiled Down and Presented in
Convenient Form for Busy
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sylvania, to the first assistant post
master general,
The American Tobacco Company
is reported to be endeavoring to OBJ
tain a controlling interest in the I'm
perial Tobacco Company of Great
| Britain.
The Jamestown Exposition Com
pany, chartered by the Virginia Legis-
lature to operate a tercentenary ex
position on Hampton Roads in 1902,
in oommemoration of the landing of
the first permanent English settlers
in America, has been organized.
The President, after most careful
investigation has come to the con
olusion that Governor Dole's course
has been such as to warrant his o
tinuanoe as Governor of Hawaii and
entitle him to the respect and
hearty support of the administration.
The President has granted a par.
don to Capt. Coghlan, U. S. N, for
an Offense for which he was suspen-
ded a number of years ago. This
advances Captain Coghlan to the
head of the list of his grade and in
sures his promotion to the rank of
rear admiral this month.
It has been decided at a confer
ence Of Republican leaders Of both
Houses to shelve the ship subsidy
bill recently passed by the Senate.
Two proportions looking to this end
are under advisement one to allow
the bill to die quietly in the Com
mittee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, where it now is, and the
other to report it back with q mo-
ton to proceed to tie consideration.
On the third of last December the
Department of Agriculture predio.
ted that the cotton crop would be
1874, 412 bales. On the twelfth of
April, the Census Department finds
it to be 1852, 762. The reliability of
the Department. of Agriculture's
reports is again established. In
December the estimate for North
Carolina was 451, 1913 bales. The
census report says it is 454, 354 bales,
Exchange.
A special from Columbia, Tenn,
says: "The Howard and Riley Phos-
plate Companies have disposed of
the entire interest of the Charles
ton, S. c., Mining and Mineral Com
panies for the sum of 1895, 900 The
companies are two of the five largest
interests in the field and immediate
possession of the properties is TO be
given. The Charleston Mining and
Mineral Company is a branch of the
Virginia-C Carolina Chemical Com
pany, manufacturers of phosphate
fertilizers"
The executive committee of the
Democratic Congressional committee
is composed of Ben Gable, of Illinois,
chairman; Lewis Nixon, of New
York, chairman of the finance com
mittee; Overmeyer, of Kansas ;
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana Rich
ard Olney, of Massachusetts,, and
Daniel Lamont, of New York. The
executive committe will do the real
work of the campaign. It will be
noted that Olney and Lamont are
both Clevelandites and ex members
of his cabinet.-ERchange.
The House has passed the bill
granting a pension to the widow of
President Mckinley at $4,000 per
year. It had previously passed the
Senate and now goes to the Presi-
dent for signature. Although ia
vorable action on the was
unanimous, an inquiry by MI. Bell,
of Colorado, as to the precedents for
such action, led to an animated dis
cussion. Mr.. Bell contended that
many widows of poor soldiers were
without pensions and that Mrs. Mo
Kinley had independent means, max
ing a pension unnecessary.
The Atlanta Constitution has in
formation that plans are On foot for
the formation of a gigantic trust
of all the cotton yarn mills of the
| Southern States. Investigation has
been made by a committee of five,
named at a recent meeting of the
Southern Yarn Splnners, who will
report favorably for the formation
of the trust at a meeting to be held
in Charlotte on April %. This re-
port will favor the acceptance of a