The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-08-02
MUCH PROGRESS
1T THE GATE CITY
Stores and Residences
Being Erected
WHEAT CROP IS FINE
Prospects Fire for a Bumper Corn
Crop-Nr. Benbow i'm An Attempt
to Beat Mr.. Bats Yield of Corr
Knocked Out BY Drouth. But He
Has Some Splendid Corn Which VIII
Make Excellent Yield.

Has Some Splendid Corn Which VIII
Make Excellent Yield.
BY ANDREW JOINER.
greensboro, \. G., July 30.-Al-
though this city has been the storm
center of much county. district and
State politics of both the Republican
and Democratic parties during July,
the month just closing shows a
healthy and conservative progress in
the way Of permanent development.
During the month, among the Demo
cratic forces have been a county con
ventiOn for the endorsement of the
county candidates and the selection
of delegates to the State and district
convention; there has been held here.
at two different sessions of the CON
greSSional convention to nominate a
candidate for Congress, involving the
selection of an honored and distin-
guished citizen of the city, and the
sending to the State convention of a
large delegation for various State
candidates to be nominated at Char
lotte. On h Republican side, has
been precinct primaries, a county con
Nentlon 70 nominate county officers
and to select delegates to the State and
congressional district convention. fol-
lowed by the semi-annUaI red-hot row
between prominent members of two or
more factions as to which one shall
have the mastery III the selection Of
the State chairman, who has the con
trolling say in recommendations for
Federal appointments. SO. despite
all these diversions from regular bust
ness routine, added to preparations
for the Republican congressional con-
vention to be held here August 9Th,
md hn Sfnta ao-rnptjnr fn;ln ~ y op
August 10, it could not have been ex-
pected that the normal march of in
duStrial improvement would be kept
up. But it has. The report of Build
ing Inspector Milton for July, filed to-
day will show that for the month Of
July, building permits within the cor
porate limits only, aggregate the ex-
penditure in the mex few weeks or
months on contracts let for this
| month of the sum Of $4,000. These
buildings are residences, remOdelings
and engagements of stores and store
fronts, and enlargement or renovation
of dwellings, no single contract be
ing over $1,000. Among buildings
just receiving the finishing touches
are the Fisher building, costing s65,-
900, and the Sunday school building
Of West Market Street Methodist
t church, costing $4,000, the renovated
residence Of Mr.. E. Poole, costing
$4,000 and numerous other large
building improvements.
About the same ratio of growth and
building Improvement has been EVIL
| dent on the suburbs, notable being
| several large stores, bank buildings,
etc, at White Oak and the largest hot
house building in the South by the
Lindley Nursery Company at Pomona.
The Southern railway has just com
pleted the improvements to the pas
= ~ ~
trackage at a total cost of $50, 600,
and on every side can be seen busy
mechanics at work
In real estate quarters report are
of many sales during July, and not a
single deal has Indicated any drop
| whatever in the price of real estate,
| several Important deals havlng been
made of property hat changed hands
two years age, at considerable ad-
vance on the rigina price.
| Farmers are universally satisfied
over the wheat crop, most of which
has been threshed and measured
They say that O only is the yield
fine, but the quality is excellent, none
of the grain being damaged. There
has never been known such a fruit
CROP in GuiIford. the principal draw
back being the breaking of the limbs
Il the trees with their overburdened
fruit.
The prospect now is for a bumper
corn crop. In q few sections. there
is complaint of drouth. but generally
the rains have been sufficient to keep
the crop in the pink Of condition.
There is universal interest IN i'm
proved farming all over the county,
not only in corr growing. but in fruit
and the grasses and Many
armer have fine fields of alfalfa
from which three cuttings have al
ready been made.