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Tuesday, July 2C, 1904.1
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
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STATE NEWS
FROM CURRITUCK TO CHEROKEE.
Items of Interest Gleaned from Our Cor
respondents and Exchanges.
Maifor Powell, of Raleigh, bars
cider, ruling it can no longer be sold
as a soft drink.
Attendance at the A. & M. College
Summer School now exceeds 900 and
will reach 1,000 next year.
William Marks, of Roanoke Rap
ids, was killed in a fight on an excur
sion train at Portsmouth last week.
Hook & Sawyer, of Charlotte, are
preparing plansxfor the building of
Greensboro's $30,000 Carnegie li
brary. The dispensary campaign in Wil
mington, the issue being saloons or
a dispensary, is quite warm. The
election takes place Wednesday, 27th.
State Chemist Kilgore, who has
if.
been at Virginia Beach recuperat
ing after severe illness has now gone
to Canada for a few weeks. His
health is improving.
The Osborn hotel at Oxford was
burned early Tuesday morning. Fire
supposed to have originated from a
defective flue. The loss is estimated
at $G,000 with $2,500 insurance.
The Democratic State Committee
will meet in Raleigh on the 26th to
organize and map out the plan of
campaign. Senator Simmons will
be re-elected chairman and A. J.
Field secretary.
A gentleman familiar with the to
bacco business states that in Duplin,
Wayne, Lenoir and other adjoining
counties, the tobacco crop will be
just about twenty per cent of the
crop of last year.
The Charlotte Observer is author
ity for the statement that the val
uation of real estate in that city has
been increased 150 per cent infive
years. There is a steady building
movement in "the city.
Hon. W. W. Kitchin of the Fifth
District, has' now the appointment of
a cadet at West Point. Any . young
men in the district wishing this ap
pointment will do well to write to
Mr.- Kitchin at Roxboro at once.
Herman A. Gudger, son of Hon.
H. A. Gudger, United States Con
sul to Panama, has been appointed
Deputy Collector of Customs and
Shipping Commissioner at Ancon, in
the canal zone of the Isthmus of
Panama.
The Goldsboro tobacco ware
houses are already making extensive
preparations for the opening, which
takes place in August. The mana
gers of these warehouses say that
they are looking forward to a good-
sized crop of tobacco and good
prices.
Ei&ht new rural free libraries were
established last week. This makes a
total of 770 in the State. Of the
eight new libraries one is for a col
ored school district in Martin Coun
ty. The other seven are distributed
as follows: 1 in Hertfo.rd, 2 in Car-
taret, 2 in Montgomery and 2 supple
mentary libraries in Orange.
Col. Olds : After reading the- spe
cial article in last Sunday's Observer
concerning the great North Carolina
fisheries, and the fishing interests
generally, which employ 35,000 per
sons, many persons have remarked
that they never before had an idea
how extensive this industry was in
this State.
v After a warm rnntpat. in (Ireens-
boro Tuesday on the question of
abolishing saloons, in the city for
the sale of beer and whiskey, the
prohibitionists won, the official vote
being: for saloons 315, against- sa
loons 741. After January 1st there
can be no saloons in Greensboro or
Guilford County for at least two
years.
Reidsville Review: Mr. S. C. Ad
ams, president of the Inter-State To
bacco Growers' Association, has
written a letter to the farmers of
Virginia and North Carolina, in
which he states, after dealing with
other important matters, that a
mammoth meeting of the representa
tives of farmers' clubs will be held
in Danville, Va., on August 15th.
The meeting will be strictly a busi
ness meeting and the co-operation
and assistance of warehousemen.
bankers and tobacco men who have
been forced out of business by the
trust is desired.
The annual meeting of the North
Carolina Women's Association for
Improvement of Public School
Houses and Grounds was held in Ra
leigh last week, Mrs. Hollowell, of
Goldsboro, presiding. Thirty coun
ties of, the local organizations were
represented by delegates. Six field
workers were also present. The
Wake County Association also held
a highly' interesting meeting a few
days ago. Electing the following of
ficers for the ensuing year: Presi-
jdent, Miss Edith Royster; First
Vice-President, Miss Fannie E. S.
Heck; Second Vice-President, Miss
Johns; Secretary, Mrs. Reddish;
Treasurer, Miss Waitt; Executive
Committee, chairman, "Mrs. E. E.
Mofiitt, Mrs. Buff aloe, of Garner;
Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. A. D. Hun
ter, Miss Ada WomBle, Mrs. F. L.
Stevens.
Farmers' Institutes Last Week.
Editors Progressive Farmer :
Last week Farmers' Institutes were
held at Carthage, Troy, Ashboro.
Concord, Shelby and Rutherfordton.
While the attendance was not large,
enough were present to show that our
farmers are deeply interested on top
ics which promise to be of benefit to
them. There were over 400 present
at Concord, and notwithstanding the
hot weather, they were all attentive
listeners, and .were quick and ready
with questions for their speakers to
answer.
Troy, Ashboro and Concord are
growing towns, and each of them
have a fine farming country around
them which will insure their future
success. The writer was not present
at Shelby and Rutherfordton.
W. J. C.
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FARM IMPLEMENTS AMD SEEDS.
11 former quotations on cotton hoes are withdrawn,
and the following prices in force, f. o. b., Raleigh :
f4 lbs. Bolles riveted handle hoes (per doz.) $3.40
8 lbs. Bolles riveted handle hoes (per doz.) 3.75
84 lbs. Bolles riveted handle hoes (per doz.) 4.00
9 lbs. Bolles riveted handle hoes (per doz.) 4.15
Gorghum Per Bu.
Orange, or Amber $1.40
Kaffir Corn 1.40
Millet, Etc. Per Bu.
German, Choice . $1.40
Hungarian 1.50
Pearl or Cat-tail, per lb .07
Pearl or Cat-tail (by mail) - .16
Soja Beans 1 1.35
Velvet Beans 3.75
Teosinte, per lb. (by mail) . .50
Artichokes 1.25
P. O. B., Richmond, Va.
(Bags 10 cents extra.)
Packages and bags for Peas, Clover and Grass Seeds charged extra. Prices
subject to market changes.
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IMPROVED ALLIANCE
SEWING T1ACHINES,
$16.50 $U7p5, $18.50
DELIVERED, FREIGHT PREPAID, TO
YOUR NEAREST R. R. STATION.
Meat, Dry Salted, Smoked. Lard, Pure
Leaf and Compound.
Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, etc., at
WHOLESALE PRICES.
T. B. PARKER, 5. B. A.,
Raleigh, Af. C.