The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-31

- he Joyce n1ufuef lflal Wnlcn
occupied the court at Asheville
from the 10 inst, was brought to
close Saturday last by the ac-
quittal Of w. III. Jones and his son,
Frank Jones, charged with the
murder of the Joyce family, con-
sisting Of four persons, and burning
the house last spring One hundred
and seven witnesses were exam
ined, and large array Of counsel
appeared on both sides.
Mr. III. w. Weeden has braced
his engine and sawmill and Wi
commence cutting lumber to put up
his building for the other machinery
Of his spoke and handle factory this
week. His engine is fifty-horse
power-A number of Catawba's
most intelligent farmers have told
us that the wheat crop this year is
the finest they have seen for five or
six years.-Neuton Enterprise.
EARLY sown wheat is represented
as looking well; the later sown
rather Indifferent. It is too early,
however to prophesy. - There
have been several smokehouse rob
berries recently in a section a few
miles south of town on the States
vile and Fallstown township line.
The temperance movement in
Statesville is assuming considerable
proportions. The Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union holds week
ly meetings and is arousing con-
siderable interest.
The people Of Henderson held
a meeting Monday evening the 22d,
to take steps to secure the construc-
ton Of a railway to that point
from Clarksville, Va. The Raj
eigh cotton seed oil mills will not
shut down until the latter part of
April They have had very sue
cessful season, and the product is
twice as great as last season A
good supply of cotton seed is on
hand.-Raleigh Ne,os and Observer.
Elm Street Public School en-
rolls for March 90 pupils.-David
Jones has made over 1000 hoops
this winter, which met with ready
sale at $3.50 per hundred. Mrs.
Welborn, living in the lower part
of this county, saw large hawk
pounce upon a grown hen in the
barn yard short distance from
the house. She Immediately ran to-
wards the spot, and the hawk did
not notice her until she picked him
off the hen by the wing. The hawk
measured feet 10 inches from tip
to tip Of wings.-Salem Press.
We hear that Major Atkinson
of the G. F. & Y. V. r. r. was at
Walnut Cove last week for the pur-
pose Of locating the depot at that
place-It is said, notwithstand-
ing the Revenue officers are so quiet,
and corn so plentiful, that there is
less distilling of whiskey in this
section than during any year since
the Revenue law has been in force.
Mr. William Bennett says he
planted six medium size Peerless
potatoes, and from the crop he
saved bushel for seed, besides
having had several messes for his
table before they were dug, and yet,
with these facts before us, our peo-
pie buy potatoes.-Danbury Reporter.
Further prospecting at the
Allan mine, in Union county, shows
an ore body twenty-five feet wide.
About one fifth Of this assays an
average value of nearly $50 per ton.
The ground was broken on
Tuesday for the new three-story to-
bacco factory The factory proper
will be 4OxSO feet, including dry
house, 40x1OO feet. Foard 4 Rice,
the manufacturers who are to occu-
py this new factory, are now on
the market purchasing leaf to be
worked up this summer.-The
Judge who presides at the next
term of Rowan Court will hardly
escape a sitting of two weeks.
There will be criminal cases suffi-
cient to consume all of one week,
and if crimes committed in April
are as numerous as have occurred
during this month, still longer
time will be required to dispose
of them.-.Salisbury Watchman.