The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-21

Herman, and has given up literary
work. She is the daughter Of the Col.
! Fisher who gave it's name to Fort
Fisher.
The Watauga Democrat says there
is a gold mine on Elk that shows a
| four-foot vein of solid ore which yields
gold and silver to the value of $206 per
ton. John R. Hughes and the Knox
vile Mining Company are Having"
aboutit.
We learn that Col. F. H. Fries will
tender to the members of the Press
Convention which meets here in
August, a special car for a trip to Mar
tinsvilIe, Va. We also learn they will
visit Wilkesboro by rail, says TtCin-
City Daily.
Charlotte Neus: Mr.. P. Cline, a
merchant of China Grove, made an
assignment a day or two ago. Rev.
Paul Barringer was appointed assignee.
Dull times and inability to collect
claims are the causes of Mr.. Cline's
assignment.
Lexington Observer: The man Smith
who was killed in Winston several
nights ago, at the time a woman was
killed, is supposed to be Burgess Mid
dleton, formerly of this county. He
was a bad fellow and has served time
in many jails.
J. A. Jones, a Haywood county
farmer, while driving home from Clyde
Saturday night, his horse became
frightened while going in a railroad
cut, and backed the buggy off, in
stantly killing both horse and driver,
the fall being about 80 feet.
A party of the wealthiest and most
influential men of Shelby purchased
sixty-two acres of fine land adjoining
the famous Cleveland Springs, and are
having it laid off into re -idence lots
which they are selling wonderfully
cheap.-MariOn Free Lance.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. George Hege,
the oldest citizen of Salem, passed
away late yesterday afternoon at the
ripe old age of 81 years. The deceased
had been in feeble health for several
years. His wife, who survives him, is
81 years old, and still very active.
Carthage Blade: Mr.. J. J. LawhOn
told us that he killed a water mOccasin
a few days ago which measured about
five feet in length, and three or four
inches i'll diameter, hat had a horn on
its back about eight inches below the
head, measuring three inches in length.
\ thirteen-year old son of Henry
Letter was thrown from a dog cart on
Wednesday afternoon. The horse be
came frightened in front Of Scotia
Seminary and ran, causing the boy to
be thrown with great force upon the
ground. Says the Concord Standard.
Warrenton Gazette: From what we
hear and see the tobacco is not near 50
good as it was at this date last year.
There was too much rain for the early
planted and a great deal of it is button
ing or blooming at twelve or fourteen
leaves, and the leaves are narrow and
short.
Asheville Citizen: The AsheviIIe
Citizen has been to the books of the
register of deeds of Buncombe county
and found that Mr.. George Vanderbilt
has first and last bought upwards of
50, 600 acres of land in Buncombe
county for which he has paid $44O,-
1927.
Garland, the little son of Mr.. G. NJ.
FOard. of OIin, was choked about six
weeks ago, and last Sunday week he
coughed up a chicken bone and died
after much suffering the Tuesday fol
lowing. He was one year and five
days old. Says the S~tatesville Land
mark.
Dunn Times: Mr.. John Register. a
young man who some time last winter
or spring left here and went to Keyser,
in Moore county, with his brother
David, where they went to work tur-
pentine, was found dead on last Sun
day about 1 o'clock, eight miles from
Keyser.
The surveyors of the Johnson City &
Greensboro Railroad are now on Beech
creek, in this county, surveying up
the Watauga river. We understand
they have been ordered to survey
three different routes from johnson
City to Wilkesboro. Says the Boone
Democrat.
John Register, who a few months
| 400 moved from Earnatt cn11ntu into