The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22
STATE NEWS.

E~arth-Stalks of Corn and trains Of
Wheat from the W~est-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Robbers are at work in Salisbury.
The meeting at the First Baptist
church at Durham continues to grow
in interest.
Windsor Ledger: Mr.. J.. j. JilcOtt,
living neal RnXObel, died December
9Th. 1901, aged 81.
The number of turpentine hands ar
irving at GoldsborO from the south are
to spend the holidays.
The diamond drill at Walnut Cove
has reached a depth of nearly 300 feet,
hnt no coal has yet been struck.
Governor Holt has pardoned Robert
Smith. who assentenCed from Wayne
county for five years for larceny.
Willie Hill, who shipped on the
steamer Laura, November as cook,
was drowned on Neuse river on Sat
urday.
DR.. A. w. Howell, of Cherryville,
fell from the balcony of a hotel at
Charlotte last Wednesday and was
badly hurt.
We have a knitting mill, a cotton
factory, a bag factory, and now we
need Il tobacco factory, says the Tar
bOro AdrOCdte.
joan Dicky, colored, killed a hawk
a few days ago which measu' ed 514
inches from tip to tip, says the Ala
nance q edner.
Mr.. Williams died at Windsor, nearly
100 wears old. He was a soldier in the
war of 1912, and for many years had
been perfectly helpless.
Last Saturday night Prof, NJ @.
PuIlen died quite unexpectedly at
RingwOOd He had been teaching
school there two months.
Smithtield Herald: MIR. r. H. Black
man died ut his home in Ingrams town
ship. Johnston county. November 28th,
in the o6th year of his age.
Mr.. II H. Hartley, of TyrO town
ship. killed four hogs whose aggregate
weight was /, 432 pound. Fine pOrker5,
says the Lexington Dispatch
Concord STANDARD: Thursday even
ing Mr.. Joel Reed discovered a short
distance below his spring a fluid that
he think1may prove 10 be kerosene OIL.
The steward of the Insane Asylum.
Raleigh. reports that products Of the
farm and garden were. this year, worth
50, OUO of which Fl, 600 were net profit,
The Flfe-Schenck difficulty termi-
mated at Greensboro In the Superior
court Tuesday in an aCquttal by jury
ofex Judge Schenck andD Schenck,Jr T.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Rev. w.
B Morton. pastor of the Baptist Church
at Weldon has offered his resignation
and it has bern accepted by the
Church.
Cermanton Times: Mr.. Caleb Hill
died aU his home near Danbury on
Monday, December 9TH, 1881 at 1:3O
o'clock, a. m, of consumption, IN his
69th year.
Mr., r. r. Cotton. of this county
Won a $75 premium at the Rocky
Mount tobacco exposition for having
the largest quantity OF tobacco on
exhibition.
The directors of the Granville county
wOrkhOuSe are arranging to employ
quarts and starting a chain gang 20
work on the county roads, the Day
announces
Hickory Press: Rev. D. +. Stewart
died Of i4undIce at his home IN Burke
county Y c., on the goth ult., aged
70 He was a devoted Christian and a
good CIT zen.
The Dnrham hose company has
UlOAt1tl IIlIO Ol1C S'A'NAAA - va
fire department, erected by the town.
The building is of brick, with a high
tower the Sun states.
The much-discussod eight hour sys
tenn has at last reached Salisbury. The
rai!rol q company las instructed the
mater mechanic at the railroad shops
to begin the system
Oxford Dan: D. 4. Hunt, n of
the oldest and most highly respected
eitizens of Oxford, did at his residence
at ten o'clock this morning. He was
about sixty one years of age.
After the McDOugald verdict, says
the SfateevilIe LUn0nt0rk, it would
seem no to be worth while to talk
alb Dut hanging anybody on Cltcum
etantial evidence in NOrsh Carolina.
The election held At Lexington Tues
dav. in the subscribing $50 900 for the
building of the Roanoke and Southern
Railway VIA Lexington, the proposition
was carried by a majority Of sixty
votes.
Durham Sun: On Wednesday might
Mr. Brnenan Cameron, living near
Stag4vIlle. lost his barn and feed stuff
by fire. Very little of the contents
were saved and the loss is estimated
at 81 Uo0
M~ecklenburg Times: The total
amount of pensions for Mecklenburg
county for 1891, equals 81, $50. There
were 90 applicants in all, Al wirows,
and ~ soldiers. These are Confederate
pensions
Some very large hogs have been
killed IN town recently The largest,
so Ia as we have heard, was raised by
Mr.. James II. Hedgpeth, and weighed
1856 pounds, says the Orange county