The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-08
STATE NEWS.

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N~orth-Staiks of Corn and Grains Of
Wheat from the West-Peanuto
and Cotton Seed from the South
The Monroe cotton mills have begun
work In earnest.
The peanut mills at TarbOro are
nearly completed.
Charlotte raised 1912 for the orphans
on Thanksgiving Day.
The Presbyterians Of StatesviIle are
to have anew church building.
Mrs. Tabscott, aged SO, was found
dead in bed at Monroe Tuesday.
The negro woman Ida Whitaker,
shot by Maria Coley at Tarboro has
died.
Alarge force of carpenters are putting
up a new depot at Newton. Inc ou1o-
ing will go up in a short time.
Rev. Charles Farris the newly chosen
rector Of St. Mary's Episcopal church
at High Point has arrived there.
Efforts are being made to lease con
victs to work in the phosphate mines
at Castle Hayne, Fender county.
Mr.. L. Price Elam, a harness maker,
tried to poison himself at Charlotte,
cause: dependency. He may live.
Roxboro Courier: The meeting at
the Baptist church closed last Monday
night. It was quite a successful meet
ing.
At Fayetteville Wednesday Mr.. E.
E. HarreIl, manager of the express
Office, and Miss MolIie Vann were
married.
Rolnoka Beacon: We regret to
learn of the death of Mrs. J. E Vincent,
which occrred at Whaleyville, Va, on
Tuesday.
Thursday, December 10th, w. P.
Fife. the drummer evangelist, will be
at Oxford to begin a series of religious
meetings,
Israel Robinson, a colored brake
man, was ground to death on the Ashe-
vile and Spartanburg road Wednes-
day night.
DR.. Robert Lamar Beall died at his
home. near LenOir, Caldwell county,
last Monday, of heart failure following
pneumonia.
Several Mormon apostles are in
Rowan county making an effort to
establish a church and gather converts
to ship 10 Utah.
A gold mine has been discovered on
what is known as the Belts place, near
AshebOrO. The property was recently
purchased for its timber.
At the military prize drills at Will
mington last week, Col. w. =; Jones,
hal. Eugene Cramer and 1t. Patrick,
U. s. "A, were the Judges.
10 700 direct tax claims have been
paid. The State received just $4O4, 600.
Claimants can collect the tax any time
during the coming six years.
The mercantile firm of Hayms and
Young, at COopers, assigned, with a
preferred list amounting to $1,000.
Their liabilities 7 about $4,000.
Mr.. n. w. Allen, who lived in
Person county. near ROXbOrO, died
Thursday. He was the father in law
of Mr.. Fl. A Reams, of Durham.
A negro child was burned to death
near Windsor Monday. This makes
the eighth negro child burned to death
in BERTHE county Within the last
year.
Wednesday, at Oakdale cemetery,
Wilmington, a MAI was found hang
ing to q tree. He was identified as M.
Goodman. brother of William and Ben
Goodman.
Anexchange truly says: THE North
Carolina bankers who was swindled
by the green goods men should be
stuffed with sawdust and sent to the
Worlds Fair"
WadesbOro Messenger nteUigcncer
1t is a remarkable fact that out of a
white population of about 900 there
has been only II death IN WadeSbOrO
during this year.
Durham Sun: Mr.. r. H. Fleming,
a prominent citizen of CreedmOre, fell
from a building yesterday and was
very badly hurt. One arm and several
ribs were broken.
Burglars have been working Win
ston, Greensboro and other towns IN
the State. They broke in the Connolly
Springs pOstOffice, n night last week,
and got about $40.
Big hog. It is now in order to talk
about the big porkers killed. Mr..
John Christian has killed II that
pulls DO vn the scales to 480 pounds,
says the Durham Sun.
Monroe Enquirer: The talk among
the farmers Is that an unusually large
area will be seeded in wheat. This is
right. a good wheat crop will help
wonderfully next year.
There will be a meeting of the Hall
fax county Alliance on the goth, in
Scotland Neck. to consider the acreage
Of cotton. 1t must be reduced, they
say, If the farmer prosper.
Lemon Smith, colored, who was
making up a party of twenty-five
negroes for Georgia, was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by one of the exc
busters, and is now in jail,
Lexington Dispatch: Barlow, who
killed FaIrclOth in Davie count was
caught in this county Thursday and
taken to Mocksvllle and jailed.
AS the train left University Station,