The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-12
STATE NEWS.

and lotions Seed from the South
Tho Durham Furniture Company
.,d5e an assignment last week.
A. A. Leak, grocer, Wadesboro,
80 made an assignment. Liabilities
about So, 500
n w. BrinkIey's general store at
,~,o0gnoIia was burned Dec. LIST. Loss
~ no; insured for 81, 800.
The Sheriffs in Graham and Bun
- o counties have both been sued
CoD their bonds for uncollected taxes.
Mr. ". Livermore, of Pates Robe
~ county has made an assignment.
SOL sa6ots about $50. 900. Liabilities SIS, 900.
w F Jones. a merchant of Wash
n G, made an assignment
Ia mS week for the benefit of his cred
winston World: A lady in Salem
,oo a hen that is sixteen years old.
T Tb0 hen has retired from business, but
i still cheerful.
Tho clothing store of Rogers Clothing
Cornnany at Winston was broken into
"a FTnbord of a number of articles of
wearing apparel.
The barn of DR.. R. w. Ward, of
Verona. OnsIOw county. was burned
oorlv Thanksgiving morning by an III
oondiary to whom there is no clue.
Mr. .JB Weatherly, of Maxton, has
ossigned. Liabilities about $4,000;
ossafs considerably more. Uncondl-
tional repeal didn't cause 1T OF course.
Greensboro Record: Mrs. David
coott died at the residence of her hus-
bbond on CASTOR street, after an illness
IF some months, the result of a fall
from a hammock.
State Geologist Joseph A. Holmes
ranorts that he is receiving an unusu-
aIITv large number Of inquiries regard
mo North Carolina gold from persons
in the West and North.
Sam Nicely, a negro Is years old,
uas hanged privately at GastOnia Fri
6av December 1st, for assaSslnatlng
William Allen. hts employer, while the
latter was in bed asleep.
colored boy on Mrs. Farrar's farm,
Near town. had his arm terribly mutt
lated bv cotton gin one day last week.
The arm below the elbow was taken
off. saws the TarbOrO SoutheTner.
w E Stafford the white man ar
rested several days ago in Johnston
county on the charge of giving his
wife medicine which caused her death,
was acquitted Friday, December LIST.
George Gould, the multi millionaire
and his friends were in town a few
DAYS ago in his palatial yacht Brant,
on q duCking excursion to the lower
sounds, SAYS the Elizabeth City Econ
omist.
Webster Herald: While the court
was getting ready for business at Rob
b~insVille. the court house began to give
way, rende ring 1t hazardous In the eX
IRENE. The church vas used to hold
the court in.
Gov. Carr has designated January 5,
as the day of execution for d mel Gil
christ. who was convicted of murder
in Richmond county, and whose case
was appealed to Supreme Court and no
error found.
The Hendersonville Times says that
Mrs. Lewis Hill a widow lady, nearly
80 years old, of Blue Ridge, was robbed
recently of 500 and some articles of
clothing. Hay Gibbs has been arrested
on suspi ion.
CEC1 GACtIN AChLISOLI, VI IL1C IGtAClSu u
Y. NJ @ A will resign at it's meeting
next Wednesday and will go to another
point. Hon. K ? Battle will deliver
an address before this Association on
the 18th instant.
Max5on Chief: The cotton compress
at Hamlet. we learn. is doing a hum
ming business. - Duck hunting on
the creeks hereabout is fine sport.
There lsa good supply Of the aquatic
fowls this season.
a dog belonging to Mr.. Frank Beall,
OF LInwOOd, won first prize in the
Derby at the recent trials at Thomas
vile. 1t was also the winner of the
all age stake and won the cup, says the
Lexington Dispatch.
The Concord street railroad and all
l9 equipments, franchise, etc., were
sold at public auction Monday. 1t was
purchased Oy Mr.. J. P. Allison for
$1,000. What he will do with the
property is not known.
Riley Hairstou, the barber, is death
On Wild turkeys. He went hunting
again last Friday morning and killed
Two large turkeys before 10 o'clock.
ms makes three he killed last week, |
says the Lexington Dispatch.
Messrs. Lambe & league, of Siler
Clty, killed six shoats that we're thir
Teen months old and weighed 1860
pounds. One of them weighed 40
pounds. ALI six were of the same
utter, says the Chatham Record.
The Shelby Review says work in the
I'm mine shaft at Kings Mountain is
Oelng pushed with vigor. A steam
pump has been put in and the 100 foot
level where it is expected to strike the
NAN lead. Is being rapidly approached.
Mr. G, H Hamilton, of Beaver Creek,
Isle county. killed three splendid hogs
-ast week They were a little over one
year old and weighed respectively, Ala,
40 and 424, aggregating 1854. That's
6Oo1, says the Wilkesboro Chronicle.