The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19
STATE NEWS.

Whest from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Mo Drip is all about the State,
r.. l. Edward, of Goldsboro, has
do an assignment.
~. Herman Granger of Kinston
haen appointed by Collector Sim
Mons as his secretary.
pav DR. J. G Dinwiddie, Presby
IN nastor at High Point, has re-
Se ?EIeId and gone to Basic City, Va.
egWod dogs" so-calIed, reported in
naiahborhood of Petra Mills, Cald
S SnJ county, says the Hickory Mer-
curry. "
uo1Eins raised five beets the COM
S;;1ad weight of which is ninety SIX
pounds. A. 80
p ~ ish dealers of Morehead 5000
tTout, netting $125 for one nights
fishing.
i,,at heen completed, being the ninth
his year. IL is at Long Shoal, and
I'll have 5000 spindles.
Mr.. j Cobb, who lives about two
,,iIes of town, had the misfortune to
iosa a horse Friday night worth $50,
savs the Windsor Ledger.
The Winston Sentinel says that III.
D Ireland swallowed a nickel a few
5ovs ago. He is figuring whether he
i a nickel in or a nickel out.
Rev. G w. Byrd, the new presiding
alder of the Asheville district, preached
two able sermons to large Congrega
tions at Centenary church Sunday.
Sally Morris, who was in jail on the
charge of killing her child and OF which
She was acquitted, Is now IN prison on
the charge of stealing, says the Concord
Standard.
The LOIS by the burning Of the ALI
once store at Richmond, Chatham
county, Is So, 900, with $14OO insur
snce. 1t is alleged that the fire was
incendiary.
It is reported that the county con
missioners will pass an order at their
next meeting that the execution Of
Peter Degraf be public, says the Win
ston Sentinel.
Robert Vince, a we'll known citizen
of CASTOR county, committed suicide
Sunday, by shooting himself in the
stomach. Domestic troubles caused
him to commit the rash deed.
The Blade deeply sympathizes with
the family of Mr.. Joe Knight, of Quiet,
in the loss of their little three-year old
bow last Tuesday, who was burned to
death, says the Carthage Blade.
A black negro named Green White,
sold a yellow bale of cotton to day to
Mr.. R M White. The negro farms on
Mr.. Chas. Browns plantation, says the
blue editor of the Charlotte News.
On last Friday afternoon the dwell
ing house of Mr.. John B. Wick was
broken into, and a revolver, a lot of
clothing and some jewelry was stolen
therefrom, says the Carthage Blade.
The gin of Cole & and Harrington,
in Williams township, caught on fire,
a few days ago, by a match running
through it and narrowly escaped being
burned up, says the Chatham Record.
Alarge frame building, DUBBED Cninch
Hotel, neal Belo's Pond, wa burned
lastnight. Welearn this morning that
it was the property of Mr.. D. D.
SchOuler, says the Winston Repub-
lican.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: The ''reve
nues" made a trip into Yadkin and
Surry last week and captured five or
six stills and 400 or 500 gallons of
brandy, which they stored away at
Elkin.
A Mr.. Harrell, brother in-law of
Capt. W. H Pemberton, of the @. f.
& Y. V Railroad, shot himself at
Wilson Sunday night, but whether
accidentally or not could not be
learned.
Last week, Mr.. C. M. King knocked
a small piece of skin off his hand,
which he thought nothing of, but
bloodpOIsOning set in, and for q time
ne had a bad hand. it is much better
now, says the Hendersonville Times,
The State 5ville Landmark tells of a
white 0 which attracted the atten
tlon of a number of people near there.
IL associated with its black brothers
and was similar to them in every re-
spect except in color, being pure white.
Everybody will rejoice over the salts
factory settlement of the debt question
which has so sorely embarrassed Fifth
street Methodist church for several
years DR.: Nash is happy, the Method
lists generally are happy. We are all
happy.
Asheville Citizen: Secretary E. L.
Holmes, Of the Asheville Tobacco AS
soclatlon, reports that for the month of
November the sales of leaf tobacco on
the Asheville market aggregated AIS, $50
pounds, and the price paid therefore
$50, 669, SO.
The late Park Fair netted 1910 over
all expenses At the last meeting of
The $40 :kholders w. M. Baxter was
elec'e President, vice T. G.. Skinner
resigned. G. w. Ward was re elected
secretary, says the Elizabeth City
Economist.
Henderson Gold Loal: Among the
medals awarded at the Worlds Fair we
n0TlRn &hn+ 49, -L.LsA