The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-08
STATE NEWS.

WaYn65VIlI0 Gu0 CuOrl0r a 8, has
on excellent school.
The great drought continues. 1t pre-
walls in nearly every part of the State.
Trees are again budding at Raleigh,
after having, within 80 days, cast their
leaves.
The net cash profits of the woman's
edition of the Fay etteville Observer
amounted to $3.50.
The Sun says Durham is a church
town. It has 10 churches-13 or which
are for the whites.
The Moore County Railroad is max
ing a survey preparatory to a III mile
extension of its line.
The taxable value Of property in
Surrv county this year shows an In
crease of sos, 468 over 1894
There are now only 154 convicts
within the penitentiaTy. There are "a
females, of whom five are white.
Mr.. Archie Johnson has retired as
editor of the Red Springs Citizen to
take charge Of Charity and Children
at ThOmasville.
At Saratoga, Wilson county, a man
named Owens was caught IN the ma
chinery of a grist mill and mutllht9d
so that he died.
Charles McNamee, manager # the
Baltimore estate, says That there will
be a foe exhibit from Baltimore at the
State Fair this year.
Judge Henry r. Starbuck is the
Youngest Judge In the State and Is sald
tn be the ableet of the new Judges who
were elected last November.
John R. Thompson, late postmaster
Horse Cove, Macon county, has been
arrested charged with a shortage OF
nearly 800 IN his accounts.
Gov. Carr was at the silver CONVEX
tion He sat in the rear of the hall,
but was ready to vote for the resOlu-
ton of Hon. Charles NJ. Cooke.
Fannie Newson. aged Is eIOped from
Salisbury with Ed Goodman. She
has returned insane, and tells a ter
ribla story of his abuse and discretion.
Waynesviile Courier: We hear 1t
whispe,e ed that poker playing Is quite
an industry around town lately. We
are sorry to hear this and hope 1t will
cease.
A correspondent writes the Winston
Republican from JOnesville that new
brandy is 50 plentiful in Yadkin that
it can be bought from 80 to rs cents
per gallon.
The buck wheat crop in the county,
take it all over, is rather light, al
though s1me heavy crops in different
localities are reported, says the Boone
Democrat.
Clerk Brown, of the railroad COM
mission, is preparing a new map CT tie
State, showing the railroads up tn
date. IL will be issued about the end
Of the year.
One Of the unusual sights OF the times
could be seen On our streets Saturday-l
a double team composed of a black
mule and a spotted bull, says TIE Gas
tOnia Gazette.
franklin Press: The wire fence men
left last Thursday morning. after sci
ling the rights for all townships in
Macon. They perhaps carried away |
about $500 from Macon.
The negroes who promoted the r.
cent State a me ting OF their race
have called a meeting November 6
The other faction of negroes Is already
attacking tIis meeting.
We are sorry to learn that Sheriff
J. Il. Fulton had the misfortune to get
MS arm broken last Saturday. Hope
ne may not suffer much from it, says !
the Daabury Reporter.
Mr.. S B Butts hands US the tusk of
hog that was three years old, which
Is a curiosity. The tusk is 9 inches
long and locks like a small s5z5 rams |
horn, says the Roanoke News.
Governor Carr has made a requisi |
ton on the Governor of Virginia for |
Thomas Gilmore, who is wanted in |
Etizlb9th City on the charge of false
pretense. He is under arrest in Norfolk. |
About 200 gallons of liquor belong
ing to l. B Cross was SEIZE last week
The head Of the barrels were knocked i
out and the liquor turned out upon the |
ground, says The W~Ilks6oro Chronicle
Forest City Ledger: The continued
dry weather has damaged the cotton |
crop Il this section to a considerable |
extent The young bOlis have stopped
growing and are opening prematurely. |
II looked like business Tuesday at
the D dOck-three steamers there
at one time. They have dropped the
rate for cotton to 4OG a bale to Nor
folk, saJ 8 the Washington, n. c., Ga
zette.
The Burlington News il told that
Mr.. John R Harder, of Biz Falls. Ala
nance county, has a HoIetein COW
which gives ten gallons of milk ncr
day, requiring to be mttked three times
a day.
DE- B H Payne o. tennessee, Is in
-dlc5ed as Salisbury on the Charge Of
swindling people at the Southern Belle
niue. near Salisbury. He represented
himself as the agent of a 5000, 600
C mg8nv.
Gastonia G,zatte: Lawson Nance
O. Stanley creek will BE- 90 years old in
D.eamber. The secret OF his long life
Issai1 to lie in the fact that he never
w-rr.-s 10 day over what may not han