The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-11-17
STATE NEWS.

rgbest from the 6St-SeanUCS
- CottonS Seed from the South
Winston Is to have saloons again, the
,..nnse fee being 81. 900.
cato pension allowances as fixed by
oboerd ere: First class $64; second
.s third $50, fourth and widows $16.
rba postoffce at Tarboro caught fire
.ooclock Wednesday morning. The
3.r,oge to the building will amount to
A0C.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
.,~mnanv's furnace at Greensboro has
baan ru5 in blast. Ore for it's use comes
from nearby mines.
coon hunter in Harnett caught
nine possums the night after election.
This is one of the surest evidences Of
returning prosperity.
The seven year old boy of Cain Long,
dF4rmington township, fell eff Of q
fence Tuesday and broke his right arm,
saws the Mocksville Times.
child of Mr.. J. L Newton, Of High
Point. was killed by the mistake of
some member of the family, who gave
it audanum instead of paregoric.
The government distillery and ware
house belonging to J. NJ. Small burned
down last Friday morning. The cause
liz not known, says the Morganton Pop
ulis5.
Hendersonville Times: From the
number of buildings going up in Hen,
dersonville, and the prospective build
ngs, we are on the eve Of a good,
healthy boom.
Snow Hill STANDARD: J. A. Jones.
Greene county, sold on the new Wat
son warehouse floor, Wilson, N. O.,
253 pounds of tobacco for 1852 As
averaging $17,O4.
Mr.. Dupree Clodfelter has had some
mining experts at work on his property
in Stanly county, and writes us they
have struck a rich vein of gold, says
the Lexington Dispatch.
Rev. J. P. King, of Wilmington,
proposes that a fund of $50, 900 be
raised by popular subscription to be
presented to William J. Bryan, as a
free Offering from the people.
Game birds are plentiful this year,
Wilmington sportsman says that al,
ready nor p%artridges have been killed
around the city than we're begged the
whole Of last season, says the Star.
Out of the 80 magistrates elected in
this county, the Democrats have II;
Aand out of the 20 constables the Demo
/, Gratis have Z. We can ''holler" a little
: anyway, says the Wilkesboro Chron
icle
Oxford Orphans Friend Progress on
the new buildings continues, and we
hope 20 have some Of them completed
this year, but would appreciate addi
ti0nal help to enable US to finish the
work.
An escaped negro convict from the
State penitentiary, wanted in Durham,
On Monday lest stole a ten gallon keg
OtFql0r from a saloon Keeper in States
vile. He was captured before making
away with his plunder.
Anogro resisted arrest at Bessemer
City Sunday afternoon and in the
struggle for liberty he was shot and
killed. A white man, an officer, and
another negro who resisted, were also
shot, says the Concord Standard.
Henry McNair, col lost his dwelling
and little store room located in New
town Sunday morning at 2 o'clock by
fire. The Ioes is covered by insurance.
The fire is thought to be the work OF
an iucendiary, says the Laurinburg
Exchange.
G.. 81 Kenyon has sold the Hender
sonvilIe Times to ". T. Robinson, OF
Glen Falls, Ia, and will start e Repub
lic8n morning daily in Asheville Jan.
uary i. The paper will be conducted
10y a stock company capitalized al
tI5, 900.
On the complaint of Pat Lingle, a
Rowan Democrat was arrested, taken
before a magistrate and put under q
bond of $25 for his appearance at the
Superior court. The charge against
the Democrat was that he treated" on
election day.
D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, writes
to the Observer from New York that
European buyers expect a rise in the
price of cotton to 10 cents, not because
of the short crop, but on account o.