The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-04-27
STATE NRWS.

of Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Joseph Q. Clark, q Buncombe county
farmer, dropped dead in his field last
week while sowing oats.
Tne cordage mills at New London,
Stanly county, have been sold to W.
B. Tucker, of New York, for IS 600.
franklin Times: W. T. Strickland,
the man who raised the big hog in this
county, has traded one of the hams for
a house.
The congregation of Central Meth
odist church, Asheville, propose to
erect q new church building, to cost
&35 600,
Mr.. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte,
has contributed 90. 900 for the publica
ton of a history OF Mecklenburg
county.
Burlington leads Alamance county
in the mercantile business, having
about IS stores in the central part Of
the town.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: They tell US
that the prospects for fruits pecans
and all were never better in the
Brushes.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth: As
result of the Criminal Court in Hall
fax last week, thirteen prisoners we're
sent to the State ~penitentiary from
Halifax county.
W. B. Williamson, who becomes
clerk of Mecklenburg Criminal court,
resigns as q member of the lower House
from that county.
Mr.. Tom Potts, near Davidson, drop
ped dead early Tuesday a week. He
was 79 years old and was apparently
in his usual health.
A deed of assignment was filed with
the register of deeds of Randolph
county Thursday by Copeland & Marsh
The amount of the Indebtedness is not
given assets about So, 300.
An odd eight this season Of the year
was q half dozen OF more people pick
ing cotton from a patch several miles
south of the city Monday morning,
a y the Concord Standard.
A suit has been instituted toprevent
the county treasurer of Lincoln county
from paying the register of deeds $3.50
for transcribing an old record book,
says the Hickory Mercury.
Franklin Press: Cicero Garter, col
ored, shot and killed Anderson league,
white, about five miles below Frank
lin, in Macon county, on last Thursday
evening, Carter is at large.
Evangelist VIM. P. Fife, of whom it
was announced that he would remove
to Gainesville, Ga, to live and would
locate his Bible school there, has con-
cluded to remain in North Carolina.
Watauga Democrat, Penley cores
pondence: The large land survey of the
Yadkin river Land association is in
progress again. It will probably take
several months to complete the work.
Mr.. G. 81. jackson, of Wake county,
tells us tina a heifer belonging Il him,
aged two years and n month, gave
birth to two calves a few days ago.
Both were we'll developed, but were
dead.
Sanford Express: In 1864 a coal mine
was opened near Carbonton, in Chat
ham county, upon q search for coal fT
for use on vessels running the blockade
at Wilmington. This mine has just
been purchased for $25. 600.
Monroe Enquirer: One of the pro-
visions of the dispensary law for Mon
roe is that half the profits of the dis
pensary is to go to the graded schools If
they are established, otherwise to go to
the public schools of the county.
Greenville Reflector: To day T. e.
Roberts & Co., filled another large to
bacco order for a foreign country.
This shipment is IS hogsheads and goes
direct to Japan. Some time ago the
firm made a shipment to Germany.
The Winston Journal tells that q
Stokes county man, NJ. D. Turpin, was
married Is years and during that time
% children were born t him-Rll hav
ing the same mother. There were six
sets of twins.
Miss Viola Brown, who assisted her
father as postmaster at Brown, a little
postCfhce in Randolph county, has been
caught robbing the mails of small sums
otmoney. She confessed and was bound
over to the Federal court.
A colored boy named Tom Kelley