The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21
STATE NEWS.

- Grains Of Rice from the Ia - Clusters
AZ grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
North-Stalks Of Corn and Grains OF
wheat from the West-Peanuts
and CottOnS Seed from the South
n T. Platt Of Waynesville has as
signed his mercantile businessto T. w.
Miller.
q 7. Carroll marshal of the eastern
district has rendered his resignation to
take effect December 81.
1t is reported that John Fitzpatrick
of Madison county was fatally shot re
Gently by William PRESLEY escaped
Exchange.
The Elkin Journal says there have
been more than 80 murders in Surry
count since the war and not one legal
execution. There has been one lynch
ing.
John E. Ray is elected president of
the Baptist State Mission Board vice
John @. Scarborough, resigned. The
board a~pportions Q1O, 900 for this years
work.
A scrap is reported as having occur
red in Bryson City last week, in which
John Everett, a merchant, and n
Summers were involved. Summers
was badly cut.-Ex.
Mayor Stanly, pro tenn, had twelve
cases before him Monday, for drunk
enness and disorderly conduct. This
number in one day breaks the record
in Kinston.-Kinston Free Press.
Judge Robinson has appointed A. D.
CoWles permanent receiver of the Pied.
mont bank at morganton, and Judge
Graves names W. E. Walton. The
Supreme Court will decide who is
who.
The miser's pot of gold recently
found in the ground ear Madison,
Rockingham county, containing a fab
uIous sum Of money, turns out to have
been a baby's bank in which there was
81 Sex.
White flint rock Is being shipped by
the car Load from Lincoln county TO a
glass factory in New Jersey. It is said
the trainers get q good price for the
rock and are glad to get their land
cleared Of ik-EX.
Salisbury Sun: The Supreme court
in the case Of the State against Graham
from CataWba county rendered q de-
sisiod Tuesday, the 7th inst, and
granted him @ new trial. Graham was
indicted for arson.
Sumter Richardson has been commits
sioneh postmaster at Haddock, not a
money order offoe. A new postohce
has been established at Beechgrove,
Washington county, with William d.
Bowen as postmaster.
Ekin Times: A Chathamite butch
cred IL hogs one day the past week.
The largest weighed eco pounds.-
Rev. @. F. Fields has been called to the
~pastorate of Mt. Hermon Baptist
Church near Crutchfeld.
Miss Eta Swicegood, aged 19 years
and daughter Of WILTON Swicegood,
died at Salem, No, November 9th.
Mr.. Swicegood and family remove to
Missouri, from Davidson county in
1s95.-Davidgon Dispatch.
Geo. Richie, a farmer Of Rowan,
living in Litaker township, has a hog
pen on wheels which he moves to diff
ferent places on his ~cloverfelds. In
this way he ecure the distribution of
valuable f%ertilizing material.
Davidson Dispatch: Capt. Fl. f. Nc
Carly strikes a regular Klondike field
in jackson Hill Township. He tempted
the editor by giving him the privilege
of handling q lot of gold nugget fresh
from his gold fields at Jackson Hill.
Goldsboro Argus: That rabbit hunt
at Friendship Friday was the biggest
success on record. A number carried
their guns and rabbits were shot until
everybody was tired of the sport. At
the round up the total number was
1O7.
Mt. Airy had another bad fire Sat
urday morning. 1t broke out in Graves
livery stable, burning Mrs. Cooks resi-
dence, POindexter & Co.'s store, the
postoRce, McRae's store and Graves
warehouse. Loss $4,000. Insurance
81, SOCK.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: Elk Congress
man W. II. Bower has been and is still
very il.-Pink Brown, Esq, and son,
OF Mulberry killed 20 squirrels in one
dav -Judge Avery will be at Wilkes