The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-07
srATR NEWS.

% cranes and Tobacco Stems from the
~rth-Sta Of Corn and Grains of
wheat from the West-Peanuts
and CottonS Seed from the South
franklin Press:-The Nantahals
r,ountains are on fire and it is 80 smoky
that n cannot see the mountains
around.
The EIkin Times says MI. William
AIdrich, 50 years old, living three
miles from J~onesville, Yadkin county,
dropped dead while pulling corn.
The first annual exhibition of the
Charlotte Poultry and Pet Stock Asso-
cistion is to be held in that city on
January 18th, 18th and 14th, says the
observer.
Ida Womble has been commissioned
postmaster at Moncure; Reuben P.
Whit &C BarnRrdsville; Galenus III
Graham at Pennington; W. J. Mason
at Phyler.
Concord Times: Miss Alice Moore
dNo. killed a chicken recently, and
in the glzzard of the animal found q
piece of gold about the size of a bullet
The gold is valued at 50 so.
Wednt sday night an attempt was
made to wreck a train on the Southern
railroad, near Asheville. The obstruc
ton on the track was discovered In
time to prevent an accident.
Morganton Herald: Tyler Patterson
found a quarter-dollar gold coin last
week near the edge of the walk in front
Of Epstein Bros store. These tiny
pieces of money are now a curiosity.
Greenville Kings Weekly: Mr.. Re
mus Burruss, eyed % years and Miss
Sarah Smith, aged IL years and very
small for her age, were married last
Sunday. Il was q runaway mar
rage.
At Hobgood, Saturday night, during
a drunken row among negroes several
we're cut and one, named Lawrence
Howell, was killed by Reuben Smith
The latter was arrested and jailed at
Halifax.
There are 100 applications on file for
admission into the Soldiers Home at
Raleigh but no more can be admitted
until the building is enlarged and the
appropriation, of $4,000, increased
Exchange.
Contractors J. D. Rose & Bro. of
Wilson have been awarded the con-
tract to build the sanitarium of Drs
Whitehead and Long, Salisbury. IL
will be three stories of brick, stone and
wood -Ex.
Twenty small boys testified before
the Salisbury grand jury upon the sub
Loe1a of Solicitor Holton, and as a re
suit 20 true bills were returned against
dealers in cigarettes for selling them
to minors under age.
Murphy Scout: W. P. Lang, assis
tant cashier of the National Bank of
Cleveland, Tenn spent Thursday in
town. He was looking after his broth
er's affairs, who so m~ysteriously disap
peared over q year ago..
Charlotte News: The Charlotte mar.
ket has been glutted with birds for the
past week. Every farmer that comes
in these days brings along with him a
string of partridges. The price still re
mains at q dollar a dozen.
Salisbury Sun: Mrs. NJ. @. Quinn
has just bought a n year, old turkey
from Mr.. Fl E. Oddie of this county,
that weighs 291 pounds, and has con
tracted for one for her Christmas din
ner that weighs 40 pounds.
At q corr shocking in Pitt county,
recently a white nan named Edwards
filed up on liquor and laid down in the
shucks. Next morning he was found
dead, and it is not known whether he
died from cold, suffocation or liquor.
The Governor has pardoned William
c.. Filters, who, four years ago in Cleve
land county, killed DR.. David Hogue
and was sentenced to fifteen years in
the p~enitentiary. It is claimed Etters
can live only a few months. -Ex.
Monroe Enquirer: T. II. Simpson,
who lives two miles north of Monroe,
will leave next Monday for Texas. He
will make the trip in a four mule
wagon, which he has fitted up with an
oil stove, a bed and other %convenien'
ces.
The Oxford Ledger says D. Q. Crews
Of Granville county raised this year
two crops on two acres of land. He