The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-30
sIArE NEWS.

~North-StRlks Of Corn and Grains OF
whsat from the West-PeAnuts
and lotions seed from the South
Marion Messenger: 1t seems almost
oorrain that Old Fort is to have, In the
near future, a shoe factory.
The Ejkin Times says Mr.. Newton
Concb. Of Epkin, aged rs, years, killed
four ducks at one shot recently.
Salisbury Sun: The ~convicts who
ara az work macadamiEing on Inniss
street. unearted a four foot vein OF
gold bearing ore yesterday.
Charlotte News: Mr.. Elan Inery, of
Hallsrd Creek, had his leg broken
while at woak On his house. Mr. Inery
recently had his house burned.
Marion Messenger: About 700 head
of cattle we're shipped from Marion this
week by DR. NJ F. Morphew, Of this
place, and Mr.. Calvin Wood, of Mitch,
ell county.
Raleigh News and Observer: MI.
Burton Dupree, who lives near Gar
ner, dropped dead last (ruesday) night
at the supper table. He was a very
old man, probably 80.
Marion Messenger: Marion is an i'm
portant shipping point for walnut logs
and poplar squares. Car loads of the
brown. valuable logs for furniture are
living at the Southern depot for ship
ment.
MorgaDton Herald: Within full view
of the streets Of Morganton and not
eight miles away as the crow flies is a
country where some of the farming
methods are iudentical with those in
the time of Abraham.
Monroe E,quTer: Sam Jones says
that the women are cutting off their
dresses at the top for ball rooms and
are cutting them IF at the bottom for
bicycles. Sam says he is getting
frightened, for he don't know when
the women are going TO stop cutting.
Raleigh Times: Superintendent Meb-
sne yesterday received a check for
$3.50 more of the Peabody Fund for the
schools. This makes So, 500 in all re
ceived this year from this fuud for the
North Carolina schools. About a
month ago a check was received for
81 400.
Yadkin Ripple: Aunt Nancy Dur
ham. of Buck Shoal township, is now
IS years old. Three years ago she
thought she was going to die and sent
and got her buryIng clothes, but failed
to pass off. She is now hale and hearty.
Ole day last week she spun six cuts of
cotton, something few young girls Of
to day can do.
Hickory Press: Deputy Marshall
Cooper seems TO be having some Lively
times with the mOonshiners theses
days He and another officer captured
a plant IN CASTOR county last weak
and were fired on. The fire was re
turned and che moonshIners r~etre8ted.
Tn Y, however, broke up some six or
eight block stalls
The Clinton Democrat is informed
that there is a pecan tree on the plan
tation of Mr.. William A. Faison. in
Turkey, Sampson county, that grew
from q plant presented by President
James Madison to General James
Kenan, a revolutionary hero of Duplin
county. The T q has a good crop of
pscans on it this year.
North Wilkesboro Hustler, 10 h:
Last Friday night some unknown
party, but supposed to have been Esley
Absher who murdered his wite's son
the first of last week, went to the home
Of Noah Handy, in Walnut Grove
township, and stole his mule. 1t was
tracked several miles, buC the trail was
finally lost, going in the direction of
Tennessee.
Amt old North Carolina in a ix9
II ell the politicians were to die at
once, il wouldn't do for the devil to
let 'euo all hell at the same time. II he
did, they would soon get together IN a
caucus, hold an election, elect a new
devil, knock the old one in the head
and set up q hell Of their own" says
Sam Jones, in his lecture in LaurIn
burg, Nov. 18Th.
Durham Sun: Jane Hogan, wife OF
Mark Hogan, died Saturday night She
was remarkable because she was the
mother of twenty two children, who
are living, so far as we can learn; and
if all of her progeny had lived she
could have claimed 29-which would
have been one child for every two years
Of her age. She has served her genera