The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-14
STATE NEWS.

The telephone line from Elkin to
Sparta has been completed, and the peo-
pie OF the two towns are talking to each
other.
We hear considerable complaint among
the farmers that corn is not caring well,
and the crop will be much shorter than
was thought a month ago.-Franklin
Press.
The crops Of Richmond have been over
estimated by us and almost everyone.
This has been ascertained by strict in
quiry and close examination.-Rock
ham Rocket.
Mr.. II. r. Gunter tells the Sanford
Express that he put out number of
young peach trees last spring and that
from two of them he recently gathered
ten well developed peaches. This is
something never heard of before in this
section.
Mr.. J. ID. McIver has been awarded
the premium Of one years subscription
to the Express for the largest water
melon presented lis during the season
that has just closed. 1t was a very fine
melon and weighed Az pounds.-Sanford
Express noaioooJ e6f So""o06
Col. w. H. Osborn has. nerve, and
S1Jehty dc 1T. s He has ileasetf the Gov.
Morehead place, for, q, tenn of ten years
and it is being enlarged and overhauled
as fast as possible so that the Kelley
Institute can move in by October first.
Greensboro Record.
When the wheat was beginning to
ripen we had the pleasure Of spending
day at Mr.. Robert w. SCOTS, at
Melville Of which we spoke at the
time. He threshed his wheat few
days ago and made 900 bushels, an aver
erage of about IS to Ia fine yield and
crop-Alamancea Cleaner. ,s''t ~'''
A gentleman in whom we have the ut
most confidence informs us that at Tel
leo Junction recently 4 severe thunder
and hail storm visited that section do
ing much damage, and that, hailstones
as large as hen eggs fell Bill Fergu-
8stn,, +: fafrmer, while hurrying home. was
knocked down by the hailstones. and Sc
ycraly injured Bulletin.
Mr.. r. D., Johpston, who returned
Thursday night from ~ business trip to
the Eastern, part. of the State. says he
found many people discouraged on ac-
count of the drop in the price of cotton
and the damage to crops by the dry
weather. They have had no good season
since the first of August, the result of
which is cotton and other crops are, bad
/ " damaged. s.tar Lnr ,gs1.
Lex Green, son of Mr. w. Ii. Green.
of Dexter told his father the first of
the year that he wanted to go to school.
and pitched him crop of tobacco and
went to work with a vim. He made a
nice lot of tobacco, cured it, stripped 1t
out and sold it for sos net and added
it to what he had and has gone off to
school. This shows what a boy can do
when he wants to get an education.-Ox-
ford Public Ledger. fi.i
The cotton bolls are falling off badly
and one gentleman says he will not get
more than two-thirds yield. This is
true of others in his neighborhood. he
says. He attributes the falling off of
the cotton holls to the dry weather. Cot
ton blo0med beautifully in July, and il
it had not there would have been little
or no cotton raised. the bolls 1Com the
August blooms pretty Well all falling
off 8 A gentleman who returned from
trip to Davie county yesterday tells
MS the same condition exists in that
county Salisbury Sun.
The prizes for best crops of wheat of
fered by the Brevard Roller FIGURING
mills last year we're awarded on Mon
day last. THE county sheriff and clerk
of Superior court and Hon. INhos. s.
Wood formed the board Of award. The
first prize of So in gold for hest 20
acres was given to f., E. B. Jenkins,
manager of the Breese heirs farm, with
out opposition, and no one appeared to
claim the second. The first prize for
best one acre, s. IN gold was secured
by NJ. J. Nicely. The second prize, $3.50
| in gold went to 6. F.JrJustus of the
Carson Creek section.-BreVard News.
A Macon county correspondent of the
AshaviHe Citizen says: -
with an abundant wheat crop, corn
above the average and an average day
cash market. for cattle, Macon, county
bids fair to receive 4ier' share of the good
things of earth, and will join in hearty
thanksgiving for the retaTrn OF better
days There-i is an active interest in cat
tie raising, a lively demand for calves
and more stock is being fed in the valley
than for a number of years past. This
shows that our farmers are alive to their
hest interests. WeashalI SOON see more
advanced methods OF saving and feed
ing, the corn and small grains and the
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