The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-23
srArR NEWS.

a.Drietta folks Clipped in 5000 to
..1,re a lecture by Sam Jones.
cir Bluff Times: The low price OF
..,on is affecting everybody and
msythiDg'
Csi-msn Manly has called a meeting
,ba State Democratic Executive
.mittee in Raleigh on the SOth inst.
ruo hundred men are at work grad.
the Mocksville and MOoresville
cut of the Southern Railway,
svs an exchange.
rbs Greenvilte Reflector says a man
L;od to the Greenville market q load
.oorns which he sold at 10 cents q
S..bel. They were bought for hog
hed
nodsboro Argus: The price Of cot
~ il 40 low that many travelling men
). being called in by their houses.
=. merchants refuse to buy goods, as
.h.v see no hopes of selling them.
sbslby Aurora: B. B. Darlington,
this place, has a cherry tree that
S.s borne two crops Of cherries this
..sr. The second crop is quite ripe
and they are well developed cherries.
Monroe Enquirer: J. M Rollins of
Inson county belongs to a tall family.
", Rollins is six feet seven and three
hurth inches high. He has seven
h,others and four sisters and the aver,
.pe height of the family ia six feet and
I've inches.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Q. T. Stem,
srson. who for several weeks has been
Esveling in the eastern part of the
g.ste, SAYS that section is 'as dead as a
! dor nail;" that the 5 cent cotton has
Dsrslyzsd the farmers and demoralized
he merchants.
New North Carolina postmasters
Dais Langford, Bluff; Edith Randall,
C,nto; David Q. Hood, Grantham
Gsorge A DanieIy, Shallow Ford. A
nsw postofce has been established at
Prescott, Beaufort county, with Viii
lam q. Edwards as postmaster.
franklin Press: Mr.. N. D. Hodges
brought to our Office Saturday a sin
UlIsr freak of vegetation. It was a
nOdly sized cabbage head surrounded
by eight smaller heads branching of
rom the stalk. The large head had
burst a though starting to grow, and
inside there were fifteen other smaller
we'll developed heads.
Concord Standard: A serious cut
ting affair took place just beyond
EnOchville Tuesday morning soon after
midnight. Our policemen are in
possession of the description of the
man that is believed to have done the
cutting but not the name. The victim
i Henry Stirewalt. The wound is g
fearful one and may prove fatal.
Asheville Citizen: Dr.. T. w. lime
md J. L. Norton arrived in Asheville
yesterday from Chicago. These gentle
men come here to interest themselves
in the American Graphite Company.
which ls formed TO develop the graph
is deposits discovered IN Mcdowell
county. Dr.. lime is one of the mos.
noted chemists and mineralogists il
II the country.
Dllsboro correspondence Sylvia Sen
tnel: l. was a sure enough panther
that screamed in the streets of DIlls
bOro one night, two or three nights ago
John Carson, who lives about a mile
from town, saw the animal e hi
home a short time ago. Mr.. Carson
vas about a quarter of a mile from biz
esidence when he saw the panther mo-
more than 80 or 40 feet away
Raleigh Press-VIsitor Sheriff Jones
has collected about $45, 900 in taxes
dnce the tax BOOKS were first opened
mere are Sl1O, OOO In taxes due the
county. The country people have
been very prompt in the payment Of
their taxes. They outnumber the city
people IL the payment of taxes three tc
one, so we are informed at the sheriff
Office Raleigh township pays $40 OO(
Oh the $lIO 900, the total amount OF the
county AK.
Elizabeth City Economist: The
"skeet apple" has made its appearance
u our market. 1t is not excelled II
a'VOr, and IN keeping quality, by any
apple on the market. If its average
as could be increase d by thinning anc
@ltivatIon it would have no rival i
q a native of Hyde county and wal
Produced from the seed of an apple
cast On the sea beach. 1t grows to per
lection nowhere but on the shore Of
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