The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-10
STATE NEWS.

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SndC Cotton Seed from the South
Rev. DR.. Thomas E. Skinner, of
Raleigh, has presented to Wake Forest
College his large theological library,
which is valued at so, 600.
s~tatesvilIe Landmark: The returns
of real and personal property within
the corporation of S~tatesville show an
increase of go, 900 over last year. This
is a gratifying increase.
James w. Buchanan left this after
noon for Cincinnati, where he will join
E e Hunt of this city and continue
with him on his way to the Klondyke
gold regions. -Asheville Ctiz3n.
Durham Sun: This morning about
O'Clock, John Brown, a boy employed
in the spinning room of the Ecwin cot
ton mills, while wrestling with another
boy, broke one of his knee caps.
< It is said that a party is being organ,
lied in this state to go to Alaska. Two
from Salisbury will go, and several
from Raleigh say that they are trying
To make arrangements for the trip.
Dave Reed, colored, was handling a
Winshegter rife in Salem Wednesday,
when the weapon was accidentally dis
charged. The ball passed through
Reeds neck, producing instant death.
Former State Auditor Robert M
Furman has taken a position as edito-
rial writer on the Gazette. Mr.. Fur.
man is notably one Of the best informed
newspaper men in North Carolina.
-Ashe7ille Citizen.
Mr.. W. A. Wicker, superintendent
of the County Home, says that he has
a young pullet, just four months old,
that has laid one dozen eggs. Where
is the Chi ken that can beat that re-
cOrd7-Chasham Citizen.
The Buncombe county commission
ers have asked the city of Asheville to
change the time back to Eastern time,
as the Central time recently adopted
by the city is not popular with the
country people, says the Citizen.
A stranger sat down on a store porch
at Hamlet and fell asleep. When he
woke up he was minus a gold watch, q
PISTOL and all the pocket change he
had. Two negro women were jailed for
the ~robbery.-Winston Republican.
The question has not yet been an.
swered how newspaper men are to pay
for what they get unless they get pay
for what they give. They have only
two things for sale, their newspaper
and the space for advertising, says an
exchange.
Wine ION Republican: n. D. Sulli
van, Esq of Walkertown, this county,
last fall sowed twenty two ceres in
wheat, seeding three pecks to the acre.
From this output he recently threshed
SO bushels, an average of about thirty
mi bushels per acre.
Esq. Thos. B. Campbell, Of Straw,
visited In Iredell last week, and reports
fine crops. He says the people got
tried waiting for good times ard are
making plenty to eat and will ask Nc
Kinley and other goldbugs no Odds
Wilkesboro Chronicle.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Cline, of this county.
threshed and garnered 81 bushels of
wheat He had ten acres, which made
80 bushels, en- average Of 81 bushels
to the acre, which is a remarkable
yield. Let Us hear from other in the
county if they can beat it.-Newton
Enterprise.
The boiler st Rumley Bros.' mill,
located at Winsteadville about six
miles below Bath, exploded early Tues
Gay morning, instantly killing Edward
Windley ,colored, and wound ing Joseph
Taylor, white, Frank Clark and York
Clark, colored. Taylor and Frank
Clark will die.
The Sanford Express says thas two
or three hundred crates of Southern
peaches from Lindley's orchard sold in
Philadelphia Tuesday at 81 per crate.
The crates contained six baskets each,
which averaged Is peaches to the
basket, making 108 peaches bring 81
nearly 4 cents apiece.
The weekly crop bulletin says that
IN general, crop conditions are now ex
~c9lIent; in some counties especially
hae. Though cotton ia shedding some,
the damage so far is insignificant. The
early corn crop is made. The general
prospects for thaSsate at present could
hardly be bettered.
There was quite an excitement Ell
Graham, n. @. when Register of Deeds