The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-12
STATE NEWS.

wT@~Tn-SEA46S IA ~ @4 $500
wheat from the W~est-Peanuts
md ottons Seed from the South
rLo Record says the eleventh baby
greensboro family has been named
fms"
Race purses will be given at the
D'.ky Mount fair aggregating $4,000
bis year.
n. McEachern has discovered a
II mine on his plantation at Mt.
Ssssant, Csbarrus county.
counterfeiters are giving the public
a the officials much trouble in the
~bsrIotte and Salisbury sections.
4 Dunn Harnett county man gath
ed 172 pods from one peavine, the
ingle pea planted yielding 1904 peas.
Il the criminal court of Halifax
ounty there are 11S cases on the
lcket, most of them against negroes.
The construction Of an electric rail
ny from WilkesOoro to Taylorsville,
distance Of 90 miles, is now being
sitated.
The Southern Cotton Spinners' as,
citation has issued a circular to the
,orton mills advising them to keep
Hown production.
Watauga Democrat: We never saw
halter peach and apple crop in Wa
srgs, The crop of both is immense
nd much of it is being dried and very
little distilled into brandy.
Warrenton Record: tt seems to be
settled fact that Mr.. Q. B. Williams
md family will move to Utah this win
tar, where they will be with more con
Genial spirits in their Mormon faith.
.John Laws of Hillsboro is now r
ng his twenty third term as register
h deeds in Orange county. His father
vas clerk of the court for forty years
and his son treasurer for twelve years.
Elkin Tines: A Cool Spring item
avs: Uncle Thomas Snow who is II
yssrs old has worked nine successive
weeks in tobacco and not lost a day, in
cutting tobacco he held sticks for two
cutters.
Christian Sun: Mrs. William Watts,
Auburn, N. G., was bitten by a spider
last week, and has been confined to her
bed for several days from its poisonous
effects. We trust that she may soon
be out again.
Washington Messenger: A bear
weighing 315 pounds was killed about
six miles from town Saturday after
noon last. The hunters from that Sec
tion say the animal was the largest they
have ever seen.
Lenoir Visitor: There is a walnut
tree near Lower Creek church that
measures sixty feet from tip to tip of
the limbs, and six feet ten inches in
circumference one foot from the
ground. 1t was planted In 1873.
Fayetteville Observer: Work has
begun on the foundation for a large ad-
dition to Hope Mills cotton factory,
number one. A large number Of new
looms will be put in. The two mills at
Hope Mills have abundant orders.
huntsville Eagle: Messrs. Bright
and Martin will leave Tuesday for Ten
neasee with another drove Of cattle
bought in the county. They tell us
they have left between 81, 600 and SO,
200 in Yancey and Madison counties.
Marion Messenger: Ben Wilson OF
Yanc8y county, a veteran wagner,
came over on Wednesday. He is a
brother of Big Tom Wilson, who found
the body of Prof. Elisha Mitchell in a
pool on Mitchell's Peak in June, 1857.
Fayetteville Observer: United States
Commissioner E. P. Powers committed
to Jail yesterday evening Charles King,
charged with embe zzling and secreting
letters from Manchester p~ostofice last
March. He will be tried next Wednes-
day.
The Rolling Exposition, FOR ''North
Carolina on Wheels" the $40, 900 car
which contains North Carolina's re,
sources in miniature, will be at Raj
slgh during the State fair. Then it
Nlbegin it's long tour through TWEEN
Ffve States.
Mr.. Daniel Miller, who lives just
across the Wilkes line, and who has
Oeen quite sick of fever, is GONZALES
SenE He "a years Of age, has 81 chill
Ien and 80 grand children, and says
le wishes to live to see his Tooth grand
Nud. Jtferson Times.
Salisbury Sun: DR.. John Whitehead
anu DR.. ]. w. Long have associated
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