The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-02-22


Charlotte Observers Mr.. O. O. Hag-
Ter, OF Grab Orchard, who was in the
city Saturday, was showing q Rne
specimen Of gold ore which he got out
Of new shaft which he was sinking
at his mine. The old shaft is 80 feet
deep; the new one is only about ten
feet. Mr.. Hagler expects the r to
pan out very rich.
Greensboro Record: A report comes
from Rockingham county that the
neighborhood Of Ayersville and the
surrounding community is greatly ex-
cited over the discovery of either a
silver or gold mine known as the
Devils Hole" This ia an isolated spot
on the south bank of Mayo river, some
four or five miles southwest of Prices,
a station on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad.
Kings Weekly: Mr.. s. R Ross, of
Oakley, one of Carolina townships
largest and most successful farmers,
killed a hog about two years old, last
week, that weighed 600 pounds dressed.
1t weighed GAO gross. Mr.. Ross killed
5000 pounds that consumed only
twenty barrels of corn in ~fatteping.
Mr.. Ross is an old-time gentleman, a
Primitive Baptist preacher, noted for
his hospitality and many virtues.
Stanly Enterprise: Hon. John 8
Henderson, Of Salisbury, ia spending
several days on the river at the Mar
rows and above with q view to max
ing a deal with those who own the
water power. MI. Henderson has
others associated with him in this un
dertaking and if a trade can be efscted
the chances are that operations will be
gin there shortly. To develop these
magnificent powers would be quite a
boom to this county and surrounding
country.
J. W. Moose has q dollar which was
made in the year 1903. He says his
wife's grandfather gave it to her father
when he was a little boy and told him
to buy his license with il when he
wished to marry. This he did, re-
deeming the dollar afterwards and Civ
ing it to his daughter (Mr. Moose's
wife). It was made under the admin,
istrstion Of Thomas Jefferson. The
head on this dollar isreversed from the
one on the present silver dollar.-Dur
ham Sun.
]. N. Conley has q hen that for sge
and all round good qualities, beats the
record in this section so far as we
know. She will be IA years old in
April. Since she was one year of age,
besides laying her full quota of eggs,
she has Matched and raised three
broods of chicks per annum, until 1897.
Her GROWING effort in the line of rails
ing a family was the year she sat on
% eggs, Matched 81 and raised to hen
hood and roosterhood 10 chicks IN a
single brood.-Cherokee Scout.
Morganton Farmers Friend: At
Newbern Tuesday night James Duffy,
son of DR.. Samuel Duffy, shot Thomas
Hill, Jr., son of DR.. Thomas Hill, Of
Goldsboro. The shooting occurred in
the rear of DR.. Duffy's premises. There
was q woman Ia the case. There was
an interchange of shots between Duffy
and Hill, each firing three. Hill was
hit in the ankle each time. Wounded
as he was, he took off his cost and Gov
cred the woman's head and concealed
her identity, and then took her to a
nearby house.
Yadkin Ripple: This entire section
was sorely grieved OF last Saturday to
learn Of the sudden death Of Mr.. NJ. P.
Holcomb, a most highly esteemed citi
zen of this county. He was found on
Saturday morning lying by the side OF
a path near Mr.. John Myers hJuse by
some children who had started to
school. An inquest was held by County
Coroner Apperson. The verdict of the
coroner's jury was to the effect that
the deceased was taken suddenly with
some of the diseases that kill instantly
and died just as he fell.
Wilson Advances: A most remark
able case of fasting was brought to Light
last week. Mr.. Doane Herring had
occasion to unpack a box of seed that
he had put away last summer, when
he opened the box he found that a
mouse was inside and that nearly
every seed had been eaten. He ex,
amined the box carefully and found
that there was no opening it, through
which the mouse could have gained &C
cess, the only inference being that the
mouse had been confined there for six