The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-07
State News.
ar TAR HRELs ARB DOING.

,--,aa and Tobacco Stems from the
-s-StAlks OF Corn and Grains of
AT from the West-Peanuts
nd Cotton Seed from the South
v.-7 Carolina has appropriated
.,.,5 -,r our exhibit at the Paris Elk
e.. nest year. Tais amount ought
- as pretty good sho wing.
Da5.v Marshal G,ier, of Mitchell
MI. v13 was recently shot In the
~ ov one H1neycut5, whom ne was
.,,z % arrest, is dead His leg was
,nnuracad aad he never recovered
'L,m the amputation.
R,v. Dr.. Carter, a preacher of IN
,.ual ability and courage, has resigned
:. paetor of the Fret B ,ptist Church
RIeigh, a position he has held
hint Twelve years, No reason is
,fvpn. He is from West Virginia. He
has bitterly antsgoDizsd dancing end
card playing by members Of his church.
BlrreII Shous9, eyed 10 years, was
shot aud mortally wounded in Salem
bv James Bryant Monday night. Bry
ant vas intoxicated and went to
sbouse's home, when he pulled his
pistol and poin ting it at Shouse, fired.
The murderer escaped. It is said that
B.vsnt resented S1ouse's attentions to
his E ser in law.
Secretary T. K. Bruner has gone to
Wsynasville to secure apples for the
United States exhibit at Paris next
resr-The November Bulletin Of the
Agricultural Department., will be de
voted to the horse. There will be a
strong movement 60 promise the breed
ing n the French CO Ich ho-s) in west
en- North Carolina.
The Supreme Court upholds
Safe Treasurer Worth in his refusal
to Dsv debts OF the present admins
trsaoo Of the State penitentiary out Of
funds derived from she bond issue of
$4,000. which wss authorized by an
&C., Of the General Assembly for the
purp9se f meeting the indebtedness
created prior to January 1, 1899
Tass vas a novel decision rendered
bv Judge Il. B Stevens at AsheviIle
last wax. when 81 s Honor held that a
charoos was not a cigar, hence there
was a fatal variance IN a bill of indict-
meas which charged the larceny of
Gig RS, when the thief stole cheroots
Tnls Is too fac a point for US 20 appre
ci4te-S1eIby S.ar.
A Weldon dispatch, November 81,
says: TIE Weldon fair is q big sue
cess Tbs crowd today is estimated at
5000 to 10 900. There is good racing
BY some Of the fastest horses in the
counrrg. Everybody is profuse in
praise Of President z merry. Perfect
weather aud 8 glorious time.--A
Burlington dispatch Of same Ga ,e says:
TINS vas a pig day at the Alamance
Far. the speech by Col J1hn S Gun
niDgaan vas great. Tnere was the
largest gro I'd Ihas has bean a. the
FAR in years.
s race riot at NJ. billy was mar
r0W.g ave-5et SIaiay afternoon. Nc
Dame, negro. struck R)osrt Erwin, q
Whire mil operative, an almost ta5al
biOz Md suial was arrested and
put a taa lock up. a negro lodge as
semo,ed Sunday night, battered do IN
tha GoJr Of the lookup and liberated
the pr'z1ner. Tee town officer under
too6 to arrest the negroes when be was
oyerp1 Hared. Toe white men Of the
town armed themselves aud we're
ready for any emergency. Erwin, the
wounded man, 10 in a dangerous con.
dityrn.
judge monton has decided that the
Ctalns Of the Carolina C5nsral Railroad
Of eXam0tion from the fer5iliz 3r scded
ue imposed by the Corporation Com
Mission had no foundation, and that
the road would have to conform TO the
rates prescribed, if reasonable" A
mas.ar was appointed &c ascertain IT
the rates are reasonable. As thu road
rested its case chiefly u 9on an exomp
ton cl,Im9d in its charter, au1 as the
other roads are hauling fersiliz 'rs at
the rates fixed by the Com mis- Jion, the
case i5 virtually ended, in favor Of the
c3ntention of the Commission.
a Wilson Dispatch 81, says: The
tobacco market broke the record here
today. II was the biggest break the
town has ever had a Conservative estI
mate OF the tobacco cold is four hun
dred thousand pounds. The average
price paid &C different houses was from
ak and a half to seven and a halt cents.