The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Seed From the
South.
The celebrated Gattis-Kilgo suit is
set for trial at Oxford in November.
It is to be hoped that the jurors will,
in passing on the case, give full JUS
+ice regardless of whose foot is
pinched.-N. G. Baptist.
Saturday night an unknown col
ored man was found dead in a black
smith shop in Charlotte. He had
been killed with a sledge-hammer.
At last account the man had not
been identified and there was no clue
to the murderer.-Ex.
Yancey county is right to the front
at the fair. 1t actually took the first
premium on sweet potatoes. Where
is middle and eastern North Caro-
lima? It beat both sections. Yancey
also took first premium on apples,
cabbage and dried fruit.-Ex.
Raleigh Post, list: The home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Worth was the
scene of a most beautiful marriage
last night. At $50 o'clock Miss
Ruth Murray Worth was married to
Mr.. Charles Watson Petty, of Green's
boro. The officiating minister was
Rev. David E. Sampson, of East
Bend.
The Journal says in Lincoln Supe-
riOr Court last week Andrew Grigg
was convicted of slandering a II
~vear-old girl and sentenced to six
months on the roads, and the chief
witness for the defendant, RObt,
CrawIey, was sent to Jail in default
of 5000 bond to answer a charge OF
perjury.
Mai. w. A. Guthrie's appeal from
Judge Simonton's decision ordering
the sale of Blackwell's Durham To
bacco Company business at public
auction will be heard before the
United States Court of Appeals a.
Richmond, Va, in November. The
papers in the case were filed las
Wednesday.-Ex.
The cotton receipts at Charlotte il
September, 1899, were 2,747 bales
against 1919 for the same month IL
1900. The receipts in October, 1899
we're 1857 bales against 1926 in the
month Just closed. This shows 1
gain for September and October 1900
over September and October, 1893
of 1921 bales.
Charlotte Observer: There was
big rush of cotton seed to the marke
Yesterday, and the farmers wer
somewhat disappointed to find tina
there had been a drop in the price
The ruling figure was 1917 cents pc
bushel, against 22H which had bee.
the prevailing price. The dropls &C
counted for by a s of the declln
in the price of crude oil.
Charles NJ. Busbee, campaign maj
ager for F. NJ. Simmons in n later
contest for the SenatOrship, give
out the following estimate OF HI
vote in the primary today: IKE
niles from sixty-one counties show
majority for Simmons over Carr
30 S85. The remaining counties WI
materially add to the Simmons Vot
and his majority will be from 4O,OC
to 60, OOO."
Mrs. Emily Parish Holt died
Graham October 9th, at the a
vanced age of ninety-three year
She was the mother of the Ho
family. so widely known throue
North Carolina, embracing one
our Governors and several OF o.
foremost industrial leaders. She w
Miss Emily Parish and was born
Chatham county in 1917. When
vo1no woman she married Mr.. Z
win M. Holt, who was virtually t
founder of the cotton manufacture
industry in the SOuth.-EX.
Preliminary estimates made
the State Auditor show that t
number of pensioners on the Sta
pension roll under the general pc
sion law, has reaches the 5000 mai
the actual number being 6,O72. Ii
is an increase over last year OF Il
The pensioners are divided into II
classes, the number in each class /
the current year being as follow
First class, III, a decrease Of 1trt
last year second class, $685. an
crease of II; third class, 619, an