The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-05

Jr , has been appointed Deputy Col
lector and Inspector at this place. to
succeed the lately deceased VIM. E.
Clark. In politics he is known as a
"Gold Democrat" and has been a
strong advocate of the principles and
policies of President Mckinley, and.
politically considered, his appoint
ment Is regarded as a very strong
one.
Mr.. b. K. Myers, president of the
Chatham Coal and Iron Company, of
Cumnock, in a letter to the Balti
more Manufacturers Record say
"We have purchased the Cumnock
mines and organized this company,
taking possession of the property
September LIST. We are installing
HarrisOn's compressed air mining
machines, and expect to have a
capacity from the present mine of at
least 600 tons daily. Early next year
we will open several more veins, and
expect to have a capacity of $500
tons daily one year hence"
Asheboro Courier: The Green's
boro papers are telling of a Mr..
Fisher SO years old, straight as an
arrow, strong and healthy weighing
200 pounds, who never wore glasses
or spoiled his stomach with rebel
hous hot liquors and never takes
medicine Mr.. Fisher is now after
an absence of 95 years in Missouri,
on a visit in Guilford. He was born
south of Greensboro on the Ashe-
boro road at the Fisher Hill mine
once owned by his father. Mr..
Fisher is still sound as a dollar. His
father lived to the age of 1O2.
Newborn Cor. Post: A survey of
half a dozen counties in this imme.
date section shows that the con-
ditions are Of a very unsatisfactory
nature and that the farmers will
have to economize the coming year.
The crops are very bad in some Sec
tiOns. Through the center of Jones
county, through the Trenton neigh
borhood, and On into Onslow county
to Jacksonville the corn and cotton
crops we're almost a failure. A large
number of fields produced nothing
but hay, and the corn and cotton
were abandoned and the hay taken
in. The hay crop is three or four
times the usual quantity.
Migratory birds and wild geese
continue their flight southwark.
This is said 80 be an unfailing sign
Of the approach of winter, and the
fact that none of them stop in this
vicinity is looked upon as an indica-
ton that we are TO have very severe
weather here. They can be heard
now nearly every night as they fly
high in the air, chirping as they go /;
and now and then the honk of a wild
goose may be heard. Another indi-
cation of a hard winter pointed out
by home made weather prophets is
that the shuck on corn is very heavy
and the moss on the north side of
trees very thiok.-Lexington Dis
Salisbury Cor. Observer: A large
party of Northern capitalists, prin-
P%ittsburg people, interested
in the Whitney Reduction Company
and through it in this section, are
expected to arrive at Gold Hill on
November End for an inspection of
the Whitney works, two miles south
of that place. The invitations num-
Der 80. Capt. E. B. g. Hambley,
who has the active supervision of
the operations being conducted by
the Whitney Company, near Gold
Hill, in the Rowan granite belt, and
IN developing electric power at the
Narrows of the Yadkin, will be the
host and make the occasion a house
Morehead Coaster: Our sports
men are having a fine time catching
gray trout with hook and line. Every
party going out brings back no less
5han 80 pounds to the man, some
reaching 200 pounds to the man.
Those six and seven pound trout are
/ pleasure to land.-The porpoise
factory is running in full blast. Wal
ace & Royal, in engaging in this
business have opened up a hitherto
inaccessible source Of revenue to our
The porpoise is among the
worst enemies that our fishermen