The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-09-10
State News.
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pondents and Exchanges in all

pondents and Exchanges in al
Parts Of the State.
An expert from Washington will
this week be sent 80 eastern North
Carolina to take part in the investi,
cation of the fatal fever among
horses. The State veterinarian is at
work there.
Elk Treasurer Worth will bring
suit at the next term of Wake Supe-
rior court against the Baltimore
Bonding and Guaranty Company for
recovery on the bonds of W. 81.
Martin, the d~efaulting clerk.
The most successful revival that
we have heard of in this county,
his season, was that at Asbury
Methodist church in Oakland town
shin. Tt continued fifteen days,
closing last Sunday, and there were
57 oonversions.-Chatham Record.
Governor Ayoock has offered a
reward of $4OO for the apprehension
and delivery of Thomas s. Rogers,
who last week escaped from the
officers in Granville county after
having been committed to jail by
five magistrates on a charge of rape.
Greensboro Telegram: The South
ern Express Company handled a
quantity of very fine looking apples
Saturday night. The fruit came
from the mountains near Wilkesboro
and was sent South. The mountain
country towards Wilkesboro pro-
duces some very fine fruit.
A. A. Banks, late of Henderson
vile, a soldier of the Mexican war
and the Civil war, ex-hotel keeper,
ex-newspaper correspondent, power
t~y-stricken but well regarded by all
who knew him, died last Monday at
Carlisle, s. c., aged 60 years. Mr..
Banks was we'll known in this State,
having kept hotels at Newton and
other North Carolina points.
Salisbury Sun: 1t is no secret that
some of North Cardinals leading
citizens are firm believers in and
devoted followers of Mrs. Eddy.
Only a few months ago the wife of
one of the States most distinguished
men, herself a woman of culture and
refinement, declared that no church
in the State was gaining so rapidly
in point of membership as this
sect.
The Raleigh Post of recent date
prints an article descriptive of a trip
to Mt. Mitchell. In it the author
speaks of Big Tom Wilson, the guide
who lives on the mountain, and
says: "Big Tom" claims that his
record as a bear hunter shows that
he has killed about 5000 bears. This
claim, if true, makes him, I have no
doubt. the most noted bear hunter
in America"
Mr.. J. s. Crenshaw, the farmer
who shot two negroes in his water
melon patch, killing one of them, a
youth, (whose name has been given
as William Mack, James McDuffe
and Red Daniels, but whose real
name seems to be William Mack was
last night released from the county
Jail on bond. The bond was granted
by Judge Hoke, who fixed it at
81 OO.-Charlotte Observer.
The Wadesboro Messenger and In
telligencer says that the family of
Hough, the negro lynched in Arson,
refused to have anything TO do with
the body and the negroes refused to
let him be buried in their graveyard,
hence the coroner had him buried at
the foot of the tree so which he
was hung. Not IA negro could be
hired to dig the grave or in any way
assist in disposing OF she body
Cleveland Star: An experienced
farmer in Mecklenhurg county says
he has planted a lot of one acre in
lucerne and has found it most profit
able. He says n acre will grow
enough to feed eight horses during
the season without any corn. One
sowing will last from ten to twenty
five years, and the land continuing
to improve all the while. The great
est difficulty is in getting a stand.
A correspondent of the Whining
ton Messenger writes: The pension
law enacted by the last Legislature
is a lavish measure if carried out to