The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-17

improvements that can b. brought about-
Elizabeth City Economist.
Gastonia Is making a determined effort
to have the county seat % CASTOR county
moved from Dallas 10 that place. An
election viii be held on April 23rd.
Mr.. G. b. Leach. secretary OF the To-
tacco Board OF Trade. says that to-
days sales will run our market to 20
10000 pounds for this season-Wilsou
Times.
The people of Statesville will vote on
prohibition on Monday. Last night
Lieutenant Governor Turner and T. Y.
Long spoke at the court house In favor
Of making the town dry.
! Mr.. j. r. Rousseau, Of North Wilkes
boro. who has been in Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. Baltimore, for several weeks. re-
ceiving treatment, has returned home.
He is improving slowly.
Wilmington. y. G. March 13.-On the
market here yesterday rosin reached the
highest price in thirty years. The quo
~tations We're $1.s5 for strained and $500
per barrel for good strained.
Asheyille. Y. c.. March 13.-Mr. Mai
Lewis, of Milton. caswell county, has
filed 9 petition in bankruptcy. His La
bilities amount TO something over $50. o06
and his assets are given in at a little
over $4,000.
/, Rev. G. D. Graves of Hamilton>Ohio,
has accepted the call to the pastorate Of
the Wadesboro Baptist church. lie is a
native of North Carolina. a minister o.
fine ability and will receive q glad well
come back home.
The fruit outlook at present is good.
1t is never safe to predict what a peach,
plum or pear crop will be from the APP
pearance of the trees ct this time, but
conditions are favorable for a very large
crop.-New Bern Journal.
Rutherfordton, n. c., March ia new
rural free delivery route went into
effect ct Ellenboro Monday, and is giving
splendid satisfaction and the people are
we'll pleased. Two other routes are be
ing worked up out from Eilenboro.
Rutherfordton, n. c., March BE. /.
Duncan, charged with false petense. was
lIicu anu lOulu guilty III the superior
court today. He was sentenced this
morning at 10 o'clock to serve twelve
months at hard labor in the penitentiary.
Rocky Mount, N. c.. March 13.-Rev.
A. L. Phillips, D. D., of Richmond, Va,
Sunday school secretary of the Southern
Presbyterian church, will lecture on
Sunday school work at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning, afternoon
and night.
Rutherfordton, N. c., March 13.-Rep-
~resentative. Rucker last week named {
new Board Of Education for Rutherford
county. They are: Mr.. J. F. Flack
chairman, of Rutherfordton: Mr.. Plate
Gettys, of Hollis, and Mr.. Robert Free
Z man, of Chimney Rock
The sales Of tobacco on the Greenvill,
market for the month of February, q:
reported by Mr.. F. L. Walker, secretar.
of the board of trade, amounted to 85S,
1923 pounds. This makes a total for TIL
: season up to March LIST, Of 1851 SIP
The average price the tobacco brough
! was SO. O9.-Greenville Reflector.
The sheriff's office was notified yester-
!, day to look out for a negro named Peter
Carver, insane, who left his home il
Grays Creek with the expressed intention
of killing all the school teachers in Fay
+ ettevillo. He was spotted, as soon as
/, he arrived in the city, by Deputy Sheriff
Monaghan and is now in jail.-Fayette-
!, vile Observer.
Our esteemed townsman. Mr.. John 4
Shepard left yesterday for his old HON
| at Sanford, N. c., and in a few days vii
go to Florida for the benefit of his health
!, He has resigned his position with tn
Consolidated Railways, Light and PoWe
/, Company, owing to the Impairment o
, his health from the effects of a sever
case of la grippe.-Wilmington Messenger
Since the we'll known SpeaS' Ferry ha!
: passed into the hands of Mr.. S. F. Shore
many changes have been made and it j:
now acknowledged to be the best equip
, ped ferry on the Yadkin River. The CABLE
, wire is extra large and strong, the fla
is a model of workmanship and all tn
chains and pulleys and cars are new ant
! safe and insure q swift passage at al
| times.-Yadkin Ripple
Young, the man who killed Williamson
: at Hamlet about two weeks ago. wa
brought from Rockingham Monday ant
f keeping. Richmond county jail is as saft
keeping. Richmond county Jail is as soff
as ours, so far as we knew, but this &C
ton was asked for by the prosecution
), on the grounds that the keeper Of the
, Richmond county Jail is the prisoner:
, Notwithstanding Exchange.
: Rutherfordton, n. c., March 13.-Cap
tain ". r. r. Bell, of authorization ha
become one of the editors of the Ruther
fordton Sun. Captain Bell is one of tn
brightest writer's in North Carolina. H
, was for two years associate editor of til
! Winston Journal and proved himself t
? be an able and brilliant writer. The SUI
has purchased a new cylinder pres
! and will be enlarged from a five
! column to a six column eight page news
I paper.
Injured by Falling Telephone Pole
| Especial to News and Observer.)