The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-20
PRIZE CORN GROWERS.
some Large Hogs ki:led-Nash School
Matters and improvements.

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court was Of short duration yesterday.
Two young fellows We're charged with
Ilgntlng, deadly being used
NO ainaS Resulted, and the young
fellows were only required to contrib
ute $50 to the school funds, and pay
the cost.
n. &. Warren killed q big hog to-
day. Ii weighed an even SEQ. and
many people ven down to the Warren
mill to see it. DR.. T. T. Ross will kill
q big one tomorrow, n he says it
will weigh 500 pounds. DIR. j. T.
Strickland has some big ones. too.
Other folks, including S. c. Griffin,
have some nice fellows to kill in the
near future.
JOHN Robertson. son of w. r. Rob.
erson, Of Stanhope, won the third
prize in the district corn contest. He
made 10s bushels. It seems now that
ne will win the county prize Of $40.
Allison Farmer, son Of w. D. Farmer,
also of the ~StanhOpe section, made
LOG bushels on his acre. At Column
bil, S. c., last week, young Farmer
won a ton of fertilizer for the best ten
ears of corn from the coastal plain
of Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, and he also won a steel
beam plow for the best one ear OF corn.
ash county is proud OF the successes
Of her boys, and John Robertson and
Allison Farmer have proved themselves
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little later, when all the reports are
in, this correspondent expects to write
something about tie successes Of other
boys in the county.
A box party was held at the Mt.
Pleasant High School the past Friday
night. and SGT was raised and will be
used in buying some needed things for
the dormitory. The Mt. Pleasant High
school has a splendid faculty this year
in MI. ". B. West, Miss Emma c.
Kilgo. Miss Susie Hayes, and Miss Kate
Mainard. A new 14-room dorInitory
| has been built to take the place Of the
one burned last year.
An educational ralley was held at
Baileys the past week. Supt j. Z.
Joyned was to have spoken, but was
prevented from doing so by illness.
Later. Mr.. JoyHeS will return to Bailey
| for the purpose of making an address,.
The school at Bailey has an average
attendance Of more than 100. The
teachers are Misses Olivia Moore and
BESSIE Owens.
one of the best schools in the county
is tina at Middlesiy. Mr.. j. E.. Red
fern. Mrs. n. 3. Lewis, and Misses
Addye Albriton, Gertrude Stanfield.
and Mamie DeCarmis has charge Of
this school. One OF the attractive e
lures Of the school is the dehatine
society of the school-the John c.
Calhoun debating society. The young
men of the society have challenged
the young men Of the Castalia High
School, another Of the schools of Nash
county, for joint debate. The debate
will be held early in the spring. Mr..
Oscar Creech is in charge OF the cas-
Italia school, and ne and Mr.. Ferfern
promise tina their boys VIII put up
IN interesting debate.
improvements have been noted al
both MiddleseX and Bailey. Al MID
,1lesex elegant bricks have taken the
Mace of those burned some months
ago. There are signs OF progress on
every side. At Pa:ley the free VIII
Paptists are putting up a splendid new
church. The Methodist people nave
a new church and a splendid new par
sorage. Both towns are new. out
n,m bers and numbers OF ne houses
are going up, and from appearance
ore would judge the town TO De more
than 10 years old. while they are
rot more thar three.
Tn driving bou the county a tray
o,or is struck with the nufnber OF
.aaea ne sees. This correspondence
one day last week counted Is1 geese az
ona day. and he counted only 1hose ne
eaw along the road side. aHi oion !
oa,rf the unseen ones heifd IN ,it
a~;e+ance. The next day II i afNe %