Asheboro Courier: The sound of the
hammer and saw is heard daily in Ashe
boro. The old town is on a boom and
no mistake. The population of Ashe
boro will be largely increased this year.
The farmers are diversifying their
crops more than usual this year. They
have planted much more wheat and
oats and are planting more sugar cane
than heretofore. This is right. Kin
ston Free .Press.
Prof. Woodrow Wilson, a former
resident of Wilmington and student
of Davidson College, has been elected
to fill the chair of Jurisprudence and
Political Economy at Princeton Col
lege, New Jersey.
On Thursday of last week a man
known to Raleigh people as "Pinhook"
Medlin, died in Wake" county poor
house. He had been there for sixteen
years. Authenticated records give his
age as 101 years. Raleigh Call.
Wilson Advance : Mr. Ruffin Ben
frow, of Old Fields township called
in to see us last Thurday. He told us
that Spring Hill and Old Fields are
dotted all over with tobacco barns.
He says that tobacco will be planted
extensively in these two townships.
J. P. Davis charged with the murder
of John A. Horton in Chatham county
was, on Saturday last, found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged. Davis con
fessed to having committed the crime,
before his trial came on, and said that
he expected to be hung for it and de
served to be.
The Progressive Farmer heads its
State news department in this way:
"Drops of Turpentine and Grains of Rice
from the East; Clusters of Grapes and
Tobacco Stems from the North; Stalks
of Corn and Grains of Wheat from the
West, and Peanuts and Cotton Seed
from the South.
