The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28


near Stokes county, with one horse
and the help Of two hands in 1884,
raised 10 barns of tobacco, which he
sold for $3.50; $50 bushels Of corn,
11S bushels of wheat, $50 dozen
sheaves Of oats, and a small crop Of
rye, besides potatoes, garden stuff,
ETC., and his tobacco crop for 1885,
was IA barns, amounting to about
$500 pounds.-,Salem Press.
Work has been resumed in earn
est on the new Edenton street Meth
odist church, and the prospect is
that the enterprise will be pushed
until the building is completed. 1t
will require about $4,000 to finish
the work, and the policy and inten-
ton Of those who are leading in the
matter is to complete the building
without incurring any debt.-Ral-
eigh Ne,os and Observer.
-Purgatory is the name of
newl ly-established post Office in this
State. 1t is on star route Ii, 113,
and Henry A. Williams is the post
master.-Capt. Lucas, who is
working the Todd gold mine yester-
day struck a five foot vein of very
rich ore, yielding $50 per ton. This
vein was struck at depth Of 78
feet.-marlOtte Observer.
Mr.. Sulz' soap factory will soon
be in good working order. 1t will
have a capacity Of 1000 pounds per
day.-Mr. Scott Frizzle has a Gu
riosity in the shape Of sea-horse.
It is queer looking little animal,
and has a strong resemblance to a
horse about the head. He also has
the skull Of sheephead fish which
is almost as novel in appearance as
the sea-horse. Washington, n. G.
Progress.
An organization of Knights of
Labor has been perfected in Greens
boro with a membership of thirty.
Mr.. Junius S. Morgan, the Lon
don banker, formerly of Hartford,
Conn, has given $4,000 to Trinity
College for Athletic purposes
The Randleman Manufacturing Co.,
made during the month of March
last, 263,7O5 yards Of plaids on one
hundred and ninety looms.-Greens-
bOrO Patriot.
MIR. Spencer Mann, of Hyde
county, who is in the city, informs
us that corn planting is about COM
pleted in that county and the lands
are in better condition than for
years. The opening Of the Lake
Landing canal has reduced the vol
ume of water in the Lake to such
an extent that much valuable land
will be reclaimed and other lands
are in much better condition for
cultivation.-NeW Berne Journal.
The chair factory is now in
full operation, and has capacity of
about twenty chairs day. Messrs
r. A. Threatt and J. E. Carelock are
the proprietors. Their machinery
consists Of two turning lathes, a
boring machine, table saw, &c.
Their chairs are neat and substantial
and compare very favorably with
the Thomasville chairs
county, we have no doubt, can lay
undisputed claim to the oldest citi-
zen of the State. Cynthia Laney,
colored, is the person who bears
this distinction Her age is certainly
not less than one hundred and some
say one hundred and twenty-five
Monroe Enquirer.
The Lutheran synod Of the
State meets in Rowan county on the
Both inst-In Raleigh the prohi-
bitionists in many cases wear blue
ribbon. At Concord the ants wear
the blue ribbon, while the prohibi-
tionists wear red ribbon that is
the gentlemen do, the ladies wear
ing white. Gov. Scales has APP
pointed Capt. S. B. Alexander, of
Mecklenburg, as commissioner on
the part of the State to run the
boundary line between North Caro-
lima and South Carolina in the South
western part of Mecklenburg coun-
ty. The boundary is in dispute
there, it being claimed that South
Carolina has quite slice of terrific
ry which rightfully belongs to this
Raleigh Neus and Observer.