The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-13

templates doing a good deal in the way of
drainage and opening of the vast bodies
of lands it holds, a%ggregating very nearly
SOC, 900 acres. af-
The Mount Airy people are said to
be making great preparations for a grand
railroad celebration May next. Commit
tees have been appointed to get up a
Trade Display, a Cavalry Display, one on
"Invitstion and Arrangements, and one
on Transportation"
The splendid Hardware House Of
Julius Lewis & Co., comes to, the front
this week with an advertisement of their
large and attractive stock of Hardware.
1t would be superhuous to speak of the
character of this firm to any one living in
centra.Carolina. 1t is a live ,..progressive
house and keeps goods and prices to suit
It's trade. So g>aazF -
Farmers supplies and Guanos; Farm
ers' supplies and Guanos; Farmers sup
plies and Guanos; The firm of Barbee &
Barbee says it has and will keep and will
sell supplies. and Guanos at prices which
must be satisfactory to the farmers. Call
and try them.
The superintendent of Public In
struction, Major Finger, tells the Raleigh
correspondents of the Wilmington Mes
senger' that he will not move from the
Capitol into the new building for a fort
night. He and Attorney-General David
son share three rooms between them at
present.
At a meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners, held on the 7th inst, after
hearing an argument for and against the
proposition, it was unanimously decided
to hold an election on the first Monday in
June next, on the question of local OPP
ton. '#s
The "tony" character of journalism
in one of the mountainous districts of the
State is thus Illustrated. The Wilkesboro
Breeze and the Jefferson NeaUs are engaged
in a controversy, and the former calls the
NeWs a Nuisance, while the News calls the
| Breeze the Buzzard.
The Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City, has
been leased for a term Of three years by Mr..
Chas- Beerman, the proprietor of the cele-
brated Kinball House, of Atlanta, Ga.
Under the management of this prince of
landlords, it is believed the Atlantic will
become a great national summer resort.
Our pleasant little neighbor, the Vis-
itor, having donned a spanking new spring
suit, is now quite charming as it hobs in
to pay its afternoon calls,-"as bright and
winsome as a blushing maiden of a May
morning." as a friend at our elbow sug-
gests. We are glad to see this evidence
of prosperity.
In order to meet and get the advant-
age of many of the once-a-week country
mail routes, we have found it necessary
to change our day of publication from
Thursday to Tuesday. AS the paper will
hereafter go to press on Monday, friends
are informed that advertisements, to in
sure insertion, must be received at this
office not later than Friday afternoon.
In the Rock Creek section of Gull
ford county, near the Alamance line, some
time ago, the people met and resolved to
kill every dog found running at large.
This course was thought necessary to pro-
tect the citizens against h%ydrophobia, in
asmuch as two mad dogs had recently
passed through the neighborhood. This
action of the people has resulted in the
death of many dogs and the good work
still goes on. -
The London Globe says that a little
girl of the city of Metz, fourteen years
of age, named Duwise Fuchs, has been
condemned to eight days Imprisonment
for having insulted the Emperor of Ger
many. The insult consisted in writing a
private letter to one of her little friends,
in which there was something d~isrespect-
full to his majesty.
The State Boards of Missions and
Sunday Schools of the Baptist Church
will begin in this city, on the 18th of the
present month, the publication of atwenty-
column journal, to be known as the Cos
pei Herald. Rev...C. Durham will be the
editor. An edition of 5000 copies will
be issued from the start. Subscription
only SO cents a year.