The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-27

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the editors will be under the paternal
care of friend Eld-idge, of the Globe.
Jennie Edwards now in Jail at Green's
boro for Infant eide, IS deliriols at times
and it is thought that she will not live to
be tried for the crime, says the Patriot.
Winston Daily: Matters are now
assuming definite shap, for work to be
commenced at an early date on Winton's
100000 hotel building in West Winston.
Goldsboro Dispatch! Our information
from various porti ms of Eastern Carolina
is to the effect that the farming prospects
were never better at this season of the
year.
The Times says that six men met acct
d~entally on a street in Concord and a vote
was taken for Congressman in that dis
trict. Capt Alexander got all of the six
votes.
The Newton Enterprise tells US that
Mr.. P. w. Michael, of that town, was so
unfortunate as to get three of his fingers
cut off in his planning mill one day last
week
T e ReUie,O says that Mr.. F. r Penn,
of Reidsvill4, has a Jersey cow that gives
seven gallons of milk per day. That is a
mighty good COW o. a powerful big COW
story.
All of the students Of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College, who have been
on the sick list, are reported convalvscent,
and the health of the Institution is daily
improving
The Concord Tines says that ieves
broke into Mr. G. G. R chmoads' resi-
dence IN that town a few nights since and
stole a LIT o: -four, meat, lard and other
provisions
last weeks Wilson 4dcance chro. icles
FIVE funerals conducte by Rev. D. H
Futile. One of them was that of his
s~ister-in-Iaw, Miss Viola Wesc9tt, aged
twenty-six.
Col. ". E Anderson, President of the
Citizens National Bank, of Raleigh, and
who has long been a prominent and use
full citizen of this city, died last Wednes-
day evening.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Mr.. J. c..
Williams was up from Will amston Satur-
day and says that $4,000 will 0 be
raised for the establishment of a furniture
factory there,
The Reflector says that a three year old
daughter of Mr.. Jas. R. Congleton, near
Greenville knows every letter of the
alphabet and can spell any word of two
or three letters,
Mr.. c. K. Willard, of Mt. Olive, has
shipped fifty barrels Of turnips this spring,
being a part of the crop raised on two
acres of land. He Melted from S. TO SO
per barrel, or nearly $500,
Troy Tidete: a difficulty between
| Oliver Lewis and Neill Monroe occurred
at Candor last Saturday, in which Mon
roe received several severe cuts from a
knife at the hands of Lewis.
The Lenoir 7Gpic says: "Whnat has
taken the rust badly and we fear will not
make a half crop in this section. Winter
oats are an entire failure here. The fruit
crop is also injured considerably.
The Mt. Olive Baptist Church, which is
without a regular pastor, has called the
Rev. Mr.. Crocker, of Wake Forest College e,
W 40 will enter upon his du les imnedr
ately at er his graduation in June.
The next annual meeting of the Caro-
lima Tobacco Association will be held at
Morehesd City in August. All parties
engaged in the tobac 20 trade wilt be con-
81 tered aud welcomed as delegates.
Asheville Dem2crot. Mr.. B. Z Ham
lin, of Scranton, Pa, was in the city last
week, having been to Macon county look
ing after some valuable timber and mineIa
properties with a view of investing.
In less than an hour after the books
wer opened eighty nine shares Of the
cotton factory were taken, and up to the
tine of going to press I25 shares have
been taken, says the Lagrange Sent1t2L
Some tibet stole all Of Rev. W. 6.
Clements bacon the had a year supply
GA Tuesday, and on the same day SIX
pieces were stole from Mr.. G. W. May
= ar6. Both gentlemen live at Morris
vile.
J~osephus Daniels, so editor of the
Raleigh State Chronicle, has accepted al
Invitation to deliver the annual address al
The of the Wesleyan Fe,
male College in MurtreeSooru on June
18th.