The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-04-22

WinstOn's Factories pay out every gay
$2,876 to employees.
A$5;0OO Reformed church building will
be erected at Charlotte.
J. R. Lanier will establish a large -four
ing mill near Charlotte.
Counterfeit five dollar pieces are re-
ported plentiful at Durham.
The RedsvjIIe Review is working hard
for water-works in that town.
1t is stated that not.a pound of ice was
saved in the State last winter.
Small grain where not damaged by the
lice is looking remarkable well.
Last year the Duke factory at Durham
turned out $50, O0O, 600 cigarettes.
The Charlotte Chronicle tells of a woman
who has a hen that lays easter eggs.
81. G. jackson has been appointed post
master at GAINESVILLE, Martin county.
Fayetteville has put S125,OOO in small
manufactures in the past six months.
The internal revenue collections at Mt.
Airy average about $4,000 per month.
The people of Cameron are trying to
establish a cotton factory in that town.
There are six new brick stores under
contract to be built at once at Mt. Airy.
Edgecombe county claims that she will
market 25 900 pounds of butter tdis year.
Gastonia is preparing for Evangelist
Fife, who will hold a meeting there May
2ud.
President Crowll, of Trinity College is
pleased that the college is going to Dur
ham.
There will be athletic games and a
public debate at Trinity Co lege on April
18th.
Washington Progress: The farmers are
pushing forward with their work as never
before.
John A. Womack will start a canning
factory at Pittsboro and will put up 1000
cans a day.
Mr.. J. A. Nail, of Iredell county, killed
seven hogs last week that aggregated
1889 pounds.
Rev. DR.. Pritchard is spoken of for the
presidency of the Baptist Female Univer-
sity at Raleigh.
One gentleman in western North Car
DINA has eighteen daughters and they all
wear diamonds.
Seventy five negroes left Halifax county
Friday bound for Pittsburg Pa, to work
in the coal mines.
Durham Globe: 1t is said that at least
100000 will be expended on the building
of Trinity College.
The Greensboro commissioners have
ordered the streets properly marked and
the houses numbered.
The rice fields in the Cape Fear section
will all be planted this year and an album
dant yield is expected.
st. Elmo ~postofice in Nash county has
been discontinued T. e mail will here
after go to Gold Rock.
Carthage, Moore. county, is to have a
canning factory with a daily capacity Of
5000 three pound cans.
The Marion town commissioners have
determined to issue liquor licenses and
have fixed the tax at $3.50.
A company to manufacture chairs Of
every description, on a large scale, has
been organized at High Point.
Charlotte Journal: The Baptist church
house at Bent Creek in this county was
destroyed by fire last Thursday.
Associated Justice Walter Clark will
deliver the alumni address at Greensboro
Female College Commencement.
New Berne Journal: Mr.. T. E. Mace
died at his residence in this city yester-
day, in the Goth year of his age.
The saw mill of W. K. Culbreth was
burned in Robson county on the 10th
inst. Loss about $500, says the Robe
sonian.
The North Carolina Medical Society
will hold its thirty-seventh annual meeting
in Oxford, May 9th 28th, and 10Th of
this year.
The Rocky Mount Mills have ordered
a lot Of preparatory machinery and will
put in 5000 spindles, making them the
largest cotton mill in the State.
Mr.. T. P. Smallwood, of BERTHE county,
has two hundred tame cartridges. He
keeps them in a large wire cage or net
that cnuars about hole On -a-nL