The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-13

The Sanford Express learns that a syn
dictate of Wisconsin gentlemen will begin
to quarry large quantities of brown stone
in that vicinity soon.
Sixty-four fertilizer licenses have been
issued this year in North Carolina. Here
tofore about IS companies have done
business in this State.
Durham Globe: Mr.. James Flemming,
of Granville county, sold 49, pounds OF
tobacco at the Banner warehouse to-day,
for $45 "plant round"
All the contractors in Asheville except
one have acceded to the demands of their
employees, and hereafter nine hours will
constitute a working DAY.
Winston Daily: Adrove Of 25O sheep
passed through the city this morning
from Randolph cou ty en- route to Grey
son county, Va, to Craze.
Uncle Adlai Stevenson, of Statesvllle,
a Y he don't care to hear Sam Jones
preach. He will just submit for a lop-
cared hound and save costs,
The large granite quarries near Sails
bury are going into the hands of men of
capital and vim and are going to be de-
veloped and worked extensively.
AsheviIIe Journal: Mr.. B. W. Morris
received letters patent to day for his to-
bacco hanger, which is considered a great
Improvement on all other devices.
"A negro was drunk and noisy at Nash
vile a few days ago and was put in the
lock up. He set fire to his mattress and
came very near getting burned up.
Nh. G. A. Camp, of Scotland Neck,
will plant 20 acres of rice this season to
only two last year. He is satisfied that
it is a paying crop, says the Democrat.
There is in the State T~reasurer's Office
a beautiful Confederate flag. 1t will be
carried to the unwilling of the R. E. Lee
statue by the North Carolina delegation.
Maj. Hawkins and an engineering corps
from the Richmond and Danville railroad,
are at Greensboro surveying the lands of
the North Carolina Iron and Steel Com
pany.
Maj. Graham Dawes will deliver the
Memorial address at Goldsboro next
Monday, May 18th. The Wilson Light
Infantry will take part in the celebra-
ton.
Concord Standard: To-day at the
Canon factory a son of MI. Allison Bost
was attacked by a cow. She used the
little fellow up in bad style, having broken
his leg.
The date of the commencement Of
Fork Church Academy has been changed
to Tuesday, May Goth, so as not to con-
fict with the commencement of Yadkin
College.
Mr.. Alpheus W. Wood, formerly of
Newberne, died at San Antonio, Texas,
on Saturday, of consumption. His re-
mains were taken to Newberne for in
terment.
A miserably depraved fellow "cussed
out and beat his mother several days
ago. Such a character ought to have his
obituary written up, says the Concord
Standard.
The Mooresvi1le correspondent of the
Statesville Landmark is responsible for
the statement that a citizen living near
that town found a SIS bill imbedded in a
plug of tobacco.
The corn crib belonging to MI. J. A.
Templeton, near Mooresville, was burned
a few nights since. 1t contained about
Is bushes of corn. Supposed to have
been set on fire.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
Company, at Greensboro, will at an early
day consummate its plans and begin &C
tive operations on a paid in capital of half
a million dollars.
Prof. Hand writes the Chronicle that
Col. Wharton J. Green, of Fayetteville,
will deliver the annual address at the close
of the Hand Military Academy at Fremont,
on the 4th of June.
The annual reunion of the Phi Kappa
Sigma Fraternity will be held in the
Chapter House at Chapel Hill on Thurs
day, June 5. All the alumni are cordially
invited to be present.
Rev. S. B. T~urrentine, of the North
Carolina Conference, has been selected to
preach the annual sermon before the
Theological Society of Trinity College at
the commencement this year.
The Governor has offered a reward of
&00 each for tho ooD+11ro or opprobop