The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-02

worth says that he saw on the lands of
David Tennessee, near Chambers, the
other day, four stalks of corn that sprung
from n grain, and that there are nine
teea ears of corn on the four stalks.
Marion Free Lance: There is not a
vacant house in towr. Several are
beirg built to be rented, and it would be
a good idea if some Ct our moneyed men
would build a number of cottages. There
will be no trouble to secure tena is.
Reports Of bold robberies come from
every direction. In Durham, Saturday
night, a burly negro knocked a man
down, cutting a cash long and deep on
his head. TIE negro's object was to rob
the white man, but he did not succeed.
Peg Leg Williams went down to More
head last nigh. He said he was going
fishing. He will probably catch blue fish,
trout, etc., on this trip. Later, in the
fall, he will probably bait his hook for
black fish exclusively.-New Bernie Jour-
nal.
So successful have the tobacco farmers
been in Eastern Carolina this year that
there will be a large increase of acreage
next year. 1t is now estimated that in
Edgecombe county alone there will be
over zen thousand acres in tobacco next
year.
Asheboro Courier: Frauklinsville is
improving. Two new stores have been
erected recently. - Mr.. J. L. Pope, of
Pleasant Grove township has gathered
from his melon patch two canteloupes
measuring 60 and GA inches in circum
ference.
Charlotte Chronicle: Mr.. and Mrs.
T. W. Alexander, of Sharon have a little
daughter, Mamie Lee, who is under four
years of age and hes a most remarkable
memory. She can repeat the Ten Com
mandments correctly, the Lords Prayer
and the entire Catechism.
A correspondent of the Greensboro
Patriot says: The High Point Canning
Company are running nearly all the time
and are packing so to 100 bushels of to-
matoes per day, besides apples beans, etc
All honor to the promoters cf this valu-
able, new Southern industry.
The prize of SIS which was offered by
the Knitting Factory to its operatives for
the largest number of hose manufactured
in one day was won by Miss Martha
Henderson who although a new hand at
the business, knitted four dozen in a day,
says the Goldsboro Headlight.
Nashville Argonaut: We are informed
that Mr.. John Wethersbee, living near
Springhope, has a field of cotton for
which he has been offered a thousand
pounds of lint cotton per acre. This
shows the capacity of our soil to produce
large crops when properly treated.
Last week the construction train crossed
the river at Grifton, and now Capt
Boney's force is rapidly laying track
towards Kinston. That town will be
reached by the middle Of September and
it is rumored that a through schedule will
soon follow, says the Greenvill Reflector.
Salisbury Truth: There were forty
two persons in Jail here at the beginning
of this week. The criminal docket is
unusually large. - Officers Barringer
Pool arrested six negroes last week for
rocking the excursion train that passed
through to Asheville. They are now in
jail.
Fire broke out at Capt. N. B. Alexan-
der's saw and planning mills at Campbell
ton Thursday of last week and destroyed
a dry kiln and several thousand feet Of
lumber, entailing a loss of several hun
dred dollars, which, however, was part
tally covered by insurar CO. FayetteviUe
Observer.
Alamance Cleaner: At the meeting
Of the stockholders of the AIamance Fair
Association last Saturday, it was decided
to borrow enough money to complete the
erection of the necessary buildings,-the
grand stand, exhibition hall, etc. 1t is
anticipated that the fair this fall will be
the best ever held.
Asheville CEt;zen: Chief of Police
Baird received a telegram from Fender
~sonville this morning to arrest a colored
boy named William Blake, who is wanted
there for passing counterfeit money.
The boy was arrest I'D, but he claius that
it was Confederate money that he passed.
He was locked up.
Two men went to a corn shocking in
Burke county last fall and each carried q