The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-10-21

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drews. Several other bu ldings will also
go up there shortly.
Salem Press: F. II. Fries will COM
work on his canal at Lewis Falls
on the Mayo river, in Rockingham county,
to run water to the large factories he in
tends building there.
Winston Daily: Bill Flies meetings at
RAndlem n started off with 5000 in at
tendance. All the cotton and wooden
mills are closed down and a good time
generally is expected.
The engine which propelled The frs
and only steamboat ever run on the noble
Dan in this county now RUS the power
press of Rockingham's leading paper,
says the Webster Weekly.
The charming and dignifed great mon
strous Southern Express Company has no
flies on it. The company is putting head
gear on the agents. Ours has a dandy
blue cap.-Dauy Standard.
Weldon News: Ninety-seven con-
Vlcts came down from the p~enitentiary
Friday to work on the canal. These run
the number of hands engaged on the work
up to two hundred and fifty.
Durham San q: A reporter was shown a
lett-r from Prof, J. F. Crowell to-day, in
which he sta es that there is another
building in prospect for Trinity College.
This will make the fifth building for that
College.
Oxford Day: The Oxford Knitting
Mills will Oegin about the middle of next
week A number of white girls have
been already engaged, and Thos. Win
ston, superintendent, advertises for thirty
FIVE more.
Henderson T0mahawk: Since u edi-
torial page was printed we are sorry to
learn that the condition of Mr.. Rogers,
candidate for Congress from this district,
is such that there is no hope of his making
a canvass.
A colored boy named John Wesley
Price found a pocket-book containing
about twenty dollars in money on Mac
Rae street, and was diligently searching
for the owner yesterday, says the Will
mington Star.
Talk about our Great Piedmont Tobac-
co Exposition. 1t will be a big thing for
the Twin-City and if our business men
will take hold of it success is assured. We
don't do anything by halves, says the
Tt0tn- City Daily.
The Concord Standard reports a bad
case in Rowan county. West Shenck a
government d~istiller, is charged with
forcing a ive-year-old colored boy to
drink four glasses of whiskey. The boy
died in a short time.
Greensboro Patriot: MI. Monroe Whit
tington, of the police force, handed US a
second growth of blackberries this morn
ing. They are very fine, and the bush
bore enough to make pies for the family
yesterday and to-day.
Greensboro North State: The finest
crop of sweet potatoes ever seen in Gull
ford county has been grown this year.
The Irish potato crop was almost a fail
ure. Irish potatoes are retailing at our
stores for 81 per bushel.
The Mt. Airy Land and Improve nent
Company have already purchased $4,000
worth of property. This looks like They
mean business. We hope soon to see the
work of improvement going on in full
blast - Yadkin Valley NewS.
Wilmington Messenger: Late last Sat
urday afternoon, Mr.. Altman Bosworth,
of Stanly county, was instantly killed by
having his head caught between the lever
of a cane mill and a upright post, used in
the construction Of the mill.
Mr.. Sam J. Pressly has a pumpkin that
weighs 81 pounds; a very excellent vari-
ETY.. He has several Of the same of about
that weight. The seed were brought into
the vicinity by Miss Julia Stirewslt from
the late New Orleans Exposition.-Con-
cord Standard.
Capt. 7. T. Smith has taken charge of
the Richmond & Danville freight depot
here. In fact, he has been in charge for
two weeks, but hasn't had time to come
up town but twice, and only a few of
our people knew he was at the helm
Charlotte NcUS.
Tae train from Morehead ran through
yesterday and will run through to Raleigh
during the fair. That is as it should be-.
1t ought to do so every day. Conductor
Hancock brought her in and there is no
~cleverer man on the road than he is