The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-05-06
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, MAY s, 1890.

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pills. Prompt medical attention saved
the child's life,
A company with a capital of $I,0OO,-
900 has been organized to work the
Sanders, Worth and other mines in Mont
gomery county
The Governor has ordered a special
term of Ashe Superior Court for civil and
criminal business to begin on the first
Monday in June.
An industrial department is being or
gained at t; e Salem Female Academy,
Two of the chief branches are cooking
and dress-making.
The Charlotte pspers say that there is
not a prisoner confined IN Meckfenourg
Jail. 1t is somewhat remarkable for such
a populous county.
G. s. B~randskaw, Esq, of Asheb0rc,
will deliver the address at the CLOSING
exercises of the Jonesboro Higa School,
May 27tn and29th.
Maior M. Il. Pride, of Mt Holly, is the
owner of a chicken which has a taste for
feathers. ,Al the other fowls in thcyard
suffer in consequence.
While Capt. Petit, of Mash county,
was on a tip to Nashville, 2eavingno one
at ais farra, his buildings were fred by
unknown incendiaries.
1T 'hasrnow come to light that Harries
williams, COL, was murdered by'her OWL
| daughter, Leah Foreman, who is nov
under arrest at Asaevlle.
MI. HWilIiam U. Steiner, 9or sixteen
years q resident of Gpilford county, is
dead. }Ie was $ prominent and active
membe- of the L %. o. f.
Clinton CaucGe5an% The recent f1osts
have done much more damage than was
frst~svpposed. In many pieces beans anC
even corn have been killed.
A dispatch from Oxford to the Rich,
mon6 Times says, j. N. aCurrinawas in,
dicted by the grand jury,es agent of the
eigasette trust at that place.
Asheville's working men have held &
big meeting and unanimously declaring il
favor of a resolution that they 0will MOI
work more than g hours a day.
Winston has 30 tobacco factories, ship:
an agerage Of 5000, oOOpounds Of tobacco
per year, and pays out'in clean cash s.,
100000 a year fer leaf tobacco.
Rockingham @ockst: MIRA Stewar
has commenced work work on his can
ming factory, and will have it in running
order before E very great white.
Interviews with farmers from Gran.
willie, Durham, Orange, Alamance, Person
and Caswel counties are to the effec
that the tobacco orop~will be poor.
Winston.s factories pay out every dag
1886 to employees. Think Of it. Tha
is what makes Winston the live, prosper
GUS and rapidly growing town that it is
The contract for the construction O.
the new p~ostoffce building at Charlotte
has been awarded to Nessrs. Demons i
Harding Of that place, at the sum O
$4,000.
William Zieglar, a winston negro, wai
found guilty Of an attempt to rape az
8O-vear-old and blind white woman. H
was sentenced tie e nyears in the peni
Tertiary.
The atlantic Seaside says that a COW
belonging to NJ. Eugene :DUdly gave
birth to two calves last week. They are
small, but were doing we'll when las'
heard from.
The Concord Standard says a.naysteri-
Gus and fatal disease ia raging in the
western part Of Ca5arrus county. A
number have died and several mere are
dangerously sick.
The supreme court has begun the cal
of the Twelfth district. Iext Monday
the. call Of appeals set at the end OF the
docket will begin, commencing with those
from the First district.
The Oxford Public Ledger says that
Judge. Womack is a dispatcher of business,
and this speaks well for his ability. As a
result Of three days work seven negroes
have been sent to the penitentiary.
A shaded blue crane was killed near
G&desboro. 1t measured six feet from
tip to tip,tfve feet and two inokes FROM
its toes to. its bill, and when it opened ita
mouth it took up seven inches of space.
Asheville Citizen: VIM. Hunt, aged
about fifty years, and a Confederate vet
eran, died at his home on Beaumont
street at 5 O'Clock. His death resulted
from a wound received in a battle during