The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-28
STATE NEWS.

N~orth-StaIks of Corn and Grains Of
Wheat from the
and Cotton Seed from the South
Judge Gillian, of TarbOro, died ct
his home in that place a few days ago.
The Concord Ice Factory has suS-
pended operation for lack of patron
age.
The Capital City Land Co., with a
capital of $50, 600 has been organized at
Raleigh.
The Concord STANDARD says much
of the cotton that has been held over
is damaged.
The corner stone of the new colOred
Orphan Asylum at Oxford will be laid
next Monday.
1t is reported that a negro in Union
county has confessed a murder com
mitted Il years ago.
The Durham wooden mills, which
manufacture shuttle bobbins, are to be
moved to High Point.
The State Fair will be held as usual
this year, in addition to the Exposition.
1t will begin on October 13.
Concord Standard: Auditor San
derIin spoke to /, 800 people at an ALI
ance rally at Rocky Ridge, N. c.,
A man in Union county snapped
clothes with a stranger one day last
week and got a IS Confederate note to
boot.
Sheriff Sharpe, of Alexander county,
is said to be 81, 900 behind in his &C
counts. His bondsmen will be held
responsible.
\ rattlesnake was killed on SHELLS
plantation, in No, 2, last week. 1t had
four rattles and a button, says the
Concord Standard.
Another attempt will be made to
build the Hatteras light house. The
contractor says with the knowledge he
now has it can be done.
Wa~rrenton, n. c., had a small
cyclone Saturday morning. Several
trees were blown down. One tree fell
upon a house and demolished it.
Craven county has shipped 125, 600
bushels of Irish potatoes this year,
and a Mr.. Dunn has made so, 900 on
20 acres of them. That beats cotton.
\ five year old daughter of Mr..
winton Jones was drowned by falling
from a foot log into a swollen stream
four miles from Raleigh last Monday.
The Rocky Mount ArgOnaut says
hat the farmers expect to have a big
crowd and a glorious time there on
August the Sth, at the big Alliance
meeting.
Neil Redfearn, the young son of Mr..
G.. w. Redfearn, was bitten on the
foot by a bIunt-tail water moccasin
last Friday afternoon, says the Monroe
Enquirer.
Oxford Day: There is about forty
thousand dollars worth of houses in
course Of erection in Oxford and there
are several important precincts yet to
hear from.
Franklin had a strike last Saturday.
Sam L. Rogers slim niger, Billy
Buckner, struck for higher wages, and
not getting a raise struck for home
Macon Press.
Little Clarence Black, son Of VIM.
Black, of No. 10 died Tuesday. This
makes the third death in this family
in the last seven months, says the Con-
cord Standard.
The contract for building the new
dOrmitories at the College Of AgricuI-
ture and Mechanic Arts has been
awarded to Messrs. Ellington, Register
& Co., of this city.
Little Mr.. Henry Griffin while gather
ing pears Sunday from an a~ltitudinous
branch Of the tree took a header and
unfortunately broke his arm, says the
Rocky Mount PBoenir.
The party engaged in clearing the
railway of the w. @. & O.. Railroad
from Hub to this place had reached a
point only four miles distant on Satur-
day, says the RObeSOnian.
Mr.. N. f.. Mcdowell, of PhiladeI-
phla, Nice-President of BlackwelIs
Durham Tobacco Company, at Dur
ham, died at his home in Germanton,
Pa, Sunday morning at 1 80.
Some almanac makers say the dog
day" period extends from July Sd to
August 18th, while others insist that it
does MOI begin until July 24th and
thereafter lasts just II month.
The High Point Enterprise says Mr..