The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-20
STATE NEWS.

NOrth-Stalks of Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Three shoplifters were arrested In
Winston last week.
The Linden cotton mills at Davidson
College began operations Thursday.
An electric railway is proposed 10
unite Shelby and Cleveland Springs
The Greensboro Record has seen cab
bage measuring IS inches across Che
head.
RoxbOro Courier: By ACTUAL Hgures
there is $51, 900 worth OF 8oNn6
up in ROXbOrO now.
The privilege of building an electrlc
street railway from BlltmOre or near
the public square at AsheVllle Is aSKe"
for.
Rnven1Ie officers raided the dlstillery
of Henry Albright near High Point
Friday and captured LOO gallons OF
brandy.
It IS said that the Seaboard Air Line
will put up a compress between Char
lotte and Raleigh. Monroe IS spoken
of as the place.
The Bryson City Times wants to
know why there is no passenger tram
ON the Murphy branch of he Western
n. @. Railway.
We are reliably informed that about
6 600 pounds of tobacco were raised
This season inside Of town, says the
TayIorsville Inder.
Charlotte News: The Charlotte
Academy of Medicine is getting It's
black list in order, as mentioned IN the
No7rs q few DAYS ago,
Wilson AdUance: Another big ware
house-the biggest and best IN Eastern
North CarOlina-will be built here IN
the next eight months.
The phvsici ms of Charlotte have es-
tabIished a" black list" for dead-beats
who are able to pay for medical at
tendance but wouldn't.
Eli Butler, of BERTHE county, while
cutting UP a beef that he had bought
Monday found an IS carat gold ring in
one of the hind quarters.
One electric cal ran into another last
week in Winston. Two persons were
badly hurt, and the property was dam
aged to the extent of $500.
High Point Enterprise: There have
been a dozen nice residences put up
here within the past six months, and
yet there is not a house to rent.
GrahamC Cotton Mills are getting their
mill ready for machinery, and mate
rial is being placed on the ground for
tenement houses, says the Cleaner,
Junius Johnson, a white youth aged
13, who murdered a white man named
Emery in Wake county last fall, was
pardoned by the Governor Saturday.
RoxbOrO Courier: Mr.. P. H. Clay,
of CeffO, told us a few days ago that
he raised some corn this year that
measured ten feet 5 inches to the stalk.
Work on the stone and brick portions
of Asheville's city hall is progressing.
The greater part of the stone work of
the fronts completed, the Citizen says.
Rocking Rocket: A gentleman from
the western part of Arson county in
forms us that nearly all the hogs in
that section have died with the cholera.
Lenoir Topic: After a lingering i'll
ness of many months Mr.. Elijah COffey
passed away at his residence on the
Yadkin, on Tuesday evening of last
week.
Tarboro .SOutberner: All farmers
say the cotton crop is short, but none
seem to have an idea how much. Afew
say short as 1889, but scarcely one
believes it.
GreenviIle Reflector: Another i'm.
pOrtant movement for Greenville is the
Steps which begun last week looking
to the establishment of a smoking to-
bacco factory.
The valuation of real and personal
property in Polk county for the pres
ent year is 81, 065, $50, IAN increase over
the past year of 1857, 900, says the
HendersOnVille Times.
Mr.. Geo Topping, of Pantego, has
a crop of cotton which will make a
bale to the acre, and land from which
a crop has been gathered this year says
the Washington Gazette.
The costly iron bridge across Wa
chOvia Brook at the foot of Main street,
Salem, is now completed and street
cars run across it. The bridge is 1O4
feet long, and 55 feet wide.
Dunn Times: The Fayetteville
Presbytery met yesterday with the
church here.-Died, at Trinity Col
lege October 9TH, E. Stewart Green
aged 10, son of Hon. John A. Green
An attempt to break Jail, in Ruther-
tordton. vas made by the inmates
confined therein on Thursday night,
1st instant. The attempt was unsuc-
cesstuL, says the HendersOnville Times.
Concord Standard; Yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Daniel @. Faggart. of No.
s, met with a serious accident AT his
gin. His hand became entangled in
the saws and was completely ruined,
We are informed that the Alliance
store at ConOver is doing an immense
business. One days sale recently
brought them in $24O, besides the pro
duce taken in, says the Hickory Mer-
curry.
Bishop Lyman will soon celebrate
the fftieth anniversary of his ordina-
ton Ia tho nrinrthnod Thn nnlnh,.n