The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-27

twenty seven COnNlCUS passed w IL
son this week. on their way to the
State farm near Weldon. In the party
the Wilson Adrance noticed eight or
ten negro boys not over fourteen years
old.
Mrs. John Choa5 sent to this office a
gOurd that weighs "a pounds and
ures l n circumference Al inches. II
any one can beat it we are ready to
hear from them, says the Allegheny
Star.
p Clip Cook raised on one sixteenth
of an acre of land 25 BUSHES of Irish
potatoes, and now has sold them here
for 95 cents per bushel cash. This
beats cotton, says the Concord Stan
dard.
Rails are being laid on the "ShO't
| Cut" from Rowland toward Fayette
vile. The RObesOnjdn states that the
w. & w. company has bought forty
acres of land and will establish Ashland
depot,
The steamboat owned by Cap, 0.
r Rand. of GoldsbOrO. will make
the first trip next Tuesday to Seven
Springs. Capt. Rand has issued twenty-
five invitations to friends to go down
with him.
w IlOUlCGu MI. w Ill. DtIIICI 1t lew
days ago, purchasing quite a quantity
broad cast on his wheat land. He says
it is very beneficial, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
The body of J.. S. BerryhiIl was
found cold Saturday in his grocery
heart disease, without a struggle. The
| hnHN NX1 on n pO11ntAJ. RnJ-nTAH Inv
some coats.
On Sunday evening last Mr.. Henry
Williams, of ShOccO, while walking in
his garden was striker with paralysis
of the entire left side. We sincerely
trust he may recover, says the War
rentOn Gazette,
The cotton crop in the Kinston sec
ton IS turning out better than the
farmers anticipated. The Free Press
thinks that about three-fOurthS as
much Will be made per acre as was
made last year.
The cornerstone of the new church
and Masonic hall at Rocky Ford, near
Elkin, will be laid by the Masonic
fraternity on the 31St of October.
Grand Master H. \. Gudger. of Ashe-
vile, officiating.
Mr.. Howard \. Banks, a graduate
of Davidson College. has been APP
pointed a Fellow at the State Univer
sity, the first Fellowship appointment
that has been made. He receives his
tuition and 5000,
1t Is proposed to build an electric
railway for the transportation of pas
sengers and freight from Shelby to
Cleveland Springs and the prospects
for ItC 1911 mn nation &c anHnIl ~ CrII0Cr
-She6iy 1HrOrd.
Durham RecOrder: The beet + at
the poor house appears to be a fine one
this year-in fact hard to beat. Nh.
Leigh. the superintendent. has brought
in n % inches in circumference and
weighing -! pounds.
From all that the Pittsboro Record
can hear it is probable that the corn
crop this year is the largest that Chat
ham has had In Il long time. Its
cOuntymen Will not have to buy any
western corn e. winter.
At her home in Oxford, on the morn
ing of the goth instant, Mrs. Sophie
LittlejOhn died, aged IS. She was the
widow of the late JAS. Z. LittlejOhn,
Esq, a prominent citizen, and long a
leading lawyer of Oxford.
Rev. Charles w. Blanchard, of Wake
county, has been called to the passionate
of the Third Baptist Church, in East
Durham. He is now in charge and
the Sun states that he is conducting a
prOtraCted meeting nightly.
Charlotte Ne1CS: AS one of theresults
of Rev. DR.. Fluegels visit to Charlotte,
a Jewish congregation has been organ
lied here, the religious name of which
is The Gates of Israel" The cOngre-
CATION numbers about 100 people.
The next issue of the Unirersity
Mugdzine will contain the address Of
the late Rev. 4. w. Mangum, d. D..
professor of mental and moral science,
delivered by Mr.. JOsephus Daniels at
the University last commencement.
In the United States Court at Green's
bOrO a young white boy. Harley Bray
hill, for breaking into the pOetoffice, at
BlaCkWOOd, on the State University
Railway, was sent to the government
refOrmatOry school at Washington for
twelve months.
Lumberton RO6eSOnjdn: Rev. p. R.
Law, who has been preaching statedly
at a school house a few miles east of
town, has organized a church or chapel
there. A deed for the land has been
given, and the work will commence in
a very short time.
Coke Wynne, clerk at the St. Cloud
Hotel, only a few weeks ago lost his
mother in death. A telegram Sunday
from MorgantOn summoned him home
to the bedside of his wife, who was
thought in a dying condition, says the
Concord Standard.
At WadesbOro Wednesday the corner
stone of the rev Methodist church was
laid. The services were conducted by
Rev. 7. A. Boone. The building is to