The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-08-30
STATE NEWS.

ana and Tobacco Stems from the
b-Stalk of Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Vanderbilt pays 81, 950.22 taxes
.qGnncombe county.
Mo Neuse River Lumber Company
NJ Wv Rerne, will increase its capital
TO $4,000.
", Durham county mar has a squash
mat has produced $50 ~sQuaSheS
WI is still bearing.
T,rasboro Monitor: DR.. Daniel Kelly
-, JI-lT noor Union Presby terrain curch
uSTI LOST Thursday from the effects of
t." T2or+t+avill6 Observer: The Observer
LAD to note a movement on foot for
!RS55 Establishment OF a furniture fac
t n in Fayetteville.
6re nieht this week Mr.. S. S. Wind
r- killed q 800 pound bear with a
Ed Gun on his PungO farm, says the
Washington Gazette.
There Is a two headed chicken in
r~,bnsan's drug store. The chicken
iIoyois ike the Plymouth rock breed,
sovs the Concord Standard.
Brirk LAYING on the buildings Of the
row AthertOn Cotton Mills is going on
low NJ the rate of %. 1000 brick per
59v. saws the Charlotte NetcS.
Mrs. StonewaIl Jackson is now It
walters Park, We~rnerSville, Pa. Mrs.
Tarks0n will return to Charlotte about
G,-5ber 1st, says the Charlotte NelC5.
The contractors for making the
hrick for the factory have burned one
r-l. lAn 1-+.l- FInr- nv1 - ~
rpIlent quality, says the Smithfeld
Herald.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate re-
norts 105 additions to the NJ, +. church.
Some preachers report converts and
no members received. An oversight
or neglect.
The Allegheny Star notes the mar
rage at Pine Greek, n. c., August ID,
Of willie Sturviile, to Miss BERTHE Love
lace. the age of the groom being 16 and
the bride Il years.
Mai T. L Emry says that there will
be a fair in Weldon this fall. The fair
will be opened on Tuesday, the first
dav Of November. Later announce
ments will be made for the fair.
New Berne Journal Geo. Davis, a
colored employee at the y & n. G.
Railroad shop, received quite a bad
hurt yesterday morning from an en-
CINE ash pans falling on his leg.
One Of the old timers of Tally Ho
township. Mr.. i. \. Jones, who has
reached his I'D year, never owned a
watch or a pistol, says the Oxford
Ledger.
Chatham Record: Mrs. Becky San
I,r- y-I,I-y-DE ohcr1+ h7.na ~ ilaS CD11fb
east Of this place, died last Monday at
the extreme old age Of more than
ninety years,
Greensboro Record: Sitting in front
Of the Record office all day Is a speCi-
men Of grass averaging over 9 feet
high, grown by Thomas OConLor on
high, dry land.
Washington Progress: The crops
in this section are the poorest we have
ever seen them owing to the wet
weather in the spring and the dry
weather recently.
We learn that it IS reported that the
boat at Loeb Lilly is not safe. This is
mistake, the boat IS nearly new and
in good order and is perfectly safe,
says the RoX6orO Courier.
Wheat threshiug is now winding up
and the clover seed hulIeTs viii soon
start on their rounds. The crop Of
seed viii not be a large n this year,
says the Newton Enterprise.
Mr.. Robert Gadd, Of No. ., killed a
rattlesuake near his house last week
that had eight rattles and a button
and measured four feet and two inches
long, says the Concord Times.
Qulaoie Green was killed by Henry
CovI with a brush hook, we hear, in
CUrritUck Saturday night. The diff
Guilty was over an umbrella. Both
coLored, says the Washington Gazette.
Mr.. T. G. Loops has found a number
Of mineral springs on his place near
here. Among them is one with a de-
Ci&edIy strOngsulphur taste. He thinks
Of fixing them up, says the klnstOn
FreePTc58.
Barnett Pool, living on the land of
VIM. Lawson, had his pack house
burned one night last week, with "a
bushels Of wheat. The fire is supposed
to be the work of an inCcndiary, says
the R0xborO Courier.
Washington Gazette: We are in
/, formed that the crops are very badly
= damagedby the continued dry weather,
corn especially, which is firing up.
The Yield will be considerably short
ened in many localities.
The first tobacco of the season was
sold in Winston last week and was
raisedIn Davidson county. 1t brought
$3.50 per hundred. It was more than
a week earlier than any new tobacco
ever sold on that market.
Oxford Day.: An application for
admission to the Horner School has
been received from South America.
- The College Street Female Sem
mary began its fall session this morn
ing, with a good attendance.
Charlotte NeuS: Persons who were
at the Rock Springs camp meeting
Sunday report that there was an i'm,