The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-19
STATE NEWS.

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snaUUanas and Tobacco Stems from the
of Corn and Grains of
yvbeat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
female burglar has been doing
,,,oiness in Charlotte.
OuSSdoToIand county will hold no con-
Ct;on this wear for the nomination of
county officers.
MOO attempts have been made re-
.ontIy to wreck passenger on the Coast
line at Burgaw. .
The Greensboro Record vouches for
- ruth of the story of snow falling
t tbo Thursday morning.
The name of the little town of Pigeon
Diver a North Carolina summer re-
lort has been changed to Canton.
F~yangelist Fife will make Charlotte
his futIIre home. He bought a resi-
5nnce there last week, paying IS, 900
for it.
Farmers are in the grass in many
localities. We hear of cotton fields
that have the appearance of healthy
meadows.
Fv~-Congressman F. NJ. Simmons. of
Now Berne, has been elected chairman.
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee.
Shelby ReuieU: 1t is said that the
high water during the last week has
destroyed 10000 bushels of corn on
Buffalo creek.
Highwaymen have been plying their
vocation in Davie county last week.
Several citizens of Mocksville were
held up and robbed.
Forest City LEDGER: We never saw
corn crops look more promising. Cot
ton is looking we'll, wheat very good,
oats an average crop.
Josh Stillwell a miller of Mount
Holly, CASTOR county, was shot and
killed there Friday by Edgar A. Fichte,
while resisting arrest.
A man named Crenshaw has been
imprisoned in Wake county for feeding
powdered glass to a mule. It is said
that the mule will die.
Evangelist Thos. Leitch will hold
a meeting at Pleasant Grove camp
ground, beginning July 26th, and con
tinuing for several days.
Another one of the Meares children,
so brutality beaten near Lumberton a
week or so ago, has died. Three of the
children will probably recover.
The Winston Sentinel says less to-
bacco has been planted this season in
that section than for several years past.
The farmers are going to diversity.
Greensboro Record: Aaron Stout, a
Randolph farmer, who lives near
Buffalo Ford, raised 26O bushels of
wheat this year on II acres of land.
Grant Massey shot and instantly
killed Lee Davis in Haywood county,
Sunday, while Davis was going to
church. An old feud was the cause.
Newton Enterprise: Wheat thrash
ing has begun but the rains have
retarded the work very materially. A
large part of the wheat is yet in the
field.
Elkin Courier: Mr.. T. M. Butner
met with an accident last week. He
was cutting up fireweed when his axe
slipped and cut a deep cash in his
lnStep.
Raleigh Advocate: Rev. J. w. Lee
has been assisting Rev. II. T. Hoover
I'M meeting at West Chapel,
on the SwannonOa circuit, four miles
from Asheville.
Kings Mountain NeU8: Mr.. Moses
months old that has never had a calf,
but gives about one and a half gallons
Of milk per day.
Clinton Caucasian: We are very
sorry to chronicle the death of Mr.. D..
7. Boney, which occurred in Duplin
county, near his home, on the morning
of the 30th ultimO.
The Miller iron mines in Watauga
county, twelve miles from the noted
Cranberry mines have just been sold
to a syndicate, which will build a rail-
way to Cranberry.
Col, J. S. Carr has arranged with
Miss NJ. E. Carter and Mrs. w. W.
Shaw for the opening of the Methodist
Female Seminary at Durham the ap-
preaching fall term.
Rockingham Spirit Of the South :
Mr.. D. D. Livingston, for many years
deputy sheriff of this county, died at
his home near Old Hundred rather
suddenly last Friday.
Asheville Gazette: Riley S. Fergu-
son, of Haywood, came to market yes
terday with fifteen head of fine two
oAAN UL1OO years O1u CdGG10, "uACA dNO1
aged 900 pounds each.
We are informed that a colored
woman was white capped" at Burl-
ington Tuesday night. She had been
before the mayor for obscene conduct,
says the AIamHnce Cleaner.
Chapel Hill is considering the con-
structlOn Of a water works system.
j. Q. Chase, of Wilmington, is investi
eating as to source of supply, cost Of
erection and maintenance, etc.
A pineapple plant in fruit is one of
the curious sights of Elmwood GENE
terry. Oranges, lemons and even ba-
nanas have been grown in the cemetery
here, says the Charlotte NeoUs.
Greensboro Record: w. S. Brad
Chow EcO fotbor Of n Co., D-oI