The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-24
STATE NEWS.

" ,CottOn Seed IrOm
~I+o had two small fires on the
Cha ~. | total loss being about 500.
~ jn "srornor John P. st. John is
& y ~ sneak in Asheville on the
NJ Of May bo+ tho nro,on+
G6e ~ Of Greensboro, financially, IS
DGlst t for several years.
be C~roonsboro Record remarkSthat
Tbo. oo nerfect counterpart of Mu-
ber9 Iis H. at the Kelley institute,
IN sI mr. McManaway preached a
BVi .ormOn to the soldiers at Char
r F.. qeea sunday. Four companies were
first catalogue and register of
the aatIand Neck military school
lkins be that the enrolment for the first
el an y is 80.
" a. cnrings Comet: We learn from
NJ heu sources that there will be a
@l ! 5aal of fruit this year, in spite of
hi late frosts.
%5ora are 2O3 orphans in the Oxford
g fol- . lIao Asylum at pre- 'ent. They are
s a I 4 = fine health and have been so for
jOrit many months. -,
all rba Norfolk & Western Railway will
i On a double passenger service on
E%a WINSTON Salem division, commend
'"''O 10 next Sunday.
Tho San saws Durham is moving
thnl :bt on no the incline of progress and
g pa Gs-s is not a town in the South with
rea tighter prospects.
a NJ 7 NJ. Pipkin, of the Buckhorn
,oion was thrown from his mule last
~sok and badly hurt. However, no
Fu S1es we're broken.
ChrO We learn there was a slight frost in
kne this community last week. Potato
uIdn n-outs and some cotton were killed,
tbol cys the Moncure Echo.
loo There is some talk amongst our citi-
,ns of establishing creamery In Nor
nE Tod to manufacture butter and cheese
le ha sTs the Norwood Vidette.
New Berne Journal: DR.. r. II. Lewis
thu sdfamlly are to move back to Kin
ed sm in June. DIR. Lewis will teach in
Knston college next session.
The centennial of the Third Creek
Presoyterian Church in Rowan county
nkH was celebrated last Friday, Over one
thousand persons were present,
Y an An exchange says the melon crop
ed will be short this year. The dismal
DOphets ought to content themselves
y with destroying the peach crop.
The gin house and mill of Mr.. Bent
U.s. Ludwick, near Salisbury, was burned
a last week. Fire thought to have been
neendiary. Loss, about s., 1000.
0 th The Topic a Y it is not known yet
,old who will furnish the money for the Lee
nir and Blue Ridge railroad but it is
o"H claimed that it will be forthcoming.
Acurious freak of nature was shown
:" by Mr.. S. Austin, Tuesday, in the
D tha shape of Q little chicken with four full
m developed legs, says the Stanly MaCs.
The Baker music house, in charge of
. N Mrs. Demolinau, filed an assignment
Il Saturday evening. Mr.. w. A. Self is
the assignee says the Charlotte Ne1cS.
The Messenger says the class of ap-
WI plcants for license before the State
board of medical examiners at Will
ma mingt0n has reached 66, of whom there
arefour colored.
n All the prisoners in the county jail
~ at ASHORE, Randolph county, escaped
last week. The sheriff and deputies
o. we're off at apicnic when the break for
liberty was made.
John Newcomb, a Winston painter,
. y fell headforemOst in a tub of red paint,
Na7 a mixture of kerosene oil, His appear
don ance, says the Sentinel frightfully red
when he wa pulled out.
Application will be made for the adj
ind mittance of John G.. Davis, the noted
Wilmington swindler, to the insane
asylum at Raleigh, at the next meeting
ma Of the board of directors.
8 is Arrangements are nearly perfected
It i for Trinity College. commencement
iii exercises which open with the bacca-
laureate sermon June 9th by Bishop
Duncan, of South Carolina.
rs Washington Gazette: Rob Robertson,
a cOlored hand on the railroad, was
t well on Saturday. Monday morning
lie at $50 he was dead. There is some
suspicion that he was poisoned.
u There will be a grand meeting of
Aasons at the Oxford Orphan Asylum
On st. Johns day next month. The
Governors of North Carolina and Vir
glnia are expected to be present.
The grand jury of Macon county has
i returned a true bill against "Bubr
M Bradley for muder in killing Terrell
al Curtis in Smiths Bridge township on
the 14th of April. The murderer is
ra still at large.
VILE Asubscriber from Bostick's Mills,
Who owes five dollars on subscription,
anc now refuses to take his paper out of
,hiI the office. May the Lord have mercy
+be On that mans soul, says the Rocking
Vn1 ham Rocket.
l The people of Roberdel have erected
q tabernacle with a seating capacity of
at hearty l, 500. Pastor Wilcox started a
evlval out there on Sunday which will
Hntinue for ten days, says the Rock
W lgham Rocket.
lLiler City Leader: Rev. S. V. Hoyle
Fhe lied at his home in Jonesboro on Wed
{ "a nesday, May 4th, after a short illness
t pneumonia. Mr.. Hoyle was widely
known as a minister of much promi-