The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-10
STATE NEWS.

can ,s If Rice from the
lnu Zines and Tobacco Stems from the
"Ear+b-StaIks of Corn and Grains of
wheat from the West-Peanuts
md Cotton Seed from the South
,sbaville nearly 5000 has been
800 a for the Soldiers Home at
Ealeigh. y C
i; IN bniId a very handsome church at
Comnared with last years record
C Csa - a falling off in the number of
: mortgages in Cumberland.
Dow J. NJ. Garrison was ordained
rodnesdav evening pastor of the AS
ociare Reformed Presbyterian church
n Kings Mountain.
nr G w. Sanderlin will deliver the
;+nrarv address before the Franklin
trJ lee ycieties of Homer School,
6vford at the commencement on June
he pad.
Al Locust Level, Stanly county, the
.+ane IN Hartsells grist mill flew to
p;ocps. killing ThOs. Hartsell, the mill
f. \ number Of children had just
left the mill.
GoIdsborO Argus: 1t is now quite
Dorraip that the renowned Drummer
Evangelist" Mr.. w. P. Fife, will hold
series Of meetings here about the
latter week in May.
The truck peas are now being ship
he'd from New Berne by the Neuse and
bass on by rail to the Northern mar
lets The first of the season passed
through on Monday April 25th.
The Roanoke Island truckers we I'm
derstand will have garden peas on the
this week. Roanoke Island
with the same skill, have trucks
in market a week earlies than the New
berne truckers.
Mr.. Thomas Allen, Of Howellsville
townshio, who was in town last Mon
1rdav, reports frost in his vicinity last
Saturday and Sunday nights. There
no frost here, 50 far as we can
learn, says the RObeSOniGn.
Atwo dollar bill of the Bank of
Mecklpnburg' was passed on one of
the clerks at Swink Bros, on Monday.
The lady that did it was not aware
that she had any Of the money of this
broken bank says the Concord STAN
iard.
Mr.. Andrew JOyner tells us that one
Of his tenants killed a mad dog on his
place sunday. Fortunately it was dis
that the dog had hydrophObia
and the animal killed before any dam
was done by htm, says the Green
vile Reflector.
GoldsbOro Headlight: Truckers seem
% be in hard luck this season. Owing
the continued cool weather the pea
crop looks very poor, while the bean
crop IS almost a failure. Many will
not receive sufficient returns to pay
the seed planted.
Greenville Reflector: Sunday night
Chief of Police Smith captured a
strange negro who was well loaded for
burglary. He had his pockets full of
different sizes IF keys and knives. The
negro was on the premis, S of Mr.. J.. f.
just before being captured.
Parties desiring the State fruit fair
held IN their city or town should send
guarantees to make up the gate deficit
of $3.50 If necessary, for premiums.
They should send in Oids to President
G.. K. FOusU, Of Graham, to be placed
the Executive committee which
meets in Greensboro on May 4.
The Franklin Press says an attempt
was made last week at WaynesvIlle
by d YanCey county man, to a.
sassinate Solicitor George A. Jones,
but that through mistake he attacked
NJ. Moody, Esq. He was pre-.
vented by persons who happened to be
present from doing any damage.
Webster Herald: The heaviest rain
and most damaging, that was ever
in this country occurred last
night. All the little trivial
were swelled into formidable
streams, bringing down logs. lumOel
and DEBRIS in enormous quantities, and
the surfaces of the hills were washed
a deluge.
Mr.. John S. Turner showed us a wal
1t was a bullet buried In the
buckle to a bride throat latch. Tnii
his horse, while riding. That
it hit the bu ;kle saved the horses life
Mr.. Turner cut the thing out and now
has buckle. bullet and pieces Of the
as it was left % years ago, says
the Concord Standard.
Charlotte Observer: The merchants O.
Salem have fallen in line il
line in the organization of a protective
union, such as Charlotte has.-Las'
night the police had a telephone call t.
the first ward to arrest SIX cOnvicts
it was reported were prowling
around in a certain section. The meI
we're di patched to the place, and found
four of them.
Shelby Aurora: Tin mining wal
quite popular in Cleveland county {
few years ago and great expectation
were aroused by the tin ore prospec
tors, but their fond hopes never CAM
to fruition and many thousands O
capital was expended by Pro
Furman and others. Tin orr
be found here and there in small
quantities, but not in profitable shape
Moses Kings farocious bull dog;
made an attack on another COW Tues
day night, and alarmed the Southern
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