The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-12

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1t will be a remarkable one The manu-
tacturers are greatly interested.
Lenoir Topic: Mrs. Frank Moore
(WwhoW was MISS Laura Hartley. daughter
of ex-Sherif L. S.. Hartley died after
a lingering illness at the home of her
husband on Little river last Friday.
Atthe approaching Chatauqua North
Carolina is to be hOnored with an i'm
portant part IN the programme. DIR.
CrOwell, Of Trinity College, is to de-.
liver two addresses before the BODY.
Oxford LEDGER: Mr.. Louis D. Will
ford, a prominent farmer of Granville,
died Of a stroke of paralysis at his
home near Berea Sunday NIGHT, He
had an attack Of same disease prior to
this.
The Pennsylvania Hustler saws a
negro who has been r~usticating in
that section and is wanted in Pickens
has been caught and returned for
trial.
There was another severe storm al
Hickory last Friday afternoon. The
tin-roOf of Link, McCombs & Co.'S store
was blown off and a number of trees
blown down, says the Newton Enter
prise.
Winston had a cloud burst last Sat-
urday night. Considerable damage
was done to prperty, and the Sentinel
says the cost of repairing the washouts
on the streets will foot up at least
s., 900.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Mr.. Simon
Washington Fleming, a well known
citizen of this county, died at his home
near Middleburg, June 28th, after a
brief sickness, aged SO years and s
months.
We are extremely sorry to learn that
Mr.. @. E. Duncan of Old Hundred had
the misfortune to loose his saw mill
and fixtures by fire last week. There
was no insurance, says the Laurinburg
Exchange.
Mrs. Elizabeth Phelps, wife of DIR.
George Phelps, and eldest daughter of
the late Rev. DR.. VIM. L. Hawks,
formerly of New Berne, this State,
died on June 3Oth, at her home in
Columbus, Ga.
The Miller iron property in Watauga
county has been sold to a company
that will very probably develop it. 1t
is located about ~ miles from Gran
berry, to which a railroad will perhaps
be built, says the Lenoir Topic.
Norwood Vidette: We notice the
corn crop is apparently being damaged
in some places by a small worm, cut
ting the blades and heart of the corn
We are unable to even conjecture the
damages that may be sustained.
Col. J S. Carr has just endowed a
new perpetual scholarship In Davidson
College. This generosity will enable
some poor boy generation after genera
ton to secure a college education who
without this aid could not have it.
A hens nest was found underneath
the pulpit of the old Second church
yesterday in tearing the floor up. The
nest was full of eggs. The work of
tearing down the old church is going
on rapidly, says the Charlotte Nelrs,
The farmers say that considerable
damage is being done to wheat, by the
wet weather. Where the wheat is
stacked in the fields it is sprouting,
green shoots growing out from the
heads, says the Lexington Dispatch.
Charlotte Ne1cs: Charlotte is already
preparing for the entertainment of the
editors at the approaching Press Con
ventiOn. The Chamber of Commerce
is to take a hand in the entertainment
and will tender the editors a banquet.
Moryanton Herald: Our farmers
have about all harvested their wheat,
and they report the crops fairly good.
In some localities a great deal of smut
wasfOund in the wheat, but taking the
crop as a whole it is above the average.
Tarboro S~Outherner: Saturday night
one of the trains which lie up here
Sundays, while pulling in here, in
front of w. M. EdmondsOn, ran over
a 2 man, Charles Lloyd, and in
jured him so that he died soon there
after.
Louisburg Times: From every sec
ton of the country crops are reported
to be in a very good condition, and
with good crops a better feeling sprIr gs
up among those who are disposed to
blame the Democratic party for their
pas failures.
A serious hail storm passed over the
Grafin farm on the Roanoke river a
day or two ago, says the Scotland Neck
Democrat. Mai. j. B. Neal says that
he had about sixty acres of cotton
ruined by the hail. Corn is not so
seriously hurt.
Work on the Jail is progressing
nicely. The walls will soon be up. The
steel window frames and grating is be-
ing put in and has the appearance OF
being mob proof as we'll as making it
impossible for prisoners to escape, says
the Monroe Enquirer.
Newton Enterprise Mrs. Malinda
Coulter died at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. Lowe, in Jacobs Fork
township, Sunday, at the advanced
age of SO years. She leaves children,
grandchildren, and great grandchl
dren to mourn her loss.
More sorghum cane has been planted
in this county this year than ever be-
fore known probably. One OF our
farmers tells us that more eVaporators
will have to be purchased and put in