The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-07-05

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corn were never better. EVERYTHING
planted is looking we'll.
The eastern truck farmers, who
raised such immense quantities of DO
taGoes TINS year, are realizing more for
Gnen Inan several days ago. Prices
have recently advanced,
The Asheville Citizen saws that it
cost the Richmond and Danville Rail
o $4,000 above gross receipts last
year TO operate the Murphy branch
OF the Western Railroad.
Shelby AurOrd: A storm or small
cyclone visited a portion of Rutherford
and Cleveland counties Saturday and
destroyed much timber in the forests.
Many trees were uprooted.
The Winston Republican claims that
the Oldest minister in the State resides
a few miles from that city in the per
son of Rev. John Alspaugh, who the
past week turned his 91st year.
Rev. J, w. Wildman. of Virginia.
has accepted the call to the passionate
OF the Baptist church at W~adesboro,
recently extended to him by a unani
nous vote of the congregation.
Leaksville Gazette: The wheat har-
vest is now engaging the attention of
farmers in this section. The crop is
believed to be a very fine one, but the
oat crop is again almost failure.
Oxford Ledger: 1t is about settled
that the Baptists and Episcopalians
will erect handsome church edifces
this summer, and it is rumored that
the M~ethodists will also fall into line.
A shipment of peaches was made
from this place to Lancaster New
Hampshire. Such long distance ship
ments are rather a novelty among fruit
growers here, says the Carthage Blade.
Monroe Enquirer: People who have
been over much of the county and have
had good opportunity for seeing and
knowing, say that they never saw the
crops In a more furnishing condition.
The residence of Mr.. Baxter Will
liams, of Union county, was destroyed,
with nearly all of it's contents, by
what is believed to have been an in
cendiary fire, last Thursday after
noon.
A needle worked it's way out of the
shoulder of the little seven months old
child of Mr.. and Mrs, w. H. Erwin,
at Durham yesterday. No knew
the time or occasion when it was swal-
lowed.
Greensboro Record: Rev. H. T.
Hudson, a Methodist clergyman of dis
tinction and we'll known here, who re-
sided here and preached at West Mar
ket street church, died at MOrgantOn
yesterday.
Mr.. Riley Leonard had the mis-
fortune to have a needle run through
bis hand last week. His hand is ter
ribly swollen in consequence of it, and
it was quite painful of course, say the
Lexington Dispatch.
Lincoln Courier: Reports from all
parts of this and adjoining counties
say that the wheat crop is exception
ally fine. The pros poets for an abund-
ant crop of all products are exceeding
encouraging at present.
Shelby Aurora: Lawrence Webb
was severely hurt in the face by a ball
pitched bp Campbell, of the Columbia
team, during the game of base ball
played last Wednesday,. His nose was
badly injured by the ball.
Goldsboro Argus: A young cyclone
struck the Goldsboro Lumber plant
during the storm yesterday afternoon,
unroofing the planning mills aud doing
considerable damage to the dry kilns,
to the extent of about $500.
William Shelton, who killed Grant
Tweed in Madison county last week,
was captured Saturday at Greenville,
| Tenn. Sheriff Chandly, of Madison,
has applied for requisition papers and
will bring Shelton back to the cen Of
the murder.
Rocky Mount ATgOnaut: Crops Of
all kinds throughout this section are
unusually promising and in good con-
ditiOn. With S~easOnable weather until
they are made, we will have One of the
most successful and prosperous years
we have ever had.
Mr.. E. Fl. Miller, of South River,
was in town last week, and called in
to see us. He told us that he noticed
while on his way here five binders at
work cutting wheat between here and
Jerusalem. This looks like business,
says the Davie Times.
CaswelI NeU8: Wheat has rjpened
nicely and promises we'll in this part
of the plantation. Indeed the greatest
harvest of wheat and oats known in
this section since the war is now in
progress. This is the repOrt that reaches
us from every direction.
DR.. Charles G. Hill, of Baltimore,
offers throught DR.. Stephen B. Weeks,
the Professor of History and Political
Science in Trinity College to the stu
dents of that institution one hundred
dollars for the best work done there in
the history of North Carolina,
Some scoundrel last Sunday night
broke open the money receptacle of
the weighing scales at the depot, and
of course appropriated the pennies.
Such a thief ought to have double
punishment melted out to him if eve
caught, says the Lexington Dispatch.
Atrestle on Mill Creek, three quarters
of a mile beyond Walnut Cove, on the