The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-17

AuO DCULuUTU 16dEuS bnaU mos . dIlO
3 townships want the Concord South
ern to pass through their borders, by
Mt. Pleasant and on to Wadesboro or
Monroe. We understand too that
they will petition for an election OF
the matter, says the Concord Standard.
A private letter from Maxton an
nounces the death O Rev. S. V. Hoyle,
of the M. E. Church South. It will be
remembered that Mr.. Hoyle was
knocked down and robbed in this city
some years ago while attending con
ference here, says the Statesville NeaCS.
A sensational report was current
here, last week. that a young white
man, Horton Barnet, was killed a
Adams sawmill on mulberry. The
truth is that Barnet aud a negro we're
drunk and got into a fight and Barnet
was pretty badly beaten, says the
Lenoir Topic.
The receiver Of the Nat. Bank of
Wilmington authorizes the statement
that a full assessment on the stock
holders of the Bank has been made
payable on OF before June 18th. $3.50,
600 must be paid by those who have
already lost their stock. This is pretty
hard to bear.
Tarboro Soutberner: Fl. w. Dupree,
of No. II township, was arrested yes
terday and tried before His Honor, DR..
Klllebrew, for arson. Upon the state
ment of facts made by himself and
others, he was bound over to the
Superior Court under a bond of five
hundred dollars.
Franklin Press: Mr.. E. K. Gun
ningham showed us a fine set of
crOckery last Monday made of Jackson
county kaolin that in fineness of Texture
and beauty of workmanship compares
with the best we ever saw. The set
consists of over forty pieces and is
worth $3.50 or $40. 90.
Mr.. T. @. Harris, of the State
Museum, who has had fine opportuni-
ties to touch at all points of the com
pass, informs the Raleigh Visitor that
he had made special inquiries from
various sections, and the reports show
that in that section and to the east
there will be a fair crop of fruit.
New Berne Journal: Evangelist
Fife will arrive Thursday and conduct
the first one of his series of meetings
that night. His musical director. Mr..
William j. Ramsey, who accompanies
him is now training the choir for the
meetings. 1t is composed of members
of the different choirs of the city.
Goldsboro Argus: The death of Mr..
Chas. H. Howell, aged "a years, the
venerable father of good friends
and cOuntymen, Messrs. Jno. @. and
Fl. T. Howell, occurred Wednesday
night, at his home in Fork township,
rather suddenly, though not unex-
pected by reason of his advanced age.
The postmaster at Hoffman writes
to the Rockingham Rocket that P. T.
Wilson, a young white man from
Wake county, was killed near Hoff-
man Wednesday in the woods by a
falling tree. He was engaged cutting
s~aw-logs for William NJ. Jones q Co.,
of Cary. His bodY-was horribly
mangled.
The Charlotte Meas states that the
SeabOard Air Line will purchase the
old Rock Island mills properly and
build q fine passenger depot on the
pendence Square. The structure will
contain offices for the %superinten dent
of the Carolina Central, the telegraph
force, etc.
Concord Standard: Mr.. Paul Barn
hardt, Of No. 8, is IS years old. He
has a pocket knife which he has carried
ever since Marck, 1857, or t~hirty-fve
years. - John McCurdy, a member
of the Cabarrus Black Boys. has a
sword and a waterproof overcoat worn
by his grandfather during the Revolu-
tiOnary war.
Morganton Herald: In the Hickory
election last Monday Joseph D. Elliott
was elected Mayor, defeating ex-Mayor
J. G. Hall. Elliot was on the I" vet"
but the "dry" commissioners. Messrs.
A. A. ShufOrd, L. r. Whitner and r.
A. YOder were elected. This means
no bar-rOoms in Hickory for the next
twelve months.
Mr.. Charles T. McKesson, of Nor
canton, is soon to start on another
lecture tour, and will lecture at Gas
tonia, Shelby, Charlotte, Winston,
Burlington, Raleigh, LouisbUrg and
other North Carolina towns, before
starting on a tour to the North and
Northeast. He has been invited to
lecture in Washington, D. @.
Salisbury Herald: Davidson county
was at one time the home of Daniel
Boone, the great North Carolina pio-
neer. Ten miles from Lexington is a
cave once occupied by Boone, and near
this his primitive cabin stood, though
obliterated. But the hearthstone is
yet preserved. An effort will be made
to have this exhibited at the Worlds
Fair.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: The build
ing season is now opening in Rocky
Mount. A large number of contracts
for large buildings to be used in the
tobacco trade, and dwellings have
already been made, and a great many
contracts are soon to ne made. Every
train brings in car loads of lumber and
brick to be used in the construction Of
these buildings.
Rocky mount Ph0oniG: Some nights
since MI. Daniel CuthreIl was awakened
from his sIumbers by hearing one of