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

Cation Seed from Cne SouIn
ore over $50 orphans at the
rtoru 80 Iowlands around Charlotte
81 Lsn ag to be flooded by the recent
pins 6 Davenport, of Asheville.
IA! odn an assignment. Liabilities
nv" hanks of Greensboro have de-
,I InJ a semi-annual dividend OF .
gVs High Point banks have both
In Dsod q semi-annual dividend of 1
o'r I L. Hickory has been elected
hD1 S5t of ClaremOnt College, at
n Work on the new Presbyterian
m ..ob at North WilkesbOrO will be-
s ;5Ii in a few days.
+obacco manufacturing company
4 boen organized at Henderson with
~ sonital stock of $3.50, 900.
T.,rs on the bottom lands have been
.SG;oIfsIv injured by the heavy rains,
sSt the Lexington Dispatch.
The p~ostofice at Margarettsville, has
~, AM made a money order office. The
Vice began on the 1st of July.
correspondent of the Clinton eau
,,7;gn reports a failure of the buckle
Srrv crop in parts of Sampson county.
Work has begun upon a cotton
s,tory at Smithfeld, Johnston county.
+ viii be called the Neuse Cotton
Wills.
Hon. Hope Elias. of this State, was
.nnointed n of the committee to
nT6ffify Cleveland and Stevenson of
their nomination.
4 good deal of hay was washed
.rav bv the sudden rising Of the
rpeks Monday afternoon, says the
Newton Enterprise.
The incessant rains in Eastern Caro-
Ina in the past few days have damaged
nsome extent the growing crops. The
bvIands are flooded.
In the State colOred normal school
which is in session at Winston, Ran
ddph. Alamance, Davidson and For
yth are represented.
Prof. f. G.. Beckwith, of Wake
Forest College, who is well known in
this section, died last week. He was
about thirty years old.
Mr.. Mex. Bryan. of this place in.
forms us that he dug one bushel of
Irish potatoes from twenty-fOur hills,
favs the NOncure Echo.
This section was visited by a very
severe wind and rain storm last Tues
daylight. The rainfall was enormous,
says the Carthage Blade.
The Marion Record says the farmers
in that section r about through cut
ting rye, wheat and oats, and the small
grain crops were never better.
L~um5erton Robe8Oniun: The SEIZED
ue will be pretty tough on the vii.
mingtOn papers, especially 1t Is the
worst one they have ever formulated.
Greensboro Record: Aaron Stout, a
Randolph farmer, who lives near
Buffalo Ford, raised 26O bushels of
wheat this year on twelve acres of
land.
The Masonic picnic at Mocksville
vii be held this year on the 18th of
August. The Lexington Silver Cornet
Band has been engaged to furnish the
music.
The Winston Sentinel says less to
6accO has been planted this season
IN that section than for several years
past: The farmers are going to di
Tersify.
~Isenhower's store at Conover was
broken open last Saturday night.
About five dollars in money aud some
goods were stolen, says the Newton
Enterprise.
From the Shelby ReUiew's informa-
aon no convention will be held in
Cleveland county this year for the
nomination of county officers 1t will
be a free for-aIl
The nuptial ceremony of Miss SlIlie
5Aycock, aged "a years, to Mr.. Burwell
moore, aged 40 years, was performed
near Fremont Sunday, says the Colds
Ooro Headlight.
Last Friday a tremendous hail storm
passed over the neighbOrhOod of Ben
nett5VIlle and played havoc with the
crops IN that section, says the Laurin-
burg Exchange.
Kings Mountain Ne1Us: Mr.. Moses
otroup has a Jersey heifer only 10
months old that has never had a calf.
Oat gives about n and a half gallons
OF milk per day.
Mr.. Rosenbourge, the peddler, in
lOrms us that an alligator which meas.
urea three feet In length, was killed on
d creek near the Rock House. in this
county, last week.
Leard Covington, anegro man living
N New Salem township, has a child
tWo or three weeks old, which has six
zen toes and sixteen fingers. saws the
Monroe Enquirer. VIZ
The North Carolina Lumber Co. is
making rapid progress with it's new
m1IS at Illlery, which, when completed
VIII be one Of the most extensive lum'
ger plants in the State.
Weldon NeWS: During the rain and
6all storm Saturday afternoon, one of
t3e guards at the penitentiarv farms a
white man by the name of Tom, Smith
was killed by lightning.
~Statesville landmarks. Tho o1u