The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-02
STATE NEWS.

N~orth-Stalks of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Oxford IS to have a big modern
hotel.
The Yadkin county Jail was burned
last Tuesday.
A tramp was killed by a train near
Charlotte last week.
The people of Oxford have subscribed
$1,000 to the local Y. NJ. c.. A.
It is said that in the country one
third of the people are sick with the
grippe.
Quite a number of farmers near
Fayetteville will engage in truck farm
ing this season.
The sinking fund of Wilmington is
in excellent shape having nearly $780,
600 to its credit.
The summer school for Amer can
eOlored youths has been permanently
located at Winston.
Gastonia Gazette: The Dixie Cotton
Mills are coming along. The subscribed
stock is now $50, 900.
Two attempts were made Monday
morning to burn the residence of Mr..
John Bethune a Charlotte.
A leap year ball will be given at
Charlotte Tuesday night, February I'd,
in the Buford hotel ball room.
A Hales, one of the Oldest jewellers
Of Charlotte has made an assignment
with E 7. Canister as assignee.
The six cotton factories in Cumber-
land consume Is, 900 bales of cotton,
or more than is produced in the
county.
Newton Enterprise: Old uncle Jesse
BOst of Catawba township, died in
the early part Of last week at the
age Of 81.
Durham people are in earnest in
their eff 1rtS to get a public build
ing, which their town certainly de
serves.
Stanly county railroad bonds have
passed from the hands of the Yadkin
railroad company to a New York
company.
The Masons at Blowing Rock have
decided to apply for a dispensatiOn to
establish a Lodge at that place, says
the LenOir Topic.
Louisburg Times: Mr.. Bryant
Wilder. a highly respected citizen of
this county, died az his home in Harris
township last Saturday.
Mr.. Med. Williams, general mer-
chant at Spout Springs, has assigned.
The liabil ties are about 81, 600. The
assets not quite so much.
LumbertOn RObeSOniau: Court com
meLCes next Monday. The State docket
Is not likely to be very large. but the
civil docket will make up for it.
Messrs. r. T. Covington and NJ. G..
Mckenzie, have resumed the publica-
ton of the Farmer and Scottish Chief
at Red Springs, Robson county.
Rockingham Rocket: Miss Mahala
LOvins, aged about so years, died at
her home near Beaver Dam Church
last Monday morning at z o'clock.
G%Oldsboro A gus: The death of Mrs.
Mary Barfield, aged IS years, occurred
at the residence Of Mr.. E. B. Herring.
is this city, Tuesday morning, of the
grip.
Lenoir Topic: Mrs. Sarah Freeman
JOblin, widow Of James JOblin and
daughter of the late Jesse Freeman,
died January 22d, at the age of 81
years.
The Goldsboro cotton mill, as it
assumes completed proportions, pre-
sent a more imposing appearance than
any manufacturing enterprise at b q
place.
Mr.. James Wood, aged about twenty
years, died at Greensboro a few days
ago of pneumonia. He was a son OF
Rev. Frank H. Wood, of the N. @.
Conference.
1t seems that the law passed by the
lastlegisIature against emit: ing labOrers
cut of the State fails to prohibit, as
many hundreds have left the Fayette-
vile section.
A. w. Thomas, general merchant at
Washington, N. c., has assigned to A
MayO and Samuel r. FOwle. His la
bilities and assets are each estimated
at about SIS, 900.
Mount Airy Nc1Us: The oldest citizen
IN Surry county to day is Mr.. n. D
Howe, of Westfield township, who is
as wears of age. He came here from
Ohio some years ago.
The statement that Mr.. S. r. vii
hanson, of Monroe, died from an over
dose of morphine SATURDAY night is
pronounced untrue. He died Of apOp
iexy. it is now asserted.
The Monroe Enquirer says D. B.
Wolfe, who has been buying cotton, Is
absent ard his absence cannot be
accounted for. 1t is generally rumOred
that he is short in his accounts.
G. G. Williams, colored, for man
slaughter. in shooting Jane Wilkins,
his sister in law, with a shotgun, is in
iaiI at Wilmington. The shooting is
claimed to have been accidental.
Last week Mr.. S. P. Erwin told us of
two good sized pigs he had killed.
Thev were II months old, one weigh
ing 318 pounds and the others 341
pounds, says the Greenvflle Reflector.
At the store of NJ. L. Flynn, of
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