The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-13
STATE NEWS.

Marion had a SIS, 900 fire on the night
of the 81.
The loss on the Methodist Female
College at Murfreesboro by fire is esti-
mated at $50, 1000,
The Mount Airy News says the
White Sulphur Springs, nea that
Mace have been sold to Mr.. Rufus
r berts for $50, 600.
The first shipment of cucumbers Of
the season went off yesterday. Mr..
", H. Bray was the shipper, says the
New Berne Journal.
The gaIlows on which Tony Rogers
Is TO be hanged has been erected in the
old field just South of the Jail, says the
Rockingham Rocket.
The Register of Deeds Of Craven
county states in q card to the Kinston
Free Press that the James City lots are
listed for taxation at $50, 613
The Warrenton Record states upon
authority that DR.. II. 2. Jerman has
declined 10 accept the position Of
physician for the penltentl8ry.
The Journal says $50, 900 worth of
truck was shipped from New Berne
one day week before last week, and
S35. 900 worth III day last week.
The StanIy News advertises for some
home made mOIasses on subscription.
Well take some sorghum one the same
line, says the Concord Standard
A star postal route has been estab
lished from Henderson, by GIlburg
and EPSON, to Steedsville and back,
three times a week, from July 1et.
The wheat crop is very promising in
this section. II nothing happens to 1t
through this month the yield will be
good, says the Danbury Reporter,
The election called for June the 9Th
for a vote on stock subscription for the
B~urIingtOn and Southwest ern Railroad
was ordered off by the county court.
The Landmark learns that there was
quite a destructive hail storm in Neck
Ianburg-between Davidson and Cald
well staticn-ias5 Saturday afternoon.
Weldon News: There was a heavy
hail storm III the lower section of this
county last Monday. The crops are
said 10 have suffered but little damage.
Lexington Dispatch: Severalfarmers
have told Us that the Cor crop will be
very good. With a good wheat and
corn crop the county can do pretty
well
Dr.. William Battle, 80, who gradu
ated at Harvard this year with highest
hon0rs, has accepted 8 position in the
University at Chicago as professor of
Latin,
Littleton Courier: Rev. Mr.. Rhodes
has just sold q fifteen months calf for
fifty dollars, which was said by some
to have been just two thirds her real
value.
S~tatesvilIe Landmark: Pro. Hidden
has lately returned from London and
says he found while there that the
English people have a nigh opinion of
Hiddenite.
A child weighing only two pounds
was born to Mrs. James Delap Of
Townsville, n. Q. 1t is alive and
doing we'll and is the smallest baby in
North Carolina.
Winston Sentinel: Ground was
broken last Thursday for the new
Lutheran church on Fourth street.
The first car load Of stones for the
building has arrived.
4 light house at Cape Hatteras is to
be constructed at last, IS, 900 is to be
expended at once for submarine bOrings
to reach a solid bottom. An apprOpria
ton Of $500, 600 is available.
4 house containing several barrels
of vniskev belonging to Mr.. Boyd,
near Hamlet, were burned by some
unknown person last Thursday night,
says the Rockingham Rocket.
HendersOnviile Times: There are a
few peaches left by the frost in sonic Of
the mountain c0ves in this county. The
fruit business in this section has been
almost q failure for several years.
Rocky Mount ArgOnaut: The Roman
Catholics Of Rocky Mount have de-
ci3ed on building q handsome chapel.
When it is finished Rocky Mount viii
be well represented by places Of wCr-
ship.
A petition is being circulated this
week asking Governor Carr to pardon
Albert Mansfield, who was sent to the
penitentiary from this county charged
with horse stealing says the MoCk5vllle
Times
Scotland Neck Democrat: The meet
ing in the Baptist church conducted
by Rev J. H Lamberth, closed Fri
day night. Abou5 q dozen persons
were baptized as a result of the
meeting.
Charlotte Observer: Mrs. Kate Craw-
ford, wife Of Dan @. Crawford, Of Nc
CoDnell5yille, s. c., was killed last
night by lightning. She was the third
daughter of Rev. R z. Johnston, of
L~}nCOlnG0D.
New self binders are going out Of
town nearly every day, to be used in
the approaching harvest. Most Of the
wheat Ct this county is now cut with
these larger reapeTs, says the Newton
Enterprise.
a correspondent of the S~tatesvilIe
Landmark says DR.. j. H. Young and
others, Of Iredeil, are making calcula
tlons with the view of building a cot
ton factory at Island Ford, on the Ca
tawba river.
The banking firm Of Greon Enu &