The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-09

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Carolina has no city of $500 inhabi-
ants whose ministry excels, in scholar
ship and pulpit excellence, the ministry
OF Hickory. Our churches employ no
mcdlocres.
Leander Oats, SON Of Randall Oats,
charged with breaking into the house
Of Thomas Parker, was put in Jail last
week, A razor which he traded to Mr..
HarTelson led to his arrest, says the
Shelby Aurora.
The Hawpond church, in Stokes
county, was blown off its foundation
last week by the severe wind which
passed over this section. Preaching
had just closed about five minutes be-
fore 1t happened.
Asheville Citizen: Col. J. D. Cameron,
of this city, remembers seeing a sheet
of mica Is by IA, which was taken out
Of a mine on Cowee creek, in Macon
county by a gentleman named Rick
man, several years ago.
Major Bass lost a fine horse on Sun
day last. He was wallowiDg in the
yard and stuck a nail in he muscle of
his thigh and inflammation set IN and
killed him, quite a loss to the Major,
says the GOldsboro Caucasian,
Raleigh Advocates: Wadesboro: The
new Methodist church is being rapidly
erected. 1t will be a creditable struc
ture- -- 4 new Presbyterian church
is to built in E'kin. N. c.. -- Charles
+. Deems Is improving slowly.
New Bsrne Journal: Mrs R B. Cot.
ton, II Of the lady managers Of the
Worlds Fam, i5expected on the st amrs
Neuse to day. She will spend Monday
in the city, collecting relics to place in
the Colonial Exhibit at Chicago.
Rockingham Rocket: We are glad
to state that Rev. d w. Fox, who has
been pastor Of the Presbyterian church
at this place for some time, has been
sent back to our town and will serve
the church here for at least six months,
Lexington Dispatch: The founda
ton of Mr.. W. E Hollis new cotton
mill has been laid and work com
menced. Mr. Holt has decided to
make the building some larger than
he first intended. 1t is to be 74X20O
feet.
4 c0lored man of Greensboro called
on a physician to have him amputate
a mole on his neck which was giving
him terrible pain. The doctor did it,
and then exhibited to the cOlOred man
a COW tick, instead of a mole. This is
rough on Guiltord county.
Some days ago Mr.. F. NJ. Fitzpatrick,
of Swift Greek township, burned out
an s acre thicket, and walking through
the ground after the fire was out he
found y dead rabbits. That was the
biggest rabbit slaughter we have heard
of, says the Greenville Reflector.
The trains of the New Berne, VIII
mingtOn & Onslow Railroad are now
running to within about two and a
halt mules POlloksville-they can be
seen from the village and in a few days
more the track will be finished to that
point, says the New Berne Journal.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. w. J. Wag
oner, of Lewisville, this county, was IN
the city to day. He reports all the
fruit killed in this section. - Pro
fessor a. w Long, a brother Of Mr.. V.
w. Long, Of this city, has a fellowship
at Harvard College, Mass, thus years,
The new C tton mill building at
Bessemer City will be the finest and
best mill building in the Southern
States and will not lack much if any
of being the largest. The main build
ing will be 476 feet long and 81 feet
wide and two stories high-Meescnger.
Reports from thirty counties in this
State in which forest fires recently pre-
vailed show the aggregate loss of prop
erty to have been 81, 600, 600 or over.
Moore county perhaps suffered the
greatest loss, it being estimate that
5000, 600 Will hardly cover the damage.
FAYETTEVILLE Gazette: The slight frosts
in this section last week and the con
seQuent cold nights have worked but
little or no harm to the fruit and vege
tables. The peach and whortleberry
crops will be unusually fine, while the
other varieties of fruit will be above
the average.
4 telegram is going the rounds from
Hot Spring, Ark, which says the wife
Of B Fulton, formerly of Walnut Cove,
IN. c., has deserted her husband, tax
ing 81. 500 of his money, and has elOped
and gone North with a man named
Bro n. Fulton is in persuit Of wife
and money
Durham Globe: Hon. A. H. A. Will
liams will accept thanks for a package
of garden seed sent to the Oxford
Orphan Home. Captain Williams is
an untiring worker for his constituents.
Orphans Friend. Yes, i deed! 1t
takes a hustler to accomplish such
great things.
Charlotte News: Robbers were at
work n the northern section Of the
city last night. George Veno's resi-
dence was broken into, an attempt
was made to get into Mr.. L. J. Kinks
house, and an unsuccessful effort was
made to break into CaUdle's store, near
the Ada Mills.
Durham Globe: Major Guthrie say s
that ten miles of the Durham and Char
Iotte Railroad is graded, and the work
is being pushed rapidly forward. --
The Erwin cotton mills are now com,
mencing operations and a sample of
the first cotton carded in the institu-
ton is in this office.