The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-11-07
STATE NEWS.

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hoy ten years old stole a horse and
q at Greensboro last week.
ca pobt T. Gray is now reporter of the
,.o;eions of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Daniels, of GAINESVILLE, Ca, will
..on the Park Hotel, Raleigh, Dec. 1st.
Mrs A. A. Cowles has been appointed
aatmistress at Gap Greek, Ashe county,
conator Jones of Nevada has an
s,tprpst in mining property near Con
cord. .
Durham firm shipped day last
uook 900. 900 c~irgarettes to a customer
IN TOXIC, Japan.
Raleigh Christian Advocate reports
,o6 additions to M. E. Church in the
zoo conferences.
A. E. Church succeeds Abraham
cotton as postmaster at Zionville,
Tatauga county.
W. A. Kepler, Secretary and Treas
,rar of the Asheville Tobacco Works
and Cigarette Company, is dead.
Congressman Bower has secured the
establishment of a postoffice at Val
dense, the Waldensan settlement in
Burke.
The Sanford Express says there are
seven or eight Presbyterian churches
in Moore county, that are without
ministers.
Gov. Carr is notified of the arrest in
South Carolina of Columbus jackson,
Who is wanted in Buncombe county
for forgery.
DR.. J. J. Rome, druggist at Pineville,
has made an assignment, Mr. w. L.
Baskins. assignee. The liabilities are
about IS 900.
The Greensboro tax collector says
that unless city taxes are paid the
schools will be forced to suspend oper-
atoms for want of funds.
A gentleman living in HillsborO told
is one day last week that he hadn't
taken a drink of water in eighteen
months, says the Observer,
Concord Times: The Buffalo gold
mine, near Georgeville, is panning out
in a remarkable manner, we learn. 1t
is undoubtedly a fine property.
Allegheny Star: The young man
Felts. who was shot by Lyon at Low
Gap a few days ago, is deal. Felts
and Lyon were partners In a store at
Low Gap.
A we'll developed boil of cotton with
eight 10 ks is the latest addition to
objection of freaksfrom the farm, says
the Smithfield Herald.
Mr.. Washington Duke, of Durham,
has contracted for the building of a
mausoleum at the cemetery there,
with space for forty bodies. It is to cost
$9, $50.
VineIand Star: A larger hay crop
has been saved in Columbus this year
than usual. - On last Friday night
the residence of MI. Eli Memory was
burned.
Weldon News: Mr.. w. Fl. Shields,
one of Halifax county's most honored
and prominent citizens, died at his
home at Scotland Neck, last Friday,
aged sc year.
The fall crop of green peas are now
being shipped from New Berne and a
pretty fair supply of fall grown Irish
potatoes await digging, says the New
Berne Journal.
Nearly all the cotton in this section
has been picked out. This is some
thing unusual, and justifies the report
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land Neck Democrat.
Chatham Record: A marriage license
was issued in this county a few days
ago, for the marriage of MI. John
Baucom, aged so years, to Mrs. Maria
Council, aged 60 years.
Mr.. George D. Hobbs, a butcher,
who was in the employ of Mr.. Frank
Snipes during the summer, is missing
and his whereabouts Is not known,
says the Winston Sentinel.
, The store of Geo. F. Bowers was
broken into Saturday might by some
thief or thieves, and carried off a sack
of -four and some other smaller articles,
say the Milton Chronicle.
Mr.. Silas Hicks, one of Hawtree's
best citizens, tells us that nearly all Of
his neighbors will SOW enough wheat
for home use. This Is the right plan,
says the Warrenton Gazette.
Mrs. T. A. Boone has a bed spread
which was made by her grandmother
In 1922, making it II years old. She
also has a breastpin about 100 years
old, says Lexington Dispatch.
Whooping cough is about to take the
Colored population of Sharon township.
There are nearly forty cOIOreQ
in that township now in a dangerous
condition, says the Charlotte News.
A great many Democrats in Durham
would like to know what disposition
Mr.. Bissell expects to make of the
Durham postoffce, if any. They are
patiently waiting, says the Durham
Sun.
There are now - colored and 1852
white pupils in the State institutions
for deaf mutes and blind. OF these
1872 are deaf mutes and 90 blind. Next
year room will be made for $50 more
blind.
Graham Cleaner: Railroad trains
are very much annoyed with tramps
these days, we learn. Frequently lately
the trains have been behind time on
ACCOUNT of having to stop to put OH
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