The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-02
STATE NEWS.

daughter, are in jail in Moore county,
charged with infantcide.
Norman elders have been dispensing
their doctrine in this neighborhood Of
late. says the Leaksville Herald.
There are forty-three mountains in
North Carolina over 5000 feet high.
and lots and cords of them over 5000.
SiIer City Leader: The revenue off
GERS last week captured two stills. -
Farmers report prospects for a good
wheat crop.
The frost and freeze Saturday night,
il is thought, killed most of the fruit in
this section of the country, says the
Sparta Star.
One of Durham's citizens, r M.
Jones', had his meat house robbed Of
three hundred pounds Of hams, shout
ders and bacon.
The county work house now has
thirty one prisoners-and more are TX
pected after next term Of court, says
the Durham Globe.
Winston Sentinel: John Hill, lear
Madison, committed suicide last night
bv hanging himself with a pillow line to
the joist of his house,
Charlotte Observer: There are forty
four children at the Presbyterian Home
at Barium Springs, including two new
ones recently received.
The Gastonia Gazette says that Rev.
J. F. Morris, of CASTOR, who recently
had his leg a~mputated in Charlotte,
has resumed his ministerial labOrs, to
the great delight of his friends.
The p~rotracted meeting at the Meth
odist church closed last Sunday night
and five persons were received as
members, says the MurfreesborO Index.
Mr.. A. J. Leggett informs us that he
took from one of his weirS one day this
week a rock fish which weighed over
80 pounds, says the Roanoke Beacon.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. L. 1. Hine,
Of Old Town, was in the city to day.
He says that the fruit and vegetables
inhis section were killed by last nights
frost.
Mr.. Balfour, Mayor of Grover, in
Cleveland county, has been arrested,
charged with an attempt to rape a
little girl. He was fined $25 and
costs
Two large refrigerator cars were
loaded with Strawberries yesterday at
points along the Wilmington and Wei
don railroad, says the Wilmington
Messenger,
Look at Charlotte. It had five or
SIX large cotton mills and great many
other important industries. Char
IOtte thrives and grows. Wilmington
Messenger.
Engineer E. D. Thompson came down
yesterday on the tug Easton for the
purpose Of laying out a site for the
Government water tank, says the
Southport Leader.
An old gentleman not far off. usually
spends twenty dollars a year for the
luxury of squirting tobacco juice, and
possibly fifty cents for literature, says
the Concord Standard.
Rockingham Spirit of the South:
The Supreme Court confirmed the de-
Cision of the lower court in the Tony
Rogers case, andhe will bere sentenced
at the June term of the court.
Richmond & Danville is moving
vegetables North at a lively rate. The
vegetables are shipped in a refrigerator
cars, and the vegetable trains are
scheduled at 40 miles per hour.
D. A. Bowman and J.. M. Buchanan,
are operating a mica mine near James
Huskins on White Oak. All reports
say that they are getting some fine
mica, says the Bakersville News.
Winston Sentinel: The Old Town
street colored church, beyond the
reservoir, was blown down by the
heavy winds to day. The frame and
other timbers were badly damaged.
Lenoir Topic: On Friday, from II
o'clock till noon, snow fell as fast at
Blowing Rock as it vas eve known to
do in the dead of winter and covered
the ground to the depth of one inch.
Chatham Record: There was con-
siderable frost on last Tuesday norm
ing, which nipped some early vege-
tables, but did not hurt the fruit, which
still promises to be an abundant crop.
Monroe Enquirer: We learn that a
mad dog appeared at Mr.. w. @. Rape's
last Saturday night and got into a fight
with his two dogs, in which both of
them were bitten. The mad dog es-
capped.
The Record intimates that the editor
Of the Greensboro Patriot would not
90 to New Berne on account of the
James City affairs. He sent his old
father, who saw sights between 80
and IS.
Mr.. J. F. Clark received a telegram
from w. H.. Lipscombe & Go. Of New
York announcing that the peas which
he shipped on Tuesday, the 18th, sold
at 81 90 per box, says the New Berne
Journal.
Shelby review: The amount of stock
so far subscribed to the Nicholson cot
ton mills is $50, 900, which amount, it
is thought, will reach $50, 90 to-mor-
row, thus assuring the success of the
enterprise.
An elevator, with a negro on it, fell
through four stories of Dukes tobacco
factory at Durham, by reason of the
gearing having broken. The negro
was shaken up but none of his bones