The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-01
STATE NEWS.

and Cotton SGSul IOI4G Lie SOuIA
Collector Ellis has appointed T. G.
phillips. of Mitchell county, brandy
aauger. at So a day and expenses.
Mr.. John Johnson, of Burke coungy,
d~isannpared from his home Sunday,
and was found dead in his field Mon
day.
Goldsboro Argus: From all sections
come encouraging reports of the crops.
since the recent seasonabLe weather
set in.
The reports from Hyde county say
thew have the finest corn crops OF any
previous year lately. The cotton Is
not so good.
Laurinburg Exchange: Laurinburg
is filthy town. Unless 1t Is cleansed
we are going to be scourged with ty-
phoid fever.
The doctors report more sickness in
the county now than there has been
since the grip epidemic, says the Lex
ingtOn Dispatch.
A monster black fish about thirty
civ feet long washed ashore near Mays
Head life saving station Wednesday,
savs the New Berne Journal.
Nessrs. Elliott & Elliott have the
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Knights of Pythias, at Fayetteville.
The structure will cost SIC, 900.
North Carolina is to have another
cigarette factory located at Fayette-
vile. to be known as the United States
Cigarette and Tobacco Company.
L. some sections the wheat crop is
not turning out as well as was expect
ed. while in other portions Of the
county it is fine, says the Lenoir
Topic.
Mr.. R P. Craven Of Coddle Greek
made on 8 acres 1861 bushels Of wheat,
also on / lacre lot he realized 80 bushels.
This is farming, says the Mooresville
Register.
A dwelling house belonging to Mary
Hargrave, cUlOred who lives about four
miles from town, was destroyed by
fire Sunday night, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
The grading on the railroad is about
done as far as COllettesVille, and in
two or three weeks the iron horse will
be running to that little village, says
the Lenoir Topic.
1t seems that the z and IA year lOcusts
are to infest certain portions of North
Carolina this year of grace. The Agri
cultural Experiment Station will in
form us all about it.
The Winston National Bank has
failed. How many more will there be.
Our oily mouthed politicians, how is
the condition of the country now? asks
the Beaufort Herald.
Robt. Goodman, colored, of Beaver
Creek, n. c., fell from Mr.. r A,
Hamilt0n's barn loft and broke his
neck. We hear that he was intoxicated,
a the Sparta Star.
J. 4. Dunn and George Ingram
killed a white heron On Pee Dee pond
last Thursday that was 5 feet high and
it's wings measured 6 feet and 3 inches,
says the Rockingham Rocket.
The wife of Mr.. w. w. Spicer, who
lives about four miles out in the coun-
try, gave birth to triplets last week.
The children lived but @ short time,
says the Rocky Mount Argonaut.
Mr. J. S. Dorsett, of Light this
county, has a hen that has laid 149
eggs up to date without setting and is
still lay ing and doesn't show and signs
of stopping, says the Lexington Dis
patch.
On Tuesday J. f. Bullinger was put
on trial in the Superior Court, at New
ton, for violating a town ordinance of
Hickory. The said ordinance was Ce-
clared invalid, and Bullinger dis
charged.
The rains last week brought down
the river 1000 logs for the Catawba
Lumber Company, and were of in
calculable benefit to the growing crops
Of Catawba county, says the Press and
Carolinian.
We are informed that the cotton
crop in the Mountain Greek neighbor-
hood, while small is better fruited than
for several years, The corn crop is
almost a complete failure, says the
Rockingham Rocket.
About forty years ago a mulatto boy
was sold in this county and carried to
Georgia, and on last Saturday, he re-
turned to this place, a man worth
several hundred thousand dollars, says
the Chatham Record.
Mr.. Cary Brooks cut a pine tree
which made twenty-fOur hundred and
sixty one feet Of lumber, five thousand
shingles, and wood enough left to cure
a part of his crop of tobacco. This Is
official, says the Roxboro Courier.
Stanly News: Mr.. John Howell,
after lingering at the point Of death
for several months, bfeathed his last
on Thursday evening Of last week,
about 8 o'clock, at the age Of 60 years.
Disease of the heart was the cause.
Mr.. John Stevens, of Salem, killed a
snake about as long as your finger
Monday. It was business to the core,
however, for within it were six off
springs ready for their debut into life
and light, says the Winston Repub-
lcan.
Durham Globe: Scarlet fever has
again made it's appearance in East
Durh am, and the people in the neigh
hnrhnoA Of thn inEactod a;ctr;oA LSro