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

N~orth-StaIks of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and CottonS Seed from the South
The name Of Trap Hill, in Wilkes
county,, will in the future be called as
n word-Traphill.
The stockholders of the bursted bank
at Fayetteville will have to pay an
assessment of $50 on each share.
.Jonesboro Daily Journal: The fruit
crop is reported from all parts of the
State as being the heaviest in years.
Judge Boykin and Graves will ex
change courts. the former holding the
twelfth and the latter the ninth dis
trict.
The Reflector says GTeenville has not
got a bicycle. They have got bar
rooms, though, says the L~eaksville
Herald.
A Shelby lady recently lost. several
articles, dreamed where they were and
found them Just as the dream said
she would
Bill Neye says that thousands Of
people are daily endangering their
lives by not coming to healthful North
Carolina to live.
Two car loads Of North Carolina
mountain poplar passed through
Greensboro Wednesday on the way
to the Worlds Fair.
Lumberton RObesonian: Mr.. Henry
Purvis had the misfortune to lose two
fine mules last Saturday night by
lightning striking them.
Durham Globe: The latest and most
shocking society item is where a col
Ored preacher of Durham accuses a
white boy Of stealing a blind rooster.
Greensboro Record: Mr.. W. NJ.
Monroe. a highly respected citizen Of
this place. died at his residence on
Buchanan street this morning, at $50
o'clock.
Alex. Farnsworth is the happiest
man in Rutherford county, for his jen-
net has twins which he threatens to
call Cieve and Steve, says the Shelby
Aurora
Miller, the slayer Of WiIfong, has
been permitted to enter d S omission
Of mausiaughCer. The I~utricacies Of
the law are truly manifold, says the
Hickory Press,
A large crowd attended church at
Saddle creek Saturday and Sunday.
Elders DIckey and Shumate baptized
twelve persons S lturday evening, says
the Sparta Star.
The narrow guage railroad, running
out several m~ilesfrOm Aulander. n. c.,
int0the timber regions, has been turned
c TO the charge Of the Norfolk and
Carolina Railroad.
Three persons were admitted within
the fold OE the Presbyterian church by
DR.. Johnson, on Saturday, and one ad-
lTNiC~rl NV tn+Iar nf admission O. V-S
the Elizabeth Falcon
It is reported that a wealthy German
Baron has died in Germany and left
about sixty million dollars to his heirs.
It is thought. that the Fishers in North
Carolina r. relatives.
We ere sorry to learn that Mr..
Henry Purvi5 had the misfortune to
IOsetEO fine mules last Saturday night,
By lightning striking them, says the
LumbertOn R~Obes0nian.
New Berne Journal: Mr.. Thomas
Daniels, treasurer of Craven county,
informs US that the county is in better
condition now than it has been before
for about twenty-five years.
4 white radish measuring 10 inches
inciTcumference and of peculiar fOrma-
ton, was shown the Star yesterday.
Tt was grown at Mr.. II. @. Evans place
near the city, says the Wilmington
Star.
Hi4h Point Enterprise: Lightning
struch three trees a. once at James
town Tuesday evening. The way it
happened YES that @ metal clothes
line was stretched from one tree to
another,
We have in this county people by
the namc Of Sink and Swim. They are
cur bCst citizens, too, Is there any
county in North Carolina that can beat
that en- names? asks tie Lexington
Dispatch,
Passengers who came down on the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley railway
yesterday, report that a considerable
frost fell at Mount Airy yesterday
morning, says the Wilmington Mes
senger Of the 31st ult.
We heard out at Hartland Friday
that the Bee Mountain Mining Com
p4ny proposes TO establish large gov
ernmeu5 Gistillery near there with a
capacity for 100 bushels Of corn q day.
says the LouOir Topic.
Charlotte Observer: DR.. y ilder
says II seems that all the negroes are
going cTazy.-De. CUrTell, of Davidson
College, delivered the annual address
81 the closing exercises at L~umberton
High School Tuesday night,
Mrs. J. \. MeIchor of this town
made from COW from Saturday to
Saturday last week II! pounds Of but
ter, in addition TO what milk was
otherwise used for family purposes,
says the M0orCsvitle Register.
A forest fire near Myrtle Grove
Sound, which had been burning for
several days, was put out yesterday
\ good deal of fencing was destroyed.
and some damage done to growing
crops, says the Wilmington Star.
Newton Enterprise: The foundation
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