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

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Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and CottonS Seed from the South
Strawberries retail in Wilmington at
0tO 10 cents per quart.
Burglars are busy at work in Char
lotte almost every night.
Whe Wilmington Star represents the
t~urpentine business as in a very de
pressed condition.
The Wilmington Review represents
that the caterpillars are making much
havoc in Bladen county.
A Young man named Pat Williams
had his leg broken during a game of
base ball at Davidson College.
Il is said that an exodus of expert:
enced negro hotel walters from this
State to Chicago is in progress.
Col. A NJ. Waddell will deliver the
onpning address at the Teachers AS
s6mbly at Morehead City i'll June.
The old Grand Central hotel prop
nrtv in Ashevilie has been sold for
$50, 500. n. p. Chichester is the pur-
chaser.
Mitchell & Son, well known grain
dealers Of Wilmington, have made an
assignment. Liabilities are about &c.,
900: assets not stated.
HillsborO Observer: Mr.. Joseph II.
Latta died at his home about 4 miles
south Of town ia Sunday night, aged
% years 9 months and 1 days.
Sanford Express: While Sanford's
prospects for becoming a city are
bright, yet it is too Oon to begin to
charge city prices for town lots.
During April Winston shipped
746. O9I pounds of manufactured to
bacco for which Uncle Sam received
in the way of Revenue $44, 1858.
Hickory Press: Mr.. d. IL. Aber
nathv has received a s., $50 check for
Mrs. S. J. Austin, whose husband was
killed in the B0stian bridge wreck.
The Postal Telegraph Company viii
reach Durham soon. The Poles have
geeuset. and most Of the wire stretched,
hall way between Raleigh and Cary.
A large force Of carpenters and
masOn4 Is at work rebuilding the cot
ton mai st SwepsOnvllle, which was
burned ab2u5 the first of last Janu try.
Mount Airy Advertiser: We regret
to learn Of The death Of Mrs Oliver
Haymore. near this place. which sad
event took place on Monday morning.
Mount Airy News: The recent cold
snap has killed most Of the fruit in
this vicinity. There nay be some
apples left, but they are not likely to
be good
Whiteville Star: There is a move
maut on foot to organize a Fair AS
ISOLATION in Whiteville, in order that a
Columbus County Fair may be held
this fall.
4 crowd Of Zulus passed through
Lexington one day last week on their
way to the Worlds Fair. They came
direct from Africa, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
On the night Of April 26Ch, near
CIairmont, the house Of France Watts
was burned. The family were all
away from home and everything was
destroyed
The North Carolina College of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Aarts will send
out nineteen graduates this year. This
will be the first graduating class from
this college.
The burning Of a small frame house,
which was occupied by anegro woman,
in the suburbs of the town last Sunday
afternoon caused some excitement, says
the RObasOnlan.
The directors of the Fair Association
met last Thursday, looking to getting
things in shape for the next fair, also
for the Fourth Of July races, says the
Graham Cleaner.
The East Carolina barrel factory
commenced manufacturing this week
and is turning out the barrels at the
rate Of five hundred per day, says the
New BerGe Journal.
On the windy Friday, at a chopping
at Mr.. Wesles Browns near DracO, a
tree fell on Mr.. Leroy Roberts and
broke one of his legs below the knee,
says the LenOir Topic.
Under our States new pension law
all widows of soldiers who died within
one year after April 9th, 1865, are en-
titled to a pension. This will add.
several hundred to the list, perhaps.
Elizabeth City CarOlinian: The in
dicati0ns are more favorable for good
crops than for years. - There is con
siderable Of the last years crop Of corn
still remaining unsOld IN this county.
Mr.. J. H. Myrovcr, who was severely
hurt a few days since by falling from
a window Of the Central Hotel in Char
lOtte, has been taken to his home in
Fayetteville. His recovery is as ured.
The Lexington Dispatch must answer
for this: mike PEBBLES who lives near
Elbaville, Davi9 county is 1Q8 years
old and never wore a pair ofspectacles.
He can see almost as well as he ever
could.
The Davis Hotel at KittreIl was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday morning,
April goth. The loss is about $50, 600;
insurance SIC. 600. This hotel was a
famous winter resort for northern
people.
There was considerable frost here
last Sunday night, which damaged
the vegetables to some extent. We
have not learned whether the fruit
was damaged or not, says the Roxboro