The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-27
STATE NEWS.

and Cotton Seed from the South
Raleigh Visitor: There are now 233
chiidreHin the Oxford Orphan Asylum.
Two negro boys have been jailed in
Union county. One is charged with
committing rape, the other with an
attempt.
The bank of New Hanover, Whining
ton has closed it's doors. The Citizens
Savings Bank of that place will be
started in a few days.
Two persons have committed suicide
in Johnston county neal Smithfeld in
ten days. What is the matter with
the banner county3"
Norwood Vidette: Mr.. @. w. Wooley.
Sr., dropped dead at Troy last Mon
dav. Heart disease is supposed to have
been the cause of his death.
Charlotte News: The Catholics are
to build a cathedral at an early day,
upon their lot on South Tryon, where
stands their church at present
GoIdsboro Argus: Mrs. Nancy Ham
died at the home of her son, Mr.. VIM.
Ham, in this city yesterday morning
about nine o'clock, in her eightieth
year.
The Columbus Star tells of the death
of Rev. David j. Ray, a Missionary
Baptist minister, who had been preach
ing for fifty years. He was 70 years
of age.
We learn that Jas. Jones, colored, of
Raleigh, Hon. Jefferson Davis old
body servant has been engaged for the
season as the night Waterman at the
Atlantic Hotel.
W. - Oo-4s-oI -o-~o-oo-Lz
have been effected by which Henry
will lecture at Browns Opera House
Friday evening.
Upon actual count there are fifty
manageable young ladies in the city
with not half that number of marriage
able young men. How sad!-Wash-
ington Progress.
On last Friday some thief entered
the barn of DR.. 0. L. Denning' and
stole two large sides of meat weighing
about so pounds. No clue to the thief,
says the Dunn Times.
A burglar en- iered a farmers house
near Winston, n. O.. He awakened
the farmers daughter, who grappled
with him and held him fast until the
old man could get a rope and tie him
The lower end of Moore county is
spreading itself just nov in the ship
ment of huckleberries to the Northern
market. The Moore Blues" are com
ing to the front, says the Carthage
Blade.
Saturday night some thief entered
the back window of J. A. Massengill
& Co.'s store and. without any cere-
mony took some 6 or 8 half sacks -four
and one fine ham, says the Dunn
Times.
A fire in Wilmington Saturday morn
ing a&week ago, destroyed the store
and warehouse of Calder Bros. Loss
about $15, 600. A fireman was killed
and another citizen badly hurt by a
falling wall.
Chatham Record: Mr.. Thomas B..
Farrar died at his residence in Bald
win township last Saturday, aged about
seventy years. He was a prominent
citizen of this county and had been a
magistrate for many years.
Mr.. r. T. Hammers we'll was cleaned
out last Saturday and, among other
things, a large lump Of butter was
taken out in perfect preservation which
had fallen in more than two years ago,
says the Lexington Dispatch.
Eleven persons were baptized at
Little River last Sunday. Elders
Dickey, Shumate, Collins and Fender
did the baptizing. 1t was quite an
interesting meeting and the audience
was large, says the Sparta Star.
Washington Gazette: In two gen
erations only two young people have
died on Ocracoke. This is marvellous,
but true. -- In two days last week
one boat caught 2, 500 pounds of trout
at Ocracoke with hook and line.
The Wilmington Messenger says:
''Think of this. There is more money
spent in North Carolina in one year for
strong drink than has been spent in
eight years for education of the chill.
dren. Woeful and doubtless true.
New Berne Journal: We mentioned
some old North Carolinians a few days
ago. We now see a refernce to one of
Raleigh's inhabitants, John @. Palmer,
as being 80 years of age, and to the
next oldest, Mrs. Whittlesey, aged SO
Red Springs Scotchman: We were
sorry to learn of MI. Chas. Malloy, a
well known railroad man of the O.. f.
& Y. V. meeting with a mishap which
resulted in loosing one of his hands,
while coupling cars near JOnesboro his
home.
Mr.. J. T. Worthington told us Mon
day that a youth named William Pitt,
man, about Is years old, was drowned
on Saturday while while bathing in
the creek at Grifton. The body was
recovered Sunday evening, says the
Greenville Reflector.
Durham Sun: Mr.. Willis Mangum,
one of Durham's Oldest citizens, was
stricken with paralysis last night about
nine o'clock and expired this morning
about seven o'clock. He had a slight
stroke once before, several years ago,
He was 78 years old.