The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-03-28
STATE NEWS.

Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
The Cherryville Manufacturing COM
nanv will add 2, 500 spindles.
The New Berne Daily Current has
been swamped by its expense account.
D. D. Adams committed suicide in
Asheville last week while temporarily
insane.
The Beacon Lights Nos. 6 and z, in
Currituck Sound, have been re es
tablished.
Mr.. J. E. Wilfong, of this county,
raised Us bushels of peas last year,
says the Hickory Mercury.
A movement is on foot for a prohi-
bition election in Winston June IS, the
purpose being to make Forsyth a dry"
county.
The county authorities are cleaned
up inside. Two of the prisoners in the
jail are doing the work, says the Smith
field Herald.
An exchange has this item: Chick
& Co, merchants at Elkin, n. O., re-
Gently made a shipment Of 2,23S dozen
eggs-nearly Is bushels.
Goldsboro Argus: There are more
residences in course of construction in
GoldsbOrO at this time than was ever
known in the history Of the city.
The Adams Cotton mill, Montgomery
has been sold and will be reorganized
with a capital of 800, COO. Mr.. w. B.
Turner has been made manager.
A section master on the MocksviIle
road, near Winston, swallowed a sill
yer dollar a few days since. He says
he feels no discomfortfr from it so far.
MI, go 1Io,,A . 0NN r:-:Az.- -. H.
city now enjoying the delightful eli
mate and grand scenery Of the LAND
of the sky" says the Asheville Demo
crat,
The tobacco manufacturers Of Win
stOn-Salem have endorsed Col. Thos.
II. Sutton for collector of the Fifth
North Carolina internal revenue dis
trict.
man has accepted the care Of Weldon
and Sharon churches. and requests his
correspondents to address him at Wei
don, \. 9.
Mary Hall, who was publicly married
on the grand stand at the old Poplar
Tent Fair several years ago., died in the
County Home March Is, says the Con
cord Times,
Rev. Mr. Ramsey is conducting a
very interesting meeting at the Presby
terrain church, and will continue it
over Sunday, says tho Hickory Press
ard GarOIinlan-
We are informed that the skeleton
Of a small child was found near the
branch just below town by some small
boys last Sunday evening, says the
RoXbCrO Courier.
c.. Adams, Of Charlotte, lost every
thing he had by fire Friday, without
any insurance on the property. The
piano, insured for. $3.50, was saved
without a scratch.
A new mill will be built a GastODia,
Y. c., and will be called the Windsor
Cotton Mills, and will have a capital Of
$75, 600. Mr.. Geo. Gray VIII probably
be superintendent.
The Postal Telegraph Company will
extend its line to Durham. Winston
Salem should make a bid for the Postal
to come to the Twin City. There is
business here for it.
About $3.50 was stolen Monday night
from the drawer Of the express agent
here. The lock was broken by the
drawers being jerked open, says the
Rocky Mount Phoenix.
Tie boiler in the cotton mill at Forest
City, Cleveland county, exploded n
day last week, killing the fireman and
wOUnding two other men. The build
ings We're badly damaged.
Weldon News: Rev. G. w. Harmon
has accepted the call recently extended
by the congregation of the Baptist
church here and preached his first ser
mon as pastor last Sunday.
We hear it stated that the heirs Of
the late Hugh Devine have brought
suit for about one half Of LittletOn.
We know nothing of the merits of the
case, says the Warrenton Gazette,
Danbury Reporter: The residence
Of Mr.. Joseph Petree nea GermantCn
was destroyed by fire last Tuesday.
Only a small portion Of the furniture
was saved. The loss IS estimated at
$1,000.
The Florida vestibule on the Atlantic
Coast Line ran into a cabOose car at
Weldon ,oue night recently, demolish-
ing the caboose and injuring two men
who were sleeping in it, Both will
recover
Henderson Herald: There il a rumor
that the SeabOard Air Line will at an
early day put on a through train from
Portsmouth, Va, to Atlanta, Ga, to
make the run in seventeen and II
half hours.
Morganton Herald: Forest fires have
been raging in the South mountains
for several weeks past. -~ Prof. Clay
well has some beautiful specimens of
amethyst corrundum recently found
IN this county.
VIM. +. Burbank, editor Of the Win
stOn Sentinel, was married to Mrs.
Blanche Walkerly, of California, a few
days ago. She is a wealthy widow,
and is said to be a beautiful and ac-
compIished lady.