The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27

IN the Air Line shops at
Laurlnburg, have come here and are.
now employed in the Raleigh shons of
thaG a n Laurinburg shops hav-
ing been abandoned.
MI. Will Royal a young man who
moved TO the city near Christmas.
from GoldsbOro was accidentlv drowned
in Trent river, off from Sullivan's mill
opposite the city yesterday, saws the
New Berne Journal.
Mr.. M: A. Monroe, of Thagardsville.
Iold us Two or three weeks ago of kill,
ing a rattle snake. It was lust after
the last cold snap we had. He said his
~snakeship vas about one foot long and
that he showed fight.
CasWell News: The wheat and oat
crops never looked better in the his,
tory OF this county, from all reports.
Unless all good signs fail the cron of
small grain will be far in excess of the
general average this year.
Rutherfordton Herald: 4 large dele
| cation of New Workers. are expe cited at
the Esmeralda Inn at Chimney Rock
this week. Their intention is to look
after the completion of the Carolina
Central from this place to Asheville.
Richard Ross, who is 70 years old,
"S =" w Noy C1A liz says "4I1JSE
is over; that this spring will be like
the spring of AZ and 43. We suppose
this is right, but it is too far back for
US TO remember, says the Durham
Sun.
Thos R9dden, Jas, johnson, white
and John Baker, colored, were lodged
in Jail at Wadesboro on Monday of
last week, charged with breaking into
the residence of Mr.. Mial Clark who
lives a Pee Dee, says Our Home,
Beaver Dam.
Not more than one half the quantity
of commercial fertilizers will be used
by the farmers of Durham county the
coming sea on, end about two fifths of
the usual acreage will be cultivated in
tobacco. Great efforts are being made
to raise hogs.
r @. Gulley, of Franklin, has pur.
chased the Spirit of the Age news
paper. the State Temperance organ,
from Rev. r II. Whitaker, and will
continue to publish it. DIR. Whitaker
has been an editor continuously for
forty n years.
Greensboro Record: Sheriff Cook is
perhaps the deepest In the mire of any
one in this part of the country. He
must settle in full with the State by
May 1st. The amount due from Gull
ford is SIS, 900. To pay this he has
now on hand 81, 500.
Newton Enterprise: A large fruit
crop is predicted by all old farmers as
they say that regardless of what may
follow, peach trees which blossom in
the light of the moon always have a
full crop, and such is surely the case
with them this year.
Concord Standard: Billy Culp and
son George have found a new gold
mine. which is said to be very rich. It
is in Morgan township, Rowan county,
about four miles east of Gold Hill.
The ore is exceedingly rich and the
vein a very wide one.
Mrs J. T. Roach was found dead in
her house at Pilot Mountain. She and
her husband were not on & cd terms.
He gave the alarm, saying she had
killed herself with a pistol. He is now
in jail on suspicion. The woman leaves
three small children.
Warrenton Record: Col. Thos. H.
TAYLOR, of Halifax, sold the last of his
crop of tobacco on our market last
week. and told us that he averaged
fourteen hundred dollars to the horse.
and made clear within q fraction OF
1 OLl0 uullOASNN W VAO ~
Charlotte Observer: MI. J. E Will.
liams, who conducted a grocery store
on North Tryon street, made an assign,
ment Yesterday morning for the benefit
of his creditors. Mr.. II. @. Irwin is
the assignee. The liabilities are in the
n~eighborhOod of 81 200 or 81, 500.
Charlotte News: A large number of
the most prominent and business like
farmers of the country we're in the city
Yesterday. The purpose of their gather.
ing was TO organize a home insurance
company, to insure themselves against
loss of property by fire, wind OF
storm.
The residence occupied by Mr.. John
Martin at Hamlet was burned down
on last Saturday morning about four
o'clock. Mr.. Martin did not have
much time to save anything after the
fire was discover d, but succeeded in
saving part of his furniture and
clothes.
The Second Presbyterian church is
to get q IS, 900 organ, as soon as the
church debt is paid off, and the TryOn
street Methodist church is also to have
a new organ. Fine organs and fine
music have long been features OF
CharIotte's churches, says the Char
} lotte News.
In Mangum township, in Durham
county, are the remains of three pear
tres that bear some fruit yet, that
were planted about 1850. The sprouts
were brought from Virginia by the
grand mother of the present owner IN
her lap on horse back when she m
grated from Virginia.
News is received here that the grand
iurv at Surry court has found a true
I'M ano;nct Rroach of PllOt