The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
STATE NEWS.
Crea L OF the State ~Press-Drcps of TurpeQtine
and Grains of Rice from the
of Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
North-Stalks of Corn and Grains of
Wheat from the West-Peanuts

meat from the W6SJ-E6anQGS
and COttonS Seed from the South
Warren seems to have been specially
blessed this year il the way of good
health on the part Of her people, says
the Gazette.
Large numbers of mullets are re
ported as being caught at OcracOke.
The Progressive Age tells of 16, 600
being shipped tO market on bOat alone.
DR.. J. A. FaisOn, of Mt. Olive and
DR.. A. s.. McGeachy, OF Fayetteville,
were elected first and second assistant
physicians at the Lunatic Asylum at
Raleigh.
Winston Sentinel: Captain R A.
Jenkins, of Salem, is the boss on
raising large pumpkins. He has a
number on his farm that weigh over
100 pounds.
New Rerne Journal: Evangelist w.
r Gales arrived last night and is the
| guest Of Mr.. 9. E. Foy. He opens his
series of meeting 81 the Presbyterian
church to night.
Nh. Wesley Batten, of near Micro,
showed us some apples which he picked
| September Both, from a red May apple
tree. The tree doomed late, says the
Smithfeld Herald.
Roanoke Beacon: A small black bear
was seen near our office early Friday
morning. The news spread rapidly,
/ and by sunrise no less than fifty men
we're on the track, but bruin made his
escape.
There was considerable frost here
Saturday morning, but not enough to
seriously injure the growing vege
tables. It reminds one, though, that
winter is coming, says the WilkesbOro
Chronicle.
Smithfeld Herald: Mr.. @. R Hin
| son, of near Princeton, is dead. He
kicked a calf a few days ago and
bruised a little place on his foot. The
place infamed and blood poison set in
and killed him.
Durham Globe: Mr.. Brooks Guthrie,
who is well known in this place, and
who some time ago left for Gulf, N. O =,
died yesterday evening about 3 o'clock.
He was trying to regain his health,
which was very bad.
Columbus News: The untiring efforts
OF Meesrs. Baldwin and Frazier have
at last been rewarded. The got q suffi-
Cient supply Of water at a depth Of 225
feet. There are several Of these deep
! wells in Whiteville now,
Charlotte News: DR.. G. w, San
| derlin and daughter have returned
from q visit to White Sulphur Springs.
| DR.. Sanderlln receives an increase of
| salary 50. 500 under the reorganization
| Of the Treasury Department.
| The Jones Indictment for bigamy
| and other crimes was tn sensation If
| Chowan court, at EdeutOn, this week.
| He was convicted and got ten years IN
the p~enitentiary. He defended himself,
| says tho Elizabeth City Economist.
! New Berne Journal: The fall crop
OF Irish potatoes and garden peas are
looking foe. There are young peas on
| the vines and the young potatoes are
| forming. The stand is almost equal to
what it is the Spring Of the year and
! growth IS vigorous.
The farmers who came to the city
! to day, brought q general complaint of
! high waters and damage to the cotton
| Oy the rains. All the lowlands were
! flooded Yesterday, and in the fields cot
ton was beaten out Of the bOlls and
| stained, says the Charlotte News.
The trial of the Wagner boys who
! we're charged with having robbed the
| p~ostOfice at Vale Crucis, resulted IN
Mack the youngest brother, b3ing
| bound to the Federal Court. Tice, one
of the brothers, escaped before the
trial came on, and is now in parts IN
known.
Wilmington is now loading a British
| steamship which will probably take on
q cargo Of II. coo bales Of compressed
cotton at the wharves of the Champion
compress. The largestcargo ever taken
from this port was 10, 084 bales, shipped
last season by the British steamship
Leander.