The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11
STATE NEWS

North-S som me West-Peanuts
"nsI cotton soei from the South
ono line between Elkin and
tslsPTop is being discussed
BSriDs !, IF revenue stamps at the
Gbe sai 0fice. for August, amounted
~ ISL {. Durham Oea' 'naU Oy
g O' A Owen, who is preparing
BeV. g. S,racn work, will attend Wake
tthe ITSo 5T9 this year, says the w.
u oro is on a building boom just
Csr'T TSere are five building going
n 9TH others in sight, says the
Epao Sun: The prospects of
gnpT ollege for a successful session
tnlI 3oTer brighter. All of US should
l;ic9 at this fact.
Glenn. of Greensboro, has bean
Eie .od nv A. E. Holton to be the
gpo atorT Of the new Republican State
s1srti7e Committee.
49,, ENQUIRER: We heard a gentle
hor .oy not long ago that there was
y Eootpst Improvement imaginable
r homes OF this section of the
bingham Rocket: Mrs. w. P.
bG Snto9 died at her residence on
VIZ 9ay night. aged about 81 years.
DI Lod been a sufferer for some years
Al cancer.
n, many friends in Durham regret
- If the death of DR.. Pat Booth,
I0 1Td which occurred Friday. He
y TeIl and favorably known through
n this section.
psv Stewart Mcqueen, of Durham,
= accepted a call to the rectorship
7 e. Stephens Episcopal church in
1JJ.horo, He will assume his charge
\ the first Sunday in October.
ggbteen hands are now employed
tte Ferris mine, and this force will
s5onblei Saturday. The character
! the ore being taken out is of the
&bPst standard, says the Charlotte
News,
Marion is moving to get the female
,Iege, which Concord Presbytery
mntsmplates establishing somewhere
TfEn its bounds, and offers the large,
mc5mpIeted hotel structure for the
purpose
Dr. ". H H. Cobb, Jr., has resigned
Ia position as assistant physician in
Ne North Carolina Insane Asylum at
PJeigh and will, the Argus says,
surn to Goldsboro to practice his
EOtession.
The prisoners in Greensboro jail at
Fnpted to escape Friday night. The
Hot was discovered in time to prevent
n The iron bars Of a window had
been sawed in two and a ladder made
tstrips of blankets.
Laurinburg Exchange: The Laurin-
urg High school opened on last Mon
BY morning with seventy one pupils
D attendance. - The Methodists of
amIet have had a big revival In the
d the past few days.
The Concord Times tells of a good
iad row at Cabarrus Mills recently.
Two old men got into a dispute about
Hme fodder and came to blows. The
Ns of each joined in and several
hOken heads were the result.
Rockingham Index: Mrs. Catherine
ICInnis died yesterday evening at 1
o'clock at Pee Dee village Of paralysis.
aa was sufferer only a few days,
h7ing been stricken last Wednesday.
BE was about Is years of age.
Lamberton Robesonian: Capt. T. M.
Watson, of Blue Springs, killed a huge
attesnake on his way to the conven-
Hllast week. - The excessive rains,
On farmers say, have damaged cotton
~Enaderably. But we hope it will not
ln7e as serious as it is now thought
abe.
III, Andrew Sappenfeld, aged Is
lafs, was knocked off the track be-
Seen the six and seven mile posts, on
ea ~Aocksville road, at 1854 this morn
q and died at 9:55. He was walking
q the track, and being quite deaf,
ald not hear the approaching train,
s!sthe Winston Sentinel.
Vne day this week, a negro came to
|9'n and got a doctor to pick a lot of
It out of his hide. He had been acct
941ialIy peppered by a companion
,Ie out hunting, he said, In Sharon
sSlShlp. The doctor picked for an
9IE and finally had the victim free
eead, says the Charlotte News.
mere was a runaway marriage on
~ & @. road yesterday. J. A.
1!!eS, the telegraph operator at
GSSsile8, On that road, loved Miss Mary
~Ord, and she loved him, but her
STVlt5, 1t Is said, did not look favor
upon the match. The young
S,sfS laughed at that ard yesterday
y! went to Boydton, Va, and were
AIRED, says the Durham Sun.
Durham Sun: Edward E. Bryan, a
~aager In a tobacco factory in Win
y. while intoxicated Friday night
S r%Ae int the house of Adam Morris,
T~oea, and was instantly killed by
mn who shot him with rif5. The
A. struck Bryan in the left eye. At
"tOner's Inquest this morning the
T; tendared a verdict of justifable
6s sSDIIRRegro men, Dempsey Eborn and
to %a tanning were arrested and tried
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