The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-29
STATE NEWS

NOrth-oS-om the West-Peanuts
Whe sGotton Seed from the South
'na0 ~orm is doing much dam
TIE Moore county: na +,,rhon
Jos; 81. dSf Berne with a beard II inches
near Ne"
bDg. IN Sampson county will
Farmers s 0oO worth of fertilizer this
use over
yoeF working on Col. F. W. Fon;
Hand, oce, near Burlington, killed
rIIes Pi1I snake measuring five feet
pine ln0nt slightly here on last Satur-
sno"e tbn Ridge. the ground was
day.. Al rarpd. saws the Henderson
vile ,nong the new enterprises r rise 81, for Go the
An2 n This State is a $40, 600 brewery,
FeeeiE6 M 6o0 Touring mill and a brown
stone qat the Albion Cotton Mills at
Fire d. this morning, did damage
bt ho oyytent of about $500, says the
Tg%SsrIOtte News
Sne[LttI n the penitentiary a negro
bFouSiI Rhvne, who some years ago
pau uickorv Mercury says the wheat
inc - that section will not be more
crop nauua.fourth of a full crop, says the
Hickory Mercury.
Mo ~coroner's jury, at R0xboro. in
lT TT3tGGerald case, rendered a verdict
t2S the deceased came to his death by
snme unknown cause
rirulent form of ~disentery has
AoiIod in Hickory and vicinity for
prsas%oi weeks, with but little prospect
JJ'obating, says the Press.
Tbe Raleigh Press says an old gentle
4 aged 80, from a neighborlng
n .snntv was in this city Tuesday for
wv frst time in fifty years.
concord Standard: Mr.. John r.
o'oJfords father, who is now 80 years
d oge does not use any glasses at all.
Lea can see the finest print in any
newspaper.
Mr. 4 P. Wilson, who carries the
nail from Boone to Patterson, on his
.stnrn last Saturday killed a rattle
make having thirteen rattles, says the
Boone Democrat.
Capt D. W. Phillips, of Toccoa, has
bU construction force here putting up
Handsome express and baggage room
m the R & D. road yard, says the
Gsstonia Gazette.
lib. Freeman, proprietor of Chin
npv Rock dome, is having the road to
the rock repaired in order that the Wis
TORS nav ascend this giant marble
statue with less fatigue.
In letter to Col. J. W. Alspaugh,
President Crowell, of Trinity College,
pmitivaly declines to withdraw his re
s%ignation, and further asks that he be
relieved from duty on July LIST.
We have on our desk, a leaf from a
sweet potato vine that was bitten by
lack frost Sunday night. However,
the frost was so light, we think it did
not do much damage, says the Caswell
News.
Kinst0n Free Press: Miss Mary
MOsely, aged ~ years died at the home
of her father, MI. Augusts Mosely, in
Vance township, on May 9th, and was
buried in the family burying ground
the next day.
Corn has declined to 40 cents a
bushel in Norfolk. Strawberries were
at four cents a quart in Portsmouth,
Monday. The are still 10 cents a quart
inOur local market, says the Elizabeth
City Economist.
Three jail birds worked their way
out Of the cage Tuesday night They
were working on the outside doors
when jailer Johnson discovered them
and stopped their foolin', says the
Concord Standard.
We understand that an extra passen-
ger train will be put on the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad, as was
done last season, to Accommodate the
summer travel to Morehead, says the
AnStOn Free Press.
George Hanks, of Charlotte, while
n9eDg IN his garden, dug up a good
St OF false teeth. The News intimates
mat ne will soon knock the dentists
OUT by supplying the trade with the
nome grown article.
'LAeSUOfO news: People Gl0
country down East say the 17year
DGust are filling the woods with their
music. - James Madison Leach of
E%aynesyllle, has secured a place in the
interior Department.
concord Standard: Mrs. Laura Wal
VT mad a C~Ongestive chill Tuesday
evening from which she never re
yW2Yered. She gradually sank until
f %oSu198day evening, when death re
"9SeQ her If her intense suffering.
returns for a late shipment of peas
~ party near town lacked just S. Of
CCoo6gIng enough to pay freight and
,3iIlmI$&loaa 1t doesn't often pay to
5"A shipments when the price gets
"I@n' says the New Berne Journal.
Hlosr5 Mann, c0lored, Of Hyde
E N has sentenced to two years
so Ss pm He stole a bag of corn in
~ SloIe and sold it to the merchant
Ao olJ1t moving the corn. pretending
'- M. ne had brought in a bag of corn.