The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-13
STATE NEWS.

~ Stalks OF COEn 1.H--
NORTH from the West-PeanqCs
Whea cotton Seed from the South
-,o,s sewarge system will be
New in a short time
WDpIe'0an,,e collections in Winston
The Ss3b TgS aggregated 1854 Ol6,6o
bf FeOt ton shipped 1,O66. O45 Is pounds
Ninss"SGfaaetur6d tobacco during Feb
ray' Honan has taken charge of
C0 Dsice of collector OF customs at
T, Wilson, and old colored man,
Bg3Socmren to death at Old Furnance,
SSs"n mo school for nurses is to be
AtramLd Of Fayetteville. This is a
stspsrnterprise in this State
Dew TnIh hos been brought against the
oil. If the Chinaman, Ling Gun,
purder0i them with simple assault.
c1asinod wheat crops look promising
~ the season is favorable there
sdi IL IL f Sne crops made, says the Boone
:sort Crowell, of Trinity College,
Pf e3iu college athletics, insists that
tgaFu lra necessary to the proper gov
mS1 of a college.
cruz. ui0h Point Enterprise says that
I1V not generally known that the
i I party was born at Arch
ilTDR Randolph county.
VOW ..o miscreant threw a rock at the
oomU Uaar Reidsville Monday night.
ttan near Record says it came
inc 5n199,erousIy near a lady's face.
4p roorer Cleveland is after North
u.yrsl ducks. 1t would be useless
EalT Sim to come to this State after
L Nuto Dc saws the Winston Sentinel.
ps7 Dr.. G. D. Parkes, one of the
,sgt Known Presbyterian preachers in
%o 9tate. has died in Charlotte. He
"" FIR forty years in the ministry.
pa+sboro Record: We Ire pleased
% know that the coal deposits in this
Sonntv are attracting much attention
and are being successfully developed.
The residence of MI. James Bryant,
roaT Como, was burned last Friday
niobt together with nearly all of the
eStents, says the M~urfreesboro Index.
The Friends in this State will soon
establish an orphanage. Though the
T8ce has not yet been selected, it is
probable that High Point will be
chosen.
Asheboro Courier: The barn of J..
Rich in Grant township was burned
Friday night. All his feed and farm
ig tools we're consumed. Cause of fire
unknown.
An epidemic among the cats is re-
ported from Windsor. 1t is said that
300 have died within the last few days,
in town. Is Windsor fortunate or un-
t~Ortunate9
RoxbUro Courier: We learn that
Mrs. NJ J. Walters loss by fire. which
we reported last week, will reach
1850. The fire is said to certainly be
Of inCendiary origin.
The latest fads for weddings is to
have young married couples for at
RndantS. The next church wedding
in Charlotte will have two married
women for bridesmaids.
Flat Rock correspondence Hender-
G0Ville Times: Mr.. Low Hart, of this
place will shortly open a knitting fac
tory. This will give work to number
QtPOor people this summer.
The McKalipp Bros. of Pittsburg,
?ar have purchased the Ransom truck
1Gm, a fine plantation of 400 acres
one and a half miles from this city,
says the New Berne Journal.
S9ithield Herald: The meeting at
.e Methodist Clurch still continues.
twenty nine persons have given their
names for Methodist membership, and
several viii joln other churches.
Astner result of the debauch, in which
TT lOSt SlOO Of his employers money,
E1GSlI 4ta3noy, aged twenty-five years,
t t al zap Creek, in Ashe county,
"A laudanum and killed himself.
m 1es8rs, J. F. Williams & Co, had
wv u9len eggs shipped to them from
o,,t AZ Joning county, and when the
SousTS arrived, only $50 dozen were
Nswo W De broken, says the Charlotte
s. S{iaeiOy Review: A negro child while
~ %Sns RABBIT at Hickory Grove the
v.uST GGay choked to death on a bone.
nIieasant Grove church, near Lin
jsV WI was destroyed by fire Satur-
3o Snlsoury Truth: Rent has tumbled
i t' sIo5 a1out 100 per cent. in Winston.
sm Sn'lI1 come down here about the
t5a w. hXorbltant rents are eating up
no RsonEs OF our merchants and caus-
Of r Fa Alel Ford, banker and capitalist,
isvps G u W. Va, is spending a few
ATsnmoar county inspecting Mr.. A.
T 5ars{s' gold mining property, with
Eoorro%o = 70 Its development, says the
NJ s1T residences of Mr.. Moffett and
GggbD Pa? were destroyed by fire in
rf Se PQ Oh Sunday night. it is re-
ls1r%e5 mat at the houses were partially
ays H. The total loss is about S., 600.
o, tu' winston Sentinel.
oevconmog to the retirement from the
VI. R%3PgE business of the president