The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
STATE NEWS.

nd Grains Tobacco Stems from the
Of 6rap09 C+o1ts of Corn and Grains Of.
North from the West-Peanuts
VIZ cotton Seed from the South
80 Mgthodists are building a
os TTs onr Gazette: Cotton is fruit,
Warlth the ground, which, we are
bg, near favorable to a good yield and
early i"bTTrg Exchange: Wadesboro
LaurlnHu 1eSfive storm Sunday. One
bad a uI Soe demolished, half OF the
b0u;e t m uprooted and chimneys
sbaag5 oJ off of several houses.
pOcA Moth Carolina Steel and Iron
T me will hereafter be known as
greensboro Iron and steel Com
the uI sovs the Record. The concern
Psn{E, oon purchased by a syndicate.
bss ;.bnrp Times: Messrs. w. B.
e co, tobacconists, have just
Green IN their factory with the latest
6Ftel = steam drying apparatus.
lnPIU . capacity of 10000 pounds per
week. 1;otod 1oo+ -oou
Oh c6occo was an even SIX hundred,
~, GEAR it was exactly twelve hun
tns This shows gratifying improve
u sOt and progress, says the Warren
ton Gazette.
Hr friends among the farmers, and
na aJfyatting with them when they come
ID Cno are pleased to learn that they
IlDg the most fattering reports of the
Top prospects.
T;tIeton Courier: MI. M. Sanderlin,
3 Tiizabeth City, who was a guest at
'" Unoo f the Panacea cottages occupied
y his son. Mr.. M. L. Sanderlin and
y dropped dead with heart disease
mSaturday last.
Tinston Free Press: Mr. J. H. Oar
don has tobacco that measures six feet
ond three inches across. - Mr.. w.
p Rouse, of Vance township, says he
hos A turkey hen that has laid 124
sggs since February 1st.
Gastonia Gazette: An escaped con
rict named Pink Parnell, who was put
in the penitentiary several years ago
fr stealing a cow and escaped in 1889,
Vas recognized in town by Chief of
Police Alexander last Tuesday and
reCaptured.
Two Jurors were called and failed to
answer. The Judge ordered a fine of
$40 charged up to them. Mr.. J. B.
Sheriff. was out of town, having been
called away; and Mr.. Ed Hall has been
away sometime c~anvassing for a reaper
manufacturer, says the Concord Stan
dard.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Capt. P.
A. Nelson, who was in charge Of the
Government work on Roanoke river,
stationed at Hamilton, died there Sun
day morning at 2 o'clock. He was
accidentally shot some time ago, after
which blood poison set in, from which
he died.
There was a lone Congressman on
the vestibule this morning. He was
on his way to Texas to try some case,
which he said involved 1925, 900. But
he was too full to tell his name and
therefore he left the reporter as much
in doubt as he could be, says the Char
lotte News.
Weldon News: The warehouse of
the SSeaboard Air Line at Garysburg
was struck by lightning last Sunday
afternoon and burned to the ground.
The warehouse contained a lot of -four,
hay, about ten bales of cotton and
some other freight. The total loss is
about 81, 600.
Charlotte News: Henry Conner,
colored, a blacksmith of this city, is
one Of the unluckiest negroes, he says,
IN the State. According to his state
ment ne has been married three times
and Is the father Of eighteen children.
be Is only % years old, and sixteen
years ago was married for the first
time.
drummer" who has been on the
road Tor elgteen years, tells the Win
SION Sentinel that he has never before
seen such a fine prospect for corn
throughout North Carolina. He SAYS
mat with a few more good seasons the
farmers IN many places will have to
use ladders or something else to gather
their crops.
The Oldest corn shuck that we have
heard OF Is owned by Mr.. Eliza Hearne,
VI this county and is "a years old. 1t
was gathered in 1860 by her son Evan
ueF and used by him as a clothes brush
untl ne went to the war, where he
was killed, and she has kept it ever
S pic as a momento of him, says the
TlttsOoro Record.
IN Buffalo Creek, in Forsyth county,
Ea house which is probably one of the
oldest, if not the Oldest in the State,
SSays the Mt. Airy News. 1t was built
oslore the Revolutionary war com
Genced, but the exact year of its build
aFg lS not known. It is a log house,
Soout 10 by 20 feet in size and is still
|agood state of preservation.
BEAUFORT Herald: The farmers of
oas county r blessed this year with
fTHSGTu crops. - Bro. Cantwell, of the
wi Advance, has announced him
%l as a candidate for the Democratic
TW!llnatlon for clerk of Wilson county.
n me would be glad to see him get the
uymlnatiOn and election 90 me know