The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-06
STATE NEWS.

~Eo-tb-staIks Of Corn and Grains Of
wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
rso Mavodan Cotton mill at Madison
:, to employ 800 persons.
Cattle are dying of distemper IN Nc
DN%eII county in considerable num-
bers. ~ouoIoD5
AmDDS % Judge W. A. Montgomery of
ne Supreme court.
The Weldon News says that Mr.
robn Pettitt, of Halifax, has lost
GG fine hogs by cholera.
uor culture is a success IN this
Before the war hops were grown
2 2a bomeu use. They ripen in August.
The five thousand spindles for the
c.atosviiIe cotton mill are now IN the
H;1i and will be in operation In six
weeks.
GohorrI1s and editor Of the Vest:-
o. GnIo wins his suit for the Cfhce of
treasurer.
Fovetteville Telegram: 7. c., a
gV sSD Of Mr.. R. A. M~urchison, fell
down the stairs yesterday ana broke
one of his arms.
Sixtv new members have Joined the
OEford Presbyterian churches as a re-
Snit of Evangelist VIM. Blacks preach
ing in Oxford.
The State Auditor has licensed AZ
,,iiding and loan associations to 90
SHsinegs in this State. OF these 19 are
from other States.
stock law election was held IN
Randolph county Tuesday of last week
md 1stOck law" was defeated by an
overwhelming vote.
Mr.. A G.. Hales has purchased a
tram engine and equipments, and will
mild and operate ar eight mile line,
saws the Carthage Blade.
Lexington Dispatch: Mining pro-
nerty is increasing in value; places
That we're offered for $500 a few years
AGO are held at So, 900 to so, 600 now.
Mr.. J. W. Cashion, who lives n2ar
town. foul d on his premises a few days
AGO guinea nest that contained 129
eggs. says the S~5atesvIlle Landmark.
Stock is subscribed for an 5000 spin,
ale cotton mill at LumbertOn. B.
Goodwin is elected president. Work
on the building is to begin in thirty
days.
The little boy, Harry Tebo, only z
wears old, who it was thought was
drowned at Ocean View, is probably
alive and went eff with an excursion
party.
The clerk of the Suprtm me Court hiss
completed the lists of assessments Of
railroad property in all the Counties
and towns and is sending cut the state
ments.
The Newton Enterprise says the
military company recently organized
at Hick, ~ has disbanded because
the State would not furnish uni
forms.
Mr.. T. A. Smoot, a very talented
young graduate of Trinity college and
brother to DR.. SmOot, has accepted the
position as principal of Trinity High
school.
There is evidence to show a regular
organization of moonshiHers in Chat
ham county, near the Wake line, and
that by order Of this houses have been
burned.
The first tax paid by a music instru-
ment dealer came in to the State treas
Ug w SOATSOdJ AAON w LII 6bOA.
TIE tax is $3.50. It is the first paid in
two years.
The contract for Salisbury's cotton
mill will be let at once and the work
pushed rapidly. It is expected that
the factory will commence operations
IN April.
Mr.. G. W. Holmes, dealer in Groce-
ries, made an assignment last week,
naming Hackett & HaCkett, trustees.
No preferred creditors, says the
Wilkesboro Chroicle
Lentir Topic: Whenever you see
good roads in a C unity you C An rest rs
sured that the county is q prosperous
one. Good roads are an index to the
prosperity of any section.
Mr.. Louis Lichtenstein, an Israelite,
and Miss Wincie Nash, of Salisbury,
were married at the residence Of Mr.
NJ VB Capps Wednesday evening at
. o'clock, Rev. B. r. Owen officiating.
a cyclone at Henrietta, Cleveland
county, Saturday, destroyed the store
house OF Perry Haynes. People were
carried considerable distances by the
storm but no one was seriously in
jured.
rHGeen more plllng Tor d Govern
ment building were put down yester
day, running the total number up to
225 Toe last half of the work is pro
Geedlng well, says the New Berne
Journal.
Mr. George Vandeford, a tenant OF
SnerlH b w. Ed wards place neal
Billiards. X Roads, lost a tobacco barn
by fire on Saturday. The barn was
full OF tobacco, says the GreenviIle
Reflector.
Mrs. Thomas Townsend, Of Fcscoe
had a tooth extracted some days since
and blood poison set in at once which
terminated in her death on Tuesda,
night of this week, says the Boon
Democrat