The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
STATE NEWS.


Ubeat, from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
lutheran Church has been organ
;,ad at Gastonia.
lSg Tbe Washington, N. c., Progress IS
g now issuing q daily paper.
Elizabeth City Carolinian: The pros
meets for a good fruit crop are eA0e
lent. C
ill operate Winston's fourth clgareIVe
factory, a = the Sentinel.
TEonezite in considerable quantities
Loen found in the Brushy noun
n;ns of Wilkes and Alexander u
pookv Mount Phoenix: Lucky fEds
Id nuggets are reported from the
" %osb Franklin and Warren county
prosnects are fair for a large crop of
coaches, apples and small fruits
[bToughout the Piedmont section of
North Carolina.
The late flood broke Mr.. J. W. Rig
cams mill race in six different places
and washed off n end of his dam,
saws the Warrenton Gazette.
A Labor Exchange has been or
oanized at Taylorsville with "a mem
hers. The rock building near b de
mt will be used as a stOrehouse.
Mr. Ben Harrington killed a mann
10Th hawk last week. This young
nan brought down twenty five last
GEAR. says the Warrenton Record.
A sturgeon eight feet long and
weighing 500 pCundey caught IN Cape
80 mr. TOoUTcp fSh hOT1Gn
Yesterday, says the Wilmington Star
The residence of Mr.. George Wynns,
naar Union. was burned last week. He
10 AT old man and the loss is very heavy
mon him, says the Murtreesboro In
dex.
Mr. T. B. INITIAL has disposed of his
interest IN the hotel at Chimney Rock
to his uncle, Mr.. G. P. Horton, of
Wadesboro. lie hotel will be open to
guests May 1st.
A colored woman named Emma
Eliza at Capt. Battles Cool Spring
farm was accldenJly burned to death
Saturday night last, sny the Rocky
Mount PEenix.
A Taylorsville correspondent says
there will be large crop OF tobacco
planted in Alexander county this year.
Some farmers will try tobacco culture
for the first time.
Mr.. Thos. A. Ellison, the great cleo
trician and inventor, will spend some
time in Charlotte this summer He
has bought a piece of gold mine pro-
perty near the city.
Shelby Aurora: Taos r. Cline,
monezite buyer for Geo. L. English,
New York City, will ship a carload of
monazite this week. This makes &c.
900 worth shipped within two weeks.
We learn that Sparks show went to
pieces at Washington. Several of the
men connected with it yer in Green.
vile Thursday returning to their
homes, says the Greenville Reflector.
NeWbern Journal: The well which
Mr.. Will Cook is boring for the Colds
bOro Lumber Company's mill at Dover.
has now reached a depth of 260 feet;
go feet of the depth Is through solid
rock.
It's reported to The Rocket by q re-
liable gentleman that a hen belonging
to Marion Jones, Esq, recently Matched
achick which had four legs and feet
and twenty toes, says the Rockingham
Rocket.
We learn from The County Union,
Dunn, that Mr.. j. A. Wade, of near
Goodwin, was seriously, and, it is feared,
fatally hurt, by a blow over the head
BY a negro, named Geo. King, on last
Thursday.
A Winston dressmaker is quoted as
saying that the style requires five
yards of goodsfor ladies' sleeves. These
are cut out first and the remainder of
the dress is made out Of the scraps
left from the sleeves.
Mr.. Frank McCrary, son of Lindsay
AcCrary, got into a difficulty with a
negro last week, and had his head
severely hurt. the negro hitting him
with a rock. The negro escaped, says
the Lexington Dispatch.
Roxboro Courier: The many friends,
not only in Person county but through
cut the entire State, will learn with
much sadnt So the death of Mr.. J. T.
6trayhorn, which occurred at his resi-
dence yesterday evening.
Because the price of cotton is jump
ing up now at planting time Is no
guarantee that the price will be up
"nen harv st time comes. Let every
tarmer be careful abouthoW he plants,
says the Greenville Reflector.
ltlsclaimed that there is more wealth
and more business done and fewer fail
ures IN the town Clayton than of any
0ther town of the same size in the
state. The business done there amounts
ooLe quarter of a million annually.
On account of the 6 per cent. inter.
est law the First National Bank has
reduced the rate of interest on time
Deposits from 4 to 3 per cent, and no
interest will be paid on deposits of less
than 800, says the S5atesville Lend
mark.
The house of Dick Pethel. a well
know colored painter of the town, was
Destroyed by fire, on the corner, of