The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09

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will be, when completed, one of the
largest and one of the finest mills on
the river.
Goldsboro Headlight: The cotton
crops in this section is small and at
least four weeks backward. The corn
crop is more promising. -The num-
Der of crop mortgages recorded in this
county this year, is only about half the
number recorded at this time last
year.
Monazite is being found near Hart.
land, and experts who have seen sam
Piles of it pronounce it to be Of the
finest quality. The little village of
Hartland is the centre of attraction
these days and the people living there
are in fine humor, says the Lenoir
Topic.
George Davis, a white youth about
fourteen years old, son Of Mr.. Wallace
Davis residing on Castle between
Fourth and Fifth streets. attempted to
commit suicide last night by taking
morphine. At last accounts he was
apparently better, says the Whining
ton Star.
Wadesboro Messenger: Mr.. w. 0.
Benefits plantation, about four miles
west of town, was visited by a storm
of almost cyclonic proportions early
yesterday afternoon. There w8s con
siderable hail and many trees we're
blown down. Corn and cotton, of any
size, was FRUSTRATED.
While blowing in his field in Gran
tham's township. Thursday evening,
Mr.. Ingram f. Grantham was struck
by lightning, killing both himself and
mule. The pillow was shattered into
fragments. MI. Granular was about
40 years old and unmarried, says the
Goldsboro Headlight,
The Greensboro Record says that the
following is a truecopy Of a testimonial
received from a gentleman in New
York regarding the virtues of a blood
medicine: ''Three weeks ago had no
liver and no light; / took two BOTTLES
of your medicine and'now I have a 20
pound liver and electric lights"
Lumberton R~obesonian: Copious
rains last Wednesday and ThursdaN
were greatly beneficial to grQy
crops. Though about about tWs
late, crops of all kinds are doing
Gardens, however, have been mainly
a failure this year. The Irish potato
crop has been a complete failure.
Washington Progress: New reached
here yesterday afternoon by wire that
Miss Helen Laughinghouse, of Crimes
land, was dead She is the daughter of
Mr.. j J. Laughlpghouse and a most
charming and attractive young lady.
She recently returned home from the
convent at Notre Dame ear Balti
more.
Concord Standard: Friday after
noon the 12-year old son of Mr.. Pleas
Thompson, at Cannonville, with sew
eral other children, was playing upon
the bridge that crosses the Allison
spring branch, above where the old
dam use to be, and fell from the bridge
at one end, breaking both bones in one
arm.
Jacksonville Times: In order to meet
the requirements of increasing freight
shipments and the comfort and con
venience of the travelling public, the
W., N. and N. railroad is preparing to
erect a new and cOmmodiOus combina
tiion station and warehouse on the site
of the building now used for that pur-
pose.
The members Of the first Baptist
church have extended a call to R3v.
VILLAIN G. Newton, a recent graduate
of Wake Forest college, who is said to
be an eloquent young divine, to fill a
three months supply. We learn that
he has accepted and will preach HE
first sermon on the first Sunday in
July, says the Goldsboro Headlight.
Lest Wednesday evening while Mr..
Q. E Pugh was having some tin placed
in the old tin shop, where Messrs.
Lukin & Long do their tin work, the
f1s5 floor gave way with a loud crash.
Fortunately no one was in the base
ment when the crash came, but the
way Mr.. Pugh got away from there
was a sight to behold, saysth the Roxboro
Courier.
Messrs. McGregor & Williams, lum
Der manufacturers, had the misfortune
to lose about "a 900 feet of lumber at
their mill near Gibson's Station last
week. The lumber was in a dry kiln
which collapsed. and the entire lot
was consumed. The loss falls heavily
on these young men, who are clever,
energetic, and hard workers, says the
Rockingham Rocket,
Carthage Blade: About z o'clock this
morning as Mr.. A. M. D. Williamson,
Moore cOunty's jailer, went in to feed
the prisoners, he was knocked down
at the door, his revolver taken from
him and four of the prisoners made
good their escape. The prisoners were
all negroes, named Jim Rice, Henry
Rice Charged with highway robbery,
Will Bynum and Henry Barnes,
Warrenton Gazette: We regret to
announce the death of Mr.. Jas. A.
Davis, which occurred at his home in
Fishing Creek on Friday last, of pa
ralysis- Mr.. Davis was, we think,
about go years old. Mr.. Davis served
through our late four years war, was
captured and imprisoned in Fort Della e
ware and not released for several
months after the aurrendar of Gen.