The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-03-26
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Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
A gang of thieves who have been
operating at Beaufort were captured at
Beaufort last week.
At Mt. Airy man is reported by the
ElGln News as having an OK that meas
ures twenty-seven inches between the
horns.
The citizens of Orange county have
contributed three hundred bushels of
corn for the relief of the suffering peo-
pie of Nebraska.
The woodworking shops of the Sea.
board Air Line are o to be moved
back to Raleigh. Months ago they
were moved to Norfolk.
Beaufort Herald: The fire engine
has been shipped. By this time next
week the town hopes to beable to cfer
protection to property owners
Caleb Church has submitted to YER
dict of granddaughter for killipga chil9
six months old with whiskey in Wilkes
county, and gets six months in jail.
Bakersville Enterprise: The largest
block of mica ever raised from. a mine
was unearthed by Jas. Burleson at his
mine a few days since, so we are in
formed.
The Hermitage cotton mill at Reids,
vile hes been resold to a syndicate, of
which J. B Pace and W s. Forbes of
Richmond are members, the price be-
ing $40. 700.
Bryson City Times: The Bryson City
Manufacturing Co. shipped 60 900 in,
sulator pins Monday, and will ship
80, 900 next Monday. This is beginning
to look like business.
A new enterprise has started up in
this county. 1t is known al the Valley
Mill, situated on Upper Hominy, and
Is owned by R J. Castor & Co says
the Asheville Citizen.
Smithfield Herald: Our policemen
have killed seven dogs lately, some of
which were thought to have been mad
and others which had been in contact
with those which were mad.
Charlotte News: Deputy Collectors
Mofft and Causey destroyed a sixty
five gall IN still and apparatus near
FORBADE, Chathem county. It belonged
to Nathan Smith and Sam Mccoy.
'Bryson City Times: Lee Cline. who
has the appetite Of a steam furnace
and the capacity Of a freight car, de-
voured a n gallon can of tomatoes
and a pound of soda crackers at one
sitting.
Hiskory Press: Rev. Prof. J.. P.
Miller has resigned his chair in Lenoir
college. and accepted a passionate at
China Grove. N. C.-Rev. Mr.. Yves
ton has a call to the Durham Episcopal
church.
Wilson Mirror: Mr.. Thoe. Watson,
of this county, is something on raising
pork. HI kiIled che recently weighing
812 pounds He has two he will
carry over for another year that will
weigh !, 500.
It is probable that in a short while
work will be resumed at the
plant of the O. & N. r. r. We hope
80. as many men have been thrown
out of employment since it suspended
work, says the Lenoir Topic.
A colored man named Whit Anthony
while cutting wood for Nh j. H, Law.
a few days ago, accidentally
struck his foot. splitting his great toe
and cutting off two others, says the
Scotland Neck Democrat.
Mr.. Enoch Sykes, of Bingham town
ship, il keeping up his reputation AS
the champion crow slayer" He
brought us a string of fifty pairs of
crows feet Monday. Corn soaked in
strychnine does the work, says the
Hillsboro Observer.
Lenoir Topic: Many farmers thought
that the cold weather injured the wheat
crop considerably, but they now say
that it is coming out very nicely and
they do not think that it is injured
much. We hope that there will be a
large crop this year.
Steel FRASER, who is well remem,
bered by many Of o1r people, has pur-
chased the fine farm owned by Col.
Geo. N. Folk, on the Yadkin, and the
adjoining farm known as the Cowles
lands, for which he paid 81, 500, says
the Boone Democrat.
Rarely, if ever, have our farmers
been so backward in their spring work.
Very few have been able to do more
than q days blowing this year, and
the ground is now go vet that many
days must el8pse before any blowing
can be done, says the Chatham Re
cord.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. r B. Alex
ander not only gave the lot to the
Presbyterian churches of the city, but
he has decided to build the orphanage
himself. The s / 1000 to be raised BY
the ladies of the three churches is a
guarantee he required that the work
would be kept up.
Morganton Herald: The Waldensian
colonists at Valdeee are this month
busily engaged in planting out grape
vines and fruit trees. They have pur-
chased a lot of Concord grape vines in
Lenoir, and 1 600 Delawares from the
Southern Pines nurseries were received
last week.
Liberty Herald: We find that most
of the farmers of this section r hope
fnl about the wheat crOn. The general