The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-02-05
STATE NEWS.
Cream of the State Press-Drops of Turpentine
and Grains of Rice from the East-Clusters
OF grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
North-Stalks OF Corn and Grains of

NorGn-SCaIks OF Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
The Smoking Tobacco Factory will
be IN the old prize house built several
years ago by Mr.. Nat Norwood, says
theW arrentOn Gazette.
Beaufort Herald: MI. Richard Stew
art, OF this place, has a small orange
tree with thirty oranges on it. The
tree Is four years old and has borne
several times.
Concord Times: There were 159
marriage licenses issued in Cabarrus
county in 1894 - Horse flesh is
cheaper now than it was aver known
to be in Concord.
Mr.. w. J. Meyers, aged rs years,
living about four miles from town,
was found dead in bed Friday morn
ing. He leaves an estate of about
$4,000, says the Windsor Ledger.
On Friday night the grist and saw
Weeks at Newbegun, were destroyed
by fire, including their contents, says
the Elizabeth City North Carolinian.
Mr.. W. J. jackson, a Pitt county
farmer, realized 1913 81 from 229
pounds of tobacco. The tobacco sold
at the warehouse for 1918 81 and won
a prize of 800 offered by a fertilizer
manufacturer.
We learn that Jeff Bryan's house in
Trap Hill township was destroyed by
fire last week. It caught from a de
fective chimney. We did not learn
the amount of the loss, says the
Wilkesboro Chronicle.
Durham Sun: Mrs. j. D. Cooley died
very suddenly at her home in Hills
boro Tuesday. She arose at the usual
hour and partook of breakfast in a
hearty manner and was dead before
three o'clock in the afternoon.
Littleton Courier: A smoking to
bacco factory will be opened in War,
renton sOme time next month
]. K FAINT has received a call to Barn
well church, Barnwell, s. @. He has
the matter under consideration.
The Rutherford Democrat says a big
stock company. composed OF Northern
capitalists, has been chartered to build
an electric railway from TryontO Co
lumbus, Polk county. The company
proposes to extend both the telephone
and railway to chimney Rock.
Mr.. James A Bradley, a former
citizen of Wilmington, but recently of
California, where he died, left real
estate to the value of SIS, 600 which
will be divided between Davidson Col
leRe, the Oxford Orphan Asylum and
Union Seminary, at Hampden Sidney.
Greenville Reflector: Kinston and
Scotland Neck are both talking of
building tobacco warehouses. Green
vile better begin to hustle and get a
factory.-Friday night some one
entered the store of J. r. Cory by
breaking open the rear door and stole
a lot of goods.
Thieves raided the larder at Mr..
Geo. N. Harriss' residence on South
Second street Saturday night and car,
ried off a quantity of provisions. They
visited Mr.. Harriss' bed room also and
robbed him of all the money they in
the pockets of his clothes, say the
Wilmington Star.
Charlotte Observer: Madison was
again visited by fire last night. Messrs
II. L Coble & Co.'S general merchan-
disc stock vas burned. The building
was a frame house belonging to G.. W.
Martin. Messrs. Coble & Co.'S loss is
about 81 800 with $1,000 insurance.
Mr.. Martin had 5000 insurance on the
building.
Hendersonville Times: The recent
cold snap and sleet did much damage
to trees on the mountains. Many
were broken off by the heavy accumu-
lation of ice Fruit trees are said to
have been greatly damaged. Old in,
habitants say they never saw sleet re
main 80 long on trees as it did during
this storm.
Cleveland Star: Monozite still con.
tinues to boom. L A. Gettys and W.
B. Palmer, monozite buyers, have pur,
chased II. 900 pounds within the last
five days at an average of 81 cents per
pound, some of it bringing as high as
u cents. Hunt and Watterson brought
in six tons this morning and will sell
here to-day. Gettys and Palmer vii
ship a a load Friday. 1t requires
about $4,000 per week to pay for the
monozite this one firm buys every
week.
Little Harry, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. w. Barbee, on Oak street, was
playing with a small piece of tin a few
DAYS ago, and by some means sucked
UUO"A AhVO LIS LIZ 0E6y
was summoned at once and did what
he could to relieve him, but failed tc
get the piece, of tin. To day Drs
Siewers and Gray made another efort
to get it, but it is learned that they
did not succeed. The little fellow is in
a critical condition, says the Winston
Sentinel.
Mr.. Hezekiah McCotter, who fol
many years ran a green grocery bust
ness ear the market has been con
fined for. considerable time with 6
diseased leg from the knee downward,
This was from a dogbite inflicted forty.
one years ago and which finally be-