The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-09
STATE NEWS.


The great Elkin cotton mills are now
running both day and night, to catch
up with their orders.
Gastonia becomes a Presidential
p~otstoffice, paying it's postmaster
81, 900 after the first of April next.
The Seaboard road will erect a COM
modious new depot at Hamlet. A
large hotel is also under contempla-
ton.
A Yadkin county boy, Tom Caudle,
for forging a five cent order was given
one year in the penitentiary last
week,
At the session of the Wake Superior
court. Thursday the three Cram cases
were again continued until next term
of court.
According to the Monroe Enquirer,
Mrs. Hugh Norwood, of Walkerville,
on Thursday, gave birth to triplets, all
being boys.
A colored girl, aged 16, jumped from
a rapidly going train train near
Thomasvllle, Thursday, and was
fatally hurt.
Several of the North Carolina and
South Carolina cotton mills are now
exporting goods to Denmark via
Charleston, direct.
Stone cutters employed at the Aid
rich quarries, neal Sanford, are out on
a strike for an increase of wages, says
the Carthage Blade.
Elk Judge John Gray Bynum, who
appeared as counsel in a suit at Nor
canton court Monday, was fined $50
by the court for contempt.
Elk Chief Justice Jas. E. Shepherd
has formed a copartnership with
Messrs. Manning 6 Foushee of Dur
ham for the practice of law.
The Beaufort Herald says the
schooner John r. P. Moore vas sold at
auction there on the 24tb. B. L. Jones
& Son bought her for 81, 500.
The Grifton items of the Kinston
Free Press tells of petrifed stone crab
taken from a mari hole by J. J. Cox.
1t is reported almCs5 as perfect as In
life.
Smithfeld Herald: Wesley Deacon,
a colored man who resides here who is
subject to fl S, fell into the fire last
Monday and it is thought is internally
burned.
Mr.. w. G. Burkhead of Whiteville
hes accepted the invitation of the
Ladies Memorial association of Viii
mington todeliver the memorial address
on May 10.
The Aurora says that three car
loads of monazite, worth 81 600, has
been shipped from Shelby this week,
one direct to Dresden, via steamer
from Charleston.
Ben Hill, colored, who murdered his
wife and was sentenced to hang in
Craven county, and who escaped from
New Berne jail Is years age, has been
captured in OnsloW county.
On Tuesday of last week, down at
Campbell's saw mill, q new dry kiln
containing about 1000 feet of lumber
was destroyed by fire, says the Wilkes
borO Chronicle.
We regret to hear that, on last Fri
day night, the dwelling of DR.. E, D.
Mann, Of this county, was destroyed
by fire, which originated in the cook
70 m, says the Chatham Record.
DR.. Charles e. Taylor, president of
Wake Forest college, has been most
successful in his efforts since January
to secure the endowment fund for his
college. He has so far this year raised
SIS, 900.
Mr.. Wyatt Tucker, Of Chicod town
ship, had quite a lot of turpentine
here for sale last week. It has been
many years since much Of this article
was s Id here, says the Greenville Re
fectOr.
Mr.. w. s. Paul, of Beckwith, has
presented The Gazette Office with a
duck egg having q perfect snake, head
and all, in relief on the end. IG is a
great curiosity, says the Washington
Gazette.
New Berne Journal: Capt. J. V.
Wallace, of Morehead City, has a duck
that is laying black eggs. She has
laid fifteen and is laying yet. The
eggs bear the appearance Of having
been dyed.
Rockingham Index: In case Scot
land county is created it will not go
into effect for two years, but they so
framed the bill that they of the pro
posed territory would stop paying
their proportion of the debt at ono
The shad deposits which were made
in Lumber river, four years ago, have
failed to show any results, so far, but
our Lumber river fish r all right and
they have almost a National reputa-
ton, says the Lumkerton RobeSonian.
A Special order from Washington
/ discontinued on March 81 the follow
ing star routes: Glen, Mitchell county,
to Armstrong, Office discontinued;
,Hemlock, Pennsylvania county, to
Ecusta; Skyuka, Polk county, to
Lynn.
W. L. Carroll, 'our crack sports
mar" claims to have shot. during the
past bird season, just closed, eight
hundred and eighty six times, bagged
six hundred and twenty nine quails
and twenty seven rabbits, says the