The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-31
STATE NEWS.

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and Cotton Seed from the South
An effort is being made to have the
gaabord extend a branch Of it's road to
Concord.
h North Carolina Teachers AS
eombIv, is to meet in the city of Ashe-
Vile, June 10.
4 steel and iron bridge is to be con
e+rT1ctpd across Tar river at TarbOrO at
a cost Of SIS, GOO.
Raleigh is to have a first class public
library: 81, 200 has been subscribed to
START it. and 81, 900 is in sight.
Smithtield Herald: The farmers of
this county are buying more gUano
this wear than for many years.
Progressive Greensboro has adopted
@ complete system Of an improved
electric fire alarm, says the Record.
Col w. A. Turk has been elected
vica-president of the American Asso.
citation of Passenger and Ticket Agents.
Miss Cornelia Bryant, of Stanly
county, has a copper coin that ia 500
wears old. having been coined in 1880.
The Watauga Democrat says that J.
r Hodges, CT Elk, has contracted to
sell his silver mine to a California man
for $500 0
Rev. Thomas w. Gurthrie, a we'll
known minister of the n. O.. Con
ference, died at his home, in Rockin-
ham, last week.
Revenue Officer Vic Davis, was shot
bv Ed Essick. at q distillery three
miles from Lexington on Friday, while
trying to arrest him.
Rockingham Index: Mr.. John @.
NcDufie died on Thursday at his home
near ROberdel, of pneumonia. He was
about IS years Of age.
A stock company has been organized
with a capital stock of not less than
$50, 900 to build a cotton mill at Mt.
Pleasant, Cabarrus county.
The Morning Star, Wilmington, OBJ
served its 26th anniversary March 20,
with the announcement Of a reduction
Of its annual subscription to S.
Winston Sentinel: Mr.. L N. Clin-
ard, of the oldest and best known
citizens, dropped dead on the street,
in Salem, about As Sunday evening.
The Carolina Central is putting up a
turn table at LincolntOn, preparatory
to making that place the meeting point
Of the freight trains from the east and
west.
A statement has been given out that
the ~dispensary system Of handling the
liquor traffic has worked we'll at
Waynesville; $4,000 has been cleared
in profits.
the Sanford Express states that the
Langdon Henezy Coal Company has
sold the CumnoCk mine, in Chatham
county, to the New York G S Coal
Company.
Laurinburg Exchange: Mr.. Jno. D.
Parks died at his home in this place
Wednesday night at IL o'clock of pneu
aged sc years.
Bishop Edward Rondthaler of the
Moravian church, will preCh the BAG
calaureate sermon before the gradual
ing class at the University at the next
commencement.
The Oliver Street Baptist church of
Charlotte has called Rev. j. r. Han
kins, a native of North Carolina, but
now of Louisville, Ky. He will enter
upon the work in May.
The Republican says Mrs. J. S. Star
buck has opened in Winston what lis
virtually a barber shop for the ladies', $"
but it dosn't tell us what she does
shaves, cuts hair or what.
Atlanta Constitution: Hon. @. M.
Stedman, ex-Lieutenant Governor of
North Carolina, will move to Atlanta
from Asheville May 1st, and enter the
practice of his profession, law.
1t is reported, and we hope truly,
that the Rev. z. T. Jones has resigned
the ~pagtorate of his churches in Gas
ton county, and will return to his home
IN Watauga, says the Boone Democrat.
At Mt. Airy Wednesday a young
man named Cud Lineback Yves arrested
and sent to Jail for stealing tobacco.
Next day he was tried, convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary for one
year.
a colored woman of Monroe, to quiet
her restless child, gave it as much NOR
phine as she could hold between her
two fingers. The doctor did his best
but there has been a funeral in that
family.
MI. William Marsh's barn was de-
stroyed by fire last Friday night. 1t
contained feed stuff, ETC., and the loss
Is fully $500: 1t Is supposed to have
been inc6ndiary, says the Washington
Gazette.
Winston Sentinel: A large crowd
attended the ~dedicRtory exercises of
the new Lutheran church five miles
south of Salem, yesterday. the ser
mon was preached by Rev. FL. NJ.
Brown.
W. K Brock, charged with larceny
Of q deed from Mr.. BIrness Geddie,
was tried before Squire Mclean yes-
terday and bound over to the Superior
court in the sum Of $50, says the Fay
~etteville Observer.
Mount Airy News: The crop of ap-
Mo. harvested i'm this O,1D+r Tast voor