The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-29
STATE NEWS.

Grspes and Tobacco Stems from Sns
~North-staIks of Corn and Grains OF
Tzbsst from the West-Peanuts
nd Cotton Seed from the South
Dali & Mcknight, merchants of
Uinston have assigned.
charlotte, Wilmington and Raleigh
To be connected by telephone.
p,rplars entered the Atlantic Coast
Inc freight depot at Wilson Tuesday
L;1bt week and robbed the safe of
$3.50.
team ran awsy in Concord a few
,ors ago, crashed into an electric light
noie and che of the horses broke its
neck.
Mr.. Nathan Johnson, a prominent
-onng man, formerly Of North Caro-
line was fatally shot at Jasper, Fla,
last week.
lanes Tomberlin, a 10 year-old boy,
# Monroe, met a sad and untimely
Sootb near Weldon Wednesday by
falling from a box Car.
Governor Carr orders a special Grim
NAL term of Richmond Superior court
- begin September 28sh. There are
twelve murder cases on the docket.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says Stan
Law Walker has a child that has II toes
and II fingers. The child is two months
old and is doing we'll.
gnencer is the name of the new town
near Salisbury where the Southern
.bops are located. The old shops at
salisbury will be abandoned.
Smithfeld Herald: One morning
last week a little child of Mr.. P. Jerni-
gan, of Meadow township, was 90 seri
olslv burned that it died that evening.
The $1CO, 900 cotton mill at Elizabeth
9th will commence operations about
November 1. The stock for this mill
was subscribed by residents of the
town.
4 have been making bad trades all
my life," said a clever farmer at
Greensboro last Friday. II have never
made but one good one" he continued,
and that was when I married"
Mr.. Bryan made speeches in 81
counties in North Carolina and in %
towns and rode for AIS miles over
North Carolina soil, says Howard
Banks in Charlotte Observer.
Charlotte News: The farmers report
much suffering on account of the dry
and exceedingly hot weather. Water
in the pastures has disappeared and
horses and cattle have a hard time get
ting enough water to drink.
Mr.. B. B. Young, of Jubilee, had the
] misfortune to have a tobacco barn,
! eo0taLuntg seven hundred pound of to
AOaoeo, blArned n day last week. The
fire originated from a defective fue,
says the Lexington Dispatch.
J. Il. F Smith of Tweed brought in
asWeet potato today that surprised the
agricultural editor. 1t tipped the scales
at Il pounds, and Mr.. Smith asks if
any potato grower of Buncombe can
beat it, says the Asheville Citizen.
The Pcpulist of Swain county, at
their convention Wednesday, endorsed
the action of the Populist and RApub.
lican Executive Committee in recon-.
mending fusion, and adopted a plan of
fusion between the two parties in that
county.
Mr.. 8. Wittkowsky has not been
posted about the new paper, but he
Gays the gold campaign in M~ecklenburg
will open up next week. He says he
expects to organize a goldbug club in
Charlotte with 400 members. Char
lotte News.
Gastonia Gazette: Gold is going to
a stiff premium in Gastonia. A SO
coin Of that much cursed but ever
sought metal was sold in this town
within the past week for so Is, and
we suppose the buyer wishes more at
the same rate.
The a. 7. & o. from Statesville to
Charlotte having been relaid with new
steel rails the schedule has been short
ened. The run between the two points
Is now made in about Is minutes less
time than formerly, says the States
Vile Landmark.
The general report from the farmers
Oh this section is that they had fair JUG
cess In curing, but the tobacco crop is
below par 10 quality. There is, Of
course, some good tobacco, but the bulk
Uthe crop lacks body and oil, says
Wphstar,, W.l