The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-06
srATE NEWS.

~North-Stalks or Corn and Grains or
wheat from the West-Peanuts
and CottonS Seed from the South
Salisbury is TO have a steam sausage
mill with a capacity of 500 pounds Of
sausage per hour.
Hon. John O. Scarborough has a
conted the Presidency of Chowan Bap
tiat Female University.
All the State job printing including
PAMPHLETS of less than 12O pages has
been awarded to the Barnes Bres.-
There were only IL deaths, 6 whites
and colored, in Raleigh during June,
decrease of so per cent from June
1896.
1T is said that the school census of
salisbury shows 1929 children of
school AEGEAN increase in one year
Of 116.
Four hundred and fifty conversions
are reported as a result Of Rev. L. G..
Broughton's recent revival in Roam
oke, Va.
Mr.. D. L. Gore, a merchant of vii
mington recently gave Rev. o. L
SPRINGFIELD $500 for the Baptist Female
University.
Two distinct earthquake shock we're
felt in Salisbury and Charlotte one
night last week. Several people in
Salisbury were awakened By the shak-
ing up.
a negro, who was attempting to beat
his way on an east bound train, was
pushed off the engine at Hickory one
day last week and had one leg cut off
by being run over.
A nine year old boy died from excess.
i've hemorrhage Of the nose in Char
lotte last Sunday a week ago. The
trouble began two weeks before and
bafa9d all attempts to check it
Lenoir Topic.
]. F. Allen was exhibiting on our
streets the other day a nugget Of gold
that weighed ninety pennyweights,
and which he claimed came out of a
mine in Clay county, says the Chero
kee Scout.
From the News and Observer we
learn that it is reported that Mr. E St.
John is about to resign the place of
vice president of the Seaboard Air
Line to accept a position in the Cana
dian Pacific service.
Mr.. Jas. D. Haden contemplates get
ting up a history of Salisbury at no
distant date. Mr.. Haden proposes to
get up the very latest data regarding
the town and make the history of value
as an advertisement for Salisbury.
Mr.. NJ. N. Cline exhibited on our
streets last Saturday n among the
finest if not the finest FLY ever raised
in the county or State. She was two
years old on May % b and weighs
1909 pounds. Newton Enterprise.
The Salisbury World says: An. unu-
sual sight was seen on the streets of
Salisbury to-day. It was a mich COW
driven to a buggy. The driver seemed
to be perfectly contented with the gait
y "LtCu LIS 5bOO0 Was Sa4LyAS HILL II
The following lines, says the Atlanta
Constitution, have been carved on the
tombstone of a North Carolina moon /
sinner: KILLED by the government
for making whiskey out of corn grown
from seed furnished by a Congress
man.
The time for filing applications for
State pensions expires on the LIST. Up
to yesterday six applications had been
hled with Clerk Furches. The appli-
cants are: J. 8. Patterson, J. T. Lind
ley, Q. a. Carrigan, J. B. Patterson
Mira. Frances Hudspeth- and Mrs. M.
a, GIes.-Statesville Landmark.
Conductor D. P. Est8ls and Engin,
eer J. A. Shuman brought down the
Western yesterday morning six al
loads OF chickens, containing in all
forty thousand. They anne from
Western North Carolina and Ten
nessee, and were shipped to the north
ern cities. This means chicken pie,
Oh, my. for somebody Salisbury
Sun.
The Robesonian says the saw. the
hammer and the trowel are making
great Improvements in Lumberton.
slz brick buildings are now in course
OF erection, as many, or more, wooden
buildings are going up, others are be-
Ing repaired and still others are to be
begun soon. The contractors, carpen-
'ers and masons are busy as they
can be.