The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-02-22
NEWS.

Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
Inrth-StaIks Of Corn and Grains OF
wheat from the West-Peanuts
and ottons Seed from the South
Kinston Free Press: Money has been
.,bscribed to the amount Of $50. 600 to
mild a cotton mill at Kinston. The
mill is to be built on the CO operative
plan.
burlington News: Elmira Cotton
Mills have just added f~orty.eight new
Iooms to the new part of their Mil,
which means work for about q dozen
more people.
Wreenville Reflector: A fire at
Bethel destroyed the store and market
of W. J. James on main Street. The
stock of goods was a total loss. Other
buildings were damaged.
Charlotte News: Mr.. W. 1. Cook,
aged 81 years, died at his home near
Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus county, last
Friday afternoon at four o'clock, after
an illness of several weeks.
Hay Street Methodist church, Fay
etteville, has more money than itneeds
and has invested a sum in a brick store,
which it will offer for rent. A member
of the church who died recently be
queathed it "a. OOO.-Ex.
The Cumberland county ~dispensary
at Fayetteville made 5000 clear profit
in January. For the fcst six months
of its existence the profits were about
g, 400. They are equally divided be-
tween town and county.
Mrs. Ada Hunter has been appointed
postmaster at KInston. The negro
Congressman White, from the second
dictrict had endorsed q colored man
for the place, but the President de
clined to appoint him.-Ex.
Col. M. E Thornton and wife of
Hickory were here last Monday. Mrs.
Thornton bid eff the wei known
shuler property, which was sold by
Geo. A. WarIick as commissioner, and
the price paid was S., OO0.-Newton
Enterprise.
Mr.. Will Hale, former editor Of the
Hickory Press, passed through Newton
last Tuesday on his way from Califor-
MIA to his home at Hickory. he does
not know whether he will take up the
quill as editor yet or not.-Newton
Enterprise.
Reuben Yoder died at his home in
Jacobs Fork township, in this county,
on last Friday morning, February 4th,
1898. His mind became unbalanced
some time ago and he was taken to the
Rcrgsntoa Hospital for treatment
Newton Enterprise.
Stafford Bros, merchants Of North
Wilkesboro, who were burned out on
she Pad day of January, have assigned.
Liabilities about So, 900 and assets about
the same, provided che insurance on
their burned stock can be collected
Wilkesboro Hustler.
The Asheville Citizen says the com
missions Of q storekeepers and gaug
ers who were employed in this internal
revenue district, have been revoked.
Charges have been preferred against a
ms Jrity OF them, but In some instan-
Ces designations were given.
Toe Goldsboro Headlight says some
one entered the residence of Mr.. James
Cole, in Wayne county, while the
family was away, and secured $105 out
of a table drawer by means of a dupli-
cate key. There were $245 in the
drawer hidden among some old papers
which the thief overlooked.
Charlotte Observer: Drs. Hawley
and Mcknight made excellent progress
yesterday with their vaccination work.
The cases at the pest house are improv-
Ing. Strict quarantine is observed and
unless some n comes into the city
with smallpox as Perkins did, it is not
likely that there will be any other
case.
Charlotte Observer: P. z. Williams,
white, OF Matthews, who was arrested
Saturday night, for making and pass
ing counterfeit money, was arranged
before United States Commissioners
Maxwell yesterday morning, and in de-
Iault OF 5000 bond was sent to Jail to
await trial at the June term of Federal
Court.
Aspecial to the Charlotte Observer
says last Saturday evening James
H'As met with a horrible death in
IuFKsy Cove, Mcdowell county. He
"@S driving a team of oxen, drawing a
"aeOn heavily loaded with lumber,
m-en 'ne wagon by some means turned
o ons' On him. His neck was broken