The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-07-26
srATR NEWS.

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- grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
S~orth-Stalks of Corn and Grains OF
wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Sam McMurray, of Cleveland coun.
~. fell in a we'll Friday, near the
cleveland Mills, and was killed
Charlotte Observer.
The Congressional Convention Of the
Seventh district which met at States
vile. nominated Hon. Theo. f. Kluttz,
of Salisbury, for Congress.
The yield which Mr.. w. B. Smith
cot from three pecks of red chaf wheat
sown on three quarters of an acre was
10 bushels. -Gastonie Gazette.
A report is current that the small
box is raging in Durham. That is not
40. There is no case in Durham at all,
no one sick suspected of this disease,
that We'can fnd-Durham Sun.
It is thought that the smallpox hos
initial will be about ready to suspend
business the last Of this week. 1t is
expected that the last of the patients
will be ready for discharge by them
S~5stesville Landmark.
tt is stated now that Mrs. Begley,
mother of Ensign Worth Bagley, only
gets $11 pension per month. Lieut..
Shipp's widow, it is said, will get only
% for herself and g each for her two
little chiIdren.-Winston Sentinel.
The stockholders of the Avon mill
have about completed an ice factory in
this place, and they intend to deliver
ice anywhere in the town limits for
one half a cent per pound.-Gastonia
Correspondence Charlotte Observer.
One hundred and fifty q loads of
peaches were expected to pass through
here over the Southern today. This
would require several extra trains and
every available crew was sent south to
bring the trains on.-Salisbury Sun.
On Tuesday night Deputy Collector
Robinson with a posse Of men, captur-
ed and destroyed a full distilling outfit
on Fork Ridge, near the TenGC s'ee line.
The owner was not present to show the
boys tbrough.-Watauga Democrat.
s. I. Gooch received a telegram from
Oxford Monday morning which stated
that during the storm Sunday after
noon two of his nephews were killed by
lightning in Granville county, about
three miles from Berea posts hce.-
Durham Sun.
The revenue Cfice has sold to date
1854 Is worth Of special war proprie
tary and documentary stamps, and
yet but a half month is gone. at this
rate our people will pay $17, 600 a year
in this way alone toward the war
Winston Journal.
We met a couple Of men sitting IN
der the shade of the same tree Monday.
Each one was slightly gray, each one
was named John, each one was the
only survivor of their respective fami-
lies, each was n Of fourteen children,
and they were from the same county
Burlington News.
Encouraging words are coming in
from all over the Piedmont section re
garding the new tobacco crop. 1t is
growing nicely and the farmers are
expecting a fine yield this year. Only
a small per cent. of the 1892 crop re
mains in the hands of the farmers
Winston Sentinel.
The storm Sunday night was terrible
some eight or ten miles north and
northeast Of Durham. The clouds met
we are informed near DR.. Gains place,
and they gave that country a terrible
drenching. Much damage Wes done
to corn, and the roads we're washed as
never before. -Durham Sun.
Rsv. R. 8. Abernethy, pastor Of
Woodleat Circuit in Rowan county,
has discovered a gourd that challenges
competition and causes more talk.
This gourd is 10Y years of age and holds
one and a half bushels. This state
ment is sworn to by Prof. Welborn and
others. -Wilkesboro Chronicle.
In throwing the mail for Lexington
from the fast train from the north last
night, the sack fell under the car
wheels ard was ground to shreds. A
number Of newspapers, books, a pair
Of shoes, and other second class mat
ter, was ruined. There yer no letters
in the sack.-Lexington Dispatch.
The State Auditor is collecting some
ararIstics which show that there are
.9g8 registered whigkey distilleries in
operation IL North Carolina, while
V-rginia las sis and Kentucky 377.