The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-07

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Henderson Gold LEST: The fruit
orop will be abundant this year.
Marion Messenger: The Catawba
furniture Company, since doubling its
manufacturing capacity, is turning out
bedroom suits, odd dressers and chif
oniers in large quantities.
Kiuston Free Press: This is a year
~ big cabbages, and a plenty of them.
Mr. A. A. Britton brought as n
Thursday that weighed twelve pounds
after it had been trimmed up.
Fayetteville Observer: Alex. Gil
u,ore is again in Cumberland. Many
-orsons have seen him and are positive
n their statements. He must have
escaped from the penitentiary.
Greensboro Record: The New York
norties have been successful in the
Game Fear and Yadkin Valley case,
tbe United States having decided to
allow an appeal to that tribunal This
viTI DELAY the matter indefinitely, the
conrt being greatly behind in its work.
Windsor Orient: 1t is reported from
mar Harrellsville that SO much hail
fell during the recent hailstorm that
the bitches were clogged and it became
necessary to open them. One man
found a lump of hail weighing n
hundred pounds-the small pieces hav-
ing frozen together.
Greensboro Record: War has but
little effect upon business at the Fin
ishing Mills here. Eleven a loads OF
the finished product were shipped this
morning to points all e the ountry,
covering q dozen or more States. Most
of it went by the Q. f. & Y. V. Rail
way. The mills are kept busy, afford
ing work for a number OF people.
Kinston Free Press: Mr.. Joe Single
ton shot Elijah Dove, colored, near La
Grange, on Monday of last week. The
colored man has since died OF the
wound. He was shot on Mr.. John
Fields, Jr.is., plantation. Mr.. Single
ton claims that the man he shot was
stealing in the turnip patch. Dove,
who was killed, claimed that Single
ton wsylaid him.
The most terrific hail storm in the
history Of the oldest inhabitants pass
ed over a portion of this county Mon
day evening, doing great damage to
crops and fruit In the neighborhood's
of Yadkin College, Reeds Academy
and Lexington. Tic ia reported that
window panes were broken In many
houses and entire crops ruined In sec
tons. Hail stones covering the ground
measured one-half inches In diameter.
Davidson Dispatch.
The trustees of Sandy Creek Baptist
Ass~ociationaI school to be located at
Mt. Vernon Springs held a meeting
there last Saturday and decided to, at
once, do such repairing and seating Of
the house as is necessary to start the
school for the fall session. Mr.. q. e.
Lineberry, an A. B. graduate Of Wake
Forest, who has been teaching in Robe
son county for the past year, was In
animously elected principal. It is not
known whether he will accept or not.
Chatham Citizen.
Raleigh Post: The Department Of
Agriculture is receiving letters from
large numbers of Northern people who
contemplate locating in this State to
engage in business or the removal
mere OF factories and plants of all de-
scrIptions. The advantages Of the
water power in North Carolina is be-
coming largely advertised. A great
many Northern people are coming
mere to engage in the fruit business.
The tide Of immigration ia coming
this way and North Carolina ia the
place." was the remark of Secretary
Ramsey yesterday.
Fayetteville Observer: A tremend-
GUS wind storm passed over this section
ABOUT $50 Monday afternoon, doing
considerable damage. A great many
large trees were blown down in this
u'y, as were also telegraph and tele-
phone poles. The wind must have
Oeen travelling more than seventy
mues an hour.-Chiet OF Police
riO"ers has received notification OF
S SHe escape of Alex. Gilmore and two
rFo,h- ;atH, F-~- Castle Havne and
IHg Szt reward for the Rppr1mOn
~ou OF Gilmore. Gilmore is now an
Csc8pe iron both the North and South
carolina ptnitentiaries. He is known
nave spent a night in Fayetteville
0aaflotte Observer: A dog went
Iau On George stephenson's Ccolored)