The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-28

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would be injured, but farmers tell us
this week that up to date no serious in
jury has resulted 10 ID. With clear
weather for q short time, the largest
wheat crop in many years wiz be har.
vested.-Morganton Herald.
Mr.. John B. w. Jones, sheriff Of this
county, died this morning. Nh. Jones
had been unWel for several months,
but his many friends did uot realize
that his condition was serious. Mr..
Jones was an active man, was an ex
celIent public officer and will be greatly
missed, by his large family and hest of
trienda.-Record, Warrenton.
The Populist county executive COM
mittee met in the court house here
Tuesday. After discussion it was de-
cided to call the primaries to meet at
the voting places in each precinct on
Saturday, July 9th, at 3 O'clock, p. m,
and the county convention In the court
house here on Tuesday, July 18th, at
II o'clock, m.-Mascot, StatesviIle.
The county Alliance meets here the
second Thursday in July, which will
be the 14h. Keep this i'm mind. Tt is
an important meeting. There will be
a mao present who can explain some
matters that many have been aking for
at two or three. of our last meetings. It
would be well if we could have the en-.
tire membership here.-Chatham Gti
zen.
A farmer down in Beaufort, some
time ago, dreamed that he had put his
fertilizers in the row, and next morn
ing got up. listed up the ridges and set
out his tobacco. The backwardness
and smallness of the toeacco puzzled
him, until he found the fertilizers in
his barn untouched. He doesn't take
any stock in dreams any more now
Kings Weekly.
Once I'm q while the House does a
good thing and seems to be unconscious
Of the fact. The last, and most notable
one for some time, was q vote to-pr0
pose a constitutional amendment max
ing senator's elective by the people.
That is an issue that win find favor
with the people and the people should
see that the idea is followed up
Carolina Watchman.
And We haven't had a Democratic
convention yet. As they have been
called twice and have failed both times,
we suppose the distinguished chairman
viii have to give up in despair We
are sorry for you, brother Hampton,
but it's harder to get the people of
Yadkin county to attend q Democratic
convention than it 10 to get them to 60
to the war.-Yadkin Ripple.
A letter from Robert Voltz, the
Carteret county boy, (now in hospital
in Brooklyn, N. W who was wounded
and supposed to be killed at Cienfuegos
while cutting cable. says he was shot
four times, three times in the body and
once in the head and wac unconscious
for ten days. But he says he will soon
be well and will go back TO get even
with the spaniards for their meanness.
Morning Star.
The dew berry is a little known na
tive American fruit, being really q
creeping blackberry that grows wild
from New England to California. Plant
in rows 2 by 8 feet and cultivate a hoed
crop the first year. A few berries will
mature the first year, q fair crop the
second and a full crop the third, and
bearing will then be continuous 10 to
Is years. The fruit is like the black
berry.-Henderson Gold Leaf.
Winston Seminal: The ten-year old
daughter of Thomas Moore, fell into
the canal at Spray, Rockingham coun
ty, Monday evening and was drowned
before her rescue could be effected.
She was crossing the canal on,a single
plank footway, Carrying in her hand a
bucket Of water, when her bonnet was
blown across her face by a sudden
breeze, and she stepped off the plank
to her death.
The cultivation of dew berries around
Middleburg has developed into an inn,
portont industry, and n that pays
quite handsomely. About two carloads
per day are being shipped from there,
New York, Boston and Pittsburg be
ing the main points Of destination. The
berries net eight cents per quart now.
They are much larger and of finer
quality than berries grown in the wild
state and the outlook is very encourag
ing for the growth Of the enterprise
Gold Leaf.
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