The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-25
STATE NEWS.

nPan2g And IODGCDO S1OU $780,
rth-sta of Corn and Grains OF
wheat from the West-PeAnuts
and OottonS Seed from the South
The Cruiser Raleigh ia due at Will
.,n1ton. May 9TH. Full particulars Of
- Teception will be published later.
The Winston Journal says some sec
.;ons of Watauga county have been
SIsssed with three SHOWS during
April.
Mr. Thos. W. Mason, Of Northamp-
.,n one of the States foremost orators,
iii deliver the annual Grafton, at Gull
,ord Battle Ground this year
July All.
According to news from E Denton, N.
r the catch of fish has been larger for
tbe last few days than at any time
5rring this season, and the faces of the
ssbermen are much brighter.
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
,snv has decided to build oneior.more
i.,oe factories at Winston and to In
c-asse the output of manufactured to-
b.ooo Is, 600, 900 pounds.annually.
~Lumberton, N. O., April 91.-Fletch.
4, NcGiII and Henry Mclean were
~oonvicted today of murder in the sec
and degrees for killing O. B Mcbride, q
wbite man, in the month OF February.
Wilmington Star, 18th: Over a hun.
dred negroes, including women and
children, left yesterday via the A. Q.
7, trains for Norfolk and Northern
cities, including New York and Boston.
The Lincoln Journal says that First
Lieutenant Zsbulon B. Vance, United
States army, son of the late Senator
Vance. has been promoted captain and
.,siuned to the Tenth United States
Infantry.
There are now exactly seventy. seven
Dsople cared for by the county at the
nsst house and the house Of detention
mile from Raleigh. Seventeen T In
the nest house and sixty are In the
house Of detention.
Rich Square, N. O., April 2O--A
boiler explosion occurred at Rentrow's
vbiskey distillery, near the Hartford
county line, about five miles from
here to day at IL o'clock, instantly
killing S;orekeepr Jones and Distiller
Oiom.
At present there is a fine prospect
for an abundant huckleberry crop in
Sampson this year. For a number OF
Years the crop has missed, and it is
hoped it will hit this season, for it
would mean a great deal to the county.
Clinton Democrat.
Jake Potter, of Wataugs county, hai
three daughters, the Oldest OF Iwhom
has been married six times. Five Of
her husbands have been murdered
The second daughter has been married
three times and two Of her husband
were Notwithstanding Mascot.
Cleveland county is making q nicC
record on duplicating the free schoo
fund, as 81, $50 has been sent in by the
different schools and the same amount
sent In by the State. The State vii
duplicate all money sent in till the 31s'
Of Nay. Push the work.-Reformer.
J. II. Gudger, Jr., Of Asheville, let
Wednesday for Ponce, Porto Rico
where he goes to defend Chas. Babo,
United States soldier, who is 10 be trteC
by court martial for killing a nativr
policeman. The trial will begin abou'
May 1st. Bobo ia a Med DWELL county
man.
Mr. R B. Shaw, a railroad man, anC
formerly a resident of Raleigh, wa
shot and instantly killed in Portsmouth
last Sunday afternoon. The killing
wa done by James Hutchins, Of Ports
mouth, a constable, and was the result
Of the deceased's alleged intimacy Wit
Hutchins' wife.
Shipments of strawberries by tn
truckers in the eastern part1of tn
State to the Northern markets began
this week. The Messenger says ship
ments we're make Monday all alonI
the line Of the Wilmington and We
don Railroad from Wilmington TO Nj
Olive, Wayne county.
A negro burglar named Jim Spec
broke into the Charlotte Oil and Ferti
izer Works on Wednesday night an
was killed by Mr.. E ". Russell, nigh
watchman. The coroner's jury sai
the killing was ~justihable. Mr.. Russo
id not shoot until the negro ha
drawn a pistol on him.
ANews and Observer correspondent
writing from L9noir, N. O., April goth