The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-10
STATE NEWS,
Cream If the State Press-Drops If Turpentlne
Grains of Rice from the East Clusters
II Grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
Wnrth-Stalka of Corn and GRAZING of

@4A SObGOuSOCN ALOA1 LAOSO0GA
4 Davie county lady last summer
cultivated a vine that produced 3O3
go4rds.
Rev. Thomas Long, IF Forsyth oun
ty, a minister of the Reformed church,
died Oh Christmas day at the age of
eighty years.
Arrangements have been completed
for building a 100 room hotel at Hen
Jacksonville. The house will be com.
pleted IN time to open July Is.
At Goldeboro last week, Mr.. Chas.
j. Nelson, the Oldest resident, died.
He was "a years of age and was the
founder of the first Baptist church
there.
The Shelby Aurora says: The Hen
rietta Cotton Mills shipped two car
loads, $50 bales, of three yard sheeting
to Shanghai, China, a few days ago.
This is one of the largest, if not the
largest, shipment of cotton goods from
this State to a foreign market.
Murphy Scout: Some measly, lousy,
ecalawag, devoid of principle or con
science, stole nearly two bushels Of
meal from the hall of our Office about
dark last Tuesday. A man who will
steal bread from an editor is meaner
than the devil wants him to be.
Judge A. W. Graham has sold
several of the copper mines near Blue
Wing to wealthy syndicates from
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania,
which are turning out in value even
beyond the expectations OF the pur-
chasers. He is now in Boston and it is
reliably reported that he expects to
consUnate another big deal
a correspondent of The PROGRESSIVE
FAMER says: recently saw an item
Ia The PROGRESSIVE FARMER from Mt
Olive Advertiser saying that Swans.
Ooro had never had a negro resident.
this is q mistake, am a resident of
that place and know several negroes
who were residents years ago but there
is only one negro resideng now think"
Mr.. Moses II CJne some time ago
bought large tracts of land in Watauga
county and is improving it. He is
among other things, planting an i'm
mense orchard, having recently set
out 80, 900 young apple trees. He has
let the contract to build a dam on his
place ear Blowing Rock, the object
being to make an artificial lake
ing 80 acres or more.
Two weeks ago r L. Mcleod, of
Cumberland county, came to Raleigh
and passed a counterfeit dollar. He
was arrested in half an hour after pass
ing the Coin and twelve more counter
felt dollars were found on him. The
Federal Court was In session and on
Monday Mcleod vas convicted and
sentenced to two years IN the peniten
Elary. Quick work,
Judge W. P Bynum has been com
missIoned SPECIAL attorney for the
United States, by Attorney General
Grlggs, to prosecute the AshevIlle bank
wreckers, as the cas- is called. 1t
comes up at a term of the United States
Court in AshevIlle called especially to
try the case. Judge By nun went to
work the first of the month preparing
for il. -4reensborO r 7cord.
Old man Glllis Holt, who lives about
two miles above town, died on last
Cuesley morning. He had been drink
ing heavily for some time and the
night before his death he drank whis-
key and walked the hJor al night in q
perfect delirlum. Tuesday morning he
was sitting with a bottle of whiskey In
his hand, still drinking, when he fell
over and died. Milton Herald.
Fire destroyed a historic landmark
in Person county recently. IT was the
old Cunningham store and stock,
owned by Col John 8. birmingham.
The loss is estimated at 50 500, par
italy Insured. The building was
erected and occupied as a store IN 1895
Continuously since that t me, more
than 100 years, the Cunninghams had
done business there, the properly de-
scendiDg from father to son
Col J. s Carr received 1897 600 spot
cash for MS interest in the Black sell
Durham Tobacco Company, g, 800 600
being paid for the entire property.
Though the Black we'll Company bust
ness has been sold to the Union To
bacco Company. Col. Carr ssys he will
continue as president of the former
company at a salary of $40 600 per
year, and that he will conduct the