The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-22
State News.
TAR HEELS ARB DOING.

~To-th-staI of Corn and Grains Of
wheat from the West-PeAnut8
and CottonS seed from the South
Mr. Gao. w. Watts has given the
oantist University Of Raleigh $500.
Mr.. L A. Carr, of D lrham, will be
,bief marshal of the next State fair.
Mr.. Frank Brown, near Salisbury,
made $50 bushels of wheat off 81
sores.
The Newton Enterprise says Capt.
Ri Fry, Of Catawba county, raised
100 bushels of wheat this year.
chewing gum factory is to be es
sbIished at Greensboro. Geo. W.
Esstler & Son are the projectors.
There was never at any one time in
the history of Raleigh so much street
improvement going on as just now.
The Burke County News says the ap,
ple crop in that county is large. Dis.
t~iIIeries r buy ing them at from 5 to
p cents per bushel.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says that
lightning struck the dwelling of ALT
watkins, at Fair Plains Saturday,
Knocked a bedstead to pieces and killed
two pigs under the house.
The Randolph Argus says that Mr..
W. NJ. Stephens, an old school teacher,
was in Asheboro Monday and said that
be has received over IS, 900 Of public
school money for teaching since he
was IS years old.
4 fine Berkshire boar, said to be the
finest in the world. recently bought in
England for Mr.. VanderbilE's estate at
Bltmore, was taken up the Western
road Tuesday to B ltmore. Mr.. Van
derbilt paid 81, 800 for the hog. The
Asheville Citizen says the estate also
has the finest Berkshire SOW IN the
world.
The Gastonia Gazette makes the fol
lowing announcement: AFTER this
issue Mr.. W. NJ Grier becomes editor
and manager of The Gazette. He is a
son of Dr.. W. NJ. Grier, president of
Erskine College, has some a~cquaint.
ance with newspaper making, aud is a
young man of excellent spirit and
character"
The State Treasurer Wednesday
opened bids for the bonds for the pur
chase of the penitentiary farm. The
Wachovia Loan and Trust Company,
Of Winston, made the biggest bid,
So. $50, which is $1Os rs. This com
Wny took the $11O, 600 of p~enitentiary
bonds issued last month for paying
debts of the pe~nitentiary.
The Shelby Aurora says the army
worm has appeared in Cleveland
county. D. B. T. Suttle. who had
about one and a half acres of fine
young corn reports that the entire field
was destroyed in one night. They left
not a stalk to tell the tale OF destruc-
ton wrought. They are ~exceedinly
rapid in their ravages, moving swiftly
and leaving a clean path in their
wake.
A Greensboro dispatch says: It is
stated on reliable authority that in q
short ii ne Superintendent McBee and
other officials of the Seaboard Air Line
will confer with a committee from
Greensboro relative to running the
Seaboard through to this place. The
proposed line will run from Pittsboro
up Haw river to Haw River station,
thence through Graham, Burlington
and Gits 0nville to Greensboro.
A dispatch from Red Springs, Au
gust 17Gh, says: There was a ten thou
sand dollar fire here today caused by
sparks. W. J. McDiarmid's lumber
plant was burned. The loss YVES IS, 900,
partially covered by insurance. The
Rid Springs Lumber Company lost
four cars, much lumber, their freight
depot, etc. L0ss 81. 900, not insured.
The A. Q. L railroad lost three fat
cars and a water tank. The damage
to the track caused two hours delay
Of trains.
a special from Wilmington, August
18th says: The commemoration cele
Oratlon today Of the battle OF Moore's
Creek bridge, fought at dawn, Febru
ary n, 1776, was a grand episode in
the history of Fender county and
furnishes truly an inspiring example.
Fully two thousand people, of which
humber between six and seven hun
dred were ladies, participated in the
ceremonies of perpetuating the deeds
OF Val0r of the revolutionary heroes of
this great North Carolina battle. which