The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-09

Cream Inns of Rice From the East-Clusters
anu nos and Tobacco Stems From the
of Corn and Grains
If Wheat From the West
Peanuts and Cotton
Seed From the
South.
The State fair is Oct. 22nd, to 9th.
Jacob Lawson, living three miles
nth. east of town, lost a barn of to-
Socco bv fire a few nights since.
Mrs. F. A. Woodward, of Wilson,,
,-m,arIv Mrs. w. H. Holloman, of
pa1eight gives $1,000 to the Meth
odist Orphanage here.
Nevbern Journal: Mr.. Jacob
Eoonce of Jones county is credited
nth having sold two bales of cotton
a+10l/ cents which he has held for
17years.
Canton flannel is now m~anufactur-
81 bv the Revolution Cotton Mills of
crapnsboro-the first of this class of
Goods ever manufactured south of
New England.
Rev. R. H. Cline, of CherryvilIe,
had two sons bitten by a mad dog
Tnosdav. He took them to Charlotte
where a mad stone was applied. The
stone adhered to n boys arm for
an hour when it fell away.-Ex.
Drrham dispatch, 9Th: On Tues
dav Mr.. Washington Duke called
President Kilgo into his office and
presented to him 800, 900 for Trinity
Colleges endowment fund. This COM
n1a+ps the first half million from Mr..
Duke to Trinity College.
The Times Mercury: Fred Aber-
npathv returned Monday from d trip
over into Ashe county. He brought
with him 9 head of horses and 25
head of fine cattle. The cattle
weighed 21,OOO pounds. He will
keen the horses and ship the cattle.
DR.. Hunter MCGUIRE, who was
S+onewal Jackson's medical direc-
for. died at his home near Richmond
last Wednesday morning from the
effects of a stroke of paralysis sus-
tanned six months ago. DIR. Nc
Guire was II of the most eminent
surgeons in the sOuth.-Ex.
Winston Salem dispatch, 5th: Mr.:
R. !. Reynolds, president of the
REYNOLDS Tobacco Company here,
today offered to give one thousand
dollars toward the erection of the
Mills Memorial work shop at the
Townsville Baptist O~rphanage when
that institution raised 81, 500.
The hospital of the Confederate
Soldiers Home at Raleigh is com
pIeted. with the exception of the
plumbing. The home occupies some
of the buildings which were first oc-
cupied in June, 1861, for this, it is
said, was the first regular hospital
in the Confederate States.-EX.
Cleveland Star: While working
on a new building for M. P. CAN'T
& Co. at Belwood, Messrs. M. N.
CAN'T and Will Limerick sustained
painful injuries by a fall from a
Scaffold. They were laid up for
several days, but are at work again
now. They fell a distance of IS feet.
Will there be any celebration Of
the roth anniversary of the Battle
Of Kings Mountain? If so what will
It be-" writes Mr.. w. E. White, of
Avilla. y. c.. Some of our readers
might DO we'll to think over this
matter and devise some plan for an
appropriate celebration of this i'm
portant eveDt.-Cleveland Star.
Monroe Enquirer: Mr.. G. Q. Lem
monJ. an old and we'll known citizen
Of Vance township, was attacked in
his pasture last Friday by a vicious
ram and knocked down and had a
thi-L broken. The bone was set by
DIS. J. \. Austin and w. D. Pember-
ton. Mr.. LemmOnd is a man of
wonderful vitality and is doing well.
N~.rgantOn News: In cutting a
Tree near the site of eX-Sheriff
L..savs new residence a few days
az. some workmen found imbedded
IN the tree Il large rifle ball. Judg-
m from the number of rings from
t-- ark to where the ball was found,
.tiad been in the tree for over 100
Years. and is supposed to have been
N-.- out Of d rifle during the revo-
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