The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-24
State News.
WHAT TAR HEELS ARE DOING

Work has been commenced on the
Polk county railroad from Poor's
Ford to Chimney Rock. 1t will
Intimately be extended to Asheville.
Miss Lalla Ruth, the daughter of
Cen. and Mrs. Julian S. Carr, of
Durham, will be married to Mr.. VIII
liam Foley Patton, of Pennsylvania,
N the 25th of this month. .
Secretary Mebane has published a
program of the Teachers Assembly,
70 be held at Morehead June 18th to
18th. inclusive. Many prominent
educators will talk on subjects of in
terest and benefit to the cause of
education.
Pat. Singleton, a negro convict
who some time ago made his escape
from one of the State farms, has been
brought back to the penitentiary.
He was recaptured in Norfolk. He
was serving a sentence of thirty
years for murder.
Durham dispatch, 18th: Another
smallpox scare pervades the town
today. Ten cOlored people have been
sent to the pest house broken out
very freely with an eruption which
the health officer pronounced we'll
developed cases of smallpox.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: In travel
ING through Nash and EdgecOmbe
counties we have not noticeda single
new tobacco barn going up. From
all indications we should judge that
the tobacco crop in this section will
be reduced at least 25 % this season.
Raleigh News and Observer: News
has been received here of the sudden
death of Col. John D. Thorne, of Lit
Teton. He dropped dead Wednesday
night while sitting at the supper
table. Col. Thorne was a man of ex-
tensive acquaintance in North Caro-
lima.
~Statesville Mascot: A citizen of
North Iredell informs US that the
acreage devoted to cotton culture
will be increased considerably this
season in his sectionA The sale of
fertilizers from this point would in
dictate an increased crop of cotton in
this section.
Henderson Herald! Rev. J. D.
Huffman, D. D., who has for a mum
Der of years been pastor of the Bap-
fist church, in this place, at the
morning service yesterday, rendered
lis resignation to take effect Septem-
Der list. DR.. Huffman resigned on
account of general decline in health.
Greensboro dispatch: Mr.. w. D.
McAdoO, of this city, has been great
Y excited over what he thought to
he d cancer on his hack. He called
m d physician who made an eXamina-
ton and found that he was afflicted
With an unusually large COW tick,
and now Mr.. McAdOoi is feeling much
better.
KinstOn Free Press: Mr.. J. Muir
ply is a great lover of poultry and
pet animals. He has d cat with four
very young kittens. Recently n of
his hens has taken a strong liking for
the young kittens, and when the
mother cat is away the hen hOvers
the kittens and clucks to them as if
they were young chickens. A e
markable but true story.
\ letter to The Raleigh Post says
rhat Robt. L. Lydle, of Haywood
county. was murdered by Cherokee
Indians near the Indian training
school in Cherokee county, Thursday
night of last week. Two Indian
bucks and d squaw have been arrest
ed and put in Jail. Lydle is believed
-a have been murdered while asleep
and the object is thought to have
uecn robbery.
the libel suit of Rev. T. J. Gattis
u.s. DR.. J. c. KilgO, Mr.. B. N. Duke
and Mr.. w. r. Odell, which was set
Up trial in Oxford on Thursday of
This week, has been continued until
I'll" next term of court. The con-
EQUATION was made necessary on &C
""ant Of the serious illness of the
Plaintiff, who is now in d hospital in
y ltrlotte. This is the suit in which
Mr.. Guttis alleges libel and SANDER
AGAINST the defendants above named
ar. asks for 800, 900 damages. The
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