The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-25

the Elizabeth City Oil Mills this year and
gone away on a pleasure and business
trip. The protracted rain in September
rendered cotton seed worthless for oil
Raleigh Chronicle: The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Raleigh &
CASTOR Railroad was held Friday. John
NJ. Robinson, Esq, was re elected presi-
dent; also all the old directors. The
directors re elected all the old officers.
DR.. NJ. R. Adams horse ran away with
him, a few days ago, threw him out of
the buggy and bruised him up, aad run
ming the buggy against an electric light
post, broke the top off and broke the
wheels, says the Statesville Landmark.
An industrious and trusted colored
man, Baker Coley, while mauling rails
for Mr.. Jim Winman, near Pikeville,
Wayne county, last Saturday, was killed
by a limb of a tree striking him on the
head as a tree which was cut down was
falling.
A young man WIZ gave his name as
Redmond was sent to jail last week for
stealing overcoats from the Benbow
House. He had registered at the Ben
bow as Baily, and said that he wa a son
of the Snowman, says the Greensboro
North State.
Oxford Day.: 1t is very probable thst
South Oxford will soon have a twenty
thousand dollar planning mill and sash
and door factory. A Northern firm is
negotiating with the Oxford Land and
Improvement and Manufacturing Com
pany to that end.
Mr.. W. A. Barrier, who hives about
two miles from town, killed an eagle last
week on his place hat measured 7 feet
from tip to tip, and weighed Il pounds.
Mr.. Berrier had it on exhibitio in town
last Friday. 1t was a whopper, says the
Davidson Dispatch. s.
Newton Enterprise: Last Saturday
morning, E la, the two-year old child of
Mrs. Lilly Wilke, caught on fire while
playing around the wash pot. Before
her clothes could be extinguished she was
severely burned about the brt asst and
other parts of the body.
Greensboro Workman: A revival is in
progress at Brown Summit under the
pastoral charge of Rev. R. H. Willis. Up
to Wednesday night, when Rev. S. W
Coe came away, who had been aiding in
the meeting, there had been six CONVEX
sions and six accesSions.
A veritable curiosity in the shape Of a
sweet potato weighing l3 pounds, is ex-
hibited in a show window a Mr.. 5. Witt
kowsky's wholesale house. 1t was given
to Mr.. Hyams, one of Mr.. Wittkow sky's
statesmen, by a citizen of Mcdowell county,
says the Charlotte NeWS.
While boring a hole in a pipe stem by
means of a wire on Sunday morning, Mr..
NJ. B. Herring, of Indian Springs town
ship accidentally ran the wire through
his hand which may result in death at
any moment as blood poison has set in,
says the Goldsboro Headlight
We learn that the Planters Bank at
Mt. Airy, which has been conducted ever
since it's organization as a private insti
tuition, with a capital of $4,000, will
soon be organized as a National Bank,
and increase its capital to $50, 900 OF
$lOO,OOO says the zOin- City Daily.
Ashevile Citizen: Mr.. W. L. McAfee
died at his home On Bailey street this
morning at 3:15 o'clock. He was a
native of Harrodsburg. Ky, and was
II years old. He came to Asheville
about two years ago and has bought and
improved considerable property here.
Durham Sun: Lucien Sellars, a highly
respected colored man, died Of consump-
ton this morning about Z o'clock. A re-
marksble incident connected with his
death is the fact that he told his friends
when he would die and his demise this
morning is true to the time he mentioned.
Mt. Airy News: A Gentleman from
Corroll informs US that the grading on
the Norfolk & Western Railroad is being
pushed vigorously. The force is now
about ten miles from the State line. By
next fall the road willb graded perhaps
clear t rough from Nj. Airy to Iron
Ridge.
MI. W. M. Eudy, of No. 8, was in town
to-day. Several years ago he bought a
farm on which his friends predicted his
starvation. Not so; the old man is a
hustler and he works. This year, besides
an immense crop of corn, &c, he will
market 10 bales of %cotto", says the Con-
cord Standard.