The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-08-12

u" ITS ne = cIla' geo Will Ealing u
check sFom the body of James CheSsman,
the na' who ".~, rnlp oyer and KILLED ~
a tram at the tunnel last
summer. The check was for $67.5O.
Stepp was bound over to court in 5000
bond. ~
Charlotte Chronicle. Il would not
take an enquiripg citizen a half hour to
strike up with many persons whose names
were not taken in the recent census of
Charlotte. One gentleman who had %
men on his pay roll, found recently that
Ii OF that number had not been recorded
by the census enumerstor. Another
gentleman discovered that four out of
ten clerks in one store had not been
enumerated.
TarbOro Southerner: The peach crop
has beeD an utter failure. Not a dozen
bushels were raised in the entire c unity.
- Curing tobacco in this county began
in full blast to-day. Many barns lave
already been cured here and there, but
this morning from tvery direction and
from every tobacco grower comes the
news that tobacco curing has regularly
be Jun. By the middle of August nearly
all will be cured.
Concord StandG d: G. G. Montgomery
AID others will erect a cotton storage
warehouse, with a capacity of about two
thousand bales. It will be conveniently
located, built upon the most improved
plan, and they will be able to offer safe
and cheap storage to farmers, merchants
al d manufacturers. All cotton will be
insured in the best of companies and
iberBl advances in cash made on cotton
stored with them.
Raleigh Chronicle. The Governor yes
terday ~pardoned a man named T.uett out
of the penitentiary. He was convicted
of attempted criminal assault on a young
girl at the Spring term of Allegheny
court, in 1887, and sentenced to twelve
years. The pardon was granted on a
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tor, and on the statement that the girl
and her father and mother did not wish
him imprisoned any longer.
Durham Sum-: The building commit
tee of Trinity College was in session here
yesterday afternoon. Those present were
DR.. j. T. Crowell, W. Duke, R. T. Gray,
J.. S. Carr, Col. J. W. Alspaugh, Col E. J.
Parrish. The committee decided to erect
two buildings. One to be 208 by SO feet,
to extend across the entrance to the
park, fronting the railroad. The other,
12O by 40 feet, a separate building 'front.'
ing west. These buildings will be given
out by contract.
Tarboro Sowthermer: The population
of Tarboro is a few units in excess of
1000. This appl es only to the corporate
limits. Counting suburbs the population
is within a hundred or two of 1000. --
The peach crop has been an utter failure
Not a dozen bushels were raised in the
entire county. = = The happiest farmer
in the county is probably Battle Bryan,
who is so elated over his tobacco and its
curing that he boasts of getting $4,000
for this crop alone
Charlotte Mews: The question as to
removing the consolidated shops of the
Richmond & Danville Railroad Company
to Charlotte is practically settled at last.
Charlotte gets the shops - Parties
!, who came in from Paw Creek township
yesterday brought news of serious shoot
ing affair in that section, in which Mr.,
! ChaS. Gov, Mr.. Jas, Hinson and a tramp
) were involved. The tramp was C .aSed
5 and shot at twice and Mr.. HInson was
! shot in the mouth.
JTarboro Soutterner: John NJ. Hayes,
of Halifax, U. S. Marshal, brought here
yeste day or a warrant of Madison Haw-
kinS, a white nan named Milikizdeck
White, who refused to answer any ques-
tons ~propounded by the census enumer-
ator of his township. White averred
!, that the United States government could
not compel him to answer the questions,
and he peremptorily refused to give any
information. After a hearing it was
, found that White was of an ~unsound
1 mind, and therefore he was discharged.
Charlotte NeW8: For some time past
there has been trouble at p~ostoffce at
Carthage, Moore county. Registered let
tiers forwarded to that place have been
mysteriously lost, and a great many
, private letters nave shared the same fate.
, The postofice detectives have been work
| ing up the case. A day or W. ago, Mr..
Suits, the assistant postmaster at Car
thage disappeared. His room was searched,
and in his trunk the detectives found a
lot of riaed registered packages and