The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-03-04

Qlft 10 I'LL 3 GOOb1. OuCG the neaCneQ
would want it replaced By the process Of
MacadamiziDg. No, no, paved streets are
becoming too common-eyery little town
in the ccuntry, is MScadamizing the
streets. Good oId-fashioned street mnd
breeds contentment, and there is nd great
influx of emigration to. mar the peace and
prosperity Of community which boasts
of a good supply Of mud on the, streets.
More mud !-Subisbury WatchmGn.
There was an epidemic of arm breaking
last week round about in this county.
Friday Mr.. D. F. Moose was getting out
| of a wagon near home when the horses
starting threw him off the double trees
and fractured n arm just above the
elbow and dislecated the shoulder joint.
Mrs.aFrank Herman had fall and broke
one arm near the elbow, and being quite
old, the accident is q very painful one.
And during the same4week Miss Cline,
sister Of Mr.. Cicero Cline, was thrown
from a buggy and had her arm broken
Just above the wrist.-NeWton Enterprise.
Rocky Mount Picnic In one section
of Nash county the farmers have banded
together, and declared that after January
lst 1892, any farmer caught buying
Western meat will be corralled in the
swamps and allowed to eat nothing for
thirty days. They are given two full
years to provide for hog raising. Should
any. one farmer lose his meat through
misfortune after having made, it, bis
neighbors. will sell him all he. wants; on
time. Should cholera destroy thesyoung
crop they will look to western North
Carolina and the Wilmington country for
home made meat. Il There is no joke about
this. IVY
On the night of February 18th two ne
groes made a nearly successful attempt to
assassinate Revenue Agents Kirkpatrick,
in Orange county. He was in search OF
moonshiners, and a negro told him he
knew where they were operating. Upon
reaching n house in the country, the
negro went in, got his gun and shot Kirk
patrick, a load of shot striking him in the
face. A deputy collector who was with
Kirkpatrick then shot and killed the
negro, and succeeded in ~arresting his ac-
complete and another negro. 1t is be-
lieved that both of them were moonshin-
ers. Kirkpatrick's injuries are serious,
but not fatal.
The third consecutive town clock issue
of u esteemed contemporary, the States
vile Landmark, has been received. It is
rumored here that one of the ablest Eng
lish writers in the State, residing at States
vile, has been induced to collect and edit
ell the matter presented and to publish
the same under the title of the O'clock
Outrage" or "Time's Recorder Ruth
lessly Assailed." The book is to be II
mo-, IT'S pages, complete in n volume,
price $1.75. 1t would be announced as
the authorized official edition, but it is
feared that the Iredell commissioners will
hesitate about authorizing anything in
future.-SGLsbWry Waterman.
The Mews and Observer of the 9th has
these two items: The case of Ellington,
Register & Co. against the trustees of
Wake Forest College for the recovery of
81. 800 for balance of work and material
employed on q building ct Wake Forest
was decided in Wake Superior Court yes
terday in favor of Nessrs. Ellington,
Royster b Co.--Mr. Jerre Hall, the
ffteen-year old son of Mr.. E. T. Hall,
met with a serious accident yesterday.
He stays in the Office of Mr.. Charles
Allen at the Raleigh e. CASTOR depot, and
in attempting to, Jump from one of the
high warehouse doors yesterday he fell
and broke his arm at the wrist,
The Lincoln Courier says: We have
heard some further news of the tragedy
mentioned last week. The particulars as
we learn are as follows: Some two
months ago it was runored that two
escaped convicts named Proctor, from
Cleveland, were in hiding around Trinity
Lutheran Church in the western part of
the county. The people were of course,
very much excited and slept with arms
near them. One night Mr.. Monroe Sain
discovered that some one was trying to-
break into his house, and when he went
to the door the man ran and Mr.. Sain
fred upon him. The man was taken to
his sisters and died about two weeks ago.
His name wa Peter Proctor.
The Goldsboro Dispatch is responsible
for the following item: Speaking of
accidents reminds us that there is a man
in this city who has been stabbed to the
hollow, shot through the leg, snake bit
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