The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-08-11

CO1. IldI -. Cdll VI DtlI IA6tlA1, iNND
been chosen Chief Marshal of the Con
federate Reunion to be held at Blowing
Rock on the goth Of August. We call
attention of the old soldiers to this re
union and remind them that it is inn
! pOrtant for them to move up andmake
it a grand success, says the Lenoir
Topic.
Last Wednesday Arthur Turnmire,
a young man working at the Granite
Falls manufacturing works, had all
the fingers of his left hand shaved off
by a h~and-planer, which he was feed
ing, his hands being drawn in by the
cogs and the fingers shaved off up to
the knuckle joints, says the Lenoir
Topic.
The people of Monroe are much
stirred up over the discovery that
under the omnibus liquor act passed
by the General Assembly no liquor can
be sold within two miles of Monroe
! High School. This school is in the
; corporate limits of Monroe and cOnse-
quently the better portion Of Monroe
is dry.
Raleigh Chronicle: When Sheriff
Page on Thursday and yesterday at
tempted to collect from our merchants
the tax imposed upon them in Seized
ule B, known as the Merchants pur-
chase Tax, he was greeted by great
opposition, declaring that suit was
already entered to test the cOnstitu-
~tionality of it.
Durham Sun: The report comes
from Montgomery county that another
rich gold find has been made close to
the Uwharrie river, on the property
recently bought by Senator Spooner,
of Wisconsin. Work was Immediately
stopped and a telegram sent to the
Senator. 1t has revived a deep interest
in mining III that section.
John Verble, Of Salisbury, was
swindIed Monday night out of $50
by a stranger who brought a forged
note from Nerble's sO~n-in-law stating
as his daughter had died that evening
he needed $50 to defray the burial
expenses When Verble went to at
tend the funeral he found the corpse
alive, says the Salisbury Waterman.
Train No. u, engine S32, Smyre en-
gineer, Ross conductor, of G. & L.
Railroad, taken collectively, are equal
to a pack of hounds, for they caught a
gray fox Wednesday night. Thursday
morning engineer Smyre found oynard
dead on the c~ow-catcher where he was
thrown after being struck and killed
the night before, the Lenoir Topic.
There never was such a corn crop in
this county as the one now growing all
over the county. There has been just
enough rain to suit the upland and not
enough to injure the bottom. The
prospects on the South Fork river and
CIark's creek, where the crops have
been almost failures for several years.
are fine this year, says the Newton
Enterprise.
\ negro named John Ward, of Ker-
~nersville, now peeps out from behind
the bars in the Jail. His offense is for
stealing a watch and chain from DR..
Morris, near K~ernersvilIe, a few days
ago. The stolen property was found
in the possession of John and in cOnse-
Quence he is now in safe keeping await
ing for a hearing before the next term
Of Forsyth court.
A most diabolical attempt was made
last Thursday night to wreck the fast
mail train from Raleigh to Charlotte,
which passes WadeSbOrO at $50 o'clock
p. m. The obstruction, consisting of
three cross ties, n across the track
and braced by the other two, were
placed upon the track about two miles
east Of the station here, says the
Wadesboro Messenger,
In the Granville Superior Court DR..
II. A. Nash was tried for an assault
upon a young lady of that county,
mention of which was made in this
paper at the time it happened. The
verdict was guilty and he was sen
fenced to the county Jail for two years.
An appeal was taken to the Supreme
Court and appearance bond fixed at
81, 500, says the Durham Sun.
There was a horrible accident in the
Monbo cotton factory one day this
week. A hank of yarn wound around
the arm Of a young d~aughther of Mr..
T. B. Litten, got caught in the ma
chinery and drew her in. She was
soon hnrrihIN mannlad ha-inm both