The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-11-10

refuse license to liquor dealers NO
action was taken on the matter, but as
the majority Of the board are prohibl
tiOnistS it looks OminOuS for the liquor
men.
Mr.. Allen DeHart, of Swain county,
has recently discovered 4 cave IN
which he found an Indian hat and
other relics. He will give the cave a
complete exploration OOn and see
what he can find, says the Franklin
Press.
Kings Mountain NelCS: The work
of making brick for the enlargement
of the Kings Mountain Cotton Mills
has Deer begun. The size of the build
ing will BE- doubled. and after this is
done the capacity will be increased to
like extent.
TarbOrO SOutherner: Without Osten-
tatIOn or heralding Judge Keech has
started his bag factory, l. is not
located where he preferred nor where
it will permantly be, but it is located
and has beer at work turning out 100
bags an hour.
Mr.. R w. Knight has sold the
UniOn to Rev. w. j. Crowson and
Mr. Ed O. CrOwsOn who will change
it's name to the NelUS Mr.. Ed Crow
son is a practical printer. We wish
them success in their venture, says the
R~OOeSOnlOn.
Laurinburg Exchange: Mr.. L. D.
MCKinnOn sent 80 ears of COrn weigh
ing A. pounds to the MaXtOn fair,
which was pronounced the finest corn
exhibited there. He has five acres Of
this corn, off of which he expects to
gather 200 bushels
The Darn of Mr.. r. w. Kinlaw, who
liveAabOve Lumber Bridge. was burned
on Saturday, "a The loss was about
two hundred dollars, with no insur
ance. 1t is supposed to have been
cause d by careless handling of matches,
says the RObesOnjan.
Charlotte Chronicles: The Waxhaw
man who was bitten several weeks ago
by a mad dog and who came here I'M
mediately and had mad stone applied,
was up for the same purpose yester-
day. The stone stuck the first appll-
cation but not the last.
The livery and feed stables of L.
WE'LL at Rockingham were burned a
few days ago. He lost ten horses, ten
sets of harness and a quantity of hay,
fodder and oats. The property was
partly insured. The fire IS supposed
to have been accidental.
The Durham Sun says, Rev. f w.
E. Peschau, and evangelical Lutheran
minister of Wilmington, has renewed
his challenge to Sam Jones for a dis
c~ussiOn of the principals Of the So
called evangelism of to day. Will Mr..
Jones take up the gauntlet
The Wilmington and Weldon road
gives notice that "A dividend of / per
cent. is due holders of stock payable
from the first t the 10th of November.
This dividend Is in lieu Of the dividend
usually paid in January for the six
months ending December 31st.
A little girl Of MIR. Lewis Everett,
was attacked on FIR day and badly
bitten by a dog at Washington. Be
fore help could reach the child, the
dog had thrown her to the ground, torn
the calf of her leg nearly off. and
gnawed it seriously about the body.
While a squad of hands were exca-
waiting rock for ballast on the r & s.
Railroad, near Madison Friday, the
embankment caved in, causing the
instant death of two cOlOred men,
Richard Perkins and Chas. Wilson.
Three others were seriously injured.
Mr.. w. f. Leonard, of this county,
is convinced that insects can live quite
a while without air, as last February
he placed a spider in a bottle and
cOrked up the bottle so that it was air
tight. He says the spider lived until
the following June, says the Franklin
Times.
A collision occurred this morning
between the electric street car and a
mule attached to a city water cart, on
South TryOn street. The mule was
very badly injured and had to be
killed. 1t was one of the finest ami
mails of the city's stables, say the Char
lOtte NeWS.
Rocky Mount PhOniC: We regret
to note the death of Mrs. Sylvia Drake,
which occurred at her home in Rocky
Mount, early Monday morning. She
was a COlOred WOma who had for a
long number of years been a popular
dressmaker, in TarbOrO and latterly in
Rocky Mount.
Rockingham Rocket: About a month
ago d. &. Blue, of Moore county, shot
q negro. who died some days ago, and
after being buried was pXhumed and a
post norton eXamina ton held, when
the jury gave a verdict that he came
to his death from a gun-shOt wound at
the hands of Blue.
The negro who attempted to dprail
Engineer Halls train on the G.. O.. a
couple Of weeks ago between Shelby
and MurfreesbOrO, 10y placing an OBJ
structiOn on the track, was sentenced
at Shelby court Tuesday to twenty
years in the penitentiary, says the
Charlotte Chronicle.
A large force of laborers is engaged
in laying the track of the MurfreesbOro
Railroad, having already put down two
miles of the road from PendletOn. 1t
will require ten days to finish the