The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-29

OAON NoS fought 10 htlSIOIl anu IOuSGu
in jail Tuesday by Jesse Hardy and
Is q tramp from South Carolina and is
named Richard Grimes. He was com
mjtted to jail by Justice Frank Dali on
the charge of attempted burglary.
The Rev. Annanias Buck, a colored
preacher Of high character, was re
ported to have died Sunday. and Mon
day quite a numer of his cOlored adj
mireTS went down to Halifax to attend
his funeral, but when they arrived
there they found him still in the land
of the living and out of danger, says
the Roanoke Netcs.
The eldest son of Robert Allen was
seen to suddenly fall upon the platform
at the depot at Greensboro Monday
morning. He was picked up and laid
upon a truck, and in q short while
revived, when he was put in a car
riage and conveyed to his home. The
Record is fearful cigarettes had some
thing to do with it.
John Slaughter, the negro who was
arrested III Norfolk for criminally as
saulting a little colOred girl in this
county, has been brought to WintOn
and lodged in jail. The assault was
made about four years ago and it is
said that his victim has never recovered
from the injuries received, says the
MurfreesbOrO IndeC.
A sable son of Ham i~ntently watch
ing the process Of extracting one of the
big blocks of ice at the factory, with
out design to be irreverent, remarked {:
Well [ be dOggOned eff Mr.. Sterlin'
amt er gittin' er head oh de Laud. fer
he kin max ice in de summer time an
de Laud had ter wait twel de winter, -
says the Washington Gazette.
Lenoir Topic: MI. L. P. Henkelhas
a model farm near Lenoir, upon forty
acres of which he has raised, this year,
1000 bushels Of oats, raising on some
of the land as much as seventy-five
bushels to the acre. Mr.. Henkel isnow
moving from the same land a crop of
crab grass hay that he considers worth
as much to him as the Oat crop.
Goldsboro has a model negro farmer
il the person of Prof. E. E, Smith,
ex-United States Minister to Liberia,
says the Argus. We have before
I! made note Of his excellent farm, a
few miles east of the city. Ycster
day he had upon this market three
bales of new crop cotton, as the first
fruits of his industry as a farmer.
+. c. Block, of Cabarrus, who
recently discovered a very rich vein
Of gold on his plantation is still tax
ing out the precious stuff in good sized
chunks. He has found several pieces
worth $50 each, and still the gold is so
plentiful that Block prefers to work
the vein rather than gather his open
ing cotton, saysthe Charlotte Chronicle.
Wilson Mirror: That able educator,
| Prof Foust has arrived, and is making
preparations for the opening Of the
graded school. -- There are fifteen
negroes i'll jail. -- Dwelling houses
are badly needed in Wilson. = In a
private letter, the president of the
ChOwan Baptist Female Institute at
MurfreesbOrO, says the school opened
% per cent. better than last year.
Asheville Citizen: Burglars were
out OH a raid again last night in Ashe-
vile. - Ed. \. Brown, who was ar
rested Thursday night OF a charge of
stealing money and checks from g. D.
BIantOn & Co.. had a hearing before
Justice Summey this morning. Brown
pleaded guilty. The money and checks
were returned to the firm and Brown
was released upon his own recognize
ancG.
Yanceyville Ne1cs: We are sorry
to learn Of the death of Mr.. Walter s.
Williamson, which occurred at his
home in TeXaI, on the 31st of August
last. While ginning cotton his hand
was caught in the gin and so badly cut
that amputatiOn was necessary. He
died 500 after the operation was per-
formed. He was a brother to DR.. r.
H. Williamson of this place, and half
brother to Col. Geo. Williamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Lassiter, who
live Just out of town are now joyous
and happy being surrounded by their
five manly sons. Twenty years ago
the Lassiter family we're all under the
same roof. The 18th of this month,
the first time in q score Of years, they
mingled together in a family a reunion
under the same roof and at the same
table. The members of this family
live remote from each other in differ
ent States, says the Oxford Ledger.
Charlotte Chronicle: From facts
recently ascertained it is evident that
Moses BaUmgarten, who was reported
to have committed suicide in Charles
ton, did not commit suicide. 1t is GER
tain beyond any shadow of doubt that
he was not a Tilted lover, A promi
nent physician of this city who was
well acquainted with Moses, and knew
him to be an inveterate cigarette smoker
gave it as his opinion with all the facts
before him that he died from heart
failure.
DR.. w. J. Gilbert, who was in town
last Monday paid us a very pleasant
call and in the course of conversation
he told us of a new departure among
the Croatans of this county. About a
year ago Mr.. @. w. LOcklear, son of
Mr.. Preston Locklear, Of this county,
went to read medicine under him and
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