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

to the acre and on his whole ron Il to
the acre. Mr.. M. VI. Cline reports an
average of Is bushels on his crop. The
largest crop we have heard Of is Mr..
T. G.. Ikerds, which panned out HOO
bushels, says the Newton Enterprise,
A Davidson county cattle thief, a.
Grubbs, was arrested here last night
on the charge of selling a cow in this
city yesterday which he stole from his
brOther-in law in Davidson county.
The victim is an eX-cOnvict having
served a term in the State p~enitentiary
for forgery. He had purchased a
ticket and was on the train to go
North, says a dispatch from Winston
the 1st.
Rev. DR.. Junkin, a distinguished
Presbyterian preacher Of Houston,
Texas, and brother-in law of Mrs.
R. A. Phifer, Of this place dropped
dead in the railroad waiting room at
Johnston, Tennessee, last Saturday.
was a native Of Lexington, Va,
and his remains were taken to that
city for burial. He was a brother-in-
law of Stonewall Jackson, says the
Newton Enterprise.
Tarboro Farmers AdUOcate: Some
of the farmers say that notwithstand-
ing the growth of cotton, there are not
many bolIs on it, They fear that the
crop will not yield as much as was at
first expected. - Friday night about
thirty of the business men, represent
ing the various interests in the town
and community, assembled in the town
hall for the purpose of organizing a
Tobacco Exchange.
The Concord Standard tells the fol
lowing and then died: We do not
mean to get a local on every man that
rides through town, but n coIored
H2an who passed through on that con
veyance deserves notice. He was bring
ing beans into town to sell, and had
three buckets tied to the horses neck,
two on each of his own arms, and one
tied to each foot, all of them filled with
truck for the market.
Henderson TOmuhdWE: 4 ten acre
park IS being trimmed out and put in
order around the SuIphide Calcium
Mineral Springs. - The electric light
plant was sold yesterday at auction.
The thing has been run the past two
years at great loss to the stockholders,
and was sold to liquidate its indebted
ness. The investment cost about SIG
600, and was knocked out by Mr.. \. G..
ZoIlicotfer for -, 2O1.00.
Charlotte Chronicle: The convicts
are now camped four miles from here
on the StatesvilIe road. They will
have work to detain them for two
months -- The directors of the Cling
ham mill have decided on the plans
for the mill and will commence work
at once - Ground was broken yes
terday evening for the new Second
Presbyterian church. From now on
the work will be pushed.
Concord Standard: \ mail pouch
containing over SIS, 600 from the bank,
81, 600 from Cannon & Fetzer, $500
from the OdeI Manufacturing Go. to a
Salisbury firm, besides thousands of
dollars from other parties and many
private letters of considerable import
ance, lay in the grass and weeds at
the side of the railroad between the
depot and the bridge over the creek
from Thursday, July 23d, to Thursday,
July 30thl
Greenville Reflector: We heard the
estimate made SATURDAY that there are
now fully two hundred and fifty up
country farmers working tobacco in
Pitt county. They came principally
from Vance, Granville, Person and
Chatham counties. - Late Saturday
night a difficulty occurred between Mr..
j. L, Daniel, night Waterman, and Mr..
r. Greene, ST., in which the letter was
badly hurt. He was shot several times
with a pistol, the balls making painful
wounds.
Charlotte NelcS: Parties from Pine
vile to. day report that the Leitch
meetings are the marvel of the people.
There have been 500 conversions, so it
is claimed. - John Wilson, the negro
who a month ago killed another negro
named Burton, in this city, and for
whom rewards have been offered, has
been heard from in Atlanta. He got
into a quarrel there last Thursday with
a negro named Ben Johnston, and he
shot Johnston dead. Wilson escaped.