The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-02-16

owe mad dogs. Several v been
recently killed in that sec ion. Two
small children were bitten a few days
ago. A wal of determination against
the dogs has commenced.
Rockingham Spirit of the South:
Mr.. Colly. on account of the hard
times, we suppose, has suspended the
operation of his whiskey dlstillery a
few miles above here. IT. J. Bostick,
Esq, accompanied by quite a crowd of
upper Richmond citizens, left for Mis-
sissippi last Monday night.
The Dukes of Durham have estab-
lished on Clark creek, in Carteret
county, about three miles from New
port, on the North Carolina and At
lantic Railroad, a splendid club house
called the Cataral Lodge, with a pre-
serve Of $500 acres of land. 1t is
literally a spOrt5man's paradise.
Franklin Press: James Mozeley,
aged about 20 years, son of Fl. 7. Moze-
ley, who resides in Smiths Bride town
ship, accidently shothimself yesterday
evening with a shot gun, while out
hunting, the charges striking him in
the side, killing him almost instantly.
There were two other persons with
him.
Raleigh Visitor: We hear that there
will be much building in operation
here during the coming spring and
summer months. - 1t seems to be
the understanding in Republican, cir
cles here, that if that party makes a
nomination for Governor, Jeter @.
Pritchard, of Madison, will be the
man.
Wadesboro I1teIigencer: From pres
| ont Tg7HI0a%TNnC tho Cn1O~ sc ao-o-oon.So1
fertilizers in this county this year will
fall far below the sales for last year.
- From what we can learn we think
it probable that there will be consider
able reduction in the acreage Of cotton
seed planted is this county the present
yea.
Murfreesboro IHdeC: The people of
Winton are hopeful of getting the
proposed Norfolk, Wilmington and
Charleston Railroad to pass that place.
AM election will be held Tuesday, March
9th, in WintOn township to subscribe
twenty five thousand dollars as an
inducement to bring the road by the
town.
The lumber trade of Lenoir is some
thing big. Seldom a day passes when
a dozen or cars are not sent
down loaded with valuable lumber.
One day last week a large invoice for
Liverpool was sent away. A great
many pines, locust and oak, are being
hauled into town, says the LenOir
Topic:
Last Monday, John 7. Duncan, who
for several years was a fish shipper in
New Berne, but who moved away from
there about fifteen years ago. was shot
and killed in a bar-rOOm in Baltimore
by a man named Charley Goodman,
with whom he appears to have had
some disagreement in business trans
actions.
The grand jury of Cumberland has
! retyrI"d = ~rr9ECI+EEcGG %Siots ti,E
county commissioners for failure to
provide suitable accommodations for
the public attending courts, and to
provide vaults for the protection of the
records, and generally for failure to
put the court house in 4 presentable
condition.
Tarboro SOutherner: Farmers have
held their crops until they can hold
them no longer, and as a consequence,
although cotton is as low as ever, a
great deal of it is being marketed.
The increased price of peanuts has
caused a rapid selling of them. Thous-
ands of bushels are brought here
every day.
For a number of years the Wilhelm
Burl3ys N case has been in Cabarrus
cour5. The controversy is over a little
more than on 4-fOurth acre Of ground,
probably worth Sc The costs will not
be less than 81, 900, besides the Incl
dental expenses incurred, the Standard
says. The Supreme Court has granted
a new trial.
Char'o tte Chronicle: There seems
to be a settled determination among
the farmers to stick to their agreement
of planting less cotton this year than
heretofore. There Is also a deteamina-
ton to use much less fertilizers. Ger
tilizer bills" said a farmer, "is what
keeps the farmers poor, and WE are
going to quit buying it,"
The North Carolina bulletin of health
gives the mOrtuary report for last
month as follows: In eleven towns
of the State, with an aggregate popu-
latiOn of 80, 900 white and 35. 600 col
ored, a total of 70, 900, the aggregate
deaths were: White, SO; cOlOred, 55,
total, 10Y representing an annual death
rate per 1000 of $50 white, IS 8 col
Ored, an average of ia
The chain gang gets only two re
cruits from this term of the court; Ed.
johnson and Jim Carthau, both con-
victed Of stealing and sentenced for
two years. We believe that the chain
gang has something to do with the
decrease of crime in this county, and,
if that is so, the county will more
cheerfully bear the heavy expenses,
says the Lumberton Robes0niam.
Charlotte Chronicle: The large ad-
dition to the Henrietta Mill is about
completed. 1t is 327 feet long and
four stories high, making the mill one
of the largest in this section. - The
mining industry seems to be at a stand