The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-01-26

the article.
Durham sold, in 1891, thirteen mil
lion. one hundred and eighty.six thou
sand, seven hundred and seventy
pounds Of leaf tobacco upon the ware
house floors.
The CASTOR Rihemen will attend the
execution of Caroline Shipp, Friday,
January 22d, one mile from Dallas,
n hanging will take place early in
n afternoon.
In Allegheny county, Saturday night,
MACK Walker and Ira Anderson got
INTO a drunken row, when Walker
drew his pistol and fired, killing Ander
son almost instantly.
New Berne Journal: Mrs. Nettie
FOLSOM, whom we announced as having
a a severe stroke of paralysis last
Friday night, died from it Thursday
morning, aged II years.
Shelby ReUielU: The prevailing cpl
demlc, the grip, has a strong hold on
Cleveland county at this time, and it is
doubtful If there ever was so much
sickness in the county at one time.
High Point Enterprise: Mrs. Polly
Bowers, mother of James Bowers. liV-
ing four miles west of here, died last
Wednesday morning, January 18th, of
paralysis, aged rs years.
Washington Gazette: Just before
going to press we learn that Mr.. B. +.
Rodman died Tuesday morning in
Baltimore, where he had gone to have
an operation performed on him.
The grip has been prevalent for some
time IN Lennir, but is almost entirely
confined to the male population. Why
1t Is thus, the Topic says it knows not,
but such is the fact nevertheless.
The largest hunt reported in North
Carolina during the holidays was in
Caswell county, eighty men and boys
and 10 dogs being engaged in it. The
result of the hunt Is not reported.
Raleigh Chronicle: Parties who
came over f ON Kings Mountain re-
port the sudden death on Wednesday,
of Mr.. Grimes, of that place. He
dropped dead while walking along the
road.
Richmond Dispatch Scotland Neck,
n. c., January 1.-THE farmers re-
ported from all parts of the county
IN the Alliance meeting at Halifax
that the acreage IN cotton will be re-
duced.
Mrs. Sallie Haughton and Miss Pattie
StinsOn, two M~ecklenburg ladies who
recently settled in Colorado, write home
that for the past few weeks, the snow
on their ranch has been fifteen feet
deep on a level.
Raleigh Chronicle: Elk Senator Daniel
J.. PembertOn and 7. J. Jerome, of
AI0emarle, are in the city superintend-
ing the printing of a very valuable law
book, the North Carolina Criminal
Code and Digest.
Winston Republican: Bishop Rond
thaler is suffering from laryngetis, and
is quite Ill. - To our already lengthy
list we add a hog for Mr.. j. 2. Crews,
Winston township, II months old that
weighed SIS pounds.
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
Railroad Will put on a mail and pas
senger train this week between Greens
bOrO and BennetsvIlle, S. G., connect
ing at the latter place with the train
for Charleston, 5 Z.
James Graham Ware, IN aged and
respected citizen of Kings Mountain,
was found dead in the road a mile
from his home. He had gone to a
neighbours house and on his return
hOmeward dropped dead.
G~oIdsb0ro Argus: The rivers in this
vicinity are out of their banks and are
still rising steadily, while the rain CON
volume as to suOstantiate the gravest
fears of a great inundatiOn.
Capt. John G. Reid, a prominent
citizen of Kittrell, died Thursday, aged
81 years. He had served the Raleigh
ana CASTOR Railroad from his youth,
and stood high In the estimation of the
officials and all who knew him.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: There is a
great deal of sickness in the country
now, and the doctors r kept going
most Of the time. The sickness Is mostly
deep colds or la grippe, after termina
ting in pneumonia and proving fatal.
Wadesboro Messenger: Mr.. James
CrOwder died at his home in Texas on
the 10Th of December, 1891, aged about
55 years. Mr.. CrOwder was a native
of Whites Store township, this county,
but went to Texas soon after the war.
Weldon NeUS: Mr.. Peter B. Picott
died at his home in WintOn on Satur-
day with grip. Mr.. PicOtt was a
brother of l.. j. Picott, of LittletOn.
He studied law with the late John A.
Moore, and was quite popular in Hall
fax,
GoIdsboro Argus: Our country
friends. by reason of the f~earfully bad
roads. are debarred from coming to
Goldsooro in any considerable mum,
bers to trade during this weather. And
herein is where Goldsboro is a heavy
loser.
Snow and sleet have a pretty firm
gripin Greensboro. The 10Y extends,
the Durham San says, to the neighbor-
hood of HillsbOro. Sleet set in Tues
day evening about Keysville and IS
playing havoc with the trees In the
vicinity.
Asheville Citizen: Deputy Clerk
Stevens, of the Superior Court says