The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-06-21

w uSOu Inc wheat ana
oat crop in this section was never
inner. Wheat is now in the formative
period and the rains for the past week
will be the making of an excellent
yield. Corn is small, but is looking
well. An excellent stand Of cotton
was secured and it is growing finely.
All crops are clean. Farmers complain
of a bad stand of peanuts.
Six new babies to report this week.
Messrs. f. M. Gallant, J. L. Wilson,
J. L. Quinn, S. @. Helderman, M. L.
Mauney, and A. NJ. Whiteside are the
lucky parties, If the business booms
much more we shall be compelled to
open a special column. We extend
our cordial congratulations to all-and
to Mr.. Gallant especially on his first
girl, says the Gastonia Gazette.
There was a division by lot on Fri
day, among the stockholders of the
Elizabeth City Fair, of the land be
longing to the Fair, which has been
divided into building lots. The lots
will be developed and form a suburb
of the town, and being very near the
railroad and the town it will in time
become an important locality in its
business, says the Elizabeth City
Falcon.
Chief of Police Hall on Friday last
arrested Van Routh, of Randolph
county, for assault with intent to kill.
When first accosted, he threw his
hand towards his pocket, as if t. draw
his pistol, but soon found this wouldn't
do When searched he had a pair of
brass knucks, a pistol, and was
thoroughly armed He is said to be
a desperate man, says the Greensboro
Moth State. .
A couple Of seasons ago Mr.. D. N.
Smith, of Sharon township, received a
few grains of Mexican wheat. He
planted the seed and the following
summer he got enough to plant a con
siderable space of ground. He is now
harvesting his Mexican wheat, and
bearded, and the heads are muchlarGer
than our ordinary wheat, says the
Charlotte Ne1US.
Durham Sum-: T. G. Beck, who fell
off a railroad trestle near East Dur
ham about a week ago and was seriously
injured, died last Friday light at his
home in East Durham. He was very
much better and had been up that day
and walking about. He had retired
and some Of the family heard him
making a noise as if he was strangling
about - o'clock, and when they
reached him he was dead.
Shelby aurora: A party Of five
white men were SEEMING near POOr's
ford in Rutherford county Saturday
noon. Broad river was swollen by the
recent rains and the SEEMING party
crossed the r.ver. In ~re-CrOssing to
the west bank, Pink Gilbert and his
father ln-law aSSaYed tQ, swim r
The fath9r-in-law d64RbQraah
safety, but Pink Gilbert was washed
domRI swift current and was
drd
+ the Argus we.sees that a cur
sorry smming upsof th6 resuTC 0E the,
Fife ngsins Fo1osboro shows IT,
up toy Nusuay night SOP cards were
issued to converts; of these 317 have
already been returned with the follow
lngr CHURCH preferences: Methodist,
IA; Baptist, 50; Presbyterian, So;
Episcopal, IS; undecided, 81; Quaker,
3. The meetings closed Friday. A
purse of $500 was presented to Mr..
Fife. He has returned to his home in
Fayetteville.
Asheville Gazette: Few people have
ever seen a rainbow at night, from the
fact that such occurrences are very
| S61OOIIl. QulGG d ullIllOCl VI UI1G C1Ul-
zens Of Asheville, however, Thurday
night witnessed one of these rare phe-
nomenas. At 1915 a beautiful rain
bow appeared across the western
heavens, spanning about one fourth of
the horizon. 1t was as clearly cut,
with the colors all distinct and nearly
as bright, az when produced by the
direct rays Of the sun.
AshebOro Courier: Mr.. William
Cross showed us a piece of calico Sat
urday morning that was bought at
Cedar Falls, in this county, in the
year 1845. A dress pattern, of which
this was a piece, was bought for his
wife by one David Laughlin, and the
dress, the cOlOrs of which are as they
were the day the dress was made, is
now in the possession of Miss Ethel
Laughlin, a granddaughter of the
original owner. Prints in those days
cost 35 cents per yard.
Louisburg Times: Two colored boys,
Ed. and Moses Minga, brothers, robbed
the money drawer of r. r. Harris &
Co, of about $17 in cash, on wednes-
day evening just before the store was
closed. The discovery was made by
Mr.. Harris when he approached the
drawer to count up the cash. Instead
Of being in its proper pl ace the drawer
was upon the foor-the cash gone.
Suspicion at once rested upon the boys
above named, and when they were
found they acknowledged their guilt
and gave up $3.50.
High Point Enterprise: Capt. Brit
ton, of this county, lives at the place
his great grandfather bought 134years
ago. - We published some time
since a notice of a little boy having
found a tarrapin having upon it's shell
w. 7, Armieid president of the