The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11

lips, aged about 80 years, while walk
ing on the pavement in front of Reams'
warehouse was suddenly attacked by
heart disease and fell TO the pavement,
breaking her arm between the elbow
and wrist. She was carried into a
grocery store close by, where she
tainted twice.
We have never before seen the peo-
pie OF Moore county so engrossed with
politics. The first question after the
usual greeting with, "Howdy do" is
How are politics in your section?"
Old gray headed men bent with g
VINO haven't voted in ten years, express
tnelr Intention to vote this fall. saws
the Sanford ErpreSs.
Asheville Citizen: Col. John D
Cameron returned from Raleigh this
morning. He brings tt gratifying
news that Chief Justice Merrimon,
alGnough still a very sick man, is
steadily improving, and, it is believed,
he Is IN a fair way to DR..
Da Costa of Philadelphia has been at
tending Judge Merrimon for several
days.
Wadesboro Messenger: Uncle Ike
Edwards, one of the best known col
ored men in the county, died here last
Thursday, aged about IS years. Uncle
Nike has always been a Democrat
from principle, having voted that
ticket in every election since the war.
He was buried at the expense of the
Democratic Club of Wade sborO town
ship.
Shelby ReUieW: The fine milling
plant of julius Stroup, located just
over the line in Lincoln county, was
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday even
ing. The plant included flour, corn,
saw AMI shingle mills and cotton gin.
Four bales of cotton and one gin was
saved, The loss amounts to 81. 600,
with no insurance. The fire originated
IN the engine room.
Shelby ReUieW: Mr.. D. S Weathers,
of this township, planted less than an
acre of sugar can this year and made.
104 gallons of splendid sorghum, worth
about $50 90. This BEATS cotton a long
ways There has been more molasses
made in Cleveland county this year
year than ever before, and every body
says II IS n of the most profitable
crops that a be raised.
MaxtOn Union and Scottish Chief:
Mr.. Archie Smith killed a monster
eagle near Lumber Bridge a few days
ago. 1t measured seven feet from tip
to tip Of wings. -- A. McDOugald. a
young man from Columbia, 5. O.,
(nOw visiting in LaUrinburg) Is no
shouch of a sprinter. Last Friday he
ran from Laurinburg to MaXtOn, a dis
lance of seven miles, in 40 minutes.
WadesborO Observation-Disclosures:
Some miscreant fired three shots from
- Il -,.- TaA~ H. %l, -,,rTIn-1n n
Mr.. w. +. Teal, who lives about three
miles from town, on the Camden road,
last Saturday night. Several of the
shot penetrated one of the windows of
Mr.. Teal's house, but did no further
damage. The shots were fired about
10 O'Clock, Mr.. Teal having just retired
for the night.
Rocky Mount Arg0naut: K. @.
Pope. a well known citizen. died last
Monday morning at his resldeEce IL
B~attleboro. - Coffield Mason died at
B~attlehoro ON Tuesday morning, eyed
IS years. = Rocky Mount Will hold
It's second Tobacco Exposition on Wed
nesday. November I'd, and we advise
every body who is interested in tobacco
I'd be here The money Is all raised
and a full organization effected.
An unknown party broke into the
es,dence Of Mrs. NJ. j. Stripe, on
Liberty street, Sunday night. They
entered the window at the north end
of the building and went In the room
in which the Two daughters of Mrs,
Stripe were sleeping. The ladies awoke
and gave the alarm, thereby brighten
imp the burglar off. He jumped out
of the wiu0ow and made good his eS
cape leaving a stick ia the outside,
says the Winston Sentinel
Red Springs Comet: The farmers
are busy gathering their cotton and
saving their pea-Vine hay. Large
quantities of the latter will be made
around here this year. -- Mr.. Will
liam Conoley, a respected citizen who
lived near Shannon, dropped dead
last Saturday morning. He had gone
out to his horse lot about daylight and
was found shortly afterwards with life
extinct. Suppose to be apOpleXy. Mr..
COnoley was aged about go years.
Mount Airy Neocs: A correspondent
from ElkIn to the Winston Sentinel
saws that there is a man In this county
who has been married only twenty
wears and has five children married
and all of these children have from
one to three children each. This gives
the man who has been married twenty
years a crowd of grand children. But
we may not be surprised at this since
Mrs. Billings, of Ashe county, has just
given birth to six children at once.
Charlotte NeUs: A right lively in
| cident occurred at Mallard Greek Pres
bvterian church last Sunday. The
preacher was humming along on the
home stretch, when the congregation
was suddenly startled by a man who
was seated on a front bench throwing
I'D his hands and shouting whoa
whoaT' He shouted loud, too, and
then he plunged forward on tie Hoor.
! The distl1rher WAS MelL-knOWn farmer