The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-05-24

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Ann Taylor. The ball entered the
mouth, and lodged in the back of the
head. His condition is critical.
Red Springs Comet: The caterpillars
have taken complete possession of
Arch. Lockller's premises. They filed
the house, the yard and horse lot He
was compelled to lock up his house,
take his stock and leave the place.
Rockingham Spirit Of the South :
The wheat crop IN this county is said
to be fine.--It is reported that Joe
Kirby, colored, killed a colored wo-
man on Maj. Pegues' plantation, ~ or
IA miles below here, the other day.
Mr.. Junius Ruppe in No 1 township
has a daughter only eleven years old
that weighs 100 pounds. She is not
very, teshy but naturally of a large
family on her mothers side. Who can
beat this, asks the Shelby AurOrG.
Stanly Ne1Cs: A shooting affair Oc-
Cured in Montgomery county last
week, in which Mr.. William Inis was
seriously if not fatally shot by a Mr..
TarbOrO. From what we can learn, a
liquor distillery was at the bottom of it.
J. Q. Brumley, of the western part
Of the county, has three and a half
acres of cotton that has six leaves to
the stalk. This is what he planted in
the latter part of March. This beats
the county, says the Concord Stan
ddrd.
Lumberton RObeSOnGan: Rev. Alex
ander Gum died at his home near
Wealder, Gonzales county, Texas,
May I'd. Deceased was born in Robe
son county, N, O., June 10th, 1923. He
remained in his native county until AZ
years age.
Raleigh Visitor: North Carolina 6
per cent. cOnsOls r selling at Ca
country friend informed us to-day that
oats and wheat were looking splendid,
with every prospect of a fine yield The
acreage in this county is much larger
than usual.
Oxford Ledger: Mrs. Betsy Peace,
who resided in Oxford during the wal
and up to 1870, and now lives near Mt.
Energy has reached the ripe old age of
81. She is in good health, mentally and
physically, and reads without the use
of spectacles.
Mr.. S. w. Reed, of Steel Creek, who
was In the city to-day says that COWS
are lying from milk fever" all over
his section. The disease seems to be
epidemic. Mr.. Reed lost a $50 COW yes
terday from that disease, says the
Charlotte NelUs.
Windsor Ledger: Our much esteemed
citizen, Mr.. L. S. Webb, who is very
aged and feeble, had the misfortune to
lose his balance while in front of the
American House last Thursday and
fell across some roots of a shade tree,
breaking his thigh.
Concord Times: DR.. Rutson Maury,
son of the late Commander William L.
Maury, i. S. Navy, died last Thursday
in New York of pneumonia. He was
born in North Carolina in 1865. DR..
Maury was a brother of Mrs. G.. @.
Richmond, of Concord.
Burlington NeUS: Mr.. @. w. Straugh-
an, of Glover Orchard, told us that a
short time ago he found a large bull
frog that had swallowed a goslin about
as large as the frog. and both were ly.
ing dead-the gOslin's head being just
out of the frogs mouth.
Smithfeld Herald Heretofore
farmers have tried to exceed each 9th
er in growing cotton. Now they have
turned their attention to corn. Mr..
w. B Cole, of the Harper's section,
seems to be ahead on that. He has the
largest we have seen this spring.
Germanton Times: In Sauratown
township, Stokes county, on the morn
ing of May 9Th, Mr.. G. B. Taylor died.
His death was the result of softening
of the brain. He was in his sgd year.
When he passed away Stokes county
lost one of her oldest landmarks.
Goldsboro Argus: Another case of
didn't know it was loaded" " occurred
in this city Tuesday night, which came
near proving fatal, and whereby MI.
| John Durr was painfully wounded in
the face by the load from a shotgun
in the hands of Mr.. Furman Tudor.
Charlotte NeaU8: Constantine Davis
ion, one of the best known men of
Mecklenburg county was drowned in
| Catawba river, at Moore's ferry, late
yesterday afternoon. This morning a
messenger arrived in the city to APP
prise his relatives here of the ~catastro-
phe.
Tarboro S~OutherneT: A six months
old baby of a Mr.. Warren, living on
Fred Bryan's land about four miles
from Bethel, last week died from
strangulation. 1t fell between the bed
and the wall and was caught by the
head. When the parents found it it
was dead.
Mr.. David Sellars of No. 5 has i'm
pounded a hog which in all probabili-
ties is a wild one, He had a regular
''forefather" time in capturing the an
imal which fought both dogs and men
almost to death. 1t is now tanning
down and doing well, says the Kings
Mountain NeaCS.
Mr.. I. A. Helms, of Monroe township,
recently secured from n sheep, six
and a half pounds of wool, thirteen
inches long. If this experience can be
duplicated sheep raising can be made
very profitable In this section. What
has been done can be done again." says
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