The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-05

l6IuS VI COGIOu nave only the g
crop of bolls, rs it did not get large
enough to fruit much in July.
Our neighbor, Stokes county, lays
claim to having the stingiest man in
the State, surprising the fellow who
used a mole on the back of his neck
for a collar button. He jumps the
fence to save the wear of his gate
hinges, says Webster's Weekly.
Windsor Ledger: We learn that the
Brannlng Manufacturing company has
shut down all it's work including the
mills at Edenton and @. & r. r. r. at
wellington. Owing to the stringency
In the lumber market a large number
OF men r thrown out of employment.
The Roxboro Courier says that while
Mr.. Geo. Wrean, of Person, vas at
tending religious services last Sunday
his house was entered and 1864 stolen.
a as this was it might have been
worse, for there were $500 more in the
houSe which the robbers did not find.
Capt. William w. Hall, editor of the
Roanoke News, and clerk in the bureau
OF labor statistics of the State died at
Weldon on Saturday. The Episcopal
Church has lost an active, faithful
Christian; the State press a genial
courteous member and the State a true
and valued son.
The Raleigh Christian Advocate
states that in Winston there are more
scholars in the Methodist Sabbath
schools than there are members in the
churches and thinks this is moro than
can be said Of any other city in the
State The schools have more than q
thousand members.
There came near being another acci-
dent on the Atlantic 6 DanviIi road
the other day. The new bridge at the
recent wreck sank eighteen inches as a
freight train went over it and it was
deemed unsafe. The engineer tainted
when he felt the structure giving away.
He thought he was gone.
This has been watermelon Saturda, j..
The streets we're fairly lined with
them. Mr.. Sldler, the Catawba river
specialist, as usual, had the biggest
loads and the biggest melons. On top
of his load were two p0nderCus ones,
each weighing eeventy-On6 pounds,
says the Charlotte News.
Statosville Landmark: This is the
first summer III ten years or more that
double daily passenger trains have not
been Tun on the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad. The passenger traffic
has been heavy this summer but the
failure TO put on the extra trains is
due to the general financial depression,
Mr.. Fred Starnes, of CabarruscOuntv,
had his gin and mill house blown away
by the storm Monday. Timbers Of
the house we're found several hundred
yards from the site. The machinery
was completely wrecked The gin was
M before blown away in a cyclone,
and once before that, burned 20 the
ground,
Greensboro Record: Revenue agents
from this place this week seized eigh-
teen barrels, about $40 gallons Of
whiskey i'll north Iredell, near the
Wilkes county line. 1t was stored at
Statesville and will be sold in forty
days unless a claimant appears. They
also found q still in Llnkum Pinch
mountain, in Alexander county.
Durham Sun: Some Of the farmers
in this section are bringing in splendid
reports from their crops. Col. B. Cam
eTOn has a field of 125 acres, known IS
the long field" on the Staggville
plantation, and it is estimated that it
will produce 1000 barrels of corn. It
is a splendid sight. The farmers say
they are going to live at home this
year.
Winston Sentinel: William M. Jar
rell. proprietor Of Jarrells Hotel at
High Point, was drowned about seven
o'clock last evening in a mill pond at
Oakdale Factory. He and Miss Ida
MerOney, Of Salisbury, were riding in
a boat. Mr.. FARRELL reached UP to
L--ozI- E-S. ~Hr - I,,-l - coT1 80
Of the boat backwards. He could not
swim.
The Charlotte News says: On last
Saturday night Mrs. Mollie @. Dusen.
bury took the oath of office and was
formerly installed by the bOndsmen Of
Miss Mary r. Dusenbury, as pOstmis
tress in the Concord pOstoffice. Mrs
Dusenbury had filed the office of as,
sistant pOstmistress for several years
and quite lately, within the last month,
had been re-appointed.
VIM. Mcpherson, a colored boy Iiv-
ing here, was shot one night last week,
near the Mineral spring by some IN
known person. The shooting was done
from ambush. The ball entered his
left jaw, ranging up and came out
near the ear. l. is q very MYSTERIOUS
affair, and we believe there is more
known about it than has been told,
says the Carthage Blade.
Mrs. Noah Spier, a lady Of 90 years
old, died at ~ChOcOwinity week before
last. Her husband was q soldier of
the war Of 1912 and was stationed at
Beaton Island. She said they were
married Immediately on his return
from that island in January, 1918,
when she was 10 years of age. His
death preceded hers by many years.
says the Greenville Reflector.
Windsor Ledger: Last week at one
Of the lodging camps on the @. & r.
Railroad a dog attacked a large rattle