The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-06

pace, VINO Is now at DarIen, Ga, had
shot and killed a man either at that
place or Warsawsville, and that he
was held FIR murder.
Messrs. Poe & Co. have added the
manufacture of pottery and stoneware
to their extensive brick and tile works
Ii this city, specimens Of which were
shown us Monday, which were perfect
in their make up and ~design-frst-
class IN every particular, says the
Fayetteville Gazette.
Some n broke in the store of I. j.
Whitaker, al the old Andrews stand,
on Railroad street last night. The
cash drawer was tempered with and
the burglar secured about thirty cop
pers. Mr.. Whitaker also missed six
handkerchiofs and two or three bars Of
soap, says the Durham Sun.
Mauney Brothers, and DR.. W. L.
Grouse, Of Lincolnton, have brought
the Long Shoal paper mill property
consideration SO, 600. The purchasers
at an early day. The water power is
said to be excellent. The shoals are
about three miles from Lincolnton.
The Catawba gold mine, near Kings
Mountain N. O., with all it's machinery
and franchises. was sold last week to
Mr.. +. 9. Dempsey, of Boston, Mass.
The price paid is said to be between
SIS, 600 and 500, 900. The purchaser
IS organizing anew company to operate
the mine on a larger scale than eve
Elizabeth City CarOlinian: The cool
weather has seriously damaged the
cotton. Some farmers have had to re-
plant. -- Tie preliminary work on
the old Dismal Swamp Canal improve
ment Is now In active progress, and
the CarOlinian is informed that it will
be pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible.
julie Richardson and DOrtch Steven9,
negroes, were brought here from Prince
ton Monday evening and placed in jail.
They are charged with attempting to
murder Jake LangstOn, a hard work
ing white man, at Princeton Saturday
night. Langs.on will probably die as
his skull is cracked, says the Smith.
field Herald.
Sanford Express: Mr., W. J. Nc
Bryde diei at his home near Villan0w
on last Monday night with congestion
of the lungs He worked in a new
ground" all day Saturday, and upon
going home in the evening III q very
warm state, he took q DOL bath which
brought Oh congestion from which he
never recovered.
Kinston Free Press: Died, at his
residence in WOOdingtOn township, last
Friday, Mr.. Alex. S. Stroud, aged about
! so years -- We learn that Mr.. Ed,
Hart, Of Hugo, this county, had the
misfortune TO lose his residence end
kitchen and all Of their contents last
Saturday evening. The cause Of tie
fire was accidental.
Mr.. r. II. Martin, one Of the buyers
on this market, was about the busiest
man in town yesterday and to day.
He shipped 466 hCgsheads Of tobacco
to one firm in Canada, and has several
other large orders to fill. He has al
ready bought Of the last crop three and
a quarter million pounds Of tobacco,
says the Durham Sun.
Mr.. P. II. Mason, Of Mount Pisgah,
Alexander county, raised last year on
two acres Of ground 400 pounds OF
tobacco. for which he received $3.50.
acres Of ground. Mr.. Mason sold the
last Of his crop at the Planters Ware
house a few days days ago, says the
State6ville Landmark.
Red Springs Scotchman: N0twith-
I 0LCSlANA1S III hBAL VI 4ACSA AAAAS
we firmly believe that the farmers in
Robson are in better condition than
at any time since General Lees surren-
der. There is in a great part Of our
country an abundance Of breadStutfs
and III raising home supplies Il PEG
| pie seem to be terribly in earnest.
Burlington News: Mr.. J. J. Mays
house, near tho Academy, was burg
larized Saturday night to the extent Of
about $40 in money and clothing. An
entrance was effected by cutting a slat
! out of the blind and reaching IN and
unIatching it, and by the aid of O pitch
fork found &C the barn the burglar
fished out all in reach without entering
the house.
The officers of the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals and
| Children, are making it warm for per
sons who misuse or i'll treat dumb
beasts. Yesterday Andrew Nixon,
cOIored, from the neighbOrhOOd Of
| Castle Haynes, was brought before
Justice Bunting on the charge O~fCruelty
to a miserable looking mule, says the
Wilmington Star.
Bakersville News: Last Wednesday
evening about 1 o'clock, a5 Hawk mine
four miles from Bakersville, owned ard
operated by Maj J. Lorison, of this
place, Stephen Greene and Ebert
Greene went down in the mine about
100 feet to clean out a shaft. The shaft
gave way and Stephen Greene fell
twenty feet into a shaft of water $50
feet deep. Ebert Greene jumped into
the bucket and was saved.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: What a
pity our farmers do not plant enough
truck to warrant shipments to the
Nor.h. They ought to be taking IN
money right along every day. - On
last Saturday night about 2 o'clock,
while Arch Green, g. colOred brake
Mn,,nt he hiftinn nnoino hacked I'D