The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-03
STATE NE WIS,

MncOrd IGnleS: 1neFe Is nOC d
.C%In vacant dwelling house of any
sze IN Concord.
"a Stokes county nan has been jailed
.nanburv. charged with having mar
ssisad two wives now living.
Dow 7 L. Michaux, of Greensboro,
III eoon revive the Central Protestant,
" which he was the former editor.
Weldon is to have the largest cotton
factory in the State. WOrkmen are
now engaged in clearing up the site.
The Granite folks report that live
msnufacturing town as booming. The
factory is working day and night, says
the Lenoir Topic.
Charlotte Observer: Mecklenburg
county probably is surpassed nowhere
in the State in the excellence of its
public highways.
Durham Sum-: Mrs. E. H. Harris
died this morning at the home of her
nephew, Mr. 7. d. Wright, where she
has resided for several years
Gastonia Gazette: Mr.. E H. Adams,
Of Crowder's Creek, raised this year
81 bales of cotton on % acres. The
bales averaged 443 pounds each.
The handsome residences Of w. j.
L~iipfert, Clement Manly and l. L
Iunn, on Summit street, were burned
Yesterday afternoon, says the Winston
Daily.
Roy Dixon, a young son of W. R
Dixon Of Croft, was painfully hurt
last Thursday by receiving a kick
from a mule, says the Mecklenburg
Times.
The barn Of r. L. Hartsell near
Locust Level, was burned last Friday
night. Nothing was saved. The cause
Of the fire is not known, says the Con
cord Standard.
Scotland Neck Democrat: Mr.. j. j.
Bowers died at his home in Palmyra
on Wednesday 18th, aged ~ years.
He had been sick with a lingering ill
ness for almost q year.
W. J. Hoagland, OF Pineville, last
week killed a hog weighing AS pounds.
It made 55 pounds OF lard, He says
this was the prize hog of Pinevi'le, says
the M~eCklenburg Times
Hosre thieves were at work all about
last night. The chief of police to-day
receive kilograms asking him to look
out for horse thieves from both Rock
Hill and Matthew, says the Charlotte
NelrS.
SmiJhfeld Herald: Mr. John A.
Woodall, father Of our townsmen, Nh.
Willard Woodall, died at his home in
Banner township Monday morning
after a lingering illness of many
weeks.
Mr.. Samuel Crawford, of Elon Col
lege, killed two fine hogs last week
Weighing 3S7 and $40, respectively.
They yielded one hundred pounds of
lard. Fine hogs, these, says the Ora
ham Cleaner.
Martin Hall, colored, who lives in
Sharon township, was in the city to-
day with a subscription paper. His
corn Grip and 100 bushels of corn were
burned last Monday night, says the
Charlotte NeWS.
G~oldsboro Argus: Our young friend
Mr.. Walther Litchfield, a nephew of
Mr., Hiram J. Ham, was severely
kicked by a playful horse in the
stables of Messrs. Ham & Hunter yes
terday afternoon.
Monroe Enquirer: Mr.. Marshal
daughters, of Buford township, have
u4Cu WIJLf1A1 Vic 1ASJ GhICO vi lOut
weeks. Some Of the neighbors think
they were poisoned.
Mount Airy New8: Elk Sheriff Samuel
Fl, Taylor died at the residence Of his
daughter, Mrs. Jennie Galloway, in
this city on last Friday morning about
three O'Clock, aged seventy-tWo years,
six months and four days.
J. Hiram Crews, who was arrested a
few days ago for passing counterfeit
money, IS still in jail, having failed to
Use the required bond for the next
: IN Of the Greensboro Federal court,
says the Winston Sentinel.
YMorganton Herald: There is a V
slg demand for houses to rent in
ADrgantOn. We have known several
distances lately where parties have
failed to secure houses who wanted to
come to MOrganton to live.
Mecklenburg Times: A dog belong
&ng to Mr.. G. S. Hall, of Sugar Greek,
went mad last Friday and bit a 6augh-
Ter of Mr.. j. @. Boyte; also a COW.
The dog was killed. The child suffered
considerably from the wound.
Marion Free Lance: Some one mt
a 81 calibre cartridge on the track at
- L. ~ - NCpOU w CuI1CSudN. AS
the train passed over it it exploded
striking the agent, Mr.. Geo, E. Lee. in
the foot, making a painful wound.
Mr.. Geo. M. Holobaugh, of Charlotte.
will open a general merchandise busi.
ness at Barium Springs about Jan
uary 1st. The firm will be known as
Strohecker Springs Co. and will occupy
the new storehouse at Barium SPRINGS
depot.
On Wednesday last, the 21st instant,
an unfortunate homi tide occurred at
Essex, this county, Mr.. G. w. Sexton
killing Mack Richardson, colOred. Mr.,
Sexton Immediately went to Halifax
and gave himself up, says the Weldon
NeWS
WIlkesboro Chronicle: A large pop
lar tree was hauled through town last
week. The tree made five cuts,
twelve feet long each, and would aver,
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