The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-25

AAS6 ~ Has DGGu SOuG
time since Concord has been visited bv
q gang of burglars, but it received such
a visit last Thursday night. They Wis
tied a number Of places. but secured
very little booty. = Can't. Mangum
having rendered his resignation as cap
tain of the Cabarrus Black Bows, at a
meeting last Friday night, DR.. w. O..
Houston was elected to succeed him.
Fayetteville Gazette: The hot wave
or the past week gave cotton a little
ST trt, n the color of the weed is bet
ter and more promising, though the
average Is below that of last years
crop OF a corresponding date. -
Charley Evans, colOred, aged about Is
years, was accidentally drowned in the
Cape Fear river about seven miles
below here, while in bathing last Sun
day.
Windsor Ledger: News reached here
Monday to- the effect that Mr.. VIM.
Seasons "a accidentally shot in the
abdomen with a Flobert rifle by his
father, Mr.. D. V. Seasons, at his home
near POwellsville last Saturday. 1t
seems that the rife was lying on a
bench when the father took it up and
1t was accidentally discharged. It is
nv CHOOSAO %AoO yOAbS OCSSOLAS Win
live.
Charlotte News: While Jasper Hart
was blowing on Mr.. D. O.. R0binson's
farm near Indian Trail, the other day,
he plowed up a very ancient silver
coin. The coin has on n side this in
scription: Carolina III. Del Gratia. y"
and on the other side: "Hispan Eft
Rex NJ K H." and bears date of 1924
The coin is a Spanish piece, and weighs
three grains more than a standard
silver dollar.
Smithfield Herald: David Lockhart
an old cOl0red man, who lives near
Smithfitld and who is well known to
many Of Our citizens, was born in 1910
and is perhaps the Oldest man in the
county, being now in his ninety third
year. Dave was a slave and was
brought to this county from Per
quimans in 1S43 by Mr.. Thomas Lock
hart. The old man is still able to do
some work and cones to town quite
often.
Last Friday night, Mr.. Ferries, who
lives in Long Creek township, was
aroused by screams from a room oc-
cupied by his two daughters. Hurry
ing to their room, he was just in time
to see a negro escape from the window.
He recognized the negro as a farm
hand of the neighborhOod, and next
day he had a warrant issued for his
arrest. So far as learned, the negro
has not been captured, says the Char
lotte News.
A little child OF a Mr.. Clemmons in
North Durham was right badly burned
Monday. The mother went Out a few
minutes and left the little one asleep
on a quilt on the flor. The child
awOke before the mother returned and
found some matc.es, striking them,
and set fire to a mosquito netting,
burning it up and scOrched a quilt
The hands and face of the LITTLE one
al right badly burned, says the Dur
ham Sun.
Greensboro Record: This morning
Mr.. Hobbs, of the firm of Hobbs &
Bros, grocery dea&ec5 or E&StsMSckH,'
went to his store at the usual hour,
opened up, swept out, unlocked the
combination of his safe, took out his
books and went to work. About 9
o'clock he had occasion to go into his
safe again, when to his horror he found
some n had priced open the inner
door and taken away $50 In cash
silver and greenbacks.
Charlotte News: Mr.. Watt Kirk
patrick was in the city this morning
and gave a reporter some dots on his
mode of farming. He runs about a
sixteen horse farm, but makes his own
stuff He milks fourteen COWS and
sells 125 pounds of butter every week,
for which he gets 25 cents per pound.
He said he had ten hogs and eight pigs
that he feeds entirely on butter milk,
and counts on making two of the ami
mails weigh 500 pounds.
We learn from the N. @. Presby-
terrain that Asheville Presbyterian
Church reports 81 additions since the
1st of January lsst; Raleigh Church 26
accessions since the 1st of April last;
JonesborO Church 81 additions and AZ
confessions, and First Church, Viii
mingtOn, II additions in last three
months. Thirteen of these above re
ported worship with Emmanuel chapel.
Seven others w~erereceived at the chapel
on profession on last Sabbath night.
Asheville- Citizen: News is brought
here by Gen. E. r. Hampton. of Sylvia,
of a homicide that occurred yesterday
on Savannah creek, about five miles
from Web7 ter, in Jackson county.
Particulars are meagre, but it seems
that two men, named Morgan and
Estes, became involved in an alterca-
ton. when Morgan drew his knife and
stabbed Estes. One of the knife thrusts
was made with so much force as to
break one of Estes ribs and completely
sever his lungs. Estes died in a short
while.
Oxford Ledger: A few days ago
while Mrs. Emma Lynch was busy
about household duties she heard some
thing fall down the chimney and think
ing it was only a nest of swallows she
did not turn her attention to the noise
at once. After a lapse of several min
utes she looked to see what had be-
come of the swallows. but imagine her