The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

members into the Methodist Church.
A very fine audience met him at
Trenton.
The Franklin Times SAYS that Mr..
VIM. Ross, of Cypress Creek, that
county, was hauling stills and while
unloading, a heavy piece of timber fell
against him, knocking him down and
as he fell the timber fell upon him,
crushing his skull and killing him
instantly.
Governor Carr has ordered two
special terms of Superior Court, one
for Jackson county, beginning Novem-
Der, Judge Armfield to preside; the
other for Randolph, beginning Novem
a., Judge Boykin to preside. The
sickness Of Judge Armfield made this
necessary.
Monroe Enquirer: The new Presby-
terian church at Beaver Dam was oc-
cupied for the first time last Saturday.
The building is not quite finished. -
Walter Stegall, of Beaver Dam, who
killed Thomas Stegall a few weeks
since, was put in jail last Thursday
upon a charge of murder.
Charlotte Observer: The broom fac
tory at Steel Creek, n of last seasons
enterprises, is on a boom this wear.
The old machinery has been discarded,
new machinery bought and, barring
accidents, will be under full Roadway
on this years crOp-by the way a full
One-of broom straw in a couple of
weeks.
There was a great row at Salem
church, at Sage, near Charlotte last
night, all over a cigarette. Four or
five negroes took a hand and they
used razors. One negro vas fearfully
cut on the back of the neck, and a
knife blade was broken off in the back
bone of another negro, says the Char,
lotte News.
Pastor Moose of the Burkhead church,
announced yesterday that if any of his
members intended to go to the circus
he hoped they would come to him first
and get a certificate of dismissal from
the church. He also gave the mem
to understand that he would use his
influence to dismiss those who went to
the show, says the Winston Sentinel.
Greensboro Record: There is a pc
culiar malady effecting the bird dogs
hereabouts. 1t is called sore mouth"
They soon get so they cannot open
their mouths, and starve to death. -
The North Carolina pine forests are
being rapidly cut out. How to re
established them and how to perpetuate
the supply of timber III these counties
is a problem of great Importance
Last Wednesday evening, Mr.. Enoch
COffey who had been to the funeral Of
Mrs. Larkin Estes on Johns River,
was returning home and in crossing
the creek near his house on a fOotlog,
stumbled and fell into the creek, his
he i'd striking a rock in the creek,
which it is thought killed him instantly.
He was not found until Thursday
morning about s o'clock, says the
Lenoir Topic.
At the Free Will Baptist church last
night, the ordinance of feet washing
vas observed. This was the first time
in thirty five years. Elder LuptOn
stated that the last time was on the
same spot of ground On which the new
| church stands. The church was packed
probably nearly two hundred present.
A good array Of ministers at least six
were among the number, says the New
Berne Journal.
Charlotte News: Mrs. Grant, mother
of Mrs. Joe Klouse, received a fall yes
terday afternoon that resulted in the
breaking of one of her legs - The
new Catholic church will be completed
and ready for occupancy after all by
January 1st. The walls are not only
up already, but the roofing timbers
are nearly all in place. The church
will cost $4,000 and will be a very
handsome edifice.
Wadesboro Messenger: Quite a aum
Der of cases Of typhoid fever are re-
ported from different sections of the
county, but Wadesboro has been re-
markedly free from the dread disease
this year-only one case having oc-
cured here. - The biggest crop of
excellent peavine hay ver raised in
the county has nearly all been har-
vested. This is very fortunate, as
the fodder crop is almost a complete
failure.
Mooresville Register: The body of
Rev. j. L. Cornelius, who died in the
Massachusetts, General Hospital on the
25th inst, arrived here Saturday norm
ing and was taken to McKendree Chapel
for interment. -- A party of Oregon
men arrived here Wednesday morning
with about 100 wild horses, and will
perhaps remain several days. 1t is
quite a novelty to u people to see
them catch these horses with a lassO,
and draws the crowd equal to a circus.
New Berne Journal: The Beaufort
Herald says that fish which have been
scarce since the big storm are now be-
ginning to run again and fishermen
are doing good work. Great quantities
of fat backs are being caught and
made up into fish scrap. - We men
toned that a large fin back whale was
not far from Beaufort recently. The
Herald says he continues to play about
the bar and has chased some small