The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-08-08
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Wheat from the West-Peanuts
and Cotton Seed from the South
Good rains reported in many sections
They were very badly needed.
The new Presbyterian church at
Alton was organized with fifteen mem
bers.
The third and. fourth regiments of
North Carolina State Guards will en-
camp at Latta Park, Charlotte, Au-
gust 21st.
Cranes are now being sent North
from Southern Pines. North Carolina
follows Just behind Florida in grape
shipments.
.Iohn Gotten, a negro boy, was placed
in iaiI here Saturday night charged
With stealing some money\at Selma,
saws the Smithfield Herald.
The annual pony penning at More
head will begin next Thursday. If
YOU want a pony there is a chance.
They will sell low this year.
Shelby Review: Mr. B. B. Bailey,
who lives near Shelby, sowed nine
bushels of wheat and harvested one
hundred and ffty-three bushels.
The fast train, bound for Atlanta,
cut to pieces and instantly killed an
unknown negro at Sanford Tuesday
night, a Y the Rockingham Rocket.
Last Saturday Mr.. j. E. w. Austin
had a mule shot with a didn't know
it was loaded" pistol in the hands of a
careless negro boy, says the Monroe
Enquirer.
Mr., L Harvey shipped 298 barrels
of canteIOupes from n acre, besides
several barrels retailed in KinstOn.
That is a iue yield, says the Kinston
Free Press.
Mr., Bad Porter. of No. 1, had a good
mule killed by lightning, Monday even
inc There was also a barn struck and
was completely destroyed, says the
Concord Standard.
Court Monday week. There are
about sixty-fve cases on the Criminal
docket. among which are the now cele-
brated Sheffield township cases, says
the Carthage Blade.
L~aurinburg Exchange: The improv-
ment in the crops Is most marked. In
a recent trip Of ID or Is. miles east Of
here we we're most delighted to note
the favorable effects of the fine rains.
A darkg was up before Mayor Gal
Iowav last Friday for shooting at Mr..
Sam Benefits dog and carrying a pis
toll, Thirty five dollars was the price
of his amusement, says the Reidsville
Weekly.
The ordinance prohibiting SNOWFALL
ing on the public thoroughfares Wall be
strictly enforced hereafter. This fact
leaked out yesterday, SO that no in
fractions were INDUCED in at that time,
says the Charlotte News.
Elizabeth City Carolinian: An old
colored man named Ezekiel Morris,
who was admitted to the poor house
some time ago, died there very sud
denly on Saturday, and in one of his
pockets $95 in bills was found.
Quite a number Of the citizens Of the
town favor organizing a lodge of
Knights of Pythias here. Several have
given their names for membership. 1t
will probably be organized some time
O says the Sanford Express.
Weldon News: All crops in this
section are suffering on account of the
continuance of the long, hot, dry spell.
Farmers report that cotton and corn
r suffering, and that a great many
high land fields are nearly ruined.
To farmer J. S. Merritt we make our
most polite bow. We are under obi
RdblOIlS w I'LL " liz q SCSU kCRN4O
beet that we have ever seen It
weighed by honest actual weight y
pounds, says the Roxboro Courier.
o. NJ. Cowthorn, of Salem, Ala, was
tried at Hickory last week for killing
Sam lilly, cOlOred, there some months
ago. 1t was proven that lilly ad-
vanced upon Cowthorn with a pitch
fork and that he killed him (Tilly) in
self defense.
Capt. Thos. Lea, of Hamer, was in
town to day. The Captain says that
Vance is all right now on the money
question. He also states that in his
ne~ighbOrhOOd the crops are suffering
very much for want of rain, says the
Milton Gazette.
Several sections of North Carolina
have suffered from the drought and
the crops there have been parched, but
Cleveland county has had last and this
week abundance of rain. Crops look
much improved this week, says the
Shelby Aurora.
Messrs J. ". Fisher, Jr., and @. A.
Seaborn, of No. 10, were at Henry
Tolbert'5 on Monday evening. The
horses were stopped under a tree, and
during a thunder storm the tree was
STRUCK Dy IlSnUnlQS anu DOJl horses
killed, says the Concord Standard.
Burlington News; The auction sale
of horses at the fair grounds on Thurs
day last brought horse men from all
directions and many of cur county
men together. The sale of horses
amounted to 81, $50, while the harness.
sulkies, etc, swelled the amount about
$3.50 more.
Two negroes who have been noticed
as doing scarcely no work during the
year but occupied their time ~loaing'
were put in jail last week for stealing
hogs. A mar with no visible e Of
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