The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-12-19

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on Captain r. A. TorFance's place, in
Hopewell. The child was left in the
field by it's parents, tenants of Capt.
TOrrance's. and it ran into the fire
which had been built by the hands.
When discovered it was enve oped IN
flames. It died in less than tWenty-four
hours of it's injuries.
Mount Airy News: Rev. s. F. Con-
rad has resigned his pastorates with
Walnut Cove and Rufin Baptist
churches to take effect January 1st.
Mr.. Conrad has accepted an appoint
ment from the Pilot Mountain Sunday
school Association as Sunday-schOol
and Church Evangelist within the
a-ssociational bounds. He will con
tinue his work with Fork church,
Davie county.
Wilson Advance: Mr.. Warren
Woodland lost his gin house and 1890
bushels of peanuts by fire last week.
Mr.. Woodland had just finished picking
his peanuts the day before h ire
occurred. He thinks some of the hands
must have dropped a spark in the
house just before dark as the fire broke
out shortly after bed time. Building
and contents we're a complete loss. No
insurance.
JNA mO4EO0 duu ESDOGEGSOn OpOASOA
two Colored citizens of Carthage, were
before Justice Frye recently, charged
with stealing paint from Mr.. A. Il
McNeill. Monroe charged Spencer with
the theft and Spencer brought a counter
charge against Monroe. Result: both
are bound over to court, and will prob
ably be sent to Raleigh. when
thieves fall out, &C." says the
Carthage Blade.
The residence of Sheriff John W.
Cook, of Guilford county, about five
miles distant from Greensboro, was
totally destroyed by fire Monday morn
ing. The sheriff and his wife were IN
Greensboro-at the time of the fire
The neighbors gathered together as
promptly as possible and saved a good
deal of the household goods, but q
large part was destroyed. There was
no insurance on the building.
The Charlotte News thus speaks of a
Cabarrus man: ID. B. Porter, of
Pioneer Mills, has made, for his
mother, q three wheel velocipede, on
which she rolls herself comfortably
through the house. Mrs. Porter is a
large old lady about 20 years old, and
has been helpless for five years. The
ingenious locomotive is entirely the
work Of her son; he making every part
of it, wheels and all, at home,
A letter addre ssed to Santa Clause,
North Pole, United States of America"
was received at the Charlotte pOstOfice
to day. 1t was mailed in New York.
Postmaster Robertson sent it on its
rounds. 1t was from a little girl who
signed her name "Lottle," and said
she would be in Baltimore on Christ
| 40 1o- 9ho hOurO1 FAn n doll ArooooH
according to fashion with balloon
sleeves, says the Charlotte News,
Oxford Ledger: Mr.. L Thomas
killed on Tuesday two pigs Is months
old, weighing $50 and 428 respectively
net. - Quite a number of farmers
were caught in Oxford by the snow
storm and we're compelled to remain
until Wednesday as no tobacco vas
sold that day. - The Protestant
Methodist Conference last week sent
Rev. w. L. Harris to Granville circuit,
and Rev. r E Swain to LAGRANGE
circuit.
There came near being a serious fire
at Zion College u morning the latter
part of last week The fire was in n
of the recitation rooms and was max
ing some head way when discovered
and was promptly put out But for
the ~closeness of the room, doubtless the
elegant building would have been con
sumed. President Long on his usual
rounds the night before found no
fire in the room, hence the origin is
unknown.
This morning q negro named Miles
Brown came very near meeting q sud
den death at the cotton platform He
had charge of one of Carr's drays and
was loading it with cotton. While on
top of the load, q bale gave an unex
pected twist and Brown fell to the
ground. A hole was punched in his
skull by a rock upon which his head
struck The negro was carried home.
and chances for his recovery are favor
able, says the Charlotte News.
High Point Enterprise: For some
time Mr.. w. G. Barbee has been work
ing on a potato meal, which is destined
to revolutionize things in regard to
keeping sweet potatoes. This week the
meal came forth from the ev 'porator
and mill and we can testify as to the
success of the undertaking. The pota-
toes are first evaporated, and then
ground up into meal almost as fine as
-four. This is ready at any time for
pies, custards, buildings and the like
Shelby Review: Chief of Police Jones
arrested two strange negroes Saturday
night having in their possession a large
quantity of new clothing, which had
been stolen from some store - Sam
Nicely, the seventeen year old colOred
boy who broke into the house of VIII
liam Allen, near Gastonia, last June
and shot him in the bead, was hung
at Dallas last Friday. The execution
was private, the scaffOld being erected
in the jail yard.
Reidsville Review: The Review be-
lieves hat the people of Rockingham