The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-05-30


recently been through q good portion
of Arson county, that the wheat crop
IS excellent, and that corn and cotton
are dong we'll, but that the Oat crop IS
rather poor on account of the poor
stand, says the Monroe Enquirer.
Two negro children who lived with
Rhodes Allen near the Morning Place,
on Roanoke river, were playing in a
canoe Tuesday week when the canoe
ran against a weir and upset, throwing
the boys In the river and drowning
them says the Windsor Ledger.
New Berne Journal: We regret to
learn Of the death of Rev. N. Collins
Hughes, D. D. of ChOcOwinity, an
uncle of Drs. j. B. and T. w. Hughes,
of this city. He was an aged and &C
cOmplishCd gentleman and principal Of
a fine f0urishing echoolat Chocowinity.
Mr., Alf Sigmon recently sold in
Statesvjlle 492 pounds Of tobacco for
which he received the whole amount
of $12.27. He said farmers have been
asking that the tariff be taken off
and they are doing it-especially on
the price of tobacco" says the Hickory
Mercury.
Danbury Reporter: We are panied
to learn of the death of Mr.. Powell w.
Robertson, which occurred at his home
at Dalton last Saturday - A sixteen
year Old daughter of Amos Archer in
Wayne county, Va, attempted to
drink a quart Of whiskey and died in a
few hours
Mr. John r Steele was Over at
| Columbia, Tennessee, during the ses
sion Of court IN that city, q few weeks
ago. In the stock exhibition there
were twenty jack and he heard them
| all bray at once. He says thai they
made a noise that vas terrific, SAY the
Lenoir Topic.
Rat" the little dog of the Penland
House got up in the pulpit while Bev.
Mr.. Greene was delivering his sermon
and got to wheeling around trying to
catch his tail. The antic performance
of Rat was too much for the preacher.
hence the dog had to &c, says the
Bakeraville News.
Right now, while we are putting and
blowing and peIspiring and tanning to
keep cool and can hear the down the
country people running to the noun
tains to get RID Of the mosquitoes. it is
mighty hard to realize that 1t showed
at Blowing Rock last Wednesday, says
the Lenoir Topic.
Shelby Review: 4 teacher not q
million miles from Shelby, opened
school the other day i'll q un,qGe way
After arranging his class, he pulled off
his coat, rolled up his sic YES ana re
marked: Nov, by Cd, boys, vel
begin /. took the tucks IN % the
boys" right ut ace,
Concord Standard: Mr.. John 7.
Hahn. Of No s, has freak at his place.
In the same field and from the same
Tot OF oats he planted part With drill
and the other was scattered win the
hand. The former is full Cf cheat.
hl2e the latter is entirely free from it,
He cannot account for it.
Allen Williams. coIored, who was
concerned with E'Ij1h Jackson, col0red,
in the I0bbing OF freight cars on the
| Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. and
was arrested but escaped from the de
| tective who had him IN charge, was
| captured at Gcl6sb0ro a few days $50
and confined il Jail a. that place.
A day or two ago two white men,
| Bob Allen and Dec Stinson, sold some
| diseased beef on the Greensboro mar
| ket AS Q as the fact became k own
warrants were issued for the arrest of
the men. StinsOn eluded the officers
and made his escape, but Allen was
! captured, says the Winston Sentinel.
Henderson Herald: Gardeners are
raising heavy complaint about the
multiplicity of insects infesting their
vegetables. Potato3 bugs, flea bugs,
and cut worms are said to be more de
structive this year than ever before.
Tomato and cabbage plants Of early
setting have nearly all been destroyed.
Fayetteville Observer: Last week a
colOred man, Richard Bryant was com
mitted to jail by Justice OVERLY for
Decorating the grave of Robert Evans,
cOlored. Bryant was seen removing
earth from the grave, and he vOlun-
teered to say that he intended to ex-
hume the body because the Lord had
called him to do it.
Charlotte Observer: SEanly county
sent down the champion walker to the
goth. Mr.. d. W. Snider, Of Big Lick,
started for Charlotte Friday morning
at & :35 o'clock, was detained two hours
in crossing Rocky river, stopped an
hour and a half for dinner, and reached
here at 5 :35 that evening, the distance
travelled being 35 miles,
DR.. E. G.. Laird's little three-year-
old son got hold Of a vial of laudinum
last Thursday afternoon and drank of
the drug, which would have proven
fatal but for the prompt application of
proper remedies. The vigorous treat
ment given by Drs, Laird and Long
carried the little fellow through all
right, says the Alamance Cleaner.
Goldsboro Argus: The barn Of Mr..
Moses Britt, on the plantation Of Mr..
Needham Musgrave, in the Fremont
section, was destroyed by an accidental
fire yesterday morning, together with
it's entire contents, including some
fifty barrels of corn.s Mrs. Britt is
lying at the point of death, and their
baby had just died an hour or SO before
the fire occurred.
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