The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-10

night left at the door of Fannie Smith
a colored woman living in the upper
section of the county. She took it TO
the county home where it is being
cared for and is doing we'll, a the
Scotland Neck Democrat.
The colony of 300 Waldenses in
Burke county it is said to be in need
OF assistance. They were unfortunate
In their selection of land, last years
crops failed, and the prospect is not
promising this year. They need farm
instruments and live stock.
Monroe Journal: We are told that
there Is a woman who lives within five
miles of Monroe who has neve seen
the town. She was raised in Union
county, is seventy one years old, and
mas never been on a railroad. She
owns a dish forty eight years old.
Mr.. L D. Holland, of Centre to wn-
ship, informs us that he has a bunch
OF oats that contains 21O heads and
that will average 60 grains to the head,
mat Is the product of one grain. This
Will give II, 600 grains to n grain
soWn, says the Chatham Record.
David Stroud. one of our county's
Oldest and best Citizens, died in Gala
hahn township last Friday at the age
of 80 years. He leaves six sons and
one daughter, sixty grand children and
one hundred and twnty great grand
children, says the MOcksvil1e Times.
Mr.. Luke Hemby, of Beaver Dam
township, was the first to report ripe
WatermelOns. He gathered one on the
25th of June and has gathered in all
seven, oil of them being fully ripe.
This Is as early as we ever heard of
them, says the Greenville Reflector.
The Beaufort Herald tells that three
years ago a vessel was abandoned off
Hatteras. 1t has been carried here
and there by wind and tide and in it's
travels has returned to the place of it's
wreck two times and from the accounts
of mariners it has travelled eight thou
sand miles.
The Charlotte News and Whining
ton Star r urging the necessity of q
dog law for North Carolina. There
are hundreds of more than worthless
ours in the State and a legislature with
backbone enough to pass a law to ex
terminate a part of this useless burden
is needed badly.
A negro named Tom Watson, living
on Mr.. Billy Clark's place, four miles
from town, got two of fingers on his
left hand chewed off in a feed cutter
this morning. DR.. Winchester was
sent for and dressed the hand. The
bone of one finger had to be taken out,
says the Charlotte News.
Ernest Miller a little fellow about
eight years old, a son of Mr.. j. w.
Pipkins of Baird's Creek, was drowned
Sunday morning about 10 o'clock, in a
mill pond lear his home. He and a
companion, about his own age, went
to the pond and went in swimming,
says the New Berne Journal.
Alamance Cleaner: A few nights
ago makes visited the chicken roost OF
Mr.. James Ray, about a mile and a
half southeast of here, and killed thirty,
two half grown chickens and carried
them to their den on the banks of a
creek. A short time before several
e killed in the same way.
Raleigh Press: The Teachers as
sembly have elected the following off
GERS: President, @. B. benson, Raleigh
Vice President, J. Y. Joyner, Greens
bororo; Secretary and Treasurer, E G..
Harrell, Raleigh. - We are glad tc
note that the grape crop in this vicinity
will turn put better than was at one
time expected.
Deputy Marshal George Field, as
sisted by Deputy Collectors J. J. Daniel
| William Jones and Special Collector
Spencer Taylor, captured and destroyed
an illicit distillery in Granville county,
near Clay station, last Friday. They
| found one barrel of low wines and from
| 800 to 1000 gallons of beer, says the
Henderson Gold Leaf.
Mr.. John Williams, a young man o.
| North river, Carteret county, was acci
deptally killed Saturday while timber
ing, by a tree falling upon him. Death
resulted almost i~nstaneously. Thost
who were with him went to work tt
extract the body but it took two hours
hard work before it was accomplished
says the New Berne Journal.
Sam Allen, colored, carried hil
ducks to a bad market, " as the saying
goes, and it is charged that the duckE
were not his lawfully. He was before
Squire D. G. Gunter yesterday after
noon for stealing them from P. P
O'Brvant. He was bound over tt
court in q bond of 800 and failing tt
give it, now languishes in jail, says the
Durham Sun.
Clinton Democrat: During the thun
der storm that passed YER Clinton
wednesday afternoon, lightning STRUCK
a sycamore tree in the yard of Mr.
Thos. Boykin. The tree was not hurt
but a diary standing near by was de
molished by the bolt. The sycamore
is a remarkable tree, being a wonder
full conductor of lightning and rarely
ever dyi g, as do other trees Wher
struck.
Charlotte Observer: Our Chapel Hill
correspondent yesterday told Of the
removal of Mrs Cornelia Phillips
Spencer to Cambridge, Mass, where
she is to make her home in the future
NJ Snnncar to leave OhaDel It'll