The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04

0tlVs1 at beaver Dam, passed away
on tuesday, August 21st, about six
O'CLOCK In the afternoon. She had
Deen a great sufferer for several
of age. ~
The Concord Standard saws that Mr.
Jonn Garter, who was SO cruelty beaten
up 0y the Carpenter boys near Mount
holy, and was taken to his home in
Forest Hill by Mr.. G. M. Shives, is still
IN a very critical condition, and little
nope Is entertained for his recovery.
Mr.. James Smith, a Union county
man, was before D. G. Maxwell. United
states Commissioner to day ona charge
OF retaining whlskey without a license.
he gave 800 bond for his ppearance
Tor trial at the next term of the Fed
eraL Court, says the Charlotte News.
Rockingham IndeG: The barn of Mr.
william Hamer was burned last Tues
gay night. 1t is supposed to have been
SET on IRE by an ~incendiary. All his
FARMING tools and machinery, with
o 200 bushels of corn, were de
stroyed. The loss is estimated at about
$45O.
Mr.. A. T. Porter, of Chicod town
snip, has a pig that weighed five
RSAAASO az III III 4Ogu1llR I0IQaTKaDl0
In that, you say, but when it is known
that this same pig has five legs and %
toes, he is entitled to be classed as a
wonderful rooter, says the Greenville
Reflector.
Tuesday night between ten and eleven
o'clock the two story prize house CON
tanning Mr.. J. T. Farmers tobacco. was
burned to the ground. The house was
situated On the Bell place, about three
miles from town. The loss was fully
covered by insurance, says the Wilson
Advance.
Cotton bolls are now opening rapidlv
near Shelby and in the lower parts of
the county. The farmers a they will
begin to pick cotton next week.-Mrs. is
much earlier than usual. Mr.. Sam Bos-
ticks cotton near Shelby will be ready
to pick in a couple of days. says the
Shelby Aurora.
William Wyatt, col, was committed
to Nash Jail last Tuesday by Justices
Brewer and Odom on q charge of rape
committed on a little colored girl 9 or
10 years old. Wyatt is an old offender
and has given much trouble to the
town authorities here, says the Rocky
Mount Phoenix.
Monroe Journal: Mrs. G. @. Newton,
died in Africa about six weeks ago,
where she, her husband, Rev w. @.
Newton, and daughter were laboring
as missionaries. At last accounts Mr..
Newton was lying at the point of death.
Mrs. Newton was q cousin of Mr.. A. G..
johnson, of Monroe.
On last Thurday, while Messrs. Geo.
Helms and Thos. Foard were digging
q well for Mr.. 7. H. Simpson about one
mile north of town, the we'll caved in
and came very lear killing both work
men. Mr.. Helms was hurt right badly
but said he was frightened worse, says
the Monroe enquirer.
Many of our citizens attended Balls
Greek campmeeting Saturday and Sun
day. Among them was "a. w. See
he is getting acquainted with the boys
The other candidates were there en-
masse. Candidates get very religious
just before the election, you know, says
the Hickory Mercury.
A little child of Mr.. John North was
painfully hurt last Thursday morning
by a piece of the head board of the
bedstead that it was lying on falling
on it. A cash was cut in the child's
head, we 6re informed by Mr.. Willie
Burton, who lives in that part of town,
says Webster's weekly.
A coIored boy some time ago stole a
mule from Mr.. Joseph Philips and rode
it to Brinkleyville and back the same
night. Mr.. Philips caught the boy and
made him this proposition, either to
take a sound thrashing or be indicted.
The boy decided for the whipping post,
says the Tarboro Southerner.
The thunderstorms that have bursted
upon us for the last few weeks, have
been terrible. No one, as we know of,
has been killed, but there have been
several narrow escapes. We heard
several colored men in the lower part
of the county had been badly hurt, but
not killed says the Tarboro Southerner.
Weldon News: Judge Louis billiard,
of Norfolk, died at his summer resi-
dence at Shawsville, Va, Sunday morn
ing. The deceased was a native of this
State and was for many years a Judge
of the North Carolina Superior Court
He resigned some years ago and es
tablish a commission bu siness IN Nor
folk.
The Alliance Exchange has removed
to new quarters just across the street
to the building purchased by Messrs.
o. J. Forrest and B. B. Forrest from
Mr.. J E Jones, and recently occupied
by Mrs. M. L Taylor, Milliner. The
store has been painted and other i'm.
provements made, says, the Hillsborc
Observer.
We learn that there was a very
large crowd at the Primitive Baptist
Association, which was held at Nc
Crays, in Alamance county, last week,
Quite a number went from Roxborc
and vicinity. whose names we could
not learn. The Association will be
held in Roxboro next year, says the