The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

wilmington last night en- route to his
nome. he has been On various vessels
IN many parts OF the world and is Just
OF b British steamer s. S. Giraffe.
This IS his first visit home in seven
years, says the New Berne Journal.
Rockingham Index: The cotton
crop has been about gathered and the
last Is now coming in. Our farmers
have made some more of it than they
did last year but nothing like enough
to make up for the lower price. The
corn crop In this section was very
good though no better than last year.
Morganton Herald: We have Just
heard that q scheme is on foot to make
q new county out of a portion of
Burke. CataWba, Lincoln and Cleve-
land. This has long been a favorite
project of Capt. p. M. Mull's and he
will in all probability try to get it put
through this coming Legislature.
The Salisbury correspondent of the
Charlotte Observer says; Captain
Goshen, of the Winston Republican,
was here yesterday soliciting subscrip-
tions of stock for a daily Republican
paper, to be published either at Win
ston or Greensboro. 1t is understood
that he raised ninety four shares of
$25 each here and at Statesvllle for the
enterprise"
The nero antile firm of J. Mills Flack
6 Sons made an assignment Monday af
ternOon for the benefit of creditors
Hard times, dull sales and too many
goods and too many debts for the as
sets caused the disaster. The junior
members of the firm are miners and
Ons of J Mills FIack. who has always
stood high in this community, says the
Shelby Aurora.
Twenty six bales of cotton belong
ing to Mr.. Jno T. McNair were burned
at Laurel Hill Friday night. The cot
ton caught fire from an overturned
lamp which was being used marking
up bales that had been placed on the
platform during the day. There were
over a hundred bales on the platform
but quick work saved all except 26,
says the Laurinburg Exchange.
Henderson Gold Leaf: Last week
we announced the death of Mr.. John
w. Gregory, at his home in this place.
Last Thursday night, just one week
later, his brother. DIR. Oscar Gregory,
of Oxford, passed away also. He had
been an invalid about two years, hav
ing suffered a stroke of paralysis
which confined him to his bed during
the last twelve months o. ORE
News is received in Hendersonville
that Mrs. j Ell. Houston, living near
Columbus, N. O., committed suicide
by shooting herself with a pistol
through the heart, on Sunday morn
ing last. Mrs. Houston has lived alone
in q large palatial stone house since
the death of her husband last winter.
She was a very wealthy northern lady,
says the Hendersonville Times.
Durham Sun: Miss Q. Hunter
Southgate, aged about Sc years died
Sunday night, the 18th inst, at the
residence of her brother, James South
gate, in this city. night,
Celmore Cannady and Richard Leath-
ers, two colored men, were attending q
festival about q quarter of a mile be
low East Durham, when a dispute
arose. which ended in feathers shoot
ing killing Cannady.
Jonesboro Progress: The entire
outfit of the distillery OF J. M. Sloan,
Jr.. about three miles from JonesbOro,
was seized by revenue officers a few
days ago There we're also about 400
gallons of whiskey seized. The seizure
Was CduSOu ny uu0 VI
the former ~storekeeper and gauger,
who was paid a big price by the Gov
eminent to perform certain duties,
which he did not do. and now an limo
cent man has e suffer for it.
Last Thursday, near Columbus, in
Polk county, ayoung white man named
James Brown, while drinking, at
tempted to wrench a gun from the
hands of one of his friends who had
been out hunting, returning by a bar
room. They got into a scuff1e with the
gun, the hammer of which struck a
cross cut saw sticking in a log near by,
discharging the same, the contents en-
tering Browns stomach, killing him
instantly. Both of the men were in
high spirits and it is thought the kill
iug was purely accidental, says the
H"endersonville Times.
The Scotland Neck Democrat says:
An interesting suit vas decided in
Superior court Tuesday between r.
w. Brown and Ct. W. Pearson. The
subject of litigation was a hog which
Brown found in Pearson's pen and
claimed for his own. Several weeks
ago the case was tried in Weldon be
fore Justices Gary and Gooch. Brown
gained the case and Pearson appealed
The hog will weigh about 400 pounds
There were thirty or forty witnesses
in the case and five able lawyers.
The suit has cost several hundred dol
lars. The jury decided that the hog
was Browns and worth $25.
Lumberton Robesonian: We omitted
to mention last week the homicide at
Rowland. The facts so far as we have
learned them are these: Howard
Branch, a quiet and inoffensive citizen
of Rowland, was out on his porch,
putting a hoop on a bucket when some
| one shot him from the fence. filling his