The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-01-09
NEWS.

Of Crap LIE of Corn and Grains
NOrth- com the West-Peanuts
WnS% Totton Seed from the South
police Mason, of Charlotte,
is dead. D,oraalI and Herring & Jones,
!; firms doing business a' m'' 0"''
have as gggnIe. of Winston, has made
an d sssfSTRE r P. Howell has resigned signed tn ne
.JsSSiPp r of the BanK OIL az
Goldso oTos Slae, of Newbern, was killed
Cna nv the premature explosion Oh
h oOaJIff.rigged up cannon
aS8 [ to the report of the AdJu-
AccoLnra7 North Carolina has 1852
TAM n her State Guard.
men aIdormeno of Charlotte have levied
The al9 goo on retail cigarette dealers,
Tax az into IN effect April l, 1894.
Pe SSL of Ellen Smith on Thurs
t the February 8, at Winston.
aS5' Hobbs, grocer, of Rockingham,
Hiatt, of Roberdell, a suburb
anu Nottingham, have assigned.
u mo chester and Lenoir railroad, IN
inc maet expenses, was placed n the
s sOI0 % Of a receiver last Thursday
moo resignation of Robert Hancock,
Ino oIIocfor of customs at Newbern,
o.s 6een accepted by Secretary Car
Isle. ~
last, together with a horse,
p p9LU+v and cow, belonging to DR.. w. ID.
Pemberton.
10 q grip on the country. There Is
nn abundance of the disease, II reports
Tho funeral of Consul General A. D..
ronoS who died while en- route from
China china took place at Cary at 1 o'clock
December %.
Mr. 7 B. Wilkinson, proprietor of
rovoIand Springs, sustained a stroke
Of paralysis a few days ago. his con-
Sition is not considered dangerous.
Young man of good appearance, by
the name of Daniel, was arrested in
urban On Friday for stealing two
odd watches from the store Of A. Max.
Charley Anderson, colored, driver of
q hose-reel at Wilmington, was thrown
from the reel and ground under it as 1T
whirled; his injuries r probably
fatal.
New furniture, as well as new car
pets and curtains have been put into
the Governors Mansion. 1t was all
selected by Mrs. Carr, wife Of the Gov
ernor.
Mr.. lafayette Leggett, a prosperous
farmer living near Enfield killed a ten
months pig which weighed when
dressed 323 pounds, says the Weldon
News.
Messrs. Stewart & Kennerly, groce-
rymen of Salisbury, have assigned.
Mr.. A. s Heilig was made trustee.
Home creditors preferred to amount of
$850.96
The number of persons who are suf-
fering from the grip in this county
is appalling. Nearly every family has
one or more cases, says the Lexington
Dispatch.
About 500 barrels of yellow bark
sweet potatoes have been shipped from
Adkin truck farm this fall. They have
brought fair prices, says the Kinston
Free Press.
Anegro desperate attacked Police
man Reuben Taylor at Wake Forest
Christmas day and knocked out his
eye. The negro was brought here and
lodged in jail.
Mr.. j. B. Connolly, formerly Clerk
Of lredell Superior Court, late of Car
tersville, Georgia, has moved to Lenoir
and will practice law. Caldwell is his
native county.
number of contributions were sent
TO the Soldiers Home during the holi-
Gays by charitable persons. The sixty
veterans enjoyed a good dinner on
Christmas day.
John Brown, a notorious criminal.
gro6e out Of Weldon Jail Saturday.
ne lied the beam chain that bound his
ankle and broke two locks in order to
gain his liberty.
ar; Noah Hedrick has a ! cent piece
W1lcn was made in 1925. He has had
~ IQrty years, and says he would not
Rart wild 1t at any price, says the Lex
ooAE kernersville, Monday, DR.. Luther
oapp shot, and, it is thought, fatally
m9unoed a man named Lamar, foI
~ % fRg OBSCENE language in the presence
%Dr. Sapp's wife,
cbAacar containing sixty negroes, in
LIn9rge OF agents, passed through here
caso week on their way to Pembroke,
cJbTTT55gla' There YER men, women and
children in the lot.
Nd a 44~89ccklenburg county negro named
wSa+ wTnIte, on Monday, measured out
o TuaS ne supposed was a good big dose
s al m4oinlne. 1t proved to be morphine
'Tu 'ne negro died that night.
toI l3e annual convention of superin.
GGnu9nts of the public schools in North
WaoI was held at Wilmington last
p pUTh and was largely attended. The
meeting will be held in Raleigh.
ma ~ a quarrel between some coIored
Con- a' a 'festibul" in Pactolus, Pitt
LIJy, Monday NIGHT Harry MiIlor