The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-22

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poor collections forced them. to make
the assignment.
Rev. J. w. Roberts has been ap-
pointed to take charge of the Method
LIST church at Bessemer City. He will
have charge of the Methodism in
CASTOR county. He is a bright prom
!slng young man a good worker and
Tor his years a fine preacher, says the
Gastonia Gazette.
Nearly every week the Beaufort
Herald tells of one or more residences
In that town having been entered,
burglarlously. The last was that or
Mr.. JOS. Dill, $17. so was secured-a
small sum for a man to risk his life to
obtain The burglars operate boldly
and it is surprising that their capture
has not resulted before this.
The negro who shot at Mr.. w. B.
Kicks last week, was arrested in Wash
lngton Sunday and brought here on
the boat Friday. He has q bad wound
n one of his legs, which he says
was caused by accidentally shooting
himself, but he tells two or three
different tales as to how it occurred,
says the Greenville Reflector.
New Berne Journal: The post office
at Pollocksville was robbed on the
10th inst, while DR.. Ward, the post
master, was at dinner. The thief Sc
cured $40. A negro boy named John
Jones, the last one at the Office prior
to DR.. Wards departure was sus-
pected, arrested and examined before
Justice White and committed to Jail.
Lexington Dispatch: Mr.. John s.
Delap of Yadkin college killed a 1O8
0~~&I~ ~IG H. AG-G -~SH1 OHS
gounds; and another, same age, that
weighed 314 pounds .-We heard two
old citizens say a few days since that
there was more pork this year in the
county than they ever knew before,
and indeed more supplies of every de
scription.
Cleveland Star: The monozite in
dustry is growing into enormity. The
market promises a better price. The
monoZite now sells for z cents per
pound There has been any amount of
monozite sold in this county this week.
Many Northern capitalists are coming
to North Carolina to buy land and in,
vest their money just on account of
monozite.
The great freshet in the Cape Fear
river reached it's highest point at
Fayetteville Saturday afternoon at 5
o'clock, when the water was at q stand
still. The freshet is the greatest on
record-three feet higher than the
famous Sherman freshet" of 1865,
and has no doubt caused an inCalcula
BILE amount of damage, say the VIII
mington Star.
This morning a colored man named
| Rufus Phifer was helping Cicero
Smith, another colored man, to kill
hhogs, at Cicero's house in the northern
part of the city. They had killed q
hog and were in the act of throwing
the animal into the scalding pot,
when Phifer fell to the ground dead.
Heart disease was the cause, says the
Charlotte News.
Junius Davis, ESQ, receiver of the
failed Bank of New Hanover, Viii
mington, has brought suit in behalf of
the corporation against the directors
of the bank, holding them to account
for it's miem Anagement, George Roun-
tree, Esq attorney for the receiver,
has instituted suit and it will come up
at the term of Superior Court which
convened on Monday of this week.
Mr.. John Bennett who left here six
years ago for Texas is here On a visit to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sandy Ben
nett. John says that while we had a
hundred years the start we are
fifty years behind Texas, in progress
farming methods, improved machin-
cry, etc. It is not a very lettering
statement for us, but we fear there is
some truth in it, says the Warrenton
Gazette.
Monday night a fine mare belonging
to Mr.. John Kirkland was stolen from
his stable near town, Tuesday afte1-
noon the mare was found on the Ok
ford road about ten miles northeast of
Hillsboro. Tt may be that the mare
was stolen by the same person who
robbed Webb's store Monday night,
and after riding her as far as he wanted
to, turned her loose, says the Orange
county Observer.
Last Friday night Hosea Fleming
and Bula Cobb, two colored youths of
TarborO, engaged in an alteration,
the result of which will be the depriv-
ing TarbOro of two citizens and their
girl of two lovers. For Hosea is now
in danger of his life and Bulo, not will
ing to take any risks az to his life, left
for parts unknown in q few minutes
after the fight had occurred, says the
Tarboro Southerner.
Nh. M. v. Sutton, who returned yee-
terday from Bladen county, reports
that many farmers along the river
suffered loss by the drowning of sheep
and other stock. The water in the
lower part of the river was rising
Monday. He says that two sons OF
Mr.. VIM. Cook and aboy named Frank
Riley caughta deer in the Cape Fear
river near Greenbank landing, about
two miles from Coronly Monday morn
ing, says the Wilmington Star.
Winston Sentinel: Yesterday morn
ing about 5 o'clock the fire bell was