The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-26

unto" him.
James Tulbert, of Goshen, while
sowing wheat the otEer day, found g
| treat. A large waterm elon which had
I been buried was plowed up. and it was
as fresh and juicy and sweet as when
first buried, says the Wilkesborc
Chronicle.
Mr.. A j. Cassaday's little girl, ebout
three years Of age, got hold of box OF
potash Monday, and before any one
could prevent, swallowed a part of it.
The last heard from it, the child was
not expe cted TO live, says the Laur1n-
burg Exchange.
Elk Sheriff f. S. Roper, after a long
illness, died at his home IN Hyde
county on Saturday the 9th inst. He
was a most highly respected citizen,
made a good Sher IF and was a master
mason. He IVES buried on Sunday
with Masonic hOnoIs.
A MI. Harkey, from near Mt Pleas,
ant, was so unfortunate as to lose S3U
from his pocket somewhere on the
street. He had sold cotton. He did
not discover his loss until he visited
the Fenix R3lIer Mills and the bleach
{. =, says the Concord Standard.
The Governor authorizes an eX
change of courts by which Judge
Hoke holds a two weeks term Of Bun
combe county court in December, vice
Robinson, while the latter will hold
the terms of Richmond aud Moore, one
week each, in December, vice Hoke.
Shelby Star: A little 8year old
daughter of Mr.. L E. Dalton, of Vase,
Yves smothered TO death in some cotton
last week. The child YES in the cotton
house alone and attempted to 60 down
h~eadfOremost into o hole of cotton,
which she old and was unable TO get
out.
Rocky Mount Argonaut: The roads
leading into Rocky Mount r in most
cases in a very bad condition. We
hear farmers complaining very much
about the roads al threatening to
carry their products ar d trade to other
markets.. The bridges r particular
~ bad.
Mary Gibson. a son of Lydia Gibson,
col was accidentally shot ard killed
here yesterday by his" little sister.
This is another case of ~carelesenes s in
leaving fire arms within tt reach of
children, and allowing them to fool
with them, says the LOuisburg Elk
change.
The Salisbury World says that Miss
Mary, daughter of Mr.. D. r Julian, of
that place, left for Atlanta last Tues
day. Mr.. w. h. Miller, of the same
place, followed Thursday, and the
couple we're married in Atlanta that
evening, all unbeknownst to their
friends.
George Washington, the colored
man who killed the white man named
Neville at TarborO a few weeks ago,
was tried in Edgecombe Superior
court lest week. The verdict was
guilty of murder in the first degree"
and be was sentenced to be hanged on
December 4th.
The Concord Standard SAYS that
when Sheriff Sims took White, the In
dian dc ctor, out of Cabarrus jail one
night last week, through fear of q
mob he tied him in the Sunday school
room of the Presbyterian church.
White has been taken to Salisbury jail
for safe keeping.
MIR. joe Smith, Of Steel Creek town
ship, tells The News as one of the
freaks Of the season, that oats that
Wei p1OuSuCO uLOCI 1dSu OuilSP art
now coming up and have a healthy ap
pearaI ca, after having been under
ground for four months past, say s the
Charlotte News.
George D, Brule, a white man Of
Roseneath township, was last week
brought before Mayor Perry charged
with an assault upon a cOlored woman.
May or Perry placed him under 5000
bond, failing to give which he was sent
to the county jail, says the Scotland
Neck Democrat.
Winston Sentinel: Elk Senator Matt
Ransom is the largest private grower
OF cotton in this State. The crop on
his farms this season will be about
1 100 bales, of which 800 are already
ginned. Once he cleared $50, 900 on
one cotton crop HIS farms are in
Northampton county.
Wadesboro Messenger Tntelligencer
The new machinery ordered tCI the
silk mill has been shipped and is ex-
pected daily. The product of the mill
will be increased 25 per cent, by the
addition of this machinery. A 200 light
dynamo for the mill has also been
purchased and shipped.
A thirteen ear old lad, Master Char.
les Hunter, r. siding with his uncle
Miles Jarrett, six miles from Marion,
N. O., went rabbit hunting last Satur
day. Instead of shooting rabbits he
shot himself accidentally In the right
arm. The wound was a painful, but
not dangerous one, says the Shelby
Aurora.
Forest fires have been burning or
HlOriten for several day 8 past. Some
nights the fire suggested the idea of 6
volcano Many hundred Gre have
been burned over. The long red linz
of fame THAI curved round the western
side of the mountain just at dark Sun
day night was extremity beautiful, says
the LenOlr Topic.
We learn hat Squire Joe Burke, O