The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-11-05

church. He leaves g WIG and three
children.
washington Progress: William
Acme, of the Geological Survey, has
recently found in some of the South
eastern counties, which wasnot known
existed in North Carolina, a rare
species of oaks.
At a corn shocking near Yadkin-
vile a few nights ago, John Driver
cut William Long through the right
lung with q knife. The wounded man
was q son of ex Sheriff Long, of Yad-
kin. He will die.
Mr.. J. +. Blair lost hisBbarn by fire
about 8 o'clock last Wednesday morn
ing together with all the feed and farm
implements that were in it. The origin
of the fire is unknown, says the High
Point Enterprise.
Mrs. r. D. Phillips showed us a
ounce yesterday that she raised this
year that weighed 13 ounces. This Is
the largest we have ever heard of be-
ing raised in this country, says the
L~aurinburg Exchange.
While Mr.. Eugene Head, of Indian
Springs township, was engaged in his
cotton field, Friday morning, some
unknown person. entered his house,
broke open the trunk and took there
from $39. SO, all of his savings.
Alex Lee, of Pamlico county, has q
$500 bill that was printed by order OF
the General Assembly of North Caro-
lima when the latter met at berne.
The bill bears the date of May 10, 1870,
and was printed by Jas. Davis.
DR.. J. w. Sanders, Z. T. Pringle and
John E. Wilcox, postmasters at Ocean,
Pelletiers' Mills and De Bruhls, have
been arrested and tried at New Berne,
the charge being that they made fraud,
ulent reports to the government.
The brick kiln of Cloyd & johnson
was burned last week and on Thurs
day and Friday nights large numbers
of the town people were out to see 1t
when it was red hot. The kiln con,
tains 80, 600, says the Lenoir Topic.
Maj. W. A. Graham, of Lincoln,
says he has q colored tenant on his
place who made this year with n
mule 9 bales OF cotton, 600 bushels OF
corn, 5000 bundles Of fodder, near 70
gallons of sorghum, and a lot Of peas.
The Record tells of two aged mai
den ladies, sisters, who had lived to-
in Chatham county for many
years. Recently one of them died of
q congestive chill and the next day the
other died, also from q ~congestive
chill.
Concord Standard: Apple, cherry
and pear trees are blooming in all
parts of the town. With these bios
SONS and the light shower of Sunday
night and the merry chirping of the
birds, it makes n think of spring
time.
Goldsboro Argus: Tt will be dis
tressing news to his many friends to
learn that our former townsman and
esteemed friend Mr.. T.. B. Hy man is
critically ill at his home i'm Newberne,
and his death is momentarily ex-
pected.
Col. Bennehan Cemeron, president
of the State Agricultural Society, says
his plan in regard to the next fair is to
issue the premium list in January, to
offer So, 500 in premiums, payable the
last day Of the fair in cash, and to Of
fer So, 600 in racing purses.
Sanford Express: A great deal of
cal is now being mined at Cunnock.
We are informed that the daily out
put is something over three hundred
tons. Day and night forces are now
on duty and work in the slopes Of the
big black pit does not stop.
Warrants were issued this morning
for the arrest of D w. Washington,
Luke Sparkman, Strudwick and Hen.
ry Strudwick, all colored, for libel and
SANDER, upon an affidavit of B J..
White, who is also of the Afro-Am9ri
can type, says the Durham Sun.
Windsor Ledger: Cane culture is
fast becoming a profitable industry in
BERTHE county. The best cane sVrIp is
being manufactured in our county. In
Hartford county last week we found
several cane mills in operation, with
the golden syrup boiling in the watts.
Washington Progress: Rev. Dun
can Mcleod, pastor of the First Bap-
fist church of this city, has accepted a
call to the care of the Western Branch
Collossee, Baptist churches near Wind.
sor, Va. Mr.. Mcleod will leave for
his new field of labor, December LIST.
Master Marvin Sparrow, one of Mrs.
Best's scholars, swallowed a slate pen
Gil about two inches long one morning
this week. The whole school was
thrown into q state OF painful uneasi
ness until he was relieved by DIR,
Whitehead, says the Chapel Hill News.
Report reached here by train Thurs
day evening that during the day two
fights had occurred in different town.
ships in ~Edegecombe county, one OF
the combataDts being killed in each
fight. No particulars could be learned
says the Shelby Aurora -Greenvillt
Reflector.
Concord Standard: Every one or
the streets recently has been amazed
at the large size of the gum saw stocks
being hauled through town by Mr.. j.
M. Burrage. One tree was cut into
SIX stocks, then sawed into plank. and
the total number OBJECT of lumber viii
reach 1000 if not more.
Mr.. Horace w. THOMPSON lost br