The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-01

Grady was sitting up with the corpse
Thursday night he fell from his chair,
dead. He had not been sick ard was a
very healthy man. He was a one
armed Confederate Soldier and was
about sixty years old, says the Monroe
Enquirer.
Henderson Gold Leaf: MI. Tom e.
lis, son of Captain W. W. Ellis, while
returning home Friday met with a Sc.
rious accident, resulting in a broken
thigh. He was riding a colt which be-
came unmanagable and ran away with
him. The horse ran against a tele-
graph pole, striking the young mans
leg with such force as to break it. Mr..
Ellis is a student of Gilmer high school,
and had been in the habit OF riding his
colt to town.
Lenoir Topic: Two United States
prisoners escaped from jail here about
2 o'clock Sunday night. One of them
was a man by the name of Clark, from
Burke county, and the other was a
man by the name Of Summerlin, from
Wilkes county. Summerlin had only
twenty eight more days TO serve and
Clark not much longer. They cut q hole
out through the wall in the back Of
the fire place, and swung down by
means OF a rope
Asheville Cltiz u: Mrs John How
ard, widow of the fireman recently
killed in the wreck near Round Knob,
has instituted suit against the South
ern Railway Company for $50. 900
damages. A $50, 900 damage suit has
also been instituted against the South
ern by Mrs. Florence Boyed, widow Of
Fireman William Boyd, who was
killed in an accident on the Southern
yard here some time ago.
Red Springs Citjz9n: Last Sunday
morning Cicero Brown and wife, col
ored, went off and left their two chill
dren in the house by themselves. By
some manner unknown, one of them
aged about 9 years, caught on fire and
was fatally burned. There is a law on
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punish those who are guilty of such
gross c-arelessness in leaving children
alone, and we suggest that the above
be made a test case.
Shelby Aurora: Between IL and 1
o'clock on last Thursday a portion of
our town was thrown into q state of
excitement when it was announced
that the 6 year old daughter of Mr.. D.
W. Phifer had been assaulted by Bill
Huskins, a negro man living at the
whey ard, below town. Upon investi,
cation by DR.. r @. Ellis it was learned
that the little girls person had not
been hurt and the people became quiet.
The negro was arrested and jailed.
Deputy Collector Troy received a
grape vine telegram yesterday that the
product of an illicit still on a branch
near the Sampson line was conteract-
ing the good Influences of the late
s~anctifiCatiOn meeting held near there.
Being a good officer and a Methodist
he gathered up his deputies and sailed
forth. He located and seized the still
"a fifty gallon one), and all the appli
ances. When the officers reached the
spot the still seemed to be running it.
self, so nc arrests we're made, says the
Fayetteville Observer.
Fay ~etteville Observer: Jim Davis
came in on the Bennettsville train yes
terday to attend the colored conference,
but he did not go back. He is now ly-
ing in the county Jail, or a serious
charge. About eighteen months ago
a warrant was issued for the arrest Of
Davis, charging him with attempting to
kill Peter Burns in the lower part of
Cumberland. The warrant alleged
that Davis had assaulted and attempt.
ed to kill Burns with a spade, an axe
and pistol. Davis fed and had not
been heard from before yesterday.
Jacksonville Times: Mr.. Leonard
Morton is nj of Olsiow's farmers who
doesn't loose any sleep in attempting
to solve the financial puzzle, or rack
his brain in a vain effort to frame a
tariff measure, Mr.. Morton is 81 years
of age, and is a firm believer in the
theory that a farmer should produce
every thing he eats and wears, and up
to this date has never purchased a suit
of clothes; all the cloth his family uses
is manufactured at home from the
wool and cotton produced on his farm.
Mr.. Morton never purchased meat but
once, and then only thirty pounds.
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