The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-14

Hill Baptist churches, preached here
Wednesday night of last week. His
sermon was well thought out and in
s%tructive.
Farmers this year have lost money
on their potato crop. The yield was
large enough, but the dry spell in
April caused them to be late. The
price in New York yesterday was only
one dollar for primes, says the E "a
beth City Fisherman and Farmer.
Clinton Democrat: Ga last Thurs
day, Mr.. Reddin Butler, of Roseboro,
died from an attack of fever, from
which he had been suffering for some
time. His wife, who was suffering
from the same disease, survived him
but a few hours, dying the next day.
Elk Cashier Brady, of the Charlotte
Loan and Savings bank, who mysteri-
ously disappeared at Salisbury on TIE
night of June 20, while en- route home
from the Republican convention at ST.
Louis, has been found in a Chicago
hospital. He writes that he does not
know how he got there.
Sanford Express: A new slope is be-
ing opened at the coal mine at the
Evans place on the Glendon & Gulf
railroad. The coal is said to be very
good and will probably be worked TX
tensively in the near future. 1t and
the mine at Cumnock are the only
ones being worked in the State.
Mr.. L. M. Williams claims to be the
champion watermelon grower of Berry
hill township. He was in the city to
day with a load of melons, all fine ones,
the largest weighing As pounds. Mr..
Williams says that he has the finest
melons he has ever seen at this season
Of the year, says the Charlotte News.
Murphy Scout: Mrs. Hitchcock has
leased her tale mine to the Valleytown
Mineral company, who are operating
and having their machinery on the
WEIGH property, eight miles above
Murphy. Capt. A. II. Mugford, man
eger, will ship the tale in it's crude state
to the mill, where it will be ground for
shipment.
Hickory Press: Col. M. E. Thornton
tells US of a peculiar incident that oc-
Cured at his house last Friday. His
peafowl hen was in the yard walking
about when all of a sudden a buzzArd
lit down in the yard and commenced
playing with it. They played about
three quarters of an hour when the
peafoWI scared the buzzard away.
AsheviIIe Citizen: A letter from
Sheriff Grant, of Henderson county, to
Deputy Sheriff J. II Hampton, of
Buncombe, states that 7. G. Dill passed
through HendersonvilIe yesterday on
the track of his son Allen Dill, who
stole a horse from John W. Rice, of
Beaver Dam, Monday night. Sheriff
Grant says Mr.. Dill is a worthy citizen
of Hendersonville.
Things got all wrong in Greensboro
Tuesday. The Record says there was
a fight at the depot, a cutting scrape
on AshebOro street, and a negro tramp
smashed a telegraph operators face
with a rock. Some one passed by the
Southern depot and was told that they
were having a fight down that way
every half hour. Then the man took
a back street for home.
Lexington Dispatch: Anegro called
Crazy Jake" was drowned at the Yad
kin river bridge last week. He former
ly lived near Tyro. While crossing
the railroad bridge he heard the vesti
bule coming and swung down under
the bridge to keep from being struck,
where he was shaken loose, and fell in
the river. He has not been seen since
falling in the water, and it is supposed
he was drowned.
Black Mountain correspondence
Tuckaseige Democrat: I recently saw
a carload Of mules and oxen taken off
here for the purpose of hauling logs
for Wander bilt, who has bought all the
timber that amounts to much between
here and Old Fort Quite anumber of
men are now at work on the east side
OF Blue Ridge cutting and hauling tim
Der. Vanderbilt owns a train which
picks up the timber along the railroad.
Fayetteville Observer: Deputy Col
lector Troy yesterday seized for irreg
uiarities the two registered stills, 100
gallons capacity near Hope Mills,
owned by D. a. McPnail. Ten barrels
of whiskey were also seized. On the
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