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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
HARE TIMES AND PRICES.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
RO8EDALE, N. 9.
Enclosed please find 50 for aubacrip-
ton to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER for
the years 1895 and 1896.
Iregret being behind in my subscrip-
ton to the FARMER. / hope times will
De better soon, but | see no prospect as
long as the present rulers are in power.
The farmer has got all that ne can
bar. aud many of them more than
they can stand up to, and consequently
are b ing broken up. 1t Is @ sad sight
to see old farmers lands sold from
them and nothing left but a lit lie chat
lei property and a dependent family to
work for. l am pleased with Marion
Butler. He is the right man IN the
right place. Give US a Congress like
him and we will have q good and pros
porous Couutry-gOOd for the poor
man as we'll as the rich man l am 81
years old, and these are the hardest
times I remember seeing during my
life Labor is as high with US as ever.
Taxes are as high as usual. Ii we get
suck and send for the doctor he charges
AS much as he did when produce war
high. If we get in trouble with our
neighbor and have to employ a lawyer
to help us out of our difficulties, he
never considers the low price of cur
produce. the source from which we get
our few dollars, but charges the same
high fee as if we were getting high
prices for our produce, though he has
the fact of the low price of farmers
products before him every time he
buy s farm products to eat. If we send
a child to boarding school or college,
| suppose the price of board and tut
tlon is not reduced much, if any.
| though l am not posted On that sub
ject. II all we bought and all the work
we hired done was reduced in price in
proportion to farm products, we could
get along. But that is not the Ease.
w. J. SPENCE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
A HIGH BRIDGE BLOWN DOWN

CLEVELAND. O, Feb. IA high
bridge being constructed over Tlnker's
creek by the Akron, Bedford and
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
to take the place of the structure which
gave way and fell beneath an electric
train a few weeks ago again gave way
and fell yesterday a a result of the
terrific storm prevailing. Five work
men went down with the big bridge,
all of whom were more or less injured.
The bridge is seventy five feet high
and several hundred feet long and was
nearly completed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
AN ILLINOIS
Crowds Gather at the Jail, But Do No,
Aid the Sheriff.

4SAA4
SULLIVAN, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-Grant Atter-
bury, charged with criminally assault
ing his sister in law, MISS Roxy Ar,er-
bury, was taken from jail here at - As
this morning, dragged to the court,
house and hanged to a tree.
The mob began to gather at half
past IL last night. At that time fifteen
men met. They were fully armed and
carried sledge hammers. The mob
acted quickly, and marched directly
from the school house to the jail, which
was protected only by the Sheriff and
one deputy. Here a demand for After
bury wac refused, and the doors were
knocked in with sledge hammers. The
sheriff feigned resistance, and fed
his pIst ! in the air. In the me8ntIm9
crowds Of peOll 8 gathered about me
jail, but no atten pit was made to help
the Sheriff
After the Sheriff fred his revolver,
the mob opened fire. Amid shots and
yells they marched upstairs, leaving q
few men to keep back the crowd Two
minutes were consumed in breaking
the iron doors, and Atterbury WAS
! dragged from the cell, amid the hOwls
| OF h other prisoners in the Jail, who
were badly frightened. The prisoner
! resisted with all his might, and much
trouble was experienced in getting him
Downstairs He fought like a demon,
| but hen he was finally got out the *
element of the mob was furious. The
/ m arch was taken up to the court house
yard, two blocks away, amid q perfect
tussiIade of pisto! Shots. The mob
see MED almost fieDzied, and showed no
sympathy. Under the tree to which
ne WIS hanged Atterbury began TO re-
alize fully that he was TO die He
pleaded piteously, protesting his innO-
cence, say ing:
Thank cd you are hanging an in
nOcent mani
TIE mob was wild and reckless until
the nan was strung up in the air, when
il instantly dispersed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
ONE BOY sHo0Ts ANOTHER.

CULPEPPER, Va, Feb. - "A probar
bic fatal shooting ARRAY between two
colored boy s occurred on upper Main
street this morning al 8 o'clock.
John Henry Slmms, aged II years.
was sent by his employer to the house
Of a neighbOr On an GRAND. In an
swer to the ring of the door bell Her
bert Williams. aged IL years, a domes
tic at the house, appeared and prompt
ly attended the errend.
When he returned he held in his
hand g. cheap % calibre revolver, and
handled it so ~carelessly he was warned
to De particular. Simms backed eff tho
porch, but just as he reached the side
walk the pistol was discharged, the
ball entering his mouth to the left and
lodged in the base Of the skull.
Simms' condition is critical, and VIII
liams has been lodged in Jail. There
was no known cause for the rash act.
Even among small boys OF this com
munity the habit of carrying concealed
weapons is quite prevalent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18

Little EtOuise, the daughter of Mr..
+ A. Muse fell off of the front gate Sun
day afternoon and broke her arm. She
IL getting along very well and does not
seem to mind 1t much, says the Laurin-
burg Exchange.
Two burglaries were committed in
the city on Tuesday night. DR.. Geo.
q Thomas Office on Market street vas
broken into and some articles were
stolen. and thieves entered Capt John
w. Plummer's store, on Princess
street, and stole a lot Of tobacco and
contecticneries, says the Wilmington
Messenger.
Windsor Ledger: A mule ran mad
last Friday on the Hope plantation and
died Sunday of hydrOphUbia. she was
crippled, but everything that came
within her sight was duly chased
falling and tumblinE over cOrnrldges
was kept up until Sunday, when her
madness ended IN death. It is thought
she was bitten by q dog hat ran
through the ard in January.
Scotland Neck D m tCrat: Mr.. J.
Whit Bell. WHO farm q last year on the
lands of the late d Eimondson, made
from two plOws the following: 225
barrels Of corn. -, 600 pounds of fOd-
Ger, II bales of cotton from fifteen
acres no bushels Of peanuts from ten
! acres, 100 bushels of black peas. $50
bushels Of sweet potatoes and a good
OaC crop.
ShelOv Aurora: lawson M. Sum
mir, OF Kings Mountain, a merchant,
Ia 50 years old. He runs his store alone
He has been III business fl ,ty four
! years. o. this time, forty years he
was a ~Oorkecper, yet never drank a
drop Of IntCXlcants, and says he now
sees no wisdom In drinking whiskey.
His younger brother, Henry Summit,
dlcd at the age OF s. years.
Washington G4zette: But few know
the magnitude of BUSINESS done in this
little town of W a~ShiDgtOn. We drop.
ped N q day or 81 agO TO see Mr.. d. l..
Evans, Of the Carolina rice mills. o.
Jhat day his orders amounted to enc
hundred tons of stuff from as far North
as New York and Boston, West as far
as Cleveland, OliO, and even from
Charleston 5. G.
Rutherford Democrat: There seems
to be q big revival In the mining IN,
terests in Rutherford county, and the
development Of the valuable and rich
mines of the county promises to keep
pace with the other big enterprises
which are projected for this year.
Several Northern capitalists have been
here this week inspecting the Alta
mine with a view to purchasing They
will hear a report from a mining ex,
pert and if his report is favorable, and
we do not doubt that it Will be, these
gentlemen Will buy.
One day last week a negro named
Ben TOon drove up to the Llddell
Company's iron works with a station,
airy engine which he offered for sale
as old iron. Mr.. Franklin thought
something was wrong and began tel
%ephonIng, when TOOn disappeared
leaving the engine there. That same
morning when Messrs Cook & StOney
cypher reached their shop &c begin the
days work, they found that they had
no engine 1t was their engine that
ToOn had tried to sell at L:ddeIl's. He
had driven to the shop u loaded II
on a wagon. One of the neighbors say
the operation, but Of course had nc
idea the engine was being stolen, says
the Charlotte News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
ONE CENT A MILE TO RICHMOND
Southern Passenger Agents Fix a Rate
for the Reunion Next May.

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 10 The Conven
ton of the Southern Passenger Agents
Association, which has been in session
in this city for the last two days, ad-
journed to night, and many Of the
members have already left. Ac
ton was taken by the ate COM
mittee on a number of questions A
rate of one cent a mile was made for
the Confederate Veterans Reunion at
Richmond and for the May military
encampment in Savannah The same
rate as that for the Mar6i Gras was
fixed, which is one fare for the round
trip for civilians, and q cent q mile for
military. Action en- the Jacksonville
rate was deferred.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
BOILER EXPLOSION.

A boiler explosion took place in the
lower part of Franklin county, near
B 7. Strikland's mill, which killed
Henry Haywood, Sam Iben and Rufus
Tucker, on the 5th day of February,
about II o'clock, a.. m. Tucker, IOen
we're KILLED instantly. Haywood lived
some ten or fifteen minutes after the
explosion. 1t was a very lamentabIe
affair. A. BRYANT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
NORTH POLE DISCOVERED

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 10 "A dig
patch from Irkutsk, Siberia, says a 81
berian trader, named Kouchnaref, act
ing in the capacity of agent for Dr.
hansen, the Arctic explorer, has IN
formed the Project of Kolymsk that he
has received information that Nansen
has reached the North Pole, where he'
found land, and that he is now or his
way back.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18

After all, the $50, 600 turned into the
treasury from the competit ton of the
penitentiary convicts with honest labor
will not count for much to the tax.
payers. More than half this sum was
literally donated to the Norfolk and
Western railroad to help it defeat the
rOad.-Richmond Star.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
RELIEF FOR BLUsHING SWANS.
Three St Louis Maidens Ready to Com
nit Matrimony.

. %@S$ 49, 80 %'N~NJ w ~NAA
nit Matrimony.
A Stroudsburg pa special says:
The slump in the marriage business
hi re seems at an end. Since January
1st there has o been a marriage
license issued in Monroe county. This
fact was printed several days ago, with
the most gratifying results. The fol-
lowing letter was received recently by
the postmaster:
ST.. LOUIS. Jan. 28-We noticed in
the paper that the young men Of
Stroudsburg are very melancholy over
the bashfulness of'the young ladies in
regard to proposing. They have the
most profound sympathy OF three
charming young ladies Of St. Lou 81
who would gladly make the acquaInG-
ance of three good looking, we'll to do
young men. Should any of the gallant
young men care to correspond with a
view to matrimOny they al address
Miss Blanche / Richie, aged twenty
two years, black hair, blue eyes, height
5 feet 3 inches, weight 121 pounds; Miss
Catharine @. RnOdy, aged twenty
years, blue eyes. blonde hair, medium
height, weight 119 pounds; Miss Grace
B. Birch, aged twenty two years,
height 8 feet 2 inches, weight 115
pounds. We are all Of very jolly dls-
positions, of highly respectable families
and no other need apply. Address in
care of general delivery.
Toe above letter has been made pub
lie, and it is expected the slowness in
the marriage business here will nos
continue much longer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-18
ARIZONA STILL A TERRITORY
The Significance is That it Would 10
crease the Free Silver Vote.


WASHINGTON, Feb. IL -Notwith-
standing the veil of secrecy with which
the House Territories Committee sur
rounded their meeting this morning.
The fact is known that a vote was takes
on the Ariz )na Statehood bill, and thas
the measure was defeated by a vote Of
E t. 5
The significance of this vote will be
better uDderstC cd when it is remember
ed that the opposition to the admission
of Arizona is based upon the objection
that the granting Of Statehood would
increase the number of free silver .ad-
vocates in tt Senate, and this vas the
primary cause of the defeat of the bill
1t is also an Indication Of the senti
ment Of the committee with reference
TO the New Mexico and Oklahoma bills,
the passage Of which, in edition to tho
Arizona bill, would add six new S5na-
tors to the list of free coinage men in
that body.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-17
amusement Notes.

Professor Leo Wheat Will leave over
the Chesapeake and Ohio this morning
for Charlottesville where he Will meet
Mr.. Polk Miller and give d joint en-
tcrtainment tonight in the Levy opera
House. Messrs. Miller and Wheat re-
turn Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Mac Jones Will give his entertain
ment tonight at Towards Grove, just
outside the city, and viii leave next week
TO fiji engagements in North Carolina
Howard SaXby, OF Cincinnati, Will be
heard at the Academy of Music on Feb
ruary Sth. Mr.. Saxby will appear Joint
~ with Polk Miller
Manager II. +. Smith is in correspond
ence with the manager Of Miss Ellen
Beach Naw the soprano with the won
derful register. about whom there Is
centered so much interest Of late. Miss
Yaw came to Richmond season or TWO
ago under Mr.. Smiths MANAGEMENT. since
which time she has made wonderful pro-
gress.
Alfred a. Farland who gives a hanio
recital tonight at the Theatre. assisted
by the Old Dominion Sextette. will ar
rive this morning from PhiadeInhia
where he was the principal soloist ar a
grand concert at the Academy OF Must
last night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-17
THE IRvING-TERRY ENGAGEMENT.
4 strong Double BilI for the Matinee on
Tuesday.

During the engagement here OF Henry
irving, Miss Ellen Terry, ana the i-ui"vu
iyceum Company, they VIII oifei slious
double Bill consisting OF the charmin5
one-act comedy. Nance Oldheld," and
the very impressive melOurama, ne
BELLS" The former Is from the brilliant
pen OF the iate Charles Reade' ana IA
II Miss Ellen Terry assumes d very ne
lightful and yivacious character MIS-
Anne Oldneid, one of this distinguished
artists most graceful roles. IL VIII pre-
cede the performance or Leopold Lewis
play. entitled THE Bells In the entire
range of melOdramatic productions LOT
which Henry Irving has been given
worldwide fame. his original creation
ialso one OF his earliest great ellorl1
Matthias has probably never ueeh SUR
passed. The representation or the con-
science-haunted murderer mas Away
been deemed the acme OF startling stage
pictures. fearful In its realism OF the
mental retrbutiOn brought upon a gullty
being only a master OF every detau
of emotional expression could rum the
multitudmOus requirements OF such
part The fearful fascination Which eh-
cites every audience which attends the
performance OF THE Bells has been
llkened 10 participation ln the murder
crs haunting Suuerings. The develop
ment of the dream of Matthias, his trial
and confession under the influence OF
mcsmerist affords series or stage ulus-
tratiOns which call forth almost every
resource Of stage art IN the way Oh llSht
and sceric effects. The pictures keep
the spectator spell-hound FOR nearly one
hour. and SO intense Is the Interest that
the aWakine OF Matthias from his dream,
or rather his death resulting therefrom,
is a positive relief Minutes sometimes
elapse before the audience can return 10
the normal state OF testfying I'm applause
the just recognition OF the player
powers While THE Bells Is purely a
melodrama Ia the best sense Of The word,
there are many happy contrasting scenes
which serve TO bring into more startling
prominence the Nemesis which has be-
come the very shadow OF all Matthias
thoughts The impersonaton actually
teens with quick changes Of theatric
expression. calling for the extreme eN-
ercise OF the missionary art
Perhaps II was fortunate thing for
Sir Henry Irving that he created the
role OF Matthias. FOR no follower has been
able 10 do much more than pay him
the sincere compliment Of imitation Of
the accessories Of the assumption. and
his long-ago success in the role undoubt-
edly encouraged him to the succeeding
endcatcr which have made him the lead
ing exemplary OF perfect stage represen-
tatiOns
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-17

The Council Committee on Water ,ld
It's regular semi monthly meeting in room
NO. L or the City Hall last evening al
. O'CLOCK with the following members
present: Measrs. Briggs slib-cha,rn,en
and Messrs. Brock. Mountcastle Lawder
and Trowder Mir. O-Donnell. the inventor
Of the water equalizer. was also present
ana the result Of the experiment with his
Invention was thoroughly dis cussed.
Mr.. Lowder finally offered a resolution
which was adopted. providing that
another test be made
Superintendent Rolling was instructed
to purchase the following pipes with tho
$4,000 left 30 the credit of the department
loJ eight inch. ic6 six 'nch. zoo four inch.
The usual number of bills were ordered
TO be paid and a good deal OF routine bus
mess was disposed OF.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-17
I.eless Legislation.

To the Editor of The Times:
Sir,-Pease allow me the use OF small
space in your daily to make a ie" re-
marks.
IL seems 10 me that some OF our past
and present legislators are fond OF en-
acting laws that are already upon our
statute-books-i. C., in Acts OF 1875 ~
mage 412 chapter 4C2. will be FOUND An
act amending and re-enactinS an act, en-
titled An act 10 amend ana re-enact
sections GO 653 65i. and go OF the Code
OF Virginia" etc. Now, this law Is a
verbatim transcript OF the above sections
~ the code. II the former act was
what was not wanted. why did not the
legislature repeal IL. and in that way
Leave the above sections intact? Where
was the use OF putting in our Acts the
same thing that was in our Code. thus
putting a useless thing upon our statute
books
notice In the Times OF the 18TH In
stant that Mr.. Jordan introduced bill
40 auasnd and re-onsc. section isi OF the
coSe. 40 "a 20 allow four;n-class yctt-
.rAsters 20 act a. rotares II Mr..
Jordan will consult the Acts CT is9y-'4.
page 81, chapter 25s. he win see that
there is already law permitting fourth
class postrasters 10 act Is notar1es.
ATTORNEY.
Oak TroaI w.. Jan. u te6.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-17
p p. LEE CAMP NEW HOME.

which formed part Of Cabcll's Battalion.
attached 70 McLaws's Division.
Colonel Gray was captured at Gettys-
burg, and was confined In "A northern
prison tor some time bur upon being
released rejOined his OLD regiment and
again took an active part IN the war.
He was one Of the fortunate lew who
served with honor and distinction that
came through the conflict unscathed.
Nr. John NJ. Warren. first lieutenant
commander of the camp. was a line
soldier At the age of sixteen years MI.
Warren was with Generals John r. Cooke
and Albert Sidney Johnston in the In
dian troubles on the frontier. He was in
the celebrated AshhollOW-Mill massacre,
and was one OF the twenty-six out OF
thirty-two who came out of that fight
alive After this event Mr. Warren
marched go miles into Utah. and joined
Johnston's forces. forming a battalion Of
321 men and electing Bernard T.. Lee.
captain Of the United States army. as
major Mr. Warren served nine months
against Brigham Youngs forces. and was
four years and one month in the Confed-
crate army.
Captain John i. Laughton is The sec
ond ACCOMPLISHMENTS of the camp
and his record as a soldier is well known.
He enlisted as a private in the Richmond
Grays in 1861 and was subsequently pro-
noted to the Office OF first lieutenant OF
Company ID, Twelfth Virginia Infantry
and assigned in command of the sharp
shooters which post he filled well. He
surrendered at Appomattox
Mr. Charles T. Turner. the third leu
tenant-commander. fought In Company
A. of the Nineteenth Virginia Battalion
of Heavy Artillery. He distinguished him
self as cannOneer, and surrendered
with Lee at ApDOmattoX.
The adjutant of the camp Mr.. J. Taylor
Stratton, enlisted in 1863 in Company
A. Twentieth Battalion Heavy Artillery
and was detailed al the headquarters Of
Colonel Thomas 5. Rhett He performed
good service.
Major Norman V Randolph went into
the war as a corporal In Company e.
of the Forty-third Virginia Infantry. and
was one of the fifteen men who went
with Colonel MOsby to JOhnstons army
Mr. j. Shelly Van Horn served with
distinction throughout the war as one
of Caskie's Rangers. and in Company A.
Tenth Virginia Cavalry.
Captain p. A. Brown, Jr.. quaTtermas-
ter OF the camp, enlisted i'm Parker's Bat
terry in April. 1869. served throughout the
war. and surrendered at Appomattox. I'D
was wounded three times and imprisoned
twice.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAI.
Interesting Facts Abont Nichmond's C.ti
Gems and other Matters.


Miss Mary Coles white Is the guest
of Mrs. spiman. 10. il5 east Frank
lin.
\ force OF workmen are engaged la
excayating for a Waterman on Cherry
street.
Miss Mile Smith, daughter OF Dele
gate Smith. OF Tazewell. who has been
visiting IN Richmond, has returned 10
her home.
The loung Ladies' Society OF Dr. Hoge'5
church will give A Silver Tea I'm the lee
ture-room Friday afternoon, January
18th. from 10 O'Clock
Mr.. z. W Lackcy has gone 20 Aoody's
Bible School. IN Chicago. 10 take The
two eIT-s' course with a view Of IT.
ting himself for evangelistic work.
Mr.. George A. DeBold. who has been
confined 70 the house BY sickness FOR
some time. is now able to attend 10
business.
Rev. a. Coke Smith. d. D.. will lee
ture at Broad-Street Methodist Episco-
pal church tonight for the benefit OF
the EDworth League.
The cars OF the Clay-street line were
running yesterday morning on the Trac-
ton Companys new tracks on Broad
street east Of Twenty-fourth street.
Mr.. James Graeme. OF New York. Is
on a visit 10 his brother, Mr.. Robert
Graeme. No. 40 west Clay street. Mr.
Graeme was former resident OF Rich
mond, but this is his first visit 10 his
old home for many years.