The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-23

Cr0QlCOrs yesterday morning.. 4uelE
liabilities amount to 81, 843. but they
have a clean and desirable stock Of
goods, and we hope to see them on
their feet again soon, say the Ala
nance Cleaner.
Major J. Turner Morehead of Spray
says his carbide works, which were
burned two or three months ago, will
be in operation in ten days. The build
ings are rebuilt and machinery is ar
irving. The output there will be a ton
a Gay. At HaIcomb's creek, near
l. nchburg, he is building a ~fve-ton
plant. He says the export Of the car
bide is heavy, ard it brings 500 a ton
abroad, while at home it brings only
$25.
Chas. MCMurray, q negro aged 90
years, was arraigu8d before the mayor
this morning on two charges of larceny,
one for the thef6 Of a bicy Gle from Mr..
Cnas Creswell, and the other the theft
OF a suit Of clothes from Dave Springs.
After he had been put under bond III
the bicycle case, the second charge
e. brought up. You needn't go into
Gh8 gri&I Of That case" NJ Marry spoke
up. I stole the clo.hcs,7 says the
Charlotte News.
Burlington News: Mrs. Murray, wife
OF Lee Murray, who l.ves III West Bur
llngUon, lett home my etorIausly q d>y
or two ago, and has not been heard
from since, leaving a husband and
three or four children. There is no
cause assigned, but it is said she took
$50 in money that had been laid by.
She has lived here for = long time, and
friends are st q loss to know why size
has thus left home.
Tarooror Soulherner: Mormora were
in town last week, working like beav-
ers, Distributing literature and visi1ing
our tOwnpeople- They made q house
to house canvass, and then advertised
that they would speak in the court
house on Friday. Friday came. The
bell rang but nc listeners appeared.
They were without On audience. They
ehut up shop and left town. Our peo-
pie treated these men exactly right
No violence toward these Mormons
was displayed.
Rutherford Democrat: Polk county
has a murder mystery. Dave Holmes,
a we'll known colored section hand on
the Spartanburg & AshevlIle railroad,
disappeared m~ysteriously from his
home near Tryon one night last week,
and has not since been seen. Later
'L'ge Halburt, also colored, was seen
wearing Holmes clothes and watch.
1t is now believed that Holmes was
murdered and his body concealed by q
band Of enemies OF his own race. Hal
burt was arrested and allied.
High Point Enterprise: Mr.. James
Ridge, m cmploye at the spoke and
handle factory, happened to a deplor
able accident last Wednesday morn
ing He was working at 4 saw and in
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hand his shirt sleeve was caught by
the saw drawing his arm down and
cutting it almCs5 off. The bones were
cut very badly. D.. D. a. Stanton, as
sisted by DR.. J. y. Turner, amputated
the arm just above the elbow. Mr..
Ridge moved here from Greensboro
about a year ago.
Capt. J. w. Moore, a large farmer
and for a number Of years the most
prominent Democrat in Huntersville
township, having represented the
! county in the general assembly Of the
| State, refused to go in the Democratic
/ primary last Friday. Said he would
not have his hands tied, We have re
ports from many other precincts in the
| county falling the same tale and in ell
| cases it was the most influential and
best posted men of the precinct who
would Lot be driven in to the slaughter
pen, says the Charlotte Peoples Paper.
Marion Messenger: A horrible crime
was committed in the Globe valley, in
Caldwell county, early last Friday
| morning. D. M. Bowman and Walter
Moore were the victims. While sleep
ing in a rude board shanty at a saw
mill, they were blown into enternity
by dynamite, which had been placed
under the corner Of the shanty. The
coronor's jury reported that the de
ceased came to their death by the ex.
plcsion of dynamite place under the
building by one Simon Gragg, where