The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-10-13
eTATE NEWS.

nrsA1 Of = ~ Rice from the East-ClCsters
G1d 6I md Tobacco Stems from the
Of @Esp-stsIks of Corn and Grains Of
NJ@sst from the West-Peanuts
- cotton Seed from the South
.. Confederate veterans are called
III ..f IN Raleigh at the fair grounds
M October 2lst.
r,,s.on shipped /. 1854 998 pounds of
f.rurod tobacco last month. The
tp 1'Dr sales aggregated IS. 600,
~ d. H,ffman has decided to
+r5 call made him by the Bap-
ao, r ltfn-ca at Henderson, N. O., says
The shelby AuFo@.
VI L7rrick, g drayman, shot Ar
,'u MCDOWELL, another drayman, at
Ilu +.~.I last week. Mcdowell may
~ may not recover.
rrs republican says Mr.. A, B. Mock,
=. Ives near Winston and is over 60
.,r. ,r3. is celebrating the arrival Of
nan. d. girl babies at his house.
Gov Carr cffers 500 reward for the
49, OIL Booker, alias Chavis, col,
.-.5 who murdered Mahala White, a
.,,-~-5 woman, In Wake county.
n-sr.rs News: P. S King is again
- rr-m q he fire find. This time
80 81. blaming and carding mill which
. a.zr-o~sd The loss is variously es-
~, tied a5 81 0yg TO $4,000.
Shelby Aurora: The many friends
dr.LR /. lban McBravor will regret to
Iasr1 thar he was stricken with paraly-
IS ~l.le attending the association,
las. sunday. There Is very little hopes
otbl7 recovery.
Professional safe c~racksmen blew
men the satcs in the depot ct Lumber
ton Sunday morning and robbed them
$500 Suspicion rests ON three tramp5
seen il town Saturday, says the
L3urt-9urg Exchange.
AIa5y Of Nash county has beaten
the rtc51d in cotton farming in this
scion. hrs. Lawrence Battle OF G Id
Rec made this year two bales of cot
TN 10 the acre without fertil!z re-, says
the r cky Mount Pbolx.
Two locomotives colnded at Ashe
r.l- Friday. VIM. Boyd, a fireman,
got his leg crushed, causing his death
il g few hours. Fortunately for his
wife he had only the day before taken
Gu 40 accident policy for $4,000.
c. Z. Wilson, a former editor Of the
Wien Advance, and who four years
ego treated suc1 O sensation by disap
pessjng mys5eriously, passed through
Oh Wednesday nights train going to
,KIns-oa, says the Gceonville R fec5or.
IL. Pufus J.. Cook brought the
Sarj5ard a sec6nd crop May cherry
Jla. Is ripe and looks powerful tempt
iag. It Is Of the average siz9. liz.
Cox says ne viii get enough to make
ats-5iy pie, say S the Concord Sand
arr.
John Morris, who lives near the Vic
tor LII. had his cow stolen last night.
There ls no clue to the thief. The COW
ives I'D in the yard; tho rope was cut
sb-a- If, leaving about IS feet Of chain
ta--aaed 70 the animal, says the Char
lc--- News.
Tre cotton gin Of Mr. William T.
Alexander II MaIlerd Creek township,
wa burned lest night. TIE building
was entirely destroyed by fire. Six
h.les Of cotton belonging to Nj. R ".
FloT and SIX belonging to Mr. Alex,
an6er we're burned, says the Charlotte
News.
Asaov,Ie Gazette: Last Saturday
evening Lizzie Lee ran away from her
pa-e-cs and home, with Marion Owen,
one # her fathers boarders. Her father
jsR Z, Lee, of Bailey street. The girl
Is C.ly - years Of age. The man with
Ea.a are al away is ten years her
senior.
IT, Ca'd8boro Headlight Gays Geo.
Atkinson, & II year old colored boy Of
way ne county, was climbing a tree 60
s--Ea cut g coon VIXEN he Lost his foot
ng and fell a distance of over 80 feet,
breaking his thigh and sustaining in
tcsaal injuries which ere likely tC
prove fatal.
TIE Fay ettevilIe Observer says some
time ago q colored woman, Sophia
k-.Ly, shot end nearly killed her hus
ono. Rob5. Kelly. She was put II
JHl 5u. recently, her husband having
about recovered, she was admitted to
bail and released from jail by her hus'