The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-31

OOGu CO1Or6Q, got into q nghG mere sat
urday afternoon which finally resulted
q very ugly cut in the back for Smith.
n report goes that Smith on first
round knocked Coachman down but
was afterwards attacked by Coachman
who used his knife with fatal intent,
says the Laurinburg Exchange.
Scotland Neck Democrat: A color.
ed man named Neptune Anthony died
recently at the home of his son, Peter
Anthony, at the age of 10 years. He
was twice married before the Nat
Turner instruction, was able to walk
He did his first blowing when he was q
came from Africa.
John P. Bean an acting deputy
sheriff under Charles H. Rhodes,
sheriff, was arrested and tried on
Thursday for embezzling or misapprO-
priating about $500 or $500 of the pub,
lie money which he collected by reason
OF his office. He was tried before S.
P. Sheriff., J. P, and bound over to
court under a 5000 bond, says the Lin
colnton Democrat.
A supposed attempt was made to
burn the store of j. r Gattis, on Chap
ell Hill street, last night. This morn
ing it was found that somebody had
poured oil on the GU side of the store,
near the corner, where a can of oil was
sitting on the inside. A goods box sit,
ting on the outside of the store was
burned, but the house did not catch,
says the Durham Sun.
In speaking of shad a few days ago,
the New York Herald said that some
1 -o~~C NrO - uTo %l4,V~h% h. Nn- VOwH-
ers that shad of the finest flavor were
found only in the Hudson river, but in
late years it has been ascertained that
from North Carolina waters. All in
all the Old North State hss no superior
among the States Of the Union.
Alfred l Craven, a native of York
vile and a resident of Gastonia and
last week in Atlanta on the charge of
He was bOok-keeper in the Atlanta
Coffin Co., and is also short in his &C
counts with that firm. The Atlanta
papers give the details of the forgery
and shortage, as alleged. He escaped
from the officer and has fed, says the
Shelby Aurora.
N6SbOL1AC N1ASbLCs w III OGCLCSF IA
and Louisburg are wrestling with the
second hand clothing business, it is
proper to note q state of things over In
Cleveland county. A gentleman from
the western part of Catawba county
brings to the Newton Enterprise news
of current reports over that way to the
effect that Mr. Jake Swain, a mer,
chant near MooresborO, Cleveland
county, has the small pox and that he
got it from q lot of secondhand cloth
ing which he opened a few days ago.
Salisbury Herald: Robert Douglas,
who was arrested here last week and
taken to jail in S%tatesville, charged
with murder in Virginia, will be aole
to prove an alibi. The StatesvilIe cor,
respondent of the Charlotte Observer
says M. W. Bell, Of Noun McUrne,
was in S5atesville Saturday and says
Douglas was hauling cotton for him
the day the murder was committed.
Again it is in evidence that the young
man was at home the night of Febru,
airy 2nd, going from Mount Mourne to
Iredell On the train.
On Tuesday of last week Mack, Lloyd
and Jud Wagner were arraigned and
given a preliminary trial at Boone,
charged with burning Mr.. W. L
Bryan's store, barn and dwelling last
July. James Cornell, one Of the par
ties in the case, turned states evidence
and testifies that he and WaycasteT
(now in jail at Statesville) were hired
by the Wagner boys to fire the prop
erty for the purpose Of destroying ev
idence in the possession of Mr.. Bryan
in the p~ostofice robbery case in which
Tice and Mack Wagner are implicated,
A. Lewis, of Kernersville, was in
Winston yesterday. He showed a
Sentinel representative $45 in green
backs which were taken from Banner
JOrdan's pocket after he was killed.
The bills on one end were soiled by
blood. Mr. Lawis offered to pay them
to Mr.. J. L Patterson in settlement
for a debt, but the latter gentleman
was opposed to taking blood" money
and asked Mr.. Lewis if he could not
give some other kind Of money. The
Kernersville man Yves prepared to &C
comodate him.-Winston Twin City
Daily.
Burlington News: News reached
this place of the robbing of the resi-
dence of VIM. Dark, a well known citi
zen of the southern end of the county.
1t is said that n night last week two
men entered the house and demanded
his money, when he slipped out of the
back way and ran for a neighbor to
help him, leaving the women of the
family alone with the robbers, who
proceeded by threats and cursing to
brighten the women, while Dark was
out in the dark night hunting for help
instead of defending his own with what
weapons he had at hand The robbers
secured 5000 in gold and other valu'
ables.
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