The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-11-16

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confinement of the penitentiarv anC
concluded to leave that institution
The names of the escaped convicts arr
Lee Bailey, committed for larceny, enc
L. Ia. Causey, from Guilford, com
mltted for forgery. Both are young
men between the ages OF 80 and 35.
Five persons were sent to Jail upon
failure to pay their fines and cost al
the recent term OF Court, but with
leave to the County Commissioners to
hire them out, and places have al
ready been found for four of them.
This will relieve the county of a great
deal of the expenses which are usually
accumulated Ripple.
Bank Examiner S L. Crowder, OF
the State Treasury Department., has
returned from the Western art of the
State where he has recently examined
sixteen State banks. He finds them
ali right. In Battery Park Bank at
Asheville he found $t3 900 in gold and
in the Wachovis Loan and Trust Com
,pany ct Winston he found gold to the
amount of $25, OOO.-Ex.
Concord Standard: Weheve a good
many ~curiosities in our Office in pota-
toes, eggs, etc, but Mr.. GEO. Sssmper,
of Forest Hill, beats US when it comes
to beets. At the company store, where
If ia IN bihjr non wiu R.d -
When weighed it balances the scales at
eighteen pounds, is twenty inches long
and twenty five inches in circumfer
ence at the largest place.
Lexington Dispatch: Mr. H. T.
Phillips, of Linwood, called in to see us
Monday and brought three ears of the
largest corn we ever saw, which he
raised on his Jersey farm. Mr.. Phillips
says he gathered four hundred bushels
of this corn eff of six acres of land. He
didn't use a pound of guRno and says
all il takes to make such crops is just
simply Sweat"
StatesvilIe Landmark: Mr.. Wilson
Watts, of Taylorsville, came to States
vile Tuesday evening in distress. He
had q piecs of beef in his throat and
had been choked for twenty four
hours. He was unable to swallow
anything and his suffering was severe
Mr.. Watts sought the services of DIR.
W. J. Hill and the physician soon re-
lieved him by removing the beef.
A gentleman of this place went over
in Rowan county Sunday, and tells US
that he saw a horse lying neal the road
with a broken leg, that had been lying
there since Thursday before. The
horse belongs to a mail contractor be
tween this place and Salisbury. A
man ought to be punished who would
leave an animal In that condition for
that length of ime.-Davie Times.
Lincoln Journal: One of the best
known negroes around town is Fred
Cansler. For many years he made a
a the go between of blockade
dealers end their customers, and
although he has sold and handled many
gallons OF Whiskey he never drank a
drop. The weight of years is heavy
upon him now, and the County Com
mIssioners on Monday put him upon
the pauper list.
Fayetteville Observer: Mr. Jno. Q.
Adams, the we'll known merchant of
Little River Academy, filed at the
Court house Monday a deed of assign
ment, naming B. B. Adams as the trus
zee. Among the preferred creditors are
Mrs. @. Q. Adams, 81. 900, and Mr.. D.
W. Adams, 500. The assets consist of
the ~storehouse and merchandise, five
bales of cotton, one horse, two mules,
buggy, wagon, etc.
Here is a grain of comfort for the
fellows who want Judge Dicks JOB.
The Judge is holding court in Asheville
this week and he tells The Citizen that
he is growing stronger every day, but
he says if he finds after the winter and
spring terms THAT my health will not
permit me to continue my service I
shall retire. But as long as I am able,
l want employment. A man feels bet
ter in harness. 1t is better to wear out
than to rust out."-Ex.
Mt. Airy News: The produce, the
produced The supply seems almost in
Shipments were larger
last week than ever before. It is esti
mated that Nj. Airy will ship this
season nearly 1000 car loads, or more
than 100 locomotives could pull if the
train was all coupled together. There
are twenty five firms in this place en-
gagged in buying and shipping produce,