The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-05

with Mesars- Settle Dockery, A. v.
Dockery and Willis Briggs as the
editors and owners. One Of the ger
tlemen said, in speaking of the affAir,
the new paper would be Republican
straight from the shoulder, end that it
would fight shy Of all combination,
coalitions and entangliDg alliances
These are all able young journalists,
and together they will make a strong
team.-News and Observer.
Fay e~tteviIle Observer: Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal Atkinson arrested
Aaron Simmons and Joe Holland in
RosebOro yesterday asternoon on the
charge of being implicated in the at
tempted postofice robbery there Satur-
day night. These two young men,
both white, were brought to this city
last night, taken before U. 8. Commits
sioner E. 2. Powers and sent to jail in
default of a 5000 bond each. Mr.. D. P.
Williams YES the man arrested Sunday
and who gave bond yesterday.
StatesviIle Landmark: Numbers Of
people in South Iredell have heard
strange noises within the past few
weeks and out in the Cool Spring coun
try a wild beast of some kind has els
turbed the peace of the community.
| Nobody, 30 far as we have heard, has
fseen the thing, but there are various
reports az to its carvings on. A gen
tleman who was out in Cool Spring
last week said some cotton fields were
suffering for pickers because the beast
had frightened the laborers away.
Lincon Journal: Mr.. J.. Calvin
Hoover is most unfortunate from the
standpoint Of the man afraid of snakes,
and a lucky one from the snake killers
point Of view. Some weeks ago he
found a venomous spreading adder be-
tween his feet, and last Friday, while
cleaning eff a lot in the Methodist
cemetery, he felt something soft under
his foot. He looked down and was
Mortified to see a wad of snakes under
his shoe. He jumped and the snakes
crawled eff. On this same lot, two
years ago, he killed sixty seven snakes
in one day.
Greensboro Telegram: Fifty of
GoldsborUs leading business men as
sembled in the mayors Office last night
and permanently organized a chamber
of commerce, the object OF which will
be to foster and build up trade in the
city and tell the people in other sec
tions Of the unsurpassed advantages
which that county, section and city
possesses; Of its fertile soil, it's mild
climate, its unsurpassed adaptabliGy to
truck farming, bright tobacco, cotton
and fruits, and it's superior advantages
as a manufacturing center, with its
railroads running IN five directions,
and it proximity to deep water.
Newbern Journal: Word was re-
ceived here last night Of the death,
yesterday, at Washington, N. O., Of
Rev J.. L Winfield, editor of the
Watch Tower, the chu' ch paper of the
Disciples in North Carollne.--THe
Journal Office Is visited daily by far
mers from the surrounding counties,
and ell say hat cotton is short, the
fsZerage report being 25 per cent. The
falling eff IN the expected yield and the
low price, makes the farmers rather
ind'ffaren5 to Its gathering, besides the
opening OF cotton this year Is SO gen
erai, upon low and high lands at the
1 co pna TBFHn fhnF T+ 10 ~ nNcSSEF@ ~ 1NuE
places to secure enough plGkeF5, and
any bad weathe means stall further
Losses IN the yield.
Fayetteville Observer: Saturday
night the postc fife at R0seboro was
broken open and T. attempt was made
to rob the safe. TIE robbers only sue
.ceeded in breaking the combination
IF. probably having been frightened
before ghey could accomplish their OBJ
jeCt. IL the safe was over q Thousand
dollars in money. Deputy United
States Marshal, Atkinson has made
several arrests of suspicious persons,
including a wellknown former resi-
dent OF this city. The latter was
brought to this city yesterday and
taken before United States Commits
sIoner PoweTs, VINO required him &c
give 6 500 bond. We refrain from
giving n name as we do not yet
know the merits of >the case. Deputy
Atkinson Is now In Roseboro making
arrests.
} A colored man namad J. W. Jockey,
from the north, was before the Mayor
0p McuScu far cwipd1spu Tho oo10-oJ
people III of their money by pretend.
ing to be the egent of anorthern ayndi
cate who proposed to loan southern