The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-03

home in Littleton last Friday, the 16tt
inst. Mrs. Bell was the last child o.
the well known Mr.. William Eaton o.
our county. She was a Christian lady
and died a member of the EpiscopaI
church. Her age was somewhere about
20 J ears. Her remains were inferred
IN the cemetery at Littleton. He bus
band, ex Governor Bell, of Texas, sur
wives her.
Mr. 7. N. Higley was painfully hurt
! Sunday morning. He was after q COW
and in attempting to get over a fence
slipped and fell on the pickets. The
pain was so intense that Mr.. Higley
became unconscious and it was re
ported that he was fatally injured.
We are glad to state that the injury is
not serious. The picket did not pene
trate Mr. Higley's body and there is no
internal injury. He is getting along
very we'll and will be out IN a few
days, says the R~obesoniRn.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
telegraph operators of the Seaboard
Air Line between Charlotte and Ports
mouth are to have a telegraph touTna
ment. The operator sending the most
words in ~ minute, for five minutes,
will be awarded a gold medal, with
name, and for what and date presented
engraved thereon. The second best
operator will receive a silver medal
The operator sending the best morse, :"
twenty words or more a minute for
five minutes, will receive q gold medal
An Arkansas lawy er, who halls from
North Carolina, recently found himself
wishing, improperly Of course, but
very naturally, to reveal this fact to q
juror, WHO came from the same state.
70 do this, sa! 8 the Spring River News,
he dropped some chewing gum, stepped
upon it, and pretended that his heel
he'd stuck to the floor. This gave him
an opportunity to say that he IA a
tar heel" and that the warmth OF the
room had made the tar run. The YER
dict proved that the tar heels stuck to,
gether.
Mr.. W. A. Muse, who has beeni il
Southern Florida since the fall OF 1924
working at his trade, carpentery, re-
turned home about ten days ago. He
ID looking we'll and hearty, but be says
that the odd North State" is the best
State in the union to live in. Where
he has been everything to live upon is
exhorbitantIy high. For instaca eggs
never get lower than Is cent, and NUT
ton sells at 20 to 25 cents the year
around. Oaher things in proportion
Cartilage Blade.
a pretty anecdote is related Of a
child who was greatly perturbed by
the discovery that her brothers had
set traps to catch birds. Questioned
as to what she had done in the matter,
she replied: II prayed that the traps
might not catch the birds" Anything
elae9 Yes" she said. Il prayed that
Gcd would prevent the birds getting
into the traps" and, as il to Illustrate
the doctrine Of faith and works, Il
went AID kicked the traps all to
pieces. "-CarUhage Blade.
Mr.. J. 7. Bass, who lives near Marsh
vile, reports that he heard one Of bis
young chickens squalling in his bacA
yerd, a few days ago, and ran cut,
thinking that a hawk was after his
. chickens. To bis great surprise he
found that & large spider vas biting a
syouug chicken on the neck. The
chicken WIGS larger than a partridge
| and died in a few minutes after the
spider bit it. Strange to say another
chicken swallowed the spider and is
living and doirg well, says the Monroe
Enquirer.
A special to the News aud Observer
Of the 3O.h from L-uisburg, N. O.,
says: Perhaps a few words about the
about the ~dispeusary would not be out
OF place. Fer the month OF July The
sales will be more than 5000. This is
ell in cash as they keep no books. s"
During this time the arrests have not
been so per cent cf what they were for
the same time before it was opened
and there has not been a drunken man
arrested in town during this month.
These two statements ale those OF the
Chief Of Police.
In cleaning up the court houce for
the late special term, says the Morgan
ton Farmers Friend a bundle of queer
roots and herbs, wrapped in rags, fell
from over the inner entrance of the
court room. Rachel Shade, colored,
| just before her trial for assault with