The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26

Foster shot Rob Nicely, from the effscts
OF which the latter died a day later.
Both colored. Foster escaped. Tho
parties were alone at the time of the,
shooting and it is not known what
caused the trouble.
Lenoir Topic: The LOG Commits
sloners," MessEs. Corpening and Glass,
report about 6 600 logs floating on the
Catawba and johns rivers. The levy
being 10 cents per log will bring 5000 to
the counties to build a bridge across
the Catawba river.
Wilkesboro Chronicle: One OF the
most conclusive proofs that prosperity
has not come" is the large quantities
OF tertliiz RS u people are buying end
going in debt FOR. 1t will take half che
wheat crop in the county next year to
pay the fertilizer bills.
Watauga Democrat: Just v g the
Ride en- Johns river there is active
work in the gold mines and some excel
lent finds m reported. A stamp mill
over there on the river is reducing
quartz from the surface and making
big money out Of them.
Concord Standard: A gentleman in
the city from M~ecklenburg county,
told a Standard reporter that q lot of
one hundred bales Of cotton would be
brought TO the city from Sharon town
ship next Tuesday, and that the pro
cession would be led by a brass band.
Monroe Enquirer: Rev. A. Q. Davis,
Of Olive Branch, was in town yester-
day. He reports that people have
given him enough furniture, etc , since
his recent loss by fire to enable him to
go to housekeeping egain. He has
rented a house in the village Of Olive
Branch.
Lexington Dispatch: 1t is really
alarming the vast amount of fertilizer
being sold in this market. Camp lots
are crowded almost every Light and
dozens of leads 60 out daily. If the
crops should be a failure next year
hundreds of farmers will be in an al
most destitute condition.
Greensboro Record: It may be stated
in q few words that a hundred thou
sand dollar shoe manufacturing plant
is coming to Greensboro, All the de
tails are not yet perfected, but there is
hardly any doubt about it. The con-
Germ has been doing business in New
England for many years.
Charlotte Observer: The diff8rential
rate, which the Seaboard Air Line will
put in effect on the % h inst, means
among other things, a reduction Of s.
in the passenger rate from New York
to Atlanta, and may mean a good deal
more. Times have been too qliet lately
for Your Uncle ST. John.
Newbern Journal: About $50
o'clock yesterday morning a fight oc
Cured between Dempsey Pickett and
James and P1ilip Burden at Rlverdale,
nine miles below this city, and as a re
suit Pickett lies in Newbern at the
point of death. The parties in the
trouble are all colored men.
Statesville Landmark: As an evi
dence that a large wheat crop is being
seeded in this section, a dealer in agri
cultural implements tells the Land
mark that more drills have been sold
in Statesville this season than for
several years past, and not enough
could be secured to fill all orders, the
factories having run short.
Charlotte News: Mrs. @. M. Coffin,
administrative of her husband, who
met such a terrible death on the Caro-
lima Central railroad last Wednesday,
has through her counsel, Messrs. Clark
son and Duis, entered suit as ainst the
railroad for so, 600 damages. The case
will come up at the next ttrn Of the
Superior court in Charlotte about the
frat Of December.
Geo. johnson, colored, was convicted
Of rape in the Wilmington criminal
court, and sentenced to be hanged.
Johnson assaulted a young colored
woman. He was defended by two col
ored lawyers, while Solicitor Richard,
son, for the State was assisted by Con
gresham Geo. 81. White, colored. The
jury IN the case consisted of II white
men and one negrO.-Ex.
AsheviIle Citizen: 1.-The Afro Ameri
can Protective Agency" is a recently
formed organization in which a large
number of colored people of the city
are interested, among the number be
ing Rev. 8. b. Gibson and Rev. r. W.
Wallace, Baptist minister. The object