The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-02-02
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- Grains OF TIC IEOh Tic EooN
- grapes and Tobacco Stems from the
gcrth-StaIks of Corn and Grains OF
Wheat from the West-Peanute
snd CottonS Seed from the South
Nr Eiwin Barnes, postmaster at
wilson. died last Thursday.
bpar killed our boys on the farm
Mr. w R McEachin in Richmond
county last week.
Gov Russell offers 800 reward for
.bo capture of John Keel, who in Pitt
county killed Dave Crandall.
7 D Carpenter & Co, merchants of
Navron. made an assignment Friday.
Assets $23 100; liabilities S. 600.
The people of GasEonia are agitating
the matter of moving the county seat
~ CASTOR from Dallas to GastOnIa.
p. rdin s Smith, a colored school
teacher of Wake, was fned 81 % by
the mayor of R 4leigh for severely
shipping one of his pupils
The town of Graham. N. O., with
about 1900 inhabitants, had. the first
of las5 week, 800 cases OF la grippe.
One druggis5 filed 200 prescriptions in
one day.
Grippe, the prevailing epidemic was
never worse in and around Hiilsboro
The town seems TO have a good many
cases in a mid form, say 8 the HlllsbOrO
Observer.
Mr. W. N. Harris, of Winston, while
working on the Baptist Orphanage a5
Thomesvllle, Tuesday week, fell and
su.tsined injuries from which he died
mex morning.
CIV. Russell last week issued a
req IIsition IN the Governor of South
Carolina for Nackley SchshId, S. ran,
who Is wanted In New Hanover county
for seduction.
HydrophObia seems to have gotten
among some of our farmers hogs We
hear of one man who has lost 30 out of
"A from the malady, says the Laurin
burg Exchange
Ell Alexander, %colOred, said to be
from Alexander county, was found
dead in the public road near Glare
mont, Catawba county Tuesday week.
Whi-key thought to be the cause.
John W. Tucker, a drummer, is re
ported SICK with small pox at the Ben
bow House, Greensboro. He has been
quarantined and every safeguard taken
to prevent the spread of the disease
J s Merritt, farmer Merritt, is on
the sick list this week; We expected it
He sold his crop of tobacco a few days
ago at an average of $40 O0-few men
can stand prosperity, says the Roxboro
Courier.
Murphy Scout: Master Tom Patton
was loading a corn cob gun" yester
day which went off prematurely,
burning eff his eye brows, eye lashes
and painfully burning his face. His
wounds are not serious.
Wake county is a great place to
market Chatham products. We un
dPrscand that one man who has hauled
off ali the rabbits he could fad 10 now
buying Up dogs to carry TO Wake
county to sell, says the Chatham CiUI
zen.
TIE Leurinburg Exchange aims
that RcCm0nd county stands next CO
the top IN the production of cotton.
Only n county IN Texas, according
to statistical reports, produces more
cotton and that county is very little
ahead now.
Acow of Dewitt Wagner, of David
son county, came to her death from
trying 10 feed herself through the crack
OF the barn. Her tongue was thought
to be a GLADE of fodder by a horse that
was on the INSIDE and was bitten off,
The COW bad to be killed.
3 Q. Rankin writes the R leigh
News and Observer urging the L~gisIa
ture TO establish an ineOriate asylum
For Its maintenance he proposes That 6
tax OF 81 for each inebrIate sent TO the
asy UNI De levied on each and every
saloon IN the state.
Is ls rumored that a negro by the
name Of Frank England, living neal
Maiden, has been murdered by some
"hlte men who had threatened to XII
MIN He has been missing about three
weeks, and an inVestioariOn of the case
Is being made, say the Hickory Mer
curry.
correepondent of the Morgantor
Herald wants the Legislature to tai
weather prophets $25 per year. L
slcn a tax could De collected from