The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-07-13

SSIA9GS OA0LAtA9N "a
pale corn liquor. This is a great city
for night work. It matters little with
most folks what is done just so it is not
found out. 1t is sinful with some folke
to sell liquor and be known in it, but
if you can run q blind tiger and not
let the preacher know it, you are safe
and few men will rail against you.
We regret to say this, but it is true,
says the Lexington Dispatch.
He~ndersonville Times: On Tuesday
morning while Miner Revis, Whc lives
about 8 miles east of Hendersonville,
was grading rye, his son, Burton, aged
10, was following him, binding. The
father cut over where q large rattle
snake was lying, and when the son
came to bind the grain the snake sunk
it's fangs into him. 1t was between Z
and 8 o'clock. Whiskey wasgiven the
boy, but only q pint was at hand, and
a messenger was sent for DR.. Egerton,
who arrived about 8 o'clock. When
the doctor got there the boy was I'm
conscious, and died about 5 O'clock.
The Charlotte News says: A gentle
man from Lexington tells a News re-
porter that all the clues to the Springs
murder have fallen through and that
the officers are as much in the dark ae
on the night. The man that the posse
had surrounded near Reidsville disap.
peared as mysteriously as he came but
it is generally admitted now that he
was not the guilty party. The further
they probe the murder the more mys-
terious it becomes. A Pinkerton de.
tective from the branch Office in Balti.
more is now on the case. He reported
last night that he had made no head.
way.
During a recent revival meeting at
the cotton mills, the minister asked all
who desired prayers to write their
names on a slip of paper and drop it in
a box which would be passed through
the crowd. A certain young man
penned a note to his chum, but dropped
it on the floor. Some one picked it up
and placed it in the box, and the
astounded preacher read the following
to the congregation: IF Long Legs
breaches tonight, me and J-K-
are going up town, Signed, ----."
Now if you wish to get into trouble,
ask the young man referred to Lets
go up town to night. Lexington Dis
patch.
The citizens meeting, held in Fields
hall, L%aurinburg, Friday night, for
the purpose Of taking steps against the
illegal sale of whiskey in LaUringurg,
BODIED no good for blind tigers. The
meeting wascomposed of good citizens,
without distinction as to where they
stood in the recent election. The en-
thusiasm that prevailed was exceed
ingly encouraging and viOlators OF the
law may expect to be prosecuted. A
committe was appointed to investigate
everything suspicious and see that
prosecutions were instituted against ali
whose guilt comes to the committees
knowledge. The determination is to
make Laurinburg dry to the bone and
no stone is to be left unturned, say 2
the Exchange.
Two gentlemen who are connected
with the Atlantic Coast Line found
themselves in a peculiar situation on
the morning Of the 7th. They went
into a refrigerator car for some pur-
pose and another gentleman connected
with the yard, not knowing they were
in the car, slammed the door and
bolted it on the outside. They called
loudly for help, but no one was near to
hear them. The air in the car finally
became exhausted and they both be-
came violently i'll and vomited repeat
eddy, and would doubtless have died
for the lack of air had not some col
ored men who were passing heard their
cries and released them from their
perilous situation, says the Whining
ton Dispatch.
The colored settlement in the upper
edge of the county was the scene of a
heightened wedding last Tuesday, says
the Concord Standard, which might
have been pulled off all right to the
last round but for the sudden burst of
enthusiasm on the part of the best
man, which came near precipitating a
general riot. The adieus had been said,
and the newly married pair were about
entering a twormule wagon at the gate
for a trip to the rural villa of the
groom, when the mine was exploded
beneath them. In accordance with
the usual custom on such occasions,
the company had pelted the couple