The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
sTATR NEWS.

What from INC C640S
md CottonS Seed from the South
rbo Wilmington Naval Reserves
ooE in four recruits Monday night
The Zeb Varce Democratic club at
,obeville has a membership of 1,O59.
lanes Charles, colored, foreman OF
.bo Rough and Ready Fire Company at
Newbern, is dead.
c7lored brakeman at Statesville
Monday night, lost an arm by getting
It caught between the bumpers.
The Bingham School base ball team
q practiciDg daily with the expecta
tion Of doing up some of the college
outfits.
The stock exchange at Salisbury is
baipg investigated. There is a suspi
zion that there are some irregularities
in the management.
Kinstcn Free Press: Mr.. 7. B. Ash
ford has invented a bomb that he
claims is a big improvement. 1t shoots
100 times and then explodes.
Certain citizens of townships in
Rowan county that voted bonds to the
Ysdkin Railroad are t%hreatning to
bring suit to repudiate the bonds.-EZ.
A Cleveland county man was riding
8 mule when the animal stepped on a
stick; the stick few up" struck the
mule in the side and killed it almost
instantly.
AStokes county farmer fell into bad
company in Winston Monday night,
and when he sobered up was short S46
He does not know who got his money,
and is not likely to be any wiser.
The safe in the store of L. W. Black
we'll, at Mayodan, was blown open and
robbed Friday night, the burglars Sc
curing twenty dollars and a watch. 1t
is suspected that tramps committed the
d3ed.-Ex.
John Green, township constable, at
Henrietta Mills, while attempting to
arrest a nego on a warrant Sunday
was mortaIly shot. The constable,
however, returned fire and instantly
killed the negro.
1t appears that Guilford county will
have " or three candidates for the
judgeship. MI. D. Schenck, Jr., will
contest with Mr.. Shaw the endorsement
Of the democracy OF the county
Greensboro Telegram.
The Evening Journal Of Concord,
which fourished for a brief season and
made much noise, has turned its toes
to the daisies and made another corpse
il the p~otter's field of Journalism
SsatesVille Landmark.
Judge Armfield has declined the in
Vitation to deliver an address at the
unwilling of the Vance monument in
Asheville upon the ground that his
physical condition will not admit of
his making the effort.
The following p~ostofices will be cred
tied domestic money order Offices
April 4sh in North Carolina: AbbOtts
burg, Bladcn county; IdIewild, Ashe
county Potecasi, Northampton coun
ty; Ramseur, Randolph county.
Geo ". Vanderbilt proposes to con
tlnue the development of the model
village of Bntmore by the erection of a
school for white pupils, the building of
several handsome buildings and the
establishment of and electric light
plant.
Raleigh Post: J r. Melvin, who
works IN the cutting department Of the
Blackwell tobacco factory at Durham,
let his fogers get too close to the rep
Idly revolving knives and received
severe cuts hut Fortunately did not lose
bis hand.
The Henderson Gold Leaf says Mr..
". O. Whorton was riding his bicycle
and carrying his gun when a hawk
few up Just ahead Of him. Steadyipg
as wheel with one hand, with the other
Ar. #hortOn raised his gun and fired
and killed the hawk.
The Greensboro Telegram says that
congressman Linney is trying to Sc
cure the removal of the government
VuUttog from Greensboro to Winston
4 nearing has been had before the
Vongta 55lonal Committee by Linney,
aac Ai.c5iu is fighting it.
Dill Weaver, colored, was arrested
@Sl week near S5atesville and taken to
Hlafio..a. Beaver last August killed
man named Chisholm in Charlotte
".ad5a he paid attention to Beavers
we He 6ad been in hiding ever since
~conmlsJ@d the deed.-Ex.
At Davidson County Superior Court