The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-01-11


Wilson, the barber, killed O hog on
Tuesday, weighing 475 pounds. Ii
made a fine show on the hook i'm front
Oh Eorney's store measuring nearly six
feet. Mrs. Fred Huffman, of the Up
per Fork, killed one the past week,
which tipped the beam at ISL. This
last is the best porker of the season, as
far as the returns are in.
Charlotte Observer: Tuesday night
in Asheville, several boys were in the.
room OF a playmate named Wainscot,
when the latter started to show his re-.
volver to Willie Hampton. While ex
tracing cartridges Nm the we apon,
one shell exploded, the bullet striking
Hampton in the eye and killing him
instantly. The killing was apparently
purely accidental and the Wainscot
boy is nearly crezed with grief over
the awful affair. The dead boy was
10 or 10 years old, and was the son of
J. e. HAMPTON, of Asheville.
Winston Journal: NJ. Daniel Clod
felter, 70 years old Of Waughtown and
one OF it's earliest settlers and best citi
zens was killed last Monday morning
at 8 o'clock near the public school
house, by the falling of a tree, q Large
forked poplar, by two darkies, and In
moving for its fall was caught by one
of its prongs upon TIE leg and chest,
killing him instantly. -Joseph Jack,
son, the man who was stabbed and
shot by John Duckworth in High Point
Friday night, died Of his in juries on
Saturday. DuckWorth is still at large.
Charlotte Observer: That Senator
PritChard openly announces his candi
dacy for the judgeship of the United
States district court for the Western
district, is not surprising to those who
have kept up with the gossip Of the
past few weeks. The position is one Of
the very most desirable under the gov
eminent, being for life on good be-
haviOr, with light labor and a salary
of IS, 900 per year, and the privilege of
retiring on full pay when the incum-
bent has become 20 years of age and
has served for ten years. Senatorial
life is uncertain.
Morganton Farmers Friend: We
observed quite a group of girls taking
the train Monday for various schools
in the State, their holiday recess hav-
ing ended. There is no better point in
the Slate for q good girls school than
MoTganton, n it could be secured by
q simple coordination of the existing
talenG Wenow have engaged in CLASH
cal and musical instruction In one part
or another of the town. A reliable
gentleman, q few years since, preferred
to erect a suitable building, IL the local
schools would pool issues and unite for
a certain length of time and pay an
agreed rental.
Raleigh News and Observer: There
seems to be- no hope for Mrs. Albert
Watson. She is now in the st. Johns
Hospital and the physicians there will
do all in their power for her, but they
think her spinal cord was injured by
the bullet fired by her husband before
he killed himself. They will try to 10
cate the ball by means Of the K rays.
The pass toters are very much
worried over the recent action of the
Railroad Commission. They are an
noyed not so much by the fear of get
ting into trouble themselves as by the
railroads refusal to renew their passes,
which expired with the old year. They
are willing to take chances, but the
railroad people r not.
Rev. Thomas Dixon (our Tom) made
a violent attack on Mckinley and his
Cuban policy in his sermon last Sun
day. Among other things he said:
1.-The proclamation of the admins
tration at Washington asking help for
dying Cubans to be given through
Cuban corruptionists, is the climax of
our contemplate and servile policy to-
ward Cuba. Truly the reign of the
huckster is with usl Have we a tin
peddler for President or a man7 A
huckster or a soldiers Why beg aims
for dying Cubans and send our navy
to help Spin kill them9 We have spent
two millions Of dollars p~atrolling the
coast of Florida, and bounding Cuban
patriots. Why not withdraw our YES
sells and give the money spent thus for
relief of Cubans instead of bounding
them9"-Durham Sun.
MI. Nun Stevenson has a position on
the railroad yard here. Christmas
morning he started to his home near
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