The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

woods near town compelled him 20
disrobe then and there without any
further ceremony, The fellow had to
stay in the woods for some little. time
until he could dispatch some one to
his hash house for more rags in which
to ~envelop his person, This is q new
way of collecting a debt but a very
effective one.
The COMMITTEES composed of ]. NJ.
Flowers and 8. a. Stewart, from
Trinity, and D. M. Springfield and g.
A. Foote, Wake Forest, met in Raleigh
lest Thursday and arranged the terms
Of the intercollegiate debate. This
question was chosen, Resolved: That
q 8. Senators should be elected by the
popular vote" Trinity has the afr
native and Wake Forest the negative
OF the question. The debate will be
held in the Academy of Music, Raleigh,
on the evening of Thanksgiving day.
A special to the Charlotte Observer
says the boiler of Pool & Panther's
saw mill, three miles from Rutherford
ton, exploded Wednesday, between -
and 1 o'clock, fatally wounding five
hands, three of whom-smith end
Panther, white, and Webb, colored,
were expected to live but @ few hours.
The colored man was ecalded white.
The other two are badly scalded and
crippled and may not recover. The
boiler was thrown over 300 yards, cut
ting timber as it went. 0 le tree two
feet thick and another 10 inches ithick
we're cut in two.
Col. Olds' correspondence 29jh: Far
mers hereaOouts are holding their o
ton, expecting 60 get 8 cents for it.
Tnere is remarkable unanimity Of &C
ton among them, too, and this COM
pletely 'hAbbe egasts" the buyers -
Today near mere a white lad met death
while hunting rabbits. He was stand
ing on a stump, watching for q rabbit
TO come out of a little swamp, let his
gun drop, the hammer struck the
stump, the load entered his side and
he died q nnst instantly Senator
Butler talks as If ne intended to locate
in Raleigh aud practice Law. Hts
brother, Lister, now edits his news
paper, The Caucasian, here. The Sene
cor has no desire 10 be L)ge Harris
candidate for Governor. 1t is more
than probable mat next year he will
be PopulIst State Chairman. That is
on the cards.
The Norfolk Virginian of Wednesday
thus RECORDS the fight of Gov. Russell
and his staff northward TO welcome
De wey: Governor Russell, of North
Carolina, with his etaf passed through
the city last evening on the way TO
Nav York GO attend the D3wey cele
Oration. The party, numbering about
ten or fifteen, arrived over the Sea-
board Air Line at 5 :25 and took steamer
&C the Bay Line pier. Their coming
had not been heFslded, and in Conse
quence the usual crowd of celebrity
gazers were conspicuous only by
absence, Even though here for q few
minutes only, Governor Russell met a
number of former Oarollnians, with
whom he shook hands heartily. The
Governor was jubllanE at the prospect
Of setting the great Admiral and vel
comiug him back, By q peculiar coin
cidence Governor Russell, who is in
point of girth al least the biggest Re
publican in the South, went North on
the Old Dominion Liner Jefferson"
Following are the names Of the forty
three pereons to whom the Supreme
@ urt last week granted license to
practice law: Newton z. Boyles and
Vim. B. BadgetE, of Surry county 4;
Roswell Q. BrIdgers, HEREFORD Ralph
W. Cooper, Sampson; flaming Craig.
Wake; VIM P Ethlson, DAvie; Frank
". Haynes, YsdkIp ; Walter r. John
son, Bsrtie; John W. l. Gean, Rich
mono; Claude r Nose, Clay Thomas
0 Rodwell, Warren; B5nj. +. Steph
ems, Robes ID; Roscoe w. Turner, Pas
uuotauk; HtttIe R. Williamson, Yad
kin; John Q. W. Wright, Wake; Jas.
D Brvens, SSanly; Walter 81. Wood
son, Rowan; Isaac A. Pnifer, Burke;
Bachman B. Miller, Rowan; Robert
Ruark, Brunswick Samuel r GIdney
aud Clyde R Hoey, Cleveland; Daniel
A Tedder, Mecklenburg; Leander NJ
E-win and William A. Baker, Bun
combe; Thomas J Johnston, Macon;
Marion Butler, Sampson; ]. E. Newell,
Cabarrus; John B. Spence, Stanly /;
Archibald M. Graham. Duplin; Viii
liam J Bellamy, New Hanover Zebu
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