The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-13

Ensat from the West-PeNnutB
md Cottons Seed from the South
coI William j. Bryan, the next
lo.;dontIsI nominee Of the Demo
tic party, will address the cirIzens
In tIgh this (Cuesday) night, Febru
n. An immense crowd is ex-
acted TO hear him.
Capr James Andrews, Of Sloop Point
bonder county, breaks the record for
uulIet catch. Saturday, he was opera
iings seine of Ar J W. Sudbury, of
lbot place. and is reported to have
orobr 40 900 Wilmington Ssar.
s.vsraI weeks ago one D 81 West
ar his wife and family Of several
mali children and eloped with one
Em,rh. a widow of Duck Smith. o.
he same day Wiley N~eighOors, all
! q brother of the Smith widow, eloped
virh a widow Brown, who is nearly
Evicp his eye. Neighbors also left a
u;fp and some liTUle children and the
Rr, n wo uan left behind her five or
six gro IN boys and girls.-Asheboro
Courier
The Republican Safe Executive
Commrt, 20 will have heeo quarters
10th 10 R 4legh and Greensboro The
Greensboro brGncn was opened last
veek. With Mr. P. A. Mitchell of Ala
nance 10 Charge. Chairman HolTon
Eil establish headquarters in r leigh
after tae R ,publican State Convention
meets Tnere is talk of opening an
ofi, , / As1PVllle for the distribution
pt literature in Western North Caro-
lima
Ralergn News and o server: D.
Pittpnger's termon on card playing
was much discussed Yesterday and
Qeperarly endorsed OIe man said /:
mot long sg } a young fellow said he
didn't have TO RotIa gambling den to
plsy cards, that he could gamble all he
wanted tt IN good society" This, "
added h speaker ''shows the extent
to which s cIaI card playing is going.
and thp construction some people are
putting on It
The farmers Of Pitt c7unty are Roir g
shnar IN - determined manner aRRins
both the TOBACCO and fertilizer trusts
Last Saturday meetings we're b Id IN
everv Township Of the county to sp-
point delegates to a county meeting 10
be held here mex Saturday The only
Way for the farmers TO accomplish
anything q opposition to the trusts If
by rhornugn organization in their
efforts. and &C looks like they r tar
fR r'vhE IN mat particular Green
El, R Fl 'c50r.
CHARLTON Exprfs4: The little three
near BuI-'- cross roads, was shockInRly
burned m Last thursday. He and two
Other coi,dppn were IN the hOus- at his
grsndmother's M F 'ank McKeither,
standrux ov the Fl g. The Gay was
very Clfd and In getting too near the
fire his C 1thes caught and before az
s~istsncr could reach him they we're al
no" entrrely consumed from biz
stockings up The skin peeled from q
porLIon OF nrs body and his nostrils and
care vera crIspeI. He has since died.
The r-o'z4 memorial Of the late
San .ror Z Dulon B Vance, which II
the Il 90 Ibe Stat and the people OF
North Carolina, will be unveiled IN
R-trgh Dtx5 May. Il is known the
unveIlIpg # the statue of the great
North CerOIinian will take place either
the 1UJn or 2Oth Of May. The txac,
date cannot De determined yet, 80 Mr.
Joseph @ Brown, the chairman of TT e
Vance Monument Committee, states.
The rauroads have been asked to give
q one-cenu rate a mile on the occasion
Of the UNIV ilIng," Mr.. Brown states
and we believe that the request will
be willingly complied with"
Raleigh News and Observer: A
peculiar Crime was punished in the
Criminal court in Halifax last week
Two colored men were indicted under
a charge of false pretense for placing
a piece of IRON which weighed over 80
pounds IN a bale Of cotton. It was 500
and one of them received the MONEY
for 1t. When It reached Sprunt's com
press at Wilmington, 1t came Very
near running the costly machinery. 1t
was traced back, the criminals founo
and indicted. One turned States evil
dence against the other, and the States
witness was let eff with cost, while chs
other man wes sentenced to four years
IN the penltentIery.