The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-02

our farmers are that anxious to
market their cotton that they are
paying as much as IS cents a hun
dred pounds for picking. In some
places cotton is said to be all open,
so that ~pickers,can go through a field
and clean it at first picking.
Weldon News: Hon. David Bell,
of Enfield, had the misfortune to lose
twenty-six bales of cotton and about
all of his crops raised this year by
fire Tuesday night. Fire supposed
to have been of incendiary origin.
The loss will amount to about So, 900.
A telegram was sent to the State
farms for the dogs.
Stanly Enterprise: Revenue off
GERS have cleaned up the illicit dis
t~llleries in western Stanly, says, Mr..
R. w. Simpson, of Locust, who was
in our Office on last Friday. It is
said that fourteen stills and about
all the brandy in the whole section
were captured, all told amounting to
nearly 5000 worth.
Winston Republican N. T. Shore,
who winds the Salem clock, has per-
formed this duty II years. He winds
the clock once a day-17 years, 365
times a year, d total of 6,2O5 times.
He succeeded the late Emanuel
Fisher and Mr.. Fisher succeeded the
late Samuel Shultz. The clock has
been doing active service since 1900.
OXFORD, n. c., Sept. 27.-Yester-
day a farmer, Mr.. Wilkerson, came
with his daughter "to town to see
the circus" He left her in the den
fists Office and in a short time to his
great distress, was informed that she
had just been married to Mr.. Jones.
The ceremony vas performed on the
railroad track by a justice of the
peace.-News and Observer.
The North Carolina Supreme court
has done we'll. 1t has in the person
of Col. Thos. S. Kenan one of the
best clerks it or any other court ever
had, and it appreciates him. This
appreciation the judges of the court
showed yesterday by ~re-electing Col.
Kenan to his office for a term of
eight years. 1t is an honor worthy
observation-disclosures and Observer.
Wheat threshers in this county
continue to send in their returns and
from present indications the crop in
Davidson is far better than was ex-
pected. hartford, Smith & Co, say
they threshed 900 bushels of wheat
and 800 bushels of oats this season.
Mr.. J. M. Smith says he harvested
$50 bushels of wheat and 65 bushels
of oats on 60 acres of land.-Union
Republican.
Chatham Record: Mrs. Nancy
Brown died very suddenly, on last
Saturday, at her home about four
miles from this place, aged rs years,
and was buried next day in the Epis-
cOpal churchyard here. Her hus-
band, Mr.. Riley Brown, had left her
alone in the house in her usual
heIth, and on his return found her
sitting in a chair dead, with Il broom
in her hand.
Greensboro Patriot: About two
weeks ago Mr.. Waiter Garner, Of
near Climax, was bitten on the hand
by a spider while binding feed in the
field. The sting was not very painful
at the time, but a few days later his
hand and arm began to swell and
finally bursted open. Since then
g~angreene has set in and his suffer
ing is intense. It is not thought that
he can survive.
DIR. L. I. BOdenheimer, once a
prominent Primitive Baptist minis
ter died at High Point on the 18th.
He was the founder of lions Land
mark, the organ of the Primitive
Baptist Church, now published at
Wilson, and first published the paper
at Salem and later at High Point.
Deceased was a minister Of his
Church for so years and for 80 years
practiced medicine.-Ex.
Tarboro Southerner: While out
hunting Friday afternoon, E. D. Nc
Nair's dog was attacked by an eagle.
Upon Mr.. McNair's appearing the
eagle took flight, only to make a
second attack. A shot from his gun
brought it to the ground unable to
fly, and it showed fight, being finally