The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-12-11

by A. Oldham, formerly of the Winston
Sentinel, this State, says: GAS two-thirds
of the members of the North Carolina
Legislature ar: farmers, it begins to look
as though they will elect their candidate
to succeed Senator Ransom, notwithstand-
ing the reports of the certainty of his re-
election"
The editor of the Raleigh Chronicle
says: "Rev. J. Fl. Gordon, who has been
appointed to Edenton Street Methodist
Church for the coming year, is one of the
most popular preachers in the body OF
Methodist ministers. He is a capital
preacher and has the tact of linking men
to him with hooks of steel. He will at
| once rank with the most attractive and
popular Raleigh preachers.
A fourteen year-old daughter of Mr..
Wesley Bradshaw, of Burke, was stand
ing before the fire a few days ago. Her
skirt caught fire and she ran into the yard
where the wind was blowing and it famed
the flames. Her body was burned so
terribly, says the Star, that she died IN a
few hours. This is another argument in
favor of women adopting mode OF Dress:
which will not easily take fire.
"A Portland groom got a decidedly
novel reception on returning from his
wedding trip. He was received with out
stretched hands by a vast army OF credit
ors, including the clergyman who tied the
knot. The young man gave a check to a
chum to pay all the expenses of the mar
riage, but the chum, instead Of putting
the money to its intended use, went Oft
and had a "good time" with 1t.
The Persian Shah has contributed to
a Teheran publication an article IN which
one scene might be set to the air OF the
camels are coming. He says: At this
time, when most of the camels had
brought forth their young, the greenness
| of the plain, the clearness of the air, the
lake, and the reflection Of the sun on its
waters, the v~astness Of the plain, the many
camels and their young, the camel men
and their children, who were all busy
tending the camels," etc.
The annual meeting of the stockhOld-
ers of the Richmond & Danville Railroad
Company was held in Richmond, on the
9Th inst, at which a resolution was adopt
ed looking to the issue of $5,5OO,OOO IN
equipment trust bonds. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing term:
President, John II. S. Ccott; Board of
Directors, John H. Inman, Samuel
Thomas, Calvin S. Brice, John G.. Moore,
Harris C. Fahnestock, George I: Stone,
John II. Paul, John A. Rutherford,
Charles M. MCGEE, John s.. Barbour, j. G.
Maher and Samuel N. Ingram. The lease
of the Georgia Pacific Railroad by the
President and Board of Directors was con-.
frmed.
The New York Tribune says there are
more printers in the present House of
Representatives than members Of any
other single occupation or profession ex-
cept law. Amos Cummings, of New
York, was a -tramp printer, and has set
type in every State in the Union. Senator
Plumb was first a printer, then an editor,
and finally a banker. Gallinger, of New
Hampshire, was a printer, but afterwards
studied medicine, Farquhar, of New York,
is not only a printer, but was once presi-
dent of the Typographical Union. "Tim"
Campbell was a compositor on the New
York Herald when he was elected to the
New York Legislature. O'Donnel, of
Michigan, learned the printing business,
and has always kept at it. Dingley, Of
Maine; Foran, of Ohio; Nichols, of North
Carolina; Wickham, of Ohio; Hudd, of
Wisconsin; and Yost, Of Virginia, were
all printers.
In the last issue of this paper we
gave an account of the cold-blooded
murder of a farmer named Jas. Philbeck,
in the county of Cleveland, but at that
time it was not known who the murderer
was. A day or two after the crime had
Deer committed suspicion fell upon a dis
reputable mulatto by the name of Van
Canady, who, upon arrest and examina-
ton, confessed his guilt, and was cor
mitted to jail in the town OF Shelby. On.
the night of the Bird inst, twenty mounted
men rode into the town, d~ismounted,
went to the Jail and called for the keys.
The jailor refused, when the mob pushed
the door open, broke the locks to the cell,
tied a rope around the negro's neck and
carried him a mile east of town. Here
the negro made a full confession and was
allowed time for prayer, after which he
was hung by the neck from the limb Of
a tree. After hanging about five hours
the body was lowered to the ground by