The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-07-02

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We are panied to learn of the death of
Mr.. John Watson, of Warren county. He
was one of earth's noblemen. His heart
and purse were ever open to the worthy
and needful, and his works Of charity and
~benevolence will never be known until its
record is revealed in the Great Day. So
long as the Thomasville O~rphanage shall
exist, or its work shall be remembered,
the name of John Watson, its noble bene-
factor and friend, will live. May his
character and life be emulated by the
young men of his section, and of the
State.
The Legislature by a special act, hired
800 convicts to the Roanoke & Southern
Railroad for $3.50 per year each, or forty
cents per day. 100 convicts have been
furnished the road and the railroad au-
thoIities have hired them out to the con-
tractors at $1.OO per day, making a profit
of 80 cents per day on the labor of each
convict. The ~penitentiary authorities do
not like that and have declined to give
the road the other $50 convicts to which
they are entitled. The Acknowledgements
will be asked for an opinion as to whether
in this state of the case the ~penitentiary
directors are compelled to furnish the full
300 convicts to the road.-State Chronicle.
The Wilmington Messenger has closed
its second year. Within this short period
it has taken its place among the leading
dailies Of the South. And with such men
as DR.. Kingsbury, Maj. Hearne and Mr..
Bonitz, to conduct it, we feel that it's sue
cess is assured. May it continue to i'm
prove and grow and strengthen. Never
before has the press been so, potent for
good or for evil. Never before has the
South more greatly needed manly men in
our editorial rooms. The demands upon
it, within the next decade, morally, in
dustrially, socially and politically, will be
vastly greater than ever before, and we
rejoice in the evidence that the press Of
the South is preparing to meet them.
The recent prohibition election in
Pennsylvania promises to cost a pretty
penny to the taxpayers. An election
expert in the Pittsburg Dispatch esti-
mates that over 81, 600, 600 have been
expended in legitimate expenses of the
campaign. The printing and express
age of the tickets, done by the State, is
really an uncomfortable item of the
whole amount. The next question that
arises-in fact is being widely agitated
is who will ultimately pay fer the
| election. AS the matter stands, the
counties have all paid the bills without
any quibbling. But the State will I'M
doubtedly be asked to reimburse the
counties. The cost Of the election to
Philadelphia, the banner wet county, is
estimated at $89. 900.
A most singular freak of nature has
presented itself in Ell Paso. On Sunday
| Mrs. T. Howard, of that place, wit
messed a balloon ascension, and on the
succeeding Tuesday presented Mr..
| Howard with a nice little boy, which
| bears a singular birthmark which is
| nothing more no. less than a perfect
representation of the balloon. The
photograph, as it might be called, is
located just above the eyes on the fore
head, and every outline of the balloon
is boldly portrayed in purple lines in
the skin of the infant. Even the patch
on the airship can be seen, being repro
duced by apatch of white skin. The
photograph is perfect. Mr.. Howard
and wife Went to Ell Paso with the
Mexican theatrical company, and are
we'll known to the profession.
The June number Of The Old Home
stead, published at Savannah, Ca, by
Davis Bros, is before US. It contains
Cleopatra" by II. Rider Haggard, and
and "Bentley's Bride, by Wiegand, both
of which are fascinating serials. 1.-TWO
Women of Shakespeare, by Mamie Ney-
land, and "The History of the Common
People of England" by Julia A. Flisch,
are papers that would grace any magazine
in Europe or America. Gamma Karenina,"
a criticism on Tolstoi's novel by PerciVal
s. Menken, and "Cutifachiqui's Treas
ures," by Meta Telfair McLaws, are con-
4rib,1&i0pc that roAoo+ orodif on fhoco