The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

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and most Internal triumph of American
ingenuity, the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius,
which recently made a speed of more
than twenty-six knots over a two-mile
course, is not a cruiser in the sense that
some believe she is intended to be. She
is simply a floating gun carriage of high
.sp ed and light draught. Her chief func-
ton will be that of rapidly conveying her
novel battery to the point where it can
best be used. But England, the New
York Tribune thinks, is not going to allow
the United States to take the lead in wa
projectiles. She is about TO build several
vessels, each to haveca single turret for a
very big gun capable of cracking, If not
piercing, the armor of the best protected
sta-going iron-clad.
THAT. our readers may know some
thing Of the condition of the "happy
land" toward which the average negro
now has his face set, we give the follow
ing extract from a letter written by a
Kansas gentleman to the Peoples De-
fender. He says "It-is no exaggeration
to say that the farmers here are everlast-
ingly ruined by the net work of indebted
ness that has been forced on them through
the Internal system of finance under
which we are living. Money is now
lending at from 8 to 12O per cent, and
hard to procure even at these ruinous
ates.-Four-ffths of all the farms here
are m~ortgaged and the eastern bankers
are sending IN their final notices for the
payment Of interest, which the people are
unable to pay. In view Of these facts the
people are in a fearful condition. They
have no money to purchase provisions,
and the banking freebooters are preparing
to sell the land from under them.
OF the $50 nominations sent to the
Senate during the special session by
President Harrison, the following were
rejected: Murat Halstead, to be Minister
to Germany Isadore S. Lowenthal, to be
postmaster dG NOueSCO, OdI1OIu1d. Inc
following nominations remained Enacted
upon and therefore died at the end of the
session. VIM. H. Whitman, to be Asso-
ciate Justice of the Territory of New
Mexico; Edward I. Kurshedt, to be Mar
shall for the Eastern District of Louisiana,
.Postmasters. Kittell O. Walters, at Mindla,
Dakota; Carl G. Cuppen, at Eustis, Fla;
Burt G.. Drake, at Gainesville, Fla; Geo.
E. Nicholson, at Ness City, Kan; Robert
B. Babout, at Rushville, Ind; Samuel C..
Moore, at Findlay, Ohio. President Har-
rlson's nominations were contained in 284
messages. During the special session of
the Senate, at the beginning Of President
Cleveland's term, he sent to the Capitol
l48 messages. Eighteen of his nomina-
tons failed to receive confirmation, but
there were no reflections.
The State Sunday-school Convention,
in session at Charlotte last week, was very
largely attended and characterized by
earnestness and zeal. The body was per-
manently organized by the election of the
following officers: President, Rev. T. Fl.
Pritchard, D. D., of Wilmington; Vice
President<-1st, Rev. E. A. Yates, D. D.,
Of Durham; I'd, Rev. F. w. E. Peschau,
of Wilmington; Sd, W. S. Newton; 4th,
S. W. Reid, of Steel Creek; 9TH, Capt. A.
G.. Brenizer, Of Charlotte; 9th, W. E.
Swain, Of Winston; 9TH, D. H. Albright,
of Sandy Grove; 9Th, w. A. Blair, of
of Winston; Secretary, Prof. J. w. Gore,
of Chapel Hill; Assistant Secretary, w.
S. Robertson, Of Chapel Hill; Statistical
Secretary, Fl. n. Snow, of Durham. On
taking the chair, Dr. Pritchard expressed
great qualification at being called to pre-
side over the deliberations of the body.
He said there was an inspiration in COM
ing together in this way, and he invoked
the presence Of the living God in the con-
vention. During the sitting of the body
many able and entertaining addresses
were delivered by distinguished Sunday
school workers, Of this and other States;
a large sum of money was raised for
carrying on the Sundayzschool work in
the State, and teis confidently believed
that a impetus has been given to the
work (which will be felt Throughout the
length and breadth of tie Oid North
State. The enterprising Charlotte Chronicle
deserves, and no doubt receives, the
thanks Of the convention, and of the peo-.
pie Of the State generally for its full and
comprehensive reports Of the daily pro-
ioeedingss. of this interesting body. The
following gentlemen were elected dele4
gates to the Worlds sunday-school Con-
vention, which convenes in the city of
London in A1o11st next. r e. Dav;s of