The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-08
REV. CHARLES H. MARTIN,
Late Nominee of the Peoples Party in
the Sixth Congressional District.

He spent his early childhood on a farm
in his native county, attending the
common schools OF his neighborhood.
From the common schools he went TO
Wake Forest College and graduated
there. with first honors, in 1872. The
following testimonial from that college,
signed by the President, Prof. w. M.
Wingate, and endorsed by Profs. T. II.
Pritchard, W. G. Simmons and W. B
Royal, will give an idea of the esteem
with which he was held by the faculty
of Wake Forest College:
Mr.. G. q. Martin graduated in this
Institute with the highest distinction
and first honors of his class. He re-
NAMED in this College as adjunc5 Pro
lessor for eighteen months and gave
entire satisfaction. 1t gives me pleas
ure to recommend him "a q young man
of scholarly attachments and excellent
character. l have no doubt he will
give full satisfaction in any commun-
ity where he may desire to teach.
w. N WNGATE,
President Wake Forest College,
After teaching in Wake Forest Col
lege for eighteen months, he entered
the University of Virginia and spent
two years there. While there he ap-
piled for the position as Professor Of
Latin at Chapel Hill. Learning that
he had applied for this position, Prof.
Peters, of the Virginia University,
voluntarily wrote the following to the
Board at Chapel Hill:
The papers which Mr.. Q. II. Martin
has submitted upon the portions otthe
examination already assigned proved
upon careful estimate of them to be
we'll nigh perfect. Mr.. Martin knows
the Latin as but few men know it. He
converts English into Latin with great
readiness and accuracy. In a word.
his Latin style is q finished one. He
is entirely familiar with the syntax
and idi0ms of the language from the
standpoint of the most recent and ap
proved German and English philology.
He is we'll up in Roman history and mt
erature. He comprehends and applies
beautifully in reading Latin verse, the
different systems of Latin versiica
ton. His knowledge of the accent ard
quantity of the language which are
matters of prime importance and which
are claiming, with constantly lncreas
ing interest, the attention of American
scholars. is extensive and exact. Mr..
Martin, during his connection with the
University of Virginia, has prosecuted
the study of Latin with q success
which / have never known surpassed
In my experience as q teacher. Mr..
Martin is q most excellent and worthy
gentleman. His intellectual powers are
of no ordinary grade. He possesses
great a~miability and at~tractiveness Of
disposition combined with q steady
strength of will and enthusiasm of pur-
pose. He Is frank, earnest, industrious,
always courteous, and In every respect
exemplary. It Is not my habit to speak
thus highly of any one, but l assure
yOU that l could not say less of Mr..
Martin and do him justice. Should it
be the pleasure of your board to give
hin he professOrship of Latin In the
IN 9rsity of his native State, l am
con lent they will never regret their
acE L. and / am equally confident that
ne ~Ould not only fill, but adOrn the
cha. by his ripe scholarship and fruit
fUl r0rk. WIN e PETERS.
of. of Latin, Univ. Of Virginia.
From the University of Virginia he
went to Chowan Baptist Female Insti-
tute at M~urfraesboro, N. c., and was
Professor of Latin there for some time,
after which he practlced law at Louis
burg and Raleigh. After practicing
law for a while he was impressed to
enter the ministry. He then attended
tho ThaolorToo1 0oro;no--o T o,S,-;Vo
KY, and has since been following his
grand and noble calling with a degree
Of devotion and interest seldom ur-
passed by any. His manner is of high
and lofty character, his language we'll
nigh perfect, and his preaching carries
with it a power that thrills the hearts
and souls of men:
After the election in 1892 Mr.. Martin
became thoroughly impressed that the
reform movement was right, that it
was q popular uprising against the sins
Of the nation and that it ought to be
encouraged. Though a supporter of
the Peoples party, Mr.. Martin is not a
partisan in the sense which that term
implies.
The Populist convention of the Sixth
district+met at Rockingham in August.
Believing that the time had come to
relegate wicked men to the rear and
put honest, Christian hearted men in
Congress, the editor of this paper put
Mr.. Martins name before the cOnven-
tion and he was nominated on second
ballot. All who knew Mr.. Martin well
knew that his character was above re-