The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-08


The following comes from Rich
mond: Thirty.fve dollars in currency
aud the following letter was received
yesterday evening by Governor OFer-
rail-: ''To Governor O'Ferrall: Dear
Sir:-Please place the enclosed $S5 to
the credit of State Of Virginia-Con-
science Fund-a whisky tax" CSigned)
Conscience" The letter with it's COM
tents, which was mailed at Richmond
postofice, was turned over to the Audi
tor.
Some deluded crank, who signs
himself "a Cuban, !" has been writing
threatening letters to speaker Reed.
He says he will kill Reed and DingIey
II the "one7man power is not stopped.
He has written several letters from
New York, but seems now that he has
come to Washington. He cannot be
arrested for violating the postal laws.
as the letters were sealed. All the LETT
ters are in the same hand writing and
OF the same nature.
North Cardinals lack of historians
is to be deplored. Thus, the N. Y.
Times scornfully refuses to believe
that there was a Mecklenburg Declare.
ton of Independence, May 90, I775.
and speaks rather contemptuously OF
the effort to raise a monument to com.
memorate the event. We hope Judge
Clark, who seems now to be our ablest
historian, will continue to startle the
Northern gentry by brushing away
historical cobwebs.
William F. Hastings, an ordinary
farm laborer, who has never been mt
side OF California, his native State, has
received news that a Mrs. Hall of Lon.
don has left him an estate of $73. COO.
Fifteen yearsago, when Mrs. Hall. then
Miss Carrie Burch, was poor and IN.
Hastings loaned her 5000 of his saw.
ings and befriended her in various
ways. When she married wealthy Hall
she did not forget him and bequeathed
her whole estate to him. Mrs. Hall
has been dead six years, but the law.
yers could not find Hastings until re-
Gently. Hastings, who is only IS years
OF age, is waiting for a remittance to
go to England.
At Highland Falls, N. Y, last week
great excitement was caused by the
report that robbers hidden treasure
had been found by two boys. Says
the dispatch: Investigation showed
that John Hager, with two companions.
chased a rabbit to a heap Of rocks
and when they began to remove the
stones, a quantity of silver was dis
closed to view. The boys carried it to
the home of Martin Hager, who at
first thought it was Captain Kidd's
buried treasure, which is believed to
be hidden somewhere on the outskirts
OF this village. When the silver was
cleaned, the engraving showed that
most of it was the property of hotels,
some of which went out of existence
many years ago, and some belonged
to private families further down the
river"
"A dispatch from Atlanta says:
The conference on the investigation
OF colored social problems, held at At
lanta University recently, was ad-
dressed by the most prominent negro
educators and professional men of the
South. The woman's section, stirred
by the eloquence Of their male asso.
ciates, formulated some very remark
able resolutions on the problem of lazy
husbands. After declaring that q
mothers congress should meet fre-
quently for the ~inculcation of refined
ideas of maternity, the resolutions &C.
cuse negro husbands Of relying on
their wives for support, and cay that
the only method of overcoming this is
to appeal through the press and public
for a higher feeling of independence e in
men. The resolutions charge that the
indolent husbands are in a large de
gree responsible for the present be.
nighted condition of the race.
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