The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-22

they were ten years ago. and the pros
pect was never brighter for continued
prosperity. What ia true Of Davidson
is true of other couties where grain and
grass are grown.
"As executor of the late John @. Ter.
rell, who lett enough money to build
twenty eight school houses in Person
county end @ permanent endowment
OF $40, 600 besides, I will be busy for
some time now building these school
houses" said Col. John 8. Cunning
ham, President of the State Fair, who
IL in the city. when they are fin
ished," said Col. Cunningham, Person
county will have twenty eight of the
best academies in the State, and will
have the best schools in North Caro-
lima. The interest from the endow-
ment fund, added TO the public school
fund, will give efficient schools in
every school district in Person county.
The school houses to be erected from
the Terrell bequest will be about 22x4O,
end will be equipped with the latest
improved patent desks and built of the
best material. These schools will put
Person county at the head of all the
counties in the State as to public
schools. We are already first in many
other respects News and Observer.
Asheville Citizen: George E Boggs,
OF Haywood county made an exhibit
Of apples at the american Institute far
in New York recently. He won second
priz9, the first going to a New york
exhibitor. Of Mr.. Bogge' exhibit the
Rural New Yorker says: "Mr. Geo. E.
Boggs. who made such a fne display
OF North Carolina apples last fall, also
had an exhibit of a small lumber of
varieties. Il is interesting 20 notice
the great difference between the growth
Of the varieties there and of the same
varieties in the North. Many of them
one would hardly recognize, they are
so much larger, often more highly col
ored, and sometimes growing of such
different shape as not to resemble at
all the types with which we are fami
liar. It has been said by some authori-
ties that the region in which Mr.. Boggs
is growing his fruit, is undoubtedly,
the best apple growing section in this
country today. However this may
be, it certainly is a good one as evi
denced by the product" Bp special
, request Mr.. Boggs sent the exhibit to
J G0WnnkE VTnTUn%1Ter pWHfcrCOm GarT1
: ders wrote him: The apples arrived
! in fine condition. They are magnii
cent! had no idea you could grow
such apples in your State"
. The Raleigh Post of last week said
, A Wake county farmer held up 80 men
yesterday at the poiat OF q double
barrel shotgun and halted the opera.
ton Of q railroad for the engire day.
This story has a twapg Of Western
realism, but the shotgun is the fad in
North Carolina at the present writing.
The farmer in question ia B. Ct. Eanie,
of Middle Creek township, Wake coun-
ty. The railroad that incurred the
farmers anger and caused him to hold
up 80 men is the Raleigh and Cape
Fear. The railroad was unable to seek
q remedy against the farmer and his
shotgun until last night, when Mr., En-
y mis- wal hauled up before Justice Wal
. ter Clark, Of the Supreme Court, in
: special proceedings. The scene of the
? story is the terminus Of the Raleigh
l and Cape Fear Railway, about Is miles
> from Raleigh, in Middle Greek town
> ship. At that point some 70 convicta
L are employed in the construction OF
> the road. For the most part the work
is thai Of grading just now. Friday
The construction force of the railroad
I began work on the land OF Farmer En-
> mis-. No objection was made to the
entry of the railroad force on the land
by Farmer Ennis that day. When
night came the tools and implements
employed in the construction of the
road were left where the work ceased,
and the convicts returned to camp.
Bright and early yesterday morning
> Superintendent Bradsha ~ got his force
OIL OuN4GGS SbdEgoA " O0SAu "UGA'
: When they arrived IN Farmer Ennis
land d command was gwen TO halt.
Convicss ere accustomed 60 hating and
Oeing halted, and naturally enough
. they stood still in their tracks. III
shooG the first mar that moves another
. foot on my land, b. ne convict, guard
. or overseer." There stood Farmer
2 Ennis with his shotgun levelled IN tie
, 80 guards and and the indlca
lions we're that he was ready to execute