The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-13

amendment, and urging his party
throughout the State to do likewise.
He mentions a number of his party as
sociates, notably ex Senator Sharpe
and Mr.. Lee Morrow, member Of the
House in 1896 for Iredell, who will
also support the amendment.
At q meeting held in Newbern Mr..
W. ]. Edwards and Mr.. D E McIver, |
Of Sanford, sought to interest the peo-
pie Of NeWbern in the plan to sell the
A. and N. O. road to the Edwards
syndicate and extend it to Sanford.
Mr.. James A. Bryan also spoke opp
ing the plan. The Journal says there
seemed to be no change of sentiment
on either side from that previously
held by thoss who were at the meet,
ing"
Three new buildings will be ere cted
at the State University within the next
year: The Alumni building, The Carr
building, end the Y NJ. Q. A. building.
The foundation for the Alumni build
ing has already been put in by Ittner,
Of Atlanta, at a cost of $19 600. The
contract for the supe~rstructure will be
awarded on the 18Th of June. This
building, when completed, will be the
finest at the University. Is will cc9t
$35 900
The News and o )server OF the 10Th,
edited by a good Christian tells of its
Christian @ work in this way: Toe
News aad Observer last night bulle
tined the ]. fries Fltz simmons prize
fight by rounds, just as it occurred.
And a few minutes after the knock out
of the champion by the Californian it
was announced 10 a large crowd of
people who watched the bulletins and
cheered the news in favor of one or the
other of the ighters-eGch nan e1 he
happened to have placed his bets.
We commend to our readers through
out the State the following item from
the Biblical r corder: There is no bet
ter way of promoting education in
North Carolina than that Of working
for the establishment &C a good school
in ones own neighborhood. Get q
house built, and you can get a young
man or woman to run the school. In
some districts down east, Rev. W. P.
Jordan informs us, they run the pub
lie schools several months by private
subscriptions. This is as good a way
as any. Here is an opportunity for
some man with heart for his fellows
TO take the lead in a noble
Raleigh Correspondence Charlotte
Observer: People who profess to be
on the ground fl or, politically speak
ing, are thus early talking about the
D m~ocratic candidates in the Mex
campaign. They are saying that D IN
Hugh Mclean, member of the House
, from Harnett, ia apt to win the nomi
nation for Secretary of State in a walk,
to uge a sporting phrase; that Francis
ID Winston and r. D xie Gilmer are
apt to have a lively contest for the
nomination for Attorney General, and
, that as to that for Governor, Charles
; B. Aycock seems to be quite far in the
lead, though N H Justice, OF Ruther
ford, is lcoming up.
A special to the Charlotte O 3serveG
from lexington, June 7.h, says: The
board OF county commissioners, II
their sc ssion~ yesterday, established the
system of road pudding and working
> under the act Of the G 3neral Assembly,
: 1899. chapter 375 This act applies tc
: Lexington township, but any Other
: township in the county may secure
: like privileges upon petition to the
!. commissioners, who al order an cleo
:, ton thereon. For this township
special tex of Is cents on the $1C(
worth and 4 cents on the poll is levied
A board of five trustees was elected al
follows: J I'm D Grimes, E A. Roth
rock, P. ]. Leonard. D -vid Fl HnkIt
and W. 8. Lopp.
IL In a suit tried in Sampson county
= court, Judge Undertake decided tina
the new school law, that part provid
a ing for the election Of a new Echco
\ board, is unconstitutional. Judg
Undertake is a young man, but one o
the brightest Judges in the State. Hi
decision seems to be on we'll establishes
le constitutional Law, and it only remain
q for the Supreme Court to pass upon ii
According to superintendent Mebane
,s the following counties are the onl,
K ones in the State that the old board
refused to surrender their constitu
70 tional rights: Sampson, Catawba
al Chatham, Granville, Duplin and Ashe
.Lndga Timberlake's decision only az