The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03

inscription. mO1u8Y q was kIlLGC
and seventeen wouaded, among the
latter being two women and three
children. Tuesday two were killed
aud eleven wounded, due TO wild shoot
ing OF Cubans celebrating evacuation
by S~paniards of part of the city.
WASHINGTON. Dec % Senator Nor
riil, Vermoug's venerable "father OF
the Senate" who has served contin
uouslY for Al years as Senator from
that State died at his home st 1 25 this
morning. He was attacked by grippe
a week ago and yesterday pneumonia
developed. List night he became IN
conscious, il which state he has since
remained except for a few short inter.
walls.
Topeka Dispatch, Goth: The legisla.
tive committee empowered to draft 6
DILL regulating railroad charges in Kan.
ses completed it's work to night. The
special session of the Legislature will
convene to morrow, and the P3pulist
caucus to morrow night. TIE bill
drafted reduces freight rates 30 per
cent Express companiea' charges are
reduced 25 per cent. and telegraph tolls
are reduced at least 40 per cent.
The New York Herald has canvagsed
the leading journals Of the country on
the question Of expansion and cut Of
500 opinions received a clear majority
Of over 100 favor expansion. Only
twelve Of the leading papers are non
committal. The opinions gathered
show a majority in favor Of expansion
in every section of the country except
the South, which is put down IS for to
"a against. The opinions of only two
journals in North Carolina were taken
and both these are against expansion,
all of which shows the South isright.
Very few people know it and yet it
is true the people Of the South may
prepare themselves to witness a grand
total eclipse Of the sun on May %,
1900. The central line of this eclipse
will extend from New Orleans to Nor
folk, and the path of totality will be
IS miles wide. This sweep will be
across Georgia from Columbus to
Augusta, totally ~obscuring the sun
near mid day, till the brighter stars
may be seen. This will be the most
notable astronomical phenomenon to
occur in the South for several genera
tions.
NEW York, Dec. 28.-The Confeder
ate veteran camp of New York has
passed a resolution offered by Comrade
Beasley, of North Carolina, which says
that 1.-The camp condemns in unmees
ured terms tue effort Of Senator Butler,
of North Carolina, who is not q Con-
tederate veteran, to debauch the man
hood of the South by seeking to obtain
pensions for ex Confederate soldiers
from the United States, and that any
similar effort by any Southern mem
Der OF Congress will be abhos rent to
this camp and m ct with it's unqIali
fed condemnation"
New ORLEANS. D c. "a The indica
tions now are that New Orleans will
lose its place for this season as the
largest cotton port in America, a dis
tinction it has had for more than a cen
fury. Galveston will succeed it. Il
the district tributary to New Orleans,
where the weather has been bad and
the yield has been poor in many in.
stances it will not pay to pick it. Thou
sands of acres have been abandoned
and the cotton allowed to rot in the
fields. In Franklin parish as much al
50 per cent. of the cotton is still stand
ing il the fields and will not be picked
and in the nil parishes of north Louisl
ana from 20 To 40 per cent. of the cot
| ton has b9en abandoned.
A Washington dispatch, 21st ult.
says: The Senate committee on claim
at it's meeting to-day took cognizaucI
of the request of the bishops Of thC
Southern Methodist Church for {
further expression as to the responsi
bility of the Church in the deception
alleged to have been practiced in con
necGion with the collection of the CLAIM
of the book agents of that Church
allowed at the last session of Ger gress
The committee authorized the prepare
ton Of a resolution -absolving tn
| Church, as such, from blame for mis-
representations in prosecuting tn
claim, and expressing the opinion tina
as the benefciaries only suffered in th'
payment of lobby fees, the Ser at
should take no further action in th'
matter.