The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-05-16

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Braswell-to the colored insane asylum
at G~oldsboro the other day. The petit
ton was deaied. DR.. Miller, the SUI
perintendent, stated that his institu
ton was o~vercrowded, end owing to
the failure of the last Legislature to
make the appropriation asked for ad-
ditional building, he could receive no
more inmates for the present. The
result Of this will be that the colored
insane will have to stay IN jail or at
their homes. - News and Obser
yer, 18Th.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
decided that Judge Ewart, of the
western district of North Carolina, is
entitled to receive the salary attached
to the Office from the date of his quail
fcation under the recess appointment
issued to him by the President on
April 10, 1899. During the last session
of Congress, Mr.. EWart served as dis
trict Judge under a recess appointment
issued July 13, 1898. On December Is,
1898, the President again sent his
nomination to the Senate, but no action
was taken thereon. Ga April 13, 1899,
a second appointment was issued to
Mr.. E WarE.
Statesville Landmark: The Nor
canton folks are in a ''mixtry" about
liquor license. The town hes been wet
for a few years, a majority of the
voters having voted for license. At
the election ON the 1st the vote on this
question Was a tie. The "wets" con
tend that this leaves the situation
wet" the "drys" having failed to &c
cure a majority in favor OF no license.
The ''drys" hold that the burden is on
the "wets; - that it was necessary for
them to get a majority in order TO In
sure the issue of license, and that hav
ing failed to do so the situation reverts
to the condition which existed before
license was issued-which was dry. 1t
ia an interesting question and the
courts will have to settle it.
Col. Olds' Raleigh correspondence,
18Th: To-day the fire was applied to
the first brick kiln at the penitentiary'
The purpose ia to make A 600, 600 brick
season. All the men employed IN the
backward are United States convlcts,
66 in number. Heretofore 1,6OO,O Ol
brick has been a seasons product. II
the penitentiary had had 5000. 600 or
hand January 1st it could have readily
sold them all. The clay bed is eighI
miles south Of here, the penitentiary
having bought 9Th: Some OF TIT
Federal CONFLICTS, and a turbulent ant
unruly lot they are, or, rather, q
been, are loading some OF the news
papers with a story that they are Ill
: treated and starved at the penltentIaFy
here. Months ago the story was tolC
Z how these Federal convicts were
. source of danger and trouble; hoV
{ they had planned a mutiny, and ha'
3 boasted that they could not be whipped
or punished. They we're on the poln
3 of demoralizing the other convlcte
Capt. Day found that they were an
swerable to the same discipline as tn
other ~convicts. Two or three week
8 ago when IS of them we're ordered t
4 90 to the backyard, which is within
. the penite ntiary stockade, SIX sWor
l thew would not 20. The r~ingleader
in the mutinY were an Irishman and
- negro preacher from Alabama-DennI
!, and Snow. the other convicts call them
: Cant DeV ordered that the two get l
u leshes apiece. The other four got troL
three to six. Capt. Day says they ar
now ell right and that they acknoW
edge that they got what they deserved
J. The Chatham Citizen Of last wee
contains an interesting review OF on
new State school law. As it is OF int
est to all North Carolinians we give
in full: We have just received a cop
d of the new school law. The law
very closely modelled after the law
1897. The township system is retalne
AZ and district committeeman adde'
q The township committeeman, Gale
trustees, composed Of three membe
l. are appointed the second Monday
july by the county board, called u
ia der this new law county board
ar school directors. This township cor
" mittee appoints a committee Of thr'
at for each school district; they also a
n. portion the money among the district
" being required, as at present, to equa
ize the school terms. The district Col
mittee make all contracts with teac
< ers. This taken in connection wi
y positive declaration that no commit
~ man shall make a contract to exter
Ia bevond his term of Office renders it il
g. pogsible for teachers to make contraC