The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-07-25

ing papers IN North Carolina
who constantly exhibit more animos
tty-not to say viciousness-toward
each other andtoWard ali who disagree
with them than any secular editor in
the State is guilty Of"
A Farmers Institute will be held in
Red Springs under the auspices of the
State Board of Agriculture, commenc
Ing on Wednesday, August ID, and
ending August 4th, 1899. The institute
will be held in the tabernacle, and will
present to the farmers of the surround
ing country many interesting features.
DR.. M. M. Marshall has just celebra
ted his 26th anniversary as Rector of
Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh.
During this period there have been 664
baptisms, 413 combinations, III mar
riages and 1876 deaths, while 10 minis
tiers who have filed the various
churches Of Raleigh have been called
to rest.
At Winston Monday the Democratic
and Republican county school boards
met in joint session and agreed upon
trustees for the various townships.
They were divided on county super
visor, however. The Republican board
re elected DR.. A. II. Davis and the
Democrats chose W. o. Cox, a young
lawyer.
A competitive examination will be
held at Newbern, on the Sd of Au
gust, for the purpose Of selecting q
Cadet to the United States Military
Academy at West Point, from the
Third Congressional District to fill the
existing vacancy at the Academy.
Applicants must be between II and %
years Of age.
The brownsville Orphanage sustain
ed a loss of $3.50 by the hail storm six
weeks ago. Its appeals for help have
been promptly answered aud the con
triOutions aggregate some $1,000. In
a double sense, therefore, the hail
storm was q Windfall. Now, for the
first time in ies history, the orphanage
Is out OF debt.
Rapid progress is being made in the
work Of adding another story to the
Institution for the Blind at Raleigh.
The brick work will be completed next
week and the roof is half on. The in
stitution thus enlarged will be prepared
to accommodate all blind children in
the State up to the very limit Of the
appropriation.
Mitchell Mirror: While engaged in a
game Of cards on Sunday last, ear
D4ybrook, Yancey county, Ratio
Hampton shot and mortally wounded
the 10 year. old son of Sullivan Ray,
and then skipped the country. Ray
lived till Tuesday evening. Both par
ties we're drinking. No other particu.
lar could be learned.
The twenty first annual Masonic pic
mic will be held at Mocksville Thurs
day, August 10th. 1t will be conduct
ed as usual, in the int crest Of the Ok
ford Orphan Asylum. An address will
be delivered by DR.. Chas. D McTver.
Special excursion rates, good on all
trains, have been secured from Char
lotte and other points.
bud" Shoaf, q young man Of Yad
kin county, was sent to Morganton
Hospital last week to be treated for in.
sanity. He is perfectly wild and fought
and spat in the faces Of the men who
put him on the train that day. Excess
sive use of tobacco was the cause Of his
losing his mind. For some time he
chewed a plug of the weed per day.
Franklin Press: John A. Ammons,
a prominent citizen of this county,
died at his home on Millshoal at day
light yesterday morning, at the age Of
rs years, after q ~protracted illness,
MIR. Ammons had been identified with
Macon county's public interests for
many years, and was a worthy citizen
and prominent member Of the Baptist
church.
Winston Journal: A horse belonging
to r. J. Bowen was instantly killed
Monday morning by coming in contact
with n of the Interstate Telephone
wires that had broken loose near the
N. & W. depot and fallen across the
trolley car wire. The fact that the
horse was standing il water made such
an excellent conductor that the killing
was instantaneous.
The Coast Line depot at Kinston vas
burned Friday, 21st. It caught fire
about half past II o'clock. There was
no on in the depot at the time. 1t ives
locked up and the agent had gone to