The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-25

oHu uDfary fixtures will
begin to arrive very soon and will be
put In position as fast as received
1t will, Mr.. Raney thinks, take
probably two months to put the
books in position and properly index
them after they arrive; so that it
will be December or January 1 be-
fore the library will be opened for
the use of the public.
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer /:
Artesian wells are getting to be
deserved ~favorites in this State. To
day while watching the drill boring
an artesian we'll at the Institution
for the White Blind the operators
were questioned about their business.
The n firm has 13 drilling machines
now at work in North Carolina. It
has a contract to bore 10 wells for
the SeabOard Air Line. This par
ticular we'll is now at a depth of 1913
feet and is in the granite. In this
granite the operators expect to find
water. They do not expect the we'll
to be a ''spouter, and say they find
such only near the coast.
We print in today's paper two &C
counts of religious fanaticism. One
tells of a young lady who was made
insane by hearing preached the doc
trine of holiness-sometimes called
the doctrine of sanctifcation or sin
less perfection. It will be recalled
that a year or two ago two young
women in Alexander county lost
their minds on this subject, as was
alleged, and n of them was sent to
the asylum. The other case is that
of a boy in Newbern, who died of
Christian science treatment that
is, no physician was allowed to see
him and he suffered and died from
neglect, all because his people be-
lieved in healing by faith. In the
latter instance the law appears to be
taking a hand and it is hoped that
those responsible for the boys death
will be punished as they deserve. In
the other case we don't know that
the law can be applied, but some way
should be found of ~suppressing the
holiness preachers who make a
speciality of running women crazy
Statesville Landmark.
Raleigh Post: The number of
murderers who have fled from Wake
county and successfully evaded trial
was swelled to H. last Sunday
when Boots Brown Stayed
Davis and took to the bushes.
So far as is known, that is a COM
plete list, though it is not verified by
the records, which are in such shape
that it is impossible to ascertain with
accuracy the number of fugitives
wanted for capital crimes in the
county. There have been a number
of murders in Wake, such as the dis
appearance of Sol Moring and the
and the killing of Sunny" Bryant,
upon whom responsibility for the
crime has lever been fastened. One
of the most noted murder cases in
Wake county was that in which
Scott Partin took the life of his wife
and child, some tw~enty-four years
at his home in Panther Branch
township. A large sum of money
was spent in an attempt to capture
Scott Partin, but he has never been
located. The murder of Miss Tur-
lington by Walter Bingham, near
this city, in 1886, attracted national
attention. Bingham is supposed to
have fed to Europe. Both Bingham
and the young lady were connected
with the Deaf and Dumb and Blind
Institution.
State Chairman SOssaman of the
Mid-Road POpulists is sending out
this call: ITO the true POpulists of
Carolina and all other honest
friends of reform who are willing to
support the fundamental principles
advocated by the Peoples party, and
are opposed to fusion, dickering,
trading and traffcking with any Of
the old parties: You are hereby re-
quested to meet in State convention
in the city of Raleigh, on Thursday,
the 18th day of October, 1900, at 10
o'clock a. m, for the purpose OF
nominating an elector for each Con
gressional district of the State and
two electors for the State at large