The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-03

NUE INC direction OF the Synod OF
North Carolina; foreign missions; edu-
cation Of INDECENT candidates for the
ministry In Mecklenburg Presbytery.
Ii Inc last named cause, the interest OF
the IS 600 only is to be expended.
Wilson dispatch, March 31st: About
3 o'clock last night a man named Hunt,
a negro, was shot four times by ] D.
Farrlor, a pominent business man.
aunt may die. Hunt threatened in
two letters to kill Farrior, and his
friends claim was attempting to exc
cute his threats and that the shooting
was IN self defer sc. Valuable prop
erty Of Mr.. Farrior's was burned on
November 9 n, and Hunt was tried for
the crime. FArrior. was active in che
prosecution.
A man from D lrham came to Raj
eigh yesterday and consulted an at
torney here as to how he should pro-
coed against q woman who had $3.50 Of
his money. It seems that the fellow
was in love with the woman and
wanted to wed her. She declined the
proposition, but finally wearied with
his Importantly, she told him il he'd
give her $3.50 she'd marry him. He
paid the money, but next time when
he called, he says che refused to see
him, and never since has he been able
TO so much as tals to heE on the sub
ject of matrimony.-Ex Z.
Washington Special to Raleigh Post:
Congressman White taxes luncheon al
most daily in the House restaurant,
where members and their wives and
hundreds of handsomely dressed ladies
are. Ulder the rules of the House, all
members are Equal. but it ia noticeable
that none Of his colleagues from North
Carolina ever dine or lunch with him
He sits solitary and alone and as a rule
has the whole large oom to himself
When be sits do wn all Others about
seem to have a desire to ascertain the
exact condition of the weather outside
of the capitol building.
Judge D nrsay Battle died 1t bis no me
in Rocky Mount from the effect Of an
attack Of la grippe a. 7:40 o'clock last
Wednesday morning. Judge Battle
b ad been very i'll for two weeks and in
addition to Ia grippe he suff red a
great deal with his heart. Hs was a
native OF Edgecome county, aud Was
about 81 years of age. He was a Con
tederate sol Tier, and after occurring Law
license and practIcing for a time, be
entered journalism as editor Of The
Tarboro ]5outherner and after ward a.
local editor OF The WILMINGTON Nee
senger and other papers In 1898 be
was elected judge of the z q ;ern D 8
trict Criminal Circuit Court. He was
highly Respected.
Fayetteville Correspondence Char
loste Observer: TIE records Of the
courts in North Carolina will show a
readiness to sever the marriage tie-a
readines 90 somewhat aided by leeisla-
tion-which vas unthought of forty
years ago.. This correspondent is not
a moralist, to debate as to whether it
is better to endure an uncomfortable
bond, or tr~ansgress the warning:
Whom Gjd hath ~j1ined," etc H
deals in facts, and this is one, y lless
he ia misinformed, the docket Of the
Superior Court now in session sho 20
four or five divorce cases, a decree for
sbandon ment against Joseph Williams,
nov in Tex s, having been granted
yesterday in favor OF his wife, Mrs
Myrah Williams, who now lives near
r q Springs.
Col. dds Correspondence: IL was
learned today that az Carthage there
was this week a hearing by a coron 9r's
jury of the evidence against four young
white men suspected OF torturIng and
" nching a negro; that the wife and
child OF the latter at first identified
them, but later did not; That the IN
vestigstIon was noE 8 rigid g 1t should
have been, and that two Of the suspecls
haG uncles on the jury. Such Ia the
news as given your correspondent.
There was an evident indisposItIon to
talk about iE. It Is said thaE the peo-
pie there are yet much stirred By the
outrageousness Of the crime.--Ral-
eIgn is to have an auditorium. A
stock company will build it and the
figure of cost is not to be less
than $40. 900. A quarter of this is
raised.
Charlotte Observer: A lawyer
friend contributes an interesting article
to today's paper. He foresees the