The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-10-30

Ii was the killing of Lee MurriT nv
MS brother-in-law, Lee Kirby. Kirbv
was drinking and MurriIl was irving
TO get him off home when in a
drunken frenzy, he cut Murrill on
both arms, severing an artery in one.
The wounded man died in a short
while. He was beyond hope when
the surgeons got to him.-Ex.
A novel sight can be seen anv
afternoon by those of our citizens
who will take the trouble to visit
any OF the wharves late in the after
noon. The river at this point seems
to be working alive with mullets and
the curious antics they cut up are
really interesting. About this time
the whole mullet tribe seems to be
trying to see which one can jump
the highest out of the water. An
old fisherman said in all his expert
ence he had never seen as many null
lets as this near the town.-Wash-
ington Messenger.
Col. A. NJ. Waddell's letter of
withdrawal, referred to in last
weeks Progressive Farmer, is as
follows: ILLNESS in my family re-
quiring my absence from the State,
has prevented me from keeping my
appointments to speak to the people
in this campaign, and as it is now
too late to make new appointments
or to change the situation, l there
fore withdraw from the Senatorial
contest with grateful appreciation of
the support of my friends. l tender
my services to the State Executive
Committee in behalf of the nominees
of the Democratic party"
Raleigh Cor. Charlotte Observer:
At the annual meeting of the North
Carolina Confederate Veterans AS
ISOLATION tonight in the House of
Representatives, there was a large
attendance, Gems. Hoke, Coke and
Roberts, and Colonies Lane, Cheek
and Clark being among those pres
emit. Gen. Julian S.. Carr presided
with Claude B. benson as secretary.
Both these were elected by aCClama-
ton, Gen. Carr made the annual ad-
dress, which was we'll timed, and
Mr.. benson read the annual report.
It's suggestions were adopted for rails
ing committees to memorable the
Legislature for greater aid to the
Soldiers Home and to urge it to
grant no more special pensions but
to increase pensions also thanking
the press of the State for invaluable
aid to veterans and thanking the
Daughters of the COnfederacy for
their Jealous work.
Col. Odds letter A few days
after the August election your cor
respondent ventured the prediction
that the national campaign in North
Carolina would be the tamest ever
known. 1t proves to be the truth.
One can go a whole day here in the
Capital and not hear the name Of
Bryan or Mckinley mentioned in any
way whatever. There isn't a cam
paign banner in the State. The fact
is the people put all their enthusiasm
in the August campaign. They are
WORKOUT with politics and it requires
something with a spice of ginger in
it, and a good bit of it, too, like the
Simmons and Carr fight, to arouse
faded politics. 1t is stated that d
Republican, H. A. Gudger, and a
Democrat, Lee S. Overman, actually
failed to draw over a dozen hearers
at a set speaking. A Republican
saws he was told that the Senatorial
fight was so hot that an adherent Of
one party at Salisbury, had to walk
out of town in order to dodge the
adherents of the other, who were in
force at the railroad station, waiting
for him.
Newbern Cor. Post, 9th: New
bern politics have been treated to a
surprise, the organization of a negro
BRYAN, Stevenson and Thomas Club.
1t must not be taken as a joke for
there are forty members already in
the club, the Best known colored
men of the city. Captain Tim York
is president and other officers are we'll
known. The club also declared for
Simmons for Senator, but when told
that they could not vote in the pri-
mary they put Thomas for Congress
in the place. Whatever the sentl-