Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-03

RALB1GTs NEwsY BUDGET.

meStluH 81 the Seote BGnFa o. Akfsc~s~
Experiments IN FARMING Reesmmsnded-
Other items.
Especial telegram TO the Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, N. O., December e.
The State Board Of Agriculture met
here to-day. There were present the
Governor (who Is chairman er c6'eso),
Hon. Kemp P. Battle, w. G. Upchurch,
James d. Glenn, Willis X. Williams,
John Robinson, d. A. Leazar, and DR..
Brooks.
The Board heard the report OF the
Commissioner Of Agriculture, which
was not of special Importance or inte'
rest.
DIR. Charles w. Dabney, State Chem
list, submitted q report both interesting
and valuable. He was, at the last
meeting Of the Board, instructed to pre-
pare paper on the special subject OF
experimental farming. This he read
to-day. He advises that o farm OF
twelve acres, near Raleigh, be secured
and we'll managed, comfortable build
ings erected, plant-houses or green
houses arranged, and all steps betakento
make experiments in regard to the
growth and nutrition Of plants. This
special branch is prescribed in the law
creating the department.
DR.. Dabney's report met with favor.
It is fairly safe to hazard the prediction
that the Board will adopt it and also
that the industrial school will be estab-
lished. Feeling is strong in the latter
case. Tomorrow a committee of
twenty-five gentlemen will go before
the Board and ask that the industrial
school be established here. Ii is ex-
pected that action will be taken by to-
morrow evening. Governor Scales favors
the establishment Of the school.
Last week a negro who burned Mr..
Simmons house, near Scotland Neck,
was captured and placed in charge of
Stephen Andrews, of Palmyra. Sunday
night a negro named Jim Bell set on
fire one of Andrews's houses and burn
ed it to the ground. He was caught in
few minutes and has been placed in
jail to await trial.
The case of McElwee against W. I.
Blackwell, for infringement Of trade
mark, has resulted in a non-suit for
McElwee. The case has been on trial
at Salisbury. 1t was for sl5O,OOO and
the costs of the action. 1t is said that
the matter has not ended yet and that
McElwee will resume the fight.
The reports received concerning the
wheat crop are gratifying. The acreage
is large and the weather favorable.
Wheat is above ground and looking
well. 1t is hoped that the crop will be
a success, as the two last have been
failures.
The cost Of the State Chemical Gen.
trail Station for the year ending Novem-
Der Both was 1885, and during eleven
months ending that day 4Sl analyses of
fertilizers, soils, waters, and other
things were made by that station.
The pension payment has at last been
definitely settled and adjusted. Each
pensioner gets sl4.75. Warrants are
being sent out. There are by corrected
and verified count, made to-day by the
Auditor. 1.039 widows and 979 soldiers
who will receive pensions. The Board
Of Pensions has reserved Of the $50, 900
appropriated for pensions 1926 to meet
cases where proof was not quite per-
fected by the end Of the fiscal year,
November Both.
DR.. r. NJ. Savage, Of Gates county,
died yesterday of hemorrhagic fever.
He was a prominent physician aged
fifty-flye years.
In the United States Circuit Court
to-day many illicit distillers who had
voluntarily surrendered, as they term
it, to the deputy marshals, were made
to pay costs varying from $40 to 900.
! Thenumber of submissions is the largest
on record. There is no doubt that ILL
cit distilling is being very largely broken
up.
To-day the State-Tax Commission,
composed Of John W. Graham, of
Hillsboro' George Howard, Of Tar
boro': and Thomas c. Patton, Of Ashe-
Vile, met. The Commission is author
lied to investigate the subject of taxa
ton in all its lights and report bill
for assessing, lcvying, equalizing, and
collecting taxes. They have difficult
task before them. The purpose is to
take steps to secure equalization of
taxes. 1t is remarkable how wide the
variance now is in various counties. In
some valuations are more than twice as
high as in others. The trouble is diff
cult of remedy. The Board goes to
work under a law passed at the last
session of the Legislature.
The number of appeals from Judge
Clark heard at this term of the Supreme
Court was seven. In all Of them his
rulings were affirmed. The appeal Of
most general interest was in the no
fence law. Judge Clark is one Of the
new judges, and this record is good
one.
At Shoe-Heel deputy sheriff with
two men armed with double-barrel!ed
guns went to arrest desperate mar
named Coins. When within fifty yard
OF the house Coins opened fire on thu
deputy and assistants, wounding one o
the party in the arm. After desperate
fight they succeeded in capturing him
About twenty shots were fred. TIT
prisoner has eleven bullets in him, bu
is still alive.
A sudden death occurred at Fayette
vile. Mr.. Lucas, while taking hiv,
of bees, suddenly became i'll and fel
upon the porch of his house and ex
pired in a moment. His age was abou
sixty.
At the Baptist church at Fayette
Vile tomorrow night j. Ii. Mills
superintendent of the Baptist Orphan
age, will address the people of Fayette
Vile in the interest Of this institution.
The Goldsboro', Snow Hill an
, Greenville railroad movement rolls on
ward and gathers strength as it goes
1t is now looked upon as settled tina
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