The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-18
CAROLlNA'S CONVICTS.
THE PENITEyTTAnY rtpx ia
PERTINENT on TRUCKING.
Should It Prove succ.s.f,l
tempted on - Big scal.-Ih.
Cherokee IndIsns-Ll,ersry soe,.u,,

. RALEIGH, " c., March i7.-special
superintendent Leazar is having 2sa
acres OF lana cleared up and added % tt-
oa'1i'ated area Of the penitentary farms
ms VIII bring the total area cuitivst..i
up 10 nearly 5000 acres. he has ab.Y'
lWo acres In wheat. some 80 acre. -
which is said 20 be exceedingly fno A..
Leazar Is this year making an or-,-.
ment OF truck farming and has plant,
on the farm near Wilmington ah..,
twelve acres OF early potatoes. uhf.h
he expects 10 put on the market. shosll
the experiment prove successful boz win
next year 20 into trucking on an ey.
tensive scale. Corn will be planted afte-
the potatoes are removed.
The Cherokee Indinns.
There are m North Carolina about
three thousand Cherokee Indians settled
upon a reservation OF 5000 or 5000 acres
OF land. situated I'm Swain county
Though the lands are owned I'm common
and cannot be disposed Of. yet each head
or FAMILY can select a sufficient Quan.
tity OF land FOR his wants and improve
II. and these Improvements give him
title 20 hold IL for lifo and transmit b.
10 his children. or be can sell his ir,
provements and the purchaser has Id
the rights Of the former settler Thorrt
these people are citizens Of the state e1.
titled 10 suffrage. and amenah'e % an
It's laws, yet they have a government
OF their own and make laws for fha
regulation Of their own tribal affairs
They elect a chief. who serves four years
and council OF seven men, They fara
churches and good school facilities Tina
United States Government has establish.
4 Nrs.Nn aI..
ing school az Cherokee which now had
IA pupils but for which am arnranr.
ton Of $4,000 has been asked r.,.
building will be erected and the nun,h.-
OF scholars increased 20 2O Besides f..
there are three other schools in tho re..r.
walton.
The Cotton Acreage
A special 10 a New York paper from
Raleigh. y c.. says that the coff.,
acreage In this section viii Boz reduced
this year by ten 10 twenty per cont
teiegram. based on this. sent olt from
New York. says similar statements were
made last spring. but the receipts 0f cote
ton at this market so FAR show 40 On.
crease Of nearly 300 bales over that
Of the same date last year
The Literary Society OF Trinity Col
lage Durham. will hold their annNer.
sary on April 18th. The question or
debate is. Resolved. That the rlghf NJ
suffrage shall be restricted 10 those p-l1
can write and read current literature
The Supreme Court Of this State has
decided that any town or city has right
70 pass an ordinance making 30 punish.
able for any unmarried person under
twenty -one years Of age 60 enfer "a bar-
room.
Bishop Duncan has been invited 20 deii-
cate the new Methodist church al War
renton on the second Sunday 300 April
Collector Simmons says be- does nor eA.
pect any action 10 Boz taken boz reference
to his confirmation before AptH ist
snle of Gold Mine.
The Branson gold mine property Do
Randolph county. BIAS been sold to ohio
capitalists The company will be- in.'r-
porated az 10000. and operations nl
commence an once.