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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-02
Bible Bris is.
and II,

The man who is able to give five
dollars and gives only fifty cents Is not
likely to give the fifty cents cheer
fully" The ~"cheerful' giver is the
man who gives according to his ebil
ity."
Thou hast put gladness into my
heart" Psa. 1 Z. So said David. Can
you say as much dear readers
Be careful how you examine into
the life of a man who never goes to
church-you will fad something rot
ten.
For what is the hope of the hypo
critic, though be hath gained, when
God taketh away his soul2" Job.
27.8.
Some folks are very devoted to
creed who have but little d~evotedness
to Christ. 1t is Christ that saves, not
your creed.
The lental season is a great blessing
to many souls, but we do not think it
is to those who engage in the Easter
Ball"
Gods Word abounds in promises
for our healing when sick. Are these
promises worth anything to you2 If
not, why not7
Sister, does your religion suit the
kitchen as we'll as the parlor2 Does
your servant think you are letting your
light shine for Christ?
Some people do not think it posi-
BILE to love G ID with all the heart
neither does the devil. What does
God say Mark IL. 80.
You are a member of the church
and yet say you were never converted.
Does the church hinder you from be,
ing born again? Seek converting grace
to day.
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THE BEST STATE ALMANAC-1ao6

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troncmical time, for official, agricul
tural, historical and statistical intor-
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and a book of reference for the most
important events and deaths of per
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( ntire Conservation
sermon Outliaez.l

Go sell 81 thou hast and give to the
o2or. aad thou shalt have Treasure in
heaven, a d come follow me-. Like
IS p.
To satisfy great desires we ought to
as willing o make great sacrifices.
The Young man to whom the command
in the ttS~ was given had the very
largest dssire, but wag unwilling to
make a great sacrifice to salty it
Christ gave = great ALL for u, wC
ought to gl@dIy give a little all to
HIN.
THREE CLASSES To WH'M THESE WORDS
APPLY:
l. The sinners all-ell his sinful
pleasures, all his idotasry Of dolIars.
al his sinful indulgence of anpetite
and passion, ali uuhoIy ambi5iong.
Leaving these, God and he become
friends.
2, The seekers all-alI his own
thoughts, plans and ways of finding
God in pardon and peace. Greed preiu,
dlces must be slain. Christ TO be
sought as savior first, then creed az an
expression of doctrine second. We
first plant the seed and see the young
zine begin to grow before We D
a frame for it to run on.
3 The saints all-once converted
my whole being, soul, spirit, body, to-
gether with all powers of each becomes
the Lords. The first commandments
Is then writer on ny hearG. The sub.
aued appetite and passion contribute
10 spiritual power, and uncleaonegs of
'ne Il so Is gone. 2Coe 7 I. Mental
covers are developed and used for
C1Fist. An uDsanctifgd power Of
nllH0 Or body Will prove a stumbling
oiock-the point where you Will cease
10 grow IN grace and tegin to fall
away. One leak has suak many 2
vessel.
FINALLY, lay up treasures in heaven. !
! re heathea, thepooY, sick and naked. !
"i"oT AID orphan open the bank of
r'Sn that we may make deposits.
cromwell saw silver statues Of the |
,eLVe Apostles, and said melt them, |
nm iato money, and send them
''ous DONG good. Tie safest money
: 10 heavens safe" ard bears best
"'8Fes5. Travelling, it is best not to
-eep much money with you 1t is best
] make bank deposits and check on it.
traveller through time to eternity,
.eposIt your treasures in heaven, and
oy faith" use God's v failing
as checks for such things 'as
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-02

Throughout the Synods OF North
Carolina and Virginia it is most accep-
table tidings that the Rev. Dr.. Strlck-
Ter, Of Atlanta, has accepted definitely
the Professorship OF Theology IN Uuion
Theological Seminary. Re will adj
much strength to that important insti
tuition, and fill the most important
choir. He is an alumnus Of 5he Semi.
uary.
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High prices eve injured any peo.
pie. It is low prices that clog a na-
tion'e progress Topeka Advocate.
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Religious News Items
BAPTIST

The practical insight of Hon. Joshua
| lowering has enabled him to note a
practical need in the equipment Of the
southern Baptist Theological Seminary
and his generous spirit has prompted
him to meet that necessity. He is to
erect for the Summary a building which
| shall be devoted to the work Of pbysi-
cal culture. -
Rev. II. ID. Wharton. D. D, pastor
| of the Brautly Church Of Baltimore,
| rendered his resignation on May 1
| The Church refused to accept it, and
! pra29cd DR., Wharton an eight mont
vacation. At his own request he wIli
receive 10 salary from the Church
during This time. Dr.. Wharton will
! devote his entire time to evangeiistic
work until January 1.
Rev. Jurius ". Willard, of Htnder-
son, n. c., has received q unanimous
call to become pastor OF the EatayT
Place Baptist Church, Baltimore, as
successor TO Rev Frank NJ. Ellis.
He was recommended by the commit
tee, and the Church have adopted
their report. It is expected that he
will very shortly enter upon his work.
The salary waa placed at s., coo.
The appoiatees 10 Japan of the Mis-
s~i0nary Union and its allied Women's
Societies 0 number fly seven. O.
Ills number ell but four, two wives
and two single ladies, are in active
service on the field. Tne six appoin-
tees to Japan Of the Southern Baptist
Convention are all at their posts push
ing work, -
The young men of the Southern Bap-
list Theological Seminary have pur-
chased a gospel wagon, costing about
$500, and have commenced street work
in Louisville. They have an organ in
the wagon and also Use two comets.
The work is meeting with unusual sue
cess. -
In the Baptist denomination in this
country there are seven theological
seminaries, in which there were last
year 1,OO2 students, $50 of whom were
preparing for the ministry. THESE in,
stitutions have an endowment of
81 SOS, O91; the total value of their
property is s., TIA, $50.
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you have need Of" See Matt 6:19, 20,
81; 1 Tim. 6:17, 10, 49, Phil. AS, Z
and 10.
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The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

Assessor Siebe was taken up again in
Judge CampbelPs court yesterday alter
noon at o'clock. The session was brief
one, the only witness examined being Abe
Levy, a furniture broker and appraiser of
1135 Market street, who had been sent to
Judge Wallaces Van Ness avenue resi-
dence to make an estimate OF the value OF
the furniture in the house.
When Judge Wallace was on the stand
few days ago he promised to lend his as
sistance to the attorneys in getting at the
value of the furniture in question and e1-
pressed himself as being quite willing to
allow anybody they might send to go
through the house and examine the con-
tents. 1t seems, however, that when APP
praiser Levy went to the Judges residence
yesterday morning he met with different
reception than had been promised. he
was not allowed to go through the house
and was able merely to make cursory
survey OF the interior of one OF the parlors.
The parlor the witness declared was lux
uriously furnished, "gorgeously" fur
nished, to use his own phraseology.
Among the articles OF furniture was a
hand-carved ebony table which the wit
hSoo ofCiiCo hive COpt YAOV VI P-oV.
Besides this there were eight or ten chairs
upholstered in curled hair and brocaded
silk which must have cost $35 or $40
apiece. The 40 yards of carpet in the
parlor, which were appraised by Agent
Giselman and Appraiser Terry at $56, Mr..
Levy SAID must have cost in the neighbor-
hood OF 50 so or So a yard. Although
Agent Giselman had no recollection OF
any oil paintings in the house except
some family portraits in the sitting-room,
Mr.. Levy had noticed several oil land
scapes encased in rich gilt frames.
The carpet and furniture, witness ac-
knowledged, would not bring nearly SO
much at forced sale, there being no mar
ket for such goods. If sold at auction
they would probably bring very little in.
deed. When asked how much the furni-
ture in the parlor would be worth to a
person wanting to buy such furniture, Mr..
Levy replied that the carpet, chairs and
ebony table would be worth about $400.
AS to the probable value of the furniture
in the whole house, witness was unable to
give any estimate before seeing it.
AT this point Attorney Baggett asked
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04
ALL EXPERT BRIGGS AUTHORITIES ARE DEAD

had been placed in the inventory under
the head of "permanenJ way"
Treasurer n. T. Smith was asked as to
the S26S, S,617 81 cash balance on hand as
shown by his trial balance sheet. He
swore that he had not that sum on hand.
Mr.. Smith explained that on Auditor
Thomas balance sheet of the operating
1854. .948 &C. which deducted from Account
ant Folsom's balance sheet $26S, ,617 81
would leave $13, ,66S 25 actual cash on hand
on February 2S, 1895. All his money was
on deposit in the Bank of Nevada.
After the noon recess E. W. Briggs, Dep
uty Assessor, told how he had been for
years speculating in real estate, and also
mining. When Mr.. Clunie asked whether
he had been mining in San Francisco.
Judge Wallace with pish! tushi pshaw
accent remarked. "Of course he wasn't
mining in San Francisco. There are no
mines here"
Mr.. Clunie endeavored to find out from
the witness how he fixed the values of real
! estate in San Francisco; whether he had
any memoranda by which he arrived at
those values, and whether such memor-
anda were extanU. Mr.. Briggs replied that
his memoranda had been written III per-
ishable tablets on his brain; that he used
his judgment in estimating those values.
He had the maps and block books of the
office for reference, and when he went to
look at a piece of realty he rocked not to
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

1t would not affect the issue to show that
the Assessor had also made m stake in
the Spring Valley matter. The Assessor
oath to the assessment roll was to De con-
sidered as a separate oath to each separate
assessment. The case before the court
was the assessment of the properly OF tne
Market-street Railway Company. he dld
not propose to issue any more Warrants
against the Assessor. He, the judge
thought that he had done his share as
committing magistrate. There were other
magistrates to whom application might DC
made.
1--WE have done nothing yet In the mat
ter" said Garret McEnerney, the attorney
for Mr.. Willcutt, simply because there
was nothing for us to do. Judge Wallace
has not yet committed Mr.. Willcutt to the
custody of the Sheriff, but we expect ne
will do SO at the opening OF court TINS
morning
"Ihen we will at once sue out writ OF
habeas corpus before the Supreme court
This will bring up the jurisdiction OF the
whole proceedings.
"In fact we have the papers already
made out ready for presentation Just as
soon as the formal Commitment Is made
out. So Mr.. Willcutt will not have very
long to remain in Jail.
AS he said this significant smile spread
over his good d-natured face.
An adjournment was then nao 10 III
o'clock this morning.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

rode in the cars, examined the woodwork
and the finish of them and placed his
valuation on them. These were samples
and he applied their values to all of the
same kind and quality.
Later on the witness said that he could
build every mile of electric road in the
City for less than $25, 200 per mile.
Mr.. Clunie figured up the number of
miles on a certain road and found that at
S25, 900 per mile the cost of building would
be about $350,000.
What is that road assessed for?" was
asked.
"Fifty-fve thousand two hundred and
forty dollars" was the reply.
This reply brought out another laugh,
and Mr.. Briggs, who appeared considera-
bly, disconnected, added that poles, insula-
tors, etc., would swell the amount to
Sill, ,750. Then he took fresh hold ana
SAID that his estimate of $25, $50 per mile
included the cars. But he could not re-
member how many cars there were to a
mile.
The witness by this time had lost the air
of confidence with which he had taken the
witness-chair and answered the remaining G
questions in faltering manner.
Pelham w. Ames of the Spring Valley
Water Works was called to state the value
of the property of tnat corporation. Mr..
Friedenrich objected and Mr.. Clunie Of
fered to prove that that property was
worth $50. 900 and that the Assessor had
assessed it at $4,000, 600 when he had full
possession of the facts. He would show,
also. that Mr.. Siebe had underassessed
the property of the Gas Company, the
Electric Light Company, the Telephone
Company and dozen other companies.
He wanted to show that the officials of the
Spring Valley Water Company had filed
i n court a sworn statement to the effect
that the property of that corporation was
worth $20,000,0 900. The testimony was nee
essary in order to sustain the allegation
that the Assessor had not made a mistake,
but had acted corruptly.
Judge Wallace decided to rule out the
question. If the Assessor had made a
mistake in the matter of the Market-street
Railway Company that would have no
bearing on the charge of perjury. Hence
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

whom it belonged but officially stamped
thereon his unbiased opinion of its value
for assessment purposes.
He told how he had ridden upon the
lines of the railways in this City and had
examined the wheels, the couplings, the
hot boxes, etc.
He had also invested money in an in
vention designed to store electricity so
that it might be kept on tap in each car to
be drawn sharp when needed. Coming
down to the question of the railroad assess
ments he had consulted engineers and
other experts whose names he had forgot
ten. In order to inform himself as to the
value of the electric roads he consulted A.
S. Hallidie and Mr.. Spencer as to the cost
of copper wire per pound; as to the num-
Der OF pounds to the yard or the mile and
many other details. All these data he
handed to Mr.. Siebe.
At this stage Of the examination Mr..
Briggs became excited, and in a very
dramatic manner declaimed, "I gave those
data to Mr.. Siebe as l would give them to
my Cod
Don't get excited over it. Mr.. Briggs"
suggested the lawyer with an air of mock
SOilClLuOS.
81 am not excited, sir; 1 am deeply in
earnest, sir" was the naughty retort of
the witness.
When asked why he had not preserved
for future reference the memoranda which
had cost him so much pains and time to
secure the witness replied that he had de-
stroyed them.
There really was no reason why he
should preserve them, he aGded, because
when he went to assess them the next
year he could add the number of new miles
to the assessment.
Mr.. Spencer of the wire works furnished
him the data on the wire cable, but Mr..
Spencer was not here now. He was per-
kaps in Oregon. George W. Gibbs gave
him the data on the rails.
"Is Mr.. Gibbs in Oregon, tooT' asked the
attorney.
mo, sir: believe he is dead
1t came out afterward that William T.
CARAT furnished Mr.. Briggs with his esti-
mates on the price of copper wire.
Where is Mr.. Garratt2'
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04
MUST PAY A LICENSE.
Nickel-in -the-Slot Telephone Boxes
Will Help Out the City Revenue
Hereafter.

The License and Order Committee of the
Board of Supervisors decided yesterday TO
recommend that the nickel-in-the-slot
telephone boxes be placed on the same
level as any other device used to collect
the nickels of the public, and be taxed So
per month for each box.
This matter was brought up several
weeks ago by Supervisor Dimond, and was
continued from time to time in order to
give other members a chance to look
into it.
1t was made special order of business
for yesterday, and Supervisor Dimond
made strong plea for his order. He
thought that the company had no more
right to run boxes than any other concern
deriving revenue for the same. and he
urged the immediate adoption of the Or
dlnance. He stated that the company
had $500 nickel-ln-the boxes scattered
about the city, and that it was time the
City derived some r evenue from them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04
SECRET OF THE GATES.
Why the Southern Pacific Will Keep
Out Alameda People to Suit
Itself.

~ can tell you why the Southern Pa
cifc Is getting ready to put gates on its
Alameda local trains" said prominent
citizen of that city yesterday. at is to
make the people patronize the electric
street cars. If they have to pay to ride on
the steam line they will not wait for the
infrequent trips of the trains. but will
patronize the cars of the Alameda, Oak
land and Piedmont electric road. This
route is owned by the Southern Pacific and
its tracks parallel those of both the broad
and narrow gauge lines. The electric cars
come from Oakland via Webster street.
They turn from Webster street into Santa
Clara avenue and run south to Park street,
whence they transfer to High street.
Thence they run to East Oakland. A
branch line also runs on San Jose avenue
from Ninth to High street.
"Now the broad-gauge line extends from
Park street almost to Webster. and the
narrow-gauge the entire length OF the city,
SO you can see what an increase of traffic
it would bring to the streetcars If people
were compelled to pay on the steam cars. !"
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04
Him; I think he is dead. p"


"Oh, another dead man." remarked Mr..
Clunie, sarcastically. "Were there any
live persons there at the timer"
"Yes, a dozen"
"Will you give me their names?"
~ don't remember"
"You only remember the names OF dead
men," said Mr. Clunie. "I'd like to have
some live men in this case"
"Sir-r-rl" exclaimed Mr.. Briggs, Sc
verely, and with official nauteur. when
you get as old as / am you Will know
good many people who are dead
"No doubt" assented the lawyer; "but,
your Honor, this thing is farcical. The
only men he remembers are dead men or
men who have gone to Oregon. All his
dead men have died within year"
"That is not Mr.. Briggs fault, re-
marked Judge Wallace, alphabetically.
Mr.. Briggs varied the dead monotony OF
the proceedings shortly afterward by say
ing that he knew all about the value OF
electric poles, not positive and negative
poles, but wooden poles, from F. M. Speed.
Where is Mr.. Speed?" demanded
Clunie. "Is he dead, too?"
"Well, h'm" replied Mr.. Briggs, cast
ing retrospective eye on the copper chan
delier which hangs from the center OF the
ceiling, 81 don't know whether he is dead
or not The fact is that eight or nine
months ago he disappeared suddenly, and
there is no knowing what has become OF
him. He has never been heard of since. -
The witness in reply to searching series
of questions said that he had never been
into the Office of the railway company to
ask questions about their property. He
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-04

that continuance be granted until this
afternoon. s'We are very much embar-
rassed at our failure to get an esti-
mate of the value of the furniture.
Mr. Levy was sent up to Judge Wallace's
house practically by the Judges consent.
The Judge offered to do all in his power to
aid US in determining the value of his
furniture. | cannot understand why Mr..
Levy should have been refused entrance
If it is impossible to compel the people at
the house to admit the appraiser | would
like to subpoena Judge Wallace again and
ask him something further about his offer
to help US in our investigations"
Judge Campbell accordingly adjourned
court until this afternoon at o'clock, at
which time Judge Wallace Will probably
be put on the stand again, unless IN the
meantime some arrangement is made for
appraising the Judges much-disputed
hric-a. hrao