The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-03-31

the Superior Court of Vance county
that on the 1st day of December,
1884, there was due Mrs. Arlington
9 ,247. A
At Spring Term Vance Superior Court
Judge Shuford says he ''set aside and
vacated all the judgments that were
a lien upon her recovery" No rec
ord.
1895.-Mrs. Arlington has received
only $12 90 of that fund herself, and
given orders for a small amount.
Judge McLver, 1895, instructed the
Clerk Of Vance Superior Court to pay
all the judgments that were a lien
upon the Arlington fund, from which
instructions Mrs. Arlington appealed
to the Supreme Court in formG pau-
p6ri8, and Judge McIver ordered the
Clerk to make up the case and send
it up, Mr.. Perry promising to aid
him in doing 80. Mrs. Arlington
offered to pay the Clerks fees out of
the fund if he charged anything, but
he did not demand them. The case
was sent up to the Supreme Court in
a defective form, and docketed. The
Chief Justice announced that the
case was in court. Motion to dismiss.
Motion denied and counsel asked if
ready to argue the case upon its
merits Was rot. Case continued.
Motion to dismiss 18th March, $50. Dis.
missed.
Judge Boykin, 1896. Vance Superior
Court, announced to Mrs. Arlington
that her case was in the Supreme
Court and nothing could be done, but
after she left, as she is informed,
ordered the judgments which had
been vacated by Judge Shuford to be
paid without any notice to her, and
without her knowledge, and while
she understood her case to be in the
Supreme Court as he had told her it
was, when it was too late to appeal
from the judgment of Judge Boykin
February term Vance Superior Court.
Now it must be plain that there was
dirty work all through the above.
When Judge McIver allowed Mrs. Ar
rington to appeal on a pauper bond,
her case should have been made up and
sent to the Supreme Court in due time,
as Judge McIver ordered, but it came
in late and was &C defective that it was
at once dismissed from that court.
Just following that Mrs. Arlington has
received a transcript of an alleged
amount due her in Vance county court,
with all sorts of credits on it that she
knows nothing about, that she says
she had nothing to do with, and which
appears to be a fresh outrage. This re-
markable document is accompanied by
a draft for the pitiful sum Of SILL 80
which the author Of the document
claims is the balance due her of the
many thousands which the courts have
said she is entitled to. The draft itself
states that it is not to be paid unless
Mrs. a rington endorses its payment
in full" which, Of c Irse, means that
she is expected to sign away her birth
right and everything, provided she is
foolish enough to do so, and that is not
likely. The whole thing, from begin,
ming to ending, savors of the Internal
regions, and is only one of the many
cases in which gross injustice has been
practiced. 1t is plainly apparent that
the work of Judicial reform started in
this State two years ago was timely,
and there is a great need Of a continu
ance of cleaning put the dirty court
stables. The work is not half done yet. If
the ballots fail Judge Lynch may be e x
pected to take a hand. After the fnan-
cial question the great need of the hour
in this country is to wipe out the dis
honest Judges and juries, and, in this
State, the boards of county commits
sioners. There is no guesswork in
this matter. We know what we are
talking about