The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-29

Suo 0S0Uo. 1OE Gn1S purpose Mt j.
J. Q. Ia Harris viii In Q few DAYS 60
to Washington. II these stations are
secured, cattle can be shipped Northa at
any time OF the year without carrying
Texas fever, provided they have been
dipped New quarantine regulations
viii Be prepared, and probably will be
put into effect on the first OF January.
In former years the Department de-
terred the bsuance OF the regulatf6hs
until the htst Of March ana afteFWsrd
until the ftsto Of February, but expe
Fience has demonstrated Che Desirable
ity Of advancing the d9te to about the
first OF the year.-Ex. e g. %
The death Of Judge Boykin suggests
an incident in his life which has 4 les
son. Ell. Boykin was q poor boy and
worked his way through college by
ringing the bell and attending 10 the
Presidents room. During bis college
days there ATTENDED at the same time
a young man who was wealthy and in
his manner domineering. On one oc
casion he took ohense at Boykin and
kicked him around at q very rough
rate. Years after wards, while Boykin
was judge, he met one Of his old col.
lege friends, and, in the course Of q
conversation, asked his friend If he re.
membered the man who kicked him
about so rudely while they in
college. The friend recollected the
man and the circumstance distinctly.
"Well," said the Judge, mot long ago
I sentenced that man to the peniten.
tiary; and / didn't give him the full
term the law allows, which he deserved,
lest it might be thought / was retaIia,
ting."-N. g. Home Journal.
Col. Waddell, Mayor of Wilmington,
writes to Golfers Weekly, a leading
Northern magazine, regarding the
Wilmington riots, etc. In part, he
says: AS to the government we have
established, it is a perfectly legal M
The law, passed by the Republican
legislature itself, has been complied
with. There was no intimidation used
In the establishment Of the present city
government. The old government had
become satisfied Of their i~neficiency
and utterly helpless imbecility,
and believed il they did not resign
they would be run out Of town. There
fore they Jane forward, after consult
ing with men Of our city, and they
said each one Of them wanted to re
sign-anxious to do so They wanted
to get rid Of the responsibility. If our
people would organize, they would be
glad to resign and let us take the re
gponsibility. 1t was not a matter of
coercion; the old city government
simply realized it was not able to con-
tfnue in control and wished to be re.
leased from the weight of responsible
ity. A change was imperatively neces
sary. Men were needed who could
and would cope with existing Condi
tons. In order to accomplish this
legally a meeting was held, and the
old Board of Aldermen resigned by
wards. One alderman would resign
that would make a vacancy; and then
the mayor (Who has escaped from here)
would ask if there were any nomina-
tions for the vacancy; and n Of his
own men would nominate q man he
knew we wanted for the ward, and 90
on, in succession, through each ward
in town. We really didn't have any
thing to do with it. They asked us
whom we wanted. Successfully they
resigned, and our men were elected
The room was as quiet as a room in a
private house. It became necessary to
elect q mayor. Under the law which
they made the mayor could be elected
either from their " body or outside.
They elected me mayor. We took the
city and went right to work. There is
not a Jaw i'm the legality OF the gov
eminent. It was the result Of revolu
ton, but the formsof Law we're strictly
complied with in every respect. The
ultimate outcome, Of course, / do not
know. There is no probability Of
further violence. l cannot more graph
icalIy or briefly express my opinion on
that point than by repeating what /
said to the Board of Aldermen when
we were arranging for the police. i
said: Gentlemen, l will patrol this
city with six women, so quiet and
peaceful and orderly is it. 1t is like
Sunday all the time" But We went on
and wanted to put matters beyond the
possibility of a doubt. They have ap
pointed a police force three times as
large as 1 wanted it to be, so that
every body may feel perfectly conf
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