The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-25

JULIUS ~ 9AC HAoBoEA D0Eb u BL4S ObAt0 1
last week. Our townsman, Mr.. Jno.
A. Oates has half acre in vines and ex-
poets to have some to ship next Week.
His vines are very full Of berries
Damn Courier.
The Raleigh Observer says that the
First National Bank trials at Asheville
are estimated to have cost IS, 500 The
witnesses got 50 1868 of this, and the
jurors, g, 666. And neither Of the
wreckers of the bank are yet in the
p~enitentiary, mol will they be till the
thing is again fought out before the
Supreme court.
The Monroe Enquirer says Mr. w.
E Williams, q good farmer and n of
the most successful pork raisers in
Uaion county, wraps his pork hams
and shoulders in newspapers every
spring. He says that paper is the very
best material invented in which to
wrap cured meat, as it keeps out damp
ness and insects.
Trinity College commencement this
year occurs on June Al. Bishop w
W. Duncan, of Spartanburg, s. O.,
breaches the annual sermon and Bishop
]. 81. Vincent, of Buffalo, N. Y, will
deliver the literary address. DR.. z. I.
White, of Oxford, delivers the alumni
address. The graduating exercises 90
cur at 10 q. M, on the 7th.
Persons who came from Tillery Tues
day said that Capt. Day came down to
the State farms to remove Messrs.
Dixon and McCaskey who were In
charge there. Dixon gave up, but Nc
Caskey refused to do so. He claims
his office and holds on. 1t was said
that papers would be secured Wednes
day for his ejectment. Scotland Neck
Commonwealth.
Winston, N. O., April pa letter
was received at the district attorneys
office to-day telling Of the capture OF a
big blockade distillery and the shooting
OF Deputy r 7. Harris near Waynes
Vile on Tuesday. The shooting was
done by the owner of the distillery, w.
R Burnett. He used a shot gun and
tried to kill another officer with the
Deputy marshall. The latter is badly
wounded.
Following is one of the provisions OF
the machinery act passed by the last
Legislature: "If any person shall,
with a view to evading the payment OF
taxes, fail or refuse to give in to the as
SCISSOR any bonds, notes, claims or other
evidences of debt which are subject to
taxation under this act, the same shall
not be recoverable by action at law or
suit in equity before any of the courts
of this State until they have been
listed and the tax paid thereon"
Judge Hoke decides that James A.
BRYAN and not D. NJ. Patrick is the
righttul president Of the Atlantic &
North Carolina Railroad. Patrick ap
peals and Bryan will ask the Supreme
Court to advance the case.--Thls
week the Abbott dding6eld case will
come I'D before the Supreme Court
here Involving title to q corporation
cemmissionership), and the Supreme
Court will be asked to advance this
also
The B1kersville Mirror says: VIII
burn aud Dick Wilson and Edmund
Ellis, of Mitchell county, creased the
legs of their horses while the animals
had the scratches and the men caught
the disease from the horses. The sores
were running and they got some OF the
pus on their hands. Dick Wilson un
thoughtedly wiped his mouth his hand
and for q few days his mouth was In
such q terrible condition it wa with
the greatest difficulty that he could eat
or speak. Wilburn Wilson and Mr..
Ellis had the disease on their hands
and arms only, but Ellis had a bad
type of it and suffered greatly.
A citizen of Raleigh who returned
recently from a trip through much Of
the eastern section Of the Safe, tells
The Post that in certain localities there
are large numbers Of Mormons, ICON
verts" of the elders who, in large
numbers have been working" a nun
Der of the eastern counties. The Even
. ing News, Of Wilson, says, among
other things on this subject: East
tern North Carolina is being honey
combed by these people. At Eureka,
! a short distance from S~tantonsburg
! thew have a church and another al
Balance. Thirty Mormon elders re
Z centlv met at Eureka church and held
a conference. The spirit of American