The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-01-02

Ou6E4Ub50 OUScEV6ES E0G case Oh MO
Nicely va. the commissioners OF Nor
canton, recently decided by the su-.
prf me Court, presented one Of the
knottiesT problems. We oplne, ever
submitted to jury and judges It ap-
pears that the town was dry, when an
election Yves held and it voted wet.
Thereupon J 81 McNeely opened a
barroom Another election was held
and the vote vas a tie IGWas sought
to shut NJ Nicely up. H. said no, the
town IVES Re6 n it required a mai +
ity vote TO change the status-a tie
vote didn't do it. The commissioners,
on the other hand, peid that whenever
at any election q msj nrIty failed 60 vote
for license the town became dry. The
Supreme Court sustained the conten-
CIOn Of the commissioners.
The serious situation OF fl airs as to
the oysters in Pamlic0 Sound will at
tract vide attention. Not only this
State, but Virginia and Maryland, too.
as those States have procured many
oysters from this State; nearly all, of
course, from Pamlico sound. which ia
q great breeding ground. Not only
have oysters been taken fJr direct saIe
and for car ming, but also the small
ones for planting The investigation
Of the ex emit OF the oy ster destruction
by this years storms is of the hlghe t
Importance to many thousands of PEG
pie. oyster takers and oyster eaters
alike. A great many people make q
living mainly by oysterIng. These are
now dong nothing, as oysters cannot
be found. Tnere are shells by the mil
lion, but empty save for sand or mud
Exchange.
The State during 1899 chartered the
following cotton mule: r vOlutioa,
Greer sOoro; Tolar, Hart 6 Holt,
Fayetteville; BsIa. Oabarrus county {;
Fountain, Tarboro; r .bbins, GD'ds-
Ooro; Glencoe, Alamance county ; D l..
gado, Wilmington; Daniel. LuncotnGon;
Patterson, Halifax county SlelO1,
Shelby ; MAcclesheld, TarOOIo; San
lord, SaDfJrd; Avalon, Rockingham
county Indian Greek, Lincoln county;
Scotland r chmond county ; Caroline,
Alamancs county; Alamance, All
nance county Winston, Wlnator ;
Oentrai D wilson county Lula. GAs
ton county ; Wlndermere, SEan'y Cum
~ /; Neuss klver, Wake C ,unEy ; Oataw
Oe, Data VIA county; RlyaIL, Wake
Forces Ei84be th Oily E"8Abeth OI'y ;
Pembroke Ne bern G Oson, Concord ;
Naulona Finishing, Greensboro; Met
rose, r 4I-lgh. The total numO g II 81
TnIs ls The create 81 number ever CHAR
tered IN one year.
The appointment of Hamilton g
e 0art having been forwarded 20 the
8 nate by PresIdenr N KIoley, interest
now centers Ia the fknG for his COntir-
nation Toe papers have been re
terred to Ene committee on judiciary
of WHOM 8 4nator Hoar OF Nj 4ssacnu-
sets, is chairman. No further actIOU
can Oe taken by the Senate till a repor.
10 rec ived from that COMMITTEES.
Senator Butler will continue his 6<ht
on the cnndcmation of the nomination
OF JudR E arc. It. was belieVed by
the frIencs of e Wart that Butler would
relent, but In this they Will be disap-
pointed, for the Senator announces
hat ne will vigorously oppose E 'arts
confirmation and says that there sre
en- ugh Senators opposed to h,m to
oreveos his securing the j~udgesniO
o the other hard. s nator PrIEchard
Il c0of lent that e ssrt's nomination
wall be c0u1cmed The President
wnen he NOMINATED e Vart, did so VI =
er the belief that Cnere would be nc
doub5 of his cor Fl nation