The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-04-09

miles lying in this and ADJOINING
counties. The State Department. Of
Agriculture will from time tn timo
test this soil as mapped and deter
mine what crops are best adapted to
IL, what fertilizers will give the best
results, etc.-Statesville Landmark
The Legislature may have fallen
short on several things, but the four
months term of school in every
county will help fill in the deficiency
OF the otherwise" shortness. If
there Is one thing more than another
that u State needs it is education.
Now let our parents see to it that
their children take advantage of the
opportunity hat is to be offered
them. There is no reason why any
should grow up in darkness.-North
Wilkesboro Hustler.
Raleigh Post: The impeachment
trial of the Supreme Court judges has
cost the State SO, O62 30 exclusive of
the cost of printing the daily record
and the bound volume of the pro.
ceedings of the trial. There were
five attorneys appearing for the
board of managers. Mr.. Cyrus B.
Watson of Winston, General T. F.
Davidson of Asheville, and Major
w. A. Guthrie of Durham received
5000 each. Mr.. James 81. Pou and
Mr.. @. M. Busbee of Raleigh, each
received $500. The members of the
court, the Senators, drew 1862.
The amount paid clerks, stenogra-
pliers and employees was $772. go.
Wilmingtonians seem to be pugilis-
tically inclined. In that city about
ten days ago Congressman Bellamy
and Iredell Meares had a scrap. Last
week Judge E. K. Bryan incurred
the displeasure of drummer visiting
Wilmington, and the two came to
blows. And last m the open
rupture between Mayor Waddel1 and
the Board of Aldermen. A dispatch
says: 1.-The mayor threw the fat in
the fire by appointing himself on
four of the leading committees. The
board took exceptions, and last night
passed an ordinance multiplying his
appointments" The latest is that
Waddell has issued u fiery manifesto.
Durham Sun: A farmer in Man
gum township put up a NEAR job on
a hunter the other day. The farmer
had killed a fox squirrel, skinned
him, stuffed his hide with leaves,
then climbed a tree and nailed the
dummy to a limb. Soon Il hunter
came along and spied the squirrel.
The hunter shot at the game until
his ammunition was all gone and his
gun barrel hot enough to fry spit
He then climbed up the tree and
discovered the deception, and he was
so hot that he burned Il hole in
his pants sliding down. But he did
not take down the bait. He just
left it there for some other fool
hunter to shoot at and sneak city
ward.
News reached here today of the
sudden death of Col. w. H. Check,
while in the office of his physician at
Henderson last night. Colonel Cheek
during the civil war commanded the
First North Carolina Cavalry, u su,
~ -o;,,-% T% u~n hn nnI NOT
General Wade Hampton, who was
the hero of the capture of Dahlgren's
Raiders when the latter made their
dash upon Richmond 1t was during
the latter part of the var in com
mand of Il brigade of cavalry and it
was arranged that he should be Civ
en- a brigadier's commission, but it
did not reach him in time. He was
in every walk of life truly an ad
mirable man.-Raleigh Cor. Char,
lOtte Observer.
Greensboro Cor. Ne and Obser.
YER, 5th: A conference betHeen
prominent Democrats and ReIubli
cans was held IN this city last night,
when it is believed that some under
standing was reached in res ard &c
the cases against the Democratic
registrars indicted in the Federal
court. The conteren; e was INFORMAL,
and it i probable that no definite ar
rangement was made in regard to
abandoning the prosecution, but 1t
is believed that the gentlemen came
TO an understanding at least. Among