The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
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tercst. Il Vas Al work Wednesday
and pressed sixty bales Like the
mills Of the gods, IL grinds exceed
ingly small. Mrs. Holmes. an
old lady who was born in August,
l.S3, died IN Salisbury on Tuesday
morning last. She had reached an
age seldom allotted 10 mortals, dying
n her ninety-sixth year. Born In
the same wear which witnessed the
cessation Of the American rcyolu-
ton, she has lived through the
whole life Of the Republic. 49,. Dr.
j. l.. McCombs received a telegram
y ednesday afternoon from ". :.
Webster, a sporting man who lives
n this city. bnt whoi is now st Gail
ney City, ). c.. on the Air Line
Railroad, urging him 10 come Al
once TO Gaffneys :, and to bring hls
instruments with HIM. a he Web
ster) had been badly shot and the
ball had not been extracted. No
additional particulars have been re-
ceived here.
Mr.. i. VI. Murray. of Charlotte.
was fatally shot AT Rock Hill, :.
c., on Tuesday last. The Obserrsr
SAYS: L. C.. Murray and Bcnbow
90 into "A quarrel about some tri-
vial matter, during the progress Of
which Murray struck Benbow. L.
VI. Murray. the brother, then took
up the difficulty, threw Benbow on
the ground and began 10 beat him.
At this juncture several pistol
shots were fired by l.. {. Murray
and Benbow. 1t Is not definitely
known who fired the first shot, but
1t is thought that l.. {. Murray
did, endeayoring 10 hit Benbow,
whom his brother was at that time
holding down and beating. When
the parties were separated 1t WAS
found that Benbow had not been
touched, but that he had shot I.
VI. Murray while Murray was on
him, iniicting an ugly wound IN
the breast. The wounded man
was conveyed to u house near by.
when it was ascertaincd that there
was another and far more danger
Gus wound in the bowels. He died
next day. Arrests were made.
Goldsboro Messenger: \ little
girl of Dodd Spells, who lives near
Huntley's, IN Sampson county, was
bitten on her ankle, on Saturday
last, by a rattlcsnake, but the ef-
forts made to save the child's life
promise to be successful. At last
accounts she was doing well. \
fine bull dog, belonging to Mr..
Spells, heard the child screaming
when struck, and in killing the
snake was also bitten so severely
that he died the following day.
Our quiet little sister town, Mt.
Olive, had IA fire Sunday night, and
we regret to learn that the store
building occupied by Mcssrs. John
A. Royal 4 Go. was totally de-
troved, together with the entire
stock of merchandise of the firm,
valued at $1,000. The building
was the property of the David
Cobb estate, and there was no IN
surance on either the building or
goods. The new Methodist
church at Tabernacle, Greene
county, will be dedicated on Sun
day, the 18th of October, by DIR.
Gloss, the venerable Presiding
Elder of the Newbern District.
In England the cooperative sys.
tenn is having a very appreciate
effect on local trade. The object of
this system may be described as the
furnishing of members Of a trading
association, formed for the pur-
pose, with genuine and moderately
priced goods on the principle Of
ready money payments, the cheap
ness being secnrcd by economy Of
management and by ~contentment
with small profits. Notwithstand-
ing the opposition of retail and
, even of wholesale dealers, 1t has of
, late years made astonishingly rapid
!, progress in London, where there
are about thirty cooperative stores,
carrying OF an immense trade. The
chief company is the Civil Ser.
} vice Supply Association" which
) consists Of shareholders, OF mem.
t bers belonging to the civil service,
: who pay about 60 cents a year, and
of outsiders (who must be friend:
Of members Of shareholders who
pay s1.2j annually. All have the
same advantage in the purchase Of
goods; but while the civil service
members may have goods sem
home, carriage free, the other.
must take their purchases away
T with them, or pay for their carriage,
: The association now employs abou'