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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
Grass is King.

We find the above claim, SO often made in
\orthern Magazines and papers, that it is
u,ell for us to examine the subject, and see
# there is any truth III the assertion.
The following from the Live stock Re
oo;ved'' Is so well written and contains SO
inch truth. that we quote 1t for the tene-
- - our all Cotton Farmers. In Its direct
money value, and III all It's collateral and IN
d,rarf benefits, grass Is worth more TO the
world than ali the cereal crops combined.
Its aIrect, Is nothing III comparison to Its
indirect value, In the influence 1t has Ia pre-
serving the fertility OF our farms 10y It's ma
nurlal wealth III all Its forms. No man can
thrive on a 1arm-no farmer can be sell
SUPPORTING, where grass Is wholly neglected.,
ar advantage Is not taken OF stock raised on
other grass farms. The old Belgian prov
erb IS true, No grass no cattle. no cutie no
g1anuTe, no manure no % 1t Is sup
posed by many that only such soil as Is not
MT Tor cultivation III the cereals VI roots,
should be devoted TO grass. 1hls IS a mis-
take; we can afford to take our best soils Tor
the production OF this crop, and this Is the
real plan OF bringing them up to the highest
point OF fertility.
We of the South, nave for many years
claimed that cotton was king, and when we
add to its agricultural value, the lmmense
commercial and manufacturing value OF the
cotton crop, we are not certain, but that 1t Is
yet KING.
Whether cotton or grass is king makes
little difference to us, for so long as we con-
tinue TO raise cotton with Northern and
Western pork, -four and hay, and allow al
most the entire crop to be spun at the
North or III Europe, our Cotton Am
viii be- like the dethroned and exlled Napo-
leon family. Without a crown and without
power. Grass is rapidly making the North
ern and Western portion OF the United
States wealthy, and if properly and intelli-
gently managed it will greatly add to the
wealth and prosperity of the South. If one
tenth OF every Southern farm were to be
painted annually In corn, peas and crab
grass, 10 be turned under as manure the
other nine acres would produce more latter
Il few years. than Is now produced on
all.
.AGrass and clover can be grown in the
South with success and profit, as has been
proven by James Norwood, OF Hlllsboro, \.
e., and by \. b. Moore, of Augusta, ga,
[. W. Howard, kingston, Georgia and
many others. Cotton Is without doubt the
best money crop for the South, but III order
to make 1t profitable, we must not raise an
extra million bales OF cotton to be snapped
off at the North and West for the necessa-
ries ofIife, all of which should be produced
at home.
One acre in vegetables, and a few acres in
corn, potatoes, wheat and grass, with some
attention to the stocks, will enable almost
every family TO be self-sustaining.
GEORGE ALLEN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

Abiding to the stinginess of some of the
wealthier citizens of Memphis, a correspon-
dent predicts that this year there will be few
such instances of heroic self-sacrifice as oc-
CURED last year. Selishness invariably
s%titf1es the best promptings of the heart.
Men who acted bravely, and periodically
during the war-how foolish they were
1T killed, they are now forgotten; if Grip
pied, they are virtually forgotten, so far as
relates to receiving any aid from those for
whom they incurred the disablement. SO at
Memphis. AS the correspondent says -
sane man expects such spontaneous
Outpourlng OF charity as was given to the
poor of the South last year. Repeated APP
peals We're made to the rich of this cOmmu-
nifty for contributions to a general rellef
fund, without a response. Yet their pro-
perty-stores stuffed with goods and house
hold effects-is here at the mercy of the
thousands that may be driven to most terri
BILE extremes by want and hunger. The po-
lice, fire and military departments of the city
will be deserted, and not a hand left to even
warn away the rabble. A few cool heads
and brave hearts went through the ordeal
last wear, but few of them survived the
plague, and they nave profited by thai ex-
perience to learn that self preservation is the
first law, and no power on earth could induce
them to undergo those terrible scenes and
privations again. Few will remain during
another epidemic.
Now this is a fearful prospect truly. Tens
of thousands will flee, whilst the bummers
and robbers will remain in full force TO plum
der and destroy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF Az INNOCENT

ACCIDENTAL OF AN INNOCENT
MAN.-On Saturday last. Randall Jordan.
colored from Mr. He. Schriyer, Constable OF
cape Fear township, who had him under
arrest on the charge OF assault and battery.
since that time the escaped prisoner has sue
c~essfully eyaded the law Yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Schrlver heard that Jordan was at his
house, a short distance from Castle Hayne.
and summoned VIM. Jones and .Jno. Dudley
both colored, to assist the capture ofJordan,
The course OF procedure agreed upon was that
the three should surround the house last
night. Each man was given a stand and strict
lnJunctions were given that neither should
cave without giving some signs or warning.
y ones for reason lett his stand and ran down
the road toward Mr. Schriver's. Jones had his
pistol IN his hand and Mr.. 5. thinking it was
the escaped prisoner bearing down upon him
tor the purpose fight, ordered him four times
to stop. Jones made no reply, but kept on
his course when Mr. 5. took aim at his legs
and fired. He then hallooed for Jones telling
HIM he hal shot Jordan and ran a short dis
lance to a house near by for a lamp. Upon
his return Dudly sang out We have killed
Jones Mr. ,. was SO much surprised and griev
ed that he would not look the dead man but
went to his fathers house and sent assistance
to Dudley. This morning he came, reported
the case and gave himself to the authorities.
lie Is now under arrest awaiting the decls-
ION of the Coroner jury. The unfortunate
man Jones, was shot through the side and
died IN less than five minutes. He was alb
out 4 I years old and leaves a wife. During
the excitement which followed the the shoot
ing, Jordan made good his escape and is
now at large.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31
On the Wing.

CHARLOTTE, July Doth, 1879.
Leaving Raleigh yesterday evening | no
ticed on the train DIR. Pritchard, OH his wayto
Statesville, to deliver a lecture Wednesday
Rev. w. r. Gwaltney and family, COINS to
Wilkesboro, to spend a month, and II. I'll.
Battle and family who were gong to Asle-
vile to attend a meeting OF the directors
OF the Western Railroad.
At Mebanesyille we were reinforced by a
car load of excursionists, who seemed to be
Ill charge of Capt. S. II. Webb, OF Ala
nance, going to Asheville to spend several
days. They certainly mean to see some
pleasure if there is any to be seen. At
Greensboro Col. y. |. Scales got aboard. He
Is going to attend the directors meeting at
Asheville. Hon. w. L. Dortch, OF Gods
boro, Col. Van Richardson and Gen. W. T..
Roberts, went on a few days ago. also
noticed Mr. Murray aboard, travelling nthe
interest of Our State shoe factory at the
pemtentiary | mean. lie says he IS meet
Ing with fair success-can sell good shoes as
cheap as they can be bought at the North.
Our train was III charge Of that polite and
gentlemanly conductor, Capt. Jordan. All
along the road they seem to have had abun-
dant rains the last few days, and late corn
VIII be much improved by it. L am the
guest OF Maj. Eccles, the prince of hotellstS.r
j.. w. ID.
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A MORMON MURDERED- C.

A MORMON MURDERED.-ATLANTA. Ga.
July %, ! 9.-Your correspondent has Sc
cured the sworn statement OF Roger Claw
son, who was the colleague of Standing. the
Mormon elder who was murdered. He saws:
AS Standing and | were going along the
road, three horsemen rode up out OF the
words, drew their pistols and ordered us to
stop. We did SO. Eight other horsemen,
all armed, rode out OF the woods and the
crowd ordered us to march into the woods,
saplng they were going to whip us till we
were TIMBER AS we turned, one of them
knocked me down and others struck Stand
ing. When we stopped some of them dis
mounted. One of them laid his pistol down
and Standing took it up, levelled it at the
horsemen and demanded their surrender.
= man rode up from behind the tree
and shot Standing. They cried Shoot
him., pointing to me. | folded my arms
and faced them. They then retired. [
examined Standing and found he wa dead.
The bullet tore away the bridge OF his nose
and cut a large cash in his forehead. went
get held, and when | returned they had
come back and riddled his head and neck
with bullets" CIawson has gone to Utah,
but has employed lawyers to prosecute, and
will come back.
The Coroner's jury named the murderers
and recommended their immediate arrest,
but they cannot be found, and it is said they
have fled to Tennessee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

-Balboa's weary Spaniards dropping
upon their knees with outstretched hands,
shouting The Sea The Sea! The Sea =
after many months of gloomy wandering, in
the wilderness could not have been more
.ioy-flled than were our people of all classes,
on Friday, when the darkened Heaven s
gave down HEN glorious benisons, and from
every mill, shop, and counting-room, went
up the glad cry of lis rain! lis ram ! :,
Yes. it was rain at last Refreshing rain !
Crop saving rain! Rain for the country,
and trade for the town! How eagerly the
parched earth drank up the first cooling
drops! How the trees, the grasses, the
shrubbery, rustled and plumed themselves,
shaking off the yellow dust, and futterlng
their green leaves, like young ducks wad-
ding into a cool stream at midday. All
Nature enjoyed the glorious bath. As saith
the poet:
"Then dropped the fading flowers their beauty fled,
And closed their sickly eyes and hung the head,
All slrivelled up with heat, lay dying in their bad-'
TO-DAY!
..The timorous maiden blossoms on eacn oonsh
Peeps forth in their first bushes; 50 that now
A thousand ruddy hopes smile i'll each bred,
And fatter every greedy eye.'
Wadesboro Herold: The hog cholera IS
very prevalent in the southern portion OF
this county. We learn that the following
persons had hogs to die during the past two
weeks: Chapman Jeans Il, Lew Horne
Is. W. p. Little 20, Dave Smith Is, and
Rich Talton %. - Mr.. Joe Lowe, living
on the plantation of B. Y. Henry, ESD,
near Lilesville, was bitten by a snake on
Friday morning last, on his arm, and IS IN a
very critical condition. - we are pleased
to be able to say that work has commenced
on the Cheraw 4 Wadesboro roadln earnest,
and that every effort will be used to push
the work to an early completion.
The Georgia Senate has passed a bill TO
prevent the dealing and gambling IN cotton
futures. 1t ought to become a law, tor no
man is safe land no mans wife and children
are safe from want aud misery who flsks
his property or capital at gambling OF any
sort. We know several men III North Caro-
lima who were rich, or very we'll OF III the
world two or three years ago, but VINO
have lost all in cotton futures ana are
now broken down in energy and spirits II not
in business character. -Den.ocIat.
Ex-Sheriff r. S. Harris, of Cabarrus, who
has had a siege of illness which carried him
to deaths door, is recovering, as we are re-
ioiced to learn from the Concord Register.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

EtHtoys Farmer and Nechonic Reading
that you are going to answer certain false
charges made by certain papers for political
ends, [ write to add my testimony against
them. have lived in North Carolina nine
wears, and know of some 300 Northern
families who haye been in the State for
several years.
OF all those who let politics alone, | have
not heard "a word of complaint nor have |
any to add. | will say further that vote
for who | please, and never have been ques-
toned this way or that way.
Northern men going into politics must ex-
Meet oDposition. Our native born politicians
get it. 1t is natural for politicians to pick
at one another. If they ever did any little
mean act it will be sure to be thrown at them,
whetherthey be from the North or the South
NV opinion is this, those who wish to enter
into %politics should have good records or
else they had better keep out altogether.
n. PLUMADORE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

Six men started from Port Coleburn in a
boat on the Sd inst, intending to celebrate
the 4th In Buffalo. Nothing more was
heard of them until a few days ago when
the dead bodies of five OF them were
found washed ashore near Beaver Island. 4
toatltg bottle was also found which contained
"a paper with the following written upon it ::
July Sd, | 2. NJ. We cannot weather it
any longer. Give up all hope. Good-by.
SIX men from Port Colbuan'
A large ntmber Of suits have been brought
against Allegheny county, Pa, to recover
damages toi property destroyed during the
riot at Plttsburg two years ago. The SUI
preme court has decided that the county in
stead of the company is liable, and claims by
the hundred are rushing in. The loss for
which the county is liable is about 80, 100,
900.
CHICAGO, July PA special to the 7ii-
Lune from Quincy, Ill, says that a band of
determined men entered the jail where
Frank Hobbies, colored, was confined on a
charge of crilminally assaulting and nearly
killing Mrs. Fergusan at Redding, Pike
county, shot him dead and dragged his body,
rddled with bullets, through the streets.
His victim had identified him.
A Paris dispatch says it is reported that
several officers who attended the requiem
mass for the Prince Imperial at the Church
of st. Augustine have been removed and
others sent to Algeria. The law which en-
powers the government to expel Jesults
from France has never been repealed. 1t IS
believed the government will enforce them.
The Register said a bad little Concord
darkev, stabbed a small boy, son OF John
Allison, colored, IN a quarrel last Sunday.
The wound was inflicted In the back, with a
barlow knife. and is severe.
We trust the rains We're general through
out the State. Our crops, IN the main,
were never better, and though great fears OF
the drought prevailed, We mag now hope for
better things.
The Pope has addressed a circular to the
Bishops throughout the Catholic world,
calling on them to promote a monster clerl-
cal pilgrimage to Rome for the next feast OF
Epiphany. :,
house, which the Erie railwav Is building
near East Buffalo, fell in Satu. d ), seriously
injuring twelve workmen.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

GoLDsBoKo MESSENGER NEws.-Mr.
Colburn, of Carteret caunty, has shipped
nearly 50,O0O watermelons to the North this
season, others in that section have also made
large shipments.-The Exchange Hotel.
in this town, Merritt & Bunting, proprietors,
has collapsed, and the house has closed -
Hon. w. T. Dortch left here Thursday night
for New York on business in the interest of
the Western North Carolina Railroad. From
New York he will 60 direct to Asheyille to
attend a meeting Of the Directors this week.
We learn that a shooting affair occurred
in Snow Hill township, Greene county last
week between constable Stocks and a negro
named Reid, whom he endeavored to arrest
on "a warrant for larceny issued by III. II.
Best, Esq. The negro had previously es-
capped from the officer. Reid fred at Stocks.
but we are glad to learn without any damage.
He succeeded in making his escape again.
The railroad canvass is progressing in
Greene county. At Bull Head the speakers
were DR.. w. S. Jones and S. A. Busbee.
both for county subscription. There was no
opposition. We learn that at the Speight' S
Bridge gathering, Hon. j. p. Speight and
DIR. b. I. Person spoke in opposition to the
subscription. There is to be a grand hop
night, the 3lst inst.-Mrs. w. 7. Dortch
10 SDClulIS OHC II cCdSOI Will ICldtlkc Is
near Ellicott's Mills, in Maryland.-It
will pain every one of our readers to learn
that the body of Miss Bessie, the eldest of
Capt. Oaksmith's daughters, has not yet
been recovered, and all hopes of recovering
it are about abandoned .-Mr. Jacob
Bronaugh Baker, a we'll known citizen of
this town, died at the residence Of his sister,
near Mount Olive, Friday morning, July
25th, aged 40 years. We learn that the
store of Messrs. Sugg Bros, in Hookerton
township, Greene county, was struck by
lightning on Thursday evening of last week,
and two young men. Messrs. Jewell and
Tilghman, who were sitting in the door at
the time, were considerable stunned, the
first so seriously that it was some time before
he recovered from the effects of the shock.
The building took fire but it was soon ex-
tinguished, and but little damage was done.
Three small children, colored, the eldest
abo 1t five, were burned to death last Satur-
day, on Cicero Grifin's farm, IL miles below
Hookerton. Their father, lobe Churchwell,
left them to take a walk, and on returning
he found the house on fire, and so far con-
| sumed that, as he says, it was impossible tO
render assistance. The children and house
burned up together. -The Rochester On.
W Democrat chronicles an attempt to steal
a $50, 600 dog, last week, from the dog show
near that city. The dog is called Dash Ill,
Decimal, which it is claimed is worth $50, 900,
| and is in charge Of the Rev. MIR. Macedonia,
| of England. Dash III. is a companion to
the red dog Rover, an Irish setter, valued at
$40, 600. We are also pleased to learn that
Dash is a brother to the two Irish settlers
owned by our townsman Henry 2. Dortch,
Esq, which were imported to this country
by Capt. Murchison of Wilmington, and
presented by him to Mr.. Dortch.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

RAILROAD PoLITICs.-It looks as if the
railroad ~squabbles may nave a good deal to
do with filling the Gubernatorial chair next
year. The Wilmington Star and Rerteu
both are firing sharply at Gov. Jarvis for his
action IN relation to the Newbern Road.
The Goldsboro Nail defends him, and Mai.
w. a. Hearne comes to the rescue with a
letter to the Charlotte Observer, in which he
mentions incidentally that the series of arti-
cles on the North Carolina System"
printed in the Raleigh Observer, from De
cembcr to May inclusive, would have occupied
him for the next two years or more but for
the change of policy on the part of the pa
per going with its recent change of owner
ship: reports say Capt. A. b. Andrews
will have 81 200 salary as superintendent of
the New Berne Road, which will be virtually
run as a section OF the North Carolina Rail
road. There are many rumors, but they
can be readily seen through if held up to-
wards the light.
The Charlotte Observer has had several
leading editorials that at any rate do not
mince words. Here is a sample -
Under the delusive cry of a North Caro-
lima SYSTEM and undert the careful manipu-
latlOn OF Gov. Jarvis, as it comes to us-and
II we are incorrect we trust we shall be cor
rected-all the schedules Of the railroads in
the State are run In the interest of the Rich
mond Il Danville Railroad, which has swal-
lowed up the North Carolina Railroad, has
at least a strong hold upon the management
of the Western North Carolina Railroad,
and which is but another name for the Penn
s~ylvania Railroads. corporation which is in
truth and verify without a soul.
Can there be a niger in the wood-pile''
in regard to this matter? Is it true that
Gov. Jarvis is catering for the influence of
certain railroad corporations for the influence
and support he expects to receive when the
time comes to name his successor? and that
to secure this he is alternating from his stan
dard two-thirds of the best people of the
State who so understand it? IF this be
treason make the most Of it" Away with a
North Carolina policy" which tears down
Charlotte and Wilmington to build up Rich
mond and Baltimore. Away with a North
Carolina system which exists only in
name. except to tatten aliens upon the life
blood of North Carolina people and North
Carolina interests, when managed in the Sc
cret councils of intriguing politicians, and
away with a candidate for Governor who
would seek to foist himself into power by
bringing poverty to his own people, while he
extends apples of gold to those who have no
interest but to use him in the accomplish
ment of their own selfish purposes"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

g. Blackwell 4 Co., have been negotiating
tor the sinking of an a~rtesian we'll upon their
factory premises, and probably with their
usual enterprise will furnish us with the first
fAahP PIE OF such wells in this State.-HiWs-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-07-31

NORTHERN SETTLERS PICNIC.-On the
10th the Northern Settlers had a picnic at
St. Bernard's Hill, Orange county some Of
the %neighbors also being invited. Al! had a
pleasant time, and expressed themselves
we'll pleased with the country, and feel per-
fectly free in the enjoyment of every civil
and political privilege. All reports to the
contrary are false, as every Northern man
there will testify. VICTOR.
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Russell Emmett, member of Congress
from the Pittsburg, Pa, district, one day
last week in alighting from a load OF nay at
his farm fell and broke one OF his ribs.