The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31
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adjourn to day, Wednesday. 1t IS a
greet relief for the Judges to escape
the hot months in Raleigh; but they do
not really have much relief as the
| Docket is already far ahead of them,
| and the coming vacation will give 1t q
fresh start.
"A r~ascally misplaced switch at .
a turnout beyond Princeton, ditohed
the locomotive Of the 'Shoo Fy
train on Monday night, and made
quite a wreck; though the passenger
coaches adhered TO the rails. No ar
rests as yet.
The guano blockade has not yet
been broken at Portsmouth. The road
has not enough cars to the
freight.-Warrenton Gazette.
Millions oftons Of Baltimore and New
York fertilizers have come South al
ready.
Pleased to have a visit from Mr.
w. G. Rencher, Of Pittsboro, who IS
giving some attention to the subject OF
Immigration. He has addressed a letter
to the Board of Agriculture making a
number of suggestions based observa-
! tions while for several years = resident
of Londsn.
Those who know how assiduously
and successfully DIR. Thomas ID. Hogg
has served as enc of the Executive
Directors of the Deaf, Dumb, and
Blind Asylum, will regret that he has
resigned therefrom. Though we have
no doubt Capt. r. T. Gray, whom Gov.
Jarvis has appointed to the vacancy,
1yiII make AN effective member of the
Board.
By the by, we congratulate our
friends, Gray & Stamps. No firm in
the city is more actively employed, yet
one of the partners the Presbyterian
has been for several years in the penl-
Tertiary Board; while the Other-the
Methodist brother,-has just gone to
the d. d. & B.
why do you oppose the Rail-
roads? Surely you see the need we
have for them in the State" etc., etc.
etc.
Gracious Goodness man, what can
you mean? How could you have read
our paper for three years without no
ting column after column of accounts Of
Railroad meetings, surveys, improve
ments, ETC., tc.-showing the livellest
interest in all manner of Railroad enter
prises? There is not a better friend to
Railroad, both old and new, completed or
planned, than the Farmer and Mechdn-
&c. We hope 10 see the day when the
map of North Carolina will look like a
spyder web. 1t is not Railroads we OPP
pose, but Ratlroad Rings. 1t is not
the actual working lines We denounce,
but the underground wire pulling.
The root of the trouble lies In the
fact that the State of North Carolina
pretends to own the chief lines in the
State but does not own them, except for
political and tar paying purposes. Ii
the State should sell or give away every
dollar of her Railroad stock, it wonld
be a blessing to the people.
No, We repeat, the Farmer and
Mechanic is the heartiest friend of ev-
cry railroad In the State and believes
In giving a charter to every man, wo-
man., or child, who will agree to build
five, ten, twenty, or n hundred miles
of track-Wth pirate means. We
hold that Railroads are the greatest
benefaction of the day, and must re
main So, until somebody ~invents an air
ship. We hold that every mile of track
benefits the country, no matter how
badly managed it may be.
But when the Railroad corporations
(mark the distinction between the man
agement, and the money bag -holders),
combine with politicians to log-roll for
factlonal, partlzan, or personal ends;
and when they use stock of the State to
enhance their power, then is time for
the press to stand by the people.
The Central Committee of the
Prohibition Organization, Rev. DIR.
Skinner chairman, has issued an adj
dress calling for a State Convention of
Prohibitionists to meet in Raleigh at
5 p. m. on Wednesday, April 81. The
following is an extract: 1t is greatly
desired that every county in the State
should be represented by at least two
delegates, or more, if they wish to
come.
1--WE believe that a large majority of
the voters of the State desire the rati-
tication of the law. IF you can intiu-
ence your county commissioners to re-
fuse license until after the election, so
that we can have a fair and sober vote.
the result will be victorious beyond
the most sanguine expectations.
"The object of the convention will be
organize every county in the State for
the campaign, which, on both sides,
will be vigorous. Our friends are
ready for the contest, and already many
influential and able citizens have offered
their services as carvassers before the
people.
Several able speakers will deliver
addresses before the convention in
April, and must see to it that your
county is represented. Hold county
and township mass meetings and adj
dress the people, and urge them to
elect their representative, and supply
them with credentials and pay their
expenses if necessary.
We want the largest and ablest con-
vention ever assembled in tn. State.
The cause is worthy of it, and God
and the people will favor the work.
Efforts will be made to supply, as far
as possible, homes for the delegates.
The colored people will be largely
represented in the convention and
heartily Welcomed"
WHEEL WITHIN A WHEEL.-Tbe
Durham county campaign seems to be
ravolvipp clorI,- but ,r,.lo, -