The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-17

We to-iav report al subscriptions re
celved by Is TO date, both By letter and by
agents. II YOU have sent or paid money.
aud 1t has u0t appeared IN this column,
please write toiihe editor at once.
-Messrs. S. X. Scott & Co., Mebanes-
vile, May 10, -.
N. Dumout, Esq, CASTOR county
April 20, So. Captain Dunont who was
IN the city last week attending a suit in
the Supreme Court, (Which he gained,
We hear in respect to one Of the cotton
factories In which he is interested, gave
u, a pleasant call. and will furnish an ac-
count of manufacturing in that flourish
ing section. He does not claim the credit,
but there is not much doubt that his
letter to Mr.. Edward Atkinson Of Boston
urging that a Cotton Exposition be held
at Atlanta, gave the impetus 10 the sub
ject which eventually evoluted into the
Exposition. which, with all It's ab-urdities
and short c0mings, must ever stand a., tie
first b.cak III the Sold SoCth'-ugri
cu'turrW speaking.
Col. &. 5. Win>tead coming in to
renew Ito Merch l.. 's3l. gave Us many
interesting items about the good oIuty
Of Person, and the hopes o. the Person
lists that another year may bing railway
counecti ~ with the capitol VIA Durham.
Hlllsbnro, Grahanl, ;icb4.es lie. or
some other poill nr ,uc y {. Il. Z
Soutii o. Milton We hoarti'y eclo the
wish. The day will come when We shall
Wonder how the rich Northern tier Of
counties, Granville. Person, Caswell,
Rockingham, Stokes, etc, 50 long re
mained-''so near, and yet so far
And here Is u letter irom NJ. MOrll.
sou, OF Cameron enclosing his own re-
newal to May 20, 'S3, aud q complimen
tary six months to his brother IN Harnett.
The day he wrote was the 18th Of May,
anniversary of that heroic day when Grant
hurled $50 600 veterans of the flower OF
the Northern army upon the 80, OF
Lees war-weary, march-weary, sleep
weary, b~attle-weary Southerners, the ma
iority of whom had tramped aud fought
all day. and dug bitches all night, for the
whole week previous. The 100000 were
thrown upon the 50, 900. and then they
were thrown back again and at night
fall there were more dead and crippled
Federals outside of Lees lines than there
were living Rebels within. But such
work as this rarely fails to be as disas-
trOus to the victor, as to the vanqulshed.
; So while Grant lost whole heaps Of
foreigners, substitutes. bounty jumpers,
etc., the South lost twelve thousand Of
her bravest sons. And there were one
to replace them
Among the slain was a brother Of friend
Morrison, and he sends his subscription,
from an ex-Reb to one"
} Maj. A. D. Crudup, Franklin, May
=, 80.
Col. w. H. S. Burgwyn. a proml-
neIt lawyer of Baltimore, pleasantly re
news to March IA. 'S3.
$ Capt. w. j. Young, a clever youne
friend 10 Robson who sometimes give.
] us the news from that section, renews tC
Oct. 20, 'S3.
Maj. John W. Graham of HillsborC
J was in town last week, attending the Su
preme Court, and as usual handed us his
renewal, to Nov. 9, 80. Next day came
the renewal of Mai. VIM. A. Graham o
Lincoln, always prompt, AMI always a
t his own motion, which adds ten per cen
t to the value of the money for We do NOR
, tally hate to send accounts. We like t,
feel that u subscribers are gentlemen
/, and our friends, who would rather pay u
81, than defraud us out of s., or even t.
deprive us of the use Of it for a day longe
than they can help.
This, by the by, ought to be the view
J. taken BY all debtors, in all the walks 0
life. If 3 man earns 800 of your money
7 and, instead OF paying you, he puts 1t II
/ bank or uses 1t for'other purpose, he ough
not only to get your consent to his keep
t ing it, but also pay you a reasonable IN
terest Tor it isn't has money,-it is yours
as soon as you earned it, according to con
| tract. If you had 1t, you could use it il
such a way as to pay you ten per cent
So if he keeps your 800 for twelve month
:. he forces you to lose $40.
OF course it isn't always possible to pa
5 promptly, and, by common consent amor
poor folks small debts. like subscrip
tions, advertisements, etc., are allowed
! to run along from year to year, withou
e any claim of interest or discount. WhicI
n is all right enough-provided the credito
cannot without loss, or extreme lncon
venience, pay up 10 which case he Ough
to frankly SO state 10 the person who's
: money he uses.
Our remarks. however, are chiefly fo
! another class who hare the means, an
Z; who say-"Well, I've got the money, bu
. its in bank. drdUing interest, and l don
care to check for small amounts Ca
q again! Any time in a week or two!'
We have heard such just remarks an
have wondered how it would sound to RI
$ ply-'Ail right. Then iii add one pc
J. cent a month To the bill, rs you'll no
r want to draw interest on my money, Q
course
: Now. then. here i. 4 clever note fror
s one of our clever eountymea. NJ. w. But
taloe, Esq, renewing to Nov. %. 8:
: and adding a new subscriber. Mr.. K. A
Butfaloe, Nov. 10. 80 Glad to nave sue
subscriber.
And the same remark applies t
e Capt. John f. Woodland, a rising youn
Wilsonian. whose subscription IS paid t
May 10. 'S3. He is an ex editor, and S
y is Mr. Wesley Whitaker who renewed las
: week. They practice what they used t
d preach.
And prompt to the day comes the re
! newal of DR.. w. H.: Davis of Kittrel
May Z, 'S3.
And another friend, in the same gloriou
d profession. DR.. Geo. E. Matthews Jun
IS lst. 'S2) together with a letter warml
q endorsing Judge Fowle for Congressman
ar-large, and expressing certain sent
ments on the manipulations of Rings, til
power ana corruption Of schemlnk corpe
c .