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

aUu Is Hkely 10 DO WeH- 30 WISH We.
Our thanks are due TO the following
gentl.m n for subscriptions handed to
Col !" w Carraway, the genial canvasser
for the Daily Observer:
Sheriff D. A. Grantham of Wayne,
Dec |, 50: county Register Il ID Lunce-
ford, ofJohnston, Oct $50; Dr. Beck
with, Smithfeld, Sept | So; " Weldon,
S%mithfeld, May %, 81; D S Avera,
Clayton, April 10, So; j J Harper, Esq,
Wilson. Mills, July /. So.
Also Capt E d Foxhall. Tarboro, July
|, 80 and Col A J Heath. ~Smithheld,
Dee -, So. Both old friends of the
( 4 NJ. Capt F, is Secretary Of the
Edgecombe Fair. Hope it is doing well.
If our crops come up TO present prospects.
the Fairs this fall should make a fne dis
play.
John H Small, Esq, Washington, y
{, March s., SO Away. pleased 10 add
young lawyers TO our list for notwith
standing the measure of prejudice land
in SONS cases Justifable prejudice against
the profession of the Law, IL IL un1eniA
BILE that a majority Of the greatest states
men, and most emmett public leaders.
In every crisis OF history, we're of that
profession. And doubtless among the
young attorneys of to-day are men who
thirty years hence will stand a. the pill
lars 81 the State, leader. IN all useful and
patriotic N tcrprises.
Per Col ) p Horton,--Hon f. W Pos
SmiJh6eld, Sept l6, 50; w II Moring,
Esq, Smithfield. Sept Is, So. L c Rob
inson, Esq, Selma, Oct 10 IS, 80 new
Per j E Buchan, Esq, q friend al
Manly City, Moore county; Mr. G W
Shaw, and Mr.. II. G.. Mcdonald, beth
paid to Nov 3, 80. Manly is a good
name, and Moore too. And we should
like to have nine more men to match oul
present manly nine
CE Dunn, ESQ, Leadvale, Tenn, Apr
l., SO. At last We have direct daily com
m~unication with Leadvale, via Ashvill'
and Warm Springs.
w d Wicksr, Esq, Carbon county
Penna, Sept Is, 80, another ex-Caroli
man who desires to near from his ole
friends. By the by, if YOU have An,
kinsmsn or friend in other States whom
you suppose would lik, to keep poste,
on North Carolina matters, please do II
the favor to send n cop OF the + & NJ
with a mark around the ssbscriptlo.
price. Or if any one will seEd 81. %, an
the naue Of five friends living outsis
of n. G, we Will mail a copy of the pa.
per to each Of them, for tWo months. q.
Trial Trip.
Dr. w L Kennedy, S%tonewall, Pamlic
county, Dec |, 80, and a friend, FL
true! He spent several days in the city
and gave US a pleasant call.
From the as yet unorganized count
of Earpsboro, or Four County Corner,
comes DIR. A. j.. Battle-to make tn
one hundred and forty ninth Physical
on the Farmer and Mechanic list. Nov
T who will make the fftieth? DR.. Battl
gave US a pleasant call last week.
MIR. J K Page, Clayton, April %, 8:
Capt. Jas. A Turrentine OF Alamanc
is prompt as usual. At the time he cal.
ed, he was en- route to Suffolk, %conveyin
home the remains of his father-in lax
Elk Judge Kilbey, whose residence W
: recollect stood directly ia front of Lon
streets batteries during { he siege of Sd
folk.
BIZ Wilder, Esq. Of Franklin, re- ev
to Dec 20. 80. And N B Cannady. E,c
: of Oxford, to March /, 'S3; prompt F,
5 usual. These gentlemen always rem
without notification; for which they hav
our thanks.
} And so, also, Mr.. +. Kitchener, al
other good citizen Of franklin, who senc
5 renewal to Feb |, 'S3, by Mr. } p joy
ner, Of this city, h attends to a 2ret
t deal Of business for Franklin people
t OF whom We are pleased t" add t" ct
list, Mr. 2 G Person. Nav |, 'S3 new.
An agreeable call from Sheriff J
Monoer Of Moore county, brings Us n
newals for MrJ j Tyson, Fair Have
5 May Is, 80 and Mr. Isaac \ Edwards.
Carthage. to May ~, 81, So. Thank
r gentlemen.
Sheriff Monger tells us about the SAM
ford homicide. Wm Peoples is the CO
I ored servant at ''The McIvers' store
!, Sandfcrd. Morris Newer, colored, an
one or two other negroes crowded arouL
t Peoples, and showed him against II
wall. Finally, Morris struck Bill, wi
then grasped an ha.chet, n killed IN
by a single blow. Peoples was taken
Jail. He declares that he did not stril
to kill.
Walter P. Williamson, Esq. Tia
5 boro, in renewing to March 10, 'S3, b
a kind word for the f. & NJ, which '
y appreciate. AS mentioned last week
8 has received the appointment as Pos
master of TarborO, and being a your
! man of generous pOlitI
aside-will doubtless administer the Off
b with respect to public convenience.
And here is a pleasant letter fro
Sheriff Thos. J. Hardison, of Arson, W
savs-"we all like the f.. & NJ" and
g prove it e%ncloses 81 for J. D. Pemberto
ESQ, Of Wadesboro. (Feb y, 1877, al
n g for j. G.. McRae, Esq MAY |, 8.
d and 81 for himself, Dec. II, 81. Mu'
obliged, gentlemen and we hope you W
t pick up other friends wherever you ca
IN your iourneying to and fro on ofic
dutv. Arson has two excellent paper
d but the F. & NJ. does not conflict WI
them, (nor the county papers in any pa
of the STATED, for it occupies a differe
It field, aiming to give the gist Of the Ne
all around the State; SO that-outside
of Wake-our readers almost all ia
u !. their paper also.
}. E. Page. Clayton, April %, 80.
F. M. Godfrey, Esq. Pasquotan
!, Oct. p 80 (newl. We should take it
II a favor if our friends in that region Won
exert themselves, at public meetings. a
. gatherings, to extend the circulation
< the Fn,mer and Mechnnic. as we ha
. high faith in the future Of that secti
. of North Carolina. and trust the day
not far distant when the paper C
. whirl along in half a day. via. Mas
Edgecombe, Edentou, and Queen Bes
town!
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