The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-03
Supplement to List Of North Car
oItna Newspapers, as Given
Last Week.

flcdly that We omitted some features o,
various papers that might have beer
of interest. In truth, the article a
originally given to the printers would
have filled the entire paper, ard in con
densing we left u many things whicH
would have been pleasant for Us 70 re
mark.
Since last issue we have received
specimen copies of a number of jour
nails.
DR.. Thos. F. Wood sends Us a copy
Of the North Cdroitna Hedicat journal,
printed monthly at Wilmington, and
devoted to topics Of interest and ,a:ue
to the medical fraternity. 1t is good
size magazine, Of 80 pages, at 50 =
year.
Capt. John T Patrick sent the
MtcIgehcr. printed At Wadesboro.
-tatawbl Mercury !, printed at
Catawba station, weekly we believe.
-LeIoir Topic has just received \
new power press.
Mr.. G.. l.. Paschall is local editor
of the Winston Sentinel.
1t has been an open secret that Mr..
John Is. llussey Is editor Of the Greens
boro Neacs. lie now issues a card an
%nouncing himself as Editor, and has
changed from .Uorntngto Erenng, News.
1t is we'll named. Will soon be enlarged
to a 30 column paper.
Capt. Jas. w. Albright
that Mr.. Thomas, the publisher OF the
Greensboro Bugfe will enlarge it as soon
as the North State receives its new
steam power press, which has been or
dered
The fact hat four steam power
presses have been brought for North
Carolina since first OF January indicates
that steam" Is getting up" some
where.
We have received the prospectus
Of the Weekly Reporter, a new paper to
be started at Rocky Mount, by Mr.. w.
J.. Fitzgerald. We hope he may be
successful in giving 10 the people of that
county a paper worth oftheir patronage,
and believe he will The first issue will
make its appearance May 18th.
The Students Nonthiy, published
by Adam Davis, Jr., Principal Of the
La Grange High School, and edited b.,
u. w. Newborn, of Green county, JET
ferson Davis, of Lemon, and Botj. A.
Sutton, of Wayne, students of the
school.
Wilson Adcance has enlarged, and
shows a nice clean face of new tyre
So does tle Near6craloR.
Greensboro Bugtc says: The North
Carolina National is the title OF a new
National Tor Greenback) paper, which
will make It's appearance on Thursday
May i, 1882, with g. l.. Greeson as
managing editor.
The Newspaper men, 40 Or more in
number, appear to have been hand
soniely entertained by the good people
of North Eastern Carolina ; and there
was a jolly ball at which the younger
editors waltzed in, as if they had been
used to Press work" all their lives.
Geo. S. Bradshaw, Esq, was elected
President for the ensuing year. II. A.
London, ESD, Orator. Miss Rebecca
Cameron, of Hills boro, was invited to
prepare the annual poem to be read at
the next convention "a we'll deserved
compliment
Waynesville, Haywood county, was
chs sen as next place of meeting.
We are requested to State that the
name of the new paper at Wilmington
is not the Industrial South, as stated last
week, Uut rue 1seU SOutN, al ihuuo
trial paper. Mr.. E. 4. Oldham is edi-
tor and proprietor.
In some way the figures giving the
ages Of the Concord papers became
transpo.ed. The San we are informed,
was established in 1878, instead of 1875,
the latter being the date of the Register.
A Recapitulatiou shows 9 dallies,
80 weeklies, 3 semi-weeklies, 2 BIZ
weeklies, 8 monthlies, and a number of
amateur journals. Total l25.
-Rowell puts the total press of the
Union at 10.6Il papers. New York
leads with 1879; Penna. s75; Illinois,
$50; Ohio. 692 I)wa, $50; Missouri,
500; Indiana, 459; Michigan, 452;
Mass. 420.
1t is not pleasant to reflect that young
States which twenty years ago were
wild backwoods, roamed by savages,
now have four and five times as many
newspapers as North Carolina which
one hundred years ago was the 4th
State in the Union.
We omitted also the Beaufort Tel
ephone. Have never seen a copy.
Also, The Chronicle, by MIR. A. III
Dowcll, in Raleigh. Recently started.
The Republicans have seven week
lies in North Car, lima. viz 1.-THE NeWs
a. Asheville the Mountain Voice, at
Bakersville the American, at States
vile; the Republican,, at Winston ; the
North State at Greensboro the Caro-
L,n,an at Elizabeth City, and the Post
at Wilmington. There are also several
papers which lean In that direction.
There are also several colored papers.
Two Republican editors, 500 miles
!, apart, both strong party men, and both
ex-soldiers of the Federal Army enc at
Pasuuotank on the coast, n at Bun
combe on the mountains. unite to bear
testimony to the unrivalled resources OF
the State, and the entire freedom OF
personal and political action.
Our best thanks to the Goldsboro
Messenger, Rutherford. Banner. Even
ing Visitor, Wilmington Star, Newbern
Journal, Sta1esvilie Ldndnark, and
nerhaps other journals, for kindly men
= ton of last weeks Farmer and Me
chdnic.
BY the death of Rev. N. BOwen, the
BoDtist Telescope, at Hendersonville,
came to end; and a new paper called
!. The Blue Ridge Baptist has been start
ed at the same place by Rev. Jos. T.
Garter. well known in Eastern Carolina
and Rev. d. B. Nelson, OF JudsoI
College. NJ,
Capt E A Moye, one of our Pit
: county subscribers, who has represent
ed that county in the Legislature once
..,Js nc spacimpDS of IN.