The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-07-19
Acknowledgements and Cor
respondence.
Vance county; Mrs VI B Wright.

III 9bt "Ie II OoAltu.
JohBsons Mills Jan IL. 50.
Burke county; Mrs J J Erwin, Jan
5, 50.
10, So. Mrs Geo W Norwood. Any 10.
50. And thank, for sour always prompt
renewals Madame. And. also Mr. Capt
w I Tucker, March -. 50.
Sampson county. Mrs VI S Kerr.
Harrelfs store, Jan II, SO. 81.
Onslow, Mrs Lucy c Duffy. Jan II. 's3.
Granville, Mrs Della Venable, Oct %.
80 Evans Tanner, Esq, Jan II. 'S3.
w w Cozart, Esq, Jan -, 's3 DR.
Vim. Thorpe, Oct 20, 50. Mr.. Beuja-
min Thorpe, Oct 20, -.
Carteret, Chas Lowenberg, Jan,l2. 's3.
Edgecombe, f 9 Knight, Esq, Oct i,
80.
Caswell. Thos j Womack. Ed. june
10, 'S3. Thanks, sir.
Alexander, j p Matheson, Esq, Jan
), 'S3.
Stanly, Sam J Penbertou. E.q. jan
II, 50.
Surry, James 5 Reeves. Esq, Oct Il.
Franklin, W II Joyner. Esq. Dec 3.
81, John & Winston. Nov 4. 81.
Halifax. Edward Wills, Esq. Jan 3
So. Thanks sir, and your suggestion is
good We are eudeavoring t. secure
means Tor charging, and hope TO begin
TINS fall with many improvements.
BuncoIbe, Rev j " Nandiver. Nov
20, 50. Our .~tout-heaIted. out-spoken
TREND In the "iIIll-cuuntry.' has a fine
Garden-seed farm at Weaveryille. and can
supply the hcalthie>t OF home reared seed
Ut any plant you wish.
Richmond COUNTY; \. Pearsall. at
Whitaker & p, srsall, saw miilisrs. Hutf
man, Oct 10, So. Capt Jas + LeGrand.
Feb Is, 50. and much obliged. sir.
DIR. b IL Garrett. June 3, 's3. Glad to
hear the doctor thinks OF trying silk cul
ture on a modest scale. 1t is bound to be
one ofthe big industries of South Cen
tral y. {. before a dozen years
Nash, I A Stills, Esq, Sept 10, 50; and
thanks for your good word.
Manly n Cameron, Esq. July !, 80:
A Mcmillan, Esq, Jan }, IS. Thanks,
~gentlen Ell.
Rowan, Henry Balringer. Esq, Jan II,
So.
r~arloro, c IL Kin, Esq. Nay -, SO
and Il very KIND letter referring to the
paper IN too complimentary terms; though
we appreciate the good will, and feel en-
couraged by the Appreciation, of .urh
friends.
-Iredeli county, EIils II Powell, Esq,
q w Smith, FG Tharpe, OF 10. 50, COO.
Halifax county. Isaac \ Smith, Esq,
Ma, 10, IS; and thanks. sir, for YOU re-
neval. 1t IS a pleasant thing for the ID
itor to know that . majority of the pres
ent subscribers have been with him for
five years past; Notwithstanding that
many of them differ with US in politics.
others in party preferences, others on
the Railroad question, Agricultural De-
partment. Prohibition, etc. They know
that we speak plainly because we Miak
we are right; and that if time should
prove US n the wrong, then we shall &C
knowledge and seek to repair the error,
IS very often we have done.
-Pender; Sheriff A Ii Puddi.on.
Dec %. 80. And = very pleasant letter.
Maine; Capt w G Davis, Jan 70,
'S3, bv compliment of daughter in Brook
lyn.
Chatham; DIR J L Shepherd, Oct
20, 80.
-Guilford; c A Wharton, ESQ s..
Orange county;J w Terry, ESQ, July
5, SO
Wilson county;J L Fryer, ESQ, Dec
f. 50. We shall be pleased to have you do
as you mention.
Franklin county; w H Joyner, ESQ,
to Christmas day 1882; and John T..
Winston, Esq, Nov 4. 81.
Alamance county, CD Kerr, ESQ, Dec.
-, 80 John w Craig, Esq. Jan ~, 'S3,
sent by courtesy of our friends S X Scott
( Co.. dealers in General Merchandise
and scrap tobacco, at Mebaresville.
Capt W H Turrentine. Jan |, SO; prompt
SIS usual. lie says Company Shops is a
busy place, these days. 1t is a pretty
place, also. "a many travellers have re-
marked III glancing from the car win
dows, at the long rows OF neat cottages,
IN shaded groves, on each side of the
Railroad. The own is destined to be a
point OF considerable IL portance before
the next census. The Lafayette cotton
mills are now open and steam is on"
all around. And by the by, we are pleas
ed to enroll another new subscriber at
that point, Mr. Geo A Mebane, May IL,
'S3. He is Master Aiachinist, but finds
time to keep posted. This is wise. One
reason the Yankees beat all creation
or try to, is that almost every man-no
matter what his business-finGs time to
read and there are thousands ofmechan-
les who not only take the local paper, but
also the illustrated" Papers and Maya
zines for their families. One cause of
the hatred Of the South is due to the fact
that so many young children Is years ago
and down to the present time, were edu-
Gated by Harpers, and other fanatical
SbaatS to hAlJayp the Southorp naopla
to kill niggers, and bushwhack Union
men.
A SMALL CoTToN FACToRY.-There is
. small cotton factory at Elizabeth City
that uses the celebrated Clement At