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The Best Can't be Told.

The Senator has made fun and votes by
a number OF anecdotes which-whch can
not-er-be written very well 1t is 50
difficult. you know. even to attempt 10 put
into type his gcstculations aad-soforth.
Another familiar and pointe anecdote is
that of the mountain youth to whom the
officer at the court house gave the wrong
kind Of license when he wished to get
married The mistake, you remember,
was not discovered until it was too late
and then the discovery gave the good par
on deal of tr uble From tn piouS
joke, the Senator drew the NOR l for his
Young Republican friends . II you hain't,
don't, for it's all wrong
When he ran for Gov rnor the last time
he was accused of having squeezed the
thumbs of the wives OF drserttr> durn Q
the war. Well he denied it in such fash
ion that the ladies' in the audience thought
prudence the better ,rC of valOr
correspondent of the New York
World was ono introduced to the Serat or
in large company of gentlemen. You
represent the W0rkd' old Zeb ash. d
pleasantly, "and the flesh AID the devil
tOo?''
He was good enough to say to the Rev
Mr. Alternately during the prohibition cam
paign: My head is with you. but. by
Gracious Abtrnathy, my stomach can't
go it -
The Senator's reply to the officious fel-
low who had the good looks to resemble
him made them both famous
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The Pioneer Club.

To TIE CHRONICLE The Pioneer Ag-
ricultural Club of Halifax county, was or
ganiZed on the 1st day Of April. 1853, DR..
r. A. Patterson being the first President,
and 1t has continued in successful operation
up to the present time, except for short
intermission during the war 1t IS, no
doubt, the oldest club now in the State.
The number of members is limited to
twelve. The club is regularly officered
with President, Vice President, Cores
ponding ard Recording Secretaries and
Treasurer, and meets monthly at the hou ses
of the mem bers. II thereby visits the farm
of every member during the period of
twelve months.
The usual plan Of proceeding is for the
whole club to inspect the farm OF the gen
tleman at whose house the meeting is held !;
and a committee, appointed for the purpose,
makes written report, calling attention to
any marked improvements, new machlnery J,
or any thing else worthy of note, and also
pointing out any notable neglect, short
coming or defect IN management On the
farm. The report is read at the next sue
ceeding meeting.
After inspecting the farm, some subject
selected at former meeting, pertaining
agriculture, is discussed each member +
ing required to give his views there1.
These discussions are often highly emf
taining and instructive. Many valuole
facts are brought out and much informIOn
elected.
After the business is disposed of, "mes
another pleasant feature-a regula' cluo
dinner, for the preparation OF Whh the
club wives are famous.
The benefits resulting from the 1onthly
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meetings are very decided. and arise not
only from the free discussion ot agricultural
subjects, and the genera comparing OF notes
Of fa,Iur. IS we'll as success but also Il fine
social influence i exerted
The monthly meetings Is looked forward
to II a rest and recreation. and Is greatly
enjoyed by the member s-no one ever be-
ing absent without good cause.
The club has been in existence more than
twenty We years Yet nine of the twelve
original members are now living, ali of
them, however. not being members 81 this
time, others having taken their placeS-
Tie club is COVE med by constitution aud
bylaws, which will ne furnished for pub
lic4tinu for ~. henef If Others who may
want To form cluis
Yours truly. w. T. SfKtILL.
IiHlefOa " C. oct. :.
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The Montpelier Agricultural Club.

To THE CHRONICLE The Montpelier
Agricultural Club" is limited to II mem
hers, and all the present members live IN
Vance county. We meet in rotation a. each
other S houses once month. Only five of
the original members who organized the
club remain. Others have changed resi-
dences Only one death has occurred (the
late lamented Col. S. S. Royster). We have
only ten members at this time, o-wit w.
II. Durwell, President; Walter Bullock,
Vice President w. W. White, Secretary
JOS r. Alston, w. II. Boyd, John T.
Thomas. Eaton Haithcock, S. S. Hath
cock. Col. :. S. Cooper, and r. III. Royster.
If you wish it. will send you q copy of
our constitution and order of business.
We think our club, though only neigh
bOrhoOd affair has been Of great benefit
not only to its members. but to our entire
community. We have it understood that
our wives aud many children as choose
attend the mt etings. We took census of
the children Of members Il wear ago. and
the number was Of Four members have
forty SIX (40 living children unmarried
1Ou may imagine what gay and festive
time we have once month.
| Will take pleasure in answering any
further enquiry
Yours truly, &c, w. w. WHITE.
-Nnnson, ~ G. SEPT 81
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MANUF FACTURES.
THIS IL THE BASIS THE WEST
BUILDING. on
IIa>ty but Instructive Review of "a h
the Prosperous CITY of GharIoiIcl
Doing.

SpectGf Correspondence - TAe csraissc'{ 4
CHARLOTTE, Oct 81. Tie STRANGER r
steps from The cars al rrssie Street NJ
and - dea'ened by the Wells OF vocif "a
porters. finds himself in front - an ~ e
coaecnon OF omnibuscs. from wh,d
10 choose one. more aesthetic than
In which Ia oe conveyed to his hotf ne
metr" politan ar OF the people thct
amount of fuss The busSmen gef1 ~
aud the business appearance OF 'o..s
as he rldes up town, give him quif aeo.
able impression of the place H1e .i'n.
he reaches either the Central or fnuio'u
Hotels. and especially after MS 'aken
his flrst meal, he is still better feu WIN
Charlotte In general. and his iai ho.e'
In particular. Both are excdt houses'
and a credit to tie city.
Charlotte is one Of the 7. pushihg
places of North Carolina. "a destnth
within the near fulute To kamohg the
largest cities ot the South. - years ago
her population was sc,rcalf fore than five
thousand inhabitants ~ i she has up
wards of ten thousand fnated III the
midst OF a splendid repiofe terminus OF
four railroads. and enio{ the benent OF
another passing thrnugthe centre OF
section rich ia yaluahla 1eral ores, being
,~.A
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WAKES NECESSITIES.

A Plea for a Diversity of Crops. and
for the Establishment of Manufac-
lures.
TO THE CHRONICLE We have made
cotton until we can't make 1t much longer
for the cost Of cultivation. We must as a
natural consequence, see our error and
must hasten to change our tactics. We have
as good tobacco land in Wake county as
there is in North Carolina or in the Union.
Now let us try a diversity Of crops more
grain. more grasses, more peas. more pOta-
toes. more fruits, more vegetables, less cot
ton, and quantity Of tobacco. Since king
cotton has fallen from his throne, we must,
of necessity. substitute another ruler. Lop
at the towns of enterprise within our State
and in other States-Durham Hender-
son. Oxford, Winston, Greensboro, Hlck-
ory, LenOir, Asheville, Shelby, and 9th
in this State; Lynchburg, Danville,
Petersburg. Richmond, Roanoke. and others
in old Virginia. See them. They swell 10
population, manufactures increase and give
employment to both races and sexes.
Now Raleigh is groaning with her store
houses because they are not filled with
cotton, and houses are empty that might be
filled as tobacco warehouses and manufac-
tories. Let me suggest that instead of tax
ing mortgages on poor mules and bull year
lings and crops at from 10 to 100 per cent.
and impoverlshng the earth and men, our
dollars ought to be turned over at a liberal
interest in other ways.
Raleigh is the capital of our State, and
ther. are capitalists there. They cannot
afford to let the city's trade go with their
thousands invested there. Ii it should be
our misfortune not to be aided by a diversity
Of employment many Wake county people
VIII think OF the South Western States
where a welcome and prosperity await
them
Let us try to 90 acres in tobacco, ac
co1ding to the circumstances Of the farmer.
The only hindrance is that we dOn't knox
how to cultivate and cure it. | sugges,
that "a nelg ghbOrhoOd of good farmers clut
together and emplOya man we'll experienced
could give him a satisfactory salary, or d
satisfactory part Of the crop Or many oi
our farmers would be glad to rent farms
suitable for tobacco to men experienced
Just SO soon as the people begin to raist
tobacco in Wake and adjoining counties
Raleigh will turn her now vacant store
houses into tobacco warehouses and manu-
factories
Farmers, plant your cotton-s sick fields il
wheat, oats, rye, clover, grass, peas, pot !
tees. peanuts, vegetables, an'l the LIKE
/ Fruits of any good quality Will make home.
attractive, and don't forget TO plant grap.>
| and cultivate Them well On your pODrts
Ian is, and they will net you in grapes -ro
| wine after the second year 500 per acre
! 1t Can be proven to be one of the best OF al
industries PRO Bono PUBLICO
Wake county, ". c.
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Price 5 Cents.

III other compartments. Seventy five
fvInr machines arc operated, and over
IN, hundred hands employed. The Ca
Iacity Is ahou, five hundred pairs OF pants
rer tav but all Kinds of mems and boys
outer aud underwear are made. Thts tnais-
ufaciorv does an immense business In this
state. south Carolina and Georgia. and
has four drummers on the road This u
the first establishment Of the kind began
in North Carolina, and among the FIRST In
the South.
have had space TO mention briefly only
a few of the leading industries OF Char
lotte. There are numerous smaller enter
prises which are capable OF increased ue-
yeIopment. and which Will likewise At
tract other Industrial undertakings.
E A. O.
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Farming BY Machinery.

Capt. Benchan Cameron has used on his
farm in Orange this year Chicago Screw
PulveriZer. which with four mules and one
man ploughs, plants and covers all al
Once) ten acres of ground day. For the
cultivation of wheat the field need be gone
over but twice the whole year-once with
this machine and once with mover and
reaper. 1t will plant corn. peas. or grain
Of any kind. The land. of course, must
be free OF stumps and rocks. DR.. Hoge
and one or two other gentlemen in the
State have used the same machine. Capt
Cameron thinks that il will revolutionze
farming on land where il can be worked
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PROSPEROUS CATAWBA
Defies the World to beat her. and in
vites the World to share her Wealth.

Special Correspondence OF the C1tr0nicie
NEWTON, n c., Oct. 9.-Catawb ba is the
place for people who are attracted to our
:. Old North State" by our display at Bos-
ton. to settle and thrive. We are ready to
welcome all who will come and go to work
for we know there is plenty and to spare
and that the friends of our Piedmont region
are generous indeed Besides the fertility
of the soil itself, there ale many things that
lie beneath the surface that will bring
wealth Gold is found in many places TIE
Shuford Gold Nine is being vigorously
worked. An immense stamp mill is in ope-
ration, whose hammers of 800 lbs apiece,
striking 400 blows per minute, crushes the
gold from the rocks. An engine and pump
of 100 horse power wash down the hills,
and everything around gives satisfactory
evidence that the mine pays. There are
immense iron deposits also. There are
kaoin and graphite, and perhaps many
other minerals would reward the patient
investigator. If Commissioner McGehee
wants the people who come among us to be
we'll pleased with North Carolina let him
direct them to Catawba county
Now after these generalities, let me say
specially that Newton is live beautiful
town. Its growth, though rapid, is sub
stantlal, and she promises to all who invest
crease. And, above all, she was pronounced
by the other side after the last campaign
the dtrndest Democratic hole in Nortt
Carolina" ''Guilty, and proud OF it, say.
Newton B, G. w
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The Gopher Digger.

An old ant cdote is the Oue hv which he
illustrated the aims and necessities Of the
Republican politicians
= A traveller came across a fellow dig
ging up the face Of the earth nightly He
had already dag a hole big enough To bury
II mself, and m.a snll shoveiltng dirt with a
vengeance.
- What are you doing .
"' Gopher said the fellow quickly, and
returned to his labor.
- say, my friend, you don't expect to
get HIM. do you?'
$ Get him Bound 10 have him Out
of meat y and he went on digging
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FARMING IN FACT.
NOT THE FANCY ARTICLE But
THE GENUINE.
Letters from Practical North Carolina
Farmers in Every Section of the State
abOut their Condition..

Farmers in Every Section of the State
about their Condition.
THE CHRONICLE sent invitations TO suc-
cessful and to unsucce sSful farmers in eve
rv section Of the State to wife short,
frank letters on the condition and outlook
of agriculture in North Carolina. The
CHRONICLE believes in scientific agficu-
ture AMI it believes in farmers learning
all they can from books. But, alter all.
work i the best teacher and the following
letters, being from men who work. are
full Of suggestions. Several gentlemen
were so modes that they begged to be eN-
cused from writing. One said: If you
will come to see me I'll put you between
plough handles AMI show you: but the
other chaps must do the writng.' Many
0 hers asked that their names be not pub
li>hed. Room can be found here only for
eXtracts from the most suggestive letters.
THE CHRONICLE believes that it is thus
ahled to publish the experience OF the
average North Carolina farmer more accu-
rarely than his experience was ever before
DuhliShel
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The s.Did,' Turtle.

Governor Vance. in the last campaign,
to Illustrate the status of prohibition. said: ::
Il am reminded Of the hired lrlshman to
whom the housemaid delivered the mes
age from the mistress to XII the turtle IN
the back ward for soup for dinner. Pat
took the axe and cut off the turtles head;
but. when the cook came to get it, it was
a-wriggling and a-twisting (maklng the
mOtious with his hands and fngers) and
she reported Pat for diSobedience. When
the lady of the house give Pat thunder for
not killing the animal, pat replled ::
And sure. your Lady>hip. the varmlnt IS
did, entirely did, only its not sinslble OF
r. My friends. that the way with prom
bition It's did entirely did only it's
not >in>ible of it.
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Nobody Like Him.
From the Jo1un0i-ObsereeI- (Ocf. +.

From The JOtVIlOI-tNOSeFtPF IOC3 o.
Yesterday the Senator was seated in the
Central Hotel office cOnVersing with a
number Of friends. when Il couple OF Gran
GERS came siding by. They looked at him
like they wanted TO hug him, and catching
their glance he leaned back and holding
out 4 hand to each saluted them with :
..Why. hello. hello. old stick-ilthe-mu
sand rurnip- tops. howd'ye do, howd'ye do.
ihowdy, howdy - "Tollable. Governor.
fust tollable. thank you, how are you?''
hev replied evidently almost choked with
emotion at this warm reception.
Tell you what it is. jim, whispered
one to the other after Vance let them go.
90. that's old Zeb, every time 600
bless him. if he don't shake my hand JUS
the same as if | was worth a million, ano
dnrn If don't want chance to vote FOL
him again.
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The Shwunkc Catfish.

9 A fellow,' the Senator used to say,
went fishing and caught an enormous cat
fish IL. strung him and put him in the
wafer, and went on down the creek. An
other fisherman came along and seeing he
big catfish, put very little one on the
string in its place. When the first fisher
man returned aud drew out the little fish,
his eyes and mouth opened with astonlsh-
ment.
g. God Lord . how he shwunk -
$50 it has been, my friends, with the
Repu b.ican party. God Lord how he
shwunk.! >
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Industrial Negro Education.

To THE CHRONICLE 1T Is gratifying
to see the skill and wisdom displayed
by the CHRONICLE in regard 10 the edu-
cation OF the Negro 1t is the great
question Of Tins age; for 1t will settle the
future status OF the twoI 1es in the South.
The Negro will undo, ,ily be educated.
But what sort OF educati. shall he receiver
and shall it be paid for
We old men sometimes fear that the
younger ones IN the South will not be sblos
to grapple successfully with this problem.
Personally am hopeful and the fact that
the CHRONICLE exists, edited end Con-
troiled by TWO young CaroInians, musAY-
spire confidence in any man howHscr y :
anthropc
Your suggestion that what the Sr4R
needs is industrial education, solves
problem. | am friend 10 the Negrg.
better friend than his emancipators. !.
friend TO him, desire To give him that G. : :
cation which will secure for btg wb~sEa.a
best, to-wit, good homes, good steady naui
its, and a recognized status ~ a citizen not
conflicting with the white race. To at
accomplish these ends, let him devote him.
self assiduously to securing AN industrial
education. Let the State make education
compulsory for 10th races, aud let IL take
charge of all the Negro schools within It's
! borders and control their funds, no matter
who has given them. Ideallsts, sentmep.
talis's. and false philanthropsts may g.se
money, if they choose, ITO educate he Eagro,
bat we a. n oialc and a. ff.ends oil
| the Negro, must control .ls application.
! Take every Negro At the age Of six and sht
/ him to work in an industrial school. Ties
/ schools can easily be made self supper sns
| and the funds donated by philanthropy,
! may be used TO feed and clothe the pupiiA
I There il no need of taxation. We need no
complicated system Of machine shops. Our
State is agrcultu ural Our labor ~ for the
corn field and cotton patch. 4 few lessons
IN elbow and finger motion IN the Negro
Industrial kindergarten could be taken
| practically by dropping corn or picking
! cotton. The High School would introduce
he race to the mechanical properties Of the
plow, the geometrical properties Of the fur
row, and the broad principles OF (Natural
History as illustrated by the mule.
In this way the education Of the race
hould be continued with each Individual
lntIl he reaches the mature age OF seventy
His whole life will be perennial end yer
liant school-oay And there will be nt
jealousy or rivalry between the races. Th'
ncgro schools wlll be more than self sup
porting ana the surplus may be applied v
the support Of the white schools. Thu
each race will develop us appropriate AM
tivInely appointed cIviliZ4k1nn, -
iappness Of The good old times
aewed forever.
FRIEND OF Tz
FdyeueyuIc Oct s. 'c3
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CAROIININNS AND DARhIES.
in New Nork..How Inc
Live and w hat they are Doing.

Special Cosrrsy,ondcnce Of ibe Chronicle.
NEW YORK. October "a very inter
estins social study indeed could be made
OF the Southern people In New York. VI
course there are thousands and thousands
of them here. and no in,iiya0ua Gan know
and hear of them all. Yet thevUAnxe Ger
tain characteristics which are easuv keen
by any one who has general ac4W1Ynll
ance.
North Carolina has contributed her
proper share; and one thing can safely De-
said of the North Carolinans who have
6orse-n mere TO try their fortunes since the
|r-they are successful, uniformly sue
ssfui There are more very rich Geors
Ans and Tennes>eeaus here than North
lrolinians, for each 81 those States has
ntribu'cd several men To the list Of New
ork millionaires The North Caro-
hans on the other hand, are a 4 ruie.4
en- who have won success but have nO11
tcumulated large fortunes. A large pfO1
ortion OF them are con1nissit aQen$1
hants. But the professions arc also wSl
represented. especially the medical "a
fession. ! can name among my pcrs6
acquaintances not less than doz&
Heels here who are worth from Sss
upwards; and every one OF them, II
lieve, has made his money here.
Yet there is a dark side to the portrait
OF Southern life in New York. Last
spl lux, you HAY TetfltIDDer, Il Heutltm0u
died here really OF starvation who WAS n
South Carolinian, thar had made ar hon.
orable record in the war .'lc wa,- s<su
proud 10 seek the he'll, OF people who
knew him, and he iI.ao' gone from bad to
worse luck till 6eath put an end TO bis
troubles
The darkcs HI New York are shrewd
and thrifty, ~ class. True, only those
who are the best able To take care of
themselves come here But there is no
such thing as negro quarter" as there
is an ''Ityan quarter" and the like. The
blacks pike care OF themselves Some of
thsu~( (ndeed many Of those who have
rom the South--havc accumulated
DIomfortable fortunes But / have a
+ letter to write about the negro In
York, which must be postponed till
thcr week & r
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The Rad RiScuit.

Illustrating the outward spendor and
whitenesS, but the inward rottenness Of
the Republican party, Governor Vance
said on many occasions: "Once upon
time two Southern country fellows took a
trip to the North. They stopped at Bos-
ton at a grand hotel. At breakfast, among
many tempting viands We're some goldfish
balls. Jim, I'll swear them's fine brown
biscuits; amt they?' said John. With
that he reached forth, took one nice,
brown, smoking hot ball and bit half OF it
at once. Immediately he sputtered, blew
his nose and yelled ont, Great Obadiah
jim, there's something rotten i'll this bis
cult y -
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From Rockingham County.

TO THE CHRONICLE II am sure our
farmers are better off than they ever were
before, and l will tell you why. More
own small farms and more work them
selves Whether there's money in farm
ing depends: In tobacco there is big
money, if it is well managed and man
has good luck. But the average farmer
don't make much clear money. He makes
living and that is what costs other men
money.
Yet believe there is money in it. The
trouble is like other sorts Of business, it
takes capital, and too few of the small
farmers have capital. They ought to have
better implements. 1 believe in digging
my living out OF the ground. 1t may not
be rapid but it is safe. / think every year
III do better and that may be as good as
uOinr better.
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Feeling the Public Pulse.

Vance and Settle were riding together,
so at least the Senator said, When they de-
termined to feel the pulse of the public in
an incognito way, as they went along to
an appointment. They saw fellow
ploughing whom they felt sure did not
know them. They rode near the fence.
and suddenly Vance yelled out:
81 say, my friend. 'Hurrah for Settle !.
Hurrah for Settle y
Hold on, you confounde1 loud-mouthed
rascal-dry up, or III settle you the fel-
low answered.
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From Vance County.

Oar agricultural needs may be summed
up thus:
We are doing very well, but we might
do better.
Tobacco in the tobacco belt will do to
tie to. There's money in it.
Cotton is good, but must not be raised
to the exclusion of other crops. Every
cotton farmer ought to raise his own food.
We must have daries and improved
stock.
We must use still more machinery.
We must make our own fertilizers
We must grow more fruit. The fruit
capabilities of North Carolina have Lot
yet been dreamed Of
We must work.