The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16
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We shall next week print extracts
from a large number Of papers showing
the drift of public utterances in regard to
the Tariff, the Revenue Dept aud the
Candidates for Governor, Senator, n
SO forth.
Can you make 1900 an acre on cot
ton? Well, Mr.. j. l.. Randall, OF Bum
combe, sold s3lO.4 worth Of tobacco
raised on lhree-quarters of an acre. Mr.
S. II. Sans, of Madison. sold his crop
$4,000 llbs.) for $500.
The Raleigh National Banks re-
elected their old officers. Salisbury
Bank reelected Maj. S. w Cole. Win
ston First National declared a dividend
of ten per cent, and has $1,000 surplus,
says Leader. Newbern Bank declared
5 per cent.
The Durham papers are exceedingly |
complimentary TO Prof. Chas. D. Nc
liver, who has transferred his field of
instruction to the handsome new graded
school edifice at Winston, and the Win
ston papers give him warm welcome.
The trial of Jos. Williams and J. II.
Pool for the killing Of Willie Watkins,
wa postponed until February term of
Wake court. Williams made affidavit
that Pools affidavit so far rs related to
his visiting Judge Fowle, and the latter's
advice, "a false.
Maj. Bingham was reelected Grand
Master of Masons, and he appointed
Mr.. F. II. Busbee Deputy Grand Mas
ter. Charles II. Robinson, Senior Grand
Warden; Samuel H. Smith, Junior
Grand Warden; William E. Anderson,
Grand Treasurer /; Donald w. Balm,
Grand Secretary.
Madame Modjeska decides not to
come to Raleigh to play, but Miss Min
ME Hauk will come Feb. llth. Joe
Jefferson will play at Charlotte. Mrs.
Llngtry, like Theo. Thomas, gives US
the go-by. All the best companies pass
us by, either upon the right hand, or
upon the left, and will continue to do so
until Raleigh gets a Through Route past
her doors.
The death of ex-Sherif Robt. Gar
ner, of Granville, is a sad one. He was
good man, his friends say, but not fit
for sheriff. He got in arrears, and the
investigation of his books showed that
it was a wonder the deficit was not
much larger. However, he made good
the loss, and died regretted.
One of the two negroes who choked
Miss Sallie Mason, and held her while
they deliberately robbed her ~corncrib,
has been lodged in Oxford Jail. WI learn
from ex-Sheriff Moore. The rastals
name is Lee Lyon. and he is an escaped
convict,-having been sentenced for 5
years at Spring term of Franklin court.
BRO Hobgoods Daily 4dcance comes
down from Ashevil!e in style, and a cap
ital s%alutatory. He will nave a tough
struggle, but has succeeded before now
in places where other men would have
failed. Put you shoulder under him,
people Of Asheville.
Jasper Gardiner, son Of DIR. o. p.
Gardiner. of Shelby, who was shot in
Texas, is dead.-Mr. VIM. J. Gordon,
q well-known young Insurance agent of
Wilmington went bird hunting. and
while crawling through a fence, explod-
ed his gun killing himself.
The Internal Revenue is a great
nuisance, but if we democrats" So
called are about to capture the Presi-
dentcy-what is the need OF hurry?
Does anybody suppose there will not be
enough of good men to fill the offices
after we get them, And if righteous
men, like we are. get 'em, won't they
work like Il charm? Who wants to be
an "Abolitionist'' at this late day, in
the evening:
Mr.. j. H. Virgins. charged with
violence TO a young girl named Martha
Evans, wa. convicted last week, but let
off under suspended Judgment upon
payment Of costs. This Judgment is
considered sufficient by those who know
the circumstances.-The trial of
Wesley Bum for the killing of the ne
gro Cruise is set for to-day.-John
Scott, colored. charged with rape, was
adjudged a lunatic and sent to Colds
boro Asylum. Jasper, the
Young nan who robbed his room.
mate was given a striped a suit for two
years.
The gathering desire for new meth
DDS at the Oxford Orphanage came to
an head at the Masonic Grand Lodge
(Which owns the Institution. } last week.
We have heretofore printed some ex-
pressions by State papers. We did so,
not nom hostility to Mr.. Mills, who
seems made for such work, but simply
to show the drift Of things. The Grand
Lodge reelected him Supt., but proposed
some marked changes and when
Mr.. Nichols, from the special commit
tee. reported a bill to put the asylum
under the general supervision of five
directors, Mr.. Mills resigned his place.
The Lodge, however, held on its course,
and appointed Me.srs. H. F. Granger,
Thos. s. Kenan, Julian S. Carr, A. II.
A. williams and II. H.. Munson. as the
Board of Directors. Mr.. Mills next day
published a card saying he should lose
none of his interest in the orphans. and
that the Board would do what is right.
He remains for the present.