The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16

LuSllSu SpdIIOWS udNo dIGdCkeu
the truck gardens in the east and are lit
orally destroying green peas and beds of
lettuce. He is an unmitigated nuisance
anywhere and everywhere, and some.
thing must soon be done to rid the
country of him.
The Fayetteville Observer says: We
made inquiry last week at the courthouse
concerning the cancellation of mortgages,
and if our farmers have paid up there is
no eyidence thereof. To cancel a mortgage
is a rare thing: it is necessary, and some
day, if not attended to, may cause litiga-
ton. 1t should be done.
-Hades, Shoel or He'll, is the cheerful
subject upon which the Rev. Mr. Cerr
announces he will preach a series of SER
mons in the city of Wilmington. He
tenders a cordial invitation to all to be
present. 1t will doubtless be a glittering
bit of elocution and ought to be interest
to most mortals. 49,.
The following shows what has been
done in the South since June 1886, in the
way of Cotton Mills: according to the
census of 1880, the number of mills in OPP
Grafton at that time was l79; spindles,
1890, loom 1922. On the first, of Jan
uary, 1888, the number of mills was 294
spindles, 1,495, 145; looms 34,OO6."
Probably it will be interesting to the
reader to know that the public debt in
1866, Jan. 9th, (he largest debt the
county has ever had) was s., 739,491, 745.
In Nov. 1887, the debt had been reduced
to the sum of $9O0, 79S,275. The highest
rate of interest ever paid by the United
States Government was seven and three
tenths per cent, in the year 1868.
An exchange says that until the
fifteenth century no Christians were
allowed to receive interest on money,
and Jews were the only usurers, and
therefore often banished and perse-
cuted; and in England, under Edward VI,
interest was forbidden entirely from re-
ligio:s motives, and ends his paragraph
by asking whether it be a fact that Chris
tianity is retrograding.
A married lady in Ontario, n. Y, has
begun suit for $4,000 damages against a
prominent man Of that place for kissing
her on the left cheek last September. She
charges that the kiss was a surprise,
whereby she was thrown into a state of
nervous prostration. The defendant adj
mits the kissing, but says that he regar-
ded her as his child, and that the kiss was
an act of fraternal affection.
The muse of the Winston Sentinel
gets off the following:
"a is for Alexander and Armfeld too,
B is for Boyd, the great klck-a-poO..
C is for Clark, backed by Julian S. Carr,
ID is for DOckery, who'll never git thar
j is for Jarvis, down in Brazil,
r is for Russell, who knows how to quill,
s is for Stedman, who stands a good chance,
And these are the men who are in the big dance,
Counting the nomination for governor"
The Charlotte Hornet copies the above
and observes, the fact that Alexander
leads.
Mr.. Hal Aver having withdrawn from
the editorial staff of the Neacs and Obser-
Ger to accept the position Of Business
Manager of the Biblical Recorder, Mr..
Greek 0. Andrews, ayoung gentleman of
considerable newspaper experience and
ability has accepted the position of City
editor of the NeUs end Observer. We
welcome him to our midst and trust his
! s%ojourn among us may prove both pleasant
and profitable.
As we 60 to press, we learn with
much sadness and regret of the death OF
| Hon. Duncan K. McRae of this State,
which took place in Brooklyn, New
York, on Sunday night last. We have
been unable to learn anything further
than that the death was sudden. Col.
McRae has been a prominent and IGNORED
citizen of our State for many years, and
the announcement of his sudden death
will carry sorrow to many hearts.
Mr.. w. A. Berrier, of Davidson
county, is jubilant over his success in rails
ing peanuts last year. He Informed the
editor of the Lexington Dispatch that he
gathered 1877 bushels of nuts from one
acre and hen turned his hogs into the
field to gather the remainder. He says
there is money in peanuts at lower prices
than he gets, and smaller crops than he