The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-05-23
All Through the County.


What Sampsonians are l,oing ana
Saying.
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township for this column. ga
DISMAL.
Mr.. John J. Hayes of Whining
ton, is visiting friends and relatives
in this, his native township.
LITTLE CoHARIE.
Rev. J. f. Bristowe was treated
to pounding at his residence ia
this township, on last Thursday.
Many appropriate presents were
made him, evidencing the esteem in
which Mr.. Bristowe is held by his
churches, Bethel, Halls and An
drew's Chapel.
This township has been receiving
nocturnal visits from real bears.
Last Thursday night. about IL
O'Clock, Messrs. Alex and Robert
Johnson while on their way from
Capt. j. l.. Autry's store, at Shep
pard, met three of the tribe of bruin
on the road. Neither party inter-
ferred with the other and no harm
was done. 1t is supposed that these
bears came out of South River
Swamp, to WATCH they were return
ing when met by the above named
persons. They were track ed in tie
sand on the following morni lg, and
a big bear hunt Is the next thing on
the progr lmme.
Died: On the 10Th inst, of pneu-
monia, Mrs, Molsey Spell, in the 70
year Of her age. She was a consis-
tent member of the Baptist Church
for many years previous to her death.
She leav es four children and a host
of relations and friends to mourn
her loss. NJ. w.
TURKEY.
Miss Christine Harmin, of Staun-
ton, Va, is visiting Miss Florence
FaIsOn, of Elliot.
On May the Ist this section suffer-
ed severely from the hail storm that
did so much damage around War
saw. Just two weeks, lacking day,
after, Tuesday, May 18th, another
terrific hail storm passed over this
section, carrying almost complete
ruin to gardens, truck, cotton and
fruit of all kinds. The outlook is
very gloomy indeed.
MIR. EDITOR: A word for the
speep may not be out of time, even
at the risk of butting against the
generally conceived opinion am Dng
our farmers.
Horne Took, a cele brated agricul-
turists of We olden time, spoke good
word for cattle and sheep and boiled
down a long lecture into four words,
"No Horn, No Corn" In other
words, no stock no manure, no ma
nure no crops. Vegetable mould
they didn't have, pine straw was
unknown, consequently no necessity
for infringing on Squire Beaman's
patent wagon. Small grain and tur-
nips were the crops cultivated. The
straw answering the double purpose
of forage and bedding. Grain, Oil
cake and turnips constituted the
feed. What was the result? Milk
and butter in abundance, and the
finest beef and mutton in the world.
1t placed Old England ahead Of all
European countries in its agricultur
al products, with the exception, per-
haps, of Belgium. AS Goldsmith
said "every rood maintains its man.
The sheep were huddled on the tur-
nip ground freezes being rare there
was no necessity for housing the
crop) and gathered the turnips
themselves, and leaving the soil rich
enough from their droppings to pro-
duce from thirty to forty bushels of
wheat per acre.
If you say sheep to most Of our
farmers here, unless it be in the
shape of barbecue, they boot at
you and tell you they poison the
land, Horace Greedy, like Charles
the Second, said many wise things
and did some foolish ones. He said
"there was gold in the sleeps walk"
They are destructive to nOXisus
weeds and briars, and having a flat
foot pack the soil, rendering the tex
ture of our light lands closer, which
is essential. Eventually a sod is
formed, a good crop will more GER.
tainly follow than when left unpas.
tured. I speak only of our high
lands. MORE ANON.
HONEYCUTTS.
After a long delay we had fine
rain last Sunday.
Crops in this section are looking
very well. Gen. Green lcrab) su
perbely fine.
Rev. L. Culbreth preached the flu
neral f Mrs. Mary Guatier, at White
Oak Church, last Sunday.
A certain man in this section plant
ed 45 bushels of cotton seed on foul
l acres of lard. He expects to get
stand.
Miss Sarah J. Owen, of McDaniels
ia x,;cifipr ro1 ativaS in tbic vipipifv