The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-04-02
LOCAL ITEMS.
JRHAM NEWS, PICKED UP
HERE AND THERE.

pnl MT. "A ~. I'LL yesterday. ZIG
presents DIR. ]. q. Aver & Co,
well, Mass. This old firm be-
yes in printers ink, and they plant
advertisement in THE RECORDER.
The Hillsboro Observer says:
e Grand Jury found a true bill
murder against 5. Kirkpatrick,
q. Patterson, Il. M. Gates, A. j.
dson and W.. j. Dickson, revenue
(cers, for the killing Of Henry
Manner. colored.
Rather be right than President.
iii en- what Thomas a. Edison says:
|A rather nave the smallpox than
e swelled head. Al exchange
q ii: He differs very much from
i39aller men whom accident eleyates
Wa who imagine themselves great.
mlson is one Of the fine specimens
n superb manhood whom neither
|Ane nor fortune spoils
~ Raleigh Daily Visitor put
ID is lev suit last week. We are
rI.ad to know that brother Brown &
|erreli, editors are doing we'll.
DE Vii ~ history from the time
4 first STATED years ago, till now is
slendid record OF answering de-
|ption to the principles Of Demo
lracy and loyalty to the state. May
\ Five to wear many new dresses.
The North Carolina presby-
srian, one Of the oldest and best
papers in The State says: The at
|empt under the circumstances
! very shabby attempt to write
Dnrhan Down, has very effectually
'<tulled in writing durham up.
nc Constitution, Of Atlanta, which
Nj used for the attempt indicated,
u l correspondent ID Durham,
II 4 lie very eiTectnally removed the
3nbre tints and put on colors
)nght, though solid. We like to
'cf ANYTHING born Of a bad spirit
:rnshed out BY a better spirit Dur
IN is to-day the best advertised
|oNn in the country.
IL kind o like to buy whats |
&lnt; dat am not de kind." There
N INT round d smile and a rustic in
4 e shoe store Of Messrs. Jones 4
ION last Saturday night. An old
&rkey wanted pair.of shoes, Mr..
D. showed him all kinds; dem am not
|e. kind, ! said be. "Tell me old man,
THAT kind Of a shoe: give me
one idea, said Mr.. d. Guess !
Znows WI ats ! wants, | wants dem
|at s down; | ii 'spishns OF any other
|oxt " About that time everybody
II he stnra swayel aud tlutered,
~ the old fellow stood still, and
INV mouth looked like a hntlercup;I
I'd short time his lips moved, bis
Ind made a sudden bound into a
bin Of words quite foreign to the
rks aud all present.
tie take pleasure in directing
n j. rniion Of our readers to the
\ yertisement offs. w. Irayers& CO.,
Richmond, Va. They are the i'm
brter. and manufacturers Of the
National Tobacco Fertilizer; il is
ut necessary for us TO 90 into de-
kils in order to get good idea Of
le immense business this firm does
North Carolina, and all through
De Southern States. Every years
Itcord ofthis firm shows ITS wonder
nj advancement. For years their
|eftilizer has been upon the market.
Hnd farmers are satisfied with its
N nlts. Their Agents in Durham
v Messrs. Farthing 4 Duke; you
y II see who their other agents IRE
reference 10 their advertisement.
Its a fact -''small farmers" are
unerally the most prosperous peo-
ph in the South They are not so
~ ause saall farms aud very linz
TIL operation, are, in themselves,
I'D; but because these farmerx are
wtrkiHg In harmony with their
They have accepted
ID situation, aud put their own
6bnds to the plough. Having small
n rital, and often very little know
Il lge aud skill they 20 safely, rs
De- SEE the way clearly before
1em. The large planter, on the
often without any capital
at all Of bis own, attempts on bor-
rowed money, (al fearfaily high
NJ III iaterest. to condarl large
with out close counting
ths cost " the risks, and fails. al
nus spuadei.minitd man, not in
f4fuaied with cotton, would see that
hi must. This does not prove that
MIL farms and small farming art
necessarily most profitable, buL that
DC operations, both as TO method
~ 70 extent, must correspond with
~ ! capital aud other circumstances.
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