The Charlotte Democrat., 1891-01-23

months old, which netted 223 pounds.
This ID more than pound o day for
every day of the hogs life.-Gasto"'a
A good part of the cotton. crop is still
unsold. We hear many of the farmers in
this county speak of still having their
cotton on hand, holding it for higher
prices.-G Greenville Reflector. = - {
Applicants for license to practice law
| will be examined before the Supreme
Court on Friday and Saturday, the 3Oth
| and 31st inst. On the first Monday in
February the Court will sit to hear the
appeals from the First District.
Very few sections are blessed as ours,
in that nearly everything for the inner
man is made at home. A gentleman
from the Red Oak section said Monday,
that over twenty-five hog and hominy
raisers in that section have meat to sell
and corn enough to last them two years.
Rocky Mount Argonau. ,. .E..t.5- +.
Several Orange county farmers write
the State Chronicle from Hillsboro, as
follows: "One of the wisest, fairest and
most helpful acts of legislation ever COM
ing from our General Assembly will be
| the passage of the bill introduced in the
House by Mr.. Henry, relieving mort.
gagged land from taxation to the amount
Of the mortgage"
| We published recipe last week for
| the. cure of the present prevalent horse
disease. Our Mt. Pleasant friends have
tried it, and in addition they split the
skin of the forehead down to the skull for
three inches, loosened up the skin and
| filled with pepper and salt, and every
one it has been tried ON is reported get.
ting well,-Concord Times. ....-....
b. a. A Weldon correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch says: Con Senator
M. W. Ransom's plantations, in North
ampton county, his sons sold to q cotton
broker 551 bales of cotton, for which the
buyer planked down over $4,000. This
is probably the largest sale made in the
State by any one farmer. The Senator
made $50 heavy bales the past. season.
He is representative farmer as we'll as q
great statesman" .....- .... s..-
It is noteworthy that the largest con-
signment Of Egyptian cotton that ever
Icame to this country has just reached
New York. It consists of $500 bales,
worth $3.50 900, The staple of this cot
ton is longer than our uplands, and it has
a peculiar lustre. 1t is used for special
purposes. In the process of time, how.
ever, the Soudan may become com.
petitor of the South in this article OF
prime necessity.-Raleigh Observer. .
At Raleigh, last Wednesday, the fol.
lowing were elected officers Of the Grand
Hodge of Masons for the ensuing year
Grand Master, H. A. Gudger of Asheville
Deputy Grand Master, John W. Cotton
of Tarboro; Senior Grand Warden, E. M
Moye of Moyton; Junior Grand Warden
R. J. Noble of Smithfeld; Grand Treas
urer, D. S. Watt of Raleigh; Grand
Secretary, D. W. Balm of Raleigh. N. B.
Broughton, A. e.. A. Williams and G.
Rosenthal were elected Directors of the
Orphan Asylum at Oxford.
The KING OF CLAMs.-The Messenger
was presented with clam the size o.
which entities it to be called the king o.
CLANS. 1t weighed two pounds and some
thing over three quarters of a pound
This big clam was found in Wrightsville
Sound on Thursday, and there are many
Saunders who say it is the largest one
they ever saw. A friend we'll versed in
clamology informs US that this clam il
about 80 years Of age. This he judges
from the number of rings radiating the
SHE'LL Wilmington Messenger.
4 a. The Raleigh Chronicle says that il
has reliable information that steps have
been taken to organize strong company
to plant fifty thousand peach trees, anc
thousands of grape vines and other small
|
President of the State Fruit Growers
Association, and the leading horticul
turist of the State, gives it as his opinion
that the high sandy ridge along the r.
A. Railroad, in Moore county, is perhaps
better adapted to growing fine peaches
and grapes than any other portion of th'
State. Mr.. Lindley proves his faith by
his works in taking large stock in th'
new enterprise. .....- ..-. T.
A GRADED SCHOOL FOR CONCORD
"Look here, I want to show you some
, thing" said a prominent citizen of tn,
town to Concord Standard reporter
It was bill providing for the esta blish
ment of Graded School for Concord
That bill will be sent on to our Repre-
lsentative with the request that it be in
troduced and pressed to successful issue
That bill provides for the question being
submitted to the voters of the town; M
|, intention whatever of running it rough
shod over the people. 1t provides fur
thermore that the public school property
l1-now used by the Principal of the Vir
ginia Dare Institute-be enlarged ant
put in shape for the purposes of a Gradet
School, thereby making the starting ex
, Ipense quite small. It provides further
more that the amount now given to tn
E public schools of Concord shall be turne,
over to the Graded School fund Thi
being the case, but little extra none,
will have to be raised by taxation.
az Alive stock paper gives the fol
lowing way to cure dogs Of the sheep
killing propensity: Young dogs can b.
made 50 thoroughly afraid of sheep tha
they will not attack them in their matur
years. Tie the dog to the head of ran
and let about eight feet of rope intervene
then place them in clear field. TIL
repeated charges of the ram viii 80 DISCUS
the dog with the sheep business that b.
will ever after avoid the ovine race. Al
old dog who was caught in the act of kill
ling sheep was cured Of the propensity il
this manner in my presence many year
| ago. As the ram continued to charg