The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-15

Deem better than e.
policeman could rs.
do not remeoer what
Jimmy" to keep ,
when there were
70 look after. la-
about as much Is
receives nov. I aa -.
policemen Raie.-s 5
less than twenty
I am quite SUR. ta.
themselves t. >sta
the course 81 a las
"a dld. Fl made aa
Where the fght tss
"a> There aU3. tH
: policeman. he e
always carried his Ha.
It elthtr. Nhsr ..s..
ihs an arrest IaE
1Asft - now. ivT 50 -...
IL ,ANoF 81 town .t
-"'eIAhltht c3st
'dea seems re 81.
ILd take = an
A31aStil All iao-.
Ire truth o. tae #t
an barely l.Ts be Ea..
tendency p - ran rs.
dent, ana increase tM.
Rai'lEh IS not n.r
rs many other towns .a
oi that Tor taa Grs ert
! received q letter #n.
Hon. GtoTg" w. Hr.as. Il. ......
who at one time wE~
uclan ~ this State. h..a &.
Comptroller. HIS letter
pectcdly rs II IL had .ot.
the graveyard. Tor. u9t
heard from him since f.a #r
know That ~ Wis ,.I.
men, but. Hike tho others a.. t..
Lad thrown down tine ge. ..
the crown. Hc VIII p#rE.. r.
lrg your readers some ,~e.r...-
letter as they VIII De- In Game.
old time sketches l am u.
says:
My attention has been ..... .
article in the Raleigh Nss. ... ..
of the END inst. suggested f.
OF Mrs. l.. OBJ. Branch 4uv ...
during my time in KaIa.sn H
dents You relate are mos. .r....-
ne, and the names YOU r.a.n
voices from the dead. Il bg..... r..
whom you mention is nou Is... .
YOU ana myself. have fh..-r.
often IN al tb... L.r. ...
not known. until / saw YOUR a...
whether you lived or not. ha.. ....
name. but having forgotten your
| could unot determine switch ..
your name, Wnom ! then tup.. i .
Tor, having always known sou mr p.
as the Giraffe Man" So.
would not distinguish You. lf yoa h.# r.
told 50 plainly who You are and was.
had supposed scarcely a man ur e.
was left in Raleigh OF my rant.m.
who were grown up. hat. fna, ...r
name of DR.. Peter f.. Htne- who
more besides yourself. WHO ..... .-.
by one they have gon have. r-a.....
noted the death oil James S. te
Granville county. whom I know 80 ....
and Col. Buck blackwell Of U.r...r ....
was raised i'm NV immel5at. ra..t.
hood in Person county. and e.m.r. e.
Phillips whom we all kaeq so w..
gentleman and an able LAWYER. al ta....
Hill. Gen. Matt Ransom. who #..
tornev General. when / went Ia Ra.....
II live. in the winter Of ISIS ao'....
them all. | would not have picked .m
out for long life. Or. Thomas f. SIX 'a.r
from whom ] a a postal card tt'# ....
still lives. though not now a reaItaa. .t
Raleigh.
i Judge from what you say taa. g..
have not given yourself 10 politics
have done. / do not mean that'I ....
made it 4 business but rather a stud.
My experience il Raleigh taught m. M
appreciate public office less than + ..
before. | was elected Comptro.lar 81. '..
State, next year after graduated a.|
ing Curtis II. Brogden. two year. t...r
l was beaten by Brogdeu."
The reason That Mr.. Brooks Has br...
grew OUT ~ the iacl that ho ""=
pected OF beIng a kno" hotAlA&.
party Of mat day which opposed .t. "..
ing OF Office by Catholics. "h..e iH.
plclon was not established. and f-a.E
not true, 1t served Its purpose iH a".
ing Mr.. Brooks, and eiaejlnE O. a".
{. II. Brogden-Who IN tho Iasi a"t
bis life became the eneln" OF tA## f".
which elected HIM over Dir. Brooks
aus OF his supposed hrner el4.'.
TO Democratic principles, r'lT .
from Mr.. Brooks letter.
TON Settle was i'm both Ia. .
and made himself active against a.
not a Democrat. he had j1-5 .a@..