The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25

tors of the paper feel that they ~.
stated facts and also claim to have
evidence TO back up their contention
The Brown brothers came ovar
here to see the matter through and
were considerably Disappointed that !,
was not settled in some fnani:er They
came prepared to fight the case O.
through the higher courts and judge
Robinson had a justified bond in his
possession signed in blank by Golds-
ooro c1tlzens Tor $4,000 READY to pre-
sent to Judge PEBBLES If he would
have accepted it in lieu IF a Jail SEN
tence. The Browns however. if the
Judge had m them to prison
were ready for this action and would
have gone there and remained until
their counsel could have gone to
G~Oldsboro where he would have TAX
en- out proceedings before Supreme
Court Justice Allen fer their re-
lease. They brought a glip full Of
ciOtnlng with them and would have
spent probably Sunday IN jail al
though NOrthamptOns institution is
not known as a summer resort hotel
and 1t would not have been as com
portable as a cottage at the beach.
Judge PEBBLES goes to }>itt county
II week to hold court and the
browns have gone back to. Gtldsboro
to get out another Record.
II IS unfortunate, this affair and
the friends of both parties are hop
ing that some way may soon be found
that the case can be adjusted satisfac-
tory to both sides and put an end to it.
Judge PEBBLES is a fine eIt southern
gentleman. The people Ct his town
and county love him and consider him
their first and finest citizen. Or the
other hand the two Brown brothers
are excellent citizens and stand high
in their home city, GoIasbcro. Moth
ing has ever been said against their
personal character, and they are just
a couple Of plain ha~ rdwcrhing citi-
zens of the OEd North State.
Northampton County.
And now a word about jackson and
northampton county. Northampton
is one Of the Oldest counties in the
State, being formed in 1741. 1t has
an area of $40 square m IS and the
census of 1910 gave it 22,323 popula-
ton.
Jackson the county seat, is a de-
lightful little town situated in the
midst Of a rich farming community.
1t is connected with the outside world
by a short railroad, the Northampton
and Hartford which runs from Jack
son to Gumberry on the Seaboard Air
Line, a distance of about ten miles.
Jackson at the census o. 1910 had
between six and seven hundred people
and 1t has not increased to any per-
ceptible extent since that time. Some
of the finest farming country in the
State is here and this can be called
strictly an agricultural com .ity.
A few stores are here but none of the
large department stores you i'll find
in other towns of the State. They
have a bank and the professions are
pretty well represented but the manu-
: featuring industries of the town are
few.
All along the line from Seaboar6
/ station on the Seaboard Air Lin tt
jackson is to be seen the finest kline
of cotton and corn and the peanu
crop is promising.
Cotton Opening.
Y Just before reaching Garysburg tn.
e writer saw a field Of cotton where tn,
f bolls were bursti-g out in all thei
e glory and in less than a week tn
S cotton pickers will have to invade tt a
e field.
i Northampton also has some fin
roads and is constantly imprOvin;
them. Some one though plays a hole
s up game at the bridge over the Roa
v nOke river between GarySburg an
n Weldon. A charge Of fifty cents l
n made for an automobile to pass owe
8 and the condition of the bridge j
such that all the energy Of a man j
shaken out of him by the time he get
e across. This bridge by all mean
'. should be made a free affair.
Should Have Stock Law.
Another thing that seems out OF tn
ordinary to a range was in seem
N stock run at large in Northampton
d The farms are all fen led and drove
Of hOys can be seen on the highway
.r and cows peacefully" browsing alon
h the roads. It seer S that a progreSslV
TO ~county like Northampton would nav
the stock law. 1t will come sooner c
later.
>, Politics Not Mentioned.
&c Politics were not mentioned Satul
e. day in Northampton and 1t is eVidel
IN that the people have not becon
in worked no vet. Capt. Thomas Z
es Mason has been nominated for tf
In House from Northampton this yef
s. and DR.. T. T. Speight of Bertle
coming to the Senate from the Inn
ne district which includes
'k and BERTHE.