f -
".a f "" 1 '
st'e f-a .trr'i") ft
f C ti
..- Hv'Atf ftrMW reefers,
ntnwN wuu nciiiu -."...-j .
jc?? Szp 'Atfl J toeiOMif- --
A".
aje-- (i
rffide leeettS fWB.fl 30 A- M-
t , 7X50 vetoekvP.. Mnffleu opea free.
.7 rboVetock;. AJWJ Beadsy.;
roe JUil'rto rerT'd3r. .- V
4rt. ab-JJ3 ft!.-, .wives-
. - - .
aDHtlIfra!atem oflk
sort HUrtTdyw:4l--' :i -3
.
rwMTtaEtan'lHp; ilimi tici i rrnlrtTliih,'iS ona;- of 0(oj
2,RU:UmonailiUMin,faMmntTbor, t
Fridy ! HiiJ, t
i . . i
S.,!mt- O05caJnrtl rooi&30 o'clock.
A. M V in lr af-
lr Ike lClt i pn dtirinr th
wir. ' A k mjL mrr i v mt depnrt oa
rintxUt, tbb office Ui not be ojh?b on
tVatear.' ' ' - ;:
. - . II. W. SiMaK; . lL.r
rHrtniEH.
Mcthsdvit & Cut agn. Wikkzpx. IU
J. Carrnay.ftftou Serticca twice j
104
P. M
d.y
nipbt. vrMe Saadnji Helwol M
rr SaW'atli at 2 dVUxV. l M,
lrrH.anii ir.VCacari, W&ht.
Terr
Iter. It. H. Will, .pantor, PrrticliinR (
very BuJ Mil, A. M..im1 7, P.M. i
SiimUy ikjUool t 1, P. )l. .
r'aismrraBlAa CnracH, WtarsrosJIleT.
F. 1L Jobu9i), ir.8Vn Strricf rrwy
lSabbata' morning MBit' veumaky.the
r. tfUblxh Hcbool meeU at 8
o'clork A. Erayc iwectiBg ewry
IUFTBfT CHCBCa. WlHTOX. ReW. II.
A. Brawa, pAstor.., (Service ctwj
Htbbath at 10 li o'clock; A II., d
at 6:301. Tracer mtiii on Wed-
ndT night. S..bbutb fckbojl at Z
k. P. M.
KpincorAU?, WijtoJ X Clmrch
l.ut wrTlcMbcU in tbe Malu A-aV-rajUj
Her. ir. Banm, tbQ Inst ShI.LhIIi iu ;
cb xaouth. Preacliing ,tf (itmung at:
lOoclotk. A. M., and at 4, P. M. 1
MoB'TIA ChibtU. SalKM. Itv. El. !
Ronlh-U- paUr. rricea ewrj
XSbhath. Dob nnga aty . A. M , an 1
i-Tic commence promptly at 10, A. M. ,
Rirnintu bell litiga at b;4$, P. M ., and ,
Mr.vice com me dob at 7. Pi M. Sunday j
Hcbool ex ai K clock, P. ai.
iliiltATlAV CULBCU lOiL UOALKM. lit.
rery Bunoay ai u.eioci, a.
M.. at 4. 1
r.ver
. U., ; and at 7.
Sund.-y School
'
at 2- r. II
SOCIETIES
Wixsros Chapteji So. 24 of Poyaj;
Arch Masons uitfU io the! Mmmouic Hall
t Winston each tirnt rnd tlurd i'.iidjj
uigbt of eerv n,outh.. ,
II.. 11 Uausso. JligU PrkL
C. fl. Hat saa. Sec . : ' .
Salbw IoDoe No-283. -V. F.t A. 3J.,
-ui ts in the- Halt' evt-r gidtlull s Htoro
flrt Tbiirsday nightiu e te y month, at
H oelock '
C.Wa, W. M.
' J E. BvtjuUk S!- I " v -
S4T.VM I,IM.B. No. ."w I. O. O. F..
xaerta every'Iesday-nigBt ntt-oVtoca,
. the Hxll ovet SiddaH '4 Strt.- : '
T- J. II' Sntxts, N. :G-
W. A. Wstaza. Secretsrv
WiKSTb LotMB -No. 1167. A"F.
y tiirfbt'
.yoigtit
If. meets sec ad rtiianl
rTW.-eh mnnib. arid on - Tuesday
.ii Snneriflr Cnrt ard n tbe Auiversl
ries ( the floly St. JoUSJ " ' -
A. D. Fi-AJtXia-t, W. II
5. II. Smithv Seeretart. v
Hai-em Ej.CAMM.rjrT. N. 90I.O. O. F..
meets second and Idnrth'Frklaye of each
jioutb..! t "o'clock. In? tbe. Mali over
daldalTs Store. P !
' ' ! lr. V. O. Tteoiirsoi,-. C. V.
C. A. Foois; eVril)e.- 1 ' ' -Sauoc
IoOB. No. 18- KsiouM --r
rirBrAs,Tneets" Wetli.ec lf sights, at 7
t clock ..in. the Hall over Sid.UirHtre
W.: P. Okmbt, C. C
Jxo. H. Shcltx, K. of 1L A .
.Wiss-o IDaa, $o.jii t P O. 1.
tor At in. WisstoueryThnrsaaj
at 7 o'clock, over Thftnjison's lrng
Were. W. W. YpR-t .., W. V. T.
J. M. Stnt'ET, Socret-ry.
School Committee J . C.
Jre Kigga, and la. I. Hine.
gtrTrCCpmrnirXiw , A! Bitting, P
A. Wilson, W. P. Heul-y.
Chief of Po!icc-W. JT. PfohL
. r
rvuvtrsnixEim rx'BsrrH Iwirrt.
A. Fa. Conrad. Cbab-msa; Thoa J.
.-itCU ami T. J, ValcpUue.
mcelstlie fiist iloct'av is '
jriiae Jioardxi
rvffiymonliwAtjle OViiitHon
- - .. .a
A .W.tlsirlfrri -
ATTORlTEilAT Ia-A.W.
j YADKI-VILtE. C,
lix PtticTlC'K TnE CouHs
w
of riurrr adkia, Davie, sad!
Forarvb. . . f
i f 1 1. w ,.i . a ..hitj itiMiji.M vii,. l - . . : . ui ii. vi n t n t n.v n f . -iim. rwr r,n mm ... ar . . a I
iUi fourth Sabbaths of each i . 1 . ., ilr.iwl M niiil.lron Mt-t;nlv rartment, in 1877, It
IUv.LewUUege.coL.preacbeJ lor tbe pay VB o ca,.,. oo-, -m.rU. en of
r&l?&-,-Ls I Hud t,,at 1 " 1 0nl J lentirelv. Tliere o drink so than 3,902.400 shad fry.
."Tilmr'Kh healthful forchil- "Euconrugedbythe
CV. p. HenW, T. J. lirowu. 8. Bycr- i"l- -- ---- pi lU.OJ,4' economical limes Will; Some of our principal streams
IT. I. v. AMIIOU, 1. A . vtiisou, v. aj iunp j 'fyj-'v vi- I- icwhku,ih h ii :n.tM:r UaCrueteJ ts tne
itsttiim.- - - - a.a,ri--,nir iacismorous lur cm Dior- as a wpoii. e wtjuiu hoi iuto iu 0 ,1 ,tbr &ah. e
eldismsflf b.1
. : ;
1. ; u , ? f
-Alt bflsittess SDtru
rreanjt1yenar-i (
i i i r stat-- .i it
w ., U . AT II B 1
. . . . . . .
;i -. .!r Kr ' tf
l Economj is an excellpn vaipb
lwin"-in from t!io extreme of
. . . . i ii . 1
f V
- - I . - . , - . . - 1 LS - - - ,, , -
ea'gg9f,gnaBgBWBggg8gggHr.4-r '-.yggyBp . 'gT'gwgww- -j : LU-HHwegsBax. .i.m i 1 ssssgs!-ammmmiiALLuj l. ! .
j - etrcnchmeut earned loh.fxUeiuejRgJ5W
CQiB Dili UU ue jm lurBiMj'fw
. t a.,anii LmnDniuin m iiiimuirwt. I
of ittduatrie and-the taBtuaf jje-
coufidcred tlifTprodocing c!as are
t j . - - -
tbo crcafc-eoDsamerajBf-ittAnnrac-
lurod godd, and if thoy atop par
chaHing thee tlie itwinufacturera
au casc making ' tbern 'ThU
block tto sapplj of wpol wood.
I and olUer material for Iho nulla, and
throws the operatives oat of em
ployment. Tliese, being the great
consumers of furnh prodace, mast
eilher decrease their purchase (o
tljQ Vnininium allovauce, or become
extreme economy Of the
fanner raacla against lumaeir. ,fhe
nafural tendency of every man it to
look oat for liimself and, to leave
q the i-8 to look out Tor thcmaolvea.
We lorget thai tfi interests of Kicie-i
tr are all united, and that one can
nol suffer wilhont involrinff "the
other. A more liberal view would
re?ult in a beneficent ccouemy by
. . . . , i t l.: . i
which tue maivwuai womu rvujims
rewartl In the advance of all social
an 1 iuduatrial iutrrcsU.
Wc.jrecenJly" overheard one of
these narrow-sighted, piucliing fel
lows thua free h:s mind on thissab
ject of economy: "In thee times it
in the duty of every farmer, to cut
expenses do wn to the lowet. notch.
I tell ray cliilJren, when, tliey aak
me for clotlies, booka anything.
uo matter wbaV-tbat fhc country
iuir for the traut of better barn ac-
wln0faiion,. bat I am not g.ang
e.x 1t.sw!Ll a nxasmr tastrtl Bar Ksfl ll" ITlV 1 bAi,
butter bring me only 20 cenU.
. .. ..... . . . tl
I
tell uy. wife that, wetnust life on
pork and codfish r til I .the bonks dis
gorge Ihetr hoardel "trea?urc and
money- is mora plenty.." . , .
-If thi idrocate oP economy had
not been UtTpossespr of ."hoarded
trcasurfs" im liii words would j here tbo average ia at loust. twice,
havo had only the ladow of truth j If farmers Tould only oouteul tliciu
in1lrB, butting a tnoaev lender, j ,T" wW, Jwl.;of ald
ll..-, rf iMltmrr lii
h. '-t-sia
is cows .saner
for tlie-want of a new barn because
tU$ rrCrriis 'irqm tb'triJ were' small
w0 jfcalana,af not . wtckei. ;
hll.ietr.'acled onT(Sch a parsiroo
nims pHHcipW t-l would he litUe
itotjer'. n 1 cblarHaj. Buaki are
LoutliLg tWclr lrereuaplj;
cnte tmsifrMia stagnant and there
is little tiomamt lor money.
farmers who aroi able wogld liUd antidottt to all I uJ heAl:-tl fwd- Wbh a eo-at line
ne w barus wlen tfcfcir. stock Is tuf- fetiie tendency.' In this matter ol ' of lurt hundred miles in extent, tnden
fewog for tJaOrwaalofacpin numerous estuaries, sounds
shelter tldi 'wnal draw twt tlie learn frotti the) Frcbch. "A French lakes-witb magnificeat rivers
henrvlci treasure and mi iJq l? j wk wM niake a din for a iribuUrie. epresd , like net-
. i family ouV of what an average ; work over the face of onr whole tem-
circulatton. True econoiay. . ac- j mcf?iJmii thjo-rs into the ! toty. no iwlicy for tbo development of
manda.thc buUdiiig ofUrnsand ! J swfll-barrel 'Meat U'comrktrutive- vny state wouU U complete that did
ni,kir rJ all rkarnaanent lmDrOVS-
ment at almost aay rai-x ol wages.
Ilauv lVWcr.wiM-iatQ UuiU house,
asatuy Mtariwvr.s- y . -
fraMlkaa t 1V nlTII IrtllH.
m w w
;tanvor fenceto lay down Umo -
""-T''- eje-a.W''a''.L-.--.
: tile, to reclaim
i -
: tile, to rcclaiuuana, or to maxe any
pstnnanient imprxrvementaan iv
farm, and has tho meUiis. now Is the
lima Ha eaanot invest his foods
! , . 1 niM.Afssr
; SB) UV1U S IIVJ 1 we Ml -
mke better retoras,': "
j ' -W Wonld -'not, lio wever,' be n
j dcrs(Hd . as insiiTpalin tliat'lhere
' M o demand. for economy m tho
lirm. . i iibflbe free circulation Ol
j nicuts when labor and material are no rcasoa . wuy wo iuoald use it ta : faetbtiee for supplying oar peop
Wto9J e?' extravagance J
rrept htirr-rlasj-es tf soci'jtyJl
I- a-
id
-.t. V Of d 1 "fz L-'a
iarme,liif adM 'ltj OTpnatesl of
Hvins lre almost i doubW joa V)0
tihj& well ' at 'eVef r&ertf '
' WitItnJUV Iat': "preatfcp Host of
iliU Tncrcaacd expense ii for mere
Ubirttlljef !Aah" for iral cbmfort
Farmers. ar9. wont . ta,coinpLua t
J Uieit ucrftasWr 'taxt nv 'nbDrbiugf
' r . -r r - " t -ti . m
Co Uie polutweoonomj' '
" Iu lhe'raatter ofivxxi the expense
rroook ir ecoDoiaT .ucre. -.uw oi
the firal laws of health ia that food
should be sirtplebut on most farta
ers table vte find pie-i and caSes;
apecially .pies,", fixedup with all
maaoer.ol'apieea and .VoriugA.
lite pie is a peculiar Yankee uutita
tion, which started from Flymouth,
au'd haa migrated ott that latitude
wuh thePyr)taii emigrant as , far
West ' as toe Pucific '. Ou some
farmers' tables it i found three times
a day. maeh t ilia damage of tlie
afom:ic!i. as untmegs, cinnamon, and
cloves can't be brought from foreign
countries for nothing, and when
ea'en . with larded iastry are di
gested with difficulty' awl caaie dy
spepsia. Que may travel through
Europe and never sec a Yankee pie,
and uotfiTieaIU',.and ccouomy de
mand that w should ace fewer piea
in-America; Fruit uncooked makes
a cheoper and :eTCtjr way a better
dessert (harf when cooled. -Cooking
dttvsbirjlic aroma which gives
to trait its peculiar tnste aud stim-
trlGS. - .
Then, again, farmers drink too
much tea and coffee; These alo
come irom a mx coaniry, are cx
pensivefUKl if .taken atroug aro a
Kiti vc damage. - Like tobacco and
alcohol, they derange the nervous
;j .1 i i ..ii
) "c,u. "c...g p.y auu otucr
""UUV -
. , . - , .
not ue conscious tor a long umo ot
the evil effects from tlieso 6timuLit
tng drinks; for they undermine
health as they sap the purse, slowly;
but it requires a strong man to drink
atreug tea or coffee three timeaa
drcn as milk. . It is both
food aud
drink. With tha and coffee banish
ed from their tables, many tanners
will find their savings sufficient to
pay their taxes. -
Meat la also an expensive food
which farmers are wont to indnlge
in ls AtMdft . mstiv rTnmnblirtr tf nn
ss-s sv vavv'airT' -if "tTj M tsi sasvss s vast :
their tables three limes a day. Iu j
no con in ry do laborers eat so much
meat as in America. In moat coun
tries the v 4 eat It .only once a day
miia, ur some mnieu rar" aai inusi,
, ..j' . , .
ur uuvuicat uutnusr, lor irvnaiiisi,
they- would bnd.it not oulr a iunev
sitving, .but w-. befd'h-pruiiMHuig,
plan'. Ourrjaryiinaok)Us friciMl's
idea, of lirintr Oil codfish wa-t not a
bad' one,""if not cafried'too t.ir;
neither csalfish not any salt foil cau
be tolerated, for a steady diet. A
vlish ef appee s an ecvuomical and
Iia.,1 ,r.,a-1 nn4 lanth tiHyli-K
tasCaikirdini.'er table. Thi fruit
j "Tl- T" " i
i IV Tioai. tti tbta v-wn titer lint that ta
! goj to feather beds jiud sanded
j bnl ,n fJ-el?.
1 inako ecunomical and .aauitarr ito
, T
ajaaaa pbt bWs, e s s wsSa sbbbs sasstavS aajBsw Aaasrsv
. proVementa on iiiodera rractioes.
t . a .a .
'ijariieta are one ot tlie most expao-
sive articles in the f nrnialiing of mo-
deni houses, and they are neither tuly
.nor wholesome. Thry: are tho re-
ccpUcIea of much filth, as lamani-
j-frst when tlicy are taken np and
shaken, suid the new carpet worm
will provo a blessing if he makes
, l . : .:.tT
jvaa-u-a sal wusuiciu lusiituuuu. e
advntOAtrery yoag farmer iu build
his house to put down floors of hard
wwJ -alternate Strips of beech and
birch makc.a haudtwme floorand
ItkcwMe to . make his 'ceilings and
i
casing of the' native troods 'found 1
ln his Wood lot Thcic, oiled, ore
handsonae enough wit Loot painting.
Let 1 the . furniture ct the ' house
throughout be rimrjlwimnlicity
ia indieativo of good cease and good
taste, i Cheap wood? rrered with
gilt and paint may ike a show.
bu tt sliottfS jg-itr . 4 tndener. we
may relen t oj lLz ct of farm
ccanomj:agaKi-Ji, dj "-t- x $
BEPQBT., QTi.Tllii XX)MaIIS
SI0NER OF AG M0U LTURE.
few . interesting, extracts from this
report, and, in face of the fact. that
a member of our Legisdaturo has
presented a petition signed by 163
(one hundred ' Vtrid ' nxty-three) of
fthe citizens of the State, calling for
tbo repeal of tlie act establishing
the Departiaent of Agriculture, we
again make bohl to call the atten
tion of all thonzhtful minds to the
benefits -which must accrue to the
State by the Citajblisliraent of tlie !
WV . . It '
ieparimeui. . is universally
acknowledged that all the lnnatics
are not ia the Insane Asylum, but
that is a misfortune, and may yet
be remedied, especially as they arc
not in 1 hie majority; therefore, to
give the sane an opportunity of
judging for. Ilicmsclvea upon this im
portant que ion, we pursue our
original purpose :
rinn rooFAOATtox.
"Iu December, 1877, niton
the in
largely vital ion oi several gfutlemeu
iu teres tsl in tbe ftahiug grounds of
the Albemarle Sound, Maj. T. B.
Fergtirson, Ftsh Couominioner of the
State of Maryliud, and myself, visitel
tbose waters for tbe purpose of investi
, ., .... , . . .
gating be feasibility of establbJuu a
' co-operative shad hatchery in tbat
Ticiity dariug the em-niug Sprmg. As
a result of our observations, a eon
fereuee wss beld i J Wasbiegoj City,
at wh'ch the Virgiuia and United Statea
pWi Cumm'ssious ieiued as in etablish
i "
iug lechery, shkh w oierated at
t: i. .
Avoca the couflnesee of tbe ltoauoke
I and Cuowan Itiver.
... . . .,,- , ,. ,i
Puor to the establishment of this De-
...,..,....,-i
part ment, the United States Fwh Com-
r . . ' . . , .
mission, during 1873 76, placed in our
. . . ,. . ,
waters 213000 abad, suipliud liv arti-
. . .
HUM 'I iqw'liav,
the esUblls'iment of the Do-
U-V UU.I1U.KXI It
. .
,MV Wtt .
success attending
1 -he efioitt of the Cuitcd States Fish
Cotnmiasiou, iu introducing the Califor
nia Salmon into the waters of the At
Urn lie slo.ie, yonr Board, iu 1877, oi
tablisLcd a hatchery at Swunaunoa O ip,
in the Bine Ridge, for the negation j
of this desirb!e and proflUble fo.d.
fisb.
Oar numerous streams having
their
so-irces iu the mountains and
furnishing a sever fSJct
wster of a temperature siindar to th
of thosi streams Iu California iu which
they nnrih s finely, fnl'y justified the
experiment of tostl ig their adapt ibility
to onr streams.
Since the c tab Lh ment of this hitch-
ery. it .p;,a..rs from the fignris of the
report ma. v. uuo. ni. umou
uiiu i:u mrawu iu uiic anici.
The Commiioner goes ou to say
Not auiiu tbe least of the evil effects
restt Ung tram a tbonghtlessaua wqpie
ale d Mraction of our forests, Is the
. uru wp uu "l"ux u' ""V""1
I , . 1 T - .
"--- v - "
as to look to our rivers, sounds and
Ixkes for our chivf sulpIv of this eheau
' nU a.,ntr4 thm nfilisaibmu f tlivajt !
with
pro-
xorFs ,n
Kill!
times of high water, by dams WfM minoaj ,ue m wnlacturvra,- who
erectod front bank to bank by j fitrm9a 0 mlrmt epmbiu itWu io cosi
private parties. bils it ia repug j iu i iVitt
nsai to tbe s.irii of oar people, ss well ; ,ef wjestuting same of the best legal
ss to our organt- Ur, to invade the jt-u-.i of the Htkte.-tmm-rht a ra in
rigbU of the citizen, yet it Is equally
repugnant to grant a citizen exclusive
privileges snd etnoluBenta. And here
the iM-rtiacut iuqairy prrsimts itself
Has a citizen, living, for example, oa
tbe Boaaoke, tbe Cape Fear, or tbe Pee
Dee river, the right ta s.ect daaia or
other obstmctions ia thst stream, that
he may appropriate the products sad
profile of each stream to bia:Town use.
tttVreby excluding thousands of citizens
far her ia the inferior aal roct!gno:ia
it1! :
warm
to such atream from its benefits t Hj
the irapt fixed iu these Lune,' not only
are Uta ad alt shadeangUt la their efforts
to reach their, spawning grounds, , bat
sat nnmbersof the yoojog Ua4 are, de
atroyed la titf ir exit to the ocean, owing
to' the pemU4r constructioli ' of 'these
' i It Is theeoatom to:iUh' aoatf of our
waters with setue,oehvdtfft-ftet
and other appliances, sjub Taaota tbs
arAwarjKt asAKOXs, -and liooetv.withoof
intermission JU w) thna be see'athat
to'seoure'to'mr.pebpie a Juiti Aistribtl
tion of the bencCtaf WIabra; ; We
most have aCfree psssae1 for thas-Sab
of oaralreami a-espeeklly.f iaHbna
rivcra,,: Were tldseffacted by pi enaef ;
ment sad enoixemen of proper , laww
we mkrlit hobs at W Very distant 'dav
to ace our rtreama, 6y pUtbd reproij
d action, restorer to tuetr orijrraaj pre
dnctl vVweas. - V 'j r- i !
I wonld therefore,, earn eatly aaggeat
that the attention of. the Xlaneral As-,
sembiy be directed to the importance of
enacting en efficieDt;general lair, to
apply to all . oar ' principif waters, for
aecaring the free paige'of Rahh -:'
Aad ia this eon section I trnt it may
not he inapproprhtfe to ask your atten
tion to another subject elosely allied to
the one under consideration, viz: wan
ton aud reckless destruction of birds and
other game in the State.-;; While T am
aware that no general jpune.law can be
eu forced effectually unless aupporfed' by
an intelligent public opinion, yet I feel
warranted,' from an extensive corre
spondence with intelligent citizens
iu different portions of the State, ta
j earing tbat a law to prevent the' ludis-
criminate aUtugUter which so seriously
threatens extermination to many of cuff
uiost va'nable species "of game . Would
be warmly reeerved an endorsed. "TaT
numbers of insectiverons aud other
harmless birds (and' which are good
friends of the It'rmer) are annually de-j
atroyed witbont ncard to value or sea
? t , n.
i eon, for mere sport, and I earnestly jre-
commeu I that your Board ask for the
; euacttueut of better laws to protect oar
game.
rarrruzKBs.
i U.B(,'r m'coneePu fUl? tra? "
lcu i'picu-u.-iuu cu-
tertained by many of ear people, and
expressed by severul of our papers, tbat
uo cneci oi me ui imposea upon ler-
.... ,, . .. .
tihzcrs would be an incraaso of price on
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all brumu sold in the State, and that
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, onr farniers, tberefore. wonla have the
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tax to pay. Ity others it was f.-area
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i that all fei tilisers would ba driven from
the Stitc Bat all wre' agreed as to
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iuc urgvui uectrssi'y lor nu:u legislative
protection against the imposition that
bad been so shamefu'ly practiced on
onr farmers. The bigb prices realized
for several years for cotton aad tobiceo,
and especially the former, 'greatly In
creased the deaiao J, which readily
, bronght forward so accommodating and
! vnrr. anrkii.li, in, itnnnl TTia roMitinoaa
wUh wLicb Qnr ,e ex)rbiUllt
f fortni-W inTl nerallv
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at ssisvus as a x-(f s v v vw shvib
OM
pied, .UJ hence, iu the year 1876. we
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fonnd ou our market over one hundred
Utffcreut brands for s'del Thfl' imposi
tion of thi tix, andaSoVe alt j the rigid1
j analyids to which they were to be sab
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, tireUtj.uill r ls7r; . Oa mir
i ui.i.wr .11. M ..r. Mini-.'. K. ' I H L. III.
y dnpX to ml
all th
demands of our fsrme.-s, and not only
has the price hot been advanced on any
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in co'iseq-teuoe of thj tax, but
tbe repeated andysts of our chemist
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1 brauds his beu t.ucreaae.r . It i' one
of the legitimate raltsof owutpestioB
in trade, and bar Universally : occurred
wherever, in this country er 'Europe,
similar laws hnve been euactett. " And
while I am far from . as-rtiBg, that ad
the br.tnds withdrawn tram onr m-irkst
were wortLless, yet I do asrert that ' the
spurious and m sit worthless, , were
I riven oat by the enactment of the Jaw.
I regret exeeedincly lhat I base- no
' anlhentie data, ante-dating the passage
of t'.e act, upo i which to bae an esti
mate of (he actual .iuivitti "to. our farm
ers fat toe purchase and ..use of fer.ili-
zcrs, but 1 feel safe iu saying that it at-
ready amounts to nnndreds of tuousands
I I!
ylofdollars. . . . ' . t
" I Tbe ukmI formi labM opnosltion , io
tlie law. as was to bare beeu exneeteiL
volving'' this iasne before 'o tf. Courts,
and its couatitationality was .susiaiueiL
The maaafaetarrrs who bare paid .the
tax, seeiat that ihttf are relieved sat
only of conpetitiott witli spurious ' arti
cles, but that .'the, system, adopted for
taking ami aaalyxiag samptes 'will prs
seat their goods fairly and impartially
OU theii merit to onr Tpco;ite; srejso
far aS 1 am. ia formed, aetia-fied with tbe
ayktem axwl the tax. .. i '
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it auu (
! That Cm wisdom, of the Legislatore
ia imposing this tax is strongly- endor
sedby the farmers of ' the SUte, I beg
to' call your attention to. the. following
oiScial report, recently made by a com-
i"lli'"-'-.'ftl-i f
hihcv vi w inB appvuikcu jj w
North Carolina 8Uts Agricultural Socie
ty,. ita reeea t meeting, to Investigate
"pohlie eeatiment ia the State ia regard
to this, tax,;, Xt ia atrosgly erroborated
by. not only-the Press ol the State, but
by Jiundreds of letters received, at this'
omee, ana. eomisg as it noes irom gen
tWea livtflg iu the different sections,
aud whaMweltikLOwnJ ldgh :ensractr
liiitligenceejjd iniegrity is its beet
wnaraend at ion, I bag tcwabmit ,it sa
tire, as being well worthy your respeeV
fTd'consideration:-
-SxaTTbe committee to' wio-n was re
ferred by yoni houorabts body the fol
lowing resolutiou,' viz:--" RetoUtd,
That a committee of five farmers be p-
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potuseu so gaxuer iniprmitiou irom tue
fariners of the State in regard to the
working of the tix on 'fertilizers, and
that saeh eommittee be instraeted to re
port to our Executive Oomtnittee before
the first of December next; each report to
be furnished the press of the State for
publication," respect! ally report :
That they have made extensivo in
quiries among tbe representative farm
ers of aQ parts of the State, and find the
almost uuauimoos opinion to be, that
tbe iaxoa fertiUsera bas beeu prodac
live of great benefit to tbe agricultural
classes iu several particulars :
1: The saalysii of the fertilizers used
in the State, and the publication of the
resuita of aucb analysis, enabled farmers
to form a more intelligent opinion as to
what fertilizers are' nee Jed 'for their
crops and what elements are needed by
their lend. .
2. These analyses have checked frauds
in the manufacture of fertilizers. They
have improved the quality of those im
ported into the Htatc many aay as
inueb as 20 or 25 per cent.
Jit. They have exposed gross frauds in
some instances ssd enabled farmers to
avoid being cheated by them.
Hacu publications, ana tue very
J interesting reports of the Commissioner
OI Agnculture bare, in Aortn uarouua.
, A9 jB Germany, France, England and
several Stales of this Union, beeu the
mejns of creating an intelligent iuterest
iu questions of agricultural chemistry,
and spreading tulorin ttiou about the u
among the people.
Farmers do not now buy fertilisers
blindly at h iphaz trd, but bkd they buy
cloth, shoes, 4a, wita reference to the
seal raise of site article sod their
suitability to their needs. They try
experiment more thau form erly, ob
serving more accurately tUe effects on
the cris.
5. The home nisnufactari of ferti
lisers has beeu stimulated. Alauy farm
ers do not buy tlu manufactured article
at all, but they purchase the citeaiicals
at first baud from tlie importers and
manufacture a id mix for themselves,
producing, a mixture highly profit ible,
as they claim, at much less cost.
6, The tax ou fertilisers is pronounced
to be the best mode of sustaining the
Department of Agriculture and its
work,' iucludiuj not only the analysis
of fertilizetv, but ail theimportjut sub
jects which it has in charge under the
abtaemdact of the B jard of Ajricul
Uirtav Aboudiut evideace is at baud to
prove that - the price of ferii.izere has
not beeu raised by the tax. Couipauies
are able to sell her j at the a.ime rate as
in other States, and they sell au article
of known valoe.
. .7. JUtue suue time, the committee
reiKjrt Ithat the uiaitisraetioa at first
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expressed by some of tbemauufactnrers
uai uos.iy uieu out. many oi them
like the plan of having analyses m ule,
as it saves them from the competition
of dishonest aud inferior articles. The
only iu jury tits beat grades b avs suffered
has been from 'tbe increased horns
mixture of chemicals by thj f irmars.
But this the committee think a des-rable
thiug for our St itc
The comaiittea sincerely hojM that,
so far from abolishing the tix, the
General Aawmbly miht, with ad. van -
tsge to the State, grant increased means
J 0j Ulf4ef.,j
i to tue Board Ot Agricul
ture. Certainly uo legislation in their
remembrance has been of saeh direct
value to tbe sgrtcuitu.-nl
iatereata, on
which chiefly the
SUte dspeuia.
tiraoeritv of ..nr
lrMperity of oar
, Itesjtecttuily submitted,
' J. 1L UcTo'sixs,
Butaji Usui its
- - Pa-rsa K. Smith,
It "UL CAIaPWSjLti,
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f Conw
Jussni A. WuBTB.j
s Noxembes 20th, 1878. 1
If is presnmjd that the above report
Joes not in any manner refer to the tax
of 50 eenU , per too, imposed by see
lions 8, 19 and 20 uf the act, since a
atatemeut kindly readcred by the State
Treasurer, upon my itpplicstioo,' shows
that the -tou tax was coUeef ed io tut
three counties. Apart from tbe difficulty
j of ea forcin 4 it, scry grave : doabts exist
One copy, dire year,: j .r. . . . .ttLi
six months,.
.r. , tliresmocths,., ........
Substription f nYsriably in advance.'
RXTJZSOF ADVEUTySIIVti
1 square, "one Insertion,.. .,.,...f 1.00
ii column, six months, t r-13.C0 .
do,;? twelve months, v .. t3
i cohnva,aix months. ....M.CJ
do '.t wdvs months, r, 1 si M.C3. ;
1 colaan,ix months,.. ..;. ; . ,.,IiU3e
f io twelve iaaontlis,,.i-
Court advertisements six weeks,, . HXJO
' Special notices snd sdvertisements ia
local column 10 easts a line.v l. l JM')i ?
as to-xts eoaatitaUohaiay in its present
form, aud i; therefore ask thst your, .
Board recommend the repeal of sections
8, 19 snd 20. solfar ss:t
tax pf 60 cents per ton, and also that
the SUtov Treasurer' be anthorized to
refund to such sherUIs respectirelyi the '
amouats collected and paid In by them es
ton tax. ?. y:' I 1 I tvt. ".a, ' 1 "
t Believed of this einbarrassment, adt
imposing shnpTythS tsxof five hundred
dollars en escbrsalsolil in the State,
it esa bo eftctivljs jpcpaomiasllsjA,
aatusfactorily enforced,' 0ltJ i?t .r ,
.1 am satisfied tbsj, for econoaay, aim;
plicity and effectiveness, dor system'fof.
reguiiting tlie saleof fraiirs is not '
equalled by, that of stryf-tha tftaiesv -ssd
1','rnst that the ' essential features
of itspreseatfdrmi WiH 'remtda'tftr-''
cnangeu' - oi.u -t .i ..' - --'..! i - .n.u.
,,,, SigUit Hhms. tiCC
O. U. Boberts has been sppoinUd
Postmaster st Asheville, ia place of Col.1
Fsgg.4' ' ?'--?
The bridge over-the- Neuasr si- New '
light bss been - WAsbsd sway-and will
have to be entirely rebuilt. . - k
The house of Eli Osborne of Locust,
"Orel, Stanly county, was burned on '
tbe 13th iust. , Tbe building was total
loss, together with 1200 in money.
- Old Nkobo. Dick Martin, a colored
citizen of Stokes, died a few weeks ago at
the advanced age of 103 years. George
Hay still lives beneath the weight of
108 years, IMinbury Rtporter.
The rpof of the Orphan Asylam, at'
Oxford, was partly destroyed by fire
caused by a defective flae two or thrco
days ago. No one was hurt, and the
loss is covered by insurance.,
George Wetters, of Concord, beinj
driven to desperation . by drink, shot
himself on th 22 ud inst. The ball
entered bis abdomen and he died st
three o'olock tbe following day.
- Mr. John Horton, sa elderly gentle
man who lived 1n the neigbborbood of
Amity Hill,. Iredell county, was found
dead in the road last week, with bis '
horse standing beside him. .Apoplexy.
Mr.J. A Hasky, s prominent citizen
of Monroe, was killed by the wheels of
the - ears passing over him at Stouts, a
station between Charlotte and Monroe,
lie was postmaster at Stouts.
James Turner died in Alamance on
the 18th inst, haviug on joyed Jiia 85th
birthday oa Christmas. And'-Qohn A.
Mebane. of tbe Mebane family, died at
News Ferry, on the 27th, ult, sgca
seventy.
In the, neighborhood of Westfleld,
Stokes County, s couple of weeks ago,
Mr. Alex, .y wens fell from s scaflui 1
while buildiugs chimney and broke
his leg. The hutb hd to bi amputated.
Death or a Good Mas. Beoj. S.
Johnson, Esq. died at bis residencd iu
laucolntou ou tbe 16tb Lust., in the 80: It
year of bis age. Travellers to Luicolu-
tou win rriuemuer mm ss I he clever
laudlord of "Johnson's Hot-l" for 30
years past, lie was a useful citiztai,
and a go-d and liooes. mm in all tlie
rehrtious of life. CiarlotU Vent. :
Iu the Agfienlturd Depsrlment st
Italeigh is a bauk of n itive silk, spun by
the bunds 6rMr.y. V. Gdd'wefl.'o.
Iron Station, X.iucoln coitiily. it is
pure white and is said by vxperta to-be
uusurpassed iu text. ire. The cult uie of
the sila worm is one, of the things which
tae Department s.stri re to fo-ie.-.
ana they greet t-iis fiisispecimeu ol the
proJttct with particular p!easurc
The Fayelteville Gixette is offered
for sde. aimolv bv bariuir too man v
uonpayiug auuecriuers, the bane of ait
neaii4Mn iuu uui IWICIIJ euIOrce
a pro-npt p.iyiug syrtein." It had pre
viously bjru. forced to suspeuil; so thst
Fayelteville, with a population .of 5,IKX
iuuabitAuts, inOv wiikoat a newspaper I
ti-'t the Iaftfgrsature pass a lawmaking it
a misdeuieauor for laitiug to pay a news
paiier, sitbscrixxioti. ' Preachers ami
school teachers, lawyers and. doctors,
cm take carj of themielvea.- Stalentillt
AiturjatH. ' " ,1 'it,
Ou Thursday, January 1G, 1879. De
puty U. S. tlarahal Farrmgtou, srrested
uDa t -rker Welch uu a warrant issued
wmmissioner..- On arming
t at tw bouse of Ujeucer Iwm, who was
j himself recently pardoned by the Frr-i-
ueui lor a vtoattiou of the Beveuus
I f .-.ara. t Ua. ..fft. I J . .
uiue meu, iucludiwg Jaut-s Isom and
l'bomlis bom, wuotodk'. Welch off bi
tuule aud placed hi at iu.a bouse, and
swore tuat the ofiioet sboakl not take
him to Winston. Tuis crowd threaten
rd tbe life of Deputy aiarhal Farriog
ton and delisd the authority of tue
whole United State Government, mud
swore tuat no United Stetee ofitcer
should ever take a. mm out of that sec
tion under arrest. .VorvA ftia
Scccsusrcia liatn. The Bdreane De
partment is getting -active tn ferretiug
oat thecroosed Uistillerie in. the Dis
trict Itarenae Ageal Keiloirtr. lUnt
(Collector F. M. borreli, Deputy Alar
- sual O-.Seb sad Alsj. AlarUa lusae a r .i J
aS! 5T- W
' " rr" --oeru nice little
Htu ruauueed iu tbe moat m.Mwi
ner iu a dump of budiea. Thscaps -ity
if theetiU w s ;s ge. -fbey destroyed
tairteea taee stands' containing alnxifc
one tuouaud gaavus of beer, fifteen
builithi t'fmUt sud meal, and twenty
gallons of singtiugs. No moonohiuers
were arrested. . Tbe still was ahipped to
Collector Yoifug and tbe , parties came
back ''yesterday morning.' If this sort
of lliing g es ou wl4ky is going to i tae
iu tbs sectiou. A taid oncea week
win reouce tne stock ' belot
mark. OWswr. V;'
the Wats
Dr. II, Bricm : confirms the opinion
thst plants grow more luxuriantly when -iaeit
earlier atagss of -Wveiotmeut are
aceeratea ty . tnmt . Ibsu f titey wre 1
a-tjeeted to veeasioua r.tarualius vf
growth.
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