Reporter and Post.
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE
fntered at the Daribury N. Post-office
as Second Class Matter,
• THUIiSDAY, FEBKUAKY 10. 18*7. j
A
THIS
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THE AGRICULTURAL COLLIDE.
At the Ute Farmers'.Mass Meeting
at Raleigh, they passed a resolution
asking the General Assembly, to turn
over to the farmers the $ 1*25,000 of
land scrip now in the hands of the Uni
versity, and hearing $7,500 interest a
year, to the best maiotainanco ;>f an ag
ricultural and mechanical school, an
on last Thursday they received tho re
port of their eommitteo on the state de
partment of agrioulture, which looks
eYirfiim*\wm «HkW tKaT
department, except in paying a secre
tary, and the chemist's department.
But the establishment "of an industrial
school combining agriculture and me
chanics, and the modifications sought it.
the department of agriculture ara sub- !
jects dependent upon legislative action.
The Legislature and citizens of the
State would act most wisely in making
provision for the cstabliihment of an i
institution expressly for agricultural j
education. There is a demand for sci-1
cntjfic instruction, for the very first!
steps wo take in farming, for it is very
far from being the simple concern wo
are apt to think it, on the contrary, as
Edward Everett said, "There is no
pursuit in life which not only admits,
but requires, for its full
development, more of the
resources of science and art—none which
would better ropay the pains bestow jd
upon an appropriato edueatiou. There
is, 1 believe, no exageration in stating
that as ereat an amount and variety of
scientific, physioal, and mechanical
knowledge is required for the lunst suc
cessful conduct of the various operations
,of husbandry as for anyof the arts,
trades, or professions." We deem it
almost superfluous to emmend the es
tablishing of a school i f agricultuie in
the State but we can not endorse the
idea of withdrawing the $125,000 of
land scrip now in the hands of >he Uni
veristy for the purpose of endowing the
school.
THE RICHEST AGRICULTURAL
COUNTY.
Of the rich agricultural counties in
the United States Lanoaster countv,
Pennsylvania, leads all the rest. This
oounty raises vast amounts of the best
of tobacco, twice as much as any other
oounty in the United States. She does
not however neglect general farming for
•he also raises vast quantities of corn,
oats, wheat, and about 60,000 costs
make grout quantities of milk, and furn
ish material for great quantities of but
ter and cheese. Her agricultural
products, according to the census of 1880
amounted to $0,320,202. A day's
ride through this county in any direc
tion will reveal some of the most beau-
tiful picturesque pastoral scenery in
the world, or of that portion we have
visited. The cyo never wearies of reach
out over the round hills, exquisite val
leys the romantic Susquehanna, plac
id creeks, and the charming alternation
of harvest fields and tobacco patohes of
fields plowed as if the furrows had been
laid off with a ruler for s'raitness, the
substantial well appointed barns, the
commodious well built houses, the ab
sence of "old fields," and the evidence
of general prosperity furnish a success
ion of delights.
Vsrmiug must be done by somobody,
for the subsistence of the humau race
must como directly or indirectly from
the earth—most of it dirootly. And
while the business may not bo very en
couraging there is a prospect of it being
better in the futuro. So we repeat. :
Study new methods and study tho busi
ness and work to the best advantages
and you will reap the fruits of better
times by and by.— jjlutrutncc Gleaner,
Yes farming must be done by son.e
body, for agticulturo_ is a commissary
charged with supplying the daily de
mand of the human race and the sub
ject animals for tbeir daily bread —"a
want so imperative and uncompromising
(bat death in its most agonizing form
is tho penalty of a failure in the »up-
Pl •" .
The reports of I'ros dent Kenp P.
Battle and of the Committee of Visita
tion, to the Board of Trustees of the
University of North Carolina, is before
as. Wo shall notice the subject in our
next.
OUR STATE CONTEMPOttAKIES.
Teere is some tulk of the reduction of
the Homestead Exemption from §1,50J
to SSOO. Instead of SI,OOO worth of
real estate, $3l)0, and liistean of SSOO
worth of personal property, S2OO.
A great deal is to be said on both
sides of this question. Of oourse, in
many instances the Homestead law is a
good law. I>ut laws like this aie nol
passed for special eases, but to bniif
the greatest o mount of good to tin
greatest number.
Does the Homestead do this? An
the people generally benefited by tin
law or not' We bi.!ievo not. Tin
Homestead is tho patent of the cro|
mortgage system, and the crop-mortgaj;
is the parent of failure.
A man who is worth $->OO should bi
able to buy una hundred'dollars wortl
of goods as cheaply as the man who ii
worth $2, 500. Under tho present^Jjjj
this cannot be »f lift lfomostead
waiß-atejlisliod. i; would bo lilfiurent.
The poor one-horso farmers certainly
cannot afford to pay the tremendous
per cent that they usually pay, nor cau
the merchants affurd to takeiisks with
out oharging a very lar-c per cent.
Mary of the best morcbants will no
longer take mortgages. The result l
it is harder for the poor man to buy good;
on a credit than it formerly was.
It seems to us that the Homestead
law tonds to destroy public confidence
the essential principle of our prosperity
—La Grange Spectator.
The plan now of valueing the land:
is as cheap, as good, as ju«t, a* pra 'tic.
al, as any that can over devised. \\ 113
not let the law stand as it is? Threi
citizens now value the lands oueo ii
four years. They ate selected in eac!
township from miong its best men. 1
these men so selected can't get at th
j value of lauds in their own township!
who can? Can a State lizard* Can :
District Hoard! Can eonuty a«.'ssi>rs
The people are now sati.'fi J with ti
law as it now is. Under its operation
the State gets more thin sufficient rove
nue ; tho counties get a plenty, Tlv
why change ' Why impose addi'ions
burdens on the people .* Why cr at
more places and offices l Why give:
few men the power to arbitrarily valu
all the property iu the State.—Scotlan
Neck Democrat.
Senator Vance has hoe iin-i a oonvet
to tho plan of electing Senators by popu
lar vote. If you will study tho subjec
you will see the plan is becoming at
solutely necessary. Millionaire and th
tools of monopolies can buy up a S'at
Legislature any day. It is dono fit
quently as you kr.o* , aud thelegisliti
of late years has showu tho results i
it.—Washington correspondence i
Statesvillo Landmark.
CONGRESSIONAL SU MM AIIY.
Jan 120—The Railroad Attorney"
bill, Yellowstone i'arii, I'oslolfiee A|>
propriatious, District of Columbia Ap
propriation bill passed.
Jan. 31.—The Cotton Tax Memorial
Florida ltailway and Navigation Cu
bill the Senate. In th
House were introduced resolutions cun
tcrning lielligereut Canada, Appruprii
tion bills, and Naval Affairs, Ac., wen
discussed.
Feb. 3.—The l'leuro l'noumonia liil
under consideration in the House.
Feb. 4.—Railroad Attorney's Mil
and the Direct Tax Bill passed by th
Senato.
Feb. s.—The Senate considered th
Indian Appropriation bill.
The bill (which contains flftv-twi
printeJ pages) was passed without i
word of discussion and with no uwn
delay than was consistent wth its vcr;
rapid reading.
The Senate bill to incorporate tin
Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway Co
(Ead's Tehauntepco bill (was then taker
up as tho special order.
Mr. Morgan expressed the opinioi
that one or the other of tho Kuropeal
powers would suize islands lying con
veuiently near the mouths of the l'anau::
Canal, forlify them, establish foruiidab!
naval stations there and thus control tin
canal. What foothold, ho asked, hat
•heU. S. Government got in that scctim
of tho world. Nothing except a preca
rious paper right which it had under tin
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. Ho referre.
to tho fact of the British Governmen
t iking possession of tho island of Cy
prus in order to control the Suci
Canal.
Mr. Hoar rouinrkcd that tho subjec
was a very important one ; that it hai
not been expeoted to come, and tba
CDnsequently but few Senators were ic
the ohamber ; and he suggested wbethci
the Senator would not prefer to continue
his speech on Monday.
Mr. Morgan said that ho would.
Mr. Hale offered an amendment thai
beyond the extra guarantee of $7,500,-
000 expressly provided in the bill, the
United States should bo in no respect
whatever liable fur any ucbt or obliga
tion of the company.
STATE NEWS.
>lr 0. A. Trick owns the Sholby
Era. Ho gives bis readers a good pa
pnr.
Sanford Express: Tho mails! the
mails! the mails! the snails' tho snails!
the snails! It takes the Slur from two
to threo days to get here from W ilmmg
ton. What is the matter ?
Durham Recorder: For u w'.. le W.
Duke, sons Co., will work halt' time.
Tho agitation of tho tobacco tus ques
tion always hurts tride in Durham.
Congress by continually wrangling over
such ma'tors impairs the vitality ol
business prodnoes dissatisfaction,strikci
anarchism, aud plays the luischiel
generally.
Statc-villo I.an.'.nrk: Mr. Jno
A. Dickson, Secretary and Treasurer o!
the Western North Carolina Insam
. AsiJuuu ' fTt week turned back into the
1 St.to Treasury SIO,OOO, tho balance o!
tho appropriation for ooustruction: als.
$596.19, balance of tho appropriatioi
for furnishing the institution. Thcs
amounts, together with $11,500 lef
from tho appropriation for extra sup
port and maintenance, make the niei
little saving of $26,006,19 out of tb
appropriations made for tho Western
.sylum by the legislature of two year
ago.
Charlotto Chronicle: Tho count
convicts who are now engaged in th
wnrk of macadamizing tho public road
of Charlotte township, have struck
gold mine at the quarry, at the easier
terminus of Trade Street, and the pub
lie roads are actually being paved wit
what is said to be a tirst class quality c
geld ore. A specimen of 'he ore wa
, Uft at this office yesterday, and it en
be inspected by all doubting Thomas
cs. ISut ycry few counties in thi
State cau boast of macadamized road
and wc are certain that Mecklenburg i
the only county '.hat can claim tao lion
or of having her public roads pave
with gold. The ore is charged wit
tn'phurols, and is similar in cbaractc
tiitliittakcufrouiso.no of tho uiiuei
arnut d tho city.
I Jefferson .Ippil,ichian Philosopher
' The advertisements in a newspapc
indicate the life and business activity "
a town. Thecoluuis of The Philosophe.
; to-day ore a true history of JefTcrsoo u
this fesp eel. lt A ill soon be ti_.c ti
oomuicuce making maple sugar. Ev
cry body should m..ko as much as the;
,iiui, vrnut it not uecdi'd at luuie can b
sold. Ou;- merchants ought t.
advertise a:id let the people know wlia
ih v keep to sell. Wo do not know of:
| single mere!;a:it in tho I'nited State:
| who ever g;-t i;c!i or became famou;
I without advertising in tho papers.
Jefferson should bo made a gieat sum
mcr resort town. We need more pop
uhitiim. DtvtQo up your surplus landi
into good siz •) towu l-.-H and offer then
! for sale at are i -unable figure, i'eoplt
j will go where they cau secure homes
Eggs have been scaico in towi
during the winter, but the sptinglik.
weather we have recently had seems t(
have given the hens a good ileal of en
coutagenient, and they have been cack
ling round toiVii this week as if the}
meant business.
Silem Presi: White-shad on mar
kct last week. The cholera 1:
among Kalis Sink's hogs, he says.
Suicm and Winston are well suppliet
with hay just now, and it is selling rath
pr low. Wheat will be thin ajcord
ing to its present appearance. Tha
which was drilled in looks better.
From tho number of trees uprooted li
the upper part of Davidson county, thi
storm of last week must have beei
very severe. We heard of a few lious
roofs being blown off. W. (i l.cd
bettct, of Winston, recently investei
$17,000 in r-ial estate in Anniston
Ala., and sold it for $50,000.
Mr liedbctter has removed with hi
family to ltlrminghaui. Ala. W. II
liynuin aUo coiutomplates locating
there. Other citizens of Winston are a
Birmingham prospecting.
New Hern Jourial- Wo arc i»
formed that « large amount of llydi
county corn g»es to Norfolk and tlienei
to Wilmin3'.oi. A telegram frou
congressman O'Hara yssterdiy on
nouuccs that tho committeo on I'ublii
Bulling* and Grounds lias decided t
report favorably on an appropriation o
slt 3,000 for a public building at Nea
Hern. Jones cojtity dot: We lcart
that a fcarfjl cyclone struok tho plant
ationa of Messrs. John Andrews anc
Lewis King, on Monday last, which un
roofed four corn cribs and took tin
roofs eff of four stables, while one ol
ihe tenants, Mr Thomas Harrison, was
putting a horse in one of ihein. Ilr
Harriam says that tho whole roof whicl
covered the stables was lifted up and
passed over hi* head without injuring
him or tho horse. Mr. King aud one ol
his tenants took shelter under a brick
kiln, but the wind commenced lifnnj!
the bricks and throwing them around ue
thick Hint they hud to go out in the
open field to save tl emielvef.
-— Wholesale ait4Hotnil Dealers i n
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Arc now receiving and placing in posiffim tlic inosl desirable and varied stock oi I all
and Winter goods ever offered bv any one house in that market. I hanking their _
« inanv friendsand customers for the liberal patronage given tlicin intnc past, we assure
x oil j„ need that •"« is the place to get '»» most goods for the least mon n.
VOUVH fILIBEUBCS
AXI> T>IARY FOR IVJUI
1 !»*_• BUST ALMANAC, and a COMPLI.TR mAll'
for MTy day In Ibe year. To b» hurt FREK or a
dealer* in iu«diclno. or mailed ou receipt of a ac, pu>
|u\ it&mp. A'Mrtss
VOkINA pRUG AND OHEMIOAL CO.
BALTIMORE, MO., U. 8. A.
GREAT BARGAINS
IN
SHOES & HATS
OFFERED AT
SMGAK'S
SHOE k lIAT HOUSK
SIGN OF
The
WINSTON N.C.
AT WHOLESALE AND KETAII
A full line of low and medium j rio
Mines and lials in stock lor families urn
lßcjcl'ants
TO THE FARMERS
we offer special inducements in tlio wa'
oflionest shuos and huts at less than
AUCTION HOUSE FIUCES.
TO MERCHANTS
We give Rn&ton prices less freight.
We want your trade.
OUR MOTTO: —TIIE BEST aooi
fc'Oß THE I.E-VHT SIONEV.
D. E. SMOAK.
WINTER MILLINERY!
AND
STAPLE NOTIONS.
Consisting of
tilovo, Hosiery. Zephyr—
uiid tlic best nnl most rcll»-
blo CORSETS.
Fancy Kood* and Toy*.
In great variety
Frst 'oor Suulliof Coi'tral llolii AVin
» on. V.
MI-R N S DUVIH.
■ 5 TON
WAGON SCALES,
Iron 18U*I Detrlnr*. IUM*
Tore luiam tadll—m Ik**,
S6O end
Mrs Stanton & Merritt,
Winston N. C.
DKALEItS IN—.
Millinery
• and
Fancy G-oods
I.At>IKB TP. TM M HATS, I.AC Kit IM
IiU'>II>ERIKS, Ac.
Main Street nearly opposite the Central
Hotel.
I >o Yon
Want Furniture?
EVERYBODY DOBS
I
1 lion when you go to W inatoo, don
fail to examine the? in»tncu*o stosk o
* cute FuiLfrlntig 000 l that
Ciccro Tisc
lias on hand. Ho at nil times koeps ii
stock the largest assortment of
BEDSTEADS, BABY OAUIUAGES
Sideboards, ("rilis, Wardrobes,l.ounges
l'arlor and Chamber Suits. Also a lim
ot of
V rockery,
Glassware, Chromo Oil 1 *tin{• s, Dec
orated Tcu Sets, from §4.00 up tc
$12.50, Dinner Sots from §IS (o s>:jo.
Carpets, Oil Clbths and Mattiugs
A SPECIALTY.
H IS I'B LFI;S DEFY COM PETITION
Don't take anybody's word for it, but
go and see for yourself, prieo his goods,
ami you will he convinced.
THOMPSON'S
COMPOUND
TOKlfi SiTTfiRS.
ttvVtr ft t ♦ r ?
A MILD TONIC
AND—
AI»J»ETIZEI{.
A ouio for Dyspepsia, Indigestion am!
Cons ,-uion. It promotes the secretionsol
I: * Liver »ud Kidneys, and gives agcmile
one lo 111** Organs. Feli«*ves Nnesirk
Piosiratioit following Prolracteil JServouss,
ami enfeebled condition of Ibe general ays
eui.
WANL'F 4.CTUHKD BT
Dr. V. 0, THOMPSON,
DRCGGIST,
Winston N. C.
WAII7PH I inY Act,TO nn,!
If All ■CW S«*U I ri'p-ncnl tit hef own loMlltar
•naldfirra. Rcft*cnr*>«r»»itiv»i ( TVr-'nnr.pnt ifcMittUm
•Ataxy. Iljrv & uuoe*., UfetfxlNrtK .N. Y.
C. E. BENNETT. J. A. BENNETT
WINSTON MARBLE WORKS,
Marble and Granite 3ioiiumcnts, •
Headstones,
Tablets,
38»nk k l§, &e. 9
Opposite Brown's Warehouse, - - Met in St., Winston H. 0.
i
Qv bjM'i'ial Designs anl liMlmatt's Kurnsltod on Application
NOTICE.
When you go to IVinston !>.■ k w.lJvi lh> A'IV I'.ntk Stort {ntti to Binf/iav &
Jiynttm's) hj
?, !, v'. : . .'a is.
Genera! Merchandise Broker. ■ ■ ■
Auf»nt for MantUlid ' 'uo, r.i! !v v i:M»« ; uano urn! MerMinnnt DifMrtd
!!u;»fs. Ail hiij u and qwick to »ct.
I
I ALSO IvKKI* .V STOCKOF
j Carriagvs, Dticgie*, ami Fit'rfnioi.i \V« ;ons «>!. hand, which I will wll wwy omr.
DE4LEU IN
Flour, Corn, TVlwat, Oaf?* ns«! I! ir in * > *IT or larpfr lots to mil tk« fcvytr.
'• i MUkm aaytkiag la py
I line. Don't Tail to give nu* a tail.
T. 1 I' EG RAM Mr.
An Endless Variety of JXcw Ihiggies!
JUST IILCI iVED AT
J. A. "WHITE & SON'S.
—**.
C()KKM I
ON NORTH LIBERTY STREET, WINSTON N. C.
W'n WOII.I) lIKTt 15 X Oi:isM\( 1,1 KTIIANK 1 -forth* M*ral ikar* *T>•*.»-
V T ii'->■ *.\leiuli'il :n i.> liv ■•.:! I .Hi] -i. ml l>t ilnmg tiOUU WORK k.p.
li. ini'i'il Ij.i* ».ii'; •'U liiu fiiliii.'. V.' ii i vi 1. , I itK ll'I'KD for «Umj FIMT
( I VN (>I;K 1 1..11 l ever bn 1.11. . Wj IIOM t>u\aiiti in!tnd Lo kc|>oa hum * lar|« n*4
well selected tin k of tin
T. T. IIAYDOCK BUGGIES!
Tim most rolUlile rini'innali I!i . ou ,-.nv market. KnnriuliW w« wilt »U« fcr«a «■
hum)
ALAKGE STOCK OK OI K OWN MANUFACTHRKt
Tlii'mT l •) i' mi* iiiviin you local I iui u*» ...m i. .l. Nik i i> - tV. i v bovine. «1: AKI BO llf P
TO UUI
Jlepaii hig in all its Branches!
g. i . „ , r ,..SHOP ON LIBERTY,ST.. WINSTON, N^O.
Orders lor t ln» I\U II t-.hl. ho.Wi ■ .i.i.t! i .>i « i\-intnt and easy ridivf
wheel vrliicl* fornliysii'imis in . 1 i'aii am), .title luaikit, will ki illed «!»«•
short uot Ice al prices no Inn that they no within reach if all. »op lHj
ESTABLISHED 1871. ESTABLIBMD VtK
J. W. SCOTT & CO.
Wholesale Merchants
IN* O,
Are now receiving their fall stock of no
tions and dry goods.
And almost daily adding to their stock oi
groceries, Buyers arc invited to call
in person or send orders by mail.
We hope to build up a large trade with
the merchants of Stokes county and
all along the line of tlieC. P.
& V. V Kailroad.