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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 4 TtfE GLEANER rUBLISHKD WKEKLT E. S. PARKER Orahnm, «. C, *+ Kntan of tMtscnphon. Postnye Paid: One W *1.51 Six Month* 71 Three Month*..... Evsry person sending us a cliil. of tci nbscrlbers writh the •;*&". entitles himself U one copy free, for the length of time foi *hieh the club U mode up. Papers sent t( liferent ollicef . v No Departure from the Cash Systetr K*t*a « pulnrliaUl Transient fclvjrtfsements payable in ad vance; yearly ttdvertiseinets quarterly it 1 m. !2 ra, 3m.1 Bm. 19 tn .i . —., .. ■ t .■ l - - ;• 1 quire #3 00|$3 3 •! looU Sol cool 10 do 15 0 Transient advertisement $1 per sqnan «r he Srst. and fifty cents for each stibse anent insertion. .»/> ®=SjfV ■ y C\" ' .■ ■» 1 - - 1 "■" 1 1 ■'== |> —> • • - whm I imiMi VwHtmiM m bmmmlm *■ % - ——. v t i) —■ * : lira evAMmiiAia GREENSBORO, N. C., I'KACTIOAt W A K K I vrATvm A " D JEWELLER DEAI.EIt IN FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY t Starling t Silver, and Plated-Ware, VINK iMtCTAiXKI, ' mid everything elae in my line. ineand ,'urt a* represented «ud yott S3 par no tuor* tot it thai* »e«Pei vance on th 'Kv vtioleiikle coats' ifoodb 1 ordertkl shall be fa# nifhod as low as If pnrchu«d In person at mi BS«ir Ckaias, Hair Jowelrjr. Uim«4 mm* »U | # ' My machinery aid ether appliances fol £SiB£S&SMSreJ ucqueutly I-can guarantee that nqr- part of i watch or clock can be replaced with the ut, that my work will com pare favorably in efficiency and finish wltl any in the land. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, Watch Maker and Jeweler, Greensboro, N , Mmmm The Dead 'ff* " ''' •;V '■' ... KsK,-'*" \(" : - y. • ■ .1 . /•"jl'fl ' 4E deal in Amerkjan and Italian 'A-r MsM- ' T ' 4» " **> garble iwnuits and Headstones { would inform the public that I am pre ' v ; : pared to do work aa ... • "fT f ''*p :, ti ifr.- rA}^' Cheap as ony yard in the State, AND GUARANTEE PERFECT , SATISFACTION. %' ' . : -lie* ji* Parties living at a distance will save money byMLdinjrto me for PRICE LIST and DRAWINGS. To person* makiug np a club of six or mure, I offer the ' **> *V'' '""V SSfi> Most liberal induce ments, and on application will forward designs, Ac,, or yIbH thend In pei«on. An# kind of marketable produce taken ia exchange for work. 8. C. ROBERTSON, * GREENSBORO, N. t. PATKON«%V HimRIKDKV MO VKI.I.OW nTIZK.II, Tlmj wauls ami grievances of ear beloved ohl Stale, must be the apolo gy (or this intrusion upon your alters t»n. That North Carolina, among the most honored of the great sister hood, (f American States, has fallen bank in the march of public improve ment, cannot be disguised or gai.i* fcayed, and that there is no necessary condition of snub shmscoming,- is equally true. That we have our share oi brain and bone and muscle, always have hud, us our history will abundantly «how, and that we possess a physical heritage, unsurpassed in richness by any one ot our sister States, no lutein Ifgont man will question. Our rich and varied domain ot agricultural laud», our exhaustless stores ot choice lumber and minerals, our truly and amazing uetwork of creeks and broad rivers, and our capacity to produce every variety ot the necessities of bu> man subsistauce and comlort, all conspire to arouse us to coucerfed and unrelaxing endeavor to place Ourselves aiouir sido of the fore«. most ot our great natural sister hood- -1 v Our first and chief object, in or* der to this, is education. our owli public journals dare to assert, that our proportion of unlettered eiti* sens, U greater than that of any other Statfe in the union is humiliating in the extreme, and is certainly the chief cau-e of out* backwardness ill utmost everything that makes a Slate great and powerful. Whilst your committee charged with this memorial, in obedience to the behests of becoming modesty, des oline to dicfate anything specifically on this subject, we must be permitted to cull attention to it, as that upou which our salvation socially, greatly depends. Let provisions at costs of material treasures, at once be made for the education of every citi zen of North Carolina, at toast to the •xteufof respectab'e aud successful business qualifications, and the results of a few 4ecades Jl \yijy! demonstrate the wisdom of the measure, and place us far iu advance ot our present stat us, fo #ll that coustitutea the greatness II • c -Ti i Whatever we do. or leave undone, we sliould soo to It, that our indus trial classes, be quali Set! by school adVautages, to exert their due share of influence iu tlie conduct of the pus litfeal affairs of the State. The ma terial'values of the Sttte, are iu much part owned by the cultivators of the soil, and just so long as tliese values are controlled and directed by other classifications ot our people, than tbsit real owners, poverty, waut, dis content, end debasing iguorauce will abound, and an eJeVatecj^degree of civilization be impossible. 'We appeal to the owners aud culti vators of Use soil,' the producers of the supplies iudispensiblo to the beiugj and ongoings of society, to see to it, that adequate provisions be mode by the legislators of your State, for your rightful elevation to power aud place, iu tills great qocial compact. Go long as-you shall consent to lie "howen of wood, and drawers of water," fot the minor aud dependent classifications of society; just so long shall be per* petqated the dominion of ignorance, poverty and social disquiet which everywhere abound, subjecting-us to vexing imputations by outsiders and thriving scores of our most promising sous to seek honors, employment aud social position la the States, you owe it to yourselves* to your children and to the generations which are to come after yon. that the means in vour hands, and the power now at your command, b« employed in seeming to yourselves and ts your Stato the 1 priceless advantages of a high grade of agricultural and industrial educa tion. With this, will inevitably/come improved modes in every department or husbandry, and corresponding improvements iu all the arts aud pro" fes&ions of eooM life. There are hundreds growing up in our State, without any education, hundreds mow whose education is insufficient for the Itefllgeot conduct of ordinary business, and hundreds of all classes, whose educational qualifications are 1n no way adapted to the develop ment ot the agricultural, minora!, and manufacturing resources of the State. As ft now is, it our rich stores ot minerals, Inmber and agricultural and manufacturing advantages shall be made available in building up and enriohingour Stats, it must be by the intelligence and skill of outsiders. It GRAHAM, N. O, is truly a cnuae of blnoliing •linmc, that we permit this condition of things and we owe it to our children, to di> vert fivut tiiem thia ceproach,even if it entail ni>o»i them the berE4ngo vt pov erty and hardship. Poor as they m«y be in the material treasure, if tliey ."hall start in lifo with H liberal indus trial education, they will bo licli com pared with the uncultivated multi tudes who possess property Without knowledge. It will a crown of glory to our State, if sho shall by statute law or>> dain, thstno citizen shall, by parental authority, or any other cause, be de* prived ol the Inestimable qualifica tions of education. In an enlightened social compact, no parent should have the right to withhold from his children the price less boon of school advantages. Ev» ery classification ot our people should be educated te tho extent of qualifi cation to perform his part iu the achievement ot a high christian civil, ization. In order to this, au import ant feature in our school training, must be. the practical, tlie industrial, agricultural, mechanics, chemistry, organic and inorganic. 2. In order to the wealth,prosperity aud power of a State, next to educa tion, and in some degree depeudeut upon it, are manufacturers. No State possesses, naturally, advantages in this department ot industry aud thrift, over North Carolina, —cottou, wool, leather, lumber, tobacoo and wheat, may all be produced aud manufactur ed into theirrespeetive products as successful here as in aiiy State Iu tho Union. - j. „ It is this, indisi utably, which has piled up tho capital aud almost oms nipotetit bondholders lit the North aud East, and when Our natural ads vantages of these portions of eur great national family are considered, our poverty and dependence become a reptoach which we should no 'longer consent to bear, it is ludeed strange that North Carolina, ever in thefcout ranks, as eur history will etklHy show, in overy struggle lor freedom aud right, iu which our common couHtovJsaabeeiMSfcVled 4o act, should permit to lie around unused, the richest treasures—lntellectual aud material—to lie found anywhere on thh globe. Our genial climate, oar vast and varied water powers, our forostSjtniu eral beds, aud productive lands,afford facilities aud inducement to maun* facuringenterprises unsurpassed, it equaled anywhere, and yet they lie iiiexcusably neglected, whilst tlie wliole State grvaus under th*inevita ble penalty of such unnatural short comiug. Manufacture is the strong right arte of agriculture. Our farmers should tWetore clamor aud clamor and never cease clamoring and voting in behalf of manufacturers of iron, Wood, wool, cotton, tobitcco aud leather, until in all these and many others, we shall excel iu a degre pro« portions! to our natural advantages. One of the most lucrative and im portant industi ies, the production aud manufacture dT wool, is seriously negs lected by us. North Carolina is indis pntably one of thelbest sheep pastures iu the world, and that so little atten tion is paid (o this feet by our people is reproachfully marvelous, indeed it does seem that we have made up our miuds, that sbeep were only designed for dog food, and that very little cost and c*re will be sufficient for this | want. In *pite of our indifference ou this subject outstanding stubborn facts in the history ot all civilized communities, unmistakably show the folly of such iudiflerenoes. If the races of useless curs, which have preyed upon this important in dustry, must be perpetrated and mul tiplied, let the working classes ot onr people arise in theft might and decree, that it shall be at a cost, that shall in some degiee compensate the losses to productive industry by this caugie nuisance. Oar poor, aud the masses who toll for their daily bread, have vital interests at slake in this depart ment of productive should heartily unite with vators ol the soil, in effective measures for the production and protection ol wool and its manufacture. , » 3. Whilst among some of our pee* pie, thejmprovement of food produc ing stock, Is receiving a commenda ble degree, of attention, there is de plorable neglect and unthrift abounding every where ou thi* sub ject. That peculiarly filthy Gentile the hog, with all his importance iu typ economy of life; may be seen stalking TUESDAY APRIL 30 1,878 j around iu drove*, with ft facial con* I tour rivaling that of the pike for ; length and sharpness, and sides more like Bole*leatlier than receptacles of choice food, a sort ot pestiferous cor morant—conxuiniug a hundred |>er cent, more that ho produces, lie should at once be exchanged for breeds that could be kept at half the cost, and profits. We , oongralulate our poople on the si"us of improvement in this direction. Homed cattle too often minus the horns, of all sizes, except the larger with not a supply ot »H to make their joints -supple, abound every where, and yet it wbuld be difficult to (ell how maiiyof them it wou|d take to make a beef. They are all voracious consumers, aud should at ouece be replaced by improved breeds We are not iu doubt, as to the natural adaption of our Stato to stock husbuudry in all iu* branches. With out measuring out the patience ot •ur readers with statistical details ou this subject we affirm that it i« the experience of all the States, that uo department of husbandry pays better than that of breeding", and raising improved stoek of every kind and that run down, aud neglected stoek of all kinds is im poverishing, to both lands and their owners. Prosperity aud success, cannot connot consist with the excessive production of cotton. It has been too much the habit ot one people to appropriate tothe cultivation of cotton the larger propotionof their productive lands, which necessarily excludes stock nisuig or abaudons them to the fato of shifting for themselves, which of courso yiakes them a source of uo profit, aud ofton i tlie occasions of much vexation and > t rouble, aud oftener of no inooushlerao ; ble loss. In this connection, it will ■ be proper, perhaps, to urge attention to tlie grasses aud gr»iu«, with their appropriate culture. The liegjoet of these. has impoverished eur lands aud pauperized many of, our j Tlie almost exclusive qebupjtuey ot our best land* by cottpn—failures •in tlmt crop—low Piwas, aud the e oftertUliiocs ui&food for our families aud stoek, Ji connection with the, per cent, ou necessary supplies during the growth and marketing of our staple crops, have kept us poor, and will keep us so to the judgement day. There doubtless a few exceptions to this statement, but we confess we have not tuft with them. Now if we shall appropriate the lsrger pro portion sf our lands to grass, grain and root crops, we shall not only become independent for our necessary supplied, but secure the conditions of stock raising, and the production of home fertilisers and ammonias ot our Mils. With such a system of farming we shall bo able to store away in our ooflers with every passing year, tbo products of our cottou crop, aud whether that be much or little, it will be an improvement upon our present condition. A large propotion of our lands, are eminently adapted to the growth *! clover, aud the gramina ceous plauts, usually cultivated tor bay and pasture, and yet we are subject t* an animal heavy outlay tor hay. This single, commodity which by enlightened practical endeavor can be as successfully produced as iu any State in tbe Union, is au exhausting annual tax upon our common treasury which we should not, and need not toleratq.y; for a single year longer. plowing,and thorough stirring of our naturally productive soil, with tbe aid of such manures as wo in the main can produce ourselves 1 will place us in a position of success- 1 \ ful rivalrjuprith auy of our sister , States iu toe production of every tiling , necessary to *ur subsistence and com. , fort, every classification ot graius, j grasses,fruits and roots in superabun- i dance will be tip inevitable; result of i and intelligent system ot husbandry iu North Carolina. s Clover and gypsum, with such fer tilizers and ammonias of our soils, as we may by intelligent economy and moderate labor adopt at heme, d eep 1 plowing 'repeated ' stirribg, JM Hpdicious rotation of 1 crops wifl PT^tfiet^ period make 1 Jjttth CdJPa the rival of Pennsyl '9p Iu the production nt the grains and grasses* indeed every species of animal (pod. •• * : VMpaniiot forbear in this connec tion the suggestion, that if we shall QBOlititie to cultivate any crops to the ■exclusion of the grains and grasses, for home consumption and lucrative trade, that we cultivate mere tobacco culton. and less cotton. """ * "T~ Tins result of onr observnl Jon, which both with respect to time ami space, have been somewhat extensive and careful, is tlmt (lie average money product of tobacco with equal pro* . |H>rtietif» of soil ami toil, ir greater , tiian that of '-otton, and when it is considered, that our Stale abr unds in large quantities of the very best tobacco land*, the experiment is certainly wcrthy ot a fair and thorough trial. Plodding along in the old rata stubbornly revolving to hazzard no change. In our subjects aud modes ot husbandry, lias brought us almost to tic briuK ot bankruptcy,_whilst thousands of experimenters aud adventurers around us, are growing rich with natural advantages greatly interior to ours. Again North Carolina, or at least a very large propotion of it, Is uttatir* Eassed in its adapttaion to Iruit culture y any State known to us, and when we are assured by testimonials that cannot be gaintayed by ftubbov* facts iu the pruclico ot others that few industrial pursuits with so little expenditure of mouev time aud labor will pay so well, nothing surely can excuse the neglect ot our people in this department ot productive iu- ' dust ry. This is a department of husbandry eminently suited to the talents, tastes ' and domestic and social status ot our ladle*; aud no proprietor of lands, whether little or much should fail to provide conditions for the dfeplav of these distinguishiufl, delicate offices. In the orchard, and fruit and flower garden, it is emphatically true that ft is ujt good tor man to .be , Some of the most lucrative fruit and flower enterprises wo have ever seen, were almost solely entrusted to the | fostering care and management of i women. Aside from the profits of • this industry, its varfed luxuries and r audits refilling and elevating'ten«, deuoy commend it to tbo earnest 1 consideration of all lovers of hone, • of country aud ol God. i Finally, whatever shall be Iho osten , sible advantages secured to onr State by immediate and persistent endeavor iu the directions we have indicated • they shall be ot only partial avail iu the inproi ement of our condition, so iotur as we ate doomed to excessive droits upon the products of our soil aud toil by certaiu exertions practiced ' upon us by those through whose hands they mcst pass before reaching the markets aud returning (Mir values* •&& ■' : >, •• » In the single article ot cotton, if the complaints of the producers have foundation, and mean anything these is a wrong doing which farmers should never tolerate, and which t if they do, will be an exhorbi'.ant drain upon the values of that article occasioning heavy loss and ooustant discontent to the toiling prodMtos. Now, it does seem to us that the farmer has this whole business in his own bands, and whilst, he should be perfectly willing vo make ample compensation, to inspectors aud weighers in the market, he should de mand as his Unalienable right his due share of authority in the appointment of these officials and positively see to it that fair dealing bntween all the parties conoorned be secured. If there be unfair and one-sided dealing in these transactions occasioning irrita fciou aud a loss to the producers, it is for them to find it out, and authorita tively forbid it Another almost universal occasion of complaint is the discrimination by the rail roads running through the State against heavy freights. If the statements of the aggrieved in this case be true, of which we have ne doubt, this is just cause of complaint, as it is the oocasion of heavy loss to the producing classes of the State. We do not claim to be Sufficiently ac quainted with the laws, general ««"l special, limiting and conditioning these agencies, to ad vise anything on this subject, but we must think that it behooves the citizens Of the State, as it is claimed, that by it flagrant in justice is suffered by them, to look into it, and ft possible secure protec* tion against the damaging of the reputed grievance. If it shall be shown that the citizens of North Carolina have no rights involved in this question, but to suffer, then quiet submission will become a virtue, and discontent and resistonoe, an offence 1 against law an order. It is therefore important that the question of right in this case be settled and if it shall be in behalf of our aggrieved citizens, as we believe it will, then earnest united endeavor should be made to remove the evil complaint at once. . That the views and sentiments of ( this memorial, be duly considered by all our poeple, and that the editors of ' the State, give it an insertion in their , papers, is the respectful earnest rev j quest of the committee. , DA MONTGOMEBT, j J B DAVIS, | J A HARRIS, I J R WINSTON, J J W Af .BRIGHT. J J A WEATHKRLT, 1 J K lICOHKS, 1 J A DAVIS, 1 • W U CHEEK, , April 2nd, 1878. I N0,9 ;; Sfoitnings. Maggie Miichel has played "FHIICLOU" ttbout 3, (KM) tinu-s during the last eighteen years, and it is a good performance yet. Baron Alderson, on being asked to give liis opinion as to (lie proper length of n sermo :, replied. •• i'went v inin utei", wit ha faulting to the hide oI mercy." Mr. Haves lias Jfr. Diaz as (he legitimate President of Mexico. More than one haif (lie people o( th's country rolu«e to recognize Mr. Hayes as (lie legitimate President of tbe United States.— Wuhington Pott. Western Christiana often ride ten miles to church, by* tiiey count tbe journey for naught If there is only a sock fight between the morning and evening services. Puiing a time of great political excitement, Dr. Cheever called on an old deacon for prayer. The deacon said, "Well, pastor, I will, it you insist on it, but, really, I'm too mad to pray now." "What's de lime o' day ale 'omnn," said a colored countryman to Annt Milly yesterday, trying to poke fan at ♦he brass chain that liteld Iter ffwit door key around that young ladv's - neck. "Look at*® tpwn clock,cbi'lo. Dat's built for po' folks."— Vicksburtj Herald. ' - "People may say what they w|t! about country air being so good for them," said Mrs. Partington, "and how they get fat upon it; but for mv part I shall always think its owiii' (• the vitties Air may de for cam mamils and other reptiles tlmt live on it, but I know that men mast have something more subftantiaUer." FACT. The following are toots; Washings ton was a surveyor and tanner ;Frank- Greeji a blacksmith; Warren a physi cfan'; Smnpter a shepherd; ltfcger Sherman a shoemaker; Marion a far* mor, as also were Putnam, Ethan Allen and Stark; Ilanuock a shipping merchant; Trumbull an artist; and Arnold, who, though a traitor, was a goed general, a druggist and a book> seller. A five year-old daughter stood watching her baby brother -who was making a great fuse over hawig hfs fa«> washed. The little miss at length loat her patience, and stamping her tiny foot, aaid. "You think yon have lots of trouble, but you don't know anything akout it. Wait till you're big enough to get a lickin,' and then you'll see—won't he, mam* maf ' Bishop Marvin was a princely giver for a methodist preacher, de pendent upon hit salary. He at one time gave $3,000 to one institution in the West, and paid it out of his sav ings. Just bofore his death he sub scribed $7 *0 to the Publishing Hons«. Hundreds of dollars were given by him to young and aeody preachers and students. The more we know of the man the larger he gets. A Western clergyman recently de livered a lecture, and, as i( was not intended to be particularly humorous he was not a little surprised and pleas ed to see with what unusual delight it was received by bis hearers from the very start, old and young laugh ing consumedly. He afterwards found, that, running through bis en tire lecture, there was really au extra*, ordinary vein of humor, not wholly unattributable (o his suspenders wblfe ' g ab ° nt hU heel * aW lhß A Danbury boy of a pugnacious turn was taken to task by his mother for striking a companion. She told him he must ask the forgivneas of the wronged one. He went up to him, having his back to his mother, and whispered through his clenched teeth: '•l've got tolsek vou to forgive roe for hitting you, and you'd hotter speak right up at once that you do, or I'll give you something to remem* ber." The victim spoke up.— Danbury News. jV'-iij ! . j-'ii V •>' j .. Tniites HOT TO DO, . Never believe, much less propagate, an ill report of a neighbor without good evidence of its (ruth; never listen to an iutamous story banded io yon by a man WHO is inimical to Ibe. person defamed, or who is himself apt (o defame his neighbors, or who is wout (o sow diiscord among brethren and excite disturbance in soeiety. the evil which you know or snspedt of another, (ill you have an opportunity to expostn* la»e with him. Never speak evil of another while you are under the influ euce of envy and malevolence, but wait till your spirits are cooled down, thai you may better judge whether to utter or suppress the iua((er.
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