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VOL. I.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C, OCTOBER 2, 1886.
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THE BRICKLAYER'S CHARGE. :
and, think on the' whole he's a fine fel- i tense as to endanger health, and fever
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low j and so are all the more sorry to ; and malaria are supposed to lurk
see him guilty of such contemptible! everywhere. i
meaiiess.
MISTAKEN NOTIONS.
We are 'generally pretty good nat-
The fact is that the heaf is not often
so intense here as it sometimes be
comes in; the Northern states during
mid-summer, and as regards i diseases.
ured, but we do sometimes get a little ! 4. 1 . ' ' A , -. .
f , .. . ; it is a sufficient answer to say that
out of patience with some of our, for!., 0 u t , ...
1j ; .' i the bouth, as a rule, is as hcalth-
the most part, intelligent Northern ! i ,' TT '.. , 0,
i .. f L fo j ful as any section of the United States,
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ex-
the i truth
concerning
the South.
As long as we work ten hours each
day t between daylight find dark, and
theri go at itag!
that we belon
tin after supper, we feel
to the guild and have
a right to sneak our nlind to our
brother . workirigmen ; praise thenj
when they deserve it, blame 'them
when they are blame worthy. This
time we think a little blowing up "
will be beneficial. We've been praised
ii good deal lately, told all about, our
wrongs, sympathized with and petted
until we are in a fair way to lose our
heads; in fact have already done so,
and in some cases have acted rather
foolishly. For instance, , in following
the guidance,'- of that miserable sot
Martin Irons, and in much of' the
strikingy for which no decent cause
could be shown. But we haven't been !
very mean or cruel until recently;
jBut- now, alas, alas, we blush with
shame to think that workmen in the
shaken city of Charleston, can have
the heart to take advantage of the
dire need and put an exhorbitant price
upon their daily labor. ,.:
Here is tl
There was a prevalent idea not long
since that the Southern .people spent!
most of I their time in snooting neg-!
roes audi insulting Northern people,
but that notion, we are happy to say,
is pretty rapidly! disappearing. In the jj
year land a half- we have spent in
Nortli Carolina, we have traveled over
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a considerable portion of it and met
ceptionally favorable t( health (as here)
that many invalids resbrlj thither from
less favored localities.
and mingled with
people of all sorts
and Conditions, and never, but once,
was anyl incivility shown us. We
Voiider if a better experience would
have resulted from the same con
ditions in any Northern state.
But t there are two other mistaken
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notions about the South that stalk
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abroad through the Northern states
aiid d6 an immense amount of harm.
One is that land in the South is gen
erally poor. . There is a species of ass
who travels South, and when he gets
back liome brags forth his experience
somewhat 'thus: ' .
n " Yas, I went clear to New Ovleens.'
Not a patch of decent land all the
way. Nothin' but sand and pine trees.
Not bin' but mud and water in New
Orlcens, Had the worst dinner there
The Northern Settler's v Conven
tion to be held at Raleigh, N. C:, at
the same time as the Agricultural
Fair, Oet 2Gth to the 29th, promises to
surpass the highest anticipations of'
its promoters. Several old settlers
have been advised that intimate
friends of former days are preparing
to improve the : opportunity to visit
them. Delegations of invited settlers
from other states have reported by
mail; meanwhile the citizens, j native
as well as adopted, of many localities,
are preparing their exhibits. The
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people of Catawba and half a dozen
adjoining counties,, will send large-exhibits
to the Catawba Valley Fair at
Col. Andrews as president, Maj. Wil- j
son as . chief engineer and Mr. G. P.
Erwin as secretary and treasurer. The1
capital stock of, the company is .$1,- - j
000,000 and the survey of the route is
to begin immediately, under the direc
tion of Maj. Wilson.
The new line is to be about eighty
miles longf about twenty miles of it to
lie along the French Broad river.
There will thus "be much labor in get
ting through the mountains, but three
fourths of the road will pass through
a comparatively level country. - This
route will afford still more direct com
munication than that w hichnow exists-between
our mountain region and .
the great West. Raleigh News and Ob:
server.
PEA VINE ENSILAGE. i
Dr. R. H . Lewis in the Neics and
Observer of 5ept. 2G, gives the f ollowr
ing as the cost of forty tons of. pea
vine ensilage: I . '
Plowing 7 acres, of land at S1.25 per
acre, 8.7o; 14 bushels of black peas
at 90 cents per bushel, $12. GO; har- "
rowing 7' acres in peas . broadcast,
$1.50; labor of sowing peas broadcast, j
75 cents; rolling, &1. 00; hauling 100
two-horse loads, mowing, filling, cover
ing ana weighing siIo,? j: ,'J.o.. Total cost
of forty tons pea vine ensilage, $51.85.
There were twOj mowings of fine clo
ver cut from this same seven acres be
fore the peas were sowed in July..
Hickory, which will be held Sa week! Farm hands, mules &c. , are , all
ever had in my life."
:Jle probably spent about four days
in going and as many in returning,
lere is tne picture: Liiarieston m .i-
the midst of her ruins. Half her j any j. I Consequently be passed
people.hoineless, and lacking even the throughjhalf the country in he night,
commonest shelter. The whole civi- j and like)y enough was playing euchre
lized world responding to her appeal or fading ; a newspaper most of the
with ' generous giving; the much be-; time durin? the day. But of course
rated capitalist send ing large sums for j ll0 kllows au about it. His braying
the ad of suffering individuals, cor- gets into some country i newspapers,
lKrations; States, all. coming nobly meii'0wed by! distance, loses its
earlier, and the best of these will be
selected and sent to Raleigh. ! Tlere
is concerted action looking to the
same result in many sections of the
state. Northern visitors will get a
splendid insight into the Horticultural
and Agricultural wealth . of Nortli
Carolina. ! ' .
forward to relieve the necessities of
the stricken citv. Behold now .the
xs-onance, and is taken for a hu
man utterance.
magnanimous bricklayer! He will not The fact is there is good land and
be s!o v in coming to the front; not he. poor lana in the South, as elsewhere
He will not walk, he will not trot; he in this country. Plenty of good and
will charge $5.00 a day for his work. I and plenty's of indifferent, but not
The rich man who - grinds .'the' face of: much, as far as we knoy, that is very
the poor sends from N, Y. his check for bad. There is however, one thing
5,000; the railroads giant free passes about land here that ought to recom
to all who desire to leave the city aud mend -it. i A man can buv an acre of
cannot afford .to pay fare, but the it without covering it first with green
bricklayer must trade upon tie cruel backs. The second and equally prev
need pf the people for shelter,! and di-alent and mischievous notion is that
jnand' exhorbitant wages. te have 1 the South' is terribly unhealthy. The
great respect, for the working man, heat in summer is thought to be so in-
We wonder if you, dear reader in
the North, who are so carefully guard
ing your few. choice grape vines,
tucking them under warm blankets to
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keep them from taking cold these fros
ty nights, can imagine what sortof an
experience it is to buy a peck of Scupj
per'nongs (10 qts. here ) for 25 cents.
They look like big, lightish brown
marbles, and what you get is solid
grapes clear through, no stems, for
they do not grow in bunches. 1 We
wont say how delicious they are: then
you would want to comei and have
some and .there wouldn't beso many
for us.
charged in the aboye at the saime rates
paid all extra labor hired. Pleas were
sowed July 8,-mowed September 1G.
FOR THOUGHT.
Dost thou love life! Then, do not
squander time, for that's the stuff life
is made of. Franllin. ' '
As Innocence went forth one day.
She lost her white jrobe by the way.
She called on Fortuiie, Fame and Pleasure, .
Seeking of each the missing treasure,
And seeking it of each in vain, .
Repentance brought it back again.
Religious Magazine
I would have inscribed on the cuf
tains of your bed, and the Xvalls of
your chamber, ".If you do not rise ear
ly, you can make progress.in nothing. ',
Lord Chatham.
Vie cannot kindle when we will
The fire that in the heart resides;.
The spirit bloweth and is still;
In mystery the soul abides.
But tasks, in hours of insight willed.
Can be, in hours of gloom, fulfilled.
Anwld.
hat are more
not always tl
A NEW RAILROAD.
They t
j pute, be
determine. Hooker.
fervent to dis-
the most able to
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j Tne French. Broad Railroad Com- indeed, nothing else but a lie reduced
pay was organized at Paint Rocky on ! to practice, and falsehood passing
the 21st. of September, Messrs. A. B.
Andrews,' Frank Coxe, W. E. Ander-
soiij S. H. Wiley and J. E. Rankin
from words to things. South.
Choose your companions wisely,
from this State with two others from j and your friendships will conie aT6ut
Tennesee being chosen as directors, j naturally. T. T. Hunger. ,
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