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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
RULES.

What is known as the civil ser
vice rule" when applied to practical
politics, is the veriest humbug of the
age.-New Berne Journal.
What is known as the rule 'sTo the
victims belong the spoils' is the most
d;.mpable doctrine ever preached in
American politics. No honest man
can sheer at the Civil service rule
1t means reform.-Wilson AdUance.
The Advance is right. ITO the
victims belong the spolls'' is a very
recent phrase. But however recent
it may be, yet we once thought it was
going to totally crush out that other
rule"To the victors belong the spoils''
which is, we think, the only safe, true
and reliable principle, on which the
permanency Of any political party
can ever be based. Shall the victims
have even a share Of the spoils? 1t
is known that many who were ene~
mics of the democratic party, and
who did all in their power to defeat
Mr.. Cleveland, and carry the United
States for Mr.. Blaine last fall, have
received part OF the spoils of demo
cratic victory. But there are good
Indications to hope that no more re
publicans will be reappointed. 'Let
him who wins the palm, wear it, Lc'
those who win the victory get the
profits. How can democratic princi
Piles be carried out unless through
democrats. Surely republican with
his inclinations cannot satisfy dem
ocrat with his principles. Keep OF
s'turning the rascals OUT
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

ing a better paper hereafter. This
paper, as can be seen from the stock
holders is on sure foundation. Run
it must. But while it is going to
come out every week. filled with good
matter and news, whether we have a
long list of subscribers or not, still it
is a candidate FOR patronage. Its adj
vertising columns are cheap-by far
cheaper than any other paper we
know-it costs but little to advertise,
therefore if you have anything to sell,
or to call attention tc, why not senc
it to the DEMOCRAT and let it be laid
forth to the citizens?
Wenever expect to say what we co
not mean and what We cannot pro- G
and uphold. We shall not withhold
our thoughts concerning any thing
we believe to be damaging to Scot~
land Neck or the country.
We arc in one of the healtliicst and
most fertile sections of the State, but
it is a fact, q sad one, but neverthe-
less true that our people as whole,
lack public spirit, and we do believe
that the DEMOCRAT has not the mum
Der of subscribers which this tow
and this section, with all the advan>
tages, should give. Local papers are
more than mere appendages to towns
They are not started just for the
towns to boast Of a paper, but it is
their business to encourage farming
and all honorable industries. to give
vent to the feelings and the will OF
their sections and to elevate the NOR
al, social, and political qualities
within their reach. The DEMOCRAT
aims to be good newspaper.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
LOCAL PAPER.

1t has long been conceded by ali
fair minded persons that good 10
cal paper is worth more to its COM
munity than big paper like the
New York Herald would be if every
subscriber to the local paper SUBJ
scribe also to the great national
paper. The great paper from the
city may hold right views upon na>
tional questions, it may be alive to
the interest of the country as whole,
it may be paper whose sole object
is to advance the material interest of
the country but then it cannot every
time hold opinions which can be
held by the community that has Its
local paper. it cannot re alive to the
interest of that particular town and
section as local paper which tries
to understand the interest of these
can, and while it may advance the
country and in small part the towns,
yet it cannot giveits attention to these
towns and Thereby showing their
merits. and industries and peculiar
advantages, be of such profit to these
communities as their local papers.
A good, live, ready and bold paper
always reflects credit upon its town.
Petple who do not know the town
and its people, its business firms,
and its industries, can pick up the
paper Of almost any town and form
fair and nearly correct opinion of
it. When people do not know the
town, then they will judge it by the
paper. That is SO, though they may
sometimes be deceived.
1t is known to some of the subscri.
bers for the DEMOCRAT that we have
not been able to give our undivid, d
attention to it, because we have been
an assistant in Vine Hill Academy.
Then, you see. we could do but very
little work on the DEMOCRAT during
the day, and we might say that all
the work on the DEMOCRAT has been
performed at night and on Saturday,
OF course We mean mental work. We
think now that We are safe in promis.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
LET THE REVENUE STAY.

President Cleveland. says an ex-
change, is opposed to the repeal of
the Internal Revenue. Sensible
statesmen in every corner Of this
great country entertain similar views.
The Southerner is happy to he in &C
cord with President Cleveland and
these sensible statesmen. Revenue
has to be raised from some source to
run the government machinery, to
keep down the interest On the public
debt, etc.
For this purpose place direct tax
on land and such howl will ascend
to heaven as has not been heard since
the geese cack!ed war in home.
The other alternative for the pur-
pose OF raising revenue is what is
known as the tariff
1t has been the policy of this and
many other civilized countries to tax
the Inquiries of life and relieve the
necessaries. essential for the con-
sumption of the poorer classes of our
citizens.
Tobacco and alcoholic liquors are
comprehcnded under the head OF
luxuries-then let them hear the bur.
den.
Import duties on articles of prime
necessity make the cost of those ar
ticles exceedingly oncrous to the con.
sumer, And the consumer Means
the poor people. So often in these
columns have examples been placed
before our readers that it is useless
to reiterate here. Just now, too, the
discussion of the question can effect
no good.
Congress is not in session and the
President and his cabinet have their
hands full turning the rascals out
The motto of the Southerner is; A
Tariff for Revenue only and let Inter
nal Revenue stay.-Tarboro South
eTDeT,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

Young has had his bond renewed. IL
is to continue in Office some time at
least. June 1st was the day upon
which his term expired, and our
Make Haste slowly" Administra-
ton was too slow. and had not ap-
pointed q Democrat. SO Ike has been
requested to hold on and give the
Authorities more time to select a
Democrat Do you call that all right!
Is that not too slow? A small posi-
Office can wait for change much bet
Ger than the Fourth District. Hurry
up and remove Col. Young. His pol
tics arc not yours Messrs. Cleveland
and Manning.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

are in this land. Yet the destruction
of human life by murder is rare. Pub
lie opinion there no more than the
law authorizes men to go about habit
ually with the means Of destroying
life. and public opinion there sustalns
the administration of the law when
life has been taken. In this country
the habit of carrying pistols has OF
late wears become national, and the
sooner that public opinion can be
brought to reprobate the practice as
-ufiianly and barbarIous, and to pun
lsh it as crime, the better it will be
for the safety and good order OF so>
cietv. and for American civilization
So too, the immunity granted mur>
.lerers FROM one end Of the land to the
other is primarily the cause of two
thirds of the crime which blots our
annals. There is a disposition every.
where among men of strong and I'M
governable passions to take the
chances" There is feeling every
where that it is only about once In
ten times that conviction is wrought
in the courts, and so long as this is
so men will constantly be found will
! ing to ran serious risks.
A need of the country is an ednca
ton of it's people into the feeling tina;
the law must be respected, and res
spected because it is law. 1t must
be so in great things and in small
Raleigh Register.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

The venerable r. NJ. T. Hunter, OF
Va. has been appointed, at his own
request, to the collectorship of a Vir
einia district with a salary of $3.50
and fees amounting to about $500
He is rs years Of age. His fortune
has been, how changed! During the
late war he represented Virginia in
the Confederate Senate. Thirty
years ago he promised some day tc
be President. He was a United
States Senator. Now he earns al
honest living. No Federal pension
feeds him! Noble old man!
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
CRIME AN1 ITS CAUSE.

The murder epidemic does not
abate in the land. The Register
might be filled with one days record
of crimes az made in any one Of the
great morning papers of New York.
Our brethren Of the law.abidlng North
keep on killing one another with pis-
tolls or with poison. and it may not be
denied that even in the South human
life Is held too cheap. The country
perhaps IS not old enough to have
learned its value, and the ingenious
inventions Of modern days have made
the habit of killing acquired IN set
thing the land Of convenient contin-
uance in the land now filed with peo.
Pile,
Where there is so much KILLING
those who kill are apt to fad abuu>
dant sympathy and escape punish>
ment, for after all it is public opinion
which too often regulates the admin
istration OF the law. Sometimes it
controls the Bench, ofteper the iurv
Until the public opinion is corrected
the killing will continue. When nnh
lie opinion Is changed the country
will have a more exacting criminal
administration and murder NAV not
cease. but viii! become in:reouent
People on the other side of the At
lantlc have like passions with u.s. and
they are afflicted with quito as muc,,
poverty. ignorance aud discoptent as
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

One day last week Gen. Villas ap>
pointed $50 postmasters for Virginia
alone. They were of the fourth class
One hundred and fifty each day will
do pretty we'll for one State. Don't
interrupt the good work.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

Sam J. Randall, who is democrat
a little eccentric however-seems
to be preparing for another race for
the Speakershsp Of the House of Rep
resentatives. He is a high tariff
champion. He is shrewd, but he has
been beaten.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
Ar exchange says:

IAN experimental incubation with
the yellow fever virus is now report
ed from Vera Cruz which was sue
cessful in every respect. The system
used is considered by the Mexican sa
wants a complete protection for four
or five years.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

Riel, the Manitoba rebel, is to be
tried in court for his general conduct
in that uprising. 1t is thought that
he will be acquitted on the plea Of
insanity. political we suppose.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
DENNIS Il HORN

Keep constantly on hand Bugg,es,
wagons, Carts &C.. which they will
sell cheap for CASH. or on time to re-.
sponsl5le parties. We are thankful
70 our friends for past favors and
nope continuance of the same
DENNIS & HORN.
Enfield, n. C..
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

Cen. Grant has finished that boot
which is said to be history OF thu
war, but whether it is history or not
we don't knew.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

The Bart.,oidi State Of "Llbcrt!
Enlightening the World is now Il
New York.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

Civil Service Reform.
Observation-Disclosures.
Turn the rascals OUT
Take time-Be sure to get honest
faithful democrats, then Reform.
Every true republican expects this
Every Simon pure democrat de-
mands this.
Justice claims this.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
TEN THOUSAND YARDS
DRESS GOODS,
SUMNER CASHMERES IN ALL COLORS AM
OF EVERY STYLE

SILK & WORSTEAD PLAIDS PLAIN & DOTTED BEEEG
BUNTINGS & NUNS YELLING OF ALL COLORS AND GRAZ
SHEPHERD PLAIDS. MOEAIR GLACE AUSTRALIAN GRE
MOUSSELINE. RAYEE ENGLISH BEIGE PLAIN, STRIPED
FIG URED SEERSUCKERS, ETC.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED YARDS
WHITE GOODS.

NA1NSOOkS-PLAIE, CHECKED AND STRIPED y,CTOR
INDIA AND LINEN LAWNS INDIA LINEN AND INDIA MI
PLAIN. CHECKED. CORDED STRIPED AND EAlpRolnEE
STRIPED P1QuES. PLAIN AND DOTTED SWISS & ETC Fl
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04

.- ~ oiliN' W. A. DUNN,
KITCHIN & DUNN
ATTORNEYS = COUNsELLoRs ArLAw
Scotland Neck, N. C,
1Otfice on 10th Street, first door
above Main,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-04
M1hL4NERY! MILLINERY! M1lL1Nh''

wEHAvE IN ADDITION TO OUR cENER STOCK OF MERcRA
II W., DEPARTMENT DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO NIL
fnoCURED THE SERVICES MISS BURNETTE. or prJ
onl LADY OF MUCH EXPERIENCE AND GOOD TASTE VIZ
ANihD IN ASSURING THE PUBLIC IN pEPAkn
r ,I1 nUI FEW EQUALSAND NO SUPEAIORS WITHIN 1hH
oF OUR PATRONAGE.
nLeo HAVE IN THIS DEPARTMENT FIVE HUNDRED Plt
BALTIMORE COST ~
EGVTEp, - 49, A'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
The Japanese Immigrants.

There was an animated scene at the
immigration Depot all day yesterday.
Messrs. w. G. Irwin & Co., who have
charge of the transporting of the Japanese
immigrants to their final destination, sent
away $50 of them, distributed as follows:
Hawaiian Commercial Sugar Compan Y,
Maui, 275; Reciprocity Sugar Company,
Maui, 40; Hilo Sugar Company, so;
Hakalau plantation, 40; Ookala planta-
ton, 25; Paahau plantation, 20. They
were forwarded by the steamers Kinau,
Lehua and Mokolii. The latter sailed at
o'clock, the Lehua at a quarter before
six, while the Kinau did not leave her
dock until o'clock. Everything con-
nected with the shipping was done in per-
feet order. To-day al other batch will he
dispatched. 1t is not to be expected that
such fine body of men will remain at the
depot very long. There appears to be
growing favor for this class of immigrant
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
A Great Boon.

The arrival of the fine steamers of the
Oceanic Steamship Company's line is a
great event in Honolulu twice every
month. They not only bring large num-
mail matter and papers, which is an i'm
portant item to this community. There
is another branch of trade which has won
derfully increased of late-the shipment
of fresh fruits, fish and vegetables, which
have all been kept in ice since they left
San Francisco and, through the admir-
able conveniences on board the steamers,
arrive here in splendid condition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
Hawaiian Postal Guide.

We have received from the Postmaster
General a copy, in English and Hawaiian,
of the Hawaiian Postal Guide" being a
summary of the regulations in the Ha-
waiian domestic and foreign postal SER
vice. Copies of the "Guide'' can be had
at the Post Office. We are pleased to
welcome this publication, which was
greatly needed. Although our postal sys-
tenn has been organized for the past thirty
years, this is the first postal guide that
has ever been issued. The Hawaiian
Post Office, being a member of the Uni
versal Postal Union, it was only meet and
proper that an authoritative Post Office
guide should be published. We congratu-
late Postmaster General Whitney upon
the creditable way in which the work has
been compiled.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

small Post Oafce mail was forwarded by
the W. G.. Irwin yesterday afternoon for the
Coast.
The Rev. Geo. Wallace, of st. Andrew s
Cathedral, left by the Khan yesterday for a
trip to Kohala He returns next Saturday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Spreckels, Miss Dore,
Miss Ivers and Mr.. VIM. G. Irwin leave by
the ". G. Hall this afternoon for the
Volcano.
The Olowalu Company, Maui, announce
the annual meeting of stockholders for Mon
day, August 10th, at the Office of Geo. W.
Macfarlane Co.
Mr. Cyprian C. Webb, son of Mr.. Joseph
s. Webb, Secretary of the Foreign Office,
left by the Kinau yesterday to assume the
duties of bookkeeper at the Onomea planta-
ton, Hawaii.
The steamers C. R. Bishop and Kilauea
Hou leave at noon to-day for Hamakua, and
the James Makee leaves at the same hour for
Kauai. All these vessels will take japanese
immigrants.
His Majesty the King has received an
autograph letterfrom His Imperial and Royal
Majesty the Emperor of Germany, a trans
lation of which will be found in our by
Authority" column.
The Honolulu Rifles had a good drill last
evening, preparing for their parade at the
Rink the 30th. The attendance was
small, there being only twenty-one in the
ranks and three officers present.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
SHIPPING NOTES..

The tug Eleu, after six weeks constant towing
of the mud scowS from the dredger to the Espla-
made, besides towing in and out sailing vessels,
has laid up for day or two to allow her boiler a
thorough cleaning. The tug Pe!e took her place
July 2lst.
The steamer Waimanalo brought 900 bags sugar
from WaimanaO July 2Ist.
The schooner Leahi brought $50 bags paddy
from Hanaei July 2Ist. She takes 20 Japanese
immigrants to PrInceviIle plantation, IIanalei
Kauai.
the marine railway July 2lst, and sails for Kauai
to-day.
The Oceanic steamship Alameda. Captain II G
Morse, is expected from san Francisco this fore
noon.
The steamer Kinau took 1876 OF the newly ar
rived Japanese to windward ports July 2Ist.
The steamer Kilauea Hou sails at noon to-day
for HamakuA. She Will take another load Of
machinery for KohaIa.
The American brigantne w. G. irwin, Captain
II. n. Turner, sailed for San Francisco July 2Ist
with 6o65 bags sugar, 600 bags rice, 81 empty gaso
line tanks and 80 kegs mOlasses, weighing nearly
1888 tons, and valued at S37 ,O4O so.
The steamer &. R. Bishop takes, at noon to-day,
200 Japanese to Hamakua, Hawaii
The boiler of the steamer Likelike, that
was recently put in position, is pronounced to be
the best and largest ever manufactured in the
Hawaiian Islands. The steamer Lfkeltke will,
therefore, be a great help to the steamer KHAN
during the next sugar season.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22


cisco eu ron,s ram, ana brio. Chest from San Fran
An BIZ Fro. 20 the Colonies, due August
August Is 'esseo' from Newcastle, y : w. due
due ny .o . s4'Ay Turner, Newell, from Boston
III i Gar. Jupiter, from Liverpool. due july 30
'N'ober 80 --'e Iradale, from Glasgow, due
soTk via Ro Sarths Davis, Benson. from New
An scbT .T pe1i' due October $50
An bkf,a' C,porter, for Kahului. Jnna % On
iOiy2o eureka, J Lee, from San FraDcis,o
SSAsaai July SO "'''ch' from San Francisco,
ffsacisco due Ina, sAam) Morse, from san
Fssaeseo due eGT ni,l f Cousins, from san
ftSSnciscl. dua DIscovery, w r Perrip,on tror, So,
schr route for san Francisco sooe d1d from he
ssCly ?1-sI Leeds from Navarro River. Cal
'';a Part@ ToT Thomas R R Foster, w p,.,,.
ssad nd S Ss5t Csyioa " T. due August SO s
A0 August lo-l5 O"' ForI TOWN.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
Dancing Party at the Royal Ha
WAiian Hotel.

Wn1Iam Hotel.
Last evening His Majesty the King
gave an impromptu dance at the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel in honor of Mrs. G. A.
Spreckels and Misses Dore and Ivers.
The front of the building and the grounds
We're beautifully illuminated with Japa-
nese and Hawaiian lanterns. From the
flag POLE in the center of the lawn were
three streamers of lanterns which extended
to the edge of the lawn. The front Of
both Verandas were literally one mass of
lanterns arranged in very tasteful manner.
Even the cupola on the top of the
building had not been forgotten, the
whole effect being very pleasing to the
eye. The floor of the large parlor was
covered with canvas for dancing purposes.
Mr.. Jules Tavernier's latest picture, the
new lake at Kilauea, was hung
at one end of the main passage,
and attracted much attention from
the ladies and gentlemen present. A de-
tachment of the Royal Hawaiian band was
stationed on the veranda and played for
dancing. His Majesty the King led off in
the first dance with Mrs. Spreckels. Re-
freshments were served late in the even
ing, and the whole affair was thoroughly
enjoyable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22
Sneak Thieves.

Mr.. W. Wright, who resides in the cot
tage in the rear of Mr.. Henry Harris resi-
dence, Nuuanu Valley, reports that sneak
thieves were on his premises the other
night and carried off a large sheet which
hung on the veranda. He also missed the
milk can, but as the milkman had not
been around, the thieves did not get any
milk. The next two nights he hung other
articles up on the veranda and laid in
wait, but no one came after them. Last
Monday night the chicken yard at the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel was broken into
and robbed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-07-22


The burned cottage in the Hotel grounds,
the scene of the late fire, has been entirely
removed, and the large and fine tamarind
tree standing between it and the Hotel has
also been cut down. A roadway will be
made through where the cottage stood,
which will no doubt be great improvement
when everything is put in order. 1t will
interfere somewhat with the privacy of the
hotel on that side.
The many friends of Mr.. w. 81. Graham
will be pleased to learn that he has been
appointed to the responsible position of
Manager of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, vice
Tilden, deceased. Mr.. Graham has no mean
man to follow in office, and success in his
very onerous position will therefore be all
tie more conspicuous. We augur for him
a prosperous career.
If the steamer Planter leaves for San
Francisco tomorrow or the next day, as at
present contemplated, she will doubtless
carry 4 mail from the Post Office, due notice
of which will be given by the Postmaster
General.
The usual services will be held this even
ing at ST. Andrews, Fort-street and Bethel
churches.