The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-30
Here and Hereabouts.

now.
Why can not Scotland Neck have
Bank?
The Plant says crops are good III us &
section. .
Over the country the corn crop seems g
to be little short.
Mr.. Willie White, who has been s. u. {
in Palmyra, is well.
Mr.. Walter Dunn is sick +, :;
ing chills and fever.
-Pamlic0 Enter Prise says the crops in
that See''on lie sorry.
MI ". H. Smith and Family are at
On Alpine for the summer.
Mr. E. B. Higgs is still sick, we hope
he will be up IN few days,
Mrs. Carey Josey is still confined to
her room with sickness.
Mrs. L. W. Bsgley is visiting her Sis
ter Mrs. n. B. Josey.
The Smithfeld Herald says the corn
crop is short in that section.
-1sCNs WI bo" Oii 1tIOhoSo eiS D"Pe A'e
Union meeting at Littleton.
Rev. P. D. Geld was i'll town Tues
day at Mr.. j. c. Pittman's.
MIR. Bryant and Lady, of Hamilton
passed through Scotland Neck Monday !
afternoon on their way home.
Last week Mr. l.. J. Deberry lost. by |
MIR. W. 7. Whitaead left. for Rich
s7nond Monday morning.
Mr.. Baird's family left Saturday for
Petersburg for a visit with relatives.
Ell Mahdi is dead. He died Of the
small pox. He should have been vacci-
mated.
Mr. Balfour Dunn was taken quite
sick last Thursday morning but he is
quite well now.
1.-THE melon crop of this section is al
most a complete failure. ''-Imboro
iSoutherner.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Pittman and ,drs
Ruffin have returned from LLanacea
Springs.
Capt. shotwell, of r. leigh, is about
to determine to keep tho name Farmer
and Mechanic to hic.. paper.
The Win. mgton Rerie,c says light
nlns last w eek demolished the storehouse
OF Mr. .dcNair, of Laurel Hill.
-Messrs. Lee Dunn and Claud
->itchln who went to Littleton last week
through the country have returned.
The Goldsboro argus tells of stone
to go in the Bank Building there which
it cost fifty dollars to get on the cars.
There is said to be baby twelve
months old in Rockingham county that
weighs over 100 lbs Weste1m Tribune.
-Messrs. Henry Futrell. Charlton
Pope, Albert Pope aad Asa Pope attend
the meeting of the Baptists at Littleton
last week.
The Ha7enton Gazette is thirteen
years old. 1t is a weekly newspaper of
merit and may it live many more ''thir-
teen years.
oO.u L[cy 1HdI CHc
season is dry and unfavorable still the to
bacco breaks are heavy and prices are
satisfactory.
We have had plenty of rain now, and
crops are booming. A good cotton crop
is hoped for while the corn crop it is
thought will be short.
MIR. Brown and family. of Tarboro
have moved to Scotland Neck. Mr..
Brown lost his store in the big fire at
TarboIo last winter.
Why do not the business men of our
town take steps for bank? If they will
start it we will venture that capitalists
from cities will gladly take stock in it.
Joe Pugh. colored, was tried Mon
day before Justice White for stea ling a
beef two years ago from Mr.. Howard.
He was bound over for next court.
Mr.. Jake Hlggs. who has been in
Grcenville about two years is at his home.
He came on account of Mr.. E. B. Higg's
sickness. We were glad to see him.
The following from Scotland Neck at
tended the Union Meeting at Lttleton;
Rev. J. D. Huffman, Messrs. S. W. Ed
wards, r. r. Owens. B. D. Gray, W. H,
Ktehm, Noah Biggs and Miss Annie
Biggs.
Mr. A. G. Peterson went to Whining
ton last week fer little rest. while there
he helped kill shark which weighed four
hundred pounds. Now he has returned
and his partner Mr.. A. S. Peterson is
down on the seacoast.
Such is the excellence of the growing
crops that no two men meet these days
without discussing them. The only com
plant is the corn and the gardens need
rain. They say it is hot weather. Clay
ton Bud
Last week Willis Bradley shot at Mr.
Fed Whitehead. bradley had been cut
ting up right disgrace fully and this fac
was at the bottom of the shooting. W.
learn that part of Mr. Whitehead's whis
kers were s:nged by the firing of the
pistol It was harrow escape Brad