The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-13
rere and Hereabouts.

vo .r, sorry to learn of the illness oil
Mr. W. ii. Brlnkley.
Mrs. Frank Brinkley IS qul'e '''N AZ
her home. we regret to kho"
That was good water "eion We
bolned White Il Shields eat
Mr.. W. c. Allen, Of Crowel's, was
~ town last Thursday.
Bows go to the Academy Monday
,tter noon at g. O'clock.
Rev. Mr.. Robert Peele, of antego.
WAS IN town Monday afternoon.
Miss Mary Gray who has been
visiting friends at Tillery has returnec.
Mr.. \. 3. Peterson has returned frcm
Wilmington. He too, helped catch
shark.
Misses Matte Herring and Mary
Gotten. have returned from visit
with friends at Woodville.
Miss Mary Montague, of Wake Forest
is visiting her sister Mrs. j. H. Lawrence
OF this town.
Mrs. J. c. Randolph has returned from
Ljttleton where she has been visiting since
the Union Meeting.
We learn from the Eaun,nc that Ply
mouth had three thousand dollar frs
last week, partly insured,
Rev. Mr.. Dowell, with Mr.. D. NJ.
Baird have been away III Martin County
holding series of meetings.
MIR. w. T. Whitehead is reported to
u, by Mr.. billiard as having the best
cotton on the road to Enfield.
Mr.. Alphonso Darden and Miss.
Josephine Darden. of Plymouth are Wis
iting Mr. J. II. Darden's family near
town.
Seine of our thoughtless young men
ought to remember when they are calm 8
on their jessies during these short nights,
that Leace IS Right.
TIE Board of trustees of Davidson
College elected for President of that Col
Iege, Rev. Luther McKinnon, D. D. He
has accepted.
See the new shoe advertised by Messrs.
\. E. Josey & Co. Look in his big adj
yerti>ement and see the picture. 1t is
said to be the best shoe in the market for
the price.
Louis Ricl the Manitoba rebel has
been tried. convicted and sentenced to be
hanged in September, by the English
Court 1t is thought the sentence will
be committed to life Imprisonment.
-Messrs. George and, A. G. Livermon,
of RoNabel, are in town, the guests of
Mr.. Lee Dunn. The Messrs. Llvermon
ale among Berries cleverest yo@ng men
an1 We are glad to have them visit us.
Base bail.-All the base ball players
Of this place are requested to meet next
Monday at $50 P. N. at the AcaGemy.
We want to have game then and Or
ganize club. Readthis and tell everybody
y0u see about 1t.
The colored clubs of Enfield and
Scotland Neck played a match game of
base ball last Friday. Scotland Neck
made runs and Enfield made 43. we
understand that the score stood as those
figures indicate. Scotland Neck wa de-
teated.
We were shown recently by Mr..
Newell a copy of the Scotland Neck
.[crs." bearing date of Aug. Is. 1860.
1t was SIX column folio we'll printed,
AMI strictly WING. and headed its editor
al with the name Of Hon. John Bell fol-
President.
Rev. Il. G. Hilton, who has been
unweli for some time has improved. The
good people of his church have given him
amonth's vacation of rest, and we hear
that he will probably spend some of the
time with an old friend some where in the
country.
last Saturday at the Drug Store
Mr.. James Allsbrook took the contract
Tor building the county fence On the Mar
TN line at slGG.75 mile and Mr.. r. Hy-
man took the contract for building the
necessary gates at $500 apiece. Mr. B.
{. Dunn. the auctioneer from Dawson's s.
cried the bids.
Mr.. J w. Higgs, formerly of this place
but now of Greenville, has returned to the
latter place. He was at home on account
OF his brothers sickness. The DEMOCRAT
will meet him in Greenvillc weekly. We
earn that he Is the best salesman in
'iccnrlle, and he is straight forward
toIng man Of promise.
1t is said that one of our most jovial
citizens was seen last week catching OF
Trying to catch poultry with tish-hook
mat IS quite an improvement upon the
'd way OF running chickens down with a
fitle chance of knocking them down
mats not the first time, however, we
EVER heard hooking chickens.
-" HITFIELD's SCHOOL, AT K.
WHITE s,-The following is list OF
pupils on roll of honor for frs month,
ynamg August Z. Masters John
N'ehm, Benjamin White. Oscar House,
n re,l"eI Savage. Walter Leggett, Allie
ME. Luther Bell. Frank Lilly. and
''iSSeS Fannie Bell. and Susie w ite. This
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