The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-16
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Miss Ella Sherrod is visiting her sister
Mrs. Boddie of this place.
Miss Emily Gillian, Of Halifax, is vis>
itinc DIR. Halls family.
Miss Lucie Manning, of Henderson. is |
visiting her sister, Mrs. c. W. Dunn.
Miss Nan Smith, who has been visiting
friends at Charlotte has returned home.
Miss Jennie Hatton, Of Petersburg. is |
visiting the family Of Mr.. R. H. Smith, Jr. |
Misses Lottle Cohen and Lulu Foun>
tain, of Rocky Mount are visiting Misses
Annie and Mary Gray of this place.
We are sorry to learn of the sickness OF |
Mr.. William Hackney. He hurt himself
accidentally.
Mrs. Pittman, of this place and Mrs. |
Ruifin of Palmyra, are at Panacea Springs, !
near Littleton for their health.
MIR. Ben Medford went to Halifax Mon !.
day to give in taxes having failed to do sc |
before on account of q misunderstanding. |
Misses Annie Pittman and Bruce
Moore, Of Greenville, came up last Satur- |
day and are visiting Mr.. Noah Biggs' |
family.
Within the memory Of our oldest ln>
habitants there never has been better
outlook for good crops, and still the peo-
pie are net happy.-[Concord Times.
1t is now known to be fact that only
about one out of ten beggars in the cities
are really beggars, but Lime out of ten beg
to make money. Pretty business, that
begging business. Stop it.
Wewere pleased to see at the picnic
last Wednesday our friend Mr.. A. G.
Livermon, of Roxobell' Heis student
of Wake Forest College and gr aduates
next June.
After ali the w1angling over the Doll
phin. it seems that John Roach will BE-
paid for it, what did they kick up so for:
Now John has won his first triumph over
Democrats.
We were glad to meet last Sunday our
friend and schoolmate Mr.. J. B. Newton
He came down Saturday. He is the
principal of a prosperous school at Au-
lander and is young man of pluck and
enterprise.
We call attention to the new advertise>
nnents of Messrs. Hodges & Hodges, a
most reliable firm, of Norfolk, Va. They
are wholesale hat dealers, and the mer>
chants ofthis section will Go we'll by con.
tinuing to favor them with patronage.
DR.. Chlbret, french oculist, reports
to the Academic de Medicine that being
obliged to remove diseased eye from a
young girl, he replaced it with one taken
from rabbit. At the time of his state
ment IA days had elapsed, and the eye re-
tanned its vitality, and was doing well.
A negro was lynched last week at
Wadesboro, for assaulting respectable
was then hanged from sycamore limb
The same limb, by the way, from which
swung the first negro, who was lynched
for such crime in America. He was
riddied with bullets.
Mrs. W. K. White last week placed
some eggs upon the top of safe in her
kitchen. The eggs were taken from a
sitting hen. In four or five days she
heard chicken on the safe, and sure
enough one of the egg shells had turned
out chicken. Strange.
Mr.. John E. Ray, of Raleigh, came t.
our town On last Friday in the interest o
the State Mission Work. He addressed
the congregation at the Baptist Church
that night and preached in the SANE
Church Sunday morning. He is a young
man in years only, and is full Of though
and is impressive in his style Of delivery
Last week there were three horribl,
murf.urs committed in Chatham county
An old man and his sister, both eight,
years old and negro boy about Is who
slept in the same house were murdered
for money. Two negroes are now in Pitts
boro Jail charged with the crime and off
GERS arc on the look out for others. Stron
evidence IS against the accused ones.
Wonders will never cease. Last Frida
about two o'clock, as we were coming t
our Office we passed one of our industri
Gus countr ymen who was riding in stee
cart. Iie was very much sunburnt bu
not having an umbrella he was graceful u
holding palm leaf fan between hlmse
and the Sun. Rather original.
You notice Prof. E. E. Hilliard schot
at Vine Hill Academy is advertised
thi; issue. 1t is well known in this stat
that Prof. billiard though young. is mo'
capable and faithful teacher and Vir
Hill Academy has long been favorabl
known not only III this section but in tt
whole State. Fall term begins 31st
August. 1t is necessary that pupils Ell
ter on that day and begin at the beginin
A good assistant will be secured.
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