The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-03
Here and Hereabouts.

Good peaches.
DO you love potliquor?'
MIR. Lafayette Edwards has returned
home.
MIR. W.T.. Grimes was in town last
Tuesday.
No match game of base ball last
week.
DIR. Ed Shields, of Weldon, was IN town
last week.
Miss Manda Lawrence lett last week
for school
Miss Treadwell, of Norfolk, is visit
inp Mrs. Isaac Smith.
We are pleased to see in town DR..
Herbert White of Elizabeth City.
We are glad to note that the Abe
marie Enquirer is soon to be enlarged.
Misses Julia Andrews, Mamie Cox and
Jessie Bishop of roxabel are visiting
Mrs R. E. Hancock.
Mr.. Lee Dunn left Saturday morning
for Wake Forest College. Wonder why
he didn't wait till Monday?
"A severe cyclone visited Charleston,
s: c. last week doing immense damage
Cyclones as a rule are bad.
There was some good racing at
the Edgecombe races last week, we
are informed.
The poet. Will Carleton died last
week. He was in every way an accepta-
BILE writer. He committed suicide.
There will be an important meeting
at Halifax next Monday. The object is
to elect officers of the Inferior Court
Every magistrate should attend.
Weather Report for week ending Aug
ODD. 1885.
Highest Thermometer 90 degrees.
Amount of rain fall 90 inches.
editor of the Commonwealth was in tow
last week, and came to our sanctum to Sc
us but we were absent, we are sorry t.
say.
-Messrs. James Josey and Clau
Kitchin left Monday for Wake Fores
College. OF course they'll study hard
Wake Forest will have full attendanc
this year.
The New Orleans Exposition begin
in November and lasts five months. Thi
enterprise is now under a new manage
ment and they will try, and succeed W
suppose, to make it better than the las
Worlds Exposition held at that city
Last Thursday near Davison's Their,
was white woman found dead in littl,
nut with her living baby. The b ably wa
taken care Of by some one on the neigh
bors. This woman had lately moved in
to the aeighborhood. No signs Of vi,
lence were found, so it is presumed sh
died natural death.
We received last week from Palmy
"a an unsigned communication in regard
to the stock law &c. We do not know
who wrote it and of course could no
publish it. You must always let us know
who you are, before you can expect us tt
publish your articles. Sorry we couldn't
do it.
We are informed by A. P. Tiller,
that 0. c. Doggett, respectable color
ed farmer who lives within mile of Til
lery's Station, has a pig which sucks
cow. This pig was born at the same tim
that the cows calf was and is now abou
four months old and weighs about eight,
pounds. About two months ago the cal
died and the pig stepped in its shoes an,
has been acting as the calf ever since
sucking the COW every morning. DOgget
has good crop this year.
ANOTHER MURDER.-On last Thurs
day Primus Bexton, colored, killed Char
les Ellis, colored, on the plantatio
Mr.. W. H. Haddock, in Swift Greek town
Ship. The negroes had fuss in tn
morning and were taken before a magi:
trate for trial. Ellis was fined So an
told Bexton he ought to pay part of il
After the trial was ended they left wit
two other negroes and went down tn
road. They stopped at house to &c
some water and the fuss was renewed
As they went on down the road much
abusive language was used on both sides
and Bexton shot Ellis with gun whic
he. brought from the house. Bexton e.
capped, but Jesse Brown, who urged hin
to do the shooting, has been arrest ed an
placed in jail as an accessory to the Grim,
All parties concerned bore very ba
characters -Refector
PALMYRA. Aug, 20 tn, 1885