The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-01
,s,s,rRrs<Fsy. Oct. 4. 1855.
Here and HereabOuts.


Advertise your business.
The melon-cholic days are DER.
See Hoffman & Co.'S advertisement.
What are you gong to carry 10 'iie
fair?
The ne-fence law Is not discuss ed
much now.
o,r schools are i'll fine working or
der now.
Mr. T. p. johnson of Lewiston was
III town last week.
BE ready for frost. We think we had
frost last week.
What young man is that who carries
half plug with him lately?
MIR. W. A. Dunn, spent the latter
half of last week in Norfolk.
Last week some of our exchanges
failed to receive their DEMOCRATS.
Bring your chickens to town and
you will get good price for them.
Come, come, the Autumn now Is
here. Subscribe for the DEMOCRAT.
-Tallaferro & Co.'S Of Richmond is the
place to buy your seed oats, wheat &c.
is this SO? They say that about
three couples will be married ere the Win
ter is over.
Mr.. c. W. Dunn offers buggies for
sale and as cheap as they can be bought
anywhere.
Hoffman 4 Co. remain at their old
stand offering the best and cheapest
goods.
We call attention to the change in
Taliaferro l. Co.'S advertisement. Bust
ness men notice.
TO be suited perfectly IN spectacles
or eye glasses, call one. A. Newell the
Jeweler.
Call at S. Rothschild's and select
from the big bankrupt stock and save sc
per cent in your purchases.
Save % per cent by calling at Peter
sons old stand and examining the great
bankrupt stock-Sol Rothschlld, Sales
man.
We are pleased to see Mr.. R. L,
Lawrence in town. he still represents
Messrs. Hays, Fields & Co. of Philadel-
phia.
MIR F. Stern. in addition to Mr.. Sus-
sen. has secured the services of Mr.. Sher-
rick as salesman. Call at Stern's and
will bo roJitoly- racn;vaI and waitad
upon.
Perhaps sometimes at the P. D. you
notice young man pinching his upper
lip. He's not crazy and that's not his
lip. He calls it mustache.
Your attention is invited to the new
advertisement Of Mess1s. John A. Gan
age & Sons. Norfolk Va. Lime, cement,
brick, &c. are offered. Contractors will
do well to read it.
We are always glad to welcome
strangers to our town. Mr.. Rodman. OF
Norfolk Va. has located in town for this
season for the purpose OF buying bales OF
cotton.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. G. l..
Finch, who attended Vine Hill last Fall
isnow teaching prosperous school at
Pennington, Davie Co. Mr.. Finch is al
excellent young man.
Misses Sadie Perry and Annie HUFF
ham left Tuesday morning for Murfrees.
boro to attend G. B. F. Institute. They
were students there last year and nc
doubt will take the same high stand this
year as they did last year.
---Cole's show will give US the ego by
well, veil all miss seeing the giraffe. an(
the human fly ETC., but our town ant
community will retain many a dollar
which if the show comes, would be spent
Prices: In Norfolk, cotton middlins
o7-16 per pound, Peanuts 81 to J, B. E
Peas, $3.50. In Scotland Neck, egg
l2a cts per dozen, chickens from Is to 2;
cents apiece, cotton So.
Miss Mary B. Read, of Salem Va.
is teaching school at Mr.. Wiley j. Higgs'
She is an accomplished young lady and W.
are glad to welcome her to our commu
nifty.
The Richmond Fair comes off Oct
2lst. 22nd, 23rd, this year. The Virgin.
lans always make a success of their I'm
dertakings and ell who will visit Rich
mond during the FAIR viii come home sat
istied.
The other day a lady and gentle
man were talking and the gentleman
remarked that he thought women ant
broomstraw were going to take thi
country. She replied, ''PeIhaps SO,
all the men are like yourself
"A new paper is to apper next weel
at Marshall, Madison Co., called tn
Madison Herald. A weekly at 81 90 pc
year. Chas. Z. Wilson will be it's edito
and proprietor and doubtless he will Civ
his readers valuable and enterpris in!
paper. Success to the new enterprise.
The body of Col. Joe Saunders
whose death occurred in Greenvill,
last week, was buried in the Trinity
Cemetery here last Saturday morning
lie died of the hemorrhagic fever.
1t is not every day that we re-
ceive such recognition as we did las
Saturday, Mr.. j. B. Station brought
US lot Of the incest scuppernong!
we have seen this season.