The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-26

Well, we DO certainly need something
new. How wouii a plaring mill do' 1t
seems that 1t would pay to dress all the
lumber the saw mill men are sending
away from this market.
The Democrats Of Crav.n county have
nominated II. S Num-, editor Of the
New Bcrne Journol for the Senate. Nil-
mir.yton Star, please make note on
when found"
Now IS a good time for our subscriber,
who pay US il wood to bring some t,
town when they are coming. When
winter comes the roads will be bad and
/ VIII cost more time and labor to get
the wood here then.
off to Martin county now sings the
c lored man, as he bitches Bnck to the
cart and leaves the ''crap' for the chill
lun to work. He gathers 50 worth Of
nuckleberrics and losrs - worth of WORK
out of his crop.
There is a spring about SIX miles from
Scotland Neck, whose water is very like
he Panacea water at IittletOn. The
>pring i, near Staton's school house, and
ought TO be cared for. We have drunk
some of the water.
A Georgis editor saws: "If the people
want us to blow the town, they must
help US raise the wind" He believes IL
''fair tote, and that's right; but il
many places the town has to be blown i
at all by what breeze the office force car
make alone.
WAKE FCREsT.-At meeting OF
tho Trustees at Wake Forest College
18TH inst j. b. Carlyle, of St. Paul, n
O.. was elected Assistant Prof, Of Lam
guagc; and a. L. PuriDgton, Of Parkcrs-
burg, West Va, was eicctcd Prof o.
Chemistry.
There are several colored men near
Tillcry who vote the Democratic ticket
,vc+y time d. A. e. Brockett is one O
them. He came some years ago from
Virginia to North Carolina and has voted
Democratic the whole way through. He
reads The DEMOCRAT.
We learn that Mr.. :. l.. Kitchm, the
enterprising proprietor of the ''ROanOk'
House." has purchased the whole of thu
properly and will soon add six new room.
to the building. The travelling public
ought to be Wei accommodated, and MIR
Kitchin is the man to do it.
The town commissioners are having
good well put in Main St. just abov
HOffman'S corner, Mr.. T. j. Moore i
sink ing the well and at present writin!
it seems to be near completion. 1t i
cOmmcndablc IN the commissioner Th
people in that part of the town have no
had the convcniences to water that wer'
necessary.
Too many farmers, whose farms ant
growing crops are mOrtgaged, take bette
care Of their fishing tackle than they d.
of their piows and hoes. What would
merchant think OF a farmer, whose mort
gage he hollis, if he finds him sittin?
vtly on the back porch at O'Clock %
tisl in5 al day while the grass is growing
in lis cotton and corn?
By The DEMOCRAT from now til
Janury LIST for s. cents. Tell you
nelghbor, Let every subscriber SEM
another and our list viii be doua led. w,
can make no better offer The blani
paper viii cost almost that much, bu
we maker this offer in order that we ma
put this paper into the hands Of all wb
want to read it.
ACCIDENTS.-"A ounce of preventiv
i worth pOand Of cure There ar
many accidents on the railroads, nOta bl
among the number recently have bee
some caused by logs falling from movin
fiat cars. Let our log and saw mill me
be careful to have thcir cars we'll lOaGe
and thus guard against accidents of tn
kind. Too often such acct tents ar
charged to the wrong persons.
II IS A FACT that that no town in TIL
progressive age can hope to lcngthen il
cords and add unto its numbers unless
engages in some kind Of manufacturing
>c0uand Neck has not SO much as
! knitting club. We have been calling o
the men for six months to unite. We shai
soon have to call on the ladies' to uni.
IN tyyv n Flf0 L
chine.
FIRES A destructive fire in Roc&in!
ham, \. c., burned last week the cOur
house, po>t-ofIicc and twenty other bull
irgs. The loss was eS imated at $40, OOt
In Will ,mston, n. c., about Ia
o'clock on the morning of the same da,
DWELLING house belonging to Sheriff "
J. Hardison, and occupied by W. :
Ward was lately destroyed. Loss n,
estimated. Cause of fire not known.
Once more "kish' taketh up /
bucket and brush and Derambulateth II
streets with the rckindli1g Of the dcte
n5inati0n Of yOre to paint the town lchu
And now as the traveller approache
from Greenwood, he seeth for quite
distance stretc! ing mp Main Street
either side and in the middle a streak
r white, which shOwcth the town to mur
advantage. Let the vii evash 20 20 t
trees and the high weeds TO the groun
W. ~o1l 70 ho