The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-26

! terry Mr.. Blggs put his hands there un~
der charge Of Mr.. W Z. Davenport. and
has had the branch well brIdged and the
road well thrown up, giving it the appear
ance Of street. The public ought To
appreciate it, and the Baptist church viii
surely remunerate Mir. Biggs for his
pains.
Mr.. TAYLoR's HoUsE.-Mr. o. K.
Taylor's house on Roanoke and sth
| streets Is rapidly going up. The town is
to be congratulated upon the acquisition
Of such clever families as Mr.. Taylor and
/ Niic. There Is room for much more
building and it will soon be done 1t is
| already a necessity, for many people de-
sire to move here hut cannot get houses
A dog Of suspicious appearance trot-
ted along nam street the other daY,
| stopped at the pump and tried to drink
water He turned into Mr.. Andrew Sills'
lot and was soon surrounded by the
Young America of the town. Several
pistol shots were fired at hin. by said
America, when some one came to the
rescue and bralned the maddog with an
axe.
SINGULAR OECURRENCE.-Mr. Ham
Lyman showed us recently bullet which
he says struck him in the stomach last
summer while he was chopping cotton.
Tie heard no report of gun or pistol, but
| ~ C1HHaniv CnrDriSa1 hrr no Ii fyh 20
of the bullet, which lodged in the folds
of his clothes and fell to the ground when
shaken. He thinks it was a spent bullet
from gun out of hearing.
| AN EXPLANATION.-So weeks ago
we animated that some time during this
| fall we would get out SPECIAL issue Of
] this paper to show up the resources Of
Halifax county. We have made no steps
| towards it for the simple reason, that our
press is so much out of repair we do not
think it safe just now to undertake a great
deal of extra WORK. We mean to show
up Halifax colntY yet.
DIED.-At Crowell's on Thursday
10Th. Henry Arthur Pope, infant son of
DR.. J. r. Pope, and aged 8 months. The
corpse was brought to the Baptist Gene
terry Of this place and inferred on Friday
10th. Among those who came down
DR.. J. r. Pope and wife; DR., Pope's
sister, Miss Matte Pope, of Enfield; w.
E. Barkley, John Whitfield, John II .
| Pope, j. j. Pope. and Jpo. P. Futrell.
THE DEMOCRAT extends sympathy to
the bereaved parents.
SCOTLAND NECK AS A MARKET.-To
fGhose who have anything to sell Scotland
Neck offers as good advantages as any
town in Eastern Carolina. To those who
| wish to buy Scotland Neck is the place
for bargains. Our cotton market is al
ton sold here brought 104 cents and we
have seen that the first bale in other
towns in this part of the State sold for
10 cents. And so it is always. Scotland
Neck is the place to buy or sell. We
will keep our readers posted on the mar
kets.
BOOMING "A gentleman of the town
remarked to us few days ago that he
knew of seven new buildings that will
go up in Scotland Neck during the next
s months. This shows that Scotland
Neck is growing rapidly.
1t is not only true that there will soon
be several new buildings here, but there
are several families wishing to moVe here
now, but they cannot find houses. There
is not an unoccupied dwelling house in
the town. We predict that more than a
dozen families will move here Just as soon
as they can get houses.
WILL BUILD ar ONCE,-Mr, III. G.
Jones, theContractor, informs us that Mr..
.Hotfman'S house will soon be complet-
ed, and that he has taken contract with
Mr.. J. G. Shields to build for him at once
Mr. Shields will build a house costing
about $4,000 on 18th street fronting Main
street and almost fronting the Episcopal
church.
The building will be on different plan
from any building il town.
A two-story building, with s rooms
besides dining room, cook and bath room
There will be five gables on main roof
Mr.. Jones is giving satisfaction as 6
contractor and architect.
A GOLD MEDaL.-Mr. T. G. Manning
who has been teaching series Of lessons
in penmanship IN the male academy
closed his first series last Friday nigh
He had 81 pupils and offered a gold med
, Al for the most improvement. Mr.. Eus
tace Norfeet was the successful contest
ant. The medal was presented by Prof
Allen.
Mr.. Manning is now teaching anothe
series oftwelse lessons, and offers tn
same medal for the most improvement
He is fine penman and seems to b
meeting with much success.
MEAN DOES EOT EXPRESS IT.-Much
> written and spoken about the treatmen
we editors get from newspaper SPongerS
We are not going to say man is mea
in this matter, for ''mean" does not eX
ness it. But when man cOntentedl
y and deliberately takes this paper, or an
other. from the office for one, two or thre