The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-14

m make II SPeti'I'J
| xrW ADVERTISEMENTS.
o3son ( Observation-Disclosures.
5s l,n Al,sbrOok-Cuoan corn.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
Pay y'"r subscription
III. Is,t Infsrior Court cost the county
f..
,,ox Savage lost good horse last
EEK.
V T. McMarks will soon put in
~ HI, scines in the river at Halifax.
-,,o1Ic CHURCH.-We note that
r.+bohc church is being built in
rro great enemios-Hood's sarsaparil-
I'D impure blood. The latter is
'., s defeated by the peculiar medicine,
,-noooD.-This is the name Of aew
''' ,4ice eight miles from Scotland
,,.I Mr.. NJ. Parker is the post
raster.
s,asv ELrcTED OFFICERS The Scot
Neck Mounted Ritlemen elected Off
Last Tuesday:
1 s White. Captain; Isaac Smith LIST
~. ". E. Wh1tmore 2nd Lieut..
yrw STATIONS ON THE BRANCH
o.n-Nr. J. r. Tillery informs US
~. ,be contract has been taken for
..Iling warehouses at Hobgood, Conoho
~ Coopers, the three stations first be
IcotIsnd Neck on the new extension.
Tue FIRE FlESD.-On last Sunday
u, MEG. Leggett, who lives q few miles
,,n town. lost his dwelling house by
s.. and its entire contents. The family
rare .wav from home. No clue as to
,,u the house caught fire.
The cross street leading from the rails
.,.3 directly west to Mr.. J. f. Boy ette's
, not properly leveled where it crosses
g,r street. The commissioners ought
Q box after 1t.
N,RR1ED.-At the home Of the brides
.,bcr on Wednesday 9th, DR.. L. c..
Ike to Mss Charity Williams, all of
Imtie county.
THE DEMOCRAT wishes them long LIFE
n9 great prosperity.
There is occasionally some sharp criti-
ism shout depot street. A gentleman
ii! to rs recently that it does not look
7eli. And sure enough it does not Old
spsrs scattered along, roots, ridges and
rass, and other irregularities make it
Mite unsightIy. Cant 1t be improved,
less. Commissioners?
Johnnie Gray, son Of our townsman,
!, D. Gray, has been in the habit OF
eeping lot of chickens in a house at
be barn. He cares for them himself,
I'd keeps them locked up at night. Re
wtly some ore went to his chickens
ause, ripped off the planks and stole all
is chickens,
FODDER BURNED IN THE FIELD
Te learn that on Wednesday night OF
st week some one went into the field OF
II. J. B. House, near Palmyra, and
urncd several stacks of fodder.
The deed was dastardlY in the highest
asree. Mr. House is one Of the best
len in the country and he did not know
lat he had a single enemy.
SETTLEMENT PRIDE.-WhY does no;
]me one in every township in the coun-
: feel enough pride and interest IN his
Tn settlement to give US the news week
from his place? We will furnish any
ne With package Of postal cards who
ii! give Us the weekly news from his
acuoO. And when enc pack gives out
'e will give i'm another, Who vii
end is he first order?
POLITICS DISCUSSED 40 YEARS ACC
y THE MARGIN OF AN Almanac
II, C1aS, Smallwood, Of Lewiston,N N. c..
1Nds Us an Almanac edited By Turner
Hughes in 1910. In a private note hi
AVS
at belonged to an old uncle of mine
hos. Pugh, Of this county-a dYsd-in
i9-|ool -Denocrat-aS you will soc from
ONE remarks made by him on the frs
sg: IN regard to the Harrison contest il
Accordingly on the margin of The frs
age We find the following reflections:
This year was remarkable for thu
sa'cllou, manner the Wing Party (miss
ilcll made to elect Harrison to tn,
lesliency. Gourds, coon skins, hard
Ter, aRd every other axpedirnt where
l.A they co Id miSlead and deceive tn
'opIe, were unblushingly made use of
% cabins were hauled about on wheels
Don skins, gourds, and log cabin
ere the strongest arguments used By
he Wings this year. They should eve
-aember it with shame"
The same Almanac seems to hav
3rred as diary. There are numerou
rather observations on the consecutiv
ages, al Of which makes it an interest
's paper Of half ccnturY's dust an
g.
Also We find in this Almanac recor
Remarkable Events:
~. First settlement in Carolina (Quaker'
WV; Court-houSes first erected, 172;
G I>' printing press introduced (by Jane
JAWS Of New Berne) 1919; first boo
33.htsd Swans ReviSal of the Laws)l75:
-I,a newspaper published, North Cal
,.,1a Magazine, or Universal IntelllgeI
III by James Davis, New Berne, 17G4
,-;. .1 of Gov. Martin and termlns
- "a Of ifE Rnya1 Nnrf