The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-11
TOWN AND COUNTY.

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uessr.. Hoffman and Josey are making
..,,oyements on South side Of 18th St.
i, farmers be as careful to watch
h,i, business as the merchants are to
r..ch th'lrs.
III. Scotland Neck Mounted Rifemen
drilled last Tuesday with Capt. G. S.
White in command.
The popular Blood purifier, Hoods
S.rs.parilla, IS having tremendous sale.
.sesson. Nearly every body takos it.
Try it yourself,
V. learn that Messrs. Sydney Owens
and J. S. Coleman had little fsticuff
Ia, Saturday. We have seen them both
., the streets and we suppose they are
well ofit.
Mr.. R. {. Josey is painting his beau
trul residence on church street. He has
one Of The prettiest locations in the town,
.,rtld7 fine residence and he is still
improving it.
In our notice of Mr.. J. B. Statsn's
marriage last week. we made . mistake
10 the brides name. We put it "Mis.
0li,ia Pierce" and it should have been
Miss Mary COrneha Pierce"
The error was not intentional.
HAIL SToRM.-There was severe
bail storm here last Saturday about II
o'clock. At night there fell a heavy
snow, which would have lain, no doubt,
twelve inches deep had the ground been
frozen when it fell.
Farmers, do the proper thing this
rpripg and plant corn enough to make
plenty for your home supplies. No COM
ulri:y can prosper while it is compelled
to buy corn and meat from the West.
All sgrse to thls, but SO few act it out.
The Station building which is now oc>
Gpied by Mess. E, T. Whitehead / Co.
below and THE DEMOCRAT above has
recently been repaired and new and hand
some steps pnt up on the outside. You
nay find an easy entrance to our office
Naw, Come up.
Mr. J. A. Perry states to US that he
was not aware of the fact that lands wore
to be sdvcrtiSed for taxes last week. HIS
name appeared among the delinquent tax
PAYERS last week and it appears again
thi, week, but it was IN print for this
week before he knew of the advertise
nsat.
FROM lOwA.-We publish an interest
ing letter on our first page this week
from far away Iowa. We hope the papers
Of North Carolina will make note of the
substance Of the letter and thus aid the
writer in finding the person he wishes az
Indicated in his lstter.
A GOOD FARMER IN MARTIN.-mr.
Bll Hopkins just across the Martin coun-
ty line, ia good farmer and does good
work for hig section. He told us recent
y that he works almost exclusively white
labor aud has 10 trouble with it. His
iarn Il IN good condition and shows it is
vel cared for.
IN last Saturday Messre. Peterson &
C)HdrY Uncovered that some one had
broken through window in the rear OF
their store, but had done no other dam
age SO far az they could tell. They
thought 1t the same coIored boy, Walter
cotton, who stole keys some time ago
and entered several buildings.
FROM ACREIIAN SPRISGs.-Ourc cor
respondent says that the farmers are en-
yoyloZ the fine weather and are planting
corn. Mr., Sanford jenkins, one of the
'ltst men II the community, is suffering
With cancer caused by a briar scratch
n hs temple when be waa boy. Mrs.
Dolilc Carter an aged lady Of the neigh.
o0rhood is very i'll.
JAIEs NJ. LAAB.-This popular florist
Fayetteville. n. o., comes before oul
i!ders this week with new advertise
aent and solici:S the patronage of ouI
f'a1ers, We hope that he will enjoy
Jour patronage. We have seen his plant:
IND they are fac, and he will guarant,
ni'fsction to all who purchase from
hin. See his Advertisement in anothe,
column.
hEEPS HIS OWN PROFITS Mr.. Jess
Davenport Of Edgecombe county is on
o. the finest and most successful farmer
IN the country. We recently had tn
Pleasure Of seeing his farm. and bette
Voe We have seldom seen. He plant
''out 80 acres every year. He make
nome supplies Of corn, wheat and oat
'Nd plants cotton extra. From 20 to 2;
0O'ael' per acre is the yield of his whea
crop He says that he pays cash all tn
!'ar round for his labor; is never bshin'
!" The isll, and so saves his own profit
salch ia handsome thing. More of ou
'"mers ought to do likewise.
IRON WILLIAMSON TO PLYMOUTH.
'lF' Peter Z, Smith, chief engineer oil
,"' road now being construed from Viii
'''u1s'on to Plymouth. was in town
D'5ht this week; and he says that the
VIII commence to lay iron on the trac
4" ABOUT a vsek The roaI will he com