The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-16

terTles FIR the pre- a.'are3 in THE Dem
o"EAr lat week AM so he is credited
the four months promised.
Mister Paul RaraaIrl vas 50 close
after Mr. AI,~hraa. FIR gG.- premium that
we award the premium To hun also.
Paul's strawberries were larger than Nh
A)lsbrook's but dav later.
LOST \ vAUABLE HoRsE.-On last
Sunday, Mr. J. l. Scott, one ofthc clev~
er statesmen in the store of y. 3. JoseY Il
Co., drove his fathers horse from his
home. about two miles in the country.
and hitched him in the lot of his uncle
VT. Bennett Allsbrook. The horse got
his foot over the tie rein in some way,
and IN turning around rapidly feI' to the
groond. He breathed one time, the tlood
gushed from his nOstriIs and he was dead
III a second. 1t was valuable animal
and had not been driven out of a modcr-
ate tTot, and only very short distance.
We PREFER THE CAsH,-One Of the
best men Of Halifax county said to US
recently that he likes Tie DelIOCRAT
and means to take it when he can spare
the money. We, of course, felt like say
ing, We'll that will be all right, III
send you the papar and you can send me
the money" But we did rot say it.
We hope to see the day when the news
paper business VIII be conducted on
business principles. When that time
comes editors Will command greater re
spect.
THEY SENT HIM SEVEN There is q
good joke told on o GreenvilIe lawyer,
and it runs somew hat thusly:
He ordered baby-carrIage and writing
with Il fancifully tine pen and wri ing
we suppose, in corresponding fanciful1y
fine hand, he made the figure one some
what like figure seven, and when the
baby carriage came there were seven;
and the young attorney found himself
unconsciouslY turned from a handsome
young lawyer in court practice into a
furniture dealer whose sole stock was six
baby carriages.
4 s-VeRe HAIL STORM.-Mr. VIM.
RutIin informs Us that on last Tuesday
about 3 o'clock a severe hail storm pass
ed over the Baker farm, belonging to MIR.
r. f. Hancock, doing great damage. Mr..
Rufiin has the farm in charge and saws
that he Will have to plant his crop over.
ho 4 ~ 4
many of the stones were as large as hen
eggs.
The wind was very severe also, tearing
down the cotton gin on the place and
destroying carts and wagons.
Mr.. Rutiin thought Tuesday night the
storm was perhaps more severe farther
down the river.
OXFORD MOvING'-THE DEMOCRAT
was pleased to see Mr.. G. J. Gregory of
Oxford, in town Monday. Mr. Gregory
was resident Of this town for some time
and our people all remember him pleas
antly. Mr.. Gregory is selling in connec-
ton with general merchandise in Ok
ford the smoking tobacco manufactured
in Oxford by the Granville County
Farmers Alliance. This is the only A.
lance mandatory of the kind in the
world.
The factory employs 80 hands with a
good working capital stock aud turns out
first class tobacco. Oxford will soon
have furniture factory.
SUPERIOR COURT.-May term of Hall
fax Superior Court opened Monday.
Judge McRae was promptly on the bench
and Solicitor White was promptly in his
seat,
The grand jury was called as follows:
W. II. &llshrook, Jim Aston, J. E.
Daniel J, II. Par, S. A. ". Richards,
H. H. Al}>brook R. r. Bullock Steward
Hardy, Sydney Williams, W. W. Butts,
J. L. Savage, Jerry Washington, David
Hes, G. a. Bick erstaf, William Myrick,
W. 7. Motley, W. E. Fenncr and E. NJ.
G1izzard.
Mr.. ". W. Butts was made Foreman.
Judge McRae's charge to the grand
Jury was somewhat brief but clear and
comprehensive.
Among other things Of which he made
special charge was the matter Of Halifax
Jail Ike said that 1t seemed rather a
yexed question, and the grand jury must
decide the matter.
He charged them to take the Superin-
trndent of the Board of Health with
them. THIS Is an important matter
Prisoners are not put in jail for punish
ment. but for safe-keeping. and so they
ought to have place Of reasonable con-.
| fort AMI safety to health.
| lie SAID that our State Of civilization
| has risen above that Of our fathers, and
that We now provide for our unfortunates,
such as prisoners. lunatlcs, &c. better
| than they. 1t is desirable, he said, that
the State make larger provisions for tax
! ing care of lunaticS, and until this IS done.
county jaIls must provide comfortable
/ places tor them.
SG.c Potato and Pea Prize