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


qucereSt Sunday service held in
Maine, or perhaps N the country, is
that ol the liberal Fraternity which
meets every Sabbath afternoon in a
hall in Portland, Ne. liece iniilelS,
agnosticS, SpiritualISts, Buddhists,
and thinkers OF various shades of
heteTodoXY come together and do
battle. Tie service generally cons
sists of free discussion, in which
every man is invited To eXpatiate
npon his creed: but occasionally
some clergyman or speaker of rep
utasion is invited TO address the
assemb' Y. The strangest OF no. IONS
get an airing here, and sometimes
provoke q heated controversy.
Grecnyille Reflector: There was
quite an atltay near Five Points
Monday afternoon. Policeman Cher
r. attempting to arrest a negro
Wright Blount for diSOrdcrly cons
duet and finding him hard to take
summoned NJ. {. f. White TO his
assistance. When he went to assist
TIE officer another negro. Joe HaT>
dy, came up AID Intcrferot. He
tried To cut Mr.. " hte and the lat
ter used a stick on him Others
rushed up to take part on both
sides and Scuffie followed for a
few moments. a negro named
Shade Adams came behind Nj.
White and caught him around the
neck, WHEN lie drew q pistol and
reaching behind him shot Adams III
the leg. In the scutlle Hardy was
cut. Blount was carried to the
lookup, Hardy went for medical
attention and Adams was taken to
trial for trying to resist an oIccr.
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TarJ07o Sottherner: MosT
READY.-Bcfore the SoutAeTucr is
issued again cotton will be started
in the machines at the cotton factO-
~ and may be spun.
The spinning machines are beng
placed IN position and next week
men to place and arrange the spool
ing and wa7ping machines viii be
here from Lowell, Mass.
By the end of week after next
one section of all the machinery
will be at work. Then each sue
ce2ding week another section Will
be made ready. IN all. there are six
sections.
Another affair near Mt hand, is
the building OF the weaving addition
to the factory. MessrS, Farrar and
Fountain are enthusiastic for it.
subscriptions to the amount of $40,
900 have been promised. Only
$3J, 900 are wanting.
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Lexington Disputcd: Judge
Brown makes a very favorable i'm
preston on the citizens of David>
son. His charge to the grand jury,
though somewhat Cut of the usual
line, was an improvement in that
respect, as it informed the Jurors
on some points in regard to which
many grand ,inries have been left
IN ignorance.
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Windsor Lcr}ycy: On Thursday
last about noon Mr. ". d. Hayes =,
of Culerame, committed suicide by
hanging in a room Of his residence.
! He leaves a wifes one son and one
daughter 10 mourn his death. He
had been IN a demcnted condition
! for some time. lie was about 50
wears of age at the time Of his
! death.
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New Berne Journal: In repOnse
to the enquiry "DOcs faTmig pay?'
we give the following from the
! Home anl farm: "N. r. Taylor OF
! Mascn county, is one Of the success
ful farmers of Georgia. Last year
he male with eleven pl0wS, Onr
hnndgca AMI eli hty-tlIrce bales Of
cotton three thousand 9nd three
hundred bushels Of corn, three
Thousand bushels OF oats. five hun
drel buSlt,@ O? peas. AMI 4 large
snprlF Of foIler pumpkins, Ground
peas, SC. and liberal supply OF
meat in his smoke house"
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GoldsDoro Argus: The pcrpetra
ton of a very bold housc- breaking
is reported to us from Fork town
:. ship Wednesday afternoon ty q
white man returning home from this
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