The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-12
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Last week ; issue of the ROANOKE
Ne,rs published a call for q meeting
Iof tie farmers, professional and
business men Of Halifax county to
.u.cet in Halifax on next Tuesday
BID Of December, to deliberate con
scern1ng some method or plans Of
Relief for the people Of the county, 9
,rc2t majority Of whom are in al
srost destitute condition from the
,ort crops.
Tie editor of TIE DEMOCRAT
sregrete that he can't be present, ow-
Il : to previous importont business
! engagements elsewhere. and made
! bcf re this meeting was suggested
: We are IN hearty sympathy with any
; md every movement that can in any
! way help the people and enable
j hem to successfully pull through
1 he hard time. We trust that some
4 hjrg can and will lie done to that
. and.-DEMOCRAT, Nov. 28th.
4 As was announced in the last issue
4 { this paper, the editor was unable
s he st the meeting called at Hall
AJAX on Tuesday the 3rd inst. to cor
Srider the question of raising funds
s 0 aid those who are unable, By
r. aeon OF failure Of their crops, to
81 i'll themselves for the coming year.
5Nc d. not know what would be the
B JOsltion Of THE DEMOCRAT in this
Eimno!tant matter. were it's editor
8 nere at the desk, but lie is away, and
s. We can only gi'e the readers of TIE
EDLNoCRAT the opinion of a thor
Eoughly interested citizsn.-DEMo
EcHAr, Dec. 9TH
Il We have clipped from our files and
.,uNli5hed the above TO correct 8
EShght mistake in the minds Of some
;Ypf our readers concering the meeting
Eaeld at Halifax on the 3rd of Dec.
s What we have quoted above from
B his paper of the 28th of November
Hwas written by the editor. What We
.Aaye qlOted above from this paper
sDec. 9Th was not written by the
H,ditor,bu by auother person in the
Editors absence, as is clearly stated
s z the article referred 10.
3 Some have thought that the editor
81 wrote the entire article, which i'm
HpTesSIOn came by careless reading
& Tie editor was away whole Weel
#and did not know what was done il
Sthe meeting at Halifax on 3rd. unit
sEe returned to the Office and read the
Hpaper,
S 10 the main however, the opinion
Eof TIE DEMOCRAT now with the
Seditor at the desk and doing his OWE
8 writing is, that to call the session
20 the legislature would incur an ex.
spcn5e and al encumbrance that our
Npcople would find burdensomc in TIC
Eend.
B If, however, it is the best ant
RQujckest way for relief, all things
EcOnSiderCQ, then we would not ad'
syisc against it, but on the contrary
Awould favor it.
s We commend the action Of thu
Nnercbants Of Scotland Neck in draft
S,ng and publishing resolutions, else;
Hwhere seen in this issue. We tbinl
5lhat tLi7 ought to put quIetus OF
Gall whisperings Of alarm in this i'm
@mcdiate section. We also think tina
Smcrcbants and business men il
Hevery section Of the Gotten belt
HwheGc the failure Of the crop ha
sbcen so marked csn ard ought +
Ht4ke similar steps for ENCOURAGE in,
.the discounted and depressed. B
a9doptiDg this plan and adhering t
g. strictly, we think that the whol
EcAing may be tided over, and n
Gone will suffer more than being fore
gel to practice the rule Of rigi
ECONOMY.