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, 1889-09-24
JSo. y. CARROLL. Editor.
THE MACHINERY IN NOTION.

THE MACHLNERY IN NOTION.
The administration has been using the
general land office for what is known as
practical politics with great OBJECT, says
the Denver Neics. Acting by the advice
and direction of the Republican national
committee, Secretary of the Interior
Noble about July q instructed Acting
Commissioner Stone to put the entire
force at work on the patents of the new
states and bring them up to date. 1t was
promptly done; all other business wa de-
ferred. and has since been accommodating.
w~tileIpatents have been issued to ~, 1855
Washington and the two Dakotas as fol-
follows: For the week ending August 3,
2.149: August 10, l,9O5; August II,
l,295; August "a. l,4S5; August 81,
LOIS; September I, l,407; September
IA, l,499. For the week ending Satur-
day, September 81, now that many clerks
are back from their vacations, it is expect
ed that about ., 800 will be granted, and
the docket Of the new states cleared up to
date.
1t will take n year to make up the
arrearage in other states and territories,
but in those states there are no elections
this fall. The patents pending for Da-
kota lands are already up to date and so
are the mineral land patents in Montana.
In Utah agricultural land patents are
many months behind tune and are likely
to be until Utah is made a state. In New
Mexico, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and
other states and territories it is the same
way; tens of thousands Of settlers are un-
able to selltheir holdings or borrow money
because they have not their patents,
though they have proved their claims
months and sometimes sears ago, and be-
fore some Dakota aud Montana claimants
had so much as entere ! their lands. They,
however, must wait until the new states
are serveds
, 1889-09-24

No DOUBT it was a pious plan for the
city council to make a trench of the up
per end of Capitol avenue and leave the
sidewalks and residences high and dry
on the newly created uplands, but one
third of the money iudiciously expended
in repairing and rebuilding c~rosswalks
would have been of vastly more benefit to
the city as a whole and to the citizens as
indiyiduals
, 1889-09-24

Change is one of the irresistible laws
of nature, and fortunately the change is
almost invariably for the better. As an
instance of this st. Patr1ck's Pills are fast
taking the place of the old harsh and vio-
lent cathartics, becau5e they are milder
and produce a more pleas mt effect, be-
sides they are much more beneficial in re-
moving mobid matter from the system
and preventing ague and other malarious
diseases. As a cathartic and liver pill
they are almost perfect. For sale by B.
b. David.
, 1889-09-24
HOW 1T IS

IOmahR Bee
The constitutional convention of Wy
oming is making fair progress and so far
as its work has gone 1t has been IN the
main well done. The question that has
most distracted the proceedings and
which appeared likely to be a source of
considerable discord, that of woman suf-
frage, it now appears probable will be
settled by the adoption OF a consti-
t%utional provision for universal suffrage.
The suffrage committee reported in favor
of this, and it is significant of the result
that a motion to submit the question of
women suffrage separately to a vote OF
the people was lost. 1t is believed that
fully .four-ffths ofthe men ofthe territory
are opposed tc female suffrage, but some
of those who are most opposed to it are
among the most jealous and advocates of
statehood. They do not want to provoke
the opposition of the female voters by
submitting a constitution deprIving them
of the suffrage. The opponents OF state
hood, who are also, as a body, opposed to
female suffrage, hope for an anti suffrage
article, for that would give them the help
of the woman voters TO defeat the consti.
tuition at the polls. As the women have
the right to vote in determining whether
they shall or hal not be disfranchised,
they constitute a balance-holding body of
very considerable importance.
lomaha Republican,
As will be seen from our dispatches this
morning, the constitutional convention of
Wyoming has decided to retain female
suffrage. While there may be some ques-
ton about the wisdom of this, there can
be ION about her other qualifications for
suffrage. They are that all electors shall
be able to read the English language well
and be full fiedGed citizens. This is in
%finitely better than the provisions in the
Dakota constitutions which allows those
who have merely declared their intentions
to become citizens to,vote. There is to be
something like the Australian ballot sys-
TEN adopted also in Wyoming. 1t is
stated that these provisions will disfran-
chise a large number of coal miners there.
but if the women only do their duty in
1892, Harrison will DO elected again, but
it won't be safe for him to go to Wyom-
ing in the meantime and refuse to kiss the
babies, or the pretty girls either, for that
matter.
, 1889-09-24

The editor of the Sun has been so pas.
sionately attached to the statehood idea
that we are somewhat surprised to see him
give up his printing contract in the mid
die Of the constitutional conventions SEES
sion and decline to take any further
chances on receiving his pay.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08
A wEFORnI BEGUN,

Proprietors of newspapers in England are encouraged by the act which has just passed parliament, whose object is to give freer scope to newspapers and as far as possible to prevent vexatious libel suits. The law of libel has been very strict in England, and this change is significant.
 The most important section of the new law provides that fair and accurate report published in any newspaper of the proceed ings of public meeting, or (e1cept where neither the public nor any newspaper re- porter is admitted) of any meeting of vss- try, town council, school board, board of guardians, board of local authority formed or constituted under the provisions of any act of parliament, or of any committee appointed by the above mentioned bodies, or of any meeting of any commissioners authorized to act by letters patent, act of parliament, war rant under the royal sign manual, or other lawful warrant of authority, select commit tees of either House of parliament, justice of the peace in quarter sessions assembled for administrative or deliberate purpose and the publication at the request of any government office or department, officer of State, com missioner of police, or chief constable of any notice or report issued by them for the in- formation of the public, shall be privileged, unless it shall be proved that such report or publication was published or made mali- ciously. For the purposes of this section "public meeting" is to mean any meeting bona fide and lawfully held for lawful pur- pose, and for the furtherance or discussion of any matter ot public concern, whether the admission thereto be general or restricted.
 This is good beginning, and will doubt- less be followed by other changes. In this country also the abuses which have grown up under the libel laws are attracting attention, and some reform is being made, notably in California, Minnesota and Michigan. In the first named State every plaintiff is required to giye security for costs before bringing an action for damages, while in the last named the legislature recently passed statute pros viding that the plaintiff should recover only actual damages. In other States just libel laws are very much needed
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08
COMMUNICATIONS.
Railroad RHldgaa.

Tothe Editor oft JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Your reference in regard to the reports of experts concerning railroad structures meets with hearty approval, for there are few sub jects which interest the public more than that of their transportation. As an illustra- tion-A son crossing the ocean to London; another coursing railroads to Colorado, and another member passing down into Texas, illustrates the moving tide of my own and other families, including Mir. J. B. Sargent and wife, just returned from trip around the world; and we all want safe transports tion.
 Steamships and railroads are the moving powers of transportation, and to them we confide the lives of members of our families; and of them we demand safety. Experts have reported long ago against wooden bridges and trestle work for railroads, and you tell us so. You also tell us that wood was substituted for iron, and now you tell us that experts have reported in favor of brick and stone as 8 substitute for iron.
 The truth of the matter is, that gulchas, swamps and rivers remain forever, and must be crossed; wood, properly protected, is an important element, but structures of wood are either not properly framed or are left un- protected by paint aJ vital places, and it is left to rot unseen-or if iron, likewise. Many year ago, after personal inspec-
  structure at Portage, N. Y., and avoided that route of travel, and it fell. More than ten years after the Norwalk disaster learned it's true cause, which the courts of that day came nowhere near, and the half hun dred drowned or killed passed from memory. No structure of mans device will over come natures elements and mans careless ness. Wood would last ages if properly framed, protected and painted; so would iron for greater period; and as regards brick and stone super structures they too need protection, for unless rain and frost are kept out of them they, in time, will fail as High Bridge in upper New York will in time. for water and frost had already made decided beginning when gave it a look over about three years ago.
 The Portage structure, which cost so many lives in killed and in being burned up alive, had been most shamefuily neglected, and would have been standing today if it had been properly cared for. B. NoYEs.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08
Won NToltke at Home.


 The Kolnische Zeitung publishes long ar- ticle on Count Moltke's official residence, which the great tactition is going to retain, although he no longer holds his office.
 Since his return from the Franco-German war Von Moltke has had his home in the of- fcial buildings of the general staff of the army on the Konigsplatz at Berlin, where the chief of the staff has large residence, with thirty windows facing the Konigsplatz and the Moltke-strasse. The Empress Fred- erick herself, at that time Grown Princess of Germany, undertook the supervision of the decorative arrangements, and her excellent taste is especially visible in the White Music room, where the gray-headed leader often listens to excellent classical music, and the adjoining small smoking-room in the Moor ish niche of which the field marshal often rests, silent and attentive, smoking his cigar. But of all the large number of apartments he only uses two rooms, whose classical sim- plicity and the excellent workmanship of the furniture reflect the character of the man.
 A beautiful staircase leads up from the main entrance on the Konigsplatz to the cor ridor of the first floor, on one side of which are Won Moltke's private apartments, while the offices take up the other side. In the center is the double door of the field mar'
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08

the world. Some 40 different alphabets or syllable system, each having from 250 to 500 combinations, are used to represent the sounds of the 150 languages, and more than 10, 900 different signs and types have been elaborated from the original alphabet to rep- resent the 50 different sounds-all that the combined Indian vern aculars contain. As these simple sounds cannot all be repre- scented by the 26 letters of the English alpha bet, 24 letters of the English phonetic alpha- bet are captured and made to do service in this new English phonetic alphabet; and we then have one simple alphabet taking the places of 40 or more and becoming available as the written language of 200, 900, 900 of people who have no written alphabet, be- cause they don't know just how to use one.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08
EnIToKIAL NOTES.

During the year 1888 nearly seven hun- dred persons disappeared in Philadelphia, a large percentage of whom were never heard of Perhaps they went to New York.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08

The origin of the saying Public office is public trust" Is again under discussion President Cleveland, Dorman B. Eaton and Thomas NJ. Cooley are shown to have used it, the latter as long ago as 1877.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08

A Japan paper says that since the United States prohibited Chinese immigration there has been very perceptible increase in the number of Chinese immigrants to Japan. Recently 4s6 arrived at Yokohama, and "Most of them are now employed in tea-fr- ing godowns at the rate of remuneration which none but Chinese would accept.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-08

More than 150 languages and dialects are current in India and British Burmah- with their 256, ,0OO. .0O0 of people, and the distinct alphabets of these countries, many of which are very elaborate, outnumber all others in
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
Grit In the Western Editor.

The IudtIn VALLEY Ne,~s is pleased to
say the following Of Us:
The Scotland Neck DEMOCRAT. one Of
the very abIest edited papers in North
Carolina, with one Of the most talented,
and one Of the most thoroughly educated
young men in North Carolina behind the
editorial Quill, says:
"We'lI give anybody handsome pre-
sent who will tell Us how to run a news
paper to please everybody and yet follow
the line which we think right and fair. -
And in further comment the Nelcs
pontedly says:
We do honestly believe that the man
who Will refuse to pay for newsp4 per,
after the editor has expended toll and
passed slcepless nights, and gone day
after day with thrObbng temples and
with a heavy heart, wearing his life
thread-barc trying to benefit his readers,
has the smallest soul of any man on
COPS foot stool, save the church mem
Der who viii refuse to pay his pastor.
But the man who VIII refuse to pay for
a newspaper after subscribing for It, and
also exert himself to break down the en-
terprise by Criticising it IS, unquestl0n-
ably, the meanest man Oh GODS green
earth, save the man VITO will write an
anonymous letter and give his neighbOr
credit for it. Perhaps we have dIgreSSed,
bat we wanted to say the above. "lt
the cap fits wear 1t.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

The stockholders of The Scotland Neck
Cotton Mills met in Edmondson Hall OH
Monday 10Th ofApril and elected officers.
Or. ", r. Wood was called to the
chair The committee OF articles of in
corporation reported the same prepared,
duly recorded and properly published
under seal Of the Superior court OF Hall
fax county. The articles ofincorporation
were read. The committee on by laws
reported and the laws recommended were
adopted with the proper amendments.
The committee to select a site for the
factory rcDortcd fayorably on the l5-acre
lot east Of the railroad south of the
depot on what is known as the new
road" Mr.. A. Mcdowell moved that
the port be accepted.
The stockholders went into the election
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

On Thursday 28th ult. in Bethel, y. 9
were united in the holy bonds of matrl-
mony, Miss Emma Station to Mr., Albert
House of this county. The ceremony was
performed by Elder NJ. 7. Lawrence Of
Hamilton. The attendants We're: Oscar
House with Miss Nolhe Station; William
Mayo with Miss Ida AIlsbrook; Spier
Cochran with Miss Ella House; Sam.
Carson with Miss Ida Mayo.
After the marriage the bridal party
came from Bethel to the home of the
groom near Scotland Neck, where his
father gave an enjoyable reception at
night which was participated in by quite
a number Of relatives and friends.
Mr.. House is one of the best and most
straightforward young men in the coun-
try, is a successful farmer and merits
and enjoys the esteem of all who know
him. THE DEMOCRAT wishes the happy
pair the pleasures Of long and prosper
OuS life
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
Thinks Oar Section Capable OF
1ErCag Development

Is. Davidson. Esqr., eff Gibsonyi,le, n.
c., in private letter the editor says.
Il am glad to see the progress your peo-
pie are making in the way Of building up.
You have the resources in your midst to
csta Dish various manufacturing interests.
| must congratulate you for your zeal
and continuous efforts to impress your
people with the importance of developing
their resources, and on securing the cot.
ton mill and other important branches Of
manufacture, especially the cotton seed
oil mill. Keep the various interests be-
fore your people in town and country.
Urge every man to put lis shoulders to
the wheel of progress, and you will soon
be rolling along with other sections Of
eli n. c. am favorahly impressed
with your section since have seen it,
and can see no reason why your facilities
are not equal and much superior to many
sections of the country that have sue
cceded we'll"
THE DEMOCRAT speaks only the senti-
ments of all our people in expressing
qualification at holding the high esteem
Of Mr.. Davidson.
We are coming. Scotland Neck will
yet be manufacturing town.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
TOWN An COUNTY.
~ U030' subscription.

PGV V0}W SnbScTpt}OH.
Ifthere is any news from your section
give it to US when you come to town.
IN exchange remarks that cork-scrcws
have sunk more persons than cork-jackets
ever Aoated,
Push, Patience and perseverance will
do almost anything for you, If you will
only use the P's properly.
Tie Ne,rs of Oxford is changed to The
I,jhrLeeljer. We hope for its still greater
success in the years that are ahead.
Peculiar in medicinal merit and Won
dcrful cures-Hoood' Sarsaparilla. Now
is the time to take it, for now 1t will do
the most good.
se7E- Burglary on the increase" is very
readable article III another column. 1t
IS by one of our ablest correspondents.
Read il.
Our readers will appreciate the letter
of MIR Jehu Nichols which we publish
concerning the great disaster at Samoa,
One Of the most intelligent lawyers in
the State writes: ~ read your paper
with interest, and congratulate you on
its full and readable columns.
The new Roman Catholic church at
Halifax will be consecrated next Sunday,
We learn that q number of persons from
New Berne and Wilmington will be
present.
Judge Clark, Mess. Gregory and the
troehch Bros. we learn are taking actiy(
steps for the csta bishment of a cottor
seed oil mill at Halifax.
We saw recently slaves at the depO
prepared tor shipment. Why not have
them manufactured in this town? There.
no need of having all our work dom
away from home.
Mr.. J. S. Coleman says that We wer
mistaken in putting his name i'm the littl
fisticuff referred to two weeks ago. |
was p. II. Coleman, his brother, VIII
had the little brush.
CUTTING sCRAPE AT PALMYRA.-
We learn that on last Saturday nigh
while the colored people near Palmyr
we're enjoying a festival, adltticulry aros
between farm hand and a railroad hand
The railroad man was badly cut in sew
eral places.
The AthcnaD Society of Green1ill
Institute acknowledge through the he
ftctor the visits of THE DEMOCRAT
their library. We are glad, indeed,
be able to do anything that may be
value to them.
CORRECTION.-!n last weeks iSsr
We said that Mr.. Junius Bishop who r
Gently committed suicide lived near Rio
Square, We learn that he lived ne;
Roxobel asd that his brother, GeOra
Bishop, Esq, was the Eepresentatl'
from Northampton county in the la
Legislature instead Of from Berthe count
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
Sunday school Conference at
Weldon.

Mr.. EDITOR:-WIll you p.ease an
nounce through your paper that the Sun,
day School Conference Of Warrenton
District, NJ f. Church South. will be
held in this place, beginning Thursday
the 10th Of this month and embrace the
third Sunday: Pastors AMI Supe1i1ten4-
entS arc earnestly requested to send
Games Of delegates and all who expect to
attend the Conference at once.
5. D. BAGLEY. Pres.
II. G. >rIERs. Sec.
Weldon, \. c., Nav LIST, Ieo9.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
ERSONAlS.


Miss Kate Fields OF IArO'7o' was
IN town tuesday night
Mr.. HI. Tillery, Of T.nerv, fay
ored Scotland Neck viii cau LAST
Monday.
Hon. W. II. Kirclio IeG. No1dsy
morning for Nashville. w4e-c be
goes to stteDd court.
:, ,,..,.- .,.
SPRINGS and :. q. Dame. Of L.ttls~
ton were in town last week.
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he aotlc;Da,el.
n, nu,at.1.
$3.50. .,,.. 49,.
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W. ". HAN, hs4r" OF The y el19"
NetrS spent last saturday and Sun~
DAY III town lie Is one Of TIE most
To I,nom
Kew. DIT. HUMAN was at Mildred
IN kdgecombe county Last Sunday
where he dedlcated the Ne" Baptist
church lie says t"1t tie mouse o!
worship Is d beauty.
Mr.. D. y. Madry went to Iarboro
last Saturday TO JOIN the IaFo0ro
Home Guard lie goes VITA them
to New York t9 attend the Centen>
h'"'' n 6oo0 ''AiV - aN''0' '"'e"
Oy All me OoSs'
Mr.. L. L. Lyon, Of Edgecombe,
was in town last Monday. lie is one
oftbo hos+ farmers If his soc.ioD
w.. Tr-...D
al" Z'o' 'lI1"" 70 l Il l. = I1o0l'A i
More such farmers would make good
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

Edmondson Il JOsey's stock is now
complete and open for inspection.
Ladies trimmed and untrlmmed Hats,
al 50 nee of line Gents straw.
Edmondson i Joscy.
Few pieces of pretty floor mating and
carpets at Edmondson Il Josey's.
Edmondson 4 JoseY's Albatross are
worth seeing.
Car load Of Listers Guano just received
st Edmondson x Josey's.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02
H 0 ME- TE n S .

When Won want anything. why not 60
{. headquarters? and that'SM. holman It
Bros.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

REMEMBER that \. B. Josey & Co.'s
IS headquarters for School Books. They
give below price list of a few;
II.lmcs' First Reader, new Is cents,
Holmes Second Reader, new % &
Holiness Third Reader, new 40 "
Holmes Fourth Reader, newGn press SOC.
Holiness Fifth Reader so cents.
Holmes New History United States 81 90
Naury's Elementary Geography = 60c.
Maury's Manual of Geography,
\. G. Edition $l.30
Reed L Kcllogc's Graded Lessons
in English 40c.
Reed i Kellogg Higher Lessons
Noore,s History of North Carolina Sc,
Stephens History of United States $l.0S
Goodrich's Child History I. s, 60c.
Sanf5rd's Primary Arithmetic 20c.
>auford'S Intermediate Arithmetic 36c.
Staf3rd's CommonSchOOlAri 64c.
Sauford's Higher Arithmetic $l,00
Worcester's Primary Dictionary 48c.
Worcester's New School Dictionary soc.
Worccstor's Academic Dictionary $50
Worccster's Octave Dictionary $40
Swmt0n'S Language Primer 28c,
harrington 5 Spelling Book 2Oc.
Ntcelc's \ bridged Physiology SOC.
James Southern Selections lilo
Harvey's Revised Elementary
Grammar \ soc.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

Inr Albatr0Ss has at last arrived.
l-..,.c and Examine it, NJ. Hoffman 4
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

Dress Goods. Hamburg, LaceS, Hats,
)n.s,. or anything you desire, 60 to NJ.
Hoffman 4 Bro 5.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

Just received at y. y. Josey 4 Co..
r.r,e assortment of Hamburgs- En-
.-..icrles. Embroidered SKIRTS, Nalcn-
...naeS, Lace, FIouncng, &C.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

ladies' BoIbriggan Vests COO. per pair
s., y. Il. Joscy y Co.'s.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

tents Beached Jeans Drawers for 3lc.
al \. Il. Josey < Co.'S.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

Beautiful line Of Ivory handled Fans
for l5c. at y. b. JOsey ( Co.'s.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

Suits for young men from $3.50 to 200
It y. b. Josey Il Co.'S.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-02

FIGURED Sateens at l0C. Striped, and
FrcuTcd and Sold Sateens at l5c. and 20c.
at \. Is. Josey ( Co.'S.