The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-13
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AND ELSEWHERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

a : neI nome IN TINS county on fTl1aJ
last Mrs. Il. 7. Parker, Of heart disease.
She died suddenly and without Fremont
ton.
Leading authorities say the only pros
per way to treat catarrh is to take a cons
sttutionaI remedy, like hoods Sarsa-
parila.
OS THE DoCKET.-There were very
few cases on the criminal docket, and II
was cleared by o'clock the first day Of
court this week.
If woman ever wishes to be a man it
is when the alarm Of fire is given. 1t is
so exciting to whIz off down the streets
and see other people run to the fire.
THE DEMOCRAT has received an lnvlta-
ton to be present at the Real Estate
Convention of the State of Virginia, which
will be held in Norfolk on 10Th and goth
Of this month.
GATES ON THE STREETS.-THE DEMO
GRAFT has befoI called attention to gates
opening on the streets. 1t IS bad enough
to have them open on the streets, but it
is too bad to have them left open all day
and all night.
WANTS IT IN CHICAGo-We have
received a letter from a friend in Chicago
asking for THE DEMOCRAT. It carries
good news far from home, Our friend
writes: Boom on, old Scotland Nech!'
And she's going to boom on, too.
DAY or THANkSGIvING.--A the late
session of the Kehukee Baptist Associa
ton at Rocky Mount, the members of
that body fixed upon the 4th day of
December as a day of thanksgiving for
the blessings of Providence upon the
land.
DIED.--At her home in Palmyra suns
day night, Mrs. Helen Burroughs, widow
of the late j, l. Burroughs Of that place.
She died, we learn, from an over dose of
morphine. She was buried in the Epis-
copal cemetery of this place Tuesday
P. N.
Has IT ny CONTRACT.-Mr. II. G.
Jones, the popular builder and contractor
Of this place, is building the new brick
store of Mr.. d. Edmondson by contract.
There have been few buildings erected Of
any consequence in Scotland Neck since
Mr.. Jones has been here that he jId not
build.
QUITE COMPLDIENTARY.--O On Monday
while Judge Whitaker was going over his
docket arranging to call the cases, he
stopped and remarked to Mr.. Gregory:
"Mr. Clerk, will say it because l think
you deserve til have held courts In
nineteen other counties before this, and
yours is the best docket have seem"
a DINNER FOR THE COMPANY.-Why
not give the fire company a dinner or
supper in recognition Of their first valuable
services; The brick mill would certainly
have been burned last Saturday had it
not been for the fire apparatus, and it
would have been an entire loss, as there
was no insurance on the building.
SAVED TIE BUILDING.-"T lad
dere saved that buildlng," said a gentle.
man to THE DEMOCRAT man a short
while after the fire last Saturday. He
was referring to the ladders belonging to
the new new fire truck.
Its little thing" said another man,
"but they do great deal of good"
MANUFACTURING SYRUP IN AN OLD
BUIDING.-There IS a house on Mr..
Sol Turner's farm in Martin county that
was built Of sawed logs before the
Revolutionary war, and it is supposed to
be 125 years old. 1t is still sound and
the Burnett Brothers have manufactured
100 gallons of syrup in the building this
season.
WILL BE MARRIED 10TH Cards are
out for the marriage of Mr.. James T.
Perry, formerly of Scotland Neck, now of
Wilmington, to Miss Lucy Freeman, at
the First Baptist Church in Wilmington
on 18th of this month.
Mr.. Perry has many friends in this
community who will rejoice with him in
his entrance upon the happiness of mar
RED life.
WILL BUILD A MAMMOTH BRICK
| STORE.-By the local advertisement of
Mess. NJ Hoffman ( Bro. 1t will be seen
that they will put in new brick store
on grand scale. They will move their
present wooden building to their vacant
lot just North of their store, and build a
large and handsome brick store on the
corner. They will sell goods at cost
from now until January in order to make
arrangements for the change.