The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-01
LOCAL..
Miss Nan Smith IS visiting relatives in
Wilmington.

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sD- See the new things added in Jones
& Moore's ad this week.
DR.. E. T. Speed Of CoaEley is IN town
visiting his sister Mrs. ". n. Dunn.
Mrs. G. A. Williams was called to
Virginia few days aLo by the death Of
her sister.
The highest record yet made by the
most expert telegraph operators is %
words in minute.
Mr. T. NJ. Hufham who has been
teaching in Robson county for several
months closed his school a few DAYS ago,
and will spend his time till September at
home.
BB~ We are indebted to Yaj. f. G.
Harrell, Secretary Of the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly, for courtesies ex-
tended US for the next session at More
head city.
Ra5~ Mr.. W. II. White lost pair of
cuffs with costly buttons this {" edoes-
day morning on the road between Mr.,
w. X, Whites and town. The finder
will please leave them at this office.
FIRST OF THE sEASON.-Mr. q. c.
Weeks favored THE DEMOCRAT with the
first strawberries of the. season last
Saturday. Mr.. Weeks is always on time
with almost anything in which he Is
Interested,
MEETING OF sTCCKHoLDERs.-Thc
fr>t annual meeting Of the stock hold
in the Scotland Neck Cotton Mills VII
come off next Monday at o'clock. p. m
The building will be about completed
and will make a handsome showing.
Delays in weights for the windows viii
cause some Of the work to b. unfinished.
PLANTING RICE.-Mr. @. \. Camp
told Us Thu week that he will plant p.
acres IN rice this year against , acres
last year, He is thoroughly convmced
tia, The rice crop vii. pay and pulS lis
conyicti1ns intO practice by lhaking il
one Of the diveraIties of his crop.
PRETTY A gentleman who had not
seen scotland Neck at this season in sew
eraI years was heard remark that Scot
land Neck IS The prette>t lutte town he
had seen And truly 1t is now quite beau
titul. The streets are wide, well shaded,
neatly kept, and Main street is said to be
the prettiest drive in the State.
Es3@ A suspicious subscriber, who
found a spider in his paper, wants to
know il 1t Is considered a bad omen. No
thing of the kind. The spider was merely
looking over The columns of the paper to
see what merchant was not advertising,
so that il could spun its web across his
store door and be free from disturbance.
FIX.
A HOTEL AT TILLERY.-The Roanoke
Ne,cs of last week says that the North
Carolina Lumber Company have purchas-
ed site for new hotel which they will
build and equip with capacity of 80
rooms, besides a number of cottages for
Northern Sportsmen. who will spend part
of the winter there hunting
FOUND AFTER A WEEKS SEARCH
We learn that the two cOlored boys,
Austin Hardy and Tom Jones, who were
drowned in Roanoke river on 10th were
found last Saturday about mile from
the place where theY were lost. They
were cIasped in each others arms and
their bodies we're not at all mulilated
They had been in the water Just a week
TRIED IN NEW BERNE. Some time
ago the post office at Greenvllle was
broken into, ana a COlOred man was SuS-
pected and arrested. lie was carried to
New Berne and lodged in jail, and is
being tried there this week. Postmaster
j. j. Nicholson passed through from
Greenville Monday to prosecute the thief.
J. NJ. MoRRIsETT 4 SON.--These gen
tlemen have taken charge of the White
hotel on Main street and say so to our
readers in an advertisement in this issue
The senior member Of the firm has had
considerable experience in the hotel
business, and years of experience in the
livery business. The public may expect
to be treated with courtesy and fare well
with those gentlemen.
hs~T THE DEMOCRAT is doing every
thing possible for the accommodation of
its readers. We have received a letter
from the mail service at Washington
asking for particular, Of any delay ed
letters. If ally one has had letters I'M
necessarily DELAYED recently and will
bring US the envelopes which enclosed
! the same with directions thereon, it will
| probably help us in getting mail irIeg-
ulaTiueS remcdied.