The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-20

also .arre number Of scholars Mrs.
! MAJ GILLIAN. Mrs. =. :. K-nr A. Ms.
Valentine. a. hxr- schools which arc
vel gat-onize4 BIZ tho people Of tbs
community. At he present time there
are three .,7e.= - many children attend
ing school n town ihAo-fhere has hse,l Al
any one .ims during the asst twenty
years. There : good de.l sl stealing
gor,- on now. Mr. :. =. Freeman. oas
or the merchants - Windsor. Ia, been
missing ciothrE OF. Ct his store FOR some
tune. Last Friday boy came il town
with al Uvercost which Mr. Freeman re
coguized Sc his property he took II away
from him and sent the coasts eis with
search warrant 10 his bro.hcr's house.
and shere he found several gArmcu IS
which he recognized as his property. The
negro was arrested and after trial he VA
sent 10 jAi. The negro says that he has =
defense. While there Is u good deal Ct
stealing going on in this community the
whole Of it Is done BY the country negro
| es, and il verY seldom that = negro that
lives IN town commit. petty larceny.
| Mr. VIM, {. Miller, one Of orr most
prominent Farmers Alliance men, has
been invited to canvass the western part
| Of this and northern Georgia By several
| Alliances Mt. Miller is good speaker
and will do a great deal towards orrginat-
ing new Alliances and Strengthening
those already organized Mr.. George
W. Rice, Of this place. who served
! through the war on the Union SIDE has
| had his pension increased from tour dol
lars per month TO twent, five. Mr.. Rice
is very badly afflicted hy wounds aud
disease contracted in the nited States
service. The Farmer Alliance will put a
ticket in she field this year with every
prospect Of success. The negroes have
formed several Alliances in this county
and say that they will support the cand,-
dates put forward By the. Alliance.
Whether they will or not the future alone
can tell Capt. W. II. kitchin, Of your
town, has many warm admirers in this
county who would be glad to see him fill
any position that the people will give
him, In 1886 he canyassed tins county
with W. A. Dunn, Esq, caadIdate for
solicitor, and the people were much
pleased with his speeches and he vii
have many warm friends and advocate
in the BERTHE county convention If he Wi
allow his name TO go before it as can
didate for Congress. Mr., Henry W
Lyon, Register of Deeds Of this county
has a colt three years old which he raIs
ed which has made mile in three min
utes and ten seconds. He intends to train
hin. for the race track and Jockeys whC
have seen hin, trot say that few horses
will excel him in spee1 u he IS properly
trained. MIR l.. has had several Ger
for his colt but as yet he has evinced nc
desire to sell. Mr.. I. j. HaLreli some
time ago killed a deer that weighed two
hundred and ten pounds. Mr.. George
Cray is building carp pond which vii
cover one hundred and thirty acres O
ground and the deepest place in it vii
be nineteen feet. Mr.. J. r. Moody oil
the American house has recently received
from Richmond, Va, the largest par o.
oxen ever seen in this community. Ex-
perts say that thoy VII weigh a tor
each--he intends to stall feed them anc
kill one to furnish his hotel the next tern
of the Superiar Court.
March 18th. HUGH.