The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-09
LOCAL..

last week to the young people at Mr.
steptoe's and MIR. \. B. JoseY's.
The most remarkable cures OF scrofula
on record have been accomplished by
Hoods SarsapariIla. Try it. Sold by
all druggists.
The explosion of boiler at Samuel
QuincrIy's Mills, Bells ferry on Bird,
killed one man and wound four others.
The report was heard eight mites.
Mr.. I. T. Whitaker showed Us some
young garden pcase recently that seemed
to have bIoomcd and grown since Nov
cmbcr.
Pat Smith, negro who had moved
from this county to Edgecombc, called up
Sheriff Aus5rook last night between u
aud o'clock to pay his poll tax
One Of our readers in Wilmington
wrltc-: i think TIE DEMOCRAT has
improved much of late, especially in
typographical appearance. | enjoy read
it very much indeed"
PIITs!CIANs MFET.-The county Med
zeal Society held its regular meeting in
Halifax Tuesday. There were present
Doctors Collins, Pierce, Patterson, Green
and Harrison. We did not nave the
time to get full proceedings.
One Of the brightest and most talented
young men in the State said to us recent
ly: TIE DEMOCRAT has tone of char
acter ard a respected opinion, uncqualIcd
by any local paper Of its age in the
State"
v Z learn that farmers in BERTHE county
are hiring only white labor. The coIored
people are so demoralized that they will
not hire by the month or by the year.
This is an opportunity for young men
and boys who are willing to do manful
labor.
A negro convict escaped from the
penitcntiary farm On the Roanoke river
Monday. He was in for Is years and had
been made a ''trusty" Two others
whose time has expired say they do not
want to leave and VIII work on if they
can be clothed and fed.
" as newspaper advertising success
with you last year? Ifnot-whY not? 1t
pays others. 1t ought TO pay you; and
will, if wisely done. Get good article.
advertise literally but ju1iclously; adyer-
tise the truth; set forth the announcement
in neat, simple, but pleasing way, and
satisfactory results Will foIlow.-Ex.
Orr TO GEORGIA.-On last Monday
Mr.. Randall Leggett who has been in
Georgia some years took from this COM
murity his fathers entire family, includ-
ing the father and mother, to Georgia
where he says he can handsomely sup>
port them all in the turpentine business.
He also carried away number of color
ed laborers for the turpentine woods.
A TIN sHOp.-Mr. II. @. Jones has
opened tin shop with Mr.. f, o. Moore
as chief workman. Mr.. Moore is well
fitted for the work, having been engaged
in it for number of years. They man
ufacture tin vessels Of superior quality,
and we bespeak for them the patronage
Of the public.
HAS MOVED To TOWN'-Mr. John T.
Brinkley who some months ago purchase
ed the Wesley PEBBLES property from
Mrs. Terrell, has had considerable re-
pairing done and has mo7ed to town.
We welcome him and hope his coming
may be as beneficial to him as it is
pleasant to his friends.
RICE We have often thought that
rice crop in this section would pay. In
conversation with some persons who arc
informed on the subject recently, we
learned that Mess. G.. 4. Camp, Clifton
Savage, Il. L. Merritt and Walter Beav>
ans of this county have been cultivating
small crops and have found it remunera-
tive. They raise from 40 to Is bushels
per acre and sell it for - to 90 cents per
bushel. The crop requires very little
work and is very easily gathered.
Let our farmers diversity their crops
By so doing they will be able to bear
the failure Of any crop much better than
when they depend on one crop only.
n HANDSOME HOUSE.-Thc new res
idcnce of MIR, j. G. Shields at the North
end of Church Street is quite handsome.
MIR. H. q. Jones, the contractor, has
made some reputation for design and
execution as an architect in the new
buildings of Mess. Hoffman and Shields
Mr., Hoffman's house we noticed before.
Mr.. Shields house is in style of roof
between the Gothic and Queen Anne.
The scroll work IS beautiful, with two
handsome bay windows in front. There
are eight rooms in the building besides
pantry, bath room and kitchen. It is
considered cheap at s. 500,
MARRIED.-At Washington, n. C.
Jan. LIST by Rev. Mr.. W. 0. Winfield,
Miss Myrtle Watson of this County tt
Mr. j. K. WOolard of Washington. They
were married al 80 4, NJ. after which
the bride and groom left fer the home of
the bride, at BraSwell's Y Roads, where
handsome Tecei ton was gwen them.
! They spend a few days III this commune
! tv and then return to the home Of the
| groom. Miss Watson has been teaching
near Washington for the last two or three