The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-03

the hand Of affiict,on was l-il so heavily
upon hin he bale fair % b.. I c5.ncjrc 20
hi: w4ovcd mother and source Of
great pleasure to ms sister and brothers.
We-p not, relatives and friends, he is not
dead bu, eleepcth. N.
March 27th $500.
a REMARKABLE OPERATOR.-Llttle
George Bryan five years old, son OF Mr.
.. W. Bryan. the clever operator at this
place, is perhaps the youngest operator
on record in this country.
On last Monday we dropped into the
telegraph office and saw littleGeorge send
g message over the wires to the agent at
Goose Nest, who repeated the message.
This was proof that the h.tle fellow had
sent it correctly.
We doubt whether it can be beaten in
the United States. We have yet to hear
OF younger, at any rate.
WHY HAVE POOR STOCK:-Mr. K. H.
Smith, ST.. showed US few days ago a
bunch Of the annual crimson clover which
he was having cut then. 1t was in bloom
and some Of it measured Is inches in
height. 1t was yielding from 1900 to
IA 900 pounds per acre, notwithstanding
the recent cold and freeze that had iniur>
ed il.
almost any farmer can cultivate
small lot IN clover and have early forage
that will serve HIM until the harvesting
of his oat crop Attention to little things
is what makes the biggest count in the
end. Sow clover and grasses and feed
| your horses al home, then you will be
more independent.
| THE ART Cow ERsATIONAL.-It is
thought one of the greatest OF accnm-
| pliShments to be able to converse well.
And so It is. Some people seem to think
that It matters very little what YOU talk
! about so YOU talk.
And there's where they make miss
take.
The line and the place make all the
Inference sometimes as to what one
| should talk abont. You can not always
talk about the same thing on every oc-
casion.
To be able to decide what to converse
about i sometimes of more importance
than the matter of now much YOU can
say. You can not always talk about the
same thing at the breakfast or tea table
that you could on the front porch. Con-
versation is fine thing but it is some
times used with too much freedom. We
learned Greek proverb years ago that
we have never forgotten: Say something
better than silence, or keep SILENT"
KILLED IN THE HEA'r OF PASSION
A white man named John Early was
killed in EdgccOmbe last Saturday by
negro named Prince Brown. The diff
Guilty arose over bag of gqano. We
hay" the particulars from MIR. l.. l.. Lyon
who was on the coroners Jury.
Early and other men from DR.. W. T.
aYo'S farm had been to Tarboro.
Brown had also been to Tarboro and had
| lost bag of guaro aud Early's crowd
had taken it up. Brown came I'D with
them and asked for it. They leased him
about it until he got mad. They let him
have it, and beat him for cursing them.
Early's crowd were all drunk. After
they beat Brown and left him, he follow
ed with a rail and struck Early two
blows over the back Of the head. He
then rode farther on and asked for pistols
| to shoot them with. EARLY was carried
home and died Sunday morning. An
inquest was held Monday and the verdict
was, that he came to his death from
blows by Prince Brown. Brown is in
jail.
ARRESTED AND SENT TO JAIL.-On
last Saturday morning it was learned
| that q colored man named Herbert
| Weaver, who some time ago came from
| EdgecOmbe to this section, had stirred up
the hands on the farms of Mr.. T. W .
! Fcnner, S. d. Hancock and E. G. Biggs.
| 4 number of the laborers who were
under contract and at work Friday night
were gone with their families Saturday
morning.
A warrant was issued against Weaver,
| he was arrested and brought to Scotland
| Neck and tried before Justice j. A.
Perry. Mess W. A. Dunn and W. H.
Kitch'n appeared for the State and E. Z.
| Whitaker for the defendant. Weaver
was bound over to the Superior court IN
a bond Ct 5000, failing to give which. he
was sent to jail at Halifax on Saturday
night
The case was one Of general interest
both to the white people and the colored
people as well. Both the counsel who
appeared for the State LAID it down as
a principle of right and personal freedom.
that the colored people have perfect
liberty to go where they please provided
! they do not violate the law in doing so
But for any one to induce another mans
hands who are under contract to leave
their employer is a crime under the laws
of North Carolina Let the cOlored people
90 they SAID, hut let them not be carried
! away while under contract for the wear
at the expense of the land owners who
have been for several months in this
section at great expense and trouble and
anxiety to prepare for the present crop.
HoW'S This:
W G offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
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