The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-19
PERsSONAA and OTHERWISE

A popular watering place-The
horse,trOugh.
The man who sits down on a pin
is more than apt to be an early
riser.
1t will be observed that notwith.
standing the large amount of "soap"
and lie used by the Republican
party in the last campaign, their
record is far from clean.
Although President Harrison was
connected with the army during
the late unpleasantness between
the states, nothing has as yet been
said about putting him On the
retired list. However the Demo
Gratis propose to see to that in
November, '92.
Among those who were present
at the recent Commencement at
Wake Forest, we note the name Of
our friend, Mr.. W. 2. Stradleg. He
was the valedictorian Of the class
of 'S7, and is one of the finest ora
tors who has ever left the college.
Since his graduation he has been
successfully pursuing course OF
study at John Hopkins University.
Comforting Of honorary degrees
has been in vogue this year even to
a greater extent than usual, and
the woods are full Of newly pledged
Doctors, bearing their bushing
honors thick upon them. We
wonder how many out Of the num-
Der ''can read their titles clear"
without the aid of a dictionary.
We regret to learn that Prof. W.
H. Michael, has resigned his posi-
ton in the chair of Phy1cs at Wake
Forest and Will leave the state 1t
was the pleasure Of the writer to be
under his instruction for some time
and we never knew teacher who
was more faithful in the discharge
of his duties, or who was more
universally beloved by all his class.
es. He will remove to Minnesota
and engage in the practice Of the
law. 1t is needless to say that the
best wishes Of his many friends in
North Carolina attend him to his
distant home.
1t is relief to turn from the
ratings Of ingalls, and Sheppard
and Hoar, suffering from the rabies
Of sectional hatred, to other quar-
tcrS where like the North the spirit
and position OF the south is under
stood and appreciated. The Exam,
lner, the organ of the Baptist de-
nomination at the North, which
sometime was very bitter towards
Us, devotes a whole column IN a
recent issue to most fair and cam
did review Of the book. "Wh by the
South is Solid,' written by the
great Democratic leaders, Vance,
breckenridge and others. This is
indeed significant and points to the
coming OF a brighter day.
An earnest effort will be made in
the coming campaign to redeem
the black district and it is jmpor-
tant that the man should be secured
who is best qualified to lead the
party to victory. Halifax has a
citizen whose name will be present
ed to the congressional convention
of the second distIict-a man who
has served the Democratic party
most effectively fer five successive
campaigns, without hope Of reward:
whose eloquent voice has been
raised in almost every county in
the state, In behalf of the principles
prOpagated by Jefferson. That
man is Hon. W II. Kitchin, and he
has but three things to recommend
HIM for the nomination: his honesty
his ability and his democracy.
With the wonderful growth anG
prosperity which has been witness
ed in the South of late years, why
is it not possible to touud a great
southern magazine, which shall sci
our people before the world as they
aIe9 There is need of such a maya
zine to represent the social and
| political life here. That there is
UdIeuG SulnCleuU TO support IT. nc
man can doubt. Year after year
we have seen the productions o.
Southern writers appear in the
columns of Northern periodicals
and the profits go to Northern
publishers simply because there
was no field at home for the eXer-
cises of literary talent in this direc
ton. Is there any good reason
why that most beautiful and touch
ing sketch "Malse Chan" could not
have first appeared id Atlanta In
stead of New York? One has but
to look through the contents of the
Century Or of Harper's, The Forum
or The North American Review, to
see that our writer's have been
driven to foreign market to obtain
encouragement and appreciation.
Let magazine of this kind be
founded, with Charles Egbert
Craddock, Virglnius Dabney, Thos.
Nelson Page and the rest of that
bright galaxy Of writer's who Lave
Illuminated the literary horizon. as
contributors, and it would be infe-
ri0r in the charaptpp of ifs ARTICLES