The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-06

Il :, one Ct the largest WeekIes N the
state and is filled every time with inter
estirg reading, both Of Eews and editorial
comment,
New AGENT AT H0BGoOD.-Mr c.
K. Bell from Rocky Mount came down
last week to take charge Of the office for
the Atlantic Coast Line at Hobgood.
Mr.. Robt. DIXON who was at Uobgood
has gone to Latta, :. c.
n CARD OF THANKs.-Mr. g. ".
Bryan wishes to say to the peopl. Of the
town, 10th white and colored, that he
thanks them heartily for the willing
assistance rendered him In saving his
family and property from his burning
bu1cng last Wednesday night.
Newspaper advertising may be compar-
Ell to yigilant and watchful salesman,
who goes after business early and late,
who accosts the lawyer in lis office, the
student in lis study, the retired man Of
wealth at the family tireside, who can be
in thousand places at once, and address
million people each day, saying only
the right thug IN the right place and at
the right tlme,-EX.
Prof. ne Irer arW be greeted Jya large
u,,dteace in Temperance Hal Fridop
night. Seats free.
The reflector says that there ore prob
abilities of tobacco ware house being
built at Greenville this year There will
be much more tobacco raised in Pitt this
year than ever before. Our neighbor is
urying the people of GrecnvIlle TO petition
the railroad company to build a hand
some and substantial brick depot. This
| is sensible, as are most of the Reflector
views.
The Caucasian says: MIR. Loitin Boy
kin, one of our most venerable citizens,
tells US that so far this winter has not
broken the record within the memory Of
man. He says that the successful rival
of the winter 1890 is 1929. The winter
was much warner than this. He says
that cotton stalks sprouted from the
stubbles, grew up, bloomed and made
cotton,
WHY NOT MAKE THEM HERE?-We
we're passing through a store in town
recently and heard a gentleman ask the
price Of some pl0w beams. He also ask
ed who made them. The storekeeper
answered that they were shipped here
from Rocky Mount. What mistake.
Our timber is abundant and yet we ship
pillow bcams-hand made at that-from a
ucighboIin@ town. Where is our spirit
Of manufactory:
Oar people will 10 Wei to heed the
truth in the following from the B'0IiHq-
| TIM Nc.cs: No town can get fast move
on il till its citizens get It in their eads
and hearts to encourage manufacturing
enterprise. How shall we do it? Why,
when man wants to come here to locate,
don't try to ''suck" him to death-give
him showing by Offering a site for the
mandatory, and if needs be, let the
government of the town relieve the en-
terDrise of taxation for number oil
years.
3d. Our articles by Hon. Henry ".
Grady are attracting attention away
from home A gentleman of observation
and fine judgement said to US that THE
| DEMOCRATS the only county paper in the
State that has published them. BY the way
some of our exchanges have clipped from
these articles and said that the quotation
was from Mr.. Grady's speech published
in this paper. We did not publish the
great speech. We publish series o
articles first given to the New York
Ledger. We paid the Ledger for the
privilege of publishing them.
! 4 treCt l0r those ecbo hear Prof
MtIoer on education IN Temperance
HoU Friduy niqLt. Seats free.
MADE FINE SPEECH At a tourna
, ment IN Aurora recently, Mr.. Edmund
: Alexander was the orator, and thu
Washington Progress says the following
of him: "Mr. Edmund Alexander tb
orator of the occasion was there, and wa
introduced by Mr. F. B. Hooker in ap
propriate remarks. Mr.. Alexander mad
fine speech of half an hour. Man
were the compliments which he receive
from them who heard it. He gave
complete history of the OF igin of Tour
nament and traced the custom to th
, present time in most interesting man
ner."
THE PENITENTIARY FARM.--Ih
penitentiary farm on the Roanoke rive
is assuming large proportions. Mr.. Il
j. Pope, general Supervisor, says tina
the quarters are about ready. There ar
1876 hands on the farm, 20 on the Halifa
side and 12G on the Northampton side
r They will work IS horses, will plar
I l 600 acres in cotton, 500 acres in cor
: 400 acres in in clover, 400 acres in oat!
t and have now 100 acres in wheat, beside
:. some in rye and clover already in.
Does Experience Count?
4 1t does, in every line of business, an
especially in compromising and prcpaIir
medicines. This is illustrated i'll II
great superiority Of Hoods Sarsapari