The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18
4 Run to ~ton.

Last Friday the editor ran down to
Kiaston to hear Tom Dixon lecture.
large audience greeted him AMI BE held
the audience for an boar aad twenty
minutes.
The subject of his lecture was + ools,
and he wittily described several classes
of fools, any one of which we might well
hope to escape.
Mr.. Dixon is easily among the foremost
speakers and lecturers Of the country.
Although not get thirty years Of age, he
| is perhaps as we'll known IN many respects
as any other christian minister IN the
| United States. Certainly SO with very
| few exceptions.
He has q great command Of language
and unlimited power over his audience.
One moment his listeners are convulsed
with laughter and the next they are
melted to tears. lie plays upon the
chords of the emotions as deity as the
musician sweeps the strings Of his instru-
ment. Now he takes you into the sublime
heights o. true oratory where the mind
sees the most beautiful Of the beautiful
and the grandest OF the grand; and the
next moment be stasgers you with the
tragedian's wonderful power. And SO
he alternately shifts the scenery by his
wonderful versatility ofpower aud match
less expression until you feel almost
dazed with JOY conflicting with the emo
tons Of sorrow, and the sudden descent
from the truly sublime to the unquestion
ally ridiculous. lie is man Of truly
wonderful power of expression. He
charges 500 night for his lectures anc
can not meet the applications that are
made him for every visit he makes t.
North Carolina. Truly North Clrolin'
may we'll be proud of Tom Dixon.
KINsToN.
We had only short stay in kinston
Mayor w. d, POLLOCK. with whom W
had pleasant associations as student a
Wake Forest College a few years ago
was among the most pleasant old friend
that we met. He introduced Mr.. Dlxol
to the audience in the Opera-House il
very happy remarks, which showed tina
he himself is master of expression IN Il
ordinary sense.
Editor W. S. Herbert, OF the Free Press
; showed US many courteses while there
We sat awhile in his sanctum, plac
where we felt at home. He is publishin
| one Of the best weekly papers IN Easter
E Carolina-indeed one Of the best IN tn
9 State. He is doing much for Lenoi
e county and deserves large and ibers
patronage.
y The town Of Kinston is quite pretty
The streets are wide and clean and we
X shaded. Main street is especially pretty
y. Kinston is the county seat Of Lenoi
e county, and it has large and handsom
court house. The court yard looks we
kept and it shows the pride gifts citizen
ENTERPRISES.
-, kinston has a number OF importar
industries, A knitting mill with ten {
fifteen thousand dollars capital, is don
good work. and employing quite a nun
Der of operatives. Single mills, sa
mills, turpentme distillerY, carriage al
harness shops, the knitting mills ar
:. other enterprises, employ as many as or
hundred and twenty-five operatives.
8 The farming around Kinston is goo
Truckers are dong much larger al
- better BUSINESS than ever before.
, We stopped at the hotel whose propri
> for is the clever and courteous Mr.. Nun
- The trip was pleasant one and v
felt paid for the going, and we sh ould
glad to repeat the visit.