The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-15
The State Reviewed.
HAPPENINGS HERE AND THERE.

HAPPENINGS HERE AND THERE.
Fayetteville is to have street
railway
The cotton worm is deyouring
much OF the cotton plant in Edge
cor.be, but there is question as to
whether or rot the eating Of the
leaves does any harm at this season.
A movement is before the farmers
Of Sampson equity to build cotton
factory at Clinton With $4,000 CAPT
tai. Members Of the alliance are 10
pot 10 $4,000 and others so, 800.
That is the right kim Incorporation.
The Fishermen & Furmes says;
The laying Of the cornerstone OF
the Baptist Church, will take place
at Roper, Washington, Co on Thurs,
day, the 22od of this month"; The Ma
sonic Lodges of Windsor, Roper and
Elenton have been invited to take
part in the ceremonies, and a lsrge
attendance is expected
The Oxford Pablic Ledger gives
the following account of old men in
Granville county;
at is sald that Northern Granville
ha3 some of the oldest men in the
county. They are William Davis,
76; James Heggie, So; H. a. Gill,
81; G. .O'Brien, n; James Norwood,
IS; George Hester, 80, and -
Bailey, 7a. All of them are in fairly
good health and get atout SO if they
were only so"
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The E9enton Fsernldn & Farmer
says that E. W Raymond of that
place has been sentenced to all for
thirty days and pay fine Of fifty
dollars for selling liquor on Sunday.
Also that Sallie Boyce has been
sen fenced to FIVE years in the peni-
Tertiary for concealing childbirth.
Moses Wynne, a colored mao, has
also been sentenced one year to the
penitentiary for maDslaughter in the
killing of boy named Skinner,
X.
A correspondent from Long Ridge
to the Ply mouth Beacon sage that it
is coed section for killing bears
Says the correspondent:
"Oid bruin l. yet making qnite
frequent aud nnwelcome calls upon
oar people, but seems to have lost
his luck. They came out IN force on
S&t2:d3v last, killed one hog and
were charged on by three OF OCT
nelghbors. There was a smart bat
tie for while in which the mer
came off victorious, lea2 ing three
hears dead upon the field.
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The Wiadecr LefGer says: 'Mr
Eli Butler, while cutting up bee
that he had bought from the country
found an eighteen carat gold ring il
one of the hind quarters. This
sounds strange but it is true. Th'
only way 1t can te accounted for il
this 3: Some years ago disease
broke out among mans cattle il
the county AID some sapertitious
person told the owner to shoot one o
his Cattle With gold ring and thai
the plague would instantly depart
The presumption is that the owne
followed the instruction, hence tb
ring fcund.'
A correspondent to the Washing
ton Gozette. says The following o
Hyde county:
Hyde county is less in debt tina,
any county in this State, is assess
ed the least in taxation.
There are go or 700 farmers set
. tied in North and South L Ike SEC
tioo, in so close proximity that a llr
would sweep the county like wild fir
in prairie. Some few OF the farmer
are discussing Railroad; it is evj
dent that they need road to anne:
them with the outside world. A goo,
road through this county TO Leech
vile, then via Pantego and Ieatcs
vile to Washington, woult be
great blessing, and source Of reve
nue. to the railroad. It woalu open NJ
and iDpEosed oneof the flncst coun
.ries in the State. All along the lin
in Beaufort and Hyde, trek farm