The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-12
NEWSY 'GRAPHS.
Ii ERE AND ELSEH HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

! VI -NOiloIh- u received [lo Da'es o. COT
ton IN one day last week. They are
among our advertisers chd our readers
will be interested in their work.
A CORRECTION In our last issue we
sad that Mr.. Gatling, the inventor OF the
great Calling gun, now lives ia Massa>
chusetts. We should h-ve ssli n Con
ncct cut.
| FINE POTATOES. TIE DEMOCRAT a |
few days ago was the recipient OF bas-
ket of as fine potatoes as we have seen. A.,
| Mr.. r. Gardner was the kind doror, and !
some Of his potatoes weighed five pounds |
| FINE TREEs.-Nr. J. Y. Savage, b.
delivered the finest lot ofiruit trees here |
We have ever seen. Mr. Savage is age: t !
toI thu j. S. Wessbrcok n1rsery al Fa;- |
! son 9, :. L, and his trees were the finest
we have ever seen, and pat up and ship |
| ped in the best condition.
He LIKES Zone Of our subscribers
in BERTHE county sends rs a very crafty
ing message. lie says that IN some RESI-
|
in the State We highly appreciate his
appreciation Of the paper, and thank h m
for his pleasant message
WEIGHED PcUrts Sam kn1ghs, =
coiored man cultivattng a farm for Mr.
}. Ii. Lawrence few miles from town,
exhibited a potato the other day that
weighed pounds. 1t was fine potato
and HE DEMOCRAT was presented with
the potato from Sam.
! WILL PREACH IN TIE BAPTIST
! CHURCH.-Rev. NJ. ID. Bailey, of South
Carolina, will preach tonight (Wednes.
day. in the Bapts. Church Of this place,
and Rev. + 7. Vann, of Edenton,
Will preach in the same church next Sun
day, morning and night, Rev. Mr.. Ba ley
VIII preach at Dawson's next Sunday.
| \ FREE LECTURE Col. Busbee, a
| blind man, claiming to be a Baptist
perance Hall on last Friday night. HIS
lecture was on the Holy Land. Some
were pleased and others were not. A
ter the lecture, he took up collecti N,
but we did not learn the amount of the |
C Collection. We did not hear the lecture
THE FIRST ORDER FOR GUNs.-Mr. |
| " G. Allen, the busy Superintendent of |!
the Military Schooi. has made his first |
order for guns Tor TIE school. He wa
| unable to procure them from the State |
! and so gave the order at his own expense. |
lie is in earnest about making a first |
class school here, and he will make it. |
Let every one do every thing possible to
encourage the school.
LOST HIS Houses. DR.. A G., Liver |
man returned Saturday from lis cid .
home in BERTHE and brought news of |
heavy loss Upon Mr.. L ak, of Northamp-
| ton county one night last week. By some |
means hi barn and stables caught fire !
and he lost the buildings with eight head !
of horses and mules and ten thousand !
bundles Of fodder.
A STRANGE Fowl. Mr.. D. Edmond- |
son exhibited on the streets Monday
morning a strange fowl which he caught |
In steel trap. 1t resemhled a hawk,
with long wings. Its color was like that
Of hawk, with large spots, its beak was
ike the beak Of parrot and its face was |
very much like the face Of an opossum. |
IL sent it 70 Mr.. Will Hunter at Colds |
boro
COURT NEXT " EEK.-Halifax Supc-
rior cou.t will be in session next week.
The editor OF THE PEMCCRAT will be
tn ire pant of the time and Mr. L 4. Mul-
len Will he there all the time. Either will |
he glad to rccei. to! the paper at any
time. And we hope as many of our de-
llnquent subscribers will settle as can,
for we need the money. Our work has
been done aud our money spe It in hi.i g
printers and buying material, and now
we need it back.
BADLY HURT.-C;r- ar johnson a c1l-
ored hand on the government boat in the
Roanoke river, was caught in the wheels
of machine last Saturday and terribly
mangled. His arm was broken and his
neck was caught in the cogs of wheel
and was badly cut. One or two more
rey0lu ions of the wheel would have kill
ed him.
Dr.. J. r. Pope was called ~and his
wounds dressed and there was hope Of
his recovery.
BROKE HIS LEG.--A colored railroa
hand, named Ed. Pearson, While coup>
ling cars at Alcott's mills Saturday
morning, was caught under the car wheel
and was badly mangled. The car was
backing faster than usual and getting his
loot between two cross ties he was unable
II get off the track before the cars caught
BIN. Two wheels passed over the leg
above the ankle. Pearson was brought
to Scotland Neck, and Doctors NcDow>
ell and Christian anputatcI <, and
the man seems to be doing wei.
A BOLD ROBBERY IN WEIDON.-Thc
Weldon correspondent to the Richmond I
Dispatch, under date of November 9TH,
writes: ,
"Burglars entered the residence of Ma
Tor 7 l. Emrv here last night and car ,