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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
About Good Roads.

Wilmington Messenger, Nov. 1lth)
We have often written of the nee
essity of having better dirt loads
country roads in North Carolina
For decade or two we have from
time to time been hammerlng away
upon this really important matter
We have shown in many ways the
advantages of gooA roads over bad
roads. b. calculations We long ago
showed how much more work a pair
Of horses could do over smooth, hard
road than oyer the ordinary
country roads as they are found
throughout North Carolina. The
difference is immense. Two horses
can haul to market over good roads
more than four horses can haul owe.
the bad roads in North Carolina, and
in yer much less time. Then the
cost of tie wear and tear of team,
wagon, harness, etc, must be added.
The farmers are certainly yer,
blind when they content themselves
with the country roads in this State
They ere positively great tax upon
their purses. An expert could visit
q plantation and show farmer the
tax be was paying for not having
better roads to market The old
way is most costly and disagreea-
BILE way. We have been some four
hours travelling in the past but twelve
miles and were thankful 20 geL along
at oil. We have known roads in
Caswell county so bad 10 the winter
that they could not re travelled with
out actually stalling. We have known
a man in a buggy drawn by a strong
large horse to stall and not be able
TO pull ont. We have known people
to be forced TO leave travel and take
it horseback.
The old Roman roads built mines
teen hundred years ago and more sre
now good roads, far better than any
our people know of in their own
State. Oae of the positive draw.
backs in North Carolina at this day
is our poor excuses for roads.
1t ie apparent to all who think aud
OBJ erve the cid way Of working roads
is the deadest failure possible. 1t is
so complete that nothing farther is
needed on that line. The ordinary
road worker is SO Incapable that he
only makes bad worse.
What is to he done to remedy the
evil ard the bid for poverty! 1t is
eertain that there will lie no roads
until the State becomes the road
builder. Our people need very much
to be helped and Instructed on this
line. The Messenger will do its
part. The monthly periodic ais have
begun to discuss this question in
earnest. The newspapers have done
something IN this way and will do
more.
We are fully satisfied that the
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
Notice Of The nth Caro-
lima Lumber 90.
NORTH CAROLINA !

NORTH CAROLINA In the Superior
HALIFAX COUNTY. Court
Articles of agreement between Harold
II. Fries, Angus J. Mcdonald and Nil
liam W. Richards for the purpose OF
forming a corporation to be known as
The North Carolina Lumber Company
have this day been filed in the Office of
the Superior Court of said County and
the said agreement has been duly record
ed and have IN pursuance OF authority
in me vested by law issued letters deciar-
ing said persons and their successors to
be a corporation for the purpose and
ACCORDING 10 the terms prescribed in
said articles, and notice IS hereby given
according to to section go of the Code
OF the substance Of said articles.
The business of said corporation shall
be the manufacture Of all kiads Of lum>
Der. latbs shingles, furniture, cotton
goods. knit goods, flour, meal cigars,
chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff,
and dealing in TIN Der, lumber and land
live stock and farm products.
be at ri lelY, Halifax County, North
Carolina and the said corporation shall
have the power to establish offices In
or out of said State. TIE said cooperation
shall exist for thirty years with the
right of renewing the term of its corpor-
ate existence. The following named
persons have subscribed to the capital
stock of said corporation, TO wit: Harold
IL. Fries, Angus J. Mcdonald and Will
liam w. Richards.
The amount of the capital stock shall
be two hundred thousand dollars in two
thousand shares Of one hundred dollars
each.
No stock holder shall be individually
liza Die for any debt default, omlsti IN or
tort OF said corporation.
Said corporation shall have the p wer
to hold, convey, lease sell and mortgage
real property to amount necessary for
any Of ats purposes and to erect all such
buildings on any of Its property as may
be requisite for the prosecution Of any
branch Of It's business and to build any
railroad over its own property for the
purpose of transporting It's own merchan-
disc and freight.
Witnes John T. Gregory, Clerk Of
the Superior Court of Halifax county,
ct his office in Halifax, this the 30th day
of October, 1891.
JOHN I. GREGORY.
Clerk Superior Court Halifax county.
1l.5-4t.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
4 lit lie Girls Experience I'm A
Lighthouse.

MIR. aud Mrs. Loren Prescott are keep
ers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach
Mich, and are blessed with daughter,
four years old, Last April she was taxi
en- down with Measels. followed with a
dreadful Cough and turning into Fever.
Doctors at home and at Detroit treated
her but in vain, she grew worse rapidly
until she was mere handful Of bones. >
Then she tiled DR.. Kings New DIS
covery and after the use Of two and half
bottles, was completely cured. They
say DR.. Kings New Discovery Is worth
it's weight in gold yet you may get trial
bottle free al E. I. Whitehead & Cos
Drugstore.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19

Southern Cultlvator)
If man would eat, be must work.
Not many men of active thought and
good habits prefer idleness to enter
prise. Every good citizen, removed
beyond the necessity for personal
effort, still desires the public good 10
the use of his endeayors for general
advancement and enterprise. In
this free America there is sucs a
a thing as the dignity of labor.
In q State founded upon the mon
arcbchial idea, there is necessarily
an aristocracy OF class that degrades
lator of any and all kinds. At the
pinnacle in such society stand those
who are not only exempt from labor,
bat who despise it. Such people
who do not lend a lifting hand to la
Dor. but such as Cypress it.
With these the labor of a physi-
elan, lawyer, teacher, mechanic
or tradesman, put the man outside
the pole of recognition. Under the
American idea, labor is not only res
pectable. but honorable, and the
man who bears ceasure with as is
not the man of work, but the man
without work.
While this is true, there is with Us
degree of caste that makes undue
ami unpleasant distinctions in occu-
pations. Every mar, whatever his
social status, grossly insults labor
every time he declines to recognize
It. A simple difference in occupa-
ton does not make necessarily a
difference in men. The physician
lahors for his advancement and the
maintenaDce Of his family. SO does
the artisan and the mechanic. The
one occupation Is just IS honorable
as the other. The lawyer expends
his effort by day and by night to
serve the ends of his engagements
So does the farmer ard the peda.
ue-all engaged in useful honor>
able employ for personal mainte
nance and the public good. The la
tor in one instance is just as honor
atle IS that Ia the other, and the la
bOrer ID each is entitled to exactly
the same respect aDd recogni-
ton. Whilst this IS the theory Of
our society, it is not practically true.
Men are unfortunately not SO much
kno~n by themselves as by the &C.
cupation they follow, Into orr free
institutions there has crept that for.
ei4n idea that makes a man gentle
man because of his money and his
place, and not because Of his person
a! worth and his enterprise.
The choice of occupation is often
times made therefore more from pub
lie opinion than from fitness or tai
cit. The boy who would make a
good mechanic or artisan looks more
to the responsibility. as he under.
stands II, of TIE professions, than his
fitness for work, and he spoils good
mechanic. and makes third rate
lawyer.
Tines ard circumstances with Us
are changing, and 1t Will be we'll for
Us to learn that character, and not
occupation makes The man.
w. j. NORTHEN,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19

State must not only 60 int this
matter OF constructing leading thor
oughfares, but to do it well 1t mast
have trained expert. in road builds
ing to superintend the work. At
Vanderbilt University road eDgi>
neering is taught, North Carolina
should have at least twenty pupils
at that school.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
NOTICE..

Futrell & Speed have assigned al.
Of their notes, accounts and mortgages
to me for collection. | take this method
notifying all who are indebted to them
in any amount 10 on me and settle at
once or | will be obliged unnder the
terms of the assignment to take action.
| have for sale good mare and road
cart, one iron safe and one No. l cotton
gin. This Nov. Isl, 1911.
W. A. DUNN.
Assignee.
II : 9t
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
THIS MAKES THE MAN.
fSoutheIn Cultlvator J

OCCUPATION IS SECONDARY.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
Rucklen's Arnlca SalVe.

Tho Best Salve in the world for
Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rhfum Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands. Chilb!ains Corns, and all
Skin Erurtions. and positively cures
piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
antee to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 50. per box,
For Sale by h J. Whitehead d Co
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19

1l-5-3t.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19

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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
Grain, Flour and Feed.

Sales on call at the Grain Exchange, l car
sample shell corn, 76c, spot; car 2 y. e. corn,
SOHc. 5 days. Receipts as bulletined, 26 cars,
as follows: By PIttsburg, FIT. Wayne and Chi
cago Railway. 8 cars of -four, of middlings, l
of corn, of hay, l of oats. By Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati and St Louis, cars of hay, 4 of corn.
By Baltimore and Ohio, l car of hay, Of bran
By Pittsburg and Western, cars of hay, of
oats, l of wheat, of corn. The downward
drift of grain and hay gives no signs of pause,
and our quotations are again reduced In ac-
cordance with the facts of the case. The situa-
tion is favorable TO buyers all along the line 1f
cereals. July wheat has fallen below the dollar
line in Chicago. There were sales of July corn
last month at S3c, and to-day prices -for the
same were ranging about 76c per bushel
Prices for carload lots on track:
WHEAT-No. 2 red. 81 09@1 10; No. 3. 81 O4@
LOS
CoRN-No. yellow she'll corn. 7@71Sc; No.
yellow she'll, 76@Tc; high mixed, 75Q76c;
mixed shell, 74@75c. No. 2yellow ear S3@84,.:
high mixed ear, S2@S3c; mixed eat corn. Sig
S2c.
OATs-No. /. 6o1S@slc; No. white 58a5s1<c;
extra, No. 8 5S@5SMc; mixed oats. 55@j6c.
RYE-No. Pennsylvania and Michigan, CSC
@Sl 90; No. l Western, g7@9Sc.
s FLouR-Jobblng pIices-Fancy spring and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
HOME SECURITIES.
A Dull Opening Followed by an Active
and Strong Close-Final Prices Gen.
orally the Best of the Day
Gains and Losses

Gains and Losses.
The stock market opened rather ofish yester-
day both in tone and business, due. probably,
to similar conditions in the East Nothing
was done at the first call, and transactions at
thesecond were limited to Phiadelphia Gas 300
shares of which sold at the uniform price oils
Nearly all the interest was conferred in the
last call, when the market materially widene d
and in most cases the best prices of the da y
were made. This was no doubt in response t o
stronger prices and greater activity succeeding
the early depression in New York and Boston.
Total sales fol. the day were $50 shares The
active properties were Philadelphia Gas Switch
and Signal, Electric, Pleasant Valley and
Luster.
The speculative pulse in Electric beat rather
high in Boston in the afternoon where sales
were made at l514. 1t closed there at l5I bid,
offered at 1874. here it sold in small way at
l47z, and closed at that figure bid against 1415
at the opening. Scrip sold at so, and 81 was
offered for more. There was nothing of news
or gossip to affect the stock either way Its
strong Eastern support confirms the opinion
hitherto expressed that more IS known there
than here in regard to Mr. Westinghouse,s
work.
Philadelphia Gas was offered down a trife AZ
the last call, but the undertone was sufficiently
bullish to prevent a break. Its friends are con-
fident it will see better prices. The Fractions
held their advanced ground. Underground
Cable advanced half point. Luster and Air.
brake improved a fraction each, as did Switch
and Signal and Manufacturers Gas. Bank and
insurance stocks were neglected Sales were:
First call-No sales.
Second calico PHILADELPHIA Gas at IL ion n.
l3, so at Is. so at l3.
Third call-90 Switch and Signal AT az %
Electric at l41s. Electric Scrip. at so 10 Pleas
ant Valley at AZ. 20 at 243s so Luster at IA 30
Philadelphia Gas at 13
Bids and offers at each of the three ca1ls .ra
appended "
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
Closing Bona Quotations.
Bank Clearings.

CHIcAGo-Clearings were sl7,0l9OO0. New
York exchange was 6Oc premium. Rates
for money was steady, on basis of 515@6 per
cent
ST. LOUIS - CIearings, So. .9O7, ,S76: balances.
S3.2SS Moneyat G@7 per cent. Exchange on
New York at 90c premium.
NEW MISUNDERSTANDING. 81, ,iSS 057. New
York exchange. commercial paper. 35c; bank, 81
per 100O premium.
S5 35S. 757
BosToN-Clearings. SIG, 496; balances. ST.
360.5S7 Money, 6 per cent Exchange on New
York, par to 715c discount
PHILADELPHIA-Clearin s1l. .265 764; bal
ances 81 5l6.a0S Money 465 per cent .-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s2136.204; balances,
S9O3 276. Money, 6 per cent -.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
NEW YORK STOCKS.
Share Market Still a Waiting One-Declines
In the Forenoon, But Receivers in the
Afternoon - All Movements

Afternoon - All Movements
| slight-Bonds Quiet.
| NEW YORK, May 6-The waiting attitude OF
the stock market was more fully exemplifed
to-day, and although there was a fairly active
business transacted in the few leading shares,
there was only the usual narrow movements OF
prices, with no decisive movements The ten.
dency in the forenoon was downward, but was
| reversed later in the day, when reas-
suring news from the conference was
| received The temper of the room was rather
mixed throughout the entire day, however, and
/ traders were content to feel the market from
time TO time without going very deeply into it,
| while the continued small buying for outside
account served to steady the list from time to
time, and, finally, with the aid of considerable
covering of shorts, rallied the market after the
selling for arbitrage account in the early trading
was over.
The weakness of Louisville under this pres.
sure was one of the features of the early trading
while the strength In the Wheeling and Lake
Erie shares was another. Outside of the ac-
tivity in st. Paul. Chicago Gas and Atchison at
times there was no other special feature of iu-
terest The opening was made at irregular
changes from last evenings figures and the
stitfenng tendency of last evening soon became
apparent in the advancing figures. which, how
ever, never got far away from those of the
opening, and the selling by London caused a.
below the level of the first sales. Louisville de.
clined per cent. but Wheeling and Lake Erie
preferred rose like amount.
The downward movement was short lived.
and in the afternoon the confident feeling be-
came so pronounced that a full rally followed
in the general list. while a few stocks were
lifted materially. Among these Cordage was
most prominent rising nearly per cent from
its lowest figure, and holding most of the gain
10 the end. The final dealings in the stock
market were marked by few movements
among the low priced shares, Hooking Valley
being prominent with gain of II per cent,
but the general list was content with fractional
advance. The market, however, while quiet
was strong and confident at the highest price
OF the day. The final changes are generally
small fractional advances, while there are a
few declines. Cordage, however, is up ~;
Southern Pacific, u; Hooking Valley, ", and
Atchison and ST. Paul. each per cent.
There was the usual quiet business in rail-
road bonds, the sales OF all bonds reaching
SsSSO00, and while the market remained firm
there was little or no feature of interest deyeI-
oped during the day. ,.-.
The following table shows Ine prices of active
Stocks on the New 1ork Stock Exchange yester-
day. Corrected daily for The DIsPATCH by
WHITNEY &STEPHENsoN, oldest Fittsburg menu
bers of the New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth
avenue; =,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
Coffee Markets

BALTIMORE. May 6-Cofee firm and nm.
changed.
NEW oRLEANs Nay 6-Coffee very firm;
Rio. ordinary to fair, l9620c.
NEW YORK. May 6-Coffee OPTIONS onened
steady and unchanged to lO points up. closed
firm and unchanged to points up: sales II OO0
bags. including Nav. E95G1SOOc June l5S56
l7.90c: July, i1.70Il7.S0c; August L. S0@tl7 35c:
September, l670GlGT5c; October, l6 loo l6 i5c:
December, l530c; February, 10 00c: spot Rio
steaoy ana more active; fair cargoes, 2Oc; No. 4
lSlSc
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07

winter patent -four. So 2506 so; fancy straight
winter, So 1906 90; fancy straight spriDg. s. 75
as 0e; clear winter. s. 50@5 75: straight xxx
bakers, s. 50@5 IS. Rye -four. s. 2505 SO.
Buekwheat -four, 2140218c - b.
MILLFEED-No. white middlings, 81 OO@
2S 90 % ton; No. 2 white middlings. SIS cog
rs 90; brown midilings, s21 50@22 90; winter
wheat bran $40 OO6l20 5O
HAY-Baled timothy, choice, sl2 00eol2 so:
No. ], sl1 25@ll 50 No. do. slO 00G2l0 %; loose
from wagon, Si3 OO015 co. according toquality;
No. prairie hay, 80 500s 75; packing do, 80 so
sTRAw-oats. IS oOas Is; wheat and rye, 81 50
as o.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
Tnrnentine nIarIrets-

SAEANHAH, May 6-Turpentine firm at
S5$lc. kosin firm at 81 40@l 60.
NEw YORK, May 6.-Rosn quiet and firm;
Iurpeniiue quiet and steady at S918c.
CHARLESTON, May 6.-Turpentine steady at
a35ac. BnslE Erm; good strained, 81 50.
"ILNINGToN. May 6-SpIrits OF tnrpentine
steady at 5j5Ic. RosIn steady; strained 81 271%:
good strained. 81 S215. Tar firm at 81 40 Crrde
turpentlne firm; hard. 81 40; yellow dip aud
VIRGIN, 50 40
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
WICKETs WILL BE UP TODAY.

Yesterdays News Notes From in and About
the Pittsburg Harbor.
THE NJ. F. Allen will leave to-day at noon for
Wheeling.
THE Bachelor will leave to-day at 4 P. M, for
Cincinnati.
last evening. having been detained by the low
water and fog.
SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN expects to have
the wickets of the Davis Island dam raised by
Saturday. . The water is badly needed in the
harbor at present The ]. G. Blaine stuck on
bar above the railroad bridge on Tuesday and
was unable to get off until the freight was un-
loaded on fat yesterday. The Germania re-
manned above the dam yesterday, and the
Baines load with other freight was taken up
on flat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
MONEY MARKET.

A Slight Improvement in Calls for Loans
Routine Business Fair.
Some of the banks reported slight improve
ment in the demand for money yesterday. but
others said there was no change with them. All
of the local financial institutions have more
cash than thew can find immediate employment
for, and as a result good collateral call loans
are much sought after. Interest rates were
easy at 51z@7 per cent as the extremes. Ex-
2l9 49,
At New York yesterday money on call was
easy, ranging from to AZ per cent, last loan
3. closed offered at "a. Prime mercantile paper
4A@6% Sterling exchange quiet and steady
at "a S514 for 6O-day bills and S4 SO for de-
mand.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
HARD woops-JoBBING PRICES
STRIKERS MADE THEM QUIT.
Brickmakers at Columbus Stop Work to
Avoid Trouble.


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH
COLUMBUS, May 6.-The brickmakers' strike
claimed good deal of attention to-day. They
want 25 cents advance. About 500 men are in
terested directly. The strike is not under or
authorized by the union. although few of the
strikers are members. The crowd succeeded
in getting the men at the Steam Press Brick
Works out to-day, but it was only by threats,
and the men. who are satisfied, quit to save
trouble. The strikers met in the north part of
the city in the morning and marched to the
yards south. The crowd grew, and when they
returned numbered over 200. The strikers
stopped near the press brick works ard sent
over committee to demand the men there to
quit work at once. Mr.. Fish met the commit
tee, who informed him all his men must quit.
He asked what foT. as they were all satisfied,
and was answered they must quit TO help th em
in their demand. He said he would not per-
init that, when he was informed if the men did
not quit l50 men would make them quit.
signal was given by the committee and the
crowd of strikers marched over to the works
Mr.. Fisher saw there was likely to be trouble
and told his men If they desired they could
quit for the, afternoon. and they did.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
HELPED BY THE CLEARING HOUSE.
The Ninth National Bank of New York Calls
for S75O,OOO

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM To THE DISPATCH:
NEW YORK. May 6.-The Ninth National
Bank found it convenient yesterday to accept
part of the proffered assistance offered by tile
syndicate of banks in the Clearing House. The
bank called for s7590OO of the $1,000, COO sub
scribed by the syndicate The bank officials
found it necessary to adopt this course because
of the demands made upon them from custom.
erS in the interior
The bank itself was a creditor at the Clear
ing House for S3l5 900. and it was argued from
this alone that the request for assistance from
the syndicate represented only temporary
drain on the bank. A. W. Kilbourne & Co,
the stock brokers who did business for the la, @
President Hill. decline to say anything about
the transactions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07

L CAN speak in the highest terms of DIR.
Jayne,s Expectorant, from personal knowl.
edge, having used ip my family recently,
with the best results. In fact, our family
physician advised us to get 1t, as he "knew
of nothing better for affections of the throat
and lungs. We did So, and the severe
attack nv wife had was speedily relieved.
She was so bad that it was difficult for her
TO swallow. or even breathe. We shall use
1t in future, and enthusiastically recon-
mend it to all.-Mr. C. H. Raven, Oeresco,
Michigan, December 20, 1890.