The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-17
NEWSI GRAPHS.
HERE AND fL~EH HERE
WIS., AND OTHERWISE.

INvITATION.-The Superintendent 0
he Military School invites the public
% be present at inspection and dr:l
next Friday eyeuing, Dec. 10, at thTe,
O'Clock. p. IN.
STARS AND STRIPES The nationa
tias now floats alb We the tower of tn,
Scot and Neck Military School. Ii
makes beautiful appearance.
COOP HUNTING Mr. j. 7. Sherman
If New York. who has been huntir her,
4eyeral days, LIT yesterday. He says b,
1ad a good tine and found game a plent,
d is highly pleased with this comm u
nifty.
PCsT OFFICE BURNED.-The post
fiji e at NlIlIarston with is content
Sas destroyed BY ire Tuesday night.
Three other buildings were lost. 1t wa
he work Of 40 lncendary.
tn We hope our correspondents will ex
cIse Us for not printing several communi-
cations last week. They came too late
some Of them just before we went to
to press and some after we had printed
the paper.
CHURCH BLOWN DOWN.-Our Ccnoht
CORES pondent's |, tt-r CO me too late lasI
week for pu' Cat!Cn. 1t is not too lat,
however to say that among the news
items sent was statement that Jones
chapel NJ. (. church wa. blown down
II the gale that pass ever that com
munity last week. Also Mr.. Thoma,
towards cart shelter was blown down
Shlle Mr.. Howard was under it and he
was painfully hurt.
CONCERT FJR THE ORPHANAGE.-
\ concert for the benefit Of the Thomp-
son Orphanage vii De given IN Temper
4nce Hall to morrow night by Nicely
md Kate Whitaker, the little daughters
IF Mr.. Dudley Whitaker These lttl,
;irls have baen to the orphanage and W ill
doubtless give an interesting concert.
Ii .kets are on sale IT Waite K Pau!l'>
store. & dmlssion 70 cents, children
10 cents.
TIE DEMOCRAT IN LUCK,-lt is gen
orally recNgulZed that every newspaper
needs fighting editor. THE DEMOCRAT
has bsen in possession Of such person.
age fer about year without knowing it
How many anxious hour and needless
starts at vigorous rap upon our office
door woull we have mis- ed had We
Nnown we had fighting EDITOR in gu,
press Ioom. a mar that can carry
toothache DAYS and spend e oil deal OF
he time 9TH the eitlS and saw nothing a
bout it until after the dentist has made q
lole in his jaw as big as pound pear
by pulling cut the obstreperous tooth,
vii ID to depend upon in fny emergency
We shall pint what we please now and
vest and walk IN and out when we
lease with 10 fear Of thrashing"
within reasonable distance Of our Cffice
We can aTFoiAt cur foreman fighting
editor pro tenn at moments no:i;e.
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS w
frequently receive communications with
no name to them. We cannot print such
communications. Doubtless sometimes
persons who send anonymous articles, OF
write over all assumed name, think hard
of Us for not printing their articles; but
is an unbending rule with US to require
the real name of the author of every ar
tIcle before we print it. Not that We
Wish to PRINT the name Of the writer but
chat we may know who the writer L.
The real name may accompany an article
on >eparat. slip of pape,. We have a
commun ication TIT week relative TO q
marriage near Hamit on, but we cannot
print il b cause the name Of the writer
loes MT appear.
Also those who wish their communi
cations to be printed the week they are
sent IN ISL ave them reach us on Tues
lay We want thu news. bu. we want
it il time All we must know tho writer
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