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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
A REAL NEW SOUTH.

TIE New York Herald, comment.
log recently on reunion of Confed-
ates at YorkvIlle, S. c., said:
"God has clearly not forbidden the
existence of new South, because
there is one. 1t is seen in the fact
that tie old hatred toward the North,
the inevitable result OF our wide y
different social conformation in form
er Times has utterly and completely
died out. 1t may be true that Ihe
South is no more "ne y" than the
NORTH. for since slavery which kel t
US part, has heen destroyed we
baye q community Of interest and an
admiration for each other which are
growing every day. The bone Of
contention which set the teeth Of the
two sections on edge has been bur
led, and We are proud TO believe that
the North and the South are both
new.
Then again, 10 respect Of material
development, the South has left a
great many things "oehind," aud so
far as its exhaustless iron mines are
concerned !. may soon leave Penn
81 lvania behind also. The South OF
the Cities has disappeared. The
South Of vim aud enterprise, which
IS bent on u ahlng fortune for itself,
ia what every traveller sees to day,
We rather coabt il any quarter OF
The globe has made go many radical
chslses as the South has during tie
last thirty years, has either met It's
misforlunes with larger courage o,
turned a military defeat ipto ar
economic and commercial victor,
with greater pluck. There VS.
new France after the disaster al
| Sedan and there was new Sontl
al.er Tue SURRENDER st AppOmattOX
+ x
All progress is change, and The
| vigorous men of tie South are the
| last TO stand still. There Is nothing
of the old fogy about them. Iftbere
is new regime they fit themselves
TO Its requirements, and if they car
get out Of it more than the old re-
CINE afforded them they will whistle
their former convictions down the
wind and eagerly rush where oppor
tunlty beckons. A vigorous people
always does that, and Ia only toe
glad to change it's prospects, widen
ing them by successive steps TO 6
| higher elevation.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
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but Hoods Sarsaparilla builds ap in q
perfectly natural way all the weakened
parts, puriies the blood, and assists to
healthy action those important organs,
the kidneys and liver.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10

and not meete very time IN Halifax
He moved that the Society meet
monthly on tie fret Tuesday IN each
month, and that the next meeting be
held IN Scotland Neck on the first
Tuesday pssbt in October. TIE Sec
retary was asked 10 notify the mem
bers OF the Society OF the next meet
ing and urge them 10 attend.
Dr.. Collins suggested discussion
Of the tr, atment OF TYPHOID snd ma
larial fever at the meeting in Scot
aud Neck. DR., Fdrgersou suggests
I'd also tie discussion OF drinking
water. DR.. Collins wss appointed
% lead the discu ssion and Dr.. Leg
lett was appointed alternate. The
following new members were elected:
Doctors J. c. Hill. j. S Hal. c. G.
Christian and c. r. Gurkin.
MEETING or TIE BOARD or
EDUCATION.
The county Board OF Education
met IN Halifax Monday. All the
members were present. County
treasurer reported $4,000 in hand
for General School fund and $613Sj
for the Reserved fund. 1t was or.
dered that 10 cents per capita be
apportioned from the General fund
and from the Reserved fund the fol
lowing amounts apportioned TO the
4 of rintu
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
WEwELCoME THEBoYs.

For nearly four years it has been
onaof the chief aims of lie DkM
0CRAT, under its present manage
raeDt. tolnaugurate some measure
for the Improvement Of our scno'i
facilities, both for the male ana IT,
male schools, The readers OF Ibis
paper are familiar with the man nef
in which urged the people OF tne
town q few months ago to put their
money together, little from nAny
places. and build good military
s.r.,ol for the town. Some thought
fhat we could not do it, and some
even paid it would not be possible TO
holId O. new school and open 1t READY
for the fall session this year. But
with & big lump Of determination
and 9 strong faith in the wisdom
Of our people, TIE DEMOCRAT ssio
Il could and must be done. And
whcn the boys left the old building
st. the close Of the session in June,
TUE DEMOCRAT and Mr.. Allen
n-opised them that they should as
semble in a new hall In another part
Of the town IN September. AS to
how we'll that promise was kept the
strong, clear tones Of the bell at the
new building toll last Monday morn
no. A handsome building Las
heen erected on Main street os.
south OF 9Th street, more than q
hundred yards back. 1t contains IA
large dormitories ABOVE and three
recitation rooms below, besides q
large study hall with seating Ca
pacity Of at least four hundred,
The school opened Monday With
over 80 students and there will be
coite a number more in few days
The editor dropped in few moments
Yesterday morning ind found "a
bright, hopeful boys end young men
getting down to regular work.
Supernten dent Allen has an able
faculty. Mr.. z. St. George Barraud
of Bethel Military Academy. Va,
has charge of the military depart
ment. He also teaches Geography,
Algebra and Geometry.
FIR. j. NJ. Flemming, OF Raleigh,
recent graduate from Chapel Hill,
teaches Latin. Greek and English {.
Mr.. P. c, Crudup, graduate o.
Wake Forest. teaches Philosophy.
Physiology and Science.
Mr.. A. J. Edwards, a recent grad~
ate Of Poughkeepsie Business Col
lege, teaches Shorthand, Typs-wriS.
Ing and Arithmetic.
Superintendent Allen teaches some
irregular ella ges and looks over the
entire echoo! during study hours.
Al $50 in the morning the bell
rings for rising; at 1880 it rings
for breakfast; at 8 80, for prayers :;
al $50, for recitations. Study
hours continue until IL, m. At /,
z. 10 tlc bell rings for work again.
:. 8 80 school rings out and As
inmates is spent 10 drilli g.
At Z: p. N the bell rings again
for study; at 9 80 it rings again for
close Of study hours. At 9:i5 sig
nal is given for lights to be out; at
10 cell taps for lights out and the
10 litary instructor makes bis rounds
70 see that all lights are out. Tee
grounds of the school are yet rough
but will be improved as rapidly as
possible,
The DEMOCEAT welcomes The
il teuctors and the students ana
halls this step of improvement WITH
great delight. We sincerely hope
snI believe that great success Will
crown the efforts Of Superintendent
Alien aDd others who are interested
in the establishing of a first class
military school.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
NO THIRD PARTY.

Our esteemed neighbor, the
Roanoke Meas, printed very sen
sible editorial on the question of the
third party. We give the closing
paragraphs:
"Ihe history of third parties il
the United States is simply re
cital of disasters. They have from
time to time been organized, only
to die in a very few years
without making any perman
ent impress upon the country. The
reason is obvious. The Republican
and Democratic parties represent
the chief POLITICAL principles H.
volved in the conduct Of the gov
eminent and there is hardly room
for others because they are super
tiuous. These principles as reps
resented by the two great POLITICAL
parties have lived from the
foundation of the government IN
til now, although party names have
been changed and parties them
selves nave time and again been
reorganized. When any purpose
has been accomplished it has been
by one of the great parties lncol :
porating it into their platform OF
principles, as witness the cause OF
abolition.
But suppose a Third Party would
In the end be successful, many
years must intervene first. 1t cans
not spring into life and sweep the
country In a year or two, or even
three. 1t must grow, 1t must de.
monstrate to the people that there
is need for it, that it is the best
means at hand, that there is nc
hope OF relief from any other source
1t will require years to do this il
1t can be done at all. Can the
Alliance, the farmers, afford to val,
SO long Tor relief? Will the agri
cultural interests of the conntr,
stand the strain, under which the,
have been laOorlng so long, unit
a Third Party can become powerful
enough to esta blish itself in contlo
Of the government?
! 1t is very clear then that tn,
surest and speediest way to accom-
pllsh Alliance reforms is with til,
aid of the the Democratic or Repub
ilcan party OR both. In those State
where the Alliance is composed 0
Democrats Alliance men eau contro
the party conventions, and vice We
Sd. BY adopting this course it vii
require only ore more general cleo
tion for the Alliance to find the ex
ecutive and legislative branche
OF government completely within
it's control, and ready to do it
will. In this way will th
Alliance retain thousands O
friends outside of the o1der VIII,
would certainly be alienated by th
formation Of a Third Party. Thes,
outside friends would not 60 int,
d party where they would be ez
pected to be only hewers of WOO.
and drawers of water, where the,
would not be consulted nor the
inter ests regarded.
In view of these facts, for indis
putable facts they are, it will b.
wise for the Alliance to have moth
ing to do with Third party. which
can only result IN disaster to to,
order and defeat Of the reform
which it advocates as so absolutel,
necessary to not only the improve
ment but the very existence of tn
farmers and agricultural
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
FRUIT TREES.

Mr.. j. Y. Savage, agent for the West
Brook Nursery of Faison's, y. c., will
cali upon his friends in this section about
the middle of August and will take or
ders in time for the fall delivery. Those
who contemplate buying will do well to
wait for him. He is well up i'll the bus>
mess and carries full line Of all kinds
Of fruits, flowers &c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
WILL ACCEPT DEMOCRATS
CHALLENGE,
ENFIELD, n. c., Sept. 3, 81

ENFIELD, n. c., Sept. 8, 81.
EDITOR All respect
the selfrespectIng individual who
boldly denounces the wrong, while
we only desplse the sneaking bush
whacker.
If the alliance critic ia last week S
DEMOCRAT has the courage to
publish his name, l will accept his
challenge.
G., II. WHITAKER.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10

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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10
WHAT WAS DONE AT THE
COURT HOUSE MONDAY.

MEETING or BOARD OF MAGISTRATES,
THE COUNTY BOARD or HEALTH,
AND TIE BOARD Or EDUCATION.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-10

1t was ordered that DR.. NJ. L.
Savage be appointed committeeman
in district No, 10, and R. W. Brown,
10 district No. Is.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-20
MARSHALL COUNT V0NMOLTKE
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY INDEPENDENT.
BY GEN.v IsCOUNT WOLsELEY, K. p, G. @. b..
Commanding the Forces in Ireland.

engagements. Without any doubt, his true
course was to have concentrated in north
ern Bohemia, md, whilst he held Prince
Frederick Charles in check with Clam Gal
lass column and'the Saxons. to have fallen
with his whole army upon the crown prince.
The bungling lowness of Prince Frederick
Charles movements after he had gained
the passages of the Elbe also increased
Benedek's chnnces had he done 30.
For Benedek to reap full and complete
advantage from the possession of Gitschin
which he might have occupied-he must
have crushed one of the two invading armies
before the other. held in check by a COM
assistance. This is the essence Of the
strategy of '.interior lines." Unless his po-
sition gave him this strategical advantage.
he would be tactically crushed on
the field of battle. as Napoleon
was at Waterloo, by the attack
in flank Of II of the " separated
the other. As Col. Maurice, in hie most
able essay on WAR" says of Napoleon
upon that occasion, Though the bulk Of
the Fiench army was still between it's orpo-
nents, that was a position of disaster" The
decisive battle of Koniggratz is another
similar illustration of an army in a central
its opponents, whilst endeavoring to win
through the st%tategioal advantages which
its position afforded.
Those who criticize Moltke's plan for the
1866 war in n hostile spirit, too often forget
that he moved the two separated armies by
means OF the electric telegraph with as
complete precision, as II they had been con-
contracted under his w eyes.
When the two Prussian armies had made
their way into Bohemia, instead OF at oncc
uniting, Moltke kept Thorn ~designedly,
about one days march apart. He did so in
the hope of securing the tactical advantage
Of engaging his enemy in front with one Of
the two large forces into which the Prus-
sian army was divided. whilst with the
other he fell upon the Austrian flank or
rear. This is what he actually subsequently,
did at k~oniggratz.
Tho following fact is not, l think, gen
orally known: During the o histor-
ical interview ut the windmill of Bry, Well
%lington, assuming that his army would be
concentrated at Quatre Bras on June 10,
and that it would not be attacked there,
made the following proposal to G%neisenau:
that tho English army should march from
Quntre Bras. to fall upon NHpoleon's flank
and renr whilst he WINS engaged in front
with the Prussians at Ligny. Gneisenau,
looted, and Unlisted that no should
simply join and support Bluoher there.
Was it this conversation at Bry, and the
tremendous effect produced by the Ptus-
sian attack upon the flank Of tho French
army whilst it was heavily engaged with
Wellington Mt Waterloo, that taught
Moltke, or Mt least impressed him with the
value and power of such u bnttle-strokep
1t 10, at II rate, a fact that Won Moltke.
in his study OF tho 1866
campaign, says: He had always
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-20
PART II.

.sHH.... ... TAM LIE ~ ..-
-9HE MOST FUTILE SPECIES OF
nv military criticism is that which n
NV hesitatingly condemns the strategy
of any campaign because it has evidently
contravened or violated some dictum on
wal by Monticuculli, Turenne, Frederick
the Great or Napoleon. All the wise say
ings OF those masters were based upon
their own experience of war, as they knew
and practiced it, under the conditions then
existing. But when those conditions have
been entirely altered by modern inventions
and new appliances; when the dangers
those wise sayings were pointed at
have been buried, or at least
neutralized, by these appliances, it is the
role of a parrot to keep on repeating them.
1t displays the absence Of war instinct and
of common sense-the only permanent
source from which stragetical and tactical
rules can be derived; it eyinces an inability
TO comprehend the natural genius Of the
science. of which you know only it's written
problems and published rules. You mis-
take the shadow for the substance. and
think you thoroughly understand geometry
because you can enunciato Euclid's propo-
sitions.
The man who has mastered what are
commonly styled the 'rules' of our sci
ence, but who has not taken IN either its
spirit, it's rational genius or deep princi-
pies. is apt to find fault with Moltke's STRAIT
epy in 1866. He points with a triumphant
air to what Napoleon said repeatedly as to
tho danger of operations which depend for
success upon the concentration OF W ar
mics or two or more divisions of nm army
that start from different bases very far
removed one from the other. This danger
is always great, and ia multiplied many
times when the point selected for concern
tration Is within your ndversary's territory
AS Gitschin was in 1S6G-and when it may
at any moment be occupied by him in
force. The possession OF such q point en-
ables the general whose army is oonoen-
trated there to operate on what is known in
war IA interior lines" aud gives him "a
grent advantage over his enemy, as Ia
forcibly illustrated by many Of Napoleon's
best campaigns.
The ablest critics of This war agree that
Benedek mnde nothing of the advantages
which his central position afforded him.
But tho fact that Moltke's strategy afforded
him those chances ia not of itself n sutfi-
cient reason why we would necessarily CON
denim that strategy. Moltke knew his man.
and took liberties no would not have dared
TO venture on had he been opposed to Il
HtrategiBt Us able as he was himself.
Az usual, 1t is eaay now long. after tho
svent, to see how faulty we're Benedsk's ar
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Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-10-17

We had about twenty-five miles TO
go by stage in Missouri, and it was
early Spring and the roads were very
bad. The stage started about half an
hour before daylight, and there were
five men Of us and two women. These
last had the back seat, and talked
only to themselves. We were not
over two miles out when the stage got
stuck, and down every man had to
get and lift and pull and pry. Three
miles further on we were stuck again,
and il was the same performance over
again. In going fourteen miles We
were stuck five times, and IN going the
twenty-five we lifted that old stage out
of the ruts and holes and bitches al
most dozen times. The five OF us
were wet, splashed, muddy, and
hungry when we finally drove mp to
the terminus, and you can imagine
our feelings when those two women
got down, removed their shawls and
bonnets, and stood revealed as two
hearty and robust men. We were
looking at them with our open mouths,
when one OF them remarked:
Thanks for your labors, gentlemen.
We knew the road and prepared for it.
Will you imbibe 2"
But we were too indignant to accept
the invitation.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-10-17
A Useless Kiad Of q Tifthl W Wheel.

A fifth wheel" is common ex-
preston for uselessness, but "that
fifth wheel carried with all army
wagons makes me awful tired" said
an old man, with semi-military
bearing, as he recently pointed his
cane at picture of an army wagon.
During the war drove wagon from
Paducah 10 Shiloh, and from there to
Atlanta, and then to the sea with
Sherman. hauled one OF them fifth
wheels all the way and never found
use for it in fact, | never, in all the
four years was on that trip, heard Of
fifth wheel being needed. Some
other part of the wagon was sure to
break, but wheel-never. But the
Government began to haul a fifth
wheel during the Revolutionary War,
and is still at 1t, il that picture cor
rectly represents the army wagon now
in use. The practice was introduced
by Washington, who lost one OF his
wagons during the Revolutionary War
by the breaking of a wheel. Nobody
has since countermanded the orders
he then issued. although the army
has never since lost a wagon in this
manner.-Ex.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-10-17
A anoss with a Gun.

The story published in regard to the
p ghost OF an Indian at Tailulah Falls has
created widespread interest. A gentle
man writing from Battle Creek, S. c.,
says OF the story: must tell you
that it is so. In 1876 | hired 10
Colonel Young to drive team. Mr..
Young told me he would give me
work and secure me from all dangers
1t was lovely June night, when Mr.
Cartlege asked me to go with him tc
the falls. l told him ! would. We
were talking on the girl question
when suddenly | saw man raise t
his feet with a very serious look, pre-
senting his deadly rifle at me. As
turned | shouted, "Take care o
yourself, Joe."
'T struck bee line for the hotel
The sharp report of a pistol followed
my good legs. | cried, felt the bal
hit, felt the blood run down my back
but had no time to tarry. l met Mr.
Young in the yard, and after hearty
laugh he told me il was the ghost o
the Indian that Bailey had killed, ant
that was not the first one that haC
flown from there. Atlanta Constitu
ton
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-10-17
How women Get Along without
Men.

"Shsll men dance in the next
century ?" is the question which is
asked by leaders OF fashion nowadays.
Every year sees fewer OF dancing men.
And each season it is harder and
harder to find leaders for cotillons and
germans. This year many very
smart ladies are dancing together at
the functions which take place al
hotels, and il is not considered a
breach OF etiquette or lapse of man.
ners or jump into the unconvention-
alities for women to do 80.
Wherever these smart ladies have
been seen dancing together at the Sum-
mer hotels they were invariably as
sorted in couples that were utterly un-
like in appearance and stvle. A very
AL dark brunette would choose a
nrte fat blonde for her partner, while
in turn a tall, stately blonde would
bear upon her arm a delicate lite bru-
nette who looked as If she could not
speak up for herself to save her life
and would not by any chance venture
to take a step alone. Thus it is with
women. They take things as they 60
with remarkable equanimity, and
have little kind Of tact and good
taste which enables them TO make up
the breach in such way that no one
ever suspects that they have lost any
thing.-Chicago News.