The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-21
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AND ELSEWHERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

our lacal ads.
+ FIRE CoMPAHY.--Thc fire company
will meet for drill this afternoon Thurs
day. at O'Clock sharp.
STRAwBERRIs Mess. J. a. Perry
and O. Y. Bryan have been furnishing
the home market with strawberrlts.
A new building is going up on llth
street between Name and Roanoke. 1t
said that Mr.. Claude ki.caln wlll oc-
cup7 it.
INTo THE NEW sH0P.-E. II. Hight
has moved into the barber shop under
the new hotel. His shop is on depot
street, and IS quite handsome.
TOBACCO PLANTED Mr.. II. II. Ras-
berry, writing from Whitakers, says that
farmers are pretty well up with their
work. Tobacco setting Is nearly oyer
CARDS cards are out announcing the
the marriage OF Miss Ella Harrington Of
Greenyille to Mr. j. B. Edwards Of Scot
land Neck, on Thursday, May 28th.
NIsTRIAL--The case Of G. W. Gay a
gainst W. H. Kitchen, tried in the supe
rlor Court last week, resulted in mis-
trial, the jury having failed to agree.
MARRIED. Enfield yesterday
Nv ednesday) Rey. W. NJ. Pike Of Rand
lsman, n, c., and Miss Maggie CLARK,
daughter of the late Col d. G. Clark.
WELDON BUILDING.-A gentleman
living in Weldon remarked to US a few
days ago that there are many buildings
now going up and soon to be built
Weldon is bound to come.
STRAWBERRIES There seems to be
a very good crop Of this excellent fruit
in this region, We learn that Mess. j. j.
Robertson and S. S, Alsop, of Enfield,
are shipping them.
Their cpop was cut off by the dry weth-
HIGHLY PLEASED WITH THIS SEC
TIOS.-A gentleman from Atlanta
spent Sunday in Scotland Neck, and
SAYS he is very much pleased with the
town, its people, and the outlook for the
community generally.
DIED.--An infant child of Mrs. Sears
boro died near the Knitting Mills W on
day Of this week and was buried Tues
day. 1t was about year old, and died
of whooping cough and bronchitis. 1t
was buried IN the Baptist Cemetery.
CROP PROSPECTS. Up to week ago
the crop prospect was not encouraging.
The long drought had made crops back
ward in coming up. The recent ram
have caused the farmers to feel more
hopeful, though the cool nights have
hurt the cotton.
WE WANT THE NEWS The DEMO
GRAFT wants the news. If we do not
print it, it is because we DO not get it. W e
can not leave our office every day to see
and hear what is going on. So if anything
happens worth printing send it to Us.
Send not later than Tuesdays mail.
CHARMED WItH SCOTLAND NECK -
Mr.. Ii. b. Hardy, travelling agent of
the State Chronicle, in private letter
to the editor of THE DEMOCRAT, says
nice things for our people. He was per-
fectlg charmed with his VISIT last week
and hopes to come again soon.
TO SUPPLY THE IIOTEL.-The water
supply hayirg failed in the tank at the
new hotel, MIR. W. II. Kitchin has taken
the contract to supply the hotel with
water from his steam power at his mills
on lain street. The pipe has been LAID
and the water supply is abundant.
ACCIDENT-The little son of Mr..
William Ruffin while walking on the tram
way near Land, Mill Tuesday fell down
with a knife in his hand and received a
bad cut in the abdomen.
DR.. Christian was called and reported
this morning Wednesday, that he was
resting well.
FEsTIvAL.-The ladies of the Episcopal
church held straw berry and ice cream
festival Tuesday night from which they
realized forty dollars. The editor was
unable to be there, but representa- tive
Of The DEMOCRAT reports that there
was a fine supper and line time general
II.
The KNITTING MILLS.-The knitting
mills now employ 100 operatives. The
daily expenses are 5000. The output is
1870 dozen PAIRS of hosiery day and 80
dozen vests. Mr.. Powell, the travelling
salesman, last Monday started out wit.
a new line Of samples. The manufacture
Of ladies' vests is quite and addition to
the output of the mill.
WORTH HEEDING.--Every young man
will do well to heed the following timely
suggestion from the Sunday School Times:
The only way to prevent being dashed
to pieces GU the rock Of incompetence is
to AVOID the first step that tends IN that
way. The ranks of drunkards are re-
cruited from the moderate drinkers,
Stock RAISING. --There is more stock
raising IN this section than has ever been
known before, The farmers are nearly
all raising their own stock and many