The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-21
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HEiiE AND ELaENHERE.-
WISE AND OTHERWISE

REDUCED RATES The railroads Kill
set regular ticket, at regular couvaitioo
rates for the Congressional convention
here next week.
FINE TOMATOES. THE IEMocRAr
was favored Saturday with treat 10
some very fine tomatoes by Sheriff Ais
brook. One measured u inches in cir.
conference.
CONvOCATlON OF TARB0Ro.-Tho
Convocation Of Tarboro will meet in
jackson on Thursday, August 18th, and
will continue through Sunday.
w. j. SMITH, Secretary.
ICE CREAM SUPPER.-The ladies of
the Episcopal church will have an ICE
cream festival next Tuesday and We'd
nesday nights, Goth and 9th IN room ADJ
joining the Bank.
Mr.. LANIER's AD.-We call attention
to MIR. j. Q. Lanier's ad for lombstones.
monuments, &C. Wilson is a neighbour.
ing town and Scotland Neck people can
afford to patronize it, especially when
they can get as good work as elsewhere.
THE FEMALE ACADEMY.-Wo is
progressing on the new holdings, and
the opening Of the next session will mark
new era in the history of the school
The principals are doing everything they
can for the establishment and mainte-
nance Of a school of high grade. See
their advertisement elsewhere IN this
issue.
STATE FAIR-We have received the
premium list of the thirty.second
annual North Carolina State Fair to be
held in Raleigh October 1871. The
premium list is large and the premiums
liberal. Railroad fare will be one cent
a mile. Particulars may be had by
writing to r. H. Battle, Raleigh,
THE CROPS. The crop prospect in
this immediate community is very poor.
Some think it is not better than 10 1889
Cotton l. small, the peanut crop is cut
short. OF course there is no possible
chance OF making even a fair calculation
now, but the prospect is anything but
good. The acreage in cotton is 80 per
cent less in this section than last year.
and so there will be spondingly
more home supplies made,
AN exchange says: Never judge a man
by appearances. A shabby old coat
may contain an editor, while the man
wearing high plug hat and sporting
dude cane may be delinquent subscri-
ber.''
But the DEMOCRAT thinks that news
papers ought not to carry delinquent sub
scribers. Cash or no go, whole hog or
none, is TIE the best plan for newspaper
men to adopt.
SCOTLAND NECK DYE WORKs.-The
latest progressive step for Scotland Neck
is the dye works just put in by Capt.
W. r. Bond. Elsewhere may be found
mis- advertisements MIR. W. W. Hall,
editor of the Roanoke Ne,cs, is associated
with Capt Bond, and The DEMOCRAT
beSpeaks for them a liberal patronage.
We are glad to see this new enterprise
in Scotland Neck.
BETTER THAN EVER.-One Of the
most intelligent readers of THE DEMO-
GRAFT remarked to US since the last
issue that the paper is better than it ever
has been before.
We appreciated the opinion and re-
newed cur determination to make the last
issue always the best. Is the paper
worth dollar: W ell, then tell some
one so who does not take 1t, and so help
him to invest his money pIofitably and
help Il, make better paper at the same
time.
Poor SCHEDULE.-The morning sched-
ule on the Scotland Neck branch of the
Wilmington and Weldon railroad means
very little. Almost every day the train
from Kineton is late. People are always
uncertain a. to when the train will arrive.
They are almost certain of one thing and
tina It's that the train will be behind time.
THE DEMOCRAT hopes to see the au
ttoIities remedy this trouble. The trav-
elline public are greatly annoyed and
would be v,ry glad to see the trains
more regular.
HALIFAX COUNTY INvENTOR.-The
Roanoke Nelrs of last week said: "Mr.
". T. McMarks, OF Aurelian Springs,
showed US on Monday a model for a car
coupler which he proposes to have pat
ented. 1t seems to US that the mechsn-
ism of this coupler is the simplest we
have seen, and that it is absolutely safe,
not easily gotten out of order and as
strong az if not stronger than any other.
| We hope MIR McMarks will make good
thing of it,
/ IMPROVEMENT AT BETHEL The
| Greenv1lle reflector tells of a recent meet
/ ing in Bethel TO organize a joint stock
company 70 be known as The Bethel
/ Manufacturing Co. 1t says: "A hOut
| IS. 800 Of the stock vas taken and the
! following officers and directors were
elected. President, S. 4. Gamer; Vice
President j. |. Barnhill; Secretary. W.
! J. Rollins; Treasurer, A. b. Cherry.
! Board Of Directors j. r. GvertOn. A.