The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-03
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AND ELSEN HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

orcd woman, died IN town Sunday night
Master Jesse Clark, Of Weldon, is saic
to be the smallest printer in the UnlteC
States. He is y years old.
ELEGANT. The New Berno Jounq
speaks of the goods from the Scotland
Neck knitting mills, exhibited at The
New Berne Fair, as being elegant anG
much admired.
MARRIED.-At Halifax, \. c.. Feb
%, 1892, Miss Maria E. Ferry to Mr..
Frank L Brooks, both Of Richmond. Va.
Rev. T. A. Vines officiating:
MIR, Stations PURCHAsE.-Mr. John
Station has purchased one of the hand
some cottages recently built by Capt. W.
II. KItchio ON tho north side of Eleyent III
street.
Mr.. DOUGLASS FOUND.-The body of
Mr.. 5. J. Douglass who was drowned at
Tarboro Jan 10Th, was found last week
not very far from where he went down.
1t had to be buried at once.
| OUR JOB WORK.-The Public are
learning that they can get as handsome
job work done in THE DEMOCRAT office
as anywhere else. We do first class
work and cheap enough.
ARE We RIGHT? 1t has occurred to
THEDEMOCRATfre frequently that those who
L 4
| Neck hold it too high fer the good Of
| the town Are we right? We NAV
notice this again.
COPIES OF The DEMOCRAT.-We shall
be obliged to anyone who will leave at
this office copy Of THE DEMOCRAT
for February 18th and 18th. We need
a copy each Of these dates.
We WANT TIE NEws.-THE DEMO
GRAFT wants the news from every town
| ship IN Halifax county and from any
place outside of the county where per-
| sons think enough of their section to
| write the news.
1t helps make the paper interesting
and puts the communities from whic b
news is sent before the public.
CAR LOAD OF STOCK.-Mr. n, Biggs,
Of the firm Of Biggs & johnson left Tues
day for Norfolk and Richmond. He goes
to purchase mules and horses. Not
outstanding the hard times some people
want to bny stock and Mess. Biggs &
Johnson will have a car load, they say,
in day or two. Their customers have
asked them to buy and they do so.
FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND. - THE
DEMOCRAT has just received forty>four
thousand and five hundred envelopes Of
first class quality. We are prepared
to do up handsome job of printed en-
velopes at short notice and at bottom
prices. We make specially of business
cards, trade tickets, invitations, letter
heads, and all such.
CAUGHT THE CULPRIT.--Dr John
Sherrod and Mr.. Harry Bell were in town
Tuesday and they reported that they
have caught the colored man who burned
DR.. Sherrod's stables last week. They
are not absolutely sure they have the
right man but they think they have. Evil
dence was given in the magistrates court
sufficient to bind him over to court.
He was jailed Monday.
LIKE THE PLAN.-We have taken a
number Of subscriptions for the Atlanta
| Constitution dubbed with THE DEMO
Graf at 81, 50 for both papers. Our read
ers who have renewed all say they like
our system of spot cash in advance, and
we are glad to take little aXtra expense
and trouble to give them the Constitution
fo1 80 cents extra, Our list is lengthel-
ing daily.
OUR CLUBBING RATEs.-We are
gratified to state our clubbing rates with
the weekly ATLANTA institution are just
the thing the people want. For enc dol
lar and fifty cents, you can get THF
DEMOCRAT and The Constitution enc
year. THE DEMOCRAT will give vol
home news ana Inc LtCHStttuttOH Will SlF'
you news away from home.
Come soon and secure this good chance
at two papers for little n. oney. See thu
:. two advertisements of the Constitution
elsewhere.
MISERABLE NAIL SERvICE.-Ther ,
seems to be some very bad management
by those who handle the mails. a sub
scriber at Norfleets, about seven mile
from Scotland Neck, fails to get his pa
per about twice every month. We mai
t the paper carefully and we cannot Sc
, WHY it should rot be delivered proper
ly and promptly. If this bad manage
ment does not cease it will be a case fo
Investigation.
. A HANDSOME DwELLING.-Mr II
&. Jones has just commenced work on
; new dwelling house for Mr.. w. A. Dun
on the site of his residence that we
/ burned down some three years age
0 The site is a beautiful one on Eleve1t
= street leading from Main street to tn
depot. and judging from the plan of tn
house it " i'll be quite handsome.
= Mr.. Jones has done great deal
J, work here and some of it IS very prctt,
/. Mr.. E. T. Whitehead's new dwellir
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