The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-14
NEWS GRAPHS.
HERE AND ELSEWHFRE-
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

BROKE HIS ARM.-Sammie n0ff ar
"as riding on a drsy one day last weeL
from winch he FL and broke his arm Jus
above tue wrist. Although very painful
at first It is healing. and we hope lie VII
soon ,utT-r no Inconvenience from j..
THE DEMOCRAT. We take pleasure
In presenting 10 our readers the fist O
a series Of articles n "BIcycllng in En-
rope by gentleman who took in tina
country on the wheel last summer, III
has many interesting things 10 tell ou,
readers and We feel sure that they vii
appreciate our efforts to fiji our columns
y ith Interesting and instructive reacing
The WEATHER Now, we do &c
propose to criticisc the weather, espec
Ialy Of our cquable Southern cline
However, it sometimes begins to ioot
like Mark Twain's New Engla and weathe
has slippeed off down here few days
for il changes faster some times thar
we can print It. What we started to sa,
is. tat while We had a pretty heavy
snow here last Saturday night, theI'
was scarcely any snow at all at the
4 r junction twenty or twenty five mile
below here. and at weldon it was SAID t
be TOUR Inches deeper than here.
OUR JOB Work THE DEMOCRAT
job office has only been IN operation lit
tie over a month. During that time W.
have made nearly $4,000 i'm
pre>sioDs. We have given entire sati,
action with all our work and our price.
are as low as Ctherjob printers put them
W have Just purchased a nice lot Of frs
class Stationery and we feel prepared II
please the public in any ordinary work
We make a specially Of printing leitel
heRds, statements, labels, cards, posters
envelopes and such ike.
receive many pleasant ords and letters
Concerning our work and THE DEMOCRAT
Among the most appreciable letters Ne
have received was one from lady fe"
days ago. Her husband had concluded thai
he could not afford to take the paper any
longer in consequence of the hard times
and so discontinued it a few weeks ago
The good wife. whom we have not the
pleasure Of knowing, wrote US that she
and her little daughter could not do with
ont The DEMOCRAT, so she enclosed a
dollar to Us ana SAID send it eight months.
She did not know we had reduced the
price Of the paper, but she will get 1t no|
a hole year tor her dollar,
Will NOT PAY THE TAX-The com.
niss,ouers Of SCctlaud Neck some time
ago levied special privilege tax or The
different branches Of business III town,
and with others they levied tax on the
Western Union Telegraph Company
When the agent was applied to for the
tax he did not pay it but a-ked instruc-
tons from the company. the company IN
structeG him not to paw IT, and so May OF
Perry wrote to the Superintendent at
R edmond. He replied that the United
States Supreme Court bad decided that q
State or towo can not collect tax from
A Telegraph company. Superintendent J.
B Tree sent copy Of the decision &c
Mayor Perry.
SAD DrATH IN WELDON.-A cores
paDdent ~rItin1 from Wei 'on to The
Richmond Dispatch under date Of Janua'
ny 7th, says;
"a distressing accident occurred here
last night at the Third Street railroad
cros>inr, in wEi:h Dr.. Thomas II. Clark,
4 weIl.known gentleman Of PAnacca
Springs. near L;,tleton, lost his life.
Dr.. Clark came down from Litt}ctoH
last night on the local passenger train
and registered at the Atlantic Coast
Line Hotel. He had his baggage sent up
70 his room and walked out, is it suppos
cd, to see Some of his relatives who live
here. He attempted to cross the rai!ro ad
by going between the cars of shifting
rrei,ht train and was caught beneath the
wheels and instantly killed.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE.
Dr.. Clark was son Of the late Col. d
{. Clark, Of this county, and was near
relative Of Judge Walter Clark, Of the
North Carolina Supreme Court. He was
about thirtv-iiye years OF age, and
had been married about twelve months.
He leaves devoted young wife, who was
formerly Miss Mamie Aston, of little
ton. His remains wore sent down t"
Enfield today for interment in the family
bury1ng ground near that place "
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