The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-14
HALIFAX GLEANINGS.
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Since the last lS>ue u Tn DIN
/ OEnAT, and ii being Inc Ii II one
for tie new year, ~e have heard
mahy expressions Of praise applied
10 its editor for the untir'ng ruergy
and perseverance, With which The
paper has been brought ~ Is pres
ent standard. and the succeSs he
has SO deSeIvlu-iv attained thar
enables INN 70 ofI-r II 20 bl- sub
rberS az the reduced price OF one
dollar year If we mistake not.
this IS the lowest price ever offered
by any county paper heretofore
published in Halifax comfy within
our recollection. With like cor
timed and renewed energy in the
! future. as il has shown in the past.
there art Yet even gfeater fears f)r
/ he DEM0CRAT 10 accomplish wlth
! co operation aud sufficient support
oy It's pati0hs. God sneed the day.
Beng at TilleIy Saturday atd
while IN conversation with DR.. j. {.
J Montgomery, who is perintendent
of health at the Caledonia convict
farm, be remarked that be had no
tced several articles in different
! newspapers misrepTesentlng the
! health OF the conyICts, and stating
that eight deaths had occurred
! since their arrival II" says that
comparatively there has been very
little sickness with the exception OF
the "grip" which has been raging
eyeryw here and consequently they
! have hal their part, but of mild
form. That they have had only
two deaths, one from consumption
| and one from pneumonia; hence the
assertion of eight deaths IL erro-
neOus. He further states that all
kinds of work is mOvifig along nice
ly, such as blowing, dltching, clear
ing and other improvements, and
that ere long they Will offer field
worthy of praise, rather than one
of censure. They have SO head of
stock and 100 men.
We also noticed Mess. McGOokin
& Hanson, OF Milwaukee, Mich
and Mr. " ilklns, of Erie, n. i
at Tillery making bids for the ma
chlnery of the North Carolina Lum
bel Cos, new mill plant. This
company is pushing away on the
erection of this plant excavation
and the machinery is being regular
iy purchased. Mr.. G. II. >telnmetZ,
construc ion engineer, j. there IN
charge OF the work.
Some of the merchants here have
declared that they will not furnish
any tenant with supplies during the
present year, unless the landlord OF
such tenant will ielinquish his en-
tire right to all crops that may be
grown by SAID tenant, until the sup
plies so furnished, shall have been
fully and satisfactorily settled tor
Mr. Jno G.. Powell, who a short
time ago pm chased Judge Walter
Clark's plantation about one mile
from Tlllery has moved there. He
has been farming Tor several years
on the Catalonia lands, We cons
graduate Mr.. Powell upon having
bought such fine farm. 1t is one
OF the best In this section.
The Leap Year german given
here by the young ladies' last Thurs
day night was quite success. 1t
was led very gracefully by Mr. Gill
liam and Miss Safer.
We are glad to see Mr.. ". T.
Fenner out on the streets again.
after a severe spell of the "grIp'.
Miss Bette Joyner, Of Scotland
Neck, is visiting Mrs. Howerton.
Miss Emily Gillian returned to
Franklin, Va, Saturday after a few
days visit to her family.
Mr.. w. W. Reid, of Baltimore. Is
spending a few days with his fa>
Their, MIR. Il q Reid, the clever
host Of the Southern Hotel.
Jan. II. 90. "REXIrs"