The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-19
NEWSY GRAPHS
HERE AND ELSEWHERE-
WISE AND OTHERWISE

up iioia the CLARK farm last Tuesday 100
quarts OF strawberries and sold them ont
in town.
HARNETT A GAIN.-If Harnett woroe,
can work the men can eat accordingIv
LIE Dunn Times says there is a man il
tue town who ate dozen eggs for break
last some Of them goose eggs, some sbsd
and coffee with them.
IHE free Press,-The Kinston Free
PreSS has enlarged to niae-columDs.
1t IS one OF the neatest and best and most
care uliy edIted weekly papers in North
Carolina. We congratulate brother Her
bert on his continued improvements.
Down To WoRK.-The new board OF
commissioners nave buckled down to
work and elected officers and received
| bonds. K. E. HillIard was made tIeas>
urer and has given bond, G. W. Dunn
was elected chief Of police and has also
given bond and Mr.. j. IL. Allsbrook took
the conta act for lighting the lamps.
WELDON BANK'-A stock company
was organized in Weldon Wednesday,
l1th for the purpose of conducting a
banking business. The amount Of stock
repI esented wa. $3.50.
The following Board Of Direc tors was
chosen: Mes. S. P. Arlington, W. E.
Daniel, T. n. Hill, Paul Garrett, Z. |
Thomas, W. A. Pierce, W. r. Wood,
j. I. GOoch and E. Clark. w. E. Daniel
was elected president, S. P. Arlington
vice president and W. Il Smith, cashier.
THE MERRYGO-ROUND GONE.--Me ss
Hooker Bros. q Greene, the clever and
hustling proprletors the steam merry
go-round left yesterday morning with
their machine. They go to Wilson, and
will furnish amusement for a few weeks
The people of Wilson will find them to
be ever straight in their dealings and very
liberal with their machine.
OUR TRUCKERS. Mess. g. S. White
and @, W. Bryan have been shipping
peas this week. The crop is not full
than half, and the prices are not altos
gether satisfactory. Truckers have the
advantage Of planting d corn crop after
early truck and SO have a chance at a
good corn crop, as the cultivation of the
land in truck has thoroughly prepared it
for the other crop.
To INDIvIDUALs.-TH DEMOCRAT
f. hnr Of
ence that the town commissioners have
a great deal of trouble in keeping the
town in a perfectly clearly condl ton
during the summer months. There are
wards keeping their own premises clean
which viii relieve the town authorities
aud be good fer the individuals. Let
every body keep his own lot in good or
der.
OUR News BOX,-THE DEMOCRAT
has news box at the depot as a con
venience to any who may know any
little news item and do not have an OPP
p0rtunity to tell the editor or any one
connected with the paper IN person.
We have gathered quite a number of
news items through the box since we put
1t up, but we call the attention Of our
friends to this rule /: Items put in our
news box must g dated aud the persons
writing them must sign his name, so that
we may not be triaed with in the matter
OF news.
THE FIRST CATALOGUE.-Superin-
tendent W. c. Allen of the Scotland
Neck Military School, has sent out his
first catalogue of that institution. 1t is
Slows an enrolment of 90 students for
the first year.
The first day Of last June there was
not a stick Of timber nor a brick on the
ground where now stands a handsome
brick building in which has been con-
Quoted successfully ten months session
of school work, with the flattering en-
rollmeut stown by the register.
Mr.. Allen has done great deal of hard
work and has placed Scotland Neck aud
the community under special obliga-
| on to him for establishing a school of
such high order. In the catalogue hi
tory of the school is given, together with
the methods of instr uctions. purposes of
the school and plans for the future.
The DEMOCRAT congratulates Mr.
allen on his work thus far and bespeaks
the united effort Of the entire community
for the success the institution aims to
merit and upon which it has already en-
tered