The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-23
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AND ELSEWHFRE-
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

local advertisement IN THE DEMOCRAT,
has recently sold large quantity Of
brick to North Carolina Lumber Con>
pany at Tilery.
KEEP THE PREMISES CLEAN.-This is
The most important season for keeping
the premises clean Your back lot is
sometimes offensive to your neighbors
when it is not to you. Keep sharp eve
upon your entire premises aud 50 guard
against sickness
| IN A HoLE.-The latest objection we
have heard to newspapers Is that they
PRINT advertisements. Now If advertisers
would refuse to advertise because a
paper has readers the newspapers would
| all be In hole and the hole would be
| practically pulled In after them.
| THE GENERAL. CROP. The general
CROP throughout TINS section is promis-
Ing. Corn is looking well, cotton is fair
and peanuts are coed, There is very
great decrease in the cotton acreage and
the improvement in the general crop
| over last year i. very observable.
THE POTATO CROP'-The Irish potato
crop has been very heavy in Eastern
| Carolina this season. The price has
| been low and truckers have not realized
any great profit upon the crop. Persons
who were shipping from Scotland Neck
have stopped because Of the very low
price.
WE LIKED IT. A gentleman at r. ckY
Mount last week said to the editor that
Scotland Neck now has one of the best
hotels in Eastern Carolina. He had
travelled a good deal and had seen some
| thing of every section in this part of the
State and spoke by authority. We were
glad to hear him say so, and we think he
Is corroborated by many Others.
BRING 1T HERE-We have heard it
remarked that the Kelley Institute viii
locate a branch of the institution in
Eastern Carolina. They may search
every nook and corner and if they can
find a better place for it than Scotland
Neck, we don't know where it is. Let
Scotland Neck make effort for it. Will
you do it gentlemen?
EVANGELIST FOR THE COLORED PEO-
PLE.-Rev. Mr.. " alker, of Pittsboro,
| Episcopal evangelist for the c"lored
people. preached to the colored people
here Monday night. He preached in
| the Episcopal church and the colored
people expressed themselves as well
pleased with the sermon
Quite number of white people were
| out, though the service was for the COL |
| ored people especially.
BADLY NEEDED.-THE DEMOCRAT
| would call the attention of the managers |
| of the Norfolk and Carolina railroad to |
| fact that at Palmyra passengers who |
wait for the train have no protection
| from the sun or weather. If the rail- |
road IS going to recogni ;e PALMYRA as a |
station they ought to haye some cOnven>
fence for sheltering people from the sun
and rain. We think when their attention
is called to it they will do it. as it vii
cost very little to do it.
THE CROP REPORT-The weekly crop
report for week ending June 2Oth is |
very encouraging. The following is the
report for the eastern section of North |
| Carolina:
The weather has been excellent during
the week, as well for harvesting wheat
and oats as for growing crops. In some
| places, however, ram is beginning to be
needed. The yield of wheat is very
good; oats very good. Shipping Irish po-
tatoes the order of the day. Corn being
laid bv." Rains reported: Wilmington.
o.6o inch; Goldsboro, o.5I; LnmbeItoH,
Q. 50; Newbcrn, ]. 80; w eldon. 25.
| MEETING IN THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. j. Z. Hutson of Richmond COM
menced meeting IN the Baptist church
of this place last Sunday. The services
thus TAR have been held at night only.
| The congregations are growing larger
| and the meeting will continue through
this week and next. MI. HutSon is well
| known mere anu Is III uCI DclONeh ny lut
| people. His great power in preaching
the gospel consists in the simplicity of
his preaching. 1t would be difficult to
conceive how truth could be expressed
in simpler language. And herein lies
the power of the great preacher.
| DROPPED DEAD.-Mr. Wn. j. Cur
RE dropped dead from wagon Near
| Hobgood one dav last week. He was
apparently well and was driving wagon
alone. Some one saw him fall ami he
was dead when the first person arrived
Heart disease was supposed to be the
cause of his death.
LATER.-Since the above was put in
tyne MIR. Ii. l.. James has given THE
| DEMOCRAT true account OF Mr.. Cur
RES death Deceased had been troubled
with pains about the heart and Mr..
James was walking beside the cart, when
Mr.. Currie gasped and fell. He died on
| Mr.. James arm IN five minutes after he
fell.
| OBSERVE THE STAMP.-Our readers
Will remember that LIST OF February we
| n I0nIrd the cash system. We have