The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-03
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AMI FLSEW HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE

! from the crops n almost every part Of
THE community. Farmers are hopeful
and with the cent good seasons much
u the early crop will about mature.
| DIED.-At Hohgood tuesday morning
a Gan named Verbrck, a machini4t who
had been at work at TIllery died unde,
| peculiar circumstances. He LETT Ii'lerv
I ,nm day ago AMI was found a day OF
! two bef'r" hi death in the woods near
| Hobgoon ana vas taken there and kept
| NTH be died He was from milwaukee,
| as.
| MEETING OF ROAD SUPERVISORS. :
lie road super iSors Of Scotland Mech
| [ wnship will meet in Scotland Neck
| a the Nav or's e &c. Saturday. Angus
| 9Th, at ] :, clock, a. IN. Overseers OF
lads are required t. report on their
roads at that meeting.
HOT WEATHER. The sweltaring July
eather 81 The last ew weeks has cause
n4ny Of our citizens 70 take eft th-lr
oats AMI Ugh for the refre>h hing bre.zes
IRON the sea Some have gone to the Sc
noe in que t OF the summer pleasure
hat inland towns can not We, and 9th
els are summering among the mountains
OUR BOYS We don't know whether
| onr town boys are bette, than other DO, e
or not. but we do know that the hoy with
lie cigarette is scarcer on cur streets than
In any other town we know of The dis
~ipateG young man is air ost entirely an
/ known IN our community, and that bles-
stng we must attribute to a generation OF
yirtuous fathers and mothers.
HAM SOME MONUMENTAL handsome
ID onument has been furnished BY the
Ccuper Ma, BILE works Of Norfolk Va, for
the grave of Mr.. Alanson CapeharL
| late OF Jackson, this state Mr.. Cape
hart was buried at RoxobeI where the
work was sent. The material is of very
| dark Georgia marble highly polished,
| and makes it very credltable JOB
Mr.. kITCHIN HURT MIR. j. l..
K,tchin who controls the machine shops
| here. was very severely injured on last
Thursday evening He was in the shop
having some work done when q pulley
tell and struck him just above the eye
lnfilcting very dangerous wound. He
is now confined to his bed from the ef-
fects of the blow, but the wound is not
| considered fatal.
PATRONlZE THE SCHOOLS Our
schools aEe we'll worthy the patronage
Of our home people, and they should by
all means give II to them. The schoo's
nave been moderately well patronizs d
~ our home peopIa. II is true, bnt th.re
are many boss and girls il our town
nd community, VII :s%vc not been
-ain- AMI ~ 1T to 20 G,ve the hovs and
.Hl~ III edneatlc- 'hen they tosk out
:,i ham ei 81
ICE CREAM FEsTIvAL-On August
ii and Is. both Gays inclusive. there
sill be held an ice cream festival at the
store recently occupied by Mr.. Moses
II Glib roEer during The day, and at the
Academy both uiohts. A literary en-
tert.inmen; will be gwen at the Acade-
my at night = living circulating Liz
brsrv Boys and girls will dress to
represent books, prize being given to
the one who can guess the most titles.
The proceeds Of the entertainment will
& toward paying for the desks that have
oeen purchased as the property Of the
school.
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announcement Is made elsewhere in this
i sue that Vine Hill Female Academy
vii bt gin its fall teru on August 18th.
Nj Lena Smith. who has for many
ears been co-principal Of the Schoo
has been made sole principal. and she
has selected a good faculty tor the lncom-
ng vear Miss Sadie T. Perry, grad
uate of c. e F. Institute. will teach
Latin, Mathematics, and English MISS
Pt,rs has been teaching these branches
il tie Female Institute ct Murfreesboro
FIR two years and is thorough, qualified
as teacher Miss Erie caldwell of
k1chm ond Va, will save charge ofthe de
o.rlnents Of Elocutlon and Delsarte and
PhE Slcai Culture. Sne comes very ElSH-
" recommended. Other members of the
Faculty were connected with the school
last zeal. and are W IL known In the
community. Altogether 1t is good
corpse Of teachers, and Miss Smith is
20 be congratulated upon the choice of
her faculty.
PERSONAL MENTION.-The editor of
THr DEMOCRAT has been out of his
office most OF the time since the last 49,
she was printed and lart Of last week
also: and doubtless there have bseu visit
or, to and from Scotland Neck whom we
q, erlook IN this issue. We wish to en-
nta,ize what we has said IN these col
umns many times before, that we have
no preference whatever in making per-
sonal mention Of any one who NAV 60
anc come. II is Impossible for US to
know everything and where and when
every body goes; and it is impossible FOR
IA to always remember what We know.
So when any one goes from Scotland
Neck or comes to Scotland Neck and is
M, mentioned in the personal column of
THE DEMOCRAT it is not because
the editor has any i'll will towards il;a or
her. and wehope our friends and chr ene