The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-25
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AMI ELSEW HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

SCORE IoT 1ltleTy-lo TO ".
Or. POs.-See the advertisement Of
Or. s. Ro.. He guarantees . cure If
rheumstiSm. He can be seen at TIC
NV hotel at the office hours mentioned
N ois ad.
FINE SERMONS Rev. Mr.. Iambreth
continues to pre- ach In the Baptist church
twica a dav. His sermons are fine and
all pronounce him q preacher Of great
,ower. A number Of conversions have
slreadv blessed the work and many more
a-e interested.
A TRAINED NURSE -The Reflector
tells Of a woman in Grecnv,lle AZ year.
l.. who 's the mother Of eighteen chill.
iren; ard our neighhor adds that the wo-
nan is one OF the best of nurses. Now
r"a'lv there is nothing strange in the
fact that the woman il good nurse. l.
one conld not learn 10 nurse we'll after
1racticinr on eighteen Of her own chill.
lren we should say thu the training o.
nurses is failure.
VINE HILL COMMITMENT Tho COM
'nrncement exercises Of Vine Hill female
academy Will ne dividec this year. The
school j. so large that all the exercises
cannot he held in two nights the same
week as usual. The entertainment nv
.he primary glasses and calsses in tbs
preparatory department will be helt
Friday night Nav 26th. at o'clock
Doors will be opened at 7 o'clock. TIE
aannel concert will hs Given Wednee-
's- r,gst Nav 3!at. at . o'c,ock. Doors
will tie 1neneya st clock.
CLEAN THE PRRMIsEs'-At this seas
on If the wear it becomes the duty Of ev.
health Of the town and community IA par
amount tn ell other pnh'ic considerations.
Every enc IS responsible tor the health
of the town and community according az
he has opportunity TO do his part in pre-
venting the carSes that bring about dis
ease. Every part Of the prem.s oneht
to be kept clean ard it ought to be done
we'll
WATER STOCK n N7oHT.-Ownara
OF teams can do nothing more grateful
and helpful to the hard worked horses
and mules than to give them good cool
p-ates after snpner. IL bot weather az
stock onvht to have water after they eat
their evening meal. Thev como ir
tired AMI weary and the food thev tax.
heats the,n st,ll more and after have t.
ken food bucket Of water cools them
cf and they rest much better. Let those
v@ho have never tried it adort the p'ar
for this season and thew will find thai
the stock dors much better. It takes
some time and trouble. but it pays.
SPEAK WE'LL OF YOUR TOwN. -As ar
exchange 7avs. the town is what the peo~
ne make it. Half 4 dozen chronic ernm>
hlere can undermine the walls Of anv
town unless their influence Is counteract-
Cd nv the opposite course Of better cit'-
zane. Whoon up your town. IL it i-
worthless in your Estimation. leave it.
and it will no made better by your al
aence Ne who sees evil in ev"rvth,nc
~Avea!s hia own nature. Tha noble an"
TIE generous find cut tho good and ex-
+ Il it. while the base an ignoble revel ir
he corruptions of which thev are an in
-agral part. When YOU hear man SAY
&c everv enternr,Se. "'Nnthing goc6
ri,' come &c it." set !. down there is nc
cod IN HIM. Fnlsorna praise is discus-
ing. Il does no good. hut rather nj nr'
- parade imaginary excellancieS or r.
holster ~ visionary enterprise. hut
= is the 3ufv Of every citizen to erconr-
80 TIE meritorions: and with genuine Dr.
vniinr put his shoulder TO the wheel
md r~aas tarwar1 every good work.
franklin Times.
BUT R.NOEE FARMS. -The fol-
wing appeared IN recAnt Raleigh COR
espnndonce to the Wilmington Nesser-
90: This morning Mr.. W. j. Hicks,
.1oorintand mt of cOnvicta, left FOR the
, ,ritent,srv farms on the RoanOL 2
ivar. lite the other officials. he j.
,url, discouraged Nv the damage done
w the recent freshet in that stream.
his was not great freshet, but il
,roves that the river is very trescherous
md that farming along IT'S banks il =
most unc rrtain thing. The levee or dyke
rnkr in two places. One break is OF
20 feet, the other ahort l 800 The es.
'''rate Of the damage done 10 $l5. O0A and
~. Hicks tells me he thinks this not
xcess1ve. River men said that the dyke
could stand any freshet. at the place
where feet was DESTROYED the old
'vke had been enlarged and strengthen
ii and there were no fears Of its going.
mt the wate~ probably undermined it
after all farming along such streams j.
:onducted under disadvantages. The
likes DESTROYED represented about siz
'nontbs labor bv many convicts. The croI
destroyed was corn. While Mr.. Hicks
- at the farms he .!., arrange for thu
rransfer OF slxtv-cnnvicta from them tt
nathan county, to work on the Raleigh
md Western railway ~xtehsi nr''
Malarial end its rff-cts quickly gle,
wy t. Simmons Liver Regulator.
Far n mild tonic. gentle laxativa an,