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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AMI ELSEWHERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

| AN AssIGNNENT.-We learn tina,
| MAJ. ): 3. Neal. general manager of the
large Graf1ln farm on Roanoke river. and
who does business at Norheet's ferry.
near Neal station on the n Il G.. railroad
made an assignment last Monday, Mr..
| w. +. Butterworth being the assignee
| We have no information as to the amour,
of assets or liabilities.
COUNTY 5. 5. The
second annusl meeting Of the Hali>
tax county Sc da: school Assocla.
ton Will be held IN En6eld August
l & 2. 1898. A long and interest
ing prog rsmme has been published
and tae people of Enfield will open
tnelr doors and hearts and will en-
terrain the association with their
usual hospitality.
GORED BY A COW.-A few DAYS ago a
colored boy, son of George Bembrey.
was mlndlng cow for Mr.. G. Hoffman.
Ihe COW became enraged with the boy in
some way, sprang upon him and gored
him IN the abdomen quite severely. His
wounds were dressed by DIS. Mcdowell
and Whitehead, and at last account the
boy was doing very we'll.
GIVE THEM CB.-The freight trains on
the Scotland Neck road carry passengers,
bat the railroad authorities make no pro
VISION for ice on the train. A gentleman
who took the freight here for Kinston
Monday morning bought ice himself and
mn hn l. -
get cool drink Of water occasionally on
the way. One of the c .nployes of the
road said that many passengers 60 down
on the freight to make connection at KIM
ston for MOrehead. The railroad compa.
ny ought certainly to furnissl ice for all
trains that carry passengers during this
hot weather.
THANKs.-T parents of the late Rev
r, r. Day have requested THE DEMO
GRAFT to express to the people of Scotland
Neck their heartfelt thanks for the atten-
ton and kindness SHOWN their son in his
last illness here They greatly appre-
cate the tenderness which was shown
him, and we take pleasure IN giving ex-
preston of their appreciation to the peo-
Pile here. Mr.. Days friends were only
too glad to do all they could for his COM
fort.
THE SToRA,-On las, Sunday night be-
tween s and 8 o'clock terrible ram and
wind storm passed over Scotland Neck.
The track Of the storm seemed not moro
than mile wide. W hi'e there was nc very
serious damage many treas were blown
down, some small out houses blown over
and the growing crops right badly blown
down. The clouds were heavily charged
with electricity. At Mr.. J. f. Boyette's,
3 belt came down through terra-cotta
pipe in the root, descended through the
stairway to the lawer floor, knocked Mr..
boyette's son John Insensible for a quite
:. little time anu stunned other members
~ the family. 1t seemed like a large
ball Of lire which burst amongst the fam
iy in the passage and left a scorched
place on the floor about two feet long.
At the knitting mills section of the
roof some fifteen or twenty feet wide OPP
posite the engine room was taken off and
the rain beat through and caused the
bands to break. The stock of goods in
the mills was somewhat injured but not
very seriously.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
I" Ny DEAR SIR !.


MIR. andrew j. Stills, proprietor of Main
street botel, died Monday July II, aged
50 years. He had been feeble for sever
al days bat was able to walk about the
house and yard and feed his chickens.
During part Of the day Monday be kept
his bed and in the afternoon while his wife
was in the room with him he turned sick
walked to the window. commenced to
yomit and fell back dead. Deceased
was born and reared in this community
and had all his life been great sufferer
having been afflicted with rheumatism
from bis childhood. For twelve or IF
teen years he had been consistent men,
Der of the Primitive Baptist church. No
man knew or said aught against him.
Quiet and unobstrusive. he lived the life
eli cousecrated christian gentleman and
leaves a name unstained by breath of
criticism by any one.
Having spent all his life in this COM
munity he was we'll known here, and per-
haps there is not man or woman in the
community who can now recall ever hav-
Ing heard him say aught against any one.
Truly good man has gone, and the in
huence of his Cody will longllye among
those who knew him. In the death of
MIR. Sllls the community loses good
citizen, his church a true worshiper
and his wife kind and devoted husband.
HIS remains were inferred in the Episco-
pal cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
The DEMOCRAT tenders sympathy
to the kind and noble wife who has car
cd for her husband Sc tenderly through
his years of greatest suffering. Nav she
find consolation in the promise of God
that bis grace is ever sufficient for his
own,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
CORRESPONDENCE
FROM KOXOBEL .

| Nothing newsy with US except the
crops around Roxobel during the last
fortnight, which, of course, causes the
countenance of the farmer to look pleas
anter.
! A few cases of sickness reported in
this community jus: now, but none are
J of a serious nature SO far as we are
| aware.
Mr.. Chas. Boone is absent from US
Oh travelling tour in the interest OF
A. F. and }. W. Harner's wholesale
shoe house of Baltimore, Md.
Several, who were students Of koxo-
| lei Academy last session, will soon be-
,e ell of this Institution OF learning.
The number of hogs in this immediate
vicinity were never larger Of late years,
bat the cholera is raging near here and
it is feared that they will be greatly
! thinned out by this disease.
Mrs. A. T. Livermon and children are
away on a weeks sojourn with friends
aud relatives at or near Woodland, n. G..
A number of our citizens went to
Lewiston last Thursday % hear Mary
Ann Buffers speech. The Peoples
party bretheren, who were present say
| that Mary Ann made the best address
they eyer bad the privilege of hearing.
Perhaps he did, friends in your judge
| nent, but others of the intellectual
sphere say mot 500 Butler IS deeply in
terested as to Mary Ann's success, but
when it comes to the success of other
Thirdites he ''ain't in it," although his
pretensions are such.
July Is, '93. EUGENE.
FROM ENFIELD.
The young people of our town were
made sad last Saturday by the return
of Miss Mabel Francis to her home IN
Norfolk. We will miss Der so much
fo- every one who met her while she
was here fell IN love with her. She is
one of the sweetest and best girls that
has ever visited our little town. She
leaves behind her a host of true and
loving friends.
Rev. E. Il. Davis spent last week IN
Llttleton, whore he went to attend the
District confer ence Of the NJ. E. church.
He returned home last Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Curtis left last
Monday for a trip through some OF the
North W estern States. They will take
in the Worlds Fair while the7 are
gone.
MIR. Joe. Whitehead of Rocky n cunt
was in town Sunday.
Moss F. Day and H. Watson of Tar
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
Buie'S Greek
ACADEMY,

POE'S, HARNETT COUNTY, N. G,
Prepares Cor College or Business. Vocal
Music Penmannship and Teachers
course free 40 students have been teach
ing. ia students enrolled last session.
BUSINESS course. Telegraphy. Good
buildings. Healthy Location. Rates
posltively lower than other schools OF
same grade. Fall term opens August Z.
1893. For catalogue giving rates, adv an
tages, testimonials, &c address
Rev. J. A CAMPBELL,
7 l3 It PRINCIPAL.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

English SPAWN Llnnnen; removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lamps and
Clcmishes from horses. Blood Spawn
Snrbs. Splints, Sweeney, Ring. W orm
,iAes. Sprains, and Swollen Through
Coughs, Etc. Save so by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonderful
Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by f. I
Whitehead Il Co.. Druggists. Scotland
Neck. ; a. 1Olly.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
PILES PILES,I rCHING PILES.

DISTURB; intense itching
and singing; most at night; worse bv
scratching. Ii allowed to cont fue tu-
mors from which often bleed ant ulcer
ate becoming very sore. SwAYNK's ONT
MENT stops the itching ani bleeding
heals liberation. and IN most cases re-
moves the tumors. At drugsltts ar by
mail for so cents. DR.. Swayne 4 Son,
Philadelphia.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
Hoods SarsapariIIa


The Best Aalve IN Tie world for
Cuts Bruises. Sore, Ulcers, Salt
pnsHm Fever Sores, tc.;e., Chopped
n.qNs. Chllbialns Cu1u-. aid all
skin Eruptions. and positively cures
piles, ~ no pay required it is gnar.
antee Ia gle nerfect -at'sfaction or
mOncJ seIuLc.ed. Price 25c per box.
For 5 Al ~ X +. Whitehead s. Co.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

Fifty cents is a small doctor bill, but
that i all it will cost you to cure any
ordinary case Of rheumatism II you use
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. Try it and
you will be surprised at the prompt re-
lief 1t affordsi The first aspiration will
quiet the pain 50 cent bottles for sale
by +. I. Whitehead & Co.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

DR.. Patrick Booth. of Oxford, N. G.,
whose opinion carries great weight, writes
to Mr.. Carey j. Hunter. State agent for
: e Union Central Life Insurance Co., as
follows:
''.MY DEAR SIR.
| am insured IN two other companies
besides the Union Central. and | consid>
er your company the equal of The best IN
the country, in fact. for square, just deal
Ing the Union Central cannot be sur pass
ed, coccri"ud it to ,uy friends >
S;gned) VERY truly you1s."
''PATRICK BOOTH.''
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

Ladies' Slippers and Low Cut Shoes
Must 60. N. 8. Josey.
North Carolina Hams at 12}c.
N. 3. Josey.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

Itch on human and horses and all
mails cured in 80 minutes by Wool
Sold by E. L. Whitehead Il Co Druggist,
Scotland Neck n. G. IL 80 ".
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
J. L. KITCHIN & co.

Having rented the Scotland Neck Mer-
chant Mills, will give prompt attention
to grinding Corn. Wheat, Saving, Plans
ing, and Ginning Cotton.
scotland Neck. Y. }. spril 5, 1879,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

- traw Hats! Straw Hats!l Straw Hats,
-
Full line of straw hats just received
r. c.. JOsEY / Co.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
L. G. GRADY,
HALF AK, N. c.

Watches and clocks repaired promptly
and satisfactorily. Keeps first class
Jewelry Store.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
@:kS H. per month by ~ ~
fOD harmless herbalN N/(

remedies that do not inv : III ]
lure the health interfere with ones business or
Pleasure 1t builds up and improves the general
20 wrinkles habbiness follow this treatment
Xdorsed by physicians and leading society ladies'
PATENTS TREATED BY MAIL. CONFIDENTIAL.
srma No Starring. Send cents in for
u. On. >. e1Fe*e Awe4E4l IHElTER fsIEs'a -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
HIS RECEIVED.

a full line of Silverware, Consisting
of Novelties and everything Necessary to
decorate a table.
r. L. w HITEHEAD q Co
For nice Pipe coasting anywhere from
5 cents to So go TO E. I Whitehead Il
Cos
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
THE DEMOCRAT.
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1898.
PUBLISHERS NOTICE.

Advertisements of all kinds must be in
tlls office by Tuesday afternoon to in
sure publication for the current week.
Local ADVERTISEMENTS i cent a
word for each insertion
Cborges tor local interchangeable Ueehly
Rules Adopted by the N. .. Press As
ISOLATION, April q, 1893,
The sum Of rot less than five cents
per line will be charged for ''cards of
thanks,' RESOLUTIONS Of respect and
obituary poetry; also for obituary no.
tees other than those which the editor
himself shall give as matter of -
Notices Of church and society and all
other entertainments from which revenue
is o be derived will be charged for at
the rate of five cents line.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20
Ice! Icel Ice I!

will supply the town with ice this
season at low price. With a good ice
house at Sills' hotel, [ am prepared to fl II
all orders promptly solicit the pat
ronage OF the public.
S. P. STAGLINGS.
Just received car load Of natural ice.
Just Received an extra lot Of fine Green
Tea.
j d. Ray.
Big stock of Cheese Cloth, Cheap
Lawns, White Goods Fans &c. at j. D.
Rays.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

K. JENKINS. General Merchant, has
exclusive sale Of these Celebrated Glass
es In Scotland Neck, n. c. From the fac
tory of kellam & Moore, the only COM
plete optical plant i the south, Atlanta,
Ga - 2m.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

keep = good line of Fancy Groceries.
j. D. Ray.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-20

Mr.. J. T. Shs-rod, Of HsmIlt"n,
was 10 town last Saturday.
MIR. John b. keecb. Of Tarboro,
was here Monday.
The herald., 1893-02-19
The Earth,s Other Motion.

The earth, in addition to it's diurnal and
annual revolutions, has a slow wabbling Of
It's axis, motion seldom mentioned even
in the textbooks of astronomy. This curl
Gus mouion may be properly likened to that
impaired to top by touch Of the finger
ON its rim when it is in rapid movement,
the touch causing the upper end of the
tops stem to describe small circle. So,
too, the mighty sun lays hold of the rim of
the great terrestrial top, and it begins to
oscillate in the long period Of 81 900 years.
That is to say, on Dec. 81, 124S, the earth
made its nearest approach to the sun, and
it will approach equally near in 10, 800 years
from that time, or on the 21st day of June
in the year II ,74S. This has all to do with
climate both north and south of the equa-
torial line.
In the period comprising the first, as Pro
fessor G. c. Merriman so well tells us, our
northern winters are short and mild and
our summers long and sunny But during
the period of which the year II, ,748 will be
the middle our winters will be awful in
their severity and our summers short and
cool. Even now the northern hemisphere
is slowly but surely losing it's long sunny
summers, and If you should live until the
winter Of the year II, 1880 you could tell
q story of cold and SHOWS that would pale
to insigpifcance the stories of the cold
winter Of 1884, for the whole northern
hemisphere will then be in the midst of its
great and terrible winter-St. Louis Re
public
The herald., 1893-02-19
Whero Women Propnso.

In the Ukrairrs, Russia, the woman does
oil the courting. When she falls in love
with man she goes to his house and in
forms him of the state of her feelings. II
. he reciprocates ali is we'll, and the formal
marriage is duly arranged. If, however,
he is unwilling, she remains there, hoping
TO coax him to better mind The poor
fellow cannot treat her with the least dis
courtesy, nor has he the consolation of be-
ing able to turn her out, as her friends in
such u case would feel bound to avenge the
insult. His remedy, therefore, if deter
mined not to marry her, is to leave his
home and stay away as long as she is in
it. A similar practice to that in Ihe
Ukraine exists among the Zuni tribe of in-
dians. The woman does all the courting
and also controls the situation after mar
riage. To her belong all the children, and
descent, including inheritance, is also on
her side.-Baltimor Herald
The herald., 1893-02-19
Fads of NIiIIionaires.

American millionaires have their fads,
Mr.. Russell Sage loves horses. He has
stables at New York and Lawrence, Long
Island wherein he keeps fast steeds, which
have never however, been allowed to fig
ure on the trotting track in public Far
different is the case of Mr.. Bonner, who
for period made it his business to own
the fastest known trotter in the country,
and bought up one famous record breaker
after the other at fabulous prices. Mr..
William @. Whitney's passion is for dogs.
Several Of them are kept at his home in
this city. Others are at Newport and at
Washington. He often visits Wall street
accompanied by huge mastiff. When be
! was secretary OF the navy he paid $500 for
magnificent st. Bernard, Gyp, and
whenashe had litter of puppies he pre-
sented several to his personal friends.
MIR. Lorillard. another dog fancier, fan
cies them as, much for profit as for pleas
ure and makes money out of his extensive
dog qRennels in New Jersey. AS much as
$1,000 has been brought in to Mr.. Loril-
lard's pockets from the sale Of single
dog. Cyrus W. Field used to love do1hes-
tic fowls. and his henneries, full of hun
dreds of high bred fowls, were famous
feature of his summer residence ut Ards
ey-en-the-Hudson.-N York World.
The herald., 1893-02-19
A Bit OF Antinne Ware.

I'VE are all laughing at home over my
latest prize says woman who is an
ardent collector Of antiques. 1T is q
veritable millennium plate, considerably
over 100 years old, which secured in a
recent securing of the old places in the
Connecticut valley. 1t is of delft of null
berry hue, with the eye of God staring
from the upper rim. Beneath on the
bowl is shown the lamb lying down, and
the lion on his hind feet with a sort of
baby's nightgown on him being led by
a small child. The expression of the
lions face is the irresistbly funny part.
That king of beasts minces along with
the sinirk of a dancing master adapted to
lions scale of mouth. We have indeed
advanced in ceramic art since that artists
conception of the millennium New
York Times.
The herald., 1893-02-19
Caught bv a Singular Error.

Some queer accidents happen in this
world" said A. u. Syhoto, a noted thief
taker, who was talking shop in the La
clede corridors. ''In 1876 particularly
atrocious crime was committed in Uleve-
land. An old lady was robbed and
murdered. The perpetrator was arrested
and Jailed, but succeeded in effecting his
escape. Nothing was heard from him
for fifteen years, though the world was
secured for him time and again. About
year ago | concluded to change my
residence and put an advertisement in a
morning paper of Cleveland for a fur
nished room. Among the replies was q
letter from the missing murderer, writ
ten to an old friend in Cleveland. The
Cleveland man had room he desired to
rent and answered my advertisement
but by mistake inclosed the letter he had
received from the fugitive instead of the
one intended for me. learned from the
letter that the man wanted was night
watchman in railway roundhouse in
New Mexico, and week later had him
In irons en- route to Cleveland, where he
was tried and sent up for life. "--St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The herald., 1893-02-19
Rueset Oranges.

Up to within year or two there has
been dislike among purchasers Of oranges
TO buy the fruit that has q bronEed and
rusty appearance. Such oranges are known
to the trade as ''russste," !" and they have
always sold for lses than the fruit that has
bright and golden skin. But change
has come about. Dealers in the fruit do
not know how to account for the calls for
the russell oranges that are made. If they
should go TO Florida it would all be very
plain to them. The calls, come from people
who have been there, and who have come
back with a theory about oranges.
When the owner of grove goes to his
trees to get fruit for his own use, he
always selects that which shows the russell
on the skin. Asked why he does it he tells
you that the russell orange is the sweetest
and the best, and that he eats them from
choice, even though they do not look SO
we'll on his table. Then be goes on to tell
you that the russell orange is not, as it ap-
pears, an orange about whose jacket there
is some defect. The peculiar color he says
is due to the fact that the rind has been
punetured by the gnats in search Of q
meal, and that these flies are very, very
shrewd, and will touch no fruit but the
very best and the very sweetest. "The
flies know which are the sweetest oranges" )"
he says in a convincing fashion, "and il
they have taken the trouble to pick out
the ripest and best of the fruit, why shoulG
not take advantage of their instinct ana
enjoy q feast Of the best?"-New York
Times
The herald., 1893-02-19
Birds Nests and Poetry.

Birds nests have attracted the attention
of inquisitive genius from the days of Aris-
totle down to the present time. This is not
wonderful, because the nests are invari-
ably curious and often beautiful. besides
offering cradle, as it were, for a host of
romantic speculations and poetical theo-
Ties. Imagination has taken hold of birds
and their nests with singular affection,
drawing forth meantime some beautiful
legends to enrich romance withal and to
add to the sum Of what is most persistent
IN the song of mankind.
The ancients told that the halcyon, a
beautiful aquatic bird, had its nest on the
qsa's breast, a Ii .,le floating palace, around
which the water was always calm and
yweet Halcyon, or alcyon, was the king
Usher, it is supposed; but we now know
avery species of this bird, and none of them
Guilds its nest to drift about On the sea
indeed, as if to make the contrast of fact
Tith fancy as great as possible, most of the
aingfishers dig deep holes in the ground
sor their homes.-Maurice Thompson in
Golden Rule
The herald., 1893-02-19
Puzzled Engrishmen.

"As a private dinner In England told
ehe very best story could think Of" says
Chauncey NJ Depew. at was greeted
with little laughter. Next day l met
my host on the Strand. He advanced to
me smiling, began to laugh as he grasped
my hand and said: DO you know, De-
pew, that was a capital thing you got of
last night--capital? And do you know
have just this minute been thinking
what capital thing it was3 The point
Of the Joke has just come to me-.
81 said, Why, it must have Travelled
30 yoa on freight train
My dear Mr.. Depew, said the Eng
Eshman, i assure you have not seen
any freight train. assure you haven't,
'pon honor"
Mr.. Depew told this story to an Eng
hshman who had been in America for a
long time. One of the officers of the
Central road was with him in Mr.. De-
pew's Office when the story was told.
The Englishman gave courtesy laugh,
a forced and feeble cha, hal" When he
turned into Duvals Office and the door
OF the presidents room had been shut
he remarked anxiously, II say, what the
blazes did Depew mean by that freight
train?'--New York World
The herald., 1893-02-19
A straneo snneratitlon.

In regard to the habit of partridges
flying into civilization and q popular SUI
perstition regarding them an Augusta
man SAYS "One flew on our premises
and was captured. Then came up the
question whether we should kill tho bird
or allow it TO live. At that time there
was general superstition that if q par
fridge came to house where a sick per-
son lay and the bird was killed and the
sick person ate the broth, it would effect
q cure There was a sick girl at our
house, and the doctor had given up her
case as hopeless.
Some of the family said kill the par
fridge and give ethe sick girl the broth. But
the sick girl and others were for permit
ting the partridge to live. Wewere equal
ly divided and agreed to let one of the
neighbors whom we saw coming to the
E9sss Ss killed 81 not. He said si XII It.
and we did, and the sick girl ate the
broth and got well. - Philadelphia
Times.
The herald., 1893-02-19
Death Valley.

The geological formation of Death
valley, Inyo county, Cal. is paralleled
by but one other spot on the globe--the
Dead sea region of the Holy Land. The
valley is about eight miles broad and
thirty-fve in length, and is said by geolo.
gists to be striking illustration of the
condition Of the whole world in its early
epochs. It lies far below the level Of the
Pacific, in some places as much as 1863
feet, and has the appearance OF being
under the ban of some terrible curse.
Thunderstor1ns pound around its Dor.
ders, but no cloud ever intercepts the
rays of the scorching sun that continual
ly beat down upon Death valley sands
until they are hotter than those of burn.
ing Sahara" For week in and week out
the thermometer stands above 100 degs.
night and day, often touching the 125
mark in the afternoon Moisture of all
kinds is unknown. Dead animals dry up
and mumnlify in the sand---St. Louis
Republic.