The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-29
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AND tLSEM HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE

t" Palmyra and back last Saturday af
,ternoon.
AN EPIDEMIC OF DYsEN ckRY. News
comes that there l. an eD,d mic of DIV SEN
cry around Rich So rare. Several per-
ons have DIED Of the disease in tna,
>.ctien.
HALF TIME. Mr.. A. E. Pope Of
! spring H,l r-,nsrked a few days ago
| hat he had not york. ed more than halt
the time this season, by reason Of the
| sin.
HRALTHFULNEss The physicians
1 mere say this has been the heslthieSt
| ear, so far, that there has been in .
long time. Our ton is usually heath, !,
hut 1t ha. been unusually SC this year.
LIGHTNING NEN.-There i, q four
wear old child n t,'~n, who calls a man.
smoking a c,'ar at night. a lightning
man. We see the analogy, ard Doubt. IS
| he child did.
GROWN CHILDKEN We saw the other
u GIN an eight year old boy and a ten
year old one going to call on some 81 Is.
We were struck lth :h- MAJ vel"us prog
ress Of the sg-; because when we wrre
that age. we were afraid to 90.
DIED.-Mr. ". H. Conan. Of Rich
square. died last Friday, lie was a
young man AMI aell kn'wn here. His
no. her and sisters 1--we IN Scotland Neck
| and but few days ago he made far for
Ing life. He died Of dysenter ?, which
| |, epld, mic in that community.
COMING TO Towr.-We ha,r Of sev>
ecal fam,!ie, Who intend coming to to.u
| soon to ger the advantage OF the g"o,
schools Of the place. Let us make rom
{ r them some how. We want as many
e cd citiz ms IS can come. We will give
hea ty welcome to al.
Ice FAMINE Something Of fanin-
IN the ice line has been raging Tor q dav
or TWO While it may be no fault Of the
ice dealers, still it is very inconven'e mt
20 those who have become 80 accustomed
to tnat luxury th.t they almost look
upon it as q necessltys
USE LINE There can oe no wiser
precau,ion against disease from new un-
til frost than to keep the premises we'll
cleaned and well hired. Every person
ought to keep barrel Of ii1He OF the
premises and occasionally sprinkle it
~round the damp places about the vari
and under the house.
1O4 YEARS. MIR. P. =: Smith last week
surveyed some land for Judge Clark that
h. d not been SURVEYED in lOi wears.
When be finished sh6 surv~v
ne came on. within ~ feet Of the trail
10, al corner. Pretty yond following
Ii e which was mate iO4 years ago
NV INDUSTRIES II true that
the nnanriaI >ituation Is Somewhat crit
icai nos, out we think that some neu
e .terpriseS could he commenced for
Scotland Neck. The more enterprises
4
eocy of money matters. During the
summer IS good tine 20 talk 1t up.
Who will start!
CIGARETTE FRIENDs.-We noticed
that in the Lizzie Borden trial, the e.'-
dence of two young men was distrusted
because thew were the slaves of the Gig.
arctic habit. That shows the way the
w,nd Of popular favor is bl wing. We
b l'eve the time is Coming when the to-
bacco habit among h"vs will be ioske
nnoo a. diSgracefnl. We have a. few
~ that class in town a. anywhere 10 thu
<,at1.
CHICKENS KILLED B, LIGHTSIN0 -
One day last week wh'le thunder
cloud was IA 59sn@. ligAtnrg struck IN
Mr.. Il HssSell's poultry gard near
n house ami killed 8 chickens. Mr.
IA :. II family were all out but cam
I before the chickens were cold. The
- thing struck > post near wn.re tie
ch,ckens bad gone to ,oo>t, ana so'He
~ the Cf1chenS were SllSntl 7 SlnSeu.
THE CR,Ps.-The crops up to ten or
fifteen days go looked very promi z
but tho hoav, rains caused 50 much d..
l.y ~ work shat the neglect If work and
the alie1 disadvantage Of the graz.
nav Injured them verv much. F." h'le
the crops have lost some already, with
good weather and proper seasons the
t ,e prospect l. still fair. But no re ason-
.hl- estimate can be made this early j.
the wear.
THE UNIvERsIrY.--Th rapid ana
wholesome growth Of the University is
m liter for State pride and rejoicing. IT,
two yea,s the student roll has grow
{ IN 1913 IL 3l6. S1O,OOO worth of repairs
Ii. being made on the nuil iings this SUN
u.r: watr works, baths, etc, are being
.up1 lied. he SCI olar>hIp Of the in>t;>
ut,On IS being recognized everywhere a.
equal to that OF the leading Universities.
md soon We shall have 10 North Carolins
,n- e eat Southern University. See ad