The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
NEWSY GRAPHS.
UERE AND ELSEW HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

i. =. Cheshire # TaTboro, son Of DR..
j. b. Cheshire. died at his home Monday.
after long and lingering illness from
rheumatism. Rev W. }. Smith wen,
over Tuesday night to attend the funeral.
BEAUTIFUL DYRING We have seen
some beautiful sample Of fine cotton red
dsen at the Scotland Neck steam dge
works. 1t is guaranteed absolutely fast
to see Capt. Bond succeeding we'll with
bis dye works. His work is beautiful.
BAD CONDUCT.-The excursion from
| this place to New Berne last week was
| much enjoyed by those who went. Some
one uncoupled the cars once or twice
when the cars would stop. This an noyed
the passengers very much and was pro-
nounced an outrage.
FIRE IN GREENvILLE.-Mr. p. E.
Smith brought news that ther- was fire
in G,eenville last Friday. but 10 great
damage was done. 1t occurred just after
dinner when almost everybody was CONS
ing from dinner and the fire was soon un-
der control.
To TRUCKERs.-Tru will be in
terested IN the new advertisement in this
issue of the Farmers Manufacturing
Com psnv Of Norfolk, Va They manu-
facture all kinds Of barrels and crates
for truck and fruit, but their specially is
the ventilated truck barrel which is
shown in their ad. 1t is the best barrel
made for shipping potatoes.
To BUILDERS. Read the new adver>
tisement in this issue Of &. a. Nash /
Co.. Norfolk, Va. They are we'll known
to many Of our people and they show
their appreciation Of the business they
do aere by putting their ad before
our readers again. They are live busi>
ness men and among the foremost men in
For Is YEARs.-Mr. j. A. Thomaa
has been editing the Louisburg Times
for 16 years consecutively, and the paper
now enters upon It's 23rd volume. THE
DEMOCRAT congratulates brother Thom>
as on the Work he has done and is dong
still. Louisburg owes much to the Times
which deserves their liberal patronage.
ANDERSON Il BAoLkY.-These gentle
men are among the foremost commission
merchants Of Norfolk. They desire to
do business with the people Of Eastern
Carolina and with the people of Scotland
Neck especially. Their specially is all
kinds of country produce, and they otte l
liberal cash advance on .consignments.
SEED PoTATOEs.-Mess. Hall, Creagt
4 Co., general commission mel chants oil
Norfolk, Va, present their card to on,
readers through The DEMOCRAT this
week. While they make specially Of
lumber and wood, they are just now
making special offers on home-raised
seed-IrIsh potatoes. Give them ar
order:
J. 4. VI HITE l. Co.-These Gentle,ue1
do q general commission business in Nor.
| folk and wish to do business with the
readers OF THE DEMOCRAT. Their care
appears III this issue for the first time
They make specially Of handling eggs
and poultry. They make specially also
Of handling Florida oranges. Send th.n
your produce and give them an order fol
oranges.
OUR DRUG sToRE.-The drug store
kept in Scotland Neck by Mess. E. r.
Whitehead & Co., is one Of the handsom.
est in the State, and there are not many
larger drug stores in the State. Strangers
coming here often say the town ought tt
be proud oi 1t, The new soda fountain /,
one of the pretsiest and most complete We
have seen.
WHAT SHALL 1T BE?-lf Scotland
Neci; expects TO keep up with other pre-
gresslve towns it must make some effo,
to open up some new industries. Every
one says let's have something new, but nc
one starts. Now, anybody Can make
SUGGESTIONS; bu: making suggestions is
very different from making machinery
hum. Let's do both and then we shall
do right.
TAFT AND soN.-These gentlemen con
tinue their advertisement In The DEMO
GRAF They are among the best and bus
lest men IN Norfolk, and al orders TO
seeds will he promptly filed by them
F., Their ''aJ'' stands before our readers al
the TIM. We have bought seed, IL Oh
them and they gave entire satisfaction.
FOR FUNERAL EXPENsEs.-A Georgi
editor announced the suspension Of ri
pa per IN the following suggestive strain
I Tour next issue " i'll be our last. W
are satisfied the people of this town Cal
get along without us. for we have beef
getting along without the people for 81.
months past. There are some snhscrip
tioEs owing, but we will not collect them
as the citizens will soon need the none,
to defray the funeral expenses of tb
town.
EXCITING RUNAWAY.-On W ednes
day afternoon of last week, as Mrs. J. B
Neal was drying up Main street near tn
female academy her horse took fright an,
dashed off at a run. He ran until tn
buggy struck tree near Mr.. 7. W
Fenner's. striking the tree broke tn
horse loose from the buggy. Mrs. Nea
and her little daughter Emily wer
thrown from the buggy. Mrs. Neal wa