The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-14
LOCAL NEW $.

The days are II hours and 81 min
utes long now.
! 1t is only months and IL days
to Xmas
The stores Will soon be packed with
fall and winter goods.
| WatermelOns are not quite so plen-
tiful as they were few weeks back.
Now is the time to insert your fall
advertisement.
| Roanoke river has fallen and is
again within bounds.
1t is reported that Geo. w. Wander
bilt is building d Baptist church at
Baltimore.
| We want your subscrlptlOn-you
want the ENTHUSIASTICALLY for THE
DEMOCRAT
Call at this office and take a look at
that map of the world 1t is a hand
| some arrangement.
1t has been II years next Tuesday
since Garfield was murdered, on the
10 of September, 1891
Good white envelopes can be
bought at any time at THE DEMOCRAT
job office at 5 cents package
Mess Emry 4 Daniel, of HALIFAX
shipped the first new cotton from this
county last Monday week
The mice will play when the cats
away" but this does not mean the
mice in THE DEMOCRAT office.
Madam RunOr says that Dennis
i Simmons Esq, Of Williamson, will
be married soon to a lady in Canada.
| Everybody is on the strike now,
strictly at mosquitoes and hitting
them not. for their notes are so decep-
| tive.-Wilson Mirror.
! Some good work was done on the
sidewalks last week, but there are still
some places that need the attention
| of the commissioners
| If any of our farmer friends wish to
exchange chickens, eggs, potatoes
wood, or any thing they have with us,
for THE DEMOCRAT, just let lis know.
We have some more of that fine
letter and note paper left, and can give
| those wanting letter and note heads
printed as nice a job as they can get
in the state.
Deer hunting is now in order. A
party left here several days ago to try
a round or 50 on the river while the
water was up. We have not heard
any reports yet
\ big cyclone is reported in Louis
| i ma. in which scores of houses were
totally demolished, and many people
Killed. Serious damage to crops and
other things.
| 4 soap wagon in town last week
attracted much attention. 1t was
really an attractive affair, and was adj
vertising and distributing free samples
Of octagon soap.
| Mrs Shields has had the sidewalk
| alongside her residence much imprOv-
ed by scraping it down to a hard sur
| face. and covering with saw-dust. We
would like to see more of them thus
improved.
Every item in a newspaper costs
something, says contemporary.
! it is for the benefit OF an individual it
should be paid for. # the grocer were
asked to contribute groceries to one
abundantiy able to pay for them he
would refuse The proprietor of q
newspaper must pay for free adverts-
! inc if tie beneficiary does not, and
it is one of the hardest things to be
learned by many that newspaper has
space in its columns to rent and must
rent to live. To give anything for less
than living rates would be as certainly
fatal as for landlord to furnish free
| Won't -Prpss and Printer.
After Breakfast
To purify, vitalize and enrich the blood
and give nerve, bodily and digestive
strength, take Hoods Sarsaparilla
| Continue the medicine after every
meal for month OF two and you will
feel like new man." The merit
Of Hoods Sarsaparilla is proved by il
thousands of wonderful cures Why
don't you try it?
Hoods Pills cure constipation
They are the best after-dinner pill
I and family cathartic