The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-23
NEWSY GRAPHS.
HERE AND ELSEW HERE
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

To THE FAIR.-About thirty persons
went from this place to the New Berne
Fair yesterday.
FREsHET.- has been a consid.
cradle freshet in tho Roanoke river 1t
was at It's highest Friday.
THE ROADS, The roads have been
more nearly impossible recently than for
quite long time. In many places it has
been almost impossible to carry loads.
GOOD HOGs.--Mr. j. T. johnson kill
ed two hogs Is N onths old that weighed
1872 pounds. They were good hogs for
that age.
THANKs.-THE DEMOCRAT is in-
debted to Senator M. W. Ransom for a
choice selection of seeds sent from the
United States department Of agriculture.
EXACTLY Wilson Mirror saws.
"a little item IN a newspaper may
sometimes make man an enemy
to the paper for lite, but it won't stop
him from reading it. 1t merely changes
him from a subscriber to a borrower
Every publisher can recall the names
of citizens that come under this head
How ABOUT 1T lis Scotland Neck
ever to have any more new enterprises?
When will some one start the wheel for
something new? Who will bo the first?
What's the matter with the South?
What say the citizens Of the town to
a proposition for trying to get UP little
fresh steam? Who cares aud who don t?
STILL THEY COME.-THE DEMOCRAT
is gratified at tue increase in It's circula>
ton recently. There are new Dames
added almost every day. And the most
pleasing part about 1t is, the people all
endorse our spot cash system. There
is only one thing that keeps The DEMO
Graf from having an exceptionally large
circulation. and that is the great scarcity
of money.
MARRIED.-At the home Of the bride
in Greeville, Wednesday Feb 10th, Miss
Eva Humber to Mr.. W. P. White, OF
Hobgood. The bride enjoys the highest
esteem Of all who know her. She Is at
tractlve IN beauty and accomplishments,
and the friends of the groom have show
cred him with congratulations. The
groom is we'll known here, being reared
of our cleverest ana best young men and
In h.
The DEMOCRAT joins in the many con
aud great happiness.
THE WHITEHEAD CAsE.-The case
of the two brothers. Mess. r. C. and
s. B. Whitehead who fought few days
ago and which has attracted much atten>
ton, was tried before Mayor Perry last
week AMI sebt up to the Inferior court.
The case was taken up Monday IN the In
ferior court and the defendant Sam B..
Whitehead submitted. The witnesses
were examined before the court and tho
verdict OF the court was that the defend
and all costs. The fine aud cost amount
ed to $42.1O.
CHEEKY, ISM T TIFF man were to
walk into store and ask the proprietor
for pound of CO flee or pound of sugar
without asking the price or offering to
pay for it after it had been wrapped up
but walk out serenely satisfied, the
merchant would think it rather cheeky,
wouldn't ne?
We'll that IS something like what hap
pens in newspaper Office occasionally.
To come in and ask for copy Of tho pa
per without offering to pay for it or sub
scribe to the paper. or call 1t sample
copy about equals the supposed case in
asking for The sugar or coffee. Let it
be printed meyer so often that tho editor
is not running newspaper for the fun
of 1t and the accommodation of the
public, there are some who will die ignor-
%hok