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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03

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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
Administrators Sale
Personality.

On the 22nd day of January, 1895,
at the residence of the late B. d. Gray,
we will sell for cash at auction lot Of
horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep, farm
ing implements, household and kitchen
furniture, cotton, corn, cotton seed,
peanuts. fodder, &c.
This January 1st, 1895.
E. T. WHITEHEAD, Administrators
NARY E GRAY, OF B. d. Gray
/ 3 St
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
4 MURDER AND A LYNCHING

In Beaufort County on Dec. Oath
James F. Bergeron murdered James h.
Watson. The New Berne Jonrnal gave
the following account of it:
Bergeron, who lives five or six miles
rom Aurora on the Reddlck BergerOn
farm, came to Idalia on Christmas eve
drinking, and with gun and pistols
threatened the life of B. II. Thompson
of that place, and others, disputing.rit
seems, about an account. He was ar
rested, his weapons taken from him and
he required to give $4C2 bond to keep
the peace.
At his request, Mr. Watson, the con-
stable started to Bergeron's home for
his brother-in-law, Hugh Ross, to sign
the bond. The constable and a colored
man were in one buggy, Bergeron and
colored man were in another Ber
geron, who was SOLDERING up had been
gwen back his weapons, and it seems
he had some cartridges in his pocket.
On the Bergeron road, half mile
from any house, Bergeron, who was
before Watson, stopped, got out and
came back with bottle of liquor, and
with him. Watson declined. Then
Bergcron went back to the buggy, got
his gun, went to Watson and demanded
the warrant Watson refused to give
it up, but on a second demand with
threat to kill him, Watson took it out
OF his pocket, and was in the act OF
handing it to him when Bergeron shot
him IN the breast Watson fell out of
the buggy and he shot him twice on
the ground, killing him instantly. Tom
Watson, the colOred man who was with
Mr.. Watson and Mills Thigpen who
was with the murderer, each testify to
these facts of the killing
After the murder had been commit
ted Bergeron went home and was ar
rested there the next morning Christ
mas.
The examination was held before
Justices Mayo and Litchfeld and he
was placed in B. HI. Thompson's store
under guard of four until he could be
taken to Jail at Washington, which was
to have been done on Thursday by
steamer
THE LYNCHING.
ednesday night near midnight
about seventy-tive masked men went to
the store, overpowered the guard and
took them as we'll as the prisoner along
with them about half a mile away
Bergeron, as they went called out,
"Gentlemen, I killed Watson, but you
ought not to kill me, l didn't know
what | was doing"
His entreatles availed naught Ar
irving at the scene of the execution
they quickly hung him to tree and
as he swung suspended in the air they
made sure job of their work by fairly
Kidding his body with loads both from
guns and pistols. His body hung there
until the next day near noon and was
then taken down and sent to his wife,
who was also his cousin-he leaves
no children. His victim leaves :. wife
and several children.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
The Judgement on Moods FRO
nounced by Squire Fogg'

The following testimonial comes from T. n.
Foec ESQ. who IS wellknown throughout Men
lucky as court Justice and justice of the peace
~, Path coun.v His words should invoke tho
confidence o. all who read his letter:
&C. /. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass;
Il will sayfor Hoods Sarsapariila oeheve
II to be the lest medicine in the world. In Inc
winter of ~ had bed case of the grip which
left my system in very bad shape. Tired every
thing could find and got no relief In the IAN
of the same year l bought bottle OF HOODS
Sarsapariua The first dose took
Made Decided Change
for the better. When / began taxing the hrs'
bottle my weight was 127 pounds, the iightes'
since manhood BY the time the second DottN
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
Administrators Notice.

All persons having claims against
R. w. Harris, Deceased, are hereby no
titled to present same to me, admins
traitor of his estate, on Or before Dec
1895. FRANK w. WHITEHEAD.
12-2O-6t. Administrator
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
Cheraw, :. c.. Get !
ykin. GARNER 4 ca.

Mess. Boykin, GARNER K Go.
1t gives IL pleasure To tar We have
been usin" your Home fcrtliIlcr' fnr
more than fifteen years contluu. a-8.
and expect to continue 10 DO ~ ph
course, we are entirely sali-ti. ia t'4
pays Ia to use it..
Respectfully, J. ". MCKAY
X NJ. MCkAl
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03

There is good reason for the popu-
larity Of Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy. Davis & Buzard. of West Monte
rey, Clarion Co., say: at has cured
people that our physicians could do
nothing for. We persuaded them to
tay a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and they now recommend it
with the rest Of u.s." % and 80 cent
bottles for sale by f. T. Whitehead &
Co.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
" WITH FIDELITY AND 1BTLITY'


Wilmington Messenger.
The Scotland Neck Democrat is ten
years Old Mr.. E. E. HiIliard has had
charge for seven years 1t has been
faithful to its convictions, has served it's
section of country and it's party with
fidelity and ability. 1t is published in
one OF the most beautiful sections we
have seen In our native Carolina. The
truth Is this writer has very tender
spot for Scotland Neck for not far from
that town his mother was born. He
always feels like saying-God bless
Scotland Neck and Halifax county.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03

Hoods Pills cure liver Ills, constipation
biiousness, jaundice. sick headache, lnolges1ion
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
Fertilizer
Cotton. Corn and General Crops.

Used and endorsed by leading iar
mers in North Carolina and the South
for the past twenty years. Read t.e
following certificate, aud send ~
pamphlet giving directions for mixing
testimonials. &c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03

Marlville, \. g., Sep. 20 -
Mess. Boykin. GARNER & co.
Gentlemen The chemical. bought
of YOU for making Home Fcrtlllzcr
continue to give satisfaction. ] only
use ii under cotton. You know ! must
think it good, or ! should not haze
used it 50 long. This makos IL or II
years that have been using 1t, and e.
use has made me able to pay for 4
cash, not on crop time.
Yours tiuly, THos. : Evan.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03
NOTICE!

,.OETH CaRoITSA. I
Halifax County. Superior Court.
Wade Johnston.
Olivia Johnston.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-03

Old Newspapers at this Office.
The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23

the practical arts what the luminous and
eloquent commentaries OF Blackstone are
to the student of law. 1t was remarked by
the celebrated James Otis when he received
a copy of that work that IL he had possess
ed IL when beginning his studies II would
have saved him seven years of arduous
labor. 1t is most judicious to profit by a
close contemplation of the works of others.
The German emperor at Kiel turned away
from the festivities incident to opening his
canal to go aboard our own splendid ship.
the New York. This he did, not merely to
enjoy the artistic hospitalities of that fine
officer. Fighting Bob but for the bene-
III of the imperial navy, to examine from
main truck to stoke hole, every feature OF
our gallant cruiser which walks the waters
like "A thing of lfe.' So, too, Herreshom and
Watts, the builders of the Defender and
the Valkyrie, stood four mortal hours in
the broii,ng sun of the Erie basin when
the rival yachts were docked, neither be
slowing n glance upon his own creation,
hut scrutinizing the work of the other. NO
doubt they wished their eyes We're what
Sam Weller called patent double million
magnifyin' gas microscopes of hextra
powe-.'
The Educative Advantages.
"Resides who can doubt the educative
effect of such rroofs of human advance
ment as this exposition. A lad can walk
through these halls and acquire knowledge
of which Sir Isaac Newton or Sir Francis
Bacon We're ignorant He may behold
dainty products of all lands for which
Luculus might have sighed i'm vain. He
may watch the roiseless operations of en-
gines a Watt or Stephenson could not even
conceive models of ships which would
have been deemed impossible by Nelson,
or Rodney. by cambridge or Decatur;
arms and munitions of war the mention
of which Marlborough or Frederick, Wei
lington or Napoleon would have pronounc-
ed the dreams of a mad man. Home
keeping youths said Shakespeare. have
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Continued on Fourth Page.l
The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23

n member of society the laws "'turd lin,
and which his conduct desoryes, end the
long processes of time Will determine
whether his presence is a benefit or an IN
jury to himself and 10 the land To Whlch
he is now as warmly attsciied as hiS "hite
neighbors. No process oL reH5"llAE' no l'r-
tility of conjecture viii aIot1 any cther
solution of the so-called question. why
agitate il then? Its unnecasjl jlGy discussion
has withheld from the resources II u eSe
states the fructifying hand OF the lhuuS-
trious white men, whether Tara er or aru-
san, who, earning a bare support clSeNh mere
could, in this genial cline, win an alum
ance of which he never dreamed Jt IS
moreover, more cruel to the negro than 1t
is detrimental to the white men Tor the
preiudice it awakeIs causes the idle, lg-
norant and lawless to become the suSpl-
cious enemies of the negro. II IS, hueeu,
a source Of alarm to those indIstrlous anu
respectable negroes whose Intelligent Ia
Dor and self-dcnying habits have support
ed their families, educated 'her ChlIdreh
and added millions annually 10 the tax
able value of these states.
"The Indian was nomad. The negro
has the strongest local attachment and
will remain but as a race unto himself.
Nor do l mean to suggest that force or
violence in any form will be essential for
white control Of the local affairs of these
states The representative people of this
state and | believe of the south viii never
tolerate such demoraliZing and cruel
policy 1t would recoil on them and thcr
children, even unto the third and fourth
generation. The same Influences which
affect men elsewhere will ever prevent
the solidarity of the negro vote here. Ev-
cry intelligent southern man understands
this and a northern man who comes here
soon ascertains the fact for himself. This
is a fortunate fact for the negro and for
the country. our theory of government
The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23
A Great Climate.

'WhiIe our winters are bracing and in
vigorating. our streams are never frozen.
The death rate throughout the entire state
is fifteen and a fraction TO a thousand.
and among the white people even less.
Moreover, the people of Georgia respect
and enforce the laws. l have had the op-
The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23
PROOF is POSITIVE
THAT LYDIA T.. FINkHAMS
VEGETABLE COMPOUND :
Is Daily Curing Backache, Dizziness,
Faintness, Irregniarity, and all Fe-
male Complaints.

TrsrEcIAL TO ORR LADY RFADrHs.1
Intelligent women no longer doubt the
value of Lydid +. PjHkhdm'S s Vegetable
Compound. 1t speedily relieves irregu-
iarity, suppressed or painful menstrua-
The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23

people of the Bri. lshia had an ancient
and famous history hen the Roman le-
gionaries first landed onvthe savage shores
of Britain. They were overcome by a hand-
full of men of our race and are wisely III
rected on all the paths of modern progress
by the English government as readily as
IL controls a parish in Yorkshire or Kent.
The Anglo-Saxon as race has never min
gled it's blood with darker people. From
the Penobscot to the Altamaha, the Whl.e
men landed on the eastern coast of the con-
tinent. Everywhere they found numerous
and often powerful Indian tribes. For TWO
or three centuries their increasing numbers
lived in almost constant intercourse VITA
the aboriginal inhabitants of America.
These are gone. They have left everywhere
the monuments of their existence here
Their memory will last as long as Yonah ana
Currahee shall redden with the rosy blush
of incense breathing MORN or catch the
purple shadows as the setting sun irradl-
ates the heavens with the splendor of his
evening smile Their names on oui
rivers and we cannot blot them out. The
Chattahoochee as it glances down from the
hills of Habersham and out of the valleys
of Hail. the Tugalo, the Turora, as they
swiftly flow 10 join the brimming Savan-
nah, the Hiawassee and the Toccoa' as
they bear the crystal waters OF Georgia
mountains to the rolling volume OF the
Tennessee, the Throneteeska, as it's pours
its turbid current to the gulf, suggest le-
gends of mighty tribes, whose heritage was
Georgia's soil. But not a drop of the In
dams blood flows in the veins of the white
men who succeeded him.
Race Question a Myth.
ct here declare that the so-called race
question does not exist. There are million5
of co.ored people who live and VINO VIII
live among many more millions Of White
naonle Why shall any one forge a race
issucp Honest and decent men VIII accord
10 the negro that just measure of favor as
The Atlanta constitution., 1895-09-23

Ahe AAluAlpiS ol lldly.
cot Italy il may he said that her sons
have surpassed any other people in many
departments of human endeavor. In sculp-
ture and architecture one may point TO
Michael Angelo. in painting 10 Titan, Cor
c-l-io and Raphael. ia state,raft 10 Nachia-
Veli. To Cavour and Mazini. in gcneralship
to Napoleon and Massena; in poetry 10
TaSso and Dante; in discovery To Column
bus. Nor should America encourage any
feeling save that Of amity and pride for
England. after America the strongest
friend Of civil and religious liberty on
carth-land Of Old and great renown, where
freedom broadens slowly down from prece-
dent To preccndent-
1t is well 20 meet at this great cNposi-
tion the people of these and other lands.
In the French exposition OF 1873 il was
held hy the minister of commerce mad
missihle and injurious To admit the prod
ucts OF other nations. No policy could Doe
more short sighted. 1t is eXclusivcncss in
her own and ignorance of other lands
that Las reduced China to the degrading
position she now holds. International ex-
hihitions are among the most bcnciiccht
means for the adVaT cement OF the people.
Soci"ty in this has its accounting. II takes
stock Of it's assets. \ nation like "A business
house must know how il stands. lt must
make its exhibition To the world. When tie
sOlvency OF Jay Gould was questioned by
the magnatcs of Wall street, he called
them into his business Office and spread
before them the millions of value in his
securities. There is old adaEe that
seeing Is believing and tFc exposition ap-
peals directly 10 the sense of sight. Il
constitutes a compendium of the accom-
plishments OF people. II focuses the in
tclligcnces of ohscrvant men until the
truth of nations power IL not only made
clear to all present. TINT through the cumu-
lativc testimony Of the witnesses becomes
unquestioncd by all the world. The cxposi-
tiOn is to the student of manufactures and
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-11
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
 When she was Child. she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
The Warrior Machine Works.

The above name represents a compar- atively new enterprise, though from the vast amount of work pouring into their shops one would judge that they had been in operation much longer time. having begun business little more than a month ago.
 The secret of all this rush of business to such new concern is easily under stood when time is taken to think the matter over. First of all they have in charge of their immense plant MT. Charles J. Geohegan, who thoroughly understands every branch of the bus- ness. He is also a wide-awake business man, who thoroughly appreciates the value of printers ink, the necessity of living up to all he promises and of per- sonally supervising every dollars worth of work that goes from his shop; and when he once secures a customer they are always sure to continue with him. The Warrior Machine Shops make a spe- cialty of repairing all kinds of machin- cry. Do not forget the place-Powell av- enue, between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-11
MRS. O|CK|NSON'S TRUTH. Any Woman Should Be Glad to
 Learn It, AND PROFIT BY IT. The Blight That Comes to So Many Wo- men Explained-A Way Shown by
 Which it Can Be Avoided.

No woman in America has given greater attention to the ailments and sufferings of women than Mary Lowe Dickinson, the popular writer and maga- zine contributor. She has frequently ut tered words of warning and advice to women, but never with so impressive an effect as in a recent address. when she said:
 "Without health the beautiful woman ceases to be beautiful, and education and training are of little avail if she has to pass her life a helpless victim of sick ness and weakness. We do not know half the truth about ths for three fourths of the sufferers do not like to tell. For every hysterical woman who makes everybody about her informed of her sufferngs, there are a dozen who drag their own troubles dumbly and bravely into their graves. Sickness is blight that no woman should permit to come over her if she can by any possibil ity cure it or keep it away. How to se- cure health is indeed one of the first prob lens for this generation of women. Give us healthn is the cry from all the world of women. Give us a system that will spare us the morbid breeding Of discontent, the hysterical tantrum, the nervous collapse, the look of gloom from the wells of our eyes
 Every woman must admit the truth of these words. They. are spoken straight from the heart. There are thousands upon thousands of women who feel sick at certain periods, tired out, and who suffer from weaknesses that doctors seem unable to relieve, and the saddest part of it all is that they might be happy, joyous, flush with health and attractive to family and friends if they only knew and acted upon the secret of happiness. Most women are healthy and attractive because they preserve the organs that make health. It is true comparatively few know how this is done, but many have ascertained it. and have relied as upon a true friend on that grandest greatest and most reliable aid to woman in her critical periods, Warmers Safe Cure. Every doctor knows this truth, and hun- dreds of the most prominent and reliable ladies in America have proven its value in their own experiences,and are not only alive but strong, healthy and happy to- day There are few women who can af- ford to ignore these suggestions, few who should fail to avail themselves of the valuable hints they contain.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-11
A Bold Attempt to Rob.

A=bold attempt at robbery is being per- petrated upon the people everywhere in the south, in the efforts of interruptions persons to sell them an inferior article to take the place of Simmons Liver Regulator, the Red z. It's worse than robbery. It takes the money of the sick and afflicted, and gives in return preparations as unlike Simmons Liver Regulator as is the charac- ter of such deceivers compared to the man of honor and integrity. Forewarned is forearmed. Save 9our money and protect your heulth by taking nothing but Sim mons Liver Regulator, the Red z. It's the Old Friend that for more than sixty years has blessed the homes of the land and brought long life to many sufferer with liver troubles. You ucin rely on it's doing as much for you. Health and wealth come to him who takes Simmons Liver Regu- lator. Look for the Red on the front of the package-that is the guarantee of the proprietors that the medicine is genuine.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-11
ANNISTON.
Woodstock Guards Nominate 0fficers--lhe Noble Monument Placed in Position.
 Hail Storm Damages Crops.

Anniston, May 1O.-(Special)-The Woodstock Guards, at a rousing meet ing last night, made two nominations for lieutenants and elections will be held as soon as the proper orders are re- ceived The nominations were to pro- mote Lieut. Jacob Forney, commander of the Jacksonville detachment, from junior second lieutenant to the second lieutenantcy, and to make MT. John w. Knight junior second lieutenant. Lieu tenant Forney is of military blood and is an ideal soldier Mir. Knight was first sergeant of the Guards a few years since, and @ commission could hardly be put in better hands. They are both admirable nominations.
 MT. M A. Carter, who died at his home in south Annston yesterday after noon, was buried in the Oxford ceme- with his family from Coosa county ten years ago, and had many friends here. He leaves wife and seven children.
 The board appointed by Oxford S mayor and council, under new reve- nue law, to value and equalize the real estate tax of Oxford has reported that city to have about ,000 worth of real estate, which is some $25000 more than it was given in for last year.
 The Samuel Noble monument has been placed in position on Quintard avenue, and shows up magnficently The statue is almost perfect representation of An niston's great founder The date for the formal unveiling will be set in a day or two.
 Anniston and vicinity were visited yes terday afternoon by bad hail storm, which did much damage to crops, gar dens and fruits.
 pr. and Mrs. R. P Cox of Rome are in the city, guests of MT. and Mrs. Max B. Wellborn, the two ladies being sisters. Dr. and Mrs. Cox, nee Miss Annie Graves, were married in Rome last week, and are now en route home, after we'd ding tour.
 MT. and Mrs. Everett Fowler, after spending several weeks here with MT. and Mrs. Ghent, left this morning for their home in Haverstraw, N. Y. MT. Will N. Harbin went up to Dalton this afternoon, and will be an attendant at the nuptials of a relative there next week.
 Miss Lula Gilmore is visiting relatives and friends at Eastaboga. Dr. O. T. Dozier of Birmingham spent this afternoon in Anniston.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-11
The Worlds Fair Tests showed no baking powder so pure or so great in Ieav- ening power as the Royal
 AVENGED A WRONG.
Lee Wenn Sends Bullet Through the Lungs of Another Negro Who Had De-
 spoiled His Home.

News reached the city last night of shooting affray at Pratt City, which may result in the death of negro
 Lee Wenn, a negro, is the head of family. He works at Pratt City, where his family resides. On Tuesday night he found another negro in his house under suspicious circumstances. He found him there again. it seems, but on the second occasion the negro made his escape. Last night on entering Franks saloon, he spied his man. and, on seeing him, pulled pistol and, walking up to him, remarked, You have broken up my home," and fred The ball entered the other negro's right breast, and the wounded man ran through room and, jumping out of window, went to doc tors office and fell at the door, exhaust ed from pain and loss of blood.
 Wenn, not thinking he had hit his man, remained in the barroom, where he was arrested by Marshal Barnett. He was locked up pending the result of his vic- tim's wound, which is said to be serious.