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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
D,eo IN South Carolina.

A letter from Mr.. w. T. Currie at
Bonneaus, S. c.. says that Mr.. Mont
gonery Afford, who was i'll Mr.. Currle's
employment, died suddenly at st. Ste
phens, S. c., few days ago. Mr.. AL
ford had gone to St. Stephens to visit
young lady to whom he was soon to
be married. Mr. Currie writes that MIR.
Afford had mother living either IN
Halifax or Edgecombe county Mr.
Afford was sick but few days, but was
able during his brief illness to make
his will. He wllled all his effects to
the Young lady to whom he was engag-
ed.
Tarboro Somherner will please copy.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
Suffered With Ind1g estion.

81 was suffering with indigestion and
took two b5ttles OF Hoods Sarsaparllla.
NV health Is now excellent and l can
not speak too highly of Hoods Sar-
saparllla. I am much pleased with the
puzzle which was sent for three trade
marks from Hoods Sarsaparilla and
four cents in stamps" Mrs. Jesse
Caudell, Franklinton, n. G..
Hoods Pills cure indigestion, bilious
ness.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of \. c. Lumber Company.

The annual meeting of the stockhol-
ders Of the North Carolina Lumbe
Company will be held at the office of
the Company, In Tillery, on Friday,
NOV. 18th, 1895.
HAROLD H. FRIES,
IL l42. President.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
ISAAC EN ANS,
Notice! NOt1ce!!

Our lands are posted. Keep Off them.
shall force the law on all persons,
friends or foes, who disregard this no
tee BY trespassing on the lands and
timber of the North Carolina Lumber
Company. S. F. DUNN,
l7ly Inspector
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
To Be Hanged December 4th.

George Washington, the colored man
who killed the white man named New
lie at Tarboro few weeks ogo, was tried
in Edgecombe Superior Court last week.
The verdict was equity OF murder IN
the first degree" and he was sentenced
to be hanged on December 4th.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21

| AhhlED.-At the home OF the brid
lew miles from town on Noyemhe
10TH, Miss Celicia Lilly to Mr.. job
Phelps.
io"NsHIP s. S. AsSOCIATIoN.-Ha
lax township Sunday-school Associa
ZION VIII be held at Haywood's church
thursday, Nov. 2Ist. An intercet1n
programme has been arranged.
f CORRECTION.-In the brief accoun
gwen last week of the explosion at Con
drey's mill The DEMOCRAT said tha
the fireman, Eaton Lewis, vino wa
badly hurt, Is colOred man. It. was
mistake. Mr.. Lewis is white man.
OYSTER sUPPER.-Thurslay night
November 18th, under the auspices O
the Dawsons Baptist Sundav-school
there viii lie an oyster supper at Mr.
" hit l.. Cotton's near Dawson's. The
proceeds OF the supper will be for the
Baptist Orphanage at Thomasvilic.
SENT TO JAIL.-George DeBrule. g
"hitc man 0! hoseneath township, was
last week brought before Mayor Perry
charged with an assault unou a colored
woman. Mayor Perry placed him uu.
der $500 bond, failing to give which he
IN tho oit
BATTERED AND TORN.-The flag that
floats far weather from the signal pole
seems to he tat:cred and torn and with
al much reduced. TIE DEMOCRAT
thinks that the beautiful weather OF
late entities us to better white flag.
Can't the United States send down a
new one?
A PLEASANT RECEPTIoN.-Mr. John
I. Applewhite gave a pleasant recep-
ton at his home last Thursday night
in honor of the marriage of his son Mr..
w. J. Applewhite, who was married to
Mrs. Sarah Phillips in Richmond on
18th inst. Quite number OF guests
were present and the evening was one
of pleasant past time for all present.
DEATH OF J. f. LUFsEY.-Mr. J. F.
Lufsey who came from Vance county
last February to engage in tobacco
CD the lands of Mr.. w. T..
Whitehead about six miles from
Scotland Neck, died Tuesday, after an
illness of about two weeks. Deceased
was about "a years old, leaves wife
and one child, The body was carried
10 Manson yesterday. Mr.. lufsey was
successful in his work in this COM
having made a good crop OF
tobacco. He had good medical atten-
ion, but when the summons came he
had to go.
Took THEM IN.-Mr. Joshua Bell was
town few days ago and said one [.
Y. Mobray, who gave his address as Ii
Chestut street, Philadelphia, had taken
aim IN. Mobray represented himself
IS agent and repairer for the Singer
Sewing Machine Co. He hired Mr.. T.
L. Cullom to bring him through the
country from Weldon. He worked in
his community for several persons.
He spent the night at Mr.. Bells, Dor
owed some money and an overcoat,
vent to Hobgood and skipped without
paying Mr.. Cullom for bringing him
Town from Weldon or returning Mr..
Bells overcoat.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
Executors Notice.

Having this day qualified before the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax
County as executor of the last will and
testament of MIS-. Susan Smith, dcceas-
ed, hereby notify all persons holding
claims against the estate of said deceas-
ed to present them to me at Charlotte,
n. c., by the first day of December.
1896.
This November IL, 1895.
A. l.. SMITH,
IL IL ct Executor Susan Smith.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
Land Posted.

All persons are hereby forbidden to
trespass on my land, in any manner
whatever The Law will be enforced.
Nov 10th, 1895. P. E. SMITH.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
n. B. Josey's Specials,

Fresh Corned MuIlets &c pound.
\. B. JOsEY.
Car Load of Jew Flour received to-
day-Cse nothing but Cold Hunter. y
y. B. JOsEY.
Still selling clothing at about half
value-Call and see N. B. Josey.
Call and examine our capes and
cl0aks. ON. b. JOsEY.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
WHO'S SHELLABERGER?

hes the Wire Fence man, OF Attain
"a; !, Ga, and sells the best and cheapest
1enclng in existeLce for all purposes.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
CapeS Just Received !

\ large lot Of handsome capes. They
are going at very low prices.
\. l.. BURLINGTON.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
IT COST! AND NO MISTAKE:

I'm positively offering at cost my en-
tire line of Dress Goods, consisting Of
Henriettas Wooden Plaids, Serges,
Ca,hmeres, Ottoman Cloths, Nelvets,
and Silks
Early call will insure a bargain.
n. B. JOSFY.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21

The demand for Ayers Hair Vigor
in such widly-seperated regions as
South Amarica, Spain, Australia, and
India has kept pace with the home con
sumption, which goes to show that
these people know good thing when
they try it.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21
CLOSING AT COST!

Dry Goods, Shoes and Hats, to make
room for Hardware.
A. z. HYMAN,
Attorney for B. B, SHE RRoD.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21

MARRIED.-At the home OF the bride
lew miles from town on November
10TH Miss Celicia Lilly to Mr.. John
Phelps.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
FARM. GARDEN and
HOUSEHOLD.
Things "A Nurse Must Know.

4 Woman Nha Is q trained nurse, occu.
Y.las= stera re2 vars OF practice. SUI
5rr4af blaze .n Il London hospital, has
been eate5 d course Of lectures on her
arofes-. .a Her hr,t proposition At
recent ais MAS that there is no such thing
A. a born nurse The habit of observation
was a dut} and the basis OF nursing. which
was an art only 10 be learned BY practice.
Among some practical utterances OF the
speaker were A sunny SICK room, one
that was entered by the sun once in TWEEN
ty-four hours. is desirable patients placed
on the south side in a hospital ward re-
cover sooner, by from ten days to tort
nj ght, than those on the north side.
Plenty OF light IS beneficial. except cases
of train disease The less furniture in the
room the better, and to keep it clean a
damp dusler should be used instead OF
dry one. The air must be kept as pure
inside as outside, and there was little or
no risk about leaving the window open,
top and bottom. if the patient were well
covered. head included, and a good fire
kept burning. Night air is not injurious
it is purer in a city after 10 p. m. than at
any other time. The bed should never
be in corner, but accessible from all
oints In fever and surgical cases,
''crade' had sometimes to be used to
keep off the weight of the ted clothes
an impromtu cradle could be made out OF
a band box, with the bottom knocked out.
Bed making was the grammar and key
stone of nursing many regular nurses
could not make a good bed. 1t was inn
portant to act with decision when the
time came for any office, and not to worry
the patient by hesitation or talking OF
what was to be done to tread quietly. but
firmly, not on tip toe, and never to whs-
per to a third person. Every effort ought
to be male 10 secure for the patient two
hours sleep before midnight. Amateur
nurses often broke down through neglect
ing to take food when keeping watch
through the night-Ae7o Ioth Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
Cost of Butter.

The cost of pound of butter is the
most interesting OF dairy problems. Ike
periments at the Wisconsin Station with
good COWS giving an average OF 900
pounds per year indicate ten and one-halt
cents for the butter. During the winter
months the average cost per pound was
1870 cents. Some COWS OF a beety build
made the butter as high As eighteen
cents in winter; others produced it at be-
low eleven cents. showing that the indiyi-
dual COW has much to do with the problem ].
but the average was as stated. The cost
of cows keep per year was placed at an
average of SIS. but in Wisconsin hay is
only worth $ 90 per ton; corn meal sl4
bran SIT. However, the proportions Of
Yield with the different types OF cattle WI
hold good in the East. The productive
capacity of COW depend more upon type
and conformation than upon size or breed.
Those Of the beef type produced butter
lat at a cost of seventeen and hall cents
per pound; those carrying medium
amount of flesh produced butter fat at 4
cost of tfeteen and one-tenth cents
per pound; the spare COWS lacking in
depth Of body produced butter fat at a
cost of fourteen and six tenths cents per
pound and the spare COWS having deep
bodies produced butter fat at cost OF
twelve and one tenth cents per pound,
during the winter -/RoHghWaH.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
Fodder Corn.

We noticed last fall in travelling arounc
the State that many farmers are still grow
ing fodder corn in the old fashioned way
Of plantr g il thick, two or three bushels
TO the acre, and feeding it out day by day
in an immature and interior condition
We had thought that every reading and
thinking farmer had learned better But
the many patches of this fodder grown IN
that old way showed that all farmers are
not all readers or thinkers or are moi
studying their methods Alright
1t has long since been proved that this
thickly grown immature corn is, for short
poor stuff, and hardly worth the feeding
Corn needs free circulation of the air
and full access to the sunshine in order
FOR it to store up its riches of stock food
I Gis it cannot do when grown so thick as
form erly planted.
1t has also been learned that corn stores
up the principal part of its food material
IN the latter stages of its gIowlh. Hence
immature corn has little feeding value
Late varieties that cannot perfect then
growth, therefore, are not the best to
grow
For fodder corn, select variety early
enough to perfect It's growth. Plant nc
more than ten to twelve quarts OF seed to
the acre. This will give more food ma
tepial to the acre than late variety grown
thick Mere bulk adds no value. 1t is
the food there is in it that is wanted,
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04

Lat year Charles L. Norris started a
duck ranch in Damariscotta and it already
has grown to such magnitude as TO be one
of the features of the town. He will raise
this season some $4,000 ducks, running
IL large incubators and it is his purpose
to enlarge the business another year. He
commences marketing young ducks early
in the spring and since March has been
shipping them regularly to New York and
Boston mostly to the latter market, where
pric' 5 have ranged from ~ cents pound
very early in the season, down to IS cents
which he received forths last shipment
Whatsoever prophylactic and curative
value the anti,diI htheretc serum may
have, like degree of protection against
The fatality from pneumonia would he a
still greater boon to humanity. For some
time experimental work has been carried
on in Germany, in France and in Italy
with view 10 obtaining an anti-pneu-
monla serum. \ few patients with pneu.
monia have been treated with the curative
serum, and the results, upon the whole,
have been encouraging.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
OteS,

The man who loafs with his head but
works Ills muscles hard, may get living
from the farm. But he takes it out Of
his hide
Two kinds of lands are constantly get
ting richer; tn of the market gardener
and thai of the milk farmer. The one
buys fertility direct from the waste of the
cities the other buys the rich westesa
prari,s in the form OF grin.
Following is tie lesson of the Gilt
edged milk farm Geisthe best COWS, feed
them well and keep them healthy. Have
thelnilk pure and clean. Put it up attract
lively and take it to the choicest retail
trade you can find. The reward is snre,
Most New Englanders have love OF
farming bred in their bones. Their fami-
lies were farmers for hundreds of years
back, and when the truth is confessed,
they hank'r after the soil, refusing to be
quite satisfied with city dust and pave
ments. Nature will out, and thousands
who deserted the farm would 90 back
again if they could.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
HOW TO PREVENT 5WARMlNe.



To the apiarist whose chief object is
the production 4 honey the prevention
Of increase by natural swarmng be.
comes serious problem, which l. not
satisfactorily solved by many. The bee
keeping fraternity practices various
plans II accomplish this, such a. remuv=
ing or caging the queen. cutting out
quell cells. using entrance guards ol
queen traps. extracting or giving sur.
plus room above Where | run for comt
honey alone have attained fair success
along by keeping myself posted concern
irg the condition Of the colonies. and
whenever [ find one whose brood cham
BIER Is getting nearly full land this the
experienced bcckeeper i enabled II tell
at Il glance on opening the hive by OBJ
serving that the bees have begun to
Whiten and bulge the combs at the top
bars | put un super at once aud put
III it two or three partly filled sections
to entiee the bees to go to Work above,
whiehthey will usually do atmce if there
is IA sufficient flow of nectar | observe
that the bees are still hampercd for
room, then put on another putting it
beneath the first. which should now be
partly filled. Give the bees Just room
enough and then entiee them To go to
work above, and you hYye accomplished
your object. and thereby increased your
profits and abated the swarming fever.
In addition to the above, If it Is at Il
fitta Of the trb,p fbp 1aoL
reared would mature at "A time to assist
III gathering some particular honey
flow. remove the outside frames, which
are usually filled with honey only, and
slip in the middle of the colony con
Pile Of frames filled with fun sheets Of
foundation This will give the bees and
queen more room and work fer awhile.
But to get ut the matter Alright So as
to obtain the best results it becomes nee
essary for Us to 90 further back and see
that we have got Il strain of bees whose
energies are spent on honey gathering
more than on increase alone. There is
without doubt ii vast difference III va
rious strains of bees III this respect.
While some with Il vim are gathering
in from field and wood the various
sweets which they can find. others. with
equal energy, are bent on increasing
their numbers more than their stores,
and consequently when winter comes
they find that they have swarmed the
harvest time away, so to speak, aud are
without stores for winter.
We should breed only from those
queens whose colonies approach nearest
our ideal Of perfection considering in
their proper order the qualities of hardi
ness, honey gathering, gentleness and
beautv
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04


1t has been demonstrated that soda
cannot in any SENSE or to any extent take
the place Of potash in plant nutrition
On the other hand, soda may sometimes
or often take the place # potash as Il
fertilizer. In such cases il operates midi
rcctly, not by entering itself into the
crop as Il necdful food IA the plants, but
by It's action on the soil, making more
rapidly available some other ingredient
of the soil--it may be potash or limo or
nitrGgcn-Whch Is there present. hut
exists III comparatively inert State. 1t
is Well established that the lfsr If soda
as ii fertilizer has often Increased crops,
but experience shows that II is com
monty uncertain and unsafe for applica.
tion To land. In anycase 1t does nat en-
rich the soil OF increase its stores of
plant food, but simply facilitates lhcir
soHrieu. consumption, and, itmuy easily
he. their waste.
A. a lule, soils contain more suda
than potash, and the frequent ito If
soda in fertilizers touds to.eS1Je=t and
impH,rIsh the hand u ll - - Ire
used, Z i, Il. ri encapH supplied IN nj
trate Of Soda, which hyits nitrogen MAY
easily return its entire cost. leaving it,
soda IN the soil Is cafhanate. If more
alllali is useful, limo Is vastly cheaper
than soda and not Il whit L., eiiieaauus
lis, IN fact. what soda is not, an essen
tlal element If plant nutrition, rs wen
as the ~atesi and surcst means Of flnNue
he inert plant food Of the soil and nut
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
and, Lewiston, Wateryil!e
From Boston, Portland, Lewiston. Augusta,
Wattrville Skowhtgan and Bangor.

AstFlag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor
MIXED between Bingham and No. Ansop.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mere r. tand Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan0 AT Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson. for North and West New Portland
Dead River. Flagstaff and Eusts At Bingham
for Forks, Moose River, bayfield, Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. NJ. AVER SuPT.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
For Sale or Rent !

stand in Solon Village, opposite Hemsn
whipple's. Lot 6xt2 rods. House has seven
finished rooms; warmed by furnace. Wa er
in the house, tine cellar, large stable. Terms
reasenabl 40tt
GEO w. COVER skowhegan
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04

The national irrigation congress-
which is To meet at Albuquerque, n.
NJ, beginning sept. IL, for II four days
session, promises to lac full of interest
and instruction. Thcrc Viii bc a review
If the progress Of irrigation during tie
years 1894 and 1879, with lectures by
Judge j. :. Emery ii Kansas, Hon.
Clark E. Carr Of Denmark, eN-Goyeruor
l.. a. Sheldon of Los Angeles, T. X.
Moses Of Kansas, Thomas Knight Of
Missouri, Judge E. 7. Kinney of Utah
and others Lutte Wilcox, editor Of the
Denver Field and Farm, is ON the pro
gramme for the second day for IA talk ON
Practical Methods of Irrigation. = with
charts. John a. Frost viii speak on
Colonization of Arid Lands On the
.hird day Captain W. A. Glassford
United States army, will present pa
per ON "Clihatology of the Arid Re
yion. This viii be followed 10y dis
,ussion on the scientific aspects of irri
CATION. The foregoing are IA few of the
many good things ON the programme for
his important occasion.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
To XIII the Cabbage Worm.

Paris green may be applied until the
plants begin to head. Apply the poison
either by diluting it with four OF five
parts of flour and busting it on thor
oughly when the dew is on, or spray the
plants with one pound of paris green ta
100 gallons of water. adding two pounds
of freshly slaked lime. If the worms
are checked in this way when the plants
are Young, there will not often be any
occasion TO fight them in the headed
plants. Some seruple against the use of
tins poison ON cabbages, but there can
he no danger before heading begins.
Hot water, pyrethrum powder or kcro.
sene emulsion can be cffeetually used
TO kill the worms on the headed plants.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
FOR SALE !

Ladies' Special Model IS Columbia Bicycle.
Wood Rims, Laced Guards, No. II Saddle
Looprod. Weighs % lbs. stripped, or 81 lbs. all
on. Perfect order and good as new. Cost
si25.00, will sell for $500
Address, DIR. w. F. BROWN
SO, Norridgewock, Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
-, word 10 tbe wise Is SUFFICIENT.

suffered terribly from roaring in my head
during an attack of eatarrh, and became very
deaf, used Ely's Cream Balm and in three
weeks could hear as well as eyer.-A. +. New
man. Grazing, Mich.
One of my children had a very bad dlscharge
from the nose. Physicians prescribed without
benefit. After using Ely's Cream falm short
time the disease was cured-O, a. Cary, Corn
ing, N. Y.
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
hn ERCURIAL
vE POISON

Js the result Of the usual treatment OF blood
disorders. The system i iliied With Mercury ana
Potash remedics-more To be dreaded than the
diseasp--and III a short while j. IN a far worse
condition than before. The common result is
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04

"Theres nothing like poaehed eggs" as
the man said when he robbed his neighbours
fowlhouse.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa-
ton biliousness and arrangements of
stomach, liver and bowels.
II is better to lock the stable door after the
horse is stolen than not to lock it all. 1t may
save the COW
The Somerset reporter., 1895-07-04
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
For Over Fifty Years

First American. $50 you got divorce from
the Duke, Any allmony?' Second American
l..t.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-09
Notice to

Notice 10 hereby given that l will
examine all persons who may desire
to offer themselves rs candidates Cor
teachers Ofthe public schools Of this
county, at Red Cloud on tho third
Saturday Of each month.
Special examinations will be held
on the Friday preceding the Sd Sat.
urday of each month.
The standing desired for I'd and
Sd grade certificates is the same-no
grade below 20 per cent, average 80
per cent; for first grade certi6oate-
no grade below so per cent, average
80 per cent. in oil branches required
by law.
d. M. HUNTER. County Supt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-08-09
Pitchers Castorla.
Children cyfor
ONLY ONE ITS OF KIND.
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