The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-12

SEED DISTRIBUTION DISCON-
TINUED.
Baltimore and Ohio Ralroad TO Make
Purchases IN North Carolina.
10 InE DEMOCRAT /


WAsHISCToS, d. c.. Sept. 7, 80.
News was received here this week Of
the death at Chase City Of Hon A ii
A. Williams. ex-member Of Congress
from the 9th y. c. district. Mr. VIII
liarns was a nephew OF the late Hon.
Archibald Arlington, the brother OF
the late gallant Colonel Sol Williams.
and of the lamented Tunstall Williams,
the first editor Of the Raleigh Ne~s,
and "A man Of fine gifts. The surviving
g., and John Williams, the former Of
Wilson. the latter Of oxford.
a democrat who has recently Travelled
in North Carolina a good deal says u
heard more Of julie Carr for Governor
than of anybody else. After h!sn there
was more talk OF Ex-Governor Holt and
Thomas W. Mason
Secretary Morton says. I'VE have III
the department clippings Of 800 news
papers from all sections Of the [. :.
warmly approving the abolition OF The
seed dlstri button. The agriculture and
horticulture press Of the country l.
unanimous In its approval Of he action
Just think Of putting I05 tons Of seed
Ia the mails every year to be dlstrlbu-
ted Then we wonder why the Post
Office Department does not pay eXpeli-
ses No, the distribution of seeds was
wrong and the $lOS,O 900 spent annually
for that purpose was wrongly spent
1t was easy enough to see that the peo-
pie of the country cared nothing about
the seeds, by the failure OF the people
to whom they were sent to acknOwledge
their receipt. There were last yeal
5000, 900 packages of seed sent out to {
million and three-quarters of people
and we received less than 600 &C
acknowledgements of their delivery"
The total eclipse of the moon wa
|
observed here by the Astronomers a
the Naval Observatory with the mos
satisfactory results. About fifty visitor
watched the eclipse through the small
er telescope at the Observatory. Th'
moon was entirely Obscured about mid
night. 1t hung like a coppery ball II
mid heavens, throwing wierd. fantas
tic light over the Capitol, the Monu
ment and sleeping city. Your CORES
pendent regretted that the unusua
picture, with It's grotesque effect Of high
and shade, could not be Photographic
for your readers. NO pen could d
justice to it. The stars paled thei
Intellectual fires soon after two o'clOc
hoxevar Tor tho shadow OF tho oa"tI
began to pass slowly off the silyery dis
of the moon, leaving city and rive
bathed in the opalescent hight whic
seemed the brighter for the peculia
gloom that had preceded it.
The proposed purchase of severe
short lines in North Carolina and Vii
ginia by the B. & O. R. r. promise
great things for those two states. Th
B. < O. people will soon reach Winston
Salem. The Cape Fear and Yadki
Valley r. r. viii take them to WI
mington. Other roads connect wit
New bern and Morehead. The manage
ment of the B. & O. has always bee
favorable to the South With ne,
cotton and tobaccoO factories sprlngin
up In all directions and this great raj
ROAD opening up some OF the riches
sections of those two states. there is
promise Of future prosperity beyond tn
dream of the most enthusiastic citize,
| sincerely hope the purchases may b
made.