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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
Notice :.

NaaTH CAROLINA. HALIFAX 60.
Superior Court, May Term, 70.
-am 2lingea as. PIney Mingea.
be defendant take notice that
action has boon begun IN sad
m hy the said sam Ningea against
divorce on account Of adultery
wa ue Ce-u. Cooper and also ahan-
a.Haaaa ON ,he part 81 the said Piney
lf the summons beng returna
raeae May term Of said Court, &
IL aol IN the town Of Halifax On the
uday after the first Monday II
reh ~95 when and where sald de
PENDANT IS required to appear and an
swer Or demur to the complaint q
~ ntif
Given under my hand this the 10th
5a # April 1856.
= II. GARY,
foot Clerk sup, Court.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
LAND SALE.

By irtae Of decree Of the Supe-
lar Court Of Halifax county IN the
special proceeding therein pending
wherein David Bell administrator dc
bonE- non Of A G. Aaron, deceased, Is
plaintiff and r. ID. Burnett and his
fe ef al- are defendants, | Will on
Monday, the Ist day Of June, 1896, eN-
pose TO- public sale to the highest BIDDER
for cash. at the court house door in the
town Of Halifax, that tract OF lana SIT
uated IN said county, bounded by lana.
OF Matte Buffalow, 6 w. BuffaloW anc
others containing sixty acres, more O
les and fully described III the pleading
III SAID cause
This lst day of May 1896.
lawn RFII
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
..ba Time for Building

IN the system is at this season, Ihe
ootber has made unusual drains
upon the vital forces. The blood has %. De
d,o IMPOVERISHED and impure, an0
- no functions of the body suffer Il
consequence. Hood sarsaparlila ,- "a
ool aat hnilder. because it is the one
NJ blood Purifier and nerve tonic
Hoods Pills become the favorlte ca
tic with all who use them. ~
} ,o,n;sta 25c.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
CONCERNING JAIL.
NORTH CAROLINA,
HALIFAX Co. May 4, 1880.

HALIFAX Co. May 4, 1880.
TITS ordered that the Clerk OF the
Board of County Commissioners notify
four or five Jail builders and advertise
# in the Scotland Neck DEMOCRAT and
the Roanoke NcUs that the Commits
sjoners Will meet at the court house IN
Halifax. \. c., on the 18th day OF May
1896. to receive bids and specifications
to place new cells in the present coun-
tv iail. The old Jail i. built OF brick,
with slate roof, inside measurement
27x27. lined with oak sills KIP, with
4 windows first floor, 6 windows second
floor, We want all the old wood taken
out. four new windows cut down stairs,
two new window. up stairs, con
crete floor down stairs, concrete floor
up stairs, iron stairway, walls nicely ce-
mented. iron cells to hold Is prisoners
M stairs. 3 or cells down stairs to be
made out of the old cage-or
some other plan may be
| snbn,itted-with good grating
TO each window. water closet in each
cell, sewer pipe laid from jail about
$50 feet with s inch pipe, with TALL not
les. than 6 inches to the 100 feet, with
force pump IN well, gutter on house
80 arranged as to force all water through
| the sewer. Parties submitting plans
with the understanding that the com
missloners reserve the right to reject
or receive any plan they desire Pay
menta $500 Noy. lst and balance III |
( 3 years, with per cent. interest.
J. FRANK BRISKLEY, Clerk.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07

81 have never had days sickness IN
nay life. " said a middle-aged man the
other day.
-What a comfort it would be, " .lghs
some poor invalid, "to be IN. his place
f9r Il wear or two" Net half OF the IN
raids we see might be Just as healthy
as he. If hey would only take proper
care olthemseIves, eat proper food-and
digest IT,
It's % strange that such simple things
ae overlooked By those who want
He8lth
Food makes health.
1t makes strength-and strength
wards otT sickness. The man who had
never been sick was strong because ne
always digested his food, and you could
become the same by helping your stom
sch tow0rk as well as his. Shaker III
-e Cordial will help your stomach
and m make you strong and healthy
IS making tie food you eat make YOU
at
Druggists sell it. Trial bottle It
cents.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
Town Election

Town Election.
The town election was held last
Monday. There was only one ticket,
and the old board was reelected. Mr..
.J. A. Perry was elected mayor, and
Mess. ]. w. Leggett, G. W. Bryan, +.
W. Hvman and JOS. Stern were elected
commissioners.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
notice.!

Bv virtue Of power in ~. Tes'ed ~
hat mortgage which va. executed 70
J. G.. shields on the 9th day ~ ~.
lss6 bv John T. Boyette and he vile
Harriet L.. which i duly recorded III
Halifax county, in the Regl-tei' : o.
fee. in Book rs A on page - We shall
.eu for cash at auction, IN the town q
scotland Neck, on the 80 day Of May
1896. the property therein descri led
- vii. Lots number ), s, ! and on
hlock 81. according to the plan and
map Of Scotland Neck. This April -
Isaf Mas. VI. A. SHIELDS,
FRASK Z. SHIELDS.
/ 2O5, Executors Of J. G. Shields
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
Photographs.

F am now prepared to do your work
give sou satisfaction n photo
h-. Ny time is limited III Scot
Neck. 80 all who desire work will
we. to come soon.
Respectfully,
r. HYN1AN.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
A Bad Wreck.

There was very bad wreck on the
Norfolk and Carolina railroad near Pal
myra Tuesday morning about 7 o'clock.
Two through freight trains, one Of
the Southern railroad going north, and
one OF the Norfolk and Carolina going
south. one Of 50 cars and the other Of
SO cars, colllded The engines were
demolished and thirty or forty cars
splintered but no one was seriously
hurt.
Rumor had it that the engineer on
the Norfolk and Carolina train disre-
garded orders to stop at Palmyra, think
ing that inasmuch as the Southern
train was a little late he could make
Hobgood before meeting it. No trains
passed all day Tuesday, but passengers
and baggage were transferred and passed
north and south.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07

TOBACCO SETT1EG.-The good seasons
during the past few days have given the
farmers an opportunity to set their
tobacco plants, and large part Of the
crop has been set.
The Scotland Neck Training School
(coloredJ under the principal-hip Of
e. I. Hill VIII close next week Prof
j. " Mcdonald If Plymouth viii
deliver the Annual Address Thursday
night.
SAVAGE, SoN &, Cove call special
attention to the advertisement OF these
we'll known business men Of Norfolk
They are we'll known to our readers,
and their name is guarantee for what
they do Peanut farmers will do well
to note their advertisement Of plaster.
FISHING CREEK-The county com
mis-oners Monday appointed Mr. r.
3. Britt Of their body to confer with a
member Of the board Of commissioners
from Fdgecombe county concerning
the putting IN OF draws at the bridges
across Fishing Creek It is necessary
to put in draws at the bridges in order
that the government appropriation Of
SD 600 be utilized IN clearing the creek
HOW's THIS FOR FARMING "A young
farmer Of this community told THE
DEMOCRAT a few days ago that on a
two-horse farm last year he cleared four
hundred dollars. This, we presume,
was over and above the expenses Of
living | was good result for the in
vestment, and say what you Will, there
are very few business men who surpass-
ed that according the money invested.
This tanner cultivated rented land.
ToWN's NATURALIZATION may be
seen special notice, ordered by the
Mayor, concerning the cleanliness Of
back lots. Let every one who controls
lot read section of article 3 in the
town ordinances and comply strictly
with the law. There is nothing more
important than to keep the town in a
clearly condition, 4 little carelessnesz
on the part of one person may be the
means Of much disease and death in
the town even before the summer shall
have passed. Let every one see to It
that his premises are kept clean.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
For Sale.

l Young horse and we'll broke
ain. iJr sure.
r. G. JosEY,
Scotland Neck. y. G
Mention this paper,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
Special Notice!

Tie town authorities call special at
-ar.0n to Section 3 Of Article ) IN the
.aun ordinances. and warn all persons
agarn-t neelecting to keep their back
lots clean. 4 failure to comply with
the AR - laid down ia the ordinances
vii subject persons guilty Of such neg
Lf-ence to indictment. and the author
lite. say that every one may look fol
The enforcement OF the law.
Bv order Of the MAYOR.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
Commissioners Meeting.

The.county commissioners held reg
u1ar monthly meeting in Halifax Mon
day The following accounts were a.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
To Rebuild the Arsenal.

To Rebuild the Arsenal.
sheriff Clark was circulating a petl-
ton ut the court house Monday, asking
that Congress make an appropriation
Is rebuild the United States arsenal at
FAYETTEVILLE.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
Silver Meeting g.

SllVer Meetln8
Just before going to press we are re-
quested to announce that there will be
4 mass meeting OF silver men at Hall
lax Saturday, May 10th.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07

Do people buy Hood's Sarsaparilla in
preference to any other, in fact almost
to the exclusion OF all others?
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The Palaces of r1ilIiOnalres.

Mlillona1res are generally supposed
10 De very superstitious; but if the fear
or lu-fortune were to deter any of the
tribe from erecting stately houses in
London, he would certainly be justified
by precedent. To take a few cases.
The downfall of Hudson, the railway
king, followed on his beginning to build
house for himself which should
eclipse all others. Baron Albert Grant
never got further than the foundations
of the palace which he intended to have
named Kensington Court Mr. Sanford
had hardly rebuilt the interior of his
house in Carlton House Terrace when
"Argentines" went down and he was
Obliged to sell it to Mrs. Mackay. The
completion Of Lord Revelstoke's palace
IN Charles street coincided with the
Barring crisis, and it has been to let ever
since. Lord Rosebery rebuilt his house
just In time to enable him to OCCUPY it
on the collapse of the Government. Now
the disasters which have fallen on the
Chartered Company coincide with the
completion Of the external structure of
Mr. Belts mansion in Park Lane.-St
James Gazette.
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A Rarity Among Pensioners.

The officials Of the Pension Bureau at
Washington were so shocked a short
time ago because Samuel Fetters. a
prominent resident of Frazer, Pa, re-
fused to accept the pension money
sent him that they doubted the sanity
Of the man and sent an agent to inves-
tigate his case, with the result that his
name has been dropped from the rolls.
His case was the second which has been
met with in the history of the depart
ment. Fetters, while in the army, con-
tracted a disease which for several
years was thought to be chronic and
under that impression he received a lib
eral pension. Recently, however, he
recovered and ordered the pension
stopped, but the money still came. Then
he sent the cash back, refusing to ac-
cept it, and the agent was sent to in
vestigate his strange conduct-Phil-
adelphia North American
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England and Japan.

In all her history England has sought
intimate commercial relations with
peoples in the incipient stages of indus
trial and commercial development. Her
wealth, power and commercial pri-
macy are referable to the fact that such
relation has always proven profitable
to her. In the instance under consid
GRAFTON, we find England selling to
Japan seven times the value of its own
purchases from that nation, while we
find the United States purchasing four
times the value of it's sales. The com
mercial policy of Great Britain appears
to be devised with reference to the most
advantageous trade relations with all
the nations of the world. The policy of
America appears to be devised with
reference largely to commercial ex-
change with ourselves. Whether the
rise of civilized efficiency in Japan is to
be advantageous to us or otherwise
will depend wholly upon the policy
which we pursue concerning CONNER
cial relations with her Japan is ex-
actiy In that state of development
wherein commercial intimacy with a
higher civilization would confer the
greatest possible benefit upon the lat
ter While she is in the incipient stages
OF production, she is also on the eve of
a vast expansion Of her civilized want.
LII we are in position to supply this
want, we will find in her a most profit
| able customer. If any danger is to be
apprehended from japanese competi-
ton with American industry, it is to
be found in the direction of erecting
| barriers to free commercial ra1o+ione
with that people; that policy will drive
US IN upon ourselves and have a tend
ency TO produce with us the hermit
condltlon In which we found Japan in
Ioo4.-W. II. Mills. in June Overland.
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FOR THE HAIRLESS MEN.

The bald-headed men have long been
the objects of ridicule, but they have at
last found champion, and it may be
that they will yet triumph over the
bad ones who cry out ''go up, bald
head" and may see the bears Of sci
ence descend from the mountains and
devour their tormentors, as the Bibli-
cal story recites happened to d certain
lot of mischievous boys once upon a
time
Here comes now Professor Sigmund
Exner of Vienna, to prove on scientific
grounds the intimate relation between
mans depilitation and evolution. We
are told that in A recent lecture on
Hairs Functions" he set forth his
doctrine elaborately, which proves why
a species of sanctity attaches to the
bald head, and why the prophets and
patriarchs of old and those noted for
| their high qualities, are represented as
| bald-headed men. We quote from the
baltimore SUM-" which is humorously
Inclined:
! He explains it partly from the fact
! that the fair sex, from time of yore,
preferred the less hirsute or unhaired
| lovers and husbands. The hairy, bris-
tied and shaggy skin of the wooer was
Tepulsive to the pensive maid. Might
! he not be a monkey in disguise, "a type
| still surviving among the stronger sex %
| says Exner. Had not the taste of the
| male, from the beginning, been at
rTacted to the purest skin?' AS this
| his taste was much more forcibly in
| duFged in on the males part, woman
| finally excelled him by superior general
badness.
Professor Exner plainly declares that
hair is a stamp of mans imperfection
| There was a time when our progenitors
| looked very much like apes. Darwin s
I research into the unhairing of man,
by similar process, led him to consid-
er it the result of natural selection
| There is every reason to believe that
unlike the pugnacious woman Of to-day
| the meek companion of man, among
our ancestors of primeval ages, did not
select a shaggy head from among her
wooers in preference to bald one
because the IOTfner InlgnI eventually
be an easier point of attack. For her
| evidently, badness was a stamp oi
| beauty.
| Hair then, says the German scholar
is degenerated organ, not without its
| functions, but largely a relic Of a saw
age age. That it has not more gener-
ally disappeared before advancing Gull
| ture is explained by it's composition Oh
all animal tissues 1t is the most dura-
ble, found very perfect and nearly four
thousand years old in Egyptian tombs
a proper adornment Of the mummies
If mans whiskers, particularly his
mustache, longest resist the progress OF
| civilization, 1t is accounted for by ths
thousands of generations of women
/ having preferred the bearded man tc
the downy dude. Here, Also 1t is sig
nificant for the bald-head that he is
almost invariably endowed with abund-
ant hirsuteness on the upper lip. If
like his less-gifted brother with the
shaggy name, he still attaches some i'm
portance to few follicles of hair, 1t is
| because hair is not yet entirely func-
tionless in his present state Of evolu.
ton. as Exner freely admits.
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CHURCH SERVICES TODAY.
Cat IL a. m. and Z 80 D. M, except othe
wise stately

Cat IL a. m. and Z 30 p. m, except other
wise stately
| Presbyterian - Westminster, Sixth
and L streets.
Presbyterian-Fou o and P;
Sunday school, 1915.
| Methodist (South)-Seventh, and X:
Sunday school, 1890.
| Methodist ca. M. E)-Seyenth, G and
H. Revival)
| Methodist-Sixth, X and l. streets.
| Methodist-Central, Eleventh, H and
/; Sunday school, 1915
Scandinavian Methodist Pythian
Castle, Ninth and l.
! Catholic-Cathedral, Eleventh, ] ana
X, 6:30, s, 1870 and {.
Catholic-St. Francis, Twenty-six.h
and K, 3, 8, 1890; Sunday school, 2:30.
| Adventist-1S16 G..
United Brethren-Fourteenth and K;
/ Sunday school, 9:45
Baptist, First, Ninth, L and NJ; Sun
ay-school, 12:15
Baptist-Calvary, I, Twelfth and
Thirteenth; Sunday-school, S:45.
Baptist - Emmanuel, Twenty-fifth
and n; Sunday-sc school, 1915.
| Baptist-Mount Zion, Sixth and P;
Sunday school, 1890
| Baptist-Oak Park, Cypress and Thir-
| ty-third, IL and s.
| Christian-First; Ninth and I; Sun
| day-school, TO-
! German Evangelical Tenth, o and P;
Sunday school, 10.
Lutheran-English, Sixteenth, and
/ X; Sunday-school, 9:45 a. M
| Lutheran-German, Twelfth and X.
Episcopal-St. Paul's Eighth and j,
Sunday school, 9:45.
regational-Sixth, 1 and J.
| Latter-Day Saints-Pythian Castle
| Latter-Day Saints - Reorganized,
Twenty-fourth and K
Society of Christian Science-For-
esters' Building, L street, between Sew
| enth and Eighth
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TWO JURIES.

1t Is conceded that the conviction of
Garcia at San Francisco for robbery
was the conviction of an innocent man.
He was made the victim of a boom in
in Judge Wallace's court, San Fran
cisco, that started out to make rec
ord as an instrument Of revenge for
society.
The result of its enthusiasm Is now
manifest In at least one case, and
man is in San Quentin under twenty
wears sentence who is innocent OF
crime. Garcia was convicted on the
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testimony of a Chinaman who swore
that two men stood him up" The
mother of Garcia, whose oath ought to
be as good as that of the Chinese, since
it is agreed that she is a modest and
good woman, testified that her son was
at home and in bed at the time the
Chinaman was robbed. The employers
of the lad swore that he was indus
The police gave evidence in his behalf
that Garcia is not Of the criminal class,
and had never been charged with or ar
rested for offenses against the law or
good order.
But in the teeth OF this fine showing,
the reform" jury convicted the young
man and the reform" Judge gave him
twenty years Of penal servitude. 1t
would seem that the bare statement we
have outlined ought at least to have
raised reasonable doubt in the minds
of the jurors, and that the facts brought
out should have placed the court in a
friendly attitude toward the defendant,
merciful one, at least.
Now comes the real culprit and says
Garcia was not with him and had moth
ing to do with the case, and that the
Chinaman was mistaken in saying that
two men held him up, as one did the
whole business.
Another San Francisco jury recently
made a holy show Of itself by taking
the bit in its teeth and refusing to rem
der proper verdict Certain men were
on trial for beating an old man to death
who chose to work as seemed to him
best. The jury was driven by the evil
dence to find the defendants guilty; it
that they were guiltless. But the ver-
dict was nullified by the form in which
it was returned, guilty of manslaugh-
ter-but no felony" Despite the fact
that the court refused to accept the
verdict and sent the jury to its room
repeatedly to render the finding in
proper manner, the jurors adhered to
their verdict and thus practically took
the side of the men who committed the
homicide, since such a verdict so con-
fuses the case as to render the convic-
ton of the men extremely doubtful.
In this case the jurors deliberately
and with full intent took the law into
their own hands, put it beneath their
feet, and impudently made themselves
superior to the will of the people. 1t
was not a case of mere vagary, but of
rebellious spirit, a siding with turbu-
lence, the anarchistic spirit and the
autocracy of the walking delegate. If
that panel is not already punished for
contempt it ought to be- 1t stood in
contempt of the law, the people, and
the sacredness of the oath. 1t puts it's
friendship for strikers and brawlers
above it's duty to society. 1t offended
not the court alone, but the cause of
justice.
The two cases serve to prove that
juries are sometimes, nay they are fire.
quently, tyrannous, unjust and merci-
mated by hatred and base purposes,
and that there are many times when
the innocent man may pray to be de-
livered from a jury trial, and the plac-
ing of his liberty at the risk Of stupid
venal or biased body Of his peers"
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The Santa Cruz Penny Press" In a
fine frenzy Of error speaks Of courts as
assuming that they are superior to the
put curb upon them. 1t adds that if
that Is so, the creator is swallowed up
In the creature. This is bathos. The
courts are created by the Constitution.
strument, which is the creation Of the
people in their highest and best possible
assembly. The Legislature Ia likewise
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has just such powers, and no others,
as the people confer upon it through
the Constitution. The courts are not
superior to the people and never have
claimed to be- Their warrant is the
Constitution framed by the people, and
defense Of that is their duty.
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CAPITOL DOME.
1t Will be Illuminated Hereafter by
Eight Arc Lights.

The citizens of the foothill towns will
soon have an opportunity to admire
Sacramento's electric lights at night.
Through the efforts of Secretary of
State Brown, the Sacramento Light and
Power Company has placed eight arc
lamps ON the dome of the Capitol, two
at each point of the compass, which
will be lit each night hereafter, and
which in clear weather can be seen
from Auburn and other places.
The lights were lit last night for the
pearance