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

General FitzHugh Lees address be-
fore the graduating class from the Uni
verslty College of Medicine in Rich
mond last week was a most happy hit
in eloquence and wit. In addressing
the forty young doctors he began thus
Ladies' and Gentlemen-''In those
days was Hezekiah, the King, sick unto
death, and he sent unto all the physl-
clans that they might come from the
north, and from the south, from the
east, and from the west, that they
might heal him
And here Scripture Is ominously 81
lent concerning the remedies used, but
sums up the result IN the closing ,erse
of the chapter:
And Hezekiah slept with hi, ia
thers."
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
VOL. XII.
The EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Points and Paragraphs of -hinza
Present, Past and Future.

And now comes a shovel trust It
has been given out that recently rep
resentatives from fourteen shovel facto-
rles held a 7ecre meeting il Boston
and formed combination. It Is pro-
posed to limit the output to 100000
dozen year, which is about the limit
Of the country's demands. The trust,
it's -ald, has already advanced the price
Of 5hoveIs % per cent.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
written Tor THs DEMOCRAT
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
MISSIONARY WORK.
Some Notice Of Woman's Work for
L.ss;c-s.
BY REV. 9. A. OGLEsBY, .HLkA,r.
MISSIONARY WORK.
BY REV. G. A. ocLEsBY, SELMA, y. c.

We have seen something Of the or
ganlzation, and work Of the principal
missionary societies, and wish to call
your attention to another impOr mt
department Of mission wOrk-that OF
WOman's work for women. Woman :
place in the gospel was secondary only
in that she was not made an apostle
was not called TO preach. In all other
relations she held a first place and the
service she rendered was graciOusly ac-
| cepted by her Lord. Her burst Of ser
vice extended from Africa, the prOph-
etess, who spoke of Christ to all that
looked for redemption in Jerusalem to
that elect lady who trained her children
to walk in the truth, women minister
ed to Him OF their substance. The
Samaritan woman gave him her testi-
mony, the Syrophenician mother her
faith the woman that was forgiven
much, her love and her tears
Woman was truest to Him, most un-
selfish and most constant in her faith
and service. When the disciples, save
John, had fled and left him in his
shame and agony, the women were
there, They saw him going with his
own blood, reviled, lnsulted, rejected
and loved and trusted Him She was
last at the cross, and first at the tomb,
and first to find risen Saviour, and
first to carry to the church and the
world the news Of the resurrection.
In the early christian church, as
shown by the New Testament and the
writing Of the early christian fathers,
some women were specially set apart
as deacOnesses, to care for the poor and
sick, and give private instruction to
those of their own sex who could not
be taught by men. Widows were often
amnloyed in this work. "Thev were in
tact the Zurona n,iooi o,.a.,loa Of tr,o+
age when the state of society and of
family life, especially among the Greeks,
resembled, III many respects, what we
find to-day in heather lands" This
office was merged into the men, when
human inventions took the place Of
divine order and finally disappeared
from church history.
The work of the Moravlan church,
the only church that gives more mln-
listers to the Foreign than to the Home
field, has observed this primative order.
Their women bear their part very
much as Priscilla, Phoebe and Persia
bore theirs in the first christian mis-
siOns. This order came back IN some
form, with all the churches in this cen
tury of missions. all the churches have
their wOman's missionary societies and
board and their missionaries In all the
foreign mission fields. This is neces-
sarv because the great majority of
heather women are absolutely out OF
the reach of the ministrations of men,
and because all of them stand
specially in need of such woman
" trainig as christian workers alone
can give to raise them from the degra-
dstion into which they have fallen and
fit them for filling their rightful place
IN the christian family and the chris
tan church. No movement or work
has been productive of so much good,
| both at home and abroad,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07

The Old Dominion Steamship Com
nany's steamer Ivyan0ke sailing from
Richmond to New York collided with
the United States cruiser Columbia
near Newport News about 3 O'Clock on
the morning Of April 2Sth. 1t was
badly damaged and sank in thirty MIN
ntes There we're 149 persons on the
steamer. JOY passengers and II
offionrs and men of the stea mer. None
,rera lost except an aged white tire
man who was thought to have gone
down with the steamer The passen-
oers we're successfully transferred to the
CoJ,,,objn IN time to be saved and were
.atrind ashore, The people OF New
or+ News we're generous and kind and
CON made them comfortable. 1t was
1t an hour Of the night when most y
the passengers were asleep, 50 they io7'
Their baggage and much OF their wear
,,,,,araI There we're many coloTed
people on as steerage pa'sellsei' So
North TO find summer employment
some Of them jumped overheard ou'
we're saved, ard preparation was MADE
In Newport News for their temporary "a
tort - well as for the whites. lhe
story Of escape by some OF the passen
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
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you TO come. She knows you are TAX
ing social drinks and she l. afraid that
you VIII get INTO trouble. Dou you
ever think OF the trouble you are Civ
ing her7 DO you know that the HE
that you are hvlng IL shortening the
days OF your mother You must not
give. these things one minutes thought,
II you were to, 1t seems to me that you
could not heip from turning your DacI
upon that which Is running You ana
go nome early ana be pleasure io your
iilolhei ana sister"
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certain extent ior drinking and they
could II they would reform great
many young men 90 not bcleFe
there /. to-day young lady IN North
Carolina but who has some influence
over some young man. 1t has been
| only few years ago that 1t Was con
sldered a disgrace Tor man TO enter a
ball room under the influence Of viii
key and the ladies consdered II al in-
suit Tor him to speak 70 them Ny
lady friends how IS it to-day | viii
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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
. -

Figures taken from the Railway Age
9ow that there is considerable decline
in the construction Of railroad. in this
untry. In 1887 there were nearly
1900 miles Of track laid in this cOun-
try. but it has been gradually diminish-
ING until in 1895 there were only SOB
miles of track. The total railway
length in the United States Is Isl 600
miles, and il our country should equal
Great Britain in railway ratio to
square miles we should have 492 900
miles. II the State Of Illinois should
be made the ratio according to square
miles of territory we should have 80, ;
OO0 miles, while making Massachusetts,
the ratio according to square miles we
should have $1,000 miles. That is, if
every State in the Union had as many
miles Of railroad according to square
miles of territory as Massachusetts, has
this country would have 772, 900 miles
of road. It now looks like there will be
about .750 miles Of track laid in the
wear 1896
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
STATE CONVENTION.

The State convention shall be COM
posed Of delegates appointed by the
several county conventions. Each
county shall be entitled to elect one
delegate and one alternate tor every
one hundred and fifty Democratic
votes, and one delegate for fractions
oyer seyenty-five Democratic votes.
cast therein at the last proceeding gu
bernatoria election, and none but del
egates or alternates so elected shall he
entitled to seats in said convention :
Provided, That every county shall have
at least one vote in said convention.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07

Tie plan - organization as 80 the csn-
/ dl4ate- whose names may e presented
/ 10 such county convention. The De-
I gates shall be selected from the trend.
and supporters II each candidate voted
! Tor IN proportion - the number o'
votes he shall receive In such county
I convention. and no other Instructions
shall be gwen Provided further. That
when only one candidate : presented
and voted for AT such county conyen.
ton, il shall lie lawful 10 instruc, Tor
such candidate
:. At every county convention. bc-
fore delegates TO State. Congressional.
Judicial, Senatorial or other conven-
/ tlons are chosen, there shall be vote
taken for the different candidate. FOR
office, whose names may lie presented.
and the delegates shall vote their re
spectlye counties in accordance with
this vote that is TO say, each candidate
shall receive in the State, Congre,sion-
Al, judicial, Senatorial. or other con
Ventons, the proportion of the vote TO
which the county may be entitled
which he received in the county con
ventlon. The chairman and secretary
Of the county convention shall certify
to each convention the vote received
hF- -,
ventiOn, and no other instruction shall
be given Provided that where ONLY
one candidate is presented it shall be
lawful To instruct for him
Al the State and district conventions
the delegates from the different cot,u-
ties may disregard the vote of their
respective counties TO any candidate
provided two-thirds ma ajority Of all his
votes from the county oousent thereto.
3. The chairman, or, III his absence
any member Of the county, senatorial,
judicial and congressional committees,
shall call to order their respective con
ventions, and hold chairmanship there
Of until the convention shal! elect it.
chairman.
4. The executive committee. Of the
senatorial congressional and judicial
districts, respectively, shall at the call
of their respective chalrmen, meet ut
some tine and place in their respective
districts designated In said call And
it shall be their duty to appoint tho
time and place for holding conventions
III their respective districts. and the
chairman OF saIu respective lv....-.-
tees shall Immediately notify the chair
men OF the different county executive
committees OF the said appointment,
and the said county executive commit
tees shall forthwith call conventions Of
their respective counties IN conformity
to said notice, to send delegates to eald
respective district conventions.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
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ever tried by medical men Tor rhcuma-
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and the most powerful blood purifier
known. A trial Will convince.
Sold inScotland Neck by +. 7. White
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9 Pm
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-05-07
SUCCESS

Perseverance always brings II. While
Edison and others have startled the
world time and again with wonderful
inventions. those who searched after
constitutional cure tor RHEUNATISM
we're baffied until recently.
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THE FATHER TOOK THE GIRL.
But Allen Canatsy Claims He Is En-
titled to Her.

Yesterday afternoon Allen Canatsy
sought the aid of the police in securing
possession of his wife's niece, Flora E. J.
Schlueter, who, he said, had been stolen
yesterday morning by her father. Canatsy
said that the child's mother died whel. it
was three days old and on her deathbed
the mother asked that Mr.. and Mrs Can
atsy take her child and rear it. This the
Canatsvs agreed to do with the consent of
the child's father, who then had no home
for it. The child is now four years old and
is like a daughter to its adopted parents.
About eighteen months ago Schlueter mar
ried May Schaffner and sought to get pos
session OF his child, but the Canatsys re-
fused to surrender her. He frequently
visited the child. however.
Yesterday CanatSy says the father called
at his home. 62 South Meridian street, TO
see his child. He took her out to get her
some candy and did not return. Canatsy
went to Schlueter's home. 34 West New
York street, but found no one at home.
He says he will institute legal proceedings
to get the child back, alleging that the
present Mrs. Schlueter is not a fit person
to have the custody of the child and that
he is the rightful guardian by the consent
of both parents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
A PEDAGOGICAL CLUB.
A Teachers in the Public
Schools Form One

A meeting of about one hundred teachers
of the public schools of the city was held
Saturday morning at the High School for
the purpose of effecting In organization for
the discussion and consideration of educa-
tional subjects. The name chosen for the
organization is "The Pedagogical Club"
The officers elected were: President, Miss
Mary Nicholson; vice president, Mr.. John
E. Higdon; secretary, Mrs. Lois G. Huford.
and treasurer, Mr.. A. 1. Dctey. Executive
committee, Miss Laura Donnan, Miss
Charity Dye and Mrs. William Bass. The
club will meet each alternate Saturday
morning at 10 80 O'Clock at the High SchooI.
The next meeting will be Oct. II. Articles
in the current magazines Will be read by
the members between the meetings for dis
cussion at the fortnightly gatherings.
Miss Nicholson asked for brief talks from
some of the teachers who have been away
at the institutions of learning during the
summer. Miss Seegmiller told of meeting
Ross Turner at a convention in Buffalo,
and afterward spending a short time at
Niagara Falls with a party OF which he
was a member. Miss Charity Dye spoke
of the work in literature at Chicago Uni
versity, and Miss Luara Donnan tolk of
the work in law at the same place. Miss
Helen Lang recounted some experience at
Ann. Arbor, and Miss Rial mentioned some
interesting facts about the Cook County
Normal School,, while Miss David and Miss
Sternes told of Harvard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
STATE CANDIDATES REBEL.
Insist POpuIists Must Pull OFF State
Ticket.


The candidates on the Popocratic State
ticket held a long conference at the State
committee rooms yesterday morning.
Among those in attendance were B.. F..
Shively, nominee for Governor; S. NJ. Raj
ston, for Secretary of State; Joseph T.
Tanning, for Auditor, and j. G. McNutt, for
Encouragement. The topic that occupied
their attention was the effort to force them
into fusion with the Populists on the terms
proposed by the latter. The opinion was
unanimously against yielding anything fur
Their to the Populists, and Chairman Martin
will so inform the national headquarters,
declaring that the Indiana State
will yield nothing further to the Populists
unless their State ticket comes down, and
this cannot be. because nobody has any
power to pull it down.
Just look what a senseless proposition it
is the national committee is trying TO force
upon US said one of the candidates after
the conference. Last election the Demo-
Gratis cast 23S, 900 votes in Indian, and the
Populists. cast not quite $4,000, just about
one-eighth as many. Yet they demand one
third of the electors, and they already have
four, or a little more than one-third of the
congressional nominees, and in the legisla-
tive fuSions they have all the best of ii.
Mr.. Jones can make up his mind that we
shall not bulge an inch from our position"
John Gilbert Shanklin, Indiana member
or the national Popocratic committee, ar
rived too late to attend the conference. IT
do not know much about the details of the
fusion" said he, for I left last Tuesday
before anything had been accomplished
Personally l am in favor of fusion. The
Populists are entitled to a good deal, and
though they have already got much.
they are entitled TO what they have. hope
we shall be able to go ahead with the
fusion"
All most of his meetings during the last
two or three weeks Mr.. Shanklin has been
introduced as the probable successor of
Voorhees,. and his friends have been active
in securing pledges for him among tha
Democratic and Populist fusion nominees
for the Legislatures. When asked about his
candidacy yesterday he replied: Il shall
come before the Legislature only in case
Senator VOORHEES, is not a candidate, which
/ think will probably be the case. His
health, as you know. has been very bad,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
EATS FRUIT. ALL DAY
Little Nellie P~feninger Enjoys Herself
in California.

Mrs. Anna Buchanan, police matron, has
received a letter from Nellie Blank Pfen-
niger, the little girl who was once an in
mate of the Home of the Board of Chill
dren's Guardians, but who was recently
returned to her friends. The story of the
child's life was told In the Journal at the
time. She started for her grandfather's
home, in California, Aug. 3. The girl was
given by her mother to Gabe Ward, of this
city, in Chicago. Her identity was lost
when the Wards brought her here in 1889.
and subsequently took her to Txeas. Ward
was the rheumatic invalid who for twenty
years was a figure in this city. He was
wheeled about in a small wagon couch. On
the trip South Ward died, and his wife and
the little girl returned here in 1894. they
were found in the basement of the court
house and taken to the police station. The
girl was taken from her and sen. to the
home. Miss Belle Carroll, a teacher at the
home, noticed an advertisement in a Chi
cago paper, through which the identify of
the child was made known. It was learned
that she was the granddaughter of DIR. John
Pfeninger, of Anaheim, Orange county,
California, a man of considerable wealth.
He adopted the girl, and she left this city
Aug. 3 for her new home. She is thirteen
years old now. The letter received by Mrs.
Buchanan is as follows:
Dear Mrs. Buchanan will take the
hope they will find you well. 1 am having
a good time. Sunday / went to a picnic.
They danced, turned on poles. etc. Did
Miss Dorsey tell you / have a pony aamed
Dolly? / would like to send some sea moss
and shells, but 1 have none now. AS soon
as I GO down to the beach 1 will get some.
L was down three weeks ago. l have orange
groves. vineyards, apricots, pomegrSnates
figs, etc. School begins next week. and /
expect TO learn something every day. |
go to see my neighbors and have nice
times. / fill on fruit all day. l am getting
fat-am three inches larger than | was. /
like the State of California, and it agrees
with me. I wish you all could come and
stay here and see the nice things we have
around us. Give my love and best regards
to all. Pa just found some moss and shells.
which I will incloSe in this letter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
John S. Duncan. grand rally. Randolph

John s. Duncan. grand rally. Randolph
county.
Warren G. Sayre, Moran.
j. w. O'Hara. Franklin county.
W. N. Kennedy, Quincy. owen county.
c. L. Medsker. Hawesville-
Saturday. Oct. TO-
John Seaman. Plymouth.
v. b. Dolliyer Uowa). Plymouth.
James Z. Watson. Henry county.
]. Frank HanIy Benton county.
James A; Mount. Adams county;
Eugene Seeger tGermane, Bsltesvflle.
c. ". Lee. Ripley county.
w. S. Haggard. Harrisville.
A c. Harris, Lake county
G. F. Remy, Clark county.
f, Il. Posey. Vincennes. Ind.
W. d. Foulke, Adams county.
j. A. Vanosdol, Switzerland county.
F. E. Holloway. Carroll county.
r. S. Taylor. Markle.
Edward S. Elliott west Yirginia), Au-
rora.
w. A. Ketcham. Gosport.
c. B. Case, Waverly.
Oscar Montgomery. Dilsboro.,
G. w. Fairbanks. Hope, grand rally.
NJ. ID. Tackett, Dillsboro.
w. ID. Owen, Laketon.
r. J. Tracewell. Birdseye.
Frank E. Little. Jefferson count
j. w. WorraIl, Vigo county.
A. J. Beveridge. Sharpsville.
J. C. Clancy. Wabash county.
James S. Dodge. New Lisbon.
George r. Letourneau tF'rench), Fowler.
Warren G.. Sayre. RossviIle.
j. w. O'Hara, Franklin county.
w. M. Kennedy, GosDorr.
O.. N. Cranor, Elizabeth.
w. F. Sander Sullivan.
Judge M. E. Forkner, Sharpsville, Upton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
WILL BE SHOT D
Keystone Well Ready for the Nitro
gIycerin.

TIL keystone Natural Gas and Oil Com
pany expects TO shoot the we'll on the
Foley place, just across the road from the
Hessong well, this forenoon. Work on the
well has been stopped for the present, and
the pipe is now thirty feet down in Trenton
rock. A quantity of nitroglycern sufficient
to shoot the well has been ordered, and
if it gets here in time the charge will be
made to-day. The workmen who have been
drilling the Well think the rock shows good
indications of oil. If oil does not develop
after the well Is charged it will be sunk
deeper for natural gas. When the work on
the present well is finished another will be
drilled at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-05
Using Large Quantities of Corn.

Said one of the members of the largest firms
dealing in grain in the city; AT no time in the
history of indianapolis has it been as important
q market for corn. 1t has fallen as a wheat
market, but has made great strides as a corn
market" He estimates that this market re-
Quires sixty to seventy carloads of corn a day
TO keep 1t supplied. This includes the corn re-
quired for the cerealine mills, the hominy mills.
the starch works and two or three other smaller
industries of that character. The grain mer-
chants are handling large quantities of corn.
The stock yards are large buyers, and the sale
stables require large quantities. The demand for
this one cereal Is increasing with each year, and
consequently this market is attracting al good
deal Of attention, as 1t requires the best grades
of corn for the manufacture of the cerealine
products Indianapolis industries turn out.