I flowing, And the young man speaks
rriT7T7 lrHflPD AT
i XlHi JJIjlVlWUiV 1 . ' r For we can well apply Web-
ster's remark about Massachusetts to
Entekfd at the P. 0. at Scotia nd
NkCK AS SECOND CLASS SlATIi MaTTER.
Juuc 41, 183.
W. W. KITCHIN, Editor
Civil Service Reform.
pure Simple Unadulterated.
'Turn the rascals out."
Take time 15a sure to get honest,
faithful democrats, then Reform.
Every true republican expects this
Every Simon pure democrat de
mands this.
Justice claims this.
The BarUoldi State of "Libert.
Enlightening the World" 13 now ii
New York.
Gen. Grant has finished that boo!
which is said to be a history of the
war, but whether it is history or not.
we don't knew.
Riel, the Manitoba rebel, is to hi
tried in court l'or his general conduct
in that uprising. It is thought thai
he will be acquitted on t he plea of
insanity, political we suppose.
One day last week Gen. Vilas ap
pointed 150 postmasters for Virginia
alone. They wers of the fourth class
One hundred and fifty each day will
do pretty well for una State. Don't
interrupt the good work.
Sam J. Randall, who is a democrat
a little eccentric however seems
to be preparing for another race for
the Speakership of the House of Rep
resentatives. He is a h'.gh tariff
champion. He is shrewd, but he has
been beaten.
An exchange says :
'An experimental inoculation with
tlie 3ellow fever virus is now report
ed from Vera Cruz which was suc
cessful in every respect. The system
used is considered by the Mexican sa
vants a complete protection for four
or five years.
The venerable R. M. T. Hunter, of
Va., ha3 been appointed, at his own
request, to the collectors hip of a Vir
ginia district with a salary of $250
and fees amounting to about $500.
He is 76 years of age. His fortune
has been, how changed ! During the
late war he represented Virginia in
the Confederate Senate. Thirty
3rears ago he promised some day to
be President. He was a United
States Senator. Now he earns an
honest living. No Federal pension
feeds him ! Noble old man !
RULES-
What is known as the '"civil ser
vice rule," when applied to practical
politics, is the veriest humbug of the
age. New Berne Journal.
What is known as the rule "To the
victims belong the spoils" is the most
damnable doctrine ever preached in
American politics. No honest man
can sneer at the "Civil service rule."
It means reform. Wilson Advance.
The Advance is right. "To the
victims belong the spoils" is a very
recent phrase. But however recent
it may be, yet we once thought it was
going to totally crush out that other
rule"To the victors belong the spoils"
which is, we think, the only safe, true
and reliable principle, on which the
permanency of any political party
can ever be based. Shall the victims
have even a share of the spoils? It
is known that many who were ene
mies of the democratic party, and
who did all in their power to defeat
Mr. Cleveland, and carry the United
States for Mr. Blaine last fall, have
received part of the spoils of a demo-
cratic victory. But there are good
indications to hope that no more re
publicans will be reappointed. "Let
him who wins the palm, wear it." Let
thosa who win the victory get the
profits. How can democratic princi
pies be carried out unless through
democrats. Surely a republican with
his inclinations cannot satisfy a dem
ocrat wisu nis principles. Jeep on
"turning the rascals out."
our State," The past, at least, is se
cure." Of the present, let the Bos
Ion Exposition, her own Exposition
and the World's Exposition speak.
Do you leara anything but praise
and assurance from these? Of the
future, let her water power, timber,
ninerals, climate, scenery and her
.ublic spirit speak. Democratic she
.s. Mr. Cleveland can "greatly
change her politcs, however. The
nc act which will be hailed w.:th joy
y our State, will be that which Ju
Administration ought to do at k&
arliest convenience, we mean Ike
Vnnntr's TpmOval. YCS turn Mil-
out. Turn them all out. When no
part of our State shall feel the influ
ence of the g. o. p. then truly, will
we be glad. Our State is properous.
But as long as a republican ollicer
exists in her borders there will be a
hlot on her purity.
JUSTICES' MEETING.
The Justices and Commissioners
met in joint meeting at Halifax on
Monday to levy taxes and to elect a
Board of Education, for the county,
under the new law.
The Commissioners made a report
of the condition of the county finan
ces, which are in a highly satisfacto
ry state. They recommended a re
duction of four and one sixth cents
in ibe tax for State and county pur
poses. So there was lcyiejl only 62
cents on property valued at 100, in
stead of 66 cts. as heretofore. The
poll tax will be $1.87 instead of tvso
dollars as heretofore.
This speaks well for the Board. It
shows that the Commissioners have
the true interest of the people at
heart, and it demonstrates that they
are good financiers. We are inform
ed that this is the first time that tax
ation has been below the constitu
tional limit in many long years.
Prescott, Wood, Johnstpn? Bowers
and Whitaker are the right men in
the right place,
'Ihe commissioners and Justices
elected 11. II. Brown, of Wcldon, Dr.
John A. Collins, of Enfield, and W.
1L Kitchin, of this place, as the
Board of Education. The new Board
will qualify on the first Monday in
June. It is a strong board. The
three gentlemen are qualified in
every way for the duties of the office.
They are strong, representative men.
And they all are prominent in their
selection for enterprise and progress.
If the Public S .'bools in the couty are
pot greativ improved under their
management, we are much mis
taken in the character of the men.
The terms of the inferior Court were
reduced to two. This court will after
the present June term is Leld, hold
its session on the 1st Mondav in
February, and October.
Col. F. M. Parker was elected a
member of the court. This was a
ing a better paper hereafter. This
paper, as can be seen from the stock
holders is on a suie foundation. Run
it must. But while it is going to
come out every week, filled with good
matter and news, whether we have a
lon list of subscribers or not, still it
is a candidate for patronage. Its ad
vertising columns are cheap by far
cheaper than any other paper we
know it costs but little to advertise,
therefore if you have anything to sell,
or to call attention tc, why not senc
it to the Democrat and let it be laid
forth to the citizens?
Wenever expect to S3y what we do
not mean and what we cannot pro b
and uphold. Wc shall not withhold
our thoughts concerning any thing
we believe to be damaging to Scot
land Neck or the country.
Wc arc in one of the healthiest and
most fertile sections of the State, but
it is a fact, a sad one, but neverthe
less true that our people as a whole,
lack public spirit, aud we do believe
that the Democrat has not the num
ber of subscribers which this town
and this section, with all the advan
tages, should give. Local papers are
more than mere appendages to towns.
They ara pot started just for the
tewns to boast op a paper, but it is
their business to encourage farming
and all honorable industries, to give
vent to the feelings and the will of
their sections and to elevate the mor
al, social, and political qualities
withir. their reach. The Democrat
aims to be a good newspaper.
is to ontinue in office some time at
least. June 1st was the day upon
which his term expired, aud our
"Make Haste slowty" Administra
tion was too slow, and had not ap
pointed a Democrat, so Ike has been
requested to hold on and give the
Authorities more time to select a
Democrat. Do you call that all right?
Is that not too slow? A small post
office can wait for a change much bet
ter than the Fourth District. IIurr
up and remove Col. Young. His pol'
tics arc not yours Messrs. Cleveland
and Manning.
OUR STATE.
If you would be assured of the pros
perity of the Old North State, then
visit the Commencements of our
Academies, High Schools, and Col
leges. The students of these instK
tutions of learning will some day
guide the destinies of our grand old
state, and they are confident that
she is sailiing under favorable au
spices. At ever' Commencement
within her borders, you may, per
uaps, near the j'oung man recount
the glories of Carolina's past, and
with exultations and loud proclaio
tionscfhisjoyte.il of his satisfac
lion for the present, and with more
than prophetic vision tell of her near
future, when milk and honey, and
true patriotism shall abound to over
rrnil srlpff inn
o
WML PAPER,
It has long been conceded by all
fair minded persons that a good lo
cal paper is worth more to its com.
munity than a big paper like the
New York Herald would be if every
subscriber to the local paper sub
scribe also to the great national
paper. The great paper from the
city may hold right views upon na
tional questions, it may be alive to
the interest of the country as a whole,
it may be a paper whose sole object
is to advance the material interest of
the country but then it cannot ever3'
time hold opinions which can be
held by the community that has its
local paper, it cannot he alive to the
interest of that particular town and
section as a local paper which tries
to understand the interest of these
cau, and while it may advance the
country and in a small part the towns,
yet it canDot giveits attention to these
towns and thereby shoving their
merits, and industries and peculiar
advantages, be of such profit to these
communities as their local papers
a gooa, live, reaay ana bold paper
always reflects credit upoa its town
Petple who do not know the town
and its people, its business firms,
and its indrustries, can pick up the
paper of almost any town and form
a fair and nearly correct opinion of
it. When people do not know the
town, then they will judge it by the
paper. That is so, though they may
sometimes be deceived.
It is known to some of the subscri
bers for the Democrat that we have
not been able to give our undivided
attention to it, because we have been
an assistant in Vine Hill Academy.
Then, you see. we could do but very
little work on the Democrat during
the day, and we might say that nil
the work on the Democrat has been
performed at night and on Saturday,
ot course we mean mental work. We
think now that we are safe iu promis-
IHE ADMINISTRATOR AND N- C OFFICERS.
We know that much has been writ
ten upon the Administration. We
are aware that not all men care to
read such writings. But remember
thatsuch pieces are intended for those
only who desjre to know the facts
about the work of a Demooratio Ad
ministration, aud who wish to hear
the opinions of others about it and
who are willing to know how our
Government is being administered.
Our contempories have nearly all
come over to what is called Mr
Cleveland's motto, "Make haste slow
ly," Well really that sounds like it
is perfectly safe and the only sure
plan to do the grand work which he
is expected to do. It is safe. It is
sure. But is it the best policy? Is it
the only safe aud sure plan? When
the way is plain and open, wh' not
proceed with as much rapidity as
possible. If there were no principles
to be carried out, if there were no
rascals, to be turned out, if there was
no outlined course for the Adminis
tration to pursue, if there existed on
ly a political chaos, if the Adminis
tration had nuiv to determine upn
its principles and its course, and if
the Administration were expected to
revolutionize the Government, then
truly would that be a most excellent
motto. But as jt is with no huge ob
stacles in its path, why not fpllpw
and adopt the motto minus the ad
verb "Make haste?"
We are willing tp wait as we have
often before said a reasonable time,
we have censured the ministra
tion before but it was not because ol
its slowness, but for its declarations
and acts which were too favorable to
the radicals.
We know that all people and every
state cannot be the Qrst served. We
know that those States which have
elections next fall should be the
first to have the attention of the
President and bis Cabinet. But
when the term of a Rupublican of
ficer is out, why cannot a Democrat
be put in his place, without having
to request the Republican to hold on
a few weeks longer? When a partU
san, a rush, powerful, and ambitious
radical partisan- when what is known
Youn" has had bis bond renewed. lie ! are in this land. Yet the destruction
of human life by murder is rare. Pub
lie opinion there no more than the
law authorizes men to go about habit
ually with the means of destroying
life, and public opinion there sustains
the administration of the law when
life has been taken. In this country
the habit of carrying pistols has of
iate years become national, aud the
sooner that public opinion can be
brought to reprobate the practice as
-uffianly and barbarious, aud to pun
ish it as a crime, the better it will be
lor the safety and good order of so
ciety, and for American civilization
So too, the immunity granted mur
derers from one end of the land to the
other is primarily the cause of two
i birds of the crime which blots our
annals. There is a disposition every
where among men of strong and un
governable passions to 'take the
chanoes." There is a feeling every
where that it is only about once in
ten times that a conviction is wrought
in the courts, and so long as this is
so men will constantly be found will
ing to ran serious risks.
A need of the country is an educa
tion of its people into the feeling thar
the law must be respected, and re
spected because it is law. It must
be so in great things and in small.
Raleigh Register.
Papacy and our Government.
Some of the Northern States nota
bly New York, arc being considera
bly worked up over the strides Ro
manism is taking towards controlling
State governments and State funds
for public institutions. The peopla
f this country will, possibly, not sea
this matter in its true light until it
is too late. The Romish church owes
allegiance nowhere except tothe Pope.
This spiritual potentate can absolvt
and render invalid any oath of alle
giance to any government taken by
any of his subject. The very fact
that this is a country of free religious
thought and where Church and State
are separate, is where the danger lies.
There is no liberty of thought or ac
tion under papal ruje, Church and
State will not be kept separate under
papal influence. This same Rome
that set up the rack and lighted the
tires of Inonlsltion. now seeks to
control the atfairs of this govern
ment. It remains for the people
wLo came to this country to enjoy re
ligious liberty, now to say how this
shall be. Mooresville Monitor.
SPRING -ANWOUNCEMEN
N. B. JOSEY & CO.,
CORNER MAIN & 10TH STREETS,
SCOTLAND vrn-
a
ARE DAILY RECEIVING-
SPRING GOODS
CONSISTING OF
LET THE REVENUE STAT.
President Cleveland. sa)Ts an ex
change, is opposed to the repeal ol
the Internal Revenue. Sensible
statesmen in every corner of this
jreat country entertam similar views
The Southerner is happy to be in ac
cord with President Cleveland and
these sensible states raeu. Revenue
has to be raised from some source to
run the government maohinerj', to
keep down the interest on the public
debt, etc.
For this purpose place a direct tax
on land and such a howl will ascend
to heaven as has not been heard since
the geese cackled war in Rome.
The other alternative for the pur
pose of raising reveuue is what is
known as the "tariff."
It has been the policy of this and
many other civilized countries to tax
the luxuries of life and relieve the
necessaries, essential for tup, con
sumption of the poorer classes of our
citizens.
Tobacco and alcoholic liquors are
comprehended under the head of
luxuries then. e, .hem b,ear te bur
den. Import duties on articles of prime
necessity make the cost of those ar
ticles exceedingly onerous to the con
sumer, And the consuragr ftieup.s
the pqor people. So often in these
columns have examples been placed
before o,ur readers that it is useless
to reiterate here. Just now, too, the
discussion of the question can effect
no good,
Congress s not in session and the
President and his cabinet have their
hands full "turning the rascals out."
The niotto of the Southerner ii; A
Tarifl for Revenue only and let Inter
nal Revenue stay. Tarboro South
erner,
in our Stale as a big "red legged
grasshopper," is discovered by the
Administration, why, we ask can
not he be removed and in his stead a
Democrat placed? Why lengthen
his time? The Administration
could well afford to stop all other
business long enough to remove the
stongest partisan iu each State. But
you say, perhaps the right Democrat
hasn't been found. Well, suppose he
hasn't, we had rather have the wrong
Democrat than to have the radical
Wonder if Garland knows of Solici
tor Robinson? Wonder if Manning
knows of Col. Ike Youno?
Ike Young has been the "life and
blood," so to speak, of the Republi
can party in this State for the last
several years. He is by far the
shrewdest and wisest Republican in
this State, and he has acted the part
of a most bitter partisan, aud as a
stump speaker be has not an equal
in the republican party of this State.
for force or plausibility. He is Col
lector of Internal Revenue for the
Fourth District. If Mr. Manning
wants to turn out & partisan and con
fer a favor upon the N. C.Democrats
he should as quickly as possible have
Isaac Young removed.. Bat Ike
CRIME m ITS CAUSE.
Ihe murder epidemic does not
abate in the land. The Register
might be filled with one day's record
of crimes as mafle in any one of the
great morning papers of New York,
Our brethren of the law-abiding North
keep on killing one another with pis
tols or with poison, and it may not be
denied that even in the South human
life is held too oheap. The country
perhaps is not old enough to have
learned its value, and the ingenious
inventions of modern days have made
the habit of killing acquired m set
tling the land of convenient contin
uance in the land now filled wLh peo
ple, Where there is so much killing
those who kill are apt to find abun
dant sympathy and escape punish
ment, for after all it is public opinion
which too often regulates the admin
istration of tlie law. Sometimes . it
control the Bench, ofteqer the jury.
Until the public opinion is corrected
the killing will continue. When pub
lie opiuion xs changed the coantry
will have a more exacting criminal
administration and murder may not
cease, but will Jjeooine infrequent.
People on the other side of the At
lantic have like passions with us, and
they are afflicted with quite as much
rverv ignorance aud. discount as ve m
FOR SALE.
:o:
I will sell cheap for cash thehou?
and lot npon which I now reside in
the town containing three acres
trood water, all necessary outhouses,
Might rooms to dwelling house. One
dwelling on Greenwood street, six
rooms lot 100 feet by 200 feet. One
dwelling on Seventh Rtrcet, six rooms
lot 100 feet by 200 fret. One dwel
ling, cottajo slvlfl, four rooms, on
Roanoke and Seventh streets lot
109!by 200 fVet. One dwelling on
Main a nd Seventh streets. four rooms,
lot f0 by 200 feet. One dwelling.
six rooms, on Rosnoke street lot 100
by 200 feet. FifU en tenant houses,
two rooms each, brick chimney ii
middle, situated near depot and or
new road, 100 feet pquare to each
house. One fine t wo story store house
on Main street, 24 by 80 feet, ware
house in rear of store store now oc
cupied by F. Stern. Also the store
I now do business in on Main street,
with t wo store rooms ninety feet long
and t wenty-four feet wide.main store
room sixteen feet pitch. 1 also offer
for sulc my brick mill, grist mill,
wheat mill, saw mill, with two fine
enjinos forty horse power taoh, one
built by Tanner, the other by Tal-
hott. All in good, order and at work
every day. steam supplied to both
enjinos from the b st 100 horse pow
er boiler in the South, made by Tal-
bott. of Richmond Va. ; Plaining mill
machine shops, wood shop and black
smith shop all attached to and on the
same lot. All located in the heart
and business part pf the town and on
Main and Eleventh streets. I also
offer for sale twenty weight vacant lots
on Main street, eight on Church
street, twenty-six on Roanoke street
and fifty-six on Greenwood street.
Also one lot adjoining lUe corpora
tion containing iai acres, lying on
Crreenwopd street and the new road
. 1 1 . . ! C I 1
une oiucr lot oi luty acres lying ot
the new road and on the rail road
and the road from iVirs Johnson's by
u. li. jviicinn s tmnw". mis lot is
partly in the uurpoiate limits of the
town. Also one other lot of thirty
n'ne acres on the rail road, just back
of the new Episcopal church, this lot
also is partly in the corporate limits
of the town. I also offer fop sale the
B. O. Savage farm qf 5Q acres, los
Qat-ei jo two miles and one quarter
of the town of Scotland Neck, on the
Tarboro road. Lqqatlon healthy.
Wood pine, Also the Ben Smith
plantation four miles from town, ly
ing on both sides of the rail road,
cjntaining about 1,200 acres, ten
horse crop in state of cultivation.
This can be made the finest stock
farm in Eastern North Carolina. Al
so one tract of land known as the
Shields land, lying on the rail road
from Halifax to Scotland Neck, sev
en mileB from Scotland Neck, con
taining five hundred and thirty two
acres. None of this land is under
fence. I will also sell the place
known as Gall lierry near town. This
is one of the finest cotton farms in
the county, and the most delightful
place to live at water excellent.
uumuiig now m oourse of construc
tion, located on the most elevated
spot iu this section. Ail who desire
to purchase any of the above proper
ty will please call on me. This is the
most pleasant town to live in in the
East healthy and'water wood. Tl.o
hmoral and religious tone of the peo-
.o vHuai wj any m lue tatc and
tar superior to many. One splendid
male school in town and. one female
sphoql and qne or two other excellent
ohools tq the town, also four
churches. -
W. H. KITCHIN.
DRY
AND
DENNIS
&
:o:
HORN
Keep constantly Qq hand Buggies,
Wagons, fJarts &o.t which thev will
sell cheap for Cash, or on time" to re
sponsible parties. We are thankful
to our friends for past favors and
hope a continuance of the same
Enfield, N. C.
w. U. KITCniN.
W. A. DUNN,
KITCHIN &DTTNM
ATTOBNEYS COUNSELLORS ATAW
-Scotland Neck, N. C.
fcjrOtTlce on 10th Street: fi-of
GOODS, WHITE GOOD
NOTIONS, CLOTHllMc
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS. CAP$
HARDWARE, TIIM-WARe
QUEENS-WARE WOOD WlL
LOW WARE, FURNITURE AN
BEDDING. HEAVY FANC
GROCERIES I N EVERY VARIETI
TEN THOUSAND YARDS
.DRESS GOODS.
SUMMER CASHMERES IN ALL COLORS ANL
OF EVERY STYLE.
SILK & WORSTEAD PLAIDS, PLAIN & DOTTED BEEE'i
BUNTINGS & NUNS VEILING OV ALL COLORS AND GRa!
SHEPHERD PLAIDS. MOHAIR GLACE, AUSTRALIAN C1IJ
VIOUSSELINE, RAYEE. ENGLISH BEIGE. PLAIN, blKIFED A!
FIGURED SEERSUCKERS, ETC.
FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED YARDS
WHITE GOODS.
NAINSOOKS-PLAIN, CHECKED AND STRIPED. VICT051
INDIA AND LINEN LAWNS ;INDIA LINEN AND INDIA
LUAin, uhkuIyED. CORDED, STRIPED AND EMIfROIDFl
STRIPED PIQUES, PLAIN aND DOTTED SWISS & KTC.C
HUNDR
TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE
YARDS OF
LACES AND II AMBURGS. CREAM AND RT.AriTC SPANISH.
!?FAL' VALENCIENNE, CLUNY, AMERICAN, VENICE, BRABi
LADLES PARASOLS AND U!
BRELLAS
aSdITi?- and colok fkom fort cents to six rm
X O.
m7TE TIIE STOCK OF JERSIES EVER BROITGHTT04
MUiLINEBY! MILLINERY! MILLlN
A Loty.B lN AI)DITI0N TO OUR GENERAL STOCK OF MERCf!
HAVTv?tL DEPARTMEiNT DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO .Mill
Snli rfCURED THK VIUES OF HISS" BURNETTS. V?
w4.LvUDY0Fi,1CU EXPERIENCE AND GOOD TASTK. J'p
FEW EQUALS Ail NO SUPERIORS WITHIN
v u n rAIKU AGE.
r 2nlJrS0HAVEIN THIS DEPARTMENT FIVE HUNDRED TlE
l?iEL "SLlN UXERWARE. WHICH WE ARE CLOMX
BALTIMORE COST, v
fTOpWBr Mt1L rR0MPTLY AND F4lTUf '
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