North Carolina Newspapers

SUBSCRIPTION: SI 50 TER YEAR. E. E. HILLIAED, Editor and Proprietor. VOLUME IV. SCOTLAND NECK. X. C Till' US DAY. JULY 5. lSss. M MWVM WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. PROFESSIONAL. W. A. DUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, .-C i LAND NECK, N. C. I'r.c ; wh'-rever his Fervicos aro iir .1. febFMy. W. H. K1TCHIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK", N. C, y 4 - !: Corner Main and Tenth 15-1 v. T. E. WHITAKER, Morney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, I ti, .-s wherever his services aro .,;,t H. Kitcliin will appear with , - i.-; :n t-iMS. 2-3-iy. DAVID BELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENEIELD, X. C. '1;h lie - in ad the Courts of Halifax ;,... a'! i iiiin-' counties and in the Su ,;. it.i- I-'.-deral Court-;. Claims eol i, , I in all parts of the State. .'5 lyr GAVIN L. HYMAN, ATTORNEY AT LA, HALIFAX, N. C. ( ot iri-: Halifax :uid sid joining eoun - ('..Hi ti' !M made in ail puis of the s iy. V. II. Pay, A. C. Zoi.i.icoKFr.n, K. I!axso:i Y, M ,;l Henderson. WYM.-m. Day, Zollicoffer & Ransom, ATTORNEYS AT LAY, WELDON', N. C. i v. S. S. ALSQP, ATTORNEY AT LAV, ENFIELD. N. C, r;!.-tir. s in tin- Courts of Halifax and ; i v.UiX roUIl! ies. Ail SM -inc ss will receive prompt atten t.n. A":!- THOMAS N. HILL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX. N. C, 1 t- in Halifax and .adjoining .u:.M-. and tlw Fulcra! and Supreme ::-s lv. EDWARD T. CLARK, Attorney and Counselor at Law, HALIFAX, X. C, Vr.ieti'-. wherever his services are re ..u'id. SiM-eial attention to collection .1 e!;i:m-. ' : 1" ly. . H. Ul 1 i llLnULi DEALER IN Grain, Mill-Feed, Hay, Clover And P.vflQQ Spprk IKPROVFJJ FARM IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALTY. C',U i ex-mine Dim- Ilano-.v and Seeder, ai d Orass Mower, a model of l'eifeetioll. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. iy- i. j. m i:nci :u, RICHMOND, YA., Lumber Commission Merchant, Cive- j'crso'ial and prompt attention to a'! (oiidnllli'li's of Lumber, Shingles. Laths, F.!e. jaal-lv. Tiios. i". iia(;i i:v." WILMINGTON, N. C. Coal, fVloalasses, Salt, Genuine German Kainit and Nova Sco tia Land Plaster. J -fOu'tfiti.ns on Appieafion. febll-lv. , INVENTION JHvSSn.i tie- t- nr ;nvei,tl,e pn'r'VS is a method ai. I sv-i. hi et o:tc a i-.hi Ve prrformt'l u 11 ovr i !. emit i y w ii Uout s.-jwaUtig the workers Ir.iiii t lieir tiMui.1-!. I'.iv lllieral: ..ny one can do X s . work; citli.-r sex. jmiiijf or old; no special ttl..;;! v requlrrd. faplt.il not needed; von am h'ari -'d fr.-e. Cur t Ms our a nil rete.ru to in and we will s-iid von frc. hotn-i iitr. ef irreat, value Bui importance to von. tli twCl siait you la t will h win 1 it: p on In more money, llyht iw.tv, tlian anvti ing e;e in the world. .r.m.l ouillt tree. Ad'Tes liue & Co., Alii uta, il.uue. lilliHI I tl'lsan.l tli-n act; they will Hn 1 IIIUIIL I l.oi...r.l!- emnloyinenr that. U iit tikeiii.-m from th-ir levies and families. 'I lie pr.itits are l.irgf and sure for every Isidus triuns iiers.ui; niaiiy hive made and are cow linking" sever.il huiuircj U uars a month. It Is Fasy for any one to mik $ ani upwards per (Jay. who Is willing to work. Kit her sex, young or old; capital not nee. le.t; we start you. Kvery thing new. No special ability required; you, reader, can do it as well as any one. Write to us at once for full rmier.lirs, which we mall free. AdJresd stinsou &. Co.. Tortiand, Maine. 3-22-lv. DEEP?; iea Wontler exist In t housnnds cf 'forms, but are surpassed by the mar vels or invention. Those wua re la ii-e-il or profitable work that can be done while living- at home should at once Ken Uisir address tj lur.ett & Co., Portland, Malta. nd r.:eive, free, fad lnfonExtlon Ufw eltuersei, of all za&, can em from i t J25 per flay asl upwardi wherrver they ijTe. You re itarted free. Cap!, tal r.ot rrquirta. Some have made over t-50 In a t:u-6i c&y !t tuu worlc. All succeed. 3-22-ly. Change. TV morn vras fair anl prooifsi Vrr, A Jay of sun in Hummer land; And love was fond, and love was new, "With all of bliss it culd command; Then, sweet, I promised unto you My love should true and steadfast stand. Tl.e noon sun shone with fervid hr-at L'ion the land, ujon the sea; And you were by ,ny sida, my swe -t, Itut seeuitd not quite the sum: to be, P'or you had changed and it is meet To own a change had come to me. The ran sinks in a son of gol 1, Across tho prnirio reaching wide; Tl.e t'de of e -hinge I would withhold, Hut ennnot from you, sweet, my bride; Your're dearer now a thousand fold To me than ia the morning tide. THE NEW PREACHER. BY TIIo HE V. A. 3. ISAAC'3. ?dost pooplc would say that it was no new preacher at all; ho had the samo cye nose, mouth, ana nair, was oi mo 321U3 height, and ollorcd tha samo hands, liut others who caa read be tween tho line?, ad arc thankful for tho pi t, dcclaro that it wa & new jireachcr. lie hn 1 geno through some expcrionc"". His soul had changed. lie had boon born again I The preacher sat in his cozy study in tho afternoon hours. It was his "den,' where, ha was secure from all interrup tion, and furnished with tho luxury of a Sybarite. Boft rugs upon the floor, haudsomo vasoa on tho low bookcases that encircled tho walls, raro etchings upon tho easel, costly engravings on every side, a cabinet of coins in one corner, and a poeni in marblo in nnothor itw:is no won ler th.it he felt a thrill of self-sitisfaction as ho glanced in every direction. And his sense of C3m fort was heightened by tho roll of proof fdioets on his desk his latest work al most ready for publication. There was a long row of volumes sinco his occu pancy of tho pulpit, but this was to bo his croyyaing eflort, and to incroaso still further his fame. There were tho books, tho creation of his geniin, on a long shelf all by them selves. The critics spoke highly of them; the learned world acknowledged their merit. History, biography, criti cism, were his special fields. I3ut his mind was so versatile that he could pro duco novels as well; and his poems had also a rapid sale. As a popular lec turer he always commanded a largo au dience. His travels in tho Efst and his discovery of tho mlesinj tractato of St. Thcodosius had gaiaed him th3 doctorate from three Old World uaivor Bitics. Yes, ho hal been singularly lucceis f ill, and th at, too. without stooping to any mean tricks. He waa abovo syco phancy and self-auverthing. lis had rnade his way by hard pushing, by reso lute work, by sheer stamina, ho was wont to say. Not two dscades in tho pulpit, ho had long outstripped preach ers of his class in tho seminary, and left them and o'.der graduates far be hind. He was known as tho eminent, the distinguished, an 1 he enjoyed tho luxury of fame as only men of hit char acter can. Ho had never done a low action; he had never driven over an ad versary, but his talent and genius made a track for themselves from tho very start. It rauit bo confessed that the preacher who was never idle, but always a mira-c'-o of industry, had one solitary failing perhaps there wero others ho loved to dwell upon his success, and go over in memory each step in his advance ment. That afternoon he was just in such a mood, and his pride was attain ing fever-heat. "James!" It was the voice of his wifo as she drew aido tho heavv cur tain that shut off the "den" from tho hall of the parsonage. "Well?" came a querulous tone from the preacher, disturbed in his revcry. "The boy is here whom you wished to see." ""What boy?" he asked, in an im patient tone. "Don't you remember? The boy for whom you were to secure a situation. You cannot, surely, have forgotten it Thero was a fhado of pain in her voice. "Oh, let him come to-morrow, Edith; I cannot bo bothered now. I have mv thoughts busy enough with other mat ters. Let him come say, thii day next week. ' ' "But, James," with gentla remons Jrancc in her tone "James, his mother is destitute; sho must have money." "I cannot help it. Why am I always troubled by that class of pcoble? It would tax the patience of Job or the nurse of Cnana Let him come next 4 week; do you hear?" Tho preacher's wifo heard; she sighed as sho turned away, and bade tho boy come tho following week. Then seein; him to the door, she gave him a trifle for present needs. The preacher resumed hia revery, but found it difficult to regain his self satisfaction. His nature wa3 keenly sensitive, and the slightest cause wouk nften nroduce the intensest iar. And i now what had snapped asunder hi nleasant fancies? What had vexed him i at the moment of his exhilaration? It was hia wife's siarh low, tremtt Lhis Reaicely audible which had pene trated hi soul and rankled there, as if imbusd with physical potency. It was the sigh, of Lis wife, gcntl., pr.tient, un complaining, that had stirred Lim from hU dream'. Hi rose from h:s chair. Ho raced ur a-.d down tha room. Ho :vcr sighed. "Why shoul.1 h i i w i f e sirh pro- And whv shoul 1 that duco tuch inward ill? Had he tail aught uukhid? Was ho not always gen tle to her? His wife's sigh! Sho was not looking so yountr. There were streaks cf gray in her hair, and hor cheeks were net so full and round. II'i3 wife's si-h! Was it not her wealth that gave him lcisuro and independence? Was it not her in fluence that had sj read his fame! Did her sigh imply regret at h?r choice, or hor bitter disappointment i Tuo preacher hud a consci?nc:1, and it was making a sharp lii'ht. Jacob's c li test of oid with tho wrestling angel finds its parallel in many an inward struggle of the human soul. The preacher's few minutes of agony seemed as long as tho hours to tin patriarch, and ho too prevailed, and his heart was changed, liko the namo of his proto type "I would like to sco him so much!'' The tones of a fresh, strong voice fell upon his car as the curtain was drawn asi do and a young man entered. "Ah, doctor, I could not resist tho desire to sec you. I have hoard of you so often, and your books nrc well thumbed at home. I hivo sa much to say." His eagerness rang out in every word. "You know I have chosen the ministry for my vocation. Oh, doctor, I feci so imfittcl for the tak! My doubts arc not of God, or religion, or the Good Book, or tho lovely traditions and asso ciations that blend with the faith. No, no; my clouuts aro of myscii my un- worthiness, my littleness, my poverty ho Spirit. What enn I do to cope with tho task? How can I becomo a preacher to humanity? How shall I drive homo tho religion divine? How al'. I impel mo a to follow tho Master? The work is so sublime and I no iusig- nilicar.t. What can I do? The preacher heard him. It seemed that his feitures wou familiar, and his voice was not stranro. "Ob, doctor, I do not caro for books whon struggling mon and weak women and tender children are to bo uplifted. do not wish for fame. I do not look for success, measured by a lr.rgo con gregation, a princely salary, n-d .t grow- reputatiou. I would havo tho prophet's ideal -oalized in my life. Let the spirit of God rest upon me, however lowdy my portion the spirit of wisdom and understanding. Lit mo not judgo after the sight of my eyes, nor reprove after tho hearing of my cars. These words of Isaiah always occur to mo, doc" tor. I inado th-jm the text of my grad uation sermon at tho seminary a fow weeks ago. I " "His graduation sermon," thought tho preacher. "Why, it was my very text when I graduated !" "Oil, doctor! doctor! ' tho young man cried, as tho tears started in his eyes, "pardon my impulsiveness. I do not wish to bo faithless to my ideal. So many start well and fail. I want to translate that text into life. There is so much to bo done and so few to do it. Don't you recall those lines from Low ell? " ' The Ixrd wants reapers; eh, mount up Before night comes and says, ,-Too L ite!'' Stay not for taking scrip or cup The Master hungers while ye wait.'" "Those lines those lines," siid tho preacher to himself; "they were always in my memory. Why do I hear them now? Have I waited for scrip or cup while the Master has hungered?" '1 know no greater curse, doctor," continued tho young man, with his cheeks a'l r.llame with enthusiasm, "than to have my unfulfilled i ical re buke me as I grow old. To have the spectre of the unrealized always around me; to hear the accusing v.nco of op portunity misspent and advantages mis applied ; to feel that I h ive been dis loyal and cowardly, and bent only on my own advancement while religion hi3 hungered the thought would drive mo wild. And I have ccmc to yu, good sir, for kindly counsel. Tell me what I shall do. You sympathize with me. You too once were young like myself." "You have come to me tome for counsel!" tho preacher exclaimed, ris ing from his chair and advancing. "Do you know how faithless 1 have been to my youth's ideal? Oh, spare mo spare me" The preacher awoke. Was it but a revery, after all? Had his youth come back to accuse him, like in Jean Paul Ilichter's dream?'' "Edith! Edith!" he exclaimed, tear ing aside the curtain, and folding her, as she came, in a passionate embrace. "Edith! Elith! you shall never sigh again. It is still day for u. It is not too late, thank God ! ' He told her of his wrestling spirit and his victory. And when tho next Sab bath dawned he preached as he never had preached before. People noted the difference; he felt it; and with the seed of humility planted anew in his soul, his work grew to lovelier and more en during proportions. Harper's Bazar. SCIfi-NTIHC SCUAPS. M. Jaasscn, the French physicist, con si !cr3 the camera a valmble alditioa U the instruments of tho rn-teorolDgist. Bournemouth, England, sprinkles it- streets with sea-water, en i rials that they keep moht just three times as lon-j as wdien fresh water waa uoi. Tho "ca of down" of early morning, caused by tho clou d-, undergoes interest ing changes through the action cf air currents sot in motion by the sun. Tho British r.av.tl armors I, twin screw, double-turret ram Nils, which was recently launched at the Pembroke, South Wales', dockyard, is to bo lighted by about oOU incandescent and four largo search light3. In some experiments with ozono as a curative agent, an Iv.glish lady, so far advanced in consumption that her ca3 appeare I hopeless has been treated with inhalations of this as with curative ro su t described a3 marvelous. Many comets, of courso, elude dis covery, but the number of those de tected ha3 greatly increased during re cent year., having been only fourteen ic the decade of 1S27 to and forty nine in the decade 1S77 to lSeiG. An enthusiastic Englishman, Lord Thurlow, is said to have recently ex pressed the conviction that in six years' time there will not be a gas lamp in the streets of any town ia England, and that electric light would be the univer sal illuminant. An argument against allowing chil dren to drink milk in the summer time ia drawn by Dr. V. C Vaughn, of the University of Michigan, from tho liabil ity of the fluid to develop tho poison tyrotoxicon w hich is supposed to be the immediate cause of summer diarrlue.i. In concluding a paper in Scicaco upon the questiou whether forest3 influence rainfall or not, Henry Gannett says: "It seems idle to discuss further the in fluence of forests upon rainfall from 'he economic point. of view, as it is evident ly too slight to ba of tho loast practical importance. Man has not yet invented a method of controlling rainfall." The theory that tho increased brittle ness of human bonos with advancing years is the result of an increased per centacro of inorganic salt", is contra dicted by tho experiments cf Mr. Mason From determinations of tho ash in 1 jnes of fifty subjects of different ages, ho has found that after reaching man hood no variation in tho quantity of ash takes place with increasing ago. Dr. Juncman, an Austrian chemist, claims to have invented a fluid of most destructivo properties. This fluid, when brought into contact with the air after the explosion of a shell ia wdiich It had been contained, is transformed into a gas which, being heavier than the air, dccend3 to the ground, killing all men and animals within its reach, and, moreover, destroying iron, bronze, and other metals, as well as setting all inflammable things on firo. Th3 highest peaks in northern Europe, with their heights in feet from the latest determinations, aro thus given by Professor Mohn Galdhoppigen: South Norway, b390; Giitier Tind, S3T9; Sne hactten, ?.WG; Oraefajokull, G-127; Suli telma, Northern Norway, GITS; Peter mann's Spitze, East Greenland, 11,418; Beerenburg, Jan Mayen, 8350; Mount Misery, Bear Island,' 1785; Hornsund Tind, Spitzbergen, 45G0; Iiichthofen Mount, Franz Joseph Land, 013-1. How She Endured Dissipation. An observant and thinking Washing tonian.says the Detroit Free Press, whilc Dutho subject of tho hard work which so ciety women at the capital aro com pelled to undergo, tells a story of a de butante that is worth a re-recital in the Detroit Free Press. There was a pretty girl, Miss X , just tho girl for Washington to kill oil in one season. Her mother knew it, and it was that mother's knowledge and devotion that saved the girl. The mother watched her darling Chloo all winter with the faithful constancy of a piou: nurse in tho caso of a helpless atieat. She sent another (and an elder) member of the family into society with her, and she (her mother) staid at homo and did heavy work. Sht kept everybody still and compelled favorable and soothing conditions, so that her precious chargo could sleep till noon. Then she lifted her out of bod, carried her to the bath, bathed her and never per mitted her to make the least exertion in h.r own behalf. She rubbed her with dry towels, clothed her, fed her with nourishing food, and in the after noon made the grand rounds as her es cort. At 5 o'clock the brought her chargo home, fed her and put her carefully to bed. An hour bofore the time of setting out for the night's whirl she gave her another bath and pre pared her for the conflict. She kept that girl going by constantly grooming her with exactly the same care that a professional pugilist's trainer lestowe3 upon his charge before a fight, or that a jockey gives a race horse; and in the spnnr, when evcryboly else was jaded out and sick and ready to drop, Chloe was as spry as a cricket, and she cap tured tks best catch of the season. HO JUL E GOOD HOMES At Low Prices! Valuable Farms For Sal I NT HALIFAX COUNTY The Best Place In EASTERN CAROLINA. All Situated In the Divide Betweon The ROANOKE AND TAR RIVER. NEAR THE TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK, IN The Nit floral Com munity in the State. AND IN Most Mill East of the Mountains. FARM NO. 1. Four hundred acres, two and one-half miles from the beautiful town of Scot land Neck. About two hundred acres in cultivation. One good Dwelling H"UM, one good Gin House and and other good out-hou ;e. (iood orchard water. Location desirable. PRICE $4,500. FARM NO. 2. Two hundred and seventy-five acres, two and cue-half miles from Scotland Neck. One hundred acres in cultivation. House and good water. and twenty-five Good Dwelling PRICE $2,750. FARM NO. 3. Two hurdred acres, two miles from Scotland Neck. Eighty acres Fresh Land. Good Dwelling, some out-houses and orchard, and good water. PRICE $2 500. ALSO, Two Store-house's, an 1 ne DwoTng House hi the town of Seotlmd Neck. The farms d r;b'-d above are a'i well adapted to the production of corn, cot ton, wheat, ott-. peanut-, field pea, po-tr.to- s, and vegetables of all kii.ds. Thrc" good churches in the town of Scotland Neck, Methodist, Baptist and Epi-eop-d. and a Primitive Baptist church near the town, together with two of tho best and most flourishing academies mnle and female in the st.ite, make this one of the most desirable sections ia North Carolina. The proposed estab lishment of an oil mill and a canning f ,ot rv wiil soon add luudi to the ad vantage of owning property in this com munity. Any and all the property described ab ;ve mav bo bought for one-fourth cash, with a- much inc.- as desired on the re main ler. ArrLT To Section m NOAH BIGGS, REAL ESTATE BROKER, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. mmm & mi TO THE FRONT! With tte Most Compete Sixl of Q U Ia. r U f. hm- nt. We :r. .-.v : parid. i't 1 i p : t- SUIT THE MOST FASTIDIOUS. IN ry ooas, NOTIONS, Clothing,Hals,&c. We can Ph ac al;i .-t Those Wishing to Purchase Bun no Ki-k in Ruling fr m I'-, a- u hat. die E( luMely the e..od , three of the M"-t IVpula: and Reliable Hi e 1 ! . . t . -. , know n, either N"i th or South, i : Parsons, Miles and Eagle. Such poods thrM we are ah! to W in ant them to give liit i 1 Wear and bat ida( t ion. Our Assortment of HARDWARE is the i;est in Tin: town : This is impoitaiit to Fanners and Me ehauies. When m cdinu' in.y'h io,' in this line you can be a-i!y suited it ii u-. GROCERIES OF THE BEST BRAND. Crockery, Glass and Tinware, "Wood and Villow Ware, DRUCS, TOIB.A-0 COS Of the Choice-t Brand-, Snails, dthcdlltc. The whole thing in a nut -he!! : V. can find Tin: iiioiit ai:ti i.k and lie: KIi.Hi I'ltK 1". ii t our stoic. We are also Agents for the p- ful 1 well-known Eight Ibn.mn- Domestic Sewing MacMne Excelsior Cook Stove, Doer Cultivator. Piedmont Wagon j and Brown Cotton Gin. Anv one contemplating pun huHt.g 1 any d the above n'm-d nrfiC.-s, wdl; find it greatly to hi advant re to en- ; suit us before buying j ; :5r REMrcMBnit-Aii goods sold t,i ... . I parties m town ?tre delivered J- Rid.. Traveling Troupes vill frel V. i . - verv resonable for our LARGE LICENSED And Well Fitted With a Seating Capaf It v f FIYE HUNDRED, And we fed eoniideut it wo.dd he ! jdoaofint and profitable for th tu to vi-it our town fre i' :.tly. We thank the people" kindly for 'heir I favor, and we shall eride tvor - -in I our reputation by giving ::i ''' 1 oi , beneft of 'ur motto: Best Goods, Honest Dealings, Lowest ! Prices. A'ery R'spetful'y, EDWOHDSON & JOSEY, Main St, Scotland Neck, N. C. N. B. D. E'lmi.tiihoii'i Or;-t .Mil', at Orecnwood. grind- daily. lb- a - h i- a well equipped Cotton Oin att.e h-d. Genera lercnis SHOES W W H -HM- M A 1 m: joi n i:mi s v.i k) t. !I l. ! i;- ,i 1 1 - in ai.d 1 , -ia .I'd. ; it vu:r i. m i r. 1 1. 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