JL JljLJDj WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCRIPTION: 51 50 FIR YEAR. E. E HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. SCOTLAND NECK, X. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER N i Mm:!; VOLUME IV. PROFESSIONAL. w. a. DUNN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. practices wherercr hi .1. ft-l)iS-iy. W. H. KITCHIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, X. C, V" flhe : Comer Main and Tenth .-"-.tx. l-i-iy. Attorney and Counselor at Law, GOTLAND NECK, N. C, tics wherever his services nre r. .,.:!!. (,;.; Y. II. Kitchin will appear with i! I in jill cases. 2-3-1 y. DAViD BELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ENFIELD, N. C. in a'l the Couifs of Halifax ;;ig counties ami in the Su l'cderal Cmuts. Claims col :.dj i li all i.aitsof the State. 5J S-lvr GAVIN L. HYfiiAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C. : Halifax fiid t:1 j i t i i i ! xin -cti ns n ade in all i .rts of the :;-u- ly. i . V, i -a. A. I'. 7 I.I IOI Fi Ibii'lcr.-en. WYMen. Day, Zoilicoffer & Ransom, T TOR EYS AT LAW, WKLRON, n. c. i S. S. ALSOP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, EN FIELD, N. C, s in tin conn : ir I K'SS wi Courts of Halifax ami ! receive prompt r.ttr'i- 1 v. thcrhs w. lisiL, FORNEY AT LAW, HALIFAX, N. C., ,T Ir-'ifax F. den ami ad jo::iini 1 ai d Sup i en. :?-s lv and t! COWARD t. claf.k, Attomey and Cennselor at Law, HALIFAX. N. C , v, iicrcver 'is c i,:l attention ; ire re- ' ' ! 1- ft !( ii! r, iv. sr 4 - r . a z i ' n n LMWfitNOi is DEALEIt IN Mill-Feed, Hay, And Crass Seeds fir?. I. . '5 I Hi .0 7J D FARM IMPLEMENTS A SPECIALTY. ' : . v initio Disc Ha trow anl '. a i lii.is; Mower, a model "i 1'eifection. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. ml ' ' I. -. RICHMOND, VA., on Commission Merchant 1 (: 'liS!'' prompt at tentio'i d. M.!:iglc jaa 1 -1 v. Til OS. F. r,A(iLKV, AVILMINGTOX, N. ( Coil, Moaiasses, 0-:h-j1ec German Kainit and Nova Sco tia Land Piaster. ( e 'tis on App.n no; lcbll-lv. V't vTiH i S ? J ; v'''rl'1 'fsni.srtne las; h-.t , V .- ' lJS-'cntiiry. 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I sro asjafn tho sud lea flock Of sunshine oa Lcr dusky hair, round youPR carws of throat and nock Tho faded' gov.n shS nsi-d '" wean I feci Iter timid hand grow cold AVit Lin my own, and hear arAn li-r shy, seet wiii-i.r as of oi l, "No not gcod bye! auf wiodcrshenIn Tin gnark-1, Rray af pie tree, astir With little winds, kt tali a rain O. piiilcy 1-lx'Tn bll over Ii-r, Home-oi:i5 thro' the long green lan a, The thiusli pip snjid'y, and we! She panics v.i h a wist'ul s:n.Ie 'J'u wav.i a la-t farewell to me h.-till lingering Ly the try-ting stile. ib, sweetheart, that was years ago, And Time soon taught us to be wis To I 'ligh at love's po.r, paitited shoij And lo' k al Lifo w itli clearer eyes, I joined long sii.C2 the cynic crowd, You ia a pal ico over se i---, A r.i!ke'i be:;u!y, pale and proud, Have no such mt-ma.ries as those. And yet, som ;'.iOw, IM like to Lo A fool ag iia, and ju-t 1 i v j thro' Tho diys when you l,cli..vfd iti ru'1, And I, poor Jad, Lelieved in yo .. HIGH JORDAN." He wns six feet two, and as clumsy as he was tall. He wr.uid come into r. citations and lectures, taka hii seat without a word or a si.;a of recognition to any one, fall at work upon his notes in perfect tile-.c1, a .d tl.cn shamble out ania. At first an aiu'iscd smile went around the class whenever ho entered the room, but th? stulenti soon got used to hi ol 1 way.-', and ho came and went without remark-. His name was Hiram Jordan. "High" Jordan, big, good-natured Jjc St-mley cailcl him one day, with a laugh, and the nic'.cnnme stuc c liko a burr, a3 nick in mo 3 will. No one seemed to know anything about him. Ho was poor, that waa evi dent enough, for hn ill-fitting clothes were of the cheapest mat -.'rial. He as sociated with none ol th: boy, and scl dov: appeared on tho campiu. There happened tint year to bo un usual intcrc-it ia the class races. The crews were very evenly matched, and it was hard to ;ay which of them stood the better cha- c of winning. 'It's dollars a ;d p-:ini -s which csmes in first," gloomily sail J c btaaley, captain of our crew. "If I only had a goo 1 'seven,' 1 think I could make it, but there doesn't seem to be a man in the clasi fitted for the positon;" and, try cur bct, we co;!l find no bettor man than Charley Harvey, who was a good fellow, c-'itaiuiy, but not a "good seven." On ) afternoon, as the mcmber3 of Ibis crew were lying around on tho neat, just before their luual daily pull High Jordan came up and asked for Stanley. J02 was in the boat-house fix ing hi stretcher, and Jordan was told to walk in. The two nun did not coi ;e out for some time, an I when they .il finally appear, every one was surprised to hear Jo J say : 'U jys, Jordan has rowed a good deal, and wants to try seven," and I nm going to give him a chance to pull there today." Poor Charley Ilaivey's face showed his disappointment. Ho had been working very hard to keep hi3 place in tho boat, and now ho was to be crowded out, and of all men by 'High" Jordan! ''Shan't I row today?" he asked, un able to conceal his chagrin. "I don't sec how we can work it, Charley." answered Joe, kindly. "Hadn't you just as lief rest today? ' Harvey watched the boat as sho slid oil the fljat. His eye3 were on one man, the new number seven. At the word, the men leaned forward, their oars struck tho water simultaneously, and the shell shot lightly ahead. The time wa3 perfect. 'It's all up with me!" murmured Charley. "That's the man we have been looking for.,r and hes turned and went cil to his room. Every man in the boat sympathized strongly with Charley Harvey. High Jordan's popularity was not increased by his sudden cutting out of tho hard est worker and one of the most popular men of the class, and no littlo grumb ling was heard from the crew, though they must have seen at once that Jordan was the better man of tho two. "Jt's a beastly shame to put Charley cut, I know," said Joo Stanley, who could not help noticing tin prevalent feeling. "I would liko to see him in tho boat as well as any of you. Ycu know that, for thcro is no man in col lege I liko better. I know Jordan does not belong to our set, and is what you call a mull, but he is a good fellow, for all that, and tho best oar in the boat, and as captain of tho crew, I am bound to keep tho best man." The weeks slipped by, and confidence in our crew steadily increased. The race was now only three weeks off, and the names of tho crew weru officially announced in order that the men might be initiated into the "II. K ," the class society. This society, although ono remained an active member of it for only ono year, was tho controlling fact in the social life of tho class. The first mem bers were e!ctoi by those who had formed tha society iq tho preceding class, and tho new nembcr3 olected others of their ovn class. But a "crewman" was unlcrstood to be en titled to membership in tho "II. K. " almost as a matter of right. To L iure, it rerj iircd only one blackball L reject a cmdi la(e, but ro one had ever known a member of tho crerr to b voted against. Charley Harvey was presllont of the society, and g-pcally the most geniil and open-hearted man 2moag but of late ho had net seemed him;elfi On ho night of the election ho was rather pale, and as he took his scat I notice ! a peculiar expression in his cyca such a3 I had nevcf seen before. After tho usual p-elimiaarie?, the balloting opened, tli3 mcmber3 of the crew being proposed and elected in the order of their positions in the boat. When number seven was proposed Har vey's face became positively black, and it llished upon me what that peculiar expression had meant. II 3 did net hesitate a? the box was passed to him, but cast hi3 vote with a cool and steady hand, though hii count enance betrayed tho agitation under which he was Laboring. Tho secretary started upon opening tho ballot-box, and then leaned over to Il'.rvcy and whiip-red in h'i3 car. Har vey noided gloomily, whereupon the secretary arose and said in a voice full of emotion, "I regret to say that Mr. Jordan has not been elected.'' A dead silence foliowjd. Every man in tho room looked at tho speaker in utter amr.z.mcnt. Such a thing a3 tho rejection of a member of tho crew, and for no reason which any one would daro to avow, was enough to create in tense excitement ia that little company. Number "eight" was proposed and elected hurriedly, and tho meeting ad journed in confinion. On my way to my room I overtook Harvey, and step ping quickly up to him I slipped my arm through his, hoping I might be ablo to talk with him about the matter; Lut he wrenched his arm from mino and turned abruptly awry without a word. Sorr.e bady had ju-t le't him and although I could not see very well in tho darkness I thought it waj Joe Stanley. Tho next day it was rumoro 1 that Stanley ha I "cut Hirvey dead" on tho cmupu?. JoriUa condiicto 1 liimoolf, meanwhile, with great dignity, and commanded the respect of tho entire clas-, while ILirvjy kept studiously out of siht. It leaked out, not long afterward, that "High"' Jordan was not only doing his work in college, and trying for honor and a scholarship, but at tho samo time was teaching a night school ia the town. I don't know who it was discovered thii, but I remember very well that I was with Harvey when wo heard tho news. Poor fellow ! It was impossible not to pity him. EviJently he ha 1 iong tinco repjnted of his action, aud this pieco cf news was all that wa3 needed to make him utterly miserabl?. lie was absent from prayers next morn ing, and no ono saw him all day. But the next night a special meeting of tho "II. K.'' was called by order of the president, r.nd when tho members were assembled, Harvey arose and said, briefly: "I have called this meeting to repair as far as possible a great wrong which I was moan enough to do tho best man in our clas3. I desire to apologize to the crew, to tho society, and to Mr. Jordan for tho insult; and I beg leave to proposo Hiram Jordan for the II. K.' " That night I saw Joe Stanley and Harvey walk homeward arm in arm, in their old friendly way ; and I learned afterwards that they went straight to 'High'' Jordan's room. The day of the races came at last, and every man in the college, adorned with his cljss-color-, went down to the river early to get a good position from which to view tho great contest. It would bo a close raco the closest ever known ia college; wo all ac knowledged that, and though every man in our clas3 cherishc-d a kind of faith that our boat would win, yet no ono dared assert his opinion without an "if or an "unless." The hour for tho start was set at four o'clock, and the crowd along the bank? waited patiently un ler tho broi ing sun until tho last minute; but whoa a quar ter of an hour, and then half an hour passcl, and no boats appeared, tho crowd began to grow restless. Charley Hirvey in particular, wa3 ia a fever of excitement. "Why don't they start?" he repeated adczon times. "The time and body work of our men are perfect, but tho wind is freshening and will tell against m more than against any other boat for we have the outside course. "Why don't they start?" II 3 was looking up the rivor through a field -glass, watching tho course and complaining by turm. Sul lenly I saw hi3 face light up. "They arc cUV ho cried. Far up tho course wo could sec the Hash of tho oar-1 laics in the bright sun light that was all. Then four black streak?, each with two glittering lines of oar-blades, drew into sight. Tho first excite ! murmur died away, and the crowd was perfectly still, Soo tin lilrta I . r 1 'J n 1 rait 1 m .-if?:l arrows, and tho next instant e could ! ie-cry thirty-two brawny Lacks rising j .ni falling with the regularity of clock- i a" -rk, as they urged tho Leautifu", ta- I pering shells liko kni-c-blaiss through t lie water. J We could hear the little Co stains jl un ling the strokes nj.d 'inyir.g cut .vor Is cf encov.ragf tar. t. Tho boats wculd soon be up to ai l pu-r. us. On they came, tho fir it three i.ll m a bunch, ith the other cloie bchin 1. As th y ih"t by, my grzo w is fix.-d upon "High' Jordan. Ho was pulling with the strength of a gin .t, tho bunches ol muscle in Li3 broad che,t and powerful arms swelling and con'.racti ig ia time with tho long stroke of tho oar-, hi3 eyes flashing, hn noitriU q uvering, his teeth clenched. On they went, wo running after them like mad. Still no one of the boats seemed to take a lea l. Tho finish lino was almost reached whoa I heard our coxswain's shrill voice: "Now, boys, one more spurt!" Then I saw "High'' Jordan gather himself together, and half rie in his seat. At that moment our boat seemed to shiver, and drop b.diisd, but tho next instant, with one- tremendous sweep of Jordan's oar, it shot across tho finish, a winner by four feet. When the yelling and excitement had died away sufficiently for a single voico to bo heard, Charley Harvey proposed nine cheers for "seven." I have heard many a lusty cheer for our dear old college, but never such a one as then, when every man on the river bank, no matter what his c'a-i?, leat his lung3 to a long, rolling, ' Uih, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, rah, r ah, rah!" for "High" Jordan. Youth's Com panion. 1'gyp! iau Irrigation. The usual method of irrigation on tfie banks of the Nile in Egypt is Ly raear.3 of a system known as the "S ikiah." This, says a correspondent of the l)i troit Fixe Tress, h a series of lucktt3 afiixe I to an endless rope revolving over a largo wheel, worked by a cog, tho motive power being a go-arounel lover propelled by an ox, cow, doukcy or camel, sometimes singly, at other3 yoked together ia the most comical ;a-hion. Ia tiio lie ids, or nttaclied to the Sakiah, ono finds himself amused by seeing a largo camel, seven or eight feet high, hiichc I as ono of a pair with a mite of a li'.t'e j ickass nc 1 igger than the hump on his back. An other method is the shidcuf. This ap paratus, of which two or thrco arc group. 'd one above another, according to the height cf tho bank, consists of two upright posts with a crosspieco at the top, on which a sort of lever or beam works a stem, the main trunk of the palm tree, with the roots lit one CD(-lt serving as a weight. At tho other end is a bucket made of goatskin. A man a1: this er.cl draws it down to the water's edge, fills it a id allows the weighted cad to raise it. A man empties it into a crude reservoir, simply a hole in tho ground, and number two or three, a3 the caao may be, in turn, by cxac.ly tho same process, conveys the water into a canal, ono of a system supplying tho neighboring plantation. Tho matter of irrigating tho land is tho same whether the sakiah cr shedouf be employed ag the means of raising the water. "Wo next sec women and girls drawing water direct from the river into earthen j :rs, which they carry away cn their heads. This is for domestic or family ue only. During the two Cr threo m; nth3 of the inundation it i of course, necessary to resort to artificial modes of procuring water. These are only used when tho river i3 at a low targe. Slioeing Hor-Jpi. The shoeing of horses, says the Farm, Field and S'ocTman, is as old, roba bly, as the history of the general use of this animal in war. At least some cov ering provided to save the hoofs in journeys over reeky and broken ground. The Chinese have ii:cd temporary foot coverings; so have ether nations. Ia fact tho period when shoes were nailed to tho foot of hordes is lost in tho ob-f-ciii.ty of antiquity, but it 13 supposed to have had its origin in the cast. The Romans in the palmy days of the empire, or rather certain peisons of great wealth and high position, shod their favorite horsea with gold. Tho nailed shoe of metal cr.r.n into England with William the Cancjiieror, and it came rot only to stay, but to bo gener ally adopted wherever civi.iz.tia has extended. The shoeing of horsc3 has not only become genera', Lut it has beei abused. That i there has been too much con stant shoeing of farm horses winter and summer. It has even resulted in modi fying the foot of the horse, destroying the extreme toughness of the shell of the hoof, and rendering the hoof tender. If the farm horse ii shod only when working on hard roads continuously', the hoofs seldom wear too thin for tha ordinary work of the farm. "When shod, except for icy road?, the shoes are bet ter without calkins, and for pretty much all work on the road, summer and winter, toe pieces, or rather what an known as three-quarter piece. are bet. ter for tho horse thaa full shoes. 1 -YT A If I Ultimo! GOOD HOMES A 4- Low Prices! TT Hi' m il HALIFAX COUNTY ! The Best Place In EASTERN CAROLINA. All Situated In the Divide Between The ROANOKE AND TAR RIVER. NEAR TEE TOWN OF SCOTLAND NECK, -IN- The F1ost floral Com munity in the State. AND IN Tho Most Mill Seciioa 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 IIou-c, one good (iin House, and other oiit-hoipes. Good orchard and good water. Location desirable. PRICE $4,500. FARM NO. 2. Two hundred Mil seventy live acres, two n;il one-half miles from Scotland Neck. One hundred and twenty-five acres in cultivation. Good Dwelling House and good water. PRICE $2,750. FARM NO. 3. Two hundred .-.ores, two mil'10 from Scotland Neck. Eighty aer-s Fresh Land. Go d Dwelling, some out houses n:id orchard, and good water. PRICE $2 500. ALSO. Two S'or -h''u s, an 1 one Dwe'rtg House in the t wn of Sootl md Nec k. The farms deseribod nb'.ve arc a'l wU abroad 'o the p;o : :ciio:i of co:n. cot- to-, wheat, o.t-. peanut-, lie 11 jn-a?, po tato s. a:.u veget .Lie; of all kind?. Thrc; tood chiirehc-j in tic town of otlaiid Neck, Alethad'st, J5vij.ti.-t and ; 1, ai.d a Primitive Rapt 1st church near the town, together with two of the. batt an'l most tlouri-'rng academies rrt'e mi 1 female in tl;" ri it", mike this ot tai' mo-t .t-,:ra!. e ee'ioni in Caia.a ai. I ne proposal cstab- i-.cnt o an oil uoii and a ran:,;ng ct rv will ,'nn add mu'-li to the ad- '.ntae of owning property i". thi tor::- i : rurotv. Anv r.rA all the j.ropMty deseri! d ve ,nav be bought for otic-fourta cash.. ,-;th a- much 'inn a; desir-d on the ro : in lcr. Apply To NOAH BIGQ8, REAL ESTATE BROKER, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. Fan aiuaui BUY YOUR SASH, BLINDS DOORS: AND- if mm 0 -FKOM- ri MANUFACTURERS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. V 17-1 v. LUTHER S NORFOLK, VA., Denier In OWE. BOORS, J Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Stair Rails Novels, Wood Mantles. Slato Man tles, Building Hard war e , Tin Shingles, PAINTS, OILS, Window Glass, Cut Glass, Ceylond Glass.Varnishes, Plas ter Paper, Sheeting Paper, Roofing Paper.Windows, Doors and Screens. S . 2:5 lv. THE HAXALL CflENSHAW CO 1MALL MILLS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. li BYRD-ISMND " Patent Roller Family Flour, And all other grad s of FLOUR. ALSO CORN-MEAL & MILL FEED. r, it lv 1867. 1808. TELEPHONE 385. WM. DAFFROB Manuf ,-;up of .v. 1 D Brake im Mattresses. No-. 1 12-'', 1 I::-., 1 V M tin U-- avl 22 (Jovcruor Srr.--f. Fact cry a:, i ho,tc iag Ro' Na-. 1''., 1' .r. i N. Fif teeijtii Strc; t. VA. o 1 7-f.rn mm noBERTSori5s IpTinri rnnn nr pt . iid k iit Ml Ml ' iil kl 1 HUIlMIl I . Open at Al! Kcurs. Sati-fae'i.n gu:.r.t.t-,'d to patr-ri-. Corner N::oh and Main Street-. SCOTLAND NECK, - - N. C. SCAL INSTPtUMENTS, PIANOS AND ORGANS. All other kinds, of Music. In-trtirr.ei.ts. with Se-.yir:o- M.tchir.. Or'Vr- by mail pr rriplly filiad. JOHH L. KITCHJW, 7 20-ly Scotland Neck, N. C. Ml B Materia' Milium 1 VV U 1 1 Ii HELD WIND I!;V i I TIM- M AI.S n'tFii! and H, ::r d V ! NC 1. mi;e in. I in i. i i 1 -a ..! :.. l tit.. . ; ir . W a b. : 1 1 d , ;:, , . ! it t . ..ay . I ' i r i . . 1 , 1 i . 1 v- .;), . ,v r I .a, I "i. ; I 1 1 !!.. .;i t 'M 'U- . .1 lb s;'"V ' ;. a 1 !,.. -1 I'' r i , , t , . r - i. t .: - i .r- ..:. ;.;! w I V ! . i. l . a p 1 i ; i' 1. 1 i ! r- ,o.d ! N .r'b t mi: ;. ' i a . , I ! i i-i'' muni: it UilUJJ D'.'AI.Ui:- L Paints, Oils, Dyes, Varnishes. Oral m I'lousptly !!. ' ':! L RICHMOND Lowli?B & U'tliiiiii Works. Ml t jLOSOiTifS Mi, Bo;!ers & Heavy Machinery, Richmond, - - Va, V,. TT.T.rrT'.'lO, V.M . f'.lf ... t (11 hi . i. ''" ) II lommlssio.1 an1 Produce More!-;nts, .. in s. -i .::( s-.. i:;. ..-. ; v v. t 1 ' I.'..::' r, i .lit. ' ( F' I , H :V. 'v" . S ; Suj j.li ( 1 1 i-a i i i(, .', a a i i v i . I r: i , r: t.v . I : 17 1 James u Roure ! A! ! rinrble rvlonumcnt:?, All Of N'Url? Wufl' H'' ' ALL PROMPTLY FILLS! , - A a 1 - Kcs. 165 arrl 167 Cast Ch;;rc!i ( ftv S-. - ' Norf :1k, t ' 0 1 y. Virgin .- FOMEL WDD k C'l

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