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J. I ill; DKAIOCKAT. h .k. MILLIARD Editor Published Every Thursday. IHUKSDAY D;:C. 2i.h. 1891. llNTKBKD AT THE POST-OFFICE AT SCOTLAND 'ECK, N. C, AS Second Clasj Matter. LET US BE HUMANE. I wculdnot enter on my list of friends, (Though graced with polished manners and tine Hense, Yet rvantins sensibility) the man S ho needl-.-sly eets foot upon a worm. Con: per. Tiik Democrat" lias repeatedly railed attention to the practice of cruelty to animals and the law a;ra;nts it. Notwithstanding tliere is very little notice taken of it, there is grt-iit ciuelty practiced towards laithlul hoi.-es and mules that draw loads over oiu roads and through our streets every day. Everybody knows that there is a law on oar htatute books against overloading, overdriving, heating or failing to propr'ily feed and care for stock; but no one takes it upon himseli to bare a man arrested wbo does such a thing. And there is some reason why good men, whose verj hearts bleed for the poor dumb animal, hulleting under the Jash or overload, hesitate to bring the ovil doer to justice. One man here and there can do very little towards correcting these things. Besides, if one man should attempt it without a:;y organized support, he would rviider himself very unpopular, per hH, and thus weaken the influence hi oihtrwi- would have. There are brutal cruelties prac ticed upon the mules and horses and xeu that are worked around u-i every day, and The Democrat proposes that a society lor the prevention of cruelty to animals be organized iu Scotland Neck. With such a society, there would be tinned eiVort and consequently unite d iLtiaenoe to protect the nelp Ii, speechless animals and save our enlightened people the shame oi allowing such things in a Christian community. You say you have not the time? Wi ll, a !:iimaue man, to say noth ing of his Christian manhood, we eaun t see how any one can shut his eyes to such a matter. I'o doubt many a man imposes upon his horse or mule thoughtless ly, and would abandon, it if his attention ?vero called to it. And since the State provides by law that these things may be corrected, does it not become the duty of every good c't z 'n to see that the law is obe , id i ;,- t us have an oriran zed society Joi 'i he protection of animals and cgui.'ist the cruelties to which so liif.uy of them are subjected. What thii.k oui c.Mz 'Ue? bba!l we have THAT MEETING. The meeting appointed by the Scotland Xeck Alliance to be held here c... L'Och, is attracting attention. As v.e have before mentioned and n cde clear, 'he meeting is called by t : Alliance lor the purpose of con hicleriug a reduction of the acreage in cortor: and also to consider the possible substitutes for cotton. The Alliance has shown the lib erMliy to pe:i their doors and in vite ail persons liiendly to their interests to come in and deliberate with them on this very important but jjct. since the Alliance at this place has been considering this ones?. on, which has been discussed iu the columns of this paper freeiy, i.: Iu i seetlcns have, given express ions favoring the plan. '1 Lemociiat suggests to the Alliance men and the nou-Alliauce ::n -ij who may be present iu the a;eeti::g that nothiug ought to be ticu.cd but the question of the acreage in cotton ahd the possible .Mi.i; L:tutC3 lor cotton. The meet irjg i:as not been called, as The Di.voi i;at understands it from the published resolutions, for any other i!i.poe than to disca&s these j-p-.-cuil iii?hl!ous. No tcheme or plan for the instruction of Congress J n,e:i and legislators ought to be discussed unless it be such phases .;s tl;!; Pear directly upon thi.s j M l St 10 il- The question, as we understand it is Khali there be a reduc tion in the acreage of cotton? II ;-e, how gieat a reduction, and what ean be substituted? With this question carefully and iiiteiientli considered, The Dem riiAT tu l.eves that good will come out ot the deliberation. it is a, matter of no small im portance, and we hope to see a lull meeting and expect to see gcod results niftowx's iron bitters ai.ma.n vi lot . lc.aou?Uuily cheaply una mUctjv ;a home. 'J iiis bookki iUTtt-Wwyat drn'I CHIRSTMAS HOLIDAYS. The Democrat wishes all its readers a merry Christmas. The holidays are upon us and all hearts are glad and joyoni. While many ot us are enjoying the festivitea of the season, there are those about us the very poor who hare not the comforts that we enjoy. Let us remember them and thus make merrier our own Chrisii mas and theiret. The Democrat takes holiday with all its force. There will be no paper issued from this office next week. A. MERJ1Y, MERRY IIIKIB 1 il A i o ai- TOBACCO LANDS IN THIS SECTION. Mj. R. L. Ragland, of Hyco, Halifax county, Va.. the great taba: co seed raucr, in writing the editor of The Democrat, says that Halifax county haa good soli for tobacco. He says : "Tobacco is the money crop on your loamy, gray land and beats cotton ont oT light. 1 know your soils well have travelled all over yoor county, and I know yoo hate typical tobaeco soil in a bandance and tobacco ia the very best crop for ntiliziDg it for paying returns." 1 Maj. Ragland is good authority, and Mr. B. F. Morse, a tobacco raiser in the western part of the county, was in Scotland Neck last week, and corroborated Maj. Rag land's statement as to the lands around Scotland Neck. A DANGER TO THE SOUTH. With almost every issue of tbi9 paper for four years, especially during the winter and spring before crops are pitched, we have urged our farmer friends to make plenty of breadstuffs. The Baltimore Manufacturer's Record is up on al most all subjects pertaining to the Soatb : It says : 'A great many well-informed peo ple claim, and with some reaeen, that persistent efforts are belDg msde by the ubeare" to depress the price of cottor, and that after the crop is oat of the farmer's hands an equally a9 vigorous effort will be made to advance the price. Herein is a dan ger to the South. Next spring if the farmer finds that cotton is hih he 19 apt to forget his resolutions mada while it is low to plant less cotton and more grain, and delude himself into believing that he will raise just one mor big crop and get big prices for it, because he will argue, the stock on hand i small and prices high, and this will cer tainly keep up prices through the next season. Vain delusion. He will only be playing a losing game again. If the Southern farmer wants to get through the season of 1892-' D3 in good shape he will have to raise his own foodstuffs next jcar, because every indication points to continued high prices f-r grain ai.d provisions. The Southern farmer ought not to be tempted into raising cotton to the exclusion of foodsttlT-', no matter how high cotton may go this spring." Important Meeting Dec. 29th. Editor Democrat : At a meet ing of the Scotland Neck Alliance on Nov. 27tb, 1591. the following resolution was passed : Resolved, Ttiat our President ap poiat eome day daring the month ol December, as a special day for all persons friendly to the Alliance to mee', and discusss the various sub stitutes for cotton. The president appointed Dec. 29. and the meeting will be held in Pitt tnan Hall at 10 o'clock, n. m. A!' persons frier.dly to the Aliunce are cordially invited. W. ,D. Shields, Secretary. For l Mr. Hiram Thweatt. an 35 j-a.ied and promintnt citizen Years. J living near Troy, Alabama, sajs that for thirtr-five years he was sorely afflicted with Eczema on his face. The eruptions were of a large and can cerous nature. That he tried a number of experiencee peysicians, but with little result, and thed received only temporary relief. After having used only seven bottles of S. S. S. he feels like a new man fne painful trougle is gone, and row at .'ixty years of age he is once more in good health, and restored to his family He states that bis cure is entirely due to S. S. S, He savs that he is a member ct the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and that his post-office address is Olean., Iike County, Ala., and that as he wishts all sufftrers to know the good that he has received from the medicine, he will take pleasure in answering any inquiries that may be sent him. Our treatise on the blood and skm will be mailed free. Ads dress, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta Ga. "My Iaiiclif ers I.ilV. Was saved by Hood's Sarsapnilla," -ays Mr. H B. Jones of Alna, Maine. ' She had Reven running sores in different places on her Hood's Sarsaparilla there was marked improvement and now she is well, stroDg and healthy." Hood'R Pills cure Constipation by re storing the penstaPic action of the ahs mentary canal, They are the best fam ily cathartic. Sensible Views By a Farniir. Mr Kduor: It is quite amcsing also interesting to notice the differ ences of opinions that exist as to the cause anJ decline of agriculture. Among many otcen we no'ite one that proposes to r(j-?ct woolens as a Northern and Western product an ubttitate cotton to increase the consumption and demand for the fcUple, when in fact If the demand was double in the South it would not create as much as a ripple in tLe markef, so far as demand is con cerned. If we would come to the point of 'ejecting Western meat, com, oats and hay and nfl-ict upon the cost of these thiucs which thould be raised at home and on every farm, we could not wonder at tie decline of agriculture, and the collapse of the one crop fiystem. Over production of cotton, the chief staple crop of the world, to the exclusion of all other crops is tbe trouDljaou only trouole. Jt wat. the custom of farmers before tbe war to grow every thing that was con sumed on the farm, that could be grow"?, and all of the successful planters of to day are those who still adhere to thii ante bellum custom. Your correspondent remembers well when thousands and tens of thou sands of fal heji3 weie driven to other market?, and then leave a ircat deal more at home than conld Ue consumed. Tney diversified their crops. The surplus corn, mca, wheat and oats were shipped and in large quantities, taking quite a fleet of xlcemers and sail boats to carry it down the Roanoke to the msrkets We know how it is now. It is eaid that the line httween saclty and insanity is eo exceedingly attenuated that yon can't always tell the dilference between a sane and au insane man. If a man from the East or WeBt or from any well diversiGed section were to travel through the South at this time where nothing is observable but denuded cotton fields, and nothing to ropre sent farming bat ctton stalks ana poverty and the hue and cry of hard times , and did not pronounce this insanity, he would at least pronounce this one crop sytem a reckless absurdity. Nothing to eat or to feed with and not a dollar to show for what h.s been done And yet an enormous amount of bar it work has been done, and properly applied n would have brought plenty and peace. The mystery to me i, why people should grow cotton to the exclusion of other crops with the expectation of buying sup-dies out of a crop that has for several vcars been selling be low the cost of production. 1 know of but one explanation and that i, that the cotton crop of the Soutti is grown on r credit. I have always found cotton an exceedingly expen sive and laborious crop aud can not be profitably grown for less than hfttcn cents a pound , and the plan ters are getting six cent?, and there is no substitute. It is the kins money crop of tbe world judiciously managed. Now for the remedy; eight miliions of bales of cotton represent an enormous amount of litior and money, say if 250,000 000. From these figures it would look like the credit of the planters was ytt good. One hall of the above amount will, if properly applied, mike th3 planter selfaustaining. The .'irst thing to do is reduce ihe cotton acreage fully one half, and grow all of our sjifr5" plies in abundance, hogs, corn, wheat aud oats, aud one half of the cotton that we now row will bring the same money as the whole crop now brings with the supplies as clear orofr. I have her.rd some . eay that they could not raise ho, but. this i3 simolv auother name for npcii-'pnep.! i ...;,,. ti vii uc uuuv easily auu llieauiY. ' , ., 7 . , I i win aamit tnat we can t tto it now, because cotton takes all of our time and attention. The Alliance leaders eem to think a reduction of acreage impracticable for the reason thut when one planter reduce hi3 acreege another outside of the Alliance would increase his ia the belief that the reduction of acreage would in crease tba price, and the acreage would e e kept up despite the under standing. In this I think they are mistaken. If the Farmers' Alliance will turn their attention to the re duction of acreage for the rxxt crop, they will get the support and coooer at'on of all outside ftho Alliance. Not only in this state hut all over the Southern states. People are not 10 fond of hard work that they ace willing to repeat this year's experi ence. Unless the Alliance take some steps in this direction and that at once, instead of a reduction, there will be an increase in the acreage, so blind are the palanters on this suh jutt. A reduction of one half of the acreage is a correspond reduction of one half df the expenses while the crop will sell for as much as the whole now sells for plus the supplies. Lewiston, . C. S. W. J. A humorous fact about Hood's Sarsa parilla i: rxpfh tad humor and creafs good humor. Be sure to r;et Hoods. 1 AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL. foNOKtSS 1'itH'Ar.I.V'i V 'R WoKK COMMITTEE AITOl NTKtNTS. ('.'or. cf The Dkmwrat.) V A Sl 1 1 N TON, DeC. 21 , '01- Speaker Cnap hs been ill win the grip but he is eo bu?r nu-km the committee a?biinm2nts tht he says he cannot enjoy the luxury of tskins to Lis bed until the trou blesome bnsicess is fcettled and he expects that it will be fettled on Wtd nesday, when Congress will Uke a recces until the .Oth of Jaucary. The selection of Northern mn for the chairmaosidps of both the Wa; c and Means and Appropriation cor mittees, it being about settled thi-t Mr. Springer of Iilinoi?, will have the first, and Mr. IRlmar, of Indiana the last, ha3 made same dissatis faction, the argument teicg bh'V that one section should not hat both. Dat Mr Crisp's friends reply by citing the fact thit the South has all three of the democratic mcui bers of the committee on Rule? Cri?p or McMilbn, and Cethings whicl', they 6ay aboat equally divides tbe power, so far as the control of legislation is concerned. Representative Mills, who h?s beeu quite ill, is now convalescent. In reply to a note from Speaker Crisp tendering him the second place on the committee of Ways and Means iimI as-king which committee Commerce or Itollices he prefer red taking the chairmanship of, Mr. Mills wrote asking r.ot to be assign ed to tha Ways sand Mean? committee and expresin a willingness to accept such cthe. committee assignments us may he made for him. The committee on Commerce has been changed to tlx committee on Interstate and ForciL Cammercr, and it is thought Mr. Miils will be its chairman. The House Committee on Ru es reported in fvor of incrtssing the membership of tha Ways and Mtfaur. committee from 13 to 15 and of tLe quadro centennial from 9 to 11 After acceptirg this report, the House, on motion of Mr. Springe1", voted to change the name of the last committe to that on the Col umbian Exposition. The new rub.s will not bi reported until after the recess, but it is not expected thut they will differ very materially from those used in the Fiftieth Congresa when Mr. Carlisle was Speaker of the House. Representative Enloe. of Ten nessee, offered a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on liules, providing for the appointment of a Committee ol five to investigate charges against the Pension Bureau, including the iiotorieai reratiug and promotion cusee, which resulted in the removal of "Corpornl'7 Tanner; the ollice brokerage, which got a ton of Commissioner Raum in troahit : the favoritism by which claims ot certain tttorney s are given prefer ence over those filed either by in di idual elainiihts or other attorneys and 4 'all other m lttera relating to the conduct of the Commissioner ii. the mutter or to the nt.ministration of his ollice which ia the jidmeut of said committee, may conduce to the honest, clean, just, economical and pfLioient administration of sai i Bureau. Tue adoption of this reso lutioa by the llouoe may be jut down ss n certainty. Many members have gone sway I fur the Holiday 8 as it was agreed that nothing would be done at the session of the Ilouss to be held on Wednesday except to aunouoee the committees. The nomination of Stephen B. Elkms to be Secretary of War and of Nathan Gcff to be one of thti ... Ircmt Louit dadoes indicates , . Al , that the admi istralion hopes of se curing the electoral vote of WeM Virginia next yea: lu if the Sena tors and Representatives from that Slate know any thing about it Mr. Harrison is indulging in a tut ol "raiotoy chasing." Representative Culbcrtson oi Texa", changed his m-bul after hiv ing accepted and declined the dem ocratic vacancy on the Interstate Commerce commission. It is un derstood that he did it in deference to the wishes of the hi Tpv friends who want him to be a can-i didate for the Senate . ! The Supreme Court sdj jurnt-d ! from last Friday until J-injary 4th. Senators Voracc-, and Turkic, will do their utmost, to defeat the confirmation of the nomination of the notorious Judge Wood of Indi ans, fur the new Circuit Cont, snii they are not without hope of success Notwithstanding the positive statement of J. S. ClarksoD, Mr. Elkins, the new nominated Secretary of War, is regardc! here as a much better Bluioe mau than he is a llar risou mar; and lime will prove that .us uoin3' into iue uaoinet at this time is a pnrt of a Blaine sch( me 0f some tort, posaibly, but Lot prob ably, in Mr. Harrison's favor. iTlie Srate Reviewed. HAPPENING UK rl A N h T.i Li-F, Tue A'Ia.:tc C-3-t ca-cl the Wdri n,jt: fi i Con iv r i ! f o -1 . a 9 pu.r- Cu.idbcurn Thl s a day c f invcr.tioc?, srd ovt'rr ct w in cntion. i. j.-mcticis si i. valuable i- Welcomed. Tiie Kin".M Fri e Frtii sa) s : j 31 r. C. lia'lt1)' hss invtcttd sr, J lr.g'.ncoa- tcA s mj le brraremect ! f,r the protection of i-i.use lops Irox J tir-, when aioihr house is burtiin ner by. It consists of water piftf r jr.nin to the top of the roof .rd perforated pipe along the top of the roof by KLich the roof can b fl.oJc 1. It ouht to rtcefvc the endorsement of the insurance compLuie?. Mr litilw will pa'eot the invention." Tue railrof.d from the A. fc R junction to Washington will be coai- pletc by tl'.e spr i The ton d'.iz'tt' says : Wahii 'Tan railroad men nave alresdy provided 5,0CO cross ties, finished vhe trestles for ten mile, and the work goes on. Capt. V. K. Sndtti , who was here yesterday, tells us that the trccklaying will probably re quire (.'0 days after it i begun." Wilson Aii'inc;: Some time ago it v. as announced through thes columns that the freight trains wu!d cease carrying passengers on the V. W. Iiailror.d. Tho tn force mt nt of this order caused go much annoy aicc and vexation to the travelling public thnt the Company, iu defer encc to the wishts of the people, have rescinded it. Ye are glad o: it, for hi freights are a greut con venience to the travelling public. Gohlsbor.) Ar-jus : The j 1 ins for the proposed Union passenger depot for this city, whic! the railroads have at length about determined up- on ar.tl agrecl in common to con struct, have been sent in for the in I pectl '.i fii.u approval o! our 'city t others. i - is prop y-ed to con struct a light iron skeleton sued dei ot covering i length of ,'300 feet along K and Vy . Centre treel b( t;v..cn Walnut tir d Chfsnut street , and extending over all the triick?, with a covered pa3sway to the sit ing rij ms nod ticket e.j'lice. The deqiot, according to the designs sub rniiud will co.-t (ir,0ri0j hfteen thousand dollars, and will be indeed a credit to our city. Rocky to s n 1' Mount a progressive i.e jiirynitnnt s i s : 'Kj;ie :i number of new d,e:!!i'-Jr-for overall ves are being erected n the Rticky Mount cotton milN. Among them is a very nice cottage residence for Mr. D.irJicl'-- the book keeper, who will move in, in a Vw Ky s. We lesrn rh-it tie t-toekholdrs of Roky Meirit Agricultural m.o Mechtinioal Aspociution coatrmplate convtrtinj their building at the p' t i r urounds, into a tobacco factory. I otrikes us !i ti. this woiiid i- a v. ; move anel we hope thy w d i curr-, n out. They muiit ahu e -l -ib! i -h ii the sart'- - lace a knit.in mill a .d t c tnniii- facWjrv. Let ih.m t .k-. Lolii in enrn-t r.nd sto-rk can eu-siiy he secured. Every elaT, men are J-rr n l.uiitin the town oi:r. b.-okin for hoi ses to live in and do bu-ine-M i , h e. t i 1 1 -out success. Every budding, vmt botjpl and housing liou.-e is cr irncj i full and run ii o er. !f there nro outioins to laomx.'iiijtc t R)cky Motm4 fi ouUl do ib ulation in twelve months. Maks the lives of manr je-'ii. lniserahic, aiiil often loaet-i t se!f-l,-stru't;ji!. Ii.er.ress uftfT eating, sonr sloin::o!i, si. k l-faJ:iel:.'. hearthuni.lossof apr-t:te,ufai::t, ' ..11 uv' foeiing, L mI t.wt- ce.-.U-d t.,hp;:e. an.l irr. DlFrfs larity o Vh" T" y',:U' ai- W,EreSS of t-i in..:,: eoriinio!. After sj rni.toms. Dyspej-sia Uo.-s Lot ?' t V''Ii cf itself. It Eatin; t5 li'Uli;-".; e:iref"l i,,-r. f.-tr.-. attention, aed r. rrrn.-.ty like- jJ.,.Kl'i S pariihx, whi. a ats pt:itly, --t maly a:: I crucieruly. II t.ces the fi.'r.-ich is. A !;; orrr.r.s, rr;zi;l.it, 5 th flii-cstici, eror-tes :v gocl aj.Tet i.'o, n:i hy thu.--, oveivomir.ir the liM'sljvmiv. Sick t.!iis rui:iovci t:,,.- fyiuKi-Hoaclacho theiie effe-cts of the oiseas", bani.shes tlie licuc'Iai l.e, and ri-fn sl.ts the tin ! miwl. " I liave yfu tryuMod Willi ty-;rsia. I had hut lia'c ai'j.f'ii;.', a:id what I di I e.v Heart burn K.s. or did I,; ii:e an nour ifter eatinj: T w. iuld xto- lierce a faintness, or tir..!, all-pone fueling, although I h.;d not eaten any? fang. My trou ble. I think, was agprav.itd by my busiiif?. Khicl. is that ct a fainter, and horn Uing more or less shv.t wj ia a roorawithfr'-shraiat. La?t vOUr Ffring I took Rood's ?nr.sa- StOfTiaCri rilla took three Wtitj. It did me an immense amount of good. It pave mo an app&tite, and my food i lihed and satisfied the craving I had previously experienced." Geoeoe A. Tage, TVatertovm, Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla PoVl by all drutrpists. f ; six for f '.. IY"rarPd on'y by C I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, cli, Mw. IOO Doses Ono Dollar FITS. A. U Fit- stopped fro b? I)r Kline's Great Nerye Iteftorer. Kits after tir.-t 1f ue. Marve'lous cures. Treatise $2.00 trial bottle free to Kit scaes. end to Dr. Klin?, 9:U Arch St. Phiadelphia, Ka. 1 e democrat H r. "J1 4 rr-. s 4 ENTIRELY ( )l l l- i I . YK ARK Prepared I o do nil Kinds ( )i Ordinarv j j () A J V or V S!TI! AS 1 I 1 K IS, ,'tuT Meads I lo, WW )C: Cireular: i) l.i I stcrs, Do(i- i ampiiicis, ij'ers, P)i!sn e ' ( "arc Is. !v We guaran- tee strict at- teiitioii to every order i A NT) SOLICIT 1 ilK PA'IItONAiK ('1 1 IlK PLTil.lC Fl E ' AM) he Democrat -i 1- 6 j 6 6 be' I v., - I V ; t ui, Xoribli:. V,i T . 'r..i ( t;l"K." cV !!: AM s SIM-CIAI.TMN- J VI p. . b .i. w. ri.i;i; v i Uottou F,i tors AM'.. NOKKdLK, VA i ': , i I. K 'If v ' i . ! ' Farmer.- AUmr- v r 'J ft i ) 1 1 1 V l ) i v 1 i ! v !-i'i iii.ii a i m i: v a ::! - C AT i! ))'.' .! j..- - -.v d e j. x , ::iitl TIC V Viit I ) : v 1 I A IS ' ' t ot tj v. 1 I) 1 ' : 7". 1 t 1 1 lh: . or, ! T.: 1 1 1. a n 1 1. i. 1 I 4 AIM I 1 H 1 t-.-.v. . Maia Ut.- -.r th- lii , u I.; I 1 k' 1 .- f - r 51 1 w --'. xr? :'? 3rJ Fre-h SUi;' l M a: w;i ; v ie;! lo c r 1 , itihM nil i 1 . i . -! . i :-r:c!GR. 'M-A H v. : ,4 -a -. .V J s; , , ; - y ' r. r- - " f "v. U 0 ,i r-: j r ;.-: ,. t.. f.,i s-
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