North Carolina Newspapers

ADVERTISING IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS TO- Machinery, The Democrat. !F YCU ARE A HUSTLER vot win. vdvki:tik VOIR Business. -o Tiiat Great Propelling Tower. Write up a nice advertisement about your business and insert u in THE DEMOCRAT, a id you'll "see a change in business all around." PROFESSIONAL. D r. w. o. Mcdowell, Oftice North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. jtf Always at his office when -not professionally engaged eisewnere. 1 9 26 lv D U. FitANK Y III TE H E A D , Office North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C. "Alwavh found at his office when not professionally engaged elsewhere. 7 0 ly D K. A. C. LI VEKMON, Office Over J. D. Kay's store. Office liours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to f o'clock, p. m. 2 12 ly SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. D II. J. II. DANIEL, -Dunn, N. C. Makes the disease of cancer a Specialty. 9 10 ly D AVID BELL, Attorney at Law, ENFIELD, N. C. Practices in all the Courts of Hali fax and adjoining counties and in the Supreme and Federal Courts. Claims collected in all parts of the State. .') 8 lv w, A. DUNN, A T T O It X E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. 2 13 ly H. KITCHIN, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Scotland Neck, N. C. 'Office : Corner Main and Elev 1 5 ly enth Streets. I. J. Mercer & son., G2G East Main Street., RICHMOND VA. LUMBER COMMISSION MERCHANTS. -o- Gives personal and prompt attention to all consignments of Lumber, Shin gles. Laths, Ac 4 17 J0 ly -N EV Jewelry After six years experience, I feel thor oughly competent to do all work that is expected of a WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. WATCHMAKER a;;d JEWELER. -o - Repairing & Timing Fine Watches A SPKC'IALTY. 1 also carry a full line ol WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FANCY GOODS. X Spectacles and X XL Eye Glasses I'roperly X X Fitted to the Eye. X The h:i Sswiag Machine THE BEST OX EARTH. SEWIXG MACHINES CLEANED AND REPAIRED. S A T I S FA OTION- G I ' A II A X TEKI). H'. . JOIfXSTOX, Nest door to X. li. Joxev. 10 0 0m J. H. LAWRENCE, Dealer in GRAIN, MILL FEED, HAY, CLO VER AND GRASS SEEDS. Improved Farm Im plements A SPECIALTY. Agent for Clark's Cutaway Harrow and the Deering Mower, A Model of Perfection. SCOTLAND LECK. N. C. 16 ly Store E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. X. THE CANDIDATE. Mule a bray in' ; Man at gate ; "Hello ! brother." (Candidate.) Tow-head children Watch an wait ; "Bless the darlin's" (Candidate !) Stump in cornfield, (Growin' late) "IiaLcd a farmer." (Candidate !) Gray-head eoldier Served the State : "Want more pensions?" (Candidate !" Old-time widdcr, Sad as fate ; "Lost my wife, too." (Candidate !) Colored nigger Black as slate : "Good as white man." (Candidate !) Big church meetin' Deacons straight : "Born a Baptist." (Candidate !) Safe in office ; Voters wait : "Go to thunder !" (Candidate !) Frank L. Stanton. The Statesman's Pocket. Kate Field's Washington. "Do you prefer side or slant or top pockets in your trousers?" "I don't care, I'm sure. All I want is pockets that I can get my hands into." Tnis was the conversation I overheard the other day between a tailor and his customer, and I was reminded of it an hour later as I looked down upon the floor of the Senate chamber and watched our grave reverend law-mak ers going through their work. In the middle aisle carrying on a triangular de bate, were Senator Froctor and Senator Gorman, each with his left hand in his trousers pocket, and Senator Allison with both hands simi larly encased. They were presently joined by Senator Brice, who had his right hand pocketed, while Senator Lin dsay strode from the Democratic side over to the Republican side with both his hands in his pockets, almost run ning into Senator Lodge, was carrying his in the same way. I could not help thinking of the old story of Daniel Webster and the botton on his jacket which he always used to twirl while making his best recitation in school. It is said that a little girl who had long stood next to him in his spelling class and who was ambitious to pass him, con trived one day to snip off this button ; and at the next recitation, when Dan iel felt for it and found it missing, he was so overcome that he missed the word put to him, and his clever rival went to the head of the class. Suppose some malicious person, bent on destroy ing the comfort and dignity of the Senate should contrive to have the trousers pockets of all Senators sewed up over night, what would become of American oratory and legislation the next day? Cotton Mills in tha South. The Manufactures' Record of Baltimore recently published the location of every cotton mill in the South, with the number of spendles. The article states that in 1880 the South had 161 cotton-mills, with 667, 855 spindles. By 1890 these had in creased in number to 255 mills, with 1,766,553 spindles. The South now has 406 mills, with 2,763,879 spindles, and 62,052 looms. In addition to this, the mills projected will have between 50,000 and 75,000 spindles. The in crease in spindles last year was over 200,000. North Carolina leads in the number of spindles, with 655,000 in operation in 1894 ; while South Carolina leads in looms, with 16,200. North Carolina has the largest number of mills, but as the majority of them are small, the aggre gate number of their spindles' exceeds that of South Carolina only 34,000. Georgia comes third on the list, with 556,000 spindles. , The capital invested in cotton manu facturing in the South has increased from $21,976,713 in 1880 to $96,000,000 in 1894. Thirty-two mills have report ed their dividends for 1893, the aver age being 8.8 per cent., in addition to which most of them laid aside a sur plus for repairs or extensions. Two mills paid 20 per cent ; one 18 per cent., while the others ranged from 12 to 4 per cent. SCOTLA!ND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, Hen. Jas. L. Mitchell. The friends of Mrs. F. W. Gregory of Crowells, this countv, will sympathize with her in the death of her brother, Hon. James L. Mitchell, of Indianajo- lis, Indiana. The Indianapolis Evening Xrvs of February 22nd, published the following SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. James L. Mitchell, Sr., died last night at 8 :30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. M. E. Ewing, No. 294 North Mer idian sireet, where he and his wife and son, James L. Mitchell, Jr., have occu pied apartments' for two vears. Mr Mitchell's death was not unexpected. Dr. Allison Maxwell had notified the family that death would come soon. Mr. Mitchell's health began to fail two years ago. He first complained of his stomach, and then his heart seemed to give him trouble. He went to his office regularly after the disease attack ed him, but those who met him from day to day saw the robust figure was gradually becoming emaciated. At the suggestion of friends, Mr. Mitchell went to French Lick Springs, hoping to get relief, but he gradually grew weaker while there. That was more than a year ago. Those who were with him on that visit to the springs say it was pita ble to see Mr. Mitchell strive to climb the hills around the resort after he had become so weak that he could not fol low his friends in their rambles over the surrounding country. After he re turned from the visit, fatty degenera tion of the heart set in, and he contin ued to loose flesh. For more than nine months he has been confined to his room, and has visibly been approach ing nearer and nearer to death. Those of his friends who saw him during the last weeks of his life, say that he was not at all his former self in appearance. In health one of the most stalwart and hearty men in Indianapolis, he had lost flesh until it seemed that onlv the frame remained. Stomach and bowel I trouble began three days ago, and, he grew rapidly worse until deathh came. Mrs. Mitchell and James L. Mitchell, Jr., the only child, were present when he died. MR. MITCHELL'S CAREER. Mr. Mitchell was bora m Shelby county, Kentucky, September 29, 1834. When eight years old he went with his parents to Monroe county, Indiana. The elder Mitchell was a farmer, and the son worked on the farm until he was nineteen years old. He entered the preparatory department of the State University at Bloomington in 1853, and was graduated from the uni versity in 1858. He delivered the col lege anniversary address in July 1858, and in 1860 he delivered the alumni address of the institution. He read law at the university until December, 1859, when he came to Indianapolis and en tered the law office of Ketcham & Cof fin as a student. Later he formed a partenership for the oractice of law with his uncle, James L. Ketcham. He was commissioned adjutant of the Sev entieth Reigment Indiana Yolunteei Infantry in July, 1862. This was the regiment commanded by Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Mitchell continued in the armv until the close of the war. He was promoted to be a captain, and from November, 1864, to the close of the war was on the staff of Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau. Upon his return from the war he resumed the practice of law with John L. Ketcham. The name of the firm was Ketcham & Mitcnell. Later William A. Ketcham entered the firm. In 1869 John L. Ketcham died Horatio C. Newcomb became a mem ber of the firm. The firm was New comb, Mitchell & Ketcham until Mr. Newcomb went on the bench. HIS POLITICAL OFFICES. In 1873 Mr. Mitchell was nominated by the the Democrats of Indianapolis for mayor. He was absent from the city at the time the nomination was made, but agreed to make the race. He was elected oyer W. D. Wiles by a majority of 778 votes. He was the first Democratic mayor Indianapolis had had since the beginning of the war. He served as mayor for one term. Af ter retiring from the practice of law ;in connection with his cousin, William A. Ketcham and Solomon Claypool, the EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. firm ling Claypool, Mitchell d: Ketch am. In 18SG Mr. Mitchell was nomi nated by the Democrats of Marion and Hendricks counties for the office of prosecuting attorney. He was elected and was re-elected in 1S88. He was succeeded by John W. Holtzman in 1890. After retiring from the office of prosecuting attorney Mr. Mitchell re turned to the practice of law, forming a partnership with his son, James L Mitchell, Jr. This partnership con tinued until Mr Mitchell's death. DEYOTIOX TO HIS WIFE. Mr. Mitchell married in New Albany Ind., October 4, 1864, Miss Clara E. Carter, niece of the late George G. Dunn. Mrs. Mitchell has for many years leen an invalid, and the devo tion of her husband to her was often the subject of comment by those who knew the family well. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell lived at the ho tels, and it seemed to be the de light of Mr. Mitchell to make life as pleasant as possible for his wife, who unassisted, was unable to leave her room . While living at the Grand Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell met Emma Abbott the singer, who, seeing Mrs. Mitchell's helpless condition, came to her room and sang for her. From this incident there sprang up a friendship that last ed until the singer died, a few years ago. Miss Abbott never came to Indianapo lis without visiting Mrs. Mitchell, and she never went away without singing for her. Through Mr. Mitchell, Miss Abbott made financial investments in Indianapolis which proved profitable for her. Her will made Mr. Mitchell one of her executors, and two years of his life were largely devoted to looking after the estate of the dead singer. The Farmer. Baltimore Sun. Mankind could survive the collapse of all other industries but this : The one essential man is the farmer. He is the king of all and at the same time the servant of all. His reign began with Adam and will last as long as the sun shines and the rain falls. He is of the few laborers who never go on a strike, and who could not afford to go on a strike. His stopping work would be as bad as cutting off the world's supply of air. The farmer not only gives the world its bread and meat, not only sustains the bodily life from year to year, but he forms a vast sur plus of reserve capital upon which the citizens and nations are constantly drawing for the maintainance of their physical and intellectual health. Country air and country light seems to make strong minds and strong souls. The freshness and breadth and origi nality which comes from close com munion with nature, are needed to gave life and blood to the depleted and urban system. From the beginning of our history, the farmer has contrib uted great men to American business and politics, providing intellectual and moral as well as physical material for the country, and we have reason to be thankful that Ave can look to him for this also in the future, as well as for the products of the soil. The Doctor's Advice. Selected. Tom met an old friend, who was for merly a prosperous young lumber man up in Northern Minnesota, but whose bad habits of drinking brought him to a pretty "hard up" condition, although he has since reformed and is doing better. "How are you?" asked Tom. "Pretty well, thank you, but I have just seen a doctor to him have examine my throat." "What's the matter?' "Well, the doctor couldn't give me any encouragement. At least he couldn't find what I wanted him to find." "What did you expect him to find?" "I asked him to look down my throat for the saw-mill and farm that had gone down there in drink." "And did he see anything of it?" "No, but he advised me if I ever got another mill to run it by water." MARCH 15, 1894. A23?T CI3A32TT2S. Ectt They Are Often Made. Wa'trtoO (X. I.) Ohnrrrtr. Do you care to kivw how they are made? We think vc- en enlighten j on. An Italian ly, only eiht ye.irs old. was brought Udore a Justice in New York city, a a vagrant. r, in otht r words, a young tr.i?np. But wh.it did the officer charge him? Only with picking up cigar-stump from the streets and gutter. To prox-e this. he showed the UyV basket, half full of stumps, xva tor-soaked and covered with mud. "What do you do with these ?"akcd His Honor. What do vou think xva his answer? "I sell thorn to a man for ten cents a pound, to le u.-ed in unk ing cigarettes." Not a particularly agreeable piece of information. is it. boys ? In our largo cities there are a gnat many cigar-butt grublers, as they are called. It certainly is not , a pretty name, though very appropriate ; for it is applied to boys and gitI- who H our the streets in search of half-burut ci gars and stumps, which are dried and then ?old to 1-e used in making ciga rettes. But this isn't all, nor even the worst of it. These cigarettes have been ana lyzed, and nhysicians and chemists are suprised to find how much opium is put into them. A tobacconist himself says "that the extent to which drugs are used in cigarettes is appalling." 'Havana flavoring" for this same pur pose is sold everywhere by the thous and barrels. This flavoring is made from the tonka-bean, which contains a deadly poison. The wrappings, war ranted to be rice-papers, are sometimes made of common paper, and sometimes of filthy scrapings of ragpickers, bleach ed white with arsenic. What a cheat to be practiced on people ! Think of it, boys ! the next time you tike up a cigarette, drop it as you would a coal of fire. The latter would simply burn your fingers; but this burns up good health, good resolutions, good manners, good memories, good faculties, and often honesty and truth fulness as well. A bright boy of thirteen came under the spell of cigarettes. He grew stupid and subject to nervous twitching, till finally he was obliged to give up his duties. When asked why he didn't throw away his miserable cigarettes, the poor boy replied, with tears, that he had often tried to do so, but could not. Another boy of eleven was made cra zy by cigarette smoking, and was taken to an insane asylum in Orange county New York. He was a violent and dan gerous maniac, exhibiting some of the symptoms jeculiar to hydrophobia. The white spots on the tongue and inside the cheeks, called smoker's patch es, are thought by Sir Morell Macken zie to be more common with users of cigarettes than with other smokers. "Does cigarette smoking injure the lungs?" asked some one of a leading New York pln'sician. For his answer, the doctor lighted a cigarette, and in haling a mouthful of smoke, blew it through the corner of his handkerchief which he held tightly over his mouth. A dark brown stain was destiuctly visi ble. "Just such a stain," said the doc tor, "is left upon the lungs." If voir ever smoke another cigarette think of the stains you are making." Bam Burning in Chatham. Pittsboro Record. We regret to hear of more barn burning in the the western part of this county. On last Tnuay night the barn and stables of Mrs. Patty Brooks, in Mathews township, were burned. In addition to the lorai:e in the barn two mules were also burned. And on Sat urday night, in the same neighl-orhood, the barn of 31 r. John Check was burn ed, together with a mule and a lot of corn and forage. Both burnings are supposed to have been the work of in cendiaries. People who really love God will find some way to show it. Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE fi.oo. NO. 15. Barm Bani :f Cher:ket Indbci in Vzr Carclim. f' WiV'iJ ctri't . There an in WV-torn North CatoIhui about three thousand Cherokee India:. Vhc:i the l"nilel St: poxernmcnt dcri'el t rcni.no the Ir.than tiN uet. (in the Timtfj) thry -i-p.t n m.ut.'.ry f-.r with tmnjr.-tii-n wac":." to jr.ithrr tluni up and t..ke them to their rtM"r.itii!i. Many f them wcie unwilling to g-, r.n ! hid i th ni-Hc in the forr? until (ho n I rnoval n.vs oer. It w.t ":( inl l v die i nueo. .iaf -nn-" trial n con siderable Kd v of them were left K lrind and they settled U"n them a :e-er-tiosi of 7.'. or wmki acic of Inn,!, "ituated in Swain county, N. '. TI.ex do not own the lands in K-xcralty, !ut they are prottvU1 in their ow t;vh' p so that they can not K- d!sj-.,r,"'l .f it. Each head of a family cm 'Hh t a suncie:t quanty of land for his waul, and improe it, and the improvement gie him a title to hold it hi life tin e and transmit it to bin children. Hut he can sell his impro emenh- mi! the purchaser h:is all the rights of t tie former settler. The lands of the reservation are ery good, and much of it is in original forest, and in hcauh timlteml with very valuable timU-r. ' They have a government of their own. They elect a chief, who senes four years (I think,) and they have a council consisting of seven. They make laws for the regulation of their own tri hal affairs. But they are citizens ,.f the State, ami are entitled to suffrage and :vc amenable to all of the law of the State. They hve churches, and have some native preachers among t'lera. They are nearly all Baptists, and have a Baptist Association. They have good school facilities. The United States government hut established a school at Cherokee (for merly called Yellow Hill,) which i kept up by the government, and then there are three other schools (probably more now) scattered through the reser vation. The Cherokee school is. de signed to be a training and industrial school. Those Indians are rather aerse to hard work. The men are fond of hunt ing, and the squaws are frequently to be seen sauntering alout with a little bag fm their shoulders. They dig roots and gather herbs and barks rather than till the soil. They have capacity for learning some things remarkably well. They can generally learn to sing, to re cite, to draw, ifcc. They arc very fond of being exhibited. They are very im itative. The writer had twenty of the girls in .ludson College in Henderon ville, N. ('., for three years, and they soon learned to imitate the white girls so perfectly that a stranger could hard ly distinguish between them. They were quite fond of playing jokes in that direction. A large er cent, of them are mixed blooded. In fime instances they are mixed with no-gro bhod. JJut most generally with whites. Many in stances have occurred where white men have married squaws to get the K-ne-fits of their reservation. Quite a num ber of cases occur in which white wom en have married Indiana. Their ex chief, who died about a year ago, Chief Smith, married a w hite woman. Three of his daughters were wiih us at Jud son College. Lottie Smith was consid ered a beauty. They do not M-ern to increase in numer owing mainly to emigration. It is quite common for them to p to the Cherokee tril-e in the Indian Territory. J. I. Boose. Windsor, N. C. Marh Twain. S'lect'd. Here is the latest T-erpotrated by the genial author ol "Innocents Abroad :" A young colored girl had "expe rienced religion" in a revival. The next day, in dusting her master' desk, she happened tiron a ?2 bill which had ten left there by accident. "Lord-a-massy," she said as she covered it with a book so as not to be further tempted, "how I wish't that reviya! 'ud Ken put ofl till to-morrow." Ill humor is but the inward feeling of our want of merit. Sot Yt t 3; t rwt: VI AT In Not. th at i i. k i:r. vi:i:s T H T Vot W'Uh jour A hrrt lament To I it im the c'. rv.! Tiu: !! kit Slip The Old Friend And" thrt t frio:;il, tL.it never f.uls you, fc'-mmr:; Liver lieu la'or (tic KM Z that' you hear nt th m r.tion of thin excellent Liver iaHlu;n And people ihou!i tK t K$ -ei.uidtxl that Anything e!so !. It i tho King of Liver Medi cine; is letter than pill', nnd taken tho phvo of Qi:inir; raid Calomel. It u 'U directly on th Liver, Kidney lvA mA gives new lifo to tl." wh.! y tem. This is the medio:!;.' you want. Bold by aSl Lruk.-t-i in Liquid, or in Powder to bo taken dry or made into u te.i. . V-BVKliV I'ACK AOE- mm tt S Miami In rW rMc. "Hdw in Ct ia mi ms lM-i w -." Simply apply ' :i ne' Ointment.' No internal ineheine mUJH"I. I'iih-i tetter. eve!i;:t. itch, -t ii-t i. u on the face. h.oi'N. ii' A- , :in th kin clear, white nii.l he.itthy. Il fc'ret healing aii l routine jH.wrt m- sessid bv no other nii;,. A-k ur druggist fr Sv. ; l.e's hutment. i on ovr.i: kitty vr..i:s AsOlKAMi V.'l I I TlMIO Tl'tli'Y Mrs. Win-low Soothing vnq ln lxen twd forowr ift -u Tv mil lions of mother- for their rhlMreil while teethin;.'. w ith i 'e t n ".-., It soothe the rhlld. sofli-n- th" cnm, allays all p;oi. run'- wtinl eo!u mi. I im the lx t H'lini!) for J'l.oiho.i In pleasant to the ta-le. S-M l y llrue- cisfs in I'M'iv p.tit of th'- WotM. Twenty fixe cents , l.it!e t x.-ilu is inealeiil.ible Me -tile i!ii ;i-l f. Mr. Win-low ' So. .t hi vi' .-ypip, ;tri'l t.'ko no other kind. Knuli.-h pax in Liniment n-iiinn all Iln-I. Soft oi '..li-. Lump- and and 'lernidns fiom h.r-- t!t Spaxin Stub-, .-pilot-, weeney. Illlig worm titles, Sp-airi". .ok' Swollen Through, ( 'oiiL'hs. I .U-. ,-jixo .'o by lls. of one lot!e Wau.V'ed the. mo-t xxondrfnl UVmi-m 'oi" ever knoxvm Sold bo I. T h.n hed A Co.. Druvfi-t-. Seotlan d .Ne.-k. N . 10 1 ly. Iteti on human and n.r- aii'i I! aninud- mied in 'JO minute-. . V,1 ford's Sanitary Lotion. I hi- i.ext-r fails. Sold by' L. T U'hio he ,d A To. Iriiej.'i-t, Seotl.md Neck N. 0. 1 1 i ;2 i v. ni:w Central : M I have jn-t oj-ii'"! at my oM ptund 8tid nk the patromoe of the j.nblir. I shll keep Beef, Pork, Fresh Fish And y-ter- in -;,-. n. I will pay highe-t ea-h pr; e for NICE FAT STOCK. Ke-ieetftll!v, K. ALLSBROOK. :ji :5m Seotl.md Neek, N. ( BRICK! Contract- taken for all kind- of brick work. 'on!:.!'-- t.ike;, rr.ake br' k iii'W, i it- in . x o adj wnini.' e.imf ie. in Jor- of ."rO, ) or' npw ard-. 20,000 FEET OF i A' Mill .11, h.ooo sinxai.Fs foi: sM.i:. m-liiV h- A- IO-.V - HIT. f A t.: I;-' sol K !7.!. Ih A. M A IRY, 3 10 lv S.:l,,d X-k, X ('. Hall, Creagh & Co. M ."-vucce or- to li j; .iMnocr- .v i o , Cotton Factors COTTON COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. Iloanoke I- k, NOILTOLK, VA. Country Trainees of every de-eHi-tion solicited. 3 2 3m .V """'"'" '- n)c