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THE DEMOCRAT. E. E. HILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1894. Entered at the Post-Office a. otland Neck, N. C, as Second Class i tter. WHY NOT THE WHIPPING POSTt There are many petty crimes and of fenses for which the criminal euffera very little but the State a great deal. For instance, a man steals a chicken worth 25 cents. He is arrested, tried, convicted and sent to jail for 30, CO, or 90 days, as the sentence may be, and at the end of his confinement in jail he comes out none the worse off but with free board for the time. His time he did not value, his character has suffered very little, if anything at all, and on the whole it has hurt him very little. And the worst part of it is, he has come out so well that he will not mind repeating the crime when occasion pre sents itself. Now, how fares it with the State? Well, the magistrate is paid a little for issuing the wairant and committing him to jail ; the constable is paid a lit tle for making the arrest and convey ing him to jail ; the jailor is paid for feeding the prisoner from the time of his commitment until regular court ; the solicitor is paid for prosecuting and convicting ; the jurors are paid for try ing ; the Judge is paid for hearing the case ; the jailor is paid for feeding him during his one, two, or three months imprisonment after hi? conviction, and pays it all. Here is a thief who stole a chicken worth 25 cents or a pig worth $2, and whose trial and imprisonment have cost the State from $25 to $50. And the thief is not reformed. The Democrat believes that lor many such offenses the whipping-post is the best remedy. If the criminal in such cases were dressed off with forty stripes save one, we believe it would di minish crime and we are very sure it would lessen expenses to the State. Does some say it would be a return to barbarism? To be sure, it would if the innocent should receive such treat ment. But with the advantage of the law,the lawyers, and twelve men to ren der a verdict, the innocent do not often suffer. And any punishment that is put upon the criminal would be barba rous if inflicted upon the guilty. So the same person might say it is barba rous to hang a man ; but there are crimes for which both the laws of God and man say the criminal must die. And we see no more barbarism in the one case than in the other. Can't we have the whipping-post again? Would it not be economy to the State? Would it not diminish crime? We think it would. TO MEET IN HALIFAX The Democrat last week proposed harmony among those who have re mained in the Democratic party and those who have gone over to the Pop ulist party. As touching the political interests of the State and county we see no other escape from the clutches of the Republican party. The rank and file of the white peo ple of the State practically think alike on matters of political interest ; and it seems suicidal to split and permanent ly disagree on minor questions, when they think alike on the main questions at issue. We believe that m the coming cam paign it will be useless to shoulder the national administration. Let us see to it that we keep things right in our State and county government and wait until there shall be a national issue before us to enter upon a national campaign. As to our Congressmen Ave may apply the test to their record and treat them ac cordingly. Below we print a call which wo find being circulated and which seems to us reasonable. We cannot see how any fair-minded man can object to its prop ositions, and we hoj to see a general response by the citizens of the county. The call reads as follows : "We the undersigned, citizens of Halifax county, ask every white man in Halifax county to meet in mass meet ing in Halifax town on the 26th day of March, 1894, to take into consideration the political situation, and to adopt such steps as shall secure to us the right government under the Constitu tion." If you decide to take Hood's Sarapa rilla do not be induced to buy any sub stitute article. Take Hood's and only Hood's. SILLY FRA TRIG IDE. The New Berne correspondent to Sunday's Richmond Dispatch gives the following account of a eilly frantricide which occurred near Fort Barnwell in Craven county : James and John Russell, two broth ers, had a dispute about the use of a horse-collar the former having it and the latter wanting it, and threatening to shoot James if he did not give it to him. James persisted in keeping the collar, and John, highly enraged, went to the house, took his gun, which was loaded with bird-shot, fired it off, and charged it with buck shot. He return ed to the field again, demanding the collar, or he would shoot. James reiused to give up the collar, and told John to shoot. John then pulled the trigger, but the gun failed to fire. THE FATAL SHOT. This, it is supposed, caused James to think the gun was not loaded, and he bared his breast . to his angry brother and told him to shoot and at the same time advanced towards him. John then fired at him, pouring the contents of the gun into his legs, severing an ar tery, from which he bled to death in about an hour. The deceased was about 21 years old and the slayer about 19. They are the sons of Mr. R. A. Russell, a prominent citizen of the county and a member of the Legisla ture in ante-bellum days. It is the saddest event of the kind that ever happened in the county, and the distressed family have the sympa thy of everybody who knows them. The saddest of all is that the collar which James had in use turns out not to be the one that John thought it was. Hood's and only Hood's. Are you weak and weary, overworked and tired? Hood's Sarsaparilla is juet the medicine ,3011 need to purify and quicken your blood and to give you ap petite and strangth. If you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be in duced to buy any other. Any effort to substitute another remedy is proof of the merit of Hood's. Hood's Pills are the best after-dinner Pills, assist digestion, cure headache. Try a box. The Rocky Mount Argonaut says that Rockjr Mount will certainly have an ice factory. Mr. Worth of Wil mington will put in the machinery. How's This. We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made bo their firm. West & Tkuax, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O. WALDrxo, Kixnan & Mar vin, Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug gists. Testimonials free. The newspapers have it that Senator David B. Hill and Miss Scott, a Ken tucky belle, are engaged and will prop ably be married soon. Three days is a very short time in which to cure a bad case of rheuma tism ; but it can be done, if the proper treatment is adopted, as will be .een by the following from James Lambert, of New Brunswick, Ills. : "I w.is badly afilieted with rheumatism in the hips and legs, when I bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It cured me in three days. I am all right to day ; and would insist on every one who is afflicted with that terrible dis ease to use Chamberlain's Pain Balm and gel well at once." 50 cent bottles for sale by E. T. Whitehead fc Co. "The people of this vicinity insist on having Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and do not want any other," says John V. Bishop, of Portland Mills, Indiana. That is right. They know it to be su perior to any other for colds, and as a preventive and cure for croup, and why should they not insist upon having it. 50 cent bottles for sale by E. T. White head & Co. "The Blood is the Life," Runs the old saying, and everthing that ever makes part of any organ of the body mrst reach its place therein through the blood. Therefore, if the blood is purified and kept in good con dition by the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla it necessarily follows that the benefit of the medicine is imparted to every organ of the body. Can anything be simpler the method by which this ex cellent medicine gives good health to all who will try it fairly and patiently? "I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for a number of years, and it has always giv en me satisfaction. It is an excellent dressing, prevents the hair from turn ing gray, insures its vigorous growth, and keeps the scalp white anrl.AlMn " Mary A. Jackson, Salem, Mass. Old newspapers at this office. Water Pcwer Sold. (Correspondence to The Democrat.) Welpox, N. C, March 12th, '94. Our esteemed townsman, Mr. B. F. Gary, was quite .sick two or three days la-t week with chills, but is now out again. Our citizens are glad that Bishop Duncan did not apjoint Rev. R. P Troy, presiding Elder. We are very fond of him and would regret to give him up. We were sorry to hear of Rev. Mr. Vann's misfortune, and hope he will soon recover. Dr. J. E. Shields ha just returned from a trip to to Washington and Bal timore. I am reliably in formed that the Great Fas Canal Company have eoM one-half interest in their enterprise, and as soon as it can be satisfactorily ascer tained that there will be no trouble in getting water in the canal and it will be retained, the money will be paid. This they will have no trouble in prov ing. Mr. R. C. Lassiter of this place con templates engaging in the mercantile business and left to-day for the North ern cities to purchase his goods. Rev. Mr. Royall of the Virginia Con ference, and for seven year a missionary to China, delivered two fine lectcures in the M. E. church last week. Right much tobacco will be planted imthis section on account of the low prices of cotton. W . B. W . THE NEW STYLE pill is of Dr. Pierce's invention and is full of Improvements. They are used by everyone high livers, bad livers, those whose livers are sluggish all find relief in Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. To beoin with, these "Pellets" are the smallest, and earnest to take. They're tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious granules that ev ery child takes readily. Secondly. They're perfectly easy In their action no griping, no disturbance. Thirdly. Their effect is lasting. Fourthly. Put up in glass always fresh. Fifthly. They're the cheapest, for they're guaranteed to give satisfaction, or your money is returned. You pay only for the 7000 you get. Lastly. They absolutely cure Constipa tion, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and all derangements of the liver, stomacn ana Doweis. There have already appeared some contributions relative to Senator Ran som's successor. While some are strong in their endorsements for him, there Is a strong sentiment expressed by tome against him. The National Editorial Association will hold its annual meeting at Asbury Park, on the coast of New Jersey, dur ing the first week in July. Great prepartiona will be made to entertain the editors, a fund of $10,000 having already been raised at Asbury Park for that purpose. The following are the delegates from theJNorth Carolina Press Association : W. F. Burbank, E. E. Hilliard, J. D. Kernodle and J. B. Sher rill. Alternates : F. M. Williams, W L. Cantwell and W. W. McDiarmid. Concord Times. '1 he strongest recommendation tnat any article can have is the endorse ment of the mothers of the town. When the mothers recomend it you may know that that article has more than ordinary merit. Here is what the Centerville, South Dakota, Citizen says editorially of an article sold in their town : "From personal experience we can say that Chamberlains Cough Remedy has broken up bad colds for our children. We are acquainted with many mothers in Centerville who would not be without it in the house for a good many times its cost, and are rec ommending it everv dav." 50 cent bot tles for sale bv E. f . Whitehead fe Co. BANK STATEMENT. Following is a statement of the con dition ot the Scotland Neck Bank, at close of business on the 28th day of February, 1894 : RESOURCES. All loans and discounts, $24,869.15 Overdrafts, 84.16 Due from banks, 2,915.94 Furniture and fixtures 613.19 Cash items, 10,103.20 $38,585.64 5,000.00 2,000.00 216.54 31,237.09 29.02 102.99 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in Surplus fund, Undivided profits, Deposits subject to check, Due to banks, Time certificates of deposit, 38,585.64 I, Frank F. Shields, Cashier of the Scotland Neck Dank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Frank P. Shields, Cashier. State of North Carolina, Halifax Countv. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of March 1894. E. E. Milliard, j. p. If you want a Piano or Organ, see D. P. Haskitt. If you want your Furniture uphol stered, see D. P. Haskitt. If jtgu want your Sewing Machine Cleaned or Repaired, see D. P. Haskitt. If you want your Furniture Repaired and Varnished, see D. P. Haskitt. If you want any kink of Cabinet done, see D. P. Haskitt. It you want your Furniture put in firsst class order, see D. P. Haskitt. At Main St. Hotel. FITS. All fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No fits a ft er first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise $2.00 trial boctle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kine, 931 Arch St, PhUadelphia, P. Ayer's Pills THE BEST Family Medicine CURE Sick Headacb, CCS$TIPATK. Dyspepsia, 1 Liver Troubfos. Eaty to Take Purely Vegetable. The delicate sugar-coating of Ayert Pills dissolTes immediately on reaching the stomach, and permits the roll strength ot each ingredient to be speedily assimilated. As a cathartic, either for travelers or as a family medicine, Aytr' ruts are the best in the world. Prepared by Dr. J. 0. Iyer Co., LrIl, M ai. Every Dose Effective Rev. Mr. Green's Commendation. 1 am a firm believer in L.ile Insur ance, because I believe that one can give no better protection to those de pendent upon him than to carry a pol icy in a good and reliable company. And it gives me great pleasure to say that I regard the. Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, as safe and reliable. I have ev ery reason for saying it, because upon the life of my beloved wife, who carried a policy in this company, I have this day received a check for my claims against the company. The claim was promptly paid by Mr. E. E. Hilliard, of Scotland Neck, the check having been issued the next day after the com plete proofs of death reached the home office of the company. All the deal ings of the company with me have been entirely satisfactory, and I gladly recommend it to any who may desire safe insurance at low rates, and under easy and liberal contracts. I take pleasure in saying further that the public may rely implicitly on any thing Mr. Hilliard may say or repre sent in regard to the plans and policies of the Union Central, as well as in oth er things ; for his settlement with me has been satisfactory and was made in a most agreeable manner. Signed Thos. Greex. Plymouth, N. C, Feb. 14, 1894. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY R. C. JOSEY & CO. rV3a IMQQ COTTON MARKET. (market firm.) Stained - - - - 6 Low Middling - - - - Gf Middling 7 PEANUT MARKET. (market firm.) Spanish 42 Virginias, bright - - 45 to 50 FARM PRODUCTS. Corn - - --- 50 Fodder 75 Hay 80 Oats 50 Field peas - 50 Potatoes, sweet 40 Ham, old ' - - 12$ Pork 7 Lard 11 Beef, on foot 5 Tallow 6 Chickens - - - 20 to 25 Eggs .... 10 Turkeys - - - 75 to 1.00 Butter - - - - - 25 Beeswax - - - - - 18 GROCERIES. Flour, per barrel $2.50 to $ 4.10 Meal, per bushel 70 Meat - - - - -7$ Molasses - - - 25 to 40 Suecar - 5 Coffee - - - - 20 to 25 Cheese - 15 Salt, per sr.ck - - - 85 Edgecombe Poultry o farm. MILDRED, N. C, COBB & CO., - - Proprietors. Black Minorca eggs at $1.00 a dozen. The Minorcas are positively non-sitters and the best layers known to poultry men. The average count for a hen is 200 eggs annually. Eggs more than 10 days old are not soid at ali. Guar anteed fresh. Orders solicited. mention this paper. 2 8 tf SCOTLAND NECK STEAM DYE WORKS. Mourning Goods a Specialty. Get price list. Address Scotland Neck Steam Dyeing Co. 1-24-ly Scotland Neck N. C Now is a good time to set your aspar agus beds. Call on me for your plants. J. Y. Savage. r m of Valuable IM By virtue of a decree rendered by the Superior cm:rt of Warren county in the cnu.e therein pending entitle! W. W. Long vs. The British & American Mortgage Company, (Limited) et ali, I will pell at public "auction at tbe Court IIou.e in Warrenton, North Carolina, on Monday, the 19th day of March, 1S94, all that land conveyed by W. V. Long to Albert U. Snattuck, trustee, by a trust executed on the day of 189 , and registered in Halifax and Warren counties, to wit : one tract lying in Warren and Hal ifax counties lounded by Big FL-hing Creek, the lands of G. Branch Alston, Henrv Wallat, Lafavette Williams, J. Neal, D. Neal, Tramberry Ncal, Tucker, W. II. Shearin, Sprigg Williams. S. W. Hamlet. T. C. Williams and others, containing 4509 acres, more or les ; one tract in Warren county lxmnded by the road leading from Areola to (5 rove Hill, the lands of Willis Harrington, Mr. Ruina T Alston, Geo. W. Davis and others, containing 1344 acre, more or less; one tract ai Areola in Warren county bounded by the land- of Geo. W. Davis, W. A. Shearin, and others, containing 82 acres, more or less ; and one tract in Halifax county known as 'High Point' containing 502 acres more or les?, which was conveyed by Thomas W. Harris and wife to S. A. Williams by deed of record in Halifax county, in Book 4S page 85. Said land has been divided by purvey into the following tracts : No. 1. contain'g 438 acres more or less. " 2. " 560 " " 3. " 272 " " 4. " 249 " 5. " 963 " " 6. " 257 " " 7. " 152 " 8. " 59S " " 9. " 494 " " 10. " 523 " " 11. " 515 " " 12. " 448 " " 13. " 3S0 " " 14. " 82 " 1?; roo. " w u it t. tt tt i t u Each tract contains a settlement with good proportions of open and wood lands, No. 5. embracing the mansion house, and will be designated at the sale by accurate plots. Each of the fifteen tracts will be scld separately Terms : One-fourth cash, balance in one and twn vpars. title retained until tho whole of the purchase money is paid. This is excellent farming land and locaieu in one of the healthiest sections of North Carolina. E. L. TRAVIS, Halifax, N. C, Feb. 12, '94. Com. 2 22 4t -THE- New York Weekly Herald, FOR 1894. Will be without auestion AMERICA'S LEADING FAMILY PAPER The reputation that the Weekly Herald has enjoyed for many year? of being the best home paper in the land will be materially added to during the year 1894. No pains or expense will be spared to make it in every department the most reliable, interesting and in structive of all weekly newspaper pub lications. It will be improved in many ways. A number of new features and departments will be added. The latest development in all fields of contempo raneous human interest will be ably diccusped from week to week by accom plished writers. THE NEWS OF THE WORLD will be given in a concise but complete form. Every important or interesting event, either at home or abroad, will be duly described in the columns of the Herald. In politics the it is absolutely independent and sound. It tell the rights and wrongs of all sides without fear. The women and children of tbe land will find the Meekly Herald a welcome visitor. The household and children's pages will be both interesting and in structive. A brilliant array of novels and short stories by the best writers in America and England has been secur ed, so that fiction will be one of the most attractive features in tho weekly Herald during 1894. Only $1 a Year. Send for sample copy. Address THE WEEKLY HERALD, Herald Square, New Yoik. To Be Sold. )::( WE WILL SELL AT OUR DRUG STORE. )::( SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, )::( Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic UNDER A GUARANTEE That one bottle willcure Chills and Fever, Malarial Fever, Bilious Feqer, Typhoid Fever, Swamp Fever, Faver and Hemorrhagic Neuralgia and LaGrippe, and failing to so will refund the money. S. T. WHITEHEAD & CO., BfJ Prune Syrup and Senna is the best of all fruit laxatives. 7 14 ly Anchor brand collars, cuffs and shirts are the best. Call and examine our line. N. B. Josey. K i R. C. JOSEY & CO.. ARE NOW RECEIVING THEIR NEW SKX'K OF INSPECT THEM Before Buying Anywhere Else, 'lelisr Flour (.KXHVMMMHHM(MMMtMKHMMMHK ( HH MtaV MHMMHHMMMMHM) MKMHMtiMMh (K N M M t (Ml ikmkniii H H K I H. M. BARNES & CO., COTTON FACTORS and GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Chickens, Ejrjrs,(Jcneral Prlu-e, Fruit., Lumlx-r a Sjxvialty. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED AND PROM IT ATTENTION OIVEN In ALL IM'SINESS. Rf.fkkksce : Ci y National Rank. Roanoko Dock, NoRl U.K. V A , o 22 :hn Wriite & F'atiil, Cor. Main and Tenth Streets, SCOTLAND Mick', . . DEALERS IN GENERAL COMPLETE STOCK OF DRV GOODS, NOTIONS ALWAYS IN S l o K FINEST LINE OF GENTS' FrRNlSHINO GOODS EVER DROUGHT TO THIS MARKET. WE CARRY IN STOCK Charles Heiser's Men's Fine Shoes, LADIES' ROCHESTER MADE, PERFECT FIITING FINE SHOES. EARL t WILSON'S COLLARS AND CUFFS. YOU SHOULD SEE OCR LINE OF FINE ZT5T Our Line of Hats is Complete. Fine Clothing Kea-ly Male or M.p!- t, A LASGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK ALWAYS I2T C7CC2T. Call and examine goods and prices. Mar 7 ly. MANHOOD RESTORED fltlmolantn a1(1r-nt for H I ur -sXLJ ers v WAXZ: JtCFOUklND XTLttlkIMJ. Atidrrhs N l.UVK al: l .. M onlr 'Ial blc. IM. FOR SALE 15 Y E. T. WHITEHEAD CO., Scotland Neck, X. c. ; 22 Iv F s o A R LL -AT- Caladonia State Farm, NEAR TILLERY, AKTJ NORTHAMPTON STATE FARM, NEAR HALIFAX, Com, Peas, Forap, Wleal At txth above farms and also at Hal ifax State Farm, near Weldon, SOUS CHEAP MULES. Apply to Sujjervi-wrs of farms. Term ca.h or will exchange for oh t tie or hogs. 2 22 -It Designs pent to any address FREE. In writing for them please give age of de ceased and some limit as to price. All work warranted strictly first-clasa and entirely satisfactory. 3 1 ly $ EstaMsM LS 1865. Work Delivered at Any Depot. 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