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ADVERTISING IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM IS TO- Macliiiiery, f ? t IF YOU ARE A HUSTLER .or wjxt am nm-K Business. m Yt u A t-. i i. t j v n ? i Nowr. that L-- k .ii:i W'UXi jour AhiTtlMnirtit Democrat. That Great Pkoi'KU.im; Powkk. Write up a nice Mverti.-einent about yjur business and insert it in THE DEMOCRAT, and you'll "nee u change in business all around." PROFESSIONAL. it. w. o. Mcdowell, D Office North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Xeck, X. C. j0""Always at his office when not professionally engaged elsewhere. 1 9 2o Jv D It. FRANK WHITEHEAD, Office North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotlaxo Nec k, N. C. 3gJ"Alwa found at his office when not professionally engaged elsewhere. 7 0 iv D It. A. C. LI VERM ON, ft Office Over J. D. Kay's, store. Oflice hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to i o'clock, p. m. 2 12 ly SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. B U. J. II. DANIEL, -Duxx, N. C. Makes the disease of cancer a Specialty. 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. 3 8 ly A.DVSXr A T T 0 11 X E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. 2 l. ly W, H. KITCH1N, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Scotland Xeck, X. C. "0!'iice : Corner Main sind Elev enth Streets. 1 " ly Joseph Christian. P. St. Geo. Barraud. Late judge Supreme ) Court of Appeals f Virginia. QlIRfSTlAN & BAE11AUD, A TTORXE YS-A T-L A TP, Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal, in the city of Richmond. Office Hoohi 10, Chamber of Commerce 4 5 lv RICHMOND, VA. I. J. Mercer & Son., 020 East Main Street., RICHMOND VA. LUMBER COMMISSION MERCHANTS. -o- ( Jives personal and prompt attention to all consignments of Lumber, Shin gles, Laths, &c. i 17 i)0 ly -M EM Jewelry Store After six years experience, I feel thor oughly competent to do all work that is expected of a WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. WATCHMAKER a?:i JEWELER. Repairing & Timing Fine Watches A SPECIALTY 1 also carry a full line of WATCHES, CLOCKS. JEWELRY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FANCY GOODS. '2 Spectacles and Itl Eye Classes Pnierly X. Fitted to the Eye. X flu Mil Swing Machine THE BEST ON EARTH. SEWING MACHINES CLEANED AND REPAIRED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. W. H. JOHNSTON, Next door to N. B. Josey. 10 6 6m E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. X. The Old Friend And the best friend,-that never fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Red Z) that's "what you hear at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine, and people should not be persuaded that anything else will do. ' It is the King of Liver Medi cines ; is better than pills, and takes the place of Quinine and Calomel. It act3 directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. This 13 the medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken drv or made into a tea. WEVERY PACKAGE'S Umm the 56 Stamp In red on wrapper. J. II. ZJII1N & CO.. Philadelphia. A SUMMER LONGING. I must away to wooded hills and vales, Where broad, slow streams flow cool and silently, And idle bulges llap their listless sails For me the summer sunset glows and pales. And green fields wait for me. I long for shadowy forests, where the birds , Twitter and chirp at noon lor every tree. I long for blossomed leaves and lowing herds, And nature's voices say, in mystic words, "The green fields wait for thee." I dream of uplands, where the prim rose shines, And waves her yellow lamps above the tea Of tangled copses, swung with trailing vines Of open vistas, skirted with tall pines, Where green fields wait for me. I think oi long, sweet aiternoons, when I May lie and listen to the distant sea, Or hear the breezes in the reeds that sigh, Or insect voices chirping shrill and dry, In fields that wait for me. These dreams of summer come to bid me find The forest's shade, the wild bird's melody, While summer's rosy wreaths for me are twined, While summer's fragrance lingers on the wind, And green fields wait for me. George Arnold. The Tests. Of Dignity Never to forgot your self. Of Unselfishness Never to remem ber yourself. Of a Clerk Not what he earns, but what he spends. Of Happiness The art of forgetting actual unhappiness. Of a Millionaire Not what he spends, hut what he earns. Of a Good Comrade How much 3'ou enjoy talking to him. Of Unhappiness The habit of for getting actual happiness. Of Beauty Not that it is perfect but that it always attracts. Of Virtue Not what it does not do, but what it does not want to do. Of Purity Not what it lias not seen but what it has not touched. Of Charm Not how deeply vou feel it, but how keenly you remember it. Of a student Not' how much he knows, but how much he wants to know. Of a Realist Not that he ever de picts ideally. Of a Fine Man Not the harm that he does not do, but the good that he does do. Of Fascination Not how keenly you remember it, but how much else you forget. Of the AVorst Pessimism Leading a poor life and then preaching what you practice. Of a Woman's Power Not how ex clusively you think of her when she is there, but how often you think of her when she is not there. J ten on human and norses ana all animals cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Druggist, Scotland Neck N. C. 11 4 92 ly. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 12,-1894. SLANDER'S WORK. ITS THESE FOLD DANGEE. Where Will it Stop? Dr. Pritchard in Charlotte Observer. A great many persons are guilty of bearing false witness against their neigh"! or who do not know it. The principle wrapped up in this command ment is this : "Thou shalt in no resnect injure thy neighbor's reputation." All false teHtimony, whether in a court of justice or elswhere, is forbidden by this law. The law of man savs that slander consists in originating or circulating a report that is false, to the injury of the character of another, but the law of God goes further, and prohibits the originating or circulation of a report to the injury of another, whether true or false, unless silence on our part might damage the interests oi individuals or society. If it be objected that the words of the commandment forbid only the circulation of false reports, I reply that if you circulate any report to the detriment of your neighbor's character, you are in great danger of bearing false witness against him, and this for three reasons : First, there is about us all a moral obliquity which makes us ready tqi believe evil of our neighbor rather than good. Mean and ignoble and even in famous as this is, it is nevertheless true of poor human nature. It is this un fortunate trait in man, doubtless, which originated the adage, "A lie will travel from Maine to Georgia while Truth is putting on his boots." And if a lie is once started, who is to stop it? Sup pose, for instance, it should bo published in some Charlotte paper that I, Thom as H. Pritchard, a Baptist minister, was drunk at tmch ajime and place? The next pajer might bear a statement, signed by a hundred oi the best men and women of Charlotte, that I was not drunk at the time and place named. Do you suppose that that denial would correct all the harm done to my repu tation? Not a bit of it. Some people would lelieve it who might see the correction, but many who would see or hear of the damaging report would never hear of the denial, and ten ,r twenty years after, that infamous lie would pop up somewhere, it mignt be after I was in my grave, to defame my good name. It k a dangerous thing to circulate stories which reflect on per sonal character. In the second place, every one knows that a great proportion of rumors, prej udicial to the character of individuals, are false, either wholly or in part, and that we are too ready to accept any such report as true, without ascertaining whether it be true or not. The story of the man who was reported, upon good authority, too, to have thrown up three black crows, when he had only vomited up something black as a crow is a fine illustration of how a story grows as it travels. And in the third place, a substantially true statement is in great danger of making a false impression. If it does make a false impression, then, in re lating it. we are guilty of slandering our neighbor. This is a very serious matter and I beg every one who reads this article to weigh well these words of Dr. E. M. Goulburn, a distinguished minister of England : "The bare fact alleged may be true enough, but if none of the extenuating circumstances be alleged, side by side with the fact, we violate truth in the general effect of our words upon the hearer, though the particular details of them may be correct. If we exhibit a man's vices only and conceal the pro portion which those vices bear to his virtues, we calumniate him as effect ually as if we ascribe to him a vice he does not possess. A man ma' have a defective feature or features, and yet the general proportion of his person may be so good and the general cast of his countenance so pleasing that the ill effects of the features tf-hich are awry are modified, or entirely carried away. It is an untrue representation of that man merely to say he has too prominent an eye, or too coarse and thick a lip ; that may be the case, but EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. it is not fair, because it is not a com plete description of his iersonaI apiear ance. And similarly, if my neighbor has been overtaken in a fault, jierhaps, by surprise, and if I want for matter to entertain my company-withal, blaze abroad this fault of his, but am wholly silent as to his god character up to that time, as to his prayers and strug gles against that particular sin whicli he may have made, my witness against him becomes as certainty false in its general impression, and therefore, as mischievously injurious as if I had stated of him what was not matter of fact. "In a word, if a fair account of a man's faults and sins is to be given in conversation, the common rule of justice must be attended to, that evidence shall be heard for the defendant, which, if it were done, a true verdict might le ar rived at by the company. But such evidence never is advanced and no one appears in the interest of the defendant' so the verdict never can escape being false, and the evidence by which it is arrived at is to all intents and purpose? false witness." This view of the subject makes it a serious matter with us all, for there is not one of us who has not violated the Ninth Commandment, and thus shown ourselves the legitimate children of who u caed ,n tbe 8cripture, "the accuser of the brethren.' Eastern Carolina. Net" Berne Journal. Nowr and then we hear of exceptions being taken to views expressed in these columns. To this we have not the slightest objection. Freedom of opin ion and liberty of speech are birth rights of American citizens. This writer is naturally of a buoy ant disposition. If he has doubts and fears, distresses and tribulations, he is not so unmanly as to wish the public to share them with him. We cannot and will not pander to a morbid sinsibility that sees nothing but evil continually. We are no tes- simist. e open our eyes to the glo rious sunlight, and thank God that al though we may not have an acre of land in all the world, the flowers bloom for us and the stars shine as brightly as the do upon a king. We will not sit in the shadow of some fabulous upas tree, and irroan ourselves to death. Ours is a goodly heritage. East Carolina is preminately a truck ing section. Her vegetables and fruits are the best that are grown and they are among the first to reach the Northern and Eastern markets. But this is not exclusively a trucking section. It is a prolific cotton produc ing region and all the cereals flourish here. Our grasses are superior to those of the West, and are even better than those of Texas and Florida. We have none of the bleak winds of the one sec tion, nor the scorching heat of the oth er. As a farming region, embracing everything that usually engages the at tention of the farmer, Eastern Caroli na is highly favored. But sometnmg more is demanded. The demand of the times is for fac tories and workshops. We have not traveled extensively in recent years, but it there are anywhere more and better facilities tor manufacturing than are offered in Eastern Carolina we are not aware of it. No better timber grows on any soil. There is not a town in all Eastern Carolina that can not find in its immediate neighborhood the best kind of wood for the manu facture of furniture, wagons, plow stocks and ax handles. What we want to emphasize today is the necessity for personal effort on j the part of all our eop!e. "The hive must swarm." The introduction of capital will be of immense value, but nothing can atone for the absence of pluck and en ergy on the part of the individual cit izens of every neighborhood. Let ev ery man take a pride in his home, and determine that his brain and muscle shall be consecrated to the noble work of making Eastern Carolina the most productive, the most beautiful and the most independent section of our Commonwealth. The C:ninr War With Anarchr. Charlotte .Vir To the honest. liUrty-l'ina: people of North Carolina, the di -graceful . - duet of the lawle.v g ini of the Nnh. Northwest, and Ww fm surprising. ,: frrjtiently n;tm!ml. w!,j!e ! c And yet -a very small j?r cent. f ur nnhnrirscd " and tl.- li l jieople have drawn a orrect idea of the j "!' n tt'W uni the 'p!ii': causes of theo outbreaks againig lav; j 'bat g.l IV-uIetiN and j-p'-.J r Kn.' and order. They are t- unsuspicious ! """-t tbe j-'ple an.! g. iin-u.iril U to ever imagine that ierhaps there i a ;- they U llcve that they have i great underlying cause for it all. and j encm!e, and their unprotected e s I lfll l iP orm f hat uhrpwnv wi uni ijevruii.c t lenujic uiai iiifiiv tiii dethroned and anarch v crowned. Thev du not realize that a plot almost as old as the Christi an era itself, and bv far the deejest and mo.-t dangerous ever laid by the enemies of progress and freedom, still m active existence, and is now waiting only for a little more strength when it will without hesita tion strike the blow that will place all republics and kingdoms at the mercy of a blind, narrow, irresponsible band, whose loyalty to sect or creed is the highest loyalty they know. Such ideas have shaped the present Italy, once the scene of so many brilliant achievements ; such ideas have dragged Spain down into the dust and dishon ored her; and the representative of such ideas sits, vulture-like, watching only lor an opjK--tunity to take in hand the reins of American government. Who cannot easily foreshadow the result, if the opportunity presents itself and he avails himself of it? Such ideas as we have written in the above have given birth to Anarchy, and Anarchy has by the dagger fpread grief over the French Iiebublie today. Anarchy is walking abroad in the land even in North Carolina. It i time the good people and the Christian people of this country were waking up. It was by them and by the justness of the cause of Christianity that these ideas have been overcome in all ages and countries where they have leen overcome ; and it is only by an earnest, vigorous Christian conquest that America will be saved from the fate, in future, that has been the share of other countries which started out on a broad and liberal minded basis of government. If personal popularity and the love of money did not have such a firm hold on the pulpit as it has on every branch of worldly indus try, protestantism would be aroused from its lethargy, and the world would be taken by it, and thereby liberty throughout the ages assured. Specimen Cases. S. H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., w;u troubled with Neuralgia and Ilheiuna tism, his Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarming de gree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, III., had a running sore on his leg of eight years' standing. Used three lottles of Electric Bitters and seven Ijoxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Ca tawba, O., had five large Feyer sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and ono box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold by E. T. Whitehead it Co. A Household Treasure. D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y., says that he always keeps Dr. King's New Discovery in the house and his family has always found the verv lest results follow its use ; that he would ot be without it, if procurable. G. A. Dykeman Druggist, Catskill, N. Y., says tnat Dr. King's New Discovery is nndoubtedly the best Cough remedy : that he has used it in his family for eight years, and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested Trial bottles free at E. T. Whitehead it Co's Drug Store. Regular size OOcand $1.00. i Cutjb ln.ii -iioa.-;:.:! -!' ' .;'!-. m.iu ria, NToiiSi:c.. ' - r LtKa.y. J'hyei cians recommend it. Aitb--ult:f.i tell it. Genuine SUBSCRIPTION I'RICK Si c. NO. 32. The The Atlanta ,n;ituUon ti.i ; "W hy : it that c Prvi I .dent- and attji.d-V m.inuvh rrv f -.- j . , niaKi-t uipni i:.e MCinn .i an ... - .m.m ..! i.t that both Lincoln and Garfield confuU'no' in their fellow-cmnm in n. .mil f l.fit l'r....i,AMf r.irhi f.. way. Henry I V. was the mtt lar French King, but Bartil.u tat.!. him to death. Alexander II. 1 Unrated 1)M U ; .serfs and was planning a lepic-enu- ! live Government when he was killed ', King liumleit, the late Ktnpeior Y.. i liam and Mueen Yi toiia have all h.i.: , narrow CM-ajx-s front assassination. ,K ; of these have i;i!"d in a manner t- en title them to the loyalty and gHl will , of their subjects. Yet the vvorM ha soen how well this fact has l.een at - preeiated. As a. living contrast to these rulers we hh the present de-jn.t. ic Emieror of Kieia still liing. ..I though thousands of his subjects de sire his death. The two Napoleons were desjMitic in their way, but they died in jheir lH-d. We go furt her and note tha't iiotwith-i standing the fact that Santa Anna ami J many other Mexican and South Amer- j ican Presidents were bloodthirsty ty- ! rants ; they escaped the fate of bett" J j rulers. It may lcf that in addition t j the reason a.-sign(l b the Traii-erij't. ' i why despots and tyrants csnic l-cin, j murdered while good rulers are killed, j i that these fortunate despots owed their! safety to something more than the vig ilance of their guards. When men arc known to le fearlcs. cruel and powerful, jeop!e Income afraid of them, and when they stand face to face with them those who have planned assassination lose their nerve, and it they do not abandon their pur pose their unsteady hands fail them. ! T'liO rl i !inr.i -i r fliiiit- our ft n i fn i : porary, that v. ruler of the blood ami iron type will die a natural ue.nth. while mild and kind-hearted President. of Kings, who mingle freely with the people, not dreaming of danger, will fall leforc a Booth, a Gitorriu ,r a Santo. This is an unpleasant phase of human nature, but it exists never theless. A Slayer cf ITicrocs Yo utli Co iiififl a io ii , There are few more leatitifijl lit fn the world than a winding river idiin ing in the sunlight. But our intere-t in such a scene may U. greatly height ened by the rellection that the urn learns are not me:eiy leaiitifying th" water ; they are engagel in a eurioti vvork of the utmost imjiortaiiee toman's welfare. Scientific investigation ha proved that sunlivlit a won derful power to kill injurious gerrns j:i river water. Where a river is polluted by "-.agc, millions arid billions of dangerous mi crobes llouri-h in its water, and are carried along with it to i-mcad di-ea-e and death around it- banks u;.'e ; tl.eir developement is anc-trj. If the -nn does not shine um ueh a river it may Jecome a jc-ril to whole eorn muni tie-. But if the sunlight does reach it freely, the germs are aestroyi.-d and the water is kej)t coniparativeiy free from infec tion. Hecent exi-eriments in Italy have shown that .-unlx.-airis are able t ode-troy-bacteria in water at a depth of at le.t-t twenty inches l-neath the -nrface. One might almost liken the rays of light in such a ease to javelins and arrows pierc ing an enemy, for it has ieen found that the destructive action l- greatly dimini-hel if only the iierj-endk-nlar sunbeams fall ujn the water. The slaughter of the microU-s is bv f.'tr the greatest when both jer?ndic ular and obli;ue. rays enter tlie water uninterrupted. Like a fdiip in action,! the sun is most jowerfuI when it can rake the enemy with a cross tire. And U has to shoot its tiny arrows of light along way almost ninet'-threc million miles! But fortunately for us, they get nere and thev are effective. i 1 ' j. - ; -- . . ,.! T.!l Pr ' KIT .1. , ; I t t r i oil,. .-! v ,'; !. r m . Wis. i .!. . r no- ! . A r o! i! re. :. i : .. In rxl tie ' f!tg : s i . .e 1 1 ' t.t ! Jill-.'i. . V.. !- : A n .! . : . i our i-a. k ' .?. jU- . '1 here ,!Tf t ?)..' j u"! NM" h !' ;" ' ' ,'' ' Jol.l.'.i.C P.iit : l Jni::i.:e ILni-j h Vh . '; the made . f tlag-. 1h .. iLA Y(77 th ln.i; l i'i U,. 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V- I' o- , C.i-hier, Karn.ers'and Mereh :!' "d.. New Berm . N. i'. ; K. I! B -,,!, . IV. . Bank of Wavne. (Jold-I.ro. N. , I VI l y BITKI.KN'S A 1 1 M ' A ! . Till 111 -T SI V1 ill the vw - ! fo 'ut. !Jrui-e-, l'l er, alt B'.e.;-f.. ' ver ores. Telfer, hah-sl JJ I ( 'hill-i ii v.". 'or ns. and all ."kin - tions. and o-iti !y eure-, !';' . ' pay risjMin-I! It i- guaian-.; .. , erfect sat i-fact ion or inof.e-, o f , I'ri'e li'i cents j,.r tx. I oK SAI.K BV i:. T Willi 1 1 1 1 : A I A- CO. Ti: - ii y Mini' im Many uch Jlood th" ',A the ma l:et. Botanic Iiloo! B.i'n; i- i : .-cientioii-ly com;ou;i led n .el i . i h result of fortv ve tr nr , ';' i. i , i inen! phv-ieian. It i- the I. : piii iii'T ever offered to ! ' - p'd ' and is i:u aran'e to i-ure i ;' , fa.ir trial. Try it f. ,j .dl .n i dl-- :-e-, including -i! !,tI, ' mati-tn in it- woi-t f 'tn. "i of it eontain- more curat, e ', ing-Up virt!" th Oi a ! e ! ' ! er kind. Try " I he r, Kelia'-adverti-emeut e! -e , he; . roi: ovj;i: i n tv vi; As i.i ami Wi.i i Tin r Mr-. Win-low '.- .-' ,!i in z U-en n-el for over li'ty year-lion- O? inotje'- f , - l he f A!!' Bi v .-, .: )..' i -4 i whi.e leethiiig. with I - - , f. - -1 It - K)' !, th .1:0, -often- the ! ..II .1 1 1 a'i pain ct;;e- v. jjj.J .; the 1--' leu.eiy I !:.! J)!ea..,:it to the ta-ie. ,.'. i gi-ts in every part of th . e ! g Wor 1. Twentv five eer:t- a l-.ltle. p. .) . ii, calculable. B' -uie an d f- 'in-!o v '.- Soothing Svrup, and no other kind. t.i a Kuglbh Spav in I.!n:rnent ren'ow-i all Hard. Soft or "a!!ou.-l I.nn.j.- an-l and 'Ierni-hes fiorn hor-e-. ',, Spavin Stub-, ."-piin:., Swi-cney, Bing worm tilles. ."sprains, and S.v.,l!.u Throu-h, Coughs. Ktc. Save . by u--r? of one litt!e. Warranted the mo-t wondrful Blemi-m Ctne ever known. Sold lxi K. T. W'hiudiearl fc Co., Druggi.-t-, Scotland Neck, N. C. 10 1 ly. )
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