0 D ADVERTISING I TO BUSINESS I! AT ST K.VM IS TO- -W Macliinery, That ( p.kat Vvovv.uisc. Powel. Write P "ice iidverti-etnent about v 'ir n-:-me.-s una m-t'ii n- THE DEMOCRAT, all PROFESSIONAL. It. W. O. M- DOWELL, j New Hotel, Main ; nT,.T N'nrth corner Street, S ori.ANi Xr-:rK, X. C. gff-Uw sit lii- offieovvhen not pr. -ionadly en-;.t?o'l elsewhere. Ii. FRANK WHITEHEAD, 0:!ire North corner New Hotel, Main Street, SroTi.AM Nix k, N. C. 0W lwa found at his office when not professionally mitred ebowlifre. 7 lv in. A. o. liyekmo.n, tkTI-f. 1' I.I V. Okfic-k Over .T. D. ly's store. Oilier horns from T o'c!. x-k, j. m. 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 2 12 lv SCOTLAND NECK. X. C. D 11. J. II. DANIEL, -Di nx, X. 0. Makes the disease of cancer a Specialty. 0 1 ly 0 A VN) F.ELL, Attorney at Law, ENFIELD, N. C. , , . . .t it ,i; Vr:,f.tices m all the i ouris 01 nau f.ix .ind adjoining comities :md in the Supr.Miie and Feleral Courts. Claims collected in all part-; of the State. r, s iv W, A. DUNN, j T T 0 II X K Y-A T-L A TP. Scotland Nkck, X. C. lYirtices wherever his services .Ire required. 2 13 ly II. KITCIIIN, Attcrncy and CoTinselor at Law, Sroir.AN'i) Nkck. N. C. :li-e : enth Streets. Corner Main md Elev 1 5 ly Joseph Christian P. St. Geo. Barraud. La'e j i id. ire Supreme 'ourt of Appeals of Virginia. ) piIUISTIAN ct HAIUiAED, J A TTORSE YS-A T-L A II, Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal, in the city of Richmond. Oni-r Ilnoiii 10. Cim,l,rr of Comhierc' Jitu'ldi it i, i r, ly RICHMOND, VA. I. J. Mercer & Son.. ')2(' East Main Street., RICHMOND VA. LUMBER COMMISSION MERCHANTS. (live- personal and prompt attention o -ill consignments of Lumber, Shin ies. Laths, Arc. 1 17 W y. After six years experience. I feel thor oughly competent to do all work that i expected of a WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. WATCHMAKER a;:d JEWELER. Repairing & Timing Fine Watches A HTKCIALTY also i:rry a full line of WATCHES. CLOCK'S. JEWELRY, MI'SICAL INSTIL MENTS AND FANCY G-OODS. Spectacles and Eve Classos 1'roperly Zt Fitted to the Eye. Zt , round.' n u Jewelry Store rie Md Imi Machine THE BEST ON EARTH. S E W I SC. MAC HI X ES C L E AXED AND REPAIRED. H ATI S FACTION G U A UA STEED. IF. H. JOJIXSTOX, X w Ihdrl, ntxt duor to entrance. 10 G Gin. E. E. HILI.IARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XI. I The Old Friend And tlic Lest friend, that never f xita you, la Simmons Liver Regu lator, (the Bed Z) -that's what you. hoar at the mention of this excellent Liver medicine, and people should not bo 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 acts directly on the Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and gives new life to the whole sys tem. Thi:s is the medicine you want. Sold by all Druggists in Liquid, or in Powder to be taken dry or made into a tea. S-KVKUV PACKAGE'S lias the X Stamp In red on wrapper. J. U. ZEIL1N & CO., Philadelphia. pa. SNOW-BOUND. Twas Christmas Eve, and o'er the world A mantle white was falling, When Santa Clans set out to do His yearly round ot calling ; The dear old saint rejoiced to see A promise of good sleighing. For lots of snow was just what he A long time had been praying. So greatly pleased was he to see Such charming Christmas weather, That gayly to his task he ilew Of getting things together. His ample sleigh was put to rights And loaded full to brimming, And soon along the country roads Old Santa Clans was skimming. Now here, now there, his sprightly deer With airy lightness darted, As fresh when miles and miles away Aa when they just had started. The ileecy flakes kopt coming down, The rambling roadways hiding ; Yet on and on thev Hew along Like shadows awiftly gliding. But ere his jourr.ey was quite o'r St. Xick met trouble dire ; The roads kept filling up apace, The 5iiow kept piling higher, And from his sight the earth was hid By Hakes so thickly flying, He could not t'md tho road at all, But still lie kept on trying. Here was indeed for Santa Clans An awkward situation, And one that fur the moment filled His mind with consternation ; The kindly sou! was sad with fear That on the morrow morning, Some disappointed little friends His absence would be mourning. Still trusting that kind Providence Would help him in his trouble, St. Nick his faithful reindeer steeds Their efforts urged to double : And often with a cheering word The jaded beasts he aided, While on ahead through snowdrifts deep To find the road he waded. At length, amid the flying flakes, By chance old Santa sighted Not far away a signpost tall, Whereat he was delighted, The sign upon the post contained The welcome information That close at hand the road ran straight Unto his destination. With Ik io renewed the good old saint Along the roadway struggled ; And soon he reached a sleeping town Which in a vallev snuggled. Here ended Santa's Christmas calls And here his sleigh he lightened, Then homeward quickly oil he sped Ere Sol the landscape brightened. Frank P. U'rh h. Ths Discsvsry Saved his Life. Mr. G. Cnillouette, Druggist, Bea - eisville. 111., says : "To Dr. King $ New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all the physicians for miles about, but of no avail and was given up and told I could not live. Having Dr. King's Xew Dis covery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use and from the first dose be gan to get better, and after using three bottles was up and about again. It is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep store or hous without it.'' Get a free trial at E. T. While head it Cos Drug Store. Curs for Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Head ache Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It effects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge all who are aillicted to pro cure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual consti pation Electric Hitters cures by giving tho needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medi cine. Try it once. Large bottles only Ufty cents at E. T. Whitehead & Go's Drug Store. ZT SCOTLAND NECK, FP.0M PEIITTEE'S DL7IL TO SEITATC2. That Appears to Ea the Dsstiny cf a Bright Totmg Ncrth Carolina Eepufclisan. Chariot t: Ohntrvr. If it is not asking too much, will you kindly publish this hi: of history con cerning Jeter C. Pritchard's early life, which has leen taken from the Jones boro, Tenn... correspondence of the Chattanooga Times? J. B. Fokti'ne. Shelby, N. C, Nov. 30, lS'.U. THE DEVIL GETS HCAVED. iway bak in the early 70's there was a little kid of a boy working as "'devil" here in the office of the Union Flag with Capt. Geo. E. Grisham, and after wards with Dr. C. Wheeler in the office nf the Herald and Tribune. There was nothingremarkabe about him then He was just like any other printer boy "meared with grease and printer's ink, but was very bright and clever, and went by the name of Jeter Pritch ett. In the year 1873 the cholera came to Jonesboro and there was a general stampede for dear life on the part of every one that could get away. Jeter and another boy "hit the grit" for Ba kersvP'e, X. C Jeter left without a coat ; he wore a hickory shirt and car ried a small bundle of clothes and had 10 cents in cash. At the Iron Moun tain they called at old man Mosley'sfor some milk ; the old man, thinking they were tramps or beggar?, drove them off and scared them so they ran about two miles. Jeter at length reached Bakerg ville, X'. C, and got a job in the print ing office with a Mr. Bowman. He was industrious and faithful and made friends, and altera time went into the internal revenue service as a United States deputy marshal. And in the meantime he read law, and as the years rolled on he was twice elected to the Xorth Carolina Legislature and was soon the acknowledged leader of the liepublicans in that body. To-day that little printer boy that left Jonesboro twenty-one years ago last July, ragged and barefooted, and footed it all the wav to Bakersville, X". C, is known as the Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard he is one ot the finest criminal lawyers in that section and is one of the most gifted speakers in the Republican party of western Xorth Carolina. He is the leading Republican candi date for United States Senator and in case the Republican-Populist combine, which w ill control the next Legislature of North Carolina, succeeds in electing the two United States Senators, Hon Jeter C. Pritchard, it is said, will most certainly be one of them. Here in this old town Jeter has many old friends and kinfolks, who yery nat urally feel more than an ordinary in terest in his success. Among the latter is our Democratic sheriff, Jas. S Pritchett, a cousin of Jeter's. This marverlous success of Jeter s mav be considered as right along the line of Blaine's doctnee of "reciprocity." Many years ago Andy Johnson came to Tennessee, a poor boy from Xorth Caro lina, and we took him up and gave him every office, running from alderman to President. Xow Xorth Carolina has a chance to reciprocate in part by send ing Jeter C. Pritchard to the United States Senate. It Makes a Differencs How a Thing is Said. Washington Correspondence X. Y. Sun. "A good many of us," said Senator Palmer last evening, "are perhaps say ing things about the President we wouldn't say before his face. A great deal depends, however, on the wry you say it. I remember taking Tom Mer rilt, of Illinois, to see President Cleve land one day. Merritt stutters, and that is probably the reason the Presi dent laughed at what he said. Shaking the President's hand, he remarked : 'H' b-b-been a lone: t-t-tlme, Mr. Pres-Pres-President, since I was here It w-w-was during the last Democratic adininis-is-is-administration, before the war.' '"So long ago?' the President inquir ed. "'Yes, Mr. Pres-Pres-President. I swoswo-swore then th-th-that I would not ker-ker-ker-come again till there was another Democratic administration ala-ala-elected and in control, and I ain't sur-sur-certain, Mr. Pres-Pres-President, but wh- but wh- but what I have ker-ker-ker I have come too soon now.'" MOCRA EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. N. C, THURSDAY, A 2ES227 CHSISTKAS. "DO S:ne Act t3 Stake it a Eapp7 One - 7:r Ycnr Neirhh:r. ! - i i ! One-a W'trk. 1 Scarcely le-s wonderful than the my-1 tery of the first Christmas night is the , mystery of the perietuation of the fe-j tival. It is a tar cry enough from the : shepherds who tended their flocks on ; l.-. r. In.tr,! n n t llf -! IP vl V, 11 I U1C lllil.'l'iC VI uun... u.w ... - - -- , kinirs who followed the etar from the east, to, let us say, the average Amen- j can citizen, and the modern ruler.-" of kingdom. Reverence and simple faith are not exactly the prevailing charac teristics of the former, nor do the lat- j ter betray sufficient Keenness of inter est in things supernal to warrant the supposition that they would leave their kingdoms and go forth laden with treas ure, to follow a mysterious sign in the heavens. Yet withal Christinas brings its message to these as vell as to their widely different prototypes of nearly two thousand years ago. The echo of the angelic voices that sang of jeace on earth, good will to men, still re sounds in the heavens on Christmas night ; and brother is reconciled to brother, old enmities are laid away, past sins forgiven, and the bonds of friendship and family affection drawn tighter over the Christmas board and round the cheerful hearth. The rich and powerful still open their coffers and, with large-handed liberality, scat ter their goods among the poor, there by imitating the Magi of old ; for is it not written : "Whatsoever ye shall do unto the least of My brethren, ye shall do unto Me?" Thus, in spite of the evil forces with which modern mate rial ism and infidelity are seeking to subvert the influences of Christianity the Star of Bethlehem is still in the ascendant, and Christmas is the greet est and most joyous festival known to the civilized world. A Merry Christmas, then, let it be to all ! A divine religion is not a sad one. It brings peace to the heart, and joy is an exuberance of peace. There fore let the bells ring out, and ham out the mistletoe, and bring on the smoking turky, and gather round the fireside, and join in the frolics of the youngsters anything, everything, so that the clay be merry, and all hearts rejoice because Christ the Lord was born. Forget fcr the time the cares of business, the pressure of hard times, the threatening future. Lock up the family skeleton and, with it, all frowns and harsh vrords and the pretty tyran nies and jealousies of common days. It you can lose the key of the closet, so much the better. If not, even the brief reipste from ugly cares will leave its benediction in your heart, and quicken your longing for the return of the festival of peace. If you have no fireside of jour own to enliven, seek out the desolate hearth of some unfortunate brother. There are many forlorn little ones to whom an orange and a picture book would be foretaste of Heaven. Play Santa Clans to such, and you will find your Merrv Christmas in the reflection of their innocent delight ; or carry your greeting and your gift to some aged and lonely creature whose last Christ mas it will be on earth, and earn a blessing that will repay your efforts a hundredfold. There is, happily, no monopoly of the joys of Christmas. If they do not come to us, we can go to them. We have but to open our hearts and stretch out our hands, and the messengers of peace will come gladly trooping toward us. It will be our own fault if we have not each and all a Merry Christmas. Senseless Fretting Selected. It is undoubtedly a fact that nearly all fretting could be classed under this head, and that most of it could be characterized as sinful as well. A lit tle wholesome faith in tho all things which "work together for good" would clear from the world nine-tenths of this most un-Christ-like of qualities. But one variety of fretting is especially worthy of censure, since it has not even the basis of real trouble as an excuse for its existence. To some people the weather is a DECEMBER 20, 1894 i fruitful source of iin:e:t. The heat I of July, the co'.d T iHrcen.U-r. the: prin - rain, and the wir.:er are alike di-urvvahie. What a-i ilea. - .ant dav !" thev m ltUHV claim, and this stere-i vtI n-mark re to apply to mt day from J uarv through the lvz ear. It i.cr lowers without interfering with ti e c! erj;(Ai j,.,.,. ,,f ,... j, individual. An(j jf jt , lt ...wrr they c. . 1 .1,..!.... 1.. , !.. If uvaaih i a I 111" (l il L I ii .')."... i . , i -e K'ca.-ion.u . . of our Amtr- ; we n re hie.i ,,ne of th 1erfect day?, when a one lean ioets has said, "Heaven trie- the. earth if it 1-e m time, our disontont-i ed are almost unhappy in being de prived of their pet irrievan-e. As might be expected the same un pleasant trait in regard to other thing. . During the busy school-year they find fault localise they are over-worked, and through the leisure of summer they complain that there is nothing to do. Their eves grow dull from constantly looking on the dark s de of thing-. Their voices have the impatient ring which comes from habitual fault-find- ig. And the worst of it is. they rob life of its sweetness, not only lor them selves but for others. "There are two sorts of things in the world," said a sago observer, "over which it never pays to fret ; that which can be helped, and that which cannot be." And uuless they can find some weak point in this bit of homely phil osophy, it would le well for grumblers the world over, to act upon its sugges tion. A Tribute to tho South. X. Y. Correspond' nt Haiti irno-r Sun. The Rev. Madison C. Peters, of the Bloomingdale church, in a prelude to his sermon on Sunday evening, said in part : "Having recently spent a few weeks in the South, I feel it to be my duty publicly to admit that 1 had, until I enlarged my information by persona observation, an entire!' erroneous idc: of the South, and I tr.ke this mean publicly to apologize for those unchar itable thoughts. My lectures were on American lines, and my pleas for inten ser Americanism and more enthusiastic lovalty to American ideas, as laid down by the founders of our republic met everywhere with the heartiest response If the tocsin of war should be sounded, a foreign foe invade our shores, or an insurrectionary body arise i in our midst, a million men, armed to the teeth, would come irom the South and rally round the ilag of tno Union. "Why, the South is the only true American part of our nation to-day. The South may yet have to be called on to save the North from her reckless immigration, which is now weakening and undermining the foundation of our social order. Rebel? That word must henceforth not be spoken. I believe! that the South to-day grasps the hand of the Xorth in a fellowship which has in it no misgiving nor deceit. The public men of the South are not, as with us, 'professional foreigners.' who have made publice office a public steal, The southern men in public office are patriotic and devout, conscientiously American, and personally the embodi ment of integrity. But you say they do not believe in 'negro domination.' Xeither do we Xorth. Enfranchising all the negroes immediately after their emancipation was practically one of the greatest mistakes ever made by any free government. "In many counties and States the colored voters are in the majority, and a majority rule would take the govern ment entirely from the property-owner-and place it in the hands of those who with few exceptions, have no qualifica tions to entitle them to a voice In the affairs of the government. Negro dom ination would white be dam nation. "The solid South is broken, and will break more and more if they let alone But let the next Congress agitate a force bill, and self-defence will solidify the South again. A suffrage limited to an educational qualification is the only solution of tho negro problem But illiteracy is not confined to the South. Our Northern cities are throng ed with foreigners as imbecile in their ignorance and degraded in their morals as were the rabble hordes that wrecket the rexublics of antiquity. Universal suffrage is a menace to free institutions. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Skx-. 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