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ADVERTISING IF YOU ARE HUSTLER TOC Wilt. AXtvr.UTir. tor Business. IS TO BUSINESS -WHAT STEAM ISTO- Machinery, The Dem GCRAT. -o Tiiat Great Propei-i.t vg Power. Write up a nice advertisement about v,i:ir bu.ine and insert it in; THE DEMOCRAT, ,, 1 you'll "see a change in business all aD'ind.' PROFESSIONAL. i. w. o. mcDowpxl, D Oilire North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Xeck, X. C. &5T Always at his office when not professionally engaged elsewhere. 1 9 2G ly D 11. FRANK WHITEHEAD, Office North corner New Hotel, Main Street, Scotland Neck, X. C. jfjg-Alwav!" found at his office Avhen not professionally engaged elsewhere. 7 0 ly D R. A. C. LIVERMON, Okfice Over J. I. Ray's store. OHice hours from 9 to 1 o'clock ; 2 to 5 o'clock, p. m. 2 12 ly SCOTLAND NECK. X. C. 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 W, A. DUNN, ,1 T T OR X E Y-A T-L A W. Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. 2 13 ly Joseph Christian. P. St. Geo. Barraud. I. iiirlim Suoreme i Cniirf nf AnnRS ?als of Virginia. ) HRISTIAN & BARRAUD, .1 TTORXEYS-A T LA W, G Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal, in the city of Richmond. Otic Room 10, Chamber of Commerce Iiu'riding, 4 lv RICHMOND, VA. D II. V. J. WARD, i Surgeon Dentist, Enfield, X. C. Otlice over Harrison's Drug Store. 2 7 05 lv -NLAV- ewelry After six years experience, I feel thor oughly competent to do all work that is expected of a WATCHMAKER and JEWELER. WATCHMAKER a?:p JEWELER. Repairing & Timing Fine Watches K SI'ECIAI.TY 1 also carry a full line of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FANCY G-OODS. Spectacle? and X H Eye Glasses Properly Zt tl Fitted to the Eye. X ait THE BEST ON EARTH. SEWING MACHINES CLEANED AND REPAIRED. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. TP. II. JOHNSTON, Xfw Iloti l, vest door to entrance. 10 6 fim. ODD SEISE 1 NOW ON HAND. WILL SELL Til EM CHEAT. "Also will take contract to f"fiunit-h lots lrom 50,000 sfor more anvwhere within fcT""0 miles of Scotland Neck Can always furnish what fi want. Correspond ence and orders solicited. Store Mm m 550,000 E E. A. IttADDKY, 1-HW.viy Scotland Neck, N. C. MENTION THIS PAPER. E. E. HILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XL Is Life Worth Living? That depends upon the Uver. If the Liver is inactive the whole sys tem is out of order the Lreath 13 bad, digestion poor, head dull 01 aching, energy and hopefulness gone, the epint is de pressed, a heavy weight exists after eating, with general despondency and the blues. The Liver is the housekeeper of the health; and a harmless, eimple remedy that acts like Nature, does not constipate afterwards or require constant taking, does not interfere with business or pleasure dur ing its use, makes Sim mons Liver Regulator a medical perfection. " I have tested it personally, and knew that fat Dyspepsia, liiiionsncss and Throbbing Headache, it is the b-st medicine tiie world ever saw." H. H j'Nt:i, .Titcun. Ga. TaSit emits efit Genuine, Which ha.-, on ths Wrapper the red 5B Trad CV.rk a.id 'tignatnre i.f !. U. ZULU & CO. KEEP AT IT. If you expect to conquer, In the battle of to-day, You will have to blow your trumpet In a firm and steady way. If you toot your little whistle And then lay aside the horn, There's not a soul will ever know That such a man was born. The man that owns his acres Is the man that plows all day ; And the man that keeps a humping Is the man that's here to stay. But the man that advertises With a sort of sudden jerk Is the man who blames the printer Because it didn't work. But the man that gets the business Uses brainy printer's ink, Not a clatter and a sputter, But an ad that makes you think. And he plans his advertisements, And he plans his well bought stock ttic fuuiiij Oi uusmeas ' Is as solid as a rock. Printers' Ink. A Russian Superstition. Selected. Russians are noted for their supersti tions and for the numerous legends they have handed down from father to son. A curious legend is related in an English paper concerning the Russian custom which prescribes that the new Czarina must dress on her wedding morn before the historical wedding-table which belonged to the Czarina Ma ria Ivanowna. This precious piece of furniture was a gift from her imperial fiance, and the legend relates it is the most wonderful nuptial gift known. The young Trincess Maria was very pleased and proud of it ; she was also very beautiful, loved and was adored by her future husband. On her wedding-day, while her ladies were dressing her before this table, all at once the precious mirror did not reflect the superb beauty of Maria Ivanowna nor ner magnificent gems. Instead of that, a rapid vision passed over its clear sur face, scenes of bloodshed, struggle, mis fortune, in which appeared the figures of her husband and of sons and grand children destines to wear the heavy crown of the Muscovite succession. The poor girl was terribly frightened, and fainted at the sight of these dread ful scenes, and to which future events gave a tragic confirmation. Maria Ivanowna, to whom this revelation was one of advice and instruction, express ed the desire that the golden toilet-table should be used by each successive Czarina on the day of her bridal, with the intention, perhaps, that if the vis ion should again ieveal the mysteries of the future to another bride, it would serve as an admonition that earthly nappiness is not to be attained here below, even on the steps of a throne. Dia you Ever. Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, not get a bot tle now ana get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapt- tr t lift rplifif and cure of all Female ,V VV .mM.v - Complaints, exerting a wonderful di rect influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Loss of Appetite, Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleep less, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is rlieine vou need. Health and Strength are guarantea by its use Large bottles only fifty cents at E. T, Whitenead & Go's Drug Store. SCOTLAND NECK, TREES THAT GIVE MIX They Are Discovered in South Amer ica by a Noted Traveler. Dr. Spruce, the renowned South American traveler, mentions a tree, a member ot the dogbane family, the jrice of which is used as milk. On the bark being wounded the milk flows abundantly, and is of the consistency of cow's milk, of the purest white and sweet to the taste. The Indian mode of taking it is to apply the mouth di rectly to the wound and thus receive the milk as it flows. Dr. Spruce says he has often partaken of it without ex periencing any ill effects. In Guinea the natives employ the milk from a tree belonging to the same lamily as the last named ; in the ver nacular it is known as hyahya, and to botanists as Tabernaemontana utilis (so named after Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, a German physi cian and botanist). The milk has the same flavor as sweet cow's milk, but is rather sticky, on account of it3 con taining some caoutchouc. In Para a lofty tree, belonging to the star apple family, attaining a height of 100 ieet, is used in a similar manner to the others mentioned. Incisions are made in the bark, and the milky juice flows out copiously about the consist ence of thick cream, and if it were not for its taste, which is somewhat pecu liar, could hardly be distinguished from It. The Falls of Niagara. Dr. A. N. Bell in Scientific American. The Niagara River extends from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, a distance of 30 miles. It receives the waters of all the upper Lakes Erie, St. Clair, 1 X 11 rnr Ttl i J O J number of smaller ones. From source to outfall it has a total descent of 33J: feet, but greater part of the fall occurs within a distance of 7 or 8 miles, be ginning with th,e rapids, 2 miles above the great falls, which received their name Niagara, meaning the "thunder of warers" from the aborigines. Their roar, under, favorable circumstances, mav be heard at a distance of 15 miles. There are three distinct falls : The Horseshoe Fall so called from its cres cent shape is by far the largest, and is in the direct course of the river. It is 2,000 feet wide and 154 feet high. The American Fall is 660 feet wide, and the Central Fall 243 feet, each hav ing a fall of 163 feet. The water flows on perpetually the same, full and clear ; neither the snows of winter nor the evaporation of sum mer, neither rains nor drought materi ally affect it excepting that about once in every seven years there is a gradual rise and fall, which is attributed to some undiscovered disturbance that affects Lake Erie. "Of all the sights on this earth of ours wmcn tourists travel to see, wrote Anthony Trollope, -'I am inclin ed to give the palm to Niagara. In the catalogue of such sights I intend to include all buildings, pictures, stat ues, and wonders of art made by men's hands, and also all beauties of nature prepared by the Creator for the de light of his creatures. This is a long word ; but, as far as my taste and judg ment go, it is justified. I know of no other one thing so beautiful, so glo rious, and so powerful." This wonderful cataract is 447 miles from New Yrork, within a single dayJs journey, and is reached most directly by the New York Central and Hudson River Railway, of which it forms the western terminus. A Household Treasurer. D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, X. Y. says that he always keeps Dr. King's New Discovery in the house and his family has always found the very best results follow its use ; that he would not be without it, if procurable. G. A. Dykeman Druggist, Cat-skill, X. Y.,savs says that Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubtedly 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 & Co's Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. EXCELSIOR" IS OUR MOTTO. N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1895. He Was Hunan. Evening Nevrs. In the Hansom's Bridge section of Nash county there lived in the lortiea an old gentleman a minister who thinking his days were drawing to a close called his two nearly grown sons to him and said : "Boys I know there is gold ore on the land 1 am going to leave you and to-morrow we will take pans and prospect for it." The boys got a goose quill each and as the old gentleman would "pan" the dirt from the placer mines they would collect the few particles of gold that settled at the bottom of each pan, and at night on the third day they had prospected there were from one to two dollars in each quill, not enough to pay for working, as the three had been three days accumulating this much. On the evening of the third day, as the old gentleman was washing tho. last pan of dirt in the branch with his back to the boys who stood near, he thus de livered himself : "Boys, I have thought for years there were rich 'diggings' on this plantation that will soon descend to you, but I now find it will not pay to work them and I thank God with my whole heart and soul that it is so. I thank Him that I have thus been able to show you the utter foolishness of trying here to get riches where there are none. I thank Ifim that there are none because riches send souls to per dition and I can die happy knowing that you will pass alcng in my ways of doing and make aa honest though meagre income by tiling the soil." Just at this point the boys stole up softly and reaching Bnder the old man's arms emptied the Entire three quills into the pan as he was just completing. Seeing so many dollars worth of gold m this one last pan the old man thought he haa "struck it rich - and rising and straightening himself ap said : "Boys, we have iound the richest mine on earth and we will tear these hills and dell3 to pieces and be the richest men in Nash County. I thank God that now we can shine with these neighbors of ours who own so many more 'niggers' than we do and try to fling sand in our faces by driving their fast norses by us on our wayto church. We will show 'em something, we will." What a South Carolina Farmer Did With Eight Plows. Exchange. A special to the Charleston News and Courier reports that Mr. Thorn well K. Cunningham, of Lancaster county, who runs eight plows, has to show as the result of last year's operations on his farm the following exhibits : 123 bales of cotton, weighing 450 pounds each, grown on ninety seven acres ; 1,009 bushels of corn, 800 bushels of oats, 100 bushels of wheat grown on three acres ; 500 gallons of syrup, a quantity of peas, potatoes and long forage and 2,000 pounds of pork, and all at a cost ol not exceeding $150 for commercial fertilizers. Mr. Cunniugnam boldly challenges "the whole Southern country" to match this record with the same working force at as low a cost for fertilizer. Never go to bed with cold or damp feet. Never omit regular bathing, for unless the skin is in active condition the cold will close pores and favor con gestion and other diseases. Young blood leads the way to profit with poultry, as with other stock. It will be money in your pocket to kill off every hen over three j'ears old. CAST OUT, the disorder, dlnmaw, and weaknesses pecu liar to women by the frompt action of Dr. ierce'a Favorite Pre scription. A woman's beauty depends on her health beauty in this case can be purchased. A bad complexion, a muddy fckin, a wrinkled face and sunken eyes, follow the disorders ox the womanly functions. Cupid is in demand for healthy woman not for sick and ailing ones. The "Favorite Prescription" is a power ful, invigorating tonic, and a Eixengthenina; nervine to be used in all those distressing troubles which make woman's life miserable. You'll find relief from sleeplessness, backache and bearing-down sensations. It's a medi cine prescribed by an eminent physician for those nervous conditions brought on by func tional disorders such as Nervous Prostra tion, Excitability, Fainting Spells, Dizziness, and St. Virus's Dance. In every case of "female complaint n if it doesn't benefit or cure, yon have your money bade I & NOTICE ! State of Xortn Carolina, Halifax County. In the Superior Court. To the Chairman of the Board of Commissioner of Halifax County. X. C. Pursuant to Chapter 5S0 Public Law, 1S91, I have the honor herewith submit the following report of all public 1st Monday o! December 1S91. c Is be 2t c 55 n S a o es Plaintiff. CS 1890 3 Dec. 3 Dec. 1891 403 Mch. 373 Apl. 398 July 448 Oct. 100 100 107 112 118 119 State State S Ward J T Bellamy B A Pope Hackney Bro. Parker & Closs January 7th, 1895 By cash pd. W F Parker, Treaa. School fund The above amounts In the hands of tho county treasurer, and will be paid wnen proper application is made for the Fame. The funds embraced in tho foregoing having remained in the hands of the clerk for three years or more, are payable into the Treasury of Halifax County as a school fund. 122 111 128 128 128 129 184 140 145 151 27 .Nov. 375 Apl. 1892 499 Mch. 499 Men. 499 Mch. 601 Mch. 12 May 763 Dec. 1893 759 Mch. 832 Apr. ? it State Sol Williams J C Carliele E G Hales Pat. Guano Co. J Pat. Guano Co. J Pat. Guano Co. J L D Hancock J State ME B & A M Co. R B. Williams f W T M Staton X it 152 902 May Emry & wife tt 155 F II lOO II 163 166 174 676 R X & W P Co T L Emry & wife J B Tillery" State 849 52 1894 906 Mch. R O Burton, ad. A n tt a tt tt 176 tt 178 tt 178 179 tt n 180 181 182 tt tt 995 Mch. tt tt 946 May. tt a 5 May 22 " 22 " it it 1024 May 1250 June 1239 tt t 1088 16 Xov. W H Capes tt T L Emry fc wife State it C T Lawrence F Sitterding Williams Black & Co. 183 186 A G Black fc Co State Total 1218.10 The above several amounts will be found in the hands of Mr. S. M. Gary, Clerk Superior Court, and will by him be paid to the parties properly entitled, upon application for same. There may be some few small, scattering amounts due sundry persons, with whom I have running accounts, which are not included ia this account and report. JXO. T. GREGORY. The undersigned, appointed by the Board of Commissioners to examine and report upon the above report of Jno. T. Gregory, late Clerk of the Superior Court, do respectfully report that we have performed that duty and find the samo to be correct. -THE- Uew Drug Store. Scotland il J)niE Co. We invite the attention of the peo ple of Scotland Xeck and surrounding country to our stock and reasona ble prices. We carry a well selected stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemicals, Perfumery, Toilet Articles. We make a specialty of Physicians' Prescriptions, Which are filled by our Mr. McII henny, a druggist of over 25 years' ex perience in the business. Come and see us. Respectfully, 1 31 tf Scotlajo Xeck Drug Co. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE tt.oo. NO. 10. to fundj remaining in my hands-on the ORT: Defendant. Persons Amt. entitled to fund. Henry Richardson Henry Richardson M Smith et al. Philips A Battle W iWRR Co. J. E. Mabrv 2.(C A. F. Shea: in 5.00 Margaret Smith .30 V T Knight .GO J H Grant, ehff. .30 Enuis Bellamy .!S." 19.10 19.10 J W Thompson J C Flowers 2.30 9.05 2.10 2.30 .60 .50 4.00 1.20 R Tillery R Tillery R Tillery Lee Shields R II Moore Pat. Guano Co. Juo Jackson R O Hardy Sher. of Vance R Tillery Cousins Burwell fc wife fc W R R Co. M Geo. Lucas W H Hardison R X Smith L F Savage Ed Ludvvig J E O'Hcarn W E Fletcher F J Anderson fe C R R Co. it n t tt 1UGKR Co. a it Dan'l Powell T L Emry fc wife C W Wilson " " Isham Joyner 1.45 R X A W P Co. Thos R W ard J R Tillery" J B Tillery Johnson & Shiers C. Morrias II Green et al E Hockaday J M Hawkins Jese Pittard J B Brickell B W Hawkins Geo. Hawkins J W White T L Culiom Ambr. Hawkins I F Dickens Seldon Austin Isaac Levy Dan Cuthrell J R Rodwell eh. W K Pittman Charles Suow R W Brown DAG Brockett F Sitterding J Joyner P E Smith H J Hardiman tt tt tt T T Gaskins tt M F Pope W B Finch R J Mayo tt J R Tillery J M Griztard J B Heal et al a tt tt n E T Clark Nelus Bynum 1.90 3.10 .30 15.00 1.95 A (i Black & Co William Rolerts Respectfully Submitted, M. H. Clark, E. L. Travis, Committee. TASTELESS C4QLL IS JU8TA8COOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE GOcts. OlUTU, ItiS.. Hov. 18, 1333. ?arl M edletoe Co &C LoaU. Mo. Gentlemen: We aold tart yew. et)0 bottle of liOVIH TASTELESS CHILL TONIC and hT .ouirht tfeiee Ktxmm already Ula year. In all or ex- enenee OZ I ysara, in um urns mmowp anUl an article ueie taas a socn uuTmu mu cUoa as roar Yonie. vnm Iralf. Asasr.CABSACO. H H W S Frsr Yom AprtumivrrT Now. TH AT CLA;?S or KKAI'KK; tiut vor Vf Mi your Adtcrtlmf nt TO BtkCH is the rlw who rri TitK PrvcwiUT. DR. H.10. HYATTS SAMATORIUU, KINSTOX, X. C. gJT m$ra$t$ . the Eye tin.l general Sutijery. Ct 21 ly Norfolk Commission Co. N. t Commission Merchants and MERCHANDISE DSCSES& Fruit, Vegetable, and other Produce. J.5 17 Roanoke Ixk, Norfolk, Va, Rkfkkkncf. : The Hank of Com merce, .oriik, a. ; I. v . ieyi Cashier, Fannera'aiid Mirr!ianU' lUnk, New Heme, X. C. ; E. B. llonleit. I'tw. Bank of Wayne, Gold-dmro, X. 1 12 ly Itch on human aad nrA ann aJl animal cunl in 30 minute bv Wiol- ord'n Sanitary Lotion. Thii neer fail. Sold bv E. T. Whitehead A Co. Druggiit, Scotland Xeek X. I. 11 4 92 ly. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hani, Sft or Calloused Lum and and Clemicho fnun horn. llld Spavin Surbt4, Splint, Sweeney, King worm tifle, Sprain, niu Swollen Through, Cough, Etc. Save .Ml by ue of ono Untie. arm-ted the mot wondrful I IN-in inn Ciua ter Irnnwn. Kald bo K. T. Whitehead A Co., Druggit, colhu"l-v -t 101 ly. CtJUED of Eczema. South Carolina, write : "1 had MifTer- ed for thirteen year with hcema, nd wa At time confined to my ll. I he itching whs terrible. My oti In-law got me one-half dozen lttle of Blood Balm, which entirely cured me, and I jkbk you to publish thi for the ln fil of others puttering in like manner." See advertisement. Hog Cholera. The famous Major Hog Cholera Cure, which cure and prevent i hoN-ra in hog and ultry i- on ale at N. B. Joey' and at E. T. Whitehead" Drug Store. The nu-dieine i- highly i 'in. mended by many weMeni farmer at a sure cure. Try a package. At X. B Joey' and Drug Store. FOKOVKK FIFTY YEA ICS An Old avi Wr.uri;iM lltsstDY Mr". Win-low' So!hiiig Syrup bn Ut'ii ud for over fifty - r by mil lion of mother for th-ir childn-n while tithing, with j-rfN-t -u-. It oothe th? child, o(t-i the allay all pain cure wind colic, and ii the" U'xt remly for Iurrhrn. Ia iilajint to the tiu-tf. Sold by Drug- ' . ..!.. W. .1.1 gi.-t m every pun oi m- n-i. Twentv live rent a I-t 1 Ji value i incalculable, lie Mire and a-k fr Mr. Win.lowV Soothing Syrup, and take no other kind. Yom Face Will be wreathed !tn a mot rr1,,C mile, after you lnt In IU if .iUj.'- triUtprr.a mrt ITS nt .1 PIKCt! TENSIC'i, TENSION l?iD!CAT0R AUTOMATIC TENSION RELEASER, The mott complfrts n 1 '.-! A tlcrlzet evci sclded to any tc-wjn VtiA.L.t.:, The WIIITi: U Dorably and ilar.dtomfly Ctiilt, Of Fise FlnUh tni Ptrfcct Afjjitrr.tr.t, Sews ALL Sewable ArticJcs. And wiU vrve and yVz on up to tL; f ill limit of your expecwtiu.-. Activi Dealrps V.'tzu in u o pied territory. Liberal tv-us. AUr-, WHITE SEW1KG i'AGiiiNE GO., vnrt to, srr- B- H tun; : . . 11 dealers keep it, tl it ' '" - - - nds-msis: too crueMl r l.c co rLf- il ame
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