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The Democrat.
E. E. IIILLIARD, - - - - Editor.
l'u'r.iisl-f'l Kvery Thursday.
VU rr rl !h" l',.t-0(irr at Scotland
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THUKSUAY. MAUCH
rxcoxsrsTEXcr.
One of the gravc-t charges which
Populists made against Democratic
Legislature was that, there was too
much caucusing. But when the fu
sion Legislature met in Raleigh there
seemed to he an infrangible agreement
between the- Populists and Republican.?
.that nothing should pas in either
house until it had been threshed and
sifted thoroughly in some caucus room.
I
Andtt-'-yvcii-n,.: Kc-r.
-. . ii I. 1.,... tl.n onwKimpnt.
Very Jew measures passed by a vote of I
that body that had not been caucused
upon. iWibly the Fred -Douglass
episode may he set down as an excep
tion ; and that would not have been the
case had not, the old man died without
notice to the North Carolina Legisla
ture. It was eaueu.s this and caucus that
and caucus all the rest ; and no part of
the Lfgidatme was more deep'y inter
ested in the caucuses than that part of
f which two years ago called
t hem.- el ves Populi s s. Sea reel y a single
important measure was brought before
the Legislature and was fought through
on tiie floor and took its chances J.t
success or defeat with no tinge of cau
cus promises.
Now. if eoiue caucusing on the part
of former Democratic Legislatures was
wrong, by what rule of proportion shall
we work out the wrong of the fusion
Legislature which did nothing really
except through caucusing?
The Dkmockat submits that the
fusion Legislature ought to have been
consistent ostensibly at least and
should not have done so much legisla
ting in closed caucus rooms.
The truth is, we fear, too many
members of the Legisloture forgot the
"people's interest" about which they
said so much in the campaign, and did
the most of their work through parti
, meiudice and for the personal
x .
' - -"Imils.
All these things will io itJ-i tmv
fully befoie the next Legislature is
elected ; and already one who observes
closely cm see, through the glow of
patriotism that shines from the faces
of nonet men, "the handwriting on
the wall" which will declare of the fu
sion fiasco that it was weighed in the
balances and found wanting.
JOKE OX RAXSOM.
Says our Washington correspondent :
Lust Tuesday the brilliant and versa
tile John Ii. Morris went with General
Ransom to see Mr. Cleveland in the
interest of a friend of Mr. Morris who
wants a place. Mr. Morris told Mr.
Cleveland a joke on Minister Ransom
in the presence of the Cabinet officers
and Chauneey Depew which made the
new .minister blush. It was about
the old darkey in Northampton county,
who, when he heard that the President,
had appointed General Ransom to his
present position exclaimed :
"Do President has made Gin'ral
Ransom a minister! I'se glad de
Gin'ral got a job, but I questions de
policy nv making mm a preacher. In
fac' I'se afoard he'll scandalize de
church. I'se hnowed de Gin'ral lon
ger'n Mr. Cleveland has, and I knows
dis is a bud appintment."
Mr. Cleveland laughed heartily at
this criticism of Ins official action.
SILVER SERVICE FOR
MR. DAXIELS.
Our
Wash ington correspondent
writes :
The silver service which is to be pre
sented to Mr. .TosephusDaniels, ex-chiel
clerk of the Department of Interior, as
a testimonial from the officers and em
ployes of the department, was placed
on exhibition at the department to-daj.
There w ere very few clerks who did not
take a look at it. It was universally
admired. This elegant present is a
testimonial from the higher salaried
employees of the Department. Just
before Mr. Daniels left he received a
beautiful casket lined with white satin
and tilled with spoons, ladles, forks and
napkin rings of solid silver, a present
from the messengers in the Interior
Department.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives
the best satisfaction of any cough med
icine I handle, and as a seller leads all
other preparations in this market. I
recommend it because it is the best
medicine I ever handled for coughs,
colds and croup. A. W. Bai.ijridgk.
Millersville, !il For sale by E. T.
Whitehead & Co.. Diuggists.
A CALM REVIEW.
II.
In our first article in this review,
which apreared last week, we endeav
ored to show Home oi the prime cause-
that led up to the dismay that fell tion
the farmers ol North Carolina and the j
south a few years ago. We pay dismay,
because the etrained and straightened
circumstances under which' they were
compelled to labor a few years ago were
such that the feeling which took hold
upon the farmer was nothing short of
dismay. And farmers were excusable
for feeling so.
It was, as we said in closing our ar
ticle last week, at such a crisis as this
that the Alliance was presented to the
farmers.
As to w hat was in the minds of those
,-ouwl tho Alliance we
11 il S I M M. . W "
will not now consider, but may speak
or it hereafter. It was commendable
in the farmers of the land to come
together and have an interchange of
views and of ideas concerning plans by
which they might attain unto the
highest excellence in their noble and
God-appointed and Heaven-favored in
dustry. So thought many of the hest
and purest farmers of the land. And
with this idea they espoused the cause
of the Farmers' Alliance and joined the
order in the hope of rendering their
part of the assistance which should be
instrumental in revolutionizing the
system of agriculture and possibly cor
recting some irregularities and abuses,
the remedy for which lay within the
purview of their calling.
In this way the farmers succeeded in
managing for a time the bagging trust
by refusing to use jute bagging for the
high prices at which they were com
pelled to buy it. It is well remembered
by almost every one how for awhile
cotton was baled in old guano scks,
pea bags, old carpets and the like. And
the enterprise of the farmers against
the iron grip of the trust went so far in
encouragement for independence that
here in North Carolina there were fac
tories established for the manufacture
of cotton bagging and pine straw bag
ging with which to cover the bales of
cotton.
And the editor of The Democrat
rpc;i11 nr ii t.fit f rl i ,- .to f ;J-
wbich we watched thefe first steps of
those men, in whose calling our boy
hood, youth and the first years of our
young manhood was spent, towards
that manly independence to which the
proper scope of their calling entitles
them. This, indeed, was a proper use
of power which we were delighted to
see. The farmers had a right to say
that before they would pay the high
prices for such bagging as came under
the power ot a trust, they would cover
their cotton with a covering which
they could make from the products of
their own lands, and thus assert their
independence and at the same time
increase the consumption of their own
products.
Some one may say that the effort
proved to be futile because it was found
that nothing could take the place o'.
jute bagging in covering baled cotton.
Grant it, if it be true, and yet the exper-1
iment was a sensible one and the effort
praiseworthy.
Thus far the Farmers' Alliance was
well. It was an educator to the people.
But people, like individuals, may turn
information to bad account. And so
certain eagle-eyed sharpers and shysters,
casting ahead for the possibilities of
power which could come to an organ
ization which was b&ginning to get
hold upon the interests and affections
of the solid yeomanry of the land, (for
many a good and pure-minded son of
toil did love the Alliance), saw the
opportunity for their own aggrandize
ment and laid their plans whereby they
might enmesh the unsuspecting sons of
toil in a net from whose tangling cords
they would extricate themselves only
after a bitter and biting experience.
The pi ans of these shrewd place-hunters,
these selfish office-seeker?, worked
admirably well. They seized the 0
port unity at the flood-tide ot excite
ment and discontent amongst most of
the farmers of the land
The great part of the body politic,
which is largely composed of farmers,
was prepared to be impressed. The hu
man system, we know, is sometimes
more susceptible to dangerous climatic
or sanitary influences than at' others ;
and when the system is subjected to
miasma it depends much upon its con
dition as to whether or not the mala
ria will fasten itself upon the yital parts
in the form ot disease.
As with the human system, so with
the political. Then seizing the oppor
tunity these shysters injected their pois
on into the political system just at the
time when it could easily permeate the
whole body politic.
And again we see that a new politi
cal creed was offered to tne farmers ot
the land at a dangerous crisis in their
experience,
Welder. Holes.
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Conductor V. L. J one
of U.v
sdon branch, i:
tram in fbeo
; i : n : i : i . j, . : ; . j
;! ('";-:. 'I. I).
vver
ujJI( js o:rf for a tAy or two.
.tensor ILv.v-orn v. a-?
day. He will leave f - !
labor on the 20ih. Ii:
i;i town atur-
new field !
; y-A, Iloberr,
will accompany him.
A serif- of r,ee im.'-- i r.:' ' f'' 1 -:i
the Hai.ti.-t c!ii"rc!i. The - a-
i!ed by Rev. . L. S:::m:
Raleigh.
V. II. White of your town s:
night here.
Hardy 1 'on ton, a very -.v ,i;h;
man. died hen; one day l.i.-t we
had lived with Major Hmry
eight consecutive years.
:.-:!. of
out last
( 'red
J:. He
f.'v(.:itv-
Tiie A. C. L. authorities Iw,
decided to take down the .'
shed here which U in a d'd
MI!
''Jill. O.iCi
;!! ,t d
!
condition. This hed was buiit 1:: I
Don't IiT it o. :'.
The necessity of a springy ni
ls universally aJmst ted. 1 his
me
the
best time of vear m whicu to po.-nv
it
the blood, to restore the lost a'; elite
! to hnild no the entire svsiem. a
the bodv is no-,v pf'u!n;r!"
susceptible
te benelit l;-om meuicme. ,;'t-ai
popularity attained by Hood's Sarsapa
iii!a. owing to its real merit and U.- re
markable success, has establUhc-d i as
th.i erv he.-1 medicine to take in the
e ' I MM . ,
j .i insr. J i cures sen
.fuh.
an i
m.
an I idl humors, biliousness, dsncp
a.
headamo. kidney and liver cornel. .its,
eaiarrh and all aifections Vauscd r
red by
ie o! ti.e " ' 3 hi
or impure blood
OUi ii Oli, but
take Hood's Saiapanlla now. It wi;J
do you good.
"Perhaps you would not think so,
but a very large proportion of diseases
in New York comes from carelessness
about catching cold," says Dr. Cyrus
Kdson. "It is such a simple thing
and so common that very few people,
unless it is a case ol pneumonia, pay
any attention to a cold. There are a
great many cases of eatarrh and con
sumption which have their origin in
this neglect of the simplest precaution
of every day life. The most sensible
advice is, when you have one, get rid
of it as soon as possible. By all means
do not neglect it," Dr. Edson does not
tell you how to cure a cold but we will.
Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
It will relieve the lungs, aid expectora
tion, open the secretions and soon ef
fect a permanent cure. 2-3 and bOc.
bottles fur sale by E. T. Whitehead A
Co., Druggist.
Income tax returns, says our Wash
ington correspondent, are pouring into
the oflicc of the Commissioner of In
ternal He venue at sucn a rate as to
make the income tax division a bee
mve ol mdm-trv and activity.
To purify, vitalize and enrich the
blood, and give nerve, bodily arid diges
tive strength, take Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A severe rheumatic- pain in the left
shoulder had troubled Mr. J. II. Loper.
a well known druggist of Pes Moines.
Iowa, for over six months. At time
the pain was so severe that he could
not lift anything. With all he could
do ne could not get rid of it until he
applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm. "J
only made three applications of it," he
says, "And have since been free from
all pain." He now recommends it to
pei-sons similarly afiiicted. It is for
sale by E. T. Whitehead Co., Drug
gist. It was reniarkcd I.f-:e by prominent
gentleman a Few days ao that the Leg
islature prepared the v.-ay for a good
deal of litigation, anri so the lawyers
will reap a good harvest from the
sowing.
"Success is the reward ot merit" not.
' ac-aimption. Popular appreci.i..ion
is what tells in the Jong run. For fifty
.years, people have been using Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, and to-day it is the blood
purifier most in favor with the public.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla cures.
PROLIFIC -:- W01EHFE
From 3 to 7 ears to
the Stalk.
I have a limited supply A thi.
which J will sell at
Corn
ONE DOLLAR A PECK.
From -1 acres in 18'.4 I gathered
barrels (425 bushels) and hut for a
storm that destroyed a good deal I
would have gathered 100 barrels.
I will sell it by the peck or m larger
or smaller quantifies. Also will sena
out with every package instructions as
to my mode of cultivation.
PRICE fl.00 A PECIC.
AH BIGGS,
Scotland Neciv, N. C
3 2S tf
DR. SHADE'S DISCOVERY
FOR
CONSUMPTiON
VI rite at once lor particulars of tlie
newspaper investigation going on at
this time in Washington. Doctor m,!
other citizens cured. What physician
and medical journals say about "The
Greatest Discovery of "tiie Century "
Symptom blank, etc. Send 2-cent
stamp. Address Dr. SHADE. 123
14th Street, Washington, D. C,
CADGER CURED
AN D A
LIFE SAVED
By the Persistent Use of
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
"I was troubled for years with a
sore on mv knee, which several
phvsicians. who treated me, called a
cancer, assuring me that nothing
could be done to save my life. As
a last resort. I was induced to try
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. and, after tak
in" a number of bottles, the sore
--
began to disappear and my general
hearth improve. I persisted in this
reatment. until the sore was en
tirely healed. Since then, I use
Ayer's Sarsaparilla occasionally as
a tonic and blood-purifier, and, in
deed, it seems as though I could not
keep house w ithout it." Mrs. S. A.
Pi elds, Bloomfield, la.
The Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla.
Ayer's Pills Regulate the Liver.
Tobacco Fines.
Diagram and Instructions for putting
in and prices furnished on application,
;n;: Pen okk Sc IIyman Hardware Co.,
. f i t t,..k v r
,EW
lu-:w
. IPEI1MILIII
Sailor Hats New
Spring shapes from
10 cents up.
Pest dresc- lining and canvas for 25c
per yard. , Miss. Kate G.Tilleuy.
Mies !
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Noirni C.Kei.!NA, )
Halifax County. ) Superior Court.
John N. Vaughan, surviving partner
ol the rirm cf Vaughan k Parnes,
vs.
Bessie Ha rues. Sarah Barnes, Annie
Barnes, Bayard Barnes, Ceoigie Barnes,
Mary Barnes, M. Lula Druwery, line
Drewcry, David Drewcry, Bettie Mason,
John C. i'lrcwery, James Brewery,
Fanny A. Boone, Marion W. Cook,
Nannie Cook, Harry T. Campbell,
Collin Barnes, and M. E. Cook.
The defend.;:;!-', M. Lula Dreweiy,
Vi'iliie Drewery, David Dreweiy, James
Drewcry, Bettie .Mason, Marion W.
Cook, Nannie Cook, M. E. Cook and
Harry T. Campbell, will take notice :
That the above entitled action has
been commenced in the Superior Court
ol said county.
That the purpose of this action is to
have all of the right, title and interest
of the defendants as heirs at law and
devisees ol the late Coo. B. Barnes in
and to the following de.-eribed Tands
lying, being and situated m said county
and State and dc-sorihod follows :
One tiaet lying m ilaliax and i a li
cet fs townships, known as the ".-nine"
tract, containing by estimation six
hundred acres, and adioining the lands
of W. W. Carter, W." W.. Butts, and
the lands formerly belonging to J. R.
J. Daniel ami others,
One tract known as the "Short" tract
in Weklon township, containing by
estimation live hundred acres, and ad
joinining the lands of X. J. E. Hocka-
aay . IL. liarnson and others, whicn
lands are particular y described m that
deed maae by J. M. Mullen and W. II.
Day, Commissioners, to said Geo. B.
Barnes, which is duly recorded in the
register's office for said county in Book
8-, on page mi, to which reference is
made, conveyed to the plaintiff as
surviving partner of the firm of
Vaughan it Barnes, to enable him to
settle and adjust the partner.-hip bus
iness, and to evclude fhem from idl
interest therein ; also to h.-ve conveyed
to him as such surviving partner for
said purpose ail of their right, title and
interest m and to all that other land
particularly described in said deed
which may not have been previously
conveyed ly said Geo. B. Barnes, and
to exclude them from all interest
therein.
And that they are required to he and
appear before the Judge of our Superior
Court, at a Court to he held for the
county of Halifax, at the court house in
Halifax, on the 10th Monday af;er the
first Monday in March, lo fo, and an
swer the complaint, which will be de-po-iied
in the oflice of tne Clerk of iiJe
SW enor Court for said count v. within
tne three first days of said term, and
let the said di.Vmlanrs t.';lve notice that
o iney fail to appear and an-wer the
complaint within the time required In
law, the plaintiff will apnlv to the
Conn for the relief demanded m the
complaint, and the Costs to be taxed
by the Clerk.
t In witness wheieof, I, Sterling M.
Garv. Clerk of the Superior Court for
-add emmty, have hereunto set my
hand, at my office in Halifax, thi the
14th day of March, 1 895.
S-rmuiNo M. G.u;y,
Clerk Snnpriiiv f,Ti,-
V;
. A. Drxv
Itty. for plaintiff. 3 21 6t.
f
AYER'S
First - Class
is r-
Y.
KiTGHIN & GRAY,
Have putchaf-d the Livery Hn-ines
former' v nntd and managed by Co'.i
drey A: "Watson, and are in-eja!el to
erve the public .t -all times with the
M ol Taaras ai
1 1
AT UKASONAHI-K PRICKS.
3 7 ly
Blood and Skin Diseases
'S B.6.5.
BOTANIC BLOOD BALJI never fails
to cure all manner of Blood and Skin dis
eases It Is the great Southern bulldlnff up
and purifying Remedy, and cures all manner
of 8kiu and blood diseases. As a building
up tonic It is without a rival, and absolutely
beyond comparison with any other similar
remedy ever offered to the public. It is a
panacea for all ills resulting from impure
blood, or an impoverished condition of the
human system. A single bottle will demon
strate its paramount virtues.
J tSend for free book of Wonderful Cures.
Price, fi.ooper large Dome; 5o" tvw -
bottles.
For sale by druggists; if not send to us,
and medicine will be sent freight prepaid on
receipt of price. Address
BLOCD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ga.
4 19 ly (h)
RICK!
UD HDDS JPJCE
i
I
NOW ON HANI).
"WILL SELL THEM CHEAP.
tfiTAlso will take contract to
"furnish lots from 50.000
or more anywhere witnm
'50 miles of Scotland Neck
Can always furnish vba,-?.7
you want. Corre.-j nl-5
ence and orders s-" c
IS. iL. SADDILir,
1-10-05-ly Scotland Neck, N. C.
MENTION THIS PAI EI!.
I eat at Robinson's.
I Don t.
Nourishing meals at all hours. Call
and see these progressive young
merchants.
ROPERSON & JAMES,
Main Street, Scotland Neck, N. C.
TOBACCO FLUES !
I am prepared to make
and fit Tobacco Flues
as cheap as the cheap
est. Tobacco Farmers will
do well to send in their
0pre
; W4-PA CctlX-y.
xlers early.
Also I do all kinds
J. A. Km mix. ('KAY
id veniclBS
of
Stoye and Tin-work
and repairing.
All work guaranteed.
JiiMui) ii. nUijlilbUli
Near Bick Mill, Scotland Neck, N. C.
2 21 ::m
Market.
Noiu olk, Va., March 27, 1S95.
Quotations of the Norfolk, Va., Mar
ket furnished by
J. W. FERRY Co.,
COTTON FACTO pts
AND COMMISSION MI-:PvCHANTS,
NORFOLK, VA.
Cotton- Market Steady.
Strict Middling, 5
Middling, 5J
Strict low Middling 5 9-16
Low Middling 50
Blues Stains, to 5
Peak i ts Firm.
Taney zx to 2 j
Prime if to 2
Low gradea H to 1 i
B. E. Peaa .1.75 to $2.00 a bag.
We carry a large stock of all weights
of bagging and ties, peanut and pea
bags. Write for prices.
Horfolk
m I ' . " ' .u
OiTen tolTerl Sjnifctio.
r.rett Brrl WarrantM.
Uu-4ln Thoaaod of Ilonri
It gaalit? i it w Recom
inundation.
Ml MI V T!
N OR K(TT
HADPIN'iTON IUI
mnnt'Tiinhv. Kookkeei'ing. Ponm
tauglit in a thorough and practical
folk harUir. Students admit tvl at an
partment. Craduate lit Ij-tnl in tindm
infitnnation address
JOHN M. TAYLOR &, CO.,
EE General Conioa Ith:::, General
X. Ro-ixok,-
Consfignments of (nintry Product-
ot every desciiptin oIicitHi.
Uefehknces : City National Hank, Ni f-lk , 'a. ; I ! .' W . ,
Cincinnati,!).: .lanas 15. I.ainu A Co., N V iK , . 1
tornev at Law , Wiud-or, Vn. ; Prad.tn--t Agcn.-.
M. H. IIoli.am).
of Nanseniond County. Va.
M. H. HOLLAND, SOX & CO..
WHOLESALE COMM LSSIOX M KUCHA XI
X. $
SrECiAl.TiEs : Peanuts. Cotton. Corn.
Poultry, Egg and Limit km.
IlEFEKENCES : Tin- Hank ol Comim-r'. N"if ;!..
i'aniM'rs' Hank, Suffolk. 'a.
COUIIESPONDENCE AND CONSHLN MENTS S(Ll( 'l I Ll-
To Farmers
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wi: givi: om: :
Gi:i:at Bimm,i:, Ni;ioi.i: Cm m.
Farmers' Manufacturing Comiany :
'I usel your Patent Barrels exclusively in tho f-fiipnn-nf t,f n
including 7,000 l)arres of 1 iish jtotat'te--, ami 1 want to .-ay lhc. :m
ever used. Put me down as a permanent customer, a-s I uill Jh-m-other.
Yours truly.
;i:oi:gi: a vn.-"N
FARMERS' MANUFACTURIJN G CO..
3 7 3m NOKKGLK, VA.
MKXTIOV I MI- I A I ' i I!.
Dan is a Kentuckv Iked Spanisli h
15 Hands high,
Color Black with
ERMS: $15 by insurance.
$10 a season with usual return privilege
$5 casL. for single leap.
Address :
SCOTLAND
THE GREAT OREAD MAnrn
IPI ICUTADT
lULLJli-in.
White Star Flour,
EVANSV1LLE, IND.
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XOIU'Ol.k, V..
and Trucker
HAVING E.NLAh'Gl li n ;,,
CAPACITY.
We aie 1 1 r j i:ired to f 1 1 1 ! . ! .
East Patent Barrels
IN ANY(Jl WMTIV.
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Light Points.
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