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The Democrat. E. E. HILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Pout-Office at Scotland Neck, A'. C, as Second CI" an Matter. THURSDAY. APRIL 2o, 1805. Til A T POPULAR FUND. Elsewhere we print a communication from Miss Etta Allsbrobk, in which she appeal- to the people of Scotland Keck and Halifax county for small contribution- for a gift to the Cruiser Raleigh. M All-brook has been ask ed by the Southport Leader to become sponsor for the fund here, and The Democrat call upon the people to give her contribution for which it ig asked. She will ask but little from any one. ny arnonnt from 10 cents up will be received, for which the con tributor will get lull credit in the list whicfi is to be published in the Leader. Thft itfoiile of the whole State art be- J M. coming interested in this movement and we hope that Scotland Neck will make some contribution towards it. Give Miss Allsbrook the email con tribution which she asks. MISS ALLSBROOK'S APPEA L. To the Citizen of Scotland Neck and Halifax County : Having become sponsor of the Lead er's Popular Fund, a patriotic scheme undertaken by the efficient editors of the Southport Leader to raise funds for purchasing a testimonial for the Cruiser Raleigh, I earnestly appeal to toe citi zens of this community, men and wom en, boys and girls, lor support in this effort. It is a graceful compliment, not alone to Raleigh but to our whole State, which should be fittingly res ponded to, and I trust the people of this community, filled with patriotic pride, will take advantage of this oppor tunity of openly expressing their ap preciation of the name of this magnifi cent Cruiser. Very respectfully, Mis.s Etta Allsijrook. SIX-CENT COTTON. Memphis Commercial Appeal. Middling cotton, for the first time since the crop of 1S(J4 was gathered, is selling for fi cents. This is pleasant for those who have any cotton to sell. But it is time for the plant'ng of the next crop, and if the farmers want cotton to be selling at 0 cents a pound next Sep tember, they must not plant as much as they did a year ago. They must not fail in their purpose to curtail the acre age. Spring prices are deceptive. It is the fall price that means profit or loss to the cotton farmer. Experience has taught that the South is devoting too much land to the fleecy staple. In the light of that distressing experience the farmers have been advised to vary their crops, seeding less in cotton than in previous years. If, however, tne ad vice be not taken, the farmers will only have themselves to blame. Many of them think that the currency troubles have somthing to do with causing the low price?. II this be true, the farmers can nave no nope ot rectification oi the currency system during tne present year. Hence, to save themselves, it is absolutely necessary that they do not next fall glut the cotton market. This is a plain proposition which admits of no controversy. It is a question of making the best, not the worst, of ex isting and palpable conditions. There fore, let the cotton acreage be curtailed for once, and let more of hogs and corn be raised. There will then be assured a happier state, when the farmer shall confront the market six months hence. If he shall then have his granaries and his smokehouses well filled, he will be able to devote considerable attention to politics and give his mind to the cur rency question without any distractions growing out of annoing personal obli gations. NO ERA UD. War rent on Record. We learn that the taking of testimo ny in the contest case of Cheatham vs. Woodard in this congressional dis trict has been completed in Halifax county, where frauds were alleged to have been committed. It is said that Cheatham made out no case there. Negro poll-holders testified there was n: baud. Those who never read the advertise ments in their newspapers miss more than they presume Jonathan Keni Kon, of Bolan, Worth Co., Iowa, who had been troubled with rheumatism in his back, arms and shoulders read an item in his paper about how a promi nent German citizen of Ft. Madison had been cured. He procured the same medicine and to use his own words : "It cured me right up." He also says : "A neichbor and his wife were both sick iu lied with rheumatism. Their boy was over to my house and said they were so bad he had to do the cooking. 1 told him of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and how it had cured me, he got a bottle and it cured them up in a week. 50 cent bottles for sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. The Washington Daily Progress has made its appearance. It is a five-column sheet and is well filled with local and other news, together with a good advertising patronage. Succeed to edi tor Jacobson's venture. A CALM REVIEW. VI. During the campaign in which the Republicans and Populists labored mightily for the election oi the fusion ticket, The Democrat did not lail to point out to the Populists that if they persisted in their course they would at last find themselves in the clutcnes of the Republican party. We knew full well that it the fusion ticket were elected, practically it would be a Republican victor'. The Repub lican party would virtually be in pow er. The Populists who agreed to that fusion movement were slow to believe it. Many of them had been good Dem ocrats and they did not want to believe that they were, by their co-operation or fusion with the Republicans, turning the interests of the great State of North Carolina into the hands of those who for more than a quarter of a century had been their avowed political enemies. And many of them do not admit it even at this late day, after the Legisla ture has assembled, sat together and made a record, many parts of which anj reasonable man would well wish had been left a blank rather than stand as it was made. The Legislature assembled, and such an assembly under such circumstances had never before been seen in North Carolina. When were the interests of North Carolina ever before committed to a General Assembly whose majority was made up of two political parties whose platforms of so called principle! were in many particulars diametrically opposed to each other, but which were all laid aside in order that they might gat control ot the State? Such were the circumstances under which the fusion Legislature came in to power by the results of last Novem ber's election. The Populists had de manded many things first as the Farm ers' Alliance, which they said was free from partisan politics. And here let us remind the Populists that this was the very first net that was set by the sharpers who were pressing the work which was afterwards to tell in their own interests. The Alliance declared from the first that it was and ever should be free from partisan poli tics ; and this was tne net that caught hundreds and thousands of good Dem ocrats all over the land. And be it said to their credit for personal inde pendence that main", as soon as they saw that unprincipled place-hunters were making a tool of the Alliance for their own personal gains, withdrew from the order and affiliated with it no more. Now, these two parties came togeth er to legislate for North Carolina. The first conclusive evidence that they gave of being dominated by the Republican party was the fact that they allowed prominent Republicans with a few Populists to form a sort of adyisory board for the assistance in the caucus legislation. And then tney allowed men who had been liie-long Republi cans to lead the fusion interest in the Legislature. And this was one of th ends aimed at vrith the Republicans from the beginning. They knew very well that the Populists had very few, if any, real leaders ot men ; and they knew that if they could get their sup port at the election they would com mand their cooperation in the Legisla ture. And this programme was pretty well carried out. Consistency had been clamored for by the Populists ever since their organ ization. "Reform" was what they tried to make their slogan. And so when they came together in legislative assem bly it was in order to expect the con sistency and reform for which they had been clamoring and which they prom ised the people ot the State. Now what is the record of this fu sion Legislature in consistency? Let us see. They had been abusing the Demo cratic party from every stump of their campaign almost. They said that Dem ocratic Legislatures had been accus tomed to do too much of their work in caucuses. The Topulists howled against this and promised, impliedly, if not di rectly, that if elected they would stop all that sort of thing and let the work of the Legislature be done in open ses sion. Now, what are the facts ? They are simply these : Never in the history of North Carolina as a great common wealth was there so much caucus work done in any single session of a Legislat ure. Scarcely a single matter of im portance was brought before the body and fought out on its merits during the whole session. Every measure to which the Fusionists attached any importance was thoroughly sifted and resifted in caucus before it took its place before the Legislature. And we believe that the facts bear us out in the statement that almost eyery single important measure that was voted on before that Legislature was a sham so far as the legislative vote was concerned ; for It was always settled in the caucus before hand t the suggestion of the Republi can advisory board. WA SHINGTON NEWS. fSorrepoDl-n5e to The Democrat.) I found at the State Department yes terday that the date of General Ran som's commie-ion was February 23rd, 1S9'j. He wa nominated and confirm ed on that day. He took the oath ot office March 1th in the afternoon, at which time hi-? senatorial term had ex pi red. The President holds that his appointment was not complete until this date. There are precedents for this in the history of this Government. There are more numerous precedents on the side of thote who raised the is sue of the unconstitutionality of Minis ter Ransom's tenure of office. Section 6, article 1, of the Constitution -ays that no Senator or member khall be aj pointed to an office created, or the em oluments of which have been increased durintr his term of office. State De partment officials informed me yeste day that if the President were to rc-ap-noint Minister Ransom, he could not draw a cent of his salary until he wa conhrmfcd bv the incoming senate, bo the matter will stand as it is. Vest day Minister Ransom was presented to Presendent Diaz and was most cordial ly received. Consul (ieneral Williams, Hanaya, Cuba, is m this country. It has been alleged that ha has become persona noa grata, and that when he returns to his post his exequatur will not bo granted him. This is not so. His exequatur was granted when he was appointed from New York about ten years ago and holds good until he is recalled by this Government. A number ot leading politicians in this city say a new alignment of poliil cal parties is inevitable. The South and the West seem to be about to unite on a "silver" democrat for the next Presi dent. Others say the more conserva tive democrats will follow Cleveland's lead as indicated in his letter of last week and advocate "sound money." Mr. W. K. Carr, a son ot Governor Carr, of North Carolina, has a strong letter in to-day's Post in which he shows whv he is not willing to accept the "sound money slogan" as unutterable logic. Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls is so thoroughly imbued with the idea that the West and South will unite on a sil ver man that he has made a speech in which, for the first time in his life he throws down the oliye branch of peace to the South. He has spent years ol his life waving the "bloody shirt" for all it is worth. Secretary Carlisle and Commissioner Miller are very much disappointed at the fclow returns of the income tax and the amount of income tax collected. Hons. B. F. Bunn and Fred Wood ard are here trying to compromise about the appointment of a post master at Rocky Mount, N. C. As Mr. Wood ard was elected and Mr. Bunn was neither nominated nor elected, it looks like Mr. Woodard ought to win. Half of the town of Rocky Mount is in Edge combe county and Mr. Woodard s dis trict, and the other part in Nash and Mr. Bunn's old district. Mr. Woodard recommends Mr Bassett for postmaster and Mr. Bunn recommends Mr. Wil cox. An early settlement of the con test is probable. Millinery Novelties. Laces, Chiffon, Embroidery silk, Neck wear c. Stamped Pillow shams, Tray Cloths. Scarfs tfcc, 5 to GO cents. Miss Kate G. Tili.ery. Bold Robbery Killed By a Fall. (Correspondence to The Democrat.) Weldox, N. C, April 22, 1895. One night List week two unknown white men went into the store of Mr. M. Fredlander ot this place and pur chased a suit of clothes each, besides hats and underwear also a pistol and balls. They requested the merchant to make his figures as small as possible and while he was making out the bill they jumped from the door and ran. The officer, 11. J. Day accompanied by one oi our citizens pursued them. Two days later they were captured near Littleton. The merchant went to Lit tleton identified, them and had them brought here by officer Day where they had a preliminary trial before Mayor Gooch. They were committed to jail in default of $500 bond. They are a tough looking party. Norfleet Allen, a wortny colored man, while at work on the S. A. L. bridge here fell from it to-day a distance of about 35 feet, his head striking a rock and was almost instantly killed. The deceased leaves a wife and two children. Mr. L. M. Pittman is in town to-day. Some fish are being caught out of Roanoke river now. Mrs. E. W. Brown of Petersburg is visiting friends and relatives here. Ix The Spring. Nearly everybody needs a good medi cine. The impurities which have ac cumulated iu the blood during the cold months must be expelled, or when the mild days come, and the ef fect of bracing air is lost, the body is liable to be overcome by debility or some serious disease. The remarkable success achieved by Hood 'a Sarsaparilla and the many words of praise it has re ceived, make it worthy your confi dence. We ass you to give this med icine a trial. We are sure it will do you good. Bead the testimonials pub lished in behalf of Hood's Sarsaparilla, all from reliable, grateful people. They tell the story. .1 RIOT AT PATH Er-jiu Kjxri'il t fjr-'u'i i r.U R'f.'rtor. , April by the Roanoke Vmpanv, two W.Vrf IINOTON, N. Negroe" emp!'vei Railroad d- l.nn.l-e mlle- f-urn Bath. N. C, and at the mill of A. B. '.A iiiL't'1?'- ver.il nine- iur- ther. tho itc:; 'l i" g- 1" Ih and take charge f ti e town. 'I hi threat was carried int.. execution Saturday even- lr.'ir -when a moo oi aw:; !", a r I...-. 1 .a !jim! i.iO irmei with pi-tols. clu! and razors, entered the little city ani began drinking very freely. About f o'clock a! night they grew very disorderly, filled the air with curs ing and jilarniod the i-ople by firing pistols, promi-cou-ly. Town Consta ble T. C. Paul and Deputy Sheriff N A. Whitlev attempted to arrest the leader of the di.-turbance. The offi cers were re-isted and from this a gen eral riot started. OtTictr Pan! was painfully cut on the head. G. W. Woolard also received a very fcerious wound on the head, teing struck with a club, from which it was feared ne would die. but he is reported as leing much better now and is thought to be out of danger. W. B. Wood, W. C. Odom ami' Wiley Shepherd, special deputies all received slight wounds. The officers telephoned here for as sistance and Sheriff Hodges ordered the Washington Light Infantry to le in readiness to go down as a Sheriff's posse. The company was called to gether and remained in readiness un til 11 o'clock Sunday morning. The tug Nellie Bly was steamed up for the Sheriff's use, but fortunately the riot was partially quieted by 2 o'clock Sun da' morning. Early Sunday morning the officers succeeded in arresting Solomon Lanier, Charles Stewart, Sam Clark and Wiley Pitts. Lanier resisted the officers and they were compelled to shoot him in order to arrest him. He received a bullet in one leer and a gun load of small shot in the other. Later anoth er arrest was made. A negro named Whitfield left Bath on a sail boat and was arrested here Sunday afternoon, making six in all that have been tak en. UNT0L0 MISERY FROM Rheumatism C. H. King, Water Valley, Miss., cured by Ayer's Sarsaparilla "For five years, I suffered untold misery from muscular rheumatism. I tried every known remedy, consulted the best physi cians, visited Hot Springs, Ark., three times, spending $1000 there, besides doctors' bills; lut could obtain only temporary relief. My flesh was wasted away so that I weighed only ninety-three pounds ; my left arm and leg were drawn out of shape, the muscles being twisted up in knots. I was unable to dress myself, except with assistance, and could only hobble about by using a cane. I had no appetite, and was assured, by the doctors, that I could not live. The pains, at times, were so awful, that I could procure relief only by means of hypodermic injec tions of morphine. I had my limbs bandaged in clay, in sulphur, in poultices; but these gave only temporary relief. After trying everything, and suffering the most awful tortures, I began to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Inside of two months, I was able to walk without a cane. In three months, my limbs began to strengthen, and in the course of a year, I was cured. My weight has increased to 1G5 pounds, and I am now able to do my full day's work as a railroad blacksmith." AYER'S The Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla. ITER'S FILLS cure Headache. -AND- SILYERWARE!!! WATCHES AND CLOCKS PUT IX PERFECT REPAIR. We have engaged the services of Mr. J. D. Perry, who has just returned from the Chicago Watch Ma kers' Institute, where he took a thorough course, and is prepared to do ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING And Engraving. His office is at our show window in front. All work is guaranteed. "GIVE HIM A CALL E. T. WHITEHEAD & CO., 4 2o tf Scotland Neck, X. C T0BACC0FLUES ! I am prepared to make and fit Tobacco Flues as cheap as the cheap est. Tobacco Farmers will do "well to send in their orders early. Also I do all kinds of Stoye . and Tin-work and repairing. All work guaranteed. JAMES A. ROBINSON, Near B.ick Alii, Scotland Neck, N. C. 2 21 3m JEWELRY AdaiiuistnitorN Notice. AU r; prfc-en' of Mr- S me. admi:. before Ai ? ,-i'e hereby notif.ed t" . -::v9 acrii.t the estate Lawrence deceased. t - r of her eute. n or ?.h, 1V.. This April Clai m: Kit' hin. Administrator. 10th. lv.;.. 11 ;:. LAND SALE. liy " jn.wer in me veted bv ! :-t uhich wa- executed :'l day d Mty 1M1 by . n 1 his wife Nannie. .,!v recorded in Martin tl.t Ilezisier's othce, in , o:j pace 37 I fhall :-t .iu-ion. in the town of k. on the 27th d.nv of the proitertv therein de- that cU I to ino o.i ; Walter C which i- eounty. Boook I". sell for r.i- 'COtland - April 1'.: scnled. t ) wit : All of the unlivuie'i interest of the -aid Walter Cross in and to that 1 1 . f Jiitrcs Johnson. Jou.i Ellison. .1 lieincr th' t:m Harrel find other, uvl iornierlv owned by Sam Cross, lvb in Martin county. I his 1:0. W. A. Di'NN. Trustee. March i'-" 1 4 At. m MEET I I eat at Rohinson I Don t Nourish iiu: meals at all hours. Call and see these progressive young merchant!'. IKUiEIISON JAMES. Main Street. Scotland Neck, X. C. Cholera if- i V ST rH k-' ijtri mm rsiNt; the MAJOR CHOLERA CURE. FOR SALE AT N. H. JOSEY'S and E. T, WHITEHEAD & CO.'S Scotland Neck, N. C. Notice! Notice!! Our lands are posted. KeepofI them. I shall force the law on all persons, friends o: foes who disregard this no tice ly trcspa.-sing on the lands and timber of the .North Carolina Luml-er Companv. . S. F. Drxx, 17 ly Inspector, Old Newspapers at this Orheo. not JilW it III WW f m K SSftWKtfA THE GREAT n " -.- - fl IGLEHEART : r. ;- tniTTl San(rtio FrcrT Barrel Warrant. lt OoaiitT ' on Kccom- m'tiiliti'"1- M r S i ION I ! i : - hadimmhv.n nui.i'iv;. i; am: Stenography. Bookkeeping. IVninan-hip. r t.iuirht in a thorough and practical n .u;:icr. 1" . folk harbor. Student.- admitted at any time. P :!. partment. (JraduaU- heljfd m finding j-.-i:. -information address JOHN WI. TAYLOR ? EE General hiwi Merchants :r! 5:;,:::'. Xo. r, R (Htm. ,kr lhn Consignments of Country Prodtu ol every description solicited. ItKf ekences : City National Hunk, Norfolk. a. Cincinnati, O. ; Jamo lb Lai tig A ",... Nr torney at Law, Windsor, Va. ; Ibadtn rt A:i M. H. Hoi.i ANI. of Nansemond County, V M. II. HOLLAND. SON A n i WHOLESALE COMMISSION Mi'.i, X". s ... Specialties : Peanuts, Cotton. Corn. PouUry. Eggs and Luml-er. REFERENCES : The CORRESroNHENCE AND CONSlc.s M E VI - To Farmers WE CIV Ci.KA I Farmers' Manufacturing Company : I used your Patent Parrels exHu including 7,'HHH.arrels of Irish pot;tt - .o - ever used. Put me down as a permanent other. FARMERS' MANUFACTURE 'i 7 3m MENTION High Point, N. C, Dec. 13, 1891. Lyon Mfj. Co., Lrosik!yn, X. Y. (Jentlemen: My horse had a very lar?o kTiOt on his fore leg aloiit the knee joint, caused by a strain. I used two or three Lotties of your Mexican Mustang Liniment and it was soon all right, and now would take $250 for the horse. Respectfully, GUS TJROWN. For 10 years driver for 'ox & Co., joke and liaudltt Manufacturers. Reidsville, X. C, Dec. 6. 180 L Lyon Mfj. Co., Brooklyn, X. Y. Gentlemen: I hare uel Mexican Mus tang Liniment for rheumatism and found it the only thing that did rue good. I recom mend it to all. Respectfully, GEO. COBD, Carpenter. -o- W.ENTWOBTH P.O., X. C, ) Dec. 7, lb'jl. ) Lyon Mfg. Co. , Brooklyn, X. Y. Gentlemen: I consider Mexican Mustang Liniment the first in the world. Have ued it both on myself and also on my horso.-s for sprains and bruises. I recommend it to all who have use for a liniment. Respectfully, J. H. CRADDOCK. i s 1 1 i I EVANSVSLLX. 9, l. Xl '.' ". E -l i:M I M. II II Hunk ..I M -1 1 1 - I armers Lank. -.1 : t i and Tit 1 1 A V I N ' ! . 1 ( ' I " 1 East Pin ii I.N :.yh (il l: ri:i ! ' Bcrrv Crete: M A I we h.t r Mi- E ONE H;.l,,.- - ivdy in . out I N o 1 1 . Ih- -I I V. . , ! 1 ' ! 1 1 1 i - : . . 1 - 1 cu "I! ti,!, . I. ' 1 : NORFOLK, VA Til! - I A 1 I I