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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
3
Local notices praise the Virginia High School for sons’ education. Advertisements promote Seth Arnold’s Balsam and a Norfolk excursion led by R. J. Dunning. Town improvements include a new home on Jack Keel’s farm and preparations at the Female Academy reopening September second.
J H Johnston of Broughton, California, credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing bronchitis after years of suffering. He says his wife’s asthma also improved and calls it the best group medicine for throat and lung diseases. Trial bottles free at E T Whitehead Co’s drug store.
The fifth season of the Scotland Neck tobacco market opened with strong bidding. Star warehouse led by W A White and Banner warehouse run by J A Kitchin and Peyton Keel featured active sales and buyers from American and Imperial Tobacco Companies. Local farmers such as Ivey, Dye, Braswell, Pittman, Manning, and many others sold on both floors, with high prices and widespread farmer satisfaction. Miss Lula Howard dies at 24, funeral by Rev M L Kesler this afternoon.
A Pactolus excursion crowd arriving at 10 15 Friday caused trouble in Scots and Neck. A man fired a pistol in a store but it was harmless. Officer Johnson arrested him and three others as the crowd grew rowdy. The next day they were borne before authorities.
A writer visits Judge Walter Clark’s Roanoke river farm near Scotland Neck with Sheriff Allsbrook and family. They tour a ten acre Alberta peach orchard of 1008 trees in a parallelogram layout, estimating 1200 bushels to Norfolk market. The day also covers cotton, corn, and a notable vineyard on the estate.
The ComMonwealth praised Mr N D Parks as a first class hypnotist after his Friday night performance at Futrell's Opera House. He held eight to ten subjects for over an hour with perfect control and plans a repeat show Thursday August 14 with tickets 39 25 and 15 cents at Futrell Hardy Hardware.
Miss Lizzie Hyman hosted a Friday tea from four to seven for about twenty young ladies in honor of guest Miss Hesta Powell of Tarboro. Musically themed guessing games with Miss Bo peep Hill and Miss Lizzie Hyman yielded a pearl brooch prize for Miss Margaret Wallace. Refreshments and polite service completed a refined social afternoon.
The Com MONWEALTH editor appeals for readers to report visitors to Scotland Neck. It notes it cannot know every guest and urges the public to share names to keep the community informed and avoid unfounded criticism.
Sunday afternoon several youths ran along the dam at Smith's mill when Mr Joe Cotten tripped over a dog from a nearby brush. He broke the large bone in his right arm above the wrist and injured his face. He was brought home and his arm set at once.
Two colored men near Lawrence, Elisha Williams and Sam Horton, quarreled when Williams fired four shots at Horton, missing all. Williams posted a $100 bond and fled. In a separate fight, John Hall and John Williams clashed. Williams retrieved a gun, shot at Hall but missed, and Williams was bound over to court.
F A Gulledge of Verna, Alabama, spent a large sum on doctors for a severe piles case that produced 24 tumors. When doctors failed, Backlen's Arnica Salve cured him, reducing inflammation and pain. Sold at E T White head and Co's drug store.
The Littleton Female College, a leading Southern school, invites applications for its twenty-first annual session beginning September 17. Accommodates 200 boarding pupils. Illustrated catalog available from Rev. J. M Rhodes A. M., President, Littleton North Carolina.
A 1901 letter from W A Heard of Baltimore endorses Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co treatment for eczema. He claims thirty years of struggle eased by proper use and calls the remedy the best for skin diseases and the greatest medical discovery of the age. Wartencan
An OCR fragment touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a secret for sprightly steps and rosy complexions. It claims improved digestion, relief from headaches and piles, and offers the pill at 50 cents from local venders, with bold guaranteed cures.
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