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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
3
This notice urges readers to open an account this week to secure funds for family education and comfort in later life. It emphasizes personal finance and planning for a wife and family.
No Other Method of Saving equals the regular use of a deposit account at a good bank. Another strong feature in its favor is that, in case of need, you can get the full amount for the asking-no deductions or charges for caring for it and no delay. Start with us-start The Scotland Neck Bank.
Mr Dosy lost a valued cow. Mr 8 F Dunn reports a mysterious death. Pine Salve Carbolized sold by E T Whitehead & Co and Leggett's Drug Store. Episcopal Bazaar December 11 and 12 with refreshments and new building. Thanksgiving services held statewide with $130 collected for Baptist orphanage. Kodol advertised as digestive aid with rest for the stomach, sold locally.
The estate of the late J. G. Shields sold its river Cotton Farm at auction for 12000 dollars to C. J. Shields, followed by the Cypress Swamp farm at 10000 dollars to the same bidder, then a 50 acre tract near Gall Berry for 600 dollars and a small lot near Mrs. Shields residence for 25 dollars. The buyers praised the properties as highly cultivated and income yielding. The Scotland Neck fire company held a meeting appointing S. W. Morrisett as captain and G. C. Weeks as second captain and chief engineer. after initial practice with a hand pump, their efforts showed effective water delivery to protect town buildings, earning public appreciation.
Sold to Mr Newell. Mr W L Harrell sold his home on Roanoke Street to Mr W H Newell. Harrell’s friends hope he will not leave Scotland Neck. Wirtson Allsbrook thanks friends for saving his house from fire last Saturday night. Bee’s Laxative Cough Syrup with Honey and Tar marketed for children. no opiates. Daughters of the Confederacy meet Dec 6 at 2:45 pm. Secretary Mrs W F Butterworth. Bee’s syrup guarantees refunds if not satisfied. Sold by E T Whitehead & Co and Leggett’s Drug Store.
A long list of locals spent Thanksgiving in various towns including Rocky Mount Enfield Ayden Greenville and Clayton. Visitors named include Miss Lula Brewer Rev M L Kesler and Mr D C Moore with several returning home from Wake Forest Greensboro and Norfolk. A fire at Wilson Allsbrook’s home caused smoke but no damage beyond a burned trunk. Kennedy’s laxative and cough syrup advertise in the same column. County Commissioners reorganize Halifax with S Johnston reappointed as chairman and new county attorney D Bell replacing no one.
A double wedding occurs in Shiloh lasting ceremonies at the Baptist church with Annie Covington and John James and Lena Powell and Roy Staten. In Franklin, Miss Lillian Timberlake and Tyler Wheeler wed with a Washington trip and home in Scotland Neck to follow. The issue also notes Mrs. Alice Cooper’s Halifax death, a Hobgood fire, and ads for Kodol by E T Whitehead & Co.
A long standing remedy claims sixty years of use by millions of mothers for teething pain. It soothes the child and gums, relieves wind colic and diarrhea, and is sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
On Thursday December 20 1906 at 11 a m I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at my home two miles from Scotland Neck the following property household and kitchen furniture farming implements including cart wagon and harness plows hoes etc and one buggy and harness fodder shucks peavines sow and pigs Mars R W Strickland 126 2
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