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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
3
A public road to Rehukie church was recently improved while a railroad trestle near Roan and Carets burned. Trains toward Norfolk were delayed. northbound service was tied up at Hobgood after the Monday morning incident affecting the 9:30 and 10:20 trains.
In a terse message, readers in arrears discuss their inability to pay and the paper's struggle to collect. The note calls for mercy and notes existing obligations, asking if payments can be made and urging cooperation amid financial strain.
In a terse local scene Sheriff C. W. Dunn assists as a young man faces tax woes and a tense moment over 1.60 in taxes. The narrative hints at a license and a possible marriage ceremony being influenced by justice or clergyman, with Whitcheal mentioned in the closing lines.
The church schedules a morning service on the third Sabbath in February to discuss purging additional deacon genders. Members are urged to attend. By order of Session. C. G. Christis, Moderator.
Hobgood resident C G Christian attends a Saturday cup event while Mrs Ivey Jones of Kinston visits Mrs Chas Allan Jones. Whitakers resident J D Johnson visits daughter Mrs G B Edwards as Rocky Mount native J H Womble returns home. Dickens attends Halifax burial of wife Mrs W L Dickens. Salsbury visits from Hamilton to see Dr and Mrs R M Johnson. Tyler B Wheeler travels to Franklinton to see brother. J Frank Brinkley of Greenville spends Saturday in town. Rasberry of West visits term law. Mary Lillie King of Leaks visits. Katherine unknown. R W Pittman and Harvey of Rocky Mount visit friends. Harry Lee McDowell joins Hardy Hardware after Josey Hardware. Mrs A McDowell returns from Washington. Mr McDowell also back from New York. N Dickens and family of Va stay several days visiting sisters. Mstelie Staton returns to Mount to see sisters R J Davenport and J H Davenport. Braswell and daughter Margaret return from Rocky Mount and White Keres visits. W R Whitehead of Edgecombe visits community. R C Whitehead ill for days. A Dunn leaves for Washington DC on professional business with Mr Claude Kitchin. plan to Philadelphia. Syeemzson Street Church pastor in Norfolk praised as eloquent and sought for sermons.
Territory for a new Aurelian high school surveyed near Halifax. The district comprises 3,040 acres. A vote by district residents will determine the project, with timing to be set by county commissioners.
A bill before the Legislature seeks to correct and amend chapter 342 private laws of 1901 relating to the incorporation of the town of Scotland. The measure aims to fix statutory wording and align the town’s charter with current requirements.
Halifax North Carolina January 28 1908 a long obituary noting the death of Mr John N Brown age nearly 73 after illness since November 1907 He was a Civil War veteran former drug businessman in Halifax and a devoted Methodist known for integrity thrift and charity His funeral was held January 24 at the Methodist church cemetery with many white and colored attendees and floral tributes
The Com MONWEALTH corrects last week's Epworth item claiming Miss Bettie Lewis and Ernest Weeks eloped to Halifax and wed. Two informants deny the marriage and note the correction relies on the informant with a name. The item urges inclusion of writer names with news items. Pinesalve Carbolized is advertised as an antiseptic ointment sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Monday morning water leaked in at the Madry building on Main Street as a hole was smashed in a transom above the west door. By 7 pm the same day both transoms were shattered and the coulch hurled through the glass. Mr Madry offers $10 for the arrest and conviction of the culprit.
Mr and Mrs Francis Marian Pope invite attendance at the marriage of their daughter Marian Ione to Mr William Shelburne Moye. The ceremony takes place Wednesday February 5 1908 at 11:30 AM at the Church of the Advent Enfield North Carolina.
An advertisement urges homeowners to use L. and M. Pure Paint with guarantee of quality and painter work. It proposes mixing 4 gallons L. and M. Paint with 3 gallons linseed oil to yield 7 gallons at $1.20 per gallon. E. T. Whitehead and Co. of Scotland Neck promote the offer.
The notice promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy that also heals the lungs and prevents serious outcomes. It warns that la grippe coughs can become pneumonia and cautions to refuse substitutes, noting the genuine product in a yellow package from E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Mrs. D N Pittard was bitten at home by a mad dog near Aurelian Springs while tending a child. The dog was tied due to illness suspicion. A mad stone was applied in Northampton County and the wound reportedly adherd ten times. Pittard has returned home and is reported well.
Stock in the Farmers Storage Warehouse Co of Scotland Neck was sold at public auction on a Tuesday at noon. Fifty three and a half shares, each with par value ten dollars, were sold for a total of 165 dollars to Mr. N B Josey due to subscribers’ unpaid subscriptions.
Jacob Springer of West Franklin Me says the pills improve his stomach liver and bowels. If the trial disappointed buyers refund money at F T Whitehead Co drug store.
By virtue of a deed of trust Macy Bryant. Halifax County records Book 180 page 506. Dunn, trustee, will sell for cash February 1908 at noon in Scotland Neck. Property described as the old Mill Lot Hobgood bounded by Weldon Kinston Branch A C L RR Hannah Purvis road Hobgood to Martin County and East Carolina Land and Improvement Co. containing 2 acres more or less.
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