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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
3
A persuasive note urges individuals to open a savings account by highlighting a small start leading to a larger balance. It contrasts someone who saved £400 with the potential gains for the reader, encouraging a chat to begin.
Notice seeks return of a light bay mare mule branded W on shoulder strayed near Hobgood North Carolina. Reward offered for safe return and contact with R P Bradley. Also listed are informal sale notices for goods including canvass cuts and iron bedstead wares from N B Josey Co and Edwards and Co.
Mr L R Carters new store on Main street built by Mr Peyton Keel will soon be completed and Mr Carter will open a wholesale business. Lime should be used freely in summer to improve air and public health. Four Weeks Mars Farmers push now. A ten month old boy died after accidentally ingesting an arsenic tablet sent by his Halifax county relative.
The Scotland Neck Cotton Mills and Crescent Hosiery Mills shut for their summer break, offering managers and workers a needed rest. It is a good sign for Scotland Neck that the mills and banks continue steady business through the panic.
Mr R B ONeal of Speed sent two cotton blooms gathered June 28 praising current crops and noting they are far ahead of last year at this season. Handy Todd a local colored farmer brought a bloom said to appear June 26 and adds to the early signs of a bountiful season.
Curtis Pope, infant son of Mr and Mrs David Martin, died at their Weldon home on Monday June 29. Remains were brought to Scotland Neck and interred in the Baptist cemetery Tuesday with Rev R A McFarland officiating. Friends express deep sympathy for the grieving parents.
Rev G W Phelps, rector of Trinity church for ten years, has resigned after delivering his last sermon. Rev Francis W R Arthur of Salisbury, a University of the South student at Sewanee, Tenn, arrives to assume duties next Sunday. Convention notes fill much of this week's space, with a review of Phelps's work planned for next week.
Hon W W Kitchin nomination for Governor sparks jubilant scenes in Scotland Neck. A colored brass band leads a town parade with wagons, horns and bells as youths celebrate late into the night. Also an old advertisement mentions pinules for kidneys and a sale by E T Whitehead Co.
A succession of short notices lists Rev A V Joyner, H L McDowell, Mildred Edwards, Katheren Hancock, Margaret Braswell, Mrs Alex Madry and others all visiting friends or relatives in Oxford Tarboro Dunn Panacea Springs Petersburg Speed Oak City Enfield Kinston Hamilton Sanford Pitt county Danville Roanoke Rapids Rocky Mount Hobgood Wilson Henderson and Winston-Salem. The item notes travel to Hobgood for a marriage and a legal case in Tillery while mentioning a doctor moving to Lumberton and a family returning from Hertford. It records numerous short visits and returns across North Carolina and nearby states.
The A Strickland and Son store on South Main Street Greenwood burned at about 1 o clock Thursday morning June 25. The front porch was consumed first and the entire building and contents valued at 2400 with 1200 insurance. The blaze appeared incendiary but no culprit identified. Mr Strickland had recently increased insurance and may rebuild.
Shrine Hill notes social moves with Antionette and Ethel Pope of Weldon visiting Irene Parks. Picnickers include Susie and Lillian Pope Sallie Barkley from Crowells and Charlie Marks Grover Harrell. Hamilton visitors Helen and Rachel Edmonson, Lillie Butts Scotland Neck, John Anthony Charleston with daughter Bessie Lee, Mary White Jack Jones Tillery, DeBrule family Speed.
Local tidbits recount visits and travel of Miss Sallie Baker Miss Hattie Everett Miss Sallie Hyman and others to Knoxville Arkansas and Lewiston. Mr Joseph Early returns from State Convention with badges. Sunday school opens with fifteen pupils led by Miss Sallie Baker. Eclipse crowds churches as frightened residents pray and a negress shelters from a passing car on Mr Everett s farm.
Daughters of the Confederacy announce a meeting in the Graded School auditorium on Thursday July 2 at 2 30 o clock p m Col Secretary Mrs W F Butterworth presiding Bert Barber of Elton Wis testimonials praise DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills urging continued use. pills sold by R T Whitehead Co.
Little Frances Bowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bowers, died in Virginia Beach on Wednesday June 24 at six months old. The remains were brought to Scotland Neck for burial Friday at the Baptist cemetery with Rev. G. W. Phelps presiding. The child had been ill for some time and was taken to Virginia Beach last Monday in hopes of recovery, but death occurred soon after. Friends express sympathy to the bereaved couple.
The State convention adjourned Saturday night and reassembled Monday to nominate officers: Treasurer B Lacy Auditor B F Dixon Secretary of State J Bryan Grimes Attorney General T W Bickett Commissioner of Labor and Printing M L Shipman Corporation Commissioner B F P Aycock Commissioner of Agriculture W A Graham Supt Public Instruction J Y Joyner Ins Commissioner J R Young Delegates to National Convention Governor R B Glenn Senator Lee S Overman Senator F M Simmons Maj E J Hale. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup recommended by mothers for young and old for coughs colds scroop hoarseness whooping cough. Gently laxative and pleasant to take. Should be kept in every household. Sold by E T Whitehead Co.
To Our Customers we announce our Greenwood store was lost by fire and invite customers to visit our Main Street town shop. We promise prompt service and full line groceries and general merchandise. Ackland & Son Im
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