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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
2
Publication details note the weekly paper The Commonwealth edited by E E Hruntarp with W D Dunn as assistant. Issued June 10 1909 and entered as second class matter at Scotland Neck post office North Carolina.
The notice states editors and publishers are not responsible for correspondents views and that publishing a communication does not imply editorial endorsement. It emphasizes standard newspaper ethics and quotes adherence to general principles.
Reports from all sections praise educational progress and higher school taxes to fund better equipped schools. Greenville adopts the slogan Our Greenville Yours if You Come. Rev Baylus Cade patents a typesetting machine praised as revolutionary. Senator Simmons criticizes Bryan and party divides over free lumber.
Justice James Manning of Durham was sworn in to succeed Justice Connor on the North Carolina Supreme Court bench by Judge J. Crawford Biggs. His appointment by Governor Kitchin had been expected amid broad support for his qualifications, with many naming him as the likely choice.
Halifax special term presided by Judge O H Guion continues with civil docket activity. Clark vs Patasco Guano Company settled for 750 dollars in full satisfaction of damages. Upcoming hearings include Roanoke Rapids Power Company v Roanoke Navigation and Water Power Company and Rena Young v Fosburg Lumber Company.
Residents in Plymouth and nearby areas discover an opened brick vault about two by three feet on the Roanoke riverbank near the old Coast Line station. The vault appears old and sealed, with a stone slab inside, suggesting valuables once stored there. Local lore links it to Civil War era sites and pirate treasure legends around Capt Kidd and Blue Beard.
All Confederate Veterans who expect to apply for pensions should file between now and the first Monday in July when the Pension Board meets in Halifax. Applicants must be examined by a practicing physician before their application can be considered. Application blanks available from Comrade R. H. Smith's office. W. F. Butterworth, Commander.
The Halifax County Commissioners met to decide on financing a new court house. After public comments from citizens across townships opposing a $40,000 structure without a vote, a majority favored submitting the question to voters. A contract was later awarded to Falls City Construction Co. for $39,000, with the old building sold for $560.
Palmyra notes multiple residents visiting relatives in Harrisonburg Rocky Mount Robersonville Bethel and Scotland Neck. Mentions Miss Sallie Baker Meredith College graduation and aims for further study. Also reports death of Dr Dan Lewis at seventy a Confederate Army lieutenant buried at Joe Williams graveyard with Rev W J Gordon leading service.
Mr W T Whitfield longtime Southern Express agent in Weldon North Carolina died in Richmond on Friday night aged 91 He was the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States charter member Weldon Lodge No 1 later joined Portsmouth VA lodge Past Master Mason and a well regarded gentleman He will be laid to rest in Cedarwood cemetery with Masonic and Odd Fellows honors surviving children and grandchildren and his last wife.
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