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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
In our great affliction we thank the kind people who came to our assistance at Fort and mourn the death of our dear father Louise. May God bless and sustain you all. Truly your servant Cras A Jones.
A Halifax report notes Monday attendance by numerous gentlemen including Kitchin Hardy Bial Josey Dunn Cherry Smith Honn Edwards White Josey Bryan Albion Dunn Speed Butterworth Moore Aten Cotten Bowers Kitehin Brook Darden Futrell Neal and Dr Johnson as they gathered to protest actions related to a forty thousand dollar county courthouse project.
Mr J D Stewart went to Norfolk Tuesday and Mrs J D Stewart left Hertford to visit relatives. Numerous names from Williamston Hobgood Sanford and Raleigh appear as visitors or hosts visiting relatives, teaching staff, or attending burials including Miss Lena Leggett and Miss Sallie Neal. Mrs Summers in Norfolk and Mrs T W Fenner return from recent trips.
Heavy rain last Thursday and Friday brought record downpours in the Dawson area. Elder A J Moore from Whitakers baptized Mrs R Geo Shackell at Smiths mill pond into Kehokee Primitive Baptist church. Mr Ben Weaver injured a foot while unloading telephones poles but is improving. A new pump and piping on Main street improved water access from the deep well, fixing prior inefficiencies and ensuring a solid setup. Family of Mr W Futrell from Aulander has moved to town, living in Mrs Fannie Stern's Church street house.
On Sunday the church observed its annual roll call and reunion marking Rev. R. A. McFarland's first anniversary as pastor. The pastor presented the yearlong report covering June 1, 1908, to June 1, 1909.
On Friday May 28 Mrs C F White with neighborhood ladies hosted an informal school reception at Mrs P E White's country home. About fifty people, including children, enjoyed games, music, ice cream and cake. No public closing exercises were held due to small facilities, but improvement plans for a larger, better equipped schoolhouse were announced.
The United Confederate Veterans held a regular Thursday gathering in the Hall of the Buck Kitchin Camp. Commander Butterworth noted June 3 as Jefferson Davis birthday and Prof. R L Mills praised Davis as a patriotic, duty-loving leader in a stormy era. The next meeting in July will feature a talk on General Ramseur.
Sunday afternoon at four pm the Primary Department of the Sunday school presented a well drilled program in the Baptist church. Miss Emily Biggs helped prepare the exercises while Mr. Charlie Shields distributed Cradle Roll promotion certificates to Infant Class members.
Luther McCrary Tesh of the World-Wide Baraca Union will address the Baraca and Philathea classes at Scotland Neck Baptist Church on Baraca and Philathea work. Public invited. Also notices Ashe ville Baraca Union Convention programs for June 1923 include Prof. C W Wilson’s afternoon address on State Unions.
Under Sans Souci Club auspices a Gypsy tea was held Tuesday afternoon at Smiths Mill pond. Guests included Mr Charlie Josey with Kathleen Robertson, Mr Richard Josey with Sallie Dunn, Mr Charlie Dunn with Olivia Lawrence, Mr Jack Riddick with Cornelia Josey, Mr Allison McDowell with Stella Hoffman, Mr Frank Moore with Josephine Tillery, with Kathleen Tillery and Anna Kitchin as chaperons, joined by Dan ford Josey and Biggs Bryan.
The Scotland Neck Graded School trustees met Monday night at the Scotland Neck Bank office and re-elected Prof. C. W. Wilson as Superintendent along with all former teachers for their respective grades. The staff includes Miss Nannie Guy principal teaching 8th and 9th, Miss Anna Clark 7th, Miss Annie Dunn 6th, Miss Eleanor Smith 5th, Miss Lena Leggett 4th, Miss Pattie Thorne 3rd, Miss Rebecca Knight 2nd, and Miss Mary H. Smith 1st.
The remains of Jessie Marks, daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Marks, were laid to rest Monday afternoon at five o'clock in the Baptist cemetery. Burial services were conducted by Rev C A Jones at the family's Middlesex home.
A critiqued advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts the Eustachian tube inflammation causes hearing loss and offers $100 for a case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes Toledo address, druggist sales, and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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