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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
2
The Commonwealth issue dated Thursday June 11 1908 presents local notices and brief items from the editor. It includes a summary of community affairs, public notices, and short news briefs reflecting the town's events and concerns of the period.
Publisher remarks set out newspaper ethics and editor responsibility. Obituary notes former Supreme Court justice D. M. Furbes of Statesville died June 5. Commentary covers corn and hay prices, gubernatorial nominee talk, and resignation at A and M College. Local merchants discuss trade conditions and advertising as remedy to dull times.
Halifax North Carolina June 9 1908 Miss Susie Mountcastle who taught Halifax High School this year returned to Emporia last week Joe Butts Jr visited his people Miss Lucy Butts spent several days Weldon Miss Susie Gilliam returned home for vacation after teaching in Henderson Mrs W H Hays Miss May Bell and Master James returned to Elm City E L Travis visiting Asheville as delegate to Order of the Eastern Star Rev A G Willcox preached Sunday morning but returned home in the afternoon due to a son’s illness
The Raleigh News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer clash over Hoke Smith for Georgia governor. The News and Observer condemns the Observer for profanity in a June editorial, arguing such language is inappropriate for public discussion and should be avoided.
The Norfolk Landmark editorial notes misaligned market logic in food sales. Destruction of perishable goods by health boards harms farmers who could profit at lower home prices. It cites strawberries and meats sent to Europe due to overstocked foreign markets.
In the Charlotte News account, Jefferson Davis’s last speech is cited to urge reconciliation after defeat. The quote frames the past as dead and highlights hope for a united future, praising Davis’s generous sentiment and its impact on Southern memory and honor.
Cor to The Commonwealth reports the death of Dean Fitzpatrick aged 24 in Halifax after a long illness. Family and friends supported him, with his mother by his side throughout. Efforts by Dr H B Furgerson and relatives had sought relief, but the end came suddenly. Public notes of sympathy and prayers accompany his passing.
Halifax and surrounding counties mourn the death of Mr S B Alsop aged about 64. A longtime Enfield resident from Fredericksburg Virginia, he practiced law and edited the Ledger until health forced its closure last December. Survived by his widow, a son in Mortimer and a daughter in Ashville, funeral services were held at the local Baptist church with multiple ministers assisting. Interment followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
North Carolina is among the South's leaders in progress and cotton mills with prospects for even greater development. The liquor question settled by popular vote is expected to curb laborer spending at bars, improving family finances and attracting outside capital. The state should see larger growth, with current residents likely to witness a more prosperous era within a decade.
The article compares extreme earnings from single acres: England yields 625 pounds from hill land, a seedsman’s 270 pounds from flower seeds, Samona 60–80 pounds per cocoa acre, Georgia none for eggplants, West Indies pineapple farms about 100 pounds per acre, Moselle vineyard land once sold for 24 000 pounds with 2 500 pounds annual crop, and Tibet’s sacred tree of a thousand images leaves yielding over 3 000 pounds yearly.
New Bern North Carolina June 8 report two year old daughter of Alderman E T Hollowell drowned in a mud hole about 3 30 Sunday afternoon. The child dozed and fell into a ditch from the house where water was about thirty inches deep. She had been missed for about fifteen minutes before searchers found her.
On Wednesday afternoon May 27 at the home of Mrs. P. B. White, Mrs. C. F. White served cream to her school children patrons and friends. The event marked a well attended closing gathering with cake and cream in abundance.
Local ad advises homeowners to choose L. and M Pure Paint to guarantee painter's work. It claims four gallons plus linseed oil yields seven gallons at $1.20 per gallon. Hardy Home in Scotland Neck and R. H. Salsbury & Bros. in Hamilton NC are listed as L. and M. Paint Agents.
The crops look well and farmers show encouragement. Families in Weldon and from Scotland visit relatives. Lynn Branch, Enfield rural carrier, is very sick with fever. John Whitaker loses a mule when another mule kicks it. Burial at Crowells for James Fitzpatrick, son of N. Fitzpatrick, with Catholic rites. Bradford Cook delivers a Sunday school talk on Religion and Reform.
The piece explains how state conventions preceded national ones and notes the 1808 Pennsylvania governor nomination as the first for a governor. It describes Andrew Jackson using a national convention in 1836 to secure Martin Van Buren’s nomination, marking the start of the modern convention era.
A notice from Hobgood North Carolina on June 9 1908 invites all to a basket picnic at the schoolhouse hosted by Sunday schools. An afternoon program features five little girls performing recitations songs and dialogues to raise funds for a mite box for Children’s Day with planned acts including noted pieces and solo selections.
Agents wanted for 11x20 crayon portraits with frames ten cents and up and sheet pictures at one cent each. Claims potential profits of 400 percent or up to $36.00 per week. Catalogue and samples free. Frank W Williams Company, 1208 W Taylor St, Chicago IL.
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