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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
North Carolina education ad and weather note
Attention is called to the State University at Chapel Hill praising its work and management. Election results on prohibition were misreported as wet 60 dry 17. corrected to wet 80 dry 17. A heavy rain and hail damaged lands. farmers resumed plowing. An ad for Littleton College and Central Academy highlights boarding pupil numbers and the schools' promising status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University At
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Littleton College
Central Academy
Worthy work by North Carolina Children's Home Society
Miss Belle Thomason, solicitor for the North Carolina Children's Home Society, collected contributions in Scotland Neck on Monday. The non sectarian charity relies on voluntary gifts and is aiding homeless children, though no permanent home exists yet. children are boarded nearby while homes are sought. The appeal urged philanthropy and highlighted the good work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Thomason
North Carolina Children’s Home Society
Greensboro
Scotland
Scotland Neck Loses To Roanoke Rapids In Tight Game
In a Tuesday night baseball clash Scotland Neck fell 6 to 3 to Roanoke Rapids. Each side committed five errors. Roanoke Rapids batteries were Churn and Armstrong. Scotland Neck were Holmes, Josey and Kitchin. Roanoke Rapids’ pitcher Armstrong conceded four hits. Holmes allowed five. Kitchin two. Bases on balls totaled two for each team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland Neck
Roanoke Rapids
Churn
Armstrong
Holmes
Josey
Kitchin
Birthday Party at LaFrage Home Benefits Methodist Church
A June Friday birthday party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. A. LaFrage offered guests tiny bags for pennies equal to their age. The event featured cream and cake and brought joyous celebration for children and attendees. Proceeds totaled about $45 for church funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. LaFrage
Methodist Church
Mr Askew Returns From Tarboro Hospital After Assault
John R. Askew, assaulted about four weeks ago by Manuel Lloyd, a colored man, has returned from Pittman hospital in Tarboro. He was unconscious after the attack but regained consciousness and is now recovering. He withstood the trip home Monday and is progressing as well as could be hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Askew
Manuel Lloyd
Pittman Hospital
Tarboro
Installation of Rev R A McFarland at Scotland Neck
A welcome to pastor Rev R A McFarland marked a special Sunday for Scotland Neck Baptists. The day featured sermons by visiting ministers, remarks on the churchs history, and a benediction, as McFarland pledged to serve righteously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Denomination of
Scotland Neck
Baptist Church
R. A. McFarland
Southern Baptist Theological Semiinary
Louisville
R. T. Vann
Baptist University For Women
Raleigh
Seaboard
Stotland Neck
M. L. Kesler
Thomasville
Kesler
The
Morganton
J. D. Husham
C. A. Jones
Methodist Church
C.G. Christian
Presbyterian Church
Christian Fellowship
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Local Social Notes Highlight Williams ton Visitors
Mr. W F Lipscomb of Williams ton visits. Families from Hamilton Dawsons Belhaven Enfield and Raleigh area visit and travel. Wake Forest and St Marys School tied to local arrivals. Public notices on writer credit policy and town events. Capt W R Bond visits Chapel Hill after 1861 graduation. midshipman George S Bryan returns on sick leave.
Perry Auburn express messenger jailed for forged check
Wilson R. Perry from Auburn, formerly an express messenger between Wilmington and Rocky Mount, was sentenced to one year in the State prison by Judge Cesoke. He forged a check on the Rocky Mount Savings Bank last Saturday and was arrested while trying to board a train to Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarboro
Wilson R. Perry
Auburn
Wilmington
Rocky Mount
Cesoke
Perry
Jefferson Davis Birthday Observed by Local Daughters of the Confederacy
On June 3 a program at the graded school auditorium celebrated the centennial of Jefferson Davis. Miss Lizzie Hyman played piano as singers and quartets performed including Old Kentucky Home Swanee River and Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. Prof. C. W. Wilson spoke on Davis life in four periods, highlighting private and public life. Cream and cake followed to raise funds for a Confederate soldiers monument on the school campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Lizzie Hyman
Ben Bolt
Sunny South
Emily Biggs
Old Kentucky Home
Swanee River
Wilson
E. E. Hilliard
C. W. Wilson
Scotland Neck
Davis
Daughters of the Confederacy
Spring Hill Folks Attend Visits and Church Events
Mr Willie Moore of Tillery spent Sunday with J T. Darden was in town Sunday Misses Antoinette and Ethel Pope of Weldon visit Irene Parks Laura Riddick returns from Dardens with cousin Minnie Riddick Mrs J T Riddick visits friends in Scotland Neck Ella Lilley returns from visit to her sister Bettie Parks Miss Selma and Mr W H Twisdale attend church in Scotland Neck P A Riddick visits friends in Tillery Ernest Applewhite in town Saturday W E Fleming of Norfleet spends Sunday afternoon here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Willie Moore
Tillery
J. T. Riddick
M. P. Darden
Antoinette and
Ethel Pope
Weldon
Irene Parks
Laura Riddick
Dardens
Minnie Riddick
Friends Iin
Scotland Neck
Ella Lilley
W. H. Medford
Wells Pump Reform urged by citizen in Scotland Neck
Editor readers urged town commissioners to replace the broken iron pump in front of the drug store well with a functional camcumber pump to provide public water. The writer calls wells on Main Street often out of order and questions town governance and fire safety. Also includes an old advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with a patent medicine claim and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commonwealth
Town Commissioners of Scotland
Hall's Co
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
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Nannie Shields
Katherine Kitchin
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J. E. Cowdrey
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Wake Forest Glee Club
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R. C. Josey
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H. W. Mixon
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Ione Dunn
Greensboro State Normal
L. T. Vaughan
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R. C. Lassiter
W. T. Hancock
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Norwood Savage
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Mesdames Taylor
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