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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
3
J Eugene White 17 died after returning from school and working in the hot sun. His illness Sunday afternoon followed a period of vigor and health. Interment was at Baptist cemetery Monday with I L Kesier conducting as the sect mourns with his family.
Mrs. Mary A. Whitehead died at the home of E B Higgs near Scotland Neck during bronchial illness after arriving in Greenville three weeks earlier. Her body was sent to Scotland Neck for burial at Nahala Presbyterian Church with Rev Dr Morton. she was a longtime member of the Presbyterian Church in Greenville. Relatives and neighbors mourn the loss, with many from Scotland Neck attending.
Local items cover a June meeting at a Baptist church, cabbage harvests, and school notices. Mentions include Vine Hill Male Academy, Portsmouth High School commencement June 21, and Georgetown College invitation. Reports of marriages, relocations, and visits fill community notes with several Scots Neck figures named.
June twelfth marked a refined home wedding as Dr. Charles Judson Sawyer of Elizabeth City wed Miss L Foy Allen of Palmyra in a parlor adorned with cut flowers and ferns. The ceremony featured Miss Mary Purefoy’s song Forever Dear, and a large house party with notable Scots Neck and Clayton guests. Afterward the couple left for Baltimore and the Pan American Exposition, to reside in Elizabeth City, with warm wishes from friends and relatives.
Friday night a man hunted a suspect after a gun was fired at J M Tillery's home. Ben Vaughan charged with attempted shooting fled but was tailed by bloodhounds to John Horton’s house and arrested after trial. witness stool evidence linked to Vaughan family. Dyspepsia ad follows.
SYSTEMIG GATARAH Hon F Simmons United States Marshal Mobile Alabama speaks in high praise of Peruna after a short trial calling it the most excellent remedy for the grip and catarrh. The piece follows claims about systemic catarrh after influenza and promotes Dr Hartman’s Peruna as the sole remedy, with a testimonial from J P Lowery Albany Texas and a free lecture offer from The Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
The Commonwealth and Scotland Neck readers are urged to settle overdue subscriptions. W L Vaughan will call in the coming weeks, and printers are paid in cash weekly. Honest accounts should be presented without offense, especially for amounts up to half a year.
Mr W J Harlow died at the home of Mr W B Stamper on Thursday May 13 aged 36 after a brief illness. The remains were laid to rest in the town cemetery Friday afternoon with Rev M L Kesler officiating. This marked the first burial in the cemetery recently bought by the town commissioners.
The infant daughter of Mr J H Norman died last Friday at the family home in Halifax after a three week illness. The death follows the drowning loss of a son less than two months ago. Friends nationwide extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
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