First Cotton Bloom and Local Notices
A collage of notices reports the first cotton bloom of the season from J R Allsbrook of Sanford D C. Dr Seth Arnolds Balsam guaranteed 25 cents a bottle with money back. Jim Davis brings the second cotton bloom. Claude Francis age 18 dies. Delights and crop prospects praised. A and M College industrial school seeks 500 pupils. J B Jenkins sale of gray mules and surry. Move to Enfield as G T Andrews and wife relocate, Andrews taking charge of Enfield knitting mill.
Death of a Child at Spring Hall
Leonard Riddick, the four year old son of Mr and Mrs W T Riddick, died at their Spring Hall home on Saturday June 21. The remains were interred in the Episcopal cemetery Sunday afternoon. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of many friends in their loss. We also note The Enfield Ledger’s praise of Mr George T Andrews moving from Scotland Neck to Enfield, calling him a valuable addition to the town after years in the knitted mill business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Andrews
Enfield
Scotland Neck
Andrews
Enfield Knitting Mill
Crescent Hosiery Mills
Leonard Riddick
W. T. Riddick
Spring Hall
Episcopal
Riddick
Enfield Ledger
George T. Andrews
O. C. Wilkerson
Boyd Warehouse
Wilkerson
Death of Mr J L Whitehead at Dawson's area
Mr John Lawrence Whitehead died at his home near Dawsons at 1 oclock Saturday morning June 21st, aged about 60. He had been in failing health for two to three years and recently declined rapidly. He leaves a wife, a brother and many friends. The remains were interred in Deep Creek church cemetery late Saturday afternoon. Whitehead was an industrious farmer and respected citizen, and his death is mourned by relatives and a large circle of acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lawrence Whitehead
Dawson’s
Local residents visit and travel notes fill week
Town folks and visitors are listed in a crowd of social notes. Will X. Coley of the Morning Post visits, while J B Hall and J W Bolle travel. Dozens of relatives and friends in Newport News Greenville Virginia Goldsboro Franklin Enfield Wake Forest are mentioned with accompanying homecomings departures and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will X. Coley
The
Morning Post
Nice Farm Home Burned Near Town
Last Thursday at noon the dwelling of Mr. W. E. Smith two miles from town was destroyed by fire caused by an overactive stove. Mrs. Smith was sick and saved with help from her husband and grandmother. Upper floor items and the adjacent rooms used by Mr. and Mrs. Albertson were lost. Insurance valued at 809 dollars did not cover the loss. the house had recent improvements. Smith, a noted local farmer, enjoys broad support and sympathy from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Smith
Dr Worthington's Remedy touted for bowel health in ad
An advertisement claims bowel disease often starts in the stomach and bowels and promotes Dr Worthington's Remedy as soothing and strengthening for the intestinal tract. It urges constant home use and notes a selling price over 25 cents from Lx. Whitebesd Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Whitebesd:&.Co
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted in Ad Copy
An advertisement features EB Meredith of Willow Grove Delaware claiming DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cures piles without surgery. It asserts the salve yields to piles and heals various wounds and warns against counterfeit products from E T White & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Meredith
Willow Grove
Del
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Temperance Talk by John A. Oates in Scotland Neck
John A. Oates editor of the North Carolin Baptist spoke at the opera house on temperance. He urged restraint, blamed the great evil on Christians, urged voters to end saloons, and drew a large audience with strong illustrations about whiskey’s harms. Also, Miss Lena Brinkley’s school held final exercises with a hay-ride and treats, and a Cotton Mills fire damaged a house with minimal loss and no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oates
Anti-Saloon League of
North Carolina
Gratt
Lena Lee Brinkley
Scotland
Helen Perry
Cottton Mills
Scotland Neck
Here’s a Cure for Rheumatism Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Worthingtons Remedy as an external treatment for rheumatism, claiming quick skin penetration and relief that soothes deep tissue, with cures for long standing sciatic and gout cases. Sold by Whitehead & Co for over 25 cents at all dealers.
Closing Exercise at Pattie Vaughan's School Haswell
A large Haswell crowd attended the June 18 closing of Miss Pattie Vaughan's private school. The program featured music recitations and dialogues lasting about two hours. The writer praised Miss Vaughan's work and Mr A W Flemming's hospitality and home life, noting a spring near his sand dune, improvements planned for the spring and fish pond, and Flemming's role as an agent for Union Central Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wee
Pitie Vaughan
Haswil
Pattie
A. W. Flemming
Flemmings
Artfal
Flemming
Union Central
Cincinnati
A Good Colored Man Dead in the Community
Jim Reynolds a well known colored man near seventy five died Saturday night. He was free born and lifelong respected for honesty and industry with no harsh words against him by anyone. McCurrie's Turpentine and Mutton Suet Lung Plaster claims a cure for whooping cough. Try the new remedy for cossivenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Reynolds
McCurrie
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Commonwealth
E.T. Whitehead & Co
C. Bay
Josey Hwd.Co
R. E. Alligood
Singer
N. C
Edwards & CQ
Second Judicial District
Weldon
North Carolin
E. Green
Iron Safe
J. H. Lawrence
N.C
Hilliard & House
Coughenour’s Mill
D. A. Madry
SIME
Morrisette Bros
MoraRisErte Bros
Moraisette Bros
E .T. Whitehead & Co
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
E. T. Whitehead & Co’s
Green
Whitehead & Co
Seth Arnold
T. Whitehead & Co., Druggiste
Becoxp
Cortes
Jim Davis
Zist
Deuiutrus Ran S
Surry
Commonwealth Office
J. R. Allsbrook
Sanford
D. C
Allsbrook
J. L. Whitehead
J. B. Hall
Edentor
Annie Manning
Newport News
J.W. Bolle
Tarboro
Mrs. Magette
Como
Mr. J
Jenkins
Virginia
Birdie Savage
Greenville
Capt
Z. T. Vincent
Stella Hood
Goldsboro
Gav. F. Hood
D. M. Prints
W. T. Clement
J. A. Kitchin
Hamilton
G. A. Savage
Shelmerdine
Pitt County
Mark Alexander
New Orleans
Mrs
Norfleet Smith
Mies
Georgie Pritchard
Marlin County
T. H. Pritchard
Timberlake
Franklin County
Morrisette
Mies Clyde Dowell
Henrietta, N.G
Estelle Johnson
Pearl Timberlake
Nena County
J. M. Morrisette
Helen Vann
Como, N. C
Sophie Lanneau
Wake Forest
Prof
Lanneau
John B. Brewer
L. W. Bagley
N. B. Josey
Bagley
W. H. White
Undine Futrell
Hoenooke Rapids
W. D. Tillery
M. T. Wood
R. £. L. Gunter
Town
Pattie Vaughan
Hazsell
Mabel Vaughan
Spring Hill
Hassell
F. P. Venable
Chapel Hill
Mang Lin
Auburn
Prince & CC
Neck
M. B. Josey
Faore
Twaaiia
Dr. King
Voda Wodo
Owue
Yue ” Agricultural and Mechanical College
A. A. MaMare
Om, Uunubu
Pres. Geo
FE. E. Hiruiaro
Joan W. Hovsr
State Normal and Industrial College
Charles D. McIver
Greensboro
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