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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
2
The Edgecombe farmer has bought recorn and meal this year rather than depend on home production. The Commonwealth notes farmers in Edgecombe as up to date, yet they cannot prosper without growing their own farm supplies. A small farmer cleans grass from his corn before cotton, saying he can eat matured corn but not cotton.
In Rocky Mount two citizens, R. H. Ricks and Thos. H. Battle, donated 1600 to assist the town's graded school project. Their public spirit and enterprise rescue a plan the trustees would not borrow for, ensuring the school could proceed at the site and with needed equipment.
The article argues for concentrating effort on fewer acres to raise cotton yields. It urges cutting plowing and harvesting, using manure efficiently, and letting rest land grow peas. It warns against overcropping and dependence on hired labor, advocating independence and steadier work.
An old advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for blood poison eczema cancer and other maladies. It claims permanent cures for deep seated cases and offers free medical advice with a mail order treatment costing one dollar from Dr. Gillam in Atlanta.
Halifax Superior Court last week adopted memorial resolutions honoring Captain William H. Kitchin and Robert O. Burton, praising Kitchin as a public servant and distinguished speaker who served in Congress and NC House, and Burton as a leading lawyer and Christian gentleman. The resolutions noted Kitchin’s wartime service, political career, and death at Scotland Neck on February 2, 1901, and Burton’s legal career in Halifax, his move to Richmond, and return to Fal eigh before his death.
The Charlotte Observer reports a flood rivaling the 1889 Johnstown disaster. A heavy rainstorm and violent winds crippled the Norfolk & Western line from Elkhorn to Vivian Yard, washing Keystone town away and killing hundreds. Rescue crews report trains halted, 15 to 20 bridges lost, and property losses in the millions as the region floods.
Dock Jones attacked Mrs. Noel Waters while she picked huckleberries. Her scream drew her husband, the assailant fled and was jailed in LaGrange. That night unknown men removed him from custody, he cried out briefly, then disappeared. Local reports say he was lynched.
Goldsboro report states Harkness Pipkin, a Black farmer near Broadhurst bridge, was shot through the chest with buck shot after being called from his home Thursday night. A warrant is issued for Jesse Coul, a white man Pipkin identifies as the shooter. Pipkin had been acting suspiciously near white women.
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