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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
3
Fragmented text discusses money making, banking, and a sales pitch to depositors. It references forming accounts and urges action but lacks coherent facts or clear entities. The piece reads as a questionable promotional fragment with speculative assertions about wealth techniques.
Advertisements reveal a New Jersey jewelry firm promotion by E T White head Company and a Norfolk move by Mr and Mrs Hancock. Reports mention the first cotton bale sale at Scotland Neck for 224 cents, a Norfolk relocation announcement, a Saturday fire with a wooden building damaged, and a brief notice about residents born on a bright Sunday morning with friends nearby.
Mrs Lacy Minshew relict of Charles Minshew died at her home near the Baptist church on Saturday September 11 1993 aged 74. Services were held at Baptist cemetery Sunday afternoon with Rev R A McParland officiating. She had been ill since August and leaves sons and relatives. Her faithful church life was noted and praised by mourners as she rests in hopeful immortality.
Names of towns and individuals fill a long column as residents travel to and from Wake Forest, Bertie, Guilford, Greensboro, Matthews, and other places. Reunions, school trips, and shopping runs appear with several relatives visiting kin and Piedmont merchants reporting new stock.
The Halifax area reports guests from Richmond and Norfolk visiting Crowells and Raleigh areas. Local balls, family visits, and church gatherings populate a busy week with weddings, feasts, and sermons, including Rev. Holden's enlightening address and a quiet marriage between David Barnhill and Etta Clark.
Dr B F Dixon Democratic candidate for Auditor will address audiences at Arboro on Tuesday September 15 Windsor on Wednesday September 16 Watson on Thursday September 17 Rocky Mount on Friday September 18 and Weldon on Saturday September 19.
The Round Table Club met at Mrs H S Clark's residence for a study of English literature from Chaucer to the nineteenth century. Miss Eleanor Smith read on The Source of Eng Strength with Mrs A L Purrington leading discussion. attendees included Mrs G Hofman and several members. The next gathering is set for September 29 at Mrs G Hofman's home.
The New Pure Food and Brug Law announces that Hsicy and Tar for coughs solds and lung troubles is noti ng the Natural Pure Food and Dru i vo opiates or oth inful druins we recommend jt ta nosafe remedy for chislren and adults BE.T. Whitehead Ca.
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