The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-02

The crops between CrOWell all"
Halifax are poor.
The hop at Pittman's Hall last
Thursday night was we'll attended.
The Commissioners met at Hal
! flax last Monday to settle with the Sheriff.
Our host goes fishing every SEM.
occasionally, and we have fish about as
often.
The Wilson SJ'tings. recently
suspended, will be continued now VIZ
learn.
MIR. j. R. Shields will accer
thanks for the nice watermelon sent IL
on last Friday.
Mrs. Lula Reed. of Matthews n
C.. saws: Il received great benefit from
Browns Iron Bitters in general debility
Mr., A. J. Gatlin, Newberne, n.
G.. says: Il never received as much ben
eft from anything else as from Browns
Iron Bitters."
A gentleman who has traveiec
much in this and adjoining counties. says
that the crops in our immediate vichi',
are the best he has seen.
A colored man in this commun
ty says that he has recently p'"wed up
piece of money which has been maH'
more than an hundred years.
sing building is. GOING on i
town. hut inferior buildings are being
constructed. We hope for an improve
nj mt in the quality of houses.
Died. at PALMYRA. on the 2sth
~. Mr.. John j. Judge. He had been
CO, fined to his bed with consumption for
me- time. He was a member of the
Methodist Protestant Church.
There ia more sickness in town
,h~n there has been in long time. We
hcor.' one of the most prominent physl-
Gig, : in town say he had hsd two calls in
one day.!
The crops around Halifax and
,re, Weldon are beginning to suffer tos
rain. They are fine, and with good sea-
g., from row there will be bountifu1
tar, est this fall.
1T is thought by some that the
" er IN Trimmings spring. one mile
f..m Dawson's. contains properties equal
f.. those of Panacea Spring, in the upper
portion of the county.
The COMMONWEALTH has not
received anything that was more appreci'
atcd than the nice watermelon sent US by
Masters Leonard and Lloyd Bell, of ON
Sunday school class
We have heard of gentleman
who used to pay Ave cents apiece for ticks
in the winter season. The brother whe
rasSed through fiery trials at the Unior
Meeting ought to have known him.
If we could print grosns ane
signs we could give our readers som'
amusement along now: but we canno
put them down in print as we hear them
so we forbear to say anything definite.
There was land sale in Halifa,
last Monday. A tract of land known a
the ''Marshland.' = containing about 20
acres. was sold tojustify a mortgage.
was bid off by r. B. PEBBLES at Sc, 725.
Mr.. James Bunch, who moved t.
Mississupi from Berthe County in 1S4
returned for the first time last week to hi
native county. He reports crops IN hi
adopted State as SPOTTED and backward
We still have catalogues of Vim
Hill Academy in this Office We shall b
glad to furnish any one with catalogue:
and give any information desired abor
our school. Both male and female schoo
will be opened the Bid of Septembe
We hope to have pur schools well fille'
Rev. c. W. Byrd spent Sunda
in Tarboro, and W, learn that his sermo
there was highly domplimented. We a.
pleased to note lis success wherever
labors. The MethDdists of Scotland Nee
and Palmyra havs secured servant
Mr.. Byrd that they cannot afford to gi'
up.
Rev. G.. A. G. Thomas. of Was
ington, was at tile Union Meeting
Quankie, and made quite fin e impressi'
among those whom he visited. So mu
was his visit appreciated that there W
quite liberal contd bntlon given him
building new Baptist church in Was
ington. The contribution was not ask
for.
We were not able to attend Il
entertainment at Mt. Jno. T. Brink lie,
on last Friday night; but we learn fro
those who did attend that it was quite
enjoyable occasion. The entertainme
was given complimentary to the Miss
Bryan, of Georgia. who are visiting rel
tives and friends in this vicinity. The
were about seventy-fve guests at the e
tertainment, and all were we'll pleased.
While passing up to Halifax la
week we observed that the railroad I
tween Scotland Neck and Halifax is bel
Strengthened. 1t is said that when
road is finished up there will be only t.
bends between Scotland Neck and Hs