The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-08-23
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State News
...Ansoya Times: On Monday the
good old city of Charleston celebra:
| ted her Tooth birth day with . grand
display of fire works and imposing
ceremonies. :. The first cotton boil
was brought in to US by Mr.. A. Daw'
kins, of Lilesvile Township last week.
1t was picked on the 9th instant.
...Martin Times: 1t is indeed
fortunate that in the transition from
one condition to another this Union
| in some way preserves its equilibrium.
Its foundations have been laid in pro-
foundest wisdom. Whether parties
are divided upon this or that line of
policy agitation is wholesome. d.
vision fosters party zeal and this in
turn extreme watchfalness. Every.
body feels that ours is a paternal
government, that ours is q compact
between government and the people.
Fayetteville Oaserver: The Fay.
etteville market probably surpasses
any other in the State in it's display
of fine fruit. Watermelons are es.
pecially fine and and well.davored ]
and, when the Wilson and Greens.
boro connections are made, there
will be opened . fine field to our
fruit lgrowers and truckers. The
first water melon We saw this year
and the finest was raised by Mr.. jos.
Sc X. Kyle-.25 inches long. s. inches
around, and too heavy to tote.'......
Hector Mckay colored Of Flea town.
ship, has sent us his first boil oil
open cotton-picked on Saturday,
the 18th INST. Good indeed for Nc.
Kay We believe he has been first
with new cotton for the past two or
three seasons we know he stood at
the head of the list last year.
Winston Sentinel: Farmers in|
many sections are cutting their corn
and drying it for feeding proposes
There are Sc inmates in the coun-
| ty poor house and among the number
two negro men whose combined age
| is 2O4. years. e. .Midshipman w. T.
Gray. of this place has just received
orders to report for duty about the
1st Of September. He will take a
cruise to the West Indies, and also
upon the Mediterranean and China
seas and will be absent about two
years. go. There lives in Surry county
woman by the name of Elizabeth
Stewart, who is certainly very old.
She has no correct record of her age,
but claims to have clear recollection
| Of the close of the revolutionary war.
She is hale and hearty and can visit
about the neighborhood unattended
and with ease.
...Kinston Free Press: Peaches
have been so scarce in this locality
this summer that some of our people,
have almost forgotten how they taste.
1.-The county commissioners met
Monday and Tuesday Of this week,
to revise the tax list. They elected
DR.. Henry Tull, county physician, |
Tuesday. This is good selection.
DR.. Tull is one of our very best doc.
tors and one of the most popular IN
the county......Last Sunday was the
FIRST Sunday for some time that
the train did not go rattling by. This
Sunday train and mail is badly miss.
ed but 1t is right and just that one
day in each week should be made
holy and all work cease on the bles.
sed Sabbath. The railroad employ.
ees need this rest as much as any
one else and We are glad they are to
have it.
...Farmer E. Mechanic: A daugbt-
er of Col. Duncan K. McRae is max
ing a handsome support i'll New
York City, by doing copying-work
with type-writers. AS some Of our
country friends have never seen one,
we will state that a typewriter is a
little machine with keys like piano
each key representing letter Of the
alphabet. Press a key and it prints
the letter. Some ladies can print as
fast IS they can play the piano. Miss
McRae proved to be skillful, and
soon built up business enough to run
several maahines, employing young
girls % 10 The work. And now lest
this sho1A tempt some Of our many
Southern girls to try similar expert
ments In the great city, we add that
Miss McRae had very uncommon ad.
vantages a thorough education, q
wide acquaintance with scores of
prominent personages, and Southern
business men to give her work. Thus
she succeeded. whore 999 out of q
thousand Southern girls would have
failed-without her backing.
| ...Chatham Record: On last Satur.
day afternoon steam merchant and
saw mills of Mr.. Solomon Womble,
of Gulf township, were destroyed by
fire. The loss is very heavy, not
outstanding there was $500 iusur-
ance.......The peach crop in Chatham
has been almost failure this year.
Very few peaches have matured in
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