The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1896-09-17
LOCAL NEWS.

One of them belonged to Mr.. J. NJ. Til
lery and the other, to colored man
We have not learned the particulars.
LIVELY RUNAwAY.-The Hardware
stores dray horse gave sort of sere-
nading runaway from the depot to
Main street and up past Hoffman's
corner Saturday, but nothing was hurt.
WILL PREACH TO THE MERCHANTS
Rev. r. T. Vann announced last Sun
day night that next Sunday morning
he will preach a special sermon on a
a business topic. It will be addressed
! mainly to the merchants and they are
cordially invited TO attend
NEW WAREHoUsE.-Mess. NJ. Hoff-
man & Bro, have so enlarged their
stock Of goods and business that they
have found it necessary to build a
private warehouse near their store.
Mr.. George w. Coughenour, whose adj
vertisement as contractor and builder
may be seen in our columns, finished
the warehouse Saturday.
COOP MAIL ORDERs.-The knitting
mills of this place have held up re-
markably we'll during the hard times.
Only few days ago manager Mellow
ell received a mail order from New
Orleans for two thousand dozen of ho-
siery and thousand dozen children s
wrappers.
Ice CREAM sUPPER.-The rush of
| work in the three county conventions
last week caused us to overlook a no
tlce of the ice cream supper held at
the new Methodist parsonage for the
benefit OF the Methodist church. 1t
was pleasant occasion and would
have been of more financial benefit had
it not been for the threatening weather
about dark.
GEORGE B. CURTIS & Co.-This firm
is known as one of the leading and
most prosperous business firms in the
county. Mr.. Curtis has for many
years been one of the most substantial
and progressive men OF Enfield, and
with the new impulse to business in
their town they bid for the patronage
of our readers. They are cleyer and
offer goods at the best prices for the
farmers. See their advertisement in
| this issue.
! A wELL-BEHAvED CROwD.-The ex-
cursion that went from this place to
| Wilmington Thursday OF last week
carried all that the train could accom-
modate 1t was for the colored people,
but the special car that was put on for
the whites was we'll patronized from
most points where passengers were
taken On. One good colored man said
when he returned that he did not even
so much as hear an oath on the entire
trip. It did credit to the manager
w. w. Watson of Whitakers and O. B.
Aston of Enfield.
| ENFIELD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Cole, the clever proprletors OF the En-
field Warehouse at Enfield, solicit
through their advertisement in THt
COMMONWEALTH, the patronage OF the
tobacco farmers of this section. En-
field is centrally located as a market
for Halifax farmers, and Mess. Burwel
and Cole propose to give our farmer!
every benefit of good market by
prompt and thorough attention to thu
INTERESTS of every one who puts tobacco
on the floor of their warehouse. They
are clever and obliglng and treat al
lwho patronize them with courtesy ane
becoming consideration. See wha
thew say in their advertisement.
QUICK GRowTH.-A cotton stalk wa
lexhiblted here a few days ago that show
ed something of the productive quail
ties of Roanoke river lands. 1t wa
taken from a Roanoke farm. Thu
freshet was over it in July and Q
course all the leaves and limbs fell off
but the stalk had grown at least L
inches higher, had put out branche
from the ground up and bore 70 grow
bolls of cotton. This is a remarkabl
growth. Practically dead from the e.
| fects of the freshet which inundated L
| and then 26 grown bolls In less tina
two months. Maj. Mc1ver OF the Ca
adon1a State farm said to us recent
, | he thought the cotton that was lnu1
dated there will make a fourth OF
crop.
RAD BEHAvIoR.-It was current tai
on the streets Monday morning tn:
Sunday night while people were
.. church some persons shamefully bloci
AIDED the sidewalk on Main street
the great annoyance OF people as the
nassed home from church or wake
tho streets. for other reasons. 1t
4 putting it mildly to call such behavlt
: Internationally. It Is contemplate
,f GOOD o,,0 ri Oht thin