The commonwealth., 1897-08-19
LOCAL NEWS.

LUCAL NEWS.
DWELLING IMPRovED.-Mr. John Z
Brlnkley has greatly improved an
beautlfied his dwelling on Main street
81 TO 1S.-The colored baseball club
OF Tlllery and Scotland Neck playe,
here Tuesday. The score was So to i
in favor of Scotland Neck.
| No PREAcH1NG.-We are requeste,
to announce that there will be n,
preaching In the Methodist churcl
next Sunday, but there will be preach
ing on 9Th Sunday at IL a. m.
| WHITAKER's ACADEMY.-We cal
special attention to the ad. of Whita
ker's academy. Elder A. J. Moore. tht
efficient principal, is one OF the best O
teachers.
LAWN PARTY.-Mesdames J. E. Han
cock, M. E. Gray and C. T. Lawrence
chaperoned lawn party in DR.. Woods
grove last Monday night. It was given
complimentary to visitors to their fami.
lies.
GOOD CROPS IN MARTIN.-Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Purvis were here last week
to visit Mrs. Purvis' father, Mr.. B. /.
Allsbrook, and Mr.. Purvis said that
the crops in Martin are very fine in
deed, and have not suffered much for
rain.
White lost tobacco barn by fire last
Friday, Mr.. w. A. Dunn one the same
day and Mr.. w. T. Whitehead lost one
Sunday. The fire in Mr.. Whitehead's
barn had been extinguished twelve
hours before it caught.
DIR. SwINDELL.-Dr. Swindell, Mis-
sionary Secretary to the North Caro-
lima Methodist Conference, preached In
the Methodist church here Wednesday
night OF last week. The congregation
in the Baptist church suspended their
regular prayer meeting exercises and
heard DR.. Swindell.
FINGERS CUT oFF-Miss May King
Of Hamilton, one of the operatives in
the Scotland Neck Knitting mills, lost
two of her fingers in shirt machine
yesterday morning. In operating her
her hand was caught in some
way and two fingers cut off and her
hand badly bruised otherwise. The
accident is very serious one to the
young lady and is to be greatly regrett-
ed.
Mr.. SKIPPER IN THE ORCHESTRA
One amongst the pleasures of the
EDITORS visit to Red Springs last week
vas the meeting and association with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Skipper. The peo-
Die of Scotland Neck remember them
pleasantly from their living here part
If last year. and they remember Scot
and Neck pleasantly also. Mr.. Skipper
vas member of the orchestra at the
great Sunday-school Chautauqua.
Low RATE TO STATE S. S. CONVEN- |
half fare has been granted by
Ill railroads in the State to persons
the State Sunday-school con-
at Winston, Aug. 1926, '97.
Tickets on Southern Railway will be
old Aug. 22nd, 23rd, 24th, with final
init to 28th. An excellent pro-
,ramme has been arranged and very |
profitable meeting is assured. A large
lttendance is expected.
OUGHT TO BE R1cH.-Mr. T. T. Coun-
Ill, prosperous farmer of the Conoho
ection, was in town yesterday, and was
,opeful and happy, because he is inde-
pendent at home. He raises his home |
upplies and buys very little that he
;an raise at home. He says that it
armers and others would save as eco
now as they did forty years
lgo, they would all be independent.
His home-raised bacon stands him in I
rood stead during these "hard times"
which he knows very little about.
AS GOOD AS THE oTHER.-A hail
torn about the first of July beat down
good deal OF cotton near Tilery. Mr..
]. P. FutreIl said that his crop looked
ike it was ruined. He exhibited a
talk in town this week from that part
If his crop that was so badly beaten by |
he hail, and it did not seem to have
,een hurt at all. The stalk had fifteen |
,olls on it, and Mr.. Futrell said he
,ould not see that the cotton which |
he hail did not strike is any better
han that which was beaten down.
Mr.. S. T. BURNETT's ARM BROKEN
LAST Saturday as Mr.. s. T. Burnett OF
Conoho was coming to town he was the
victim of serious accident. As he was
Irving along the road near Kehukee
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