The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
LOCAL NEWS.

Convocation of Tarboro is in sesslo,
at Enfield this week, lasting three DAYS
1t closes Friday night.
Something new is before the reader
OF IHE COMMONWEALTH III the chang,
OF advertisement this week by E.. J
HolllngswOrth and Camp & Andrews.
MEETING WILL BEGIN.-A meeting O
days will begin in the Methodist church
here next Sunday. Rev. A. R. Good
child is expected to assist pastor
Bradley.
DRANK LYE-A colored child in
town drank concentrated lye Saturday
and died Sunday. We have not learn.
ed whose child 1t was. Its mother
lives in Portsmouth.
SPECIAL MEETING THE COMMON
WEALTH has been requested to announce
that the meeting of the Dawson's Bap-
fist church for next Saturday, will be
| held at IL O'Clock a. m. instead of
O'Clock p. m. Some special interest
| will claim the attention of the church.
DON'T KILL THE BIRDs.-Let the
young partridges alone until First of
November. There has been complaint
that somewhere in the Dawsons section
the birds were killed too early in the
season last year. Let all remember
that it is violation of the law to kill
cartridges or turkeys before November
LIST.
ALMOST FIRE.-Monday night
about O'Clock the cry OF fire was hear
ed in the town and it was soon located
at Mr.. N. B. Josey's. His kitchen was
on fire in the roof. Soon crowd
gathered and extinguished it. There
was little damage except the tearing up
OF the roof. It was thought to have
caught from spark falling upon the
roof outside.
A PAINFUL Acc1DENT.-Saturday
Mr.. S. w. Edwards, while having a gin
house repaired at his old home place.
was struck In the breast by falling
post and painfully hurt. He was taken
to Mr.. w. J. Battles, his son-in-law.
where he has been attended by a phy-
slcian and we'll cared for. The post
struck him in the breast, but it could
not be ascertained that any bones were
broken. He has been resting pretty
we'll since he was made quiet.
A PLEASING ENTERTAINMENTS
sacred concert given in the Baptist
church last Friday night under the
auspices Of the Baptist Young Peoples
Union, was highly appreciated. The
church was filled with cultured audi
ence, and the entertainment pleased
them we'll. It was under the special
OF Miss Leila Shields,
assisted by Miss Annie Biggs, and from
the many pleasant things said of the
concert, the community feels under
obligations to them, aud all who took |
part, for pleasant hour of music and
sweet song.
NOT HIS FIRST ESCAPE.-SOme time !
ago the railroad warehouse at Tunis |
was broken into. Detective Smith, in |
the railroads employ, found his man
last Saturday at the Grafflln farm on
Roanoke river. He was colored man
for Mr.. w. P. Darden. When
the detective came up the man ran
and was fired at but not hit. Detective |
Smith pursued and found that the
water In the canal where the colored |
man disappeared was muddy. He
tracked up the canal and found the
:olo1ed man In the mud up to his eyes.
He had wormed himself into the mud
IS far as possible without getting
strangled. The detective brought him
out and handcuffed him. He doubt
ess had hid in the mud before.
NoNwEALTH had at hand last week
list OF registrars appointed by the coun-
" commissioners for the election to be
1eld Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1898, but by
the list was misplaced. Fol
owing Is the list OF registrars by pre-
,.ncts:
Butterwood-W. T. Jenkins, Richard
Kearney, G. P. Williams.
Conoconara-J. A. Norfeet, Austin
rlllery, c. J. Tillery
Crowells-Ira 7. Shaw, J r. Merritt.
3. L. Stephenson.
Deep Creek. M. Grizzard, Jr.,
Matthew Martin, w. S. Hockaday.
East Enfield-W. J. Applewhite,
Pleasant Wilkins, J. B. Hunter.
East Scotland Neck. E. Bowers,
4. H. Arlington, Granville Hylnan.
Faucetts-J. E. Daniel, Robert Rob-
rtson, S. L. Gibson.
Gaston-Charles D. House, Charles
n Moss I