The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-10-12
LOCAL NEWS.

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THIRTEEN TO THE FARMs.-Thlrteen
conyicts were sent from Halifax to the
State farms in Northampton Thursday
as result of the Criminal court.
| OPENING THURsDAY.-Mrs. A. NJ.
Riddick's great opening will occur on
Thursday, Oct. IL, '99. All invited to
inspect her mammoth stock OF MILL
| merry.
NEW SAW M1LL.--Mr. s. B. Kitchin
has built new saw mill just south of
the Scotland Neck knitting mills. He
has his mill and cotton gin already in
operation.
BELL THE JEwELER.-This is the wav
the people think OF Mr.. Jas. H. Bell, of
Iarboro. He again advertises In THE
COMMONWEALTH, and we assure our
readers that he is clever in every way.
He is now in the northern markets
purchasing new goods for his line.
Miss PETwAY TO WED.-The Dunn
Union says: "Cards are out announc-
ing the marriage of Mr.. R. E. L. Skin
ner, one of our popular druggists, to
Miss Irene Petway, an accomplished
young lady of Enfield, at the M. E..
Church in Enfield on the 18th of
October.
CHILD DRAGGED BY HoG.-Recent-
ly Mrs. e. F. White, who lives at
Whites X Beads few miles from town
left her two little children in the house
a few moments. When she returned
/ hog about the yard had gone into the
house and bad dragged her baby down
the steps. The child was not seriously
hurt.
J. w. PERRY & Co.-These reliable
and courteous commission men furnish
Norfo market to The COMMONWEALTH
every week. Mr.. Perry is we'll known
to the people OF Eastern Carolina and
they do business with no more reliable
or more accommodating gentlemen
anywhere. We take pleasure in calling
attention to his quotations.
Mr.. PETERS AD.-Mr. r. B. Peters,
of Tarboro, places an advertisement in
THE COMMONWEALTH and bids tor bust
ness from our readers. Mr.. Peters Is a
Scotland Neck boy, and his many
friends here are greatly pleased at his
success in Tarboro. He made that
town his home only few years ago
and has made such success that he is
now one of its substantial business men.
He is always glad to see his Scotland
Neck friends, and is cleyer to his trade
| CoNvIcTs ON TUE RoADs.-The board
Of road supervisors for Scotland Neck
township have arranged to work the
convicts on the roads around Scotland
Neck. The county commissioners
granted the petition last week, and the
convicts will be put to work to-day.
The supervisors elected Mr.. K. HI.
Cutchin overseer OF the work and Mess.
Ben Burgess and Josh Robertson guards.
The quarters for the convicts will be
in a small house on the Speed lot in
Greenwood.
The Safer HoTEL.-Mrs. w. A. Safer
has assumed the management OF the
hotel at Halifax. It is now known az
the Safer Hotel, and the excellent ser:
vice which Mrs. safer gave the public
in her boarding house before she took
charge of the hotel is good guarantee
of what she will do in the hotel. She
has thoroughly renovated the building
from cellar to garnet, has thoroughly
cleaned the floors and every other part
of the building, has put new furniture
and fine new mattresses in all the rooms,
and has given the hotel an up-to-datt
tone throughout. The table service
isexcellent and the travelling public ant
people of the county are to be congrat
ulated upon the good service Mrs. sa
ter is rendering. She deserves to be
we'll supported and no doubt will be.
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is unques
tionably the most remarkable remed!