The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-11-30
LOCAL NEWS.

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PAINTED HIS HoUsE.-Mr. E. T.
whitehead has recently painted hi.
nice residence on Tenth street, and the
improvement is marked.
THANKsG1v1Ns SERvIcEs.-To-mo,
row being thanksgiving day, there will
be Thanksgiving services in all the
churches in town at IL O'Clock.
MR.. DUNN's FINE PIG.-Mr. w. A.
Dunn has raised on his lot this year q
fine pig He killed it few days ago.
II months and 2. weeks old, and II
weighed 1928 pounds.
BOYS Troubling AT DEPor.-A few
days ago some one called attention to q
number of small boys jumping upon
the freight trains as they shift. It is
dangerous, and the boys ought to be
kept off such trains.
PIrrMAN STILL IN TRoUBLE.-James
M. Pittman, former colored postmaster
at Tlllery, is in Jail In Wilson. He
says he is charged with making wrong
entries on his books while he managed
the Tillery postoff1ce.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Little Ruth
Jenkins, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. J.
S: Jenkins, fell on an tin can few
days ago and cut her face right badly
above and below the eye. The hurt
was painful and made an ugly wound,
but it was not serious.
QUARTER CoIN.-Mr Lem DeBerry,
of Dawson's, showed a quarter of
silver coin which his little boy found
in the field. It looks like an old time
silver coin quartered. He ssid be
thought perhaps some one did 1t to
make change"a long time ago."
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.-At
the Thanksgiving services held In the
Methodist church to-day a collection
will be taken for the Methodist Or
phanage. The services will be held at
IL O'Clock. Next Sunday morning
Rev. o. Ryder will preach his last SER
mon here for the Conference year. At
night Presiding Elder, Rev. J. E. I'm
derwood, will preach.
MADE OBSERVATIONS AMONGST THE
NoRMoNs.-Mr. J. B. Whitehurst, OF
Pitt county, was here this week selling
tobacco, and he gave THE COMMON
WEALTH call. He says he has been
in all the States in the Union except
about six, and he finds North Carolina
about the best of all. He spent three
months In Utah, in the homo of
Mormon Bishop, and he says the Nor
mons do not preach the doctrine here
which they preach and practice there.
Bishop Jolly, with whom he spent
some time, hs says, went from Pitt
county about sixty years ago.
RECEPTION TO Mr.. HERRING.-Rev.
r. III. Herring, who has been pastor of
the Baptist church in Enfield and
other churches around for more than
two years, has accepted call to a
church in Wilmington. The Sundays
Wilmington Star said: "Rev. R. II.
Herring, the new pastor of Southside
Baptist church, is expected to arrive
from his home at Enfield, and a COM
mittee-composed of Messrs. w. 7.
Mercer, F. A. Montgomery and r. B.
Moore-has been appointed to receive
him. A public ception will be tender
ed at the church Wednesday evening"
MISSIONARY MEEr1NG.-The regular
monthly missionary meeting was held
In the Methodist church last Sunday
afternoon. Prof. Il. II. wilson r0ao an
instructive paper on 1.-THE Needs OF the
Mission Work and the Means OF Effect
ing It." Miss Priscilla Foster, OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, a regular licensed
deaconess of the Methodist church, adj
dressed the meeting on "The Work OF
DeacOnesees." It was new thing In
Scotland Neck to hear q woman adj
dress from the platform a religious as
sembly but all who heard her we're
much impressed by her earnestness'
her fluency OF speech, and her interest
ing detail OF the work in which she Is
engaged.
valuable to Women.