The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-06-28
Scotland Neck Temperance
Association meets the first
and third Tuesday evenings
in each month at SIS.

| MISS KINSEY TO WED-We have
received handsome invitation to the
marriage of Miss Eva Klnsey.
daughter of Prof. Joseph Kinscy,
of Wilson, to Rev. B. II. Melton, Tues.
day July 3rd.
INFANT DfED.--Lena Smith Shields.
the infant daughter Of Mr. and Mrs,
W. ID. Shields, aged IL months. died
Saturday and was buried Sunday
! Rev. &. w. Phelps conducting the SER
vice. THE COMMONWEALTH extends
sympathies.
A MOST UNIQUE BUTTON MIR. c.. F.
Clayton Of Tarboro is selling the most
UNIQUE campaign button we have seen
1t is the Aycock button, and the ar
| raneenent is Ingenious. A capital A
at tie top and the picture OF a proud
chicken cock under it.
GIVES One BEITER.-Some DAYS
ago Mr.. B. /. Allsbrook brought to
this office cabbage with three wei!
developed heads Mr.. J. Whit Bell
has since brought US two like 1t and
said he had one cabbage with four
heads. He sold one OF the heads for )
cents, end the other three burst and
rotted.
A TINY CLERK-Master Edward
Woolard, son of Mr.. j. E. Woodland, Il
perhaps the tiniest clerk to Re found
anywhere. He Is five years and half
Old and has never been to school at all,
but sells goods at Morrise.te Brothers
grocery store, makes change and counts
money in a way surprising to those
who observe him.
ALL PAID FoR.-Rey. @. Ryder, pas
tor of the Methodist church in Scot
land Neck, in writing to the Raleigh
Christian Advocate, says: "Since last
Conference we have taken out the
side galleries, and otherwise improved
and beautihed t:le inside of The church
purchased an Epworth organ, one
dozen new chairs. etc, etc. And the
best OF all is they are all paid for"
KEY TO SUCCEss.-Success in bust
ness must be won. 1t VIII never be
presented to anybody On Bounderby
spoon, so to speak. But the alert man
will not depend altogether upon his
own exer.ions to win for him self the
commercial prominence be desires.
He will call to his assistance the potent
aid OF advertising and Wilt thus be en-
ab!ed to succeed where others fail.
OXFORD SEMINARy-We invite ct
tention to the advertisement of Ok
ford Seminary for Girls, to be found In
another column. No other school in
North Carolina has grown more rap
idly in popular favor. Within the
last FIVE years it has more than doub-
led its boarding patronage, the ir-
crease each year over the last being
more than 20 per cent. 1t is Offering
the best facilities in Literary Course.
music, Art, Business. It's location is
unsurpassed for heaithfulness, the
school physician having been called
but twice during the school year to see
sick girls, though there were So board
Ing students in attendance. The cat
alogne is handsome and profusely Illus
trated.
HARRIS LITHIA WATERING call
special attention to the handsome ad-
vertisement of these celebrated springs
as seen elsewhere. Upon the personal
Recommendation OF Mr.. ]. r. TilIery, of
Tillery, n. c., THE COMMONWEALTH
commerds this health resort to any
and all who may need its advantages.
MIR. Tillery told the editor of this paper
three weeks ago that he had been to
mos: of the celebrated springs and
health resorts in this country, aud the
water at Harris spring surpasses any
wafer he has ever used. This is high
endorsement and all that the readers
of this paper would desire.
Upon, this with what the proprietors
say, we base our commentator of the
water and the place. When writing
about the water and board mention
this paper.