The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-11-21
State news.
Happenings Noted During the Week.
cu1LED FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
A YOUNG IMPOsTER.

YOUNG IMPosTER.
Wilmington Star: Representing
himself to be son Rev. DIR. John Z.
Kilgo, president of Trinity College,
lad apparently not over Is years otage'
visited number OF residences In the
citv about a month ago and canvasseei
for Ladies Home Companion" tor
which he received large number OF
subscription, offering as premium
and irducement for cash payment an
atlas. The two were sold for $l.5O
and It. Is said he received number OF
subscriptions from which the subscrl-
hers thus far have heard nothing. A
letter to Durham brings the lniorma-
ton that DR.. Kilgo has no such con
and the young fellow is branded as an
imposter.
FED MULES ON FENCE RAILS.
Charlotte Observer: Mr.. S. A. Har-
ris. q grocer of Charlotte, lost mn!e
and the better part of delivery wagon
yesterday. The wagon body was made
of poplar. The mule was made OF just
simply ordinary every day mule.
Tuesday night the mule got out OF the
stable and set about the task OF eating
up the delivery wagon. He ate the
frame work down to the floor and
might have finished the floor If he
hadn't stopped long enough to die.
Mr.. Cam King, one of the original
Two Orphans, was at the old court
house yesterday when he overheard
Square Maxwell telling an Observer
reporter about the death OF Sam Harris
mule. II believe every word OF it,
spoke up, King, "and I will tell you
Why. Mules will eat wood when they
IRE wanting forage and can't get ii
(meaning no reflection on SAM. Al
5taunton, Va, during the war, was
in charge of the commissary wagons
We had plenty OF corn tor our mules
but for days they had had no forage
whatever. Well, one night my mules
ate out FIVE spokes from wagon wheel
TO which they had been tied. That
morning I got load of chestnut rail-
to feed my mules on and they ate every
one of them. Not mule died. Wha
caused the death of Mr.. Harris mule
can't say, but do know that my arm.
mules were great wood-eaters.
SMALLPOX AT CHARLOTTE.
| Charlotte Observer: At 9 o'clocl
yesterday morning a negro man VIII
was walking along West Trade stree
was arrested by officers and hustled on
to the county pest house. The negr
lad well-deined case Of smallpox
Scarcely had he been picked up an
deported when news came that Their
was suspicious case on Tyzzer's row
south of Palmer street. The case wa
Investigated promptly. The patier
was a negro man and he had smallpox
He was bundled off at once to the PEI
Louse. At the same time it develope
that a negro Lying on Middle street, !
the same neighborhood, had case
y smallpox. He was hustled off to tt
psst house. DR.. Hawley also four
= a ,other case, child of Mr.. Moore, {
= South Jryon street, near the railros
crossing. The latter patient is a yel
. young child and its removal to Il
M psst house is impracticable. II
m house will be quarantined and eye
m n, precaution taken.
m As result of yesterdays round-u
m n, DR.. Hawley says that three small-p
m patients have been sent to the pr
= = house and ten suspects have been &c
m to the house OF detention.
m This outbreak of smallpox in Il
m city is followed by news from Ste
= Creek township of similar outbre
:: in that section. Halt a dozen fal
m !
y hands are down with the disease a
m tie nelghborhocd Is consideral
m
m alarmed. 1t is reported that Mr.. F
m est Sloan, prominent farmer of Il
M section, is down With smallpox, a
m that several of the bands on his pl
y tation also have the disease.
m |
m Strong, the county physician, is In,
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