The commonwealth., 1904-10-20
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
The Coming, Going and Whereabouts
of Our People and Other Folks.

here Tuesday.
Miss Nina White has returned from
a visit to Greenville and Tarbo:o.
Mr.. j. A. Pittmsn went to Roxboro
last week to visit Hon. w. w. Kitchin.
Mrs. r. ]. Shields and Mrs. Arm
strong, of Kobgood, spent Tuesday in
town.
Mr.J G. Butts, of Halifax, spent
Sunday here with hle brother, Mr.. j.
W. Butts.
Mess. A. B.. Hill and J. A. Kitchin
went to Raleigh Tuesday to attend the
State FAIR.
Mr.. H. E. Weldon, of Warrenton,
has been here some days visiting Mr..
G. E. Edwards.
Dr.J. D. Hufham went to Franklin,
Va, Monday to visit his daughter, Mrs
J. r. Singleton.
Mr.. s. X. Fountain, of Rocky Mount,
spent Sunday here visiting the family
of Mrs. M. E. Gray. H.
Mr.. w. E. Reid, of Fayetteville, has
been here two weeks in charge of the
telephone exchange.
Mr.. A. P. Kitchin has returned from
a visit to his brother, Hon. w. w.
Kltchln, of Roxboro.
Mr.. T. H. Pritchard has entered the
lumber business at Swansboro, aud
may move his family there.
Mr.. Percy johnson came home
Tuesday from Chapel Hill on account
of the accident to his father.
Rev. G. F. Smith, presiding elder OF
this district, will preach In the Metho-
dist church here Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Durham lett
some days ago for Canada where they
have gone to visit Mr.. Durham s father.
Master Theodore Bradley, son of Mr.
w. H. Bradley, has returned to Ral-
eigh to attend the school for rhe blind.
Rev. ]. E.. Holden went to Weldon
Tuesday to officiate at the marriage of
Miss Ethel Sledge to Mr.. Egbert Utley.
Mr.. j. A. Perry returned Monday
from GreenviIle where he had been on
a visit to his daughter, Mrs. j. Frank
Brlnkley.
Mr.. w. A. Dunn spent some time in
last week. He has gone to
Jackson this week as referee In an i'm
portant case.
The family of Mr.. w. c. Harper has
moved to Norfolk, and Mr.. J. u. Stuart
has moved into the J. A. Perry resi-
dence vacated by Mr.. Harper.
Mrs. H. M. Foster, of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, who had been visiting her Sis
ter, Mrs. E. E. Hilllard, left some days
ago to visit friends and relatives in
Raleigh and Cary.
Mr.. Edgar Pope who has been in
Denver, COL, more than a year, came
home some days ago to visit his par
ents. He says the climate agreed with
him and he had good time and likes
the country.
Hon. Claude Kitchin spoke at Au-
lander last Saturday. He filled an ap-
pointment for Hon. D. HI. Mclean
who could not be there. Mr.. Kitchin
spoke to a great crowd-he thought
about 1,5O0 people.
Mr.. John Gardner who has been in
the United States Navy five years,
came home some days ago to visit his
father. He says he has had fairly
good time. be likes 1t and will soon
for four years more.
They Paid the Money. -
Friday night large crowd pressed
inte the mayors office to hear the trial
of Mess.Aquilla and Ed Powell who are
charged with aesaulting Mr.. }. S. Ra-
bey at his cafe some nights before.
The warrant was taken out before
Justice j. A. Perry but the case was
tried before Mayor Shields. Both
sides had witnesses, but the evidence
was contradictory. It was brought out
in the evidence that Mr.. Aquilla Pow
ell used language in Mr.. Rabey's cafe
to which Mr.. Rabey objected, and at
the door one of the Powell brothers
snatched Mr.. Rabey upon the sidewalk
and both assaulted him. The evidence
of the defendants denied that Mr.. Ed
Powell had anything to do With 1t, but
Mayor Shields bound them oyer to
court in bond of $50 each. They
paid the money instead of giving bond.
The prosecution was represented by
Mess. Stuart Smith and S. A. Dunn,
and the defendants we're represented
by Mr.. Albion Dunn.
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