The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-06-02
NEWS FROM The COUNTY CAPITOL,
Lightning'S Peculiar Feat-Mr. Har.
loves Thrilling Experience.

! Halifax, N. c.. May 31.-Presid
ing Elder ]. E. Underwood, preach
ed a strong and helpful sermon her
on Sunday night. His visits ar
hailed with delight, and we get
great deal of good out of his coming
Milton Norman is home for vaca
ton from school at Warrenton.
Mr.. Frank Faison, Jr., of New
York City, spent several days her
last week with his father and sisters
Miss Erma Whitehead, of Enfield
spent few days recently with rela
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hearne, O:
Whitakers, spent Sunday here with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Bats.
Miss Ada Eure came home from
the Littleton Female College last
Friday to spend her vacation.
Mrs. E. N. Kicks and sons, OF
Mount Olive, came last Friday to
spend some time with her sisters,
Mrs. D. C. Fenner. and Mrs. H. B.
Furgerson.
Mr.. Frank Taylor, of Whitakers,
one of our boyhood friends, was a
visitor here last Friday.
Miss Lucy Elliott, of Elizabeth
City, spent day with her brother,
J. K. Elliott, last week.
Misses Edith Simmons and Cecil
Fields came down from Littleton
Female College Friday to spend a
few days with their relative: Mrs. J..
N. Brown.
John Fenner, Jr., of Rocky Mount,
spent Sunday and Monday here with
MS parents.
Mr.. Long, of near Murfresboro,
was visitor here on Sunday.
DR.. Thos F. Jarrett, of Jarretts,
Va, spent Sunday here with friends.
Miss Ruth Coburn was a welcome
visitor here Sunday.
M. w. Riddell, of Richmond, spent
Monday here on business.
Mrs. Shields and her daughter,
Miss Rebe, Of Scotland Neck, are
visiting Mrs. J. H. Durham at Cea-
1erhurst farm this week.
Mrs. John Brown and children, of
Selma, spent Monday and Tuesday
with Mrs. w. F. Coppedge.
Mr.. E. Harlowe, who lives about
8 miles from this place. had on
Tuesday, May 25th, during the
storm on that day very thrilling
and exciting experience. While the
storm was raging, and the rain
coming down in sheats, a tongue of
lightning ran through a corner of
ais dwelling making hole through
4 corner of the room, and remarka-
ole as it seems bursted a package of
open but failed to ignite
them. Mr.. Harlowe and his sister
we're sitting in very few feet of
the safe and felt the force of the
shock, and felt for some hours a pc
culiar sensation; little dog in the
room was affected the same way.
On making its exit it ran through the
door, tearing up the bottom step.
A rather peculiar feat was when it
struck large oak tree before enter
ing the house, it struck a pair of
names tearing the padding complete
ly off them, but not iDjuring the
names otherwise.
Mr.. Harlowe tells US that it was
the most frightful experience he has
ever had, and he expects to try and
be better man.
Thoughtlessness to some people
seems to be a trihing thing, but
those who look at it from a more Sc
rious point, are aware that many
nis-haps> and accidents are invaria-
DIV caused from it. The world
could be made much brighter and
sweeter to US and others if only we
would be a trife more thoughtful and
considerate, not for ourselves alone,
we are generally thoughtful enough
about self, but for others who we
must remember have feelings and
peculiarly their own. We
are quite sure many of the accidents
AMI n1isfortunes OF life could be a.
verted, but for the fact we SO often
forget that even little things should
enter into life in order to expand it
and develope it to its highest STAN
dard.
We have often noticed this old
habit of stripping bananas and
throwing the skins down on the
or wherever we happened
to be; along comes young lady
with french heels, ignorant of bana-
ma peels, a step upon it. and 10! near
" a fall upon hard pavement. And
It serves the man, the boy, and the
child lust about as bad. This old
habit. how provokingly bad. for it
often makes people amazingly mad.