The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-10-09
LOCAL NEWS.
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section.
And still cotton is selling for a
good price.
The marriage bells will ring twice
next week.
Let us have the cotton weigher
one season.
Get in the contest today and win
an automobile.
The high price of cotton the past
week sounds good.
We hear that county polite is
warming up already.
The Medicine Man" reaped
harvest here last Saturday.
How about an old Fiddlers Con-
vention for Halifax county?
The next regular stop will be
Thanksgiving day-November 9th.
The circus in Rocky Mt. Friday
drew large crowd from this section.
Our streets are either dusty or
muddy, one or the other, all the
time.
Our town ought to have build
ing for use as a market house and
town hall.
Comfort and economy make hap
py homes. You get both by using
Coles Hot Blast Heaters.
We hear right much talk of county
politics. The pot seems to be warm
ing up quite early. Wonder why?
The town of Halifax and commun.
ity will hold an election on the ques-
ton Of special school tax Nov. 18th
The great State Fair will be held
in Raleigh October Goth to 25th.
Cheap rates will be given on all the
railroads.
The first school month of the gre
ded school closed Friday. Prof. Ev-
erett and the teachers are doing
good work.
Mr., O. A. Snipes has been confir-
med as postmaster at Rocky Mt.
His friends in Scotland Neck extend
congratulations.
Our Hebrew citizens will observe
the Day of Atonement next Satur-
day. This is the hottest day in the
Jewish Calander.
Mrs. Claude Kitchin has returned
from Washington, D. c., after hav-
ing spent quite while with her hus-
band Congressman Kitchin.
Tom Dixon's play The Leopards.
Spots" played at Weldon Tuesday
night. Quite number of people
from this section saw the play.
The County Commissioners Mon
day appointed game wardens for
this end of the county as follows: j.
E. Woolard, J. H. Darden, J. P.
Dunn and C. F. Pittman. T. M.
Batchler was appointed for Weldon.
We heard man say this week that
he would be willing to vote for one
million dollars worth of bonds with
which to improve the condition of
our streets-to stop all the dust.
The dust in dry weather is just fear
full.
We hear that DR.. A. D. Morgan
has purchased Mrs. Kate Dunn's
handsome home on Depot street and
that Mrs. Dunn has purchased lot
from w. H. Josey next to DR.. 0. F.
Smith, on Church street, and will
erect at once small cottage.
Mr.. r. J. Madry has purchased
the vacant lot next to ]. w. Ais
brooks store and we understand
contemplates erecting a large build
ing containing two stores on the first
floor and an up-to-date Opera house
on the second floor. This will be
done provided he can get renters
for the stores.
Mr.. Geo. l. King was exhibiting
q stalk Of cotton on our streets sew
eral days ago that every boil was
destroyed by anthracnose. He said
that he had six acres planted from
Cooks cotton seed that was about
ruined. We hear a great deal of
complaint from this desease in al
most every section.
Messrs. J. Harper Alexander and
Norfleet Smith have formed a CO.
partnership under the firm name of
Insurance Loan and Real Estate Co.
and are fitting up an office next
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