I.ECAI. NfVnr.RS. JiOTlCE. The mercantile concern heretofore conducted under* the firm 'name o! Beanstt 4b Company In the city ot Washington, N. C., which was com posed bT S. H. Bennett and C. "K. Dowty. has this day been dissolved by mutual consent;' O. K. Dowty con veying his Interest in said. concern to the aat& S..H. BeaaStrt_H-ha will CQttr. tinue to conduct ggtd tm8lue*u uudei 1 the same firm name ot Bennett &| Company. All the assets of said con cern are transferred, to said S. H. of The same. This October 8. 1909. ^ s. h. Bmon t, C. K. DOWTY. NOTICE OF BALE. By virtue of the power of sale con tained In a certain deed of trust from Amistead K. Tayloe to Wiley Or-Rod ? man, trustee, ~daied tho 23dday of January, -1908, and duly recorded In tho office of tho Register of Deeds of Beaufort county, in 'book 101, at page 251; the undersigned will ou Friday, the 12th day of November, 1909, al, 12 o'clock, noyn, offy for sale at pub lic auction, for cash, at the court houstrtT^or .of Beaufort county, the ' following described .tract or parcel of ~~ land, situate, lying and" beTng hi the county of. Beaufort, and State of North Carolina, . apd in ^Richland township. In the town Aurora : Be_-. ginnTng In the center of Bridge street at tho southwesjt corner of the NLT11 lot new knowjuas the SLaudard Lum ber Company lot and running south to Second street 85 yards, thence east 1-10 yards, thence north ? iij ynnls. thence west 140 yards to the begin ning, containing one acre, to be the a* mtt mnrp nr lesa. nml bPtng the same tract- of land described in the same deed of trust aforesaid. This the 9th day of October, 1909. WILEY" C. RODMAN. Trustee. CITY TAXES. The tax books for the city ot Washington bare been turned orer to the undersigned, and this Is to no tify all owners of property- subject to _Ui that_f am ready tn rerrtv for the ensuing yepr. They must be collected at once. - W. B. WINDLEY, City Clerk. Octdber 7, 1909. NOTICE. North Carolina: Beaufort County. In ] the Superior Court, October term. 1909. LIxxle Abel vs., Henry Abel, j The defepdant above named, will take notice: That an action enHtledT as above, has been commenced by the plaintiff against the defendant In the Superior court of Beaufort county to secure an absolute divorce from the defendant; and the said defendant wHl further lake^notlce, that he Is required to appear at the next. term, o J the J>uperfor court of Beaufort coufity to be held on the 7th Monday ?after the 1st Monday In. September^ to^wit, the 25th day of October, 19007 at the courthouse In said county. In Wabhington, North- Carolina, and aubfter w demur ta Hw ?ouii?laliU-in said action or 'the plaintiff will ap raanded In her conililflint. ? This the- 16th day of September, 1909. UnOr-A. 'PAUW - Clerk Superior Court | CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION. _8tate of North Carolina, nor.arlmpnt To* all to whom these presents may | come ? Greeting - Whereas, It appears to my satis faction, by duly authenticated record] of the proceedings for the voluntary | dissolution thereof, by the unani mous consent of all the stockholders. In W1M nfflrn that f Ho Era ConfetaM^tlon Company, a cor poration of this 8tate, whose princi pal office Is situated tn the city of State of North Carolina (Geo. T. Leach being the agent therein and In charge thereof, upon .whom process .the requirements of chapter 21, R?> vlsai of 1905, entitled "Corpora tlons," preliminary to the issuing of this CertlAcato of Dissolution, Now, Therefore, I, J. Bryan Crimea, Secretary of State- of the State of North. Carolina, do hereby certify that the_ said corporatlon^lITffi" mr 1th day of?May, 1909, file Mil' my ulw i dttlj eeswulart MUt attested consent, in writing t<5 the ^ corporation.- ?? ecu ted by ?11 the stockholders tklN* .or; which said consent and the record of the proceedings aforesaid aro now on file In my aald office, as proVIdeiT by law. v In Testimony Whereof, 1 haye hereunto set my hand and affixed my official sear at Raleigh, this 7 th day J. BRYAN GRIMES, (Seal. I Secretary of SUte. j NOTJEB OF EXECUTION SALE. wortn Carolina, weauiyrt umimi rn, parlor C^urt, TUo J. isL Ty gert. Company vs. ThW w. Blount. By vtrtuo of an execution directed MYAMCf Cure* catarrh or money bock. Ju&t Instead or hiding their light under a bushel, lots of people stand in their own light. / Woman started the ball of trouble rolling and afte-Hm irept it rollitag ?T?r since. Talk AH You Please About the value of Insurance you cannot gay too much in its favor ? particularly if Bra gaw wrote it. See us today. v WM. BRAGAW & CO., First Insurance Agents In Washing lull, N. C. / USE Washing Powders and Soap THE ONLY SOAP ON THE MARKET THAT CONTAINS DISINFECTANT. FIRE! ' j. You often see where] houses are burned while owners are away attending the show. Come in and ler me insure youT ? -? ? house before you go to the carnival. - I - __ 1 CARL D. PARKER, Gen'l Insurance.* Four Year# Experience.' Havens-Small Bld'sc 'Phone 85 Wright Tailors Right NOTICE! Now is the time to have your gas lamps put in order. It will cost you nothing to have them inspected and adjusted. A Welsbach burner wilLgive you 80 candle power and cost only l-2_cent per hour. See the GAS MAN. TOH PttSES RIGHT' courthouse door In said county, sell | to the highest bidder, (or cash, to | satisfy said execution, all the. right, title and interest which- the said Thoa. H. Blount, the defendant, has in the following described real es tate, to-wit: A certain tract or parcel of land I known as "Sana Boucl," lying Just northeast of the city of Washington, I In Beaufort county, Ih the State of | North Carolina; beginning at a cedar post on the Plymouth road, running thence south 59 1-2 west 2148 feet; thenfce north 45 1-2 west 144 2* feet; thenoeV6rth 88 east 617 feet; thence "north' ITO'wMt t?3 feet; thfttftr north 38 degrees east 1222 feet"; thence north 59 1-2 east MQ feet; 1 thence south 87 eaet 2900 feet, to the . beginning; containing one hundred and twenty-five (125) acres, more or I lew. *It being the purpose and intent or -thin ilffgcrlnHnn fn InrlinUt thn farm, on which the said Thos. H. Blount now resides, and hag- i^sided for a number of years, and which is bbund ed approximately as hereinbefore~In (Ucnted. " JThe homestead of defendant, here tefnre allotted to hJm, in the above described land, and subject to which this sale will be~made,~TSTKaF~ portion *nieh 18 awenpgq ti fuiiuai, ip-wh. beginning at a hickory at the top of a hill in the cow lot south or southeast of the residence, running north about fifty (50) east a distance of about 900 feet to an old pump point In the line ditch on Lover's Lane; thence with and along the line dltcli and Lu*er's Lane, north about 1 37 west to a 3-4 inch pipe sunk in said ditch; thence south about .50 [westi a distance of abdi& 744 feet, to u pitim irqr,"qiBUCT TOuin gflOtitt rfl" west, a distance of about 168 feet, to la fringe tree at the corner of H. N.* Blount's porch; 'thence south about 1L . in front of the resldenceTTxaed for years as a hitching post; thence south about 30. degrees east, a dis tance of about 255 feet, to the be ginning; containing about nine and one-half (9 1-2) acres, an accurate description of which may be found in Ihk return?- of the* appraiser a proceedings, for the allotment 'of h^nTfl^Tfian ? ' T ? Th(s 25th day of September 1909.' qip. ?. RicKd, Sheriff of Beaufort County. Lt J tained in a certain deed of mortgage from J. J. Davis and wife to Wile? C. Rodman, dated the 10th day of Janu ary. 1907, afcd duly recorded In the oClco of the Register of Deeds of Beanfort county, bootei4& at page 228, to which reference is hereby made, the undersigned will on Tues al 12 o'clock noon,. at the courtHouso Aaaitfnrt 1 auction, offer for sale for cash, the following described property: first A tract of land In B*aufort county. LUNCHEON' FOR MRH. SMALL. Congressman and Mi's. John H. Small who have been staying at the Battery park hotel. Ashevllte, during the Good Roads Congress, are ? the guests of General and Mrs. Theodore P. Davidson, for seve^l day3. Mrs. Duflteld HlHlard entertained on 8a turd ay with a luncheon at the Woman's Exchange in honor of Mrs. Small. ~ j EXCELLENT Ml*!*IC. Those attending the services at the First Presbyterian Church Sanday jtWBlBli ^.Qt only heard a sermon by the pastor edltfWg and Instructive, but they were afforded the pleasure bcailug music ef high urdm aud merit The"cholr "at this church "is jone of the beat in the city. It has been strengthened arfiL improved re _ _ a . * ? p?IVO 1.UV ?V? along said road south 67 1-2 west 31 pofes to CEe old Candy wells, which are: north 58 1-2 oast. 12 poles from the Maxton road thence north 24 west 100 poles, thenoe north 86 east 100 poles to the southwest corner of the Collinswood-Ward patent, thence with the, line of that patent south 30 east 72 nolea to the matnToad oon talnlng 4 0 acres more or less. Sec ond: A tract -of land In Beaufort I county. North Carolina, known as the ' home place of the late John P. Camp bell, deceased, beginning at a pine on the north line cf the -Washington and Lo^chvllletoad at the southwest cor ner of the land. conveyed by the par ties of the second part to John P. Campbell, being a tract of land orig Inally conveyed by John P. Campbelt JOj. J re corded in the office of the -Register of Deeds, of Beaufort county frr book: SG at page 18, and running porthwardly With the last line to the private road, leading from the Washington and Ceechvltte road 1 6 the Asa Waters I line, thence westwardly with the line ' of Asa Waters and the heirs of Thos. Webster, tc* the northeast corner of the Rodman land, thence southwardly to the east line of the Rodman land road, thence eaatwardly with said *?? ll? begtaat?g| ieutaliiliiK 5U more or less. The foregoing , properly la sold subject to nurh other and prior encumbrances aa may ex jlat upon aatd property. Terms of sale This the 5th dajr of October, ltot. 1 WILET C. RODMAN, - : " Mortgagee. WOttrt!. ? .Hiring qualified u administrator of the estate of Jamea o. Deal, de ce^aofl , lite of Beaufort county. North Carolina, this it to notify all f??" ^*vU>? ?Uta? afalnatHfce n Ule of wia (*?,? v, exhibit -ib em anaervrgnea of September. 1910, or this np JjjM, win be pleaded in -bar of thefr jM " ^ TALK Mr. T. H. Hodges, ot. Conetoe. N. C., is In the eltj on business tor u tevv days. * * Mr. and Mrs. M. T^Jordsn, ot Pine town, were visitors to the city yes terday. They returned to their home thli munring: ? ? ? ? \* Mr. B. SL-Klrk. of Gooac CttflLls u Washington visitor. - Mr. John B. Roupons. of Flout g >.V, 2, was on our streets today. . ? ? T. M. fWoolard, left this morn ing for Rocky Mount. ilr. B. Lewis was a passenger on the Atlantic Coast. -Lino train this morning. r**-Mr. John Fulford left this morning fbr a- short business trip. Mr. and Mrs. _ James Long, of Greenville, were the guests yesterday of Mr. Edward Long, corner of Sec ond and Pearce-s Unfits Uiey left loi. their home on the Norfolk and South ern this morning. ? Dr. H. rL.- Mautty of Middleton, who spent the week end with Dr. and Mrs. Louiff~Mann, returned to his home^on Sunday. ? - ? - - ' Mr. S. A. -Wlndiey, of Lake Land ing, spent -several (h.. y.. t 1 J ? ? ? Miss Bui Lha Tuieu. of Cd?uid. v- ; turned to her home on Saturday after visiting the Misses Warren :for a'l week. ? ? Mrs. F. W. Hoyt, of Wflllamston, i spent carnival "week In town.^vlsiting Mtb. Jirsnia. Randolph, und- returned \ on 3ahinlnr to lu-r hwnu. ? Miss Loqlae Sattherthwalte, -of [ Pactolus. returned to her home Saturday after a short visit to Mrs. | D. R. Willis. ? ? Mrs. -S- P. WHlit. and Miss Edna I ttw fwr hm from a urn m head City.," J ? J jrl Pnnnnt _nf Pi, Saturday lo vfoit friends in the city. ? ? Mr, Julian Thompson, of Pantego. arrived in the^clty Saturday 'after- ( noon to vlali -Hi" riie Trrmie~of 9hei iff ( Ricks. ? ? The illsse* Jarvis. of Belhaven. arel In town. TtHtlng the Mlwea Daven-j port. % ? * Mr. Hannla Latham left on Sunday for GretmvlUe. to spend a week's va-J ,hnrp BOLD THIEF A ifold negro man entered the res idence Recorder O. H. Hauling* !a**t TTaturdiy night. Mr. Hastings found him In the hou*e when he and hi* wlfd returned home at 11.30. The negro's presence wm obeorved ?oon M* the front door wae opened. He made t^Is escape. The negro, ef fected r.n entrance from the back of CHARLESTON JIMIraflaM rnM?rt,MPKTKXT JKWKLKH. Mr. Alfred Bell, engaged in the Jew-, elry business at Bel haven. Is building up quite an extensive trade through that section, due to his fine work manship and urbanity of manner. Mr. Bell is a native of Hyde county. GEO. HOWARD. Ml'ST BF ORKVKI). The following ordinance passed by the city aldermen must be complied with, and for the foeneht oT those cotT cerned it irf published below: All bills against the town shall be -Presented to the town clerk on or be- J fore the 2r.th day of. each month and | by him placed in the hands of the '"hairman of the auditing committee' before' the last day of the- current ' month. W. B. wind ley, City Clerk. I TO WE CITIZENS 1 of Washington. Hardy's Drug Store! .have in their possession what can be honestly termed a Godsend to Hu manity, and they will prove ft'tf giv en the opportunity.. iGo to their store! if yoH-are troubled with Rheumatism. | In any tprm." Eczema or Salt Rheum, j Buy a bottle 01 GUhooley's Irish Lini-; nient, follow directions as found on i of the Utile boOl; thafsow j with thewJtfcle, give it a fair trial and | then' if Gilhooldy's Irish Liniment: does not relieve you. to your entire satisfaction, go back to the Hardy Drug Store, tell them so, and they I will onj.yjnir : word, pay bark thef amount you paid them, Besides the ailments mentioned, please see the little book about a burn or sprain. It will remove soreness and stop Neu ralgia pain instantly. This leaves the matter entirely in your hands. For drugs and need, lfurdy's Drug Store. CROUP '? ? WASHINGTON ' ELECTRIC PLANT ==im = DON'T Walk or Ride. .Talk Over The Telephone. i? i 1 You can have_a Telephone. Ful Id your house in the city passingly low cost, and save many a long drive and per haps a life by tjelnf In direct and instantaneous touch with your Do_ctor. Grocer. Mer chant and Brok?r. Weather reports and mar ket flotations can "be secured daily. J Inte.-osted parties are re quested to communicate with Mr. D. W. Bell, M'g'i CAROLINA TEL.. AND TEL. CO., * (Washington, N. C.: This proposition will inter* est you. and it would be well to.invesfugafe "before the ap proach of the cold Winter months. mJ HIGHEST CASH 1'KICKS *? ? ' poiu for. ' CHICKENS, EGGS H nnd nil } COUNTRV PRODUCE We curry llay, Grojp and ull j kinds Feedstuff ? We handle the very best Flour at whole- | Hale. PAUL & CUTLER EAST WATER STREET. OYSTERS! PHONE 367. Deliixred to any part of city 25 cents quart. Served in any, style, steamed a specialty at 113 Market Street - Orracoke Fresh Dressed Mullets. * T. WYATT We are uret bt'lH-vorit in iho stnto- V roent Hint ilw American lientlemafM* th?' In?t dri d i?a? tu tln? wuild. CiHIFFON C1X>THFS valor to the fasten of the AiiH't'lciiii man. ami for yeaiK these fatuous uariiicnts lutve fulfilled liis every Myle-wauil^ We huve'u' (tfinpUMi1 line of CillIF F.UN' CLOTII KS for lall in ninny dif ferent models, a host oi'T'xrluwIve put terns and fabrics thai won't wear out l>efore their time. - SPENCER BROS. ONLY THE BEST 1 HEA UNION GROCERY CO. JUST ARRIVED stS Pettijohns, Graham Flour, Shredded Wheat Bis cuit, Oat Meal, Cracked Wheat, Corn Flakes, Post Toasties, Cream of Wheat. Grape Nuts, Puffed Rice, Puffed Wheat and many others. Price always right, quality the best. Two delivery wagons and wheel, which in sures prompt service. 'Phone 123. .1. F. TAVLOE. ? The Grocery Man. Blankets! \ - Blankets! FOR BED AND CRIB A Large Supply Just Arriv ed. You should see the at tractive designs. blankets! tiie r. II, c. HAY PRESS Is the Iighest draft, and makes the most compact bale of any press sold. BAILEY SUPPLY CO., SALES AGEI>JJS.