Sr.KHlFK'K CALL FOR TAXES.
The States taxes most be nettled In
lull by 1st Monday in January. The
school Touchers will be- eom-nfc in.
daityf^he people want their children
educated and the teachers milst be
paid. The current expenses of the
eoi:nty must also be paid. Now It
takes money to pay these blllB and It
has to be raised by taxation. Your
taxes hare been due since September
1st, and I will thank all, who hare
*ot paid, to come forward and settle
at once. Your taxes are dne anth
there is no better time to pay than
- bboimm
VOrv respectfully.
GEO, E. RICKS,
Sheriff, Beaufort C?.
.December 6, 1901.
WESTON HOUSE
217 Eut Main Street,
WASHINGTON. N. C.
Rates: $1 Per Day.
\ re you getting the worth of your money in;
Fire Insurances i ; -?
IN BUYING the necessities of 11 fe as well as Its luxttrte*. the wist*
nan celecti the best his monoy can command. Fire Insurance is one 01
;he necessities. Ask . ^
WM. BRAGAW & CO.,
|First Insurance Agents in Washington. N. C.
CHOOSE FURNITURE
FQR YOUR GIFTS _
. . , ? 's Store you will
find just the things that will most please the ones that
you do so much want to please. Then why not snp
ply these gift oieces at the Southern Furniture Com
pany's Store? ? .j
Our big building is just filled with suitable Christmas
gifts, the useful, practical, satisfying kind. Make-your
Christmas present choosirfg easy.. It will be Very~easy
if you'll do your selecting at the Southern Furniture
Store. *
^OTJTHEKK TURNITURE CO.
and up-to-date. ^
Visit our store and be
convjaced-=Eut don't wait.
Tin til the last minute. Come
before the tush begins.
J. H. Harris Plumb
ing& Supply Co.
Are You Carrying Enough Insurance?
Mr. Merchant and Mr. Property Ow ner?
You had. better attend to this at once.
Fires are numerous during the holidays.
Protection is cheap.
C. D. PARKER,
General Insurance ? Four Years' Experience.
lavens-Small Building. * 'Phone 85.
JUST RECEIVED
i. large shipment of choice hand
picked Michigan and Lima Beans
7
Please send us your ?refers.
E. R. MIXON & CO.
We have Christmas gifts
litable for everyone from
Baby" to "Grandfather."
Our holiday lines are the
tirgest and most complete.'
Our patterns are exclusive
TX)WN
TALK
]
Prof. W. A. Smith spent last nigh.
in Aurora Instructing the new baiid I
? SIT", w. I. iuid>iell, of Aurora.
*i>eiit yesterday tr. the city, cn rout*
to Norfolk on a business trip.
Mrs. Guy Gabriel and Mrs. Mark |
Latham left* yesterday on the after- 1
noon trtla for HakkcII, where ihey |
will visltfora short while.
Mrs.
rived last evening to visit her nlee
Mrs. George Hackney.
__ Mra. M. C. Betts. of New Bern. arid
Mrs. F. T. Baynor. of Gelhaven. spent
yestarday In the city, the Ruest9 of
Mrs .Inhn Oden.
' Miss L5ess tjonoly arrived tast^nlghT
on the A. C. L. train' from Richmond,
whers she has been visiting Mr*. Live
Blakely for a fortnight.
WF:' Jesse Mayo returned from aj
| business trip to Sooth Creek yester- 1
[day.
Mr. Charles Arehbell spent yester
day In ?ho city from Aurora.
? ?
Dr. II'.' \V~ Garter went to Norfolk!
this morning to attend the Seaboard
Medical Association.
Mis. Bettle Warren, of Greenville,
jurriYea last evening to visit -17PL sla
ter. Mrs. E. B." Moore, on West Sec
ond street.
If you want to ? enjoy; ft. real car
nival In comfort come ?o the Gem to-,
night. The great carnival of at
Nice, France, .will be shown In the
pictures and it Is certainly magnifl
rent. The ladles nf \vr"ihing!on will
jget a good objec; leasdn In wearing
] largo hats by seeiflg the l.ig hat pa
jradc.ln the carnival, aiwl 1U0 size is
I nut exaggeratsd one bit. At least a
[hat just In front of you nt a. picture
show .looks., every bit that Hrge7"iiTid
everyone will agree h?- ihhr; There
Will bo foy,r other fine ;?'<?< urea to
night r.lso, and do::b!e roupoiiM for
the fine prizes from Sm:lher'?, which
will be-4raw4t-for Friday night. Y.ou
>;mpJ> cannot affonl to misn this pro
gram at the Gem tonight.
"Along iho Kennebec," a New Kng.
'laud comedy drama. ^now In Us third
l successful season, will be produced at
!the opera house Friday night. Decem
ber ? UL ? liie play., .la nnml.ii?ii along
the same idea as "The Old Home
stead." "Shore Acre6" ancT" "York
State FolkB." and deals entirely with
country life. Playa of this " nature
are deservedly popular, iuasaiuch as
they are clean and * wholesome and
leave a gqod taste in the mouth.
They usually illustrate some good
moral pilnciple without descending
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? WK 8ERVK XOTICK' TO ALL ?
? who want nice phiitogriipiu ?
? of them wire* foi^^*fi?'lKrmftS_V
? present*, tliey must come by ?
? IkTcml'cr 1.1th. Our traile ?
? has grown w onder fully, um! ?
? as we - cannot get any extra ?
? help Just for a few days, we ?
"9 arc t ailing >?tir u(fc:i'.i- n to ?
the above. ^
[? PlAKFtfK - ?
? ? ? ? t ? . * ? ? ?
to the of timet morbid sensationalism
of the melodrama or the soul-h?w
rowtug incidents of tbe problem play.
met with great favor wherever pro- j
dured. and mhch interest will lie tak ,
en In the presentation of the piny irj
this cjty. AJ1 special scenery is car-j
ried for (lie production.
? -i
The Gaiety's pictures could rtotj
?Have been Tinproved wfrmr last night. s
They were simply great. Tonight i
the: ? will b? shown three reels of &ne [
yjftnief. and coupons" given for the
line prize next Saturday night. Dur
ing Christmas week a turkey will be
giVfrn^away ?>yorv night to the lucky
cotiuon holder, and from now oo ev
?ry coupon will ntaud a chance of bo
ing the lucky one. I)o not destroy
your coupons after the drawing Sat
urday. as fHey may draw a turkey
Christmas week. No person will be
allowed to win. a turkey twice during
that ttpek. ThJ? Is done to give ev
eryone a Tair chance at the coveted
prizes. Be >ure to.come tonight, the
pictures will please you.
CITY IIOIISK RKCOVKKINti.
The big bay city horse. "Pete." has
recovered from his recent attack ol
lockjaw and is able to eat, and will
30021 no doubt be none the worse for
his n: rro^| escape from death by thl*
Almost nlwa>s fatal disease.
CITY MARKET.
Eggs. . . . , 2<*c
Chickens, grown 25 to 30<
Spring chickens 10 to 25c
Green salted hides nc
Oreen hides Sc
Mixed wool .? . i $ to ?oe
"Tallow y. ........ . 3 1-^6
Wool, free from burn S^c
Sbeerflngs .6 to ior
T.j.mbskln - 25 to 40c
Seed cotton < . .* 5.5fl
Lint cotton 14e
llicks' < \ I'I DINK Cutys Sick Head
ache.
Also Nervous . Headache. Travelers'
Headache ' and aches from Grip, |
Stoiuaen Tiuunlus oiVKfrma' trou
bles. Try Qa'pmUnc ? it'-, liquid? |
effects lbliueilifttely. Sold l?v <trug- 1
tint*.
Cler.nlinees Is the first law
hcilth, inside as well as outside. Let
hoilister's lloehy Mountain Tea l>e
[your internal' cleanser, ihen ^'odr
I organ ri will bo pure anH'clean. yoitr
health sood. your syctem ri&ht. Start
liouighi. Hardy's Druj; Store.
j- If true friendship plays any part
jwl.cn you have purchased your
j Chri;-:ii:ias tu esents and on your way
j homo parsing Baker's StudltTyou will
. find you have made a-mistake if your!
friend hadn't rather have a nice pho-j
'tograph of yourself than anything'
jelse yon could imagine ^hen I would!
think he is not worthy to be called!
your friend. Baker's Studto.
? Another large bateh~of ?
Fruit Cake
is'iiow beingjiaked at the
Dixie Bakery. The25xenr
priceistelling, for this high
quality of cake. This is the
third large batch and two
more to be baked.
Dixie Bakery
W J. Rhodes,
Money saved is money made!
A Welsbach Junior Lamp burns 2 feet of Gas per
hour, and gives 50 Candle Power of Light, where an
open tip burns 6 feet of Gas and gives 20 Candle Pow
er." How much do youTsave? ?
WASHINGTON
LIGHT
&
WATER
W elstach Junior. - COMPANY"
NEW ARRIVALS JiL
Webber Shoes
$3.00, $3.50 and $1.00
IX TAN, PARENT LEATHEIt, VICI KII?, Gl*X METAL, FTC.
ALL jGimixTtEf); ' T^jjj
WE AHE EXCLL'SIVJC AtiKNTS 1CK PARI* FASHIONS IN THE CITY
Spencer Bros.
-Mr .and Mm. W. \V. Hooker audi
lire. \V. 11- Hooker returned to Au-I
rora yesterday afternoon- aft?*r -a-i
rouple.of'days chopping in, the city.
COULD YOU THINK OP A.
CHRISTMAS
PRESENT
For your family than to
HAVE YOUR
HOUSE WIRED?
t
Think liow it would help them
all? no mate ties, no lampw, uo
"bother. Call us up. Estimates
gladly given. ?
WASHINGTON
ELECJRIC PLANT.
X mas
Goods
I-atost and most exquisite line of
holiday llap and Note J?ap??r now
on display. Also a select line of
Toilet-Sets, Combs and U rushes. ~
Come ?nd take a look.
WASHINGTON
DRUG COMPANY
NOW!
Is the Time.
To have your Pictures Framed.
Don't wait 'til Xraas eve.
WM. B. HARDING
r^DON'T I
Walk or Ride.
Talk Over
The Telephone.
You can hiv? a Telephone
pat in your house in the City
or at your farm at a very sur
passingly low cost, and save
many a lonjj; drive and per
haps a life' by being in direct
and instantaneous touch with
your Doctor. Grocer, Mer
chant and Brok. r,
Weather reports and mar
ket quotations can be secured
daily.
Interested parties are re
quested to communicate with
Mr. D. W. BellrM'g'i
CAROLINA TEL. AND
TEL. CO.,
Washington, N. C.j
This proposition will inter
est you. and it would be well
to investigate before the ap
LU proai-h ?>f the cold Wimv-r
t"
31 -IEK
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Program Changed Daily f
TONIGHT: |
I
SMMIO FKKT or FliiMH ? ?
. 1 KEEI^S
A liUOlMMirS WRON't) ? An
intensely dramatic It i
shows how a death-lted conleM- ?
ion made all happy. ^ ?? ((''a
THK aiTLBU'S TltlCKS? It J
is certain that you will say thh*
pic ture alone Ik \v?rth the price
of aiPiii!.winn. "
Till; TOW N or N K L&tv ? Ve-ay :
tine drama.
Follow the
Merry Crowd
JUST RECEIVED
)ar Elko Brand Purf
your groceryman for it.
H. M. JENKINS CO.,
Wholesale Grocers.
Uwn oBem co's. cafe
fWCTF D C served in all styles by the Noted
UlO 1 ILIVO Chef? RICARD BONNER.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION? TRY US
?PHONE 327.
LOO Ki NQ - D1 ft ECTLY
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Studyiii
behalf m
>ur every need, spending our time and valuable experience in your
" prices iq^our-competitors, and creating satisfaction among our
>v% o /a 4- -f ?? O 1_ 7~~~: ~ra ; A _ _ _ J _ X
YOUR - HOME
u. u?, mm rirminu amuiig urn ,
<Ti s tonie rTseem s sufficient for our part Such treatment causes thousands of new *
customers to be added to our friendship list yearly. Are ydunsu^riend, and /yt>u ad
vantage of the opportunity we offer you in buying Pictures, Japanese China, Fancy China Sets and V?**5
other hou^ehbtd necessities as you may need from us? We are the leader sin
no demands-^simolv a mon^y nropositioq^A d^la^save.d ]|rr? 4de.
and s
Nothing
If
v;
ur ne
trading with#
you try us next ana be your own judj
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