Worth Carolina. Beaufori Count*
Superior Court. Before the Cletk
Claude I^e and wife, Sallle Lee;
Minton Rawls and wife. Norah
R. H. Rawla and wife, Mil
f id. Q. Rawls and wife,
J. J. Rawla and wife
ir is; Albert Jtogerso
LI Mile Rugy un T and
_ HBL
Dave Whichard and Eatelle Whlchard
minors by her guardian ad litem
Dave Whlchard ; and L. K. Rawls,
? ^ " nd W. Gilbert Rawla.
minors, by their guardla^at litem,!
R. H. Rawla. -
Under and by virtue of a decree ot|
the Superior court of Beaufort coun
ty, made In the above cause, the un-j
.loralgned commissioner. appointed
in said cause, will offer foi salt' at
the courthouse door of Deaufort
county, on Monday, January 3. 1910 j
at 12 m., for cash, at public auction,
to the highest bidder, the following
described tracts of land; situated in I
North Carolina, Beaufort county;1
Washington township, adjoining
lands of Asa Harris, Wm. Gurganus,]
?\nd tho Mangum lands: I
First Tract. Commencing at a pine1
in the county line, running south a'
straight line with Wm. Gufganus'J
line- to a plhe. men wegt with Win.
- Gurganus' . l'ne a straight line to a,
black gum, then a straight line South
with Wm. ourganus' line to a pine In
Pine Log Swamp, then \?st down
run of Pine Log Swamp to the Man
gum line, then north a straight line
with Mangum llne tb Asa HarrlE
Mne; then east with county line a
straight line to beginning. Contain
ing 127 acres. Savhig and excepting
' troin the Bald 127 acres above de
rscrltjed, the following ^described 40
I ^ ."kc^es, embraced 1n imtl Containing in
aald tract, to-wit: Beginning at a
corner between Rawls and Gurganus
In A. B. Harrison's line to the lower
corner of Rawls* field on paid line
I thence in_ a westerly direction wlCh
the fence and on to the Carraway line,
thence in a northeast direction to th^
A. B. Harrison line, thence with the
paid A. B. Harrison line to the be
ginning. ^Containing 40 acres, lu
ciudlrt?-4)uthou8es, dwelling houses,
offices and buildings.
Second Tract. Beginning at a riiui
at the corner of Wm- Gurganus and
Taylor's line in Pine Log Swampland
runs east a straight line to a maple.
then_ North a straight line to Wm.
Gurganus' line, then west a. straight
Hi line to an oak In Pine Log Swamp.
^ then south up Pine Log Swamp to be
ginning. Containing 10 acres, more
or less. w
Third Tract Beginning at a cor
ner between Rawls and Gurganus lu
A R. Harrison's line to the low??f
_cdrner of ' KRWl'ir^lsJilrtfn said uu<\
thence in a Vesterly direction with
the fence and on to the Carraway
line, thence In n northeast direction
to the A. B- Harrison lice, thence
with the sfld Harrison line to
the beginning.? -Containing 40 a< rea,
including outhouses, duelling Jjbuse.
offices aud buildings. Being a, part
of and corrtaliiing In the first tract of
127 acres, and being that part of said
tract. In which Sallle Lee owus a
dower Interest, a life estate on. said
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This November 30. 1909. -
NORWOOD L. SIMMONS.
Commissioner.
SHERIFF'* CALL FOR TAXKS.
The States taxes must be settled In
full by 1st Monday in January. Tho
school vouchers will be coming in
daily; the people want their children
educated and tbe teachers must' be
paid. The current expenses of the
county must also be paid. Now it
takes money to pay those bills and It
has to be raised by taxation. Your
taxes have been due since September
1st. and I will thank all, who have
not paid, to come forward and. settle
at once. Your taxes are due and
there. is ncr better time to pay than
^when you have money.
' ~ Very respectfully,
GEO. E. RICKS.
Sheriff, Beaufort Cn.
jLMtember 6,
NOTICE.
I will sell privately to parties up
until the 29th day of December. 1909,
and on that day I will offer for Dale
the remains, consisting of corn, fod
der, hay, oats, and all farmingJmpn
men'ts, and also a small portion of
household and kltchln fudnlture.
R. D. WALL.
December 4. 1909.
Are you getting the worth of your money in
. Fire Insurance.
IN BUYING the necesskiee'df II fo as well as It* luxuries, the wise
man selects the best hta money cmn command. Fire Insurance is one of
the-necessities. Ask
WM..BRAGAW& CO:r
IFlrat insurance y\gent*4a3Va?hIngton. N. e; ?
-iwemi
Furniture Presents
Make the Best Gifts
Hccause they are useful, because they are ornamental, becsune they are
thoroughly pi*uctlca1. " ;
Perhaps you are (liiilinj; It liartl t o decide Just what to give? sf so,
won't you just take time to drop Into the Southern Furniture Com
pany's store, where hundreds of gl ft suggestions at once present them
selves.
Choice pieces of furniture for every friend or relation, for old and
young, for father, for mother. Mist er, brother, aunt, and uncle and
sweetheart. I,et the Southern Furniture Company's store solve your
Christmas gift question;
We'll. solve it quickly, satisfactorily and economically.
Visit oar store and b?[
convinced ? but don't _wai[
until the last minute. ComeJ
before the rush begins/
J. H. Harris Plumb
ing & Supply Co.
3c . YoarStnUt, A
SOUTHERN FURNITURE CO.
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Are You Carrying Enough Insurance?
j Mr. Merchant and Mr. Property Owner?
You had better attend to this at once.
Fires are numerous during the. holidays.
I Protection is cheap.
General Insurance ? Four Years' Experience,
i Havens-Small Building. 'Phone 85.
Christmas Gifts
For Everybody
We lMtW ClllliUllM gifU)
luitable for everyone from
" Baby " to " Grandfather.*,
.Our holiday lines are the.,
largest and most complete.*
Our patterns are exclusive
and up-to-date.
TOWN ^
A- WLK
Mr M T Wrlrht Mr. Halph'Phn.
j lips, Mr. David Pickles and Mrs. Gleu
? Waters, went to Bayboro yesterday
I to atiem^fttae funeral of the late Mr.
: Ellis wCklPB thiH morning.
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Mrs. Thos. J. Latham has returned ;
from a visit of several weeks to he; I
son In Xorfolk. va.
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Mrs. Eugene Wlndley, qf Swan !
Quarter, Is visiting the Misses Car-*
ter on Bridge street.
Mr. James H: Cordon left thin
morning for New York city after sev
eral days' stay In the city.
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Mi. \V. 8. Morton, of Beaufort,
who has been spending so'nie time in
the city on business, left yesterday
afternoon for OoldsborQ.
Mr. O. Q. Dunn, editor of the New
Bern Sun. was a visitor la the city
yesterday.
| Mrs. M. M. Jones returned last i
night from a visit to frirnds-in Nor-]
rolk.
. .
Mrs. Ernest Lewis arrived yester
day from Roper to visit Mrs. Tom
Lewis for a few days.
Mrs. J. L. Wiley, "of Grantsboro,
with her twin small daughters, left
yesterday after a visit to her broth
ers, Messrs. F. G. and Smith Paul,
and will visit In Belhavcn before re
turning to her home.
Mr. C. C. Mayo and wife. Mrs. L.
B. Tuthill and Mr. K. W. Ives, of
South Creek, arrived In the rity to
day.
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Mrs. Sid. Johnson, of Roper, ar-i
rived yesterday, to visit at the home
!of Mr. Wort Walker for a few days.
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Mrs. M. A. Rawls and Mrs. George
Carter left this morning for Fai.-field,
Hyde county, where they will spend
Christmas. Master H. Clay Carter
accompanied them on the trip an will
spend Christmas with his grand
parents.
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Mrs. Florence Carter, who has
been visiting Mrs. Walter Credle for
I some time, left this morning for
| Fairfield, where she will spend
[Christmas with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wallace and
I Mrs. John Wallace arrived this morn
I iug from Morehead City for a few
I day^' visit to Mrs. T.,. G. "Moore.
Mr. W. L Bell, of Beaufort, whs ft:
the city today en route home frorr
_ a trip to Aurora. .
Miss Piner, of Morehead Cltyi ar
J rived this morning for a few day
visit .to friends hex*.
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~ Mrs: Laura Wendell, or Atlant;
Oa.)" nirlvflH tjijB mOmlDg to vittl
Mrs. John wi. Charles, on East Mai
street, Mn. Wteddejl's father, D:
$1<> box candy free. See Hardy
I *rug Store ad.
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? \VK 8KRVK NOTICE TO ALb
? who want nice photographs
^ ^ of tluMiiHf'lvcs for Christmas
? 4 r hy
? December J 3th. Our tra<le
? bus grown wonderfully, and
? as we cannot get any extra
? help just for a few day h, wc
? are calling your attention to
? the above.
? ? ? MAKER'S HTt'lHO.
Endorsed
by highest "medical' " r~
1 upLiui mi uUiiiant?
druggist* ar: the most
[ valuable discovery of tlx*
age, Vlck'a ('roup and ?|
, Pneumonia Kalvq, Jake
r ? ??- substitute for ^iIk
old reliable.
25c. tTOc and $1.00.
All DruggUta.
L. H. Reld, was well known here,
being fc former resident of the place.
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The "pictures last night at the Gem
were clear and fine. Tonight five J
more beautU^j will be ihuwu. An Il
lustrated song will be given, the sub
ject especially appropriate to the
rChHutmaB soason, -The beautiful cut
[glass pickle dish bought fron^ A. G.
[smither will be given away tonightl
{promptly at 8:30 to the lucky coupon
1 holder. Every day add3 new and en
I ITt iTal lin U"'~pHtronB to the Oemtt list.]
land the managers are doing all they
loan to make this- place of: amusement
pleasing to' all. Tho pictures are|
i steady and unusually dear.
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Mr. J. L. Phillips returned to the
J city this morning from .Bayboro.
where he was railed on account of
-U?e death th^g^ of Mr. Ellis Pickles.
Agricultural Fair
Almost Assured
I There was a fair-attendance of the
members and. others at the Chamber
of Commerce last evening to discuss
waya and means looking -toward * the
I holding of an agricultural fair in
I Washington in 1910, and judging
f roia the interest taken. Hi this
scheme it looks now as if the fair Is
tn assured fact. ? Heieial enthusiastic
.talks were made. The president ap
! pointed Messrs. W. D. Crimes, A. C.
! Hathaway. \V. M. Kear, E. A. Daniel
jand J. F. ffuckman, a committee to
submit plans' and. drafts suitable by
Haws and methods or procedure which
'are to be submitted to a meeting of
the chamber, to be called the lasi of
December or the first of January.
One box cigars free. See Jinnly's
IJrng Store ad. ? ..
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BURIAL IA>TS FOlt SALE.
To the Citizens <jt Washington:
I have decide^ to give the public
the benefit of my ofTer made the "city"
[last Monday night which was not ac
cepted. "
! Provided I can sell 30 lots 20 feet
[square by January 1. 1910, at $10
leach, 1 will open plat for that pur
pose immediately Thereafter, adjoin*
ling*' the present cemetery on good
illIGH LAND. You are requested to
come out and look over this land
now. -i Respectfully, " *
H. N. BLOUNT.
December 9. 1909. " 13
If true friendship plays any par_
when you have purchased you
Christmas presents ar.d on your way
home passing Baker's Studio you will
flnd you have made a mistake if your
tograph of yourself than anything
else you could Imagine then I would
think he is not worthy to be called
J your trlend. Baker's Studio.
1 j Another large batch of
Fruit Cake
"lis now being baked at the
"j Dixie Bakery. The 25 cent
i price is telling, for this high
i.j quality i if take, qptetartsf&e
it third large batch and two
" more to Be baked.
Dixie Bakery.
- W J. Rhodes.
NEW
Canned Tomatoes
__3 cans for -
25c .
Phone 97.
E. L. ARCH BELL
Specialties Cigars and Tobacco.
L*ary Bros.' Old Stand.
HIGHEST CASH PRICES
yam for ? ~z
- G?K3KfiNS,?XkS- -
and all
COUNTRY PRODUCE
. We carrj^ Haj, Grain and all
kinds F?e?Iatuff ? W? linadlo
the *ery beat Floor at whole
mile.
PAUL &. CUTLER
EAST WATKR STREET.
JUST ARRIVED
A New' Line of *
Ladies' and Children's Sweaters
. in red, white and gray.
We are Sole Agents in Washington for Paris Patterns. ^
?>peficer Bros.
COI LI) YOU THINK OF A
IJKTTER ||;
CHRISTMAS
PRESENT
For your family than to
HWKTOO
HOUSK WUIED?
Think how it would help them
all? >no matches, no lamps, no
bother. Call us up. Etifimatey
Kindly Riven.
WASHINGTON
^ELECTRIC PLANT.
I THE GAIETY
Program Changed Dally
TONIGHT:
MOt>i:n\ < I M >KH!.l .1 . A ~f- A'
KimmI laughing comedy ; a vlip- .
per. I lie cuuhe of it all.
TWO WOMEN A NO A MAN
A lliograpli MlurUiiiK that rich- '
> moC alwuy* l>rlnu hapii
? aeoN.
thk n.\nni-:irs hkvknkk
,\ rmneily of the kind that you ^
will lansii at.
l>on't fall to k**( your coupon*.
\ on may get (hf $3.IK) in goM
or ? turkey Christmas wNk,
The coupon* are *??oil lor both.
Follow the
Meky Crowd
Home Building & Loan Association
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WASHINGTON, N. C.
Capital Stock Paid in Since 1902, Over $30,000
OFFICERS: Frank C. Kugler, President; W. E. Swin
dell, 1st Vice-President; Jno. B. Sparrow, Secretary;
Frank H. Bryan, 2nd Vice President; Stephen C.Bra
gaw, Attorney. .
Do you ever expect to own your own home? Now is' the time to
start.
A good way to prepare to fiend a* boy or girl to college.
No institution in Washington i doing so much tor its stockhold
ers as this association. ' Numbers of our subscribers do not build and
do not .intend to; they carry stock simply as an investment and it . _
piiyu Uiviii' iinirB than fi por fawiu ? H compels them to sate
so much each month, and is absolutely safel Fritler ordiuary rondlr
-tions they can hypothecate the.' stock at u bank and always with the
association to the extent of 90 per tent, of what has been -paid in.
Subscribers can withdraw on 30 days notice.
We b*v? many subscribers, and They represent almost every bus
iness and profession in town.
New series will lie opened Janirui y 1st, lf>lO.
See Jesse" Kor* orTlrarllrFleiniBf. ?
- HOME BUILDING" JC I.<1V\ ASSOCIATION.
[l"Jou are ioHnnhfTbTtrLTras smffGSSSimiTr
W ARE, TOYS and other Holiday Goods, comc
to see us.
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T. W. Phillips & Co.
C. G. MORRIS & CO., BROKERS
? : lWHf>I;RSAI.E FRUI PSIAND PRODUCE
fArrivalsJthis week.
2 Cars Meal, 1 Car 20th Century Flour, 1 Car Flake White Lard,
1 Car Kingans Reliable "Meat, 1 Car New York State ^Apples,
Cabbage and Potatoes.
Let your orders come along.
THE UNION GROCERY CO'S. CAFE
AVCTCD C served in all styles by the Noted? ?
U I 5 1 tivd Chef ? R1CARD BONNER.
MEALS AT ALL HOURS
ORDERS l(ECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION ? TRY US
'PHONE 327.
A Whirlwind of Furniture Requisites
Now Yours at the Jefferson Furniture Company? the Home and
Office
If ynif intend to nivc anv Ymas nresenfc- nnw's vaiir rime indrao in. where vou'll fifld nothing
but the richest looking suggestions at poverty-stricken prices.
Wejffiifight in the thickest part of the battle, fighting for your wants and necessities. For holiday gHts we are the; leaders.