f THE ROANOKE UEACON.
PUBLISHED EV'EUY FRIDAY
f3y Te e Roanoke Publishing Co,
W. FLETCHER AUSBON, Editou.
- . - N. 0.
PlVmautu,
Fbiday. 5Iay la, 1809.
Directory.
cjty oovsmniENT.
Mayor, Asa O. Gaylord.
Jlerk, James II. Smith.
Treaaarcr, Paul W. Brinkley.
Constable, Joseph Tucker.
Couuciimen, H. H. Ward, II. A. Blount,
A. O. Oaylcrd, P. W. Brinkley, Jan. H.
.Smith, B. T. Harrison, SatupHou i'owo and
James liaodal.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Sheriff, John L. Phelps.
Treasurer, T. J. Basnigut
Superior Court Clerk. W m, M. Batetntu,
Register of Deeds, W H Htubba
Commissioners, Jas. A. Chesson, Chr'm,
Joseph Skittletharpe, J. M. Reid, Abram
jNewbcrry, ltufus Swam, W. II. lloweott,
Enoch Leary.
STiTE GOVERNMENT.
Governor. )). L. Russell.
Lieutenant-Governor, G.has. A. Reynolds
Secretary of State, Cyrus Thomson.
Treasurer, WMiani II. Wortb.
Auditor, Hal. W, Ayer.
Attorney-Geuoral, Ztbulon V. Walser.
Superintendent of L'ublio Instruction,
.Charlee F.Mebauo.
CHURCH (SERVICES.
Methodist lie v. T. M. Plyler, pastor,
Services every Sunday at 11 a. m., aud
' p. ni. Prayer meeting every Wednesday
pight at 7:30. Sunday school at ) a. m., A
J. Gaylord, Superintendent; VV . IS. Uoop
isr, Secretary.
Baptist-Rov. 11. II. Gilbert, pastor,
services 2d & 4 th Sundays at 11 a. m., aud
.every Sunday night at 7. Prayer meeting
.every Thursday night at 7:M. Sunday
school everv Sunday at 9.0 a. m,, Enoch
Lu&ford, superintendent.
Grace Church (Hpiseopal) Rev. E. 1
Green, rector; Morning and evening prayer
yird Sundays. Holy communion at morning
service. JLay service at outer morning her
vices. Sunday .School nt y:J0 a. in., JUl
mund Alexander, Superintendent.
Disciple Rev, M . S . Spear, pastor
services 1st and 55 rd Sunday in each month
t 11 a. m., and 7::0 p. ui. Prayer meetii)
every Wednesday evening at 7:5iJ. C. E
Society every Sunday evening at 7. Sunday
School every Sundty morning, at S):i!0
A. N. Waters, Superintendent.
Methodist Piotestaut liev. D. A. Br;s-
well, pastor, services every 1st & 3rd Sun
days at 11 a. in., and 7 p. in. Sunday
.school every Sunday at 3 p. m., J. b. Cues
son, superintendent.
BEACON FLASHES
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Watches and Clocks carefully
Repaired and satisfaction given
on all work by
O. R. LEGGETT,
ON BRINKLEY'S CORNER.
WATER STREET,
PLYMOUTH, N. C.
g,f-" (iy ii., ,-.ci k Cisisj ajm
' Raui yesterday,
Mr. H. S. Owens is home from a coratner
oiul tour af the South.
Sonic of our peoplo are haying great
sport with hook aud line.
Mr. Mathias Owens has been in Norfolk
a few days the past week.
Dr. S- Ilasse.II is Laving a Hice office fitt
ed up next to the post office.
Mr. E. R. Lewis and wife, of Roper,
were m o,ur town on Sunday last.
Greenville was the scene of a destructive
flae on Thursday uightof last week.
Lister's Pocomoke Guano, Acid Phos
phate aud Kaimt at Hornthal's,
Mr. W. W. Scarborough is Louie from
three months stay at Wood's fishery.
Mr. W. H. Everett Las accepted the of
fiee of chief engineer ou ihe MvyiJower
Plymouth needs water works. This
fact was evideut during the tire Friday
uigut.
Mins Callie Stubbs Las returned home
from a visit to Bath, Piuetown aud other
places.
W e acknowledge with thanks a renewal
subscription from iirs. T. P. Parson, of
Weeksville.
Miss Carrie Alexander, of Halifax county
is visiting her brother, Mr. Edmund Alexr
an ler, in this town.
anted 1000 pounds of Beeswax at
once, flitflieet price paid at this office.
Mayor Gay lord disposed of Lis first case
haturtiay. One drunk jp.l.OU and cost
and the offender tscapdd easy.
Mr. J. T. Lewis has put in cold drink
uxtures and is doing a humming business
See change iu Lis advertisement.
Mrs. J. B. Williams, of Hamilton, is
hsre, where she was called by the illness
oi herwsier, Mrs. E. B. Norman.
A11S3 -tiiiza ueuuett, ot wiuiamston, is
visiting our town as the guest of uer sister,
Mrs. u. L. Morton, at Hoiel Read.
Rev. D. A. Braswell spent several days in
Ply mouth the past week. Ho was acuom
pauied by Lis daughter, Miss Fannie.
Mrs, T. T. Gardner with her sou. Master
Hallett imall, Las been visiting relatives
aud friends at Maokey's Ferry tnis week.
Save 4ime by getting one of Coxe's Gu
anu Distributors. For sale by
L. P. Hornthal.
Having become dissatisfied with the drus
buiiiness me proprietor ot Leggett's Drug
Storo is closing out tne stock and will sua-
peud busiues-'.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Chesson, of Mackey's
Ferry, were deliyhtihg their many friends
here on .1 uewlay by their pretence, especi
ally the merchants.
Quite a number of our Disciple friends
Wont to Blanchard's Sunday armrnoon ou
the steamer Bertie, whore Kev, M. S.
Spear held services.
See wLat P. W. Brinkley Las to say this
week in hi advertisement, his store is lull
to overflowing with nice stylish goods and
every day fiuds Lim busy.
Dr. J. T. Hampton and wife aro visiting
relatives in our town. They are en route
from their wiuter home in Florida to their
summer home in Hazleton, Pa.
That long-looked-for and handsome line
of Crepou has arrived at Hornthal's. They
are pretty aud cheap,
Wn note with pleasure that th Plymouth
post olHce has been made a Pjesidential
office and that the President has appointed
Mrs. E. W. Fagan post master.
Mr. O. R. Leggett, the jeweler has now
moved back to his old stand ou Brinkley's
corLer. His many friends rejoice at tha
success this young man is making, .
Mr. Turnnge, the young man who has
held the position of operator for the West
ern union Telegraph Co., at this place lor
several months, loft Tuesday morniug for
Lis Lome in Greenville,
We direct the attention of our readers
to the change in the advertisement of Mr.
N. B. Yeager.'tiie old reliable jeweler, who
is headquarters for all kinds of musical
instruments as well as jewelry,
Farmers, get one of our Avers' Peaunt
Planters, and one ot Coxe's Cotton Plant
ers, aud be happy,
L, P. H0KNTH4L.
Dr. W. IT. Cooper, of New Orleans, who
was married in that city two weeks ago,
was in our t.iwu Tuesday night, with his
bride. Dr. Cooper has many friends 'in
this town, Lis old Lome, wLo offer Lappy
congratulations.
A Sad Accident.
While Cant. M A. Perry with
small bov was cominf' up the Soum:
on TlmrsIay of l-ist week in the slooj
Usuon, Lite sail shifted the boom stn
king Cajit. l'eiry on the head laying
him senseless on the deck. The boy
managed to get the sloop in the river
where he ran her into the bank, he
theu nused the Hag at half mast (the
signal of distress).
The accident happened about 11
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ociocic in mo morning ana it was
late in tho afternoon when a passing
tug boat went to the sloop and oun
the Captain still unconscious. The
boae was brought to Plymouth when
Dr. S. Ilassell was summoued and
found that the , man was suffering
from concussion of the brain.
Kind and sympathetic friends, 'tho
strangers, removed the unfortunate
man to JlcCabe's boardinir house.
where through the skillful treatment
of JJr. Ilassell alid careful attention
of Mr. and Mrs. McCabe, he soon
1 T '
oecuriiu conscious ami was so lar re
covered that he- left Saturday for his
norne at Carhngton, JJare county.
TJie Latham House Burned,
On Friday night last about half
past eleven o clock Mr. Levi Blount,
proprietor of the Latham House,
was arouseu xrom inn sleep oy
noise which he first thought to be
dogs in the back porch. Hearing
the noise again more distinctly, com
irig from the ollico, he thought some
one was breaking. into the house, so
he took his pistol and started out ;
as he opened his door he found the
hall in the bouth side of the build
ing full of smoke; he called his
wile who rushed into a room on the
opposite side of the hall where she
discovered fire through the broken
plastering. Mr. Blount went at
once to the office where he found
the fire blazing up the stairway and
also oyer head, -just over the front
window. Seeing that the building
was on fire in two places and that
his efforts to stop it would be in
vain, he gave tho alarm and soon au
excited crowd gathered and set to
work to save what furniture they
could and to protect neighboring
buildings, which were in great dan
ger.
It was a calm, damp night, and
bv heroic and untiring efforts of
white and colored, no other build
ing was burned, though the old La
tham residence, only IS feet away,
took fire several times.
The origin of the fire is not
known, but Mr. Blount is ofthe
opinion that it was the work of an
incendiary. Mr. Blount and the
porter both say that no lamp was
burning in the building, and people
who passed as late as eleven o'clock
also say there was no light to be
seen, hence the theory that it caught
from an exploded lamp is abolished.-
Ihfi porter as well as those who
passed the house at a late hour, state
that all the blinds were closed, but
one who came on the scene soon
after the alarm was given, states
that one of the office blinds was
open. These circumstances strength
ens the belief of Mr. Blount that the
uilding was fired, and that the
noise wmch hrst awoke him was
some one breaking into the window
of the office.
From existing circumstances it is
evident the fire was the work of an
incendiary, but who, or what the
motive could have been i3 a mystery
vet to be solved.
Volcanic Eruptions
Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life
of joy. Buckleu's Arnica S?Pve, cures them;
also Old, Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers,
ions, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises,
Burns. Scalds. Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Best Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains
and Aches. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by Plymouth Drug Co. 2
May 8th.
May peas, Mav peas ; .quotations high
and tne farmers are rushing them in.
Strawberries in abundance, everybody
can eat them, only live cents a quart.
tannage, weeta, onioos, c., &c, are
coming ia plenty, but prices are high yet.
Mr, aud Mrs. R M. Saddleras been
right sick, but glad to bay they are out
again.
There Las been a race track surveyed
on the lands of Mesa, W. P. Knowies and
E. U. Herringtou.
The big mill was burned at Belhaven
last week. Loss estimated between three
and four tLousand dollars.
Mrs. L. G. Roper Las been quite sick
several days. Hope it will prove nothing
serious and she will be up again soou.
There are some fine trotters Lere, among
them we notice JDr. J. W. Speight's, Mr.
E. R, Christian's, Mr. L. Q. Roper's and
others.
Frayor meeting was held at Pleasant
Grove Tuesday night ; quite a crowd in
attendance; among them we noticed right
many Roper people.
Mr. S. Spivey was oyer to Pantego
to visit relatives Saturday and Sunday. It
may be there was a "magnetic attraction"
that drew Lim back so soon, who knows?
Mr. L. G. Roper's fine horse "Stakes,"
reared up and fell over on Lis Lead a few
days ago; it came near being serious as
the bloocl gushed from his ears; he is do
ing well now.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet next
Tuesday afternoon ; it is the annual elec
tion of officers. 1'hene ladies Lave done a
good work iu the church the past year.
We wish them much success iu the future.
There are several entertainments being
practiced for now ; Miss Lucy TwineV ;
also Miss Anna Peacock's school commence
ment, and the Sunday echool children are
practicing for CLildrens Day under Mrs.
Roper.
Mr. Charlie Morgan, of E. City, is iu our
midst taking pLotograpLio views of private
residences, the churches, the mills, school
groups, &c, &o. It is said helias takeu
about 300 pictures Lere. His work is good
and up-to-date.
Shakespeare.
NO CURE NO PAY.
TLat is the way all druggist sell Grove's
tasteless cni ll tonio for Malaria, Chills
aud Fever. It is simply Iron and Quinine
in a tasteless form. Children love it. adults
prefer it to bitter, nauseating Tonics. Price,
ooc. seD 2-6m
CRESAVELL CIIIl'S.
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Celebrated on Alay 1st was an event in the world's
history of Naval battles, but my stock of well selected
Spring and Summer
Goods are making a record equal to any Naval hero,
and the latest creations in Dress Goods, Notions, and
Slippers are as much admired and sought after by the
ladies of fashion and taste as ever Hobson was by the
belles of this nation.
FICKED UP BY TWO ' BEACON" LASSIES.
May Stb.
Miss Ailene Owens and brother were
the guests of Miss Macgie Davenport on
Sunday.
Christ Church, Crcswell, was presented
with a very handsome Bible, Prayer-book
and Hymnal by Mrs. A. G. Walker.
Mr. Spruill and wife, of Columbia, made
visit to our little ton on the 5th and
stopped with Mr. Abraham DaveDport.
Some of the young men of Creswell were
out serenading during the past week. As
flowers were scarce, we snowballed tbem.
Mess. Robert Spruill and Torie McCabe
made a visit to Roper on Sunday, to see if
tLey could find such a flower as Heart's
Ease.
Ruben Morgan, a colored man employed
by the Branning Lumber Co., fell dead
while on his way home from work, cause,
it is thought, was heart failure.
The young people of Creswell went out
and spent a very pleasant evening with
Miss Sadie Eborn on the 5th. It is useless
to say we all had a good time, when she
acts as hostess.
- ,- v Wild Daisies.
Everybody admires the man in blue clothes and
brass buttons, but if the clothes are not soldier cloteesi
they make the man look well if they are made stylish
and tit the person this is where I come in
My CI,TEIli!G cpartment
is full and overflowing with the largest and newest
line that has ever been shown in Plymouth and the
prices will suit all purses. I have the prettiest Hue of
BOYS CLOTHING that has ever been opened this
side of Norfolk. Any lady w ishing to buy her boy a
nice Spring suit will do well to call and examine my
line before going elsewhere.
C1IEIIKY CHUNKS.
THROWN TOGETHER BY 2 BEACON GIRLS.
SKINXEllSVILLE SCRAPS.
TACKED TOGETHER BY A "BEACON" GIIiL.
TO pi "tp f a Fa pa ;?a
La Wt I LlL
Y PIPIT
IS JUSTASCCQD FOU ADULTS.
WARESATIED. PHICii GOcts.
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Parts Medlclno Co.. 't. Lc.in, Mu.
GenOoreen: We nolu Jju't soar, 000 bottles of
GttOVE'9 a I J 1
bousrbt lUrro i:vo i; i
perioiK'o i l "'
never 8iM nn ri-; " n i
tCtiou ixn j our lu.ii
(rVtcantend
U 5,13 in all
to eviri!
Oi'itT I'M-
Shade trees not only beautify our streets.
but they are a great protection to prop
erty as well, as was proven on Friday
night. But for the protecting branches of
the stately eluis much property would
have shared the fate of the Jjathum Uouse.
Miss Minnie" CiayLord, of Baltimore,
who is viwitiDg her old home near Roper,
called at the Beacos office Monday while
in our town aud renewed her bubscription
for another year. City life Las added
uinch to the attractions of our young
friend.
Just received, a big shipment of "A"
and "Girl" Champion turn plows. Stone
wall and Climax cotton plows, at
IIollNTIIAL'S.
We welcome back to oilr town Mr. J. I.
Bruer and family who have made their
home in Edentou for a few months. Mr.
Bruer Las accepted the position of engineer
on the Hteani tug "Edith," which will soon
bo placed ou this river by the R, R. R. &
L. Company,
The Beacon makes its best bow to Mrs.
Capt. C. VV. Askew for a basket of nice
htrawbenies on Monday. We find that
Mrs. Askew is not only up-to-date in the
growing of choice flowers, tut she ii also
an aid to the Captain in the cultivation of
fruits, and these good people are surround
ed by almost every known variety of fruhs
and flowers at their home, which we should
christen, "Red Hill Bruit and Flower Farm"
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May 9th.
Mrs, Edward Cahoon is quite 6ick at her
Lome.
Many of our larmers are shipping peas
this week.
Mr. Raleigh Swain and family have
moved to Mr. Sam Davenport's.
Mr. J. I. Bruer and family, of Plymouth,
were the guests of his mother from Satur
day until Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Wiley left this morning for
Columbia, where she will visit her sister,
Mrs. Alice Alexander.
Mrs. R. E. Elliott and Miss Ordie Wood
ley spent Sunday with Mrs. Caroline
Davenport, near Creswell.
Rev. D. A, Braswell and daughter, Miss
Fannie, left for Plymouth last Friday where
he tilled his regular appointment Sunday.
Miss Mary Spruill, from near Plymouth,
has been the guest of Mr. Jasper Cuhoou's
family several days, returning Lome Sun
day. Heart disease must be raging, as so many
of our boys were absent from Sunday even
ing service. The gripp was not so over
powering, but this is another grip come to
stay.
Another Case of Rheumatism Cubed
by Chameeklain's Pain Balm.
My son was afflicted with rheumatism
which contracted his right limb until he
was unnble to walk. After using one and a
half Lotting of Chamberlain's Pain Balm he
wan able to be about again. I can heartily
recommend it to persons suffering from
rheumatism. John Snidkh, Freed, Cal
houn Co., W, Va. For salu by all drug
. May Sth.
Several drummers have been in Cberry
this week.
We regret to learn of Mtes Celia Daven.
port's illness,
Miss Mamie Woodley is tLe guest of Ler
cousin, Mrs, N, A. Craddock.
Mess. Ambrose & Phelps are fitting up
their new shingle mill and it is thought
they will make a success.
Mr. Dock Phelps and family have re
turned to their home at Berkley, Va., after
spending a week with his mother.
We regret to learn that Mr. Luther
Chesson will soon leave for Newport News,
after spending some weeks at Louie with
Lis parents.
Ida & Inez.
Many old soldiers now feel tLe effects of
the Lard service tLey eudured during the
war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson, of Rossville,
York county, Penn., who saw the hardest
kind of service at the lront, is now fre
quently troubled with rheumatism. "I had
a severe attack lately," he says, "aud pro
cured a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm,
It did so much good that I would like to
know what you would charge me for one
dozen bottles." Mr. Anderson wanted it
both for his own use and to supply it to
his friends and neighbors, as every family
should haye a bottle of it iu their home,
not only for rheumatism, but lame back,
spraius, swellings, cnts, bruises and burns,
lor which it is unequalled. For sale by all
druggists.
NOTICE.
The magistrates of the county are
cited to section 717, Laws of 1ST6-7
of the Code, which requires them to
meet on the first Monday in June
with the Board of Comity Commis
sioners. W. F- BEASLEY,
ttorncy-at-Luw,
PLYMOUTH, N. 0.
The man or woman who expects to look well and have comfort must
make an efforc to have neat, well fitting and comfortable shoes this is
where I come in again for the people all say that
If
E DEPAETMEWT
is the most complete we have ever had, and we can
suit and fit all persons. If in want of a nice pair of
shoes don't fail to come and examine our line as we
have all the newest Toes and Lasts that can be had
from the best factories in the country.
GOOD FOLKS, .PLEASE EEMEMBER
that I have the goods you want this season White
goods, India Linen, Pk, Organdies, Percales, Trimings
and all other latest styles in ladies goods, as well as
Shoes, Hats, Notions, Purnishings, &c, at prices that
catch the faucy of close buyers and .
WE TO
Make this storo yur headquarters when in town
any time, and don't fail to examine .our line while
here as we aro always glad to show you through our
stock, whether we sell you or not.
Yours to please,
Successor to
Mathias Owens & Co.
FM1IOUTH, N, C,