THE ROAXOKK' PKACOX. Published Every Friday. Entered In tbp Poet. Oftke at i'lymourh N.C.,s econtl clnss nnrter. We appeal to every reader of 'Pus K,i.noke Bbacon, to aid us in making it mi nccojitulwe ami profitable medium of news In mir citizen, lei Plymouth people and the public know wnat i Oingonlu J-'lynmm h. Ui-port to mm all i tOniM f Ticws the arrival and deparnive of fi iends, aociul eveuts; deaths, soritnts ihne.u, mwitlcuts, new bufldinjrs, ilcw eiuerir1ecs ar.d improvements of jsdiatever character, changes in buine. indeed knythiug and everything that would be of interest to our people. Subscription price, 1.00 per year. 'Adyertisementa inserted at low rs'is. Obituary notices exceeding ten lint five cents a line. Count the words, alluwini; eight to the line, "and send money with, MS. for all in "excess of ten Jlnea. The editor will not be responsible for the views Of correspondents All articles for publication must be uccoimmnied by the full name of tne writer. 1 Correspondents are requested not to write on but $ne side of the paper. ' All communications must be sent iu by Thursday porning or they wilj not appear. Address allcouimunications to THE HOANOKE BEACON, Plymouth. N. 0. BILL ARP'S LET TER. Our Christmas is over, but the jnemory of i will linger long. Most . all the kith and kindred gathered at jthe.old homestead and brought love and gladness with them. All the far away boys save one were here And I never saw them so happy be fore. Of course we had prepared a (Christmas tree for the little ones and Santa Clauyeat.ue down the chimney and filled their stockings and then filled the tree with beautiful pres- ,ents and decorated it with gorgeous ornaments. That part of Christmas has passed. The anxious expecta tion and wonder of the little ones is all over, but the old mansion is still wide open and running over with happy children and grandchildren and Moore's first verse was changed .'"Twas the night aftdr Christmas the rooms and the hall Pad the holly and mistletoe still .cm the wall, The Christmas tree stands in the parlor forlorn, Its beautiful hangings all given and gone." . Next day we settled down to mu sic and song and the quiet enjoy ment of all the good gifts that .Christmas brought, including turkey ij.nd oysters for dinner and turkey hash for breakfast every day while the boys were with its. These boys are all natural born musicians and what with the piano and liure un i yiolin and half a dozen .v.ua voices we had a choir of our own, and when they got onto the "buzzard lope" and other hilarities the girls formed a ring and danced and pran ced to concord of sweet sounds and all of a sudden the maternal ances tor lost her self-control and joined the procession and bowed and curte sied and chased all and held out her hands invitingly to me. What could I do but accept the uxorial banter and as I was about to take her hand in mine and fly round she Hashed her Pocahontas eyes ami declined my soit .approaches. she ilirted j " away on' her No. 2 feet as gay as a j girl and went coquetting with ouu I of the boys. That's the way she ! greats pe now in :,; antiquity. Time was when she was glad enough o take my hand and keep it and didn't dare to play coquette at my (expense. But now I am discarded and so I retired from the ring sing ing that pathetic old song : Tm the last rose of summer left standing ftlone. My lovely companion has left me and gone." But the frolic is about over and the children have settled dpwi; to he calm enjoyment of their dolls and horns and other toys and are still happy. Tbo. day before Christ inas it was a touching sight to see some of the old men slipping around slily ill the stores buying pretty hings for the home folks. I met niy ;;ood brother Yarborough wad dling alon.'j about dark with some bundles azd uuder his arm Ksaf iew umbrella, lie mid the timbrel- ) was for Ifefekiah, his faithful s ervant who had lived with hi ta ul1 these years and was true and tried and had never owned an umbrella. That wis good and kind and w.-is proof enough .that Brother Yorhor tw.i 1,1.,.-.. i. i i,.. i I in i t;u ui-iuuun iw om wni nil, a;m li.it l slaves to serve him 'befo' dc wah.v 15nt, Mr. Editor, I am' still per plexed. My Christmas pleasure has been marred somewhat by my pity for the poor credulous dependent women ail over the land who are dupes of that Monticello m an Everv , ' ' :rom those day brings more letters from Many of them bezsred or borrowed the $25, for they could not get the subscribers, and so they made up a list of names from their acquaintan tances and then they went to work on the endless chain humbug and got other women in to send more money and be duped. Now, Mr. Editor, I beg .you to put it in large type and print it in red ink that Joel Smith, of Monti cello, is no son of mine, nor do I know anything of him or his psqxsr. I saw a late issue iu which he boasts of having 40,000 subscribers, which dependent women have sent him. He promised them $20 a month to i 1 , - ' - , write three hours a cay and some .of ! them sold their jewelry and other precious things to raise the 23. Mr. Editor, do please lend your columns to stop this fraud upon our poor Southern women. And now we see that another endless chain puner h;ts started in Athens, Ga. These frauds are bringing discredit upon the press and distress upon poor wo men. I enclose a sample circular. Please stop it. Kill it. Crush it; It is worse than the cherry tree swindle. BILLARP. who have long since sent the 25 to I fulsy used, not only relieves at once, but J ,r ' . , ' , 1 perniantntly ciuoh OATAltKlI. by remov- . , my fcounc Aionuceuo, J?ia anil got j i,ie! the catiws tM)pins thediw.harties. audi"';;. nothing back. They say thev trus-1 curing all iu;Uuuniatiuu. It i the only rem. j . i i , " i edy known to sconce that actually reaches : ' ,' , ted him because he was my son. fn(, rtmiet,,(i ,,,u -':, wn.n i.ri.ri r.,, ! ' ' ' ' f it fi 1 M W fc i A WORTHY STICCKSSOK. ' ' f o met. Ii i it g X e v IJ i d or The Hun." All Doctor- have tried to cure CATAUJIII hy tin. use el' pu w 'dci, acid (:iscs, inhalers and (Imps iu past i'ertu. Their powde.ru dry up the ijnieiious nieijubrant s Min:;iui; them to crack open und bleed. The powerful acids used in the inhalers have cuhrdy oat en away the sauia membranes that their makers have iiii;ed to cure, whim pastes and ointment cannot reach the disease. An old . a r d experienced practitioner whojiasfo : U)an' years m-c.de a dose study and pedal ty ! of the treatment t-f CATAUliil, hm at last j perfected a Treatment which when faith- ifi known us "SNUFFLES the (JUAUAN i iujtuii uuaiuui uuiuv aria u sola ut ic eitreniely Jow price cf One Dollar, I ,,..!, !..,.,- : .... i .... 1 vj.uu j'c.i.n(i(.t-Jti.-iJu i.u:j uiy luiernui nuti ex- I i terual medicine humcient lor a lull nenu.'s trealaient auti everything ueccfiiary io its perfect use. "SNUFFLES", is the only perfect CA TAlilclI CUH13 ever made and is now rec ognized us the only tale and positive, cure f . t" tl'if iM i t t - i n IV M-,l .4 f ? .-i . t i,i fli.ifii,,. ...... ,-."'. 5 I It cures all mliauiuiation .quickly and per. j maueutiy ami h mko TVeuaei iuUy quick to relieve HAY FKVIIli of COLU in the HEAD. OATA1UUI when no-qlecded often leads to CONSUMPTION -"'SK L' I'FL !..'." v ill save yon if yon nse it at puce, It u no or dinary ren.edy, bnt a comjilete treatn.ent which is po.-iuvely guaranteed t- euve (. TAllttll hi any imw, or stajje ii !,ed -:c corning to tne eireettons ' en .j aecoiapftuy i eacu package. i.;ont do Jay tint send Jcr it i your condition, and you win receive speekl I rJ,'iee fr?1 the d;1C0Vtrt;r of ,bi:1 wo"r- j fn remedy rearoinR your c-.b-e v.iihcit cost to you beyond the rpnlar price of I "SNljl-i LCS" the UUAliA-i;:D JA- 1'AKIUI CUKE." oeul prepaid to any address in the l mtou ! States Or Canada-on receipt ot Ot;e Hollar. ! Address Dept. G171. EDWIN ii. C'lLliS &, COMPANY, 2220 and 2332 Idlifliet " treet, ! Philadelphia. ap ;i-'y ' - ; Why wero 25,000 BOTTLES OF J?OB. EXITS' TASTELESS 2i5e. C1HLL TOXIC sold tlio nrtt.yo.ir of its birth? Answoi: i liocauw it is tjio BEST AT AKY PRICE, I guaranteed to euro, money rvfo.nd fails, jdo-sai.t to t ike, 20c p-v Loft ia sold and guarculeed by iv it k Cl .-. !. trsi & eg aifon i-3 ri ft. 1 crn t A i,! n Ii It'-i Tr.3 T" -, 27..- , T. i new o biae ; Is :- a S!:, chance t 1 WOlil.'iH i.V arc iji' O i eoeiet din, laiinii of i rnr! . t. i E.i' i !- 'f " ' ' '" U'l u ' u"'i', ' " ' ' 1 i ! , h . I C :. y iii t! i- ii rr . -i,s . 1 .-. ;,i (i a,' ,i'lr:.H'S, !l(! - .-ii! Inwiif e iVi'D 1 ' (.'lis 7 l.li.Oiiy; iii)'' ...I tllrt ,,.... ... ...... . ,.f ., -a'l.u'- 111 laii i eve c'i awn vi a !;;, t'n re will bo "IA Ki,M!: -!.-CllO t till extra cm- rvervoro w !lo J.:;i f to win l'J'il pri.-e.-t then' v, i!l .'j paid an is:.)!i fi s'liliscriji'ions. pruvitled 4l,o' ceil;.! tr.o (. lialdt .ni of fhe it. -i t very two hnmired in i.oiu which iho eon testant se This i . one whie I.'-..' to m ve (in iii-1 .'.i- a v"-y 1;! er.il oiTer, nmj i.'',: i (-..( j i Hhiiil.nr is well 1 1 1 ;a ot,r (.mill t f view, ' Fue!i an lu r i.rn!, in ho lier-i of The J: neuter, for ly h-t- neatly h jf n milliuij irmur !! I - upon i!.o nllec.-v,-n::u'!i Ins eonie in tl:Q :'ii!i in in-iet it-id advics in a the Pa;.: V.'ii ix'iu've auh-cn'-k-r-!. CioiiM ef A i nni a. iuout dross tis-iail.-i iiml Li line niaiicra. ITavinc; qualified as administrator of ths estate of Jno. A. Norman, deceased, notice ia hereby given to All those having claiuns agaitiHt naid es'te lo present them within ona year from th date hereof or this notice will be plead in bar of iheir recovery. All i hose indebted to the said estate wih please make immcdiut sft'lemcnt. 11158 JaU'y' C yj'&' G v N T ' Adminisiralor. Advertise what yon have to sell, j ! and got, your snare oi the money in 'circulation. o h la H 1:L j-,..... .i) n is o xl o f IA. JL4. IX JLx Id. A (Clr A tl O , A I OffMC J T t hi s liies weir 5T1 NOTICE. 3'he Board of .00,111 misoioners of Wash ington county will receive sealed bids from any parties desiring to take a contract to build a house to he used as.a County Home lor the poor, on their next uieeg, Feby ;id, V.HV2. Uoutract will be let to lowest respoiiNible bidder, or one who will maka hiN oiler it'Hponisjble by good security. Speeilicatious as follows : Ground plan .iOnid Jeet, with 8 feet passage through each way of the building; s rooms, 14x14 e-ich ceiled throughout with No. 2 ceiling no. 2 flooring; BiH, Sx8, hear;; sleeper's, -xtf, log run ; standing timber, 2xi, 10 feet pitch j 2x4 rufiern, well braced; siding, ie ,7, . ' K" ' UUU sflw&iQ roof; K; windows, K)Xk; gUHS . 12 loors, No! 2 white pme; 15 gables; 4 good brick flues, from ground up ; good hrick pillars, 8 feet rem centre to centre. All other lumber to bo good merchantable lumber. Work to be done in good workmanlike manner h.ght reserved to reject .any and all bids." Jso money paid contractor until work ac cepted by Iourd. Work to commence at option of Hoard, probably by 18th'of April Lnvi Bloumt, Chairman. ' By order of the Board. 8tJBSCPIU4' .FOR Hoanoke Beacon 2 JA. 1 t ir - 1 7s 7 O 3 r rr