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&Ae SRoanolie SJSeacon. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. C. V. W. AUSBON, EDITOR. PLYMOUTH, N. C. Friday, October, G. 191G. BEACON FLASHES. - Mr. J. P. Blount of near er was in town Monday. Rop- Mr."o. B. Davenport of Skin- Jsville w.s in town Monday. Capt. D. HiHolmes of Cres well was in the city this week. Mr. W. M. Batcxan of Elm hurst Farm was in theity. on Monday. ' ' Messers C. Latham and W. R. Hampton made a brief trip to Swan Quarter last week. Miss Annie Morris of Hoke, is visiting Miss . Nona Gurganus on Church Street this week. Messers G; W. Phelps and E. R. Spruill of the Skinnersville section were in the city Monday. Mrs. J. D. Swain of Skinners ville was the guest her sister. Mrs. C. M. Tetterton the past week. ' Be sure to hear Judge Man ning on the political issues of the day at the Court House to night. Rev. A. L. Harrison, wife and children of Front Roy.il, Va. are visiting this, their old home, for a few days. M essers -W. J ., . and J . W . . Starr, A. L. Holmes, Wm. ; Wiley and Duard Spruill of Creswell were here Monday. t - Quite many of our people at - tended the Baptist Association at Smithwick's Creek, Margin County last Sunday. Dr. B. F. Halsey and Messers J. VV. Chesson, J. E. Singleton, . L. L. Chesson and John Phelps of Roper were in town' Monday. Miss Ckoidia Ausbon has re turned from Hampton Va. hav ing recovered from an operation for appendicitis while there. Mr. C. M. Tetterton having been the highest bidder at the recent sale, has become the own er of the Tucker property on Third Street. Mr. W. B. Watts, Cashier of the Washington County Bank, on learning that the new. Turn pike Road running through from the Long Acre Road to the Pun go settlement was completed and ready for travel, lie invited a number of Plymouth people to attempt an automobile . trip thr mgh this new road with him. Three cars left here about . 8:30 Wednesday morning and were gone the entire day, the most of which was consumed in the Pungo .District, most every ' home being visited by this dele gation from Plymouth. ' Those accompanying : Mr Watts were: Messrs S. D. Da vis, P. E. Davenport, W. C. Harrison, C. S. Ausbon, Clyde Cahoon, D. G. Darden, H. . C. Spruill, Abe Adler, G. L. Bowen, Thos. Batemah, D. O. Brinkley, M. J. Stillman, N. B. Stevens. Squar6 Dance. In honor of their house-guest, Miss Lena Johnakin of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ambrose gave an old-time square dance at the home of Mr. J. H, Gaylord last Thursday night. A great number of friends from all parts of the county were present and the occasion passed off very enjoyably. -ISIr. Gaylord rendered the nec- iy" music "With his violin, Wrich is a life-long companion to him. Mrs, I. T. Hardison Dead. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved husband, children ind friends in the sudden death on Sunday last from an attack of applopexy, of Mrs. I. T. Har dison at her home in this town. The deceased Was the wife of our townsman, Mr. Ira T. Har dison, who is a one-armed vete ran of the late Confederacy and a highly esteemed citizen. She was, we - believe, his consort since early life, and leaves, be sides the heart-broken husband, two sons, Messers Geo. W., and R. G. Hardison of this town, and one daughter, a Mrs. Mizell, besides a host of friends who mourn her death. The interment was made in the, Windley grAve-yard near town on Monday afternoon, Rev. J. L. Waters of the Christian Church, of which she was a member, conducting the services-. A Cotton Grader For Washington County. On a petition presented to the County Commissioners by the County Demomstration Agent, and Mr J W. B. Watts, of the Washirrton County Bank, ask ing that an appropriation be made by the commissioners that the cotton in this county -, might be graded , by a' Government grader, was unanimously passed by all the commissioners. There were 116 farmers from all over the county that asked for this appropriation ar.d the work will be established in the county this week. In five counties in the state last year that had a cotton igrad er, the farmers were saved above those who did not have their cot ton graded, an average of $1.15 per bale It will mean a great saving to any cotton growing county and will, in all events, mean more to a county that sells all its cotton on a local market. The next thing we need now in the county is a sworn cotton weigher, some way bj which our cotton will not fall short 15 to 30 pounds from here to Norfolk on a freight car. We are the grow ers of this cotton, the men who sell it did not make it and . we, the farmers of Washing County, are the ones entitled to this mon ey, the difference in the . weight of a. bale of cotton weighed here and weighed in Norfolk. The cotton buyers here want it, do the farmers want it? If so let's get it. We can get it if we want it. ' MASTER MAHLON HAS SELL ENTERTAINS. Roper. N. C, Oct., 2, '16. Master Mahlon Hassell enter tained a number of his friends Tuesday evening in honor of his twelfth birth-day. .Variou3 games were played, among them being an Animal Contest, at which Ida Godwin won a beautiful hand-embroidered handkerchief, and Mahlou a nice knife, after which all were invited into tne aining- room where refreshments were served by Mrs. F, D. Wilson and Mrs. T. R. Hassell, Mahlon cut ting the beautiful j birth-day cake which was decorated with twelve lighted candles. "Those present were, Ida God win, Delia Hodges, Willie Blount, Virginia Hassell, Florine Daven port, Eunice Highsmith, Jane Hart, Hyacinth Chesson, Fran cis Dixon, Mary Cawly Hassell, Lou Hart : Nathan Duval, Ray Hassell, Fred Blount, Thomas Brewer, Nathan Thompson, Frank Matthews, Aubrey Sam ivirie, Delma Parish and Mahlon Hassell. COUNTY BOARD OF ELEC TION. -NOTICE. At a meeting of the County Board of Election of Washington County held on the 25th day of September,sJ916, a Vo ting Precinct was established at We nona, Lee's Mills Township, and the polling place thereof to be at Roper's Store. G. A. Rice was appointed Reg istrar, and D. R. Paul was appointed Democratic poll-holder, the Republican poll-holder to be appointed later. The polling-place at Roper was chan ged from Marriner's old store to Thomp son's Hall. The polling-place was changed at Creswell from Hopkins' Hall to the old bank building. T. W. Snell was appointed poll-holder in Plymouth Precinct, to succeed J. P. Oliver, resigned. The registration books were ordered to be opened in the various precincts October 5th, 1916, and remain open for a period of twenty days, Sundays ex cepted, and to be closed October 28th, 191G. Z. V. NORMAN. W. T. ALEXANDER. i E. R. JACKSON, The Spot- NEVER DISAPPOIN1 Our Mr. Newk away for the past 3 fV turned, and from now o be open regularly. Do not forget that we sell "Same Goods For Less Money and . More Goods For Less Money." And when in need of Dry Goods, Qroceries, Shoes, Not ions and other goods, come to us and let us prove to you That We Sell Them Cheaper. , ' Be sure to bring us your eggs. The Spot-Cash Bargain : Store Mrs. A. M. Avers' Olcf Millinery Stand. 5rk We use pi " ' - .4 At n TMi. caution nor. to mar me wans or n&urs1 oux home. We aim to leave the fi Jed work as neat and tidy as possible, s " And we are exceptionally careful to see that all joints and connections are perfect ly tight everything in good working order. Repairing done promptly and efficiently. L. P. PINKHAM . Quality First $56000,000 IS SPENT IN OUT OF 250,000 'ESTS T SURE Y S RIGHT DEA JUS FINAL MAKE DOUBL CHALMER RICH OUR Y T This $56,000,000 "run" on the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers has not stam peded the Chalmers factory. Quite the contrary. The cars are coming out of there so fine, so exact, so thoroughly tested, that all we have to do now when we take them off the freight cars is to pour in oil, gas and water, run them a few miles, and deliver. ' . There's an excellent reason for this condition. The Chalmers Company has a young army of eagle-oyed inspectors who take great pride in finding a fault in a car when it conies out ef the plant. This costs . just $250,000 a year in cold cash just one quarter of a mil lion dollars a year to "catch the little things." I firmly helieve that most factories would let "go by" nine cars out of ten that the Chalmers inspectors waylay. It sounds like a lot of money, hut when a company maintains the slogan of "Quality First" and bases a 856,000,000 business on the quality idea, then it becomes quite clear. I firmly believe that three times $250,000 is returned to the cash drawer of the Chalmers Company every year through such a policy. It certainly makes selling a Chalmers car anything-but a difficult matter. And that accounts for the "run on the car. For "run" it surely is. I am -handling from three to five times as many Chalmers cars as this territory ever absorbed before. Last November the Chalmers Dealers bought $22,000,000 worth of 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers in forty minutes. , These Cars were all made and delivered before summer rolled around. Then 10,000 more verc added. These were taken up during the Summer months. , Now 20,000 more are coming through. . . That means that this model will be continued without change" in design into next season. ' It also means a $56,000,000 business. Which is twice more than the most optimistic Chalmers executive ever dared dream. The quality in the car is the answ er. A . Drive one a mile, and you won't be able to get your monogram 'painted on the doors quick enough. 4
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