f
BEACON FLASHES.
Ex Sheriff J. T
McAllister
was hjlxnvn yesterday.
1 Attorney Zeb. Vance Norman
shoitfftisit to Norfolk
Mr J.'-F. Ta-ken ton of Mack -
ers v i '. in . in- -jity Tuesday.
Arty. Wi iiionl Whitley of Col
umbia was in our town this week
Mrs- J. S. Shugar left Sunday
for a visit to her parents in Bal
timore. ' Miss Leiia Swain of Skinners
f villo wai visiting friends here
Tuesday.".
Mr. R. VV. Johnston made a
business .trip to Norfolk this
..weelc.
.. 6 - Miss Norma Chesson of Mack
. eys was the guest of Miss Lucy
N rman Sunday.
t
Mrs. L.' E. Jackson of Norfolk
ha'3 been visiting friends here
the past week.
Mrs. Maggie Barden of Green
. ville has been visiting in our city
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Owens and
Geo, Harrison went to Norfolk
Wednesday.
Mr. Cicero Norman of Norfolk
spent Sunday at home with ,his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Nor
man Mrs. W. J. Corprew of Belvi
dere has been the guest of her
brother, Mr. G. H. Harrison the
past week. . '.
Mr, .J. S. Shugar will receive
a load of young horses anrd'mules
soon which he offers' 'for the
Spring trade.
, ,
Mr. and MrsT;".Ut E.'Mackson
t of Norfolk, 'xt$&& "lis week
being called' 'oftaccour: of the
death. of MrrH.'G.i'J'a'eBon. '
Miss Louise "Acer's announces
that oi Thursday, and Friday
March 22 23 her Spring Millin
.ery Opening will be held.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
M. E. Church and faculty of
Plymouth Graded School are at
work on plays that will be pres
ented shortly after Easter.
Mr. W. E. Jackson of Green
field, Va.f is in town, being called
here on account of the death of
his usin. Mr. H. G. Jackson.
The tn-r;i of Bill's t;me has beer;
co'VS'.im d i:i shaking the hands
. of his numsrou.i friends.
i- f ),' th:.' C .ni'nence
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Visit the open-
in'? to-day and tomorrow.
Apprecation. .
To the friends who. so kindly offered
and ?ave their as-iistaicb to us during
the illness and death of our son, we of
fer deepest gratitude. The power of
writ en words can in no n.anner con-
vev to vou all the real exte.'it ol our
appreciation. .
If ever these generous; friends need
the assistance of othersr our prayer is
that wemaybe abe t5 aid them'. ' .
. ; v Gr"atefnlly, '
Mr. a.ntMrs..V. .1. 'JACKSOX;
Lit 3 rary Club Entertained.
Tl-.e . -Thursday Aficrnoon Literary
Club was attractively entertained last
week by Mrs. J. G. Elmore.
' '.Innn of Are" was. the subiect for
the afternoon. An interesting sketch
of her life and character was read by
Mrs. S. A. Ward.
A most unique contest of hidden au
thors, which was planned bv the host
ess, was entered into with enthusiasm
bv those nresent: Mrs II. A. Blou
nt re -
ceiving i'irst prize, a volume of Whit
tier's poems.
arter which suggestive favors were
presented the guests.
'
MR. HENRY G. JACKSON,
-
A A-iout nine o'clock Monck.y
0'
go
i - .
ii....ry U- Jajkon, tu.iq witnoutprice, but tney-can-nd
' 'V. J Jack- n r g .at. and- compel vqu to
- iu . ie .c :;.e, therefore it is.up-to you.
'.Mil'
vas
e q'
h Mg.
f
a. ..
o. ii "quie- a.iu rtticent,
nsver presuming upon the opin
ions bfMiis friends and "acquaint-
ances, thereby having almost an
.unlimited number of. close and
loving friends. His manner was
always, cordial and .respectful.
. His dath leaves our entire com
rnunity prief stricken. With his
, asmif-e a man worth': while has
bjcn taken.
In his youth and early man
hood he held positions of trust
with The Bank of Plymouth and
The Washington County Bank,
being assistant to the casniers of
each, He was also prominently
identified with some of the local
fraternities, among such as the
Masons, Knights of Pythias, aYid
Modern Woodmen of America.
Some years ago he contracted
the dreaded disease, tuberculosis,
and on learning of his critical5
condition, he left for WoodmanV'
Colorado, where he , entered ,A a
camp of the M. W. of A. , for
treatment. After, as hetnpmV
conquering the disease, he Re
turned to Plymouth' and' visited
his people for. some time- H,e
then accepted a position of'tpst
with a concern in Rocky; Mouht,
vyfyerejie Tendered valuable Ser
vice until his" health '-ibegan to'
fail again. ' With his' lifeVelovyJy
ebbing.'and his .vigor .'a'G-sjei:-hausted
he kept'- at ' "his : dufies
with a determination ", to, render
ll the ' service possible' during
his .brief stay on this earth.
; When his strength w"dS' .icoto-J
pletely'exhausted he retVne4ivyti'Pf',tegin on its construction
Plymouth to spend ' thelreri'fc'week They think to open
i time with- his JpcM wSi 1St M J ' G
i ..: .Gatlm,kwJiO'is now in the em-
ceased wasjgtftac to,f pjoym ofe Norfolk South'
uer oi pis
The decea
his bed for a few mohths befor
che end came. .'
Surely a life of usefulne,-.afe'tf.;
one that would have' been
benefit to all has been jn
Mr- Jackson lea,yei a joiner
and father, fou?' brothers, Hu
bert, Charlie, Jpe and,Sm
and.pne sifster, liliss Zufa,. all
living here, besides a multitude
af oorrwing friends and relatives
The interment - was m ide fn
the Baptist Cemetery at 3 30
p m. Wednesday," the I.eautiful
and impressive' Ma ionic service
b-ing used. The floral oifering
was magnificent.
The Beacon andits Editordons
tiv; garb of sorrow and remorse,'
and blerx.ls its grief with that of
the countless bereaved. .
Are You Coming?
In order that the County Com.
nencement should be a success
The Commercial Club and Busi
ness Mens' Association of Ply
mouth, together with the men
and women of Plymouth " Town
ship, havecombined their " ener
gies, "and are doing things that
warrant the success of the oc
casion" in every way (except!
Providential hindrances, such as
rain, bad roads, sickness, etc.)
Now the question is, "Are you
Coming to the second-annual
commencement of Washington
County?" Now this question
qq3 not apply to the' teachers
and pup;ls of your local schools,
of course it is expected and br
lieved that every school in the
county will be here. Its their
Commencement, and for one
school, or one student out of any
school to be absent will be a dis
appointment, but it applies to
the patrons ji the schools, .'It is
your duty, which you owe to the
interest of education, and. to the
children, to be on band and help
1 make it one of the best""days ,in
the history, of Washington
County. ' v
The people of Plymouth Town
ship are making preparations to
i spread a great feast, and make
merry, with, music, ;j flowers,
flags', gifts and good cheer, '"ard
they bid .Vou eonie without money
Wi'i you corn's ana sift th'.grcat
pro'rrf .-? thaf has Jnega'maye in
J jc tional d .vbpmeni'. of
. .. - ?
ir.iiun'cal' dis-
.c..!- venneiiU . vl
yooi ciA-iviieji,'6'ioid in prose,
song and poetry. . See the gifts
of your boys . and .girls as . dis
played in the, exhibits, .which
will portray, energy, genius, art
and science, -It , may be that
your chld needs your .presence
on this'oocasion tovvin'some one
, 0f the many -contests.-
Let us be ydu, on this, day, to
forget that you are a merchant,
clerk, mechanic, farmer,' man
ufacturer ' Forget that you are
rich or poor, master or servant,
forget your social position in the
county, beit high or . low.' Rc
member, if you will, . that ;be4
neath the tattered, faded gar
ments oftimes beat's the' hobt
hearts of a nation. And- just,
here let us. remipd you that on
this occasion the people, and es
pecially the children, Will !m.eet
on a 'common level. ' The f child
with. the:- faded and possibly
patched garments willbeaccoiftl
ed'all the risrhts ' and nrivileeres
of its.mof-ortunate nerprs.
this is going tcTW one occasion
when the entire pejppfe of Asji-
angton County'tiliv listen AVit,h
liembtionsa's the bands filay
YankeS Doodle and Dixie, -tind
xviyiwhe voice they march under
theytars and -stripes, singing
America."
CRESWELL NEWS; '
'Mr. $: G. Walker Pres.1 of
tlKecnles, Bank. ' sa vs work
en.llact os cashier
teVThState High School Triang
le, debaters who 'will represent
tfteaweil April Gth are as follow-"
ies; Affirmative: Hovard Jordan.
and Emery Sawyer with Travis
at Creswell; Negatives ViUfam"'
Bateman.. and Clyde Srnithsrt
with t'oluhibia at CoIumXjia. .
There will be a meeting of tllje.
community Friday night at th'e
school building in interest of the
bond issue. ',:
'"vr fr!f'getting in readi-nesS,'f-?r"County
Commence
ment in spite of the mumps,
measles .and bad roads. A
special train will leave Creswell
on the day of the County Com
mencement at 8:30 A.-M. with
not less than COO
more. The fare is
and perhaps
Ao and 90.c"s.
ROPER NEWS.
. Idiss Bsrnice Fagan spent the
week-end with her parents at
Darders.
Mrs. Jacobs of South Mills-is
visiting her son H. M. Jacobs.
Misses Mills and Miller of
Edenton are guests of Miss Euia
Chesson.
Rev. R. L. Gay, Field Secy." of
the N. C. Anti-Saloon League
will address the people at Roper,
Friday evening,, March 23rd.
Mr. Gay. is . a forceful speaker
and will-give some; interesting
facts in connection with ..recfcp.t
prohibition events in both,;SfAte
and Nation. v'; ' .
Among , those . who attended,
the President's Inauguration,
were Dr. B. F. Halsey, Miss; Ida
Peacock,' Mess.' .Walter Sadler,-
R. P.DeRemrv.E. S. Blount; J...VV,
Buchanan,: L. L. Chesson. and
wife, also, Harry Walker, and
H. T. Jackson'from Creswelh
Mrs. Tom Davenport of Cres
well is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. W. A.' Blount
Miss Hicks has returned,, for
the season and as here-to-fore
will be in charge of.the-millinery
Dept. of the J. L. Roper L- Co':
Mesdames D. R Paul and F- M.
Edgerton and Miss Ethel Glover
of Vvenonawere in town Tues
day shopping.
Miss Ida Peacock', hsV returned
irom Mortnern marnets witn a
full and beautiful line of - millin
ery and fancy goods in all the
latst shades and ' 'styles . She
will have her Soring opening, on
Wednestiav and Thursday March
21st. and 22nd.
., The R-)pprChamber of Com
merce held a very enthusiasti
"mer-ting Tuesday' evening at
wilich several important matters
were discussed. ' Officials of the
Norfolk Southern wih be here
Thiirp-lay morning to take under
considerationn rwr
s ?Tassi cypsWs
h I'
At;req(uest; owners and subject to confirmation by the
Court, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder
One Single Story House With lot 50 X 200 feet
Same being situated on Main Street, between Jefferson and
Monroe Streets, and adjoining the Parmele house lot on the
West and Mr. Levi Blount's property on the East, and until
rececently occupied by Lee Newberry.
Time o Sale: 12 m. Monday March 26th.5 1917
Place bf Sale: on the premises.
Terms of Sale: $5Q0QQ cash when bid is accept
ed and balance when sale is properly confirmed.-
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tf ittis, raining bn date of sale; sale will be held the first fair day thereafter.
of schedule desired by the Bel-
haven Board of Trade who will
send a committee to support
their claim. The people of this
soution are very well satisfied
with the present schedule which
enables them to come from any
ptirf of the Counti as well as
from Belhaven and Columbia by
train, transact business here and
return to their homes by train the
same day. The present schedule
also permits our people to go to
Ed'enton three days of each week
transact business and return on
the afternoon train, and any
change of the present schedule
vili be opposed.
NQ-jTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE
JJy vb-tue.of a power vested in ine by
a certain mortgage executed to me, the
-undersigned, by S. P. Wood'ey Juu'e."
5ttj, KH4, and recorded in Book .VJ,
page b'A2, Register of Deeds ot'tiee, 1
will expose to dudiic saie at me oouri
the hisihes.t bidder tWcasli tfie follow
ing described real and personal proper
ty: ' ' " '
-:. "Lyin 5.nd being in W ashington
County, TornY Carolina and known ns
theldynwTlde" tract of land which wt
awnea by the late. J. J. Woodley com
posed of two tracts beginning in Joseph
Allen S soutnwesi corner, mence run
ning south to dames Hmough s patent
line, thence along said Furlough's line
south 80 degrees west to Joseph Phelps
new land patent line, inence aiong saiu
Phelps -line south 7U degrees west M
the southwest corner of tract willed to
J.' Woodley. by his Fathers. P. Wood-
ley, said corner Deing to in e w est ot
Roda Clifton's irt S. P. Woodley's ditch
or dam near neyland road, thence north
along said ditch or dam so tar. as a line
drawn from . Scuppernong "River at a
House rdtor in Plymouth, Vashin'tQH,
bounty; "North Carolina, at V2.y't&ik,
noon, on Monday, Marc.Dal,'-' to
DOint 10 .me . iiui in ,ui. i- u c mutiiu .iiiwi,., ,..,,.,,.., ii..
. ...a. 7 ,i," ..i,ti bwam n thence wtsiwardly
"tr" 1
tersect, thence along said lilie running
from river so far as a due. sodh course
shall strike the northwest corner of
tract deeded to J. J. Woodley by his fa
ther S. P. Woodley, thence east along
J.J.-Woodley's north line to Joseph Al
len's northwest corner, tlvyicc south
wardly along said Allen's line west line
to the first station, containing 4.rj0 acres
more or less.
r'Also six mules -described in a chat
tel mortgage from S 1'. Voodlov to v'.
T.'Phelps dated the 20th. 'day of Ma.
11)13, recorded in book ti page l'Jl."
This the 22 dny.of Fcby. 1(J17.
y W. T. PUKI.VS.
AL Z-2 ' Mortiragi e.
eb. Vance Norman, Atty.
riiniiuiir viiiii ii in ut-n rr, vti : i, ii in-
NOTICE OF SALE.
Pursuant -to the power vested in r. e
as Administratrix of O. J. Swain, de
ceased, in that certain jmortgago ex'
cuted to him by T. S. Lamb and Ht'sU:-
Lamb, his wife, dated February 27th,
:.s"-'
A. U. NEWBERRY
Guardian for
? ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD ?
IF YOU ARE
sure to get our figures
and
-.-Then compare
, , , WALKER-BURKMAN
Construction Company,
Plymouth, :-: :.: North Carolina
:..WM.J-fitgM
V.H), I will on the 151st day of March,
1(J17, sell at jiublic auction to the high
est bidder for cash at he Court House
door at Plymouth, North Carlinaall the
interest of the mortgagors in the lands
conveyed in said mortgage and bound
ed m ru; described as follows:
begin:,-! at a beech on the swamp side
of Nv.-e.aiah Norman's corner, thence
northwn.ilv along his line to the Main
Ui:!-: in ocuppernong lowiismp,
Koae iut.Alva Davenport'sline;t!ience
along said Davenport's line to the M:'in
along t'-e
swamj) to a popular tree, a cu; ik i ,
thence south along a line of nmi c-d
trees to a bceeh, a corner at the s-an:p
thence eastwardly along the-swrn.i.i io
the swam) to the i'irst station, te-i lam
ing 20 acres more or k s -.
This the 2:5 day of February. 1;17.
Sakaii J. Swaiu, Adm'x.
Per N. H. Swain, Agent
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Ci'".:tT'i tcatk ok Disoi.ctiox
To All to Whom These Presents May
Come Creeting:
Viikkk, It r.pp-ars to my satisfac
tion, by duly authenticated record of
the proceed in'.r for the voluntary diso-
!i.;iini theri-of ny the unanimous con
sv m (!' : M the stockholders, deposited
ii! my ol Ii-.-o. that the Union Stores aud
M mui'.i.-. Jiing Company, a corporation
of this Siate. whose principal office i
B. B. Martin's heirs.
plans
them with others
(G. S. Liverman being the agent there
in and in charge thereof, upon whom
process may he served), has complied
with the requirements of Chapter
21, Revisal of entitled "Corpora
tion," preliminary. to the issuing of this
Certificate cf Dissolution:
Now Thi.ki fvm-.k, I, J. BRYAN
! GivIMKS,..S,-orct:uy ot State of the State
i of North Carolina, d hereby certify
(that the said corporation did. on the 13
day of Fedruary, 1 j 1 T, file in my office
a duly executed ;;tM and attested con
sent in wi itiug to the dissolution of said
corporation, executed bv all stoclvhold
ers thereof, which said consent and the
record of the proceedings aforesaid are
now on file in in my said office as pro
vided by law.
I.v Tkstim nv WiiKf.KoF, I havehere
to set my hand and affixed mv official
seal at Raleigh, this U day of February
A. D. 1!H7.
J. Bur an Grimes.
Secretary of State.
FOR SALE-HOUSE AND LOT
on suburbs of Plymouth. Terms
Cash; price reasonable. For in
formation see or write E. S.
Clifton. City.
I HAVE 25 -BUSH ELS BIGG'S
7-Ear Prolific Seed Corn for
cash. Carefully field selected
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