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THE ROANOKE BEACON Friday, May 3rd, 1918- BEACON FLASHES. Atty. J.D. Paul of Washington Tj&s in the city this week. Mr. E. F. Spruill of Cherry ha3 been in town this week. Ex-Sheriff J. T, McAllister of near Roper, was in town Tuesday Mr. Louis Harrison of Durham is in town visiting relatives and friends. Atty. Zeb. Vance Norman made a professional visit to Washing ton this week- WANTED Two rooms in pri vate home. Running water- Dr. C. McGowan. Mr. W. B. Watts went to E. City Thursday to hear the speech of Ex-President Taft. Atty. J. D. Grimes of Wash ington was in the city on profes sional business this week. HATS For Men, Ladies and Children. Look over our line be fore you buy. J. A. Spruill. Messers C. J. Norman, and F. S Ausbonof Norfolk, spent last week end with their parents here Mr. C. D. Loane, Jr., from CamD Sevier. S 0. . SDenc a few days with his parents here th2 pasc week. WANTED Young women de siring to enter nurses training school Apply at once to Supt. Lakeview Hospital, Suffo.k, Va. Mr. Thos. L. Smith has re ' turned from Rocky Muunt, where h has b jen undir treatmeut in a siaitanum there. If you want a good dinner don't fail to get some of those fine, crisp, tender cabbages from Dr. Hoggins', garden. ad Messers E. S. Blount and Jack McAllister from Camp McClelland."- Anniston, Ala., have been home on furlough this week. Mr. G. W. Harrison and A. L. f AinsUy have recent y opened a yc&i: epair garage next do jr to our office, an4 they are in apbsi tib.n to fix that caof yours. FOR SALE -?. Building lots, 50 by; 150 ft. located in best block in! towu"- Plymouth about 200 ft f rjom new Court House. S. A. Ward. ;The registration books are now open. All who have not regis tered must do so : oh or before May 18th, if they desire to vote in the primary to be held June 1st If you want to spend an hour of real pleasure, and at tho same time help a most worthy, cause. io not fail to attend the concert to be given by the Oxford Sing ing Class, next Tuesday A 1 quality 1917 crop cowpeas delivered at your station for $3 -55 pet bushel. Send cash to me or Bank og Liberty. Liberty. N. C. Want th buy Soy Beans, J. M. Field, Climax, N. C 3 t "A Day and a Night" The olay, "A Day and a Night" presented by local talent at the Majestic Theater last night was a great success, winning high compliments to directors and ac tors alike. The entertainment was given for lhe benefit of the local Red, Cross Chapter, and netted about 670 00. Before the curtain rjse the house was filled and many were turned from the door, and they have asked that the play be reproduced. New Drug Store. The new storeof the Plymouth Drug Co., Inc., opened up for ' business in the store recently va cated by the Roanoke Jobbing Co., in the Bnnkley block be tween A. Adler and the Wash ington County Bank. This Company has secured the .services of Mr. C. P. Mitchell of Louisburg, N. C, as druggist, l and Mr. Tayloe Read as sales man. Both are accommodating and courteous young men, and ; from present indications we pre dictrfor this house a popular and prospeious future The Oxford Orphans. The concert to be given in the. Majestic Theatre on Tuesday, May 7th at 8 o'clock p. m. by a class of children from the Oxford Orphanage should enlist the sympathetic interest and patron age of alour people. On former visits these children have shown themselves to be well-behaved and well trained, and the concert is always worthy of patronage. Rector Goes to France. Rev. Mr. Lawrence, Rector ol Grace Episcopal Church, having en isted for service in the army and made arrangements to leave for France at an early date, delivered his farewell address on Sunday night last The edifice was crowded, no services being held in any -of the other city churches, and our people who attended heard one of the best patriotic talks that has ever been made in our midst. Having shouldered his full share of our nation's burden. Mr. Lawrence spoke as one hav ing authority, showing pointedly our individual duties, and de nouncing in no uncertain terms all slackers as being nothing less than traitors who should be made to ao their duty, be sentto the roads or be shot. And from his discourse we would gather that his definition of a slacker is not only one subject to a call to arms and tries to avoid it, but profit eers, those who invest their money for personal gain while refusing to lend it to the govern ment ; any who are of military age and ask for exemption, un less they have dependents who would actually suffer for the necessaries of life in their ab sence ; those who have good health, but on account of somn mi ror pyhsicai defect, yet are able to drive an amhulance, car ry stretchers, work in hospital or kitchen, or wHq by the use of mo ney , or , p u 11 " - s ucceed i n ge t ting by an exemption board In his cJosingv remirks Mr. Lawrence said that he had dedi cated his life to the service of humanity and felt that he could accomplish more among the men in the trenches than he. could here, and that if he never came back it mattered not to him. We commend his spirit and loy alty, but pray for him 8 safe deliverance and trust that he m iy live to serve us many, many years after this war has been won by such men as he- War-Saving and Thrift Stamp Meeting. One of the most interesting and enthusiastic meetings held in the county during the cam paign, was the meeting of the Church Committee on War-Saving and Thrift Stamps; held at Mackey's on Thursnay the 25th. Though several of the churches f tiled to have delegates present, a large number were represented and made excellent reports of the sale of stamps in their respective churches. Rev. J. H. Abernethy. Chair man of the Church Committee, has left nothing undone, that might serve to arouse the church people to a realization of their patriotic duty. He has made personal visits to many of the churches, and being a man of ability, and thoroughly aroused as to his patriotic and Christian duty, his earnest appeals has not failed to arouse the people he has met. The meeting was entertained with music and patriotic songs by the Mackeys school. . Before closing, the meeting tendered a vote of thanks to Misses Ran kin and Bruer and the students of their school for services ren dered. Mr. Abernethy hopes to pub lish a financial statement next week, so that the members of each church may see just what their church is doing along ti n line. The nxt monthly meeting wi'l be held late in May, and it is hoped that every church in the county will be represented : at that time, and as thfse meetings are both interesting and instruc tive it is hoped that many visit ors will also be present. CONTAGIOUS DISEASEf. The following is a list of con tagious diseases reported in Washington County during the month of April, 3918: MEASLES Mildred Gurkin, Route 1, Ply mouth; Wilbur Blount, Mackeys"; Raymond Terry, Mrs. Charity Spruill, Mrs. Philip Spiuill, M. J., and Lennie Davenport, . Ada Spruill. Alton, Willie and Walter Sawyer; Rena Itadcliff, Alutia P. Al en, Irene Holmes; Maggie, Clara, Leon. Hiram, Mildred and Nettie White; Glenn Holmes'; Leo!a, Randolph and Dor s Mc Cabe ; Alonzo-L. Armstrong) Franklin Spruill, Moe Sawyer, Eunice Furlaugh, Wm. Puckett, Maxineand Dorothy May Spruill, Mildred Terry, Mrs. W. H. Dav enport and children. Beatrice, Willie and Mary, and W. H., Jr.; Gladys, H. S. Jr., and Kathleen Furlough; Rubell ferry and Nan cy Puckett, Cres well; Ida B., Alfrtd L, Maud E., Hazel B , Ida, Forrest and Claudia Nor man; Lenard and Geo. Morris, Joseph H. Norman, Sadie Rid dick, (col.) Hpzel M. Cradaock, Route 1, Creswell; Mack and Lin wood Davenport, Philip Smith, Mildred Holmes, Mr3. ty. J., Firma, Melvin and Wm. Da venport, Eiinore Phelps (col.), Mrs. Henry Jraddock and three chi uren, Myrtle Craddock and Lula Jackson, Route 2, Creswell; Bessie Spruill, Edward Tarke ton, Otis L. Godwin and Annie E. Spruill, Route 3, Creswell, a WHOOPING COUGH ' Willie and Mary Dillon, Fannie May Bateman, Wm. Bateman and Ernest and David Simttios (col.), Route 2, Plymouth ; Alih nie Davenport and Sabrie M. Ambrose, Creswell. W. H. Ward, Co. Quarantine Officer; PROFESSIONAL CARDS ZEB VANCE NO It MAN '. . -ad- SMALL, I.!cLEAN, BRAGAW & ROD- ' MAN Attorneys & Counsellors at Law Plymouth, N. C Van B. Martin W. F. Midgett MAkTIN & MIDGETT ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Offices in Harney Building PLYMOUTH, N. C. ("Partnership does not apply to crim instl cases in Recorder's Court DR. J. C. COGGINS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAVV Plymouth, N. C. Dr. P. B. CONE Dentist Williamston, N. C. Office over Farmers and Mer chants Bank. Hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 Phone No. 9. NCTICE Having qualified as executor of lhe will of M. L. Davenport, deceased, this is to notify all persons holding claims against the estate of said deceased to present the same to the undersigned on or before the 5th day of April, 1919, or this notice will be plead in bar of' their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This AptiUth. 1918. SB. DAVENPORT, 6t-p Executor. - Subscribe tathe Beacon. TO PUSH BUILDING OF RED CROSS HOUSES Home Service Work For Army Carr.ps Stressed lit Conference At Divi sion Headquarters A erjr important conference touch lug tho work vfcf the American Red Cross to, the army camps of the South ern Division was held in Atlanta a few days ago. There were present not only Col. W. L. Peel, Division Manag er; C. E. Bidwell, Associate Manager, and Z. Bennett Phelps, Division Direc tor of the Bureau of Military.Itclief, to gether with a number of the Red Cross Field Directors and Assistant Field Directors from the camps, but also, W. Frank Persons, Director Gen eral of Civilian Relief; Henry S. : Thompson; National Director of the' Bureau of Camp Service, and Charles E. Fox, Assistant Director of Camp Service in charge of construction. A number of important matters J were discussed, among them being tha personnel In the training camps, tho - building and manning of the Red Cross houses for convalescents in the camps, and the appointment of directors for these houses, instructions regarding hospital information service, and the relation of the Home Service depart ment to the department of Military Relief and the importance of Home Service to the men in the tra'nins camps and in the .trenches, which latter was talken up with the field di rectors by Mr. Persons. The volume of Home Service work to be done necessitates the appoint ment of an associate field director Id charge cf home service who will work with the regular field director in the camp. There will also be a Home Sen ' vice director on every transport that carries American troops to France, so that every soldier who leaves family or business worries- behind may have someone to whom to turn for help and advice. The problem of keeping up the morale of the army by making them understand that their families are well looked after while they are away as well as that of helping to maintain a normal standard of living in the families where the men are away belongs to the Home Service 01 Civilian Relief Department. . "At the time of the Napoleonic campaigns," said Mr. Persons, "It was estimated that the morale of the army was' more important than ammunition lri'fthe ratio of 3 to 1. In the present war, one of the' greatest English gen- prals has estimated the ratio as 9 to 1. '.Home Service is more important to -the .-United States troops than tc those, of England and France, because ;thefFrench and English soldiers have two' week.s' leave every 90 days, can .return to their homes and look aftei r their most' pressing business affairs for themselves.' ' But the ' Americar soldier -who goes' to -France., will p'rob. ably etay in France uhtil; the end oi the war,:, and it- is only through the Ulome, Service Department of the Red Cross that r his mind can be relieved from" all worry concerning affairs a home bo' that , his , entire attention car. be concentrated on. soldiering." ) Many Illustrations of the value ol Home Service in the training camps of;this country were given by the Field Directors, and the duties of the men An, , charge of this branch of the work outlined.. . Henry S. Thompson, national direc tor of .the Bureau of Camp Service, spoke on the duties of the military field directors in the camps and their relation to the Home Service Directors In the same camps. The building of the Red Cross houses in 40 army camps in this coun try was then talken u by Charles E. Fox, assistant director of Camp Ser vice In charge yf construction, and the purpose of these houses was explain ed to the Field Directors and assist ants who were present. Quarters and a placo of amusement will be provided in these houses for "'convalescent sol diers who are well enough to leave the hospitals and yet not well enough to return to active duty, as well as ac commodations for the families of men whoare 111 enough to make it neces sary to send for their relatives. It is being planned that a large part of tha furniture for these houses shall bt made by -the older boys in the Junior " Red " Cross auxiliaries. The .. . construction In the camps of the Southern Division will be su pervised by John R. Dillon of Atlanta, of the firm of Morgan & Dillon, archi tects,, who has volunteered his ser vices to the Southern division for any sort of architectural work. Men trained in work similar to that of the Home Service department are wanted at once for work in the caraps and on the transports. All applications In this division should be made to Joseph. C. Logan, Director of Civilian Relief. Field Directors and Assistant Field Directors present at the conference were T. T. Flagler, S. A. Darrach, Dr. Joslah Morse, Lanning Harvey, W. R. Carr, William C. Denny, H. M. Voor hees, J. Loarlng Clark, H. A. Field, William S. Moore, J. C. Williams, and Mn", Charles A. Sheldon, Sr. JUNIOR RED CROSS TAKES OVER ARMY OF RELIEF Harvey D. Gibson, General Manager of the American Red Cross, announced this week that the Junior Red Cross organization has endorsed and taken over the Children of America Army of Relief, and that henceforward the work of this latter organization will be cair.'ed on by the Junior Red Cross. The transfer of funds took place on March 2nd, $40,000 being given over to the Junior Red Cross to be devoted to child welfare work abroad, and the Army of Relief will cease to solicit funds. All Army of Relief members are now eligible for membership in Junior Red Cross auxiliaries, and Chapter School committees are author ized to incorporate them in schools that are net already enrolled as Junior unite or to Incorporate all Army of Re- ner memDers in ineir territory as Dont Set them get if; . Keep if safe in Our Bank. IF YOU HAVE MONEY, MUCH OR LITTLE, YOU'VE FOUND OUT THAT EVERY TIME YOU TURNAROUND THERE'S SOME HAND OUT. . OH, IT DOESN'T SEEM MUCH HERE OR THERE, CUT IF THOSE LITTLE SUMS WERE ALL IN THE BAKKTHEY WOULD MAKE A BIG SUM IN A YEAR. NOT ONE OF THOSE HANDS WOULD SERVE YOU IN DISTRESS BUT YOUR MONEY WOULD. WE ADD 4 PER CENT INTEREST. COME TO OUR BANK. The Washington County Bank. Report of ih-3 condition of Tbc Washington County Cauls at Plymouth, in the State of 1 North Carolina, at the close of business March 4th, 1918. KESOURCF.S Loans and discounts . $107,838.45 Overdrafts secured 8o4 93 Overdrafts unsecured .;" 170.42 United States oonds and Lib erty Honds ' 29,700 00 Premium on Bonds JS Furniture and Fixtures" 2.7U7.31 Due from National Banks 58,673 97 Due from btatc Banks and 'x Bankers 39 Cash Items held over24 hours, 1, 94.61 Checks for clearing i!,0GG 12 Gold Coin . , 1,754.50 Silver coin, including all n 1- nor coin currency ,01U.bJ National bank notes ano other U. S, Notes 3,697.00 Total $273,694.39 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in Surplus fund Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and $20,000.00 7,500 00 1,514.5 niviWnris Unllflid 24 00 ; Bills payable 25.000 00 i Deposits subject to check 144,421.07 i Time Certificates of Deposit 39.9G4 G ! Savings lepuaun Cashier's Checks outstanding t92 4 Certified checks 2U.51 Due to State Banks, Bankers and Trust Companies ,9fG 02 Total $273,694.39 State of North Carolina County of Washington, A'aich 12th, 1918. I, W. B. Watts, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solen.nly swear that ! the above statement is tr ue 10 tne Dcst of my knowledge and belief. W. B. WATTS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before mc, this 12th dav of March. 1918. G. W. Hardison, Notary Tubhc. Correct Attest : Abe Adler Thos. L. Smith, D,l. Brin kly, Directors. Operates passenger trains from North Carolina into term inal station Norfolk, uithcut transfer, N. B. Thefollov.'inssehedule figures published as information ONLY and are not guar ntced. Trains leave Plymouth North bound. No 43:54 A. M. daily Pullman Sleeping car for Norfolk No 22:45 P. M. daily for Ldenton, Hertford Elizabeth City and Nurfolk South bound. No. 3 2:4 A: M. daily-Night ex press for Fayttlevilie, Charlotte, Pull man S eeping cars to Raleigh, New ern and intei mediate star.cr.s. No. :2S P. M. daily for Washing ton, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Beaufort and intermediate stations. Pullman Parlor ar for New Bern. For further information or 1 ullrr.an reservatii-r.s app'y to M. T. Bradshaw, Ticket Ai;ent, Plymouth , N. . E. D. Kyle, Traffic Manner. J. F. Dalton, Gcn'l. I assevger Agent. Norfolk, Va NOTICE Under and by virtue of ?.n order of the .Superior Court of vashinjrt;): County, made in the special proeviedh.-y; entitled: .Mrs. Sarah K. hught s aijJ Mrs. Josephine Powell vs. G. VV. Spi b-' ill Kiid Wm. Spruill, the. uiidersitiiied commissioners will on the 17th day of May, HIS, at 2:30 o'clock p. m., at tho Court house door in i'iyiroutii, N. .,., offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, that certain tmct of Jana lying in Skinnersville Towtiship, said .county, adjoining the lands of Abrain Swam and others, arid described t;; fallows :... hejriuning in Jordan 3pruiii's Liie in tne'line of Wm. D Newborry ; thrncc westwardly .along his line to the wert boundary of . said land ; thence sc?th wardly along the line cf Nailian Smith, deceased, to the main swamp ; theiee along the swamp er.stwardly. to lie east end of New Island ; thence, north wardly a stiairht course to theiiisi station, containing fc'Oacres more or less This April 9,1 91 S. J. C. COGGINS, ZEB VANCE NORMAN, ; Commissioners. NOTICE North Carolina, Washington County in the Superior Court J. C. Johnson vs Katie Johnson The defendant above named willtakf notice that an actiun entitled us abovi has been commenced in the Superior Court of Was.hir.gtou Connty byJ.C, Johnson for the purpose oi ob5iiiin& an absolute divcrce ; and the. : a.'d at tendant will further, take ro:rc that she is required to a p a r at 1 he ne:. term of the Superior. Court .,f r.ruc' county on the JSt Monday ii June. 1918, at the court house in i Jyjuouth, aad answer or demur to thovcuui plain in said action or tne phunlilf will ask for the relief demanat i sail com plaint. This Mav 1, 191 f C. V. V. AUSEGN. C. S. C. NOTICE Having qualified as administrator c tht estate of J). D. barnes, doceai-ed. this is.to notify all.ptrsons lioldiiv.' claims against the estate cf ssid uec'o. to present them to the uiutorsinud c!) or before the 1st day of May, ll'J, or this notice will be plead iu bar ct tliti' 7 recovery. All persons indebted to sa; estate will please make irrineoi;: payment. Tliis May 1, 19 J. J. BARNES, Adnir. NOTICE Having qualified as execute of the will of Irene Overtoil, deeded, h' is to notify all persons hi k;'C eif against ihe estate cf said c!tt r:s a i. . present the same to the u jders;;i: ii vn or before the 24th day of April, 1U or this notice will be; p:.d in bar e T their recovery. All per 7;n indelit u to said estate will please rrnke imi.ed.; ate pavment. This Api I'M, 191 Gt-p" W. il. 71ARDISON. roctedior. K!LLTK?COi3CNl S. and CURtks LUMa&E; 1MB I WITH -j.K). I A?? J .VTHOATAKDtllSOTKO'viuia.
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