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THE WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS
Published Every Friday in Plymouth. North Carolina
LEE ROY HARRIS,
Walter II Para more
Owner and Puhlisliei
.Editoi
Si..“0 A YEAR T"c SIX MONTHS
Address a!: communications t 1 the Roanoke Beacon, P'vmouth, N. C.
Entered as second-class mall natter at the Postoffica Plymcuih, Nor 1
Carolina, under the act of March Lird, 15S7.
FRIDAY, JULY 12. 1929
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t two years, there lias been much ado about the site
new Negro school building in Plymouth; which is
d. So much has been said abeut the sites that 2re
ereJ ; or s h : the Beacon and Pews has made a*1 borough
investigation and have learned that the following conditions realy exist.
In gathering the information, ail prejudices has been thrown
aside and the facts, as they were found are hereby presented:
At . ; . . vueting o; the Board of Education. Monday, July
1, the Owens property was tentatively purchased under the conditions
that Mr. Martin, who w as presenting it for sale, develops the Andrew
Jackson street and built another street to run into Rankin street, also
that it would be possible to build a sewerage, at not to exceede a total
cost of $1,000.
There were two other sites offered for sale at this meeting of the
educators; one by W R. Hampton, known as the Stubbs prooerty
and one by T. C, Burgess, known as the Carstarphen property. Com
parative figures on the three sites show the following:
The Stubbs property is within 40 feet of a fire hydrant, the
Carstarphen property within 400 and the Owens property 767; the
Stubbs property is on the sewerage line while both the Owens aud
Carstarphen property are about equal distances from a sewerage; the
Carstarphen property containing about 4 acres with a guarantee of
good outlets, has been offered for $1,600, the Stubbs property contain
iug about 4 acres with good outlets $2,250, and the Owens property,
containing about 5 acres agreeing to the requirements of the Board at
$2 500; in the minutes of the Board meeting. Captain C. E. Mizell is
stated as having made a brief survey and found that 85 per cent
of the people dislike the Stubbs site; the Stubbs property is on the
West side of Washington street while both the Owens and Carstar
phen property is on the East side.
Taking Washington street as a ce: t:r there ere 133 Negro
homes on the East side while there are only 92 Negro hemes on the
West side, there is an average of 228 pupils attending the school whe
live on the East side while there are 125 on the West side; there is an
average of 107 homes represented in the school from the East side,
while there is an average of 58 homes on the West side represented.
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North Carolina:
Washington County
Having qualified as executor of the
estate of Enoch Ludford, deceased,
iate of Washington County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Plymouth, North Car
olina on or before the 14th day of
June. 1930, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. Ail
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This 5th dav of Tune, 1929.
ZF.B VANCE NORMAN.
17-19 Executor of Enoch Ludford.
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a decree of the super
ior court of Washington Countv en
tered c u the 10th day of June, 1929,
in an a :;k n entitled Norfolk Southern
Land Company and others vs. Wil
liam D. Evans and others, the same
being No. 115 of the Civil Issue Docket
f said court authorizing and direct
ing the undersigned commissioner to
sill and convey the lands hereinafter
described for the satis action of the
amounts declared to lie due p’aintiff by
{st:id decree, the undersigned oommis
• si.' tier will expose at public sale at the
courthouse door of Washington Coun
tv, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock noon
on the 24th. day of July, 1929, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described lands, to wit:
Those certain tracts* or parcels of
’and lying and being in the county of
W ashington, State of North Carolina,
and more particularly kne wn and de
scribed as lots Nos. 71, 72, 73. 74. and
75 in the subdivision made by the Nor
folk Southern Land Company. Incor
porated. of registered estate No. 2(12,
book 2, pages 215-216, said lots be
ing respectivelv registered estates Nos.
277, book 4. page 118; 278. book 4.
page 119; 279. book 4. page 120; 280,
book 4. pane 121; 281, book 4, page
122.
•Said lands to he sold subject to the
drainage assessment of Washington
County Drainage District No. 5, due
and to become due.
This the 22nd dav of June, 1929.
ZEB VANCE NORMAN,
7-19 Commissioner.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Washington Coun
ty: in Superior Court.
Pursuant to a judgment rendered
Monday. June 17. 1929, by his honor,
C. Y. W. Ausbon. clerk of the super
ior court, in an action lately pending
in said court entitled “Mrs. E. R.
Spruill, plaintiff, vs. M. Luther Swain
and wife, Minnie, and C. W. Blount,
sr., mortgagee, defendants." the un
dersigned commissioner to satisfy said
judgment will sell to the highest bid
der for ca~h at the courthouse door
in Plymo uth ;:t 12 o’clock noon on the
22nd day of July. 1,:29, that certain
tract of land situate in T\ ashington
Cc-urey. T-oos Mill Township, and
known and designated as follows:
“Bounded on the east by J. E.
Blount, on the south by John Swain
land, on the west by Rufus Swain
heirs, on the north by Swan Bay, and
known as part of the Ayers land, and
contains 65 acres, more or less. Said
land conveyed by this instrument is a
part of the same land conveyed to
Geo. AV. Ayers and Rufus Swain by
I. M. Reid and wife.”
The successful bidder will be re- i
quired to deposit 10 per cent of his bid ]
as guarantee that he will comply with 1
the terms of sale and as liquidated,
damages in case he fail to so comply j
and pay the purchase price on demand.'
Dated and posted this 17th day of
June, 1929.
JERRY A. SAWYER,
7-19 Commissioner, i
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a decree of the superior |
court of Washington County entered i
on the 10th day of June, 1929, in an'
action entitled John L. Roper Lumber
Company and e thers vs. Samuel Zcig
vnlurn and others, the same being1
No. 114 of the Civil Issue Docket of
aid court authorizing and directing j
the undersigned commissioner to sell
and convey the lands hereinafter de
-crihed for the satisfaction of the a-j
mounts declared to he due plaintiff by!
said decree, the undersigned commis- j
sir.tier will expose at public sale at the
cc unhouse door of Washington Coun
ty. North Carolina, at 12 o'clock noon
:: the 24th day of July, 1(>29, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the following
described lands, to wit:
1 ving and being in Lees Mill Town- •
.ship, Washington County, North Car-1
"hen. and being lids Nos. 49 and 50, ’
cc: taining 80 acres each and being reg- 1
istcred Estates Nos. 255. book 4 page !
96 and 256, book 4 page 97,'respective-j
! v, of the register of deeds office of I
Washington Comity, North Carolina, I
and being in Washington County j
Drainage District No. 5.
Said lands to be sold subject to the
drainage assessment of Washington
County Drainage District No 5, due
and to become due.
This the 22nd dav of June, 1929.
ZEB VANCE NORMAN,
7-19 Commissioner.
SALE OF LAND FOR DRAIN
AGE ASSESSMENTS
The undersigned sheriff of Washing
toun County will expose at public sale
at the courthouse door at 12 o'clock
noon on the 15th day of July, 1929,
!ho;:e lots or tracts of land as appear
on the Drainage Map of Washington
County Drainage District Number 5.
recorded in the office of the register of
deed, for 1928, delinquent drainage as
sessment:'., said tracts numbers and
owners as follows:
17. T. Dillon, lot 64 tract 1 . 21.28
H. T. Dillon, lot 65 tract 1 ... 41.41
II. T. Dillon, lot 66, tract 1 .......... 41.41
H. T. Dillon, lot 67 tract 1 41.41
H E. Fasse and wife, lot 138
tract 1 . 38.83
J. D. Craft, tract 5 10.66
J. E. Phelps, tract 8 2.01
Levi W oodley, tract 11 12.12
George Bowden, tract 12 .21
C. Maxwell Estate, tract 13 .06
George Davenport, tract 13 .02
W. R. Swain, tract 14 . 17.24
Lois Gaylord, tract 15 . 2.05
Charles Williams ar.d others,
tract 16 .08
Howard Roberts ct als. tract 17 .14
Levi Woodley, tract 18 . 1.05
Lois Gaylord, tract 10 .63
1.. L. Lewis, tract 20 .05
E. Knowles, tract 22.62
L. Harrington heirs, tract 24 ... 4.00
B. F. Bailey, tract 26 .86
This the x4tli day of June, 1929.
J. K. REID,
Sheriff of Washington County.
NOTICE OF SALE
By virtue of the power of sale in
the deed of trust from James D. l-'.horn
and wife to me, dated April 20, 1926,
duly recorded in book 85, page 433,
register’s office of Washington Coun
ty, which is hereby referred to, I will
sell at public auction for cash to the
highest bidder at the courthouse door
in said County on Friday, July 26th,
1(.’29, at noon, all the right, title, and
interest cvnvoyed in two certain tracts
of land described as a tract of land in
Washington County known as the
‘'Holliday place," containing 100 acres,
mere or less, and a tract of land in
Washington County known as the
"Ambrose Place," containing 100
acres, more or less, being the same con
veyed to James D. Eborn and others
bv A. J. Newberry by deed dated Aug
ust 17, 1909. duly recorded in said
register’s office in book 56, page 169,
to which reference is also made.
This June 24th, 1929.
A. D. MacLEAN.
7-19 Trustee.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of the
will of Charles Dickens Gay Lord, de
ceased late of Washington County,
North Carolina this is to notify all per
ons having claims against the estate ol
said deceased 10 exhibit them to the
undersigned at Plymouth, N. C., on
or before the 30th day of May, 1930 or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
theirrecovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immediate
payment.
This 30th day of M.:y, 1929.
CARL L. BAILEY,
Executor of C lutrles Dickens GayLord
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to a decree of the superior
court of Washington County entered
oil the 10th day of June, 1929, in an
action entitled Norfolk Southern Land
Company and others vs. W eisenborn
Land Company and others, the same
being No. 116 of the Civil Issue docket
of said court, authorizing and direct
ing the undersigned commiss.oner to
sell and convey the lands hereinafter
described for the satisfaction of the
amounts declared to be due plaintiff by
said decree, the undersigned commis
sioner will expose at public sal. fat the
courthouse door of Washington Coun
ty, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock noon
on the 24th day of July, 1929, to the
highest bidder, for cash, the following
described lands, to wit:
Lots Nos. 68, 69, and 70 in the sub
division made by the Norfolk Southern
Land Company, Incorporated, of reg
istered Estate No. 202, book 2, page
215-216, said lots being registered es
tates Xo. 274, book 4, page 115; No.
275, book 4, page 116; No. 276, book
1, page 117, respectively.
Said lands to be sold subject to the
drainage assessment of Washington
County Drainage District No. 5, due
and to become due.
J his the 22nd dav of Tune, 1929.
ZMB VANCE NORMAN,
7-19 Commissioner.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Washington County
Pursuant to the authority vested in
tin undersigned by virtue of that cer
tain mortgage deed executed by J. M.
Woodley and recorded in the office of
the register of deeds -of Washington
County in book 93, at page 20, the
conditions of which not having been
complied with, and default having
been made in the payment of the in
del tedness therein secured, the under
signed will, on the 22nd day of July,
1929, at II o’clock a. m., offer for sale
to the highest bidder, for cash, at the
courthouse door in Plymouth that cer
tain tract of land situate in Washing
ton County, Skinnersville Township,
and described in the said mortgage
deed as follows:
"Known as the home place of Cap
i.'.in Thomas Norman, and bounded as
appears in the division plot of the heirs
at law. the same being lot No. 1, which
w?> allotted to R. W. Norman in said
division; bounded on the north a Jfr
cast by lands of H. L. Pritchard, de
ceased. Ed Staley on the west, and
south by the lands of J. W. Halsey and *
the s:*id Pritchard, containing 115
acres, more or less.
Eor further description, see deed
from R. W. Norman to J. M. Wood
ley. dated January 1st, i907, and re
corded in register deed's office, Wash
The successful bidder will be re
qmred to deposit 10 per cent of his
bid as guaranty that he will comply
with the terms of sale and as liquidat
ed damages in case he fails to so com
ply and-or pay the purchase price on
demand.
Dated and posted this 18th day of
June, 1929.
L. C. SPRCILL,
Mortgagee.
By Mrs. E. R. Spruill, assignee, and
owner of the indebtedness.
Jerry A. Sawyer, attorney. 7-19
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