It is with sorrow for the family, relatives and friends that we chronicle the death, at the home of her brother, Mr. Mathias OWENS, in this town on Tuesday last of Mrs. Thos. SWAIN, of Tyrrell county. Accompanied by relatives and friends the remains were taken to Tyrrell county on the Str. Edith on Wednesday and laid to rest in the family burying ground.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.
There was a pretty home marriage at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Sabra HARRISON, near this town on Wednesday morning last at 6:30 o’clock, the contracting parties being Mr. S.O. LYNN, of Suffolk, Va., and Miss Modie HARRISON, one of Washington county’s most charming young ladies. The ceremony was performed by Rev. N.H. HARRISON, and the wedding march rendered by Miss Adelia SKITTLETHARPE, of Plymouth. The attendants were, Mr. Milton RIDDICK, of Suffolk, and Miss Eunice LYNN, sister of the groom, and Mr. Joe VAIL and Miss Pauline HARRISON, both of this town. Directly after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. LYNN left for an extended trip to Raleigh, Washington City, and other points of interest, after which they will go to Suffolk, the home of the groom, to reside in future. They were accompanied as far as Edenton by Mr. Joe VAIL and Miss Pauline HARRISON. The BEACON joins their many friends in best wishes for the continued happiness of this newly wedded couple.
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Mrs. L.E. JACKSON and children left on Wednesday for a visit to Mrs. JACKSON’s parents at Middletown, Ohio. While absent they will extend their visit to relatives and friends in Indiana.
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Mrs. Louvenia RALPH, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. C.V.W. AUSBON, for the past two months, returned to her home at Creswell on Saturday last.
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Our sympathies are with Mr. and Mrs. W.R. OWENS whose infant child died on Friday of last week.
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While at play on Tuesday, Master Jesse, son of Mr. J.F. JACKSON, fell from a tree and broke his arm.
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So long a time has passed since we last wrote items for The BEACON that perhaps many old friends have concluded that we are no longer in the land of the living, or else have erased our name from the book of their remembrance forever, but we hope not, for we are here near the busy little town of Roper busily engaged in teaching and doing all in our power to add our mite to help the great cause of education and though we have little time to collect the news, we yet remember our old friend, The BEACON, and will write for its pages the few items that come under our notice.
We so much appreciate the kindness of many friends. We thank them all who are so kind to a stranger in their midst, and may our sick all soon be well once more and our little band of workers continue to improve, is the wish of — WILD ROSE
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SALISBURY, Aug. 20 — W.R. THOMPSON, of Danville, a brakeman on the Southern Railway, was instantly killed at Spencer Saturday night while riding as a passenger on No. 12, the northbound local. The unfortunate young man was returning from Concord, where he had been visiting. Wishing to save himself a walk from the station, he stepped from the train as it passed opposite his boarding place at a considerable rate of speed. No one on the train observed the accident, which was the result of being throw [sic] between the wheels in some way. Later, the body was discovered by the track, much mangled. The remains were sent to to the home of the deceased yesterday morning.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.
The pisag [sic] forest has cost VANDERBILT something like $250,000, or about $2.50 an acre. He has brought it in great or small tracts as rapidly as possible, and now his rangers are the only denizens. There are five of them, all picked men of the mountains, of fine physique, good riders and dead shots. They must keep open the roads and trails, see that the boundary fence, 300 miles in length, is all right; keep out poachers, look after the game and the trout and always be on the alert for timber stealers. There are 265 miles of trail in this forest, the trails leading alongside each trout stream. There are 70 miles of road passable for wagon. There are miles of shooting paths, the latter 15 feet in width and cut out right and left from the roads. When deer are driven they must cross these paths, and by means of the latter alone can the hunter see them in time to get a shot.
Though Mr. VANDERBILT is not a sportsman, but a student, yet all things are kept ready for him. His pleasure is the pleasure of others. On his last visit he only caught one trout, nor did he fire a gun. His wife was with him. She is a good horsewoman and rode a pony up and down the steepest trails. Under protection native trout are rapidly restocking the streams without artificial propagation.
At Biltmore Mr. VANDERBILT has an arboretum, one of the largest in the world, and the pioneer in the United States. This was formerly under the direction of Gifford PINCHOT, who is at present head forester of the United States; it is now under the direction of Dr. SCHENCK as forester. In this arboretum more than 300,000 trees and shrubs have been planted. Pisgah forest is the complement of the arboretum, and in these wild woods Dr. SCHENCK has a lodge where he spends much of each summer with his class. In the latter are often youths of wealth and high social position who wish to study forestry – a study which the United States needs, since so many millionaires are daily devoting themselves to the task of forest destruction and so few to conservation.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 31 August 1900. Available online at digitalnc.org.