Select excerpts from the Beacon Flashes column:
- Mr. J.F. AYERS has returned from a visit to Maryland and Virginia.
- Miss Gertie MIZELLE, of Long Ridge, is the guest of relatives in the city.
- The Alliance men say L.I. FAGAN, of Plymouth, or H.A. LEECHFIELD, of Creswell, will be our next Sheriff. Both good men.
- Rev. C.W. ROBINSON and Mess. S.M. WHALEY and W.C. AYERS were among the number that attended the Sam Jones meeting at Norfolk this week.
- Miss Lethia NORMAN who has been in our town for the past three weeks as the guest of Mrs. Fannie NORMAN, returned to her home at Creswell on Wednesday.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 27 June 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.