Excerpts from the Beacon Flashes column:
- Mrs. J.W. BRYAN and daughter Jamie, are the guests of relatives at Jamesville.
- Mrs. S.M. JACKSON and daughter, Miss Bertie, are visiting relatives in Jamesville.
- Mrs. S.M. WHALEY and daughter, Miss Ida, went down to Nag’s Head on Wednesay.
- Mr. B.F. OWENS our popular liveryman has purchase “Bob Lee,” a thoroughbred Hamiltonian colt three years old, can trot in 2:35. Call at his stable on Main street if you want to see this, perhaps the fastest 3-year-old in the State
- Mr. J.E. VINCENT, who has been visiting in Virginia for several days, returned on Monday. Mr. VINCENT informs us he has severed his connection with the R.R.R. & L. Co., on Long Ridge, and will begin work, for the same company, just above Jamesville, in Martin county. His family will remain in Plymouth, we are glad to say.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 15 August 1890, page 3. Available online at DigitalNC.org.
