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PI-YMOTTTH EXTENDS A HEARTY WELCOME TO iK>El K*-■ k Eise Evanger Demonsz I HK BEACON OFFERS SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES TO A *> VEKTISE ti a Year, la AAvaaa*. “TOR GOO, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Single Copy 5 Coats. 9 VPL. 38 PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927 NO. 45 LOCAL NEWS Mr. L. H. Horton left Wednes day for Norfolk. Mr. Z. Marshal! of Moncun was here last week. Mr. A. S. Chesson of Wilsoi was here yesterday. Mr. Victor Fverett was i i Williamston Sunday Mr. R. W. Johnston motorei to Bel haven Monday Mr. and Mrs Gi bert Davi; were in Belhaven Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Clarence Ainsle; spent Sunday in Mackeys. Miss Allie Claik of Greenvilii is visiting Mrs. B. F Read. Jack Peele and Henry William were in Greenville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Harris mo tored to Wilson Wednesday. Mr. T. L. Smith, of Roanoki Rapids, was in town Sunday. Mr. Frank Spruill, of Rock} Mount, was here last Sunday. Clyde Fretwell and Raymon< White were in Ahoskie Sunday Mr. and Mrs. R C Dunning spent Sunday in Swan Quarter Mr. Onward Davis, of Green ville, spent the week-end in thi city. Mr. and Mrs. W. A S. Annar of Moncure N. C., were here las week. Have you become acquaints with Mr. Peanut. See ad on pag* two of this issue. V^Ulic a uuiijuci ui tut attended the circus at Rockj Mount Wednesday. Miss Annie Ragan and Mr John Chesson of Durham spen the week end hei e. Misses Margaret Ward Jacksoi and Louise Harrison motored t» Williamston Tuesday. Mrs. C. V. W. Ausbon is visit ing her son Mr, F. S. Ausbon ii Chapel Hill this week. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Livermai and iittle daughter Anne, motor ed to Belhaven Sunday. Mrs. C. L. Jackson of Edmton is here visiting her daughter Mrs. Raymond Leggett. Messrs. Louis Horton, Lui Read and Herman Jackson motor ed to Greenville Tuesday, Mrs. W A. Crocket of Hamp ton, Va., is the guest of Mr. am Mrs. W. F. Ausbon this week. Mrs. W. F. Winslow of Wash ington, is here this week visitinj her mother Mrs. Fannie Ayers. Mrs. H. H. Brown returnu home Sunday from an extensivi visit to relatives and friei ds ii ^ Norfolk. ^ Mr. and Mrs. W T. Nurne; accompanied by Miss Velmi Satterthwaite motored to Green vil e Sunday. Messrs. Abe Adler, Johnsoi Ward. W S- Clark and Dr. W H. Ward motored to New Hoi land Sunday. R. L. Whitehurst am Martha Hornthal am Booth spent Sunday i> Mount. F. S. Ausbon and Johi of Chapel Hill spent th« end wi'h Mr. and Mrs C FARM COURSE GIVEN ADULTS AT NIGHT i At a meeting of the Agricultural Advisory Committee of the Roper i School, held last week in the school building, it was decided to sponsor ar, evening class in vocational agri culture. Prof, E, N Riddle, J. W. Marrow, L. E. Hassell, J, M. Cla I gon and W, A. Blount constitute th^ advisory commiltee. , These classes will be held in the interest of adult farmers. The pro gram will cover an important and 1 economic farming phase. Numer ous practical farming questions will , be discussed at the meetings. 1 he paramount course will be the pro duction and marketing of swine, 5 and a complete concentrated course will be offered. Beginning the first Friday night in November and continuing ftr ten consecutive Friday nights at ! 7:30, a meeting of this kind will be held in the agricultural class room , of the school. Every adult farmer in the com munity is urged to attend these I! meetings, that are given for their j special benefits. I Prof B, G O'Brien, Vocational 'Agricultural Teacher, of the school, j will be in charge of the meetings. ! Services At Grace Church There will be service at the i Grace Episcopal Church Sunday. - Tiie Rev. J. M. R >bf son, D D, is the new rector Sunda School I at 9:45 Morning prayer and ser mon, 11 o’clock. A c rndial wel come awaits you. i Births Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Harris, a girl, Linwood Joyce. Born to Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Lyon, on Thursday morni.ig, a gi-l, Priscilla Anne. , Born to Mr. and Mrs. L C. ) Holliday, a girl Eunice Gray. Born to Mr. and VI rs. C. L Groves, a girl, Mary Deane. 1 Special Lecture At Christian Church i The Rev. W. E. Norris, pastor of - the local Christian Church, attend ed the North American Convention, of the Church of Ch ist, which was i held in Indianapolis. Ind., October ’ 12 to 16. Every slate in the union was represented At morning and evening services, in the local church ' here Sunday, the minister will lecture on the convention. Every one is invited to attend. I Some people seem to get a good deal out of life by not expecting too much I LOST—A 19 jewel Hamilton watch. Open white gold ease. Missed on last Tuesday. Re ward. N ti?y Gilbert Davh. AIMO THEATRE Saturday Night John Gilbert “The. Show” ALSO M G. W. NEWS A D SIX'i H EPISODE Officer 444 + COMING October 27, 28. 29 The worldViiiost-talked-of re Parade” TEACHERS OF COUNTY MEET AT ROPER A representative number of the teachers of Washington county met at the Roper school building Mon day afternoon, to discuss plans and devise means for a profitable series of meetings of this kind. There will be four meetings in this series The dates given for the next three con secutive meetings, to be held at the Roper school building, on Novem oer 4, December 2 and January 28 Indications point toward beneficial results to the pedagogy Several matters were discussed and voted on, subject to the ap oroval of the general assembly of teachers at the next meeting to be neld in November. Matters of vita! importance were reserved for the next meeting, while a program for the November meeting was made. These meetings are to be divided nto two sessions; a general session, in which all the teachers partici nate and a group session, in which anly group members are invited, groups consist of teachers in the three departments; high school, grammar grades and primary grades. Each group will devote their time to matteisof importance to them. Groups will be organized at once, fdaotains will be appointed. As signments have been made (or the next meeting. Friday afternoons will be. the meeting days. Every thing is done subject to the approval ot the County Board of Education. Negro Arrested For Incompetent Driving Matthew Jones young Negro of thF place, was arrested by Sherriff J K. Reid and Chief of Police, P. W. Brown sharped with incompetent driving of :»n automobile and carrying conceal ed weapon. Jones was in an automobile and train wreck rear here some time ago His left leg was cut off a few inches below th 1 knee, and his right leg was rendered useless. In some manner the Negro uses the remainder of the dismembered left leg to operate the clutch, when changing gears an his touring car. Au horities have recieved numerous com plaints of ihe faulty driving of the car by the Negro. Several times in the last few days he nar rowly escaped dangerous wrecks t was reported. The officers found a pistol in his possession it the time of his apprehension. The defendant will t»e arraig aed before Judge Zeb Vance Slorman at the regular session of Recorder’s Court week after uext. FARMERS LIKE PYROTOL FOR BLASTING No more stumps will be blast ed in North Carolina with the the cheap government explosive, : pyrctol, after this winter. The State has been allotted 525,000 pounds this season and this amount will close the distribution of government explosive. The warehouse will be cleaned out after January first and farmers who wish to use explosives on heir farms will have to go to the regular commercial sources. During the past five years, 195 c^rs of this material has been used in the State according to figures supD:ied by A. T. Holman, extension agricultural engineer at S^ate College. During Septem ber of this year orders were received for 108,950 pounds by farmers in tour counties Colum bus leads this season with 58,400 pounds already ordered for far mers bv county agent J. P. Quinerly. Mr Holman states that about 5.000 farmers have invested $275,000in purchase three million pounds of the cheap explosive during the past five years These men removed tramp stumps from 60.000 acres of land and cleared 6 500 acres of new land. The net savings and the gain in farm values as a result of using explo sive ran well over a million dot “The distribution of this pyro to! is a regular extension pro ject.,” says Mr. Holman.' “It is not commercial in any sense. Farmers place their orders with county a/ents and tirese orders are pooled and sent to the college from whence they are To-warded to to the Bureau of Pub ic Roads in Washington The farmers re ceive the allotment as ordered when the car has been shipped.” Erect New Buildings ■ Local investors have started a J building program in this city. This ! is following the erection of two new store buildings on Water St., owned by Mrs W. F. Winslow, of Washington. Previous buildings at | this place were destroyed by fire several months ago. Two new modern, up-to-date dwellings are being erected on Third street by Sidney A Ward. These ! homes will be of the bungalow style worth around $4,000 each They will be for rent or sale A new store building is being erec ed on Water street adjoining the Chevrolet building. This will be an expenditure of about $3,000. Mr. L. S. Landing is erecting this for rent LOCAL SCHOOL HAVING GOOD ATTENDANCE There are 360 students enrolled in the city schools for this session About 1 16 of these matriculated in the high school, while 244 are on the register of the elementry school. For the month of September there was an average attendance of 97 per cent. On Monday there were 9 absentees among the boys in high school, due to special work on the farm, probably the harvesting of peanuts. There is one literary society in the school. This is among the pupils of the high school depart ment. Another organization among the students that is drawing much interest, is the club organized by Miss Sabrie Williams with 44 members. This work is conducted on the same principle as the other 4 H Clubs in the county. Athletic clubs have been organiz ed among both boys and girls, A basket ball team is being organized and drilled under the coaching of Miss Lois Dinkins, faculty member. The schedule for the season in the basket ball realm has not been an nounced Football is claiming the undiviked attention of the boys. Superintendent Flubble is whipping the squad in shape for a hard sea son on the gridiron The sehedule for the season as announced by coach Hubble and C. W. Dinkins, manager, includes two games with Robeesonville, Ahoskie, William ston and Columbia 1 he Roberson ville eleven battled the locals to a b to 6 tie, here, last Friday. 1 his makes the second game with this place and both were ties. No reports were prepared for the month of September, They will be given the students the first of No vember. This w'ill be a report cover ing the work from the first of the season. Change Dates For Clinics The Albemarle Orthopaedic Clinic held once a month in the Elizabeth City Hospital, by the KiwanL and Rotary Clubs, of Elizabeth City and the Rotary Clubs of Hertfotd and Edenton, has been postponed from Satur day, October 22 unti October 29. Also we have learned that the orthopaedic clinic held once a month in the Federal Building at Washington sponsored by the Rotary Club of Washington and Beaufort has been postponed from Vlondav, October 24 until Occobei 31. Mesdames D. S Jones, Mattie Jones and Mr. Lawrence Jones aec mpanied by Mr. and Mis. R. G Hardison and daughter, Elsie Ruth, -pci;t Wednesday in Roa noke Rapids. under construction and to be dedicated next summer. 2—Plane aviator, hopes to fly across the Atlantic. 3— M. S. Winder of the American Farm Bureau federation. PROTEST NEGRO SCHOOL ON H I G H WAY In a meeting of the local cham ber of commerce here ihis week, Secretary C. L. Groves, was ap pointed to write the County Board of Education a letter, vig orously protesting the erection of the contemplated $26,000 color - school building on the West side of Plymouth on the highway to ward Williamston Llovd Gilbert, L. W. Gurkin and George Dixon were named as a committee to appear before the meeting of the town aldermen this evening, ask ing the councilmen to endorse their action Among the three sites submitted the B^ard of Ed ucation for sale, on which to erect the school building, this seems to be the most protested. The other sites are in a close I proximity to t he colored section. Porter service at the union station was also discussed. A sug gestion was offered, requesting the railroad company to move the train dispatcher from Hinson siding to this place. This would require the service of a man at night. It was also agreed that the town should be reque; ted to hive a light erected at the end of the pavement near the station. Secretary Groves has written the railroad company refuting state ments in a letter which he re cieved from them, regard ng tne service rendered patrons of the railroad at the union station. Since telegraphic service at this place is very unsatisfactory, a member decided to write the Postal Telegraph Company, urg ing them to continue their lines into this place. The Western Union Telegraph Company is here now Slow deliver* of mes sage •. caused this step to b e taken. Several new industries were discussed. These matters were referred to committees. It is ex pected thiv will report at thes next meeting. Superior Court Opens Monday Superior Court will open here Monday with Judge Clayton Moore of Williamston, presiding. The first two days of the week will t>e consumed in disposing of the heaviest crimiiu 1 docket in recent years. This will be a m'x ed term with about nineteen eivil cases on docket, besides (he large criminal docket Motion and divorce cases will be called at the pleasure of the com* There will b e a noti^d.Ie scarcity of appeals fromtf^Acal Recorder’s Court. A few SWlat ots of the dry law will be tried, along with other offenders of the law. Among the spectacular cas es tried will be A. Gus Atkinson, who appealed ftom a decision handed d >wn from the Recor der’s Court, adjudging him guil ty of larceny, also Deima Parish es young white man, will face charges of attempt* d rape. furor Corrected Theo. Hassell, who was arraign ed before Judge Zeb Vance Nor man, last week, charged with the theft of tobacco from a land lord, was released upon the con dition that he make restitution for stolen tobacco, pay costs of the court and that a p-av«r f< r further judgement he cor tinucd to second Tuesday in December, The later clause in He imposed sentence was erronously emitted in the report of the trial in last week’s paper.
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