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VOL. 39
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928
NO. 50
. Union Thanksgiving
Service To Be Held
In Baptist Church
4
Sermon By The Rev. A. H.
Marshal] At 11 O’clock
In The Morning
SPECIAL MUSIC TO
BE FEATURED ALSO
Pastor Everett Will Be Master
' * Of Ceremonies; All Ministers
Will Participate; Business To
Be Suspended While Citizens
Seek Amusements: Church
To Attract Many;
For a numebr of years it has been
tiu custom of the several churches in
this town to hold a union service on
Thanksgiving morning at some spec
ial church at 11 o’clock, and this serv
ice will be held here in the Baptist
Church at the usual hour on Thanks
giving morning with the Rev. A. H.
Marshel, rector of the Grace Episco
pal Church, as the principal speaker,
it was learned here yesterday.
Choral singers in the four churches
in the town are busy practicing for the
rendition of appropriate music for the
occasion. The leader of these com
bined choirs have not been announced
as yet. Special music by talented
members of the various congregations
will feature the service. It is thought
that the program will be so arranged
that most of the ministers will partici
pate.
Ptjcoplirmed rurriors have it that an
pffering will likely be taken for the
various orphanages of the State
Dopors will mark their gifts and they
will be forwarded to the designated
orphanage whether it be a fraternal
ctphauagp or a church orphanage.
^\li ifepis unmarked will he divided
equally among the various orphanages,
according to the rumor.
Stores and business houses will like
ly be closed, and a large crowd is ex
pected to attend this service. It if
understood that the factories here will
suspend operation this day. Drug
stores will remain open.
A large number of the populace will
hunt during the day. Others will
travel to visit relatives and friends in
another town, and still others are ex
pected to spend the day resting. Sc
this will present a day of varied en
tertainments and amusements for the
citizens.
REPRESENTAIVE DARDEN
SEEKS INFORMATION
In the Public Opinion Column of
this paper there apears a communica
tion from John W. Darden, recently
elected representative to the North
patolipa Gepepal Assembly for the
J929 session, requesting that the citi
zens of the county write an open let
ter to this paper stating their opinion
of th 7 duties of the legislature that
wiV'nieet next year. Readers are
urged to forward their communica
tions early in the week, observing the
rules as are laid down for the conduct
of this column, and answer the ques
tion propounded by Representative
Darden. Through this ntethod the
representative desires to serve the peo
ple better by ascertaining their opin
ions of the need of the county.
W. 11
ALMO THEATRE
TONIGHT
Ramon Navarro
IN
Sacross To Singapore
AND
M. G. M. NEWS
Saturday Night Only
Pw§ter Kegtpn
' IN
“College”
ALSO
fifth Episode of
"Peri^ Qf *the Jyn||e|l’
INK WE|_L IMfS
Tues, & Wed. Night
John Gilbert
IN
The Cossacks
SCIENCE CLASS
MAKING RAPID
PROGRESS
By MILDRED DIXON
(Staff Writer)
“A hint to the wise is sufficient.’
Enough said. The omestic Science
class in the local school are still mak
ing rapid progress.
Last week the class members were
busy cutting pictures and planning
for posters that would represent sub
jects they studied during the yea;
for entry into the poster contest
The judges, Misses Elizabeth Normal
and Nellie Tarker.to" teachers in the
lower grades, awarded the first prifci
to Misses Leslie Darden and Virginia
Cahoon for their poster, “Eat Regu
lar,” Tuesady a breakfast was givei
in honor of the winners of the firs
prize.
The second prize was presented ti
M;ssesc Mildred Dixon and Modic
Cooper who will be guests at a break
fast this morning. Tfyeir poster wa:
entitled “A Well-Balanced Break
fast.” Breakfast has been the mai
subject study in the class this year
The diets consisted of: grape fruil
oat meal, egg omele, strip bacon
muffins, butter and coffee.
More luncheons and breakfasts wil
be given in the future. These meal
train the girls in serving as well a
teaching them table service and table
etiquette.
Miss Doris Walston is teaching th
girls to be economical as well a
skilled in preparing and serving
meals. The monthly fee for this worl
has never been over-drawn.
MONTICELLO CLUB MEETS
Long Acre, Nov. 22.—The Monti
cello Woman’s Club met with Mr;
H. L. Respass December 15 at which
time Miss Pratt Covington gave f
very interesting demonstration or
arts and crafts. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. G.
L. Bowen December 6. Officers were
elected as follows: Miss Ethel Ange
president; Mrs. Ransom Respass
secretary: and Mrs. H. L. Respass
booster.
Long Acre, Nov. 22.—The Jack
son Home Demonstration Club me’
with Mrs. J. H. Browning Novembei
20 with eight members present. Hand
painting and hat making was the fea
ture of the demonstration. Officerf
were elcted as follows: Miss Evr
Ange, president; Miss Lula Watson
secretary, and Mrs. J. H. Browning
booster.
LOCAL BOY IN AUTO
SMASH UP NEAR COLUMBIA
Columbia, Nov, 22.—Tommie Bate
man, son ot Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Bate
man, of near Plymouth, sustained a
split knee-cap when an automobile he
was driving crashed into the rear of
an automobile operated by J. J. Brick
house near here Tuesday night. Mr.
Brickhouse escaped serious injury al
though he was shaken tip and fright
ened at the moment.
Mr. Brickhouse asserted that his au
tomobile was parked on the side of
the road while a person getting of the
tar with his lights on when the car
driven by Mr. Bateman crashed into
the rear end bending the gasoline tank
in the middle and doing other dam
ages,
REV. EDWARD PREACHES
MAIDEN SERMON OF YEAR
Rev. R. G. L. Edwards preached the
first sermon of the year in his pastor
ate of the local Methodist Church last
Sunday morning to a large congrega
tion. Special music was rendered by
Mj;s. R,- Edwards, accompanied
by C. HJ. Norman. This will make the
third year that the minister has been
in charge of the local church.
SDIGHTDY INJURED I?I
£UT0M0BILE WRECK
0. T. Robbips find G. H. Hardison
received slight injuries Tuesday night
when ail automobile driven by Mr.
Robbins crashed into a truck that was
parked on the side of a narrow roaci
without a light near Windsor early
Tuesday evening.
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CLUB APPOINTS
LEADERS FOR
SCHOOL
By CORRINNE BELL
Pleasant Grove, Nov. 22.—The
Pleasant Grove Club met at the home
of Mrs. W. A. Swain Tuesday after
noon with about fourteen members
present. The meeting was opened by
a song after which the roll was call
ed an dthe minutes read by the
secretary, Miss Corrinne Bell. Mrs. C.
W. Snell and Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton
were appointed as leaders to attend
the leaders’ school that will be held
in Plymouth, December 3 at 2:30 in
the afternoon. These leaders will give
a demonstration in cake icing at the
home of Mrs. C. W. Snell on Decem
ber 4.
A report will be made on the Mem
bership Campaign at the December
meeting also. Prizes will be awarded
to the club members, both old and
new, for the largest attendance. The
picture of the winning club will be
printed in the paper. Members are
urged to do every thing possible to
e it a success. The slogan is
“Every Member a New Member for
December.”
The chairman appointed Mesdames
S. Z. Waters and W. A. Swain on a
committee to aid in conducting a
rummage sale that will be held at
the courthouse in Plymouth, Satur
day, November 24. The proceeds from
this sale will be used in beautifying
the courthouse grounds.
A fancy work bazaar will be held
in Plymouth at Bobbie’s Place on
Washington street for the benefit of
the club women in the county. The
sale win Degin aDout uecemoer iu
and continue for about two weeks.
Miss Covington gave a demonstra
tion on hat making and crayon paint
ing and two hats were made by Mrs.
C. W. Snell aifd Mrs. A. J. Barnes
at the meeting held Tuesday with
Mrs. Snell. Miss Augusta Walker and
t Mrs. Unducie Graft joined the club at
this meeting.
NFGRO ETRADITED
FROM PHILADELPHIA
Henry Hines, colored, of this place,
was arraigned before judge Zeb Vance
Norman in Recorder’s Court here
Tuesday, charged with abandonment
and non-support after having been
brought back here from Philadelphia
by Sheriff J. K. Reid during the week
end to face trial. The Negro was
found guilty. Judgment was suspend
ed upon payment of costs, including
extradition.
PRESENT PLAYS IN LOCAL
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Three one-act plays will be given in
the local school auditorium next Tues
day evening, November 27. A small
acimission fee will be charged. Every
one is urged to attend.
,NCREASED NUMBER
BALES COTTON GINNED
Pleasant Grove, Nov. 15.—In a
preliminary report on the cotton gin
ied in North Carolina for the crops
oi 1928 and 1927 issued by the
United States Department of Com
merce, through the Bureau of the
Census, it was revealed that Wash
iigton county ginned 1,147 bales for j
the year of 1928 by November 1
against 572 bales for the same period
in 1927. This quantity is in running
bales; and Enters are not included.
Beacon To Devote Edition To
Farm And Home Club Work
By MISS EVA WHITE
(Staff Correspondent)
Skinnersville, Nov. 22.—Pictures,
articles revealing club history and
news stories pointing out the out
standing achievements of clubs will
be featured in the edition of the
Roanoke Beacon that will be devot
ed entirely to the h.ome ^emopstra
Uon clubs anti' farm organizations in
the county that will be issued at an
eaily date, it was announced in the
meeting of the Albemarle Woman’s
Club here at the home of Mrs. Wal
ter White Wednesday pfterppoia by
Miss Pratt Covington, Washington
county home demonstration agent.
There are about fifteen club§ jp
the county that will participate in
the benefits and the news articles of
this special edition. Mrchants and
business men will be asked to aid in
h's edition by advertising. The clubs
will be in general charge of the work
wim ine aiu 01 ute icguwi
the Beacon. No definite date has been
set for this edition, however, it is
understood that the special edition
will be published some time during
the first of next year.
Those attending the meeting were
Mesdamjs S. A, Hoiton, Matilda Au
rnack, Joe Pritchard, C. V. White and
Miss Eva White. The meeting opened
with a song and prayer. Outlining
and coloring flowers with wax cray
ons on curtain borders and <Jailies
was demonstrated by Miss Covington.
The next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs, S. A- Holton at which
time a cake with Qhristmas decor
ations will be demonstrated by Mes
dumes Holton and Brickhouse.
Members of this club will con
tribute old clothes for sale in the
rummage sale that will be held in
Plymouth at an early date in order
to obtain funds to beautify the court
house grounds
PUBLIC GREETS
SIX-CYLINDER
CHEVROLET
Motoring America was on its tip
toes tonight as two of its large metro
politan centers were viewing for the
first time the sensational new valve-in
head six-cylinder Chevrolet, which was
announced November 16. Interest was
keyed to a high pitch in New York
and Detroit as the financial and mo
tor capitals of the country, respective
ly, prepared to greet this most ad
vanced offering of the worlds’ largest
automobile producer for 1928.
Meanwhile the gigantic Chevrolet
manufacturing organization is apply
ing itself to a heavy production pro
gram so that cars may be shipped to
dealers starting December IS and de
liveries to the public may begin
promptly January 1.
Chevrolet’s dealers are ;n readiness
to take care of a deluge of advance
orders. For several days prior to the
announcement, the sales division of the
company, under direction of R. H.
Grant, vice president in charge of sales
made use of every information medium
available in preparing dealers and sales
men for the advent of the new six.
Tons of literature were mailed from
Detroit, fully descriptive of the new
product. Lighted shadow boxes with
full color illustrations of the new mod
els, and slide films for projection on
the screen or wall of a darkened room
proved invaluable assets in disseminat
ing the facts. Special talking records,
so timed as to synchronize with the
slide film pictures and descriptions
were also used and proved to be just
another instance of the iimennitv the
spies division exemplified in getting all
the facts to its deglefs grid salesmen
for use during this announcement
period.
In the company’s announcement last
week of “a six ifi the price range of
the four,” ihere was indicated a smash
ing triumph for quantity production.
It pointed out that the new car, with
the advanced features it embodies, was
made possible at ifs pf-ice chiefly thru
the influence of great volume produc
tion. W. S. Knudsen, president and
general manager, stated on the an
nouncement that only volume produc
tion made possible by the tremendous
popular reception accorded Chevrolet
in recent years enabled the company
to offer a car with the speed, acceler
ation, power, and smoothness of six
ylinder performance at practically the
same price that contributed so much
to the world-wide popularity of the
ft ur.
FRIDAY DESIGNATED AS
“WASHINGTON COUNTY DAY”
AY EXPOSITION
Friday of Christrnas week was
designated as "Washington Co
unty Day" for the Peanut Ex
position at a meeting of com
mittees from Plymouth, Roper
and Creswellat Roper last night
according to Secretary Bartlett
Mrs. W. H Clark and Mrs. B.
G. Campbell. Roy Hampton
and W. H. Clark, represented
Plymouth and Miss Gussie Car.
stamhen spoke for Roper and
Creswell. The meeting was held
at the home of Miss Carstar
phen _
Commerce Officials
Confer With Page
On Bridges Today
FREE NEGROES
ONACCOUNT
MIXED DATES
Westover, Nov. 22.—Specification
' of the wrong date in the warrant was
the means of two Negroes of this
section being found not guilty of
petty larceny on November 14, by
Judge Zeb Vance Norman in Record
er’s Court at Plymouth last Tuesday,
after Solicitor C. L. Bailey had made
cut what seemed to be a clear cut
case of the guilt of the defendants by
weaving a network of circumstantial
evidence around them by producing
witnesses that testified to the activities
or the Negroes on November 13 at the
same time in the evening, however,
fully tw-entj-four hours in advance of
the time specified in the warrant.
W. T. Freeman was prosecuting
Aleck and Ernest Walker for the
theft of about three gallons of trac
tor oil and about the same amount of
gasoline and some tools from a tractor
that was in his charge that was locat
ed in the field of G. W. Ayers on the
I Folley road which really occurred on
November 13 instead of the evening of
November- 14 as the evidence set
forth, In reporting the larceny to j
Solicitor Bailey the prosecuting wit
ness got his dates mixed which was
fortunate for the Negroes.
The mistake did not become known
until Attorney Van Buren Martin
who was representing the defendant
began to call witnesses that testifiec
that the Negroes were in another lo
cality at the time of the theft as stat
ed by the warrant. The the prosecut
ir.g witnesses found out that they had
erred in the date. A request for a
change in the date of the warrant wa
denied by the court. Testimony could
not be retaken as the Solicitor had
rested his case.
As the Negroes had stopped thei:
Ford in the proximity of the tractor
and a gin house, a close watch war
kept on both. Tractor oil was found in
the place where the car had been locat
ed upon investigation the morning fol
'owing the theft. All clues revealed in
the cross-examinations and testimon
ies pointed to the Negroes, however,
the error in the date allowed them a
Icop-hole for an alibi which saved
thcm|
JUNIOR ORDER COUNCIL
MET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The local council Junior Order Unit
ed American Mechanics are making
fine progress with their organization,
having held the second meeting Wed
nesday night, November 27, in the
Masonic Hall. Up to last meeting the
charter number had reached 44 with
27 obligated and instructed in the
work. The council will meet again
Monday night in the Masonic Hall at
7:30. By vote of the council the char
ter will remain open until the Mon
day night meeting at least as quite a 1
number of citizens have expressed a
desire to become charter members and
who have not had an opportunity to
file an application. The outlook is very
bright for a wide-awake council at
Plymouth and the state organizer in
charge of the work said that he ex
pected the membership to pass the 100
mark within a short time.
Plans are now being arranged far a
Junior Order religions iet-vree at one
ot the local c^yv-chtts when either Kev.
Thos, ft. Beaman, district deputy state
councilor, or some state officer will ad
dress the public on the aims and ob
jects of the order. The Old Hickory
Degree Team, at Washington, C-,
which is considered fo fee- among the
best in the state, will visit the local
council during the month of December
to exemplify the degrees of virtue, lib
erty and patriotism on class of candi
dates, Delegations will be expected
from quite a few councils over the east
ern sections of the state.
STUDENTS DEFEAT FACULTY
The girls’ varsity basketballs
feated the faculty a.n,d| i^acjuate team
with a W 8 in fast and
1 snappy game ou the school; courts yes
terd**
i
Frank Kugler Accompanied
Commercialists To See
Highway Chief
HOLD CONFERENCE
in Capitol city
District H ghway Official in
Favor Of Series Of Bridges
Spanning Roanoke, Middle
And Cashie Rivers With A
Causeway Connecting Bertie
County And Plymouth
A committee from the local Cham
ber of Commerce left here this morn
ing for Washington, where they will
be joined by Frank Kugler, district
highway commissioner, who will ac
company them to Raleigh, where they
will confer with Frank Page, chairman
of- the State Board of Highway Com
missioners, relative to the erection of
a series of three bridges to span the
Roanoke, Middle and Cashie Rivers
and a causeway to be constructed to
ioin the bridges, thus making a north
ern outlet from this place which would
connect Plymouth with Bertie Coun
ty intersecting the Eden House road.
This special committee from the
Lhamber of t commerce will be accom
panied by President Zeb Vance Nor
man. This meeting will be a follow
up of a meeting held with Frank Kug
ler in Washington last week by Presi
dent Norman and Secretary C. L.
jioves when the district highway com
nissioner expressed himself as being
uartily in favor of the proposed series
jf bridges and causeway. It was
hrough him that the commercialists
were enabled to obtain an appointment
with Chairman Page.
After the matter is approved by
Chairman Page, it will be some' time'
hen before actual work will begin, as
‘here will of necessity be a survey
made of the proposed route and ai\
tsiimate of the cost submitted to the
highway officials. This survey will un
doubtedly include a traffic and land
mrvey which will consume some time.
The State Highway Commission dis
courages toll bridges and information
lias been received that a large num
ber of legislators are not in favor
)f asking for another issue of bonds
luring the forthcoming session. How
ever, local c< mmercialists are optimis
in' about the niatter.
Hard-Surface Road
The eight miles of sand and gravel
oad between Roper and Creswell on
nghway number 90 will be hard sur
aeed in a sh rt time, it was learned
n a telephone message from Frank
Xiigler, of Washington, district high
way commissioner, to the officials of
the local Chamber of Commerce, yes
terday morning. The contract will be
let some time during next months
Work will begin some time next spring
according to the telephone conversa
tion.
COUNTY LADIES’ DIVISION
OF PEANUT SHOW MEET
Roper, Nov. 22 — A meeting of the
ladies’ division of the Peanut Exposi
tion of Washington county was held
bers were balloted oft. several were ob
starphen last night with a number o£
men and, women present. Secretary
N. Bartlett, of the Eastern Caro
lina Chamber of Commerce, was in the
meeting adding the women iu the or
ganization of their forces for selling
the block tickets to the show and ap^
pointing the directors of the local tal
ent that will entertain at the peanut
exposition.
REV. MR. MARSHALL AC
CEPTS AD-DTIOflAL CHARGES
Rev. Mr. A. H. Marshall .was mo
tived this week that he was appointed
minister of the Episcopal churches ini
Williamston ami Hamilton in addi
tion to the Grace Episcopal Church at
this place and Luke’s Church, im
Roper. The1 uister will preach at
threo otf the- churches every Sunday.
This matter-lj.as,'ocen pending for scare
t.nie, and, church officials informed hin»
of this change dn fttfiely this week.
Mrs. N. Rhodes of Seuppernottev,
was m towu Wednesday pud Thursday,