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VOL. 39
PLYMOUTH. N.C., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 198
NO. 51
Plymouth’s Growth
For Over Century
Has Been Unusual
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Much Progress Noted In
School System During
Last 148 Years
TOWN IS RICH IN
HISTORICAL DATA
Population is Estimated At
3,000; Six Plants Employ
About 800 People; Weekly
Payro I Of $13,000: Four
Miles Of Paved Streets; 1^
Served By f wo Kcdlroads
And Three Ship Lines
Ever since 1780 when the town of
Plymouth was formally laid off as a
town there has been a gradual and
steady growth that is becoming more
noticeable as the days and months
and years come and go. It is becom
ing generally known that there are
six manufacturing plants in this
small town that employ some 80C
people here each week and in return
for their labor there is about $13,
G00 paid to them weekly. Four miles
of paved streets have enhanced the
attrcativeness of the city immensely
Daily some 450 pupils gather inti
the two school buildings to be in
slructed by a teaching staff of seven
teen. Three or four trucks bring
them in from the rural sections every
day to the local school that is the
only chartered school in the county.
A score or more students from this
town and immediate section are awaj
ai college in some educational centes
of higher learning. Just seventy-five
years ago Plymouth had a publi<
school that operated tor only tnrei
months In the year.
Up until 1888 there were no rail
roads in Plymouth. The first line thai
ran into Plymouth was the Atlantic
Coast, Line that operated a tuain be
tween Plymouth and points to Wil
liamston and on in that direction
Then came the Norfolk Southerr
from Mackeys into Plymouth in 1905
Now the town is served by two rail
roads, three ship lines and one motoi
buse line. However, the town has
been ceuvgr|ienced with more boats
coming' in and out in tradng anc
bringing passengers in time past. -
The Bank of Plymouth was es
tablished in Plymouth in 1886. Sev
eial banks have succeeed this pioneei
i nthe banking system. Some of these
have gope iinder, Th^ present Ban!
has resources over $5,000,00. Mai
was brought in here three times i
week on vessels from Franklin, Va.
and three times a week from the sur
rounding communities mail wai
brought here by stage.
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Courthouse
The courthouse in Plymouth before
ihe Uivil War was a small woodei
building that did not cost over $300
and was located near the same spo
where the present handsome $90.00(
structure now stands. The new court
house replaced the one that was dis
carded about eight years ago whicl
w-as greeted directly after the Wa
Between the States.
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ALMO THEATRE
TONIGHT
F^onalJ Cqleman
IN
“The Night of Love”
AND
M, G, M, NEWS
Saturday Night Only
Conrad Nagel
IN
“The Girl From
Chicago"
ALSO
Sixth Episode of Serial
“Perils of the Jungles”
INK WELL IMPS
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THANKSGIVING
OBSERVED
HERE
Thanksgiving Day was celebrated
yesterday for the three hundred and
seventh time in America in accord
ance with the annual proclamation
from the President of the United
States and a subsequent proclama
tion from Governor Angus W, Mc
I Lean, of North Carolina.
In 1620, some 17 years after the
irst English settlement was made at
V Jamestown, a valiant band of Pil
grims landed on the bleak New Eng
,..nd shores of Plymouth, Mass., and
Began a second colony in the Ne\v
World. After many hardships, facing
dangers known and unknown with the
small band steadily decreasing in
numbers, the first harvest time came
! with a bountiful yield.
Believing that Divine Providence
had watched over the Pilgrims and
brought them safely to their first har
vest,Governor Bradford issued a pro
clamation calling on the people to
observe a day of thanksgiving and
prayer for the blessings of life. This
simple observerance in 1621 at the
dawn of American history was the
beginning of one of the oldest and
greatest national holidays.
With the crops in the store-houses
and the winter supplies ready, the
Pilgrim Fathers brought in fresl
meats from the forests. Every good
thing was prepared for a great vil
lage feast and to show their gooi
*-ill for the red man, they invited
the friendly Indians to partake of
their bounty.
Thus the Pilgrim Fathers inaugurat
ed a national holiday at Plymouth in
Massachusetts just about a century
and a half before Plymouth, North
Carolina, was formally laid off as n
town. Merchants in the same State
that originated the annual Thanks
giving holiday exerted much influence
ir naming Plymouth, North Carolina.
LOCAL COUNCIL JUNIOR
ORDER CHOOSES NAME
Membership ip the local Junior Or
der of the United American Mechan
ics passed the fifty mark at the meet
ing held last Monday night. Charter
and supplies have been received by T.
I. Moore, State organizer, who is ir:
charge of the organization of the
local council.
The name selected was Plymouth
Rock Council No. 213. Everything i
now in readiness to compfete th
council. A special meeting will b
held in the Masonic hall this evening
ai 8 o’clock. Officers and members
1 will be instructed in the work and
candidates will be obligated this even
ing.
: A charter class will be secured tr
i be initiated by the Old Hickory De
gree Team of Washington when they
visit the Juniors for the purpose of
1 cxemplifing the degrees of the order.
A regular communication of the
council will be held Monday night
i December 3, at 8 o’clock, at which
" time nominations for local officers
w 11 close and the officers will be
elected. All applicants and member^
are urged to attend this meeting.
SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES
IN COLUMBIA
Columbia, Nov. 29.—Swift justice
was meted out to the defendants tha’
have been arraigned before Judge
Walter Small, of Elizabeth City, whe
is presiding over the November term
of Superior Court that has been ir
progress here this week. Solicito)
Iirbert Leary, of Edenton, has bee;
prosecuting the offenders of the lav
while a number of local and Wash
ington county attorneys have beet
appearing for them.
SURPRISE DANCE IS
GIVEN MISIS BOWEN
A surprise dance was given to
Miss Doris Bowen, daughter of Mi
ami Mrs. Arthur Bowen, at the homf
of her parents in the Chapel Hil
schoolhouse section last Friday nigh*
with forty guests present. Refresh
ments were served.
PEANUTS YIELD;
$131.41 PROFIT
ON 2 ACRES
Roper, Nov. 29.—Peanuts raised on
tvvo acres on his father’s farm in con
.-action with his classroom studies in
.he vocational agriculture class in
the local high school netted Louis
Edward Hassell, Jr., of near here,
$131.41 in profit this year, it was
learned today from Professor B. G.
O’Brien, head of this department in
the school. This profit was revealed
in the correct records kept during the
working of the project during the en
tire crop season by the young farm
er.
A summary of the record that was
kept in connection with the raising
of the peanuts was submitted to
Professor O’Brien as follows: 15E
hours of time spent on the crop;
total yield for the two acres was 3,
36G pounds; the gross income $168.30;
the cost was $36.89; and the profit
was $131.41. The time used w’as a
little less than the average, and the
yield was considerably above the
average yield for the year, stated
Professor O’Brien.
The outstanding feature of the pro
ject is the practice of sound eco
nomics by keeping the cost of pro
duction at such low figures. If the
cost of producing or growing a crop
is equal to the sale price there is
no use of growing the crop. The net
profit, or margin of profit is an es
sential point in agricultural econom
ics. The task of the agricultural
student and farmer is to keep the cost
. f production at the minimum and at
the same time get the maximum yield
that is possible, continued Mr. O’
Brien.
Other features of this achievement
are the fact that the boy is only If
years of age and the fact that there
was very unfavorable weather condi
Ions prevalent during the growing
season. i
LOCAL MINISTER PREACHES
IN GREENVILLE CHURCH
Rev. A. H. Marshall, rector of the
local Grace Episcopal Church, preach
ed the sermon in the Episcopal
Church in Greenville at the institu
tion services held there for the Rev.
Mr. Lillycrop. he local minister was
designated as speaker on the oc
casion by Bishop Darst, of the diocese
of Eastern North Carolina. All the
clergymen in the diocese were present
at the Greenville meeting.
Rev. Mr. Marshall will preach here
at 11 o’clock Sunday morning; at
Hamilton at 3:30 in the afternoon
and at Williamston at 8:00 o’clock.
WENONA COMMITTEE WILL
GO BEFORE COMMISSIONERS
Wenona, Nov. 29.—A committee
from this section will meet with the
County Commissioners Monday re
questing the officials to make some
arrangements of keeping the Turn
p:ke road in better condition. During
the rainy season just passed the
road was well nigh impassable. It is
hoped that the officials will contract
the upkeep of the road to some priv
ate individual.
Baptist Minister Addresses
Thanksgiving Day Assembly
liratituae is uie uiubbuh*
that springs from the human soul,
and the heart of man knows nothing
more fragrant,” the liev. J. R. Ever
ett told the congregation that as
sembled in the Baptist Church yes
tcrday morning for the annual union
Thanksgiving, service during a dis
course on the text found in Ephesians
the fifth chapter and the twentieth
\crse that reads as follows: ‘Giving
thanks always for all things unto
God and the Father in the name of
out Lord Jesus Christ.”
In the sermon the minister pointed
;ut the fact that the Jews had a
Thanksgiving festival which they
celebrated as the Feast of the Taber
nacles. Also he told of the origination
of Thanksgiving in 1621 when Gov
ernor Bradford called the first
Thanksgiving feast, and also the time
in 1864 when President Lincoln made
it a national holiday. Contrasting the
reasons for the settling of the Ameri
cas, he stated, “South America was
settled by men seeking gold; North
America was settled by man seeking
God.”
In speaking of God as the Great
Giver, the preacher said, “giving
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implies a x ^ ■*■ "''■•
as a person; an appreciation that the
creatures u*ter to their God for his
blessings; and the ebserverance of
the day shows that Americans believe
God to be personal, loving, kind and
generous.’’
The reason men do not give thank:
u. because they do not love God •
because Christians only can fully
keep Thanksgiving Day; and because
of selfishness. Thanks may be given
by worship insong and prayer; by
service in living clei-n lives, visiting
and ministering to others and by giv
ing, continued the minister.
When people fail to give thank:
they miss material blessings, peace
of soul, joy of heart and eternal joy.
the minister explained. In conclusion
the speaker made this appeal, '‘let us
give thanks always unto God by
worship, by joyous and grateful o
bedience to His will.”
The Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, pastor
of the local Methodist Church, pre
sided over the meeting and was in
charge of taking the offeringfor the
orphanages. Special music and com
bined choir and congregation music
was enjoyed.
ASK OFFICIALS
TO GUARANTEE
SURVEY COST
More than likely a delegation from
the Chamber of Commerce will ap
pear before the County Commission
at their meeting in the courthouse
next Monday in an endeaveor to per
suade the county officials to join the
City Council in pledging an equal a
mount for the payment of the costs
of the survey of the Roanoke, Middle
and Cashie rivers in anticipation ot
the erection of a series of three
bridges to span these bodies of water
and for the construction of a cause
way to link these bridges togethei
thus making it possible for traffic to
leave Plymouth at the foot of Wash
ington street and intersect highway
number 342 on the Eden House road.
If the tentative plans are success
ful that are made in the preliminary
survey and are adopted by the High
way Commission and are approved by
the legislature then the amount of
$250 which the City Council and the
County Commissioners have paid for
the survey will be refunded to them.
Officials of the Chamber of Commerce
are very well pleasd with the recep
tion extended them by Frank Page,
of Raleigh, chairman of the State
Highway Commission when they con- (
ferred with him in the Capitol City
last Friday.
Frank Kuglcr, of Wasington, dis
trict highway commissioner, who ac
companied the officials to Raleigh on
their trip to confer with Chairman
Page is enthused over the probabil
ity of the erection of the bridges.
President Norman of the Chamber of
Commerce delegation in the Raleigh
meeting, stated that Chairman Page
was very kind in offering this method
cf progress on the new bridge.
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OF DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS
Plymouth taxpayers have only a
bout one more week to pay their
town taxes before they will be adver
tised for sale. Collections have not
been so good this year as they wer*.
last year. The advertisement of the
ciel'nquent tax list has been delayed
for about thirty days and if payment
is not made immediately the property
will be offered for sale some time
next week, it is thought.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Roper, Nov. 29.—Little Miss Hattie
Marie Brey was hostess to her friends
Tuesday on Bank street celebrating
her fifth birthday. Many games were
played after which delicious refresh
ments were served, hose present
were: Misses Ruth and Doris Chesson,
May Joe Walker, Doris Mae Lewis.
Sarah Snell, Virginia Ainsley, Kath
erine Leary, and Messrs. James Leon
McAllister, Kenneth Chesson and
David Hale Johnston.
SOCIETY PRESENTS PLAY
The Womans’ Miss'onary SocieC
of the Christian Church will present
“Around the World with Christ and
His Disciples'* in the church Sunday
evening at 7:30. Everyone is urged
to attend.
Citizens Of Roper
To Have Electric
Power Saturday
URGES NEED OF
FARM NAMES
IN COUNTY
By PRATT COVINGTON
A suitable name which is distinc
tive of features or characteristics ot
the farm or which fulfills a sentiment
or an idea which the owner wishes
to convey, is a factor which gives a
d-gnity and an idea of permanency
to any home. The name should be
dignified, permanent, suitable, pleas
ing in soun and suggestion. The
right farm name will outlast the mar.
who gives it. A good name will helj
to make a good farm for it will
dignify the home and increase the
/alue of the property.
The natural features and character
istics will suggest name beginning
and name endings as: hills, knolls
ridges, cliff, rocks, valleys, wood,
kind of trees, shrubs, flowers, farn.
crops, wild game, live stock, rivers,
creeks springs gates, views, loca
tions, historical events, Indian names,
family names may all offer sugges
tions. A name that fits one part of
the state may not be appropriate in
another section. No farm owner
should give his farm the name of r
famous farm in another state unless
that name is appropriate for his
farm. Study your farm before giving
it a name. Individuality should be
the key note.
Answer these questions oeiore de
ciding on a name: Is your farm ir
a valley, on a hill, near a river oi
ImIto ? WViat arp tVin most. nilt.st.AnH
ng characteristics or features of th<
landscape—rivers, ponds, lakes, mills
mountains, hills, forests, fields, loveh
winding roads, battle field, or other
historical events, Indian legends?
Does the architecture of the house
offer a suggestion ? Is the family
name too commonplace to be pleasing
for a name? Could the surnames of
both husband and wife be used? Is
the farm one which demands a digni
fied name or a commercial name ?
■s the name you are eonsiering har
non:ous in sound? Is it commonplace
oi does it interest strangers as well
as the family? Is there a sentimen'
you wish to convey? Is the name ap
propriate? Does it have individu
ality ? Will it live ?
A suggestive list of names follows'
Airy Knoll, Beech Grove, Bide-a-Weo
Broad Acres, Brookdale, Cedar Crest
County Heights, Deep Woods, Ferr
Brook, Gray Gables, Forest Hill
Glendale, Green Acres, Hedgewood
Hillcrest, Longview Farm, Man}
Brooks, Oakland, Pasquannock, Tin
pirns, The Pines, Wayside Home
Willow Brook and Willow Bank:
Farm.
PLAYLETS ATTRAC MANY
AMUSEMENT SEEKERS
A large crowd attended the presen
tation of the three one-act plays that
were given in the school auditorium
Tuesday evening. The playlets were
brimmed full of fun, gaiety and
laughter. The proceeds will be used
for the benefit of the school.
AEROPLANE HERE THIS WEEK
Pilot Pennington and Jim Brewer
oi Rocky Mount were here this week
'n an aeroplane taking passengers to
ride. Seveial have made the trip in
the plane.
OFFICERS SEIZE «70
GALLONS OF WHISKEY
IN RAID
Six hundred and seventy gal
lors of whiskey was seized in a
raid on a boat that was operated
by E. Joe Pritchard near the
Sound Side wharf near here
early yesterday morning by
Sheriff J. K. Reid, Chief of po
lice P. W. Brown and L L
Basnight, it was learned here to
day from the officers. The
whiskey is be:ng kept in the
courthouse in Plymouth to be
used as evidence in the tr>al
that will be held at an early
date.
Leonard Barco Contracted
With Town To Furnish
Street Illumination
TOWN NOT ASLEEP
IT IS EVIDENT
Renovating Old Town Plant
Which Has Been Discarded
For Years: Many Meters Have
Been Installed In Buildings;
Current Will Le Turned On
Tomorrow
By HELEN BREY
(Staff Correspondent)
Roper, Nov. 29.—Perhaps there
are many citizens in this immediate
community as well as in the cour ;
at large that have concluded th; : he
Sign of progress in Roper i a dead
issue, however, it is significant that
the town has not fallen a .he p as i* -
citizens will soon be enjoying a con
venience that many small towns of
the size of Roper are not permitted
to enjoy.
Several years ago the cit'zens of
Roper had electric lights, but for the
past two years the inhabitants have
had to resort to the primitive illumi
nation system, and streets have been
in darkness for the lights furnished
by the individual merchants during
business hours.
Last week, Leonard Barco signed a
contract with the town officialle
furnish electric power for the town.
Mr. Barco has been working on the
'.d town plant for several weeks and
he hopes to be in a position to fur
nish current in a few days.
Beginning December 1, every one
who wishes may have electric lights
in their homes, shops and other
places. Meters have been intsalled in
most of the residences and in. many
of the business houses. Each person
will pay their light bills according to
the amount used. The minimum a
mount has not been announced.
Many citizens are elated over this*
fact and are of the opinion that Mr.
Barco will give the town efficient II
lumnination through the renovated
power plant. Citizens ar urged to co
operate with the manager of the new
illumination system.
METHODIST PRESIDING ELDER
WILL PREACH HERE SUNDAY
The Rev. O. W. Dowd, recently ap
pointed presiding elder of the Eliza
beth City district of the North Caro
lina Conference of the Methodist
Chuich, will preach in the local
Methodist Church at the 11 o’clock
preaching service Sunday morning.
Following the sermon holy commun
ion will be celebrated. A business
session will be held at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon.
Elder Dowd was formerly pastor
of the Methodist Church at Hamlet,
and has filled some of the leading
pulpits of the North Carolina Con
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and his services are much in demand
in churches of his denomination.
PHELPS OUT ON BAIL
PENDING A HEARING
Grover Phelps is out under a $500
bond after having been arraigned be
fore Judge Zeb Vance Norman Tues
day on charges growing out of an
automobile wreck that occurred on
h'ghway number 90 between Ply
mouth and Columbia Sunday after
noon. The court deferred the hearing
in the case until the condition of L.
T. Norman, the driver of the Ford
that collided with the automobile
driven by Phelps, is either improved
or grown worse. Tbe three occupants
n both cars were injured. The Negro
who was with Phelps received the
most severe injuries.
Sell School Propeity
Five buildings and five lots wi 1 be
sold from the Cool Spring, Allen,
Bateman, Monticello and Jackscn.
school districts at tl c courthouse Trea
day, it was announced today by J, W.
Norman, county superintendent of
public instruction.
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