— M Many-is DER-sur sp—·-—sp——-—«ä -———,-f Yht, in Advance. -FOR GOO, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TROTH." Single Copy 5 Conti. VOL. 35 ' PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1924 NO. 39 LINEN SHOWER A linen shower in honor of the ap proaching marriage of Miss Ruth Ayets to Mr. Walter Frith Winslow was held at the home of Miss Sadie Ausbon Tuesday night. Progressive rook was entered into with a great deal of zeal by those attending. Ar ice course was served as refreshments, and white brides’ roses were given as favors. Those attending were Mesdames W. H. Clark, M. J. Norton, Hal Wil liford, L. W. Gurkin, B. A. Sumner, M. D. Hue, D. A. Hurley, G. H. Har rison, Jr., Misses Louise Ayers, Stella Ayers, Ruth Ayers, Fannie Blount, Margaret Ward Jackson, Ethel Arps and Annie Ange. The wedding of Miss Ayers and Mr. Winslow will be solemnized at the Methodist church next Wednesday night at nine o’clock, and as no in vitations have been mailed locally and a general invitation is extended to the public. QUIETLY MARRIED Last Sunday afternoon at three o'clock Mr. Ivan Pyshney and Miss Mable Hardison were quietly married at the home of Justice J. T. McNair. Only a few friends of the bride and groom were present, and their union eoines ax a delightful surprise to these that were ignorant of their in tentions. Mrs. Pyshney is the daughter of Mr,,end Mrs. W. R. Hardison and en joys a great number of dose and ad miring friends. z The groom came to Plymouth about five years ago from Toawanda, N. Y., and has held a position with the Wilts Veneer Company durixg that time. He is thought much of by those who know him. Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom made a motor trip through this section of the state. We offer our heartiest congratula tions to them. MR. CLAYTON AND MISS WHITE WIN PRIZE Dr. D'. "V. Clayton and Miss Helen White have been declared winners of the tes> dollars in gold offered by this paper to the person or persons form ing the most words from the letters . occuring in mThe Roanoke Beaeon . Mr. T. J. Swain, who was appoint < ed to examine the various lists that were received, made his report in the following letter received from him juat after our issue of last week had .keen placed in the mail: "Editor, Roanoke Beacon, Plymouth, N. C. Dear sir: In checking over the lists of words made up from the letters in The Roanoke Beacon” of your contest, I have earefully gone over each list and find that the list made up by Mr. D. V. Clayton hnd Miss Helen White was the .the winning list with a total num ber of 856 words. Respectfully yours, T . J. SWAIN. FOR SALE—Residence at auction, ‘ On June 2nd at ten o’clock I will sell at public auction the McConnico resi • dence on Jefferson street. W. F. Aus bon. CELEBRATED AUS TRALIAN VIOLINIST ON C. PROGRAM Ernest Toy handled his first violin at the age ot six, and at ten he began his public performances in London, where he attracted the attention of musicians. At the age of eleven, Mr. Toy won the open Eisteddfod music competition at Newcastle , New South Wales, and later this was repeated at the Royal Welsh Eisteddfod, at Caer navon, North Wales. Soon after this at the age of fifteen, he won the Society of Arts medal, London, and at this time, the Prince of Wales, afterwards King Edward VII, was president of this society. At sixteen, he won covet ed honors at the Royal Academy in London, after which he made an ex tended tour of Australia and New Zealand—since three times repeated. Later he made successful tours through France and was soloist with many of the orchestras throughout the English provinces. Mr. Toy has had the distinction of touring with Melba and John McCormack, and has been concert master with the leading orchestras in Australia. Mv. Ernest Toy Is the proud pos#e» 3or of several fine violins, and among these, and the one which he rather favors for general use, a Gaspar De Salo, of the period of 1589, is a gift from prominent Queensland people in London. Assisting artist with Mr. Toy are Eva Toy, contralto and accompanist, and Marie Doyle, coloratura soprano. Miss Doyle with her beautiful voice is an unusually gifted young woman. She is an artist of intelligence and charm—combined with good musician ship and delightful personality. She has earned for herself the name of a second Melba in the music world. — Eva Leslie Toy, the accompanist, is an honor graduate of'the leading piano school of Boston, has studied with the eminent master, Carl Faelten, and coached with some of the leading teachers of Chicago. She has shown marked ability in her chosen profes sion and is able and earnest in all her efforts. v FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION To the Democratic Voters of Wash ington County: I take this means of announcing my candidacy for member of the board of education of Washington County, subject to the action of the Democratic Primary to be held Satur day, June 7th. I shall appreciate the support and vote of those who favor my candidacy, •and if I receive this appointment I shall endeavor to execute the will of the people to the very best of my ability Sincerely yours, W. R. HAMPTON. NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, the Plymouth Garage and Motor Company has repaired and furnished new materia' in overhauling an Oldsmobile 8 Touring Car at the request of L. C. Nurney, the owner of said automobile, and that said bill for repairs and material furnished is past due and unpaid; and, WHEREAS, the said Fylmouth Gar age and Motor Company has retained possession of said automobile from the time said repairs were begun. NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the provisions of Section 2435 of the Consolidated Statutes of North Carolina and purusant to the lien thereby created, the undersigned lipnee will expose at public sale at the garage of the Plymouth Garage and Motor Company in the Town of Plymouth, North Carolina, on the 7th dav of June. 1924. at 11 O’clock A. M one Old^mohile-8 Too rim" Car. This Ihe 24th dav of May 1004 PT vot’TH GARAGE AND MOTOR COMPANY. By Zeb Vanee Norman, Attorney. 1 “THEIR HONOR ' THE MAYOR* $3,000 Prize Winning Comdy-Drama For 1924 Last year we all saw something started by the Chautauqua Drama Board, the outcome of which has, watched with great interest _-;-, doubtless in some cases with, anxiety.; The leaders of the Chautauqua move-, ment got together and decided that Chautauqua was big enough and good enough to have its own plays and ndt use Broadway’s cast-offs. They there fore decided to offer a prize of $3,000 for an original play of American life written by an American author. The prediction was made at that time that the tables would be turn and Broadway would take plays-f: Chautauqua rather than Chautajr depending upon Broadway- for i plays. Has the prediction come true We are happy to report that it u— The first play whifch we all remer was “Crossed Wires,0 featured on Cfrsnftsetjtir' pogrom lakt yean March 13, 1924, it opened in Phila delphia under the name of “Across the Street.” Finally on March 27 it reached Broadway! We saw it nearly eight months before New York did! New York is waiting for “Their Hon or the Mayor.” But first it is ours. This year the $3,000 prire play is “Their Honor the Mayor.” The author of the winning play is Emma Jane Behl, of Chicago. This play is said to be one of the finest comedies ever produced on Chautauqua. It contains all the qualities which make for a suc cessful comedy. It has the humor, the love story, the professional politician, the suffragette and the exciting poli tical race, all contributing to make an altogether wholesome, cheerful and satisfying entertainment. The play is said to contain 30 snick ers, 145 laughs, 50 roars and an eye dropper full of teais. To outline the plot of the pray would be to deny you the pleasure that is to be experienced in its various twists of action. Doubt less you will wonder about the origin of the title and how they can refer to the mayor as. “Their Honor.” a strange situation indeed. Play night has always been the big night of our Chautauqua program. This year it promises to be bigger and better than ever before. MRS. ALEXANDER ENTERTAINS. Mrs. A. L. Alexander enter-j tailed far Mrs. Charlie Cahoonj Tuesday night at her home on I Main street. Six tables of bridge were play? ed. Mrs. Robert Johnston making the highest score received a love ly cut glass perfume bottle. During the game punch was served by Mrs, Alexander and Mrs, Cahoon, and after the game a delicious salad course was aerved. The guests of the club were Misses Annie Cahoon, Sarah Vaughn, Martha Thigpen, Inez Bell, Mrs. A. L. Owens and Mrs. E. G. Arps. EOR RENT- two rooms in private family to respectable persons- Private bath, water and lights. Address Y care Roanoke Beacon. INFANT DIES AT BIRTH The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Davenport died about five minutes after birth Wednesday morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. Davenport live in the ^me of Mr. W. S.Davenport at Mackeys, and are prominently known throughout this section. The child was buried in the Mackeys cemetery Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock, the Rev. Taylor of the oper Methodist Church, performing le ceremony. | We extend our deepest sympathies the bereaved relatives. MARGARET STAHL — Interpreter of Plays, on Chautauqua Pro gram Here Amongst American women play readers, Margaret Stahl, who is to appear here on the coming Chautauqua program, is probably the most widely known, the most highly honored, and her position as a great artist, the most securely established. In her more than twelve-year platform experience she has lived one of the busiest and most exacting lives, but she has made everything in her experience con tribute to one end, her platform art. One of the chief features in Miss Stahl’s presentation of a play is that she is distinctively a creative artist. She is not an imitator, she is not a ( mimic, imitation is not a virtue, originality is. And Miss Stahl is pre eminently a reader with insight, origin ality and power. Through the most winsome personality she introduce:: her own emotional and intellectual con ceptions, she seeks naturalness and humanity in her characterizations, rather than any affected or elocution ary trick. . If the stamp of public approval re presents real appreciation then Mar garet Stahl had had that in abun dance. Probably no reader today has a finer record of recalls than she There are scores of towns where she made ( all the way from three to twenty-five appearances. Some Press Comments “Miss Margaret Stahl put the entire play ‘The Country Cousin,’ before her audience in such a manner that one felt that she has seen the entire cast of thirteen characters with the beauti- ( ful settings she described. Her imper sonations were so realistic that she scarcely had to tell her audience which character was speaking, once they had been introduced. It was one of the best entertainments in several years and Miss Stahl will long be remem bered.” Bangor, Maine—“Daily News “The attraction was a star in the person of Miss Margaret Stahl, who gave the play ‘Everywoman.’ The amotignal parts of her saloetiotis were rendered in a manner that not only were true to a nature’s heart, but show ed also how a woman can so enter in to the interpretation of a play as to make one feel that real characters are being presented." Reading, Pa.—“News Item” “The reading bv Margaret Stahl. ‘The Unseen Empire,’ was an unusual pumber in its “strength and interest. The subject and the reaj^r were a wonderful combination." Lakeside, Ohio—“News" SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON BAILEY PLEADS FOR REDUCED TAXES LOWER V REIGHT RATES AND SECRET BALLOT June 7 th is the Time to Decide These Great Questions of Public Policy AFTER JUNE 7TH IT WILL BE TOO LATE Mr. Jiai «y Asks the Voters to Make; Theii approval of Causes Represent ed by Him Overwhelmingly Em phatic by Getting Every Demo crat to Vote in the Primary Saturday, June 7th To the Democratic Voters of North Carolina: This is a campaign of issues. The Primary June 7th will settle certain questions of public policy—questions of real importance. I. The first of these is the question < of taxes. Land taxes have been stadily risin0 in this State for ten years. The in crease amounts to thirty per cent a year every year for eleven years. And rnder the present system there is cer ainty that they will continue to rise. I hold that land is bearing more than its just {share of the burden of taxes, and that we must so change the sys tem as to shift the burden. My op ponent frankly defends the present system. . I am opposed to any taxes on land, or property, for State purposes. I hold that when the State ^exempt ed from taxation more than $116, 000,000.00 worth of stocks in foreign corporations it did a great wrong. On this subject my opponent says noth ing. THIS ONE ACT ADDED MORE THAN A MILLION AND A HALF DF DOLLARS TO TAXES ON LANDS. It took that much from the taxes of the wealthy and put it on property—mainly land. The election J^yie 7th will determine whether op not land taxes will con tinue to increase. H. Ttar-'weeand big- question bffore us is the question of political con trol. So long as we have machine con trol, we will have control by and for specially favored interests. The people can manage the Demo cratic Party, and they can take care of it. All the progress that ever was made ; iras made in spite of the ruling pow ers. Machines operate politics by 1 means of money; and they pay the ■ money back at the public expense. Machines are maintained for the benefit of a few. They give the peo- 1 Die only what they dare not refuse. , We must put an end to this sort >f thing or the people will lose confi lence in the democratic Party. Office t lolders have no right to dictate to > •oters of the State by secretly norni lating canduia.es for oHi'e for two, ihree and four jtcrms in .'e!va"ie. ! I am in favor of .he Australian Btl ot and of court review of election •eturns. The Australian Ballot will * tive the voters secrecy in voting a mi vill make the purchase of •. >tes lifficult and will tend to put an end ;o the power of money in politics. My opponent is defending our nres :n election and primary laws. This question also will be settled lune 7th. HI. The third big question before us is the question of freight rates. I propose not only to resist to the ’ullest extent the discriminations against North Carolina in favor of Virginia, but also to resist the pro posed increase of freight rates. 1 hold that since the ATL \.NTIC COAS LINE is now making more than twenty per cent on its capital, and the SOUTHERN RAILWAY is pay ing dividends at the rate of five per cent a year on ? 120,000,000.00 of wutet;#