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"FOR GOD, FOR COl'NTR'-' A.‘D FOR TRUTH/*
C: ~!e Copy 5 Cents.
VOL. 36
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY. JUNE 12, 1925
NO. 36
Memorial Service I V
Senator Davtnpoif
—
Rev. Theodore Partnck, Jr., Delivers j
Memorial Address. Congressman
Warren Sends Fine Tribute.
A memorial service to the
memory of the hue Senator Wil
liam S. Davenport was held in
auditorium of Mackeys High
School last Sunday afternoon ai
a three o’clock, and was largely
attended by people of the county.
A most appropriate memorial
address was delivered by Rev.
Theodore Partrick, Jr. The ad
dress was forcefully delivered
and seemed to receive an im
mediate response from the hearts
of the audience who recog
nized and appreciated the ef
forts of the subject in obtaining
such an efficient educational in
stitution for the people of that
section.
Congressman Lindsay C. War
ren, who was providentially ^hin
dered from attending the ser
vice, sent an expression of es
teem which was read by Supt.
Darden. A reproduction of this
* express* ') fobows:
"7 WILLIAM S. DAVENPORT
Because of the high esteem in
which I held him while he lived
and of my deep respect for his
memory., now that he is dead, it
is a privilege for me to pa.' a
brief tribute to the late W ilhan
S. Davenport.
My intimate acquaintance with
him only extended over a period
of eight years, beginning in 1917
and lasting up until his death It
started as a Political friendship
—it ripened into a personal one
Both in 1917and again in 1919 e
represented the 2nd. Senatorial
District in the St»te Senate oi
North Carolina and sat side by
side. Mr. Davenport had not.
been a member of that body for
ten days before his true worth
was recognized. He was appoint
ed bv Lieut.-Governor Gardne*
as chairman of the important
committee on Agriculture, and
in 19Jlr he again headed this
c mmitte, an assignment that is
always much sought after by
" members of the Senate.
He was a worker. He had the
capacity and the faculty of
knowing how to investigate and
obtain all the facts in a matter.
He was not haoty in decision but
after he had considered and
made up his mind as to the
righteousness of a cause, he was
unchangeable and stood four
square and unafraid A legisla
tive body is quick to size up both
the merits and frailties of one of
its fellow members, and their
judgment is generally fair. Con
fidence is the corner stone. Sen
ator Davenport, by his rugged
honesty, his sterling integrity,
his unfailing loyalty and devot
ion to duty, his well balanced in
tellect and his lofty character
made his impress upon his asso
ciates, and he was generally con
sidered as one of the most val
uable men that sat in the Sen
ate of North Carolina.
No great piece of legislation
bears his name. He was not an
orator. There was nothing of the
ahowy or spectacular in him.
He was modest and unassuming,
but he was wise wise in council
ond d'c
Ay ii u- in .n 1 fe s-ught
his advice hi d fo lowedi. H* vas
imbu d wish a passionate desire
to serve his c >unt;y and s ate?
The worthwhile things appealed
to him. { was a progressive
c inservative. The uplift of agri
cuhure and the cause o£ educa
tion were dear to his heart. He
believed that this boasted civili
za ion of ours could only exist
hrough an educated stare He
wanted to see opportunities equ
aliped and the rural chdd also
■riven its chance, and he devoted
nis tin.-', his influence and hi
mergy in bringing about these
results.
It is most fitting that the peo
pie of Washington County should
perpetuate his name bv associat
ing it with the school that h*
l tbored to establish What great
er monument could a man have
Mir.n t* be anshritvd in the
i arts cf hi fello vm n,
nave In-1.J u.. to fu u e generat
ions his unflinching devotion ><>
public serv e-?
A loving husband and fathei,
a strong m m, 1 C vis : n go
leman has ended s
labors’ and one
VI y his lif e <n o
his commit tv a ••
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To Inspect Shipments.
Washington.—A plan of inspection
for Porto Rican fruits and vegetables
to prevent the importation into con
tinental United States of injurious in
jects, including the West Indian fruit
,iy and the bean pod borer, has been
lecided upon by the federal horticul
;ural board.
A quarantine has been ordered ef
fective July 1 prohibiting entry of cer
tain fruits and vegetables from Porto
Rico, but grapefruit, oranges and other
citrus fruits, pineapples, bananas,
ofaintains, avocadoes, dasheens and
>nions, may enter under certification,
jased on field and packing house in
spection by representatives of the ,
board in Porto Rico.
Germany’s Payments.
Berlin.—Germany's reparations pay
ments through the office of the agent
general totalled 100,100,000 marks dur- ,
Tng May. Of this France received 42,- I
300,000 marks, chiefly in deliveries of
goal coke, lignite and chemicals. Eng
land received 10,800,000 marks of
which 7,800 marks were credited to
payments under the recovery act.
Other sums were devoted to vote var
ious payments under the Dawes plan.
Mine Gas Blast Claims 17 Men.
Sturgis, Ky.—Five bodies, three of
iheffc unidentified, had been found in
the workings of the explosion-wrecked
mine No. 9 of the Kentucky Coal Min
ing company. All of the known vic
tims were negroes. Twelve men re
main in the mine and are all believed
lead. A pocket of gas, ignited by a
miner’s lamp, is believed to have
caused the disaster.
Another rescue crew of picked men
was being organized to reenter the
mine to assist in the search for other
victims. Mud in some places was
found a foot and a half deep.
24 More Died of Heat.
Philadelphia. — Although the heat
wave of last week has ended, its ac- j
aumulataive effects were strong
enough to cause 24 deaths, records at
the coroner’s office showed a total of
136 persons have died in this city so
far as result of the intense heat, j
Phirty-five unidentified bodies remain
ed in the city morgue.
While the temperature was consid
erable lower than it has been for sev
eral days, weather bureau officials an
nounced a probable return of the hot
ppelL .
CAR LOADINGS CONTINUE TO
BREAK ALL RECORDS FOR
THE YEAR.
New York.—Emerging from a period
of rather restricted spring activity
business has entered upon its summer
cycle With conditions in most lines of
industry generally described as fair.
Conflicts of opinion have developed
to what the hot weather season
i lolds in store. Some lines of trade,
I aotably the textile industry, have
>een promise of improvement, others,
including motor manufacturers, feel
that the peak of their trade has
passed.
Possibilities of a drastic recession in
ousiness which hav^j^en more or lest?
lommon in recent- ySsrs, are consider
jd remote. The extremely moderate
jxpasion in trade activity this year
and the absence of speculative ex
cesses are held to be adequate ' safe
?ards against sudden reactions. The
mpression prevails in the financial
.centers that business will continue its
iricess of readjustment but maintain
m even keel, with'a fairly high aver
age of operations.
The latest surveys of the steel situa
t-on offered encouragement to this
view. The fact that for three weeks
:he country’s steel production had
acid close to 70 per cent of capacity,
the weekly review explained, might be
taken as the measure of a nearly stab
ilized market in contrast to the abrupt
decline in operations a year ago. An
ther decrease in the United States
Steel c. rpovation’s unfilled tonnage, is
idmittedly in prospect when the May
•epiirt is published this week, but the
anticipated decline so far lias 'bee as
oned little concern.
Hopes that foreign developments
.ould speed up Europe’s recovery
were not fully realized. With the es
tablishment of a $50,000,000 exchange
stabilization credit for the lira, it
was felt that Italy had taken a long
step toward a return to a gold basis
and ultimate revaluation of the cur
rency and had strengthened her posi
tion for probable debt-funding nego
tiations. France, however, was threat
ened with another linancial crisis as
the franc dropped to the lowest level
in more than a year and Germany was
warned by the allies that she had fail
ed to live up to all the provisions of
the peace treaty.
The reorganization program out
lined for the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad Lot week provided
a topic of obsorbiug interest for in
vestment mircles. Plaus for overhaul
ing the road's financial structure,
Wall street generally agreed were es
sentially sound and should permit an
early erminotion of the receivership.
’nsure 60,000 Railroaders.
Louisville, Ky.—Group insurance on
the lives of more than 60,000 employes
of three railroads, for a total cover
age of approximately $150,000,000, was
announced by the Louisville & Xash
ville railroad.
The other roads interested are the
.Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
and the Louisville, Henderson & St.
Louis. The policy will become effec
tive July 1, or upon acceptance by 75
per cent of the workers.
All employes of the railroads are in
cluded in the insurance arrangement,
the amount of protection being based
upon monilily earnings. The lowest
premium will be for $1,000 and the
Maximum for $3,000, with additional i
accident benefits.
The insurance will be issued upon j
a contributory basis, the road an- 1
nounced, the employee paying a uni- ;
form sum to the premium cost, while •
the companies will bear the remain- ;
ing expenses.
I
T xecutor’s Notice
North Carolina,
Washington County.
This is to notify all persons
that the undersigned has quali
fied as Executor of the will of
Marcia Latham, deceased, late
of said county and stale. A !
persons holding claims against
„aid estate will exhibit them to
tne undersigned, duly itemized
and verified, within one year
from this date, or this tice
will be pleaded in the 1 r of
their recovery. All perso ns de
lated to the estate wil ase
make immediate settle ■ ir to
the undersigned
This May 20. 1925
H. S. Ward, Execn or,
Washington, N. C.
«■ ■e-rv»\T> * **.- --jaiam.^?rmcrj-sn~-. ^znauME
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greatly improved the appear
ance A Ms house and left by
having Idem cleaned up and
whitewashed.
Miss Adelia Skittletharpe
has retained home after a
pleasapr two weeks' Ash, with
friends1’in Creswell.
Mr. find Mrs Louis Norman
of Hertford are visiting Mr.
E. Ludford.
Mr. A. Barden has improv
ed the looks of his property
by a L ot of white w ash.
Mr. J. P, Cooper formerly
with hi. A. Carter A: Co., has '
accept 'd a position in Balti
more ;o which he went last
week. His place in the store
here has been filled by Mr.
Ernest Carstarphcn.
Mis- Bettie Roberson, of
oVilh^i’wtoD. has been visit
ing Miss Yonnie Leggett.
Miss Maggie Ralph is vis
A_»..VilWio . ... i iuX’ NO i _CE
Having qulaified as administratrix
of tile estate •• VY. H. Hardison, late
of Wasiiiu 'ti n county, this is to noti
fy a i persons hsivingclaims against the
»ai t W H. Nitidison, mceased, to ex
jibit t; 1 o’ Ui . t undersigned on or
dt-fore ehc Tu day of April, 1920, oi
■ nis untie -will .1 pleaded i. bar
•rf tliei: ;• coy.. ry Ail persons indebted
sait estate Will pieast make im
mediate payment to me.
Uisi Ap: il 7, 192.7.
MYK'.s il. PEAL
SWEE r FOl LTD PLANTS FOR
£ ALE. Til LION • NOW READY
rC.i S.iiPMENT
i<J • tC> ii i : d Pu’'u Rim
1 ’ •. n; ■ y r: • vvt; iron treor:
i icldi K i ocs a*' $2.50 pet
it us 10,00 : i; i; toussnri
<)• ; -• i.7o ;-er iln-us nd A1
pidtf • 0 Vi; it.-.-; i inspected arid
cdrtiiied aid eiders filled day
rectieed.
D e;.' -e PLt111 Farm,
Box £», Alma, Georgia.
NOTICE OP SALE
Under and by virtu ■ < f a pow
er of sale confuted up n the un
eersrgncd Trustee by the term
a certain D e j 1i Turd vx
ecuted the u.l), da ■, of Dr.’.tm
Per ltd Ly P. H. Darden am
.•do r Trustee ot ch Po mouth
hris;- ; i <.hu)ch to Zcb VaiiCt
Nonnai , TruV.ee and rec.*. cl -d it
Pool; 8;> page 421 Washington
County, and default h . \ ing t>e> i
made in payment of the rich
thereby secured and application
having been made for a sain ol
he land described in said Deer
d Ttust, the undersigned Tius
tea wifi expose at public sale ti
the digest bidder lor cash at the |
Court Hou re door in Ply mouth,
North Carolina at twelve o’clock
nr on or the 15th, day rf June
1925 tie to 1 [owi-■; described
R a I Ids ate.
Teat int or parcel of land,
iterate in the town of Plymouth,
Nort Carodna. U/ashington!
County and described as follows.
L' ing on* he E n-t side of
befferson Street, extended and
Jounded on the north side by
John Stock's heirs, on the East
by W C Harrison, on the Sout
by the Liver man prjperty, and
on the est by Tcfie . cn Street,
said 1 >t bv ing 100 feet on Jeffer
son Street and running 200 feet
back to W C. Harrison’s line;
Th die 12th dav of May 1925.
Z - h Vance .Norman,
Trustee.
I Subscribe*to The Beacon
.4 T!“» « . •
me Floating
| • Theatre.
nv's Ad .ms
a re is entertaining .'arc
crowds this week at the cty doc:
*?■ the foot of Washington sir <
Ja nr3 / d ms is no stranger in
Plymouth, he having visited our
town on a number of occasions in
the c n.acily of showman, and is
held in high regard here. The
a ,s that have been shown so
far l.ave he. n delightfully en
joyed by rather largo audiences,
and the fine people who c- m
it.o company causes Plymouth (
to welcome them.
A six piece orchestra v i.u a
perfectly arranged nrtrum ,
tation fu.nish spies did music i. e
tween the a-1-\
Tonight the play ‘ S ey San’
will be presented, Ti i plav. cx>
we are informed, has i ;:c;i
ceivel by the Amm ican public
with a great deal of ent uriw-m.
and just at this time when tho
eyes of the world are direct , d j
and focused on affairs in Chi.
it should have a more pecui .
appeal.
Saturday night “Mystic Isle,”
will be offerei,.H>y thir c • pany.
IT WILL NOW BE SUBMITTED
TO GERMANY FOR
Geneva.—Great Britain and France
reached a complete accord on tin prob
lem of European security, and .; Gci
many, to whom the accord soon v
be sent, agrees to the conditions,
four-power pact will come inti
based on the invilability of th k 1
frontier as are limited by the Yer
'es treaty.
Tiie pact will include Great Britain,
trance, Belgium and Germany. Italy
■s not included, though the text will
:a communicated to her out of con. •
< sy, and Poland and Cz < 1 oval: t
not directly affected, t h tgh they
vill benefit by the op<
"ranee’s alliance with them. -
The next step in the net
will be the dispatch by France to Ger
many, also in behalf of Great Britain
and Belgium, of a letter replying to
Germany’s offer to negotl.
guarantees for the German fron
bordering on France and Be aunt.
There are some indicati
appointment in Polish and ( z
Slovakian circles that the r untr
do not specifically enter the uamain of
the proposed pact.
It is understood that Great Britain 1
agrees to come to the support of
F*rance with her entire mil
and air forces in case France i.
tacked or in case of any aapv**ic.i
across tiie Rhine district. i iiis n
stitutes an elaboration of an obliga
tion already contained in the Ver-ail
Jcs treaty whereby the allh
regard as a hostile act any infringe
meat of the demilitarized zone he- j
tween France and Germany.
Great Britain gives birth to the old |
Wilsonian tribarte pact on the ground
that her national interests demand I
peace in western Europe. SV r
clinos concerning Germany , oast on
frontiers, because she realizes that
the Britain domains would not appro . ■
of such a committment.
Foreman and Guard Get 20 Years.
Rocky Mount.—Sentem os of 20
years each Were given to <V. C. Cull .’
and R. V. Tyler, foreman and gu;r
respectively, on the Rocky .Mount 10 •
district, by Judge N. A. Sinclair, m
Edgecombe county court al ra
when they submitted to man -laughs
as an outgrowth of the
Armstrong, negro convict, w u
Thursday within 30 minutes after ho
had been whipped by thi
The trial of the cast - :
of the most striking
speedy justice in the anna'-, of i.c j
county. A grand jury, summoned by
special order of Judge Siuclait, i
turned true hills again.sr the men, who
had previously been blamed for t '■■■■
negro's death by a coroner s jury a ■
at the'somo time launched a sweeping
and vigorous investigation, upon
jurist’s instrictions, into cond.t
the camp to which Gulley aud rylci
were attached.
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--.cl Ha by S iow
f ; ti c Fourth of July Cele
[! !- stayed in Plymouth
' "eld e Beauty Contesf.
, w i rI,da.V night, June
■<- -t.iooi auditorium at eight
; /[My Contest there will be
ntueon to represent Wash
)'y and also a Queen to re
. n.' utu, both of which will
tile celebration on the
ooiit, sfants are to be
i —in n ( ai ds have been
pective contestants who
"ilsl'h immediately to
- onaij- nan Plymouth
acceptance.These
; - r; cmveo r.ot later than
eon* ,,:l Unie W:l1 heallow ed
ooi Usunimay U£e her oau
inji u.c -.lection
..y s.mw is open to any who
, , , ' ‘ ,il; *'cn between ti e
an,-, and it is o, siicd
t.e to the chaiiman
[r‘\‘ lhth. In the Baby
oe 1,0 invitations is
; iuestcc toat ail enter
1 Pi- se ages.
to tile Baby Show r.i:d
b(
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Mi!
\veniy-li\ e
the proceeds of
1 dr! ray expenses of
:ton r;l. the Fourth,
: ■•‘in or the Fc ui th of
tomn tmlows:
: u:3 Parade, i! A. iV*.
i ■ i'rir.d
V-;;.
etc \ eterans
•r.cnns Veterans
'r Veterans
/ >< ty snouts
id . .j._ ] atvil Machines.
sis, '!; 30 A M.
100 Yar.3 i n: h
•li» Yard Rciny
kanii !. e. t I.
Three-1 ege-jd Race
Tun of v a!•
(-ji'tn--?d ■ ole (Contest
Fie ; 'jj i'cr
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Pif ■ I it yi r ? T. M.
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6 h, offer same
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d or at twelve o’t lt ck, noon:
F. VA ! HOWN,
Trx 'Collector
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NORTH CAROLINA,
WA S HI NGT( )N COL NT Y.
( . l ie , m Ut vs: Isaac Parker
NOTICE OF SUMMONS.
<. Isaac Parker
. Huii s-umim i 8
; a 20<h day of
.-t iiim in a t uii
lr K-.'.'r i;is wife, for
a « te., and he is
' ■ .Uitie 1925 and
•>int filed the e
or demanded will be
Rf r;\
: pi' i r before the
Superior Court ( f
a iv on or before
i ! :b’. o Id ay 1925.
0. V. W. AUSBON,
Clerk -Superior Court.
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