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VOL. 36
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, J
ME 19, 1S25
CARRIERS AGREE ON REDUC
TIONS AMOUNTING TO HALF
MILLION A YEAR.
Raleigh.
A saving in freight rates on coal
to shippers in North Carolina of ap
proximately a half million dollars a
year is represented in a re adjustment
of rates on coal from Virginia and
Tennessee mines to points in tlie
'State which has been negotiated be
tween carries serving this territory
and the Corporation Commission as
a result of a complaint of the Cor
poration Commission before the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The consumption of bituminous coal
in North Carolina is in excess of three
million tons per year, according to the
■Commission. The reductions agreed
upon are approximately seventeen
cents per ton from the Tennessee
mines on the Southern Railway and
from the Clinchfiold mines, and twenty
■cents per ton from the Pocohontas
district or West Virginia mines. More
coal is shipped into the State from the
Pocohontas district than from any
other mines.
This re-adjustment tabes the place
of one proposed by the carriers which
would have raised the rates to ports
without reducing tho rates to inland
cities and which they proposed in
carrying out tho provisions of the pres
ent interstate commerce act which
does not permit continuance of lower
rates are made to meet actual water
competition.
The reduced rates agreed upon aro
expected to become effective vrithin
sixty days.
Rates to Raleigh from the Poca
hontas district will drop from 53.110
a ton to $3.00 and from the Tennes
see or Coal Creek district and tho
Clinchfleld mines from $3.:'.3 to §3 30.
The rates in Wilmington and other
coastal cities are increased by the
revision of lates hut i:-s3 than under
.the original plan the carriers provided.
Allen Addresses Ccnferencs,
Defining the task of the riual school
siiporvisor as one cf bridging the gap
between the educational facilities of
rural and city schools, Superintendent
A. T. Allen addressed the session of
the joint annual conference of rural
school supervisors and county super
intendents in the House of Representa
tives. A round 'able discussion ot
the rural consolidated school as a
community center, led by L. C. llro.y
don, State Supervisor of elementary
schools, was also a part of the even
ing's program.
Tracing the development of educa
tion through the last 50 years, Mr.
Alien showed how this difference be
tween city and rural schools had
grown up, the efforts that are being
made to eliminate this difference and
what part the school supervisor and
county superintendent must play iu
lessening the gap. The main differ
ence at present he gave as mere ef
ficient teachers in the city schois,
longer terms, and more efficient eqiv
jnent.
And not only are the fa. ■
equipment better in the city sen
hut records show that the af.Lendan.c
is much better in city schools.
Acording to our estimation there
are 50,000 rural children high school
age in this state who do not have : n
opportunity to go to high school.''
Mr. Allen said in pointing out the
difference of opportunities that ap
pear in the high schools.
“it is your task,” he.said “to break
down the idea that any kind of teacher
is capable of teaching a rural school
and especially, in the lower grades.
And it is up to you to demand the
best for. these, children who deserve
the best. It is also your task to de
stroy the idea that any kind of build
ing is good enough to go to school in,
imd see that modern buildings with
■sanitary equipment, and the desks ar
ranged so that children's eyes do not
suffer a permanent injury from study
ing in poor light, are provided.”
IS!o Whipping at State Prison.
‘‘No prisoner under the control and
supervision of the State's Prison has
hron whipped in neaijty' three years,”
declared George Ross Pou, superin
tendent of the State's Prison, in a
statement issued in the light of the
recent barbarous whipping to death of
a negro convict by guards 1n the
Itocky Mount road camp.
Mr. Pou stated that the punishment
used for purposes of discipline at the
State’s Prison is solitary confinement.
‘‘Personally 1 hare always been op
posed to corpora] punishment,” Mr.
Pou states, ‘‘yet I believe the law per
mitting corporal punishjnent ^tiould
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Newton.—Ray Hedrick, the man
who got his skull crushed iu a fight
about 1:30 Sunday morning in the
■ ■ i:> of Myrtle Spencer in Catfish,
< northern part of Catawba county,
. icd from his wounds in the liichard
hospital in Hickory.
Spencer.—Seized with what was
supposed to be an epileptic spasm to
which he was subject Edward Canter,
Aged about 25 years, of High Point,
was drowned in the Yadkin river at
Gj abbs Ferry two miles from Spen
cer.
Chapel Hill.—The Chapel Hill High
School commencement exercises were
brought to a close with the presen
tation of diplomas and certificates to
:he largest class in the history of
the school. The graduating class
numbered 54.
Newton.—Fielding Drum, a farmer,
near Bail's Creek campground, aged
about 05 years, dropped dead while
helping his son stack a load of wheat.
He leaves a wife and a large number
of children, 11 of whom are grown
and married.
Greensboro.—Contract for placing
10,000 chairs in the auditoriums of
21 Guilford county schools was let
by the board of education to the Sou
thern Desk company, of Hickory, at
$3.25 per chair. The installation
must be made before October 1, 1925.
Rbidsville.—J. T. Pendley, a plum
ber, of Gainesville, Ga., and a local
negro helper named Willis, lost their
lives while doing plumbing work on
Jefferson’ Penn’s new home two miles
west of Reidsville.
Greenville.—-The Scoville Memorial
Home which was erected by friends
as a memorial to the late Rev. Virg l
V. Scoville and given to Mrs. Scoviile
and her children, was opened Monday
night with appropriate exercises and
an “old fashion” house warming.
Ahoskie.—The annual Masonic pic
nic of Northeastern Carolina will be
held this year on Thursday, July 30.
The committee on time and place re
cently met in Colerain and made ten
tative arrangements for the great
day. A speaker for the occasion will
be secured by the Windsor Lodge and
the Colerain Masons will arrange for
the refreshments and other arrange
ments.
Scotland rxeciv.—dnuia
Pace announces that he has succeeded
in securing' from the State I' arm at
Caledonia forty prisoners to work on
the Edward’s Ferry Bridge through
the co-operation of prison dfl'iv.als
with the State Hiciiv-ay Commission.
This is in line with the policy of the
State authorities to use the surplus
labor in the State prison on highway
construction work.
Dunn.—A daring hold-up and rob
bery was committed when an un
masked white man held a large auto
matic pistol in the face of Floyd
Lucas, keeper of the Midway filling
station, between Dunn and Dul e,
while he rifled the cash register of be
tween $50 and $75 in cash. The on;y
thing left in the register by the rob
b ■: was a post-dated chick.
High Point.—Police Officer C. J.
Reeves of the High Point department,
died in a hospital here of wt unds sus
tained in a gun battle between police
and negroes here. Arthur Harrell,
negro, was killed instantly and Ohicei
F. Gi Clay well and two negroes, James
Staley and John White, were seriously
wounded in the battle.
Kinston.—The eight specially train
ed boll weevil experts who have been
secured by the Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce to turn their
guns loose on the bug in Eastern Car
olina for ten weeks beginning June
15, will report for duty in their re
spective towns and communities next
Monday bright and early.
Raleigh.—Agricultural college edi
tors from many States will assemble
in Raleigh, July 7 to 9 for the con
vention of the American Association
of Agricultural College editors. The
official program announced by F. H.
Jeter, of Raleigh, secretary, lists pros
pective participants from Alabama,
New Hampshire, New York, Ohio,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, \ irginia,
Georgia, the District of Columbia, Col
orado, Maryland, Florida and New
Jersey.
Asheville.—Wilmington was select
ed as the 192G convention city at the
district meeting of Lions clubs here.
Establishment of junior colleges in
the larger centers throughout the
State as' an addition to the public
school system and to relieve the con
gestion in the higher institutions of
the State, was favored in a report
I unanimously adopted by the conven
W ashington
County
Rems her«*d from issue of jj
The Roanoke Beacon published
FridT’.y, June 24, 139.2 j
Mr. YV. H. Hampton’s
residence is being beautified
by painter Proctor’s brush.
Little Maude, the infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs M,
W. Newberry died here last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Cliarles Askew, aged
62 years, died at her home
here last Monday
Several plays are being pre
pared by out young people,
who have taken qu te a lik
ing L r the stage of late.
Miss Ailene Latham is at
home from school.
Mr. J. F. Norman and fain
i 1 y and Mr. L. 11. Hornthal
rnd family went to Nag’s
Head last Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Martin and
little son of Edenton, are vis
iting relatives and friends
here this week.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
AND REGISTRATION
Take notice that an eiea.’on is
hereby on ltd in Roper, Whitt
Oak and neecii Grove tehoo.
Districts to uscena n the w* ) of
ihep ople , esi .ing n said school
distr ota on the qu> stiun of levy
ing a rn-i;: tun tax of 48j cents
on the #100 00 valuation taxable
property ai d 81-45 on the poll
lor maintenance of schools and
payment of school bonds and in
terest outstanding in said dis
tricts.
Said election will be held on'
the 21st day of July 1925 at thei
Roper School Hi use D M.Ghes-l
soil has been duly appointed re
gie liar and R- C. Peacock and
ii. B, Spei ctr judges of ejection
A new registration hat isordeitd
and the i egit t ml ion books \ ii! be
•pened June ID;it, 192o, and
closed July 11th 1925, the 18th,
day of July is designated as
challenge day Saiu registration
books will be open on Saturdays
at the home of said legist tv r.
The territory in which said
election is to be held has been
ciuly created a Special School
Taxing District ai.o iies in Lee’s
v; ills TVwtishij.-, W; si n gten
County and is described as fol
lows:
Beginning in the northwest
corner of the Roper Gi aded
School District line and at the
cornep of Swain special school
line, and running in a westward!v
direction with said Swain School
District line to the Piynvuuh
Township line, thence south
wardly with said Towns) ip line
to the Wenona Special School
District line, ihence eastward^ ;
laong Wenona District line to the j
western line of the N. S Rail-.
Road light of way. thence due
east one half mile, thence mrih- !
wardly paral ed vviih said rairoad!
to the corner of Pleasant Grove j
School District thence n rP west-;
watdly laong a run or branch
which is Pleasant Grove School
District line and Mac s School
District line to Kendrick’s Greek j
thence up said creek to the divid-:
ing line between Mrs. R. P.'
Walker and George W. Dixon,
thence laong said dividing line to
public road, thence acrors Hie
r ad and laong the dividing ine
between Mrs. Gottia.Chesson and
L. M Adler, to the 0 M.Cheeson
line, which is Swain School Dis
trict line, thence west wardly j
laong said Swain School District
1 in s to tl e beginning.
This the 1st, day of Jun 1925.
A. L BRINKLEY
• Regi-ter of Lie ds
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Virgini; Educator Makes S:.ong Ap
peal For Freedom of Thought at
Duke University.
Durham.—Dr. Robert Emory Black
wwll, president oi Randoiph-Maeon
College, Ashland. Vu., preached the
baccalaureate sermon at Duke Univer
sity. Craven Memorial 1 i w a filled
and radio amlifiers cars d tile mes
sage to many others on the college
campus.
The sermon was a plea for freedom
of thought in religion and edu . iron.
North Carolina was compliment, i as
being freer fro m'oigotry and preju
dice than Virginia.
Dr. Blackwell took his text from
Hebrews, “Being encompassed by so
great a* cloud of witnesses, let. us lay
aside every weight." He told his
audience he was talking to young peo
ple and not to the older ones. He
proceeded to give the young people a
stirring appeal to think - for them
selves.
He did not mention fundamentalism
nor ecolution, but he did stress the
fact that the controversy now going
on in religion in this country was set
tled in England a half century ago.
“Our churches and our politicians
do not want us to think," he declared.
He did not regard the charge of being
radical as one to be a'rlad of. He
had rather he a radical than to be a
mossback. He appealed to the young
men and women not to follow tliq
beaten track but to use the minds that
Cod had given them.
John Wesley did not follow the
beaten track, he explained, and Christ
was far ahead of his times. If Christ
had lived today, the speaker declared
He would have been regarded as a
radical, even as He was two thousand
years ago.
Anniversary of Church Abserved.
Green.1 boro.—The 154th anniversary
of the fcmuling of Fried n's Lutheran
church, near Glbsonvilie, Gilford
c v. .debrated with thousands
01 persons in attendance. Dr. M. G.
G. Scherer, of New York City, secre
tary of t te United Lutheran church in
America, made the chief address. The
celebration was an all day one, with
lunch or the church lawn.
Tlie liturgical service was conduct
ed by thg pastor, llev. G. W. Clana
han. and then Dr. Scherer spoke, toll
ing of the growth of Lutheranism, as
iypilied by Frieden’s church, dating
l'ar back but still increasing in mem
bership. The church was organized in
1771 by Rev. Samuel Suther, a mission
preacher. Thirty-eight pastors have
.served it, one of them, Rev. William
Artz for "2 years, from 1830 to 18H2.
The first building was of pine poles,
the second of iogs and the third one,
ihe present structure, is of brick. It
was built in 1S71. Records of the
church were kept in the German lan
gua; o until 1830. Ten years later the
stone wall around the cemetery was
built.
Lxonorate Guard Who Killed Men.
Roanoke Rapids.—The coroner’s
jury after an investigation acquitted
Guard G. S. Vaughn of all blame in
connection with the killing of two
prisoners who tried to escape how
State Prison Farm, Gamp No. 1, John
Go wins and Joe Martin Capt. H. T.
Peoples, superintendent of the cam,),
stated that guards were not wanted t
the tamp who would not shoot unil.r
circumstances as were presented ir.
this case.
The squad composed of about 35
men was approaching the camp when
they reachead a bridge crossing a
ditch which was lined with underbru-u
and bamboo briars. Two of the p"*s
oners, at this point, broke from 11) ■
squad and dashed for liberty. A ffi.
paces hid them from the guards armed
with shot guns.
Leading the men were Guards G. S.
Vaughn, armed with rifle, and T. li.
Wise, aimed with pistol. In the rear
of the squad were J. S. Jernigan and
S. L. Parker, armed with shot guns.
As the men dashed from the road the
guards with shot? guns fired in the
direction of the men but missed their
targets. The attention of Guard G. S’.
Vaughn was attracted by the shooting
and he soon got sight of one of the
prisoners and shot hint down, afflict
ing a terrible wound through the right
kidney and liver. This man, who is
reputed to be John Gowins from Mt.
Airy, N. C., was only twenty years old
and was serving a five year sentence
for store breaking. He lived only
twenty-five minutes, dying before ho
could be carried to camp.
After Gowins was shot Vaughn
sighted the second man and fired at
the same time that Guard Wise, who
was chasing the prisoner, fired his
revolver. Both shots took effect, in
flicting what would ordinarily have
been slight wounds. Ilowere, the bul
let from the rifle of Vaughan after
grazing the back pierced the biceps
muscle of the left arm, severing the
principal blood vessels.
Chance For
Scholarship
Supt. John VV. [>ai\eo s n ri
C- ipt of a kt er from the Pmeland ;
School lor Girls ar,d Junior boh
logo for Young Women, winch is
offer ng to some bt igh', de&er-1
ving girl fiom < acti county a i
tflbO. scho arship. this will tn
ab e the y^ung lady to attend ttie
Junior College 3or$150, then-!
gular piice of whi.-b i $.50 The
Ci.! ege will be act-, oi ei th s
year.
A:. Darden has asked to make!
notice of ihk, slating that he
vvou.d be gkid to i e .r from ary
young if dy who would like le
take ad aiitigi >f i l.is opp< rtu
nity.
Pretty Wedding
A Pretty wedu.ng was Soh m
nized at noon M., d y at li e
home of Mrs, M. J. Stil inai ,
near Plymouth, when he. ea gh"
ter, Miss Nani.ie, became ihe
bride of Mr. J. A. Ferrell tf
Weeks ville.
The wedding had not been an
nounced and was a quiet affair,
witnessed only by immediate
members of the family, Rev. 0.
W. Sawyer, pastor of the Baptist
Church, performed the ceremony
The bride wore an attractive tan
georgette dress with bio. d s ip
pirs and picture ha!.
The room was beautiful y de
corated v ith cut flowers and pot
ted plants.
Immediately after the cere
mony they left for a wedding
trip, after which they will make
their home in Weeksvilb.
Tim Beacon extends its heart
i st congralu ations to the your g
couple.
Jonesboro Youth
Jonesboro.—Tile ■ . j ana commun
ity were shocked when it was learned
that Joh 11, Junion, Dalymple, sixteen
;a i.r-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. D:>1
rympie, had been drowned. The youth
lost his life while swimming in Mor
ris' Pond. Two companions. J. C.
Peel and Randall Branham made des
perate efforts to save him and wore
nearly drowned themselves. The body
was recovered in fifteen or twenty
minutes after the boys gave the alaim,
but efforts to resuscitate him proved
futile.
Slew Masked Man in Self-Defense.
Halenville, La.—Lee Martin, 38, is
dead and John Jackson, 39, is in jail
on a murder charge as the result of
efforts of a robed band to abduct Jack
son from his home near here. Jack
son claims that he fired when the men
tried to break down his front door and j
that Martin was killed as a result. 1
Both men are farmers and have j
families. Jackson says he received a ,
■ aiming some time ago to “quit his i
way of doing” but that he is nuzzled
to know the reason for the warning.
Burgaw.—Rocky Point township is
the sixth township in Pender county
co vote a bond issue within the past
year to build and equip a modern
consolidated school. Last Saturday
!'• s township, by a vote of 132 to 17,
voted a bond issue of $30,000 for this
purpose.
New Kirn.—Although the move
ment of Irish potatoes from Craven
Pamlico and Carteret counties has (
been considerably less this year than
lost the price has been so much bet
ter this season that the farmers are
left in much better condition, accord
ing to statements by potato men.
bureau Finds Jobs For 1,117.
Pming the week ending June 6. the
S' de and Federal Employment Bureau
found jobs lor 703 persons in addition
to placing 414 seasonal farm workers
with the truckers in the trucking sec- j
lions of the State. During the week I
ti re were 001 requests for help In !
finding work.
Charlotte led among the branch of- j
ficcs in finding places for workers j
iih a total of 191, Asheville, 84 men 1
na 48 women; Charlotte, 170 matt s.nd ,
1 women; Greensboro, 66 man and
23 women.
TAXABLE PERSONAL INCOMES
SHOWN TO BE 26 BILLION IN
COUNTRY.
Washington.—Taxable personal in
comes in America in 1923 were shown
by the internal revenue bureau to
have amounted to $26,336,337,843, or
aimest five billion dollars more than
the 1922 total.
The bureau’s figures, made public
in its annual analysis ot personal in
comes, disclosed that 7,093,321 per
sons filed returns in the year covered
by ilie statistics, while in the proceed
ing year there were 6.787,481 rettirns.
The 7,698,321 taxpayers in 1923 con
tributed $703,902,165 in taxes to the
government, which was approximately
$157,000,000 less than the taxes paid
in 1922, largely as a result of the 25
per cent refund voted by Congress.
On the basis of the census bureau's
population estimates for July 1. 1923,
returns were filed in 1923 by 6.34 per
cent of the nation’s citizens, while in
192.7 the proporation was 6.2 per cent.
Incomes in the class of “$1-000,000
and over" in 1923 numberef 74, the
highest point since 1917, and the third
highest in the history of American in
come tax collection, the number in
1916 having been 206. Seventh-seven
persons reported incomes oT a million
dollars or more in 1922. The 74 who
had incomes in excess of a million
dollars in 1923, paid a total of $35,
788,475 in taxes.
The income classes from $2,000 to
$5,000 continued in 1923 to he more
than half, numerically, of all the gov
ernment's tax providers, although us
compared witli 1922. the $2,000 to $3,
000 class showed a decrease while in
creases were reported in the number
of net incomes between $3,000 and
$4,000 and $5,000
The number of personal returns by
states, net income and the amount of
tax paid in southern slates follows in
the order named:
District of Columbia—number of re
turns, 75,796; net incomes $284,022,
234; tax paid $8,OS3,050; Florida—
number of returns 49.591; net incomes
$162.12S,523; tax paid $3,955,588;
Georgia—number of returns 71.347;
net incomes $233,729,676; paid $3,
769,990; Maryland—number of returns
127,770; net income $539,830,478; tax
paid $15,1S2.160; North Carolina—
number of returns 68,191; net income
$232,861,140; tax paid $5,562,150;
South Carolina—number of returns 28,
225; net income $95,204,234; tax paid,
$1,756,820; Tennessee—number of re
turns 69,081; net income $22S,717,906;
tax paid $4,396,162; Virginia—number’'
of returns 77.451; net income $245,
484,212, tax paid $3,722,974.
Feels Certain of Good Trade.
New York.—With no marked change
discernible in the surface aspects of
business last week, the conviction
grew in financial circles that the sum
mer months wili continue to bring
steady, even progress in trade.
As in recent weeks, the general busi
ness picture was shaded with con
basting movements, but price reces
sions and declining operations in c-er
:ain industries were offset by the swift
recovery of others. Signs multiplied
:hat the closer balance being struck
between production and consumption
would do much to avoid the normal
midsummer reaction and in the long
un would have a wholesome effect oa
ndustrial activities.
Trade reports of the last week un
questionably have favored the oil in
dustry more than any of others. Re
cent announcements of record-break
ng gasoline consumption and produc
tion have been followed by a series of
>ther favorable developments—increas
es in the prices of both crude and ro
fined product, a reduction in the week
ly output of crude oil for the first time
in many weeks, and accumulating evi
dence that the leading producing arid
refining companies were in the strong
est financial and operating positions
In several years. Petroleum shares
were quick to reflect the brightening
iutlook for their companies.
Riot News Confirmed.
London.—A Reuter dispatch from
Ihangliai confirming the roiting in
vin-Kiang says a crowd of 1,000 stu
lents. workmen and other disorderly
lements started minor riots in Kie
Ciang Friday evening. They did not
tecoine serious until Saturday morn
ng. when a mob rushed the British
oncession.
The municipal council warned the
Chinese' that they must restore order,
rhe authorities accepted responsibil
ty for the situation but took no action
or two hours. Meanwhile the wreck
ng and burning of buildings took place.