V i Single Copy 5 Cent*, i Year, in Advance. “FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY ANO FOR TRUTH.” NO. 37 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 jgjgrck” #»■*»**• v .■! J t, NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA ». j> TOLD IN SHORT PARA- | p GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE 4 ’> 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 Subscribe to The Baacon rc l3 o H 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.