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PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, JUNE. 26, 1925
NO. 38
Fourth of July To Be
Celebrated Here
Program Begins at Nine CPCiock With
Base Ball Game. Parade, Ath
letic and Aquatic Sports
and Fireworks.
MISS HELEN WHITE, MISS PLYMOUTH
MISS BETTIE COBURN, MISS WASH. COUNTY
At a recent meeting of the ex j
ecutive committee that is engi
neering the Fourth of July Cele
bration to be held here on bat
urday of next week, final plans
were drawn up. Plymouth is ex
pecting to accommodate a larger
•crowd on that day than has ev
er assembled here before. Street
paving has been completed, the
white way will be turned on that
night and a general good time
is anticipated.
Things will begin to happen
on the Fourth at nine o clock in
the morning with a base ball
game between Plymouth and
the Y.M C.A. team from Rocky
Mount. At eleven o’clock the
pfarade wilTform on Washington
Btreet at Brinkley Avenue and
then course through the princi
pal streets of the town, headed
by a brass band and composed
of company and individual floats,
veterans of the Civil, Spanish
American and World Wars, the
Fire Department and other fea
tures- In the Beauty Contest and
Baby Show held on last Friday
night in the sciiool auditorium
Miss Helen White was selected
to represent Miss Plymouth in a
specially arranged float, while
Miss Bettie Gray Coburn oi
Westover will represent the
county in a like manner. Master
Jack Swain, infant son of Mr,
and Mrs. J. L. Swain was select
ed to represent the boy babies in
the parade while little iviiss Re
becca Ward, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S, A. Ward will
hold things down for the little
girls.
Immediately after the parade
there will be held special athlet
ic events on the school cam
pus. Entrants from all parts of
the county will participate.
The afternoon ball game be
tween the above named teams
which will begin at four-fifteen
is expected to be one of the
hardest fought contests ever:
held in the county,
Boat racing, lancy swimming
and other aquatic sports will be
ei.j'03 ed in the Roanoke River.
A gigantic display of fireworks
will be made at eight o’c ock cn
the river shore. People are es
pecially urged to rema'n to wit
ness this pyrotechnic spectacle.
At one o’clock a pic-nic dinner
wili be served under the shade
of the giant elms and oaks on
Fovt Williams street. It is re
quested that pic nic baskets be
prepared for this occsion, so
that at least once again the peo
i pie of Washing-on County might
' mingle again in the oid fashion
ed manner so dear to the mem
ory of our older people.
Plymouth will welcome every
visitor and it is hoped that every
i; sectmn f the county will have a
large representation here to as
„ sist in making the occasion a
huge success.
1PLAIE MIKES
II IN WEEVIL
NEW METHODS OF DUSTING COT
TON FIELDS WITH POISON
TRIED.
Rockingham.—No doubt those boll
weevils that have contemplated ths
40,000 acres ot Richmond county cot
ton lands with anticipation and en
joyment are now wondering it perhaps
it might not be best for them to evac
uate or to move on to other counties
that are not so progressive. The
fearful onslaught of white clouds o
calcium aresnate shot with gatling
gun precision and force from a huge
airplane traveling at the rate of 90
miles an hour 10 feet above the
ground should be enough to quell the
stoutest hearted weevil.
That is what happened four miles
south of Rockingham. Through the
efforts of Frank I. Mason, county
agent J. L. Dove, and the Post-Dis
patch. the Hnff-Daland Dusters, incor
porated, of Macon, Ga., agreed to put
on this demonstration here.
A 35 acre field of J. M. Dockery, four
miles south of Rockingham, was select
ed for the demonstration, of which two
were given. Around 100 farmers gath
ered at the field to see this much talk
ed of dusting, and hundreds of people
from many adjoining counties assem
bled there to see the demonstration
repeated. Mr. Morgan, of the Huff
Daland company, was present and ex
plained the commercial side of the pro
position. It is not known yet how
many acres are signed or contracted
for.
The enterprise is a new one, and
the demonstration was received with
many favorable comments. It has
many attractive features over the
slower hand poison method, and un
doubtedly this pioneer movement will
eventually spread and perhaps be the
eventual way of fighting the pest. As
soon as the proper number of acres
are contracted for here, the plane will
return and begin the battle against the
weevil in earnest.
Cameron Ships 130 Cars of Berries.
Cameron. — Once a^iin Cameron
has passed the peak of its busy season
Over 130 carloads of dewberries have
been shipped from the siding in this
little town this year which in normal
times doesn’t have many over 300 in
habitants.
However, for the last few days the
population of the place has been swell
ed. The largest dewberry market in
the world attracts a number of visit
ors when the vines which hang on the
stakes in the fields are loaded with the
luscious black fruit. One gets two
cents per quart for picking dewberries
and a good picker has been known to
remove over 200 quarts of berries per
day from the vines when the fruit is
large. But besides pickers the town
must care for government inspector
and representatives from the Fruit
Growers association.
The prices were good this year. The
grower averaged near $5 per crate
where last year he received an aver
age of not more than $3 per crate
But the crop was short. In big years
over 200 car loads are sent to north
ern and western markets' but thir
year's number will probably not run
over 150. However, as it is, over
$145,000 has gone to gorwers who have
shipped their berries through the
Cameron market.
FOR SALE Five shares Pro
pies Bank stock, Creswell, for
cash. Let me have an offer A. L
Smithson.
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Washington
County
Items gathered from issue of
The Roanoke Beacon published
Friday, July i, 1892
Henry Chesson, colored,
who was in jail for house
breaking, died in his cell here
Monday morning.
Mr. S. R. Norman of Nor
folk, is at home on a visit to
his parents.
Little Frank Goelette had
the misfortune to have three
fingers cut off his left hand
while at work at the mill
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. J. W. Read, accom
panied by her son, Jack am
lived here Saturday to spend
some time with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. B. F Owens,
The first cotton bloom of
the season was sent to our of
fice by Mrs. W. H. Hampton
The bloom was found on her
husband’s River Farm June
26th.
Rev. J. B. Askew cf Vir
ginia filled the pulpit in tl e
Methodist church on Sunday
morning last. ;
Methodists to Arrange For Recreation
as Well as Intensive Industrial
Training.
Winston Salem.—A tract of land,
comprising 275 acres, has been pur- ,
chased by the trustees of the Metlio- ;
dist Children’s home, and will be used ■
for farming and recreational purposes, j
The land is located on the Mocksville
Yadkinville highway, near Courtney,
and includes both timbered and farm- :
thg sections. Tits tract is a part of
the estate of the late ltr. Cain. j
It is the intention of the home offi
cials to have farming on a large scale
on the new purchase, and this summer
some activity is being carried on, to ;
be increased in future years. Sov-,
eral streams on the farm will provide
water for pond, which will be formed,
and this will be used as one of the
recreational features for outings of
the children living at the heme.
Mebane Sued For $40,000 More.
Burlington.—Three additional suits
involving $40,000 have been lib d
against the town of Mebane, the result
of alleged damages caused by that
town's sewer disposal.
The Central Loan and Trust com
pany seeks to recover $10,000, W. W.
Brown, executor of ;he late George
Troxler estate, $10,000 and the Bur
lington Rod and Gun club, $20,000. ;
In each case Lake Latham is the
cause exf complaint the result of a
aprt of the sewerage of Mebane run
ning into it. damaging it as a properly
and as a game perserve, it is claimed.
Mebane’s sewer disposal now has
been sued in all for $100 ,000. a ver
dict asainst it of $10,000 in the case
of Erastus and Tom Cook. Mill Creek
millers, whose ait for $60,000 was
tried before Judge Thomas H. Calvert
in Graham last week.
Chero-kee Farm Values Make Increase.
Murphy.—Farm values in Cherokee
county increased from $2,5G3,72G on
January 1, 1920, to $3,937,984 on Janu
ary 1, 1925. The total number of farms
increased from 1,903 to 2.228 during
the same period, if is shown by a press
summary released by the department
of commerce at Washington.
The number of farms operated by
white farmers increased from 1,894 to
2,205 and tlie number operated by ne
gro farmers from 9 to 22 during the
fiveyear period. The number of
farms operated by white owners
increased from 1,497 to 1.769 and the
number operated by negro owners
from 406 to 458. None was found to
be operated on the managerial basis.
' All land in Cherokee farms on Janu
ary 1, 1920, amounted to 173,518 acres.
By January 1 1915, the acreage had in
creased to 12.S65.
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FIGURES IN INTERNAL REVENUE
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE SHOW
REDUCTION.
Raleigh.
With most of the Juno payments In
North Carolina’s Federal income tax
collections for the fiscal year end*;: '
July 1, 1925, are running about wo
million dollars behind the inco; ■ ' x
collections for the entire figures i:i
office of Gilliam Grissom, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the North Caro
lina District. Collections for all kinds
of Federal taxes, however, are already
about two million dollars ahead of the
entire last fiscal year.
Total collections of income taxes
during the fiscal year ending July 1,
1925, in North Carolina totalled about
eighteen million dollars. To date in
the fiscal year 1925 which ends July 1,
approximately sixteen million dollars
have been collected.
This falling away in income taxes
ivas expected on account of the cut in
the income tax rate this year, and Col
lector C rissom is pleased with the
showing made, ns he expected that the
slump would be greater.
Mr. Grissom expects lo collect little
more income tax is during the balance
of the fiscal year but is counting on
the heavy receipts from tobacco taxes
to pull the total taxes of all kinds col
lected in North Carolina this fiscal
year live or six million dollars ahead
of the amount collected last year.
The full effect of the cut in income
taxes probably will not be felt for an
other year as many of the deferred
payments on the taxes which fell due
in March, 1924, are included in the
total of the fiscal year ending July 1,
925, ard on account of the cut in the
tax rate a great many more people
paid their taxes in full this year, thus
eliminating the deferred payments and
f rther s. - ing the total of the pres
ent fiscal year.
/ ppoint Foard For Training School.
Governor McLean has appointed five
people, three white and two negroes
to act as a board for the Morrison
Industrial School, at Hamlet, which is
a training school for negro boys. The
board was appointed under the act
passed at a recent session of the Stat
Legislature providing for a uniform
method for the appointment of certain
boards of charitable and other institu
tions.
The following will serve for a term
of four years: Mrs. J. Legrande Ev
erett, of Rockingham, to succeed M
p. Hart if Tarl iro; W. L. Parson
of Rockingham, to succeed L. R. Var
ser, resigned; W. N. Everett, of Rock
ingimm to succeed himself; Rev. \\
H. I lav wood (colored), of Lumberion
to succeed Thai! Tate, of Charlotte:
O. C. Spaulding, of Durham, to sue. ■ id
S. G. Atkins, of Winston-Salem. The
two last named are negroes.
Bus Lines Expected to Yield Less.
The tax u n bus linos levied by
the 192"> General Assembly and which
at that time was estimated to yield
all the way from $250,000 to S'iOO.c 0
is now expected to yield loss than
$150,000, or half of the sum of $-100,000
which was finally agreed upon and
used in estimates of the total yield
from the new revenue law.
The law regulating br.vcas and plac
ing them under the control of tin
Corporation Commission, which car
ries with it a tax of six per < cut
on gross receipts went into effect
•March 22 and payments f r the 0
quarter are not due before June
However, reports have been (on
stantly received by the Pc part m nt
Revenue, whit h collects the tax. an ’
it is estimated that the receipts for
the first quarter will fall below ? ! ebb
although it is believed the average for
the four quarters will be somewhat
above that figure.
The railing on in expecreu r'linq:
from the feus lines are attributabi
to several causes. In (he first plan,
a number of carriers that it had been
thought would be classified an. buses
have been put down by the Corpera
tion Commission as “jitneys" and pay
only $10 a year on each car.
Then, the bus lines proper are not
making tlie moimy that was expected
of them. I'm. at that the business
they are doing i-s by no means a
tiling to be neezed at, the minimum
tax returns of $120,000 representing
an annual business of $2,000 000.
Governor Paroles Seven.
Par les for seven prisoners, serving
terms ranging from four months to ten
years, were announced by Governor
McLean. Among the prisoners parol
ed was Rose Steelman, convicted at
the December, 1923, term of the Su
perior Court of Guilford county and
sentenced to serve ten years in the
State Prison.
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SHORT PARA
GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE
Ash■ ■ villn.— Five thousand visitor;-, \
ar,. i ctcd at Ridgecrest, the South
ern TL jitist assembly grounds, IS
in oast of Asheville. during the
.: n of summer conferences, June
IS to R |!t<-mIk r 1.
i; ; Ingham.- fudge Bryson after
1 ring ar; umi n ri ad tire I npofary
receiver, bin of the fur !:na (foal Mini
Company permanent c - -.tinning John
H. Kennedy. the t<- up irary rc-c bv ,r.
as permanent rocrivor.
Rutherfordton. -Tim ; mint:-- commis
sioners bam dec-id.:d to build a new
modern courtlum R ti :
county to m m •’( a. l: ■•v.l;
be erected on l ho s- -ie site- as tin
present building.
Statesville.—There were 7,018 f-fot
mobile license ten. - LI durii ’
past year at the bra; b , iv ■ here, ac
cording to E. B. Quinn. ! 1 ml ns tea
of the Carolina Motor cl b. >■ bo ha?
charge of the sale of lie r.« plat -s
Mr. Quinn estimates that at least 10.
000 plates will be distributed from the
office here during the coming year.
Rocky Mount.—Progress in th
eradication of tuberculosis among cat
tle is reported in Nash and Edge
combe counties. In Edgecombe 350
cattle comprising ITS herds, have been
tested without the timl!ng of a single
reaction or suspect. In Nash the
same result obtained during the test
ing of 393 cattle, comprising 214 herds.
Wilson.—During the progress of a
rain storm lightning struck a farm
house five miles south of this city.
Lindsey Bass, white, was instantly
killed, his father was rendered .uncon
scious and never revived until morn
ing and liis mother and several other
member’s of the family were ocv-oreljr
shocked.
Dilangton.—n>- virtue ot an agree
ment reached between the local board
of trustees and the county board of
education, Lillington high school and
the school farm are transferred to the
rare of the county. The trustees have
surrendered the charter of the local
school and deeded the property over
to the board of education.
Statesville. — A 200-gallon steam
blockade distillery was captured and
destroyed in Wilkes county, near An- .
tiocb church, by T. M. Halyburton, fed
eral prohibition agent, whose bead
quarters are in Statesville. The plant
was running in full blast when the offi
cers unexpectedly appeared on the
scene. The three men in charge made
good their escape.
Statesville.—Miss Mattie Adams, of
Stony Point, is in a critical condition
in a local hospital, suffering from in
juries which she sustained when she
jumped from a fast-moving car driven
by Arthur Fox, on the Taylorsville
road. Miss Adams' skull was fractur
ed at the base. She’ has been uncon
scious since the accident occurred.
Mooresville.—1Three young boys with
a .22 caliber rifle resulted in the death
of Whitfield Dry, 11-year-old son o*
Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Dry. at their home
on South Broad street Wednesday
afternoon. The victim was in a room
with his small 8-year-old brother. Paul,
and Jack Harvell, 11. The two Dry
boys were fooling with the rifle while
Harvell was looking out a window.
Albemarle.—At a funeral in Fair
v t. vv cemetesy, a black snake about
3 i 2 feet long crawled from the hood
of touring car and tried to bite one
of the men in the crowd near by. A
-ho.cl was secured and used as a do
fen.-to and the snake was killed before
the interment was made.
Goldsboro.- Wayne county continue?
its truck shipping. Beans, potatoes
cucumbers, squash, and a number of
ether products are daily flowing from
here and nearby towns, going to the
northern and western markets. Poul
try continue;1 strong. There are sever
al at, the depot all the time
during business hours to greet their
farmer friends with their products.
Monrm !’ K. T.innell, 65. shot and
killed himself in his home on Frank
Hn street. After breakfast Mr. T.innell
event to bis room to prepare for work.
He was only in his room a few minu
tes when his wife heard a gun fire
She rushed to liis room to find him
dead. He bad tied a ribbon around
bis right foot and onto the trigger of
a 20-gaage shot gun. Then he point
ed to the left side of his head and
jerked his foot, thus cousing bis death.
Morehead City—As a part of a stu
pendous road-building program which
involves the construction of more than
100 milds of hard surface highway in
Carteret county, the board of commis
sioners place 1 a contract for the eon
struct ion of 12 miles of road bet ween
Beaufort and Atlantic which is to be
the completing link of the highway
from the Tennessee line to the eastern
mainland point of Carteret.
Touring Europe.
Mr. Edward L. Owerp, son
f Mr, and Mrs. A. L. Owens of
this place, left New York last
Saturday morning for an extend*
ed tour through Europe. His
' inerary will include several
ir.uropeari countries, among them
the British Isles, France, Spain,.
For tug a!, Luxembourg, Germany
and will also make a \isit ta
Copenhagen.
Mr. Owens has just completed
a courst in law at the State Uni*
vend tv - and successfully passed
vviiat is considered one of the
n:< sf difficult law examinations
ever given in this state by the
supreme Court.
Ills flip to Europe is made for
e lucatit nal > , and will no
doubt be of inestimable benefit
to our .you) g friend. He has madi
no plane as to just where he will
locate when he decides to estab
lish himself in the practice of law
He plans a:so to visit the var
ious battelf elds in the countries
wh'eh he will visit.
PS
People ol Plymouth welcomes
the return of Mr. Percy M. Arps
about eleven years. Mr. Arps lnm' • ■
purchased the drug business of
dr, T. L. Smith, and began ope- I
ration of this store Monday of !
th’s week.
Mr. Arps was in the drug;
business in Cape Charles Ya., for
about eighteen months. lie then
entered the navy and rveu dur
ing the war, and after receiving
a discharge went to C lumbia
where he engaged in the drug
business he no w conducts in con
nection with his store here. He
will give his personal attention
to the Plymouth store, and has a
capable manager in Columbia.
Mr Smith has sold his interests
in Plymouth, and it is regretted
by his many friends here that
he will cast his ct in the future
in another place. He her been a
resident of Plymouth. f< : alout
fifteen years, during winch time
he has made numerous friends
and has been identifier, with .
many civic matters a: d imp)«.*ve
ments.
In a telegram received yester
day from the EdentonDa lv N* vs
we were advised that trailic
over the Edenton- Mackey s Eei ry
had become so great that addit
ional facilities have been n . de
necessary. The six-car ferry ... s
been replaced by a fourteen car
ferry. Boats wiil start from each
side every hour and a half be
ginning at eight A. M. andclcs1 g
at five-thirty
A ferry is also operated direct
from Edenton to Plymouth,
making two trips daily. This ser
vice is of inestimable value to
automobile travelers.
N
ictice
Mv plans are to leave here a
i out July 1st, and I am making
an effort to pay all 1 ills that I
owe here. Any person who holds
an account against me will ton
er a favor by presenting it as
arly as possible before that
dale.
THOMAS L SMITH
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