* i a Year, In Advance. -TO* COC, FOR COUNTRY AHO FOR TRUTH." Single Copy 5 Ccr.ta PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1925 r,3. 40 VOL. 36 4th of July Was Big Day Here. -- 1 .* v. One of La gest; Crowds in the History of Plymouth Gathered Here Celebrate Fourth. BASE BALL, PARADE, BOAT RACES AND FIRE WORKS HOLD INTEREST OF CROWDS The Fourth of July celebration ’held here ast Saturday under the auspices of the Plymouth Fire Company was conceded by all to have been one of the most : successful events of its kind ever staged in the county. Except for the fact that it was •rather warm better weather scould not have been hoped tor, :and consequently people for many miles around swarmed here for the celebration. Parking space for automobiles could hardly be found, and the streets were filled with people. The base ball game which pre ceded the parade between Rocky Mount and the locals resulted in a victory for Plymouth by the score of 7 to 3, The parade began at the high school building at about eleven thirty and wended its way thro ugh the principal streets ot the town, a brilliant and engaging spectacle. The various floats were each in itself a masterpiece and reflected a great deal of credit upon those who designed ’’ and builded them. The fire truck Itself carried very little decora, tions on account of the possibi lity of its being needed at any moment, and decorations might have been a handicap t o the . company in such an emergency Nothing happened, however, and . and the parade was huge success In the afternoon field events •.and another ball game between >the above named teams were en joyed- This game also resulted jin a defeat for Rocky Mount. ‘Score: Locals 11; visitors 5 Im mediately after the game an in tteresting race of speed boats at tracted probably the largest crowd of people that have ever at one time gathered on the banks of the Roanoke River at this point. The race was won by tht boat owned by Mr. P. 0. Price. At nine o’clock the river banks ' were again crowded with people who witnessed the greatest dis play of fireworks ever made ii this county. The Roanoke Rapids Concert Band furnished splendid musit during the parade and through out the entire day. and played *• concert at night prior to the fireworks display. Such events as this are great assets to any community, and it is hoped that the visitors here • enjoyed themselves as mjlfch as Plymouth enjoyed having them. The day was marked by order ly ev nts, and $he celebration was devoid of all disorders and i unpleasantness. f The following prizes were a • warded: Floats: 1st prize—National Handle Co. 2nd prize—L. P* Pinkham Decorated Automobiles: „ , 1st prize—Mrs. L. W. Gurkin <2od prize—Zeb Vance Norman Decorated Bicycles: 1st prize-Miss Katherine iFlaugher ^ad prize—Ottis Vail ' ___ DANCE HALL COLLAPSE BELIEV ED DUE TO CROWD IN WEAK BUILDING. Boston.—The number of persons known to have lost their lives when a wall of the Pickwick club, all-night Chinatown resort, crashed in upon a party of more than 100 dancers, grew steadily larger as firemen dug deeper into the mass of wreackage left by the collapse. At midnight 39 bodies had been recovered, 29 of which had been indentified. No one knew how many more might be found. Sixteen persons were in hospitals, four of them seriously hurt. Among the bodies recovered was that of Police Inspector Benjamin Alexander. He was believed to have been in the club looking for a mem ber of the underworld wanted by authorities. His police pistol was found beside his body. The body of a patrolman, Paul Halloran, also was found in the ruins and his body was recovered. It nas neen lmpossiuie 10 uy on the number of merry-makers who rushed to safety through doors and windows when a wall of the old five story building that housed one of Chinatown’s best known all-night re sorts buckled In to the} basement. The dead are: Mrs. Edith Jordan, 28; John J. Scales, 21, singer in the club caba ret; Margaret Murphy, 29; J. Lanzer, 25; Carol Paulson, Jr., 23, taxi driver; Patrolman Paul Halloran, 33; Stuart Henderson, William D. Cochran, 28; Prank Tillo, 28. boxer; William J. Grossman, 3G; James F. Glennon, 28, manager of the club; John J. Mc Laughlin, 36; W. H. Mayer, 30; James Cogdon, 45; Patrick Glavin. 40, a waiter; Loretta Keegan, 36; Edward S. “Neddy” Flanagan, 29; Barthol mowe O’Donnell; Margaret Lawson, 27; Mrs. Pauline de Luca, 35; Frank "Teddy" Vera. Joseph Smith of Providence; Mrs. Dora Stern, 24, of Brooklyn, and J. G. Pahnufui; John Duffy, 30, a boxer; William Murray, 35; Terry Longobardi; Miss Nixon, New York. Lightning Kills Three. New Kensington, Pa.—Three per sons were killed by lightning here and two others were injured when a tree under which they had taken shelter in a park during a storm was struck. The tree was badly shattered but did not fall. The dead are: Andrew P. King, 38, and his wife, and Edith Shearer, sev en years old, New Kensington, Wil liam, 10, and Alice Shearer, four, the other victims of the bolt, were taken to a hospital. Seven Perish In Fire. Saranac Lake, N. Y.—Seven persons lost their lives in a fire which swept a three-story wooden apartment house here, either trapping the victims in their rooms or cutting off their escape. The origin of the fire was undeter mined. The flames started in the rear of the building, either in the basement or on the first floor. Brazil Cotton No Competitor. Washington.—Future expansion of cotton production in Brazil is largely dependent upon the prospect of profit from cotton in competition with other crops, notably coffee and sugar. Considerable interest has recently been manifested in the possibility of Brazil becoming ^u.hnpojpt^nt compet itor of the United States in the world cotton market,' There is not likely to be any great ificp&nsiofl in the area de voted to cotton in Brazil for the next 110 or 15 yean. 33 Years Ago -IN Washington County Items gathered from issue of The Roanoke Beacon published Friday, July 15, 1892 Watermelons made their appearance Wednesday. Things have been made li vely around the Howcott House this week by the pre sence of that bright little chap Master Herman Ward, the two and a half year old son of Mr. Theo. Ward of James ville. Little Miss Ruth Barden, who has been visiting her grand-parents at Mildred has1 returned home. The mail is being carried( from this place to Windsor) under many difficulties. Mrs. H. M. Brown of E denton, is visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stocks. Mr. B. F. Owens lost a! fine horse Tuesday night. By permission of Mr. D. O. Brinkley we reproduce the following ad that appeared in this paper 33 years ago: D.O. Brinkley & Co Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors ICE, COAL & HAY For sale by wholesale or retail State Graduates Get Jobs. Within ten days after comment:* ment State College had placed every one of the 137 members of the grad uating class of 1925, according to in formation just received from that in stitution, thus maintaining one of her most cherished traditions, namely, that State men never fail to land jobs. The problem, of placing her men looked more difficult to State College this year than formerly because of the large class of students graduated from the School of Science and Busi ness, the class in business administra tion being one of the largest in-the South. A», placement bureau, within the school, under the direction of R W. Henninger, Professor of Industry, secured the .positions. In each case in which the College helped to place the men. care was taken to see that the applicant had received training which seemed suit able for the position available. There were more openings in the various in dustries in the State for men trained in business subjects than the college Could fill. The positions included ac counting, store management, indus trial management, sales, county agent work, farm management, commercial houses dealing in agricultural imple ments, and research work in agricul tural and economies. Will Reimburse Money. Bonds in the sum of $47,500 to re imburse the general fund for money advanced on the -65,000,000 road bond fund will be issued, it was decided at a meeting of Governor McLean and the Council of State. Of the total $66,000. JJ'JO authorized, $417,400 remained un issued, and it was to take care of this that the Governor and Council of State decided to issue bonds. Want Auto Title Numbers. Commissioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton stated that applicants for automobile license tags, both at the centra! office in Raleigh and at the branch offices throughout the state will save a great deal of time both for themselves and the department if they will bring their title certflcate cards with them, in the absence of such cards will bring the numbers. It is estimated that a license can be issued in one-tentli of the time otherwise required when the number of the title certificate Is known. FOR SALE Eiw shares Peo pies Eauk stock, Creswell, for cash. Let me have an offer A L Smithson. C. B. H. Pic-Nic At bst Friday night’s meeting of Plymouth Lodge No. 3. Char itable Brotherhood it was decided to hold their annual pic-nic at Ocean View, Va., on Friday July 31st. A special train has been se cured from the Norfolk Southern which will operate that day leav ing Plymouth at six o’clock in the morning, stopping only at Mackeys from which station in will leave at six-thirtv. There will be no more stops until the union station at Norfolk is react - ed at which place the pic-nickers' will be met by trolley cars which will immediately proceed to Ocean View, arriving there at about ten o'clock. Coming home the party will leave Ocean View at five-thirty in the afternoon. This pic-nic is not restricted to members of the Charitable Brotherhood, as any person may avail themselves of the excursion price which is set at $2.25 for adults and $1.25 for children. These prices include all trans portation charges. This;pic-nic excursion affords a splekdid opportunity for the people ‘ of this section to spend almost an entire day at one ol the modi popular summer resorts on the Atlantic Coast, and at a cost so low that most everybody can air^nge to make it. Meeting at Phillipi Rev. Lawson Campbell, evan gelist, of Winston-Salem, will begin a series of evangelistic services at Cherry in Phillipi Church Thursday, July 16th. This evangelist is a man of commanding personality, force fu' argument and divine inspir ation, and it is urged that all who can attend these meetings A good choir will render music for the meetings and a cordial welcome is extended everyone Shake-Up Among "Dry" Officers. Salisbury.—While there has been no intimation from Washington regarding I the changes that will be put into effect I when the two branches of the prohibi tion enforcement agents are consoli I dated with headquarters in Atlanta, there is considerable anxiety express ed in Salisbury that both the forces of Ben Sharpe, divisional chief, and A. B. Coltrane, state director, will be moved or cut to a handful. ! Sharpe, in the opinion of several people closely connected with the or ganization. is slated to have charge of the new division with headquarters in Atlanta. A move has been made recently to get larger quarters in Salisbury. This move, would indicate that the I offices were to re:, ain in Salisbury, i However, it is understood that facili I ties were not available. | Whatever changes are contemplat ad is likely to provide for North Caro lina headquarters and as Salisbury is centrally located, it will probably re main here, hut it may mean a material reduction in the number of men era ' ployed. j New Record Established. | High Point.—A new high building ; record was established here in June, j The monthly report of the city build ing inspector issued shows that dur ing the month permits were issued for the erection of 5--365,580 »o.th of build ings. ! To Spend His Sundays in Jail. 1 Salisbury.—Judge Charles Coggin, of the Rcwan county court, inaugurated an innovation in the way of sentences I in his court when a white man of Kan napolis was found guilty of operating an automobile while under the in fluence of whiskey. Not wishing to de prive his family of anything the man | was fined $50 and costs and also or ' dered to report to the Rowan jailor every Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock and be confined in Jail until 7 o’clock I Sunday evening for a period Ot tan | weeks. __j#;» K. K. K. Parade, The parade of the Ku KlUx Klait that had been adveitised for Monday night drew one of the largest crowds ever seen on our streets at night. The streets were practically jamm d with automobiles and people, and the parade which was advertised for eight thirty did not occur until a few minutes af ter nine. It halted in front of the Almo Theatre where an impro vised stage was hastily arranged from which Rev. YV. L Straub of Kinston delivered a lecture on the purpo.-es ana reasons for the Klan. He stressed theimpoi lance of continually he. ping American ideals and tradlii ms before the people in such a manner as to create a gica'ei icvc-rcr.ee for the government <>f -he United States. He attach ed no particular sect or creed, but confined him self to preaching gospel ef the Ku Klux Klan. Then* were about twenty-five robed Klansmen in the parade, and speaker explained that a dearth of robes and inclement weather were responsible for the small number. Inmates Finacially Able Must Pay. State institutions for the insane,, leaf, blind and delinquent, under leg islation enacted by the 1925 session of the general assembly, are now making a, charge for those students and in mates who are able to pay. Further, the law provides that should a person enter one of these institutions an indi gent and later inherit or acquire money or property he would have to pay for his support or instruction as the case might be. The constitution provides that “tho general assembly may provide that the indigent deaf mute, blind and in sane of the state shall be cared for at the charge of the state.” In the next section, however, is the following: "It shall be steadily kept in mind by the legislature and board of public chari ties that all penal and charitable insti tutions shall lie made as nearly self supporting as is consisten with tlie purpose of their creation.” Advocates of legislation making a charge mandatory in every case where the inmates or pupil is able to pay, insisted that this was in line with the provision of the constitution declaring that institutions should be as nearly self-supporting as possible. The institutions specifically named in the 1925 legislation include the state hospital at Raleigh, the state hospital at Morganton, the state hos pital at Goldsboro, the state home and industrial school for girls and women, (Samarcand) the Caswell training school at Kinston, the Stonewall Jackson training school at Concord, the East Carolina training school for boys near Rocky Mount, the Morrison training school for delinquent negro boys in Richmond county. Ilie state school for the deaf and dumb at .Mor ganton and tlie state sanatorium tor the treatment of tuberculosis. The law provides that the govern ing bodies shall fix, in their discretion, the cost to be imposed on each patient or student. It is specifically proviueu, uuwe*e». that at none of these institutions shall the policy of caring for the indi gent free of charge to them he aban doned, although it is further provided that any person listed as an indigent who afterward acquires means of pay ment shall pay. Suit for the recovery : of such pay may be entered in the Superior court of Wake county, the i law provides. I It has been pointed out that the charters of the original institutions for the care of the insane, that is, the asylums at Raleigh and Morganton made specific provision that preference was to be given indigents and that those who were able to pay should bo made to do so. These institutions, it is said, huvj ! charged for the support and care of persons who were able to pay, from that time to the present day. it is only the institutions later created that are said not to have carried out this policy. Goternor McLean recently announc ed that he intended to appoint a com mission, headed by Dr. Watson S. Ran kin, to look into the affairs of the Caswell training school and to del er mine definitely what class of pat cats should be admitted there. Whether the governor later would j conduct similar investigations of other Institutions was not stated. m Th L> MOST,; SANGUINE EXPECTATION# EXCEEDED BY $166,000,000 ::,>**rTOT AL. Raleigh. During the fiscal year ending June SO, 1925, the State of North Carolina paid into the Federal Treasury in the form of Federal taxes a total of approximately $166,000,000. the largest collection ever made of Federal taxes in North Carolina, according to Gilliam Grissom, Internal Revenue Collector for the North Carolina District, wh<a characterized the shewing mud- bJF North Carolina as “phenomenal.” Th« collections were about six million dofe Jars more than Mr. Grissom had estfc mated at the first of June, and werg made possible by the unprecedented Increase in the tobacco manufacturing industry which has large cente-s it; this State, especially at Winston. S.iYi lent and Durham. i Collections for the fiscal year ending June 30. are approximately eight mil* lion dollars In excess of the collection^ for the fiscal year ending June 1. 1924. during which year $153,000,000 was collected. Incidentally North Caro lina's collections for the fiscal year are approximately four times as large as the total collection of Federal taxe* 1n the entire United States in 1863. North Carolina last year ranked fiftfy in Federal tax collections In the Unit ed States, with New York, Pennsyl vania, Micigan, and Illinois leading iff order. Ur trie taxes collected approximately $16,000.1100 represented income taxes, individual and corporations. This col lection. due to a sharp decrease in tlie income tax rate, was approximately two million dollars less than the total Income tax collections of the previous fiscal year. The two million dollar slump in Income taxes, however, wa£ much more slight than had been ex pected. Collections of taxes other than in come taxes were approximately ten million dollars ahead of last year. Cost of the collection of the taxes according to Mr. Grissom was between ten and twelve cents per hundred dol lars wliic his the lowest tax collection rate in the United States, being about one-twelfth of the average cost of col lecting United States taxes. , Girls’ and Boys’ Clubs Plan Car.-.p*. Twenty counties throughout the state have reported plans for summer camps for boys and girls to the home demonstration department and ad ditional counties are expected to re port later on. These camps are 1? charge of the home demonstration agents and farm agents, and in mos|t cases will be joint camps. Other c ma ties are planning summer camps for women belonging to the rural clubs. Camping has come to be a reward for work well done. Miss Maud > E, Wallace, who is head of the Girls' Club work in this state, states and the old idea of strenuous instruction has been largely discarded. A few hours of instruction will he given in the morning, and the rest of the day turned over to recreation. Most of the camps will be on the shore or near lakes where water sports may b • in cluded in. the amusements. Contact with other boys and girls is the c’.iioi object and benefit from the camps. New Policies Put Into Effect. The executive budget law. estab lishing executive supervision over slate expenditures; the budgetary ac counting system, holding the state uo partinents and institutions to strici ac countability for all disbursements and requiring them to live within their ap propriations, an dthe daily deposit law became effective July 1. These meas ures, advocated by Governor McLean were enacted by the general assembly of 1925, effective July 1, which marks the beginning of a new fiscal-year. The executive budget law, in brief, sets up a control of state finances The governor is the director of the budget and, under the new law; he "shall have power to examine under oath any officer or head of any de partment or any institution, and any clerk or employee thereof." Further, he is empowered "to cause the attend ance of heads of responsible represen tatives of the departments, institu tions and agencies .vf the state to fur nish information; to compel the pro duction of papers, books, and accounts or other documents in the possession or under the control of such officer or head of department, and the director, or afly authorized representative, shall have the right to examine any state iOiHijuUap or agency, inspect its pioP e£van$,require into its methods of *ftppnttion a.M manggaptent," — -J H

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