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PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, JULY 17,1925
NO. 41
Court Adjourned
Wednesday P. M.
Percy PH tips Gets 12 to 15 Years For
Manslaugh er. Fortner Case is
Transferred to Mecklenburg.
Few Road Sentences.
The July term of Superior
Court convened here Monday
morning with Hon. M. V. Barn
hill, judge presiding, and Hon.
*#n Don Gilliam, solicitor.
In his charge to t he grand jury
judge Barnhill made a splendid
talk which created a fine impres
sion upon the people of this sect
dun. This week’s court wa^ sche
<duleu to have been conducted by
Hon E. H. Cranmer, but an ex
change was arranged with judge
Barnhill. This was the first
terra of court conducted by him
in this county.
Solicitor Gilliam has appeared
here for several terms and has
made many warm and close
friends. He is energetic and vig*
orous in representing the state,
but always gives the accused a
fair and square chance, and is
held in high esteem here.
Court adjourned Wednesday
Of afternoon after disposing of two
divorce actions. The civil docket
was left practically as it vas.
The following criminal cases
were disposed of:
Seth Jeanette and Bennie Bur
nett, violating prohibition aws,
defendants plead guilty of pos
session and transportation and
were assigned to the county
roads for four months.
Johnnie Hoggard, violating
prohibition laws; not guilty.
Mary Lofton, assault with
deadly weapon. Judgment ol
the court was frivolous and ma
licious prosecution, and the pros
ecutrix, Ada Harper, was t^xed
with the cost.
Joe Cradle, violating prohibit
ion laws, was fined flOO.OO and
cost,
Louis Smith and Simon Smith,
violating prohibition laws; each
' -assigned to the countv roads for
snine months.
Percy Phelps, muruer, emci™
a plea of manslaughter, which
'Was accepted by the State, and
was sentenced to serve from 12
to 15 years at hard labor in the
state prison.
A. B Fortner, seduction; no!
pros.
Mary Lofton, nuisance, noi
pros.
A. B. Fortner, fornication ana
adultery, entered a plea in a
batement and action was remov
ed to Mecklenburg county.
Birthday Party
Little Miss Frances Alexander
entertained a host of her little
friends at a birthday party on
Monday afternoon.
70th Birthday
Mr. J. W. Harrison of Oak
•Grove Farm celebrated his 70th
birthday Tuesday, July 14th.
His children and grand-children
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FLOW OF GOLD
HFFECIS CREDIT
SHIPMENTS ABROAD TOTAL $175,
000,000 IN PAST SEVEN
MONTHS.
Washington/—The turn in the tide
of gold has begun to affect banking
credit in the United States, and mem
bers of the system are resorting to
increasing use of credit from the Fed
eral Reserve banks.
A gold outflow of $175,000,000 has
taken place in the last seven months
and now, the federal reserve board
disclosed, the commercial banks find
themselves in a position sharply in
contrast to that which they held ai
moat continually since the end of the
war.
During those years these banks,
through the deposit of imported gold
with the federal reserve banks, ob
tained funds for repayment of bor
rowings and for use as a basis for in
creased extension of credit.
"For four years prior to 1925.” the
reserve board said in its monthly dis
cussion of conditions, “continuous in
ward movements had been the prin
cipal factor in the large growth of
(commercial) bank credit, accompan
ied by a decreased use of reserve
bank credit. But recently the direc'
tion of the gold movement has be<X
reversed and gold exports have tended
to check the growth of member banks’
credit and to increase the demand fot
reserve bank credit.”
Total loans and investment of all
member banks, though they show
little growth so far this year, now ap
proximate $2,500,000,000 or 10 per
cent more than in the spring of 1924.
For two years the total loans and in
, vestments of these banks has been
above the high point reached in the
fall of 1920 and April 6, this year
they were roughly $3,000,000,000 lar
ger than the maximum in 1920.
The larger volume of member bank
credit, as compared with 1920, when
the commercial demand for bank cred
its was unduly large, was declared by
the board to reflect almost entirely a
growth in the bank’s investments,
which were shown to stand at a record
high level.
Dozen Lives In Midwest Taken.
Chicago.—Hot weather, drownings
and automobile accidents took a toll
of upwards of a dozen lives in the
middle west Sunday.
With the temperature ranging from
90 to 100. two deaths from the heat
were reported in Chicago, while the
drowning of persons seeking relief
from the heat in the water accounted j
for most of the other deaths.
There were two drownings in Chi- !
cago and one automobile fatality.
Oklahoma City reported one drown
ing, and Denver one. County Judge
Frank Sass and Mrs. Sass of Coffey
ville, Kansas, were killed in an auto
mobile accident.
Iowa reported temperatures of
around 100 for the day. Missouri's
hot weather was reduced by a heavy
rainfall.
High temperatures were reported in j
Nebraska and Iowa, the theronreter j
reaching 100 at Des Moines. One
death from the heat was reported at
Sioux City, Iowa, with two drownings
in Iowa, one at Sioux City and one at
Des Moines.
Three unidentified men were burn
ed to death and six others were un
acocunted for in an explosion and fire
which destroyed 18 tank cars of gaso
line near Taylor, Texas. At Paris, ]
Ills., four persons were uninjured when
a racing automobile crashed through
j the fence at the county fair grounds.
In the far west 12 Sunday excursion
1 ists were injured, one seriously, an
i automobile bus crashed into an oil
truck at Los Angeles.
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Items gathered from issue of
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Friday, July 22, 1892
Miss Lillie Wingate of
Perquimans has been visiting
her aunt, Mrs. B. Nurney.
Messrs. C. D. Loane, .J.H.
Skittletharpe and L.P. Horn
thal are at Nag’s Head.
Peacock bridge and Mur
rattock bride were both car
ried away by the storm Sat
urday night.
Mayor Bryan informs us
that only two cases have been
tried by him during the past
three months.
Our citizens seem very anx
ions to have the Norfolk &
Southern road extended from
Roper to Plymouth.
CORN FOR SALE—0. M. Chessou
R.F.D. 2, Plymouth
H'LEW III OPEN PEACH SHOW
Attractive Exhibits and Varied Amuse
ments Promised at Hamlet
Exposition,
Hamlet.—The Carolina* Sandhill
Peach Show is again an assured at
traction for mid-summer visitors to
Hamlet and the peach belt of the Car
olina?. The most important prelimin
ary detail incident to this annual ex
hibit was the raising of funds foT car
rying out plans and determining the
date for holding the show. These pre
liminaries are in the past and the
steady grind to whip into shape attrac
tive exhibits and added amusements
tor visitors has begun in real earnest.
Governor Angus W, McLean, who
has shown so much interest in the de
velopment of every section of the com
monwealth, was unstinted in his ap
proval of the Carolinas Sandhill Peach
Show for 1925 and has made known
his intention to be present on July
23, and formally open the show with
an address appropriate to the occas
ion. The presence of Governor Mc
Lean at this exhibit will be the signal
for hundreds of Carolinians and many
from other states to make their way
to Hamlet and avail themselves of the
double opportunity of seeing and hear
ing North Carolina’s distinguished
governor and view the attractions of
the Peach Show.
Visitors to previous exhibits need
only to be told the date on which this
year’s exhibit is to be held to assure
their attendance, but as there are to be
many added attractions at this year's
exhibit, the task of the management
from now until July 23 will be to “say
so'' to the general public and make
ample provisions for entertaining the
increased ny.mber of visitors for each
day of the occasion.
The Carolinas Sandhill Peach Show,
officially, will be opened by Governor
McLean at 11 o’clock, Thursday morn
ing, July 23. From that hour until
midnight the following day, July 24,
visitors to Hamlet will have a con
tinuous round of pleasure, including
muSic by orchestra and brass band,
airplane stunts, baseball games, in
structive lectures on the production
and marketing of peaches, exhibits of
peach products and various devices
for caring for orchards and using the
wonderful opportunities this section
has been blessed with.
Motor Club Wants Patrolmen.
Greensboro.—'C. W. Roberts, vice
president of the Carolina Motor club,
has asked R. A. Doughton, commis
sioner of revenue., to allow the motor
club to employ a number of men to
patrol state highways as state officers
if the council of state finds it impos
sible to provide a uniformed force, as
has been suggested.
The men would be paid by the motor
club, it is understood, but would serve
as state officers. Mr. Roberts says
that other states now have such forces.
He doesn’t know that the motor club
directors would be willing to bear this
expense but is of the opinion they
would and asks of Mr. Doughton defi
nite information so that the matter
can be laid before directors of the
club. __ r Mg.Llmi
Quietly Married
It came as quite a surprise to
their many friends to learn of
the marriage of Mr. Clarence
L Ainsley and Miss Eva Burt
which occured on Sunday, July
5th, at the home of justice W. 0
Norman in Roper. The ceremony
was performed by Mr. Norman
in the presence of only a few
close friends.
Both these young people are
well known here and enjoy a
wide*circle of friends.
They spent a brief honeymoon
in Norfolk and Ocean View, aft
er which they returned to Ply
mouth where they are making
their home.
Jail Torn Down.
The chain gang is busily en
gaged in demolishing the old
jail and hauling away the rub
bish. The county commissioners
plan to beautify the court house
grounds as soon as the jail is
completely removed by bui'ding
a reinforced concrete and brick
curb around the grounds and
planting grass and flowers at
advantageous points.
Our people will gladly wel
come such a move, for it wi 1
greatly improve the appearance
of the pfs^erty and be a greater
s ju rjce of plSite to the people -©f
the county.
New Home Agent
Miss Delano Wilson, former
county home demonstration ag
ent, having been transferred
from this point, Miss ElmaGray
■Vloretuad of Buckhead, Ga., has
been sent here to continue the
duties of this office.
Miss Morehead has had consi
derable experience in this work,
and we feel sure that she will
receive the full co-operation of
the people who are interested in
thi3 work.
From time to time we hope to
publish accounts of her activit
ies, and also other matters that
are -i concern to the ladies of
the various councils throughout
the county.
Demonstrator
Discontinued.
A a recent meeting of the
board of iounty commissioners
the office of Farm Demonstrat
ion Agent was discontinued. R.
W. Johnston has held this posit
ion for several years. The office
was discontinued in order to cut
down county expenses, so we
are told.
Bantist Asc-sr-.'Jies to Open.
Raiei'i^.-F-. U Middleton, Sunday
school secretary of the Baptist board
of missions, announces the opening of
the second annual session of the Cho
wan Baptist assembly at Chowan col
lege, Murfreesboro, Wednesday, July
15, continuing through July 23. Perry
Morgan, general B. Y. P. U. secretary,
and director of the Baptist mountain
assembly at Mars Hill college, an
nounces the seventh annual session of
this assembly to be held Tuesday,
July 28-August 6,
Anson Will Loan $300,000 to State.
Charlotte.—Anson county will lend
$300,000 to the North Carolina high
way commission to provide for a stand
ard paved highway from Wadesboro
to the new concrete bridge spanning
the Yadkin river on Route 20, accord
ing to an announcement made by W.
C. Wilkinson, commissioner of the
sixth district of the state highway
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Tarboro..—Thieves entered the store
ot Rosenbleon Levy Company here
and succeeded In getting about five
hundred dollars worth of goods. There
is no clue.
Elizabeth City.—News reached rela
tives here of the death of Edward
Etheridge, of Sheffield. Ala. Mr. Eth
eridge was injured in an airplane acci
dent while doing stunts near Sheffield
one day last week.
UTeeilSUUiU.-nuwttiu ivcuam, “ T
yiers old, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
Kellam, died here of Injuries received
when he was hit by an automobile
driven by Peter R.asnussen, of Char
lotte. Paralysis of the right side was
caused by the lad’s Injuries.
Chapel Hill.—Dr. W. deB. MacNider,
Kenan professor of pharmacology in
the University, has received a grant
of $1,700 a year for two years from the
ffllla Sachs Plotz Foundation, of Bos
ton, for research in the problem of
chronic Bright’s disease,
Wilmington, — Postal receipts at
Wilmington during the fiscal year end
ed June 30 were announced by Post
master Warren G. Elliott as having
been $221,890.94, a decrease of about
$3,000 under the total for the preced
ing year.
Wilmington.—The county commis
sioners of Robeson county have ex
ecuted contract with the North Caro
lina Highway Commission authoriz
ing a loan for a million dollars for hard
surfacing three projects in Robeson
-county, according to announcement
?inade here. \ i - *•' *
Hickory.—A. F. Setzer, aged 64, for
35 years a resident of Hickory, died in
an automobile while en route to Lin
colnton to enter a hospital for treat
ment. The body was taken to New
ton and prepared for burial.
Goldsboro.—Figures released by the
Goldsboro chamber of commerce, show
Goldsboro’s population to be 14,222 as
of June, 1925, compared with 11,298
in 1920, or an increase in the five
year period of approximately 3,000 or
26 per cent.
Lumberton.—Work began here on
the Thompson Memorial Hospital,
which when completed will cost ap
proximately $80,000, and replace the
Thompson Hospital which was destroy
'd by fire in November.
Statesville.—Two young men each
received a load of shot and two arrests
were made following a “night ride”
participated in by four young men who
called at the home of Dillard Jarvis
and demanded with threats the privi
lege of seeing his daughter.
Greensboro. — Postal receipts in
Greensboro for the first half of 1925
exceeded receipts for the first half of
1924 By $8,731.86, acording to figures
compiled by J. H. Armfield, assistant
postmaster. Receipts for the first half
of this year were $1/4,386.35 as com
pared to $175,654.49 for the first half
of 1924.
Durham.—While official announce
ment is being withheld, in the absence
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin N. Duke,
who are in New York, it is reported
authoritatively here that Mr. Duke has
increased his recent $25,000 subscrip
tion to the half million dollar endow
ment found of Greensboro College for
Woman by $50,000.
Charlotte.—A broken hip and severe
cuts about the head were injuries sus
tained by Jesse Richards, aged four
years, son of J. J. Richard, employe of
Mecklenburg Dairy, when he was run
down near his home in the 900 Block
of East Ninth street, by an automo
bile driven by a Mr. Eaves.
Winston Salem.—Houston Stovall,
aged thirty, and a prosperous farmer
of the Smithtown section of Stokes
county, near the Virginia line, lies in
a hospital at Stuart, Va„ with pistol
shot wounds in both lungs, inflicted by
a 32 calibre gun fired by Hassell
Campbell, aged 18, of the same sec
tion.
Albemarle.—Two men while walkim;
along the highway at I.ocust were kill
ed instantly by lightning. A lady liv
ing near the scene of the tragedy was
standing on the porch at her home
and saw the bolt of lightning strike the
men and saw them fall. For several
minutes fire was seen to burn the
clothes and body of the men.
Hobgood.-—One and one-half miles
from Hobgood, Peter Cain, a negro
tenant on the farm of L. E. Whitehead,
heard the screams of his wife, and
running to her assistance found that
she was being chased by an alligator.
He immediately called to one of the
children to bring his gun. He then
killed the alligator which measured
seven feet in length and weighed 81
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In Memory of
Mary J. Craddock
Who Died June 29, 1924
Mother gone but not forgotten,
Never will our memory fade.
The death ar.gel came and took
her
To the saving throne of grace.
Many, many years she served us
With many a heartache and
piin,
But our love will ever linger
Around the spot where 1 c*r
body was lain,
We loved her, yes we loved hrr,
But the Savior loved her more
And now ht’r strive to meet her
Over on the other shore.
—o ary Feireb
—FOR SALE—’ he Isaac Harrison
Farm, !00 acres, three mi'es from Ply
moutii About fifty-five acres fine
pine and yum limber, balance now con
tains splendid crop and is in high
state of cultivation; terms satisfactory
A. L. I1ARRISON, Front Royal, Va,
Carolina Cotton Crop Conditions,
North Carolina cotton condition, at
77 per cent of normal, improved 3 per
cent from M,ay 25 to June 25, accord*
ing to report released by the U. S. de
partment of agriculture crop reporting
board. The present condition com
pares with 74 per cent a month ago
and 73 per cent at this date a year
ago.
A normal or 100 per cent condition
at this time would have indicated a
yield of 300 pounds lint per acre in
North Carolina. However, with a con
dition of 77 per cent, and without con
sideration of later weather or insect
damage to the crop, the" present re
port indicates a prospective yield of
231 pounds of lint per acre. This docs
not take into consideration the almost
certain damage to the crop later from
boll weevil.
Last year at the same time 2,0'.'2.
000 acres were uuder cultivation, of
which three per cent was later aban
doned. The acreage under cultivation
indicated at present is 2.183,000, or 4
per cent more than was planted last
year.
With the prospective yield of 231
pounds per acre and not discounting
almost certain boll weevil damages,
these figures indicate a crop of 1.015,
000 bales for this year. This is too
early to rely on cotton estimates.
Influences that have affected cotton
in North Carolina during June were
weather, cultivation, moisture tem
perature, insects and stands. Tho
weather, cultivation, moisture tern
has been ideal for cotton and the pi nt
has practically made its start since
June 1. Fields are well cultivated.
Though rather dry in the Southern
counties and too wet in the northern
counties, the average is very favor
able for the crop. Root lice have been
abundant, especially in the northeast
ern counties where damages by them
have been excessive. Stands average
from poor to fair. However , good
crop growth is evident everywhere in
the state.
To Erect Electrical Building at State.
The department of electrical engi
neering at Rate college is to have a
new home. For nearly 20 years this
growing division of the college has
been housed in Winston hall, along
with the department of civil engineer
ing and chemistry. Upon the recom
mendation of President Brooks, tho
board of trustees has authorized the
erection of a new building out of tho
permanent improvement fund provid
ed by the last general assembly.
Contract for the new structure will
be awarded as soon as Robart Upjohn,
the architect, completes the plans and
it is expected that work on the build
ing will begin late in the summer.
The job will be rushed to comple
tion and the building will probably bo
ready for occupancy sometime during
the spring.
Stolen Cars Recovered in June.
Thitry-seven cars were stolen and
64, nearly twice that timber recover
ed during the month of June according
to the report of the Theft Bureau of
the Department of Revenuo. Twen y
seven of the 37 cars stolen were Fords,
and 55 of the cars recovered wore
Fords.
The department makes the follow
ing request: ‘‘Please be certain to
send in reports on every car stolon
and recovered This is req tired by
law and is a great help to you and
protection to all automobile owners.
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