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VOL. 3G
PLYMOUTH. N.C., FRIDAY, AUG. 14, 1925
NO. 45
LABOR COMMISSIONER, IN STATE
ME NT, HAS STERN WORDS ON
VALISE CASE.
Raleigh.
T) 't iaring that an mummed organi
zation of Chariot;-- rite:opted to dic
tate to him that vV. H. Yause should be
ret fine <1 m Kisporinlond.- nt of the Fed
eral-Stale Bureau nt that city, Frank
I). Orlr.t, State con’mission or of labor
and printing, > a p it pared statement,
gave for Hi first time h" > ran sons for
diammsirg V';*. >:.
The I a':or Commissi:'-: t sn‘d he
wanted In the employment office a
man who vvculd dial impartially with
bath union and non-union men and
one who is not “controlled’' by any par
ticular organization.
He declared there is no personal
feeling existing between Mayor Har
vey W. Moore, of Charlotte, and him
self. He added that he would be a
“mere figurehead’ ’in office if he didn't
make a choice of a superintendent in
Charlotte. The City Commissioners
sought to bring the personal element
of Vause into the controversy and that
the superintendent’s salary is paid
with Slate funds, he asserted. The
city and county appropriation is for
tlie purpose of employing a clerk, he
said.
Commissioner Grist further declared
that Superintendent Vatiee was given
six months’ notice that he would be
discharged and that during that time
he “stirred up an agitation” for his
retention. He declared it became im
possible for Vause to work “harmon
iously’’ with him.
Declaring that, if the City Commis
sioners tan not disregard the “per
sonal element.” he can do nothing but
close the Charlotte office and move"the
bureau to a city whose commissioners
“will co operate with me.”
Place 3K0 Workers.
Jobs for 3 183 workers were found
in Nor;!; Carolina during July by the
State and federal lBnployment Ser
vice, according to a report made pub
lic by tile State Department of Labor
and Printing. The Raleigh office plac
ed 3-18 workers during the month,
while 18 deaf workers were also plac
ed through the Bureau for the Deaf
here.
Workers placed during tho month in
Raleigh were as follows: skilled, 23;
unskilled, 218; clerical and profession
al, 47; and domestic, CO.
Of the workers placed during the
month, 2,408 were men and 777 were
women.
The placements through the six of
fices were as follows: Asheville,
716: Charlotte, 568; Greensboro, 404;
Raleigh, .'US; Wilmington, 623; and
Winston-Salem, 52G.
During the week ending August 1.
601 workers were placed through the
offices as follows: Asheville, 125: ■
Charlotte, 104; Greensboro, 63; Ra
leigh. 62; Wilmington, 161; and Win
ston-Salein, 86.
Heavy Increases in Collections.
The State Department of Revenue :
collected §727,875 in taxes, exclusive ]
of automobile taxes, in the month of
july, as compared with $187,379 col
lected in July, 1924, it was announced. .
The 1925 collections include about.
$200,000 collected in insurance taxes
and $15,000 in bus line taxes which
were not available in 1924, hut the
other items showed big increases. -
Inheritance taxes jumped from $44,000
to $258,000, license taxes from -TOO.000
to $205,000, franchise taxes from $6,000
to $12,009 and income taxes from $35.
000 to $49,000.
State Leads in Negro Schools.
North Carolina, leading all other
Southern States, liaa -194 Rosenwald
schools and 14 teachers’ homes, rep
resenting a total expenditure of $*..
319,053.,' according to A. L. Smith, of
Nashville, Tenn., general field agent
for the Julius Rosenwald Fund. These
schools, said Mr. Smith, employ 1.331
teachers and care tor a9,895 pupils.
North Carolina is the only State thrrt
has passed the $2,000,000 mark.
This State's nearest competitor in
the way of Rosenwald schools, which
are operated for the negro race, is
Mississippi, as to the number of
schools, with 327, an South Carolina,
-as to total expenditures, with $1,013,
11G. The total invested in the entire
South is $12,361,191. This represets
2,831 school buildings, 109 teachers
homes, 7,404 taeachers employed and
333 180 pupils cared for. Of this total.
Mr. Smith announces, $2 663.010 was
•contributed by negroes, $599,219 by
I-white people, $G,S78,979 by the public
school authorities and $2,219,983 from
£he Julius Rosenwald Fund,
I 33 Years Ago
—IN
Washington
County
Items gathered from issue of
| The Roanoke Beacon published
Friday, Aug. 19, 1892
iw '!■ I'M ■ Hfdl ■ I MB B I ■ —B 11 WM 1
Dr. W. H. Ward has been
absent at Nag’s Head this
week.
Miss Loula Tucker is vis
iting relatives in Scotland
j Meek"
When the three daily boats
and the four steam mills hap
i pen to pull their whistle
cords at the, same time it
sounds like business.
*A little work on the whar
ves of the town would be an
improvement.
Mrs. John Stocks lias been
visiting rel itives in Halifax
and Ed groom b.
Lillie A., wife of Mr. T. W.
Davis died at her home here
Wednesday.
Miss Pattie Hardison of
Williamaton, has been visit
ing Miss Mary Hilliard this
week.
Mr. J. W. Harrison, a far
mer near here, lost a tine;
horse by staggers Monday. I
Currituck.—Vv'itl. A. M. Mans field in
jiiargg o£ all county r«-...d construction.
Currituck is making rapid progress in j
building tip ils county road system.
One project that required considerable
angineering skill is a road from Dells
Island to the State Highway.
Chapel Hill—Russell M. Grumman,
former general secretary of the City
Y. M ,C. A. at White Plains, N. Y..
arrived in Chapel Hill to assp.ime his
duties as chief of the Bureau of Visual
Instruction of the University Kitten- -
sion Division.
Dunn.—Colton is beginning to open j
in the Dunn district. Open bdlls were j
brought in by Ellis Goldstein and H. ,
W. Jernigan, those being the first to ;
report open cotton here.
Greensboro. — Crops in Guilford j
county have been cut at Sea ft one- j
third by the droustiu the greatest j
damage being done in G-ibsonviHe-Me- j
Leansville section, in tho eastern part j
of the county, where the drouth has i
been most severe.
TCinMon.—Destruction by fire of lf>
"barns" of tobacco wits .reported from
the farm a few mile.; from here
Arthur Edward:;, a well known planter.
The report did not slot© the approxi
mate loss, whi. ii we.s probably ?».©«(>
or more.
Madison.—.virs. i\:uu*y
vears old, who was ser.vously injured j
in an automobile wreck two weeks ago |
near ,own, succumbed to har injuries, I
her d ith occurring at the homo of her j
daughter, Mrs. Ogburn Lamlreth. of j
the K-len church community.
Raleigh. — The first carload of i
peaches of the season to be shipped (
from the Sandhills to London was i
Itw dert at the JSdward A. Mantles or- j
e-ta-.-d near West Hind. Arrangementa
wore uiado tqr the shipment by Mr. ,
Mantas before lii:> death a week ago.
Wallace.—TJ ■■ Duplin County fair
to he held at Wallace August 18 to 22.
is being well : dvertised. It is learned
that the Tobacco Show will be a fea
ture. |
Newton.— (Vrriand McCoy, 21, Ire- j
doll county, was drowned in the Ca- j
tawbn river at a point just below the ,
Southern Po-ror ecmpanyls dam at j
Leo’: at Shoals. Tie was in swimming j
with a companion.
Groeusboro.—Only saw .the lowest,
recorded fire loss ever made in Greens-;
boro, a total of $040 for buildings and.
eent-nts damaged by fire. There was •
only ono fire in which the loss was;
over ?a.
Hickory.-—Max Little, 9-y ear-old son
of Charles Little, of Claremont, died
at a le al hospital its a result of an
accident when the. citr driven by Gldien
Moser pinned liim Co a building on a
main thoroughfare' here.
Gaston.—Despite the severe weather,
conditions, resulting from the prolong
ed drouth, prospects are excellent here
for first-class field crop display at
the big Gaston County Fair, October
(i, 7, 8, 9. and 10, Fred M. Alien, execu
tive so ore* ivy, announced here.
Subscribe to The Beacon.
I Pic Nic in Wenona
is Enjoyed.
__
One of the most successful and
enjoyable events held in this
county for a great while was the
basket pic nic and field day at
Wenona yesterday.
People from all parts of this
! section attended and speak in
high terms of praise of the hos
pitality of the people of that
progressive neighborhood. The
occasion was held at Blackland
Experiment Station, a farm con
ducted by the state under the
supervision of Mr. J. L. Ray.
Several state agricultural spec
ialists were in attendance and
gave splendid hints to the farm
ers of this section.
Those interested were taken
on a tour through the different
sections of the farm and noted
the fine condition of crops and
stock.
The barbecue and other fine
eatables were thoroughly enjoy
ed
In a base ball game with Ply
mouth Wenona won by the ucoie
of il to 9.
County Receives
Bequest
Th will of William F. Mor
gan, !■ a of Beaufort County,
who died in September 1923, be
queathed to this county the sum
of fifteen dollars which is to be
expended for the inmates of the
county home, so the county has
just been informed by the ad
ministrator of the estate of the
deceased.
Five other counties received
similar bequests.
c lurday, August 1. the,
Glynn Canning company here, was the
first to start “cooking” and canning
this season's crop of shrimp. While
the shrimp season opened about the
came time as last year the shrimp
caught this season are proving much
better than those of last year and the
outlook is; more promising.
North Wilke shore.—The mid-rium
miner session of the Grand Lodgi? of
North Carolina. A. I1’, and A. M., will
j.ie held in North Wilkesboro beginning
August 24. The convention will last
four days and will ho attended by sev
eral hundred grand officers and dele
gates from the various lodges* over the
State.
Winston-Salem. Atto’rney Archie
Ell-algo has return* d from a business
trip to Raleigh, and in consequence io
his observations made at the state
prison he has started a' move stnoi'-t:
the Earacca-Philathea classes in the
state to provide a moving picture rna
chine for the prison whereby the pris
oners confined :!ie''e may reap enjoy
ment and benefit from the showing «..f
educational pictures.
States','i llo.—Komi construction or.
the .various projects in Iredell county
is malting tine progress. The base is
iii-'.v complete on the frill'd surfaced i
jij'.d from Moorcsville to the Catawba j
river, a distance of seven, and one-:mlf
■miles and the entire section, according
to J. B. Roach, county -engineer, will
be completed within two weeks.
Tliomasrille.—Wiley Spencer lias
-foist returned from a motor trip to
VT-omit. Airy and brings quiut*: a show
iSlong in his car. a rattlesnake having
eleven rattles and a button, which, he
says, be killed near the mountain town
as the big snake was just starting
across the road. The snake is as
large as a. man’s arm and much
longer. “ 1
Salisbury.—T. E. Conrad, Jr., of 711
North Fnlt.'on street, son of Engineer
T. E. Conrad, of the'Asheville revision
of the Southern railway, received from
Alexander Williams, secretary of the
American Chemical society, a check
for $1,000 as first p’cize in an essay
contest which, included al lcol’eges in
the United Stages. v
Elizabeth City.—Swetet poSatties are
moving brisSly from Currituck jeounty
these days. Slmpments to date have
aggregated 20 to 25 cars, according to
Norfolk Southern officials, who predict
still heavier consignments through the
coming week. t
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Orphan Class Has
Large Audience,
In spite e: hot and oppressive
weather the hoys band and con
cert class from th -* Odd Fellow.;'
Home at Goldsboro were met
with a record-breaking crowd at
the school auditorium last nighr.
The children gave* one of the
best programs ever enjoyed here
and their elEorts were met with
a ready response from the au
dience, which thoroughly enjoy
ed each number.
fhe sale of tickets was highly
pleasing, and more than $150 00
was realized.
Plymouth will welcome a re
turn engagement from these boys
and girls, and when they do re
turn it is safe to predict that
the reception will be even more
pleasing.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Plymouth, N. C ,
August 12, 1925.
Sealed proposals for the con
struction of Sheet Asphalt, As
phaltic Concrete, Warrenite
ifituJithic, Kentucky Rock As
phalt, or Cement Concrete Pave
ment on the following quanti
ties of work, with the name of
bidder or bidders, will be receiv
ed at the office of the city clerk
of Plymouth, North Carolina un
til twelve o’clock, noon, on the
22nd day of August, 1925, at
which time the bids will be pub
icly opened and read and rates
noted.
Rids must be made per unit of
xc several different kinds of
paving specified, but the com
missioners reserve the right to
let each street or avenue to the
lowest bidder on the paving with
which it is det ided to pave that
atreet or avenue, or the entire
work at the unit price bid. Each
oid must be accompanied in a
separate envelope by certified
check on a well known bank in
the sum of five per cent, of the
bid, based on the foio.ving ap
proximate estimate ot the En
gineer.
2,000 sq. yds. paving adjacent
to State Highway strip through
city.
Plans and specifications are on
file with the city clerk, D. A
Hurley, of Plymouth, North Car
olina.
It is desired to let the entire
work to one contractor, but the
right is reserved to reject any
or all bids, or to award the work
in parts or sections as is consid
ered to the best interest of the
citv.
A1 bids must be on the blanks
provided by the city, c py of
which is bound with the specifi
cations. Contractors are caution
ed to examine the plans and
specifications, form of contract,
bond, and conditions under v hich
the work will be done belcre
bidding’
By order of the board of city
commissioners.
H. V. AUSTIN, Mayor
0. A. HURLEY, Clerk
* False .-.I ■ it "itci Suen s'ci :
Salisbury ■ Suit has b : ns
in' Rowan Sup rior Court by .T. V. .
Bastain against F. W. Woohvorth
/Jompany, Tnc., anil T. D. Dun:.in
mana;:-r of Wo-olworth’s Sulla my
branch, for damagt-s in th sum of
$50,080. The t-uit was an outgrowth '
of the: arrest and imprisonment for i
short time of the plaintiff last ,\i; y
30 following charges of theft of y -oils j
from tiie local a ore.
The case was tried in Rowan Co inty j
court June 1 and the accused man w:.:: ;
acquitted.
Ship More Peaches This Year.
While a considerable decrease be
tween the amount of watermelons
marketed in this country this year and
the amount marketed last year, the
peach crop is much larger this y ar j
than last, according to figures furnish
ed hy the Federal bureau of agricul- ]
turn and the State d.vision of maiu.-w. .
The total «arlols of poaches shipped
to August 1 Uvs year is given as in
i comnlcto at 22.-145 while the total
, number shipped to An ust .1 last yeat
| was 17,012. North Carolina shipped
I 1^057 carlots last year.
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| Appreciates Clinic.
‘
The following is the copy of a
! • ■ or sent :loard of
Health by Mr. T B. Davenport
of Mackey s:
i State Boa. u of Health,
Raleigh, N- C.
Gentlemen
As a memh< • of ;!: > .Board of
Education of Cm .'{on Coun
ty and us a pa :r • the clinic
held in Plym - ‘ tl is week, 1
want to expres: nr* > p..reflation
and lam preciat’on
of all who tool- u-.lva tage -of it.
of the sue"-'-• ■. fid manner in
j which it \v: f ulutheii, and of
the excellent .-r.i. - rendered
by the doctors, and nurses. They
were all . o noughHul of the
com '» t and t Hare of the
little onto I-' : . their cure.
The pai- om c ihi rot ask for
more. I u • .rti v cornu mi these
clinics to i. , op .> • the state.
They are an. Cue ! est sen ic
es now being . . rod the tax
payers. I urge. ■ parents who
have little ones nc. mg the ser
vices of these clinics u> take ad
vantage of them as they are
held m their respective counties
and to co-operate with the ef
forts being put forth to aid the
children of North Carolina. The
benefits derived cannot be val
ued in dollars and cents.
I feel sure I am voicing the
sentiments of the people of the
county in expressing appreciat
ion of the kindness and thought
fulness of the good people of
Plymouth and cur Home Demon
strator, Miss iViorehead, to the
parents and their little ones dur
ing their stay in the clinic this
week. I have heard so many ex
press their appreciation of this
1 kindness air! : t; o sandwiches
and hot coffee served each
night. Kind word.; end thought
ful deeds will r.!w.<yn win.
Yours truly,
W. E DAVENPORT
Mackeys, August 8.
Supreme Test
Gertrude Ederle, 19 year old
American swimming champion,
photographed a* she viewed the
English eh 1 ,;V
reat< t « with
tveacherou V< ;dui .pt to
jwim from franco to England*
I Bicycle For Sale—in good con
dition; Herman i hesson, Route 2
WANTED- -A few roomers and
boarders. Hi cl Brinkley.
; House For Rent—Third street;
apply to 0. M. Chesson, Route 2
To the people of Washington County
— when in Plymouth come to Hotel
Brinkley for aecem noduiions,
! CORN FOR SKLE-O. M. Chesson.
j R.FD. 2, Plymouth.
t
cZiltdeasij ra.'O, fii.M. W«*
m
MODERN METHODS ESSENTIAL
TO SUCCESS, SAYS PALMETTO
EXECUTIVE,
Kinston.—Governor Thos. G. Mc
Leod, of So Ah Carolina, was greeted
by attendance of several hundred
farmers and business men of tbi '• sec
tion when ha addressed them at Hill
crest on the subject “Economic Con
ditions of Marketing.'’
The Palmetto executive spoke from
the standpoint of a practical former,
and business man, declaring that ho
knew- a great deal more ah at a m ii.- s
reverse signal than the a erage ; : icr
ist about his car. “'I he trouble m
the farming industry today.- d d
Gsv. McLeod. 1.-; tiwr fire: rs have
failed to apply modern merit - ': in
marketing their crops.’’ It is just as
essential,” said ho, “to sell th pro
ducts of tile farm intelligently a ""or
merchants to us -n . ods
in their business.”
“The dumping of an entire crop on
the market within a short sruee of
time was not the intelligent iron and
tended to lessen tl: nr facer's chance
of getting fair price,” s.-iid he. •
“Cooperative ner]:e;:r mi a spas
modic plan to roi: e r , \ nt situa
tion is not won'- con. ic-rin ..aid
Gov. McLi 1 ion bat ! on
prim-ip!.-.-, of -• n . • just
as any other rcrupai'i.n would i in
sider a problem limn it is worthy of
consideration.
“Wh< - today's p hieing
it is e: a ' : -. - i ip-..- - : in i.-rms
of today and no. •. ti: f.pi.-rs did
before the v. The formers raise
everything ilu-t -ten - u end wear yet
in the Unite ' • cm fan; . r m;n
stltute only alien- . u t-ii-d of lire
population.
“That i- s b ■ that ;i ful
filled ought . : . ■ : ii proper ronr.iuc.-r
fation and vii- p .
The ad-lri -a ti ,n an hour
in length and •••. •’ s spice
and humor.
Got Ready t: Open Fall Court
Green-boro. -- Y -. 1 court at
taches of the V .• .rrn >:• ; th Caro
lina federal d . i . ..p r
ing for the oj , ■ - 1 . ran t»mt*
in the district, i. fir. vh! h will
be at Shelby on < i: h ■ Monday in
Sir i ruber, with .'in-'; ,• . s Webb
to preside, Jude • W ' ill come
here the,first Mcniiaj > her to
open a term of court for the trial of
criminal cases.
Despite arduous work of oertirt,
almost constant so.-o c>m ; s cumber
of cases, criminal i ml civil, in ••• i:s-.*s
faster tl n thej cleared and
balh the North C •olhin d'-a>•’••• a
need reljef in the creation of a “Cen
tral North Carolina” district, in the
opinion of those conver; ant with the
work of .flic court. It is oo. Mured
prac.ticaly certain that, effort will he
made again at th> nest vess: a of
Congress for creation of sm-h a dis
trict, and with unanimous e rnsent of
the North Carolina delegation in Con
gress it could lie secured.
Huge Distillery is Seized.
Thomasvilie.- J. !. R mdall. Fed ral
prohibition agent in company v ith
Policeman C. F. Younts, of Tiiom .a
ville. Deputy John Moore and Taxi
Driver S. A. Fillings, of Lexington,
captured a gallon steam distillery
| three mil s ears of Fullers in Ran
! doiph couty. Also there wore taken
1 _'00 gallons of liquor. 14 fermenters, -1
feet high and -1 feet square. The out
fit was found 65 steps from a man’s
: house whose name is withheld for the
present and ten stejfs from another
1 man's field where he had recently
worked. The latter's name is also
withheld. Mr. Randall says this was
: one of the largest and most perfectly
equipped distilling plants that he has
come up with in a long while.
Sam Y. Bryson Killed.
Hendersonville. Sam Y. Bryson,
former mayor of Hendersonville, was
shot and instantly lulled by B. L.
Brooks, local barb ". Brooks’ 13-year
old son, .Murray, v with his father,
! and is being held also v shout bail on
;he charge of murder. Both men are
of prominent families and are well
known.
i Tiio shooting occurred near the
, Southern Railway Station, and a large
crowd was leaving the station when
‘attracted by fusillade of a dozen or
more she Is. Kry- i was hit by sev
eral bullets, being instantly killed.
Several men grabbed Brooks and
after a sharp struggle, (luring wlhc-h
lie snapped his revolver several times,
he was subdued and taken in custody
by the police. „ .