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PLYMOUTH, N. C„ FRIDAY, AUG. 28, 1925 1
NO. 46
BUSINESS OPINION
CONTINUES GOOD
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
EXPANDED DURING PAST
WEEK.
New York.—Business sentiment
continued cheerful last week, with
expanded manufacturing opera
tions and a number of commodity
price advances supporting indications
of general gains in industry.
With car loadings crossing the mil
lion mark for the fourth consecutive
week, the railroad situation appeared
especially bright, with optim'sm in
tensified by a series of favorable July
earnings statements. Virtually all
carriers which have reported so far
have shown substantially higher net
income than in July of last year.
Gains in car loadings have been
paralleled by the improvement in
freight traffic computed on the basis
of net ton miles which for the first
six months of the year totalled 212,
606,796,000. This was an increase of
more than seven billion net tons, or
8.8 per cent over the corresponding
period last year, but 5.8 per cent un
der the same period of 1923 when the
volume of freight was the greatest on
record for the first half of any year.
The increased capacity of new freight
cars and the greater efficiency of load
ing have tended to swell the volume
of net ton mile traffic.
Gradually improvement in the iron
and steel industry was noted by the
weekly trade reviews, which reported
that operations had been speeded up
to seventy per cent of capacity and
that the month probably would show
an average of 72 per cent. Gains in
week-to-week purchases, rather than
any increase in forward buying, ac
counted for the expansion of mill ac
tivity.
The firing of 1.500 additional coke
ovens in the Pittsburgh district pro
vided supporting evidence of better
ment in the trade. The price situa
tion showed little change.
An enlarged demand for many com
modities last week followed by a se
ries of price advances, which em
braced sugar, industrial alcohol, vir
tually all the non-ferrous metals an<’
scrap iron. Quotations of crude o
and gasoline, however, were lowered,
but in view of the sharp reduction in
the output of petroleum this action
failed to affect the oil shares serious
ly.
Although price reductions of auto
mobiles had been expected to stimu
late business, the development of an
open price cutting war has aroused
some apprehension in the motor in
dustry.
Fliers Prepare For Worst
Paris.—The French veterans, Lieu
tenants Francois Coli and Paul Taras
con, both maimed in the war, are go
ing to jump off for their 30-hour air
flight to New York confident of suc
cess, but ready for a wreck at sea
and 15 days adrift waiting for help.
They have arranged to lighten their
420-horsepower plane so that it will
float indefinitely, and will carry com
pressed provisions and an apparatus
for distilling sea water. Their ma
chine, including 3,000 liters of gaso
line, will weigh four tons at the
start.
The first ballast to be dropped will
be the running gear when they reach
the sea. If they are forced to de
scend on the ocean their plan is to cut
away the cloth of the lower plane so
that the ship may ride steadily, and
cast, out a canvas anchor to aid this.
They can thus float for several hours,
but if help does not come they can
pump out the fuel from the three big
reservoirs and, if necessary, cast off
the motor, when the airplane should
float like a big life preserver.
The aviators will carry twelve
rockets and a complete medical kit,
and can find subsistence on dried food
and distilled sea water for a couple
of weeks. ,
No date has been fixed for the
flight, but the men expect to start
with a favorable east wind behind
them and travel at the rate of about
126 miles an hour.
Man and Wife Executed
Budapest, Hungary.—With five
minutes to say good bye before their
death, allowed by the court, Mitzi Led
erer and her husband, Gustav, former
lieutenant, choking with anguish and
blinded by tears, were unable to say
a single word. They had been con
victed of the murder and dismember
ment of the owner of a sausage fac
tory, Franz Kukelka, who was visit
ing the couple in a suburb of Buda
pef<You have five minutes,” lie said,
“four, three, and one, and now no more
time to bid each other good bye. The
man and wife were parted immediate
ly |uad executed.
33 Years Ago
-IN
Washington
County
Items gathered from issue of
The Roanoke Beacon published
Friday, Aug. 26, 1892
Miss Ella Midgett has re
turned from a visit to E.City.
Mrs. A. M. Johnston re
turned Tuesday from More
head.
Mr. James Harrison, liv
ing three miles from town,
presented the Beacon with a
stalk of corn measuring 16
feet in length.
Mr. Johnnie B. Whaley is
home from West Maryland
College.
Mrs. S. A. Blount has re
turned from an extended vis
it in the north.
Manager J. E. C. John
ston of W. H. Hampton’s
river farm, informs us that
he commenced picking cot
ton Mond ty.
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 accommodations.
CORN FOR SALE-0. M. Chesson,
R.FD. 2. Plymouth.
STUDENT5 ENTERING—the
Atlanta-Southern Dental College
in October should matriculate at
once. This is the last year it will
be possible to enter a dental
eollege with only high school ed
ucation, and increased enroll
ment must be provided for in the
new building now under con
struction. adv
housands Need Sanatoria... Cure.
"From 2,600 to 5,000 people could be
benefited in North Carolina with prop
er institutional care for tuberculosis,"
declared Dr. G. M. Cooper, acting sec
retary of the State Board of Health, in
commenting on the statement of Dr.
P. P. McCain, superintendent of the
State Sanatorium, that 36 patients now
at the institution would have to be dis
charged in the near future because o',
insufficient buildings, beds and main
tenance funds.
Dr. A. C. Bulla, Wake county health
officer, declared that if any Wake
county patients are discharged there
is no place in the- county to care for
them.
With regard to the 48 prisoners to*
whom beds are reserved at the Star*.
Sanatorium, Dr. J. H. Norman, priso.
warden and physician, declared that i
is against the law for the State
Prison to Keep uiueruumi panca*^ -
the plant in Raleigh. Dr. Norman did
not deny that there was room at the
State’s Prison for the patients but sa <
the prison could not properly care foi
them and keep such prisoners separate
from other prisoners. He added that
the Legislature had authorized such
prisoners to be turned over to Sana
torium because of the better facilities
for treatment at the latter place.
Tobacco Raisers Suffer Bio Loss.
Drought during the month of July !
cost North Carolina tobacco farmers |
alone $8,2SS,000, according to csti- j
mates of the damage done this one j
crop in the State contained in report.
made public by the joint crop report-!
ing service of the United States and |
North Carolina Department of Agri-j
culture.
Concerning general conditions in the
State, the report says:
“Dry weather has been a most dis
! couraging factor to farmers in the
Piedmont and Mountain counties dur
ing July. The Coastal districts have
'ared better, having had good rain3
ranging from rather dry in the south
ern to wet in the northern coastal
counties. The best conditions in the
State are to be found in the Central
Coastal Plains, where few damaging
factors have occured this year. Dry
weather hit the State Just at the time
when good rains would have been
most helpful. Crops were beginning
to mature, cultivation was the best in
years, and stands, while irregular,
were fair. The drought checked the
growth of plants which are maturing
| before the fruit has reached full de
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Little Child Meets
Tragic Death.
Sad Accident Occurs When
Truck Kills Little Three
Year Old Child.
Little Rudolph, the bright and
attractive three year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. George VV. Bowen,
was almost instantly killed last
Friday during the noon hour
when he was run over by a truck
driven by Mr. T. S. Lucas.
The truck, as we learn, was
proceeding at a very moderate
rate of speed, and the child in
the act of crossing the street,
was obscured by a parked auto
mobile which rendered it impos
sible for the driver to see him
until too late, as he was struck
just as he stepped from behind
the automobile. The little child
never regained consciousness,
and died within a few minutes
of the tragic accident.
This was one of the most sad
and touching accidents that has
ever occured here and public
sympathy is distributed between
the sorrowing parents and other
relatives and the heartbroken
driver of the truck. The acci
dent is .held as absolutely un
avoidable.
The funeral service was con
ducted at the home on Saturday
afternoon at three o’clock by
Rev. Marshburn assisted by Rev.
Burrus. The interment m^de in
Windley cemetery iramedi^.’
thereafter in the presence of a
a large crowd of sympathetic
friends and sorrowing relatives.
The floral tributes were beau
tiful and numerous.
Card of Thanks.
To the many friends who so
lovingly assisted us both in deed
and sympathy in our recent
trouble in the death of our little
darling Rudolph, we most sin
cerely thank.
We also wiah to thank our
many friends for their expres
sions of love and sympathy ex
pressed in the beautiful floral
offerings.
Mr and Mr3. ft. W. Bowen
\ '* •The Gosper
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Bessie M. Randell, 22; of Ft.
Worth, Tex., grew tired of “the
pace9’ and was converted. At San
ta Anna, Calif., she organized and
built a church — and took to the
pulpitf. So great was her success
that now she is on world tour as
an evangelists
Revival to Begin
September 6.
Rev. D. L. Earnhardt, Jr., of
Durham will begin a series of
revival meetings in the school
auditorium on Sunday, Septem
ber 6th. The Rev. Earnhardt is
a powerful preacher and a fin'
is’ned theologian, and also a man
of marked ability.
Mr. J. C. Coston, who b so
well known to the people of this
community, will conduct the
choir and possibly a man’s
prayer service daily.
People are urged to arrange to
attend these services which are
held under the auspices of the
various churches of the town.
NOTICE
Under Section 1296 of the
Consolidated Statutes of North
Carolina of 1919 the Board of
County Commissioners of Was
hington County* hnre'y notify
the public that a CALL meeting
will be held in the Court House
ac Plymouth, North Carolina on
Thursday, September 1st. 1925
for the purpose of County fin
C. W. SNELL, Chmr.
Board of County Commissioners
ASDDIE L. BRINKLEY, Clerk,
Btoard of County Commissioners.
Shelby. --orris and Biggs, not
>d Biir*reons an^ founders of the Ruth
>rfcu% Hospital, have deeded the ia
ititut'on and grounds to Rutherford
eounty and are planning an endow
ment fund which will insure its per
peu'ity and also a staff of the best
men in the medical and surgical pro
’esslons.
Fayetteville—Eugene Warren, of
Sampson county, died in the Pittman
hospital here of injuries sustained
when he war, thrown from his car in
i collision with a horse and buggy on
the Raleigh road four miles from Fay
etteville.
Winston-Salem—One of the most
serious yet successful operations per
formed in this section in some time
was one at the Lawrence hospital re
cently when J. W. Doub, 32, of Clem
mons, had about two inches taken
from his backbone. Mr. Doub, accord
ing to the hospital officials, is recov
ering nicely and it is the opinion that
he will, in the course of time, be able
to walk again.
Kinston.—Noah Palmer Mewborne
19 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. N.
P. Mewborne, of Vance Township, died
at 7:40 at Parrott Memorial Hospital.
Six weeks ago Sunday night, young
Mr. Mewborne was injured in an auto
mobile accident when a car in which
he and Dwight Mewborne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hyman Mewborne, were rid
ing on the Snow Hill Highway, collid
ed with a car parked on the highway
without lights.
Wadesboro.—Cole L. Currie, the 11
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Currie, who live on Mr. J. F. Allen’s
place In Lanesboro township, w;s fa
tally injured in an unusual manner.
He was riding a muie to water, and
in some manner slipped off the ani
mal’s back. He tried to hold on with
his arms around the mule’s neck, but
was unable to do so, and he fell in
front of the animal on his back, and
the mule stepped on his stomach.
Greenville.—With the opening of the’
Stokes highway, which connects Pitt
with Martin county, Pitt eo mty now
nas 102 miles of paved highways with
lour more miles under constr. oiion
w'lich will connect the southern end
of the county with the concrete road
of Crcene county. Seven of these
highways 'ead into Greenville, which
g!/es it a rend system une,.ualleel by
any of the ctiies of the eastern sec
tion of the slate.
Franklin.—Dr. George W. Truett. of
Dallas. Texas, and Dr. F. C. McConnell,
of Atlanta, Ga., are to preach daily at
Franklin, beginning August 14, and
continuing through August 23. Dr.
McConnell will preach each morning
at 11 o'clock and Dr. Truett will
preach each evening at 8 o’clock.
Durham.—Dr. E. H. Bowling, local
physician convicted in federal court
for violating the Harrison anti-narcotic
; act and whose license to practice medi
cine in the State was subsequently
i revoked by the state medical board,
has appealed from the actiou of the
board.
Roper School
Opens Monday
The Roper Graded and High
Schools are scheduled to begin
their 1925-26 session on Monday,
September 7th.
With increased facilities this
year it is probable that the child
ren of that community will en
joy a wider variety of training
than heretofore. Roper has al
ways maintained a sch ol cf
splendid reputation, and it is no
more than natural to expect im
provements with ear h succeed
ing session.
NOTICE OF SALE
By virtue of a certain mortgage ex
ecuted by W. A. James and wife Fan
nie James, bearing date of June 22ud,
1921, to the General Assembly and
Union Meeting o f Washington and
Norfolk Districts of-Colored Disciples
of Christ, which mortgage is register
ed in Register of Deeds office ot Wash
ington couDty in book 85, page 215,
and whereas default has Lten made in
ihe payment of said mortgage, 1 shall
on the 14th day of September 1925, at
the court house door in Plymo tit, N.
O, , at 12 M sell at public auction the
property described in taid mortgage
as follows:
Beginning at a sweet gum on-Wel
ches creek, fermerly the line of Ish
man Len.vett, and running the Den
nett line to the Daily road, thence a
iong the road through a lane a straight
course to Marbury stillmau’s line,
thence along his line to a marked
sweet gum and a cypress standing at
a run of Welches creek, theDce the
various courses of said run to the first
station, containing by estimation fifty
acres.
This 7th day of August, 1925.
W. R. STEELY, Trustee
P. H. Bell, Attorney
W iiictun-fialcm.—The erection of i
land soma fifteen story offica»building
by W. M. Nissen. well known Winston
Salem business man. oi the former Y.
.VI. C. A. property, corner of Fourth
and Cherry streets, is assured, it be
came known. Architect W. L. Stod
dard, of New York, who has designed
some of the largest business buildings
n North Carolina and in the South as
well as in other sections, has been
selected to draw the plans and is al
ready at work.
Gastonia.—A. Leslie Sprinkle. 52
year old watchmaker of this city, was
found dead here in the jewelry estab
lishment of Van Sleen. There was
a bullet hole through his head.
Kutherfordton.—-Plans for convert
ing the Westminster school property,
estimated to be worth $50,000, into an
American Legion orphanage, will be
submitted at the state convention in
Fayetteville, by Fred Williams Post
No. 75.
Lumberton. — Announcement has
been made here that double sales w ill
be conducted on the local tobacco
market, all companies having agiecd
to put another set of buyers on the
market.
Goldsboro. — Announcement was
made by E. A. Simpkins, postmaster
of an increase of $709.83. in „uiy re
ceipts over last year. The receipts
for the first six months of 1925 were
much more than the preceding six
months.
Dunn.—Juliun Mc-Leon, Veil known
Dunn district farmer, was shot fro.
ambush and seriously wounded. The
victim of the secret assault is in the
Dunn Community Hospital and liis
condition is reported as favorable.
Barium Springs.—For the first time
in 37 years the Presbyterian Orphans'
Home were was a deserted haven
Thursday. Not even one of those tots
that form the family of babies was at
home. The occasion was an exeursiivi
to the Presbyterian Assembly Grounds
at Montreat.
Oxford.—Frank Daniels, 30 years of
age, who fell through a trap door in
the pack house on the farm of his
father, J. R. Daniel, is in a critical
condition at the home of his father.
Accordim to report the fall, which was
several feet, broke his spinal column
and his body from his waist dowu is
paralyzed.
Greensboro.—Louis T. Moore, of Wil
mington, president of the North Caro
lina Secretaries Association, presided
over a meeting here of the committee
of the organization charged witfi the
duty of arranging a program for the
next convention of the organization.
Date for holding the convention was
fixed aa Sontemb^r 18 and 19.
| Bicycle For Sale—in Rood con
dition; Hennan Chesson, Route 2
WANTED—-A tew roomers and
boarders. Hotel Brinkley.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE BEACON
ANNUAL IE LOSS
ill NORTH CAROLINA
STATE LEADS NATION IN ACTIVI
TIES FOR FIRE PREVEN
TION.
Raleigh.
The annual fire loss In North Caro
lina is now running close to $6,500,-;
000, or approximately $2.45 per capita,
as against an annual loss in the United
States of $550,000,000, or about $3.2§
per capita.
The figures were obtained here from
Stacey W. Wade, State Insurance Com,
missioner and Fire Marshal.
Oommisssioner Wade declared that
North Carolina now leads all tlio
States of the Union in fire prevention
work. The State has a larger number
of fully equipped and modern fire de
partments per capita than any other
Commonwealth and also surpases all
others in the number of fireproof
school buildings per capita. North
Carolina Is now the only State in the
Union that requires all state buildings
to be built of fireproof construction be
said.
Commissioner Wade, expressed spe
cial pride in the residential fire lo s
in this State. It was less than seven
per cent of the total loss in 1924. This
remarkable showing in the burning of
res d'-nces he considers a direct result
of the teaching of fire prevention and
safety in public schools. He called at
tention to the fact that the pa it. Lag.s
lature passed a law requiring fire drills
In all public- schools twice eSch month
and made it mandatory o:i his depart
ment to enforce the statute.
"The annual fire loss is still appall
ing in both States and Nation." he
said, "and he greatest need of the
time is closer co-operation of the pub
lic with State lire marshals in the pre
vention of conflagrations.”
That the present record is inexcus
able may he readily understood, be
thinks. when it is remembered that
the annual fire loss in England and
France in 1924 ran only from .16 to 50
cents per capita.
Commissioner Wade is president
this year of tho Fire Marshals Asso
ciation of America, which will li 1
its annual convention in Stn Antonio,
Texas, beginning September 18. The _
big problem ahead of the convention
is the appalling loss of property by
preventable fires in the last year.
Mr. Wade says his department is
getting ready for an intensive obser
vance of Fire Prevention Week t.i
North Carolina again this year. Th -
record shows that heretofore this
State has led all others in success
fully stagipg Prevention Week ar.l hi
expects to maintain the record in 1925.
The date is October 5 to 10.
Death Records Show Decreas'.
The Grim Reaper is losing ground in
North Carolina.
Births in North Carolina (luring the
first six months of 1925 showed an in
crease over the number of births dur
ing the same period of 192-1 wii'. i
deaths during 1925 showed a d.crea: j
from the total for the six months per
iod in 1924. according to figures mad 3
public by the State Board of Health.
During the first six months of 1924
there were 42,030 births in the State
while during the same period in 1925
births totalled 42.197. The death total
of 17,746 in the first half of 1921 is cut
considerably in the total for the first
half of this year which is 16.828.
During the present year, the num
ber of deaths by burns far exceed.;
the number of deaths by typhoid fever.
Deaths fro mautomobile accidents ex
ceeds the number of deaths from tlip.i
theria, smallpox, scarlet fever and
measles.
Typhoid fever shows a decided de
crease this year in deaths fom last
year. During 1924 there was an aver
age of 22.5 deaths from typhoid each
month while this year the monthly
average is only 13.85.
Bumper Crop Reported.
William A. Graham, Commissioner
of Agriculture, who has just returned
from a trip through Kastern North
Carolina, reports a “wonderful corn
crop” in that section of the State.
“There will he a great surplus on
the market in Eastern North Carolina, ’
declared the commissioner, “whilo
west of Raleigh, in certain sections,
the farmers have suffered keenly from
the effects of the drouth. Consequent
ly they will, in man Instances, be forc
ed to buy corn to enable them to make
the 1926 crop.
"Here is where the Division ofjNlar
kets can render a great service in find
ing a market for the corn for sale,
also in assisting those in the drouth
districts.”
Mr. Graham also reported a splendid
crop of soy beans. _
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