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a Year, In Advance. “FOR C.OO, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." ! Singie Copy 5 C.ntfc --r:-■— -—r* VOL. 36 PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1925 NO. 49 NEED COUNTY AID TO PREVENT FIRES governor urges counties to CO OPERATE IN FORST FIRE PROBLEM. f Raleigh. Counties of North Carolina will be urged to co-operate with the State in prevention and control of forest fires by Governor McLean in a letter which was mailed to every county commis sioner in the State. “This matter of helping the farm ers and other owners of woodland to increase the value of their property and secure larger revenue from it by protecting it from fire, is very close to my heart,” Governor McLean states in the letter; “in fact I consider it one of the most vital questiors in the :State today." The Governor’s letter follows: “The damage resulting from the ■devastating forest fires which have recently occurred in all legions of Morth Caroling makes it advisable to carefully review the situation and :soe if each section of the community 3s doing its part to protect our forest lands from this scourge. “The State, with the assistance of the Federal gove ’°rit ' •'v'-h the Department of Conservauun and Development, offered to the counties expert help and financial assistance on a 50-50 basis in the prevention and suppression of forest fires but too few of the counties have realized the value of this “n ln~t .d of prompetly requ ’ quote share of the fun., whi h ai avail able, the time of the forestry officials has in many Instances been taken up In trying to persuade the counties to begin, continue appropriations, to be matched by State funds lor this Important work. “The forest lands located in your county are owned by the tax payers who contribute to your county reve nue. Not only are these tax-p .yers entitled to some measure of protec tion to their property, but you must realize that the taxable value of the wooded land varies with the value of the timber crop which is growing upon it. The finances of the coun therefore would be improved and ib prosperity of your people enhaii by you actively taking part in sui opportunities for protection which are available. The State Forest S r vice is anxious to extend its coopcw tive protection work to additional counties but only a limited number can be helped until the General As sembly makes further provision for this work. “This matter of helping the farm ers and other owners of woodland to increase the value of their property and secure larger revenue from it by protecting it from fire, is very close to my heart; in fact I consider it one of the most vitaJ questions in the State today. Let me urge you to take such action as is possible without delay.” Fire Prevention Week Oct. 4-10. Governor McLean issued a procla mation calling upon the people of North Carolina to observe Fire Pre vention Week which has been desig nated for the week of October 4 to ID. “The State of North Carolina has for years led in efforts to reduce fire waste and its attendant loss of life and property. October 4th to 10th inclusive has been designated as Fire prevention Wreek throughout the United States, and I appeal to our citizenship who are so familiar with the destruction of Are to become vitally interested in this great econo- ; mic waste. . “The fire loss in the United States last vear (1924) was more than five hundred and fifty millions of dollars w-th more than 17 000 persons kil ed and a astly larg number crippled and ma.med for life. North Caro lina's share in this loss was more than five million three hundred and twenty thousand dollars, with 343 lives and hundreds of our people maim ed, It is well known that careless ness and ignorance of fire hazard go hand in hand as the chief causes of our great national bonfifire. “I therefore, urge that the ween of October 4th to 10th be set aside as Fire Prevention Week in accordance ..*h section 6080 of Consolidated Statutes, which provides that the Qov ernor of North Carolina shall, each Tear in October, issue a proclamation urging the people to a proper obser ™T>u’ring this week 1 also urge that fire drills be held in schools, factor fes and stores, and that they be con tinued at regular interval- ‘ 33 Years Ago -IN Washington County Items gathered from issue of The Roanoke Beacon published Friday, Sept. 16, 1892 Did you loose any boodle on the Corbett-Sullivan fight? Court next month will he presided over by Judge W. A. Hoke. Mr. J. F. Norman and family returned from Nag’s Head last week. Mr. W. H. Loan, who has been spending some weeks in the far west, returned home Sunday. When will our town be lighted again? Economy is wealth, but these are mighty black nights. Mr. Herman Hornthal left last week for Durham where he entered the Graded School under Prof. C. W. Toms. A premium is offeted for the left hind foot of a grave yard rabbit. We want to make the election of Mr. Cleveland doubly sure. The town did the proper thing when it rook steps to have the lead ditch mide lar ger, and Police Tucker and his men are making a fine job of it. John L. Sullivan is no longer champii n prize figh ter of the world, James Cor bett having k< Oi k d him out in 21 rounds at Ne • O'leans on Wcdnesdav ot 1 s we k Grief and Joy I-—--1 A coincident carrying a moral, ■ was the suspending of “Babe” Ruth from baseball and a fine of $5,000 for failure to observe train ing rules—the same week in which Detroit citizens staged a great cele bration for Ty Cobb, marking his 20 years tlffere—the greatest play er the game has ever produced.1 j Presents and cash amounting to ; $10,000 were showered upon him. Baby Dead, Mother Insjured. Salisbury.—The two and a half-year old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. RaRt ledge is dead, its mother is in a local hospital and one or two others are slightly injured, as a result of an auto mobile accident at Epheus, Davie county, when two cars collided. The i Ratledge family occupied a large touring car. The other car, a small ■oadster, was driven by George Stelle, ho escaped with only slight bruises. a thirteen fnonths old baby in the Uafr 1 ledge car eacapgtt unhurt? - .v&a&fcl i I "■< Wedding Announ ced at Party. Their friends were entertain' ed at a bridge party last Friday afternoon at tl.o home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ausbon by Mes dames E. G. Arps and H. S. Midgett, at which time the com ing wedding of Mr. Allan Crock ett and Miss Neva Ausbon was announced. There were seven tables of bridge, and the rooms $ere ar tistically decorated, the scheme being yellow orchid. Charming little Kathrine Mid gett entered the room dressed as Cupid and bearing a large white heart symbolic of the occasion. The top score was won by Mrs. R. P. Walker, the second by Mrs. Roy Hampton and the booby prize was awarded Mrs. H A. Blount. A de'icious salad course was served by the hostesses and tiny favors in the -shape of a little bride sitting upon a half moon were given the guests, upon which was inscribed “Crockett— Ausbon, October 14th, 1925.” Capture Big Still Sheriff J. K. Reid and Prohib ition Enforcement Officer T. W. Snell made a raid in the swamps around Cherry in the lower part of Washington County today, where they captured a big outfit and destroyed several hundred gallons of beer. The still was of 200 gallon capacity and the offic ers say the outfit was up-to-date and they got it all. Mrs. W. F. Ausbon and daughters, Miss Neva, Hazel and Mrs. E, G. Arps and Mr, Frank Ausbon motored to Wash ington Tuesdav afternoon. Mr. Walter Peal, of Creswell, was here Wednesday enroute home from Raleigh where he nad been to take his daughter, Miss Virginia, to St. Mary’s Cell age. Mr. Buster Adler left this week for Chapel Hill where he has entered the state University. Feather Mattresses Made to Order—Highest cash price paid for feathers. Mattress factory next to bakery. P. 0, Box 233, Plymouth, N. C. FARM FOR SALE Farm adjoining Christian Hope property on Long Ridge road Good land, good dwelling and outhouses; 5 acres cleared and 35 woodland. Good opportunity for one-horse farm, near school and church. Cash or terms. If inter ested apply to M. H. Jackson, Momeyer, N. C. New Champion _1 -*---1 —all lAyTOOAgTCg I This nineteen year old school boy, Fedel La Barba of Los An geles, startled the fistic world by winning the flyweight champion ship from Frankie Genaro of New York. ‘ Meeting to Close Sunday Night. The revival meeting now in progress in the school auditor ium conducted by Rev. D. E. Earnhardt, as preacher, and Mr. J. C. Coston in charge of the music. Daily prayer services have been held in the Federation Hall and also in the homes of various church members. The old school building has also been utilized by the young ladies in which to hold afternoon prayer services. The meeting will probably close with the Sunday night ser vice. On Sunday there will be tnree services. 11:00 A. M., 3:00 P. M. and 8:00 P. M. The sub ject of the afternoon sermon will be “Home Religion/’ which is considered one of the strongest subjects used by Mr. Earnhardt. Mr. Coston will work with the Baptist Sunday School Sunday morning and Rev. Earnhardt will be present with the Method ist Sunday School. Services to Begin at Grace Church A preaching mission, or series of services, is to be held at Grace Episcopal Church, Plymouth, N. C.,for a week beginning Mon day evening, Sept. 21st. The pieacher will be the Rev. F. B. Tucker, of Lawrenceville, Va. There will be a daily service of the Holy Communion, prayer meeting in the afternoon and a preaching service each evening at 8:00 o’clock. The Rector and congregation of Grace Church extend a cor dial invitation to the people of Plymouth and surrounding coun try to attend these services. Writes Concerning This Section. An interesting article appear ed in Sunday’s issue of the Greensboro Daily Record entitl ed ‘'Scuppernong Ripens and East Carolina Has Splendid Crop.” This article was pre pared by Rev. Theodore Part rick, Jr., and deals chiefly with this section and the condition of the various crops From his des cription it can readily be seen that Mr. Partrick is no foe of the famous Scuppernong grape. He is preparing a series of arii cles for that paper that deals with Eastern North Carolina in its industrial, religious and civic life. Go to it, brother, you certainly have a wide and varied field of opportunity in which to exercise your talents. Notaries Public Commissioned. The following notaries public were commissioned by Governor McLean. Mis3 Vera Albertson, of High Point; P. B. Burke, of Roseboro; T. W. Cham bliss, of Ra-leigh; Miss Johnnie Gar vis. of Avden; C. T. Gillikin, of More licad City; P. K. Helsebeck. of Stone ville; A. K. Jones, of Thomasville; C. g Noble, of Winston-Salem; H. V. Rose, of Smithfleld; Walter J. Chahfi ner of Asheville; J- A. Thomas, of Charlotte; J. Q. Williams, of LUes ville. and Elbert G. Weston, of Wash ington. i LOST—Black portfolio con taining photographs of funeral supplies, between Jamesnlleand Roper. Reward if returned to W. T. Nurney, Plymouth, N. C. 311 Pupils on First Day of School. ■ The graded and high school opened here Wednesday morning at nine o’clock with an enroll ment of 311. 105 of this number were placed in the high school and 206 went in the grades. In ' spite of rain preparations for the I beginning of the session went i along in shipshape manner and all classes began actual wcrk yesterday morning, with the ex ception of the French and Latin classes which will rot function until a teacher cm he obtained. At the Lst moment the teacher that had been empl ved for this work notified 3upt. N< rraan that she would not fill her contract There is no consolidation of schools this year, and conse quently there are a great num ber of pupils below the high school who live outside the dis trict who are very anxious to enter. In the high school, how ever, students outside the dis trict are allowed to attend the Plymouth school for six months at the expense of the county, and the remaining three months cost must be defrayed by them. The county also provides trans portation for the six months. Every high school teacher is a graduate of a college or univer sity. The music class is under the direction of Miss Louise Jennette of Elizabeth City and quite a number have been en rolled in this department, with the prospects of many more en tering. Since our last issue a science teacher has been obtained. Local Colored School Opens. The colored school here open ed Wednesday morning at 8:45 with an enrollment of 224 pupils, 201 of which were placed in the grammar grades and 28 in the high school department. The faculty will put forth ev ery effort to make this the best session in the history of the school. The following teachers compose the faculty: Sophie E. Spruill, Alice S. , Smith, Reunice E, Walker and Corlease Frazier in the gram mar grades, and Waltfr J. Thompson, of Hertford, and W W. Wa ker, who has been princi pal for several years and con tinues in that capacity, in the high school. Shaft b iveiled to Co.— orates. Albemarle.—Stanly county has at ; last honored her Confederate dead. ; A monument was unveiled here by the local chapter of the United nut.thn'i-v of Confederacy. Practically all of Stanly county's living veterans of tin war of the sixties were prcs. nt to wit ness the unveiling ceremon >‘S. The veil itself was remot *d fro. I he monument by the hand of Sid Austin, one of Alb. mar’ s oo.vr. and most beloved women. The cere I mony was presided over by the pro- ■ dent of the local chapter, Mrs. J. K Ewing. Major T. A. llatcoclr, w waP veteran, made a short talk :.t t introduced R. 1. Brown. Estp, who do j liveed a splendid addess. Following the addresses of Major Hatchcock and Mr. Brawn, the old. sol diers. the members of the local chap ter U. 1). C., and the members of the , children’s chapter U. D. C. marched front the courthouse to North First Street where the monument is located. ‘ Miss Mary Mabry made the presenta tion speech. LOST—Gold watch, E. G S.’ engraved on back. Rewaid if returned to G. H. Smith, 1306 ^ Brunswick Park, Norfolk, Ya. I i-AD KILLED BY LIGHTNING AND MOTHER INJURED; MUCH DAMAGE. i'L bktfi E §101 IN Rneford.—This and the adjoining counties of Scotland, Robinson and Cuir.'bei'laml were visited by an elec tric storm of remarkable intensity. Reports from Wagram, in Scotian I county, are that a cotton warehousj there was hit by lightning and de stroyed, together with 7u bales ct cotton. So far news from Hoko county tells of lightning killing the little eight year-old son of Hector Livingston in the Antioch neighborhood and of the injury of the child's mother, both of whom were in the same room. At another farm house in that sec tion Ed Jordan lost two mules, one horse, a barn-tabu and a large quan tity of Anall grain and liay. Near Raeford, T. B. Up hurch. lost one mule. The II' pe .Mills and Lumber Bride section, betw m Iloke nd Cumber land, is said to have suffered consid erable da mag to cotton, due to heavy rain and high wind, with and over turning ui: an occasional tenant house here and there. Tlie lightning did damage to tele graph and telephone facilities and was so unusual and continuous in its intesity that people everywhere throughout the county coming into town say they cannot recall anything its equal. Meeting of N. C. Policemen. Greensboro.—How to prevent crime and how better to catch criminals through close co-operation were live matters discussed by the first meeting of North Carolina policemen. Capt. E. E. Glenn, of this city’s po lice department, called the convention to order and then the visitors sat through a round of speechs t om lo cal notables, the address of vole me being made by E. B Jeff’.'ess, mayor, who told the policemen how valuable they are to a city and how plod :t ms boro is to see them. Other, speaking were P. C. Painter, city mam.-vr; C. W. Roberts, of the Carolina Motor club; C. M. Ketchum. of the chamb. r of commerce, and Mitt Ye mt , presi dent of the local chamber of commerce. Police chiefs themselves g.\ ■ ti -ir views on problems coni! w..- v ih their work, George Crutch! 1.1, of Greensboro, starting the <!: n. How to obtain good men a. 1 h rid them, the matter of group in ;■ . o, detective work by plain cio. a, discipline, neatness of ap; ?. identification methods, ways to ic press trivial offenses hr''. re t' \v caa grow into real crime, v re ,'ies. A very serious tone nr :.. ,. . .1 tao talks, and it is apparent that 1 n tho convention will come strong t ; i ; to curb anything like crime wa a i t various cities of the state. In ad iiton, ways were talked for keeping ti ick cf offenders given fresh chances to show good behavior. Builds World's Largest Bureau. Higli Point—High Point will hove the world’s largest dresser. C;: trying on further plans for establish ■ . lit ot an information booth on the Greens boro road near here comes the sugg s tion that the structure will be built in the form of a large piece of furniture. The idea has met with immediate ap procal and it is expected to be car ried out. Gardner Will Push Christmas Seal. Sanatorium.—"O. Max Gardner has accepted the State Chairmanship of the 1025 Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale.” This announcement has re cently come from the offices of the Xorth Carolina Tuberculosis Associa tion. of which Dr. L. B. McBrayer is Managing Director. Plans for the sale of Seals in De cember are already taking definite form under the direction of Mr. Gard ner, who will conduct the work from association offices in Southern Pines. Dr. McBrayer and Mr. Gardner are onw at work securing local chairman, organizing county tuberculosis asso ciations. and getting things in shape for the mail sale. Dr. McBrayer slates that an entirely new idea has been devised for conducting the mail sale this year, and the list will num b • not more than fifteen thousand, whereas last year letters were sent to something like fifty-five thousand peo ple in North Carolina. 1'uder the new order, and carrying , at the new idea of both the State Chairman and the Managing Director, it is hoped the campaign will net about 1100,000.00 t&i§ yeajt.
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