j Year, In Advance.
“FOR COD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH.”
Single Copy 5 Coeia.
VOL. 37
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926
NO. 28
LOCAL NEWS
Miss Gertrude Norton spen
Sunday in Williamston.
Mr. Everett Burgess of Eiiza
beth City was in town Sunday
Mr. J. 0. Brewer of Rockj
Mount was in the city this week
Miss Helen White and Mr. JacI
Peele spent Sunday in Roxobel
Mrs. II V Austin is vis’tinjc
friends in Washington this week
Miss Ruth Biscoe of Marion,
Va., is visiting Mrs. B. F. Read
Messrs. Roland Thompson ar c
Taylor Read were in Conetoc
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hollidaj
sppnt the past week-end in Nash
j ville.
' Mr. J. G. Sullivan of Oak City
has been visiting in the city this
week
Mr. and Mrs L. E Jackson oi
Kinston, are here visiting rela
tives.
Mrs, P. M. Arps and litth
daughter motored to Columbif
Monday.
Misses Rita and Laura Norton
of Williamston were in town
Mom ay.
Mr. T. J. Swain and Lue Reat
were in Columbia on business
Tuesday.
Atty. Z. V. Norman and Luc
Read were in Columbia on busi
ness Monday.
Messrs. R. T. Hopkins and A
L. Holmes of Creswell were ir
tovn Tuesday.
Miss Margaret Radcliffe of
Washington is visiting Miss Hen
rietta Everett.
Mrs. R. H. Patterson of Wilson
is here visiting her sister, Mrs.
R. A. Williford.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Miller of
Rich Square were here visiting
relatives Sunday.
Mrs. C. L. Jackson and Miss
Olga Gardner are visiting in Nor
folk, Va., this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Groves and
Bob Sidanstricker motored to
Raleigh last Friday.
Mr. EJward Owens of the Uni
versity. Chapel Hill, is home for
the summer months.
Misses Mildred Waters and
Alice Grey Wolfe are visiting in
Washington this week.
Messrs. C. G. Gardner and J.
N. Payne of Washington were
in town on business Tuesday.
M1*. Bruce Martin of South
Creek was in town Sunday visit
ing his sister, Mrs. S. B. Ril'iard.
Mi’S Elizabeth Norm«n return
ed last week from Greensboro
where she has been attending N.
C. C. W
Mr. 0. C Miller and Mesdames
Frith Winslow and Emma Swain
of Greenville, have been here
this week. t -
Jimmie Smith & at home for
the summer holidays after ae
tending the state University dui«
ing the past session.
Miss Helen Gaither of Hertford
will be with Miss Moorhead in
the Washington County Girl's
encampment, July 19 23rd.
( Mesd?me3 S. W. Beasley, J. L
Hayes, E. R Jackson and Miss
Margaret Ward Jackson made a
trip to Washington Saturday.
Mesdames Thomas Hamiin,
Roy Hampton, Martha Penny
and Miss E’izi Hampton were
shopping in Washington Tuesday
Miss Lillian K. Neal has re
turned to her heme in Louisville
— Xy after a short visit here as
Vhe guest of Miss Emma Grey
Moorhead.
Miss Eoline Everett, who has
been teaching at Orlando, Fla.
arrived last week to spend tn<
summer with h-r parents. Mr
and Mrs, J. 0. Everett.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Ayers ant
little daughter, who have beer
visiting in Washington, spent th<
week end here with Mrs. A. M
Ayers, enroute to their home ii
JJaltimore,, Md.
H. L. FREEMAN
DEAD
The news of the sudden death of
Mr. Henry L. Freeman, aged fifty
five, which occured in Edenton last
Saturday came as a shock to the
people of this county.
Friday afternoon the deceased
was in Plymouth talking with his
■ various friends and seemed to be in
his usual good health. He is pastor
o" the Christian church in Hertford,
and left Saturday for that place
with the intention of holding a ser
, vice Sunday. Upon reaching
Edenton a lady on the train com
plained of being sick and Mr. Free
man went to a drug store and pro
cured medicine for her, and upon
returning to the train and in the
. act of stepping upon the steps he
fell dead from heart failure.
The remains were brought to his
. home at Wcstover Saturday night
and on Monday afternoon at three*
, thirty the funeral was held at Zion
Chapel church by the Charitable
Brotherhood assisted by Rev.
Warren Davis. For several years
he had been a very active member
of that order and was also affiiliated
with the Woodmen of the World.
He leaves a devoted wife, or.c
young son, Thomas Freeman, who
, lived with him; two daughters, Mrs
Louis Sitterson of near Roper, and
Mrs James Swain of Creswell: and
one sister, Mrs. George Ayers, who
lives a short distance from his
home.
SKINNERSVILLE NEWS
Mrs. Ida Brickhou3e is visiting
in Ra'.eigh this week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Everett and
familv motored to Aulander Sun
day
Messrs. Corbitt Swain and W
E. Blount went to Plymouth
Monday.
Miss Mary Spruill left Wed
needay to attend summer school
at Oriental.
Mr. Herbert Swain left Wed
nesday to attend summer school
at the University.
Messrs. Guilford Davenport
and Noch Spruill moto.ed to
| Columbia Sunday.
Children’s Day service will 1 e
held at Rehoboth church Sunday
night at eight thirty.
Misses Alma Woodley, Ruth
Swain and Alice and Margie
White were in Roper Monday.
Mrs. Pattie Sptuill has relum
ed home after spending some
time with her children in Wind
sor.
The Sunday school convention
Will be held Sunday afternoon at
| Holly Neck church at three
Jo’c'ock.
; Mr. and Mrs. C V. White and
.son, Charlie. Jr , were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. White the
pist week.
Miss Inez Alexander and
mother, Mrs. Mollie Alexander,
were the guests of Mrs. Walter
White Sunday.
Mrs. Carol Blount and Miss
Ardene Blount have returned to
New York after spending some
'time with Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Blount.
Mrs. Henrietta Swain and Mrs.
Ida Brickhouse motored to Bel
haven Sunday sccompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Swain ot
Plymouth.
Our people deeply sympathize
with Mrs S B. Hilliard in the
' accidental death of her father,
Mr. D. U. Martin, which occured
in Beaufort county last week.
1 Mrs. J. B. McNair left Satur
i day for her home in Cincinnatti,
• Ohio, whtre she was called on
account of the tragic death of
i her brother The sympathies of
0ur people are extended her.
ENTERTAINED IN
ROPER
A silver tea was given Tues
day afternoon, June eighth, by
rs. J'ime F Leary and Miss
Ida Peaco'-k at Roper at the
home f Mrs Leary, for the
be • fi f he Epi icopal church.
, ■' ch w / a -* ved bv Miss Mvr
P acock a d Mrs Ben Halsey
! Knight.
' After numerous games and
stunts delicious sandwiches and
iced tea was served.
Those present were Mesdames
Ernest Lewis, L. L. Lewis, H. M.
Williams, C. E. Mizdle, J. W.
Chesso. . Leon McAliister, Joe
Leary, Jodie Aincley, L. L. Ches
son, Ida Blount, Sue Blount, Alva
Hooke.*, R. R. Roper, Nita Mi
zelle, E L. Spruill, J. W. Buchan
an, B. H. Knighr, Will Blount,
J. F. L^ary, Warren Cahoon,
James Cahoon, Asa Johnston,
Her.ry Tarkenton, Misses A. C.
Carstarphen, Ida, Aileen and
Mvrtle Peacock, Genevieve Will
iams, Neva Gan Roper and Mary
C. Hassell.
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Home Demonstration News
Mesdames Ida Brickhouse, Ida
Bateman, J. H. Vail and A. B.
Davenport are attending the
women’s short course in Raleigh
this week.
The girl’s short course will be
held July 5th to 10th, and this
eountv is entitled to thirteen dele
gates.
The girls encampment for the
club girls of Washington county
will be held at the usual place,
Mackeys, July 19th to 23rd.
There are 221 girls w ho are eligible
to attend this encampment.
The county council met with the
Pleasant Grove home demonstra
tion club for their June meeting.
Chevrolet Agency Here
Messrs S. S.. T. D. and E. S.
Woodley of Creswell have obtained
the Washington and Tyrrell countis
agency for the Chevrolet automo
bile and are making Plymouth
their headquarters.
The brick stable formerly occu
pied by J. S. Shugar is now being
arranged for the reception of a
stock of cars, trucks and acces
sories. The business of the firm
which is known as the Woodley
Chevrolet Company, will be con
ducted in this building.
Plymouth welcomes these young
men and wishes them success in this
enterprise. Mr. E. S. • Woodley
made Plymouth his home some few
years ago w hen he was employed by
the Bank of Plymouth.
Sec their advertisement on
another page.
Bobbed hair and the new skirts
leave the women nothing to shorten
but their conversation.
RECORDER’S
COURT
The Recorder's court had a
rather busy session here Tuesday,
a major portion of the day being
consumed in disposing of the several
^cases which are explained below:
Charlie Evetctt was found guilty
of receiving stolen goods and was
sentenced to serve three mor.Lhs on
the county roads. An appeal to
the Superior court was noted.
Aaron Ellis, plead guilty to a
charge of stealing and was given
thrccjjnonths on the roads.
C'.hailic Watts also entered a plea
of guilty to a like charge and was
assigned to the roads for a period
of four months.
Ednon Towe was charged with
larceny and Nol Pros with leave
was entered on the court docket.
H. R. Bateman, violating the
prohibition law, plead guilty and
was fined $100,00 and cost.
Joseph Credle was again tried
for violating the prohibition law,
was found guilty and sentenced to
serve twelve months on the county
roads, 1 Ic appealed to the Super
ior court.
Clinton Cox was found guilty of
forcible trepass and fined $5.00 and
cost.
James Johnston received a
suspended sentence for being a ?
public nuisance.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
The following is the list of contagious
diseases reported in Washington Coun
ty for the month of May, 102t>.
Chicken Pox
Plymouth: Came Towe, Ruth Thorpe,
Pelvin Halsey, Mabel Cooper and Sam
Cooper,
W. K. WARD, M. D.
County Health Officer
Boomed Good Roads,
J. A. Roundtree, Director Gen
eral of the U. S. Good Roads
Ass’n., put across a program for
more good roads at the national
convention in Los Angeles last
week whi :h promises to make our
national highways the best in the •
world. -
Maryland Boys Win in Dairy Judging
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Left to right, Stanley Sutton, Arthur Dunnigan and Ralph Waker
of Maryland receiving the national championship cup from Secretary
of Agriculture Jar dine, as the best boy judges in the U. S. of Dairy
cattle. These boys will now represent the U. S. in the International
contest in England, July 14.
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ALONZO DIXON
DEAD
Alonzo W. Dixon, aged twenty
five, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Dixon of the Long Ridge section,
died on last Friday morning at
seven-twenty after an illness ex
tending m cr several months.
I Ie came home from a hospital in
Norfolk in February and was con
fined to his bed constantly.
The funeral service and interment
was held in the Jackson burial
ground near the home of his parents
Saturday afternoon at three-thirtv,
the service being conducted by
Rev. Theodore Partrick, rector of
Grace Episcopal church. A large
number of friends and relatives
were present.
Me is survived by his parents::
three brothers, David Dixon of
Rockingham; Sammie Dixon of
Wakefield, and Woodrow Dixon of
this place; three sisters; Mrs. Clara
Carlisle of Weldon; Mrs. Calli^
Daniels of Belhavcn, and Miss
Annie Dixon of this place.
At the time of contracting the
malady that resulted in his death
he was employed in Philadelphia,
Penn,
CRESWELL NEWS
Mr. W. II. Hethcox left for
Concord Friday,
Rev. A. B. Withers spent a
few days in Raleigh this week.
Messrs. 0 D. Hatfield ar.d J.
W. Starr were in Plymouth Tues
diy.
Mrs. J. Scott of Weeksville is
here visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Stihman.
Mr. Cecil Swain motored to
Raleigh Friday, returning the
following day with his family.
Creswell Drug Store opened
Monday morning under the man
agement of Mr. William Phelps.
Messrs. W. M. Bateman, H
W. Bateman and George Smith
motored to Green vide Tuesday.
Rev. R. L. Hethcox left for
Burlington Sunday where he
will hold a series of revival ser
vices.
Mrs. Emeline Phelp3 and Miss
Helen Phelps of Berkley, Va.,
were guests of Mrs. D. S Sim
mons the past week end.
Mrs W. T. Alexander and
uiJi.uicii nave icluuicu xi win
Elizabeth City, where she has
been visiting her mother,
Mr- anil Mrs. Jim Grandy cf
Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs Ru
pert Bachman of Edenton spent
the past week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Phelps.
Misses Hester Davenport, Hor
tense Ambrose, Garland Sprui.l
and Pauline Spruill ^ left for
Greenville Monday, where they
will attend summer school.
Rev. C. E. Williams, Messrs
W H. Peele, J- D. Starr, Misses
Maxine Spruill, Carrie Mae Hol
mes, Carolyn Swain and Haze!
Gibbs left for Washington Mon
day, where they will attend the '
third annual conference of the
young people cf the Episcopal,
Diocese of East Carolina.
Sunday School Convention
The Sunday School convention
of Scuppemong township held its
monthly meeting June 13th at Mt.
Hermon. All schools were repre
sented except the Episcopal.
The address of welcome was de
livered by Mr. Aaron Davenport
and the response was made by
Prof. 11. M. Ainslcy of Phillipi.
Splendid reports from the various
schools were read, only one super
intendent being absent.
Messrs. 0 II. Lyon and Henry
Harrison leit by auto Wednes
day for Montreal, Canada, where
they will attend the Pharmaceu
tical Convention.
PRIDE EVIDENT
IN PREMISES
It was with engaging interest that
the editor noticed the many im
provements around the town while
out for a walk last Sunday after
noon. The premises of most all of
our townsfolk arc kept in well or
dered arrangement, lawns arc neat
and symmetrical, (lower beds, shrub
bery and other plants arc attrac
tively placed, grass plats abutting
private property are cared for as
siduously. residences are kept in al
most perfect repair, dull spots are
eradicated with the painters' brush
and within all Plymouth can hold
its head erect when viewed by
strangers.
Of course there arc some excep
tions where the premises are neglect
ed, but one by one these places are
joining the ranks of those who have
pride in the rppearancc of their
property and the day is not long
distant when to find a disarranged
and unsightly place in the town will
be like finding the proverbial needle
in a haystack.
The chief of police keeps his crew
constantly at work on the streets in
an effort to rival the neatness and
attractiveness of the private proper
ty. The crew exhibits a great deal
of pride in this endeavor, and the
streets of our town are a pleasant
sight to citizens and visitors alike.
Should a spirit of good-natured
rivalry exist among the various
home owners in Plymouth along the
line of property improvement the
result would be almost astounding.
Take a look around your premises
and make note of the things that
would a.Id to its general appearance.
Champ Hoosier Speller
fAuTOC/kgTCR 1
Betty Robinson, 11 years old,
is the spelling champion of Indiana
and is now on her way to Wash- .
ington, D. C., for the national,
spelling “bee” scheduled for June
17th.
Mi«s Moorhead left Tuesday
for Camp Leach where she will
assist Miss Violet Alexander with
the Beaufort County Girl’s en
campment for the we.lc.
Red Grange’s “Yes” Gal.
Here is the Miss—Edna Murphy
_%vho has teen selected to p'ay
1 opposite the famous red-haired-*
Harold Grange— in his football
movie d-. but. Of course Edna will
say “yes” to Red in the final close
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