i»ii.iWi. i. tt.i Plymouth EXTENDS A HEARTY WELCOME TO HOME3EEKER3 .-’ Mij »Gewinn« THE BEATON ’ OFFERS SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVERTISERS i Year, In Advanee. -FOR COO, FOR COUNTTY AMO FOR TRUTH.' Single Copy S Cent*. VOL 37 PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY. NOV. 19, 1926 NO. 50 LOCAL NEWS ■lack Peal jvas in Greenville Monday. Mr. B. A Sumner was home for the week end. Hon. Van. B. Martin s-pent the past week-end in Raleigh. R. W Johnston and Lue Read were in Belhaven Monday. Walter Clark and H. H. Smith were in Greenville Sunday. B F. Bailey of Roper was in tjA'ii for a while yesterday. Sr: The Sea Beast at the A mo n.xt Thursday and Friday night. C. J. Norman h«s been in Hertford this week on business. J. 0. Brewer of Rocky Mount, was a business visitor here this week. A S. Chesson of Wilson has been in town on business this week. Mr3. J. F. Ausbon returned last week from a visit to Raleigh and Clayton. Misses Elizibeth Ramsey and Francis Warren epent past week end in Conetoe. Mr. and Mrs. P- M. Arps and little daughter, Evelyn, were in Columbia last Sunday. Miss Mildred Darden of Wil liamston was the week-end guest of Miss Hope Hardison. Miss Mary Bateman of Rocky Mount was the guest of Mrs. Edison Swain last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P- Sutton and Mrs. B. A. Sumner returned last week from New York city. Wanted: A job as overseer for tobbaco, cotton, corn or ppanuts. Mr. Vance Wells, Bath, N. C. Marion Martin and Misses Margaret Brown and Lvdia Nor man were in Greenville Sunday. Mrs. Zeno Lyon of Ayden is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hornthal in Main St. Rev, tV. G. Lowe went to Au rora this week to arrange for ihe removal of his family there next week. LeRoy Harris of the Atlantic Christian College, Wilson, spent the week-end here with his parencs. enjamin Lankford and Frank Ausbon of Hampton. Va., spent the week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ausbon. Misses Evelyn Cahoon and Helen White, who are attending E. C. T. C., in Greenville, were home for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. 0- H. Lyon, Mrs. L. H. Hubble and M-s. E. G. Harrison attended the big picnic in Swan Quarter yesterday. Miss Meredith Swain of E. C. T. C., Greenville, spent the week end here as the guest of her aunt, Mr9. G H* Harrison, Sr. A large number of the Ply mouth graded school faculty at tended the Teachers’ Institute in Greei vitle last Friday and Sat urday. CLAUD PATRICK DIES Claud Patrick, aged thirty-five years, the last merrber of a family of six, died in St. Agnes hospital, Baltimore. Sunday night, Novem ber 7th, and his remains were brought to his old home near Mac keys on November 1 Oth, and the funeral and interment was made at Pleasant Grove, Rev. D. L. Wil liams of Creswell conducting the services. For about twelve years he was connected with the N. & W. rail road at Roanoke, Va. Three years ago he sustained injuries in a rail road wreck from which he never fully recovered He was( preceeded to the grave by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward S. Patrick, and three sisters, and now the graves of the entire family of six form a symmetrical row in the grave yard at Pleasant Grove. All members of the family were members of St. Luke’s Episco pal church at Roper. Ladies’ Aid Society to Have .Bazaar A bazaar will be held in the old post office building' next Tues day, Nov. 23st., beginning at six o’clock in the afternoon; by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Methodist church. At this hour supper will be served, and chick en salad, oysters, ice cream and cream almond cake will comprise the menu. Fancy work especially suitable for gifts will be sold at very reasonable prices. The proceeds from the bazaar will be applied on the church fund, and a cordial invitation is extended the people to attend this bazaar. Mrs. Eliza Anne Biggs Dies Mrs. Eliza Ann Biggs, aged seventy nine, died at her home near Williamston last Friday morning at about six o'clock. Mrs. Biggs was horned in this county, her parents being Mr. and Mrs. John Bateman. About fifty-eight years ago she was married to Mr. Eason Biggs of; Martin county. She is survived! by six daughters. There are a bout fifty grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren to mourn the loss of a grandmother. Announces Arrival of Son Friends have received an-i nouncem >nt of the lirth to Mr. and Mrs. C M. Hill of Newport of Charles McRae, nine pounds, on November 15th. Mrs. Hill is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs A. G. Spruill of; this place, and enjoys a wide circle of friends here who are sending congratulations. Broadcloth evening wraps are being shown again. NEW PHONE SYSTEM According to information gather ed from a reliable source the Caro lina Telegraph and Telephone Co., is preparing for the installation of an automatic telephone system here. Officials of the company met with a few of the citizens here a few days ago and the matter was fully dis cussed. at which time the proposed system met with general approval. Material is being received here for the construction work and it is thought that the new system will be in operation about the first of the year. 5KINNERSVILLE NEWS Mr. Walter White was in Ply mouth Monday. Mrs. Mati'da Aumack was in Roper Monday afternoon. Messrs Corbett Swain ar.d Clinton Everett were business visitors in Plymouth Tuesday. A Thanksgiving servica will be held at Rehoboth church on Thanksgiving day at 11 o’clock. Mi. Don Davis, who holds a position near Rocky Mount, spent the past week with his family. Rev. R. L. Hethcox held ser vices at Rehoboth Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock and Sunday night at 7 P. M. Messrs. G. W. Phelps, Louis Bateman, Leon Spruill and Pete Phelps of Plymouth motored to Norfolk Sunday. Tom Curies and G. L. Daven port returned Friday from Greensboro where they attended the North Carolina M. P- confer ence. W. E' Blount, Mesdatnes M. J. Elliott and C. L. Everett at tended the planting on the court house grounds in Plymouth last week. Mrs. Ida Brickhouse and mot her, Mrs. Henrietta Swain, at te.ided the planting on the court house grounds in Plymouth last week. Mr. and Mrs. E H. Sawyer t <• *1. _ C O_ .. ! « n. U .in ^ n »wd ami lauiii.y Mrs. Caroline Willard of Wash ington visited Mr. and Mrs. lorn Curies Sunday. Dr. Claudius McGowan of Ply mouth and Miss Mary Brinson, teacher of Albemarle school, at tended the Teachers’ Institute at Greenville from Nov. 12 h to 13th. Miss Lucy Pritchard and Mr. Roy Litchfield of Scuppernong school and a number of teachers from Creswell, attended the teachers’ meeting in Greenville last week. Mi?3 Mary Bateman, nurse from Mary Elizabeth hospital, Raleigh, and Jack Swain, who is attending State college, visited relatives and friends in this community the past week-end Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Daven port and Miss Jessie Curies motored to Creswell Monday, where Miss Curies bad Dr. Har rell to lance her thumb, which was infected and had cause her a great deal of suffering. The Sunday School Convention of Skinnersville will be held at Holly Neck church Sunday, Nov. 21st, at 3 o’clock. All churches are requested to be present at this meeting, as it will be the last one to be held in this year. It will be further discussed where the next meeting in 1927 will be held. Quite a number of the mem bers from Rehoboth church at tended the first Quarterly Con ference at Woodley’s Chapel Sunday afternoon. Officers were elected for the coming sear of 1927 and other business mat ters transacted. A large crowd was in attendance and the meet ing was very successful. REV LOWE GOES TO AURORA Rev W. G. Lowe leaves in a few days for Aurora where he goes to fill the Methodist pulpit for the en suing year. Four years' service is the time limit for a preacher to re main in one charge, and Mr. Lowe remained in Plymouth for the max imum length of time allowed him by the conference. During the four years of his ser vice here he has been regarded as one of the most uplifting influences in our community, and his devotion to his duties has elicited the com mendation of people of all denomi nations and of all walks of life. His departure is deeply and keenly regretted by everybody, and the best wishes of this section accom pany him to his new charge. Aurora is indeed fortunate in se curing the services of such a valu able man, both as pastor and citizen. Card of Thank* We wish to express our grateful appreciation to all who kindly per formed services during the illness and after the death of our dear wife and mother, Narcissa Ann Ayers. E. W. Ayers and children. Cahoon Quality Shop Begins Sale Today . Announcement is made on our fourth page of a Thanksgiving Sale which begins at Cahoon Quality Shop today. Many attractive bargains are being offered to offset the low price of cotton and peanuts which now disturb the farmers. Large circulars have been circulated throughout this section, and with favorable weather the sale is ex pected to be a great success. TV /f .. _J - 4. 1\CV| IV1J I uuwaiuo tw Methodist Pulpit Here In the Methodist conference at Durham which closed Monday Rev R. G. L. Edwards was assign ed as pastor of the Methodist church here for the coming year. Rev. Mr. Edwards has filled the Ahoskie pulpit for the past three years, and comes to Plymouth high ly recommended. Rev. H. I. Glass succeeds Rev. C. B. Culbreth as presiding elder of the Elizabeth City dioirict. of which Plymouth is a part. Mr. Ward to Return His many friends will be de lighted to learn that Mr. Johnson Ward, brother of Dr. W. H. Ward, will make his business headquarters in Plymouth about December 1st. Mr. Ward left here about thirty- five years ago and estab lished himself in New York city. His activities in that place have been attended by much success, and his leturn to Plymouth will be welcomed by everyone. Recorders’ Court Only one case came up before Recorder Norman Tuesday which was quickly disposed of. George A. Credle and Marcia Bennett were found guilty of for nication and adultery. Credle was fined $25.00 and cost or to be as signed to county roads for sixty days. The woman received a sen tence of thirty days in jail or to pay $25.00 and cost. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Floyd Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Payne and Miss Lucille Brooks of Washington were the guests of M rs. G. W. Marsh Sunday. MRS. E. W. AYERS DIES Mrs. Narcissa Anne Ayers died at her home here Monday morning in the forty-ninth year of her life, following a sudden serious illness which extended for about two weeks. She had been in declining health for several years but bore her suffering with remarkable for titude. About thirty years ago she was married to E. W. Ayers, a thrifty and progressive farmer of the Long Acre section, and they lived and worked together on his farm until about ten years ago when they moved to Plymouth and Mr. Ayers engaged in the mercantile business. Three children blessed this union, Clarence and Jewell Ayers of Ply mouth, and Miss Vera Ayers, who is a member of the high school faculty of Thomasville. Besides her husband and child ren she is survived by her parents. Rev. and Mrs. N. H. Harrison of Long Ridge. The sisters left to mourn her death are Mrs. W. H. Bowen of High Point, Mrs. J. D. Paul of Washington, Mrs. Modie Jackson of Norfolk, Mrs. J. B. Harris of Pungo, Mrs. Charles Hill of Washington. D. C., and Mrs. Nellie Jackson of Momeyer. Her surviving brothers are W. H. Har rison and N. H. Harrison, Jr., of this county. Mrs. Ayers had been a life-long member of the Free Will Baptist church, to which faith she was con sistent and faithful. 1 hose who knew her best loved and esteemed her for the many beautiful traits of character she possessed, and her passing has saddened the hearts of all. The funeral service was conduct ed from the home Tuesday after noon at three o'clock. Rev. W. G. Lowe of the Methodist church, con ducting the last rites. The inter ment was made in the Episcopal cemetery in the presence of a large crowd of heartbroken relatives and crieved friends. WESTOVER NEWS Mr. Edgar Swain and son, Paul were in Greenville Sunday. Mr. W. B. Weaver and son Louis, spent Saturday in William ston with friends. Misses Blanche and Mildred Robbins spent Monday in Ply mouth with friends. Mrs. Sam Ange and chiliren were guests of Mrs. W. T. Rob bins Tuesday night. Mrs. W. T. Robbins and daugh ters, Blanche and Mildred, spent Sunday with Mrs. R. C. Higgs. Little Miss Mary Thomas Robbins of Plymouth was the guest of relativ s here Saturday. Mrs. T. Gray Coburn of Nor folk returned home Saturday after spending a few days here. Mrs. George Coburn and daughter Helen, spent Friday here as the guests of Mrs. T. Gray Coburn. Mrs. Mattie Swain spent the week-end in Greenville with her daughter, Hildred, who is at tending school there. N & S Freight Has Wreck Three box cars of the Norfolk Southern freight left the track near the new site of the National Handle Company last Sunday afternoon, which occasioned a slight delay in the arrival of the northbound passenger train, that is scheduled to arrive here at 12:30. _ A flower of colored glass beads makes an attractive new buttoniere FLORIDA LEADS RELIEF RECORDS Heads Major Disasters of 1926. Red Cross Active in 62 Emergencies in Year. ALSO SERVES FOREIGN LANDS Preparedness to Cope with Great Disturbances Gives Good Results in Action. Facing one of the largest rehabilita tion efforts of its whole history, as a result of the Florida hurricane, th® American Red Cross already had be hind it a record of service in 62 dis asters at home, up to the close ot the fiscal year, June SO, 1926. When the hurricane struck Florida with such devastation and loss of life, the Red Cross National Headquarter* was Just congratulating itself that a year had passed without a major dis aster within the borders of the coun try. The destruction in Florida ha« been tentatively estimated by Direc tor of Disaster Relief Henry L. Baker, of the American Red Cross, in terms of relief work ahead of the organiza tion. This takes into account all suf ferers who must be cared for. Careful surveys by experienced au thorities place the injured at 4,000, exclusive of the stricken Gulf Coast cities of Moore'haven and Clewiston. Of the 1,200 injured sent to Miami hospitals, 500 were suffering with ma jor fractures. In two other east coast communities the injured numbered nearly 1,000. The homeless were con servatively estimated at 50,000. Such figures sketch only vaguely the human and material problem which ths American Red Cross Is still doing Its utmost to solve. For comparison the other outstand ing recent disaster, the Midwest tor nado of March 18, 1925, can be de scribed In more detail. In that catas trophe the final check showed 800 i dead, 3,000 Injured and 6,847 families of approximately 30,000 men, women and children rendered homeless. The final relief operations of the Red Cross were brought to a close Mareh 18, 1926, exactly a year from the day the tornado struck five states. So terrible did the death and de strutclon Impress Itself on the experi enced Red Cross forces rushed Into Florida that Chairman John Barton x a; uo uiu uui uoouuik iv wen* ivi • relief fund from the whole country of $5,000,000. The Red Cross concen trated every resource in trained per sonnel on the stricken region. The New Jersey munitions explar sion, in July, while terrible as a spee tacle, eould not compare with either of these other two disasters in final destructiveness. It gave the Red Cross an opportunity for service in which Red Cross nurses treated 86 injured, and during the height of the emev gency fed between 700 and 800 peo ple driven from their homes. Mors than 400 cases were registered with the Red Cross after the explosions for assistance in regaining their hold on life through rehabilitation work. This latter is a regular part of tha Red Cross relief operations in all dis asters, and moans a task continued long after the country has ceased to think of the occurrence itself. The year has seen a new measure •f disaster relief preparedness inau gurated by the Red Cross, under which a trained reserve of medical and other relief experts is constantly on call for any service. This prepar edness justified itself in both the New Jereey explosion, and in the Florida hurricane. In the latter the Red Cross had at call more than 300 experienced disaster workers with a network of prepared Chapters ail over the coun try. This preparedness, constantly demonstrated, is cited as material as surance that the country Is better protected today than ever before from the suffering such misfortunes engen der. Dad as were domestic disasters in both the last fiscal year and recent months, some of those abroad in the same time have been comparable, es pecially a flood in Mexico. Altogether the American Red Cross served in the name of the American people in more than 15 foreign catastrophes. The Tenth Annual Roll Call for membership to maintain such activi ties will be held from Novembor 11 to 25, and i« an opportunity for all to enroll themselves in the American Red Cross. Mrs. Frith Winslow of Green ville, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie Ayers, re turned home Sunday. She waa accompanied by Misses Louise Ayera and Margaret Wa^d Jack son.