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VOL. 38
PLYMOUTH. N. C„ FRIDAY. FEB. 18, 1927
NO. 10
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Merit Browning
f pent Sunday in Hinson.
Mrs, C. J. Norman is visiting
friends ai d relatives in Norfolk.
Hon. H. S. Ward of Washing
ton was in town on buiness Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Watts of
Williamston were in town Tues
day,
The ground-hog seems to have
sadly missed his calculations ti is
year.
Miss Katie Gray Edwards
spent last week at her home in
Ransomviile.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Lyon have
been visiting friends in Hender
' son this week.
Mrs. E. G. Arps returned Wed
nesday from a visit with ••ela
tives in Hampton, Va.
Mr. John Liverman of Halifax
was the guest of his son, Mr. E
H. Liverman, Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. R. II Lucas of
Belhaven have been visiting re
latives here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeno Lyon of
A.vden are the guests of Mrs. L.
P. llornthal this week.
Mr. M. F. Davenport and Mrs.
N. J. Rhodes of Scupparnong
were in the city Tuesday.
Messrs A. L Alexander, Her
man Alexander and H. V. Austin
were in Wilson Saturday.
Atty. S. S. Woodley of Colum
bia and Mr. E. S. Woodlev of
Creswell were in town Wednes
day.
Mr. and Mrs Dan Bassinger
and little daughter, Francis, and
Miss Edna Earl Nurney motored
to Hertford Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Satterth
waiteand family, Roy Swain and
Miss Louise Darden were in
Petersburg, Va., Sunday.
Mr. C. J. Norman left Monday
for New York where he will
purchase spring and summer
merchandise for Normans.
Mr. H. D Bateman, president
of the Branch Banking and Trust
Company, of Wilson was a busi
ne s visitor here Tuesday.
Messrs. W. Starr, T. C.
Holmes, A. L. Holmes and C. B
Holmes of Creswell were busi
ness visitors he,e Tuesday
Mesdames Ellis Broughton H.
G. Winslow and Miss Mable Wins
low of Hertford were the guests
of .Vlrs. Clyde McCallum last
Friday.
Messrs. T. A. Stubb3, Stark
Nurney, Mesdames Clyde Ca
boon, E. G. Harrison and Miss
Evelyn Cahoon were in Wilson
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Horton,
Mrs. P. M. Arps, Miss Lenorc
Stone and Mr. Lloyd Horton at
tended the George White Scan
dals in Raleigh last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Austin
Mesdames Jack Read Charlie W,
Cahoon, Jewel Ayers and Miss
Ruby Templeton attended Geo.-g<
White's Scandals in Wilson Mon
day.
RECORDER’S
COURT
The following cases were dis
posed of before Recorder Nor
man Tuesday:
William Barco, operating car
while under influence of liquor.
Defendant entered plea of nolo
contendre and was fined $50.00
and cost.
Prince Webb, violati g stock
law. Found guilty and judge
ment was suspended upon pay
ment of cost
Horace Chesson, found guilty
of violating stock law. .Judge
ment suspended upon payment
of cost.
Joe Simpson, vi dating stock
law, found guilty. Jidgement
suspended on payment of the
cost.
Informal Dance
Roper, N. C., Feb 10th —One of
the interesting social functions
of the month was an informal
dance given at the home of Mrs.
E. M. Chesson, Thursday even
ing, February 10th., in honor of
her son, Thomas Chesson.
The guests were met at the
door by Mrs. Chesson and usher
ed into the living room where
music and dancing were the
features of the evening. During
the intermission a delicious course
of fruit salad was served.
The guests present wer ' Misses
Vera and Edna Mizelie, Mildred
Lews, Perla Hopkins, Mildred
Marrow, Lelah and Irma Chesson
Helen Brev, Mrs. Ben Snell and
Messrs. Cha-les Mizelie, Ralph
Harrell, Nathan Thompson, Ro
bert, Knowles. Clyde and Hallet
Chesson, and Aubrey Phelps.
Mrs. Alexander Entertains
Mrs, A. L- Alexander delight
fully entertained at abridge par
ty on Saturday night at her home
in Main street. Five tables of
bridge were arranged and the
Valentine idea was effectively
carried cut. Top score prize was
won by Mrs. A. L. Owens and
the eonso'ation prize went to
Miss Fannie Hilliard.
A salad course with hot coffee
was charmingly served by the
hostess and the guests numbered
about twenty.
Valentine Birthday Party
At the home ot Mr. J. T. Mc
Nair in Washington street, on
Monday afternoon, Miss Naomi
Swain, the little grand-daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. McNair, cele
brated her third birthday with
twenty-four of her little friends
The home was aitistieally de
corated with a color scheme of
red and green, carrying cut the
t-ruVii nf Sr. Valentine. The little
guests were received at the door
by the hostess and presented
with a heart shaped all-day suck
er. Then the tiny tots repaired
to the living room where all
kinds of games were played and |
delicious iced punch was served.
After an hour of frolicking the
guests were in\ited into the din
ing room, which was beautiful in
its snowy whiteness, illuminated |
by the three tiny candles which |
gleamed from the birthday cake i
that formed the center- piece of
the table. Ice cream and cake
were served and little baskets of
candy hearts were used as favors.
Mr- T. C. Burgess was in Au
rora Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Owens, Mr
ard Mrs. R- P- Walker, Miss
Mavis Thigpen and Mr. Edward
Owens were in Norfolk Thursday j
BISHOPS’
CRUSADE
The General Convention of the
Episcopal church at a meeting
held in New Orleans in 1925,
appointed a Commission on E
vangelism. with Bishop Darst of
the Diocese of East Carolina as
chairman. This Commission at
once decided that the first step
in any program for Ev-angelisrn
in the Church should be a re
dedication to Jesus Christ in life
and service on the part of the
members of the Church. Out of
this conviction grew the Bishops’
Crusade which is to be preemin
ently a call to the colors, a reen
listment of the whole Church
under the banner of our great
leader, Christ.
During January and February
nearly three hundred Bishops,
priests, laymen and women will
go out as Crusaders to at least
eighty-four of the eighty-seven
dioceses and missionary districts
in the United States, conducting
two or more Crusades of six days
each in a'.l dioceses visited by
them.
Crusade services are being
held in Plymouth this week by
R-v. W. R. Noe, Wilmington.
Next week services will be held
at Roper by Rev. E. T Jillson of
Hertford; Columbia by Rev. G.
H. Madara of New Bern, and
Williamston by Rev. E. W. Hall
tck of Wilmington.
Dr. Whitehurst in Auto
Accident
Dr. R. L. Whitehurst had the
misfortune of almost demolishing
his automobile Saturday morning
by colliding with a concrete culvert
near Creswell. Dr. Whitehurst
practices dental surgery, and had
been attending patients in Columbia
Friday, and arose earlier than his
accustomed hour the following day,
and in the early morning hour
\V 1 i 1 1 V— v_ll 1 V
arOW51IlC55 nun
ing and he failed to preceive the
culvert until too late to avoid strik
ing it.
Dr, Whitehurst sustained slight
bruises, while his machine suflered
almost destruction.
C. of C. Interested in Con
federate Marker
The chamber of commerce Mon
day night gave its meeting almost
entirely to a motion by R. P. Wal
ker in which interest is to be solici
ted for the placing of a tablet or
marker at a point near where the
Confederate Ram Albemarle was
sunk during the Civil war.
Interesting history surrounds the
sinking of the ram; history that has
especial and virilent appeal to the
people of this entire section. A
committee composed of John \\ .
Darden, James W. Norman and
Robert P. Walker was appointed to
confer with the State Historical
Commission in this movement, and
to also create local interest in the
project.
Data will be assembled as quickly
as possible, and a detailed account
of the destruction of the valiant
craft will be given our readers.
Smith-Swain
A quiet and interesting mar
riage took place at the Metho
dist parsonage on Tuesday night,
when Miss Annie Mae Swain be
came the bride of Mr. Ralph S ir
vis Smith Rev R G. L. Edwards
pastoa of the Methodist church
performed the ceremony.
Mr. Smith is a native of Penn
sylvania, but has been in this
section for several weeks. Mrs
Smith is from Mackeys and en
joys a host of friends who extend
to her their best wishes.
BETTER HEALTH
IN FOOD
CROPS
Raleigh, N. C. Feb. Not; only
will it pay to grow the food and
feed crops needed on North Caro
lina farms th's year but the
health of the people is improved
when there is milk to drink and
vegetables and fruit to eat.
Such things cost money to buy
and many times they are not
bought. Then the health of ihe
family suffers and the children
are underweight and under nouri
shed. Surveys made by home
demonstration agents of S'ate
College show that many children
and adults too on a number of
farms are not properly fed.
This does not mean that tlie folks
do not get enough to eat. Thev 1
do. But the food is not of the
right kind. Fat back, grits, ■
black coffee and molasses are j
not healthy foods but many i
i children have to exist on these as
j their principal diet because other
foods are not raised •-’t home and
the cash income is not sufficient
to permit better foods being
bought.
The person who would be
strong, healthy and active must
have plenty of fruit and voge
tables in the diet and should
drink milk regularly, say home
demonstration wo ker?. If the
children are to develop and grow
into healty manhood and woman
hood with vigorous, happy, in
telligent bodies and minds, they
will need an abundance of fresh
vegetables, fruits, milk, butte',
eggs, poultry, and other foods
containing the elements essential
to best growth. A1 of these may
be produced on the home farm
with little extra effort, yet in
some sections of North Caroiira
tobacco and cotton need so much i
time attention that these other
important crops are overlooked.
men me returns ironi iuc tuuuu
and tobacco are too little to allow
such things to be b .ught.
It is important that these bet
ter food crops be available re
gularly throughout the year and
the only way to insure this h to
produce them on t're farm. With
the outlook for crop product
ion as it is in 1927, the wise far
mer will prepare to have his food
grown on the home farm this
year.
| AMONG O U R |
j CHURCHES |
METHODIST
Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, Pastor
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o’clock.
Preaching services, 11 o’clock.
EVENING SERVICE:
Preaching service, 7:30 o’clock
Mid-week prayer service Wed
nesday evening 7:30 o’clock.
BAPTIST
Rev. J. R. Everett, Pastor
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o’clock.
Preaching service, 11 o’clock.
Subject; “Sleeping Christians”.
EVENING SERVICE:
B. Y. P. U., 6:30 o’clock.
Preaching service, 7:30 o’clock.
Subject; Eighth Commandment
or “Who Is a Thief”.
Mid-week prayer service Wed
nesday evening 7:30 o’clock.
At the age of 40. Morse, inventor j
of the telegraph, was a successful
artist.
FARM AGENT
ARRIVES
Robert E. Dunning arrived Tues
day morning to assume the duties
of county farm agent, an office es
tablished or authorized in the Jan
jary meeting of the county com
missioners. He was accompanied
ay Mr. Fcrgurson, district agent,
,vho is assisting him in the prelimi
naries of his work.
Mr. Dunning is a young man of
:mincnt capabilities, sound thinking
judgment and sterling worth, if the
'ecord he brings from Hyde county
vhere he has served for the past
/ear, is to be taken as an index.
He will assist the farmers in the
economical production of crops and
ive stock, soil building, proper se
ection of seed, balancing fertilizers,
eultivation and all manners of har
.esting. He will use much of this
/ear in the instruction of making
temporary and permanent pastures,
and introducing live stock, such as
:he family cow and breeding and
eeding of swine and poultry.
Bridge Party
Mrs. Van B. Martin delightfully
ntertained a number of her friends
3t a bridge party Tuesday afternoon
at her home on Morning Side Drive,
bhe entire lower floor was decorated
in pine and early spring flowers.
The Valentine idea was carried out
artistically in tally cards, favors,
and refreshments. Vrs J. B. Ed
mondson won a box of hand made
aandcrchiefs as high score prize and
Mrs. C. W. Cahoon was awarded
a ‘Fools Cap' of red crepe paper as
low score prize. There were six
tables and those playing were;
Mesdames: Jewel Ayers, H. R.
Blount, J. W. Williamson, W. R.
Hampton. J. B. Edmondson, F. J.
Kinght, E. D. Carstarphen, A. L.
Dwcns, R. P. Walkep R. W. John
ston, S. A Ward, W. L. Whitley,
2. E. Ayers, H. A. Williford, A. T.
^eary, B. G. Campbell, Clyde Mc
Zallum. P. M. Arps, H. V. Austin,
Z. W. Cahoon, Lewis Horton, Z. V,
Morman, B. A. Summer, C. L.
droves, ami Misses Fannie Hilliard
and Mavis Thigpen.
Celebrates Birthday
Little Miss Lillian Reid Mc
Gowan entertained a number of
her little friends on Tuesday after
noon at the home of her father.
Dr, Claudius McGowan, in honor
nf her sixth birthday.
Valentine decorations were used
and amusing games played.
The birthday cake adorned
with six candles excited much ad
miration. Ice cream and cake were
served as refreshments, with bas
kets of mints as favors There were
about eighteen little guests present.
Wall Collapses in Hampton
Building
In building a communicating arch
which leads from the household
necessities department to the gene
ral department of the store to be
mir’d hu \ tiller 1 til'. . five Cent
to five dollar store, the upper brick
section gave way Tuesday aftcrnoor
The collapsed section will have tc
be rebuilt, w hich occasions much de
lay in the completion of the work.
Card of Thanks
I wish to take this method o]
extending my sincere thanks ant
appreciation to my neighbors
and to the Plymouth Fire Com
pany, for the valuable assistant
rendered me during the fire tha
destroyed my barn last Sundaj
morning. Ilad it not been foi
this splendid neighborly eonduc
my loss might have been total.
Gratefully,
Mrs. M. J. Stillmai
LOSES BARN
BY FIRE
A barn on the premises of Mrs.
M. J. Stillman was destroyed by
fire early Sunday morning, and all
its contents, including a Ford road
ster, succumbed to the flame;, ex
cept a quantity of corn which had
been placed there a short while ago.
The fire was discovered by pass
ers-by about three-thirty, who gave
| the alarm. The Plymouth fire dc
' partment was immediately notified
! and responded in an increclitably
I short time, A shortage of water
! handicapped them to a great extent,
I but adjoining buildings were saved
: and the green shucks of the corn
! protected the grain.
| It is supposed that the fire origi
■ nated from a short circuit in the
J automobile or by spontaneous com
bustion. It is said that the loss
was partially covered by insurance.
B. Y. P. U. Social
A very enjoyable Valentine
social was held by the Baptist
Young People’s Union on Mon
day evening in the basement of
the court house. Miss Mildred
Dixion, in an attiactive costume
of hearts, greeted the guests at
the door and had charge of the
numerous games and contests.
Hot chocolate and cakes were
served as refreshments.
Literary Club Meets
! The Thursday Afternoon literary
club was delightfully entertained
(Thursday afternoon of last week by
Mrs. Joe Norman at her home in
Adams street. The meeting was
opened by the president, Mrs. W.
| H. Clark. Mrs. Robert Campbell,
custodian of the library, reported
that the library had been thoroughly
| renovated and also that an alpha
Dcticai uir.ingemeni. ui iiuo\5 iuu
been made.
The president announced a joint
meeting of several committees to
be held next Thursday afternoon
for the purpose of making detailed
arrangements for the Cotton Fash
ion Show, which is to be held in the
spring.
The program consisted of the
reading of papers dealing with the
life works of Galsworthy by Mrs.
R. P. Walker and Mrs. H. S. Micl
|gett. Mrs. Z. V. Norman lead in
a discussion of the play, "Strife-J
and also read selections from the
play. At the conclusion of the pro
gram the hostess served refreshments
which carried out the Valentine
scheme.
Mrs Cicero Norman was an in
vited guest. The members attend
ing were Mesdames S. A. Ward,
Z. V. Norman, H. A. Blount, R.
W Johnston, B. G. Campbell, J.
R. Campbell. J. B. Edmondson, T.
L Bray. H. S. Midgett, W. R.
1 fampton, P. W. Brinkley, R. P.
| Walker, C. S. Ausbon, C S. Blount,
' W. H. Clark, and Miss Mavis
Thigpen.
Birthday Party
0 n Wednesday afternoon,
February 9th, Mrs S B Hilliard
entertained at a party in honor
of her brother, Bill Martin in
' celebration of his nineth birth
day. Fourteen little folks were
' present and greatly enjoyed the
variety of interesting games.
, A delicious course of jello, cake
■ j and fruit was served. Valentine
■ j favors were given each little
.! guest.
The little playlet, “Keep The
; Home Fires Burning.” given by the
Epvvorth league in the Methodist
church la'.t Sunday evening was
I well attended and enjoyed by yi|.