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VOL. 38
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 1927
NO. 11
LOCAL NEWS
Miss Olga Gardner spent Sun
day in Norf'lk.
Mr. Ernest Strain of Durham
was in the city Sunday.
JWck P-ele and Welter Hark
were in Greenville Sunday
Wesley Hardison and Hhiary
Spruill were in Kenly Sunday.
Miss Lenore Stone spent the
week-end a" her home in Grifton
Mr. Ed Ayers spent Sunday
with his family in Rocky Mount.
■a . L Whitley returned Sun
day from a business ttip to Golds
boro
H. T. Dliion of Chicago, lias
been in rown on business this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cooper of
Wenona were among our Sunday
visitors.
J. 0. Highsmith and family of
Roper were in town for a short
while Sunday.
Mrs. Jim P.iyne of Washington
spent the week end here with
Mrs. B. F. Read.
Mrs. D. A. Hurley and son,
David Albert, were visitors in
Jamesville Sunday.
Miss Avis Lucas of Durham
spent the week-end here with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. G. W. Marsh and Miss
Lucille Brooks of Bath, were the
guests of Mrs. B. F. Read Tues
day.
Mrs. W. F. Winslow of Wash
ington has been visiting her
mother, Mrs. Fannie Ayers, this
week,
Messrs. W. 0. Foulke and H
E. Frame of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
were business visitors here last
week.
Miss Pauline Lucas of Ayden
spent the week-end here with
her parents, Mr. and Miss W. F.
Lucas.
Misses Sally Bateman and
Lorina Stillman of Durham spent,
the week-end here with their
parents.
Deputy clerk cf the Federal
Court, W. M. Bateman of Raleigh
spent several days in the county
recently.
Miss Mildred Hetter of Marion,
Va., is spending some time here
as the guest of her sister, Mrs.
L. H. Hubble.
Mr. and Mrs. W R. Ralph and
little daughter, Hazel, of N r
foik were the guests of Mrs. R*>y
Swain Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Carl White of
Long Island, N. Y , are the guests
of Mrs. White’s parents, Mr and
Mrs. G W. Bowen.
Messrs. R. J. Sydenstricker,
C L. Groves and H. E Frame
returned Tuesday from a business
trip to Charlottesville, Va.
Mrs. Alice B. White of Long
Island, N. Y, arrived Wednesday
to spend some time with her
daughter, Mrs. G. D. Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Swain, Mr.
Leland Tompson a d Misses
Elizabeth Ramsey and Francis
Warren spent Sunday in Conetoe.
HONORING MISS
ROPER
Roper, Feb. 11th: Mesdames J
W. Buchanan ai d E. L. Spruil!
entertained the seniors and facul
ty of Roper High School at th*
homeot Mrs. Buchanan, honoring
their neice, Miss Neva Gan Roper,
a charming senior of the Ilopei
school.
Tiie gue3ts were greeted by
Mrs. Buchanan and Mrs. Spruill
and ushered into the living room.
Numerous contests were held and
one of *he most interesting fea
tures of the evening was a sew
ing contest for the seniors. Mr
Kenneth Lewis was announced
as successful contestant.
After the games the guests
were invited into the dining room
where the Valentine motif wa^
carried out. The table was beau
tiful with its cloth of madtria,
red candles and an elaborate cen
ter with cupid dominating. H^ari
place-cards tied to minature cu
pids directed the guests to their
respective places. After many
witty toasts a course of salad and
coffee was served followed by
a delicious fruit course, cake and
after-dinner mints.
This was the initial reception
for the class of ‘27 and everyone
thoroughly enjoyed the evening.
The guests present were Misses
Neva Gan Roper, Vera Mizelle,
Audrey Tarkenton, Perla Hop
kins, Mesdames R. R. Roper, E
N Riddle and Messrs. Thomas
Chessor., Charles Mizelle, Ken
neth Lewis, G. C. McBane and
E. N. Riddle.
Pleasant Grove Club
Entertained
Mackeys, Feb. 24th: The Pleas
ant Gro\e Woman’s Club was
charmingly entertained Tuesday
afternoon by M^s. W. A. Swain.
The meeting opened with a son?
“The Old North State”, followed
bv Scripture reading and prayer
by Mrs. Nath Everett.
The program for the afternoon
wa3 a discuss'on on home beau
tifying having as the subject,
“Choosing the Color Scheme
and Inexpensive Improvements ”
Miss Emma Gray Mooiehead
gave an effective demonstration
on selecting and hanging pictures
and also presented each member
of the club with a calendar of
the yearly program.
At the close of the meeting.
Mrs Swain in her usual gracious
and delightful manner served
delicious refreshments consist
ing of jelly, sillabub and cake.
3:
ALMO THEATRE
TO-NIGHT
“The £ong and
Dance Man”
Featuring
Bessie Love
and
Harrison Ford
ALSO
GOOD COMEDY
SATURDAY
NIGHT
Monte Blue
and
I Marie Prevost
IN
“Other Women’s
I Husbands”
i ALSO
FOURTH EPISODE
The Phantom Police
and
A GOOD COMEDY
i
CITY PLANT TO
HAVE NEW
MANAGEMENT
An action of much local interest
occurred Monday night when pre
liminaries to place the Municipal
Light .and Water Supply under a
commission form of management
were started. A committee from the
chamber of commerce met w ith the
town council last Friday night to
discuss the feasibility of such a
plan. The officials acceded readily
to the suggestion of the committee,
and the proposition was referred to
a meeting held Monday night with
the chamber of commerce.
In the meeting a nominating com
mittee was appointed to select three
men of adequate qualifications to
serve on the commission; and, being
appointed as the committee, H. V.
Austin, R. P. Walker and Z. V.
Norman retired to deliberate, and
in a few minutes returned to report
that they had decided upon M. W.
Norman to serve six years C. L.
Groves to serve four years, and H.
E Beam to serve two years. The
selection was accepted after some
discussion by a rising vote of the
body
The result of this action was’for
warded to Hon. Van B. Martin,
who is representing this county in
the legislature, with the request to
draft suitable bill and introduce
same to the General Assembly
which w'ould authorize the material
ization of this plan.
Gilbert D. Davis reported having
placed two attractive road signs
welcoming visitors to Plymouth, in
conspicuous places
A proposed outlet that would
connect Plymouth with Highway
No, 342 by bridging the Roanoke,
Middle and Cashie rivers was freely
discussed. Such an arrangement
would result in the saving approxi
mately 45 miles between this point
and Norfolk, and would enable our
truck farmers to place their produce
on Norfolk markets in time to com
pete with farmers of other sections.
Poem Appreciated
Considerable complimentary
remarks have reached our ears
regarding the unusual merits of
the poem "Free Ticket to Gossip
Town” from the pen of Mrs. W.
B. Chesson of Mackeys, which
appeared in our last issue. Mrs.
Chesson is a startlingly original
writer, and her creations are so
diversified as to st. ike a chord of
human -ympathy in the hearts
of people of all sensibilities.
Frequent contributions from
her pen appear in our columns,
and we are always glad to publish
them.
Poultry Specialist Here Next
Month
Mr. C. F. Parrish, extension
poultry specialist, will be with
me the week of March Tth-lOth,
to assist with the poultry pro
gram which we are going to put
on. We are going to hold meet
ings in as near every community
as possible. At these meetings
we are going to discuss the cull
ing and feeding ot poultry for
egg production. The time of the
meeting places will be published
later and will most probably be
scheduled for the following
points; Bateman, Swain, Mac
keys. Roper, Piney Grove, Scup
pernong, Creswell, Mt. Tabor
and Cherry schools.
R. E. DUNNINJ,
Co. h arm Agt.
Mrs. G. W. Bowen left Thurs
day for Rocky Mount, having
be n called there on account of
the illness of her little grandson.
Carl Bateman, Jr.
TO BETTER
SERVE YOL
On March first Mr. Walter Para
more of Scotland Neck will bi
connected with the Roanoke Beacor
as news reporter, advertising anc
circulation manager.
Mr. Paramore comes to us highly
recommended from the Kinstor
Free Press and Mr. N. G. Bartlett
secretary of the Eastern Caroline
Chamber of Commerce of which
M r. Paramore is a member. He ha;
had quite a bit of experience ir
newspaper writing and chamber ol
commerce work.
It is our sincere desire to give th<
people of Washington county a
newspaper beneficial to our entire
community and worthy of their
patronage. With this object in view
we have secured the services of a
reliable man and in return we will
appreciate your co-operation with
him in his efforts to increase our
circulation and other patronage and
make the Beacon the best paper
possible.
SKINNERSVILLE NEWS
Mr. Harold Bendler of Norfolk
is the guest of his uncle, Mr. C.
V Waite.
The Woman’s Club met at the
Albemarle school building last
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Alma Lee of Bertie was
the guest last week of her grand
mother, Mrs. M. L. Wiley.
Miss Jessie Curies has returned
to Mrs. G. L. Davenport after
spending a few days with her
sister.
Mrs. Pattie Spruill returned
home Sunday after spending
sometime with her children in
Windsor.
Mrs. Clingham Mitchell and
little baby of Aulander, spent
Wednesday of last week with
Mrs. M. J. Ediott.
Misses Emma Grey Moorehead
and Ethel Perry of Plymouth
were the week-end guests of
Mrs. Ida Backhouse
Mr. and Mrs W'alter White
and daughter, Margie, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Molly Alexan
der and Mrs Edgar Chesson.
Captain Rom Lee is here
spending some time with his
mother, Mrs. Molly Lee Wiley
and sister, Mrs. S. A. Hoiton.
Mrs. McCabe has returned to
her home at Bay Postoffice, after
an extended visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Andrew Phelps.
Mrs. S. A. Saunders of Aulan
der was here last week the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Matil
da Aumack and sister, Mrs.
Clinton Everett.
George Washington Party
Master Sidney Williamson en
tertained about twenty-three of
his little friends on last Friday
afternoon at a George Washing
ton party in honor of his sixth
birthday.
Games were played and prizej
awarded to little Miss CamilU
Burgess and Master Dick Nor
man for pinning the tail on the
donkey. Jeilo, cream and cak<
were served as refreshments ant
George Washington caps used a:
favors.
Hon. Van B. Martin, Ihi
countv’s representative in th
legislature now in session, spen
week-end here with his family
i
PECAN TREES
PROFITABLE
Pecan Planting Week i3 to be
: observed in North Carolina again
i this spring and Feburary 21st to
1 26th has been designated as the
time by the Department of Horti
culture and the N. C. Pecan
Growers Society of Raleigh It
i3 expected that trees will be
planted around ' hundreds of
homes in the state by the end of
that period.
Panting week was first ob
served in this state last spring
and resulted in at least 5,000
trees being set out mainly on the
home grounds and around farm
lots.
A few pecan trees around the
home3 will yield the beat of all
the nuts for food and return a
cash revenue besides. The time
from setting out the trees to
gathering the nuts may be short
ened at least one-half by plant
ing right varieties and giving
them a little care.
There are door yard trees
yielding as high as 70 pounds of
choice nuts at 7 years of age and
older trees yielding as high as 700
pounds in a single year. These
trees cost nothing to grow or
fertilize. They use the fertility
around yards and barn lots that
otherwise would go to waste and
convert it into the most valuable
fruit crop in the south.
The Society has arranged to
supply choice specimens of bud
ded trees at very reasonable
nrieps arid can send direct to
planters any number of trees
from a f~w up to ai many as
they inav want.
Plant pecan trees now and
save a whole year. The longer
you delay the longer you are
putting olY an act that will bring
you much pleasure and a great
deal of profit.
The Society at Raleigh will
send any information desired
about pecan trees.
AMONG OU R j
CHURCHES j
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BAPTIST
Bev. J. B. Everett, Pastor
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o'clock.
Preaching service, 11 o’clock
Subject; “The Wasted Life”.
EVENING SERVICE:
B. Y. P. U., 6:30 o’clock.
Preaching service, 7:30 o’clock.
Subject; Ninth Commandment
or “l'he Member Set on Fire of
Hell”.
Mid-week prayer service Wed
nesday evening 7:30 o’clock.
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EPISCOPAL
Rev. W. H. I. Jackson
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o clock.
Preaching service. 11 o’clock.
EVENING SERVICE:
Presching service, 7:80 o’clock.
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METHODIST
Rev. R. G. L. Edwaids, 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.
Mrs. J. L. Rea and childrer
3 of Wenona passed through herv
i Sunday enroute for Oha-lotte
t where they will visit friends attic
. relatives.
MEMORIAL TO
BE ERECTED
Urged by a patriotic impulse and
fired with an enthusiastic real that
emulates the fortitude and he
| roic sacrifices of their forefathers of
1 the Great Conflict of '61-'65, the
Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
lias set about determinedly to erect
a tablet or marker of marble or
bronze near the site of the sinking
of the Confederate Ram Albemarle
in October; 1864. This event was a
serious blow to the Confederacy,
land divested her of a valuable and
very useful war machine.
The battered and torn smoke
stack of the Ram occupies a con
spicuous place in the Hall of History
Raliegh, a grim reminder of her
[valiant struggle in the Albermarle
sound during the spring of 1864. The
wharf at which the Albemarle was
tied up. and where the disaster oc
curred, was situated almost in front
of where the Riverview Hotel at
Plymouth now stands. The pro
perty is now occupied by the Nat
ional Handle Company.
The old-time sectional hatred is
now passed. People of the North
and South now commune with each
other in perfect harmony in every
pihase of civic, political, religious
and commercial life. The bitterness
of defeat and exultation of victory
have diminished to such an extent
that a universal spirit of brother
hood pervades the hearts and minds
of all our Deonle.
The days of the Recons'. ru:t ion
were met with true valor, and from
the ashes of almost complete de
struction has arisen a tremendous
power in each of the Secession
States. Enterprises of every con
ceivable nature, great educational
and religious institutions, excellent
roads and unsurpassed citizenship
stand as a monument to the memory
of those who met the aftermath of
war, their progeny to our present
generation. The marker to be placed
on the site of the sinking of the
Albemarle is not to be placed there
as a commemmoration of Union
achievement, not that we are prone
to deny or obscure the intrepidity
and heroic daring of Lieutenant
Cushing, but primarily and solely
to establish materially an histori
cal landmark that will serve to in
dicate the spot for future genera
tions.
There is a sentiment that first a
monument should be erected to the
memory of those gallant men who
served in the ranks of the Gray.
The Chamber of Commerce agrees
with them, and among its members
are several who have crossed the
Mason-Dixon line in recent years
and have accepted our land as
theirs. The erection of a Confede
rate memorial should be hastened,
and a gigantic task it should be; for
time and careful study should be
employed in such an undertaking,
and the opinion is that it will soon
be attempted and rushed to suc
cessful and proud completion.
Surley no bronze or marble shaft,
no play of immortal genius, r.o
tomb of ancient or modern splendor
can adequately do homage to those
'grand old heroes. But the best
I that we arc capable of will be done.
)ust now. however, activities will
be directed in perpetuating the
memory of the valiant and battle
scarred Albemarle.
Miss Margaret Ward Jackson,
who is taking a special business
course in Miss Harbartrer’s Secre
tarial School, Raleigh, spent the
week-erd here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jackson,
Mrs. Ellen Gatlin, who has
been visiting relatives and
friends in Stonewall, passed
through here Sunday enrouta
for the home of her son, J. C. Ga$*
lin, at Creswell.