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VOL. 38
PLYMOUTH. N.C., FRIDAY. MARCH It, 1927
NO. 13
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. Jack Read left Sunday for
Toledo, Ohio.
Mr. Jerry Sawyer spent the
week end in Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Ainsley
spent Sunday in Mackeys.
Walter Clark and Jack Peele
spent Sunday in Greenville.
Mr. J. C. Gatlin spent the week
end at his home in Creswell.
Mrs, Tabitha Davenport mo
tored to Rocky Mount Wednes
day.
Mr. A L. Alexander went to
Norfolk Monday on a business
trip.
Dr. R. L. Whitehurst visited
Columbia Saturday on a business
trip.
Miss Emma Gray Moorehead
visited friends in Tarboro last
week.
Miss Sadie Ausbon left today
to visit relatives and friends in
Norfolk.
Mr. Abe Adler was called to
Washington Wednesday on a
business trip.
Mr. R. E. Dunning and Miss
Louise Harrison spent Sunday in
Swan Quarter.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Graves ar.d
Mrs. T. L. Bray were in Rocky
Mount Wednesday.
Miss Helen Tatemof Columbia
was the guest j©f her sister, Mrs.
P. M Arps, Wednesday.
Ben A- Sumner who has been
in town for the last few davs left
this morning for Richmond.
Mr. Fred Ausbon of Chapel
Hill spent the week-end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. W.
Ausbon.
Rev. J. R. Everett, pastor of
Baptist church, spent the week
out of town, visiting his parents
in the western part of the state.
Mrs. B. G. Campbell and little
daughter, Mary Lillian, and Mrs.
Sadie Chesson left Monday for
Wilson to spend a few days with
relatives.
Mr. J. R. Campbell, who is
now traveling in the interest of
the Masonic Lodge in the west
ern part of the state, spent the
week-end with his family.
Mr. Harry Arps and Mesdames
S. D. Davis 8nd E. G. Arps went
to Rocky Mount Monday to visit
Miss Agnes Davis who is criti
cally ill in the Parkview Hospital.
Mr. W. H. I. Jackson, who is
acting as supply pastor at the
Grace Episcopal Church, will de
liver his valedictory sermon, at
the Sunday morning service.
Shortly after this hewilllea\e
for school in a Tennessee city.
Mr. C. F. Parrish, Ass’t. Poul
try Extension Specialist of State
College, Raleigh, is in the city,
engaged in campaigning the
county for more chickens. Mr.
Parrish is here aiding County
Farm Agent, Robert Dunning.
The county commissioners and
the road commissioners held
their regular meeting in the
court house last Monday. A re
presentative from the board of
education met with the commis
sioners and recommended an ap
propriation for the indebtedness
of the fchoole. The board of
county commissioners will offer
for sale bonds to the amount of
$160,000.00 for this and other in
debtedness of the county.
SENIOR CLASS
ENTERTAINED
Miss Npva Gan Roper was hos
tess to the senior class of the Ro
per high school at her home on
Bush street. Miss Mary Carolyn
Hassell received the guests and
ushered them into the living room,
where a color note of gold and red
was carried out. The first thing of
the evening, was an interesting
drawing contest in which each
guest engaged enthusiastically.
Miss Vera Mizeile proved to be the
most accomplished artist of the
group. A beautiful box of stationery
was awarded as the prize. Mr. G.
C. McBane was the successful con
testant in a guessing contest that
followed. The most sensational
feature of the evening was “The
Wheel of Fortune” from which
each guest learned what fate had
decreed for them. As favors the
guests were presented with a
souvenir booklet containing the
class yell, motto, colors and roll
of class of '27. Following the
various contests and games the
guests were led into the dining room
by Miss Roper. The room was
artistically decorated in the colors
of the class. The table was
elaborate in its decorations of gold
and red. brass candlesticks, red
candles and a centerpiece of
narcissus. The place cards were
very attractive and were attached
to a beautiful Ted mint basket
filled with after dinner mints.
After the guests had found their
resoective Diaces at the table. Prof.
E. N. Riddle, superintendent of
Roper schools, and toast-master
for the occassion, offered a very
witty toast to the honored class of
-*27. Mrs. Thomas Chesson gave a
very clever toast to the faculty. A
course of fruit punch was served
followed by a delicious salad course
and a course of blocked ice-cream
and cafe noire. After the refresh
ments the guests were given minia
ture redRoman cannons which con
tained an attractive favor and ap
propriate fortune.
Recorder’s Court
Recorder Norman disposed of
the following cases in Recorder's
Court Tuesday:
Howard Cooper, violating pro
hibition iaw. Jury verdict, not
guilty.
Ed. Sawyer, assaulting his
wife; guilty, assigned to public
roads for two years.
Henry Skinner, violating pro
hibition law, Jury verdict guilty;
fined $200 00 and cost, with pray
er for further judgment cor.*
tinued for two years.
ALMO THEATRE
TO-NIGHT
Ricardo Cortez
and
Jetta Goudal
IN
“The Spaniard”
A Feature Picture
ai SO A GOOD COMEDY
SATURDAY
NIGHT
Matt Moore
IN
“Three Weeks in
Paris'*
ALSO
SIXTH EPISODE
The Phantom Police
and
A GOOD COMEDY
78TH BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATED
Mrs. W W- Satterthwaite,
Mrs W. E Weede and Mrs W. C.
Moore gave Mr. T. L. Satterth
waite a surprise birth day dinner
on the evening of March, 1st, at
the home of Mrs. W. C. Moore
on Jefferson street. A beautiful
and delicious birth-day cake,
handsomely decorated with can
dles was the feature of the
dinner. Thi3 celebrated the
seventy-eighth birth-day of Mr.
Satterthwaite. About twenty
five guests were present, three
of his children being absent.
Mr. Satterthwaite was one of
the county commissioners that
built our new court house; has
been for several years President
of the local Charitable Brother
hood. He is one of the oldest and
best known and beliked citizens
of this sections and the B acon
wishes him many happy returns
of the day just celebrated.
Store Closes for Removal
The store buildings on Water
street leased from W. R. Hamp
ton will soon contain the stock of
the Millers incorporated chain
store, according to information
: revealed by M r. W eathers man
ager of the local store. If the
weather permits and nothing
hampers the progrees of the
workmen, the firm will change
buildings next week. The firm
will enlarge its stock of glass*
i ware, crockery, and aluminum
house-hold furnishings. The
spacious buildings have under
gone extensive repairing and
remodeling.
LOCAL SOLON
ACTIVE AT
CAPITOL
Representative Van Buren Mar
tin returned from the Capitol city
last Tuesday where he has been at
tending the recent session of North
Carolina General Assembly. The
local representative won favorable
recognition among the solons , al
though representing the'citizenship
df one of the smallest counties. He
played a very auspicious part in tl e
passage of several bills. The influ
ence of this eminent assembly-man
was first exerted in the passage of
(he equalization school fund, which
would be a favorable enactment for
the smaller counties, awarding the
county schools of Washington as
fnuch aid from the state as a much
larger county. Then again, he play
Cd a paramount part in the intro
duction of the bill to reform the pre
sent system of selecting jurors, mak
ing the eligible member of a jury,
own a certain amount of property
tlnd have a fair education. PerhaDS
the most notable 'stand taken by
Mr. Martin was the one concerning
the abolishment of the present ex
isting commission of Salary and
Wage, headed by commissioner
Sink, which empowers this man to
State wage and salary of each em
ployee of the state. The lawgivers
will long remember the flood of
oratory turned loose on them by
this Washington county citizen, in
his forensic attack on this commis
sion. Representative Martin de
serves commendation for the ser
vices rendered. the state and this
county especially, during his recent
so-journ in the State’s Capitol City
attending the meeting of the as
sembly-men.
PROCLAMATION
I
Plymouth, North Carolina,
Office of the Mayor.
March, 9th. 1927, A. D.
I. Horace V. Austin. Mayor of the town of Plymouth.
North Carolina; do declare and proclaim the week of March
14.21st, 1927, “Fire Prevention" and “Clean-Up" week.
HORACE V. AUSTIN.
Mayor.
Roper Students Give Recital
On Monday evening at the
school auditorium the seniors of
the music class of Mrs. L. L.
Lewis gave their graduating
recital. Those graduating were
Misses Mildred Lewis, Vera Mi
zell, Mary Carolyn Hassell and
Helen Brey. Immediately fol
lowing the recital, Miss Helen
Brey entertained at her home on
Bank street honoring the seniors
in music. Concluding the even
ing's amusehaent a delightful re
past wa3 served consisting of a
delicious fruit salad course.
Inadvertent Error
It is with sincere regret that
in our write-up last week of
“Safety First," the plav given
by the Mackeya high school on
February 25th., we failed to
mention Miss Gladys Collins,
who so splendidly played the
part of Jack Montgomery,
Mable Montgomery’s husband.
Jack Montgomery was one of
the outstanding characters of
the entire cast and Miss Collins
gave full justice to the part.
Fresh land used for poultry runs
will reduce losses from internal
parasites of the chicks.
Auto Dealer Attends Meet
T. D. Woodley, popular mana
ger of the Woodley Chevrolet
Company, returned the latter
part of last week from Greens
boro where he attended a meet
ing of the Chevrolet salesmen of
three states, the two Carolinas
and Virginia. The meeting was
featured with a banquet in the
new King Cotton Hotel. Several
auto salesmen celebrities partici
pated in the speech-making, the
principal speaker being R. H.
Grant, general sales manager of
the Chevrolet Company. The
local dealer left last Thursday
for his destination. H6 was ac
companied by several friends.
The convention lasted about two
days.
County Sends Three to
Prison
In Washington county with a
population of about eleven thou
sand. only three prisoners were
sent to state's prison at Raleigh
during the last bienniam. Car
taret, Camden, Hyde, Pamlico
and Transylvariia committed only
one during'the same period of
time. Wake leads the other
counties with eighty marked
against it while Guilford is runner
up with seventy-three prisoners
from its domain.
VICTIM OF SNOW
STORM
John Henry Boston an aged
colored man of the Piney Wooda’
section of Martin county was
found dead about a mile from
bis home, last Monday afternoon,
bv his son, John Boston. The ag
ed colored man had been missing
from his home since Tuesday of
last week. He disappeared dur
ing the night of the heavy snow
storm that struck this section.
According to information the
negro had wandered from his
borne and lost his way in the
storm, fell down exhausted and
froze to death. The remains
were interred in the cemetery of
:he Free Union church, near the
nome of the storm’s victim.
Two-Year Sentence for
Assault
Ed Sawyer, middle-aged white
■nan of this section was arraign
ed before Judge Zeb Vance Nor
man of Recorder’s court last
Tuesday, charged with assault
ing his wife with a deadly
weapon. The incident occurred
last Monday morning. Mrs.
Sawyer alleged the husband was
provoked because she appealed
to relatives for aid, charging the
husband with non support. After
a heated argument, the defend
ant threatened the wife with a
knife. This is only one of the
several affrays being staged by
ihe enraged husband. Four chil
iren are left with their mother to
bear the brunt of the hardships
p£ a father's ill-temper, that
caused justice to decree a two
rear prison sentence for this of
fender. Attorneys for the de
fendant noted an appeal,
rhrough default of the prisoner
■ » UAn/lct.mnn Vio uroo ro.
nanded to jail.
Vital Statistics
The report of vital statistics
submitted by W. T. Nurney,
official statistician of this county,
shows that only three deaths oc
:urred in the county during
Feburary, two colored and one
ivhite, while there were five
;olored birlhs and two white.
MACKEYS NEWS [/
Mrs. Ella Waters of Greenville
is visiting at the home of Mrs.
C. W. Snell.
Miss Marjorie Snowden spent
the week-end with her mother
in Snowden.
Mrs. Thomas Ainsley who has
been seriously ill is % reported
some better.
J. C. Tarkenton and W. B.
Chesson a^e among the number
planning to attend hog-field day
at Wenona.
Mr. C. W. Snell, one of Wash
ington county's oldest citizens
and ex-chairman of the board of
county commissioners, is serious
ly ill.
The regular meeting of the
Ladies’ A:d Society of the Pleas
ant Grove church was postponed
on account of the illness of Mr.
Snell.
Miss Mildred Balance member
of the teaching staff of the
Mackeys High School took her
class, the eighth grade, on a hike
and weinne roast last Wednes
day. The. class went down on
Albemarle sound.
Friends of this section regret
to learn that Mr. and Mrs. W. D,
Terry will move to Belhaven at
which place they will reside in
the future. Mr. Terry who is in
employ of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad company has been
transferred to this place.
TO HAVE FIRE
PREVENTION
WEEK
The week beginning March 14th.
has been set as;de as Fire Preven
tion Clean-Up week by the volun
teer fire department and the cham
ber of commerce. This decision was
made during the regular meeting of
the commercial body on last Mon.
day evening. Citizens will be asked
to' use all available time during
next week in ridding their premises
of all rubbish and accumulated de
bris. The rubbish carts will call on
the citizens four times this week
instead of twice as heretofore. There
are three reasons that prompted
these bodies to take these definite
steps: to eliminate fire risks, to
further improve the appearance of
the city and diminish the mosquito
crop. Heretofore our people have
entered into such work with zest
and enthusiasm and it is certain
that this step will meet with the
hearty co-operation of all concern
ed. We offer as a suggestion that
the entire county join in this clean
up campaign as a fire prevention.
Also an appropriation was made
in the meeting for augmenting in
terest in the Cotton Fashion Revue
now being developed by the Thurs
day afternoon Literary Club, which
will be staged in the school auditor
ium on the night of May 5th. The
commercial body concurs heartily
in the movement and will render
any assistance possible.
A committee was appointed to
confer with the Western Union
Telegraph Company relative to
establishing a more adequate and
convenient service in the city. This
service is now conducted in con
nection with the local office of the
Atlantic Coast Line Company and
the station agent is required to
handle all telegraphic service in
addition to his regular duties at
the depot, consequently complete
satisfactory service can not be
rendered.
SKINNERSVILLE NEWS
Mr. Corbett Swain motored to
Hamilton last Friday.
Mr. Clinton Everett spent
Tuesday in Fly mouth.
Dr. W. H Ward and Mr. John
Darden were in the community
this week.
Mrs. Pattie Spruill was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Snell Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs, Walter White
and daughter, Margie, motored
to Washington Wednesday.
Mr. Harold Bendler is spend
ing the week at the heme of Mr.
and Mrs. Guilford Davenport.
Mrs. C. L. Everett and children
were visitors in Pleasant Giove
neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mildred Terry entertain
ea a numDer oi irienus at a
social at her home last Tuesday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Guilford Daven
port and Messrs. C. V. White
ar.d Haicld Bendler spent Sunday
afternoon at the home of Mr. C.
W. Snell.
Mrs. Ida Hodges. Miss Della
Hodges and Mr. Jesse Barnes
spent Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Molly Wiley and
Mrs. Stark Holton.
Schools of Skinnersville, Albe
marle and Scuppernong town
ships were closed for three days,
during the latter part of last
week, owing to the snow.
Several fishermen along the
sound in this section were de
prived of their boats, the storm
washing them ashore against
obstacles tearing them up and
sinking them. Messrs. G. L.
Davenport, Will Chessonand Ce
cil Simpson were among the un
fortunates.