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VOL. 38
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRiDAY, MARCH 18, 1927
NO. 14
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. T. D. Woodley spent last
Sunday in Creswell.
Mr. Wesley Hardison spent
last week-end in Kenly.
Victor Everett was in William
ston on business Wednesday.
Mr. Ed Ayers spent last Sun
day with his family in Rocky
Mount.
Jack Peele motored to Rocky
Mount on a business trip Wed
nesday.
Mr. R. W. Johnson and Lue
Read were in Columbia last
Monday.
Mrs. W. F. Mideett of Eliza
beth City spent last Sunday in
Plymouth.
Mr. D. T- Singleton of Eliza
beth City was in town thi3 week
on business.
Mr. and Mrs L 0. Horton
and L. A. Horton spent Sunday
in Morehead City,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Harley
and Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Modlin
spent Tuesday in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R Hardison
and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Nurney
motored to Halifax last Sunday.
Mr. and Mr3. J. S. Ainsley
and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Holiday
motored to Washington last Sun
day.
Mrs. R. (J. L. Edwards, mem
ber of the teaching staff of the
Ahoskie school was in town Sun
day.
Mrs. A. W- Swain of Raleigh,
arrived Sunday, to spend several
days visiting friends and rela
tives.
Mr. Walter Paramore, who is
now with the Beacon, spent last
Sunday visiting his parents in
Scotland Neck.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Winslow
and Mrs. Verona Arthur of
Washington, spent Sunday in
this city visiting friends and re
latives.
Henry Williams and D. L.
Weathers spent last Sunday in
Roper as the gue3ts of the for
mers parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. Williams.
Van B. Martin, Jr., who is a
student at Wake Forest College,
spent the past week-end here
with his parents, Mr. and Mis.
Van B. Martin.
Mr. D. A. Hurley, formerly
city clerk of Plymouth now with
Bray Brother’s Company, a
Greensboro firm, spent the week
end in the city.
Miss Ruby Harrison, member
of Swans Quarter school faculty
spent last week-end in this citv
with her parental Mr. and Mrs.
E. G- Harrison.
Mr. J. W. Read, tire salesman
of the United States Rubber Co.,
returned last Sunday from a
week’s visit at the companies’
factories at Detroit and Indian
apolis.
Mr. B. G. Campbell left for
Wilson last Saturday night
where ha met his family which
has been visiting in that vicinity
for a few days. They returned
list Sunday.
MASONIC
SERVICES
Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, pastor
of »he local Methodist church
will deliver a discourse to the
Perseverance Lodge of the Mas
onic Order at the Sunday evening
service. Nearly three score
masons will compose the audience
with a large number of others
present. The fraternal body wiil
meet at the Masonic Hall at d
proceed to the church !n a body.
Most Worship ful Master Harry
Stell will lead the body in which
many town notibles will be in
cluded. Rev. Edwards sermon
will be based on masonic ideals.
Special music will be an added
attraction of the service. Visit
ing masons and others are urged
to attend the service.
Autos Collide
A Hudso i automobile driven
by Bruce Bateman of Skinners
ville crashed into a Ford coupe
operated by E. W. Burgess, local
pressing club prcp'ietor, last
Saturday night in front of
the O’Henry Drug Store. The
damage was slight, only impair
ing the Ford to the extent of
twenty-five dollars. None of the
occupants of the cars were in
jured.
Thirteen Cooking Clubs in
County
In an interview with Miss.
Emma Morehead, county home
demonstration agent, a reporter
of this paper obtained seme in
teresting information. She
stated that about 210 girls in this
county was organized into thir
teen cLbs, known as the 4.II
Club Girls. These girls meet
twice a month in the following
school houses to study nutrition
and cookery; Kelly; Mackey?,
Wenona, Allens, Monticello,
Roper, Pleasant Grove, Creswell,
Scuppernong, Mount Tabor,
Cherry and Plymouth. |The3e
classes di-:cuss the proper cooking
of cereals, fruits, vegetables,
eggs, milk, meats, and quick
breads and an assignment for
certain recipes to be cooked at
home, are given out at each
meeting, The study of nutrition
is the art of acquiring good food
habits, proper health habits and
the planning of balanced diets,
which is in connection with the
usual cooking lessons,
Government figures show some
5,000,000 farmes produce eggs,
ALMO THEATRE
TO-NIGHT
AND
SATURDAY NITE
Wallace Berry
and
Raytjiond Hatton
IN
“Behind the Front”
A Comedy-Drama with one
gil ion laughs
ALSO
SEVENTH EPISODE
The Phantom Police
MONDAY-TUESDAY
“Flesh and the Blood”
POULTRY
SHIPMENT
About one thousand pounds of
chickens were loaded on a car at
the A. C. L, station this week and
shipped to Northern markets. This
fowl meat averaged about thirty
cents a pound, which means that
the poultry producers of this county
received about three thousand dol
lars for these broilers and old hens
Mr. R. E. Dunning, county farm
agent, directed this project. Mr.
Dunning offers a few suggestions to
poultryman, in the following para
graphs of this article.
After the chicks arc dry give
sand as grit and sour milk to drink
If the chicks should act lively after
about forty-eight hours give them
their first feed consisting of oatmeal
or rolled oats, raw and dry.
mixed with a yolk or a hard boiled
egg. one yolk to each thirty chicks.
Feed five times a day until the fifth
day. Then feed them some good
chick food. Following this feed
them dry mash, only what they
will clean up in fifteen minutes, i
Keep ground oyster shell and char
coal before them all the time. Then
let them have green feed, as green
oats or clover. At this time they
are to be placed in a lot which has
scratch grain.
Chamber of Commerce to j
Aid Farmers
In the meeting of the chamber
of commerce here last Monday
evening, the body adopted a
limited advertising campaign.
The Agrien'tural Committee
composed of Mr. R. E. Dunning,
county farm agent and Mr. R.W.
Johnson, will direct the cam
paign. For eight or more conse
cutive weeks these men will
arrange articles to appear in the
Beacon. These con'rlbutior s
will be used in spreading prop
aganda of especial benefit to
farmers and will deal with sub
jects of importance to all.
The secretary was instructed
to correspond with the Atlantic
Boast Line Company in regards
to observing fire prevention week
by burning off the tract of ground
between the coast line station
and the Wilts Veneer Company's
plant.
Home Agents Schedule
The following slate is a sched
ule for the various meetings that
will be held by local Home Dem
onstration Agent, Miss Emma
Gray Morehead, daring the week
of March 21st, to 26th:
MONDAY
11:00 to 12:00 o’clock, Mt. Ta
bor.
1:00 to 2:00 o'clock, Cherry,
Girls Club.
2:30 to 4:00 o’clock, Mt. Ta
bor Women’s Club.
TUESDAY
11:00 to 12 00 o'clock, Mackev3
Girls Club.
1:00 to 2:C0 o’clock, Pleasant
Grove Girls Club.
2 30 to 4:30 o’clock, rleasant
Grove Women’s. Club.
WEDNESDAY
11:00 to 12:00 o’clock, Roper
Girls Club.
1:00 to 2:00 o’clock, Mackeys
Girls Club.
2:30 to 4:30 o’clock, Swains
Women.s Club.
THURSDAY
9:30 to 10:00 Creswell Girls
Club.
12:30 to 1:30 o’clock, Scupper
nong Girls Club.
2:30 to 4:30 o’clock, Creswell
Womens Club.
FRIDAY
I 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock, Women’s
, Club.
I SATURDAY
I A M., office.
FASHION
REVUE
A movement is on foot to pul
King Cotton back on his throne
The Thursday Afternoon Literary
Club will undertake this problem
by staging a cotton fashion revue
at which King Cotton will reigr
supreme. May. 6th has been set
as the date for this event which wil:
be given at the school auditorium
Thirty dollars in prizes will be
awarded the ones wearing the most
attractive cotton costumes. The
contestants must be natives oi
Washington county, between the
ages of two to sixty, attired onl>
in cotton clothing with a hat. dress
hose and underclpthing and shoes
of this fibre, with the provision
that the material to make these
garments be purchased from the
sixteen firms supporting this ven
ture and all contestants should
be formally entered by May. 1st.
A Popular fee of twenty-five and
thirty-five cents will be charged for
admission. The Williamston or
chestra will furnish music for
the occassion.
Birthdays Celebrated
A very attractive birthday
party was given at the country
home of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Dunbar, celebrating the birth
days of Miss Leila Mae Dunbar
and Miss Myrtle Jackson. Mr.
and Mrs. Dunbar were ably us
sistea in preparing ior uns event
b\ Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jackson.
The table was handsomely de
corated with an attractive color
scheme. The birthday cakes we; e
located at each end of the table,
Miss Jackson’s cake containing
eighteen candles and Miss Dun
bar’s having twenty-one. Vari
ous and numerous gifts were
pres.nted the young ladies
Music and progressive con versa
tion was the feature of the partv
A delicious dessert was served
consisting of ice-cream and cake
About twenty-five guests attend
ed, a number of Plymouth citi
zens being present.
| AMONG OUR |
| CHURCHES |
BAPTIST
Rev. J. R. Everett, Pastor
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o’clock.
Preaching services, 11 o’clock
Subject: “Sons of God”.
EVENING SERVICE:
B. Y. P. U., 6:30 o’clock.
Preaching service, 7:30 o’clock.
Subject: “Repentance”.
Mid-week prayer service Wed
nesday evening 7:30 o'clock.
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EPISCOPAL
Rev. «. F. Knight
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o'clock.
Preaching service, 11 o’clock.
EVENING SERVICE:
Preaching service, 7:30 o’clock.
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METHODIST
Rev. R. U. L. Edwards, Pastor
MORNING SERVICE:
Sunday School, 9:45 o’clock.
Preachirg services, 11 o’clock.
Subject: ‘The Christian’s Satis
faction”.
EVENING SERVICE:
Preaching service, 7:30 o’clock
Masonic Sermon.
Mid-week prayer service Wed
nesday evening 7:30 o’clock.
SCHOLARSHIP
OFFERED
Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Jones, Presi
dents of the Pineland School for
young Girls and a Junior College
for Women, recently informed Mr,
John W. Darden, Washington
county supervisor of schools, that
they were offering a scholarship
valued at $50.00 to some girl in this
county. With the aid of ti c scholar
ship fund the student's expenses
will be reduced to $200.00 lor the
college year. Those making ap
plications for the generosity of this
school shall be a graduate of an ac
credited high school and of good
moral character. The girl should
be one with a purpose. The authori
ties are not concerned whether the
applicants be wealthy or not. The
school is located in Salemburg. a
Sampson county town.
This institution rank as a Stand
ard Junior College. Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith, pays a glowing tribute
to the presidents and the faculty
for the scholastic qualifications of
each on the teaching staff.
Those wishing to make application
for this gift will write or see Mr.
John W. Darden. Mr. Darden has
been empowered to choose the
fortunate girl from this county.
Celebrates Golden
Anniversary
Nearly one hundred relatives and
friends coming from two states and
hailing from nearly a score of towns
wended their way to the country
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Allen
last Sunday to participate in the
celebration of the golden annivers
I ary of these progenitors. Mr. Allen
■ recently commemorated hisseventy
! fifth birthday while Mrs. Allen has
"only seen sixty-six birthdays. The
crusade of travelers that journeyed
t-o this destination were composed
of friends and the posterity of this
aged couple. Since the nuptial knot
was tied a half century ago, thirteen
children were born to this union
twelve now living. Each of the
ch'ldren of the immediate family
were present at the celebration.
A bountiful dinner was served
in the spacious yard in picnic style
being spreaded on a rough-hcw'cd
and hurriedly constructed table
that was arranged for thisoccassion
under several trees that adorn the
yard of this home. Members of
several generations surrounded the
table to partake of the food that
was prepared in the old-time style,
fried chicken, ham, sandwiches and
cakes galore, adorned the table that
was bountifully spread with good
things. Mr. Walter Allen of Roa
noke Rapids invoked Divine bless
ings upon the food.
John W. Darden,
county schools made
an inspiring address, stirring
reminisciences of historical data of
the family and paid a glowing tri
bute to the celebrating couple.
supervisor of
the gathering
Miller Inc., Moving
This is to call your attention
to the half-page display ad of
the Miller, Inc ,chain store,which
appears on the back page of this
issue. This firm announces the
opening of their new store in the
Hampton building, which has
been enlarged and remodeled to
have the necessary capacity de
manded by this progressive firm.
The store will be closed for
next week and will re-open on
Saturday, March 26th.
Miss Mary Spruill and Mr.
.Terry Sawyer, Miss Esther
Stearn and Mr. Smut Smith and
Miss Mary Brinson and Dr.
Claudius McGowan attended the
services held at Mount Hermotli
church last Sunday.
OPENS PLANT
WITH DANCE
A beautiful ball was given last
evening by the local chamber of
, commerce celebrating the opening
of the National Handle Company’s
$150,000.00 plant that has recently
' been erected on the outskirts of the
[city in a westerly direction of the
business section. The dance pavilion
was located in the spacious new
warehouse which had been artisti
cally decorated for the gala oc
j cassion. Nearly three hundred pco
I pie were present at this ostentatious
| social event, I his will be remember
ed as one of the most elaborate
isocial functions of this season in
i this section. Numbers of visitors
I from the surrounding communities
were issued invitations and swarmed
the dance floor. Several former
residents of the city were seen it
the throng that pcomeraded across
the floor keeping time with old
melodies played by the visiting
orchestra. Many local couples were
on the floor, dancing while the
syncooated tones of the Richmond
orchestra trilled forth tones of gaiety
combined with the modern jazz
music.
Judge Zeb Vance Norman. Mr.
R. P. Walker and Mr. H. A. Willi
ford comprised the committee that
was appointed by the commercial
body to arrange the details regard
ing the ball. 7 he program was
shortened on account of the failure
enmn t- ----
any who were talented musicians,
failed to appear. Mu ic was featu
red by the Lloyd Patterson Orches
tra o! Richmond, Va.
Recorder’s Court
Judge Zeb Vance Norman of
Recorders Court, meted out jus
tice to the one offender of the
law that came before him during
the regular session of the court
on last Tuesday. Walter Allen,
colored youth, charged with vio
lation of the prohibition law and
was fined five dollars and costs.
SKINNERSVILLE NEWS
Mrs. Pattie Spruill spent Sun
day at the home of Mrs. Walter
White.
Mr. C. V. White is mending
seine for Mr, W. R. Hampton
this week.
Mrs. P. II. Bell of Edenton
spent Wednesday as the guest
of Mrs. C. L. Everett.
Mr. and Mrs. Clenton Everett
spent Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr. Charlie Snell.
Mrs. Stark Holton, Mrs. Molly
Viley and Mr. George Wiley
Holton were in Plymouth Friday.
Mr. Richard Phelps of Wil
mington was the guest of Mrs.
Guilford Davenport Dst Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Sawyer
of Spring Hope spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cur'es.
Mrs. C. V, White spent the
week-end in Edenton as the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
T. White.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Blount
and family were the guesss of
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Davenport
last Sunday.
Mr. Charles T. White of Ed
enton spent Thursday and Fri
day with his parents Mr. and
Mrs. C, V. White.
Mr. and Mrs. George Swain
and daughter, Doris, of Suffolk,
Va., spent the week-end with
Mrs. Hemietta Swain.
Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Phelp3
spent Sunday at Bay Postoffice
as the guests of Mrs. Phelp’a
mother, Mrs. McCabe.
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