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VOL. 38
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1927
NO. 34
LOCAL NEWS
Herry Williams was in New
Bern Sunday.
Miss Ruth Bowen left Sunday
for Morehead City.
Atty. Henry Spruill of Wind
sor was here Friday.
Miss Louise Harrison returned
from New Bern Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Davis
were in Belhaven Sunday.
Messrs. Lloyd and Louis Hor
ton were in Grifton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Dixon
were in Washington Sunday.
Mrs. Stella Martin* and son
William, left Sunday tor Norfolk.
Mrs. J S. Brown and children
returned Friday from Hertford.
Mrs. P. M. Arps and Mrs
S. D. Davis were in Washington
Wednesday.
Mrs. R. E. White of Ahoskie
was a week-end guest of Mrs. D
A. Bassinger.
Mr. W. L. Whitley and family
are rusticating at W rightsville
Beach this week.
Miss Rosa Davis of Norfolk,
was here visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart Davis Sunday.
Mrs. M. W. Norman and son,
Cyril, left Sunday to spend a few
days at Virginia Beach.’
Mrs. W.C. Miller of Crawford,
Texas, was the guest of Mrs.
Colon Gurkin last week.
Mr. Edward S. Blount accom
panied by Miss Miriam Ausbon
motored to Bay view Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. Dan B. Mizell of
Charlotte are here this week
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H- A. Willi
ford.
Mrs. D. A. Bassinger spent
last week in Hertford visiting
her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
Lane.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Harrell and
Miss Grace Berry were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Nurney
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Watts of
Williamston spent last Sunday
here with Mr. and Mrs. L. P.
Hornthal.
Mrs. Carl Bateman of Rocky
Mount is spending this week
with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Bowen.
Mrs, Fannie Ayers, Mrs. Ben
Sumner, Miss Louise Ayers and
Dr. C. McGowan motored to Bay
view Sunday.
Mr. C. L. Groves and family
returned last week from Finly,
Ohio, where he has been for
sometime on his vacation.
Messrs. Raymond Peal, Ervin
Bowen, Jesse Bateman, Jesse
McNair and Carlysle Poughtie
spent Sunday at Ocean View.
TayloeRead left Monday morn
ing for Akron. Ohio, where he
will become connected with the
Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany.
Misses Ernestine Overton and
Nona Bateman left Sunday for
Parkview Hospital, at Rocky
Mount, where they will go in
graining.
Mr. Willie Manning Harrell
•n^l sister Miss Mary Harrell and
Mi*s Grace Berry of Hertford
were week end gue3ts of Mrs.
A. Bassinger. .
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ROPER SCHOOL
OFFERS NEW
COURSE
The Roper High School deserves
commendation for the supplement
ary course of vocational agricul
ture, that has been added to the
regular high school curriculum this
year. This department is an inte
gral part of the regular school curri
culum, and all the boys in high
school are eligible as students, as
this will not interfere with their
literary work.
Vocational agriculture simply
means farms training. The scien
tific methods of agriculture and the
local practical methods of farming
will be discussed in the class room.
Each student will be required to do
practical work in connection with
his schoolroom duties. This home
work is called a project and each
boy will be responsible for his pro
ject from start to finish and will
receive all profits obtained from it.
The student will keep accurate
records of his transactions and at
the completetion of the project will
be able to ascertain tne pront or
loss. This method of studying will
instruct the boy in practical farm
ing and farm accounting is brought
to the boy on his home farm.
B. G. O’Brien, graduate of the
vocational school in State College,
Raleigh, has accepted a position
with this school as head of this
new department and has started in
active work. The school board is
required to make satisfactory
arrangements for traveling facilities
of the teacher so that he may \ isit
the pupils at cheir home and aid
them in every manner possible in
this capacity. Also the instructor
will aid farmers in every available
manner. In the summer he will
spend his time in aiding the boys
with their home project and helping
farmers solve their agricultural
problems.
MACKEYS NEWS
Mrs. Joe Bunch made a shop
ping trip to Edenton Monday.
Mr. Lloyd Chesson of Tampa,
Fla., is spending some time with
his mother Mrs. Cottie Chesson.
Miss Nellie Tarkenton has re
turned from Chapel Hill where
she has been attending summer
school.
Miss Elizabeth Landing return
ed to Plymouth Sundav after
spending the week with Mrs. J.
C. Tarkenton.
Mrs. John Paul and children,
and Mrs. Will Hodges, of High
Point, are spending sometime
with Mrs. Ida Hodges.
There was no rally day service
of the Roper charge Sunday
because of the closing of the
revival at the Mackeys Church.
Miss Mary Worsham of Nor
folk and Misses Mary Vail and
Louise Dixon of Florence. S. C.
are house guests of Mrs. W. A.
Swain.
Miss Mary Eliza Rice of Hen
derson, who is attending summer
school at Eastern Carolina
Teachers College at Greenville
spent the week-end here with
Mrs. W. B. Chesson.
The young folks of the neigh
boi hood gave Miss Mary Elisa
Rice who was a week-end guest
of M rs. W. B. Chesson, a surprise
party Friday night. Interesting
games featured the amusement.
A delightful watermellon feast
served as refreshments.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Satterth
waite and daughter Leona ac
companied bv Miss Edna Earl
Nurney and Virginia Newberry
motored to Washington Sunday.
Mrs. Thos- G. Moore ar.d child
ren of Washington are guests of
her mother Mrs. A. M. Ayers
this week.
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WOMAN HURT
WHEN AUTOS.
COLLIDE
A Ford automobile driven by
Tom Downing, colored, of this
section, crashed into a Che\ rolet
sedan operated by J. C. G a 11 i n.
county auditor, seriously injurying
Miss Weatherly, who was^an occu
pant of the sedan, Sunday night on
the Roper-Plymouth highway, on
the outskirts of this city.
Neither of the cars were exceed
ing the highway speed limit it was
understood. The accident occured
when Downing suddenly turned off
the highway without giving the
correct signal.
Miss Weatherly, who was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Gatlin, on
the automobile ride, was seriously
injured receiving several cats on the
face and body. Mrs. Gatlin re
ceived several minor injuries while
Mr. Gatlin escaped with a few
scratches and bruises.
Both automobiles were badly
damaged, the Ford received the
greater damages.
SKINNERSVILLE NEWS
Miss Jessie Curies spent Sun
day at the home of Miss Eva
While.
Miss Sabra Bateman snent
Sunday at the home of Miss Della
Hodges.
Atty. and Mrs. Jerry Sawyer
of Plymouth, were guests of
Mrs. Pattie Spruill Sunday.
Miss Mamie Hal,sey spent
Sunday at the home of her broth
er, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Halsey.
Mrs. Emma Swain and son, J.
L)., of Greenville, are spending
some time with Mrs. Henrietta
Swain.
Mesdames John Swain, Walter
White and families spent Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Edgar
Chcsson.
Rev. N. G. Duncan of Creswell
and Mrs. Ida Brickhouse attend
ed the union meeting at Swan
Quarter last Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs- Robert Knight
and family of Columbia spent
Sunday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Mollie Wiley.
Mr. and Mrs. Bercv Everett
and Mr. Carey Long, of Belhaven
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Everett.
Mr. Gilford Davenport. Mas
ters George, William and Wood
row Curies and Miss Fannie
Biggs motored to Columbia Sun
day afternoon the guests of Mr.
anil Mrs. Ike Davenpsrt.
Mis. Emmett Grandv and
children, formerly from Florida,
are here spending some time
with Mrs. Henrietta Swain, be
fore going to Chicago, where
Mr, Grandyhas recently accepted
a position.
ALMO THEATRE
TO-NIGHT
Monta Bell’s
Production
“The Boy Friend”
+—.H—,+
Saturday Night
Richard Dix
IN
“The Quarterback”
ALSO
N1NETH EPISODE
“The Power God”
Tues. & Wed. Night
Norma Shearer
AMD
Lew Cody
IN
“The Demi-Bride”
AUTO FIRM TO
HAVE NEW
QUARTERS
In keening with the progres
sive spirit of their agency, the
Woodley Chevrolet Company is
now preparing to occupy new
quarters. The Ayers building,
corner Water and Jefferson
streets, has been remodeled and
fitted with adequate appoint
ments to accommodate the busi
ness of this ambitious concern.
A complete new front of glass
has been arranged with two
entrances leading to the general
offices and the display room.
The rear space of the building
is being equipped with every
recommended device for service
upon the popular Chevrolet auto
mobile.
The business personnel of the
company is E. S., S. S. and T.
D. Woodley, prominent natives
of this county. V. E. Everett and
W. A. Reynolds are connected
with the sales force.
The popularity of the Woodley
Chevrolet company is fittingly
attested by the remarkable suc
cess it has enjoyed during the
year of its existence. A branch
of this company is located in
Columbia.
Complete occupancy of the new
quarters is expected to be attain
ed about August 15th.
Miss Moorhead Resigns As
County Home Agent
With keen disappointment will
the people of Washington county
receive the news that Miss Emma
Grey Moorhead, has tendered
her resignation as home demon
stration agent. The county au
thorities have accepted the re
signation and Miss Moorhead
will abdicate the place in favor
of her successor who has not
been announced, on the fifteenth
of this month.
In the spring of 1925 she was
appointed to this position and
during her tenure of office has
endeared herself to the women
folk of this community by her
sincere regard for tne work and
stern application to her duties.
With finest recommendations
she came here from Buckhead,
Ga. and in displaying unusual as
siduity to her duties and splendid
sensibilities she has been of in
calaulable value to this county.
VVC.O I CJ V C. r\ INC-VViD
Mr. Johnnie Gaskins motored
to Tarboro Sunday.
Mrs. Carrie Baldwin of Green
ville spent Sunday With Mr. and
Mrs. George Ayers.
Mr. and Mrs Joe Wagner of
Tarboro are visiting Mr. and
Mrs Thomas Gaskins.
Mrs. Herman Goodman and
children of Plymouth spent Sun
day with Mrs- Tom Holland.
MUses Mary Vail and Eliza-j
beth Worsham of Norfolk are;
visiting friends and relatives!
here.
Mrs. Ruth Evans of New Bern
spent the week-end with Mrs. G.
T. Ayers at the home of Mrs, W,
T. Robbins.
Mr. William Gurganus of;
Williamston has returned home :
after spending a few days here
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. David Ambrose,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Silverthorne
of Bath spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Robbins.
Mrs. W. T. Robbins and daugh
ters. Misses Blanche and Mildred
and Mrs. G. T. Avers spent Wed
nesday in Darden’s with friends.
Misses Annie Belle and Bessie
Ambrose, Messrs. Thompson
Everett and Fenner Ambrose of
Bath spent the week-end with
Misses Blanche and Mildred
Robbins.
FIREMEN WILL
GIVE BENEFIT
COMEDY
At the meeting of the volar
teer fire department it w a
decided to present a play, “A!
ways in Trouble,’' the proceed:
which will be used to defra:
expense? of the meeting of th<
Eastern Carolina Firemen’:
Association, which will meet hen
in September, with the local fin
deoartment as host. In the mean
time six men will be invited t(
join in order to swell the numbei
of firemen to the average numbei
of firemen in a town this size.
This organization has been ar
incentive toward lowering th<
rate of fire insurance on building:
in this tov/n from, $1 25 to abou
r>pntr, on the hundred. Busi
ness houses and dwellings ar<
comparatively safe from thb
dreadful and pending menace
These firemen are volunteer:
and should be accorded our ale
in this method that they take tc
raise thisamount rather than ask
ing for it to be contributed. Du<
consideration should be givei
them so that they may entertair
the visiting firemen in a ven
cordial manner.
Officers were a'so elected a
this meeting, as follows: L. W
Gurkin, chief; L. C. Willoughby
ass’t chief; W. C. Moore, fore
man; J. B McNair, ass’t fore
man; Jack Willoughby, chie:
engineer; Jerry Spruill and Surrj
Wright, ass’t engineers; Rober
Tarkenton, secretary.
Announce Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Moorhead
of Buchhead, Ga., announce th<
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter
Emma Grey, to William Huber
Dowis, of Duluth, Ga. The wed
ding to take place August 24, ai
the Bethany Baptist Church, neaj
Madison, Ga.
Miss Moorhead is a gradual
of the Georgia State College foi
Women, at Milledgeville, Ga. anc
received decrees from Peabody
College, Nashville, Tenn. She
was head of the department oi
Home Economics in the Eighth
District, Agricultural anc
Mechanical College, at Madison
ua., ior live years auu mr uit
last two years has been engaged
in home demonstration work ir
Washington county, with head
quarters at this place.
Mr. Dawis is a graduate oi
Mercer University,at Macon, Ga.
and is nov^ pursuing post gra
duate courses at William and
Mary College, at Williamsburg,
and Notre Dame College, at South
Bend, Ind. He is a former coach
of the football team at the Eighth
district, Agricultural and
Mechanical School, at Madison.
Ga. For three years he has been
coach of the football squad at
the Riverside Military Academy
at Milledgeville, Ga. and will
return to this schuol in the same
capacity, next year, having led
the team to the championship ir
the prep schoots in Georgia Iasi
season.
Miss Spruill Entertains
Miss Mildred Spruill entertain
ed a number of friends at a de
lightful watermelon party at hei
home on Jefferson street, Tues
day evening. It was a well at
tended partv. Games were play
ed and enjoyed by the guests
Watermelon was served as re
freshments.
Many a man's reputation foi
truthfulness goos lame when h<
begins to say things about himself
Jtyrrell will
HAVE NEW
HIGHWAY
■ The board of Tyrrell County com
j missioners witnessed with triumph
- the culmination of the 12 months
5 struggle between them and the
r state highway commissioner Mon
; day when the latter party signed a
i contract to take over and maintain
: as a state highway the road from
! the county captiol, Columbia, to
■ Fort Landing. The state treasurer
i certified documents, with the con
■ tract making $50,000 available for
■ this purpose. The new highway
will comprise twenty miles through
River Neck and Sound Side com
munities, which serves half of the
county traffic and runs through the
most fertile Irish potato growing
belt in the world.
In August of 1926, Tyrrell Coun
ty authorities borrowed $156,000 to
lend to the state for the purpose of
hardsurfacing the road from Colum
bia to the Washington county line,
which is six miles in length.
In February 1927, the board of
county commissioners decided to
i use the $156,000 that it should re
ceive from the state, in payment of
' the loan to build more roads in the
county.
Later the commissioners decided
to issue bonds for $156,000 and to
, let the highway commissioner, in
• stead of paying the loan out of the
. nr\r\mnriofir\n hv fhf* rPCCnt
legislature for this county, use the
appropriation made by the state to
build better roads for the county.
In April the county authorities
passed a resolution to put the Co
lumbia-Fort Landing road in the
hands of the state rcsquesting that
’ they maintain it as a state highway.
: Negotiations concerning this mat
: ter terminated Monday when the
’ state highway commissioner ac
' cepted the proposition.
Tyrrell county was allocated $74.
000 of the recent appropriation
made by the legislature. This
money has been tied up in the hand
of the state treasurer since March
as the result of a report made the
state highway commissioner by a
ceunty official.
Atty. Jerry A Sawyer, of this
place, aided in removing this legal
tangle which had been hindering
any definite steps being made on
the building of the road. Tuesday
this matter was adjusted with the
state treasurer and work will com
mence at once.
There was only six miles of high
way in the county. This was in
creased to 26 miles last Monday.
The goal to be reached by those
seeking highways is 50 miles. After
getting the road from Columbia*
through Cum Neck and Kilkemny
to Fairfield, connecting Hyde and
Tyrrell counties the road problem
jn this county will be solved, says
Atty. Sawyer.
Commercial Body Donates
To Advertising Fund.
The local chamber of commerce
in session here Monday evening
voted to contribute $20 as Ply
mouth's quota to i*- advertising
fund which is bein >ed by the
Eastern Carol in chamber of
Commerce, with -rjadquarters at
Kinston.
Pictures, maps and literature will
be used in this campaign sponsored
by the sectional commercial organi
! ration. This advertising matter
with agricultural and industrial
products will be exhibited in seve
ral fairs in the middle western
states, and in several fairs in this
section.
This campaign will cost the sec
tional commercial body about $2,
1500. Washington county will be
I well represented in the scheme.
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