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VOL. 40
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1928
NO. 3
Church Folks Laud
Work Of Departing
Baptist Minister
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Holds Special Service In
Christian Church In
Honor Rev. Everett
CHURCH PRESENTS
MINISTER A GIFT
FourTopics Bearing On The
Life Of The Minister Were
Discussed By Speaker; J W.
Darden Acted As Master Of
Ceremonies; Rev. Everett
Responded To Addresses By
Local Orators
Despite the inclement weather
church folks gathered into the local
Christian church yesterday evening to
hear speakers pay tribute to the Rev.
J. R. Everett, pastor of the local Bap
tist Church, who has tendered his res
ignation in order to take up post-grad
uate work in the Southern Baptist The
ological Seminary, at Louisville, Ky.,
of which institution the minister is a
graduate. The resignation will become
effective the first day of the new year.
A special program was arranged
which was featured by special music,
prayer, and speeches. A beautiful
fountain pen was presented to the de
parting minister from members of the
Christian Church. John YV. Darden,
superintendent of the Bible School at
tiic Christian Church, acted as master
of ceremonies as the pastor of the
church was on the program. Much
tribute was paid to the successful work
cf the minister while in the city con
nected with the Washington Street
Baptist Church.
Walter H. Paramore, a local news
paperman, spoke to the congregation
for a few minutes on an assigned topic,
“The Rev. Mr. Everett as a Citizen.’
Prof. M. G. Darden, chorister of the
Christian Church, spoke on the topic
entitled, “The Rev. Mr. Everett as a
Friend.” “The Rev. Mr. Everettt as
a Community Man,” was the subject
oi a talk by E. H. Liverman, a local
merchant, while the Rev. W. E. Nor
ris. pastor of the Christian Church, dis
cussed the theme of “The Rev. Mr.
Everetf as a Minister.”
Each of the speeches tended to give
a review of the successful work of the
_mlnictpr in thp rhnri'h for
the last two years and seven months
since he accepted the local charge. The
Rev. J. R. Everett expressed thanks
to the ones sponsoring the occasion
for the spirit manifested by them in
extending this courtesy to him.
FINE $25 AND COSTS EACH FOR
HAVING WINE IN POSSESSION
Fines of $25 and costs each were
imposed upon James and Wilkam
Tarkenton of the Pea Ridge section
that entered a plea of guilty of mak
ing some 132 gallons of wine in as
sorted flavors for their own use by
Judge Zeb Vance Norman in Record
er’s Court here Tuesday. This wine
was seized by officers some time last
week. Other cases were tried at this
time also.
ALMO THEATRE
TONIGHT
John Gilbert
IN
‘‘Four Walls”
M. G. M. NEWS
Saturday Night Only
Clara Bow
IN
“Ladles of the Viob”
Last Episode of Serial
"Perils of the Jungles”
ALSO FIRST CHAPTER
“Mark of the Frog”
COMING SOON
'King of Kings”
CHRISTMAS WAS
OBSERVED
QUIETLY
Rain falling here in torrents or
Christmas day failed to quench thr
usual enthusiasm which prevails at
this time of the year. Many people
stayed in the house and postponed
their Christmas trips while some dar
od to venture forth into the inclement
weather in quest of happiness. Busi
ness was suspended for the day.
School has been closed for two week
and wil reopen on January 7.
Churches caught the Christmas spirit
and entertained with appropriate a
musements commemorating the birth
of the Christ Child.
Singing of carols, presentation of a
playlet commemorating the nativ.ty
of Christ and other items were on
the program that was held in the
Christian Church Sunday evening in
the place of around the community
Christmas tree owing to inclement
weather. The service was held unde,
the auspices of the Major Louis
Charles Latham chapter of the Unit
td Daughters of the Confederacy. I
is thought that about 300 attended.
A special Christmas program was
rendered at the Methodist Church
during the Sunday School hour or
last Sunday was very much enjoyed
The program was arranged and direct
ea by Mesdames R. G. L. Edwards
end Katherine Harrison who were ap
pointed to the task by J. W. Norman
superintendent of the Sunday Schoc
of the Method.st Church.
Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock the
Grace Episcopal Church members pic
sented a p-layet which was a cele
bration of the nativity of Christ
which was much enjoyed. A vested
choir was enlarged by choral mem
bers of other denominations furnish
ed the appropriate music. Spec:a'
music also was rendered by indivi
duals-. Miss Evelyn Cahoon was the
Madonna.
The Baptist Church commemorated
the occasion with a sermon by the
minister and special song numbers at
the morning and evening service.
Card of Thanks
We take this method stating our ap
preciation for the many kind and
sympathetic words spoken; the many
services rendered; and the beautiful
flowers that were contributed during
the sudden death of LaFayette Weede.
FAMILY
Columbia News
Wilbur Swain, of New York City,
is in town this week.
Billie Houtz is spending the week
with his parents in Elizabeth City.
A sunrise meeting was held «t the
Baptist Church Christmas morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Swain, of Raleigh, are
in town visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. McCommic are
the house guests of Mrs. Eva Spruill.
A large number of people attended
the dance at Earl Davenport's Cafe
Christmas night.
Mrs. Martha Bateman and son, Eu
gene, are visiting Mrs. Wade Woodiey
in Rocky Mount this week.
Miss Lucy Felton, a nurse in the
Columbia Hospital, is spending \the
holidays at her home in Washington,
N. C.
Miss Thelma Alexander, Miss Chen
cey Reynolds, Lonnie Liverman, and
Russell Owens motored to Plymouth
last week.
Misses India and Camile Bateman,
students at the East Carolina Teachers
College, at Greenville, are at home
spending the holidays.
Miss Dixie Holloway, student at the
East Carolina Teachers College, at
Greenville, is at home spending the
Christmas holidays with her parents,
FUNERAL HELD
FOR MR. JONES
THURSD/^
Funeral services were held in La
Grange yesterday afternoon for Elli
. n Jones, 73 years of age, who died
here Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock as
the result of a severe case of heart
trouble which attacked him about four
weeks ago. Several times it seemed
that Mr. Jones would survive the ail
ment, and just before his death it
seemed that he had taken a turn foi
the better. Mr. Jones' wife preceded
Irm to the grave several years ago.
Interment was made in a cemetery
near LaGrange, where the wife of Mr.
Jones had been buried years before,
j he funeral was conducted by min
ister of a church in the Lenoir county
town. A large number of friends and
relatives from this place attended the
Mineral. A beautiful floral offering was
piesented by the large crowd that at
t< nded and from friends that remained
here.
Although a native of Mount Olive,
in Duplin County, Mr. Jones had
been living in this county for the past
i fr. e years, where he was assistant man
| nger of the Plymouth Brick Co. He
j was a member of the Baptist Church
: and was a devoted churchman until his
i demise. He is survived by two broth
! ers. D. S. Jones, ot this place; and
E< nson Jones, of Norfolk, who has
been here for the past two or three
weeks at his bedside.
Previous to coming to this place, Mr.
Jones had been a resident of Norfolk
and other places. He came here as
assistant manager of the Plymouth
Brick Co., which is being operated at
the present with a brother, P. S. Jones
as manager. Ever since Ellison Jones
arrived here he had been actively en
gaged in this work.
NO PROGRAM AT PEANUT
SHOW FROM THIS COUNT
No program will be delivered to
day by Washington county talent a
the Eastern Carolina and Tidewatc
Virginia Peanut Exposition that is ir.
progress in Williamston under the
auspices of the Eastern Carolina
Chamber of Commerce, it was learn
;i today from Mrs. W. H. Clark,
chairman of the committee on pro
gram for Plymouth. “The Kitchen
Cabinet Orchestra” which was sche
duled to be presented by locals ha
been called off on account of illness
of so many of the performers.
The exposition is in full swing al
though the weather was bad for the
first few days. People from here at
tending the show on Tuesday night
stated that a large crowd attended
at that time despite the rain that fell
in orrents all day long Christmas
day. Plymouth’s booth is very well
filled with products of this place es
pecially of dressed hardwood. Other
booths are attractive.
Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Mizelle of
Charlotte were here. Wednesday.
There are 13 students from Wash
ington county attending North Caro
lina State College this term. They
include: G. T. Barden, freshman in
mechanical engineering school; H. C.
Cahoon, freshman, agriculture; J. M.
Darden, freshman, electrical engineer
ing; Harry Gurkin, freshman, elec
trical engineering; H. T. Landing,
Woodley Chevrolet Company
Will Display New Model Sat.
Woodley Chevrolet Company will j
exhibit the new 1929 model six cvlin- |
der Chevrolet in their display window '
beginning tomorrow, December 29, it j
was learned today from T D Woodley,
senior partner in the firm. This car (
will be shown here in advance of the |
showing that will be in the New York
Automobile Show next week.
When the New York automobile
show opens next week, with more
than 45 domestic manufacturers exhib
iting their 1929 models, Chevrolet Mo
tor Co. will again be awarded first
place at the show. This award car
ries with it the honor position in the
exhibit, an award coveted by all manu
facturers because of its allotment on
a strict merit basis.
Each year the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce which spon
sors both the New York and Chicago
automobile shows makes the award.
And each year the standard of com
putation has been the same. Manu
facturers are ranked strictly on the
amount of business transacted during (
the fiscal year ending the August prior J
to the time the showing is held. I he
first place award applies for both the
New York and Chicago shows.
The new line of sixes which Chev
rolet will display at the show this year
has already been viewed at advance
showings throughout the country by
millions of people. Since the mid-No
vember announcement of the new line,
Chevrolet’s vast productive facilities
have been rapidly getting underway at
all the Chevrolet assembly plants, so
that within a few weeks Chevrolet will
be running close to full capacity.
The first of the deliveries of the new
car arc scheduled to take place through
out the country immediately after
January 1st. Already the 10,000 Chev
rolet dealers who comprise Chevrolet’s
great retailing chain in this . country
have been supplied with models of the
new line.
Tomorrow is also important in Chev
rolet’s calendar because it marks the
date set by company heads for a granr
national showing of the 1929 models ir
all dealers’ show rooms in the Unitec
State*.
BURGLARS RAID
LOCAL BEAUTY
SHOP
Officers are continuing their search
for the burglars that forced an entrance
into Reene’s Beauty Shop here pos
sibly Tuesday night and made away
with between $400 and $450 worth of
merchandise, such as hose, jewelry,
ladies’ undergarments, and other valu
ables. So clever and timely was the
crime committed that it has for a time
baffled the authorities as the robbers
left no promising clue as to their iden
tity.
After an investigation the authori
ties decided that the crime was perpe
trated by the persons who had re
moved a pane from a rear window and
reached in from the outside and un
locked the window from the top, mak
ing it possible to hoist it, thus making
it possible for them to enter. Al
though the place has been looted, there
was no hurried or rapid working of
the parties, as there was no evidence
that the place had been thrown into
confusion or any of the stock misar
raitged.
Mrs. Irene Latham, owner and man
ager of the beauty parlor, stated that
lie had stayed at the shop until about
2 o’clock on the night of the robbery,
owing to the rush of business that is
generally noted at Christmas times.
There was no one snooping around
during the first part of the night, as
far as any one knew. Policeman Har
Uison stated tnat nr naci passed me
place during the night but hadn't no
ticed anything wrong.
Sheriff J. K. Reid and Chief of Po
lice P. W. Brown investigated the rob
bery as it was reported to them on
Wednesday morning. Possibly they
had some clue that they would not re
veal to the press at the present. It
is thought that they will be able to
apprehend the guilty party some time
in the next day or two. Tracks led
from the rear window in the shop tc
the vacant lots on the back of tlu
stores right on out to the street, where
they were lost owing to the cement.
UNION MEETING AT COLUM
BIA TOMORROW AND SUNDAY
Columbia, Dec. 27.—The Roanoke
Union Association of the Christian
churches in this section will have their
regular union meeting with the local
Christian church Saturday and Sun
dav. Delegates from the various
churches in the union are urged to be
present at the opening session Satur
day morning. Ralph Tyre, of Bath,
president of the association, will be in
charge of the meeting. W. O. Ellis,
of Washington, is secretary. Rev,
Norris, from the local church, will
likely attend with some members from
here.
freshman, mechanical engineering; R
R. Lewis, senior, electrical engineer
ing; C. E. Mizelle, Jr., freshman
business administration; J. W. Nor
man, Jr., senior, chemical engineer
ing.
M. G. Norman, senior, architectural
engineering; W. H. Peal, freshman,
civil engineering; J. H. Swain, junior,
agriculture; J. T. Tetterton, fresh
man, business administration, and M,
D. Tetterton, junior, electrical en
gin ee ring.
Officials Discredit
Murder Theory In
Death Of Weede
WRECK VICTIM
RECOVERING
SLOWLY
Repoits form the bedside of Mrs.
Job Clayton, of Roper, reaching here
yesterday revelaed that she was slow
ly but gradually recovering from in
juries sustained when an automo
bile in which she was riding turned
turtle between here and Roper late
Wednesday evening. Suffering from
the shock and a broken leg she spent
a restless night. Other occupants of
the car in which the lady was riding
escaped serious injury.
Information received here revealed
that a high-powered automobile was
being driven at a rapid rate of speed
or. the highway between here and
.Rcper by her daughter, Mrs. Sankey
Eubanks of Durham, when the head
lights on an oncoming car caused her
to lose control of the automobile just
as she passed another car on the road
which caused the fast moving Cadil
lac to turn over two or three times.
In the car were Mrs. Job Clayton
of RoDer: Mr. an Mrs. Sankey Eu
banks, of Durham; and Herman Clay
ton, of Baltimore, who were headed
toward Plymouth after spendinr
some time in Roper at the hort? c'
Mrs. Job Clayton. The wrecked au
tomobile was brought to town by a
wrecking machine of a local garage
on Wednesday after Dr. C. McGowan
had attended to the injured persons
+hat were in the car.
Among the unusual things that war
noted of the wreck no one was seri
ously injured but Mrs. Job Clayton
if Roper, whose leg was broken be
tween the knee and the ankle. Others
in the over-turned car escaped with
only scratches. The damage of the
automobile was estimated in the hun
dreds of dollars. Mrs. Eubanks is a
daughter of Mrs. Clayton.
FIREMEN TO HAVE SPECIAL
MEETING THIS EVENING
Among the important matters that
will be discussed by members of the
fire department that will meet here
this evening for a special session will
he the advisability of securing the ath
letic equipment and installing it in the
firemen’s headquarters, which was
turned over to them by the defunct
Plymouth Athletic Club.
Other important matters are sched
uled for discussion and settlement.
Every member is urged to attend. It
is thought that there will possibly be
a reorganization of the department
preparatory to the beginning of the
work for the new year. A report of
the year’s work will likely be made
also.
Cherry News
Clyde Spruill has opened a garage
in this town.
A Christmas tree was given at Mt.
Tabor Church Friday evening.
Miss Hallie Snell is spending the
Christmas holidays with relatives.
A play was given in the school audi
torium Wednesday evening, December
19.
John Swain, who has been working
in South Carolina, is visiting his fam
ily.
Miss Annie Woodley, a teacher in
the Oak City school, is at home for the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whitt, of South
Carolina, are guests of Mrs. Annie Mc
Gowan.
Woodley Ambrose and Miss F.ula
Davenport were quietly married at the
home of Rev. Roy Respass Sunday
evening.
Misses Mary Bell Miller, Placid
Brown, and Ruth Faulkner left Sat
urday for their homes, where they are
spending the holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Davenport, a student
at the East Carolina Teachers College,
is spending the holidays with her par
ents, Mr, and Mrs. A. W. Davenport.
Investigation Fails Reveal
Clues That Youth Met
With Foul Play
DECIDE BOY KILLED
SELF BY ACCIDENT
Relatives Found Lifeless Body
Lying In Forest Near Stump
With Shotgun On Opposite
Side With Empty Shell In It;
Funeral Held From Home
Sunday; Youth Was Senior
And Star Athlete In School
Rumors circulating in this section
alleging that LaFayette Weede, 18
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Weede, of this place, who was found
o.ead in a woodland section on the farm
of his grandfather, T. L. Saterth
waite, near here, Saturday afternoon,
was murdered by an unknown assas
sin is entirely without foundation, it
was learned here today from parents
of the hov. Coroner T. L. Brav. Chief
of Police P. W. Brown, and Sheriff
J. K. Reid, who investigated the trag
edy.
Officers reached the decision that the
bey was reaching for his shotgun,
which he placed on the opposite side of
a stump from him when a jar caused
the weapon to discharge. The st l
entered the chest of the boy and came
cut through the back of his neck,
severing the jugular vein, while in the
woods where he had gone to haul pine
straw for use on his grandfather’s
farm. This was the second trip that
he had made during the day.
On the first trip he was accompanied
by a younger sister who decided not
to go with him after the second load.
Afler the lapse of^about an hour the
child and T. L. Satterthwaite became
alarmed at his absence and went to
search for him. They found the boy’s
body lying on one side of the stump
while the shotgun was found on the
ether side wit han empty shell in it.
No signs of foul play were found.
Funeral Sunday
Funeral services wrere held at the
home on Sunday afternoon with the
Revs. R. G. L. Edwards, pastor of the
Methodist Church; VV. E. Norris, of
the Christian Church; and J. R. Ever- *
elt, of the Baptist Church, officiating.
Interment was made in the family
cemetery on the farm of T. L. Satter
thwaite. A large crowd attended the -
services that were held despite the dig- j
agreeable weather. *
Members of the Athletic Association \
ot the local high school were pall
bearers.
JUNIOR ORDER MEETS MONDAY
EVENING IN MASONIC HALL .
Charter for the Plymouth Rock
n_„;i 91 Q the Junior Order
of the United American Mechanics
has been closed with ninety-eight
full-fledged members enrolled. This
ends the campaign for charter mem
bers, and inaugurates a campaign
tor regular members that will be in
itiated some time during the first of
February. Reports of the membership
and other information have been for
warded to the general officers of the
order by T. I. Moore, State organiser,
who sponsored the local council.
A class for initiation will be ready
in a few days. During this time a
degree team will be trained and in
structed in the work. Rev. W. E.
Norris received a beautiful white gold
ring for submitting the most mem
bers before the charter closed as he
led in a field of some three of four
contestants. This makes a second ring
that the minitser has won in a sim
lar contest for another order.
Althogh the regular meeting night
has been agree on as Monday night
in each week, the recent meeting was
postponed on account of the holidays.
A meeting will be held this evening
when it is expected that nearly all
the members will attend. State Or
ganizer Moore will be here at this
meeting. It is thought that Mr. Moore
will aid in the organization of the
local degree team.