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PLYMOUTH EXTENDS A HEARTY WELCOME TO HOMESEKKERS The Dinanoke DesmmJ THE BEACON OFFERS SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVERTISERS 4 Vur, la »ava«>. Tom CO*, FOR COUNTRY AMO FOR TRUTH.1 VOL. 40 PLYMOUTH, N.C.* FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1929 NO. 8 PROSPECT FOR NEW BRIDGES ARE BRIGHT k ^ Commerciallsts Back From A Visit To State Capitol Have , Good News To RePort At Next Meeting; Engineers Render Their Report There will be no trouble in getting the bill passed in favor of the erection of bridges to cross the Roanoke, Mid dle, and Cashic Rivers and Broad Creek and the causeway to intercept highway number 342 in Bertie county, if the bill is ever introduced into the Legislature, according to L. W. Gur kin, member of a chamber of com merce committee who was in Raleigh Wednesday in the interest of the mat ter.. Accompanying Mr. Gurkin were C. L. Groves, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, and A. L. Alexander, local postmaster. A conference was held with a few members of the highway commission They agreed to order an engineer down here at once to make the anticipates traffic survey. Canvassing among the Representatives from Hyde, Tyrrell, Greene, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Washington, Beaufort, Bertie, and other counties, the commercialists found that sentiment is in favor of the bridge. It is the opinion of Mr. Gur kin that the fight will center aroullb the report of the highway commission as to whether or not they favor the bridge. A special committee of the loca. Chamber of Commerce was in Ede ton, Eliaabeth City and Hertfoi yesterday in the interest of the ai. ticipated spans that wall cross Ro; noke, Middle and Cashie rivers an Broad Creek, and the construction c a causewav through the swamp lin mg the bridges together thus coi, necting Washington and Bertie cou Hyrrettading towns that will be helpe last as soon as the State Highwa Commission has completed the form athies of a traffic survey, P-residen Norman of the Chamber of Commerc will draft a bill for introduction int the North Carolina General Assembl. asking that the Legislature make ay propriations for the bridge and th the State Highway Commission be in structed to begin work on the projec at an early date. An official report from the^ engineer:; who made the cost survey oi the pro ject reveals that the estimated cos of the Roanoke r.ver crossing whic includes the four bridges and little less than three and one half miles ol causeway is given at $594,000. T! estimated cost of improving and su. facing the road from the highland piled trestles with an asphaltic wea: mg surface. ‘The pivot pier for t awing spans are to be of the pre-ca concrete pile type with concrete cap 'T'he estimate for the road throug the swamp is based on hydraulically placed fill with the drawn grade one and one-fourth feet above maximum Ugh water with a width of 80 feet and surfaced with\oil treated grave! for a width of lU’iteet, This distance is only about three and a half miles. The Roanoke rive# bridge at the foot of Washington street in W mouth was figured as an electrically operated drawn Span jproviding mro at 80 feet openings plus 460 feet of trestle: The Kiddle river bridge wil have no draw but will consist of 40C lineal feefyrf trestle, Tim CSaship river consists or>a. hand operated swin; span providing two at 60 feet cleai openings plusN&SO feet of trestle Broad Oneeh bridge is to consist o: feet °f trestle. Ail four struc tures will pefmit navigation. The Roanoke river bridge with i approach was estimated to cost $9i 100. Urn Middle river structure wa estimated at fSMOQ- The Broad Creel bridge was itthndhf at $12,000. To tal for road with bridges with ter W-;per cent added is 9004.000. Improv ing and surfacing of g.6 miles of rose | from highland to highway U fivw ai Varied Program Planned For County Teachers Meet Today Roper, Jan. 31.—Music, discus sions, announcements and adjourn ments into group meetings to db cuss school problems that are peculia to the grade represented in the var ious departments, will be the high lights in the meeting of the Wash ington County Teachers Association which will be held in the Roper schooi auditorium tomorrow afternoon af 2 o’clock when about fifty pedago gians gather for their regular quart erly meeting. Nineteen teachers have been as signed subjects on the program which was rleased for publication here to day by James W. Norman, county superintendent of public instruction. They include representatives fron: j nearly all of the twenty or more white schools in the county. The meet ing will open with a song which will be followed by a prayer by Rev. J Bascom Hurley, pastor of the Roper Methodist Church. Topics for discussions by members in the high school group meeting in-1 eludes “The Teacher and the Social-' ized Recitation” by Miss France;-' Willis; “The Advantages of the So cialized Recitation’’ by B. G. O’Brien; “The Disadvantages of the Socialized Recitation" by Miss Mildred Balance; “What is Supervised Study” by Miss Sally Taylor; “Objections to Super-1 vised Study” by Brantley Forbes; and “Objectves for Supervised Study’ by Miss Dorothy Rietzel. Teachers in 'the grammar grade group will discuss the following top ics: “Spelling in the- Grammar Grades” by Miss Mary Brinson; “Plan and Discuss the Plan of the Seventh Grade Reading Lesson” by Miss Vida Dunning; “One Phase oi Seventh Grade Arithmetic” by Miss Ruth Faulkner; “Hygiene” by Mis? Mary Woodley; and “Picture Study Presentation of an Oral English Les son” by Miss Gladys Snell. The primary group program will in elude discussions of “The Bird Book let” by Miss Evelyn Cahoon; “Bin Poster” by Miss Iva S. Chesson; “Tree Booklet Showing Specimen of Bark and Leaves” by Mrs. Katherine Harrison; “Injurious Insects and How to Erad cate Them” by Mrs. Eva S. Bateman; “Sand Table Projects: Na tive Birds and Trees” by Miss Helen Brickhouse; “Butterfly Booklet: Ter Familiar Butterflies—Brief Historj of Each” by Mis3 Lucy Swain; and “Flower Booklet” by Mrs. R. C Chesson. Delegates From Methodist Churches Meet In Roper Soon ueiegates irom meinoaisi cnurcnes in Plymouth, Columbia and Ropei will meet in the Roper Methodist Church on February 8 for a check up of the general conddition of tl churches for the past quarter, it was learned here today from the Rev. l; G. L. Edwards, pastor of the loca’ Methodist Church. These charche will have four such meetings durin’ the year. This quarterly check up is i scheme inaugurated by Bishop Mou zon in an effort to prevent such heavy work of this kind at the end of thr conference. The delegates will repre sent each department of the church including foreign mission work, th< Sunday school, the young people’s societies and- the general churcl; work- Each delegate will report t: general condition of the church in eluding its progress in membershi and the condition of its finances. Presiding Elder O. W. Dowe wil preside over the meeting and wi! hold a quarterly conference in Plv FUNERAL HELD FOR VICTIM OF WRECK LAST TUESDAY Mackeys, Jan. 31.—Funeral services were held in a Mackeys Church to day for Robert Snell, son of Mr. am Mrs. James T. Snell, of this place who died in a Washington hospita Sunday night from injuries sustained in an automobile wreck in the Pleas ant Grove section early Sunday after noon. Interment was in a local ceme tery. A large crowd attended the lunerai. a ucauuiui vuvniie -Wee contributed by friends. Snell received the injuries that terminated in his death when an au tomobile which he was driving col lided with one' operated by W. B Barber, of the Pea Ridge section o: the county. His father, James T. Snell, who was riding with him at the time of the accident escaped serious injuries. Occupants of Mr. Barber’s car were only slightly in jured. Young Snell was entering the high way from a side rpad at Pleasan Grove when the cars collided. Boti drivers seemed to be perplexed a to the other’s intentions. The steering wheel broke and the handle of the wheel pierced the chest of young Snell, As soon as the accident occurred Mr. Snell'was rushed to a Washing ton hospital by friends who happenei to be passing. He succumbed aftc, remaining in an unconscious state fi some time. The body was brought t Plymouth early Tuesday, Van B. Martin is at home from Ra leigh, where he has been studying law He took the State bar examination last week. Mrs. George Barden returned hom< Tuesday after spending some tim< with her daughter, Mrs. Kenned] Taylor to Kinston. mourn on sunaay ana win preac here at the evening1 service. This the time that Pastor Edwards is oi of town, and some may think tha there will be no services, howevei the piesiding elder has announced hi intention of preaching here at thi time. During the Sunday • services theri wil. be an installation service fc the public installing of the ne Board of Stewards. At this time spec ial methods of celebrating the coir muriion will be introduced. Sped; music wil also feature the services. The Foard of Stewards met in th office of C. J. Norman Monday ever ing at which time it was agreed ths special efforts would be manifested i an endeavor to increase the interest in attendance, church mmbership and to promote the welfare of the church in general. Church officials hope tha4 the members will take particulai pains to cooperate with them in or der to make a good showing at the check up meeting. NEGRO ARRAIGNED ON A CHARGE OF RECKLESS DRIVINC Herman Hart, a Negro of this sec tion, was arraigned before Judge Ze’ Vance Norman in Recorder’s Court here Tuesday charged with driving a truck recklessly as the result of c wreck on Washington street about four months ago when a truck he was' driving crushed into a light car oper ated by E. W. Latham. Neither occupant of either of th* vehicles were injured. Both cars wer< damaged. Mr. Latham’s car received the full impact of the crash thu; damaging it more than the truck Hart alleged that he had agreed fc pay to the damages and had paid some of them but was slow in payinf I ikn . a/ 4-Ua vonniw Kill Latham’s car. -r —— The Negro was required to pay th( costs of the court and to finish pay ing the damages on Mr. Latham's au tomobile. PLYMOUTH TEAMS DEFEAT COLUMBIA Playing one of the best games of the season, the Plymouth High Schco’ girls’ basketball team trounced th< Columbia quint in an easy contest here Tuesday .with the final score 2f to 4. Meager information has it that this is the first time that the Col uni bia girls have suffered defeat in three seasons. The locals have not lost a game this season. The boys from Columbia shower’ better spirit although they dropped game to the locals by a score of 2( to H, W. L. Grice, of Norfolk, was here this week. Mrs. G. L. Morton of Norfolk spen' last week end with Mr. and Mrs. I, Norman. FARMERS ARE ENTERTAINED AT INSTITUTE Farmers Supply Company In Washington Informs Farmers Of Modern Way To Till The Soil; Speakers Stressed The Need Of Machinery Washington, N. C., Jan. 31.—Num bers of farmers from Washington j county were among the three hundred j that gathered in the offices of the, Pamlico Chemical Company here Tuesday to attend the Farming In stitute which was directed by the < Farmers Supply Company. Motion l pictures was used in aiding the < speakers to illustrate the benefits ot 1 modem machinery on the farm. i Sam L. Grist, manager of .the 1 Farmers Supply Company, was host t to the group of farmers. Among the i speakers were E. L. Bush, of Char- i lotte, manager of the North Carolina 1 branch of the International Harvester i Comany, builders of farm machinery i and J. E. It. Sheeler, assistant State ' branch manager for the farm machin- i ery from the Charlotte branch; and H. M. Orr, advertising manager foi , the Harvester Company. One of the str king points brough out in the morning session was that the Farmall Tractor and one harrov. does the work of four men, eight mules and four harrows. The cost ot operating the tractor is $3.50 a day. ‘ Thin in n put nf 7K neroent in the oh method of farming. Stereoptician slides and moving pictures illustrated the speeches c the persons participating in the pro gram. A two reel comedy on appro priate farm methods was one of tin features of the meeting. Dinner wa; , served by the Farmers Supply Com pany during the noon hour. Motio pictures were shown of the extensic .vork in North Carolina also. Correct methods of operating : tractor with a plow, disk harrow, soi' pulverizer drill, com planter, rotary hoe, four-row com planter and culti nation and a dozen other machine were demonstrated. Special attentio: was paid to the details in explaining the work of the various machines. JAMES MAYO IMPROVING AFTER BLOOD TRANSFUSION Word was received here yesterdaj to the effect that James Mayo, 17 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs W. J Mayo, of this place, who is in a Rocky Mount hospital is improving rapidly after a blood transfusion. Jack Peele’s blood matched in the Mayo boy and the transfusion took place Tuesday. , Young Mayo was recently taken il1 with a severe case of the influenza. As the boy had been weak and frai' since cutting his foot while in swim ming last summer ,a blood transfusio was thought necessary after an ex animation by physicians. TO AID TAXPAYERS IN FIL ING INCOME TAX RETURNS Representatives of the United States Internal Revenue Department will be in Plymouth February 18 and 19 to assist taxpayers in filing Federal in come tax returns, according to infor mation received here from the office of the United States Collector of In ternal Revenue in the United States Treasury 'Dfepiftment. Those wishing to see these represennjjpw** should in quire at the post office. All persons _ that have received blanks by mail should bring them with them. LOCAL U. D. C. SPONSORS PLAY “The Mystery Lady,” a four-act comedy-drama will be given at the A'mo Theater next Wednesday for the benefit of the Major Louis Charles Latham chapter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy. Twelve per sons are in the cast. CARD OF THANKS We take this method of stating our j appreciation for the many kind and sympathetic words spoken; the many services rendered; and the beautiful flowers that were contributed during the illness and death of Mr. D. F. Bate man. FAMILY. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harrison were in Aiilander Sunday, Lawyers Sponsoring Bill Amending Jury Act In Local Court DARDEN WRITES OPEN LETTER TO CITIZENS In an open letter to the Roanoke 3eacon, Representative John W. Dar ien, of Washington county, urges hat citizens in the county commun; :ate their views on bills of State vide importance to him so that he can support the bills that come before he House that would be to the in erest of this county. A letter may b iddressed to Mr. Darden at Raleigh n care of the Bland Hotel or t;. State Capitol. Letters from the ci. zens will be inserted in the Beacon i i copy of the same letter that i. vritten co Mr. Darden is sent to this lewspaper. The letter follows: fo the people of Washington county. The Legislature is now well unde: vay and many bills are being pre sented and considered by that body wish to say, that you have honored ne by sending me here to represen rou, all of you, and I can represen rou best by supporting such measures if a State-wide nature, as will bes ierve you. Therefore, I ask you to examine he daily papers and see the bills i hey are introduced. Do not hesitate ,o write me with reference to any oi hem. The measures that appear ti >e commanding the greatest attention »f the members of the body, are th mes that are looking to the reduc ion of taxes. School and road taxe. nust be reduced. I am standing fo his. Matters relating to legislation foi he county will be discussed in persoi vith those directly interested befor< hey are introduced into the Genera, Assembly. Please write me at the State Capi cl or the Bland Hotel, Raleigh, N. C. I wish to assure you that my firs', nterest is in you. I am, Your Servant, * JOHN W. DARDEN, Member General Assembly North Carolina 3ENEFIT PARTY GIVEN FOR CHURCH SOCIETY Mcsdames M. T. Bradshaw and Katherine Harrison were joint host :sses at a benefit party given at the iome of Mrs. Bradshaw last evening n the interest of the Young Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist iiurch. The party was well attended. V silver, offering was taken at the door. Contests featured the amusements. Hot hocolate and cakes was served. The iome was appropriately decorated for he occasion. METHODIST CHILDREN TO MEET Children of the Methodist Church .vill meet at the courthouse this eve ung at 7:30, at which time a silver of cring will be taken for the benefit of he church. Miss Mavis Thigpen of Weldon i here visiting Mrs. R. P. Walker. AIMO THEATRE TONIGHT Mary Brian IN “Harold Teen” AND TWO REEL COMEDY Saturday Night Rin Tin Tin IN “Rinty of the Desert” Sixth Episode of Serial ‘‘Mark of the Frog” M. G. M. NEWS THURSDAY & FRIDAY Joan Crawford IN “Our Dancing Daughters** m Desire Defendant Have Two? Peremptory Challenges To One For State LAWYER WHITLEY CHAMPIONS BILL Proponents Of Bill Claim That It Is More In Conformity with Superior Court Ruers Which Allows Defendant Four And State Two Challenges; Notice Of Opposition Served By Two Members Of Bar Association; Agree On Other Bids Efforts are being made to intro duce a bill into the Legislature to provide for an amendment to the pres ent Recorder's Court act to allow the defendant two peremptory chal lenges and the State one peremptory challenge in the selection of a jury I of six members to try criminal cases in the local Recorder’s Court. This bill is being sponsored by about hall of the members of the Washington County Bar Association which passed a resolution in favor of the amend ment here in a special session Wed nesday afternoon. Attorney W. L. Whitley sponsored the resolution which was adopted by the lawyers in session Wednesday. This matter arose from the fact that in Superior Court the defendant is allowed four peremptory challenges and the State only two. Amending the act to read so that the defendant will have two challenges and the State one will put them in the same ratio as the Superior Court. The Superior Court has twelve jurors while the Record ers Court has only six. The dissenting members that held the minority vote in the meeting of the Bar Association have announced the fact that they will fight the bill as long as they can possibly have s legal right to do it. Although Atty. Van Buren Martin left Wednesday afternoon with a copy of the propos ed bill, the opposing forces have .been in communication with Representative Darden seeking his aid to defeat the proposal. Only five of the members of the Bar Association were present. The majority in favor of the resolution was by a narrow margin. Two lawyers were absent from the meeting^ The final vote was taken after a prolong ed discussion over the legality of the matter. Some of the members predict ed that it would not survive the first count. Another bill has been presented to the Legislature by Representative ‘Darden asking that the October term of Superior Court here be completely devoted to the trial of civil cases as the docket has been cleared of crimi nal cases and unless an unprecedent ed wave of crime envelopes the county it can he well taken care of at the other terms in the year. A letter from Hon. H. S. Ward, a Washington attorney, failed to meet favor with the lawyers in sesslo which asked that they sponsor a bill asking that this county be taken fHrm the second district and trans ferred "t»xthe first district as it was years ago. The Bar Association are very with the advantages of the present system. JUNIOR CANDIDATES TO BE INITIATED From forty to fifty candidates will be initiated at a special class- initia tion that will take place in the regu lar quarters of the Robersonville Council No. 297, Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, at Rob ersonville next Thursday evening, February 7, it was learned today from D. R. Chandler, chairman of the Committee on Arrangements. The Old Hickory Degree team of Washington will he in charge. A number from the local council will attend and will likely have candi dates for initiation. A barbecue toy per will be give*.