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VOL. 40
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1929
NO. 10
V
WHITLEY RUN FOR
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MAYOR
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Country Church
To Become
Institution
More or Less 30 Churches
In This County With
About 5000 Members
BEPEESENT MANY
DENOMINATIONS
Automobiles Do Not Increase
Church Attendance But Tend
To Work To The Contrary
Purpose; Few In Each Church
Sacrifice For The Other
Members Which Tends To
Attract ManyAway To Better
Organized City Churches
passing of the
What about the
country church?
Much has been said and written
about the passing of the country doc
tor, but the passing of the countr.
church has claimed little attentio.
from those well able to write on the
subject.
Jdere in Washington county there
is about thirty or more white churches
which have a total membership of
about five thousand. A great number
of these churches are located in the
hiral districts as there are only fou.
Plymouth, three in Roper, two in
Mackeys and three in Creswell.
'Hies* churches are organized in
the domains of the diffe -ent denomi
tuitions including about six Episcopa:
churches; six Missiomry Baptist
churches; about three Frt e Will Bap
tist churches; fibout five Methodis.
Episcopal churches, South about four
Methodist Protestant churches; about
five Christian churches; ar d three or
fourrPrimitive Baptist churches with
• scattering of several other denomi
nations represented.
•Man? of the churches thit are now
in the little towns in this county
originated in the country s setions and
were moved to the towns by the mem
bers in order to continue taeir opera
tion as a religious unit. One of the
first churches organized in this county
originated from a small group of re
ligious workers that took the move in
the interest of “morality and spir
ituality/1
Folks in the rural sections of the
county are gradually overcoming that
timidity that has marked their social
dealing* with townsfolk in the past
nod they are flocking to the towr
«hjtwh£g.. Right here in Plymouth, i.
'jptority of the piembers of one of
k lurches arc rural residents that
imute with the church on each
iday. Automobiles have made this
[blm,--- -
old churcl
it is evideni
^ v is'generally known that many
^stfidst'ers and church leaders arc
V numbering among their recent addi
tions converts from the rural sections.
Some of these country folk seem tc
be more religiously Inclined than the>
more prosperous neighbors in the
towns.
Times seemed 'to have changed a
when a person attends churches hots,
they only find a small congregation
whereas in times past there wen
people from many miles around repre
seated in the gathering that attended
these meetings which were held on
’* ^ average of once a month. More
pleasant and faster means of con
veyance and transportation do not
tend to increase the attendance at
these meeings hut these new facilities
Mim to serve the contrary purpose
better.
As is the case with every other or
ganization, there are only a few ii
each church that do the sacrificing fen
the entire membership. This is so ii
the town ,and it is so in the country
*“ :hes. The pastors are leaving the
churches for larger salarie:
This tends tt
_ . that has beer
i American history, a:
MACKEYS CLUB
MET WITH MRS.
DAVENPORT
Mackeys, Feb. 14.—The Mackeys
Home Demonstration club met at the
I / me of Mrs. W. B. Davenport last
Tuesday. Mrs. Davenport told in an
interesting manner what the leader’s
school meant to her. Mrs. Joe Blount
v as elected the garden leader for the
club and will make a monthly report
n vegetables raised in each member’s
garden. The goal is to plant at least
ne vegetable that has (never been
planted before. Most every member
!n this club has a year-round garden
with at least an average of four green
The home demonstration agent, Miss
v ovington, took up the study of th>
' alanced meal with the club. Thv
.ucstion was asked, just what is a bal
: need meal? The answer was giver
after comparing our bodies with an
automobile. A balanced meal is one
that meets pll the needs of the body.
Namely, to tuifrk-h-"iergy, heat, build
and repair, to regulate the body pre
cesses, and promote growth and health.
Each member was provided with a
“Guide to Meal Planning," and a
health score card.
Different effects of good and poc;
foods were discussed. Miss Coving
ton showed some very effective posters
bringing out the lack of the vitamin-'
in our diet, After the meeting, Mrs.
Davenport served hot coffee, chicken
salad candwiches in the shape c.
hearts, and delicious candy in attract
ive valentine nut cups.
COMMERCIALISTS HAVE
SPECIAL SESSION TONIGHT
Members of the chamber of com
merce will meet this evening to make
final preparations for the trip to Ra
leigh, at which time a delegation will
appear before the State Highway Com
mission in the interest of the bridges to
span the Roanoke, Middle, and Cashic
rivers and Broad Cpeke, and a cause
way to link the bridges together, thus
joining Bertie and Washington coun
ties.
A thorough survey of the traffic com
ing into Plymouth by the way of
Ward's bridge; by the way of the
Edenton-Mackeys Ferry and by the
way of the Chowan bridge is being
made and affidavits as to this check
will be placed in the hands of Presi
dent Nortnan of the commercial body
h- present them to the road commis
sion. Statewide celebrities will be in
the delegation that attends the meet
ing from this section.
Tv EET TO PLAN FOR CHURCH
The building commi tee of the Meth
odist Church net in the chamber oi
commerce ball leist ni^ht to consider
ihe erection oi a new church or the
Improvement of the present structure.
ALMO THEATRE
TONIGHT
Harrison Ford
IN
“Just Warned”
M. G. M. NEWS
Saturday Night
Dorothy Mackaill
IN
“Lady Be Good"
Eight Episode of Serial
“Mark of the Frog’’
M. G. M. NEWS
tWs. & Wd. Night
Monte Blue
HI
“Across the Atlantic”
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Statistics For Club Work In
Eleven Counties Is Released
Home demonstration clubs in Wash
ington County reached 1,332 white fe
males over 10 years of age in 7/8 white
larm homes during the year of 1028, it
was learned here today from Miss
Pratt Covington, Washington county
home demonstration agent, who ex
hibited statistics ol the work done in
all the northeastern counties of North
Carolina, which was compiled by
Miss Thomas, district agent at Wash
.ngton. the percent of white females
reached in this county was given at 50
per cent.
Currituck County workers reached
MJ homes with a total of 1,005 wom
?>t and girls in them with the exten
moii work. In Chowan County 696
homes were visited with a total of 1,
v,o lemaies reached. About 8y7 homes
with a total of 1,318 women and girls
,/ere reached in Hertford county. Ap
proximately 1,348 women and gins
were reached in 862 white homes in
e asguolank county. Beaufort, Pitt,
Northampton, Nash, Halifax, Edge
combe counties were mentioned in the
StityStICS.
Under the percentage of white homes
reached through county-wide cam
paigns, Hertioru county maintained the
highest average oi JO per cent. Wash
ington county trailed Hertford countj
in. the total number of white tarm
homes visited during the year. ilie
total number -of white females reacheu
in the previous year amounted to near
jO.OUO m the eleven counties, witn
destioru county clubs reaching the
most with Washington and Halifax
counties trailing respectively.
Halifax county held the highest rec
ord 01 homes reached through the me
dium of hot lunches. The percentage
01 white lernaies reached by otiier
menus was the highest in Herttoru
county, wmch maintained a 61 per cent
record. me survey aiso showed tin
percentage 01 nomeS in each count}
tliat was reached outside of the clubs.
About 78 per cent of the homes in
Washington county were reached by
the'ciub workers.
Seven Negroes Found Guilty of
Affray In Holly Neck Section
Nine Negroes from the Holly Neck
section were arraigned before Judge
Zeb Vance Norman ill Recorder’s
Court here Tuesday morning charged
with an affray in which deadly weap
ons, such as, ki.. ves, guns and club:
were used. The melee was an out
come of what the evidence in coui
.ended to show was a drinking part
with Chclsie Bess as the victim (
he other fighters.
Isaiah Chesson was the star wit
less for the State and rendered the
evidence that resulted in the con vie:
.ion .of seven of the group of Negroes.
Those alleged to have been in the mol
were Martha Alexander, Lonnie Alex
ander, Maggie Norman, Lucille Norm
an, Mat Narmon, Chelsie Bess, Sam
and Susan Norman and Isabelle Bur
nette. Lucille Norman and Mat Norm
The institute was sponsored by the
j they were not there. They were ac
quitted.
<J. L. Davenport was also called '
the stand to witness against thi
Negroes as he endeavored to qut
the riot that was caused by the in
groes near the Holly Neck church j
wFhicn sci (•«“« were being held. L
quiteu them one time. A short tira;
latef the incited mob assailed Chelsie
Bess again. During one of the series
of attacks Martha Alexander drew a
pistol at Chelsie while Lonnie Alex
ander was pointing a shotgun at hi#
face.
Lonnie Alexander and wife, Martha
Alexander, were fined $20 and cost
each. Six of the others were fined $
and one-seventh of the costs whil
Chelsie Bess was let off with the pa;v
ment of a seventh of the costs. Thost
not able tq pay the costs were sen
tenced to the county roads.for a tim
Minister And Undertaker
Explain Disposition^of Casket
n. tutor oi tne Deacon:
Sir: My attention has been called
to an article which appeared in a local
paper relative to the unique casket
which was unearthed last week in the
grave yard of Grace Episcopal Church.
The facts are these, that the casket was
dug up in response to the insistent de
mands of members of Grace Church
and because of the fact that the ground
was dug up from time to time by peo
ple who had the idea that it was an
'ron box containing money and other
valuables, and it was largely to alia)
alt such rumors that the casket wa
dug up. However, after the casket
was opened at the local undertakers,
I gave instructions then to the under
taker to bury the remains, which he
promised to do and I know he did do
the next day.
The rumor that the bones were giv
en away as souvenirs is unfounded,
and the story that the parts of the
body were being taken around town to
•jgliten young girls is due to the fact
hut it was brought out to the front to
be shown to some young ladies who
were afraid to go to the back room of
he undertakin establishment and then
put back again, is all there is to tb:>
rumor. The casket was retained a
bove ground until such time as it
could be examined and was then pu!
back and all the remains which we;,
put in the ground so that none of tin
remains might be missing was put
usek into the casket and buried, as j
was originally intended, and I have
vOREST SPECIALIST TO
BE IN COUNTY SOON
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R. W. Graber. forest specialist from
State College, at Raleigh, will be in
V< ashing;..-* County February 25 and
Zfj for a study of forests in this sec
tion. A meeting will be held on the
the barrel stave factory
fcJUIlC IU UUUCI U4K.C1 ^1IIU I1C II** * d&
sured me that my instructions as to
the burial of the body and casket wer^
carried out.
There was no intention on the part
of any,' person connected with the
transaction to desecrate either the
grave or anything else, and since the
rumor of buried treasure is allayed and
he casket and remains are buried a'
i gave instructions, the matter is closed
. s far as I know and am concerned.
Signed) ARTHUR H. MARSHALL
Rector.
Editor of the Beacon:
Sir: I have read the article written
by Rev. Mr. Marshall concerning the
casket which was dug up in Grace
Church yard recently, and want to say
that his instructions concerning the
burial of the casket and body were
complied with, and after we had made I
an examination of the casket we placed !
the remains in it and buried it. The
rumors concerning the bones being
given away, and other stories of a like |
nature, arc false, as nobody had any j
intention of desecrating either the
grave or the body, and the only rea
son that the casket was dug up was to
put to rest all the rumors that have
been going around for years about it.
No graves were mutilated or touched,
end this casket is now where it was
when we found it.
(Signed) W. T. NURNEY,
Undertaker,
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h \SKETBALL TOURNAMENT
TQ BE HELHERE
The tournament games in which high
school teams from the surrounding
towns will compel for final honors
will be played hwe on the local court
next week^XA postponed game be
tweenPlymouth and Columbia will be
■played »t an early date. J
City’s ^Present Chief
Executive Is Silent
As To Future Steps
FEW FROM THIS
SECTION GO TO
RALEIGH MEET
Only a few people from Washing
ton county are attending the Insti
tute on Parental Education ih:
closes its second annual meeting i
Raleigh today. Special emphasis wa
placed upon the problems of adoles
cent youth during the entire ijessiot.
as the first session held during th.
time last year dealt with the you.
child. This institute afforded parents
research workers, teachers, ministers,
physicians, welfare and health work
:rs an opportunity m gather an;,
■study the problem of child training.
Wednesday and Thursday aftei
noons of this week were used in si:
round-table discussions on the follow
ing subjects: The Spiritual Adjust
ment of Adolescent Youth led by D„
*V. L. Poteat of Wake Forest; Th:
Place pi Recreation in Child Develop
lent led by Supt. Guy Phillips o!
Salisbury; Child Guidance led by Di.
nyllis Blanchard of Philadelphia
The Family and the Home led b
.'rofessor Ernest R. Groves of th
.niversity of North Carolina; Thi
. liysieal Development of the Chang
ing Child led by, Dr. Frank-Howm.
Richardson of Black Mountain an<.
New York; and the Home-School Re
lationships led by Dr. Caroline Hedg
er of Chicago.
This morning the whole conference
met in an open forum led by Dr. E.
C. Lindeman, Consulting Director o.
the National Council on Parental Eu
ucation, at which time reports froi.
the round-table meetings wei
brought up and discussed for th.
beneiit of the entire group.
lire purpose of the institute wa
to make available to parents seeking
help the information and knowledg
garnered by various agencies whici
are capable of making a contribute,
to the greatest of ail vocations, th.
rearing of healthy, happy, inteiligen.
and socially efficient boys and girls.
Te institute was sponsored by the
State Council on Parental Education
consisting of representatives froi.
various State departments and insu
tutions.
FUNERAL HELD FOR ED
SNELL SUNDAY AFiERNOO.
Skinnersville, Feb. 14.—Ed Sne,,
who died as the result of a sevei.
case of pneumonia Saturday afternoo.
at 3 o'clock at his home was buriec
Sunday afternoon in the White Gnapi.
cemetery. Funeral services were hel,
at the home by the pastor of th
White Chapel Church.
For a number of years he has bee
affiliated with subsidiary oiganiza
tions of the Rehoboth Churcn. Sui
viving is a widowed mother, Mi.
Jospeh Snell, and tnree sisters, Mr.
John Halsey, Mrs. Mamie Plieips an
Mrs. Joe Snell of this community av.
one brotner, Asa Snell, Pleas
Grove.
FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE
TO AMOUNT OF *50
Fire originating from a defect in the !
chimney caused damages estimated at,
about $50 at the home of J. W. Wil-j
hamson, on Main Street, Monday aft-:
ernoon. The blazes first caught the
attention of a negro woman on an op
posite street, who informed them of
ttic danger. Firemen arrived shortly
after the alarm was sounded, and the
Haines were quickly gotten unaei
control.
Miss Elizabeth Ramsey and Miss
Cole, of Wiiliamston, were here dur
.ng the week end visiting Mrs. Edison
..u.n.
Miss Helen White, « teacher in the
Ska City schools, was here during the
week end visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. m K. White.
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Attorney Verifies Rumor
He Considers Entering
Race To Please Friend’s
ALL COUNCILMEN
NOT SURE RUNNING
Mayor Walker Has Seen Town
Improved In Many Ways In
His Administration; Greatest
Feature Is Drastic Reduction
In Taxes; Wou'd Have ItThat
Current Administration Be
Marked ^s One Economical
In Expense
Indications are that Mayor R. P.
Walker will have an opponent in the
election of town officers in May should
fie desire to run again to retain hie
present position, as a rumor here that
Attorney W. L. Whitley is consider
ing the matter was affirmed by the law
yer himself in a statement to the Bea
con representative yesterday.
Several friends of Mr. Whitley have
approached him about the matter, even
at this premature time. He stated, “I
am still considering the matter, al
Uittugh »ot ^ ahtettrinafce-aBjr
definite statement until later.” He re
gained from running during the last
election after friends had approached
him about the matter. He withheld
his reasons for his failure to run from
the press.
Mr. Whitley has been practicing I..vr
in this section for a number of years.
He is a member of several fraternal
orders, and is Grand Master of North
Carolina in the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. He tekehes a Sunday
school class in the local Christian
church and is very interested in the so
cial and civic endeavors of the town.
Mr. Walker has served his term as
mayor of the town admirably, and sev
eral of his friends are anxious that he
reenter the race at the expiration of
his term. In a statement to The
Beacon, Mayor Walker refrained from
expressing himself as regards the mat
ter, and it is not definitely known
whether or not he will enter the race
in May.
Councilman H. A. Williford stated,
‘‘I do not think that I will run for
re-election; however, I may run after
further consideration.” Councilman B.
G. Campbell stated that he was of the
opinion that he would not run again
unless he decided to at a later date.
Councilman C. M. Tetterton says, “It
may not be legal for me to run, as I
will move into a new ward at about
the time the election will be held, am!
in this event I could not run for re
election from the ward in which I live
at the present."
In answer to a question as to wheth
er or not he would run for reelec'ion.
Councilman Gilbert Davis staled. “I
may run again; however, at this Cme
I am .duetaut to say postively tint I
will.” Attorney Edward L Owens
staled, "T haven’t considered the mat
•o- .. ..I
ir the affirmative or negative in regard
to running.” Councilman Harry Stell
could not be reached at the time that
this information was being sought, but
close friends were of the opinion that
he would run.
Among the achievements of tM
present members of ;the city councin
has been the drastic reduction in taxes
.ronx $2.40 to $1.68; the purchase of
new fire-fighting equipment; the agree
ment to become partly responsible for
the fund that was guaranteed ior. the
cost survey e>f the bridges/and many
other progressive movefnent*. Thia
administration tended to make a mark
ot economy in the administration of
the affairs of the city.
Thoge among the incumbents that
will run for reelection in the town elec
tion in May ’will likely point to the ac
complishments of the present adxnuM
■ tration. The campaign promises ty
be a lively tm. .
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