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l Beacon and News j k Offers Splendid Oppcrtuni I ties for Advertisers. Dwngke Denk-m The Washington County News A Family Newspaper Published for Benefit of En tire Family. Correspondents Cover County. VOL. 40 PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1929 NO. 30 Why Did Board Of Education Pay Hon. Van Martin $900 More For Negro School Site? 4 At the last meeting of the Board of Education of Washington county on Monday, July 1, there was two plots of laisVi submitted for a site for the Negro school. One by Van B. Mar tin, teown as the L. L. Owen's prop erry.^and one by T. C. Burgess, known as •the W. D. Carstarphen property. Bdth pieces of property lie side by; s34e. The Owen’s property outside or the town limits and the Carstarphen property inside the town limits. The •Owen's property has one outlet, which i- the proposed Andrew Jackson Stre«+ ftinning to the highway, which has So be developed. The Carstarphen prop erty has three outlets, which are Third Street, Fourth Street, and an alley a ' butting the property, with the condi tion that if Carstarphen property was bought that land would be given con necting all these streets to build a cross street, which would make it convenient to the entire Negro population, The Owen's property is 767 feet from file protection, and the Carststfohen property is within 400 feet of fire pro tection. There is a little over 4 acres in the Owen’s property in the Maape of a triangle, which the board bought for $2,500. In the Carstarphen property, there is 4 acres in a square shape, with drainage both ways, and which has been recommended by a representative of the Rosenthal Fund for Negro Edu cation. This plot was offered to the board for $1,600. These facts were presented to the board in the presence of the entire board and Mr. Martin and iMr. Bur gess. The board then went into execu- 1 t;ve session and purchased the Owen's property from Mr. Martin for $2,500. The chairman of the board, w.-hen asked afterwards about the deal gave as an excuse (not a reason) that the prop erty offered by Mr. Martin had an outlet to the highway. This will serve a tenth of the Negro children while the other 90 per cent will have to walk around their elbow to jgtt .to their thumb (as the saying goes). Why did the board pay -Mar.-Martin $900 more for a piece of property when they could have bought another piece adjoining it for $900 kss? Who, pays this $900. The taxpayers of Washing ton. Why did the board pay -/Hon. Van B. Martin $900? A TAXEAF/ER. UNION MEETING Creswell.—The ministerial atfisocia tion held their regular fifth Sunday union service in the high school awdi torium Sunday night. Per- J.. £■ iiur Ry delivered a very inspiring message. select COUNTY’S QUiEEN OF HEALTH TODAY Every girl that is interested in at tending the State Short Course in TUr R.jgh from July 29 to August .3 wUj meet at the courthouse Frida.y, Juljf 0, for physical examination to deter-i mine the queen of health frojn Wash-jj ington county. The healthiest girl from this iE.aun.ty, ■v-ill be carried to Washington Friday,; Inly 12, for a district elimination. Dur ing the short course the Queen *nd .ki’ig. of Health will he crowned. ANOTHER COTTON BLOSSOM Tlg“- season’s second cotton blossom -to be brought into the Beactm aod; JS«»> oofflce this week was by A. H gpeat;, of Creswell on July 3. It was raised (on Mr. Spear’s farm. Rain has damaging to crops in that; section. What They Say "Among the many county newspa pers that I seen, I have observed that none of tpem have any more county news m 5*e average than does the Beacon News,” said W. J. Jackson, jr. “Eight paid waddhtul and loyal cor respondents make Jites possible, Mr. y Jyckson,” replied the M'.tor. •"This job was done good- It looks , ^hojjf as good as any tliat you order any of the large printing houses. , In (act, it is better than I thought you ectMld do.” These .we the words of Raymond . Leggett, proprietor of O. R. Leggett s , Sens, after carefully inspecting a re- f geipt kw.k t-hsMt had been handed to 1 .Rim by a Jleacon gad News man. All \ the work wa§ done it) this shop. 1; -—--I CLUB MEMBERS ENJOY WEEK IN CAMP MACKEYS lLast Monday, June 24, a large num ber of women and girls representing several sections of the county went into camp at Mackeys. Monday was devoted to setting up camp. In the afternoon the campers took a dip in the sound, played games in the evening, and were all in bed by 10 o'clock. Tuesday, classwork began, and practically every one took advan tage of the course in basketry. On Wednesday the campers visited Camp Leach near Washington. While ^ T 1 .1. _ .‘I, __ d L V_ctIIi y twv. ~ - to take a dip with the home demon stration dub campers from -Edgecombe countv. On \\ ednesday night, through the courtesy of Mrs. M. O. Brown; the entire camp attended the moving pictures. Thursday Edenton was vis ited. Miss Laura Hazelbaker, home demonstration agent of Edenton, me. the party and carried them to a num ber of places. The Edenton News in vited the campers into their office and gave each a welcome to.their city. On Thursday night, after .games were played, each person on the camp cast a vote for the best sport. Mrs. Bing kendorf, of W enona. and Eliza Roo inson, of Chapel Hill, each received one dollar as prizes. At 8 o’clock the camp ers enjoyed a wennie roast. Several children from Mackeys were in\ited to the feast and games. The girls were well chaperoned at all times, and the meaLs were well-bal anced. The meals consisted of green vegetables with milk served every child several times during the week. Ice cream was served twice and chicken twice to the crowd during the week, lemonade was available at any time and each child had fruit .at least once a day. E. M. Arps installed..a .nice radio for use during the week. .J. W. Norman superintendent of schools, loaned the campers a school truck to carry the crowd to Camp Leach. Bill Waters did himself proud by proving that he was one of the best .drivers in the cOUnty. W. B. Davenport did every thing possible to make the campers comfortable. Mrs. Chesson, Mrs. Joe Blount, and Mrs. Will S«sain did much for the campers. Those attending camp .were: Mes dames Will Swain, Kaorhie B. Robin ft i, Hilda Robinson, Bi^gkindorf, R. C. Heynon, Charlie Bowen, Glenn Fur bee, Sylvia Vail, Misses .Virginia Nor man, Edith Edmundson, Louise Smith, Jean Martin, Martha Mayo. Elizabeth Landing, Cottie Mae Price, Elizabeth Vaily, Madeline Davis. Eliza Robin son, Frances Brinkley, Martha Bate man, Katherine Harrison. Lois Le fcver Martha Whedbee, Harriett Hey non, Louise Chesson, Miss Hodges, Edith Hodges, Frances and Miss Spruill. Ford Safety .A-t.a contribution towards jureater safety,and more pleasant di'iving con ditions ,on the highways of the fii*un try this summer, the Ford Motor Com pany ;has listed twelve rules as sug gestion tpi motorists and has distribut ed them to.dealers over the country. Announcement of the suggestions! was made today by Buchanan Moton CoTBj'&ny, Fo»d dealer in this city,; who will display the list prominently, in his jt'lace of business. The twelve rules are: Courtesy comes first. Consider the rights and privileges of others. Keep pour mind on your (driving, and an ;icipate sudden emergencies. Learn ;he “fool” of having your car under :ontrol. Obey all traffic and parking regulations. Keep to the right, and ■omply with road markings and signs. Signal for stops and turns—watch the ;ar ahead. Slow down at crossings, schools, dangerous places. Never pass >ar* on hills, curves or crossings. Vdapt your driving to road conditions —rain, ice, soft spots and ruts. It loesn't pay to take the “right of way” oo seriously. When you drive, remem >er the times when you're a pedes rian. Know the It was pasggjl for rour fnyteptipn, BERTIE GROUP SUES OFFICERS DEFUNCT BANK A referee's trial is being held ir the courthouse here in the case ii which a group of stockholders in Ber tie county are suing the officers an< directors of the defunct Bank of Ply mouth, Washington County Bank an< the United Commercial Bank througl the receiver. The complaint alleges that somi thirty or forty citizens of this count; were the officers of the defunct bank which failed on account of negligence Judge Francis D. Winston, Mr. Mat thews, Mr. Finch and another lawye are representing the Bertie grou; while H. S. Ward, Mr. Gimes and Vai B. Martin are defending the officers. If the complainants are successfu the plaintiffs will be responsible fo the entire shortage of the defunc banks as far as their propety will gc Junius D. Bragaw, of Washington, i the referee. A. D. MacLean heard th case some time last year. FIRST COTTON BLOSSOM Deputy Sheriff Fenton Read brough into the office of the Beacon and New July 1 a cotton blossom plucked fror cotton on his farm on the Mackey road. This is the first blossom th; has appeared in the county as far a the Beacon and News officials ca learn. Rain did much damage to th: crop in this section. SCHOOL BOARD DENIES PLEAS SMALL SCHOOLS Delegations of citizens from Chapel Hill and Mount Tabor school district were denied a one-teacher school for each community by the County Board I of Education in session here Monday. ( They gave as their reasons the fact that the State Board of Equalization : has already passed upon the number r of teachers for the county, and that no funds were available for employing additional teacher? , A contract was let in the near fu 5 ture for covering the Cresweil school , building with galvanized iron to T. C. Byron, of Edenton. for $395 and $50 ] additional for removing old roof. [ UNION MEETING OAK GROVE CHURCH Skinnersville.—On the fifth Sunday ? in June, a union meeting of Mount Pleasant, Cresweil, and Columbia Churches was held at Oak Grove Bap t tist Church. Saturday dinner was served on the ground with the busi ness transactions of the different - churches in the district, t Rev. Richard Lucas, of Befhaven, s held the services and preached in the n morning. The next will be held at s Sound Side Church, near Columbia, the fifth Sunday in September. J. W. Norman Began 3rd Year As County Schools Head July 1 Aided by facts obtained in nearly a score of years experience in school work; adhering strictly to instructions of the Washington County Board oi Education; and guided by school legislation, James W. Norman has marked his two years of administration as county superintendent of public instruc tion with achievements. | WHOOPEE | DANCING SWEETIE Mary had a brown-eyed sheik, His clothes were nice and neat; But every time he wagged his tail He stepped on Mary’S feet. PATHETIC She took out the bottle And shook her head. “I hate to open it,” she said. “It came all the way from Fiance, It’s labeled and sealed— Good stuff at a glance. Oh, what will I do, It’ll go so soon?” So she put it away— That rare perfume. WHITE FOLKS CURIOUS TALK “Ain’t it curi’s how dem white folks talks?” asked one negro of another. “What you talkin’ ’bout, niggah?’ asked his companion. “I’se talking ’bout how de se white folks all talks ’bout de same; thing for a long time and den all stops de same time an’ talks 'bout sump’ii; else all de time,” responded the first, i “Don’t understan’ you yet,” declared the second. “Well what I means is dat it's curi's how last. Fall jus’ ’fore ’lection what all de white folks talked ’bout all de time was ‘Smith an’ de Pope,’ and now dey don’t never say nothin’ ’bout dat an’ all of ’em is talkin’ ’bout ‘Hoover an’ DePriest,,” explained the first. ALMO THEATRE TONIGHT Colleen Moore IN '‘Why Be Good” PATHE NEWS Saturday Night £mil Jannings IN ‘‘Sin# Of The Father" Last Kpisade Terrible People First Episode Tigers Shadow been mapped out for the school sys tem's goal during the third year of his service which begins July first. These are to make every effort to have every ; child in school; to coordinate teaching : forces for better efficiency; and to i economize in every way compatible i with efficiency. •; Accomplishments during the first two years furnish material for much thought in the school work in this comity. One of the first steps was to i raise the teaching standard by requir ; ing teachers that have qualifications : that would allow them to teach in the best organized systems in the state. Standard achievement tests will be given in every school in the county next year. Last year they were given to the first year high school pupils. It proved so successful that Mr. Nor man has decided to give it to every school next year. Another star in his administration was the passage of the eight months county wide school tax last year which was a step tow’ard con solidation and better school efficiency. Ony seventeen in the State have this county-wide tax. Consolidation of the eighteen white schools in the county in such a way that only six schools remain. This will necessitate the transportation of an additional 275 students to the 512 transported last year. This plan tends to have three high schools in the coun ty. More efficient teachers, more ade quate school plants, and better facil ities are available under the new con solidation system. Auditors in presenting their report to the county’ officials last year made this notation at the bottom of then report, “records in this offi^b were kept as clear, precise and accurate as in any county superintendent’s office in North Carolina.’’ With one one-teacher school, two two-teacher schools, one five-teacher school and three high schools already preparing for their next year’s work, educators are looking forward to a big term in the following year. Next year it will be necessary for the teaching staff of the county to be composed of only 91 teachers while heretofore there have been 103. Under the direction of the new County Board of Education further progress has been assured in the school during the coming year. Every avail able method will be employed to in crease the efficiency of the educa tional advantage? of this county. Story Of Son Returning Stolen Money All False, Says Father JULY 4 GREAT DAY IN HISTORY OF THIS NATION By EVA WHITE Skinnersville.—When flags are fly ing, and ceremonies being held throughout America, on the historic day of July 4, other countries across the Atlantic will not let it pass un observed, although the greatest Fourth of July was in 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was a dopted, and the United States became a Republic. Even before that great event thf date had played a strange part ir. the affairs of the brave men and wo men, who had come across the sea t: establish a new nation in the Ameri can Wildnerness. Roger Williams or July 1, 1636, founded a settlement a4 Providence, Rhode Island. The Vir ginia Colonists were granted import ant rights by the legislature on Jub 4, 1676, a vast tract of land contain ing the Blue Ridge Country was bought from the Indians on July 4 1744. Colonel George Washington sur rendered an army to the enemy on July 4, 1754. With the aid of a I friendly Indian, Sachem, known as Half King, attacked the French in their camp at night on July 4, 1754. Boonesboro, Kentucky, was attack ed by the Indians July 4, 1778. Major Clarke captured Fort Kaskaskia from the British July 4, 1778. Lord Corn wallis evacuated Williamsburg, Vir ginia, July 4, 1781. Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826, died at the age of 8? years. On the same day John Adams passed away at the age of 91 years. James Monroe died on the fourth of July, 1831, when he was 74. The Patent Bureau was established on July 4, 1836. The Independence of California was declared July 4, 1846. On July 4, 1848 work was started on the Washington Momument in Wash ington. On the same day the Treaty of Peace with Mexico was proclaimed at the Capital City. On July 4, 1851 amid pomp and ceremony, President Filmore laid the comer stone of the two great white wings of the United States Capitol building. On July 4, 1861, Abraham Lincolr asked Congress for 400,000 men. There was a nation wide peace on July 4 1866. On July 4, 1870, California’s Constitution was formally adopted. On July 4, 1912, both New Mexico and Arizona were made States of the Union, thus there are many reasons for observing the fourth of July as i day of Patriotic reverence. | POET AND PEASANT “There has been a lot to do about the tea party that Mrs. Hoover gave some time ago and invited Mrs. De priest, the Negro Senator’s wife, has n't there?” asked the Peasant. “There certainly has,” said the Poet, “but there hasn’t been anything said about the big meeting of the Lions held in Columbus, Georgia, some time ago when a Negro was the main speaker of the evening.” “Is that so? It is the first time that I have heard anything about it. How about telling me all that you know a bout this meeting,” asked the Peas ant. “There isn’t much to know about it only that Democratic Senator Powell, of Alabama, introduced Dr. George W. Carver, head of the department of' chemistry at Tuskegee Institute, the largest Negro college in America, as 'lie main speaker at the meeting, which was attended by a large number of white men and women. Dr. Carver was highly recommended by Senator Pow ?!1 as being an outstanding citizen and i capable man,” said the Poet. “Ain’t that something? Now, I read =outhern daily papers, and I haven’t seen a word about this before. I bought that the Lions were very ex rlusive,” said the Peasant. "Yes;” replied the Pote, “it is a very •xclusive club, although it is supposed :o be a civic organization.” “Well, I'll be damned,” said the Peasant. “But, say, did you see Tues lay's paper?” 'I don’t know as I did,” said the ^ Poet,“why?” ‘Nothing much,” said the Peasant, “only an account of the speech that Depriest made in Cleveland, Ohio, be fore 2,000 people. He said, in refer ence to the tea party given by Mrs. Hoover, ‘They’re just a lot of cow ards (referring to the Southern legis lators). This is my country and your country. I’ve been elected to Con gress the same as any other Congress man, and I'm going to have the rights' of every other Congressman—no more and no less—if it s in the Congression al barber shop or at the White House tea.’ He further said the criticism of Mrs. Hoover’s receiving Mrs. Depriest at the \\ hite House tea was an in cident used by Southern Democrat politicians, seeking to win the solid South back into the party. He alscv said that he would not vote to spend any money to enforce prohibition until a like amount had been appropriated to enforce the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, saying that these amend ments guarantee the Negro his politi cal and civil rights.” "I believe I do remember seeing something about that in the paper 1 uesday. Didn’t Depriest also say that he wanted to thank the South for being so barbariac as to drive his peo ple from the South,” said the Poet. "There is one damned thing left for them to do, and that is to be so bar aariac as to drive some people 1 know :>f slam out of the nation," said the Pet rant. ) - That article that appeared in the news columns of the Beacon and News last week relative to my son taking money from my trunk in my absence is an absolute liar, stated T. F. Marriner to a Beacon and News reporter last Fri day. There were many falsehoods irr the piece. Mr. Marriner stated. First, the money was not taken on March 24. as the paper stated, but on the first Sunday in March. The piece of land was sold February 25. This money did not come from a sale of land, as it had been saved up by me from my earnings for several years. Some person must have been watching my movements and knowing that the land was to have been sold thought that I had the money in my trunk. My son, Ottis Marriner, did not take the money, as I have witnesses to prove his whereabouts during the en tire day on which my money wras stol en. Fie never received but $8 for an swering a puzzle in the paper. The money that I deposited in the bank was in my girl’s name, R..th \ irginia Mar iriner; was not recovered or returned to me by my son, and until now I have not been able to learn the identi ty of the persons that stole the money. However, I hope to know in a short time. The note that was sent into the Beacon and News office last week with a signature that was purported to be my wife's was false, and if it bore my wife's signature, it was a forgery. Mr. Marriner stated he would like to know the author of the note and the one who signed it. Signed T. F. MARRINER. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET County Commissioners in session here Monday reduced the tax valuation cf Mrs. M. O. Sawyer’s home in Ply mouth Township to $3,500. They also approved and authorized the county board of education to bor row $20,000 with which to erect a comfortable Negro school building. Sheriff J. K. Reid was ordered to turn in the general county tax books to Auditor J. C. Gatlin for purpose of making a complete settlement for 1928 taxes. It was also decided to allow John Sykes, of Scuppcrnong Township $3 a month: Thelma Patrick, $5 a month; and Charles Tarkenton $3 a month for living expenses. Reports were made by Sheriff J. K. Reid, County Farm Agent R. E. Dun ning, Register of Deeds Mrs. Addie L. Prinklcy. Also magistrates reported the fines collected. M. E. Blount, of Norfolk, spent ther week end in the city as guest of friends
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