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Beacon and News ,^%Offers Spiendid Opportuni ties for Advertisers. i A Family Newspaper l Published for Benefit of En-1 | tire Family. Correspondents r 1 Cover County. \s The Washington County News VOL. 40 PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY. JULY 12, 1929 NO. 31 MOODY BIBLE SCHOOL OFFERS FREE TRAINING TO YOUNG FOLK Young men and women of Wash ington and Tyrrell counties who ate eage^ for Christian service at home or abroad are offered free training for it in the well-equipped Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. All nationalities and all denominations of Christians ate equally welcome. It has some courses which require -a high school preparation and for which a college preparation would be 'better; but its general course has no 'educational qualification for admis sion beyond that of the eighth grade of the grammar school or its equiva lent. Among the subjects covered are the English Bible, evidences of Christian ity, church history, evangelism, public .^speaking, missions music, Christian education or Sunday School organiza tion and administration, Hebrew yid dish and New Testament Greek. A small charge is made for private les sons in vocal or instrumental music. English is taught students who are defective in it. For those going to benighted places of the earth, hygiene and first aid, home economics and manual training are added. The fall term is opened September 5, but admission is granted at any time. A catalogue giv ing full information will be mailed free on application addressed to 153 Institute Place, Chicago Avenue sta tion, Chicago, 111. CARD OF THANKS We wi-h to take ibis method of ex pressing our thanks and appreciation for the kind words of sympathy spoken, the beautiful flowers given by our t friends and neighbors and for every deed of kindness manifested during the sickness and death of our sister, Mis souri F. McNair. J. T. McNAIR and FAMILY. REVIVAL BEGINS AT MAEKEYS CHURCH Mackeys.—A series of revival serv ices will begin at the Mackeys Metho dist Episcopal Church Tuesday even ing. July 9. Services will begin at 7:30 or 7:45 each evening. Thtre will lie no day services. Pastor J. Bascom Hurley will do the preaching. Everybody in the section is urged to attend these services. Music will be a feature of the - event. UNION REVIVAL AT CRES WELL Creswell.—There will be a union re vival held in the Methodist Protestant Church, with the M. E. Church of this place cooperating, beginning Monday night, July 15, at 8 o'clock. Rev. R. L. Hethcox, pastor of the M. P. Church, will do the preaching, and John D. Holmes, of Farmville; will have charge of the singing. The merchants of the town will be : asked to close their stores for the morning services. Everybody is urged to attend and take a part in the meet ing which will close an July 21. What They Sav She was rocking and singing her ,Child to sleep on the front porch oi her residence on V\ ashh;gton Street •tbit - >\ eek when a useful citizen drove ••is automobile by with a cut-out open. 'The Child stirred. And presently awoke. “I don’t see to save my lift why peo ,,;,e want to put those loud-speakers on iiL-r.tomobi’es, Mrs. Waiter i ara re -reniaf). ed. READER TELLS OF DANGERS IN TRANSPORTING SCHOOL PUPILS By A Reader While visiting this summer, an old friend of ours who hadn't had the ad vantages of a present-day schooling and didn't give a hoot about trespass ing on the King’s English, called on us. My husband was out, so I sat down to talk with him, and our con versation drifted to the school system of Washington County. “They tell me you have a good sys tem of schools in this county and that they are putting all the little schools together to make large ones. I guess they haul lots of them on hearses— oh, busses, I mean,” said he in con fusion. When my husband returned that eve ning, I told him who had called and laughingly repeatde the conversation Being fond of humor, I thought he'd at last give one hearty laugh, but, tc my utter amazement, when I looked to see why I hadn t heard a laugh, 1 saw a serious face and received a more serious response. “Well, it may be funny to you, bui there's 'more truth than poetry’ in the c id man’s remarks. Every year whei school closes and the trucks have made their last runs, 1 breathe a sigh of re lief that an accident hasn’t occurred In the first place, there is the bridge between the schoolhouse and town a Roper, without a pedestrian thorough fare—dangerous to .all who must wall to school. There is quite a bit o heavy traffic over this road, and all tin time small children are walking to am 13 U fro. unmindful of their clanger, tween Raleigh and Nashville there i. a sign of ‘Danger! Cattle crossing read,' but here the motorists haven even been warned. “In the second place, there is tin grave problem of the school truck themselves. Some of them are o\er crowded and boys -will ride on the hoo< and running board. If they start Iron the schoolhouse .with all inside, sonn will be outside after the first stop i made.” Drawing my own conclusions iron these condition^.a tragedy is bound t< occur sooner or biter. It may be nex year, 10 years, or 50 years hence, bu the North Carolina Highway is jus like old Neptune of the sea—it's going to claim its .death toll every year, am that toll is generally claimed througl carelessness and negbet. Patrons of the school, are you go ing to wait far a tragedy to occur be U TL- you take any steps to prevent it Use tire mot.to of medical science ii time, “Prevention is belter than cure. " A betterment of conditions can b brought about by the cooperation o the parents and school officials in com pe’.lmg the children to conduct them selves in an orderly manner and al ways ride seated inside the trucks. If the- truck doesn’t provide adequat space for each child to he seated, i behooves the county officials to mak additional arrangement to take care o the surplus. No expense is too grea to; safeguard tire ire of a child, ii hiring dependable drivers and furnish ing a sufficient number of triv'ks ti transport the children. \\ hen ever; possible precaution its trucking chil then has been taken, the greatest ob slacle to consolidation has been re moved in any rural county. Untes: these precautions are taken, we migh lake the remarks of tits Old Timer .a face value—“I guess they’ll haul leu of them on hearse.-.'' News For Farm And Home By MISS iEi-EANOR PRATT COViNGTON, Home Agcnt ft. E. DUNNIHG. CwLimty Agent home agekt s schedule Week beginning Monday, July 15: Monday, Scuppernong. Tuesday, Mackey s. Wednesday, Albemarle. Thursday. Monticello, Friday, Wenona. Each club will hold an all-day meei ing at which time a demonstration will be given on canning and ccoking a meal ( n the steam pressure cooker. Each member is expected t<« bring her lynch, yvhich will be spread picnic style. Dusting with fine sulphur is prob ehU the best control of red spider <n cotton. Use IS to 20 pounds per acr< and make two applications. If only ; limited area is infested, it may be bes to pull up the cotton. The North Carolina State Farmers and Farm Women's Convention will be held at State College during Farn and Home Week, J-july 22 to 27. Over .600 farn; boys and girls are expected to attcyid the 4.-.H club shori course at State College. JtJ.ly 29 tc August ?, Illinois Negro Congressman Scored By County’s Leading Best Liked Colored Educator WINNER CAMP ESSAY TELLS OF GOOD TIMES OF CLUB MEMBERS By MARTHA MAYO Winner of Best Camp Life Story It was about 10 o’clock when I ar rived at our camping place at Mackeys. The yard was fluttering with chickens, and our store room was filled with veg etables and fruits. I knew right then that we were going to have a good time. After lunch we were required to rest an hour, then we were allowed to go in swimming. When dinner time came (6:30) we were feeling fine. Im mediately after dinner games were payed in the recreation room. At 9:30 Miss Covington rang the bell to pre pare for bed. Lights were out by 10 o’clock, but we couldn't sleep. Every body was so lull of fun. Tuesday m< ruing we were ready for breakfast by 7:30. After cleaning our looms we went on basketry class. Miss Edna Earl Nurney was our teacher. After cla=ses we went swimming and ate dinner. After dimmer Miss Cov . ington had a truck come and take us ■ to Plymouth to the movies. k\ hen we got started good there was a ter , rible downpour of rain, which caused us to stop at Gaylord’s hilling Sta tion. By the time we reached Cona ; by Creek, it was time for the show' to r be over, so we turned back. We ’ couldn’t think of anything to do but sing, so we started singing "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More.” When we got home we were given nui ram™ ’ ade, and some of the girls were given some medicine to keep from catching colds. ' On Wdnesday morning we followed ' out regular schedule. After eating ’ lunch, Carrie, the cook, packed us a nice picnic dinner and we were off to 1 visit Camp Leach at Washington. Bill ' Waters took us in a school truck that ^ j W. Norman loaned us. When we 1 arrived at Camp Leach we were taken ^ over the camp and were allowed to go I in swimming with the girls from Edge combe County. We had to hurry right 1 out of the water because we had to get back to Plymouth by 8 to go to the show. After the show Miss Cov ; jngton took us across to the drug store. where we were served drinks. ! Miss Laura Hazelbaker. home dem onstration agent at Edenton and Miss 1 Covington took us around town to I see the old buildings in Edenton on our visit Thursday. We were invited ' into the Daily News office and were given a welcome to the city. In toe afternoon we went to see one of the ? ' new pictures, “\V earv River. II When we reached camp late in the ’! afternoon we had a nice hot chicken t supper and ice cream. Alter supper t (he hoys and girls from around town : came over and played with us. At 10 ' o’clock we had a wennie roast. As 1 several had to leave camp Thursday night, we voted then on the best sport in our camp. Mrs. Binkendcuft -and Eliza Robinson each won a dollar as prizes. I The next morning we packed up to • ! go home, but not because we wanted I to. By 1 o'clock we ail had greeted j out friends good-by and were on our | way home planning to go back next . summer. ALMO THEATRE Saturday Night TONIGHT WiiJiam Fowell IN The Canary Murder Case” Second Episode Tigers Shadow •+ Mon. & Tues. Night Lew Cody IN • I “The Babv Clvclone ' S Koper.-—Utterances made in a recent | speech in Cleveland, Ohio, by Oscar cie Priest, Negro Congressman from Illinois, does not represent the true sentiment of the colored race in Amer ica in regards to the much-disputed question of the Negro’s ambition for equality, according to J. J. Clemmons, principal extraordinary of the local col ored school, in an interview yesterday with a representative of the Beacon ! and News. “If you ask me to criticize his speech,” said Principal Clemmons, “I think that he is all wrong in his views on the matter of equality that the in telligent Negro so desires at this time. I refer especially to that part of his message in which he states, ‘I’m going to have the rights of every other Con gressman—no more and no less—if it's in the Congressional barber shop or at the White House teas.’ “What tn_ average intelligent Negro desires is not the society of white peo I pie but equal commercial advantages. The Negro race needs a representative n Congress, but they don’t need a man like De Priest, who fails to observe di plomacy in his acti ns. I have roamed die world all over, was educated un der white people in Northern schools, but I had rather live one day in the South than a lifetime in the North, and 1 am 58 years of age at the present," he said. No Nejyo in North Car dina has a more varied career than has Principal Clemmons, and no Negro in North Carolina is more polite to the white and the colored than this Negro school teacher, who has been connected with Washington county schools for over ...o<ul Mporn in Wirfh Carolina has a more loyal group of white friends. Asked why he taught school in pref erence to practicing law, as he was a student of law at Chicago L niversity, a- licensed attorney in North Carolina, as he could make more money out of this in some other section of the State, he replied, "There are two reasons why I teach school; first, my people need to he taught to observe the laws ot the land and to respect the white peo ple; and, second, if I were to begin practicing law as a regular attorney, it may happen that I would have to ernbarass my friends on cross exam ination, and I don’t want to do this,’ he declared. However, Attorney Clem mons handles cases demanding jin of fice lawyer. This week he appeared in a divorce suit in superior court. Principal Clemmons was born 58 years ago in Martinnique, West Indes. His mother was a native of the island and his father was a free Negro :rom North Carolina. Early in life he t< ok to the sea and became an expert navi He gra< uated fri i hi* t - hool in Detroit, Michigan, with honors, a? he knew Spanish, French, and other languages. Then he dr.red into Brunswick c ni ty 1 king f< r relatives of his father. He was nominated as representative of the county hut lost in seven votes to Dr. Benjamin Mc Neill. While here he dropped the French endin.. 1 his i . which ' pre viously been spelled “Clement-." to make it spell like that of his father, “Clemmons.” He was principal of the Southport Academy and was elected I issista ‘ snj Tint i h it f public in struction to examine all the colored teachers: and was instructor of the county colored institute. He has taught school in Iowa, Georgia. Virginia, W est Virginia, North and South Car olina. He is an ardent prohibitionist and through his aid and influence liquor selling in Southport was tabooed. He never drank whiskey. He works hard and has accumulated some property. His son owns a large barber shop in Winston-Salem. Yet none of the ad vantages of prosperity has decreased his respect for the white people. Now he is the best-paid Negro si bool principal in this county. CARDEN SUCCEEDS HARDISON ON BOARD ! John Wr. Darden has been appoint I cd by the Washington County Board j of Education to membership on the ' board of trustees of the local school board to succeed George W. Hardi son. The town board elected D. V. Clayton treasurer. I Mr. Hardison ha& been treasurer of 1);5 local school for so-pf 20 years. SHOOTS AT ONE MAN; BULLET HITS ANOTHER; ROADS 2 YEARS Mackeys.—Edgar Thigpen, a middle aged Negro, was sentenced to two years on the roads in Superior Court in Plymouth this week by Judge W. C. Devins, of Oxford, after entering a plea oi guilty of assault with a dead ly weapon. Evidence in court tended to show that Thigpen walked up to three white men on July Fourth near Spruill’s landing on the Albemarle Sound and started a quarrel with Broughton Overton. Then he opened fire on Broughton with a revolver. The only shot fired entered into the arm of .John Swain who was standing near Broughton. In court the Negro testified that the quarrel started over a refusal of Broughton to sell him another pint of whiskey. The white men denied ever selling him any. SEXTON IMPROVES - BARBER SHOP George Sexton, manager and owner of Sexton’s Barber shop on Washing t n street is to be highly compliment ed on the improvements lie lias made in his shop during the past two weeks. The interior and front has been remodeled and /painted. Four new barber chairs, new cabinet, new cases better seats for waiting custo mers and individual laboratories have been installed. The entire shop is a credit to Plymouth. One new barber, Clarence Ainsley has also been em ployed. The first person to be waited on in the new shop was Wesley Hardis«'i and the second customer was O. H. Lyon. REPLIES TO BEACON AND NEWS EDITORIAL In reply to the editorial that appeared in the Beacon and News last week cap tioned “Neighborhood Quarrels’’ I wish to state that I did not sign Mrs. T. F. Marriner’s name to the note that 1 sent into the Beacon and News of fice in regards to money being stolen from T. F. Marriner recently. I only sent an item stating that it was the general report in the com munity that the boy did steal the mon ey. And I did not have anything in the note about the sale of the land. Mrs. J. R. ROUGHTON. REVIVAL BEGINS OAK GROVE CHURCH Skinnersville.—Dr. J. L. Carrick, of Blackwell Memorial Church, Eliza bvth City, will be here again in a re vival at Oak Grove Church beginning July 15 to 20. Last summer the congregation felt it a great privilege to have Dr. Car r.ck preach during the protracted meet ing. It was regretted so few heard him. This time it is hoped every one -.ill gra<p this opportunity of hearing • ne of the best speakers . f j POET AND PEASANT | "Dill you read that writeup in the Deacon and News last week about J. \Y. Norman?” a>ked the Peasant. “Yes,” replied the Poet. “1 always read anything 1 see about Mr. Nor man. We boys and girls of the class of ’26 called him Skipper Jim, and today we know better who you are talking about if you say Skipper than we do if you say Mr. Norman. One of our class wrote a piece of poetry and named it Skipper Jim. We all lov ed him. With the exception oi my father, I don't know any man in the world that has helped me as much as this man. My school work has not ended as far as he is concerned. I still feel 'that he is a good advisor.” "1 agree with you on that point,” replied the Peasant. “L. H. Hubble, who took Mr. Norman's place is also a worthy man, yet I don't believe 1 have ever read anything in the paper either for or against him.” “Hubble as we older boys and girls call him, has done much for the boys and girls of Plymouth. Next to Skipper Jim, I think that he has been my best friend,” replied the Poet. “Now ain’t that funny,” replied the Peasant. “I heard that you did not like Mr. Hubble and that he did not like you.” < "There isn't a bey or girl that has gene to school that did not at some time have trouble with their teacher. Mr. Hubble and myself had our little squabbles, hut we always came out friends. He is a diplomat in that re spect. He can make the kid think that he or she is getting the best end of the bargaain and still Mr. Hubble is winning their respect and carrying his point,” replied the Poet. “Where there is some smoke, there is bound to be some fire,” said the Peasant. “What about this poor dis ci) line we have heard so much about the past two years?” “Yes." replied the Poet. “The dis cipline in Plymouth High School has ben pretty bad for the past two years, but you can't blame Hubble for that. W hen he learned of these things he corected them, but he has had, as a whole, a pretty poor bunch of teachers as disciplinarians. This coming year will see a big difference. He has prob ably the best bunch of teachers that Plymouth has ever boasted of. Some other things were said about Hubble that were false and unfounded. The way he took those things and met them with a smile is more than com mendable. This is just one of the many characteristics that has caused the girls and boys to learn to love him.” ROPER YOUTHS GO TO JAIL FOR ROBBING DRUG STORE MAY 15 Found guilt}' of breaking into and tobbing the store of Barton Swain, in Roper, on the night of May IS by Judge W. A. Devins, of Oxford, now presiding over the July term of Su perior Court here, Orville Chesson and Bernard Wentz will have to spend four months in the local jail. And Vernon Parker, 16 year old Negro, is out under a year’s suspended road sentence with a $100 bond up for his appearance in court to prove good behavior. The sentence as imposed by Judge Devins on Chesson and Wentz reads in part: defendants committeed to jail for 12 months; in each case after 4 ^months, the remainder of the sentence will he suspended during good be havior and on condition that each pay a third of the costs and the $20 to be given to the prosecuting witness to reimburse him for goods taken, and also give bond in the sum of $1,000 for their apearance at the January and July terms of court insuring their good behavior. A capias and com mitment will be issued at any time at the request of the solicitor and re mainder of the sentence will have to be served without further notice. Arthur McNair was found not guilty of reckless driving. Henry Swain was found not guilty of assault. A mistrial was ordered in the case of Grady and William James tried for violating the prohibition law. Willie Snell, cruelty to animals, not guilty. A. R. Partrick, charged with assault, case nol press ed. The criminal docked- was con cluded Wednesday morning. In their report the grand jury recommended improvement of the convict headquarters in the lower part of the county. Also suggested that the vault in the register of deed's office be cleaned. They reported the jail in good condition and well kept. In the report there was a recommen dation that the clerk of the Superior Court be reimbursed for the amount he expended in assembling the old records. A recommendation was made citing the need of new buildings or repair on the old buildings at the county home, and that electric lights be in stalled, a milk cow bought, and that the lady in charge be paid $40 a month for her services. j REACH COMPROMISE DEFUNCT BANK SUIT A compromise has been reached in tin case of the group of Bertie stock holders who were suing the directors and officers of the defunct Bank of I Plymouth. Washington County Bank ' and the United Commercial Bank in a ! hearing here last week beiore Judge 1 Junius Bragaw, of Washington. The provisions of the compromise I were withheld from the press. This | concludes this case which has been in | progress for little more than a year.
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