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VOL. 40
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY. SEPTEMEERG, 1929
NO. 39
* TEACHERS MET
ROPER FRIDAY;
_LOTS SPEECHES;
~ PLANS WORK
The county teachers association
held their first meeting during the
present school year at Roper last
Friday with a goodly number of
teachcis and patrons present.
The meeting was called to order
by County Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, J. W. Norman.
Captain Charlie Mizell, a member
of the county board of education,
in a very ellocuent manner welcom
ed the teachers to Washington
county. Captain Mizelle assured
the teachers that they could depend
entirely on receiving the complete
cooperation of the board during the
coming year, and urged that the
teachers make Washington county
their home and not merely a place
in which to stay for the school year.
II. L. Melvin, a member of the
Roper faculty responded, expressing
the appriciation of the teaching
staff throughout the county and
assured the board that the teachers
would cooperate with them in every
way possible.
A roll call was then taken by
Professor E. N. Riddle, principal of
Roper school. Each teacher stood
when his or her name was called so
that everyone present could get
acquainted.
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Superintendent Norman then out
lined the aims daring the coming
year as follows: Every child in the
county of school age in school; the
teachers to give the very best possi
ble instruction; and to operate as
ecconomically as possible.
Others who made remarks were;
T. J. Swain, chairman of the board
of education; J. C. Gatlin, county
auditor; C. L. Bailey, prosecuting
attorney; Miss Pauline Lucas,
member of Plymouth faculty; H. L.
Swain, principal Creswell school;
Lee Roy Harris, editor Beacon
and News.
REVIVAL MEETING
BEGINS SUNDAY
Revival meeting at Pleasant
Grove begins Sunday night, Sep
tember 8th at 7:30. The Rev. R.
L. Hethcox, the Methodist Protes
tant Pastor of Creswell will do the
preaching. The Pastor will have
charge of the singing. We are hop
ing to have at least three days of
day meeting, the hour to be an
nounced later. A most urgent invi
tation is extended to people of all
denominations to attend this meet
ing. Come and bring your friends
with you and help us in the name of
our gracious Master, and through
the power of the Holy Spirit, to
make this a gracious season of spiri
tual refreshing.
News For Farm And Home
By MISS ELEANOR PRATT COVINGTON, Home A gent
R. E, DUNNING, County Agent
I will hold a leaders school at the
court house at 2 o’clock today
House furnishing will be studied
all leaders are requested to bring
sewing equipment.
Schedule for week beginning
Sept. 9th.
Monday, Scuppernong Womans
Club.
Tuesday, Mackeys Womans Club
Creswell Girls Club 9:45, Cherry
Girls Club 11:00.
Wednesday, Albemarle Womans
Club.
Thursday, Monticello Womans
Club.
Friday, Wenona Womans Club.
Saturday, Office.
GIRLS CLUBS TO MEET
FOUR TIMES MONTH
The girls club at Plymouth, Ro
per, Creswell and Cherry will meet
four times each month, or one time
each week. In this way the girls in
the four largest schools will be given
a fairly well rounded course in
Home Economics. Clothing will be
studied, also foods and nutrition.
All the school children will be
weighed during the first month of
school to determine the number of
over-weights and under weights.
Each teacher will be given a food
selection score card which will be
used by the school children in cor
recting any fault in the diet.
OVER 1,900 I N
WASHINGTON
COUNTY ENROL
IN SIX SCHOOLS
Vacation days for approximately
1,900 white children of Washington
county were brought, to a close
Monday when the six white schools
opened their doors for the 1929-30
session. In long lines, the children
ranging in age from five years and
a fraction to 18 years, there is some
few over 18, filed into the seven
buildings to mark the first year of
the consolidated school system in
Washington county. No doubt,
there would have been at least 200
more girls and boys throughout the
county to register the first day had
it been possible for them to turn
from their compelling tasks and
chores on the farm.
Every school in (he county had a
decrease with the exception of the
three main schools where all of the
high school students will be instruc
ted. This is the result of the con- ‘
solidatecl system and will prove as
a decided number of advantages for
the students who have, heretofore
been compelled to attend the smaller
high schools. Not only will it give
these students an advantage, but it
will also give the students in the
larger schools an advantage as the
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equip the laboratories, library,
etc., much better in three schools,
anti more economically, than they
can a number of small schools. Last
year, approximately 33^% of the
children in the schools in Wash
ington county failed to make their
work. This year, Superintendent
Norman hopes to bring this average
down considerably. A report of each
students work the previous year,
and during the same month, will
be available for the teachers to use
in this manner. The teacher will be
i prepared to better help the failling
student,
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
HOLLY NECK CLOSED
The Revival Meeting at Holly
Neck which has been running for
two weeks closed Sunday night,
Rev. Tylor Smith of Fairfield, Pas
tor of Holly Neck Church, conduct
ed the services, which proved to be
very successful. There were ten
confessions made. The Baptisminal
service was held at Mrs. M. J. Alex
ander’s Beach on Sunday afternoon.
S ERVICES AT REHOBOTH
SUNDAY
President S. W. Taylor of N. C.
M. P. Conference will preach at
| Rehoboth, Sunday morning at 11
o’clock. All denominations are cor
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dially envited to hear this excellent
Speaker.
Miss Pratt Covington Gives
Recipe es For Tomato Canning
OPPORTUNITY
PLANT COVER
CROP SAYS MR.
DUNNING, C. F. A.
The 700,000' acres of land plant
ed to tobacco in 1929 offers North
Carolina its best opportunity to
plant winter cover crops this fall
for soil improvement and for hay.
“The reason is that the tobacco
crop is about all taken from the
land permitting the cover crop to
be planted early enough for best
results,” says R. E. Dunning, Wash
ington County Farm Agent. “To
plant cover crops on tobacco land,
progressive farmers cut the stalks
with a sharp cutter, then level the
field by running one row with a
disk harrow to tear down the ridge.
If the cover crop is to be either rye,
oats, wheat, barley, vetch or Aus
trian Winter peas, the seed may be
broadcasted and covered immediate
ly by double disking the field.”
Mr. Dunning warns that this
plan would put crimson clover seed
in too deeply and they should be
covered with a brush drag, weeder,
or some other light implement. If
the crimson clover is to go in with
grain, the grain should be covered
with the disk and the clover seed
with the drag immediately there
after.
Mr. Dunning says the best time
to sow winter cover crops is about
September 15. The crop then makes
good growth before cold weather.
Pleasant Grove
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Chesson of
Plymouth spent Sunday with Mrs.
J. W. Chesson.
Mr. and Mrs. Deward Chesson
of Roper were the guests of Mrs.
C. W. Snell Sunday.
Rev. J. Bascom Hurley and
family were the dinner guests of
Mrs. W. B. Chesson Sunday.
Miss Corinne Bell left Saturday
for Washington, D. C., and Balti
more where she will spend her va
cation.
A. J. Barnes left Monday for
Norfolk to be at the bed side of his
son Jessie who will undergo an oper]
ation for kidney trouble.
Cherry
Misses Ruth and Wilma Smith of
Norfolk are guests of Miss Erma
Barnee.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Barnes and
Miss Hortense Ambrose were in
Raleigh last week.
Mrs. Joe Woodley and children
and Miss Pearl Elliott spent the
past week end in Hertford.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gibbs of
Newport News, Va. were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gibbs Sun-j
day. !
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Brown of j
Oak City spent a few days of last
week with Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Ambrose. j
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ALMO THEATRE
TONIGHT
Dorothy Mackaill
IN
“Children of theRitz”
COMEDY
Saturday Night
Roland West’s
Production of
“The Bat”
Last Episode
Tigers Shadow
COMEDY
DON’T MISS IT #
Below is a list of receipes for each |
club member who wishes to enter
the tomato contest, one of each
must be entered under each group
in ordfcr to win the nice prizes that
have been offered.
1. GREEN TOMATO PICKLE:
2 Gal. sliced green tomatoes. 1 pt.
onions sliced. \ teaspoonfull ground
black pepper. 1 small red pepper.
3 tablespoonfull white mustard seed.
2 tablespoonfull celery seed. 1 lb
brown sugar. \ tablespoonfull all
spice. I tablespoonfull cloves. f
cup salt. All measures level.
Sprinkle sliced tomatoes and
onions with salt. Let stand 4 hours
in two seperate bowls. Place each
in a thin muslin bag and squeeze
gently until juice is practically all
removed. Now place in porcelain
kettle (pot) mixing with them the
mustard, celery seed sugar and pep
per. Cover with vinegar (1| pts.)
to which the other spices tied in a
bag have been added. Boil slowly
until soft and tender. This pickle
is not good if removed from the fire
before the tomatoes are tender.
After cooking pour into jars and
seal while hot. Be careful to use a J
liberal amout of the vinegar in
which pickle was cooked when pack
ing in jars.
2. TOMATO CATSUP:
Use first class tomatoes. Remove
peeling, cut out cores and defects.
Place in porcelain pot and boil 30
minutes. Mash finely through a
sieve. To one gallon of pulp add:
1 cup vinegar. § cup sugar. { cup
salt. 1 medium size onion.' 1 tea
spoonfull ground pepper. Pinch cin
namon.
Cook until the desired thickness,
which usually requires from 2\ to 3
hours. Fill bottles using parafin for
sealing.
3. TOMATO AND CORN (Ve
getable Soup:) Select nice ripe to
matoes and tender corn. Cut corn
as near cob as possible after blanch
ing whole ears in hot water 3 min
-utes. Cut so grains of corn will be
whole. Scald tomatoes and peel,
slice in small slices. Use § corn and
l tomatoes. Mix corn and tomatoes
together. Place in stove and stir
continually until mixture is a nice
thick mixture. Place in square jars
with glass tops (no other will be ac
cepted in contest) and boil jar 1
hour for three days in deep pot of
water. Cook only 1 hour in steam
pressure one day.
4. CHILI SAUCE:
1 Gal. tomatoes peeled and chopped.
2 tablespoonful salt, 2 tablespoon
ful sugar. 2 medium size onions. 3
green peppers (hot.) Mix all ingre
dients. Place in porcelain boiler
and cook until thick. Place in
squar jars and seal air tight.
5. TOMATO PRESERVES:
To 1 lb peeled tomatoes add: * lb
sugar, let stand over night. Next
morning drain off juice. Place in
porcelain vessel and cook ten min
utes bet ore adding tomaioes, auu
tomatoes and cook until tomatoes
are clear (sometimes tomatoes will
have to be removed before juice
will thicken.)
0. TOMATOES:
For plain canned tomatoes, blanch
until skins peel off, dip into cold
water and remove skins and hard
cores. Pack into hot glass square
jars adding 1 level teaspoonful of
salt to each jar. Pack tomatoes
whole in jars so they will not break
if possible. Fill jars with clear hot
water. Partly seal and cook for 25
minutes in a pot of hot water.
Clamp last clamp down before
taking jar from water bath, cover
with cloth to keep air from breaking
jars.
NEW PICTURE
HOUSE PLANS;
DR. D. B MIZELL
WILL BUILD
Is Plymouth going to have a new
Theatre?
This question has been asked a
thousand and one times during re
cent years. The need for one has
been greatly felt and at last some
constructive work is being done to
wards giving Plymouth a new The
atre. !
Dr. I). B. Mizelle, a former re
sident of Plymouth and now of
Charlotte is negotating with W. R.
Hampton for the purchase of the
building formerly occupied by the
Plymouth Mercantile Company.
Plans are that this building is to be
remodeled and turned into a mod
ern and up-to-date picture house
with all modem equipment.
The new theatre will be operated
by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown and
will probably go under the name
of the Almo. Mrs. Brown stated
yesterday that she hoped and ex
pected negotations to be closed
within the next few days. A vita
phone will be installed, thereby
giving the people of Plymouth and
Washington county advantages en
joyed by people living in much
larger towns.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are not the
only people in Washington county
interested in seeing a better theatre
at Plymouth. It is understood that
there are other people equally in
terested and are merely waiting a
few days to see if the proposed deal
materializes.
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
While playing with a little wagon
near the highway in front of his
home Wednesday afternoon “Little
John Swain,” the five year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Swain, ran
in the road and was struck by an
automobile driven by Mr. Leon
Spruill.
The auto struck the little wagon
and child, sending “Little John” in
the air. He only lived two hours
and forty five minutes after being
struck. Dr. McGowan was imme
diately summoned, but the child
never regained consciousness.
He was the only son. He was laid
to rest Thursday afternoon in the
Pleasant Grove cemetery Rev. J.
Bascom Hurley conducted the bur
ial service.
Many beautiful flowers covered
the grave.
NOTICE
There will be no services at Grace
E piscopal Church Sunday Sept. 8.
W. F. WINSLOW, Lay Readder.
“It Happened At Midnight”
We Wonder What. ? ?
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BOARD COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
M E T MONDAY;
WENONA ROAD
At the regular meeting of the
County Commissioners held Mon
day, the following action was taken:
Ordered that, “Mr. Basnight con
tinue to have charge of the Wenona
roads and that within 15 days from
date, he give this road attention to
put same in good condition. Cut
ting and cleaning ditches thru which
road is drained, and that in case of
immediate need of dragging at
times when Mr. Basnight cannot
give his personal service, he is to
hire labor to do same.”
The above order was passed dur
ing the morning session. At the af
ternoon session, a committee com
posed of Dr. C. McGowan, E. H.
Liverman and W. F. Minslow, ap
pointed by the Chamber of Com
merce, accompanied a number of
citizens from the Wenona district
to plead with the honorable com
missioners for some action in refer
ence to the roads in that section.
[No mention was made of this del
egation in the minutes.] “We don’t
care how it is done, but we want a
road at any cost,” said one of the
Wenona citizens Monday. “At one
time we were trying to make it be
as cheap as possible for the county
but now, since we realize how near
winter is here,we are thinking of
getting our children, to. and from
school,” he continued.
(Editors note: The Beacon and
News would suggest to the honor
able commissioners that they keep
an accurate record of the cost to
the county for keeping this road up
and compare it with the bid offered
by two citizens of the Wenona
section. This, bid was not mention,
ed in minutes-of the meeting.)
Among the- other business trans
acted at this meeting was the pur
chase of a truck to transport the
children from the Mt. Tabor dis
trict. This did not necessitate a
change in the school budget. Cur
rent bills were paid, the tax rate of
$2.05 was approved; W. T. Phelps
filed a protest to amount being paid
for preparing the tax books and the
jury list was made out. This list
will be published next week.
ATTENDS MEETING AT
RALEIGH MONDAY
T. D. Woodley, manager of the
Woodley Chevrolet Company at
tended the dealers meeting at Ra
leigh Monday. Over 100 dealers
were present and the progress and
problems in North Carolina was
discussed by those present.
POET AND PEASANT
‘‘Do you drive an automible?” j
asked the Peasant. (
“Yes.” said the Poet. “What of |
it?”
“Nothing,” said the Peasant, “I
don’t mind, but it certainly is funny
to me that I have not heard you
say anything about these damnable
stop signs parked at a number of
corners in Plymouth. They are not
only expensive and dangerous but
they are not constitutional, or some
thing like that.”
“They are constitutional,” said
the Poet, “but they are not any
good, they arc a lot of trouble, they
ruin 'tires, they just are not the
right thing and according to the
town ordinances there is not any
[aw in Plymouth ordering anyone
to stop at any corner.”
“I thought that before anything
of this kind was a law in a town
that there must be an ordinance,”
said the Peasant.
“That’s right,” said the Poet.
“Someone has got the cart before
tiie horse when they ordered these
things put down.”
”1 heard someone say that this
kind of a stop sign was cheaper in
that they would last longer than
the rubber ones,” said the Peasant.
“Probably they are,” said the
Poet, “but that dosen’t make them
any cheaper to the citizens. Most
everyone who owns an automible is
a tax payer. These same tax payers
have to buy new tires on the ac
count of accidently hitting one of
these tilings. It should be against
the law to make them. No one
but the tire manufactures and rim
makers like them.”
“Well,” said the Peasant, “I
wish that I could disagree with you
but I can’t.”