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VOL. 40
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18,1929
NO. 45
Reckless Drivers
Take Warning! I
Be careful you don’t get caught,
reckless drivers!
Violators of traffic laws in Wash
ington county that are brought be
fore Recorder Jerry A. Sawyer will
face a judge that has apparently
made up his mind to cut down on
the number of casulties caused by
reckless driving.
Tuesday morning he ordered M.
K. King, colored, to pay a tine of
$25, cost of proceedings and pay
for damages, also a sentence of 90
days. The road sentence was sus
pended upon payment of the tine,
costs oi proceedings, payment of
damages, good behavior, refraim
from driving for three months, in
fact he put so much of a judgement
on King that the Clerk had to use
some paper, the docket book not
having enough space in which to
make the record. After all of this
judgement King filed a notice of an
appeal and was placed under a $300
bond.
After passing h i s judgement,
Judge Sawyer said, ‘‘I don’t know
of any other wray to handle these
reckless driving cases.” Perhaps he
handled this one in such a manner
as to cause people in the future to
be a little more careful, nor is this
the first time that this jurist has
shown his attitude towards the dan
gers of a reckless driver. Apparent
ly he realizes that an automobile in
the hands of an incompetent or
reckless person is a very dangerous
weapon.
SERVICES AT REHOBOTH
CHURCH SUNDAY
Skinnersville:- Services were held
at Rehoboth Sunday Morning at
11 o’clock and seven thirty at night,
by Rev R. L. Hethcox pastor for
11 years The 28th of this month
the fourth Quarterly Conference
will be held at Creswell Church.
Mr. Norman Davenport Delegate
from the Circuit will attend the N.
C. Conference at Greensboro the
first of November. Rev Hethcox is
expected to return to the Circuit.
Pleasant Grove
Mr. and Mas. A. D. Snell were
in Washington Friday.
Mrs. Sallie Marriner of Roper is
the guest of her daughter. Mrs. C.
T. Riddick,
Mr. and Mrs, A-. J. Barnes and
children spent Sunday in Creswell
with relatives.
Mr. and Mr. S. Z, Waters return
ed from Belhaven Wednesday after
spending some time there.
The stork visited the home of
Mrs. W.B. Davenport Saturday and
left with her a nice baby boy.
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APPLICATIONS FOR
GOVERNMENT JOES
Washington, D. C., October 17:
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced that it
will receive applications until Nov
ember 2, 1929, for certain tempor
ary positions in the Bureau of the
Census in Washington, D. C., in
connection with the Fifteenth De
cennial Census.
The positions for which examina
tions are to be held are junior clerk,
junior calculating machine operator,
and junior tabulating machine op
erator, with an entrance salary of
$1,440 a year, and under card
punch operator with an entrance
salary of $1,260 a year.
These examinations are open to
all citizens of the United States,
both men and women, who meet
the requirements.
It is expected that a large num
ber of appointments will be made.
The length of service will probably
range from one to two years in
most cases but in no case will it
extend beyond December 31, 1932.
Full information regarding these
examinations can be obtained from
the United States Civil Service
Commission, Washington, D. C., or
from the Secretary of the United
States Civil Service Board at the
post office or customehouse in any
city.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
The world’s longest newspaper
route is in Yellowstone Park, is 1(30
miles long and absorbs between (300
and 800 pounds of newspapers daily
between June and September.
It is a full day’s work that con
fronts the driver, Bird Newell,
when he steps on the starter of his
Chevrolet Coupe, and sets about
the day’s business. Fast driving
and knowledge of short cuts are
necessary to complete the task be
fore dusk.
Newell’s subscribers number sev
eral hundred persons who reside
each summer in the isolated camps
and resort hotels of America’s great
est natural park. Until 1928 these
vacationist had no means of getting
their home town newspapers. Since
the route opened the Chevrolet
coupe has been in constant service
never missing a day.
The car has already travelled
42,000 miles and has never under
! gone any major repairs. Thus far
| the total cost of servicing the cqr
I has been only $58.50.
| GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
I Rev. A. H. Marshall, Rector, Mr.
1 Frith Winslow, Lay Reader. Sun
day School at 10 A. M. No Service
at 11 A. M.
News For Farm And Home
By MISS ELEANOR PRATT COVINGTON, Home Agent
R. E. DUNNING, County Agent
HOME AGENT’S SCHEDULE
Monday, Jackson; Tuesday' Albe
marle; Wednesday, Swain; Thurs
day, Creswell; Friday, County Fed
eration at Roper High School.
Miss Georgia Pilard will give a
talk on landscaping at t he Federa
tion meeting in Roper October 25th.
A silver cup will be presented to
the club having the largest per
centage of club members present at
the county federation meeting next
Friday at Roper. Ten points to
wards winning this cup will be al
lowed each club whose entire mem
bership has paid their federation
dues. One point will be given for
every new member brought to the
federation meeting.
Over 500 bulbs arrived this week
for the use of the women of Wash
ington county. These bulbs can
be had at a very reasonable price
and can be purchased from me.
Bring articles in for exhibit at
the Tarboro Fair, not later than
Saturday, October 26th.
SEWER LINE
WASHINGTON!
STREET GIVING!
LOTS TROUBLE!
Fourteen years ago, under the
administration of Captain Harney
as Mayor of the Town of Plymouth,
J. B. McQuerry, plumbing contrac
tor laid the present line of terra 1
cota sewer on Washington street
which seems to be giving Chief of :
Police P. W. Brown and workmen
lots of trouble.
For the past two or three weeks,
Chief Brown and George Harrison
a local plumber have been working,
attempting to clear these old sewer
pipes of quick sand. About seven
of the joints have be come cracked,
thereby allowing them to fill. A
man hole had to be made in tne
center of the block between Main
and Water streets. This man hole
will avoid the present conditions
existing in the future. Final work
will be completed during the next
few days it is hoped.
MRS. HERMAN WHITE
DIES AT VERMONT
Roper: Mrs. Herman White, for
merly Miss Beatrice Robertson,
daughter of Mrs. Della Robertson,
arid the late W. L. Robertson, died
at a hospital in Brattleboro, Ver
mont, Sunday morning at 1:20 o’
clock, victim of blood-poison, caus
ed by bruising a small pimple on
her right cheek.
The body arrived at Plymouth
Monday night and lay in state at
the old homestead near Roper
Funeral services were conducted at
Zion’s Chapel Tuesday at 2:30, and
interment was made in the cnureh
cemetery.
Mrs. White was married three
weeks prior to her demise. She was
a graduate of E. C. T. C., at Green
ville, and was a very suceessfuj
teacher at Weeksville and Stokes.
Her winning personality won a
host of friends that are sorely
grieved at her departure.
At the age of 13 years, she be
came affiliated with the Christian
Church, Zion’s Chapel and through
out the remaining 13 years of her
life, she was a devoute member to
her church.
The deceased is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Della Robertson, one
sister, Mrs. Roy Stillman and her
husband, Herman White of near
Elizabeth City.
POOR SQUIRRELLS!
Locai hunters have kept the
squirrels On the run since Tuesday
when the law went out on them.
One hunter said that the squirrels
had so much Confidence in Game
Warden Stell that every time he
shot at one he would yell out, “Oh
Stell.
SWIPING A STORY
We noticed in a daily paper yes
terday that all of the reading mat
ter on page three was copied ver
baly from the Beacon and News,
yet the editor failed to give us cre
dit for same.
I
ALMO THEATRE
TONIGHT
AND
Saturday Night
Rod La Rocque
IN
“Love Over Night”
Seventh Episode
COMEDY
MONDAY
October SI.
“The Pace That Kills”
MEET ME THERE
HIGH SCHOOLS
HAVE GOOD
FOOTS A L L
SQUADS NOW
In all the enthusiasm over the
irVorld Series baseball' games in.
vhich the Philadelphia Athletics j
vere victorious over the Chicago j
dubs, the football squads of the |
Plymouth and Roper High Schools;
seems t o have been forgotten. I
Roper’s first game was last Friday;
when they met Windsor and were
lefeated 12 to 0. That is not bad
it all. Plymouth’s second game of
the season was played Thursday
and defeated Columbia 19 to 0.
This was the second time that the
Tyrrell county boys have been de
feated by Plymouth this season.
The other game resulting in a score
jf 7 to 0 in favor of the locals.
Today the Plymouth boys will
venture over to Windsor to meet
me of their weakest opponents
luring the season unless Windsor
aas mustared some new material
mice last year. In last years game
he locals scored at will and piled
ip a final score of 59 to 0. Today
iveek the locals will meet probably
die hardest team that they will face
an the gridiron during the season
when they go to Aulander. Last
season this was one of the strongest
devens in this section.
Gurganus is back as pilot of the
locals, while Miller Warren, the un
known quantity, is giving Gurganus
a hard run for laurals. In the game
Thursday he took some part in vir
tually every play and his tackles
seemed never to miss. There is
some danger of this young player
getting it in his head as now he fails
to follow his interference as he
should. Other than these two out
standing players, Coach Hubble
has as fine material as any high
school could hope for. He stated
that he did not expect the locals to
be scored on home during t he entire
season.
All around Plymouth High School
tias a football team well to be
proud of and surely is worthy of
the patronage of local fans.
NEW COUNTY FINANCE LAW
The Washington County Com
missioners received a reply to their
nquery as to whether or not the
lew county finace law was compul
sory or optional. The Attorney
General only refered them to the
Consolidated Statues where it states
dearly that certain systems of pro
cedure should be followed as to the
liscounts and penalties in taxes.
In a recent issue of the Beacon
rnd News these laws were given for
[he benefit of the general public. In
i condensed form they mean that
the person who can pay his or her
taxes during this month will be able
to save a two per cent discount,
next month a one per cent discount,
ivhile in December and January
they will be at par. In February a
me per cent penalty will be added,
n March a two per cent penalty,
n April a three per cent penalty
and in May a four percent penalty
This is going to work somewhat
if a hardship on many people in
the county this year on the account
if a failure to produce complete
irops and tobacco prices have been
•ather low along with the grades.
Die tax books are not as yet com
plete, but any person wishing to
pay their taxes can do so by seeing
Sheriff J. K. Reid or County Ac
■ountant J. C. Gatlin.
PLAY AT ROPER
Roper:- The fuculty of Roper
High School will present a play,
‘Safety First” the school auditor
urn Friday night Oct. 18.
Plymouth C. Of C. I
Not Getting Supportl
The Plymouth Chamber of Com
merce met in regular session in the
Plymouth Fire Department build
ing Monday night with only a few
members present. Ti|e question of
officers came up. President Z. V.
Norman and Secretary C. L. Groves
stated that they would not be can
didates for reelection, but that they
would continue to lend their every
aid to the new officers whoever they
might be.
Last year when an election of
officers was called very few of the
members were present, so a second
attempt was made with the same
results. This year every possible
effort will be made to have a goodly
number present for the election of
officers..
Just like all men who are engag
ed in working for the upbuilding of
a community, the present officers
have been highly criticized in many
instances and most of this time it
has been by people who do not at
tend these meetings nor know any
thing about the works of the organi
zation. Some have called it a three
man organization. These people are
either talking to hear themselves
talk or else they do not know what
they are talking about. It is the
duty of every citizen, and especially
business men, to not only be a
member of this organization, but
they should lend their personal
to the works of this body.
Among some of tne things thal
the Chamber of Commerce deserve
considerable credit in is; the pushl
ing forward of the sale to the Vir|
ginia Electric and Power Company
of our distribution system; the re
taining of the National Handld
Company; getting a canning plan^
here; building of a city dock; anc
many other things too numerous tcj
name. Much more could have beer
accomplished if some of these pec
who are so ready to criticize thd
workings of the organization woulc
discontinue their knocking and gc]
to the meetings where they can dq
some constructive good.
Mr. Business man watch for the
announcement of when the officer
will be elected and be present, o|
better still, begin attending thq
Chamber of Commerce meeting
Monday night and start helping
Plymouth and Washington count]
to progress.
REVIVAL BEGINS At
BAPTIST CHURCI
Roper:- A revival conducted b]
Rev. E. R. Steward of Hyde count]
will begin at the Baptist Churcl
Monday night October 21 and con
tinue through the following Sunday]
POET AND PEASANT I
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“I notice by the report sent out
by the State of North Carolina,
that there were 59 people kill by
automobiles in the State during the
month of August,” said the Peasant.
“Yes,” replied the Poet. “That
isn’t any better than the same per
iod last year, and in spite ol the
traffic cops.”
“Well,” said the Peasant, “I ain’t
one for criticizing anything that our
State Departments do, but I don’t
think that the highway patrol is
doing their work very efficiently.
That is not only true in this State,
but it is also true in every State as
itisestimated that there will be30,000
people killed in the United States
during the next 12 months. This
estimate is probtj^ly based on past
records, and according to these re
ports compiled every month by W.
C. Spruill, the highway patrol
hasn’t done anything to cut down
the number of deaths in North
Carolina.”
“Very frequently I have the op
portunity to observe some of the
conditions as they realy exist,” said
the Poet, “Only a few nights ago 1
came up on an accident where a
man and woman, the woman was
driving, had run down a tobacco
truck. The unusual part about the
accident was that the truck had all
the lights necessary. The man and
woman were apparently drunk. The
woman had gone over to the left
side of the road and gotten the
front wheel of the truck.”
“I don’t get the chance to ride
around much,” said the Peasant,
“but I can see these fellows all
dressed up in their pretty uniforms,
gallavanting around the country
and never stoping anyone, whether
they arc violators or not. Most any
time you want to you can see auto
mobiles in Plymoute and Washing
ton county with only one light on
the front and no tail light; people
driving horses and carts do not
realize that they are also supposed
to carry a light of some kind after '
dark;cars park on the highway most j
any time the drivers decide they j
want, etc.”
“I have always been under the
opinion that the highway patroj
was somewhat of a secret service
organization and not an organizad
tion to show off these pretty uni-J
forms. Instead of riding up anc
down the road,” said the Poet, “it
seems to me that the thing for ther
to do is to hide out in the bushes at
some place and when a violator
comes along go out and nab him.j
These State Patrolmen can learn
lot from the Policemen of Rockj
Mount. That is one town where |
they will surely get you for speed
ing and before you know- that are|
around too.”
“Well,” said the Peasant. “II
ain’t speaking about the conditions!
n the other sections of North Caro-1
ina, but I do know that conditions!
n Washington county are not anyl
setter than they were before thesel
tressed up policemen were put onl
the State Payroll Maybe they feel)
that we are too small down here to I
matter, but we have had a number)
cf killings in automabiles during the!
past 12 months and 1 think thatl
some of it should be stopped.”
“The only way that the deathl
rate will be lowered as far as auto I
deaths are concerned is to make a I
person take a rigid examination ofl
drivers, with license being issued to |
competent operators, subject to im
mediate revocation upon cause. I
Culpable participation in two or
three minor violations of safety re
gulations, should be sufficient cause I
for the cancellation of a drivers]
license,” said the Poet. “Along
with the license should go periodi-j
cal examinations of all automobiles,]
with thorough tests as to the condi
tion of the brakes, the horn and the]
lights. Nor should the tires on an
automobile be neglected and no car
should be operated on the public
highway that has rotten, worn out|
dangerous tires.”
“That, would not only eliminate I
a lot of worn out automobiles,”
paid the Peasant, “but it would also
eliminate a lot of these half efficient |
drivers.”