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The Washington County News
VOL. 41
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1929
NO. 1
2,. V. Norman Re-Elected
-President Commercialists;
t Other Officers Named
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Z. V. Norman was reelected to
serve as president of the Plymouth
Chamber of Commerce for the year
1929-30; C. L. Groves was elected
to serve as vice-president and L.
W. Gurkin serve as secretary and
treasurer, it was announced at the
regular meeting of the eommercial
ists Monday night,
A g.'h&y number attended the
meeting, which was filled with en
thusiasm for the coming year.
Many outstanding projects were
mentioned for the organization to
work on during the coming year.
New committees were appointed to
serve. Any one of these committees
or committeemen failing to function
will be required to furnish the body
in cigars at one of the regular meet
ings.
The first committee was the mer
cantile committee, composed of W.
F. Winslow as chairman with L. WT.
Gurkin, L. S. Thompson, O. H.
Lyon, C. M. Tettertoh and A. L.
Alexander as his helpers. The Agri
culture committee is composed of
A. L. Alexander as chairman with |
P. H. Darden, A. L. Owens, J. W.
Norman and R. E. Dunning as
members. L. W. Gurkin was made
chairman of the civic affairs and A.
H. Stier, R. G. L. Edwards, J. L.
Horton, T. C. Burgess and J. P.
Sutton were made members of the
committee to serve with him. Z. V.
Norman wa3 reappointed as chair
man of the Industries committee
and C. L. Groves, A. L. Owens, A.
L. Alexander, T. D. Woodley and
Werner Ebner were appointed as
members of this committee.
A special committee composed of
Z. V. Norman, chairman, A. H.
Stier, R. G. L. Edwards and Lee
Roy Harris was appointed to draw
up a folder telling what Plymouth
has and what Plymouth needs.
The actual cost of this folder will be
ascertained and subscription from
the various business houses will be
taken to defray the expense of hav
ing them printed. These folders
will be unserted in letters that are
mailed from Plymouth Post Office
for the purpose, of telling the world
of our little city.
The question of whether or not
EPISCOPALS HAD GET
TO-GETHER MEETING
CreswellA get-to-gethcr group
of the auxiliaries of Roper, Ply
mouth, Columbia and Creswell
Episcopal Churches met in Christs
Church Wednesday. Mrs. W. S.
Chesson of Roper presided and
Mrs. Harry Walker made the ad
dress of welcome while Mrs. J. B.
Edmudson of Plymouth responded.
Mrs. R. W Johnson from Plym
outh, Rev. Marshall from Roper and
Mrs. Fred Schlez from Columbia
gave interesting reports on the work
acomplished by thier organization
during the year.
Capt. Turner from the Church
Army of England explained the work
the Church Army is doing in England
anal America- Mrs. W- S- Carawan
talked on the necessity of the
Episcopal church in East Carolina
doing more work in our rural sec
tion. Rev. Marshall of Wilharastom
made an address on the lesson for
the first Sunday in Advent.
The ladies of the Creswell Auxil
iary served a delicious two course
dinner. The next meeting will fee
held in Columbia May 1, 1930. At
that time several of the Diocesian
officers will fee invited to fee on the
program and present their work.
ALL TRUCKS MUST
LEAVE EARLY
The Washington County Board
of Education orderded last Mon-,
day that all school trucks must
leave by 3 :45 so as to have made
their trip before night.
During the football season it was
neeeessary for the trucks to remain
at Roper and Plymouth until after
practice as there is only a short
time from the closing of school and
3;45, but the parents were very
considerate and did not register
any complaints.
to give the farmers some kind of .an
inducement in order .to get them to
join the (arganizatiom came up and
will be investigated in the rnear
future
ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN
COLLEGE MOST RAISE
$50,000 JANUARY 1ST.
Wilson, N. C.,—A determined
drive to raise approximately $40,000
to complete the $300,000 endow- j
ment fund for Atlantic Christian
College, was launched today by
college officials. The sum is needed
to round out $200,000 which the in
stitution’s heads and friends set out
to raise in order to secure $100,000
from the estate of the late J. W.
Hines, of Rocky Mount. It must be
collected within the next twenty
days or the money from the Hine’s
Estate will not, under the terms of
the offer made by Mr. Hines short
ly before he died, be available. His
offer of $100,000 was contingent
upon the securing of $200,000 in
other quarters by January 1, 1930.
Dr. Howard S. Hilley, president
of Atlantic Christian College, in
announcing the drive, stated that
the future of the college depends
upon success in the campaign. With
the endowment assured the life of
the college will be brighter, he said.
The building committee will con
tinue its collection of pledges: work
on the buildings on the new campus
will be resumed. Completion of At
lantic Christian College’s endow
ment and construction plans will
assure admission to tire Southern
Association of Colleges and raising
of the college to the standard of
the larger colleges ia North Caro
lina.
The building committee has tem
porarily sidetracked collection of
building pledges to give the endow
ment fund workers a clear field. On
completion of the endowment, the
committee will resume the big task
before it. Work on the girls dormi
tory on the new campus, suspended
for a time, will be resumed, and
■contracts will be Jet for a boys dor
.tnitary., administration budlding,
library and gymnasium and work
begun ■on these .at itmoe. Am effort
will be made to complete the struc
tures by the ibegtmnng «af the next
.college year, in .'September, 1930.
The .college, which is the princi
pal institution of learning of the
Deoiplos of 'Christ in the State is an
important cog Eastern Carolina’s
educational system. Students from
a number of counties are enrolled.
It not only affords the section an
A grade collego-it gives the East
its only representative in intercolle
giate sports. 'Football, basketball
and baseball teams of A. C. C. rank
high in the standings of the Little
;Sax Conference, comprised of Elon,
Guilford, High Point, Catawba,
Lenoir Rhyne and Atlantic Chris
tian College.
SERVED WASHINGTON
COUNTY FORTY YEARS
This issue of the Beacon and
News completes forty years of ser
vice by i.1h: Beacon to the people of
Washington county. This issue is
also the largest paper ever publish
ed in the county. There is twelve
pages tills week, which is just two
pages larger titan the special edition
for the Home Demonstration Clubs
which was published recently.
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No Community Christmas
Tree In Plymouth; Help Fill
Christmas Box For Needy
Do your bit towards contributing to the happiness of some
needy family during the Christmas Time by helping fill the
CHRISTMAS BOX
sponsored by the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and I nited
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Cash in Box, $26.50 Clothing, none Toys, none
If you know of a worthy family, notiry Mrs. B. A. Sumner, J. P.
Sutton or this office, giving number in the family and the ages
and sex of the children. Any worthy family in Washington
county will be helped.
Send vour contributions of MONEY, CLOTHING or TOYS to .
U. D. C., J. P. SUTTON or BEACON & NEWS
Beacon and News office is headquarters for the committee
Sunday School Association Met;
Youth - Adolescence Discussed;
To Show Motion Picture Tonight
Columbia Dec. 9 —The Colum
bia Township Sunday School As
sociation held an interesting Insti
tute to a capacity filled church in
Cross Landing, Sunday P. M. at
three, o’clock.
Those on the program were Mrs. ’
Leslie Snell, Prof. Robbins, Mr. D. |
J. Spruill, Capt. Turner of London
and Cadet R. Lewis of New Jersey
The Columbia Orchestra rendered
several pretty selections and the
Xmas music by the Cross Landing
choir added much to the success of
the meeting.
The Home Education Depart
ment of the Parent Teacher Asso
ciation and Woman’s Club held a
regular monthly meeting in the
school auditorium Tuesday P. M.
-with an unusually large number
present.
The subject for the evening was
Youth and Adolesence. Mesdames
T. W. Armstrong, S. J. West and
J. H. Bateman read papers on this
After which Miss Leah Smith led
the discussion. This was declared
one of the most instructive and
educational meetings held this year.
Instead of having a regular meet
ing) the Columbia Parent Teachers
Association will put on a picture,
“Ramona” in the school auditorium
Friday night at 7:30 o’clock.
The American Legion and Legion
Auxiliary entertained the Legion
nairs of the first district, Tuesday
evening in the Junior Order and
Legion Halls.
After a barbacue dinner was serv
ed, several inspirational talks were
made. The chief speaker of the ev
ening wan Commander Geo. Free
man of Goldsboro, who urged the
legionaiis to apply for their com
pensation certificate as the time
limit for these applications is Jan
uary 1st.
TRUCK REPORT
FOR NOVEMBER
The County Board of Edu
cation operated 16 trucks to trans
port 13,854 pupils during the month
of November. These 16 trucks us
ed 996 gallons of gasoline and tra
veled 9,418 miles during this month
making an average of 9.4 miles per
gallon.
Each Saturday until Christmas, ,
9 prize will be given away on the
curb market to the customer hold
ing the lucky number, which will '
be drawn from a bag. Each custo- j
mer is asked to go by the desk at
the market and sign their name 1
once for each dollar that they spent i
on the market that day. Mrs. W. (
E. Burr was the winner last Satur
day.
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CURB MARKET IS A SUCCESS
By PRATT COVINGTON
The first Saturday that the Curb
Market in the basement of the
courthouse at Plymouth, the mar
ket took in $35.38. The past Satur
day the sales amount to $68.64.
The market has just been open one
month and sales has passed the
$200 mark.
The market has far exceeded all
expectations, and each sales day,
the club women are urged to im
prove their products, and to keep
every article sold on the market up
to just as high a standard as possi
ble.
Each person selling on the mar
ket can increase her sales by ob
serving the woman who sells the
largest variety of produce. It is
best not to bring too much of any
one article to sell, but a large varie
ty of produce.
We are especially glad to have
our customers tell us about any
complaint that they have to make,
so that it can be corrected. We ask
that you do this so that you can
help us to make the market a great
er success.
Instead of a Comunity Christmas
Tree as has been the custom in the
past, the Plymouth Chamber of
Commerce and the United Daug
hters of the Confederacy will spon
sor a Christmas Box which is being
published in the Beacon a nd News
this week and will be published
again next week with the amount of
contributions added.
It is not neccessary to contribute
money only, as there is lots of
places that clothing will do some
good Go in that old closet and drag
out some things that are not being
used, there is many people in Wash
ington county that need them.
Either bring them to this office or
mail a check to either J.P. feutton
or Mrs. B. A. Sumner. Your money
will be well spent and syme unfort
unat will receive the full benefits of
it.
There has not, as yet been a
special committee appointed by the
U.D.C. but J. P. Sutton, R. G. L.
Edwards, Werner Elmer and Lee Roy
Harris were appointed on a commi
ttee from the Chamber of Commerce
Monday night to help in this work
If you have anything to contribut
or know about any worthy family
be sure and let one of these men
know' about it at once so that prep
arrtions can be mada to take care
of them.
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
At last Plymouth is awake!
For the first time in the history
of Plymouth, the town will spend
$150 for the purpose of decorating
during a holiday period. At a spec
ial meeting, called by a committee
from the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday, the couneilmen voted to
expend $150 on putting lights be
tween the lamp posts in the down
town section during the holidays.
The couneilmen stated that the
work would be complete and the
lights turned on tomorrow night.
These lights will illuminate the
business during the entire holiday
period. _
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. A. H. Marshall, Rector
Mr. Frith Winslow, Lay Reader.
Sunday School at 10 A. M. Even_
ing Prayer and Sermon 7:30 P. M
POET AND PEASANT
“Did you notice that article in
last weeks Beacon and News about
Milton Gaylord, the Negro who
was robbed at Roper some time ago
going out and freezing to death?”
asked the Peasant.
“Yes! replied the Poet, “I was
real sorry about it too. Those white
men who hit him over the head and
robbed him should be brought to
justice.
“Certainly they should,” replied
ho Peasant, “but they never will.
It is another case just like this
lapening down at Phillippi C hurch
ivhen those people went in there
md used the church as a place in
which to make whooppee and have
i big time in general. It will be
treated with indifference.”
“No it won’t,” replied the Poet.
‘It has already been treated with
ndifference. The sheriff and solici
:or can’t be expected to do this
work alone. It is the duty of the
•ounty officials to call in some de
fective to work on the sittUiticm.,
Conditions in Washington county
rom a criminal point of view, es
pecially this holding up and being
obbed is getting serious. No one
;an feel safe when they go out at
light and in some instances people
have been held up in the day
time.”
"It docs’nt seem to me that it is
the duty for the county to have to
go to an added expense in order to
bring criminals to justice and break
up this hold up stuff, although it
reminds me of the old times that
my grand father used to tell me
about and these western
stories that are printed in maga
zines,” said the Peasant. “It seems
that the sheriff is being paid enou
gh to take care of these conditions
without an added expense to the
county.”
“You are all wrong there,” said
the Poet. “The sheriff can be
ever so efficient and yet not be able
to catch these criminals. He is not
and it is not his duty to be, a defe
ctive. His duty is to serve warr
ants when they have been issued.
He can’t take a man in custody
any more than you can without a
warrant. It is your duty and
mine to assist in killing nrimo and
we should exert ouf every effort to
this end, but that does not relieve
the county commissioners from
their duty of calling in a detective
to assist Sheriff Reid in finding the
men who are responsible for the
death of Milton Gaylord.
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