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The Washington County News
VOL. 41
PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1929
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It is Christmas again, a time ofsurmises,E_
Ribbons untied and thrill of surprises.
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Christmas again, with its worry and cost
In follies we bought and in hours we lost.
Christmas again with its boisterous childhood,
Litterandglitter and green from the wildwood
Dulled heart remembers old tenderness then,
And who is not glad it is Christmas again?
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ALBEMARLE WOMAN’S
CLUB MET WEDNESDAY
Skinnersville :-Me*dames M. J.
Elliott and J. J. Burdine were joint
_ aostess to the Albemarle Woman’s
Club at the home of Mrs. Eliiott
Wednesday afternoon. Miss Coving
ton demonstrated on foods.
Letters of the alphabet were giv
en those present to spell correctly
the names of trees flowers, vegeta
bles etc., by Miss Covington. Mrs.
- Clinton Everett won the first prize,
Mrs. S. A. Holton, second and Mrs.
Ida Brickhouse third. A very in
teresting paper was read by Mrs.
Brickhouse.
f After the business session, the
hostesses served refpeshmepts,
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Do your bit towards contributing to the happiness of some
nee&y family during the Christmas Time by helping fill the
CHRISTMAS BOX
sponsored by the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and United
Daughter* of the Confederacy.
Cash in Box, $100 Clothing, few Toys, none
Tf you know of a worthy family, notify Mrs. TV 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 your 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
Virginia Electric And Power
Company Has Begun Work
Power Lines To Plymouth
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By Miss Ida S. Ambrose
Creswell :-Ono thousand years
ago marks the epoch in history
when the first Christmas occured.
Down through the ages, as times
and customs alter, only for a period
of time thus to oscillate back to the
same methods in life. Humanity
boasts of one appreciation that has
and ever more will haunt the civiliz
ed world-this is the Spirit of Christ
mas.
Christmas is the best time in the
year to teach others appreciation
However personal achievement is
necessary, but not the expenditure
for tremendous gifts. Are you plan
ning to give wisely or unwisely at
Christmas time? Millions of dollars
are invested carelessly and wasted
too each Christmas, because the
majority of people buy carelessly;
thus the outcome is one-half of the
Christmas gifts are of minor use to
man kind.
We must think soberly and. con
sider deeply about the first and
greatest gifts wc,re planning to be
stow on our intimate friends. One
of the best gifts to donate to human
ity is that of characture building,
which is frequently neglected, in the
homes. Can we buy the Spirit of
of Christmas? Yes, it can be bought
at the purchase of a reasonable
price; even the waif’s of the streets
may buy it easily. Some where,
some one near you is in need of this
rare gift; whether they be rambling
rangers or hermit souls; all are His
children and must have a represen
tative for this great force. Therefore
humanity will better appreciate
their own blessings.
To make one nook of God’s Gar
den wherein we live we must be
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lighten others burdens, to make
some one more blessed and less ac
cursed. By doing this we’re laying
up a treasure and living a sacrafice
The first is moral, the second is di -
vine.
Corresponding to this, God gave
to humanity the greatest and most
priceless gift , that of life and
love., therefore this is the foundation
of a real Christmas Spirit.
HOSTESS TO LITERARY CLUB
Members of the Thursday After
noon Literary Club were delight
fully entertained at the home of
Mrs. B. G. Campbell last Thurs
day afternoon.
The guests were met at the door
by Mrs. Campbell and ushered in
to the dinning room. The table was
covered with a tolon cut work ban
quet cloth with a silver basket filled
with white narcisuses as the center
piece. The holiday color scheme of
green and white was tastefully car
ried out both in the decorations
and refreshments. White tapers in
silver holders were symetrically
placed on the table. The hostess
served snowball salad, Christmas
tree cannipers, fruit cake and wine.
Green and white mints in transpar
ent containers were also served. At
each place was a cedar tree boute
nier placed on the napkin.
The themo of the litarary pro
gram was Andrew Jackson. Mrs.
E. W. Ayers gave his early life;
Mrs. H. A. Williford gave his life
as a general and Mrs. S. A. Ward
^ave him as president.
Special guests were; Mcsdames
A. H Stier, Burr, W. Ebner, R. A.
Douvall, W. A. Davidson and C. T.
Robbins.
SERVICES CHRISTIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY
The Rev. H. R. Allegood of
Clearwater, Florida, will preach in
;he Plymouth Christian Church
it both the morning and evening
services Sunday.
PLYMOUTH HAS TAKEN
ON CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
BENEFIT SHOW MONDAY
Plymouth has taken on the
Christmas Spirit.
The City Council has caused red
and green lights to he stretched a
cross the street in the business sec
tion; the merchants have decorated
their windows and a few citizens
have set up Christmas trees in front
of their homes. All of this goes to
make one feel the Christmas Spirit.
Local merchants state that they
can see but a little increase in their
sales, but that they are going to
keep their places of business open
nights from now until Christmas
and are going to offer the public
some special from seven until clos
ing time every night.
; People are being very responsive
' to the plea for the unfortunates as
$100 has been placed in the Christ
mas box and some clothes have
been brought to this office for dis
tribution.
In the past, Christmas has not
been Christmas until a number of
drunks have been seen. This
; Christmas bids to be a sober one
i as mere nas nut ueen uny ui uu*3
arrested as yet and both town and
county officials are very strict on
drinking.
Sunday night tne old town look
ed as though it was Christmas all
ready as there were a number of
boys down town shooting fire
[works and having a good time in
general until Chief of Police P. W.
' Brown came along and put a stop
I to it. There is an ordinance
against shooting fireworks, but it is
thought that the councilmen will
give the boys the privilege to shoot
them during Christmas.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our thanks to
the many friends for their kind ser
vice, and flowers, rendered us dur
ing our bereavement and the loss of
our mother and wife.
T. C. Craddock and Children
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SEATON SWAIN DEAD
Seaton Swain, who for a number
of years has been living in the back
woods neighborhood, died Friday
night. He had quite a long spell of
stomach trouble.
Mr. Swain was one of Washing
ton county’s oldest citizens, having
passed the seventy-fifth year. He
was a member of Pleasant Grove
Church and had been married three
times. Interment was made in the
Pleasant Grove cemetery with the
Rev. J. Bascom Hurley, officiating.
Mr. Swain is survived by his wife
four sons: Joe, Luther, Abarjia and
Fate, and three daughters; Mrs. D.
Marriner, Mrs. J. Mayo and Mrs.
Pattie Burt of New Jersey.
Mr. J. T. Chase, Mr. Moore and
Mr. Goodman, with the Virginia
Electric and Power Company were
in Plymouth Wednesday. Mr. Chase
stated that the V. E. P. Company
will have their lines in Plymouth by
the first of April.
The preliminary susvey work will
begin next week for a right-of-way
and Stone & Webster will build the
line from Williamston to Plymouth.
The construction crew will have
their headquarters in Williamston
for the present, but later they will
move to Plymouth.
A crew willl be in Plymouth a
bout the middle of January to look
over the lines in Plymouth and re
build them where it is needed. We
are very anxious to get in Ply
mouth,” said Mr. Chase. “Every
thing possible will be done to make
our servic satisfactory to the citi
zens of Plymouth,” he continued.
FUQUA HURLEY SOCIETY
HOLDS REGULAR MEET
The Fuqua Hurley Missionary
Society of Roper M. E. Church
held it’s regular monthly meeting
with Mrs. A. R. Hooker, Monday
afternoon at three o’clock.
Mrs. J. B. Hurley read the scrip
ture reading and gave a short talk
on “The Gospel, the Hermitage of
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Jennie Knowles. Mrs. C. L. Walker
read an article, “Our Work In
China.” Mrs. H. M. Williams read
a pamphlet, “Helping To Posses
The Land.”
The social committee, Mrs. A. R.
Hooker and Mrs. C. E. Mizell, re
ported fifteen visits and accomoda
tions. The Superintendent of chil
dren’s department, Mrs. A. Hooker
reported having organized a Junior
Missionary society, with an enroll
ment of twenty members.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess.
Society closed with benediction
and adjourned to meet with Miss
Jennie Knowles, January 20.
NO COURT TUESDAY
Next Tuesday being Christmas
eve, there will not be any Recor
ders court until Tuesday, December
3i. “We are expecting a full day
Tuesday after Christmas as there
will be lots of people who will do
| to much celebrating,” said Judge
Sawyer.
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. A. H. Marshall, Rector
Mr. Frith Winslow, Lay Reader.
Sunday School at 10 A. M,
SPECIAL SERVICES
GRACE CHURCH
“A Visit to the Manger, Cele
bration of the Holy Nativity.” At
Grace Episcopal Church Sunday
afternoon December 22nd. at 5
o’clock.
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POET AND PEASANT |
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“Have you done your Christmas
shopping yet?” asked the Peasant.
“No,” Poet. “I am sorry to say
that I haven’t, but I am about like
the rest of the people, I don’t have
the money.”
“What with all of these nice
things being offered by the mer
chants and them staying open every
night for your convenience,” said
the Peasant. “That’s bunk. Just
like what a lot of the things that
some men have said. They say they
are not going to spend any money
for Christmas, but let me tell you
when the women folks and kiddies
get down behind them they will
just have to loosen up. The laddies
will have Santa Claus.
“What about this Christmas Box
that is being filled for the poor in
the county?” asked the Poet
lhat is one of the most worthy
causes I know of,” said the Peas
ant. Money, clothes, toys and food
is being put in the box and will be
given to the unfortunates in this
county, both white and colored
Christmas day.”
“That’s very nice,” said the Poet,
“I understand that there has been
lots of clothes left at the Beacon
and News office and that there is
some over $100 in the box. Also
that the Aimo Theatre is going to
show a picture Monday night for
the benefit of the box.”
“I didn’t know about that pic
ture show,” said the Peasant, “but
I do hope that the people will go
and have a big time. Wheather the
show is a good one or not, those
who attend should have a good
time as they know that they are
helping some unfortunate.”