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VOL. 41
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930
NO. 28
I Have Been Threatened
By Doctors, Lawyers, Etc.,
And Now Mr. Chas Swain
By Lee Roy Harris
The life of a person who is at
tempting to run a weekly newspa
per in the manner that it should he
run is not always a smooth one. It
is my purpose to use columns of
the Beacon and News in such a
manner as to make Plymouth and
Washington county a better place
in which to live and if someone
doesn’t kill me before I do I will.
The people of this town and
.county who do not want to be
raked over the coals of publicity
will take this as being sound advice.
I will publicly denounce anything
that goes on in our town and county
that goes to make it a worse place
in which to live and I will praise
those who do things worthy of
praise
Perhaps you are allready wonder
ing why all of this, well here is the
reason:
Last week there was something
said in the Poet and Peasant that
seemed to make someone mad,
never-the-less those people will have
to conceede to the fact that those
things were true. Mr. Charlie Swain
seems to take it on himself that I
was slandering him. He had sense
enough to hold a position on the
Greenville Police force long enough
to kill two men and I can’t
see how he could have little enough
sense to call anything that was said
by either the Poet or Pleasant last
week to be slandering him, in fact
his name wasn t even mentioned.
The fact of the matter is that
Mr. Swain sat behind the prosecut
ing attorney during the entire trial
of little Miss Virginia Hassell for
slander who was found guilty by
the jury, but was discharged by his
honor, Judge Jerry A. Sawyer.
Now Mr Swain you are not the
first person that has said they had
some differences to settle with me
but if you do anything but talk
you will be the first one to start
anything. I have had lawyers, prea
chers, politicians, ordinary citizens
and now Mr. Swain to say that they
had some differences to settle with
me. I forgot to say that I iiave also
been Utterly cursed out by a woman
also. For further information for
Mr. Swain, I will say that my office
hours are from f) until 5 or anytime
he wants to sec me, but he will not
find me in Mr. E. (1. Carstarphens
place at six o'clock in the morning.
Now go to it if you think I have
done you a wrong, but be sure you
are right before you go ahead.
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION
Columbia:— The Local Past No’
182 American Legion has rented
the Gibbs beaeh for the 4th of
July, they plan to put on several
boxing matches besides several other
forms of amusement, and at night
there will be a giant, display of fire
works off shore in the sound, this
promises to be one of the biggest
days of its kind ever known in this
and adjoining counties. Everybody
is invited to attend bring your bas
kets and help the boys enjoy the 4
th, a small admission charge at the
gate will be a-f that will be cha’-ged
for the boxing bouts ’ * ks
and free access to the beach and
bathing houses, the admission fee
will be charged for the actual ex
penses of the fire works display.
The local Legion arcs are getting
the grounds and beach in shape to
take care of the large crowds ex
pected form Tyrrell and Washington
counties.
Tell your friends and relatives to
meet you at Gibbs Beach July 4th
-
SI
HON. VAN B. MARTIN
Died at 2:15 in Richmond
Hospital yesterday.
HILL GIVES FOREST
FOR DEMONSTRATION USE
Three hundred acres of rugged
forest land heavily timbered with a
varie ty of trees and containing over
three million board feet of lumber
has been given to the forestry depart
ment of the North Carolina State
Callege by George Watt Hill, young
Dnrham capitalist and farmer.
Gift of the forest was announced
by Dr. E. C. Brooks to the Board
of Trustees at their annual meeting
during the last commencement exer
cises. The tract will be under the
supervision of the school of forestry
and will be used for field studies
and demonstration purposes by
agricultural students specializing in
forestry work.
The woodland is located 17 miles
north of Dnrham on paved highway
number 13 to Roxboro. It is in the
northern part of Durham County
and was formerly a part of Mr. Hill’s
modern Quail Roost Dairy Farm.
The area extends back to Flat River;
is traversed his excellent cross roads
and contains a siding from the Nor
folk and Western Railroad. Types
of t imber including the bottom land,
slop and upland growths are found.
The principal species of timber, ac
cording to a survey by Dr. Julius
V. Holmann. head of the forestry
department, includes Virginia pine,
shortleaf pine, loblolly pine, white
oak, red oak. maple, cedar, dog
wood, and birck.
Dr. Hofmann say a permanent
camp will be established within the
forest as soon as possible. This will
be used by students which engaged
in practical forestry work. Student
surveyors from the school of engi
neering will also use the area for
farm surveying.
This gift is characterized by Pre
sident Brooks as one of the most
valuable ever made to the College.
Not only will it help the college to
develop commercial foresters but it
also will be of untold value in teach
ing the proper handling of farm
woodlands, he says.
CORRECT LIST OF
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
Last week there was an error in
the list of Republican candidates
for county offices. The following is
a correct list of them.
For Representative: B. B. Spen
cer.
For County Commissioners: W.
T. ,Phelps, F. I. Hartung, E. R.
Jackson.
For Treasurer: J. T. McAllister.
For Register of Deeds: Mrs. N.
J. Rhodes.
Forjudge of Recorder’s Court:
\V. W. Ange.
For Coroner: S. J. Bareo.
For Clerk of Court: S. J. Wood
ley.
BOY SCOUT ORGANIZATION
MAKING RAPID GROWTH
W. E. EBNER, MASTER
With the help of Mr. W. E. Ebner
Scout Master, and Mr. C. W. Din
kins Asst. Scout Master, the Boys
of Plymouth, have formed a troop
of Boy, Scouts, Troop No. 17. We
have 31 members up to date. The
Chamber of Commerse is back of
us.
They have appointed a committee
of four men there names are as fol
lows: Mr. D.V. Clayton Rev. Greer,
Mr. Winslow, and Luther Gurkin,
they have offered their service in
any way they can help.
In this Troop of Boy Scouts we
have four patrols. Their names and
patrol leaders are as follow.ng: The
Silver Fox Patrol, Jack Brown No.
1. The Flying Eagle Patrol Joe Gur
ganus, No. 2. The Cobra Patrol,
Lawrence Swain No. 3 and The
Beaver Patrol, Robert Bowen No,
We meet every Tuesday night at
8 P. M. after the Business is over
we have a little fun. Last Tuesday
night we had a few rounds in Box
ing. Ralph Swain Vs, ffm. Daven
port. The result was a tie. John
Darden Vs. Lawrence Swain. Tied
in first round and not a lick passed
in second a few more which is use
less to name.
Next Tuesday night The Silver
Fox Patrol will have charge of the
meeting for 15 or 20 min. They will
tell jokes, box and do tricks. What
happened will be in the next issue
of the Beacon,
By Scribe
Geo. W. Harrison Jr.
4-H SHORT COURSE WEEK
STATE COLLEGE AUGUST 4
The annual 4-H club short course
which brings to State College each
summer between 800 and 1,000
farm boys and girls from all sections
of the State will be held again this
year during the week of August 4
to 9.
Instruction in all phases of club
work including technical studies of
the projects being conducted at
home by the girls and boys will be
given. For the boys, class room in
instructions will be centered about
farm crops, livestock, poultry, fores
try and farm engineering. For the
girls, the instruction will include
food and nutrition, room beautifica
clothing, and canning. In addition,
special course for advanced club
members will be given in recreation,
music appreciation, dramatics, and
other cultural subjects.
L. R. Harrill, state club leader,
and Miss Elizabenth Cornelius in
girls’ club work, will have charge
of the short course. Mr. Harrill
says college instructors and enten
sion specialists will have charge of
the instructional work.
Selected county home and farm
agents will be in charge of the
dormitories.
One of the features of the course
will be the final exercises of the
health contest which has been con
ducted throughout the State for
the past month. Those boys and
girls who have won in county and
district health contest will compete
during the short course and the
champions will be crowned king
and queen, of health at an elaborate j
pageant. Several clubs will present
short plays for which they were
trained during the dramatic schools
recently held in several counties.
Contests in judging farm crops, live
stock and poultry by selected teams
'ron^different couties will be an
added feature this Summer.
Roper Circuit Methodist
Church Observe Circuit
Day Pleasant Grove
Federal Report That Only
48 Boys Out Of Each 100
North Carolina In School
MISS LOUISE AINSLEY IS
ADJUDGED HEALTHIEST
GIRL IN COUNTY
Miss Louise Ainsley has been
selected as the healthiest Club girl
in Washington county and will go
to Washington, N. C. Saturday
June 21st for the district elimina
tion,
Washington county has always
been well represented at the State
Short Courses, and the club girls
going from the county have made
some outstanding achievements.
Last year MisSf Lossie Hardison
was elected Historian of the State
and has been considered seriously for
the representative of the district at
the National encampment at Wash
ington, D. C.
Misses Merle Norman, from the
Creswell Club, Jessie Mae Bowen
from the Plymouth Club, and Mar
jorie Brey from the Roper Club are
winners of the three free trips to
the State Short Course.
Any girl interested should let her
home agent know as early as possi
ble. The expenses for the entire
week is $5.00. Any girl is entitled
to go provided she is not less than
fourteen years old and not over
twenty.
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. A. H. Marshall Rector Mr.
Frith Winslow SundaySchool Supt.
Miss Louise Duval President Young
People Service League.
Sunday School at 10 A. M.
Evening Prayer and Sermon at 5
P. M. Being the fifth Sunday of
the month. Evening Services will
be held in the afternoon at five o’
clock. The Young Peoples Service
League was organized recently with
the election of the following Officers
Miss Louise Duval Presibent, Miss
Virginia Stokes VicePresidedt, Miss
Dorothy Goodman Secretary, Louis
Ward Alexander Treasurer. This
Service League will meet next Sun
day evening and every Sunday
evening at seven o’clock and all
young people are cordially invited to
attend and to jain if they do not
belong to any other Church League
or club.
Raleigh. June 25:- Figures sent
out by the Federal Board for Voca
tional Education show that of every
100 farm boys in North Carolina
between the ages of 14 and 20, 52
are out of school and 48 are in
school, according to Roy H. Tho
mas, State Supervisor of Vocational
Agriculture. The Federal Board foi
Vocational Educational statistics
show that the farm boys between
the ages of 14 and 20 number 111,
939 and that they comprise 14.7%
of the state’s entire male popula
tion. Of this number 54,055 are at
tending school while 57,884 are out
of school.
Of the 54,055 who are in school
only one out of 11 is receiving
training designed to prepare him
for the business of farming and life
on the farm. This specific training
for life on the farm is being given
by departments of vocational agri
culture in 154 high schools.
A survey of 1,000 farm boys in
33 counties of the State shows that
the average North Carolina farm
boy out of school between the ages
of 14 and 21 is about 181 years oi
age and has an education midway
between the seventh and eighth
grades. Of these boys out of school,
64 per cent (nearly two-thirds)
work on the farm as helpers, 28 per
cent get a share of the crop, and
eight per cent are part owners. The
survey also reveals that of every
100 boys out of school on the farm
now, 21 left school to help at home;
41 stopped on account of being
dissatisfied with school; 31 left to
make money; poor health and
failure in school caused six to leave,
only one of the 100 graduated from
high school.
The Washington County Bar
Association met Tuesday and elect
ed W. L. Whitley as president for
the coining year. Flowers were sent
to Van B. Martin.
| POET AND PEASANT
“You know what,” said the Pea
sant. “there is more gambling go
ing on in Plymouth than there is in
any other little town in North
Carolina.”
“How do know that there is?”
asked the Poet.
“Well,” said the Peasant, “most
any night you ean see a bunck ga
thering together and presently they
will disappear. On investigating
you will find that a nice little poker
game is in session near by. 1 under
stand that there is two places in
town that rent is paid on by the
week for the purpose of gambling
in at night and lots of time in the
day time.”
“That is a result of not having
wholesome entertainment for the
young men.” said the Poet.
“I?ll tell you what lets do.” said
the Peasant. Let’s get the boss to
let us try and break it up. There is
even a bunch of real young boys
who do nothing but shoot crap and
play poker every Sunday afternoon
besides the professional or whatever
kind of a game you call it that is
going on. I know that if the boss
will let us, we can at least slow up
the progress of gambling to a cer
tain extent.-’
“How do you know that we can?”
asked the Poet.
“We can,” said the Peasant,
“because he knows where they play
either does now or has in past play
ed with them.”
“Now we don’t want to go and
get him into trouble?” said the
Poet.
“Don’t you worry about that,’
said the Peasant. “If he has played
poker it is nothing more than any
other full blooded American boy
has done and if he is man enough
to stand up against those fellows
and fight gambling, then it will not
be getting him into trouble, at
least 1 don't think that he will feel
that way about it.”
“All right then,” said the Poet
“We will see if we can’t put a stop
to some of this gambling around
here.”
Circuit Day will be observed
next Sunday at Pleasant Grove
Methodist Church. The meeting
will begin at 10:30 A. M. There
will be dinner on the grounds.
Another service will be held in the
afternoon.
The Roper Circuit is composed
of Roper, Mackeys, and Pleasant
Grove churches. All the members
of these churches are earnestly urg
ed to attend and help make the
Circuit Day successful.
The following program will be
given:
Morning Service from 10:30-12:30
Song by the choirs and congregaj
tion, No. 207, Methodist Hymnal.
The Apostles’ Creed: Prayer;
[Scripture Reading.
words ot Welcome; Purpose oi
Circuit Day, by the pastor.
Special Music, or Song by Choirs
and Congregation, No. 180.
Talk, “Our Mission as Metho
dists - are We Fulfilling It?’’ Mr.
F. D. Wilson.
Talk, “The Friendly Church - or
Making the Church Attractive.”
Mr. W. B. Davenport.
A Song, “The Model Church,”
by J. Bascom Hurley.
Offering.
Talk, “How to Develop and
Maintain the Circuit Spirit,.” Mr.
H. L. Lewis.
Song, “Holy Spirit, Faithful
Guide,” by All. No. 193.
Announcement, and Benediction.
Dinner and Social Period, 12:30
2:00.
Afternoon Service, 2:00-300.
Song, “Lead on, O King Eter
nal.” No. 408.
Prayer. Short Report on Circuit
Progress.
Talk, “Young People and the
Church.” By Rev. Harvey Hardin.
A Negro Spiritual, “Steal Away,”
by D. A. Hurley and J. Bascom
Hurley.
Address, “The Layman and His
Church.” Mr. D J. Spruill.
Song, “Blest Be the Tie that
Binds,” No. 556.
Benediction.
FARM AND HOME WEEK
STATE COLLEGE IULY 29
Farm women of North Carolina
will have a prominent part in the
Farm and Home week exercises at
State College announced for the
week of July 29 to Augest 1.
In addition to the instruction at
the sixth annual short course, the
State Federation of Home Demons
tration Clubs will hold its annual
meeting, and five prominent farm
women of the State will be honored
with the title of Master Farm
| Homemaker. Mrs. Estelle T. Smith,
director of the short cource activi
ties this summer, soys more than 1,
000 women are expected to attend.
Last year there were 934 women re
gistered from 71 counties.
The five master farm homemakers
will be honored at a ceremony on
Tuesday evening, July 29, with Dr.
Clarence Poe as speaker. These five
women have already been nominated
by their neighbors and friends and
passed upon by the College faculty
and the Farmers’ Wife, national
farm woman’s magazine. The State
Federation of home demonstration
clubs will meet on Thursday, July"
31. Each club in the State is entitled
to send one delegate. Most of these
have already been selected, says
Mrs. Smith.