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--Tmmmnmimmiir A home newspaper dedicated = to the service of Washington 1 County and its 12,000 people. = The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ★★★**** ^iiiiiimiiiimiiiiiMiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim'^ H Advertisers will find Beacon =§ 1 and News columns a latch-key to = § 1,100 Washington County homes. | fiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiii; VOLUME XLIII—NUMBER 39 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, September 23, 1932 ESTABLISHED 1889 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION TO BE HELD SUNDAY -—a, Plymouth Township Group Will Meet At Methodist Church Short speeches filled with inspira tion and information from the super intendents in the four church schools here with a sprinkling of music will comprise the program of the Ply mouth Township Sunday School Con vention that will be held here Sunday afternoon, September 25, at 3 o’clock in the Methodist church. The same program that was ar ranged for the first Sunday in Sep tember will be given with the addi tion of little Miss Katherine Midgette, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. H. S. Mid gette, who will sing a solo. A good crowd is expected to attend. It will not last over an haur and a half, said President Walter H. Paramore. The devotional service will be in charge of Mrs. George W. Bowen, a worker with the young people in the Christian church here. After this the president will make a short talk on the work of the association, explain ing in detail the goals of the organi zation in promoting a better under standing between the church and the Sunday schools in the various denom inations. The first speaker as arranged in the program is John VV. Darden, super intendent of the Christian church Sun day school, who will speak on “Meth ods of Increasing Attendance at Sun day schools.” This is one of the pressing problems in this work at the present, and it is thought that Mr. Darden will bring a message that will do all church school workers good. James W. Norman, superintends of the Methodist Sunday school, has for a subject, "Some Suggestions in Making the Opening or Devotional Services That Take Place in. the As sembly Hall Prior to Division for Classes Interesting.” This is also a subject that will be timely and ap propriate from every standpoint. W. Frith Winslow, superintendent of the Church School at Grace Epis copal Church, will speak on “Relation of the Sunday School Superintendent the Pupils,” while T. J. Swain, sup erintendent of the Baptist Sunday School, will explain “How the Super intendent Can Work Effectually With the Teachers To Build a Better Sun day School.” Miss Miriam Ausbon, a communi cant of the Grace Episcopal Church, will sing a solo between the speeches with Mrs. R. W. Johnston, organist at the Episcopal Church, playing for the special singers and also for the congregational music. Mr. Paramore is working to include other special items on the program that is to run just a little over an hour, with none of the four speakers having over 10 minutes for their talks. Mrs. George W. Harrison, a mem ber of the Long Acre Free Will Bap tist church, who is secretary of the association, will be in charge of a pro gram that is to be presented by her Sunday school at the meeting on Sun day. Last June, when the first meet ing was held, there was a good crowd, and it is expected that a good crowd will gather for this meeting Sunday. CIVIL CALENDAR OCTOBER COURT One Week Term for Civil Cases Only To Begin October 24 JVlOllOM ailU U1VU1LC tasca wm ‘'v called at the pleasure of the judge in the civil term of Washington County Superior Court that will meet here October 24 for one week only, accord ing to the calendar arranged by the bar association. Cases for Monday: Midvale Realty Company versus L. Whitehurst; Win chester-Simmons Co. vs. W. R. Hatnp ton; Eastern Cotton Oil Co. vs. E. B. Spencer; C. McGowan vs. Alberta Swain, Executrix; J. L. Swain vs. Rom ulus Ange and E. D. Kemp vs. J. S. Shugar. Tuesday: Fannie Smith vs. G. U. O. of O. F.; Eastern Cotton Oil Co. vs. Stanley McCullough; Mrs. F. M. Simpson and others vs. J. S. Daven port; Eastern Cotton Oil Co. vs. J. S. Davenport. Wednesday: M. E. Smithson vs. S. L. Davenport and others; W. T. Free man vs. G. M. A. Corporation; A. Davenport vs. Chicago Mill & Lum ber Corp.; Odell Sykes vs. Elwood Lee. Thursday: A. R. Davenport vs. J. T. McAllister; J. J. Johnson vs. W. B. Coppersmith and others; Dr. C. Mc Gowan vs. Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Co.; J. S. Shugar vs. Smith and Douglas; Mrs. N. J. Rhodes vs. the following defendants in separate cases, William Davenport, Mrs. Carnie Spruill, and Weston Spruill (two cases); S. A. Holton vs. Howard Leary; Maggie Ange vs. Fire Insur No Further Postponement Of Tax Sales To Be Made The delinquent tax list of 1931 taxes will be advertised during the month of October and sold on the first Monday in November, and there certainly will be no exten sion of time, it was announced to day by George W. Hardison, the chairman of the board of Wash ington County Commissioners. Heretofore the commissioners have been extending the time of the tax sale monthly, but Mr. Har dison is emphatic in his declara tion that there will be no post ponement of the sale, and those who fail to pay their taxes in time will be subject to the adver tising penalty. Just about 50 per cent of the taxes for 1931 have been paid to date and what keeps the percent age low is on account of the fail ure of the two railroads and the corporations or large concerns that have not paid. If these should pay the percentage would be boost ed to about 75 per cent NEGRO IS KILLED NEAR PLYMOUTH BY N. S. FREIGHT Charles Barkley, 50 Dies Under Wheels of Train Early Sunday -$ Charles Barkley, 50 years of age, negro, was killed Sunday morning at 1 :30 o’clock by train number 63 of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company when the engine of the heavy freight hit the negro while he was in the path of the train. The engineer told Coroner W. T. Nurney that when he observed the negro he was sitting in the middle of the track and that his train v'as so heavily loaded with a long string of cars that it was impossilbe for him to stop the freight before it hit the vic tim. The left leg of the negro was sev ered, while his right leg w'as l^roken above the knee and there were two holes in the negro's head. The trag edy occurred between Ausbon and Hinson stations a short distance out of Plymouth toward Pinetown. The negro's wife told that she had gone home earlier in the evening and that she had left her husband behind to purchase the necessities for the next week. Roy Watson is said to have given the negro a ride a good ways out of Plymouth. No cause for the negro action in being on the track unless he was un der the influence of whisky, and some think that this is the truth of the mat ter. -9 PLAN SECURING CAMPAIGN FUND -® W. R. Hampton Becomes Member of ‘Shareholders In America’ -s>— W. R. Hampton, Democratic Coun ty Chairman of Washington County, announced today that James Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in conjunction with the Executive Committee, has designated him as the first member in Washing ton County of ‘‘Shareholders in Amer ica,” a movement designed to elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner. Mr. Hampton said he re ceived today his membership and offic ial Roosevelt-Garner medallion, which is the official insignia of Sharehold ers in America. i lie meaaiiion is a real woik 01 an, bearing a profile of Governor Roose velt and Speaker Garner. It was cre ated by Gutzon Borglum. Mr. Hamp ton said that he expected to be a sponsor of Shareholders of America in Washington County, and give every | supporter of Franklin Roosevelt an j opportunity to procure one of these1 medallions. He said any one would be proud to display it and would fur-j tlier want to preserve it as a souve- J nir of the campaign. “This plan for raising funds,’’ said Mr. Hampton, “is in keeping with Franklin Roosevelt’s idea of making this the Peoples’ Campaign.” The medallion sells for $1. Any person desiring a medallion can communi cate with Mr. Hampton at Plymouth. Mr. Hampton is seeking volunteers to cooperate in this campaign. J.ny one who is willing to help the cause of Franklin Roosevelt can communi cate with him at County headquarters. Wenona Couple Married Here Within Past Week -® Magistrate E. D. Carstarphen per formed a marriage ceremony here last week in a store with Joe Weede as a witness to the affair. The couple join ing in wedlock was Royal Edward Gurganus, of Wenona, and Miss Alea meter Lamb, of the same place. The couple will reside in the Wenona sec tion. -® New cinemas were built in Europe in the last two years to the number of 801; they provided 663,000 addition al'seats for picture-goers. NO DECISION'YET RENDERED AS TO SCHOOL DISPUTE -- Hearing Is Held Before Judge in Williamston Wednesday -1> Claims to the right of governing the Plymouth Negro School were present ed to Judge Frank A. Daniels at Wil liamston Wednesday of this week by the County Board of Education and the trustees of the Plymouth Special School District. Judge Daniels heard j testimony and arguments on the mer its in the case and reviewed affidavits for two hours Wednesday afternoon and until about 10 o’clock that eve ning, and after failing to reach a de cision ordered adjournment until 8 o’ clock Thursday evening. Only one witness was heard in the case Wednesday evening, the evi dence at that time being offered by the county board representative. The action was brought by the county educational body against the town board of trustees, asking the court to declare it the legal guardian of the colored school in the local spec ial charter district. Attorney Zeb Vance Norman is representing the county board, while W. L. Whitley, local attorney, and A. D. MacLean, of Washington, are appearing for the town body. While there is a determined con test, the proceedings are being con ducted good-naturedly and upon a friendly basis. PLAN MEETINGS AT TWO SCHOOLS -<g> Educational Clinics To Be Held in Creswell and Roper This Week -& Educational clinics have been sched uled this week in two schools in Washington County, it was learned today from Janies W. Norman, sup eritendent of public instruction, who says that the first will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Roper and t|e second Friday afternoon at 2 at Creswell. Each meeting will open with a speech on “The Educational Situa tion in Washington County—Some Achievements and Objectives,” by James W. Norman, while T. J. Swain, chairman of the board of edu cation, will speak at each school on "What Can Be Done to Further the Educational Program in This County.’ The work of the parent-teacher as sociation will be discussed at the Creswell meeting by Mrs. J. B. Hurley, while Mrs. H. G. Walker will speak on the same subject at the Roper meeting. “Health Conditions and How to Improve Them,” will be ’ explained at both meetings by Dr. T. I L. Bray. “Relief Work arid What the com munity Can Do,” will be the subject of Mrs. W. C. Brewer with Miss Eu genia Patterson explaining ‘‘The Club Women’s Responsibility to the Schools,” ami Walter H. Paramore 1 will talk on “School Publicity.” These are scheduled for both meetings. Principal C. H. Adeholdt will ad dress the gathering at Roper on “How the School and Home Can Be Brought Closer Together,” while Principal E. N. Riddle will use the same subject in a speech at Creswell. E. H. Liverman will speak at Roper on “An Appreciation of the Public Schools,” while C. L. Bailey will use the same subject at Creswell. Only One Absence In High School Friday -® For the first teaching day in a long time there was only one absence in the high school in Plymouth last Fri-| day, and that one pupil who broke the! otherwise perfect record was Miss] Clara Belle Styron. The enrollment in the white schools in Plymouth were as good this year as last with a total of 650 pupils at tending in the two buildings. This represented 155 in the high school and 495 in the grades. BELIEVE BIBLE IS PROFANED BY USE IN COURTS —®— “Swearing In” Witnesses In Many Instances Has Lost Significance Many people think nowadays that all that is essential in preparing a wit ness for the stand is to elicit an affir mation from him, as the Quakers have always done in America, and in most cases this is all that is necessary a mong the better class of people. While the lower elements that are continually in the courthouse had just as soon swear by a Bible as affirm their pledge to tell the truth as one means ns much as the other. Many times the criminal himself had just as soon perjure himself after kissing the Bible as otherwise. When there was a scarcity of the holy book more pride was taken in the use of it and, lo, these many years it has been used in the courthouse possibly to some benefit, but now it seems that this peculiar use of the book has outlived its benefit as there is so much skepticism now. And the man who kisses the book in the courthouse is generally the man who does not know the teachings of the Bible or the hallowness that sur rounds its use, and many times it is abused or misused in a place where it is meant to do a lot of gool, but it takes a person skilled in the teach ings of the book to protect it from violence. No one will argue that the Bible does not have a place in the adminis-| tration of justice, neither does any! one usually endeavor to incline peo-j pie to believe that the Bible is not1 a useful book in the courthouse to be quoted by court attaches and its pre-j cepts followed by all. But to continue its use as a bind-! ing influence in an oath is out of linej with the teachings of the book, which says, “Swear not, by earth or heaven,”; and those who permit the book to be so used are usurping a responsibility. Use of the Holy Bible in the court-' house for witnesses to kiss and hold when taking an oath is a law or cus tom that has possibly lost its useful ness and one that hJH resulted in dis favor among many, according to Clerk of Court C. V. W. Ausbon of Washing 1 ton County, who lias been “swearing ’em in” for the last quarter of a cen tury. Mr. Ausbon, along with others, thinks that this custom has resulted in indignities to the sacred book when men and women commit sacrilege by swearing on the Bible that they will tell the truth and then disregard the solemnity of their oath and the sa credncss of the book and present tes timony that is false. There are men and women today who do not regard the Bible as a sa cred book and who do not subscribe to its teachings, and thus they get an opportunity to take an oath on a book that means no more to them than many books, and thus it fails to register in them any condemnation when they perjure themselves on the stand. The Bible is the one book which the church and the Sunday schools and many other organizations teach ^ should be used only on special occa sions and for conscientious study; yet, the Bible is permitted to be used in the courthouse as a tool for the quali fication of witnesses, whether they be hardened criminals or not. Like Mr. Ausbon, many are of the opinion that the Bible can be used at marriages and such matters, and also on occassions when a person takes the oath of office, as most of them remember the sacredness of the occa sion. TO HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN FIRST -—<s> Cloth Has Not Yet Been Received for Welfare Work in County The local welfare board has not re ceived any material for children’s clothes, although acknowledgment of the order was received September 12 for 1,000 yards of gingham to he shipped from the Highland Park Man- j ufacturing Co., of Charlotte; and an-j other from Joshua L. Bailey & Co., of New York City, for 2,000 yards of shirting was received September 15. Mrs. Brewer, superintendent of welfare, stated she was anxiously a waiting these shipments, as the need is greater than at first expected. Attention is again called to the fact that school children will be given first consideration, and unless parents co operate by sending the children to school, the chances are that they are likely to be overlooked. The unemployed men are warned that now is the time to be gathering in wood for winter, as there will be no funds available to purchase any supplies of fuel. Farmers Invited To Meeting Here Next Monday Night FOOTBALL NOW ORDER OF DAY AT SCHOOL HERE — — Daily Scrimmages Being Held by Coach John Frank Furches -$ Scrimmages are the order of the day in football circles in the Plymouth High School as the hopefuls toil daily in an effort to whip into shape a team that will make a creditable showing this season under the supervision of Coach John Frank Furches. The new coach assumed his duties last week with the opening of school. He is a graduate of Wake Forest Col lege and has done post graduate work at Y. M. C. A. College and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. His coaching experience includes terms at Mars Hill and Old Hickory in Vir ginia. He was a letterman at Wake For est in football, baseball, and basket ball. And in a game with Belhaven here when the semi-pro outfit was playing on a Sunday he looked good at shortstop, where he did some nice work. It is possible that he will play with the club here next summer if ar rangements can be made. A schedule for this season has not been made, but it is thought that a game will be played with some squad on the Brinkley Park gridiron here on September 23 and .possibly on the 30th. However, a game has been a greed upon with Scotland Neck in that town October 7. Upwards of 35 boys have reported for work this week and last, with only about 9 veterans in the group. This will mean that a club will have to have at least two new players, or it may be possible that an entire new line-up will be necessary, especially will there be some shifting of the players. Roy Hampton and Charlie Jackson are promising guards; Luther War ren Gurkin, '1 hurlow Spruill, and Mike Atamanchuk look good on the ends; Louis Alexander and Ralph Swain have tried for quarterback po sitions; Austin Brewer and Norman Mayo will play tackle possibly. Other boys who look good in the line include Richard Lucas, Tarras Ivachiow, Stanford Mizelle, Marvin Askew; and those in the backfield that look good are Bobbie Gaboon, Burl Gurganus, and Colon Overton; Hardie Williams will get a chamffe at the center position. Other good material is found among the following; Eugene Overton, Da vid and Ernie Williams, Earl Harri son, James Sitte/son, Max Darden, Eugene Basnight, Earl Vaughan, Dick Chesson, Beverly Newberry, Ray mond Ambrose, Howard Poteat, Ran som Martin, C. B. Clifton, Ray As kew, and Irving Respass. Each of the above boys reported to Coach Furches last week or will be fore the first game. Most of the work last week was passing, punting, and calisthenics. More interest is being taken in athletics this year than was the case last season, and it is expect ed that the townspeople will aid in supporting this work. Revival Comes To Close At Pleasant Grove Church -® Pleasant Grove.—The revival which was held at Pleasant Grove during last week came to a close Sunday night with a sermon cm “Almost.” Rev. R. L. Hethcox, of Triplett, Va., conducted the services. Rev. J. Bascom Hurley led the sing ing. He and Miss Corinne Bell each rendered some beautiful solos during the meeting. Large crowds were present for each service. The entire community, with all the different denominations, co operated and expressed a great appre ciation of having Rev. and Mrs. Heth cox present. The doors of the church will be opened the first Sunday in October. At this time there will be several ad ditions to the church. -« /. B. Edmundson Made Member of School Board -9 J. B. Edmondson was appointed to membership on the Plymouth Char tered School Board of Trustees to succeed D. V. Clayton, who resigned as treasurer and member some time ago. Mr. Edmundson’s term expires in March, 1933. Other members of the board are as follows: P. H. Darden, chairman; Dr. C. McGowan, secretary and treasurer; E. H. Liverman, J. S. Norman, O. H. Lyon, with A. H. Stier, who is not active at present. I ONE-FOURTH CROP 'I V.J Atlanta, Ga.—Marcus P. Mc Whorter, statistician for the state department of agriculture recent ly announced the total sales dur ing the Georgia bright leaf tobac co season which ended Saturday were 11,603,435 pounds, less than a fourth of the 1931 sales. The crop brought $1,207,606.64, or an average of $10.40 per 100 pounds, McWhorter said. The auction season lasted but three weeks this year against five weeks in 1931. NEGRO SAYS HE FARED BETTER IN SLAVE TIMES —»— Master Had to Furnish All Necessities of Life for His Slaves -® “When I was a slave I fared better in some ways than I do now' in this depression," said Daniel Walker while here this week. Walker, 89 years of age, celebrated his birthday Septem ber 20th. "In those days, the aged colored man explained, “the negro had only to do the bidding of his master and in turn his master looked after his every need including clothing, shelter, food and medical attention,’’ “While I was owned by Carter Walker, a white man of Washington County, who owned three slaves, I was a servant boy around the house and was never exposed, and I think that possibly this accounts for the longevity of my life." During the dark days of the Civil War, the negro boarded a ship vol untarily and went over to New Bern where he stayed until after the strug gle was over. Along with him were 75 negroes from this section. The former slave disregarded all offers made him by the Yankee sol diers to join with them in the strug gule for the negro freedom. But the temptation to leave his master was too great and so he said that although he was getting along well there were thousands of negroes who were suf fering. He vividly recalled to memory the times when Colonel Burnsides took Roanoke Island and when Butler conquered Hatteras in 1861, and was living in Plymouth when the enemy captured this stronghold the first time and through persuasion of the Yankees he boarded the ship for a destination that he knew nothing a bout. He remembers many of the old and prominent men of this county. Though a slave, he never entered the war as he “never started the struggle and had nothing to do with its origin and was not going to stop it." --®. Hunters Warned To Beware Rattlesnakes “As we go to press, the dawn of the squirrel season will be opening in North Carolina. Those visiting many of the Eastern counties will do well to bear in mind the snakes. Let us suggest high top shoes or boots. “Down in Washington, Tyrrell, Beaufort, and Pamlico Counties, rat tlesnakes are plentiful. We met one ^ crossing the road between Roper and Columbia, another between Grants boro and Bayboro; both were aver age, one carrying six buttons and one nine.” These two paragraphs were clipped from the September issue of the At lantic Sportsman, a monthly magazine i for outdoor people, published monthly j at Winston-Salem, with A. G. Gor don as editor and president of the Gordon Publishing Company. --—$ Miss Leah Davidson and Harry Lyon Are Married -®- | Miss Leah Davidson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davidson, and Harry Lyon, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Lyon, were quietly married in South Mills Sunday afternoon, Sep tember 11, by Magistrate R. M. Dun can. The couple will probably re side in Plymouth. -<*. Good Crowds Attending Revival at Roper Church -- Roper.—There has been a good crowd attending the revival services conducted in the Methodist church here by Rev. C. T. Rogers, pastor of the Methodist church in Williamston. ’ Good music is a feature with the ser 1 anjons. Mr. Rogers Is assisted ijby i Pastor J. Bascom Hurley. ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET CANNERY TO LOCATE HERE Meeting To Be Held in Council Room at Town Building Farmers from Plymouth Township in Washington County are invited to attend the meeting of the chamber of commerce here that will be held Mon j day evening in the council room of the municipal building for the purpose of outlining a procedure to be followed in securing a tomato cannery for Ply mouth next season. As has been stated everybody is welcome, but most of the planning will fall on the shoulders of the seven key men named by a committee of the chamber of commerce to select pro grssive farmers in strategic sections of the township in an effort to put over the move, and it is thought that a good number will attend. It is the purpose of the chamber of commerce to get these men to gether and then after a consultation with I-arm Agent R. E. Dunning write C. W. Sheffield, of Raleigh, market ing specialist for the extension de partment of State College to come down here for the purpose of getting the farmers and growers off to a good start. As soon as the organization gets started well on the way to operation the management of the body will be left entirely with the farmers them selves as the commercial body does not wish to have any authority in its operation or government. The seven key men named in the county, with E. H Liverman, pres ident of the commercial body, as ex officio chairman, are J. H. Allen, Long Acre Road; J. T. Browning, Long Ridge Road; J. T. Stillman, Highway Number 90; G. W. Sitter son, Roper road; H. C. Spruill, Mai keys lfoad; and A. L. Owens, town of Plymouth. At the meeting last Monday night Secretary Parainore read a letter from the Elizabeth City Chamber of Com merce-Merchants Association, wjhich stated that they would inform the lo cal body of their sentiments in the matter of their support of an effort to get a span across the Roanoke and Cashie Rivers. A motion was made and carried that the secretary arranged for a luncheon meeting of the chamber to be held at the Brinkley Hotel at 1 o'clock p. m. October 3, 1932, in the place of the evening meeting. Representative Lindsay Warren has been invited as the guest speaker of the occasion. -9 Mrs. Fannie J. Fauste Buried in Bertie County -® Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Capehart Church community in Bertie County for Mrs. Fannie J. Fauste, 55 years of age, wife of Paul Fauste, sr., who died at her home on Fort William Street in Plymouth Friday at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Rev. Mr. Bullock, pastor of the Capehart church, of which Mrs. Fauste was a member, officiated with the as sistance of Rev. Richard Lucas, of this place. Surviving are a husband, four daugh ters and two sons. -ay. Mr. and Mrs. Lieberson Reach California Today -<s> Mr. and Mrs. Gershon Lieberson are expected to reach their home in Los Angeles, barring delays, today, it was learned from their father, Mr. George \V. Hardison. The couple with their triplet daughters left here September 12, covering the 3,200 miles to Los Angeles by car in about 13 or 14 days. -® License To Marry Issued To Plymouth Couple License to marry was issued to Louis Samuel Bateman, of Plymouth, and Leona C. Browning, of Plymouth, on September 19, by Mrs. Addie L. Brinkley, register of deeds fo Wash ington County. Return After Spending Summer in Washington -<» Mrs. Katherine Harrison and daughter, Helen, have returned home after spending the summer with rela tives in Scotland Neck and Washing ton, 1). C. While in Washington, Mrs. Harrison was employed as a statistical clerk in the office of the division of education in the United States De partment of the Interior.
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