Capacity Crowd at
Theatre for Tom
Thumb Wedding
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Cast of 70 Children in Event
At Plymouth Theatre
Last Night
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A rapacity crowd of 700 people
filled all available space in the Plym
outh Theatre Wednesday night to see
the picture offered by the manage
ment and the Tom Thumb Wedding
presented by a cast of 70 little local
tots, who impersonated many Plym
outh people.
Pour-year-old Anne Mayo, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. WT. J. Mayo, was
cast in the role of bride, with Wood
Harper, little son of Dr and Mrs.
E A Harper, was the bridegroom.
Matt White Norman, son of Mr and
Mrs. C. J. Norman, officiated as the
minister.
Betty Jane Johnson, daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. Wade H. Johnson,
was the pianist, while Mary Ann
White was the grandmother of the
groom and Bobby Martin the grand
fathei.
Guests at the wedding were Shel
ton Owens. Jane Polk. Irene Basin
ger. Betty Hudson. Jacquelyn Mizell.
Phyllis Bishop. Shirley Nestor. Becky
Ainsley. Babe Maples. Ellen Goode
Winslow. Joy Harrison. Lydia Mae
Freeland. Prances Carr. Jean Jack
son. Barbara Blatz. Jo Ann Freeland.
Vivian Rich. Stacia Drumhiller.
Gracelyn Reid. Sammy Chesson. Har
leigh Lyons, Archie J. Riddle, jr..
Wayne Larkin. Frank Bateman, Ted
dy Earle. Stanley Drumhiller. Clar
ence Kelly. Waverly Williams. Sam
my Getsinger. Jack Frank. Keith Lar
kin. George Curry. Donald Hohl. Fred
erick Ange. and Bobby Satterthwaite.
Baptist Minister
Outlines Services
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Rev. P B. NIC KEN'S. Pastor
Sunday morning the pastor will
preach on "The Working Power of
Prayer" and Sunday night on the
subject "Redemption by the Word."
At the morning service Mr. J. R. Can
will sing.
Sunday school meets at 10 o’clock.
B. T. U. at 6:30. Prayer service on
Wednesday night at 7:30. preaching
services every Sunday at 11 and 7:30
o’clock.
Wants
WANTED: MAN WITH CAP. FOR
profitable Rawleigh Route. Must
be satisfied with good living at
start. Write Rawleigh’s Dept. NCK
171-101. Richmond. Va. n2 4t
DR. V. H. MEHTBORN
OP-TOM-E-TRIST
Williamston office, Peele Jly Co.,
every Fri., 9:30 a. m. to 12 m.
Plymouth, office Liverman Drug
Co., every Fri., 2 to 5 p. m.
Eyes Examined - Glasses Fitted
At Tarboro Every Saturday
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Washington Coun
ty.
Pursuant to a judgment entered by
the Clerk of Superior Court of Wash
ington County on the third day of
July, 1939. in an action entitled "The
Town of Roper against Mrs. Phallis
Barnes et al" authorizing and direct
ing the undersigned Commissioner to 1
offer at public sale the lands herein
after described, and in execution of
said duty the undersigned Commis
sioner will offer at public sale to the
highest bidder for cash, on the ele
venth day of December, 1939, at
twelve o'clock noon, at the court
house door of Washington County in
the town of Plymouth, the following
described land:
Being Situate in the Town of Ro
per.
Beginning at J. E. Phelps corner
and running eastwardly with the
Phelps line 150 feet to the Creek,
thence southwardly with the said
Creek 275 feet to W. B. Mizell's cor
ner. thence westwardly 200 feet with
the Mizell line, thence at right an
gles north 276 feet to J. E. Phelps
corner the beginning. It being a lot
on Woodard street in the Town of
Roper.
The last and highest bidder will
be required to deposit at least 10 per
cent of said bid as a guaranty of
good faith pending confirmation,
provided said bid is sufficient to pay
the judgment awarded the Town of
Roper and any and all taxes which
are due the County of Washington,
and said deposit will be forfeited for
a non compliance of said bidder.
This the 10th day of November,
1939.
W. M. DARDUN.
nl6 4t Commissioner.
FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a said mortgage
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Work on Buildings
At Pulp Mill Here
Construction work, on a reduced
scale, was going forward this week
at the plant of the North Carolina
Pulp Company, with workmen of the
William Muirhead Construction Com
pany going ahead on the bleaching
room and liquor room buildings. It
is understood that plans for the oth
er three proposed buildings are be
ing held up at present.
Several officials of the Kieckhefer
Container Corporation, parent plant
of the local concern, were here Mon
day to look over the plant, but could
not be contacted for a statement.
They came down in a large two
motored amphibian airplane which
landed on the river near the mill.
The foundation for the bleaching
building has been completed and is
said to be ready for the structural
steel to be erected on it. The work
men continued to work on the liquor
room, which is to be comparatively
small but two stories high Work is
also in progress on the filtering plant,
expected to be completed by January
15.
Creswell Week of
Prayer Services
Creswell.—The Week of Prayer
was observed by the Methodist
churches here Wednesday afternoon
and night, with a session being con
ducted at the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The afternoon session was held at
tire M. E. church. Mrs. R. L. Spruill
presided over the meeting and con
ducted the devotional. Mrs. B. A.
Williams, Mrs. P. B. Belanga. Mrs.
W. R. Williams and Mrs. H A. Nor
man gave a reading about the home
mission work. Mrs. C. W. Gregg pre
sented the picture of Angelus and
rendered a solo, " Just a Whispered
Prayer.”
At the conclusion of the meeting,
supper was served in the Sunday
school rooms of the church.
The night session was held at the
M. P. church, with Mrs. C. N. Dav
enport. sr.. presiding over the meet
ing. A. T. Brooks gave a very inter
esting talk on Bennett College. Mrs.
A. T. Brooks. Miss Maude Battle. Miss
Julia VanLandingham and Mrs. J. B.
Davenport gave talks about mission
work in foreign fields. The meeting
closed with prayer.
Program of Services
Af Christian Church
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Rev. N. A. TAYLOR. Pastor
How are you casting your vote?
"If I never attend church, I vote
for a dying church: if I seldom at
tend. I vote for a static chuich; if I
always attend and bring others, I
vote for a growing ch-rch.”
In the church V ,ard meeting held
last Monday night ?nd well attended, \
it was voted <>at ' Congregation Day"
would be held it the church early in
December. This day every member
will be asked to come and vote his
interest and commit himself to God's
cause It was brought out by the pas
tor that this election should create
deed from A. R. Watson and wife
Willmer Watson to R. S. Browning
dated April 8. 1930 and recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds in
Washington County, North Carolina,
in Book 93. Page 141, and having
been default in the payment of the
indebtedness thereby secured as
therein provided, the undersigned
will offer for sale at public acution
for cash at the Courthouse door of
Washington County in the Town of
Plymouth, at 12 o’clock noon on
Monday. December 11, 1939 the fol
lowing described land:
Lying and being in Plymouth Town
ship. Washington County, and known
and designated as follows: Bounded
on the North by T. H. Waters, on the
West by T. H. Waters and I. H. Wynn
and J. & W. Land Company, on the
South by the various run of the dis
mal, the Wilts Veneer Company line,
on the East by J. & W. Land Co.
line and Leonard Dixon line, better
known as the old home place being
our two-thirds undivided interest of
the thirty-seven acres of land in said
tract excepting our Mother's life es
tate and one-half acre for grave yard.
The successful bidder at said sale
will be required to deposit not less
than 10 per cent of the amount bid
as an avidence of good faith and to
guarantee against loss upon failure
to comply following confirmation, said
deposit to be forfeited upon such
failure to comply.
Dated and posted this the ninth
day of November 1939.
R. S. BROWNING,
Mortgagee.
CLYDE McCALLUM and E.
LEIGH WINSLOW. Partners,
trading as PLYMOUTH OIL
COMPANY, Assignees.
Carl L. Bailey, Attorney
ol6 4t.
"Uncle Charlie
DeShields Built
His Own Coffin
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' Uncle ' Charlie planned to finish
his coffin in real elegant style when
he was more able: it was to be lined
with white satin and covered with
grey plush But times got harder
with the old man. and the black suit
that had been pressed so neatly and
put away came out to be worn to se
veral other funerals before it was put
on him for his own.
Last Friday death called at Uncle
Charlie's little house and found the
coffin still minus the white satin lin
ing and grey plush covering: so it
was the county welfare organization
that lined it and painted it grey for
the old colored man's last sleep.
Record of Cases in
Recorder's Court
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Sixty days on the roads was the
sentence imposed on Harold Asby.
well known young white man. in re
cordder s court Tuesday, on charges
of assaulting H. C. Owens and resist
ing arrest.
The charges gnw out of an alter
cation down town Saturday night,
when the young man became angry
at Owens and struck him in the eye
With his fist. Then when Chief P. W.
Brown and Corporal T. B. Brown
went to a: rest tlie youth, he attacked
them. usi:v; profane language on the
streets.
Mitchell Spruill, colored, was found
guilty of an assault and assessed the
costs of the court.
Charlie Peele. colored, was fined $50
and costs for drunken driving.
Henry Thomas and Ernest Thomas
were acquitted of charge of stealing
tobacco from H. C. Spruill, but Wil
liam A. Phelps was given 60 days on
the same count; while James D.
Blount, found guilty of aiding and
abetting in the larceny, noted an ap
peal to the superior court from a
three months' sentence.
Parents-T eachers
Meet at Creswell
Creswell.—The second meeting of
the Parent-Teacher Association of the
Creswell High School was held Thurs
day night in the new high school au
ditorium with a large number of mem
bers present.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Mrs. E. S. Woodley,
who presided over the business meet
ing at which time the various chair
men made their report. A report was
given that the first-aid room had
been equipped in the school. The
room was made possible through pri
vate donations and the association.
A. T. Brooks, principal of the school,
reported that three new library ta
bles and 48 new desks had been re
ceived by the school.
Mrs. Mary Armstrong had charge
of the program for the evening.
Members of the seventh grade pre
sented a play "America, the Land
of the Free." Special music was ren
dered by three members of the Cres
well High Schol Band. The meeting
closed with prayer by Dr. G. A. Mar
tin.
90 Per Cent of County
Tobacco Has Been Sold
County Agent W. V. Hays said to
day that he thought about 90 per cent
of the tobacco grown in Washington I
County had been sold and that yie
other 10 per cent would be put on
the market as rapidly as it could be
made ready.
The farm agent also estimated the
average price received for the leaf by
growers in the county was between
15 and 16 cents a pound for the en
tire amount sold.
Close to 1.500 acres of tobacco were
planted in the county. Mr. Hays de
clined to make an estimate as to the
number of pounds produced.
more interest than when voting for
county, state, and national leaders.
For this vote determines the destiny
of our community. 'At a time the
world is at its worst, the church must
be at its best."
Sunday morning sermon will be
centered around Isaiah’s commit
ment. "Here Am I; Send Me.’’
Sunday night topic: "Christ’s Pray
er for Us.”
You were missed if you were not
present in Sunday school last Sun
day—you, too, disappointed God.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER !).—Ger
man Gestapo rounds up number of
persons for questionining in con
nection with bomb blast in Munich
beer cellar which missed Hitler by
only 10 minutes Wednesday: Neth
erlands reported to have inundated
main defense lines facing German
threat of invasion: French report
failure of German thrusts at north
ern flank on western front: Dutch
German frontier scene of shooting
incident.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10—French
say Germans made slight prog
ress" in two strong attacks before
they were forced back by French
artillery and counter-attack: allied
chiefs confer in Paris on plans to
meet possible German offensive:
Dutch speed defense measures, 10.
000 more troops and additional ar
tillery being sent to frontier: offic
ial Nazi news sources say fragments
of Munich bomb actually trace
crime to foreign country," which is
implied to be Britain.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11.—Bel
gium reported ready to grant per
mission for Allied troops to march
through that country if Germans
attack Dutch: Hitler attends mass
funeral for seven victims of Mun
ich blast; new crisis arises in Rus
sian-Finnish negotiations: increase
in military activity reported along
Belgian-French border; Nazi planes
drop two bombs in futile attempt
to sink French ship in English
Channel.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12.—Tension
grows among neutral Belgium and
Holland, as foreign ministers of
two countries hold emergency meet
ing in frontier town, supposedly to
discuss joint course of action in
case either is invaded; Russians
hurl warnings at Finland through
press; Winston Churchill blasts
talk of peace with blunt announce
ment that Allies will fight until
"that cornered maniac." Adolf Hit
ler. and his Nazi regime are crush
ed and destroyed.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13.—Dutch
Belgian anxiety eases as Nazis re
peat pledge against attack: Finnish
Russian negotiations on Soviet ter
ritorial and defense demands on
Finland reach ••definite end" and
Finnish delegation heads for home;
Nazi scouting planes visit Paris
region twice, but are driven off by
anti-aircraft fire, which wounded
three French civilian's; German
bombers attack Shetland Islands,
off northern tip of Scotland, also
driven off by anti-aircraft fire.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14.—Soviet
plane reported brought down by
Finns in “frontier” incident: Soviet
troops reported to have “charged”
to barbed-wire entanglements, fir
ing into air, in attempt to provoke
attack by Finns; Germans finally
reply to peace proposals made by
Queen Wilhelmina and King Leo
pold with polite “no”; sea warfare
intensified: British destroyer sunk
by German mine, undetermined
number of men lost; total of 10
merchant ships sunk in 72-hour
period as U-boats again become ac
tive.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15.—At
tacks by Russian press on Finland
continue; Germans threaten Eng
land that bombing planes and sub
marines will show what it means
to be at war with Germany; claim
one submarine has returned to port
after sinking 26.000 tons of British
shipping; rain and fog bring end
to practidallj all activity on west
ern front except occasional raids
by small patrols.
Creswell Seniors Choose
Mascots, Grade Mother
-at
Creswell.—The senior class mascots
and grade mother were selected by
the class at a recent class meeting.
The mascots selected were Kay Snell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dolf Snell’,
and Bobby Furlough, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Furlough. Mrs. A. T.
Brooks was chosen grade mother for
the class.
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Hardee - Dozier
Mrs. Frederick Jones Dozier, of
Tarboro. this week anonunced the ap
proaching marriage of her daughter,
Margaret Chesson. to Aldridge Kirk
Hardee, at the Calvary Episcopal
Church in Tarboro on Friday, De
cember 1. at 2:30 p. m.
The late Mr. Dozier was a cousin
of Fred J. Knight here. Mrs. Dozier
was formerly Miss Margaret Chesson,
of this county, a sister of W. B. Ches- j
son.
Bears Nuisance;
Hunters Invited
Bear hunters visiting this section
are urged by F. I. Hartung to visit
his place in the Wenona section to
take a hand in eliminating the beasts
which have become a nuisance in
preying on his corn crop.
In town this week. Mr. Hartung
said that at night a person could
walk into his corn fields and hear
numbers of the animals breaking
down corntalks and tearing off the
ears of corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartung have killed
two or three, his wife claiming the
honor of killing one of the largest
that was taken in that section last
year. They shot and wounded one
bear one night this season but did
get the animal
Mrs. Hartung is an excellent shot,
using a gun about as well as most
men. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hartung
join in urging the next group of hunt
ers to visit their section for the next
bear hunt.
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County Man Tried
In Elizabeth City
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Found guilty of reckless driving in
Elizabeth City recorder's court last
Friday, John N. Mueller, young We
nona white man. was awaiting the
judgment of the court as a result of
an accident last week, when a car he
was driving struck and injured little
Miss Helen Frances Bray near Eliza
beth City.
Mr. Mueller told the court he was
drivin gabout 50 miles an hour and
slowed to 40 when he saw the girl
alight from a school bus. Then w'hen
the school bus moved forward and
the driver dropped the stop signal on
driving about 50 miles an hour and
Attendance at Cherry
School Is Very Good
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Cherry.—Attendance at the Cherry
elementary school continues to hold
up well, with an average of 138 out
of 150 in daily attendance, according
to Principal A. W. Davenport, who
has been interested in the local
school so long that the ‘ mind of man
runneth not to the contrary."
Of course, there nave oeen some
occasions when Mr. Davenport was
away from the school, such as the
time he spent in Creswell and other
places, but he has been considered
one of the mainstays here in school
work.
the girl stepped from behind the bus
into the pathway of his car.
Recorder Fentress Horner is un
derstood to be withholding judgment
to determine the amount of the doc
tor's bill for treating the little girl,
who was described as improving rap
idly in an illizabeth City hospital.
Select New Site or
Rotate Plant Beds
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It is not absolutely necessary to se
lect new places for tobacco plant beds
each year, but experimental evidence
shows that disease and insect infes
tation can be materially reduced by
selecting a new site each year or by
the rotation of beds. If an old bed
is used, it should be burned over or
sterilized by steam. Where new beds
are selected, these should be located
in a well-drained place with a south
ern or southeastern exposure. There
should be an ample water supply
close at hand and the bed should be
located on a loamy type of soil.
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ONE-HALF
In recent years, the cash income
received by growers of oats in the
United States has been less than
half as large as it was in the years
just before the World War.
PEANUT Bags
We offer a limited supply of new
70-inch 8-ounce peanut bags in bale lots
of 500 or more. Orders are received
through our local office.
Planters Nut & Chocolate Company
W.E.0LD - WILLIASTON, N. C.
THANKSGIVING!
Begins Behind the Kitchen Door—and the Yellow Front Market
ALL FRUIT-CAKE INGREDIENTS ARE HERE—CHEAP
NEAT ENDS
3 lbs. for
New Fall No. 2
Polat's, 10 lb. 19c
Corned
Herring, doz, 19c
1 Pound Package
Oyslereltes . 15c
FLOUR
6 lbs.... 23c
12 lbs. .. 35c
Now Make Your Pies—
MINCE MEAT, 2 lb. 25c
Green Fall
CABBAGE, 5 lb. for 13c
Delicious ROYAL ANN
CHERRIES, lg. 21 can. 25c
Yellow Front De-Rined
Sliced RACON, lb_23k
Pumpkin, can 10c
Grated
Cocoanui, lb. 19c
5c Packages
Matches, 6 ior 20c
Juicy Florida
Orang's, 1 pk. 25c
2-lb. Jar Assorted
Preserves ... 29c
Onions, 4 lb.. 10c
Dill and Sour
Pickles, ql... 15c
Package Ballard’s
Pancake ... 10c
For Popping
Popcorn, pkg. 10c
Package Kellogg’s
Corn Flakes. 7k
Navy
Beans, lb.5c
Raisins, pkg.. 5c
Nuts, lb.15c
2 CANS
Cranberries. 25c
P. & G.
Soap, 5 bars. 19c
LUX TOILET
Soap, 3 for .. 20c
lc Extra You Get Pickle Dish
14-Oz. Bottle
Catsup.10c
In Our Market:
Country Style All Pork
Sausage Meat 20c
Pork
Boast, lb.... 25c
Neck
Bones, 3 lb.. 25c
WILLIFORD'S
" ■ YELLOW FRONT MARKET
PLYMOUTH’S FOOD CENTER
SELL THE REMADTOEB |T*l|lf /fi fDmTlTII T V M f*
or YOUB TOBACCO AT IVJjUlj *9/ UlUlllfl V tLLL/ n> V.
Prices remain firm with fancy grades selling the highest of the season. One extra good sale made by us this week was for Dave
Proctor and Sutton—1,298 pounds for $546.32, Average $42.09. The block is now over and we will follow the sales card from now on
We Have First Sale, Monday, Wednesday and Friday of Next Week
Rufus Keel, Wayland Sermons, James Keel
"Our Sales and Service Will Please You"