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THE ROANOKE BEACON 1 tie Answer jfcPi evident, s Hi C V. W. AUSBON Editor and Publisher. c. S. AUSBON PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Plymouth, N. C, Friday, May 4th, 1917. 4 Call Ami f 'V. PRESIDENT WILSON EX PECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS PART. In his appeal the President places a personal responsibility upon every mm and woman in the. United States for the out come of the war. What are you doing: to help win this war ? In The Beacon this week is given news accounts of the past week, including the passage of the great army bill by Congress; including the vote and extracts of speeches made- by leading senators. There are many other news items of importance in The Bea con this week including reports of meetings of the war commis sioners, three nations honor Washington, Roosevelt's plan before Congress, the great food crop campaign, tc. You need to read The Beacon this week AN OPEN LETTER. Washington. D. C, April 30. 1917. Editor Roanoke Beacon, Plymouth, N. C. Dear Sir : - The Government, through the U. S. Shipping Board is preparing to construct about one thousand wooden ships and the Department of Labor has 'undertaken to aid the Board in securing workers in this line. They need experienced ship car penters, shipwrights, bridge builders, dock workers, joiners, caulkers, and also men who can use an adz, and all other men who feel that they can quickly learn the work of a shipyard. If there are any who wish em ployment in this line I advise them to write at once Honorab'e W. B. Wilson, Secretary Depart ment of Labor, Washington, D. C, statiytoerience in any fJti Ishipbuild- ' t ?rnrv will iled in- fi! naj essa of the to oniti demand and supply' workers. Farmers wll ditional help, especially farms, should at once ' cate with the Secretarj nculture, stating then' and also with the Sec Labor, addressing bot ington, D. C. Respectful! Jno. H. SI .unction of :r A phone and ston 1 muui- motion to j.o Washington County uponn.Vi ground that damages, if any, were in Wash ington County and all witnesses in the case are citizens of Wash- the at f V far 1UJ ington County. This would seem to be fair to ea?h party and far more convenient to all parties but the Plaintiff, the Tyrrell Co unty Telephone Company, ob jected on the ground that it could not get a fair trial in Washington County. This seems a pretty hard blow at the citizenship of Washington County to say thev would not be just in matters be tween their neighbors. The case was removed to Chowan County and we understand will be fought to a finish. FOR ROAD SUPERINTEN DENT. The Board of Public Road Commissioners will meet next Monday, at which time they will have to appoint a County Road Superintendent, whose duty it will be to supervise the road work throughout the entire county. It is a most important appoint ment, for much will depend upon the kind of man the Commiss ioners select. If a man is ap pointed who has only his salary in view; a man who has not stud ied the question of road building or a man who has no executive ability the road conditions will not be improved. As a matter of fact the county needs an ex perienced Road Engineer, but unfortunately the financial con dition of the county is such that a very small amount of money is available just now over the pres ent neccessary expenses of :keep ing team etc-, therefore the Commissioners will of necessity, Have to employ a cheaper man for this responsible position, We have never Deen in favori of puffing our own people, but this is a time when justice de mands and circumstances justify us in doing so, Mr. W. F. Aus bon has been prominently spok en of. for tha position of Road Superintendent, and those who suggest him as the proper man do so because thev know that it was th-ough his efforts that the first sand-clay road was started in Washington county. It was through his efforts that the old swamp at Ward's Bridge was eanated and filled .in and made passable at all times of the year It was while serving, without pay,' unaer the old law, that this man as Road Sunprvisnr snpnt I days on the different sections of t- . - , k,w. the roads with the road hands greeting and even shovelling vdirt with the road men. During the last two years of the old ad system Mr. Ausbon cave cj time and that of his horse to betterment of the roads in township, making engage ts with the overseers and (cussing tne best ways and leans of working the different jctions. He not only covered territory and saw that the k was done where and when needed, but he gave much Ind study to road bui'ding, r his interest in the public Hf his township and coun some outside reputa 5in? annointed hv rho GJ IT C -m J VAW a delegate to the Nat- id Congress at Baltimore This roan gave his time ntion to the roads when u . , . is nu rewaru ; ne quan nself for just such a as will be let next q, and we think that as pnty cannot employ an Jr in road building, that , ey would do well to secure arthe services of Mr. Ausbon : that is if he can be induced to again sacrifice his time to the work, for no doubt he would have to make a sacrifice in some ways to accept the position. mm .Makuiff V CowrLgUt Hart iichfcSutl' 6 Attractive and up to dateline of MILLIMERY attractive prices Full line up to the minute Dress Goods. 1 Subscribe to the Beacon. Mortgage Sale of Land By virtue of authority vested in me by a Mortgage Deed from Luke Bond and wife, Georgiana, dated December 26th, 1915, recorded in Book No. 67, on.. page 114, wasningtonuouiityKegisters ot'tice, I will offer for sale at public out-cry at tne Court House door in PlymoU'h, N. C, on Monday, May 7th. 1917, at 12 o'clock M., to the highest bidder for cash, that tract of land de scribed in said Mortgage Deed. It be ing a part of the Meftae Quarter, ad joining the lands or Ida Linyear. w. II Howcott, and others, containing twelve ad one-hair acres. This 5th day of April, 1917. II. D. Davenport, Mortgagee. NOTICE OF SUMMONS Cora B. White Z. II. White. ' The defendant above named will takef notico that an action entitled as abovd has been commenced in the Superioj uonn or v asiiington uounty tor an ab solute divorce ; and the said defendant! will rurtner take notice that he is re quired to appear at the next term oa the Superior Court of the said county to De neia on tne ist Monday in June 1917, at the court house in said countv in Plymouth, N. C, and answer or de mur to the complaint in said action, o the plaintiff will apply to the court f the relief demanded in said complaint This 1G, April, 1917. 0. V. W. AUSBON. Clerk Superior Court. Subscribe to the BEACON. WE WILL SAUE YOU 1 0 TO 25 PER CENT ON ALL CLOTHIKG FOR KEN. BOYS AND WOMEN. REGULAR 22.50 LADIES COAT SUITS CLOSSNG OUT AT ' SiS.OO REGULAR 18.00 " " $13.50 GREAT UALUE IN MEM AND BOYS CIOTJiSNG. THE NEWEST CREATION IN STRAW A?,"D PR NAM A HATS AT REASON ABLE PRICEG. BEST GRADE APRON GINGHAM BEST M DRESS B.. i PLYMOUTH'S SHOPPING CENTER STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION, To All to Whom These Presents May Come Greeting : Whereas, It appears to my satisfac tion, by duly authenticated record tA the proceedings tor the voluntary dis solution thereof by the unanimous con sent of all the stockholders, deposited in my office, that the Plymouth Land & Investment Company, a corporation of this State, whose principal office is situated in the town of Plymouth, County of Washington, State of North Carolina (W. B, Watts being the agent therein and in charge thereof, upon woom process may be served), has complied with the requirements of Chapter 21, Revisal of 1905, entitled Corporations," preliminary to the issuing of this Certificate of Dissolu tion : Now, Therefore, I, J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State of the State of North Carolina, do hereby certify that the said corporation did, on the 20 day of April, 1917, file in my office a duly executed and attested consent in wri ting to the dissolution of said corpora tion, executed by all the stockholders tnereot. wmch said consent record or the proceedings are now on ine in my p provided by law. tin jM in lesumonv set my hand seal at H A. D.. V (SB Y -Bryan Jin apply sm i the I :j leto :ial Cottage, to J. S. Chesson, 4X Si9 Prices. Better Farming in the South WILLIAMSON PLAN Has Proven Successful in Coastal E. M elver Wil liamson, of Dar lington, S. C, has originated a plan of corn culture which has been adopted by a great number of farmers' residing in the Coastal Plains of South Carolina and Georgia with ex cellent results. Since a number of inquiries have Service Bureau J. N. HAUPER, Agronomist ome to the Farm about methods of corn culture it is considered advisable to recommend the Williamson method to farmers in the coastal region or those who have sandy loam soils. The following is an out line of the method in Mr. Williamson's own words: "Break the land broadcast during the winter, using a two horse plow or, ketter, a disc plow. Bed with turn llow six-foot rows, leaving a five-Inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with a scooter. Plow deeply in the bottom of this furrow, using a Dixie with wing taken off. Ridge then on this furrow with same plow still toing deep. Run the corn planter on this ridge, dropping one grain every five or six inches. "Plant early, as soon as frost dan ger is past. Early planting is espe cially needful on very rich lands wfcere stalks can not otherwise be kept from growing too large. Give the first working with a har- Jl CI IX J iUIV 111(11 Will 11UL LUTCi Athe plant. For second working use ten or twelve inch sweep. Corn should faot be worked again until the growth .nw rv n 11 ir Tln.v. ,,..'17 ;a3 been so retarded, and the stalk hardened that it will never grow o large. This is the most difficult oint in the whole process. Experi- nce and judgment are required to now just how much the stalk should e stunted, and plenty of nerve is re uired to hold back your corn when our neighbors, who fertilized at plant- g time and cultivated rapidly, have Ijrn twioe the size of yours. i"When you are convinced that yotir rn has been sufficiently humiliated, Vu may begin to make the ear. The i Send Us Your 1 i OW I 1 OF CORN CULTURE Plains And Sandy Loam Soils plants should now be from twelve to eighteen inches high. J "Put half your fertilizer (this being' the first used at all) in the old sweepj furrow on both sides of every otherj middle and cover by breaking out this middle with turn plow. About one week later treat the other middle the' same way. Within a few days side! corn in first middle with sixteenth-inch! sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda! in tms rurrow, ir less than 150i pounds. If more, use one-half of it, Cover with one furrow of turn plow,1 then sow peas in this middle broad cast at the rate of at least one bushel to acre, and finish breaking out. "In a few days side corn in other middle with same sweep, put balance of nitrate of soda in this furrow, if it has been divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas, and break out. "'his lays by your crop with a good be and plenty of dirt around your stalk. This should be from June 10th to "Oth, un less the season is very late, and corn should be hardly bunching for tassel "Lay by early. More corn is ruined by late plowing than by lack of plow ing. This is when the ear is hurt. "Tne stalks thus raised are very small, and do not require anything like the moisture even in proportion to size than is necessary for large, sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be left thicker in the row. Large stalks can not make large yields except with extremely favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. Corn raised by this method should not be over seven feet high, and the ear should be near the ground." For Piedmont Section. For the riedmont section the Wil liamson Plan can not be clcj-ely fol lowed but must be modified. Half of the fertilizer should be applied before planting. The other half should be applied not later than when corn is knee high. The nitrate of soda should' then be applied when the com is waist high. Raise Corn As War Measure In response to the call for food stip plies in vieAv of war conditions, the Southern farmer should plant as. '--ge a crop of corn as possible. He should fertilize liberally and cultivate thor oughly so that maximum crops may be produced., It is recommended. that frcm 500 to C00 pounds cf fertilizer be atjpuea on Piedmont, soil 800 to 1.000 to coastal plain! 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