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A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* Advertisers will find Beacon and News columns a latch-key to 1,100 Washington County homes. VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 44 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 30, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1889 CRESWELL CHIEF i POLICE WAYLAID, SERIOUSLY HURT -<&-— Seaton Davenport Still in Hospital After Assault Last Week What will be done about the as sault of an officer by ambushers who left their victim lying in a road un conscious exposed to the mercy of the elements and speeding motor ists? That is what the people in Wash ington County are asking today. Eight days ago the battered and bruised body of Seaton Davenport, 25, chief of police of Ccreswell, was taken from Highway No. 64, 100 yards from the home of Rev. Roy Respass. Raymond Bateman, white man, was driving a car by the spot and found the unconscious man lying with his bruised and bloody head on the center stripe of the pavement, and he called at the home of Rev. Mr. Respass in whose arms the of ficer regained consciousness. Dr. W. H. Harrell rendered medi cal aid. Then he was taken to Chap lin’s hospital in Columbia and then rushed to Parkview hospital in Rocky Mount where he lies with both legs broken, one in two places, abrasions of the forehead, a black right eye and bruises. Dr. Battle told him there were no internal injuries and that his broken legs were his principal injuries. How long he will remain in the in stitution is problematical. But it is known that it will take weeks be .fore he can walk on his feet again without supports. Chief Davenport was last seen on Friday morning about 1 o’clock, leaving a dance on his way home, a short distance down a side road from Davenport’s filling station. He was brought out of the stupor from the blow at about 5 o’clock, having lain | on the road for more than three hours. From his hospital Dea ne toia 01 leaving the dance alone and started on his way home. While in the darkness an automobile’s headlight j shown in front of him. After the , vehicle passed, he walked on his j way when suddenly he felt a blow i over his right eye with a blunt ob ject and then was hit on his fore head, the blow ripping the skin. The force of the blows blotted out his memory of any further details of the happening. He does not know whether he was taken in an automobile and further attacked and his legs broken when he was push ed out or whether he lay there with autoists running over him in may be more than one car. He remembers that on his person was a pistol loaded with six bullets. He never shot it. When he was re vived and his mind returned, he found that the bullets had been tak en from the gun and that six other bullets that he had in his pockets were missing, leaving him with an empty gun. The pistol was handled carefully that a study of the fingerprints might be made. He had been work ing for the Town of Creswell for 32 days. In his pockets were $12, and the money was missing. However, he stated from his hospital bed that he believed robbery was not the motive of the assault. His friends have contributed money to secure an outside detec tive to help run down the assailants. Sheriff J. K. Reid and other officers are working on the case, and it may be that the reliable sheriff will find the culprits without aid. There are persons under surveil lance. There have been two threats reaching the policeman orally that he was on the spot. The surprise was in that it was so early and caught the cop unawares. Connec tions of two of the persons he has arrested have been reported to have made threatening remarks about the young officer who averaged one ar rest each day he was employed. Young uavenport iook tne jou with the impression that the law was to be enforced. This annoyed the offenders in that section. He has been hauling them in and Mayor J. A. Combs has been meting out justice in a good manner in an effort to clean up the Scuppernong sec tion of its law violators. The cop learned from his father that law breakers should be brought to account for their actions. His lather is a Free Will Baptist minis ter and a justice of the peace. And he made an effort to clean up the town with the backing of the offi cials who hired him. Some are afraid that on account of the political differences that the proper efforts will not be made to bring Davenport’s assailants to jus tice, but fears on this line were al layed by persons here who know Democrats and Republicans to Finish Campaign This Week Finals plans for the battle of bal lots, which reaches its climax here Tuesday, is underway today. Congressman Lindsay Warren, speaking at Cherry Friday night and at Plymouth Monday night, closes the campaign for the Democrats while John Wilkinson, of Washing ton, N. C., speaks at Roper school Thursday night and concludes the campaign at Cherry school Monday night. Mr. Wilkinson is the opponent of Mr. Warren for the United States Congress. On Monday night at Cher ry he will reply to the speech made by Mr. Warren at Cherry Friday night. “Word for word” is the way the circulars read. Ladies are es pecially invited to attend these meetings. Observers predict that the total number of votes cast in this election will be about the same as in 1932, when the Democrats counted 1,562, while the Republicans marshalled 755, making a total of 2,317. This, of course, was a presidential year. In 1934 the total votes cast by both parties dropped from 2,317 in 1932 to 1,770, with 1,146 for the Dem ocrats and 624 for the Republicans. If the vote this election reaches 2, 000 the Democrats are of the opinion that it will be good voting. Despite division and controversy among forces of the majority of Democrats, none here fear that this will result in any appreciable de crease of votes for the party as a whole against the Republicans. How ever, the Republicans as well as the Democrats have waged a vigorous campaign. WPA Recreational Project for School Here Is Approved Cecil Beasley Will Direct Program of Physical Education A recreational project has been approved for the Plymouth school which includes the services of Cecil Beasley, who will have periods ev ery school day afternoon in body building and healthful exercises. This program is under the direc tion of the WPA, which is bearing the expense of part of the program, but citizens of Plymouth and this section will be asked to help in se curing the much-needed equipment for the gym. It will take a little over $50 to purchase the punching bags, gloves, stands, swivels, skipping ropes, head guards, tape for bandages, athletic supporters, chest expanders, and grip developers. Later will be add ed horizontal bars, mats, and row ing machines. Mr. Beasley will start the program with calisthenics devoted to body building and will gradually work in to boxing and other activities. He plans boxing tournaments with the teams in surrounding towns. Off periods for the students will be used for this purpose. Roper Teachers and Parents Hold Meet Roper.—The Roper Parent-Teach er Association met Tuesday night at the school, with Mrs. Jim Leary, vice president, in charge in the absence of Mrs. W. E. Blount. In the short business session Mrs. D. E. Poole, chairman of the program committee, announced that this year’s program would be studying character build ing. The dramatics department, under Miss Cordelia Lanier, English and French teacher, were in charge of the program. Papers were read on homes and parents, and two one-act plays were given on the same sub ject. The plays were written by the dramatics department. About 50 were present. Next meet ing will be held November 17 at the school. Southern Root Rot Causes Damage To Peanut Crop -* Southern root rot is affecting the peanut crop of Northampton Coun ty with one farmer reporting that he will lose 20 percent of his crop. that officers will do their best in handling the case. It was reported at the time that the cop was drinking on the night in question, but friends who saw him at the dance hall aver that this is untrue, and that he was not lying in a drunken stupor on the high way so that autos ran over him, but that he was stduck by assailants and left to die in the roadway. It may be that efforts will be made to secure information on the assailants and to establish their iden tity and procure the needed evi dence the nthe grand jury for the January term of mixed court will have the opportunity to investigate further the case and then recom mend whatever action it thinks best. While all of this is being done, a young man, crippled probably for the remainder of his life, is lying in a hospital ward, smoking cigar ettes, greeting friends pleasantly, and wondering whe nhe will be able to walk again. In the mean time the little town of Creswell will need a new cop to assist Deputy Sheriff Peal in preserving peace and order. Farm ]\otes By W. V. HAYS, County Agent The Elizabeth City cotton mills wrote me a letter about a month ago stating that they would pay 1-2 cent above the average spot cotton mar ket for cotton of 1 inch staple. Now there are a number of varieties of cotton which grade this well or bet ter, among them, and the one which seems best suited to the soil and weather conditions in our county, is the Farm Relief strain. During the past three years we have imported about 700 bushels of certified and pedigreed seed of this strain for seed purposes. A study of cotton graded by the Cotton Grower’s Asso ciation shows that about one-third of our cotton stil grades 7-8, while an other third goes on up to an inch, and practically the other third will go 1 1-16. This is about 50 per cent improvement on the quality of our cotton produced in the past three years. There are a number of coun ties in the cotton-producing territory which have agreed among them selves in the planting of only one variety of cotton. In each case this has been very easily brought about with the cooperation of ginners and seed dispensers. This could easily be done in our county and would be a very profitable undertaking. Sheep are very little trouble and should be raised on more farms throughout the county. The produc tion of pure-bred sheep is a very profitable industry and is an oppor tunity for one or two good farmers in our county. It is impossible at this time to buy a pure-bred ram lamb, so far as I know, east of Ra leigh. There is a flock of pure-bred Hampshire ewes in Virginia which can be bought reasonably. I have orders at the present time for eight of these lambs. Anyone interested is advised to get in touch with the county agent at once. We have a new bulletin on sweet potato growing, curing, and storage free for the asking. Sweet potatoes fit better in a tobacco rotation than anything we know of unless it be rye. Mr. L. I. Case, Extension animal husbandman from State College, wrote me a few days ago that high grade heifers were available to farm ers who wished to establish a breed ing of beef cattle at very attractive prices. There are some wonderful opportunities for the production of beef cattle on waste land, cut-over land, and in some of our burned over areas throughout the county. I Information and particulars will be furnished anyone interested by call ing at the county office or through correspondence. Sunday Services at Christian Church All members of the local Christian church are expected to be present Sunday, November 1st, to answer present when the church roll is called. This day will be known as “Home Coming,” which is an annual occasion designed to bring all mem bers together to enjoy a family fel lowing and to make for a stronger work in the kingdom of God. There will be a basket dinner on the grounds and a program that will extend into the early afternoon. ”116 guest speaker will be the Rev. J. M. Perry, pastor of the Williamston and Robersonville Christian churches. This day will mark the beginning of the pastor’s third year with the local church, and he with the coop eration of all the members, expects the greatest work in the future. Jamesville Is Leader Among Five Classes In Agriculture Work O Has Total of 1,304 Points; Creswell Is Second With 1,168 Points Jamesville, with 1,304 points, leads the five departments of vocational agriculture in schools in Washing ton, Martin, and Tyrrell Counties, which are grouped in the Tri-County Future Farmers of America Associa tion for an average monthly scoring for the first five months of the year. There are 252 students in the five schools which are located in James ville, Roper, Creswell, Columbia and Plymouth. The other four schools, according to their rating in the scor ing, are Creswell, 1,168; Roper, 1,102; Columbia, 949; and Plymouth 708. Full rating is not given the first year, as part of the program is in complete. This applies to Plymouth, which has not had the course long enough to fully comply with the equipment and to secure the neces sities for the library, as is the case of the farm shop, which is not ready. A. H. Guy, Columbia, leads the teachers in the total hours worked duing the average month, with 248, and in miles traveled with 539; with the others trailing as follows: C. H. Floyd, Roper, 247, with 462 miles; J. O. Cooper, Plymouth, 228 hours worked, 456 miles; A. H. Tucker, Creswell, 224 hours and 499 miles; J. C. Eubanks, Jamesville, 188 hours and 421 miles. The report gives number of hours conference, professional work, field work, spent in preparation, teaching, total hours worked, and total miles traveled as relates to the teachers. In repgard to the schools the re ports indicated the points scored by the classes in supervised practice, farm shop work, preparation for les son, publicity, professional improve ment, Young Tar Heel Farmers’ ac tivities, physical equipment, knowl edge of community needs and the total scores. Free Movie at Local Church Next Week “The Trail of the Circuit Rider,” a sound motion picture, will be pre sented at the Plymouth Methodist church Wednesday, November 4, at 7:30 p. m., according to Rev. C. T. Thrift, pastor. This picture was pro duced by Pathe News for the trus tees of the Duke Endowment. This picture portrays the influence of the early church on the solution of pressing problems of today and shows the origin and the work of the Duke Endowment for orphan ages, hospitals, rural churches, and universities. Every scene is from real life in the Carolinas. Appropriate music will accom pany the picture opening with “The Bells of St. Marys” and closing with “I Love To Tell the Story,” played on the Duke University Carillon by Anton Brees, of the Bok Tower. No admission charge. -» Services at Saints Delight Changed O a Preaching services at Saints De light church will be changed from third Sundays to first Sundays, be ginning first Sunday in November, which is the first day, it was an nounced by Rev. M. L. Ambrose, the pastor, this week. Bible school every Sunday morn ing at 10 o’clock. Everybody is in vited to attend all of our services. Preaching services at Zions Chap el will be changed from first Sun day back to second Sundays, begin ning second Sunday in November. Bible school every Sunday at 10 a. m. Everybody is invited to attend all of the services. New Chevrolet To Go On Display 7th The finest Chevrolets in the com pany’s quarter century of automo bile manufacture will make their bow here and throughout the coun try on November 7, Mr. Dan Satter thwaite and V. E. Everette, of the Satterthwaite Chevrolet Company, Chevrolet dealers, announced this week, upon their return from Char lotte, where 1,500 dealers, sales man agers, and salemen from North Car olina obtained official news of the new product from Mr. T. D. Hunter, manager of the Charlotte zone, and members of his staff. ABOUT TOWN Young men who wish to enlist in the army can now fulfill their de sire as there are jobs open for 1, 800 young men in this area as the enlistments go forward under the War Department orders to bring the Army up to full authorized strength of 165,000 men. Recruits can enter either the infantry, tanks, or coast guard artillery. White to headquar j ters Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Ga. I Bob Wells, Eastern district organ I izer, and Merrill Evans, district ; chairman, of the Young Democratic ; Clubs of North Carolina, of Ahos | kie, were here Tuesday in the in. i terest of fully organizing the young voters for the election next Tuesday. Adults are easier to fool in some tilings than are children. Mrs. W. B. Chesson tells of the little colored boy down in Pleasant Grove section who was against Landon. “When Hoover was President I made 25 cents a day. Now I get $1,” he ans wered when asked whom he favor ed in the campaign. Election shorts: Challenge day Saturday for those who oppose the registration of some person. 4,000 official ballots printed, 500 absentee and 500 sample ballots are ready. J. Dewitte Davenport, Republican candidate for commissioner asked that his named be erased from the ballots. Almost 2,000 voted in the Democratic primary. Will the a mount be doubled in the general election? Same precinct officials will be at the polls next Tuesday. About 200 registered before the re cent primary, and 40 before general election with Registrar J. T. McNair in Plymouth. -m Washington County has three students attending the East Caro lina Teachers’ College at Greenville, which, with an enrollment of 1,708 students, has reached a new all-time attendance record. The institution has now 113 men in its student body. Students are from 75 counties and eleven other states. W. E. Blount is soliciting subscrip tions for the Roanoke Beacon. So is Mrs. A. B. Davenport. When either of these come around, be sure to re new your subscription. It is the de sire of the management to give you a good paper and to give the adver tisers a good medium through which to meet you. -4> Observance of “Childhood and Youth Week” will feature the pro gram at the Methodist church Sun day. The pastor, Rev. C. T. Thrift, will preach an appropriate sermon. Fathers and mothers are asked to attend the morning service with their children. Mrs. C. W. Tyree (Miss Athalia Gardner) was at home Wednesday from Raleigh, where she has been staying for some time. She is now supervisor of the department of check certification with five em ployees in her force. She is not working as hard now as formerly, when she was operating a tabulat ing machine. Her first WPA job started here. Mrs. T. L. Bray will entertain the United Daughters of the Confeder acy Friday evening with Mrs. J. K. Reid as joint hostess. Mrs. Abe Adler, president, urges all the mem bers to attend. Merrill Evans, of Ahoskie, acting chairman of the first district; Robert C. Wells, Kenansville, organizer for the eastern district; Robert L. West, Warsaw, leading work, in the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina were here Tuesday visiting leaders and were elated to find that the Washington County Young Demo cratic club had affiliated with the state organization and was moving along well. Next meeting of the 15th district of the Federation of Woman’s Clubs will be held in Plymouth, and Mrs. B. G. Campbell was named district chairman of the committee on jun ior woman’s clubs, according to in formation brought back from Farm ville by the following from the lo cal clubs: Mrs. T. L. Bray, president, senior woman’s club; Mrs. J. K. Reid president Thursday Afternoon Lit-1 erary Club; Miss Mary Frances Mis enheimer, president juniors; Mes aames B. G. Campbell, H. A. Blount, H. S. Midgett, W. C. Jones, Mrs. Abe Adler, president of U. D. C.; R. H. j Lucas, H. A. Liverman, Sam Lucas, W. L. Whitley, Hubert Allen, Dick Hardison, E. G. Harrison, Sadie Alexander, T. F. Connors, Byron Hawkins, T. P. Sanderson, and Miss Emily Gray Ambrose. Among those visiting Seaton Dav » enport, chief of police of Creswell, who is in the Park View Hospital in Rocky Mount convalescing from in juries received when he was assault ed last Thursday night, on Sunday were: T. F. Davenport, P. J. Daven port, L. W. Davenport, D. H. Fur laugh, Creswell; Floyd Spencer, Co lumbia; Walter H. Paramore, Plym outh; Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Tarkenton, Rocky Mount. Don G. Davis, local jeweler, is back at work today after suffering serious injuries in an automobile) wreck last week. His store is open and will be continued open even if he suffers a setback from his in juries, as Mrs. Bosie Horton is in charge when he is out. Mr. Davis’ store is well stocked for the holiday season, as his ad reads on another page. Upwards of 250 boys from Martin, Washington and Tyrrell County schools will meet in the Plymouth auditorium Friday morning at 10 o’ clock for the annual meeting of this group of Young Tar Heel Farmers of North Carolina. The group will organize as they did last year. A boy from Roper and Plymouth are being urged for the presidency of the organization. Last year the local school boasted the reporter as the only officer from this chapter. A new song with the words by Rev. C. T. Thrift will be heard in the Methodist Church Sunday morn ing. The name of it is “The Great ness of Christ” with the tune the same as “The Faith of Our Fathers.” Last Sunday it was rendered by the choir and leaflets of the song will be distributed among the church members this Sunday for them to sing. Hotneand ciubNews By Mary Frances Misenheimer Schedule for Next Week Monday, Busy Bee Club. Tuesday, Hoke Club. Wed., a. m., Roper 4-H club. Wed. p. m., Roper club. Thursday, Chapel Hill. Friday, Beech Grove. Saturday, curb market, 8:30. Mrs. Joe Browning is still leading curb market sales. Miss Lula Wat son is second highest seller. Pleasant Grove Club has taken on new life. One of the best meetings held this year was at Mrs. Clara Snell’s last Tuesday. The club mem bers are planning to make goals for the coming year and work to ac complish them. Swain Club’s canning report is un usually good. Several of the clubs are going to have a close race in determining which canning leader wins the free trip to Raleigh to the short course. The secretary of the Creswell club sent in, last year, the most complete form of records. An o”*line of the work done during the year was giv en. At the last meeting each mem ber present was giving in her report so as to make the report the best again this year. The only way to have a good club report is for each member to do her part. Alba club had nearly 100 per cent present at the club meeting Friday. Mrs. Garney Bateman was hostess to the club. The members are still in terested in their club and are work ing to make it larger, even though it is one of the oustanding clubs in the county. County Bridge Club is small, but one does not find more loyal mem bers than in that club. They will not miss a meeting regardless of what happens. They are to be praised for their loyalty. ■-a Must Get Licenses To Hunt and Fish —•— J. L. Swain, game protector, is cracking down on violators of the hunting and fishing laws. He asks that those without license and who go in for either of the sports, to get them at once. Members of the cast of Robinson's Silver Ministrels here last week were escorted from catfishing to secure license. None is exempted, and Mr. Swain is especi ally emphasizing this part of the law. SEEK FRANCHISE FOR TRICK LINE IN THIS SECTION —» Hearing To Be Held on Ap plication in Norfolk Friday Residents of Roper, Cresweli, Plymouth, Mackeys, Columbia and other towns in this section wrill at tend a hearing that is to be held in the Monticello Hotel in Norfolk on Friday on a petition by the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation, ot oper ate a motor freight line through this section, that is now before the Inter state Commerce Commission. The line will run from Norfolk to Mew Bern through Sligo, Elizabeth Sity, Edenton, Plymouth and Wash ington. Of course, this line will some over the new bridge that is proposed to be built by the State Highway and Public Works Com mission. This freight system will ncrease the facilities for transpor tation. These citizens will testify before a commission composed of J. Wal lace Winborne, chairman of the Morth Carolina Utilities commission and a similar officer from Virginia ind a third member of the group isking that this service be allowed he people of this section. A spur irom the mai nroute may go into Columbia and another into Belhav ;n. This Norfolk Southern Bus Cor ooration is a division of the Norfolk southern Railroad Company and aow operates passenger busses thru this vicinity from Norfolk to Ra eigh, New Bern, Columbia, and Wil liamston. It is not known now whether any other firm will bid for •h efranchise to operate this service n this section or not. The Norfolk Southern firm is anx ous to get this service licei up so hat the minute the bridge is ready lor traffic that they can start their /ehicles operating. The Habit line, if Edenton, now operate a similar ine between Norfolk and New Bern iy Williamston. Local Bar Favors Adding 2 Justices —»— The local bar association this week issued the following statement: “One of the constitutional amend, ments to be submitted to the elec torate on November 3, which is the general election day, is the proposal to increase the supreme court judges from five to seven. The principal reason for this is to increase the ef ficiency of the supreme court. This court has consisted of five judges since 1889, when the litigation in the supreme court was very little, com pared with the great volume that is now disposed of by the five judges. Since the number was last increased the population of the state has dou bled, and the work of the present court is so very heavy that the jus tices are unable to dispatch the bus iness of the court promptly and to have the necessary time to study the various appeals. “The supreme court is a tribunal that passes upon the rights of liti gants from every walk and class of life in the state, and these litigants are represented in the supreme court by lawyers. The lawyers are, there fore, in better position to realize the importance of increasing the num ber of supreme court judges than the average civilian, in fact it may not be of any particular benefit to the practicing lawyer, but the parties to these suits on appeal are the persons affected. Some o? the leading citi zens of the state that approve this amendment are Feder-1 Judges I. M. Meekins and J. J. Parker, all the superior court judges of this state, Governor Ehringhaus and Gilliam Grissom. The local bar therefore re quests the voters of Washington County to cast their ballot in favor of this amendment on November 3. This is not a partisan amendment, but it is for the benefit of all the people of our great state. ---. Fourth Quarterly Conference Held Pleasant Grove.—The last quar terly conference of the Roper charge ^ as held at Pleasant Grove church Sunday, with Rev. B. B. Slaughter, presiding elder, speaking on “Love From the Heart.” The elder and if. D. Wilson complimented the ladies on their work in beautifying the church. Next quarterly conference will be held in Roper. Rev. W. J. Watson, the pastor, and the presiding elder, were asked to serve again next year.
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