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I Beacon and News Offers Splendid Opportuni ties for Advertisers. A Family Newspaper Published for Benefit of En tire Family. Correspondents Cover County. AND I I I The Washington County News I VOL. 40 PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, AUGUSTS, 1929 NO. 35 City Fathers Order New Registration; Election September Twenty»Fourth Members of the'City Councilin reg ular session Monday night ordered that a special election be held Tuesday, September 24th, for the purpose of as certaining the will of the qualified vot ers in the town of Plymouth as to whether or not the town shall enter (into an agreement, a copy of which is open to the public at the office of the town clerk, looking to a sale of the town’s electrical distribution plant and a grant to the Virginia Electric and Power Company of a thirty-year fran chise to do a general retail and whole sale power business in the town of Plymouth. It was also ordered at this meeting that a new registration be required for this election, John Brown being ap pointed registrar. Books will be open beginning Friday, August 23rd, from 9 o’clock in the morning until sunset each day, Sunday’s excluded until Sat urday, September 14th. The books will be open at the county courthouse every Saturday which will be the voting place on the day of election. On another page of this issue will be found a summary of what the ad vantages will be gained by the people of Plymouth who are users of electrici ty. Under no condition, it appears, will the actual cost to the consumer be more than as he pays now nor will it be as much. The Virginia Elecric Company is a large organization, being authorized to do business in both Virginia and North Carolina and is in the position to give to the town of Plymouth an unlimited amount of power which has long been the desire of the Chamber of Com merce who have so diligently cooperat ed with the city fathers in making the sale of the local plant. Some have the idea that not only has the distribution system been sold but the other property also. This is not so. The Virginia Electric Company only receives the dsirtibution system and a franchise to operate for 30 years, at which time a new and separate franchise will have to be arranged. POLICE PATROL BEEN BUSY IN WASHINGTON AND TYRRELL Three highway patrolmen and one ambulance paid Washington and Tyr rell counties a visit during the past week end. One of the patrolmen said that Washington county was one of the worst counties as to the violatioi of the letters of the law but Tyr was worse. Down around Creswell a few cars was found without license, while ii Tyrrell county many were found with out license. Only one person was hail ed before Recorder Sawyer Tuesday charged with the violation of the traf fic laws. This was a Negro. He wa fined $75 and costs, which amounted to a total of $99.01. T. F Davenport of Creswell was a business caller Wednesday. REVIVAL SERVICE AT MT. TABOP Mt. Tabor.—Revival services began at the Mt. Tabor Freewill Baptist church Sunday with the Rev. W. A. Bail of Greenville in charge. M. E. Godwin of Micro is leading the sing mg The attendance so far has been very good and the meeting will last through Sunday. Plans are being made to go through another week if possible. as guvci iiui ui uic uituv., in with this act of the legislature, do here by proclaim the week of October 14 1" as “North Carolina Home-Coming Week" and call upon all officials, cit izens, and the press of the State to cooperate in promoting this progressive movement. Of paramount importance will be the dedication that week of the new State-owned North Carolina State Fail Grounds with the most comprehensive exhibits of our present-day progress and possibilities ever yet presented, with addresses by eminent Americans and returned North Carolina broadcast ed by radio to every corner of the State. During this home-coming week every native North Carolinian now living outside the State is asked to see this exhibit of the State’s resources at Ra leigh and to visit again his native coun ty and section. To this end I call upon every citi zen to send in the names of al rela tives and friends outside the State who should be invited to this celebration, and I earnestly request the press of the State to cooperate by inserting blanks which will be sent for this pur pose. I also call upon the editors of the local papers in each county, the secre taries of the local chambers of com merce, the county farm and home a gents and the county superintendent of education, associating with themselves such other persons as they may desire, to meet and organize “County home coming celebration committees” to sup plement the major activities at the State Capital. Done at our City of Raleigh, in this State of North Carolina, this twenty seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, and in the one hundred and fifty-fourth year of American In dependence. O. MAX GARDNER, I News For Farm And Home Br MISS ELEANOR PRATT COVINGTON, Home Agent r. e. DUNNING, County Agent With the election of six directors to represent crop farmers of the State in the new seed improvement program, the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association made a stall twoards permanent organization at State College recently. Once the association is organized it will cooperate with the college and state department of agriculture in certifying crop seed grown by its members which will help the genera farmer in the selection of seeds. The women of Washington county will be sorry to learn that Miss Pratt Covington went to her home Sunday to prepare to enter a hospital to undergo an operation for appendicitis. Plans had been made to make thi edition of the Beacon and News £ special edition, devoted entirely to th< work of the 300 members of the home demonstration clubs throughout tl county but on the account of the sud den illness of Miss Covington it wa j necessary to put the special edition o I until a later date. MAX GARDNER DESIGNATES HOME - COMING OCTOBER 14 - 19 Whereas, the State of North Caro lina in the first quarter of the twentieth century has made an astounding record oi progress which should now be re viewed by our citizens and made known to all interested Americans. Not in a spirit of pride or boasting should this be done but in a spirit oi thanksgiving, aspiration, and dedication to the far greater tasks that lie yet ahead of us. We must make “that which we have done but earnest of the things we yet shall do,” and Whereas, in this spirit the last Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina pro vided for the State-wide observance of the week of October 14-19 as “North Carolina Home-Coming Week,” with the request that all native born pelc the request that all native sons and daughters of North Carolina now re siding outside the State be invited tb return that week and participate in a great State home-coming celebration at the State capital and in local celebra tions in every progressive county of the State where such meetings can be arranged for. Now, therefore, I, O. Max Gardner, INFORMATION ON COST OF OPE R A T I N G SCHOOL TRUCK Information received from James W. Norman, county superintendent of public instruction, yesterday shows that it cost the county a total of $4, 895.80 to transport an average of 978 pupils daily to and from the schools in Washington county. There were 11 trucks used that traveled a total of 55,653 miles during the year. Three of these trucks were not own ed by the county but are operated un der a contract. This coming school year the cost per pupil will probably be less as the consolidated school system will go in to effect. Every child in Washington county will have the advantage of at tending some accredited school for eight months, whidh is required by the state as a standard course. There is only three accredited high schools in the county; one in Roper, Creswell and Plymouth. The schools in Roper and Creswell operate only eight months, while the school in Ply mouth operates nine months. There is a movement on at the present to cut Plymouth down to an eight months scnooi on me account oi me iaci mat the county will not and cannot furnish pupils from the surrounding terri tories transportation for the last month. These pupils living out in the county that attend Plymouth will have to bear the expense of their transpor tation for this extra month. All of the people in Plymouth want the nine months term, but if the pa trons affected in the outlying district? want this extra month, that the peo pie of Plymouth only are paying for, they should have it. ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION The members of the Peanut Grow ers Association will consider new plans for operating the Association this coming season, at the Annual Meeting of the Members, to be held Wednesday, August 14th, at elever o’clock, in Academy of Music, Suffolk Va. At this meeting the Directors will recommend a plan, which does away with the .pooling plan now in oper ation, and which will enable the As sociation to conform to the require ments necessary to secure aid from the new Federal Farm Board. It is expected that a large attend ance will be at this meeting as farm ers generally are becoming more con cerned with maintaining an organiza tion of peanut growers now that the Federal Farm Board is beginning tc function. \ The new plan that is to be sub mitted is a radical departure from the present one, and it is believed, will meet the wishes of a large num ber of farmers who have not hereto fore been much interested in cooper ative organizations. The regular annual election of Di rectors will take place at this meet ing, and a report of the year’s oper ations will be made. S. H. FURLOUGH DIED TUESDAY S. H. Furlough, 76 years old, died at his home near Cresvvell Tuesday morning. Mr. Furlough had been a citizen oi Washington County since childhood, and was a member of the Missionary Baptist church at Creswell and has been a faithful worker for many years. He was also one of the first and oldest members of the Charitable Brother hood ‘ Lodge at Creswell. Funeral services were conducted at the home Wednesday by the Rev. N. C. Duncan, pastor of the Missionary Baptist Church at Creswell, and inter ment was made in the family cemetery using the Charitable Brotherhood lodge ceremony. , He is survived by one son, H. S. Furlough, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. $5,825 GIVEN TO WOMEN; CLOSE I CONTEST OCT. FIFTEENTH Just how good at Canning are Washington County women and girls? ’ This question suggested itself to-; day from an announcement in Chi-1 cago of a National Canning Contest j to find the best jar of canned fruit,' vegetables or meat in the country, j Twelve hundred and fifty dollars in' cold cash awaits the woman or girl in. the United States whose entry is se lected as the best jar of canned food] entered in the contest. Two hundred and twenty-two cash prizes, totalling $5,825, will be dis bursed to the winners in the contest, which has three major divisions: fruit, vegetables and meat. The best entry in each division will be awarded $250 and one of these will also receive the thousand dollar sweepstakes prize, thus bringing the total cash prize for the best jar of canned food in the con test to $1,250. Second prize in each of the three divisions will be $200, third prize $100, and fourth prize, $50. j There will also be five prizes of $25] each, ten prizes of $10 each and fifty J prizes of $5 each. In addition, a thous and dollars in cash will be awarded j to the home demonstration agent i whose county sends in the greatest number of entries, $500 to the agent whose county has the next largest number, and $100 to the agent whose county sends in the third largest number of entries. A number of les ser merchandise prizes are also offer orl Contest Closes October 15. According to the rules, the contest is open to every woman and girl in the United States. There are no re strictions as to the nature of the food sent; any fruit, vegetable or meat, whether home grown or pur chased, is acceptable. Contestants may enter one, two or all three di visions. Entries, regardless of when canned, must not be sent in prior to August 15 nor later than October 1. which is the closing date of the con test. No entries will be returned, but instead these will be sent, with the name and address of the contestant, to an orphanage, hospital, infirmary or other charitable institution to be selected by the Foundation. Specimens of canned fruits and vegetables in the contest will be judg ed on the basis of clearness, color, pack, neatness, flavor and texture. Meat specimens will be judged in their relation to pack, neatness, texture an^ flavor. There will be three judges, to be seelcted by the Foundation from a list of outstanding authorities on home economics, domestic science, an'’ canned food. Their decision will be made known just as soon as possible after October 1. That the judging may be thorough ly impartial and the display of can ned samples absolutely uniform, con testants are required to submit their entries in standard glass jars of quart size. All contestants will be furnished with one Ball mason jar and carton for sending in a canned article, j but those making entries in more than one division are expected to sup ply their own jars and shipping can tons. The sample jar and prize entry labels for use in submitting entries may be secured without cost by com municating with the headquarters of the National Canning Contest, 925 S. Homan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Miss Elmira House of Richmond i = visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V\. L. House. ( ALMO THEATRE TONIGHT William Hanes IN ‘ Alias Jimmy Valentine” pathe news Saturday Night Anita Stewart IN ‘ The liomance Of a Rogue” Sixth Episode Tigers Shadow THE ALMO IS COOL Young Tar Heels Leave Roper For Camp Monday PAYSTO POISON1 COTTON BOLL SAYS FARMER OF FRANKLIN When J. E. Green, of Youngsville, n Franklin county, found that between and 90 per cent, of the cotton squares and bolls in one field had been Ianiaged by the weevil in late July, it- told the boys to plow up the cot on and plant the land to corn. “In the meantime, however, he sought the advice of a neighbor, W. T. Moss, who had poisoned for boll weev i control for some years,” says C. H. Brannon, extension entomologist at State College. “Mr. Moss told neigh bor Green to get a hand machine and ’tart dusting his cotton with calcium irsenate at once. He outlined for him lie regular dusting schedule advocated >y the college, and so Mr. Green held -tp the plow hands, bought the ma :hine and made his first application that same night. After dusting accord ng to schedule, we examined the field and found less than 5 per cent dam age.” Mr. Brannon says that this slight damage need not be taken into ac count and that Mr. Green will make a full crop of cotton on the 14 acres in the field. However, Mr. Green fol lowed instructions carefully and dust ed the cotton as it should be. Now, he believes in dusting as a means of control. He did it ricrht and secured the results which will always follow such treatment. Mr. Brannon exam ined file field carefully on July 27 and said that almost perfect control had been secured. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS FACULTY Cherry.-—-The school Hoard of the local district has recently elected the teachers for the term beginning in September. Those who were elected Ivere: A. W. Davenport, principal. Rupert Ainslev, Misses Gladys Snell. Hortense Ambrose, and Mildred Hutton. Only two of the old teachers were reelected, Ihose being Misses Gladys Snell and Hortense Ambrose. SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY Rev. S. G. Swann of Moyock will conduct services at the Ply month Baptist Church Sunday morning and night. Bible school will be held at the regular hour, 9;45; sermon at 11. Evening services will begin ac 8 o’clock. Twenty students of vocational agri culture of the Roper High School will leave Monday morning for a week’s en campment at the Young Tar Heel Farmers camp at White Lake in Blad en county. .The Young Tar Heels will leave Roper at 8 o’clock in a county school truck and are expecting to ar rive at their destination by 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The truck will be driven by an experienced driver and Professor B. G. O'Brien will accom pany the boys. The samp, which is located near Moss Beach, is a State camp for Young Tar Heel Farmers, being owned and operated by students of vocational ag riculture in North Carolina. It is the only camp of its kind in the United States. It has been in operation for two years and has proved to be a de cided success. The other schools that will be there next week will he: Beulahville. Piney Grove, Edwin M. Holt, Troy, Long iCreek, Perquimans, Gibson, Mocksville Stanton, and Pantego. There will be about 15 boys with their instructors. These young farmers will be required to follow a definite schedule which goes into operation Tuesday morning and continues through breakfast Satur day morning. Each school is in competition with every other school, from the time they arrive at the camp until they leave. Tournaments are conducted each day in various sports, with the final contest being nlaved on Friday to determine the winning school for the week. The climax of the week's activities comes oil Friday night, which is designated as stunt night. Each school represent ed puts on one or more stunts. SOUND SIDE CITIZEN DIES SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD Skinnersville.—Mrs. Salomon Dun bar, age 82 years passed away Satur day afternoon, August 3, at the home of Mr. Cecil Simpson on the Sound Side. Mrs. Dunbar had been in de clining health for some time. She was an honorary member of the Mission ary Society of Oak Grove Church, and was a faithful member in the Society. The funeral service was held by Rev. R. L. Hethcox, pastor of the Creswell M. P. Circuit at the home of Mr. Simpson. The interment was at the Piney Grove Cemetery. HATTIE EVERETT DEAD Little Hattie Everett the 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Everett of Berkley, while visiting her brother William Everett on the Cross Road, was stricken with blood poison. She was rushed to St. Vincent hos pital at Norfolk for treatment but the disease having encountered her entire system before arriving there, nothing could be done for her. She died in the hospital Sunday night POET AND PEASANT “Have you been down to Roper late ly," asked the Peasant. “Yes,” replied the Poet, “Why?” ‘Well.” said the Peasant, “They have the worst streets down there that I have ever been on in my life. From the highway to the negro school you :an hardly stay in your car unless you put it in low gear." ‘What does that matter to you?” asked the Poet. “You don’t have to go on it, do you?" “No," said the Peasant. “I don’t have to go on it, but other people do, and they should be thought of." “That is right, they should,” said the Poet. “The mail carrier that has to go ■tit there every morning should also he thought of, along with the school trucks this winter. If there isn’t some th'i.g done to it fcetorc ihe winter it ,vi 1 ■ be almo*' impossible for the school trucks to get over it with the kids rom the mill pond.” , “W ho is suposed to look out for this oad?” asked the Peasant. “The Town of Roper is directly re sponsible for the condition of all the streets within the city limits, and this street runs up to the corner of Mr. \. N. Wintz's place. I understand,” said the Poet. “When was the last time that they verked it?" asked the peasant. “I don't exactly know,” said the t’c-et, “but from the present condition, hich has existed for some time, it looks as if they have not worked their streets since 1900.” “Is this one characteristic of the streets as a whole in Roper." asked the Peasant. “Yes," replied the Poet, ‘the people of Roper seem to think that to say any thing about the conditions of their streets didn't matter. They apparent ly are afraid to hurt some one's feel ings. They don't realize that a bad impression is made on the visitors.” “You seem to be talking of Roper only,” said the Peasant. "How about the streets in Creswell?” ‘Everything that has been said of Roper can justly be said about Cres well if not more so. A stranger can go into Roper on the highway and probably never see the streets that are being kept by the city officials, but they can not gn into Creswell without bumping and bouncing from one side of the road to the other for about a quarter of a mile, then after they get in town von have to look at the stores and still wonder if you are not in the country on some forgotten road. For gotten by both the road supervisor and every one else.” ‘I think that if you give these peo ple a little time they will fix up their streets,” said the Feasant. "I will give them all the time they want, but the winter is coming, and wt can’t ask that to wait a while for them,” said the Poet.
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