Beacon and News Otters Splendid Opportuni ties for Advertisers. VOL. 41 ROANOKE BEACON AND The Washington County News \ A Family Newspaper Published for Benefit of En tire Family. Correspondents Cover County. PLYMOUTH, N.C., FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1930 NO. 13 Home Demonstration Agent Presented Summary Work To County Commissioners The subject studied in the clubs during Februaay was desserts and how to make inexpensive ones from fruit. The Creswell, Alba, and Chapel Hill Clubs had the biggest attendance during the month. Each club having more than twenty three members present. Leaders were appointed in each club for our garden and yard con test. The Farm agent went to some of the club meetings and gave ex cellent talks on gardens. Every thing possible is being done to get the people interested in planting more anti better gardens. Plans are underway to take care of a'l the surplus vegetables b y shipping them. Top market prices have been offered. Several not oects were maue un der the agents instructions and sev eral made by club members them selves. In this way early vegeta bles will be ready for shipping and for sale on the local curb market. Congressman Lindsay C. Warren sent the Home Agent COO poultry bulletins for use in the poultry clubs. One father said that his son read every poultry bulletin the first night after he received it. One trip was made to Robersonville to carry eggs for some of the Poultry Club members. Everything possible will be done to help the boys and girls with their poultry, and help find a market for them. Young chickens were selling on our Curb market last Saturday for 45c per pound. The Home Agent spent two days and one morning weighing the school children of the county. Miss Mary E. Thomas, Nutri tion specilist held the first leaders school of the year in the demonstra tion kitchen on Feb. l'8th. Fifty three women and saris attended this meeting. Miss Thomas gave, an excellent lesson on preparing meats, and especially stressed the use of the tougher for their nutritive values. During February more farm pro duce was sold on the curb market than any month since it was open ed. The total for the month being $478 84. There was only one Satur day that the sales did not go over $125.00. Only one crate of eggs were shipped in January, as the people had just gotten interested in shinning them. During February $85.11 worth of eggs were shipped and the lowest price received 33$c. per dozen. Plans are now underway for storing eggs at Wilmington. The market price will be paid for these eggs when crated at the mar ket. They will be *tored during the summer and will be sold next fall to an advantage. The people of the county are being urged to co-oper ate with the agents in handling their eggs in this way. This plan brought the Egecombe County people 58c more on the dozen last year. BUSINESS IN GENERAL ON UPWARD SWING SAYS L. A. MILLER Business in general and the auto mobile business in particular, are on the upward swing and should be on a practically normal basis with in the next sixty days. This is the opinion of L. A. Miller, president of the Willys - Overland Company, George M. Graham, vice-president in charge of sales and other execu tive of the company who have just returned from a business trip that coverd nearly the entire nation. The automobile always is the first to be affected in any recession of general business and is the fiirst to recover,” Mr. Miller said. “All manufacturers are properly control ling their manufacturing schedules and when business resumes on a normal basis this will have the ef fect of stabilization in the large automobile centers of the country and will likewise have a benefiicial effect on business as a whole. “My view of the entire picture discloses no alarming condition re garding the automobile or any other line of business. People are buying motor cars as well as other mer chandise and will continue to do in increasing monthly volume until we reach our normal stride which should come within the next sixty days. “With the general revamping of sales and production policies, care ful attention to the used car pro blem and the close co-operation be tween dealer and manufacturer, I am confident that the 1930 volume will equal that of last year. Under the present policies this should pro duce greater profits for both dealer and manufacturer since the 193© program is based On the law of sup ply and demand rather than on aaa arbitrary production schedule. This plan is economically sound and will undoubtedly be reflected in a heal thier business situation all around.” FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Rev. Conley Greer Minister John W. Darden Superintendent Subject “Conquest” Christian Endeavor 6:30 P.M. ©ot Greer President Group No. 2 in charge of program. Sermon 7:30 3®, M. Subject “The Nine Kinds of Christians” Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 R. M. John Darden Leader Choir and'Orchestra practice Thursday 7:30 P- M. Bible School 9:45 A. M. Communion Sermon 11 A. M. 11:15 A. M. PLYMOUTH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT Presents “(JHiiuiijljt A Comedy Drama In Three Acts HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Tiaeeday Night, March Eleventh, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Eight O’clock CAST OF CHARACTERS In Order Of Their First Appearance Jim Shennan, A Taxi Driver Moll Cripps, Bill’s Wife Tillie Cripps (Till), Her Daughter, A Maid Nan Cripps, Known as Miss Morgan Tom (Kid Glove) McGerty, A Confidence Man Bill Cripps, Boss of a Gang of Thieves Charlie The Dude, Criminologist Ennis Van Dyne, A Millionaire Burke, A Plain Clothes Man Miss Henrietta Van Dyne, Ennis’ Sister Jessie McNair Mrs. C. L. Jackson Nancy Bateman Mrs. H. W. McNair Lawrence Jones Van B. Martin, Jr. Bill Waters Bob Tarkenton Charlie Jackson Alma Sanderson NEXT MONTH WILL BE “WAR MONTH” FOR UNITED STATES By Lee Roy Harris Strange as it may seem, five of the six major wars that the United States has had since its birth as a nation some 150 years ago, began in the month of April. On April the 19th, 1775, the un rest. which had rapidly been growing between the colonies and England, the mother country, came to a head I and war was declared. The people j had grown tired of paying tribute to the crown of England. Oppression had gone too far. A new and inde pendent nation was born. A nation to later become the strongest in the world and one that has never been defeated. This nation was com posed of 13 states and was known as the United States. Some of the property was still the property of the mother country, but was later bought or acquired by treaties. E Pluribus Unum, our slogan, means Of Many One. June letn, lyiz, the motner country, England, began infringing on America’s right on the seas. This was the first and last time that any European nation has at tempted war with the United States on her own soil. This war ended in favor of the new nation on May 30, 1815. April 24, 1848, the Mexicans be came unruly or forgot how to treat American citizens. It took this young nation just 3G days to show Mexico that they must respect these people. Perhaps the most unsatisfactory war of all began on April 15th, 1861 when the United States was no longer the United States but a di vided nation. For five years we fought each other. All on the ac count of jealousness and stuborness The central government offered the southern planters a small amount for each of their slaves the South erners thought it not enough and refused to free their slaves. Jeffer son Davis was elected president and Richmond was made the capitol of the south. Brother fought brother; father fought son. On August 20th, 1866, this dreadful war ended, but there is even today a cold feeling between the h orth and South. This is rapidly disappearing. April 21, 1898, the Battleship Maine was blown np by the Spaniards at Havanali Cuba. The Maine was anchored at Havanah to protect the Monroe Doctrine. Spain was treating the Cubans in such a manner as to cause the American citizens to rise up and urge that Cuba be made a free country. This war lasted until April 11, 1899 and ended in a victory for the United States. April 6th, 1917, the United States joined the Allies in the World War against Germany and her allies. The Armistice was sign ed November 11, 1918, but war was not over until the articles of peace were signed, July 2nd, 1921, Then and not until then did the United States call all of her soldier boys home. Some have said that this was the bloodiest war that the world has ever known. Many rea sons have been advanced as to the cause of this war, but the writer feels that the only real reason was a commercial jeolicy that existed and still exists between the Euro pean nations. SUPPER CLUB ENTERTAINED The Tuesday Night Supper Club met with Mrs. A. II. Stier Tuesday night. After a buffet supper was served, the guests engaged in play ing bridge. Mrs. Collins won the ladies’ prize and Wally Burr Jr., was awarded the men’s prize. Recorder Jerry Sawyer Had Busy Day; Misstrial Ordered In Assault Case Roper High School Basketball Team Outplayed Strong Plymouth Team A ROAD FOR WENONA CONSUMED MUCH OF COMMISSIONERS TIME Solicitor Carl L. Bailey acted as spokesman for a committee who went befoie the Washington County Commissioners a t their regular meeting Monday and asked some relief from the road situation in the Wonona section. This question has come before the commissioners at their meetings virtually every month for the past 18 months. The latest idea is to build a road down the banks of A canal in Drainage District number five which comes out at Roper. This would make the Wenona people have to travel about five miles fur ther to get to Plymouth. Many of the Wenona people favor the pre sent route to that one, but they all say, “What we want is a road.” Mr. Heritage, representing the Roper Lumber Company, said that his company had paid Washington county over $200,000 in taxes dur ing the past five years and no high way and only about eight or ten miles of county roads touched their property. “We feel that we are en titled to a little consideration from the commissioners of Washington county after paying in so much and receiving so little,” said Mr. Heri tage. In a very long letter, Mr. Heritage read from the president of his firm, it was shown just what Washington county had lost in re ference to new citizens by the con dition of the Wenona road. Pros pective citizens were brought in and shown the property during the past 18 months and virtually every one of them got stuck and became disgusted. “It is like being in jail,” said J. L. Rea, manager of the Blackland Farm, During the winter, the only way that people living in that section had getting out was by the train. The school truck wrung out two or three transmissions and a tractor was torn to pieces on the Pike road during the winter and the children Gif that section were out of school approximately two weeks. “We don’t care about ourselves, but we ■do want our children to go to school,” said a Wenona citizen Monday. CARD OF THANKS I wish to take this method of thanking my many friends who as sisted me during the short illness and death of my husband also for the-beautiful floral offerings. MRS. H. B. GOODMAN ALMO THEATRE TONIGHT » AND Saturday Night Mary Eatom IN ‘‘Glorifing The American Girl”