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The Washington County News
PLYMOUTH. N.C., FRIDAY. MARCH 28, 1930
NO. 16
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Wenona Road In
Good Condition;
Visit County Farm
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Sy Lee Roy Harris
H.‘C. Gatlin, county auditor; J.
C. Spruill, chairman of the Wash
ington county commissioners; Cap
tain Carlie Mizell, member of the
board of education; E. R. Lewis,
member of board of commissioners;
L. L. Basnight, superintendent of
county roads and I went over the
- farm that is being tended by the
convicts and then through the Pike
road over to Wenona Tuesday
afternoon.
We learned that Mr. Basnight,
who has been in charge of the
county convicts and stationed in
Plymouth since April first, 1926,
has cleared 17 acres of land and
put into cultivation the farms own
ed by the county. At one time the
present 80 acres farm was divided
by woods. This woods has been
cleared and the two farms made
into one, all with convict labor and
without the negligence of the road
work.
As a result of his farming enter
prise, which was not done before
Mr. Basnight came to Plymouth,
the county home has been kept in
meat and green vegetables, and
quite a bit of the needs for the
convicts have been produced. On be
ing asked how he bought his first hogs
to begin on Mr. Basnight said, “I
* Md a horse that I didn’t-need and
I hired him out for $1 a day and
used the money derived from this
means to buy a breed sow and
boar. By next year I hope to have
taken in about five more acres of
land and have a large herd of hogs.”
After looking the farm over, we
went out to the Pike road. The
Pike road is now in the best condi
tion that l have ever seen it in. It
has been widened some ahd the
bushes cut down from the sides.
Also the ditches have been cleaned
out in many places. The Pike road
has been machined up with a good
crown in the center. Workmen are
continuously hauling sand in the
road, filling in the bad places. If
what has been begun by Mr. Bas
night is kept up, this road will be
one of the best in Washington
county next winter.
We went on down to look over
what Beaufort county was doing
and we found that they Vere spend
ing lots of money making a wider
and better road frotn the county
line in to Pantego. A large ditch is
being, dug by this county to drain
the water from the road and when
the work is completed they should
have a very good road.
NORTH CAROLINA,
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
NOTICE
All persons holding claims
against the estate of Sarah A.
Craddock, late o f Washington
county. North Carolina, are here
by notified to present them to the
undersigned Administrator within
one year from date of this notice
or same will be pleaded in bar of
.recovery, and all persons indent
ed to the estate are hereby de
manded to make prompt ssttle
ment.
This the 10th. day of March, 19
30.
TERRY M. CRADDOCK
Administrator.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator of
the estate of Mrs. Mary E. Tarkenton
deceased late of Washington county,
North Carolina., this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the estate
of the deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at M&ckeys, N. C., on or
before the 19th day of Feb., 1931, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immediate
payment.
This 19th day of February, 19,30.
THOMAS W. TARKENTON.
Administrator
CYCLONE MACK WILL
SPEAK WILLIAMSTON
WAREHOUSE TONIGHT
Williamston, N. C., March 27th.
B. F. McLendon, noted evangelist
and renowned lecturer, will deliver
a public address in the Brick ware
house here Friday evening at
8 o’clock. Approximately 2,000
seats, are being constructed in the
building to accomodate the crowd
expected to attend the meeting.
Invitations are being extended
throughout this entire section, and
from far and near people are plann
ing to attend.
Coming here under the auspices
of the Community Builders’ Lea
gue, “Cyclone Mack,” as he is
widely known, will champion the
cause of local enterprises and in
dustry. According to the reports
from those communities where Mr.
McLendon has made his address
relative to the “Chain Store Men
ace,” he has studied the conditions
carefully and is well informed on
the subject.
During the past few weeks, Mr.
McLendon has addressed meetings
in several states, the officers of the
league here stating that he is in
big demand all over the South, and
has an appointment for practically
every night weeks in advance.
Ed. Parker and his 17-piece
orchestra will be here that evening
it was stated yesterday, to play just
rifXntt Tn’TlVr. a>4’rt>ggtr—-u JBrrWnir* MIU1
tainment for all. The orchestra
will appear in an hour’s concert and
the public is cordially invited to be
on hand at 7:00 o’clock when the
musical [program opens. Mr. Mc
Lendon will start his address
promptly at 8:00 o’clock, and will
discuss for an hour the problem
that is attracting an almost nationj
wide attention.
LABORERS PSALM
“Hoover is my shepherd I am in
want:
“He maketh me lie down on park
benches;
“He leadeth me beside great need,
“He restoreth my doubt in the Re
publican Party
“He leadeth me in the paths of de
struction for his party’s sake,
“Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of star
vation,
“I do fear evil for thou art against
me,
“Thy politicians and profiteers
they frighten me,
“Thou auointest my income with
taxes;
“My expenses runneth over my in
come.
“Surely unemployment and poverty
will follow me all the days of
the Rupublicanadmini&tration,
“And I will dwell in a rented house
forever.”
-CHARLES PARKER.
TO WHOM THIS
MAY CONCERN
I am no longer interested in the
Plymouth Grocery Co., or respon
sible for any transactions which
may be made, this beginning Satur
day March 1, 1930.
This the 21st of March, 1930.
1 [Adv.] W. E. WEEDE
administrator™ notice
Having qualified as administra
torix of the estate of C.Edgar
Swain this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate
to present them to the undersigned
at Plymouth. N.C. on or before
the 11th day of March 1931 or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will make
immediate payment.
This J 1th day of March, 1930.
Mrs, MATTIE ROLLINS SWA IN
Administrator.
EVERY FARM HOME IS
INVITED TO JOIN YARD
AND GARDEN CONTEST
To improve and beautify the
farm home grounds of this com
munity, to awaken all country resi
dent to the need for more attractive
surroundings and to provide an
outdoor living room for every
family living on a farm, a county
wide Yard and Garden Contest will
be conducted here, beginning this
spring, it was announced 'today. The
campaign is sponsored by Farm and
Home Agent.
Every country family in the co
unty is invited to enter this big
contest, which is part of a great na
tional movement sweeping over the
United States. Tl^ere will be no en
try fee. The contest is so arranged
that the owner of a small place will
have an equal chance with the we
althier resident in the prize com
petition.
By improving and beautifying
their grounds through proper plant
ing of shrubbery, trees and flowers,
residents of this county will ac
complish many definite results, as
has been shown by the experience
of every farm community in which
a Yard and Garden Contest was
held last year.
More attractive surroundings,
and a better environment both for
adults and for growing children,
will follow. The joy of living in
the country will be heightened
through the growing of an outdoor
living room. Actually dollars are
added to the values of every farm
stead improved by proper planting.
"Rubbish wfH -be-eleatied -np and re
moved Eventually the entire coun
tryside will be beautified so that it
comes to justly deserve the title of
“The County of Beautiful Homes.”
These are results achieved else
where and are goals which it is
confidently expected this commun
ity will reach through the Farm
Yard and Garden Contest now
underway.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
List of Contagious Diseases oc
curing in Washington County dur
ing the month of Feb. 1930:
Diptheria
Plymouth: Willie Norman, colored;
R.F.D. No. 2: Mrs. S. A. Smith.
Total — — — 2 cases
Whooping Cough
Cherry: Nannie Davenport.
Creswell: Sabrie S. Spruill; Dallas
J. Spruill; Elma Cutrell; Alectria
J. Ambrose. Route 2: Eugene Lang
ley; Cora Langley; Helen Rose
Spruill; Evelyn Clifton; William
Ambrose; Annie Ambrose; Tradie
Ambrose; Madeline Barnes; Rennie
(Barnes; Rennie Ambrose;” Myra
Phleps; Mabel Gray Woodley; Al
berta Clifton; Chester Davenport;
Eloise Phelps; Esther W. Hallowell.
Total — — — 23 cases
W. H. WARD,
Quarintine Officer.
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA,
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Underand by virtue of acertainmort
gage deed executed by J. E. Bowen
to A. L. Owens, mortgagee, on the 7th
day of February, 1922, recorded in
Washington county in Book 77 Page
271. and default having been made in
the payment of the indebtedness se.
cured thereby, the undersigned, will
expose at public sale to the highest
bidder for cash on the 25th day of
April, 1930, at 12 o’clock Noon the
following described land;
“Beginning at drainage line near
Church, and W. C. Weede’s line,
thence Westwardly along said Weede’s
line to C. S. Spruill line (known as
new Modlin line); thence Southwardly
along the said Spruill’s line to Ellis
Davenport’s line; thence Eastwardly
along the ditch and said Ellis Daven.
port line to Long Acre Road; thence
across Long Acre Road with said ditch
to the drainage district line; thence
Northwardly along said Drainage line
to the first Station, the beginning,
containing 67 acres more or less.
This indenture is giveu for pur
chase money.”
A deposit of 10% will be requested
of the successful bidderas evidence of
good faith.
This the 25th day of March 1930.
A. L. OWENS,
Morgagee.
By EDWARD L. OWENS,
Attorney.
Yard And Garden Contest ^dds
Dollars Value To Every Farm Home
A Farm Yard and Garden Con
test convinced the owner of this
farmstead that his new place was
only partly finished although the
carpenters and painters had com
pleted their work. So he went on
and made a real home of it with
trees, shrubs and flowers.
How bare and unattractive the
place looked before the grounds
were improved is shown in the low
er view. Although just built the
place was really not modern for
no home is in step with the times
nowadays tmtil the -grounds are at
ROPER SCHOOL
DISPLAY WORK
The teachers of the first, second
and third grades of Roper school
caused their students to decorate
three windows in the stores of the
merchants of Roper. Virtually all
of the work done on these windows
was done by the students without
the assistance of the teachers other
than the direction of the work.
In Barton’s Soda Shop, the first
grade with Miss Elizabeth A vent
as teacher, has beautifully portray
a Dutch village carrying out the
pure Dutch environment. The se
cond grade, with Miss Esther Stern
as teacher, has beautifully portray
ed a spring scene in Ralph Harrells
window while the third grade with
Miss Christine Hornady as teacher
prepared a very attractive health
project in Mr. F. D. Wilson’s store
window. In this scene, foods of the
most vital importance are used to
construct the various exhibts.
In each of the windows will be
found examples of the work that
is being done by these classes. To
older people the simple writing ap
pears easy, while these children,
who many of them, are just learn
ing to write and construct sen
tences. Both the children and tea
chers are proud of the success they
have attained in this work and ap
preciate the aid they have received
from these merchants.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
By the request of my many
friends I have decided to announce
my candidancy for Representative
of Washington county, subject to
the Democratic Voters.
I have never split, or scratched a
ticket in my life, and I have always
voted the straight democrat ballot.
I am in favor of reduction of taxes
on real estate as much as forty or
fifty per cent. This I think can be
done py a general sales tax. If I
am successful in the Democratic
Primary and in the General Elec
tion I will call a meeting of all the
voters in each precinct to discuss
the problem or reduction of taxes.
I shall appreciate the co-opera
tion and support of the voters of
Washington county.
Signed:
[Adv.] CAPT. C. E. MIZEL
tractively plants 1. This a] plies to ■
homes in the country as well as in |
town.
When this farmstead had been
fixed up as shown in the larger of
the illustrations above, there was
no doubt in the minds of anyone
who looked at it that several hun
dred dollars had been added to its
actual value. Planting the home
grounds proved an excellent invest
ment, just as it always does.
Every family living on a farm
lias a tine chance to increase the
value of their place by planting the
groundfor trees, shrubs and
tlowers bo .so well in the country.
Young Methodists Meet in
Session Here Tomorrow
Tomarrow at 10 o’clock, voting
people of the Methodist Churches
at Columbia, Roper, Willianiston
and Windsor will meet in the local1
Methodist Church and make plans
for the furtherance of religious work
among the young people of these
places. Dinner will be served on
the grounds in picnic style.
Rev. T. M. Grant, president ef
the Epworth League Conference
and pastor of the Wilson Metho
dist Church, will be on the program
Other out of town minister that
will take part on fhe program are.
Rev. H. P. Baum, of Camden
county and district leader of the
young peoples work; 'and Rev. and
Mrs. Ben Boone of Pi net ops, who
are in charge of the elementary
work.
Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, who is
the group leader for the five
Churches that will be represented
here tomorrow, will also take an
active part on the ] rogram. Rev]
| Edwards is now serving his fourth
year as pastor of. the local Metho
dist Church,
■! in Mi —TTiiti-mwin i i. r ■ » frm*•mrwM
POET AND PEASANT
(L. H. Hubble, superintendent of i
the Plymouth City Schools said ]
that the following would appear in
the Poet and Feasant this wTeek so
Mr. Hubble here it is.)
“There certainly isn’t much disi
pline in the Plymouth High School,’’
said the Peasantt to the Poet as
they met in the O’Henry Drug
Store yesterday morning.
“I don’t know’ as I have heard
as much about it this year as I did
last,” said the Poet. “Why do you
think so?”
“Well,” said the Peasant. “One
day last week one of the kids called
a local business and proceeded to
cuss out the proprietor and on be
ing asked who he was he refused to
give his name. The proprietor,
thinking that it came from the
school building went up there and
found that he wras correct. He
found the boy and carried him up
stairs to the superintendent who
thanked him for calling his atten
tion to it, but what did he do
about it, nothing. He merely sent
the boy to his room and the only
mention made of it wras some sar
castic remarks made by the super
intendent on the campus in the
Lpresence of the boy and a number
of others.”
“I don’t know as;the man should
have gotten mad,” said the Poet.
“It was nothing more hor less than
a boyish prank,”
“Whether Cr not it was a boyish
prank,” said the Peasant, “it wa9
somethingthat has happened anura
ber of times before, only worse. This'
in itself was not something that
deserves expelling, but the attitude
that was accepted by the superin
tendent was awful and I understand
very characteristic of the person.
One or two of the boys who were
in the group said that the superin
tendent said to the youngster that
we would talk about it this wTeek
and we are. He laughed and joked
at the man having been consi
derate enough for him by saying
the kid used nasty language in
stead of using the words that the
kid used. When I was in school if I
had even thought anything like
that, Skipper Jim would have given
me at least five hours.”
“If all that you say is true,”
said 1 ho Poet, “I think that it is
high time that there be a change
in the head of Plymouth High
School.”
“At least they couldn't do nmch
worse,” said the Peasant.