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'pilllllllllllllllMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIillllllilllllllllll^ | A home newspaper dedicated = = to the service of Washington = | County and its 12,000 people. = illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli? THE ROANOKE BEACON ★ ★★★★★★★★★ And Washington County News ★★★★★★★★★★ Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 31, 1930. = Advertisers will find Beacon = = and News columns a latch-key to § S 1,100 Washington County homes. § <ftiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiT= VOLUME 41—NUMBER 46 ESTABLISHED 1889 RECORDER HAD ALL-DAY SESSION HERE TUESDAY Eight Cases Disposed of; Several Sentences and Fines Meted Out -® Recorder Jerry Sawyer and Solici- i tor Carl L. Bailey had a full day’s ses sion here last Tuesday, following a week in which no recorder's court was held, due to superior court being in ses sion. There were a total of nine cases on the docket, and eight of them were disposed of. The other one was con tinued to the next session of the su perior court. Abe Clarke, alias the “Rabbit,” pro vided considerable amusement for the court and spectators when be was ar raigned for stealing some chickens from the coop of Irving Harrell. His des cription of the temptation leading up to the theft, which he admitted, was sc original that it probably had a hand in getting him a suspended sentence to the roads, rather than having to begin serving time. ‘‘The Rabbit” declared that he was walking down the street, with no thought of chickens in his mind when be heard an old rooster on the other side of a board fence say ‘‘coo coo-coo” to which he answered “I'll get you. He did, and then the sheriff got him, which brought on considera bly more talk. ‘‘Rabbit’ was fined $10 and given a 90-day suspended sentence on the roads. Alonzo Wynn, charged with larceny, was found guilty of taking an article that did not belong to him but not with any intent to steal. The defendant ad mitted being drunk at the time, which was the cause of the unusual verdict brought in by the jury. He was dis charged in this case, but was found guilty of driving an automoblie while under the influence of liquor, for which he was fined $50 ad costs, and had his license to drive a car revoked for four months. Roy Murphy, charged with larceny of goods from the drug store of O. H. Lyon here, was found guilty and sen tenced to the roads for six months. George Fagan was booked on a charge of larceny, but waived prelimi nary hearing and was bound over to the next term of superior court under $500 bond. He was committed to jail in default of bond. Curt Arnold was found not guilty of violating the prohibition law. James and Isaiah Hill were found guilty of assault and making themsel ves a nuisance. James Hill was given 00 days on the county roads, while Isaiah drew a sentence of 90 days. McKinley Baum was found guilty of violating the prohibition law and fined $50 and the costs. Shelton, Albert and Ezekiel Cham bers were found not guilty by a jury on charges of damaging personal pro perty. KAUS BROS. RIDES HERE NEXT WEEK To Be Sponsored by Fire Department, Which Will Share in Proceeds Next week is to be a “Week of Fun,” sponsored by the Plymouth Fire De partment, it was announced yesterday by Chief Gurkin. Arrangements have been made to secure the Kaus Brothers rides, consisting of a merry-go-round, whip, and chair swings, for the entire week and they will be located on the Hampton lot, on Water Street, just across the street from the municipal building. There will also be a number of concessions with the rides. The firemen will receive a percentage of the proceeds, which will be used for various articls of supplementary equip ment not provided by the town and also for entertaining visiting firemen at i the meetings of the Eastern Carolina Firemen's Association held here. Members of the fire company are ur ging the people of the community to support them in their undertaking, and they assure all who attend the show grounds next week plenty of fun and amusement. Methodist Program of Services for Sunday -1 Rev. R. G. L. Edwards, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a. ni. 11 a. m. Sermon and communion ser vice. At this time Mr. Edwards hopes that all members of the church who have joined since he became pastor litre four years ago will be present. He plans to have a special communion service for them, and invitations have been mailed to those living out of town. Sermon at 7:30 p. m. -9-. Oyster Supper at Mackeys Friday Night, Next Week There will be an oyster supper Fri day night, November 7, at the home of Mrs. W. A. Swain, in Mackeys, for the benefit of Saints Delight Sunday School. Candy and ice cream will be served also. GROUP OF PIGS AT THE BLACKLAND FARM f ^__> The above photograph shows one lot of the pigs used in connection with a feeding test of the value of fish meal as compared with soy bean meal. The experiment was conducted at the B/ackland Test Farm in this county under the direction of Earl H. Hostetler, of Raleigh, a swine spec ialist with the extension service. Bailey Scores Republican National Admistration in Address Here Last Friday PAYS RESPECTS TO “PROSPERITY” NOW PREVAILING --<$> ■■ - Senatorial Nominee Heard By About 250 Here; Is Cordially ^ Received Speaking to between 250 and 300 Democrats in the courthouse here last Friday night, Josiah William Bailey, oi Raleigh, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, made a very favorable impression on Washington County citizens. Although he has been campaigning steadily for more than a month, making one two and some times three speeches a day, the nominee showed no signs of weariness, and he was frequently interrupted in his re marks by applause as he proceeded to preach a regular old-fashioned Democ ratic sermon. Mr. Bailey, who was introduced uy Judge Zeb Vance Norman, prefaced his remarks with an expression of appreciation for the nice ma jority returned him by Washington county in the primary last spring. He then launched into his address, which was primarily an attack upon the Repu blican national administration, and he was particular to pay his respects to the so-called “Hoover prosperity” pre valent over the United States. The candidate started out by com paring the campaign promises of Presi dent Hoover with the accomplishments of the Republican administration elect ed in 1928. He quoted at length from the president's pre-election addresses, particularly with reference to farm re lief, and then pointed to what had act (Continued on the back page) -® THREE HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT —•— Herman Alexander, Stark Nurney, and Jack Cahoon Slightly Injured -0, Stark Nurney and Herman Alexan der, of Plymouth, and Jack Cahoon, of Columbia, were painfully cut and btuised in an automobile accident at the Albemarle Filling Station, about 9 miles this side of Creswell last Friday night about 10 o’clock. Nurney and Alexander, riding in a Willys-Knight sedan, were coming toward Plymouth, while Cahoon, driving a Ford coach, was going in the other direction when the two cars sideswiped, both being considerably damaged. Alexander suffered gashes on his head and one hand and was bruised ah nit the face. Cahoon received se veral cuts about the face, while Nurney got out with a gashed ear. The Willys Knight, which belonged to W. T. Nur ney, of this place, is considered a total loss, and the Ford was also badly da maged. -® Bantam Auto Attracts Considerable Attention Editor Joe Peele, of the Edenton News, was a visitor in Plymouth for a few hours Tuesday, and while here his ear, one of the midget models, was the object of the curiosity of a large crowd, which gathered around it, lifted it, sat down in it, raised the hood and monkeyed around with the engine, and otherwise gave it a pretty thorough examination. Mr. Peele took the ac tion of the crowd good-naturedly, and ptoceedcd to put the baby auto through its paces for the benefit of the on lookers, who derived considerable amusement from its actions. I i I | i SOY BEANS ARE VALUABLE FOR HOG FEEDING —<§>— Thorough Test Conducted In Washington County Proves Facts -<*j Tests conducted in the past few years at Black Land Branch Station, Wenona, this county, have de monstrated the value of soy bean meal as a protein supplement to corn in fattening pigs. The value of soy beans is well recognized by most farmers and livestock men in the State, but very lit tle is known as to the actual value of soy bean meal as a feed for live stock. In thhe experiment conducted at the Wenona station, 54 pigs were divided equally into two lots and fed from self feeders. Lot No. 1 received shelled corn, fish meal and mineral; and lot No. 2 received shelled corn, soybean meal and mineral. The results as sum marized by Earl H. Hostetler, in charge of Swine Investigation for the North Carolina Experiment station Ex tension Service, are shown in the fol lowing: Lot No. 1, averaging 94 pounds at the beginning of the test, showed an average daily gain of 1.81 pounds during the 61-day period from Jan uary 15 to March 22. The ration for this lot was corn, fish meal, and mineral the amount of feed per hundredweight of gain being as follows: Corn, 544 lbs; fish meal, 32 pounds; mineral, 2.4 pounds; totaling 378.4 pounds at a $6.23. Lot No. 2, averaging 89 pounds at the beginning of the test, showed an average daily gain of 1.85 pounds during the same 67-day period. The ration for the second lot was composed of corn, soy bean meal, and mineral, the amount of feed per hundredweight of gain being divided as follows: Corn, 274 pounds; soy bean meal, 101 pounds; i mineral, 3.8 pounds; a total of 378.8 pounds at a cost per hundredweight, in gain of $6.69. The feeds used were delivered at the farm for the following prices:! Corn, 85 cents per bushel; fish meal, (Continued on page six) _ COMMISSIONERS MEET MONDAY Will Be Last Official Meet ing Before New Board Takes Office The Washington County Board of Commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting next Monday, in the office of the county auditor. It is not expected that any matters of very great importance will come before the meet ing, which will be the last at which business is to he transacted by the pre sent board. At the December meeting, the old board will be “checked out and the new one sworn in, and while two members of the present one are candidates for re-election and may possibly he retained in office, they will have to be sworn in again before any county business is to be transacted. Mr. J. C. Spruill, of Plymouth, the present chairman of the board, is not a candidate for re-election; E. R. Lewis of Roper, Democrat, and W. T. Phelps, of Creswell, Republican are the other two members of the present board and both are candidates for re-election. The other candidates in the election next Tuesday are: George W. Hardi- ' son Plymouth and O. R. Armstrong, Creswell, Democrats; E. R. Jackson, Plymouth, and F. I. Hartung, Wenona, Republicans. GROWERS FAVOR PLAN FOR CO-OP SALE OF PEANUTS Agent Says Meetings Have Been Well Attended and Much Interest Shown -/t> \\ ashington County peanut growers arc apparently looking upon the move j mem to perfect an organization for their benefit with considerably more favor than did the tobacco growers. Meetings were held at Creswell and Roper on Monday and Tuesday nights of this week, respectively, with about 25 or 30 present at each place, and the proposed plan of organization was County Agent R. E. Dunning says received with interest by the farmers. Mr. Sheffield of the Division of Mar kets. Raleigh, was present at each of the meetings, and explained the details of the contract also presenting the advantages of the type of organization suggested. As outlined Mr. Dunning said that the plan w'as more like a mutual exchange than it was a coopera tive marketing association, and in as much as each county unit is entirely in dependent of any other organization the growers are looking upon the idea 'with considerable favor. Another meeting was held in Ply | mouth Wednesday night, hut the heavy ' rain prvented a very large attendance. Mr. Dunning says that the plan is to secure a sales manager for the organi zation, if formed, and to sell the pea nuts direct to the cleaner. Economies lean also be effected in having the pea nuts graded and stored when the far-^ mers arc acting as a unit instead of as individuals. By selling direct to the cleaners, the commission of the bro ker is saved by such an organization, and all of this is added to the selling price of the product. # I I Mr. Dunning said that he thought the association would be formed pro-! vided around 10,000 bags could be sign ed up-, of which the producers of approximately 4,000 are believed to be ready to sign now. There are around 40.000 or 50,000 bags in the county this year, it is estimated. -® YOUNG’S STORE MOVING TODAY. Now In Quarters Formerly Occupied by T. C. Burgess -$ Preparations are going forward at Young’s store here for the moving of tlu stock from the present location of the store in the Leggett Building, on Water Street, to the Owens Building, on the same street formerly occupied! by T. C. Burgers. The moving will i be completed Friday, according to the manager of the store, F. C. Paschall. | The new location will afford the store! much more space than they now have, and it will also enable the manager to effect a better display of the goods. | The Young's store here now has the i largest stock it has ever had since it! located here last year, and Mrs Pas-, chall stated that even more would be ( stocked when they get in their larger: quarters. The racks and shelves in the new lo cation will he utilized to great advan tage, according to the manager, who | also said that a much larger line of , quality merchandise will be reached within the next few days. REVIVAL CLOSED SUNDAY NIGHT Meeting at Local Methodist Church Considered Very Successful Rev. J. M. Ormond of Duke Univer sity who conducted a series of revival services at the Methodist church here j last week, brought the meeting to a vtry successful close Sunday night, j with one of the largest congregations ever seen in the church here in adden-j dance. All the ministers of the town were present. Rev. R. G. L. Edwards pastor of the church, said that he considered the meeting a decided success from every standpoint. There were 15 additions to the memberships, bringing the total additions for the year to 30. Rev. Mr. Ormond made a very favorable impres sion upon his hearers throughout the week, and it is felt that much good was | accomplished. _ Creswell Loses To Columbia, 50 To 0 -$ The Columbia and Creswell foot ball teams clashed at Columbia last Friday, which was the feature attrac tion of the Tyrrell County Fair in the afternoon. The Creswell team was outclassed by the more experienced Columbia aggregation and went down in defeat SO to 0. Creswell again showed up well, considering the ^inexperience of her players. They showed that they had plenty of fight, but they were j unable to cross the last white line of their opponents. Interest Mounting in County As Election Day Draws Near Warren to End Democratic Campaign in Roper Tonight The Democratic candidates of Washington County are putting in some intensive campaigning this week. Monday night the candidates were in Cherry, where they were greeted by a good-sized crowd which gave them a hearty recep tion. Practically all of them had a few words to say, with the prin cipal addresses being made by Zeb Vance Norman, candidate for the legislature, and County Solicitor Carl L. Bailey. The candidates were in Wenona Wednesday night and presented the Democratic side of the issues ol the campaign, while Harold i Cooley, of Nashville, was the prin cipal speaker at Creswell last night. Mr. Cooley is said to be one of the best orators in the party, and a large crowd was expected to greet him in Creswell. The campaign will be brought to a close in Roper tonight, when Congressman Lindsay C. Warren of Washington, is to be the speak er of the evening. The speaking will be held in the auditorium of the school there, beginning at 8 o’clock, and besides Mr. Warren several of the county candidates will probably make short ad dresses. Federation of Women’s Clubs Holds Semi-Annual Meeting At Creswell Friday Afternoon SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED FOR TERM SATURDAY -- Number Cases Is Disposed Of During Latter Part Of Week -<s> The one week term of Washington County Superior Court adjourned Sat urday after having been in session since Monday. The term was for the trial of civil cases only and was pre sided over by Judge E. H. Cranmer, of Southport. During the first few days of the week, very little was accom plished, but beginning with Wednesday morning, the court diposed of a num ber cases. The following were cleared from the calendar: Beulah McNair vs. Henry Ward Mc Nair: divorce granted. In the action of J. S. Shugar vs. John Battle, the plaintiff was returned a verdict for $80.82. S. A. Ward vs. A. L. Owens; ver dict in favor of the defendant. Eva M. Johnson secured a judgment fcr $500 against d ole Woods. Henry . Barnes vs. W. E. Spruill; judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $306.02. Plymouth Wholesale Co. vs. J. A. Stillman; judgment of $341.24 for the plaintiff. Appeal was noted in this ' W. S. Spruill vs. A. 1). Snell; in this 1 instance, the I) undaries of a tract of land were determined and the plaintiff secured a judgment for St 128.41 against the defendant. Minnie M. Wynne and husband, I. H. Wynne, vs. W. W. Griffin and A. R Dunning, trustee; verdict was re turned in favor of the defendant. Jarret Jordan vs. Jerry J. Johnson, Alex Barnes, and Chicago Mill & Lum ber corporation, and O. H. Lyon, surety; judgment for plaintiff in sum of $29.70. Levi Moore vs. Jerry J. Johnson, Alex Barnes, and Chicago Mill & Lum ber Corporation, and O. H. Lyon, sure ty; verdict for plaintiff in amount of $25.45. -e SCHEDULE FOR HOME AGENT Miss Covington Announces Itinerary for Two Weeks Account of Changes Miss Pratt Covington, county home demonstration agent, yesterday an nounced Iter schedule for the week be ginning, Monday, November 3, as fol lows: Monday, Pleasant Grove; Tuesday, Hoke; Wed., Piney Grove; Thurs day morning, Roper girls’ club; Thurs day afternoon, Chapel Hill; Friday morning, Creswell and Cherry girls’ clubs: Friday afternoon, Cherry wo man's club; Saturday, curb market. The home agent also requested that her schedule for the following week be made public at the same time, due to j the fact that several changes have been made recently. The schedule for the week beginning Monday, November 10, follows: Monday, Scuppernong; Tuesday, Beech Grove; Wednesday, Wenona; Thursday, leaders school in house fur nishings at courthouse in Plymouth, Miss Easterbrook, of Raleigh, being scheduled to be present; afterwards a meeting of the county council will be held; Friday the agent will attend a| district conference in Washington; Sat-’ utday, curb market. REPORTS SHOW MUCH PROGRESS IS BEING MADE More Than 200 Members of County Clubs Attend Session -<s> The Washington County Federation of Women’s Home Demonstration Clubs held their regular semi-annual meeting in the school auditorium at Creswell Friday afternoon of last week, with more than 200 members of the county clubs present. The meeting was declared an unqualified success in every respect, and was marred only by the recent death of the Federation prsident, Mrs. Ida Brickhouse, of Mackeys. The outstanding event of the meeting was the excellent reports submitted by practically every club, showing that much progress had been made during the past six months. Members of the hostess clubs, Creswell, Albemarle, Cherry and Scup pernong, hail made every arrangement lor the convenience and enjoyment of the visitors, and the program was carried out without’ a hitch. Twelve of the fifteen clubs in the county were represented at the meeting, only Hoke, Mackys and Swain being reported as absent. The county trophy for the most out standing report of work accomplished during the year was won by the Beech Grove Club, the presentation of the cup being made by W. C. Manning, of Williamston. Mrs. Joe Browning, (Continued on back page) WILL GIVE PLAY HERE TUESDAY “Miss Blue Bonnet” To Be Presented for Benefit Of School -—eg ‘Miss Blue Bonnet,” described as a play with music, will be presented at the school auditorium here next Tuesday night, at 8 p. m., the proceeds to be used for the benefit of the school. Re hearsals are being held daily, and the cast, which is composed principally :>f students of the school, is said to be exceptionally well suited to the parts they take in the production. Besides having an unusually clever plot, the musical numbers have been chosen with great care, and there are a number of snappy choruses, with beau tiful costumes and snappy dances lend ing additional attraction to the pro gram. A special coach has been se cured for the play, and she is being as sisted by Mrs. Liverman, of the high school facutly. Tickets will be placed an sale immediately, and it is believed that a large crowd will turn out for the production. | | | I County Clubs Have Exhibit At Tarboro Fair This Week -- Miss Pratt Covington, county home demonstration agent, spent Monday in Tarboro, where she went to arrange the exhibit for tbe county home de monstration clubs at the Coastal Plain Pair there. She said that it was con sidered tbe best one the county had ever made, and that many favorable comments bad been made about it. Up to yesterday she had not re ceived any word as to the amount of prize money won by tbe exhibit, al though she is confident that the exhi bit will win. It is planned to set up part of the exhibit here in Plymouth after the fair is over, Miss Covington said. EXPECT HEAVY VOTING HERE NEXT TUESDAY Result Will Be Closer Here Than in Most Eastern Carolina Counties -® Much interest is being manifested throughout the county in the general ; election to be held next Tuesday. Des pite the fact that this is called an “off year" election because there are no presidential candidates and only a few state offices are at stake, Washington County voters will choose an entire set i of county officials. Interest is also add i ed by the fact that a Congressman and ' United States Senator are to be voted (upon local voters. In the majority of eastern counties, the general election is a matter of form, due to the large Democratic majorities. However, this does not hold good in Washington County, as the voters are fairly evenly divided as to their politi cal party affiliations, and the Demo crats, while given a slight edge are hav ing to work hard to get out the vote in order to hold their supremacy. In 1928, the election in the county was so close that the majorities of the winning candidiates ranged from as lew as 9 up to 40 and 50. This year both parties are working hard, the Re publicans to change enough votes to carry the county, and the Democrats to increase their majorities and hold what they have gained. Both sides are claiming the advantage, but to the casual observer it looks as if the elec tion depends almost entirely upon this. The Democrats have been very ac tive this week, holding public speakings in practically every section of the county. The Republicans have not put on any speaking drives, but members of the party are making a thorough canvass and are seeing and talking to the voters throughout the section. Only the election next Tuesday will tell which of the campaign methods pay the best. On the county ballot there is op position for every county office except that of sheriff. The Democratic can didate, Sheriff J. K. Reid, who is also the incumbent, is the only man on the ticket running for a county office who is unopposed. The Democratic can didates for congressman, district soli citor, state senators from the second senatorial district, and Justice of the peace in Skinnersville and Scuppernong (Continued on the back page) TWO NEW TEXACO STATIONS HERE - ... - Horton Brothers and Jack son and Satterthwaite Are Proprietors -» The Plymouth Oil Co. distributors of Texaco products, have just recent ly secured at least two new retailers for their products, it was indicated this week. A new station is nearing com pletion on Highway No. 90 near the Atlantic Coast Line railroad crossing on the east side of town, and Horton Brothers have taken over the station at the corner of Water and Madison Streets, which was operated by them up to several months ago. The new station on highway 90 will be operated by Messrs. Ed Jackson and Han Satterthwaite, it is understood. They will also have a line of acces sories. Horton Brothers station, which is located in the business district of the town, is probably one of the best equip ped here. With two entrances, and everything arranged very conveniently for giving quick service it is expected tb.at they will do a good business there. They will also carry a stock of acces sories. This station is to open today while the Jackson and Satterthwaite station will hardly be ready for busi ness before next week. — Both Parties Take To Air In Final Days of Campaign -* As the closing days of the present campaign in North Carolina come near, the candidates of the Democratic and Republican parties are taking to the air, in order to reach as many of the people ot" the State as is possible. Gov ernor Gardner, J. YV. Bailey, and Clyde Hoey are to broadcast their closing speeches on Monday night, two of them speaking over WBIG in Greensboro, and the other from WPTF, Raleigh. The Republican senatorial candidate, George M. Pritchard is booked for an address from the Greensboro station Saturday night at 8 o’clock, and from ' WPTF in Raleigh Monday night from 7:30 to 8. His speech in Charlotte to night will also be broadcast from WBT beginning at 9 o’clock.