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iiiimiimiiHiHniiiiimitiiiiiiimmiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiu. A home newspaper dedicated = to the service of Washington = County and its 12,000 people. = ... The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ★*★***★ tJiwmiiiimimiMimmiwiiiiHimiiiiimwMiwmimiiHH 5 Advertisers will find Beacon | and News columns a latch-key to = 1,100 Washington County homes. VOLUME XLII—NUMBER 23 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, June 5, 1931 ESTABLISHED 1889 Demonstration Work In County Praised By State College Officials IS OUTSTANDING IN EAST PART OF NORTH CAROLINA Women Well Organized For “Live-at-Home” Campaign Raleigh, June 3.—(Special to The Beacon).—The work of Miss Pratt Covington, home agent of Washington County, is outstanding in the eastern part of the state. Miss Covington has the women of her county exceedingly well organized for participation in the “Live-at-Home” campaign, in the opin ion of State College Extension offic ials. She is doing an excellent work, and her club organizations are enthus iastic and eager to follow her leader ship. There are 14 home demonstration clubs in the county, with a garden and canning leader in each group of wo men. These garden leaders were given five packages of new vegetable seed early last March and every effort was made to obtain plantings of new veg etables—different from the usual run of vegetables planted in the county. Miss Covington’s aim was variety of green vegetables on each farm. She obtained the cooperation of various agencies in the county, with one com pany helping by donating over $10 worth of seed. Others also helped by giving seed to the various clubs. Each club leader planted the seed and, as soon as the plants were large enough, she gave nice bunches of these plants to her fellow club work ers. By so doing, every club member was supplied with a larger variety of vegetables than ever before. The pro duction of new vegetable varieties has caused intense interest in th cultiva tion of garden plots in Washington County. One net result of this move on the part of Miss Covington has been a continued interest in the sale of sur plus garden produce on the curb mar ket at Plymouth. Sales on this mar ket show conclusively that there has been a large increase in sales. This has meant more cash money hack on the farms of the county, money which is being used to raised the standards of living in the entire county. The club women are pointing the way to progress for every citizen of the sec tion. Since the canning school was held, $115.50 worth of canners have been bought from the Dixie Canner Com pany, and this is only half the goal set for Washington's women by Miss Covington. A county canning outfit has been purchased by the club women of the county. This canner will he kept busy canning throughout the rest of the veg etable and fruit season. The canner is also to he used by club members in their homes for the cooking of meats and so forth. Lately, one club mem ber cooked a five-pound roast on this canner, completing the cooking of the roast in 40 minutes instead of the usu al five hours required. The women are vitally interested in this modern equip ment. Miss Covington has impressed on her club workers the necessity of rais ing the standards of living in Wash ington County. And these women are doing their part and have assumed leadership in the homes of the county. They are determined to ‘Live-at-Home' so as to have surplus money available for the betterment of their homes and their respective communities. -S Mrs. Nurney Hurt In Fall Thursday -® Mrs. W. T. Nurney was painfully hurt here Thursday morning, when she fell while going from the back porch of her home, breaking an arm at the elbow. Medical atention was I rendered by a local physician. Friends of Mrs. Nurney will wish | her a speedy recovery. Red Hill Team Defeats Wenona, 30-16 Saturday -- The Red Hill baseball club played the Wenona team a fast same here Saturday afternoon to the tune of 30 to 16 in favor of Red Hill. The We nona boys played a good game of bail, but they were easliy outclassed by the Red Hill players. It is understood that another game will Ire played this coming Saturday. Home Agent Announces Schedule for Next Week Miss Pratt Covington, county home demonstration agent, announced that her schedule for the week beginning June 8, would be as follows: Monday, at Scuppernong; Tuesday at Cherry; Albemarle Club will meet June 23; Wenona Club will meet June 15; Saturday, curb market. Will Start Marketing Potatoes Next Week -* Farmers of Washington Coun ty are expected to start market ing their irish potatoes next week, according to local buyers. The general consesus of opinion is that potatoes are going to bring a fairly good price this season. Chicago buyers were quoting $2.35 to $2.40 per bar rel Monday. It is understood that the po tato crop is one of the largest and best this year that it has been in many seasons. YOUTH HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE Colored Boy Bound Over For Attempted Criminal Assault on Girl Ernest Bell, 17-year-old negro Ijoy, is lodged in jail here awaiting trial in superior court, charged with criminal assault upon a 14-year-old white girl of near Plymouth. The , assault, or rather the attempted assault, occurred Monday morning several miles from Plymouth. Bell was arrested by Sheriff Joe K. Reid and placed in jail here. He was given a preliminary hearing in Re corders Court here Tuesday and hound over to Superior Court on probable cause. This was the only case that was heard in Recorder’s Court Tuesday. -* FORMER CITIZEN DIES IN ENFIELD -<» Mrs. Cottie Sherrod Dies at Home of Her Daughter, Mrs. Raymond Wood -- Mrs. Cottie Sherrod, a native of Washington County, and (for many years a resident of Martin, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Raymond L. Wood, in Enfield last week. Mrs. Sherrod was born in Wash ington County 69 years ago, and fol lowing her marriage to the late Wil liam L. Sherrod, she moved to Mar tin and made her home in Hamilton. Several years ago she went to make her home with her daughter in En field. The funeral services were held in the Enfield Methodist church and bur ial was in the cemetery there. Three daughters, Mrs. M. I. Flem ing, of Rocky Mount; Mrs. Herbert L. Salsbury, of Savannah, Ga., and Mrs. Raymond L. Wood, of Enfield, and one son, Watson N. Sherrod, of Enfield, survive. -® Orphan Singing Class At Union Chapel Monday The singing class of the Free Will Baptist Orphanage will present its an nual program at Union Chapel Mon day night, June 8, at 8 o’clock, it was announced here yesterday. The class is composed of two hoys and ten girls. The public is invited to attend this concert and enjoy an evening of de lightful entertainment. SALVATION ARMY FINISHES WORK AT LOCAL POST 1 Mr. and Mrs. Brewer Will Leave Next Monday for Their New Bern Horne -® The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, who have been in charge of the local Salvation Army post for the past six months will learn with regret that they have finished their work here for the present and will leave for New Bern Monday, June 8th. They will assist the workers of the Salva tion Army at New Bern for the next several months. The following report speaks for it self relative to the fine program of work carried on by Mr. and Mrs. Brewer fluring their stay here. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer state that this was made possible by the excellent coop eation received from the citizens of Plymouth and the county. This re . !port covers relief work done since the opening of the post here. ! 210 families given groceries; 768 gar ments distributed; 141 pairs of shoes; 27 quarts of milk; 57 given medicine; 20 sick people given fruit; 2 loads of wood; 43 prepared meals for the sick; 445 visitations; 172 visits to* the sick; 117 visits and prayers; 5 visits to the dying; 6 professions of faith; 5 recon secrations; 6 prison camp meetings; 1 cottage prayer meeting. RIDGE METHOD IN CULTIVATING TOBACCO URGED Will Pay Increased Income Of $50 Per Acre Under Normal Conditions -<& Cltltiavting tobacco by the ridge method will pay an increased income of $50 an acre under normal conditions and should he even more desirable when the weed is selling for a low price and the crop is delayed in growth “Most of the earliest tobacco in this | State is now in a hard, peaked condi tion due to the cold, wet spring.” says i F.. Y. Floyd, extension entomologist :at State College. “Apparently, the cultivation of the crop from now on j will he an important factor in deter mining whether good acre yields of high quality and generally just as good a yield as any other planting during the season.” The ridge method of cultivation has proven its worth for the past five years. As compared with old, flat method, an increased income of about $50 an acre lias been secured from the ridge meth od. This plan makes the peaked to bacco take on new roots; drains the water from near the plant, and causes' the soil to warm up more quickly, claims Mr. Floyd. He has conducted j a large number of field demonstrations 1 with high-class growers in all parts of I the state and lias found that putting all the soil to the tobacco plant that 1 it will stand hut scattering the mid dles deeper than the siding furrow, gives good results. Cultivated in this way, the tobacco plant will soon grow out of its pres ent hard, peaked condition and will look like a new plant. Mr. Floyd has prepared a small folder giving a de scription of this ridge method of cul tivation. Copies may he had free of charge on application to the agricul tural editor at State College. -.-«> North Carolina leads all States in the manufacture of denims, napped fabrics, cotton flannels, bed spreads, quilts, sheets, pillow cases, ginghams, shirting, and table damask. TWO-CENT PEANUTS AND 20-CENT MEAT By Mrs. W. B. Chesson Two-cent peanuts and twenty-cent meat; How in the world can poor folks eat? What we buy’s high, what we sell’s low, How can we live to raise any more? Our clothes are worn out, feet on the ground. Old slouch hats with holes in the crowns; Backs nearly broken, fingers all sore. Obligations to meet; we are sore to the core. Two-cent peanuts and ten-dollar frocks, Not even a dime to buy a pair of socks. We can't buy clothes, we can’t buy meal, Nothing but peanuts for the poor folks to eat. Losing our credit and ruining our health; The folks with money thinking only of themselves. Can't help each other, what shall we do? We can't solve the problem, so it's up to you. Two-cent peanuts and a carload of tax, The load’s too heavy for our poor backs. We’ve a good set of farmers and farm women as well, But there’s something wrong as sure as SCHOOL CLOSES SUCCESSFUL TERM Local Physicians Otter Free Vaccinations Each Friday Dr. Claudius McGowan and Dr. T. L. Bray announced yesterday i that beginning with this week, they would each be in their re spective offices each Friday after noon from 2 until 5 o'clock for the purpose of giving free typhoid and smallpox vaccinations to the pub lic. Diphtheria vaccinations will also be given, but a charge of 25 cents will be made. Doctors McGowan and Bray are giving these free vaccinations en tirely gratis, as they do not re ceive a cent for giving them. They are doing it in order to make Washington County a more health ful place in which to live. Peo ple desiring to Hake these vtac cinations will do these physicians a great favor by calling at their offices at the designated time, be tween 2 and 5 o'clock on Friday of each week. 2 ESCAPE FROM CONVICT GANG Later Captured by County And Town Officers After Two Day Hunt Edgar Thigpen and Isaiah Hill, col ored convicts and trustees of the Wash ington County chaing gang, caused some excitement Monday afternoon when they escaped from the camp. l„ L. Basnight. road superintendent, im mediately notified Sheriff Reid and a man hunt was commenced. However, the negroes were not captured until Wednesday night. Sheriff Joe Reid, Chief P. W. Brown and Mr. Basnight effected the capture near Roper late Wednesday night. The negroes were hiding in a wood near that place. Mr. Basnight stated that the ne groes were returned to the camp and put to work. Charges have been pre ferred against them and the negroes will he tried here at some future date. NO SUCH THING AS SURPLUS OF FOOD AND FEED -<$ No One Complaining About Too Much Country Cur ed Ham and Bacon -® By D. P. TRENT, Director, Oklahoma Extension Service There has been a lot of talk about surpluses of cotton, wheat, butter, eggs, poultry, and other commodities on the market, and certainly surpluses of market commodities have played havoc with prices. But ha'-e you heard anybody complaining about too much country-cured ham or smoked bacon in the farm smokehouse, about too much canned fruit and vegetables ill the farm cellar, too much fried chicken lor Sunday dinner, too many fried eggs to eat with good fried ham, or too much milk and butter on the table For farm boys and girls and men and women to satisfy their appetites? Do you know of any one who is bothered about too much jelly, jam, syrup, or honey in the pantry to eat1 with hot biscuits and butter or to pour over stacks of brown cakes? Did you ever know of a family that was discouraged and blue because of too many beans, onions, beets, peas, mus tard, cabbage, potatoes, and other veg etables in the garden? Did you ever know a farmer who was morried about too much corn, oats, kafir, or hay in the barn te feed to his livestock, or about having so much good green pas ture that his cows could eat their fill in a few- hours and then lie in the Shade and chew their cuds during the heat of the day? Do you know' a farmer who has complained about having wheat, rye, or other green pasture during the fall and winter months? Do you know ot a farmer who has been greatly con cerned about the high price or low price of food which lie had on hand for family needs, or feed which he had on hand for his livestock? Not much! These are ailments which have never bothered farmers. There isn’t any such thing as a sur plus of good food for the family or feed for the livestock. While there has been a surplus of wheat and of butter that has depressed the market, thousands of farm families all over the land have been hungry for hot biscuits and butter. While there has been a surplus of cotton on the market, thou sands of farm people have been in need of some heavy cotton clothes to keep their bodies warm. This is not a situation that can be remedied to any great extent by legis lation or by governmental machinery. The solution must largely be found on the individual farm. There have been surpluses of market commodities, and no doubt will be again in the fu ture, but there can never be a sur plus of good living produced on the farm. North Carolina has more inland wa ter area than any State in the Union except Florida. I JUDGE OWENS IS HURT IN WRECK -'»■- - Injuries Are Not Considered Serious; Crash Occurred Near Williamston -® Edward L. Owens, judge of the lo cal recorder's court and one of Plym outh's most prominent young men, is confined to his hed at the home of hi parents here. Mr. and Mrs. A. I,. Owens, as a result of injuries receiv ed in an automobile wreck about 1:00 io’clock Wednesday morning when lie crashed his new Ford coach into the pillar at the railroad underpass on highway Xo. 9(1, at the edge of Wil liamston. Judge Owens was returning from Greenville and was driving about 35 miles an hour when he hit the con crete support. Mr. Owens states that he did not see the pillar at the under pass until he was too near upon it to prevent the crash. He was painfully bruised about the body and also received a number of cuts, but no hones were broken, it is understood. One gash on his up per lip necessitated a number of stitches. The car was badly wrecked, the motor having been rammed back al most under the front seat. Immediately after the accident. Mr. Owens was rushed to Williamston by a colored man who lived near the scene of the accident, where medical aid was rendered by Dr. j. 11. Saun ders. Later, l)r. Saunder's son brought Mr. Owens to his home in Plymouth. -® Surprise Birthday Dinner For Mr. J. O. Highsmith ——-S" Roper, June 2.—Mr. J. O. Highsmith was entertained with a surprise birth day dinner, Sunday, May 31, given by his wife. He was 59 years of age. In addition to the bountiful repast which every one seemed to greatly enjoy, the afternoon was spent in pleasant con versation. The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. \Y. J. Madrey, of Scot land Neck; Mr. and Mrs. Mart Pope, of Enfield; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. High smith and children, of Robersonville; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. James Deese; Mr. Billy Highsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Highsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Layton Owens, of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gardner, of Houston, Texas; and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oliver. 1 Announce Prices For Curb Market Saturday -<$> | Following arc some of the special items which will be offered tor sale at ;Plymouth Saturday on the curb mar Iket by the club women of the county: ] Eggs I Young chickens Butter | Beans, per lb. Beets, per bunch Cabbage, per lb. Turnip greens, per lb. Garden peas, per peck Onions, per bunch Meal 15c per lb., 30c 35c 6c 1 l-2c 2c 20c Sc During 1020 North Carolina factor ies gave employment to 208,068 wage earners and 16,507 officers and salaried employees. Only 12 States employed more people in their facorties. REPORT FOR MAY IS SUBMITTED BY MISS COVINGTON 17 Club Members Sign Up For Trip to Asheville This Summer -- | Miss Pratt Covington, home Hem ^onstration agent, made the following (report to the county commissioners |Monday for the month of May: j During the month the subject stud ied in the clubs was walls, and how tc jrefinish worn-out walls. Each type of wall was studied and ways of re J finishing and remodeling explained, j Three hundred and fifty-two women I attended these meetings. There were j twelve new members added to the club enrollment. J Each yard leader is sending in her jyard report and much work has been j accomplished. Everything has been done to these leaders’ yards from haul ing out loads of rubbish, tearing down old fences, moving outhouses, building pergolas, bird houses, and | bird baths to reconstruction of the j entire yard. A county tour of these yards will be conducted on the 17th of July. Seventeen club members have sgined up for the trip to Asheville. Figures for the entire trip will be j within $20. Rooms with bath in one | of the best commercial hotels in Ashc vlile have been secured for the party. Special rates to the Biltmore Estate and Chimney Rock have been booked, which makes the trip less expensive for the club people. Miss Helen Estabrook held a lead ers’ school on May 3rd in the court toom on Curtains and wall finishing. Thirteen leaders were present, and wit nessed one of the best demonstrations ever given in this section by Mrs. W. G. Stancill on the steam pressure cooker. Each member present voted to work toward getting a pressure cooker in every club in the county. There are 14 club. To date 9 steam pressure cookers have been ordered bv the club women, which makes a total of $130.50 spent for steam pres sure cookers within the past three weeks. The Swain leader, Mrs. Ed gar Swain, taught seven of her club members how to use this cooker last Tuesday, and during one afternoon 70 quarts of May peas were canned. The women are being urged to use this pressure cooker for cooking and can ning. Nearly 300 women attended (he federation held in the court room on May 1. Dr. R. H. Wright was the principal speaker. Miss Margaret Ev erett was crowned queen of health during the afternoon, and about' 20 club boys and girls took part in the exercises. On May 9th, 19 women went to Greenville to the canning school. Ev ery club in the county was represent ed. On May 6, 24 women attended the district meeting in Greenville. Memorial services were held for Mrs. Ida Swain Brickhouse, and the Wash ington County members took part in a special music program during the day. During the month 1,309 miles were traveled in conducting the work; 132 individual letters were written; 5 mar ket days were held with a total in come of $301.01. Three ads were put in the Roanoke Beacon which netted the producers anywhere from $12 to $25 more each time the ad was insert ed. The curb market is now nearing the $10,000 mark, counting from the time it was established. Automobiles Collide On Washington Street Here -fry — .... An auto collision that resulted in small damage to two cars occurred here Wednesday afternoon about 5:30, o’clcok when a negro woman, driving a Studebaker sedan ran into Mr. W. W. Hardison’s car on Washington Street. Mr. Hardison’s Whippet was dam aged to some extent while the larger car was damaged greatly. Neither Mr. Hardison nor the negress was hurt. Rea’s Beach To Open For Summer Sunday Rea's Beach, located on the Al bemarle Sound, about 10 minutes' drive from Plymouth, will be of ficially opened to the public Sun day, June 7, L. W. Gurkin an nounced here yesterday. The beach is being operated this year by Mr. Gurkin and P. H. Darden. For the past several days workmen have been busy constructing dress ing rooms, pavillions, etc. It is also understood that dances will be given regularly at this beach during the summer months and the management is planning to do everything possible to make it a real mecca for Plymouth and this entire section of the country. Rea's Beach is considered one of the finest in this section of the State, having a smooth sandy bot tom and being shallow for several hundred yards. It is expected that large crowds will attend this swim ming resort this season. 9 -9 Address by Dr. H. M. Poteat Friday Pleases Audience MANY GRADUATE -® Senior Class One of Larg est in History of Local Institution —*— The commencement exercises of the i Plymouth High School were brought i to a close here last Friday night, the | outstanding feature of the program be ing the literary address by Dr. Hubert | McNeill Poteat. professor of Latin at I Wake Forest College. Dr. Poteat de : livered one of the most inte esting ad I dresses heard in Plymouth for a long time. Many were heard to state that it was one of the best speeches that they had ever heard. The diplomas were presented to the members of the graduating class at this time by Superintendent E. H. Hicks. j The senior class exercises were held i on Thursday night of last week which j was proved one of the most interest jing programs of the commencement. The processional by the seniors and sophomores was very impressive. The salutatorian, Neva Liverman; histor ian. Robert Bowen; class poet, Elsie Warren; a duet, '‘Commencement ! Song,” by Elizabeth Davidson and Bill Vail was greatly enjoyed by all present. Eliza Robertson was statistician; | Catherine Harrison and Syble Bowen, class jesters; Charlotte McNair, prophet ; Louise Duvall, giftorian; Lloyd Davenport and Harry Lyon valedictorians. The program was brought to a close with the class song by the senior class. i A very successful school year was I had, the graduating class being one 1 of the largest in the history of the | school. The standard of work done this year by the entire school was bet ter, much improvement having been made during the year, month by month. The commencement exercises were also the most interesting ever staged in many respects. MANY WRECKS REPORTED AT WILLIAMSTON Fifteen of Thirty People In Series of Wrecks Hurt To Some Extent j The Williamston section was the scene of a series of automobile wrecks during the the past few days, re uniting in a heavy property loss but no fatalties. Several of the parties to the wrecks miracuously escaped seri ous injury and one or two barely miss ed losing their lives. Four young white boys, Vernon Burgess, Russell Britt. E. P. Leary, all of Norfolk, and H. F„ Lane, of Wilson, figured in the first wreck Fri day night when their car missed plunging into the muddy Roanoke River by only three feet. The bridge was turned to pass one of the river boats, and the car crashed through the safety gates before Leary, the driver, saw the break in the road. Leary was badly cut about the arm and the other three young men received only minor injuries when Leary turned the car, a new Hudson sedan, into the bridge railing and knocked down three re inforced concrete posts. The State attached the car for the damages done to the bridge. Early Saturday morning, J. H. Roe buck, Williamston man, was painfully hurt and his car, a Ford sedan, was completely wrecked when an Essex, driven by P. H. Ward, of Norfolk, struck his machine six miles out of Windsor. Ward was placed in jail and required to give bond in the sum of $1,000. Saturday afternoon, two trucks, loaded with negroes, were wrecked on the Jamesville road, and several of the occupants were skinned and bruised. A stolen Ford sedan, said to have been driven by Fritz Miller, was left a complete wreck on the Skewarkey Church grounds after it had skidded, turned over and then somersaulted. Miller continued on his way with a group of boys, it was stated. The car belonged to Mitchell Evans, of Eliza beth City. Early Wednesday morning, Ed ward Owens of Plymouth, drove his new Ford sedan into the middle pillar at the railroad underpass at the edge of Williamston and hurt himself bad ly but not seriously. His car was bad ly damaged. More than thirty people figured in the wrecks and fifteen were, more or less badly hurt in the six accidents.