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jpiiiiiHiii:iii!iiiiiiiimiiiiiimmiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiimiE = A home newspaper dedicated If j§ to the service of Washington E jf County and its 12,000 people. = P.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiii!iiiMiiiiiitili The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News **★★*★* £ Advertisers will find Beacon = £ and News columns a latch-key to £ § 1,100 Washington County homes. 5 ifuHiiutitiiimiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiimiitHimiiiiiii? VOLUME XLII—NUMBER 30 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 24,1931 ESTABLISHED 1889 EXPERIENCE OFj COUNTY WINNER OF CAN CONTEST _ __ 941 Quarts of Fruits and Vegetables Canned by One Club By MRS. GEORGE BOWEN (First Winner in Canning Contest) On May 6th, nineteen ladies from Washington County, with our agent, Miss Pratt Covington, attended the leader's canning school in Greenville. We arrived about 10 o’clock and reg istered at the woman's club, and found that our county had the largest at tendance of any of the IS counties rep resented. Mrs. W. G. Stancill, a canning spec ialist, gave a demonstration on the pressure cooker, canning fruits, vege tables, and meats. Mrs. Cornelia C. Morris, State Specialist, gave a talk on food conservation, pointing out the need in North Carolina for more can ning. We enjoyed every minute of the trip. I purchased a sealer, pressure cook er, and 200 cans, upon my return home and went to work with a vim. I canned bunch beans, pole beans, lima beans, sweet corn, cabbage, huckleherr.es, pickled cucumbers, and made sauer kraut. Not being contented with canning my own vegetables, I was anxious, as canning leader, to go out and help my club members. 1 offered my personal service, pressure cooker, and sealer to those who desired. One of the hottest afternoons in 1 June I went out in the country and helped a member can beans. On an other day I helped three others can beans, squash, and cabbage. Thursday, July 14th, my club met at the home of Mrs. Roy Davenport’s, I so I could help all of the club mem- I bers. Practically every member at- j tended. During the afternoon 1 taught j each member how to use the sealer I and cooker. The members purchased I 200 cans during the afternoon and a large number were filled. I not only help others can, but I I simply "talk” steam pressure and have j suceeded so far in selling seven. If every rose has a thorn, so has , canning. One day I was helping a ^ lady can huckleberries on an electric | range. Not being accustomed to can- | ning on the electric range, we cold- | packed the berries and turned on the heat high. This cause the steam to rise too rapidly. The high steam on the cold-packed berries was not the right combination, it seemed. When the cooker was opened, there was a steam piessure cooker full of berries, but they were not in jars any longer, livery jar had broken. 1 was almost in tears. I had lost the sale of the cooker, and the berries were ruined, too. The lady was very good, and, believe it or not, she bought a pres sure cooker and has canned about two bushels of huckleberries besides cook ing on it every day. To date the members of my club have canned 941 quarts of fruits and vegetables. I feel that the canning project has meant as much to us as any one project we have ever taken in on our club work. I also believe that there has been more canned to date than the whole of last season I am convinced that our women are in tensely interested canning the modern way. Mrs. Swain Entertains Pleasant Grove Club Pleasant Grove, July 21.-Mrs._ W. A. Swain entertained the Pleasant Grove Woman’s club Tuesday after noon at her home. Mrs. J. C. Tarken ton presided and the meeting was, opened with the club song, followed by the collection, roll call and minutes of the past meeting. A poem, "Be a Booster," was read by Mrs. J. C. Tarkenton, after which the meeting was turned over to Miss Covington. She gave a demonstration on making sandwich spreads and dis tributed bulletins on canning, preserv ing and picklin. A short talk on the yard tour was also given. A delightful social hour was enjoy ed, during which a course of cake, lemonade, sandwiches and mints were served The next meeting will be held in ,he home of Mrs. W. W. White. Alphus Clay Respass Dies Sunday Morning Alphus Clay Respass, one-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Res pass, of Long Acre, deid Sunday morn ing at 4 o’clock, following a several weeks’ illness. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, with Rev. Gilbert Davis of ficiating. Burial was made in the tarn ily cemetery. The service was well attended and the floral offerings were very beauti Dungannon, Va„ a town of 1,000 persons, is without municipal officials, because none of the town’s citizens want the jobs. State authorities are axpected to draft officials for the town. Annual Picnic at Wenona Test Farm on August 6th The annual picnic at the State Test Farm at Wenona will be held | on Thursday, August 6th, and it is expected that a large attendance will be present. Approximately 3,000 people attended this picnic last year, and plans are being made to entertain a still larger number of folks this year. Any one miss ing this picnic will miss one of the best picnics in the history of Washington County. During the morning there will be speaking and announcements of various kinds. In the afternoon there will be a program for- men and women. A contest will be staged and some splendid prizes given the winners. A cotton dress contest will be held for the women and girls, and every woman and girl interested will be eligible to enter. A prize will be awarded to women only for the best house dress; the best afternoon dress; to girls for the best sport dress, and the best school dress. Prizes will be giv en for the best, second best, and third best cake (any kind). There will also be a prize to any one for the best child’s sun suit, and a prize for the best piece of fancy work by any girl between the age of 8 and 12. Miss Georgia Piland, home dem onstration agent from Tyrrell County, has been asked to act as judge during the afternoon. Each contestant will be required to wear her dress during the con test, and tell the cost and length of time required for making. This picnic and contest is looked for ward to as one of the outstand ing social events of the county. HOLD MEET OF SCHOOL BOARD <J> Creswell Committee Meets With Superintendent To Discuss Transportation -« James W. Norman, superintendent of public instruction, held a meeting with the Creswell school committee men last Friday night, the object of the meeting being the discussion of the transportation problems. Anoth er meeting is to be held this week. Mr. Norman stated that he was planning to re-route some of the school busses during the coming term, if possible, in order to lower the costs of transportation. However, the cost of transportation of school children in Washington County is already at a most conservative figure, it is sa.d. For the six months free school term last year, it only cost the county $6.15 per pupil per month. Eighteen busses were used in trans porting the school children of the county last year. However, it is ex pected that another bus will be added this year. Mr. Norman stated that he was planning to make requisition to the state for an additional bus w.th in the immediate future. -<J> Albemarle Demonstration Club Holds Regular Meet - -<» Skinnersville, July 20.—The Albe marle Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs. Clinton Everett on Wednes day, July 15th. A large attendance was had and one visitor was present, Mrs. Lillie Everett, of Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Stark Holton led the devotion al, and the club song proved a very interesting feature of the meeting. Following the reading of the minutes and the rojl call, the meeting was turned over to Miss Covington, home agent. She gave a very interesting demonstration on visiting new club members and gardens. A number of ladies present told a bout their vegetable and flower gar dens. Miss Tlva White ttoFl of her flow'er garden, naming 18 different knids of flowers raised. At the conclusion the hostess served refreshments that were enjoyed by every one. -« EXPORT PEOPLE MAKE CHANGES Much Comment In Wilson Follows Dismissal of Men By Export Tobacco Co. -<$> While no official confirmation could be learned, a material shake-up in the affairs of the Export Leaf Tobacco Company is in evidence in many of its plants and personnel, attributed, it is reported, to the adoption of a ma jor retrenchment policy which may af fect all branches in the South. In Danville, Va„ Barnette Lea, who for 12 of the 26 years he has been identified with the company has been manager of the branch there, is suc ceeded by Henry Woods, jr„ a mem ber of the buying staff. Eight other men in the Danville division, some of whom have been with the company for years, also have been notified that (heir services are no longer needed. All have been given liberal salary allow ances in lieu of service. ! According to information received from Wilson this week, ten of ; the company’s men there had been I turned of, among the number being several who have served the company for as long as 30 years. The action there is said to have aroused much comment among the people of that town. The orders discontinuing the serv ices of the men are understood to have been sent out from Richmond and it is also understood that the company is paring expenses materially. JEWEL AYERS IN COUNTY COURT - Given Suspended Sentence; One Other Case in County Court -a Jewel Ayers, local young man, was hailed into Recorder’s court here Tuesday on a capias to show cause why further judgment should not he rendered against him for having fail ed to comply with a court order which was issued in May, 1928, envolving abandonment and non-support of his child. Judge Edward L. Owens rendered the following judgment: The defend ant is sentenced to work on the pub lic roads of North Carolina for a term of one year, sentence to be suspended upon payment of $50.00 to be applied on back payments and upon defend ant’s regularly despositing with the court on the first Tuesday of each month the sum of $25.00; suspension further conditioned upon defendant’s giving surety in the sum of $500.00 as a guarantee for making payments promptly. The defendant met these conditions. Only one other case was tried in the Tuesday court, which was the case of Mack George, local 25 year-old colored man, Charged with an assault with a deadly weapon. According to the evidence brought out in the court it seems that Mack George assaulted a girl friend, Adel ililler, with a broom which he wielded with brawny ary to his entire satisfaction. George contended that the Miller woman ■threw a frying pan of boiling water upon his person which would have done him much damage but for his [overalls. j He was found guilty and was fined |$25.00 and the cost. GROWING SMALL GRAIN FOR SEED - - Refuse Certification of 20, 000 Bushels Because of Mixed Varieties Out of 86,000 bushels of small grain inspected on 2,454 acres this summer, about 66,000 bushels passed the pre lliminary field requirements for cert ification by the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association. | “We were compelled to refuse the certification on about 20,000 bushels, because of noxious weeds, diseases, and varietal mixtures,” says Gordon K. Middleton, seed specialist at State 'College. However, the results of our field inspections this season show a gratifying increase in the acreage and the number of persons who are grow ing small grain which may be recom mended for future seeding. In 1929 only 9,482 bushels of seed grain were |ccrtified; last year, 1930, there were 2-1,071 bushels. The tremendous in crease this season was due largely to an increase in the number of growers rather than to larger acreages on those farms where such grain had been produced before.” Mr. Middleton pays a tribute to the county farm agents and vocational teachers who have aided in developing the interest in better farm^seeds. He says 120 fields of grain in 32 counties passed inspection this year against 66 fields in 21 counties in 1930. Under present conditions, he believes with all prices for farm produce at a low ebb, it is very important to keep the cost of production at a low point and the quality of product as high as possible. Nothing helps in this more than the use of good seed. Even if the crop is grown simply for soil im provement and feed, clean, improved seed will give higher yields. Clean seed also lessens the danger of infest ing the farm with noxious weeds. The use of seed of the better, high producing varieties is one factor that can not be overlooked, if there is to be an improvement in quality of the prod uce grown for market, WINNER GARDEN CONTEST WRITES OF HER METHODS • ■ — Gives List of Vegetables Successfully Grown So Far This Year -$ By MRS. CLINT EVERETT (Winner First Award for Highest Number Vegetables Grown in Garden) Below is an account of Mrs. Clint Everett's garden. Mrs. Everett has been awarded a free trip to the .State short course for raising the largest I number of vegetables in her garden during the year. Mrs. W. H. Harri son was awarded first place as be t garden leader. (Her report will ap pear in a later issue of the Beacon ) For the year of 1931, I was selected garden leader of our club. 1 will give a brief sketch of “Our Garden.’’ When I say “our garden,” I mean the who'e family has taken part in preparing it. My baby boy, just 13 years old, or dered seed to sell and gave his com 1 mission on the seed to me in seed for the garden. Another boy bought the j barrel of irish potatoes to plant, so 'you will see why I say “our garden”. |We have worked it together. | Our garden consists of about one acre. In the early spring it was .broadcasted in stable manue, tlat 'plowed, disked, harrowed and laid off I in 3-feet rows, which were drilled with peanut trash. From the one barrel of, irish potatoes we dug 12 barrels. We, 'did not use any commercial fertilizer.j i After we dug the potatoes it was br adcasted in stable manure again, I plowed, and planted in late corn, which * am planning to can a great amount of When hill t ? this corn in Septem ber, we will brcadcast it in turnips! and kale for out winter garden. I only have a few tomatoes in the garden, as we nave nine acres in the field. We thought that this would be sufficient to -up; ly our family and U can. 1 will give a ist of the \tgetublcs fcrov n in my garden during tlm s,p ing and summer. W: have not ^ sold any. I have given some on worn' that different colored women helped me | do. Then, I have given some to my ^ neighbors who did not have the vege- ^ tables that I did. Early in the spring 'we planted radishes, mustard, spinach, beets, carrots, lettuce, corn, turnips, cabbage, onions, Chinese cabbage, leet, collards, hot pepper, bell pepper, parsley, Swiss chard, broccoli, squash, cucumbers, musk melons, parsnip, rut- ^ abagas, pumpkins, strawberries, sage, thyme, pot moger, bunch snaps, bunch limas, pole snaps, pole limas, tomatoes, cashaus, celery, sweet potatoes, water melons, okra, irish potatoes, black peas kale, and water cress. I Several of these have been planted in more than one crop. We have sure- ; dy enjoyed our garden, ihere are 8 I people in our family, and all of the jvegetables raised in our garden have been used to good advantage. Our garden has cost very little. 1 have canned about 40 quarts of vege tables, but am only beginning. Miss Covington, our borne agent, gave each leader five new vegetables 'to plant in the early spring. The vie < |from these was good. Twelve lad.es visited my garden in July, and each was shown the new vegetables grow ing there. I am firmly convinced u.ai uu. c den project has gone over much bel ter by having a garden leader m each club, and I think it a splendid way to introduce new seed into a community by having a leader try them out and recommend them to the people in her community. Wenona Woman’s Club In Meeting Thursday --■ The Wenona Woman's Club met last Thursday afternoon, July 16, at the home of Mrs. B. M. Holton’s, with 14 ladies present. The meeitng was called to order by the president of the club, Mrs. Carl Heyner, after which club songs were sung. Following the regular routine of| business, Miss Covington gave a very interesting demonstration on canning. Mrs. Holto talked to the club on the advantages of the steam pressure cooker and Mrs. Carl Heyner made an interesting talk on the arrange ments of cut flowers in the home. Those present were Mesdames Bry an Harris, J. L. Rhea, Carl Heyner, R. C. Heyner, W. E. Allen, Lefever, Charlie Manning, Nancy Manning, Staton Harris, J. M. Paul, and Misses Lois Lefever and Lucy Holton. The hostess served a delicious trio course luncheon. Jack Peele Goes Back Into Business Here Jack Peele, one of Plymouth’s well known young man, has opened a cleaning and pressing establish ment on Washington Street, near the Union depot. Mr. Peele was in the cleaning business here several years a go and has considerable experience in this line. Friends of Mr. Peele will wish for him the greatest of success. More Than 50 People on Yard Tour Held in County Friday BERTIE MASONIC PICNIC AT EDEN HOUSE THIS YEAR - ■ - Number Local Masons Are Planning to Attend July 30th -« A number of local Masons are plan ning to attend the annual Masonic pic nic to be held at Eden House Beach Thursday, July 30, it was learned here this week. Announcement of this pic nic was made at the regular meeting of the local Masonic lodge Tuesday night of this week. The picnic, strictly a charitable act, has been held for many years by the Masonic lodges of Hertford, Bertie, and Northampton Counties, and it is expected that a number of new coun ties will come in this year. Each lodge makes a definite con tribution to be used in serving dinner to the visitors, the receipts derived therefrom going to the Oxford or phanage. Mr. C. K. Proctor, superintendent of the orphanage, with a number of the children from the institution, will attend the picnic this year, it is under stood. The picnic goes to Eden House this year for the first time, the committee having selected the location on account of its accessibility to a large part of eastern North Carolina. Thousands of people are expected to attend the picnic this year, on Thursday, July 30th, a time when old friendships and new ones meet to advance a worthy cause. SAYS LESPEDEZA AID TO DAIRYING Korean Variety Is Success fully Grown on 21 Types of Soil ♦ - The growing of Koreanl espedeza should be an aid to dairying in Pied mont and Western North Carolina, since it grows successfully on most of the soils of that area. F. R. Farnham, dairy extension spec ialist of State College, recently made an inspection of the Korean lespedeza fields in Cabarrus County for the pur pose of studying the crop as an aid to dairying. A number of visits was made to different farms in all sections of the county, and the Korean variety was found on about 21 different types of soil. "I have been under a mistaken im pression about the acreage and possi bilities of Korean lespedeza in Cabarrus County,” he said. ‘‘It appears that the crop is being grown successfully by a large number of men on differ ent soil types and not solely by a few selected demonstrators. This crop should have great possibilities on the small grain fields of Western Caro lina. In the past, these land-owners have allowed their small grain fields to grow np in weeds after the grain was harvested. By planting Korean lespedeza on the small grain in late winter or early spring, a crop of legume hay may be harvested from the same land in the fall.” Roy D. Goodman, county agent of Cabarrus County, is enthusiastic a bout Korean lespedeza and has been the cause of his county becoming the center of production in this State. Ca barrus farmers, however, have not \et developed the industry to the point where they have any great surplus of seed. Mr. Goodman says farmers will increase their acreage as they become better informed about the var.ety and are able to get het seed at fair prices. A number of farm tours to study the Korean fields in Cabarrus County are planned for July and August. Surry Wright Goes With State Road Commission • * Surry Wright, who has been em ployed as county mechanic for the fleet of school busses, has accepted a posi toin with the State Highway Depart ment, and is now located at Washing ton, N. C. Superintendent James W. Norman stated here yesterday that an other mechanic would be employed at the next meeting of the Board of Edu cation. --«> Sanford Mizelle Breaks Arm in Fall at Theatre Sanford Mizelle, local youth, suf fered a broken arm when he tell from the stairway leading to the projection room of the State Theatre here last Friday afternoon. His left arm was broken and he received a number of other minor injuries to the body in the fall. At this time, he is getting along as well as could be expected. MARRIAGES HERE SHOW INCREASE —«— More Licenses Issued Dur ing July Than for Same Period in June Despite the torrid weather we have been experiencing in this section dur ing the month of July, the marriage business is picking up, being consider ably ahead of June for the same period of time. The following licenses have been issued at the Register of Deeds office here during July. Z. Odell Spruill and Inez Dell Alex ander, both of Creswell; Clarence O’ Neal Hearn and Johnnie Edna Rose, both of Columbia; Clarence W. Has sell and Brent Twiddy, both of Buffalo City; Lloyd C. Thompson, of Wash ington, N. C., and Vergie J. Hooker, of Plymouth; also one colored couple, Luther A. Grimes and Addie S. An thony, both of Roper. -0 - BEGIN DREDGING WORK AT MOUTH ROANOKE RIVER * Discussing the dredging work start ed recently in the mouth of Roanoke River, Senator E. S. Askew, of Merry Hill, this week stated that he was not at all impressed with the engineers' plans. Mr. Askew is of the opinion that the government engineers have made a big mistake in their plans changing the channel from the north side of the lighthouse to the east side. In supporting his opinion, Mr. As kew stated that the old channel could have been dredged to a depth of fifteen feet at about the same cost as will be required in dredging a new channel, 10 feet deep, on the opposite side of the lighthouse. In the old channel there is a mud bottom which could have been handled much easier than than the task of removing stumps and logs from the new path where two large dredges are now at work, Mr. Askew explained. There are two distijnct curves in the new channel, and the Bertie man be lieves that two beacon lights will be necessary to safe passage in and out of the river. He also believes that it will be impossible to either get in or get out of the river when heavy fogs fall, and that a line of barges cannot be successfully brought in or taken out without a danger of grounding. The old channel, Mr. Askew continu ed, is wider and straighter and could be navigated in the dark and fog by the aid of a fifteen second bell station ed in the lighthouse. Mr. Askew stated, however, that he is only a layman and that he might be wrong; yet, he says he has as much confidence in the laws of nature and the experience of navigators and observation of men as he has in the scientific guess of an engineer. Efforts to get a better entrance to the Roanoke have been made at var ious times and by many shippers for several years, and after much delay dredging work was started there re cently. Living at the west end of Albemarle Sound, Senator Askew is very much interested in the dredging work just as he is interested in the welfare of the whole State and its people. He was recently appointed a member of the State Board of Conservation and ! Development for a six-year term, and in that work he is especially interest ed. His home is located about north of the lighthouse stationed in the mouth of the Roanoke, and although the sound is his front yard and his farm line fence, he can’t fish there because the particular water is a nat ural spawning place for the famous white shad. * w -- Arrested Here ior Skipping $600 Bond in South Carolina Wade Capps and wife, Lucy Capps, were arrested here Tuesday on a war rant from authorities of Conway, S. C., charging them with having skip ped a $600 bond in that place. Mr. and Mrs. Capps had been here for several weeks, working at the Croc kett Packing Company plant. Conway officers arrived here Wed nesday night and carried the couple back to South Carolina Thursday. -♦ Home Agent Annupoces Schedule ior Next Week -» Miss Pratt Covington, county home agent, announces that her schedule for next week will be as fololws: Monday, Plymouth; Tuesday, Cross Roads; Wednesday, Beech Grove; Thursday, Piney Grove; Friday, Ply mouth; Saturday, curb market. CONTEST DOES NOT END UNTIL FIRST OCTOBER Scores Very Close; Yards To Be Scored Again Before October 1 --- More than SO people from all sec tions of the county met at the home of Mrs. W. H. Harrison on the Long Acre road last Friday and went on the yard improvement tour. Miss Pauline Smith, district agent, judged the yards. Due to the fact that the scores ran so closely together, Miss Smith will be asked to come back some time before the contest ends on October 1 and score the yards a sec nod time. Mrs. Harrison’s yard and lawn was judged first, and quoting the judge, “her planting was practically perfect." Mrs. Harrison, since the beginning of the year, has helped her husband line up the outbuildings around her home and get them in neat, attractive or der. When we say “helped her hus band,” we mean exactly that. Mr. Harrison put rollers underneath the garage and Mrs. Harrison hitched the car to the building and pulled it to its proper place. She then planted shrubs around the outbuildings, making them a part of the yard plan. Mrs. Harrison is planting her driveway in colors. She plans for a pink, green and white drive way. In explaining why she did this, Mrs. Harrison said smilingly, “every thing has it color scheme now.” Quoting Miss Smith again, she said, “Mrs. Cahrlie Bowen’s lawn is per fect." Mrs. Bowen followed her plant ing plan to a “T" and there is nothing planted but that which was planted with a purpose. Mrs. Bowen's yard reminds us of the expression: “Simplic ity is the keynote of all good taste.” Mrs. Bowen made an excellent talk to the crowd and briefly told about her improvements. When the crowd reached Mrs. Dick Chesson’s, “Welcome" seemed to reach out and take each person by the hand. Mrs. Chesson has one of the most in viting outdoor living rooms that can be found anywhere. It was interest ing to see how she made a very at tractive tea table out of an old round sign. She tore down an old fence and made her yard much larger. She white washed 8 outbuildings; painted all of her yard seats, etc., white; made a bird bath out of an old stove, the pedestal of which was made from the chassis of a Ford car. The bird bath and yard were very attractive. Mrs. Frank Wilson's lawn was a bout as perfect as one can be made. Her foundation planting was lovely. According to her plan, Mrs. Wilson had left her foundation planting for mal, with just a touch of color here and there. Mrs. Wilson had a lovely outdoor living room which was built by her husband. Starting two years ago, at the beginning of the contest, Mrs. Wilson tried planting gall-berry around her home. She made several atempts, and finally some lived. Any one now observing Mrs. Wilson’s yard will find that her foundaiton planting is very beautiful. She has used na tive shrubs, and some from near-by nurseries. Mrs. Clint Tarkington, true to the old southern hospitality, greeted the crowd at her door and gave a very in teresting description of her yard im provements. One of the outstanding features of Mrs. Tarkington's yard wa> the screen planting near the back ot her yard to conceal near-by outbuild ings. Next to the green shrubbery she had planted red cannas. Just in front of this planting she had a most attractive outdoor living room. Mrs. Tarkington's home had just had a new coat of paint, and this lovely country home was even more handsome than ever. Mrs. Ethel Smithson’s yard is young in its improvements, but it scored high from the judge’s standpoint. Mrs. Smithson is planning for a very at tractive outdoor living room. She has planted her shade trees in just the right place, and her underpinning amt foundation planting is very interesting and attractive. Mrs. Smithson has planned to continue her work, and by the time the contest closes there will be much improvement shown in her yard. According to Miss Smith a yard i~ scored down more on account of over planting than cn the fact that it was not sufficiently planted. This idea is brought out in dress. It is much bet ter to be simply dressed than over dressed. The same can be true of homes. The leaders are anxious to go right on with their improving, and by the time the contest ends, Washington County will have some of the prettiest yards in all the state. Quoting Miss (Continued on page four)
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