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jyiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiii£ = A home newspaper dedicated | |[ to the service of Washington j§ 1 County and its 12,000 people. § £lllllllillllllllllllimillllllllliillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* piiiii!iiiiimiiiiiiiimii!iiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!imiiiiiiiiiiii£ 1 Advertisers will find Beacon = 1 and News columns a latch-key to i = 1,100 Washington County homes, § iMiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim]? Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina,Friday, August 14, 1931 ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME XLII—NUMBER 33 REPORT HOME WORK DURING MONTH OF JULY -® Club Members Can 1,211 Jars of Fruit During the Month of July -<j> By PRATT COVINGTON (Home Demonstration Agent) I Hiring the month the subject for study in the clubs was making sand wich spreads. Three hundred and thirty-three women and 11 visitors at tended the meetings. The canning contest closed on July 17th, and the canning leaders report ed 1,211 jars of fruits and vegetables canned to date. Two canning leaders won free trip to the State short course ‘or their good work in this project. One leader sold seven steam pressure cookers, and helped more than 25 wo men use the steam pressure cooker for the first time. On July the 17th the garden con test closed. Two members in this project won free trips to the State short course. One member grew more than forty different fruits and vegetables in her garden this year. Another member distributed more than 1.300 plants of new varieties to her club members. Miss Pauline Smith, district agent, judged the yards entered in the yard improvement contest A better yards tour was put on and more than 50 people went on the tour. The contest ends October 1st. Twenty-two steam pressure cookers have been sold since May 1 by the home agent and canning leaders. Some of the clubs have purchased canners and sealers. One club has canned more than 1,000 quarts of vegetables to date. Sales on the curb market f ir the month amount to $211.01. One thous and one hundred and twenty miles were traveled in conducting the work and 218 individual letters written. There were 03 calls at the office and lb telephone calls. 51 homes weic visited outside of regular club work. The subject for study foe August will be canti ng fruits and. vegetables. SUNDAY SCHOOL HOLDS PICNIC -<S> Many Members Had an En joyable Time at Gibbs Beach Thursday -e Cherry, Aug. 6.—Mount Hermon M. P. Sunday school held its annual pic nic at Gibbs Beach last Thursday and a most enjoyable day was had by all. Bathing"and other amusements were engaged in. Lunch was served in pic nic style. The fololwing members of the Sun day school were present: Fida Davenport, Mary S. Daven port, Selma Ambrose, 51izabeth Fur lough, Louise and Eugene Davenport, Elmer Ambrose, Elsie Murrine, Ver na, Pauline, and Charlotte Phelps; Mrs. Malinda Davenport, Mrs. Ailene Woodley, Mrs. Hilda Phelps, Mrs. Bessie White, Mrs. George Sawyer, Naomi Woodley, Gertrude Davis, Kathlyn Woodley, Ruth Phelps, May me Davenport, and Barbara Daven port. Chester, Hillie, Steve, Robert, and Glenn Davenport, George Sawyer, Paul Phelps, Dennis and Gerald Phelps, Mrs. Edison Brown, of Swan Quarter; and Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Rus sell. Three teachers were also pres ent, they being Mrs. Robert Daven port, Miss Mary L. Davenport, and Miss Ida S. Ambrose. Cherry Club Members Can At An All-Day^ Meeting Creswell, Aug. 11.—The Cherry Home Demonstration club met in the home of Mrs. Woodley Ambrose on Tuesday of this week at 8:30 o’clock and held an all-day canning meeting. Twelve members were present and two new members were enrolled. Two steam pressure cookers were kept busy all day and one hundred and eleven pints of fruit and vegetables were canned. Miss Covington, home demonstra tion agent, could not be present but the meeting proved a success and every one had a very enjoyable time. --® Billy goat and Wagon Stirs Memories of Local People Vivid memories were stirred here Wednesday morning of a day that has gone, when a couple of small ne gio boys drove a black billygoat through the streets of Plymouth, hitch cd to a small wagon, with a trailer fastened onto the rear. A number of the older citizens were heard to state that when they were youths it was the ambition of their life to have a billygoat and a wagon. Lat er on, bicycles and toy automobile! and the like have practically supplant ed the one-time popular billygoat, not withstanding, according to the song, “Mr. Billygoat coughed up a red shirt and flagged down the train.” Mayor Suggests Letting Policemen Handle Work At Town’s Water Plant ■----vfc -® f YELLOW JACKETS ] kj Waynesville, Aug. 11.—Two yel lciwjackets he swallowed Sunday while eating an apple nearly cost the life of Onie Pressley, Hay wood County farmer, who is re covering at a hospital here after suffering intense pain and poison ing from the stings. Pressly, suffering agony after the yellowjackets stung the ten der membrane of his throat, man aged to dislodge them alive. He was unable to speak until today, when his throat responded to treatment. Physicians said his life was sav i ed with difficulty as the poison had j spread through his body. BETTER GRADES OF TOBACCO ARE SELLING WELL -<t> Lake City, (S. C.), Market Averages $20.10 for the Best Quality Grades Reports coming from the border markets this week were a little more encouraging; however, general aver lages continue low, it was stated. On ithc Lake City, S. C., market, the bet ter quality tobaccos averaged around $20, but tile low grades commanded the same poor prices paid since the opening more than a week ago. Fairmont had an average of $10.12. This was higher on the corresponding day last year. Lumberton’s average was $9.51, practically the same that it was on the same day last year. Llarkton had an average of $11.39 and Whiteville an average of $8. Whiteville, Aug. 10.—rrices on the Whiteville market took a climb up wards today when 91,898 pounds sold at an average of $8 per hundred. To day’s advance in average price was due to an increased offering of the better grades of tobacco. Common and low grades are not in demand, and the prices are very low. Growers are show ing an inclination to sell their poorest grades first and hold the best leaf off 'the market in anticipation of higher jprices. Scores of growers today stat ed that their crop will not l>e more than three-fourths of last year's. Dry weather did untold damage, and in some localities rot seriously cut down the crop, growers said. Fairmont Has Good Sale Fairmont, Aug. 10.—Prices advanc ed today on all second grade primings and first primings of color and grain. Second primings ranged from $21 to $35 a hundred. W. P. Floyd, of near Marietta, sold two baskets of first primings weighing a total of 928 pounds for respectively $16 and $18 a hundred. These were bought by Rey-| r.olds and Liggett and Myers. Official sales today were 227,614' pounds at an average of $10.12. I.umbcrton, Aug. 10.—Tobacco prices on the Lumberton market reach ed a new high level for the season when 130,090 pounds were sold for an average of $9.51, which is only 4 cents per hundred lower than the correspond ing day last year. This was by far the best break of tolvacco here, even though it contained a large percentage of sand lugs. Many farmers expressed keen satisfaction in their sales. Clarkton Farmers Pleased Clarkton, Aug. 10.—Sales were very light on the Clarkton market today. The quality and prices were very much improved. Farmers were better pleased than at any time since the sea son began. Sales were 20,106 pounds, which brought an average of $11.39 per 100 pounds. Georgia Average $7.56 Last Week Atlanta, Aug. 10.—Marcus McWhor ter, chief statistician of the Depart ment of Agriculture, announced today that 11,622,807 pounds of tobacco were! sedd in Georgia by growers last week at an average price of 7.56 cents a pound. This compares with 29,286,978 j pounds at an average of 12.52 cents for the same week a year ago, and 6,756,182 pounds at an average of 7.331 cents for the previous week this year. L.eland Thompson Returns From New York Markets -® l.eland Thompson, owner and man ager of the Thompson-Clagon store here, has just returned from a trip to New York City where lie went to pur chase fall and winter merchandise. Mr. Thompson stated that New York business men were pleased with the present business outlook and were expecting a good winter. Mr. lhontp son’s new merchandise will start ar riving within the next few days. I 1 MATTER TABLED; WILL LIKELY BE TAKEN UP AGAIN Mayor Will Donate Salary If Recommendations Are Carried Out At a meeting of the city council here last Friday night. Mayor A. L. Owens recommended that the town cut off the day and night man at the water plant and let the day and night police men take over this work. Mayor Owens gave as his reasons for this recommendation that the town was deeply in debt, and that such an action would save the city $2,080 per year, this being the amount paid in salaries to the two men working at the water plant. The board discussed the matter at some length, but finally tabled it until a later meeting. However, Council man Jackson asked Mayor Owens if he would be willing to donate $149 of his salary to the town, in the event his recommendation should be carried out. Mr. Owen receives $12.50 per month as salary for being mayor, or $150 per year. The mayor readily stated that he would donate his salary to the town pioviding the provisions in his recom mendation was carried out. Among other things done at this meeting was the purchasing of a 40 foot tower from the Lucas farm to put ]the fire siren on. The tower will be erected here within the immediate fu ture. ! The board also hired Williams and [Company, of Raleigh, to make an au dit of the town books, the audit to start immediately. It was also decided to make an ef fort to sell the old power plant ma chinery and equipment at the very ear liest possible date for as good a price as found available. A motion was made and carried that the board of councilmen hold a regu|lar monthly meeting on the first Monday night of each month. WM. TARKENTON DIES IN BERKLEY Many Pleasant Grove Peo ple Attend Last Rites In Virginia City -® Pleasant Grove, Aug. 11.—Mr. J. C. Tarkenton was notified Thursday of last week of the death of his brother, William Tarkenton, in Berkley, who a victim of heart trouble. The deceased was born and reared in the Pleasant Grove community, at the old Tarkenton home place. He was a son of the late J. C. Tarkenton and Mol lie S. Tarkenton. Funeral services were held Friday at Berkley, and a number of Pleasant Grove people attended. For a number of years, Mr. Tar kenton had been employed by the Norfolk-Southern railway, in the ca pacity of conductor. Besides his wife, the deceased is survived by a son, William, jr., his mother, Mrs. Mollie Tarkenton, and several sisters and hi others. warnscareless DRIVERS OF CARS Cites Ordinance Prohbiting Use of Cut-outs and Speeding Chief P. W. Brown anonunced to day that he was giving final warning to automobile drivers who make it a practice to drive about the streets of the town with their cut-outs open, making a lot of noise, and also for speeding within the city limits. Chief Brown stated that there were city ordinances against driving an au tomobile with the cut-out open and also against speeding and reckless driving in general. From now on, the Chief stated that he was going to start arresting everybody and anybody caught violating these ordinances. Mr. Brown explained that driving with cut-outs open at night disturbed people from sleep, and that speeding endangered the lives of pedestrians on the streets, as well as resulting in col lisions and wrecks. Willie Mizelle Is Badly Cut On Forehead by Stovcwood Willie Mizelle, young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mizelle, of Long Acre Road, received an ugly wound on the forehead jusjt above the eye last Friday morning when a stick of stove wood which he was chopping flew up and struck him. He was biought to Plymouth for medical treat ment. TOBACCO CROP IN COUNTY OF GOOD QUALITY Many Farmers State They Have Their Best Crop In Many Years I According to various farmers inter viewed within the past few days, Washington County farmers, as a gen eral thing, have the best quality of tobacco this year that they have ever had, or at least the best quality they lave had for years. There is less acreage this year in tobacco than last year, but it is believed the farmers will more than make up in price, due to the extra quality of the weed than they received last year. The reduction in the tobacco acre age has been placed in corn, stock peas, and vegetables. More canning of vegetables and fruits have been done this year in Washington County than ever before. And while the farm ers will not have as much of the mon ey crops for sale this year as hereto fore, they will be better provided to live during the winter. There has been a great awakening in this coun ty to the importance of first making a living on the farm and letting the money crops take second place. -$ R. A. WILLIFORD STORE MOVED Mr. E. H. Liverman Now Conducting Big Sale In Corner Store R. A. Williford, one of Plymouth's oldest merchants, who for several years has been conducting a grocery ami dry goods store in the corner li>u:,ding opposite the Brinkley Hotel on Water Street, has sold the dry goods and ready to wear lock to E II. Liverman, another well-known merchant here, and h is moved his grocery stock to a new building at his home on Highway Number 90, just opposite the new Sinclair Filling Sta tion. The dry goods and ready-to-wear siock were sold to Mr. Liverman dur ing the latter part of last week, and Mr. Williford moved his stock of gro ceries to his new location Monday of this week. Mr. Liverman is staging a sale of the Williford st ick of dry goods and ready-to-wear in the old Williford stand this week, starting Thursday and lasting for ten days. Both Mr. Liverman and Mr. \\ illiford are car rying advertisements in other sections of today's paper, announcing these changes, etc. Mr. Williford stated that he planned to continue to carry a lull line ot staple and fancy groceries at his new location. SNOW FALLS IN SOUTH DAKOTA Weather Report from South Dakota Reads Like Fairy Tale -® It sounds as if it might he a good natured story, the report from South Dakota stating that snow fell there early this week. The report coming out of Water town, S. D.. reads: “Snow in August I “A very fine, light snow, sufficient to he identified, fell for a few min utes Monday. The weather was cloudy and threatening and the temperature at 7 a. m. was 56 degrees above zero. "Percy Albrook, official weather ob server, said the snow came in two siptalls and melted before touching the ground.” Hundreds of Sparrows Killed During Storm -<9> . Greenville, Aug. 7.—Several hun-| I di ed English sparrows were either electrocuted or drowned during the terrific thunderstorm which swept over Greenville Wednesday night, it was revealed following a check-up on the premises on Albemarle Avenue. The home is surrounded by several magnolia and pine trees and the morn inp after the storm the ground wa> literally covered with dead birds. It was impossible to say how the birds met death, but opinion was ex pressed that they were either electro culed by a bolt of lightning, or drown j cd during the torrential downpour oi rain which continued several hour-’ during the early part of the night. -$ President Hoover Was 58 Years Old Last Sunday Washington, August 10.—A little 1 grayer at the temples and with a few more wrinkles around his face, Prosi | dent Hoover entered his 58th year I today burdened by international and domestic problems. But he was still smiling and ap parently physically fit to meet any vexing problem. County Property Valuation To Total About $8,000,000 PLYMOUTH M. E. CHURCH The new Plymouth Methodist Episcopal Church which was opened last Sunday. The church is over IOC years old. and has played a big part in Methodism in this section cf the State. CHANGES MADE IN GAME LAWS EFFECTIVE 1931 Open Season on Squirrels Begins September 1 This Year The 1931 session of the General As sembly of North Carolina made a number of changes in the game laws I of the State, the most important af J footing this section being briefly sum marized as follows open seasons and bag limits): Squirrel: September 1 to December 31. Hag limit, 10 in one day. Rabbit: May be killed with gun at any time, but hunted with dogs No vember 20 to February 15. No bag I limit. | jjcer, duck: ^epiemuer in in Janu ary 1. Bag limit, 2 in one day, 4 dur ing season. Deer, doe: Season closed until Sep tember 1, 1933. Fur bearers: Raccoon, mink, opos sum, skunk, otter, and muskrat: With dog and gun October 1 to February 15. Trapping November 15 to Feb iruary 15th. I Quail: November 20 to February ! 15. Bag limit, 10 in one day. Wild Turkey: November 20 to Feb ruary 15. Bag limit, 2 in one day, 5 during season. Dove: November 20 to January 31. Bag limit, 25 in one day. Pheasants: Season closed until Sep tember 1, 1933. Woodcock: December 1 to Decern-1 her 31. Bag limit, 4 in one day. Duck, geese, brant, and coot: No-j j \ ember 1 to January 15. Bag limit,1 j 15 ducks in one day, 4 geese, and 8 i brant. Swan, wood duck, and eider duck: Nr open season. Species unprotected are: Wild cat, F.nglish sparrows, (ireat Horned Owl, Cooper’s and Sharp-Shinned hawks, j crows, blackbirds, jays, and buzzards. License selling agents will be the same as last year. 'BANANAS SELL AT ;25 CENTS A LOAD i Baltimore Market Glutted! This Week; Dump 3,000 Bunches in Ocean -e* Tobacco is selling low; cotton hit a: new low bottom this week; wheat i> commanding a pitiful price, but ba-j nans at Baltimore ushered in the most | ridiculously low prices of any com modity yet offered lor sale, it is be-! lieved. Bananas were selling for 25 cents a! wagon-load at the piers in Baltimore! this week, and one vessel that had ar rived from Central America put out to sea with 3,000 bunches to be dump ! ed into the ocean. Approximately 100,000 bunches of bananas have been shipped into the Maryland port every week for som time, and the market is glutted. Rather than have the fruit rot in the holds of the steamers, the importing companies have been disposing of the cargoes to street peddlers and mid dlemen for little or nothing. NEW USE r i Chicago, Aug. 11.—If the price of cotton falls much further, Wil liam Wrigley, Jr., said today that he probably would use it instead of excelsior to pack his chewing gum. Wrigley, multi-millionaire busi ness man, owner of the Chicago Cubs, and developer of California’s famous Catalina Island, started five months ago to trade gum for cotton in the South. At the time cotton was selling for about 12 cents a pound. Cotton since has gone down to 6.80 cents, leaving | Wrigley with a large paper loss. "But, as we said originally,” ! Wrigley added, “we will continue to buy cotton with the proceeds of j all gum sold in the South, no mat ter how low the price goes, until December 1.” ROPER SCOUTS ENJOY OUTING Return This Week From Bayview After Several Days Stay There -<s> Mackey s, Aug. 11.—The recently organized patrol of Roper Hoy Scout." accompanied by Scoutmaster E. N. Riddle and assistant Scoutmaster R. li. Forbes, have just returned from a week’s camping trip at Bayview. While there, the scouts divided their tune between the regular scout work, play, boating and swimming. On Sunday the parents _of a num ber of the boys want down and spent the day with tlie troop. After observ- t in:• the splendid cooperation between tin boys and the scoutmaster, the parents greatk appreciate the services of Mrs.srs. Riddle and I’orbes tor their interest in the boys. A great work is being accomplished, as the scouts arc taught useful work and to do a good turn each day. MANY FARMING TOO MUCH LAND —®— 10 Acres of Land Plenty To Make Living Say Some Authorities A recent press dispatch states: Many farmers who are unable to “make a living” on 25 acres of land | v.i uld find it easier if they waked only 10 acres. We have in mind *>ne tor-! eigner who came to North Carolina and purchased 10 acres of land. Some of the neighbors inquired of the new- j comer if lie thought lie could make a living on 10 acres. His reply was j that it he couldn’t he would sell five acres.” It requires two acres of land to feed j the average American according to an j article in Good Health magazine. The story points out that while it takes 21 acres to produce enough food for the: average American, only one acre is! required to provide food for the aver age German, half an acre to feed a Chinaman, and one-fourth an acre for a Japanese. The difference doesn’t I come about, it is pointed out, in the a-1 mount of food consumed by the mem-1 hers of the different races, but be cause of the difference in diet. TAX RATE TO BE AROUND 40 CENTS LOWER THAN 1930 Rate of Levy Will Probably Be $1.60 on the $100 Valuation The property valuation of Washing ton 1 minty for the year 1931 has been fixed at $6,040,453, not including the corporate excess, which is taxes of corporations in the county. However, it is expected that the corporate ex cess will bring the grand total valu ation for the county up to approxi mately $8,000,000, more or less. In this event, the general county wide tax rate will probably be fixed at $1.55 to $1.60 per $100 of property. The general county-wide tax rate for last year was $2.03 per $100 of prop erty. Therefore, it i- surmised that the tax rate for this year will he from 40 to 48 cents lower on the $100 worth ol property than that of last year. However, this is only a surmise, as the county has not received the a mount of the corporate excess. The valuation of property in the county last year was $6,187,129, and tin corporate excess was $1,813,785, making the total property valuation for the count\ exact 1\ $8,000,914. The valuation of the various town ships in the county is as follows: Plymouth Township, $2,287,538; last year it was $2,328,590; Lee’s Mills Township, for this year, $1,952,295; loi last year, $2,016,642; Skinnersville Township, for this year $630,301; for last year $625,150; Scuppernong Town ship, for this year, $1,170,319; for last year, $1,216,747. Just as soon as the valuation for the corporate excess from the State is received, the county-wide tax rate will he determined. Announcement wi'l he carried in this paper just si on as the tax rate is fixed. -Oy MANY RENEWING SUBSCRIPTIONS Others Invited To Take A Part in Roanoke Beacon Renewal Campaign If you want to he in style, join in the parade to the Beacon office and renew your subscription for another year, or two years, as many folks are doing. People galore have been call ing at the Beacon office and forking over the long green in payment of their subscriptions. We know that nobody is suffocated with money these days, but ’most ev erybody has enough to spare for pay ing up their subscription to the. coun ts paper. You’ll feel better after you have paid for another year and you’ll enjoy reading the paper more. Re member that the Roanoke Beacon, the home newspaper, is a county institu tion and can and will he a mighty in fluence for the development and prog ress of the county in proportion to the support it receives from the peo ple of this county. No county or com munity can develop or progress any faster than the home newspaper. The following people have renewed their subscriptions to the Roanoke Beacon during the past few days: \\ C. Harrison, J. H. Styron, t . A. Swain, Mrs. H. T. Jackson, C. W. Bowen, W. 11. Oliver. J. F. Sawyer, Hr. C. W. Bailey, R. A. Turner, Isaac Spear, \\ . T. Curies, Ralph Smith. F. F. Bratt.cn, J. F. Askew. Fdgar Bate man, Ben \. Sumner, Mrs. W. H. Turner, Mrs. Sarah Swain. Jesse 1). Furlough, Edward S. Blount, W. C. Brewer, Teadie Mae Gibbs, S. A. Al len, Ralph F. Simmons, Luther Har rison, j. H. Leggett. We hope to have this many more names to publish by next week, so .’••me on and bring your subscription n and let’s see how many names we •an have by next week. -^ Recorder Hears One Case In Court Here Tuesday l.ee Roy Harris, well-known local yi ung man, was haled into recorder’s court here Tuesday morning, charged with seduction of 1). Ella Davenport, young woman of the Creswell sec tion. The defendant was bound over to suiK-rior court on probable cause, bond having been fixed at $500. Solicitor Carl L. Bailey represented the state, while Attorney \Y. L. Whit by represented the defendant. The prosecuting witness and her parents took the stand and testified, the de fense having offered no testimony. It is expected that this case will be tried during the special term of August su perior court. 'This was the only case tried in re corder’s court here Tuesday.