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j=iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim!: = A home newspaper dedicated = 5 to the service of Washington § = County and its 12,000 people. ^ ImiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiwiiiMimiiiiiiiimiinHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ★★★**** /piiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin£ = Advertisers will find Beacon E E and News columns a latch-key to = S 1,100 Washington County homes. = fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiii? VOLUME XLII—NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 9‘ 1931 ESTABLISHED 1889 MISS COVINGTON MAKES REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER Says County Club Women Have Canned 28,000 Quarts of Food —<*■ During the month the clubs studied commercial and home-made rugs. The different kinds of rugs were studied as to value, kind of material used in mak ing, grade of material used, thickness, and durability. A display of hooked rugs was shown in connection with the demonstration, and a number of com mercial rug samples. 345 women attended the meetings during the month, and 12 new mem bers were added to the club enroll ment. A canning and a garden lead er was selected in every club for next year’s canning and garden projects. The canning leaders made a com plete report at the county federation Friday, October 1st, and reported that in the 14 clubs in the county 28,546 quarts of fruits and vegetables had j been canned. The report is as fol lows: Scuppernong, 2,241; Roper, 1. 101; Wenona, 2,500; Albemarle, 1,377; Chapel Hill, 2,000; Cherry, 3,803; Beech Grove, 1.774; Cross Roads, 1,- I 451; Alba, 3,001; Creswell, 2,016; Pleasant Grove, 1,200; Swain, 1,554; Piney Grove, 1,528; and Hoke, 2,000. , Between 350 and 400 people attended ! the federation meeting held in Roper j last Friday. All the clubs made ex cellent reports, and four clubs bad 100 per cent of their club members pres ent. Miss Pauline Smith awarded the prizes in the yard contest and made a splendid talk on improving the home grounds. Those winning prizes were: Mrs. Charlie Bowen, first prize; Mrs. Bowen was given a $12.50 steam pres sure cooker. Mrs. hrank Wilson, sec ond prize. Mrs, Wilson was given a year’s subscription to House Beauti ful. The following five entrants re ceived a year’s subscription to the American Home Magazine: Mrs. \\. H. Harrison, Mrs. Clint Tarkington, Mrs. '1'. R. Chesson, Mrs. Ethel Smith son, and Mrs. S. A. Holton. One circular letter was sent to the club members and 112 individual let ters written. Four ladies from Eden ton visited our curb market for the purpose of making plans for organiz ing one in their county, and six wo men from Tyrrell County attended our county federation. There were 116 calls at the office, 7 home calls, and 5 telephone calls. 1,121 miles were trav eled in conducting the work, and 31 homes visited during the month. Two State specialists visited the county to help with the work, and one confer ence was attended in Washington, N. C. The clubs will study window drap eries during October, and as much in dividual work in house furnishing will be done as possible. RETAIL FOOD PRICES GO UP --<s> Increase Is Small, However, Only About 1-2 of 1 Per Cent --- Washington, Sept. 22.—Retail prices of food in Richmond and Norfolk fol lowed the trend of the prices through out the country during the month end ed August 15. The Labor Statistics Bureau of the Department of Labor, issuing a com pilation of prices in 51 cities of the country today, said retail food prices for the country showed an average in crease of slightly over one-half of 1 per cent on August 15, as compared with July 15, hut there was an aver age decrease of about 16 2-3 per cent since August 15, last year. In Richmond and Norfolk, the in crease for the month amounted to less than one-half of 1 per cent, while for the year Richmond showed an increase of 19 per cent and Norfolk showed an increase of 18 per cent. To Seek Impeachment of Secretary Andy Mellon Washington, Sept. 28—Representa tive Wright Patman, Democrat, Tex as, today said he would institute im peachment proceedings against Secre tary Mellon as soon as the new Con gress convened in December. The Texan intends to base the pro ceedings on charges that the Secretary of the Treasury has violated the ob ligations of his office by maintaining an interest in private business. Patman said that while Mr. Mel lon is not a member of the board of directors of the Aluminum Corpora tion, that he is still a stockholder and as such has a voice in the election of members of the board. The Texan also said he will show Mr. Mellon is a large stockholder in the Koppers Corporation, which he said is erecting a $200,000,000 iron and steel plant in the Ural Mountains for the Soviet. Fire Department to Sponsor ; Entertainment, Friday 16th The Plymouth Fire Department | will give a variety entertainment, consisting of two short plays, monologues, sketches, etc., at the city high school auditorium Fri day night, October 16, at 8 o’clock. The entire fire company, comprie ing 28 people, are taking part in this entertainment. The company has been practic ing for a number of weeks under the direction of Mrs. W. T. Nur ney, and the program is expected to be one of the best, if not the best, ever presented here by local talent. It is understood that a i number of local characters are to j be impersonated by such stars as Bill Waters and Jim Ausbon. Those who saw the last play giv en here by the fire department will remember these two charac ters, Bill and Jim. There will be a small admission fee charged, and the proceeds will be used by the fire department in the promotion of the work. io li censes to MARRY ISSUED Number Wedding in This County Continues Very Small Wedding bells didn’t ring very much in Washington County during the month of September, judging from the sale of licenses at the register of deeds’ office here. Only ten licenses were sold and four of these were to colored people. The licenses issued were as follows: White: Bruce H. Phelps of Creswcll, and Elsie Barnes, of Creswell; Wm. H. Patree, of Mackeys, and Ola Mae Chesson, of Mackevs; Albert L. Har rington. of Camden, and Ethel A. Pink ham, of Plymouth; Aubrey R. Phelps, of Roper, and Helen Bray, of Roper; Edward W. Ayers, of Plymouth, and Sarah E. Roughton, of Plymouth; J. M. Craddock, of Mackeys, and Julia A. Cahoon, of Mackeys. Colored: Lonnie J. Young, of Ply mouth, and Catherine Ellis, of Ply mouth; Isaac Rawsotne and Ferrell Rhoads, both of Roper; James Bos ton, of Plymouth; and Vergia Biggs, of Jamesville; Willie Bennett and Hat tie Toodle, both of Plymouth. PUT COTTON IN A GOOD CONDITION BEFORE GINNING -,J Cotton delivered to the gin in proper condition will pay an extra profit to the grower. Extremely wet or dry cotton is hard to gin and means a loss to grower, ginner, b.iyer and consumer. “Savings ot from 60 cents to as high as $5.00 a bale have been made on cotton through artificial drying," says Charles A. Bennett, engineer of the U. S. Cotton Ginning Laboratory at Stonville, Miss. “The cost of this drying is from 40 to 00 cents a bale, depending upon the moisture content.” Mr. Bennett points out that the moisture content varies with the dif ferent regions. Cotton from the Miss issippi Delta has an excessive content while that from dry or arid regions is sometimes too dry for the best gin ing. The laboratory is now working on the problem of finding the desirable amount of moisture for all regions, he states. Where the cotton is dried at the plantation, growers should have it ginned as soon as it is in proper con dition. Otherwise the cotton will ab sorb moisture and the grower will take a loss through imperfect ginning. Mr. Bennett states that few plan tations have sufficient storage facilities for proper drying and for that reason artificial drying is becoming popular with the larger growers. The common method of storing seed cotton on the porches of tenant houses a:iJ under sheds causes the cotton to become too wet. Studies in artificial drying were be gun at the laboratory in 1926 and two driers have been developed which are inexpensive to build and are also well suited for use by the grower, says Mr. Bennett. The two machines are de scribed in a circular entitled, “Driers for Seed Cotton,” and copies may be had by writing the Bureau of Agricul tural Engineering, Washington City. Schedule of Prices for Curb Market Announced Curb market price;; anounce Beans, per lb Butter beans, per quart Butter, per lb. Eggs, per dozen Young chickens Turnip salad, per pound Turnips, per bunch Radishes, per bunch Irish potatoes, per lb. Sweet potatoes, peck Curb market opens at 8 o’clock. -® 1 Sc 25c 30c 25c 23c 5c 8c 5c l-2c 20c Burke Farmers Go In Strong For Poultry -® | Thirteen farmers in Burke County ! have 2,342 breeding birds after culling land blood-testing their flocks for dis j ease and laying ability. TEACHERS AND PARENTS MEET ROPER FRIDAY Organization Is Perfected With Election of Officers -- Roper, Oct. 7.—The Parent-Teacher Association of the Roper Graded School held its first meeting of the new term Friday night, October 2nd, in the school auditorium with the new officers in charge. The new officers are Mrs. J. Bascom Hurley, president; Mrs. J. C. Jackson, vice president; Mrs A. E. Davenport, treasurer; Miss Sally Taylor, recording secretary; and Mrs. W. B. Chesson, coresponding secre tay. The devotional exercises were con ducted by Rev. R. L. Hethcox, of Triplett, Va. It was voted and carried that each I grade in school select a grade mother 'and father. A prize will be awarded to the grade having the greatest per centage of parents present at each meeting. The prize committee select | ed was Mrs. L. S. Bray, Mrs. J. C. I Tarkenton, and Miss Carrie Jane Her man. An objective program was sug gested by Mr. E. N. Riddle, involv jing library work, playground equip ; ment, and school ground improvement. | A committee to work on the library j improvement was appointed, consist I ing of Mr. E. N. Riddle, Mrs. W. B. j Chesson, and Miss Ruth McKellar. j The program committee is Mrs. W. G. Bell, chairman; Mrs. B. G. O'Brien 'and Mr. E. N. Riddle. A splendid and enjoyable program was sponsored for this meeting. A vocal solo by Mrs. J. A. Chesson, a reading by Mrs. L. S. Bray, a quar ! tet by Messrs. R. W. Lewis, Jesse I Knowles and Mesdames Milton Ches ^ son and Louis Mizelle, were enjoyed, ! as was an appropriate comic recita 1 tion by Mrs. A. E. Davenport. ! There will be a monthly meeting of the association on Friday night, Oc tober 30, and an interesting program, I will be rendered by the members. SHEEP FARMING IN THIS STATE -« Turn To Sheep on Farm Flock Basis for Another Source of Income -® Landowners seeking sources of ad ; ditional income and a market place i for surplus foragfc and other feed I stuffs may turn to sheep on the farm I flock basis. “Farm flocks of sheep may be put ! in to advantage particularly in east I ern Carolina where there are few | sheep at present,” suggests John E. Foster, animal husbandman at State College. “The low price of cotton, damage by boll weevil and the need j for more balanced farming methods j is already causing many alert farmers | in this section to add a few sheep. There are few farms on which there is not some waste land, some pasture or some extra forage crops which may be used to advantage in feeding sheep.” Foster says the native ewe lamDs j may be crossed with pure bred rams to build up the Hocks to where the lambs will be heavier than their dams. Thesec ross-blooded lambs will also have better quality wool and a closer conformation type. Farm flocks de veloped in this way may provide spring lambs for sale to the nearby markets furnished by the large cities of the East. Sheep fit in well on any general farm, believes Mr. Foster. They glean from the fields that which would other wise be wasted and they keep many injurious weeds under conrol. In eastern Carolina the flocks may be grazed throughout the year by turn ing them on cover crops after the ewes may soon be turned into a profi table investment on any Carolina farm, Believes Mr. Foster, summer pasturage has ceased to fur nish sufficient grazing. PLEASANT GROVE CLUB WINS CUP WITH 110 SCORE Cherry Club Is Close Sec ond With 109 Points; Other Records The Pleasant Grove Club won the silver trophy cup at the county fed eration meeting Friday in Roper with a score of 11 points. The next high est score was the Cherry Club, with a total score of 109 points. The Cherry Club had every member present, which made their score 100, and the nine new members gave them nine points. The Pleasant Grove Club had every member present except two, which made their score 98, and with the 12 points for new members present, their score totaled 110—just 1 point more than the Cherry club. The Cross Roads Club had every member present which was a fine score tor that club. The Cross Roads club is only a few months old, but there is no club in the county more wide awake. The club is composed of a splendid group of good leaders. Below is the report of the Pleasant Grove Club activities for the past nine months, as written by Mrs. Della Chesson, secretary: Words can not express the pleasure and benefit we have derived from our club meetings this year. Our club has 23 members on roll, and we add new members to our roll at practically every meeting. We have had espec ially good attendance this year. We feel that our meetings have been helped very much by each leader giv ing a 10-minute demonstration at each meeting in connection with that given by our home agent. Our canning leader attended the meeting in Greenville. Our club has canned to date 1,200 quarts of fruits and vegetables, and several members plan to can fresh meats this winter. Never before in the history of our club has there been as much interest shown as in the yard improvement campaign. Our leader was one of the outstanding leaders and won one of the prizes offered. Ten of our mem bers have been encouraged by her to improve their yards considerably. We can see by entering the homes what splendid work has been accom plished by Miss Covington. We will see pictures rehung, floors have been refinished, and furniture | rearranged. Every members knows more about rugs and has taken interest in all the subjects studied in the clubs this year. We give Miss Covington a big share for the successful year we have had. STATE HOLDING FIFTH PLACE IN WOOD PRODUCTS -<» North Carolina entrenched herself still further as the leader in the manu facture of wooden bedroom and din ing room furniture nad maintained her position as the fifth State in the manu facture of all kinds of wooden house hold furniture is rapidly gaining in popularity over metal furniture. The value of wooden household furniture produced in the United States increas ed from $572,488,443 in 1927 to $611, 680,810 in 1929, or by 6.8 per cent; while during the same period metal house furniture declined by 24.6 per cent, or from $40,390,229 to $30,443,464. In North Carolina bedroom furni ture makes up the largest portion of the total value of all furniture manu factured. In 1929 this item alone a mounted to more than half the total value of all household furniture, or $27,702,092, as compared with $26,523, 852 in 1927. The second most import ant class of furniture produced in this State is wooden dining room furniture. In 1929 this item was value at $13, 735,485, which represented a slight de cline as compared with the 1927 valu ation of $14,408,118. Living room fur niture ranks third in value, amount ing to $9,244,988 in 1929, as compared with $7,643,494 in 1927. Porch furni ture increased in value from $291,904! in 1927 to $646,578 in 1929; hall furni- j ture from approximately eleven thous-j and to baout thirty-seven thousand dollars in 1929; and miscelalneous ami unclassified items increase from $377, 895 in 1927 to $612,792 in 1929. In 1929 all wooden household furniture manufactured in North Carolina a mounted in value to $53,414,111, which represented an increase of 4.6 per cent over the $50,996,065 worth of wooden furniture manufactured for household use in 1927. I Conservation officials pointed out that the value of metal and fibre fur niture is not included in the above to tals for North Carolina as those fig ures are not yet available. In 1927,1 these two items amounted to more than two and a half million dollars. Assum ing that the 1929 valuations were as' great as those of 1927, and they were, perhaps greater, the total value of all kinds of furniture manufactured in the State would approximately fifty-six million dollars. 400 Attend Federation Meet Held at Roper Last Friday SEVERAL CASES DISPOSED OF IN COUNTY COURT -$ Several Fines and One Sen tence to Roads Are Meted Out -® The local recorder's court made an improvement over last Tuesday here this week when a number of cases were tried and disposed of. It will be remembered that not a single case was docketed for trial here last week, a rather unusual thing. Cases tried on Tuesday of this week were: \Y. E. Pridgen, charged with giving bad checks, was called and failed. H. C. Brinn was tried on bad check charges and found guilty. Judgment was suspended upon condition that the defendant make good a $67 check and pay the court costs. Martin Eaves, 42-year-old colored mail, charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, pleaded guilty to car rying a concealed weapon. He was fined $75 and the cost of the court. Henry Moore, 19-year-old colored youth, was tried and found guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon. He was given three months on the roads. Alex Cooper and E. R. Jackson, charged with operating a car without lights, were tried and found guilty. They were allowed to go free this time by paying the court cost. PRETTY YARD IS DESIRE OF MANY May Be Built at Small Cost By Use of Native Shrubbery A beautiful yard is more a matter of desire and appreciation titan it is a question of money to invest in the yard. Beautiful yards may be built at small cost by using native shrubbery properly placed. “If one can catch a vision of low shrubs growing about tbe base of the house and taller shrubs softening the corners, it will not be a hardship to go to the swamps in eastern Carolina or the hills and mountains in western | Carolina and get a supply suitable to tbe needs of each section,” says Miss Georgia Piland, Tyrrell County home agent and expert in yard improve ment. ‘‘Our swamps and mountains abound in native shrubs wlhich are better suited to our needs than many we can buy and tbe only thing neces sary to beautify tbe yard is a little planning and work” Miss Piland held special classes in yard beautification at tbe recent short course for farm women held at State College and her lectures were some of the most popular on tbe pro- ! gram. She pointed out that landscaping I the premises means more than simply! planting the front yard. There are three areas to consider. Each of these calls for special attention. There is the front or publir area, the private area and the servise area. Keep tbe wide expanse of the lawn undisturbed and plant shrubs at the base of the house, in clumps near the; entrance gate, or as a background a long the border to enhance the rich-1 ness of flowers, said Miss Piland. One should also keep in mind the congeniality of plants. Many charm ing effects are lost by placing hardy, coarse leafed plants too n. ar the more delicate varieties. A few berry bear ing shrubs should be included to add interest throughout the season. “Trees about tbe house are our best friends," said Miss Piland. “If you do not have them now, get them and protect them." -*> Town Council Has Brief Session Monday Night • <G>- ~ Tlie town connril held its regular monthly meeting here Monday night at the city hall, with Mayor A. L. Owens presiding. However, only rou tine business was taken up at this meeting, which consisted for the most part in paying hills. Home Agent Announces Schedule for Next Week The home demonstration agent. Miss Pratt Covington, announces her sched ule for next week as follows: Monday, Scuppernong; Tuesday, Cherry; Wednesday, Roper; Thursday Wenona; Friday, Plymouth; Saturday curb market. -t On several Moor county farms to bacco was so badly damaged by rains and disease that it was plowed under 'or soil improvement. f TO MARK GRAVES I / The local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are planning to place markers at all the unmarked graves of Confed erate soldiers in the county. There fore, it is essential that they be informed of every unmarked grave. Any person living in this coun ty who knows of any Confederate soldier’s grave that is unmarked, should notify Mrs. T. L. Bray, of Plymouth, or the Roanoke Beacon office. URGES PLACING OF COTTON IN POOL THIS YEAR Advance Good Reasons for Pooling Present Crop In This State Raleigh, Oct. 1.—Prices below the cost of production, high rjuality of the present crop, and prospects for acre age reduction next year were pointed out yesterday by U. Benton Blalock general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Associa tion, as “good reasons why cotton should be pooled this year." "Cotton, in the first place,” he said, “is selling far below the cost of pro duction, and we all know that acreage will be heavily reduced next year. And then to sell it outright now would be sacrificing a crop that is showing up to be of the highest quality we have produced in several years." Pointing out that representatives of the largest cotton shipping firms are very active in an effort to get control of as much of North Carolina’s good cotton as possible Mr, Blalock declared that “to sell at present prices the bet ter staples we are now growing is . imply giving away real money to somebody.” As indication that growers should get a very good premium on inch or better cotton, he cited the heavy tariff on Egyptian and other foreign-grown long staple cotton, and a statement, recently issued by the Mississippi Staple Growers Association, that, re gardless of the large production this year, there is not going to be an over production of the better staples. Million Bale Record The general manager of the State Cooperative, which has handled more than a million bales for North Caro lina growers during its nine years’ ex istence, added thai the association is now mailing out additional premium checks to members whose cotton is above middling 7-8. “In some instances,” he said, “mem bers are drawing as much as $6.20 per bale premium, and our average premi ums so far on cotton above middling 7-8 are $2.30 per bale. This does not represent the full value of the premi ums, however, but only the amount we are allowed to advance under our ar rangement with the Federal Farm Board. “We realize that depositing cotton in a cooperative organization is just a bout par with depositing money in a bank and that our members or pros pective members are entitled to know' something of our financial standing, or our record. It is with pardonable pride that we make the statement that we are on a very sound basis and have always operated on a sound financial basis. Never Lost a Dollar “We have handled and distributed to our members approximately $100, 000,000 during the past nine years. All of this has been handled through North Carolina banks and, through our good luck and possibly some bus- ’ iness foresight, we have never yet lost j a dollar of our members’ money through any bank failure. “We have handled over 1,000,000 j bales of cotton for North Carolina f farmers, and we know of no outstand ing claim from any one that we have never accounted for each and every bale of cotton delivered to the asso ciation. "Our books and records and finan cial statements are open for the inspec tion of each and every member and for prospective members as well.” Respected Colored Woman Dies Here Last Sunday Hattie Bell, % years of age, and one of Plymouth’s well known and re spected colored women, died at her home here Sunday night about 8 o' clock. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Two sons survive, they being Peter Bell, local colored lawyer, and a son of New York City. MRS. CHARLIE BOWEN WINNER YARD CONTEST Six Other Women Also Get Prizes for Work in Yard Improvement -.-<$>-. The Washington County Federation met last Friday in Roper, with an at tendance of around 40. Mrs. W. H. Harrison, president of the federation, presided, and the entire program was full of interesting things for the club member- and visitors present. Miss Pauline Smith, district agent, awarded the prizes in the yard im provement campaign, and delivered a splendid address on improving the home grounds. Mrs. Charlie Bowen, of the Alba Club, won a $16 steam pressure cooker for having the high est score in yard improvement. Mrs. Frank Wilson was given a year’s sub scription to House Beautiful as sec ond prize winner, and to Mrs. W. H. Harrison, Mrs. Clint Everett, Mrs. Dick Chesson, Mrs. Ethel Smithson, and Mrs. S. A. Holton a year’s sub scription to American Home was giv en. The high note in the meeting was reached when the Pleasant Grove club was awarded the silver trophy cup for the best attendance at the fed eration. After announcements and other bus iness the canning leaders and garden leaders of the 15 clubs of the county were honored at a candle-lighting pro gram. This fine group of leaders made a spectacular effect on the lovely stage which had been prepared for them, with their white cotton dresses and white lighted candles. Mrs. W. H. Harrison, leader in the ceremony, gave a very impressive talk on the ideals of home life, and the part that club work has taken in the homes of Washing ton County. A fine tribute was paid to the father and mother, after which Mrs. Clint Everett gave a reading on home life. The candles were lighted during a special song ceremony, and all the new leaders filed in, singing “Folow the Gleam.” After the new leaders’ candles were lighted, they formed behind the crescent line of the old leaders and sang taps. This pro gram was declared the best in many years, and the club women of the county are to be commended for their good work in putting on this splendid program. WHAT TO EAT TO BE HEALTHY Proper Foods Recommend ed Are Cheap and In Reach of All The following information has been given out by one of the highest au thorities in this country on the proper food necessary to prevent and combat diseases of the human body. All of them are in easy reach of the average farmer, the cost of them will be decidedly less than the disease which they will prevent will be: If you want to prevent colds and germ infections, eat milk, butter, eggs, and cheese. If you want children to grow and be healthy, feed them green vegetables, such as spinach and turnip greens. To prevent diseases of the eyes, eat yellow vegetables, such as carrots and yellow corn. To preserve and prevent diseases of the nerves, eat germs of wheat and other grains, and liver. If your appetite is not good, eat yeast. If your baby does not grow properly, feed it lettuce and raw pea nuts. To prevent scurvey, have healthy blood and capillaries, eat oranges, grape fruit, lemons, raw cabbage, sauer kraut, tomatoes, lettuce, raw spinach, turnips, and green peppers. If children have rickets and weak bones, feed them liver, cod-liver oil, and egg yolk. To prevent decay of teeth, get plen ty of sunshine. To prevent the skin disease called pellagra, use plenty of fresh or evap orated milk, liver, green vegetables, bananas and yeast. Gasoline Launch Damaged By Fire Here Last Friday -« A gasoline launch, belonging to Luni Owens, caught fire here last Friday night about 8 o’clock while anchored in the harbor just to the rear of the Plymouth Billiard Parlor. The fire de partment was called out and succeeded in extinguishing the flames. Only the top of the boat was destroyed by the fire.