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VOLUME XLIII—NUMBER 5
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, January 29, 1932
ESTABLISHED 1889
NUMBER CIVIL
CASES TRIED IN
SUPERIOR COURT
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Many Bank Cases Cleared
From Calendar in Last
Few Days of Court
Below is a number of cases that
were tried in the closing hours of the
January term of Washington County
Superior Court here last week, with
Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, of Snow Hill,
presiding. They were disposed of aft
er The Beacon had gone to press.
Ida Boyd vs. W. W. Walker. Is
sues involved the division of property
left by their father. Walker expended
$371.41 for taxes and insurance, mak
ing necessary improvements amount
ing to $600. The place was ordered
sold, with the sister to pay Walker
$431.41.
The following cases were brought
by the United Commercial Bank, de
funct institution:
Against L. P. Hornthal, for judg
ment; taken from record ,as the de
fendant was dead. It was found that
Mrs. J. R. Knowles was owner of two
shares instead of one, and the bank
was awarded a judgment of $200 and
costs of action, to be paid by her.
The cse against W. S. Fagan was
dismissed, as the defendant paid the
stock account of the suit. A judg
ment was awarded the bank for $1,
500 against Harry Stell and costs of
the court. R. P. Walker paid his stock
liability and the case was dismissed.
G. W. Bowen paid stock liability and
the case was dismissed.
In the following cases the Branch
Banking and Trust Company was su
ing as receiver for the United Cofi
mercial Bank: W. W. Browning, stock
liability paid, case dismissed; H. L.
Davis, pleaded discharge in bankrupt
cy, case dismissed; P. B. Tomlinson,
judgment for $500 and costs of the
action; G. H. Hale, failed to answer
complaint, bank awarded judgment of
$300 and costs.
W. B. Cox, former cashier of the j
defunct United Commercial Bank, no .
answer to complaint, judgment award- j
ed bank for $1,200 Mattie R. Swain,
administratrix of C. E. Swain, no an
swer to complaint, bank awarded judg
ment for $100; Mary E. Bowen, ex
ecutrix of G. L. Bowen, no answer to
complaint; bank awarded judgment of
$200; Amelia L. Stillman, executrix of
M. J. Stillman, no answer to com
plaint; bank awarded $300 and costs.
J. H. Leggett, no answer to com
plaint, ^bank awarded judgment ftor
$200; Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany, administrator of estate of Mrs.
O. R. Leggett, no answer, bank award
ed judgment of $100.
In the case of J. J. Johnson, who
was suing Mrs. Goldie Davis, the de
fendant was allowed to amend the ac
tion to bring in new parties.
SPORTS REVIEW
The Roper boys proved too strong
for Creswell and downed them by a
score of 25-12 Friday afternoon.
Roper exhibited an offense that was
difficult to break up. The floor work
of Morris Peacock, of Roper, was out
standing. Floyd Asby, Roper forward
was high scorer with a total of 8
points. Rupert Ainsley was referee.
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The Roper High School girls met
defeat at the hands of the strong Cres
well sextet Friday afternoon at Cres
well. The score was 26-20. The game
was fast and thrilling with both teams
exhibiting good teamwork.
Creswell took the lead early and
retained it throughout the game. Min
nie Furlough caged 16 of Creswell’s
points, while Christine Spruill and
Margaret Collins accounted for 10 and
8 points, respectively for Roper.
Referees: Ainsley and Tarkenton.
Roper Parent-Teacher
Group Holds Meeting
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Roper.—Carl L. Bailey, attorney for
Washington County, and Walter H.
Paramore, managing editor of the Ro
anoke Beacon, were the principal
speakers at a meeting of the Parent
Teachers Association here Friday
night. Mrs. J. B. Hurley presided over
the occasion.
A duet was sung by Misses Flor
ence Daily and Grace Windley with
Miss Helen White accompany on the
piano. The Rev. J. Bascom Hurley
led the devotionals. Miss Sally Tay
lor as secretary read the report. At
tendance prizes were awarded to the
eleventh grade and the first-B grade.
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Program of Services
By Methodist Pastor
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Three sermons will be delivered Sun
day by Dr. J. W. Harrell, pastor ol
the Plymouth circuit of the Methodist
churches. The first will be at 11 o
clock in Jamesville; the second at 3
o’clock at Siloam; and the evening
service at 7:30 in Plymouth. There
will be no morning service in Ply
mouth.
f VERY UNUSUAL 1
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A man pleaded guilty here in re
corder’s court Tuesday, was found
not guilty, and the plea was re
versed.
John Hall, 31, colored, entered
a plea of guilty to violating the
prohibition law. Harold ,Smith
wick, 22, colored, was an occupant
of Hall’s car in which officers
found whisky. He also plead guil
ty. But in the hearing, and when
they were apprehended, Hall
claimed ownership of the whisky,
so Smithwick’s plea was changed
to allow him immunity.
Hall proved good character, hav
ing never been in any trouble be
fore and appealed to the court
that he was selling the whisky to
provide food. He was fined $30
and costs and required to pay $40
license on his car.
POLICE GUARD
JUDGES’ HOMES
IN MARYLAND
Threats Caused by Convic
tion of Negro Slayer of
Former County Man
An assassin’s gun blazed four times
about a year ago, blotting out the en
tire family of Green E. Davis, a Mary
land farmer, who was once shot down
on the streets of Plymouth as the re
sult of mistaken identity—and today
police are stationed at the home of
three Baltimore county circuit judges
following receipts of threats to bomb
their residences.
The threat was received at the city
Jiall in Baltimore, written crudely on
the margin of a newspaper account of
the conviction of Yuel Lee, negro, for
the killing of the Davis family. And
just 17 years ago a negro stationed
himself at an important corner in Ply
mouth and fired a load from a shot
gun at Davis, thinking it was an
other person. Davis recovered from
this injury at a hospital.
During this same night a negro was
killed in another part of Plymouth,
and the would-be assassin of Davis
was sent to the penitentiary for 20
years for the murder of the negro,
never being punished for assaulting
Davis, who was on his way to a plant
here to work early in the morning.
Today, W. A. Ballard, negro, is pull
ing time for murdering the negro, aft
er confessing to attacking Davis but
denying the murder.
During his stay in a Norfolk hospi
tal, Davis became acquainted with a
nurse who later became his wife. To
this union were born two children.
The family moved to Maryland, where
Davis became a well known and re
spected farmer. Friends here who
had seen him brought back glowing
reports of the happiness of the man
who found his wife in a hospital.
Then a negro entered their Mary
land home one night almost a year
ago and snuffed out the lives of the
four Davises, when the culprit thought
he was going to be caught at robbery.
Back in 1915 the negro Ballard
went to the state prison from here,
while two of his companions were lib
erated. He was held for the January
term of Washington county superior
court in 1915. He entered a plea of'
guilty to second degree murder, the (
docket showed, but the wararnts could
not be located in the clerk’s office here. |
Court officials and others who remem- j
ber the incident claim that Ballard
confessed to shooting Davis, but dis
claimed any knowledges of the killing
of the negro in another section of
town.
Master of Local Lodge
Returns From Charlotte
Charlie Robbins, master of Persever
ance Lodge, No. 59, of the Masonic!
order here, returned last week-end
from Charlotte, where he attended the'
meeting of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina. The fraternal organization
was in session for three days. The
next will be held in Asheville in Jan
uary, 1933.
Mrs. Robbins accompanied her hus
band as far as Raleigh, where she vis
ited Miss Neide Ayers, a relative. Bill
Waters accompanied Mr. Robbins as
far as Durham, where he entered the
Duke Hospital for treatment. He re
turned with them.
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Two Students from County
On Honor Roll at College
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Wake Forest, January 28.—The
names of two Washington county
men are listed on the honor roll of
Wake Forest College released today
by Registrar Grady Patterson. They
are William Darden, of Plymouth, son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Darden, and
E. Y. Brickhouse, of Creswell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Brickhouse.
SECOND BENEFIT
MOVIE WILL BE
SHOWN SUNDAY
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Eddie Quillen in “The Big
Shot” Is Feature; Large
Crowds Expected
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j A deserted auto camp in the desert
provides the major scene for the lat
est Eddie Quillen comedy, “The Big
Shot," which will be presented at the
State Theatre here Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 1:15, for the benefit of
the Washington County Unemploy
ment and Relief Aassociatipn.
i Although it is a comedy, the place
isn’t so funny for the hero when he
buys it with money borrowed from his
prospective mother-in-law and finds he
has been framed by the villain, who
| covets the heart and hand of the hero
ine.
The thing is packed with laughs,
which go not only to Eddie, but to
jRoscoe Ates, who plays a stuttering
i barber; to Otis Harlan, a village doc
tor; and to Arthur Stone, who was
considered to have almost purloined
the picture with his impersonation of
the Old Timer, a desert rat, who in
habits the camp, and whose specialty
is the frozen truth.
Incidentally, the picture has one in
tensely dramatic episode, one that
made the pre-view audience gasp and
clutch the seats, when the heroine's
car hurtles into quicksand and begins
slowly to sink, with the girl, injured
at the wheel, powerless to move.
Advertising matter for the show is
being broadcast this week in prepara
tion for the event. Newspaper ads,
as well as circulars and placards, are
being scattered in near-by towns. In
addition to the Washington County
people this Sunday, there is expected
to be a much larger crowd to attend
the three shows.
The first show, held Sunday a week
ago, only netted $11.15 for the welfare
organization but this Sunday it is ex
pected that the crowd will be twice
as large with people coming in from
out of the county.
SUIT TRIED BY
MAGISTRATE
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O. H. Lyon Expected To
Appeal From Decision
Rendered Monday
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O. H. Lyon is expected to note an
appeal in a case tried here Monday
morning in which he was suing S. A.
Ward for $100 that was paid on an
insurance policy which Mr. Lyon de
cided not to take. Magistrate J. W.
Darden held with Mr. Ward that he
did not owe Mr. Lyon the $100.
Evidence tended to show that the
$100 check was given to Mr. Ward
as part payment on the insurance
premium. Later another check for
some $800 was given to Mr. Ward,
with the larger check not being cashed.
Then Mr. Lyon decided not to take
the policy and wanted Mr. Ward to
give him his $100 back.
This Mr. Ward never did, as he
claimed that the first $100 was given
him in almost the form of an option
and that he secured the policy and de
livered it to Mr. Lyon, who decided
not to take it. Written evidence
signed by Mr. Lyon was introduced
by Ward.
Head of Purina Mills Says \
Farmers To Come Back
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There was a stirring note of opti
mism for the American farmer in the
words of William H. Danforth today
as he assumed the chairmanship of |
the board of directors of the Purina;
Mills, after 38 years as its president, it j
was learned here today from B. G. j
Campbell, local dealer.
Mr. Danforth will be succeeded as
president by his son, Donald Dan
forth.
“The American farmer is going
through lean years,” Chairman Dan
forth said today, “but confidence in
the farmer is unshaken. Wheat, cot
ton, corn, beef, pork, milk, eggs and
all the other farm products, though
at a low price today, are the things
that make life and make business.
They are now coming back to their
true value.”
Young Peoples Program
At Methodist Church
Mrs. Earl Brain, director of the
young people’s division of the North
Carolina Conference of the Methodist
church; and the Rev. H. B. Baum, of
Poplar Branch, secretary of the Eliz
abeth City District, will be the prin
cipal speakers at the meeting that will
be held here in the Methodist church
tonight at 7:30 o’clock.
The meeting will be featured with
a young people’s program, but the old
er people are urged to attend also.
People from Jamesville, Roper, Co
lumbia, Creswell, and other near-by
points are expected to attend.
EVENING CLASS
FOR FARMERS TO
BEGIN MONDAY
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Major Course Will Be Cul
ture of Tomatoes at
Roper School
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I Roper.—Evening classes for adult
j farmers will be held in the agricultural
classroom of the Roper High School
each Monday night during the months
j of February and March. The meet
ing will start at 7:30 o’clock and will
I last for one hour. The farmers of
i the community are invited and urged
ltd attend these meetings regularly.
The major course will be tomato
j culture. This course will cover com
pletely the growing of tomatoes. Some
J of the essential topics to be discussed
[ will be the construction of hotbeds ;
for tomatoes, selecting land for to- I
Imatoes; study of seed beds; getting
'early healthy plants; fertilizing toma
toes; transplanting cultivation; and
harvesting of tomatoes.
A course will also be offered in
swine production. The most import
ant points in swine production will be
covered, with special emphasis on
swine sanitation and the proper feed
ing of balanced rations.
B. G. O’Brien, head of the depart
ment of vocational agriculture in the
Roper High School will be in charge.
SAYS HOMES CAN
BE EXEMPTED
FROM TAX SALES
D. P. Dellinger, Candidate
For Lieutenant Governor,
States His Views
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“Homes in Washington County, as
elsewhere in North Carolina can be ex
empted from sale for taxes. The first
pre-reyuisite is for the people to de
mand it, and next to select members
and officers of the legislature who will
represent the people and heed their de
mands,” wrote David P. Dellinger, of
Cherryville', candidate for lieutenant
governor of North Carolina, to the
Beacon.
"There need be no alarm about a
material loss in revenue. The time is
not far distant when tax on land will
be entirely removed and in time all
tangible property exempted. It may
not be done now, but further reduc
tions will be made from time to time
and soon all will be done.
“If nothing more could tbe done
now, it would be a great relief for
the State to prohibit the sale of any
home as long as the owner has any
other property whatsoever.”
Dellinger introduced the first State
wide compulsory attendance school
bill in the legislature on the fourth
day of the 1913 session. It was en
acted into law, thus settling the child
labor problem of that time.. He has
had a score of years actual experience
in the legislature, where he represent
ed Gaston County. He has served
with more than 700 senators and rep
resentatives.
The position as lieutenant governor
would make him head of the senate
branch of the legislative body of the
State. He often served as speaker pro
tempore of the House of Representa
tives. He attended the Gaston Coun
ty schools and Rutherford College and
the University of North Carolina; is ,
an active mason, and Baptist church
worker. ,
Funeral Services For
Carl McNair Sunday
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Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon in a drizzling rain for Carl
McNair, 40 years of age, who died
Friday at noon following an illness
of a week’s duration. The Rev. Rich
ard Lucas, pastor of the local Bap
tist church, officiated. Burial took
place in the Windley cemetery.
A large crowd attended. A large
flora! offering was contributed by
friends. Surviving is a widow and
two children, Harry, 17, and Ruby,
10. Active pall-bearers were A1 La
tham, Walter Moore, Cecil Craft, Jack
Weede and R. L. Tetterton.
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Burke County Progresses
In Improvement of Cattle
Remarkable strides have been made
in Burke County during the past five
years in the improvement of dairy cat
tle and their management, says F. R.
Farnham, dairy extension specialist.
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Lincoln Farmers Sell 31
Pounds Poultry Minute
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Lincoln County farmers sold 31
pounds of poultry a minute from 8
o’clock in the morning until 5 o’clock
in the afternoon at a cooperative sale
held recently, when $2,380.05 was real
ized by those selling.
Two More Organizations For
Marketing Tomatoes Formed
FARMERS GROUP
PLANS TO SIGN
ABOUT 200 ACRES
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Will Handle Only Green
Tomatoes; Contracts
Next Week
A fourth organization, known as the
Growers Produce Company, with W.
T. Freeman in charge, has been form
ed by farmers to market tomatoes
from Washington County this season,
it was announced here today. They
will endeavor to get signed up only
200 acres. Seeds and contracts will be
ready next week. They will handle
only green tomatoes.
The only requirement of the grow
er is that he ship through this organi
zation if he signs a contract. Farmers
will wrap and grade them at home.
Then they are to deliver them to the
nearest car, whether in Roper, Cres
well, Mackeys, or Plymouth. The
customers will be notified daily about
the market.
Boxes, papers, and nails will be fur
nished, along with the seed, which will
sell for -1 a quarter of a pound. From
the first sales will be deducted the
price of the boxes, and nails and other
expense, thence the checks will be
sent direct to the grower.
UNDER THE
BEACON LIGHT
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A customer asked a delivery boy
of a merchant here if there was any
beef at the store. The boy replied in
the negative. Later the boy returned
:o the customer, stating that his boss'
ivished him o go for the beef that she
lesired and which the merchant failed
:o have is stock. The customer hand
■d the boy the money.
Soon he returned with the beef pur
thased from another store. The cus-j
omer offered to pay him for his trou
ble in the form of a tip. The delivery
>oy declined with these words, "No;j
! thank you; but that is what my boss
jays me for, is to serve his customers.”
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Two boys under three years of age
lave the custom of riding a tricycle
ibout the streets here together. The
jldest pedals while sitting on the seat,
while he younger rides on the back
ixle, holding to the seat with his
lands.
"Now you must let little brother
■ide behind,” he was told, referring to
heir usual method of riding. “How
ran I let little brother ride behind on
ny tricycle I ain't got no rumble
>eat," replied the older.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET FRIDAY
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Will Be Held in Creswell
By Young Tar Heel
Farmers Club
Creswell.—The Young Tar Heel
Farmers Club of Creswell, composed
>f members of the agriculture class,
s planning to give their annual ban
iuet Friday night of this week in the
choo! building.
The affair is to be in the form of
i father and son get-together meeting.
;pecial guests being fathers of the boys
n the class, members of the Creswell
;chool board, J. T. Swain, of Ply
nouth, O. R. Armstrong, Principal C.
-L Adcrholdt, R. L. Litchfield, Coach |
'arabee, and County Superintendent j
f. W. Norman.
The food is to be prepared by mem
>ers of the Parent-Teacher Associa
ion of Creswell, while the members
jf the club are providing the finances.
\n enjoyable event is anticipated, both,
jy the boys and by the invited guests.
Masonic Sermon To Be
Preached by Rev. Lucas
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The Rev. R. H. Lucas will preach
i Masonic sermon to the members of
Perseverance Lodge, No. 59, on the
second Sunday night in February, it
was announced today by Master C. T.
Robbins. All masons are urged to
ittend.
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Number Attend Outlook
Meeting in Plymouth
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Skinnersville.—The following from
this section attended the outlook
meeting held in the Plymouth High
School auditorium last week: Mes
dames M. J. Elliott, S. A. Holton,
Henrietta Swain, Mr. and Mrs. Clin
ton Everett and Corbett Swain.
I TO PREACH HERE I
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Myers Harrison, returned mis
sionary from Burma, will preach
in the Washington Street Baptist
church on Sunday morning, Jan
uary 31st, at 11 o’clock, it was an
nounced yesterday. The public is
cordially invited to attend the
service.
POSSIBILITY O F
TOWN SECURING
NEW ENTERPRISE
Inquiry as to Vacant Build
ings Received From
Cardwell
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Possibility of another enterprise for
Plymouth looms on the industrial hori
zon with the revelation here of a let
ter from Guy A. Cardwell, of Wil
mington, agent of the industrial and
agricultural department of the Atlan
tic Coast Line Railroad Company,
seeking information for a prospect.
No mention was made of the busi
ness of the party seeking the informa
tion, but it was revealed that Mr,
Cardwell was in contact with an op
erator who desired information on “va
cant buildings in reasonably good con
dition that could be made available.”
This building should be so con
structed so that it could serve large
and small operators. The size and
condition and the nature of construc
tion and if it were served by a rail
road, were some specific information
that was desired.
The letter came to J. B. Edmund
son, local agent of the line, and was
turned over to C. L. Groves, vice prei
ident of the chamber of commerce, for
reply. Owners of the buildings will
probaTily aid Mr. Groves or the mem
bers of the commercial organization
looking after the matter in locating
the building and answering the letter
Upon receipt of this information, Mr.
Cardwell will get in touch with his
party and aid him to "produce re
sults in the way of directing indus
trial prospects to this location.” The
parties in touch with Mr. Cardwell
arc believed to be reliable.
In the meantime other letters are
possibly being received by towns in
this section who will bid for the in
dustry on the merits of their locations
or other attractions. Plymouth ap
parently stands a good chance to do
something if the prospect is really in
terested in locating.
OUTLOOK MEET
HELD THURSDAY
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Splendid Talks Are Made
By Miss Smith and Mr.
Ferguson
By Miss PRATT COVINGTON
Miss Pauline Smith and Mr. B. Troy
Ferguson, State Specialist, from Ra
leigh, held a county outlook meeting
here last Thursday in the high school
auditorium.
Both of these specialists made splen
did talks to more than half a hundred
people from practically every section
of the county on the outlook in gen
eral for farm crops for this year.
Every person present came a
way fully satisfied as to just what
might be expected from the depres
sion and each person was led to see
just what he might do in order to
bring about normal living conditions.
Immediately after the meeting ad
jorned Miss Smith called the women
together and spent a few minutes
showing them some lovely articles
that can be made at home at little
cost.
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Fred Bateman Breaks
Arm in Skinnersville
Skinnersville!-—Prod Bateman sus
tained a broken arm last week. Dr.
T. L. Bray rendered him medical at
tention and then rushed him to a
Washington hospital. Acocmpanying
the child was his brother, Louis Bate
man.
Mule Killed by Truck
In Skinnersville Section
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Skinnersville.—A flruck alleged (to
have been driven by Howard Leary, of
Columbia, collided with a mule on
the highway near here last week, in
stantly killing the animal. The mule
was the property of S. A. Holton. The
animal had been grazing in a near-by
pasture but jumped the fence and
came into the road.
L. W. GURKIN TO
BE AGENT FOR
MT. OLIVE FIRM
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Will Pack and Ship Green
Tomatoes From Here;
Contract Details
Contracts for the third organization
of tomato growers in Washington
county will be ready for distribution
soon for securing the growing of be
tween 2d0 and 500 acres of the vege
tables, it was learned today from L.
\V ■ Gurkin, who will possibly repre
sent the new organization in Plymouth.
The sales agent for this group will
be Andrews and Knowles Produce
Company, Inc., of Mount Olive. H.
D. Andrews, secretary and treasurer
of the Mount Olive firm, was here
conferring with growers in the court
house Tuesday evening. A local man
i will be appointed as bookkeeper here
and will do the settling with growers,
using the Branch Banking and Trust
Company as the principal banking in
stitution.
The sales agent will superintend the
grading, packing, and advance the cost
of this with the packages used in
shipping. The field crates will be fur
nished by the grower. A reserve fund
! of about 5 cents a package will be
kept until the end of the season so
that any losses can be paid for. The
growers will have to notify the sales
agent the number of packages they
want by June 1.
The cost of grading, packing, in
spection and any other expense will
be deducted from the sales returns to
be paid back to the sales agent. A
Federal inspector will be here to do
the work and it will not cost more
than $5 a car for his services. Seven
per cent of the proceeds will be allow
ed the sales agent for services in mar
keting, with them paying all expense
of keeping up with the market trend.
The growers must agree to deliver
all of their United States No. 1 to
matoes to the firm's offices here in
Plymouth. They must be in sound,
merchantable condition. They will
be packed in crates or lugs at the
sales agentls option. A local man
will run the packing house, with a
couple of experienced wrappers to aid
him with the’ work of supervision.
Shipping will stop, when the sales
agents, in their opinions, find that
it is no longer profitable to market the
tomatoes. A committee of three ap
pointed by the growers will supervise
all the work, with the records open
to them at any time. It will cost a
bout 25 cents a crate for packing
them, which includes wrapping. Seeds
will be retailed to the growers at cost
In a few days.
The market will open about June
20 and close by the first of August.
L. W. Gurkin will have the contracts
when they are printed. Then a can
vass will be made for growers to sign.
RECORDER TRIES
SEVERAL CASES
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Two Appeals Noted From
Judgments of Judge
Owens
A bond of $250 was posted by J.
Bruce Bateman in recorder’s court
here Tuesday, when he noted an ap
peal from a sentence requiring him to
pay $125 balance on 1930 rent to C.
W. Cole, of Wise, as the result of an
arraignment before Recorder Owens
on a charge of disposing of crops.
J. C. Gatlin, of Creswell, 44, also
appealed from a fine of $5 and costs
imposed upon him for assaulting J.
B. Hathaway. His bond of $45 was
also posted.
Buster Johnson, 23, colored, was
given six months on the roads or fined
$75 and costs for an assault with a
deadly weapon. Joe Hathaway, 51,
white farmer, was assessed with the
costs for not having the proper li
cense plates on bis automobile.
An assault with a deadly weapon
case against Joe Burnette, 23, col
ored, was dismissed. And the same
was the case in the trial of Luther
Swain, 47, white.
Pretty Hooked Rug Is
Shown at Outlook Meet
Roper.—What was said to have
been one of the prettiest rugs ever on
exhibit in Washington County was
shown at the outlook meeting held in
the local school Thursday. It was
made by the mother of Mrs. L. E.
Hassell and was hand-hooked.
Miss Pauline Smith, district agent
of home workers, declared it was the
best ever shown in this district dur
ing her tenure of office. The rug was
made from wool.