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VOLUME XLIII—NUMBER 14
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, April 1, 1932
ESTABLISHED 1889
LOOK FOR LARGE
CROWD TODAY AT
CRESWELL MEET
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Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs Hold
Semi-Annual Session
Creswell.—Women from all over
Washington County are expected to
gather here today (Friday) in the
Creswell High School auditorium at
2:30 o'clock to attend the annual meet
ing of the Washington County Fed
eration of Home Demonstration clubs.
The meeting will be opened with a
song by the congregation, with the
Rev. W. H. Hollowell, pastor of the
Baptist church, pronouncing the invo
cation. A violin duet will be rendered
by Misses Sally Carter and Elizabeth
Brnn. Mrs. L. S. Bray, of Roper, will
act as secretary.
Mrs. F. D. Wilson, of Roper, will
talk on “Every Day Work.” Rev.
W. H. Winstead will sing a solo. Miss
Georgia Piland, home agent of Tyr
rell County, will speak on ‘ Landscape
Gardening.” Other speakers are ex
pected to be on the program, includ
ing Miss Eugenia Patterson, home a -
gent.
A chorus, including Mrs. Walter
Starr, Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Mrs. A.
S. Holmes, and Mrs. Roy Hopkins,
with Mrs. Herbert Bateman at the
piano, wll render an old folk medley.
Mrs. William Harrison, of Pinetown,
president of the organization, will pre
side.
Mrs. George Bowen, of Plymouth,
a member of the Alba Club, will award
the trophy to the club having the most
members present in comparison to the
number of miles traveled. MisS Pat
terson has urged that all club mem
bers be present.
Other outside speakers will be on j
the program, and other matters not
known at this time will come up be-1
fore the meeting in the business ses- j
sion.
EASTER FETE
AT REHOBOTH
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Program Is Presented As
Prelude To Egg Hunt
Sunday Afternoon
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Skinnersville.—An Easter service
and egg hunt was enjoyed at Reho-!
both Methodist Protestant church on'
Sunday afternoon.
The program was called “The East
er Vision,” and was presented by the
Sunday school pupils. Mrs. D. P.
Pharr and Miss Alice White were in
charge of the music. Mis Eva White
was in charge of the program.
A talk was made by the pastor, the
Rev. J. C. Russell. Prayer was led
by Rev. W. H. Hollowell, pastor of
Oak Grove Baptist church. The offer-’
ing was taken by Misses Margie White
and Hazel Biggs. This is to be sent to
the Board of Missions of the Meth
odist Protestant church at Baltimore.'
Children of the different Sunday (
schools took part in the egg bunt.1
Prizes for the largest number of eggs
found were awarded to Grayson Ev-|
erett, of the Oak Grove Baptist church 1
and to Elizabeth Blount, of Roper. j
Pickles, crackers, eggs, and candy,
were enjoyed by every one present. j
“Behind The Mask” At
State Monday, Tuesday
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“Behind the Mask,” a story of mys
tery and horror, produced by Colum
bia pictures and coming to the State
Theatre Monday and Tuesday, fea-|
tores an interesting merchanical de-j
vice, which plays an important part
in unfolding the plot.
This instrument keeps members of
a dope ring in communication with
their powerful and mysterious leader.
They work for him loyally without
knowing who be is, because they know
what it means to cross him. Even
tually they learn the identity of their
phantomlike master, who kills them.
Participants in this thriller include
Jack Holt, Boris Karloff, Constance
Cummings, Edward Van Sloan, Wil
lard Robertson, Claude King and Ber
tha Mann.
Kills Fox Caught itn Act
Of Stealing Chickens
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Roper.—Mrs. B. C. Bray has been
missing chickens. Last Tuesday morn
ing she heard an unusual noise on
the front porch of her home, which is
in the Mill Pond section. Rushing
to the front she saw a big fox with
one of her chickens. Acting quickly,
she rushed into the house and got a
double-barreled shot gun and killed
the animal.
Barn Blown Down and
Mule Is Killed Sunday
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A barn at the rear of the home of
T. C. Burgess blew down Sunday
night during the storm, killing a mule
that was kept in there by Shelton
Bowser, colored.
District Meeting of
U. D. C. Held Here
\ SERVE HOT LUNCH ]
vS
Pupls of the city schools in Ply
mouth are being provided with
lunch in the courthouse twice a
week by Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Brewer, welfare workers, and A.
H. Stier, president of the Wash
ington County Welfare Associa
tion, is well pleased with their
work.
The pupils are served these
lunches with soup being a pre
dominating food at each meal.
Also Easter eggs with fruit and
cakes were served Tuesday. The
children sing and play after meal
time. They are served in the base
ment of the courthouse.
D. 0. BRINKLEY
WILL FILED FOR
PROBATE HERE
Bulk of Property Is Left To
Nieces and Nephews
Here
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Paul W. Brinkley, a nephew, was
named executor to serve without bond
in settling the estate of David O.
Brinkley, who died here recently, it
was revealed in the will of the de
ceased, which is on record in the Wash
ington County courthouse here. Also
Mr. Paul Brinkley came in for a good
portion of the property.
The first item in the will asked that
the expense of his funeral be paid out
of the first money that came into the
estate. His brother, James T. Brink
ley, was given the sum of $1,000, but
it has been learned that his brother
died before the will was filed.
Paul Brinkley was named heir to the
hotel property on Water and Wash
ington Street, with all furniture and
fixtures and hotel equipment. Also he
came into ownership of property lying
south of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road called “The Beasley Tract,” in
cluding and embracing the cemetery
opposite the county home.
His nieces, Norta B. Newman and
Jennie Brinkley, are to share alike as
tenants in common in the residence
and lot on the corner of Main and Jef
ferson Street, together with the house
hold and kitchen equipment, also the
house and lot lying between that resi
dence lot and the lot of L. S. Landing
on Jefferson Street, known as the old
home place.
These two places are to belong to
the named nieces during the time of
their natural lives, and the survivor
of each other during their natural life.
At the death of these two recipients
the property is to go to Julian and
Frank Brinkley, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul W. Brinkley, who are to share
equally in it.
All the rest and residue of the prop
erty, including real, personal, and
mixed, is to be sold to the best ad
vantage and the results divided be
tween the children of David Brinkley's
brothers and sisters.
Witnesses to the will were Zeb
Vance Norman and Lloyd E. Gilbert.
This will was made out on March 15,
1924, and filed March 19, 1932.
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Attend Showing of New
Ford Models in Norfolk
Marion Ramsey, service department
manager and S. A. Ward, general man
ager, of the Buchanan Motor Com
pany, attended the meeting in Nor
folk Tuesday, at which time all the
new features of the New Ford Model
V-8 and the car itself were revealed
to the representatives from all the agen
cies of the Ford plant. A very inter
esting moving picture was shown
demonstrating the speed and opera
tion of the new car.
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Lincoln County farmers have pur
chased a cooperative carload of nitro
gen fertilizer to be used as a top
dressing for small grain.
TESTIMONIAL
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The value of newspaper adver
tising was, this week, pointed out
by the Monticello Drug Company,
following a national contest con
ducted recently by that company:
It said: “The 666 Salve Contest re ■
cently conducted owes most of its
success to newspaper advertising.
No radio or billboards were used
in this campaign. This contest
was of national scope and thous
ands of entries were received from
every state in the union.”
One of the prize winners in the
contest was Miss Carrie Louise
Manning, of Williamston, R. F. D.
TALKS ARE MADE
BY DISTRICT AND
STATE OFFICERS
Delegates Attend From All
Chapters of Fourteenth
District
By Mrs. MARION RAMSEY
Beacon Society Editor
The Major Charles Louis Latham
chapter of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy was hostess Tuesday to
the annual meeting for the fourteenth
district, comprised of chapters in Eliz
abeth City, Edenton, Hertford, Wind
sor. Gatesville. Aulander, and Ply
mouth. The meeting convened at 10
a. m. in the morning and adjourned
at 1 p .m, with Mrs. T. L. Bray, pres
ident, presiding.
The Methodist Episcopal church was
used for the meeting, and was beauti
fully and aprpopriatelv decorated for
the occasion. Two large Confederate
flags and an American flag were draped
as a back ground for the mantle of
Easter lilies that were artistically ar
ranged about the chancel proper,
flanked by stately white candelabra
bearing cathedral candles.
The opening hymn, led by the Meth
odist choir, was followed by the invo
cation by the Rev. Richard Lucas,
pastor of the local Baptist church. A
special musical program by the Meth
odist choir was rendered, with Lloyd
E. Gilbert presiding at the pipe organ.
Attorney Zeb Vance Norman, made
a welcome address on behalf of Ply
mouth people, followed by a welcom
ing address on behalf of the Literary
Club by Mrs. J. B. Edmundson. The
president, Mrs. T. L. Bray, bade the
guests welcome on behalf of the Major
Charles Louis Latham chapter of the
U. D. C. The response was given
by Mrs. E. L. Gatlin, of Windsor.
The business session and address by
the director of the fourteenth district ^
was presided over by Mrs. F. M. Dun
stan, during which she gave a brief
review of the business accomplished
and work done in the chapters of this
district for the past year. At the close
of Mrs. Dunstan’s remarks the State
president, Mrs. Glenn Long, of New
ton, gave an address on the work of
the chapters throughout the State of
North Carolina. Mrs. Dunstan prom
ises to visit each chapter in this dis
trict and give an address on the work
of the individual chapters at some fu
ture date.
A report was given from representa
tives present of each chapter in the
district, which proved very interest
ing. Mrs. Roy Hollowell, of Aulan
der, read a very entertaining paper,
followed by brief addresses by Mrs.
Charlie Glover and Mrs. A. B. Phelps
of Windsor, and Mrs. Nathan Tuck
er, of the Hertford chapter, read a
paper of much interest.
A most interesting talk was made
by the State historian, Mrs. R. W.
Isley, of Snow Hill. After Mrs. Isley
had concluded, the choir, joined by
the Daughters, sang “Abide With Me’’
and at the close of this hymn the most
impressive feature of the service took
place, with Mrs. J. H. White, State
chaplain, officiating. This was the
memorial hour, during which a big
white cross appeared in the center of
the chancel, which was brilliantly
lighted, and all the tapers about the
church, lighted by the pages, lent their
soft luminous glow to the scene.
The place for the next annual dis
trict meeting will be in Aulander, the
representatives from that chapter hav
ing extended a most cordial invita
tion. The courtesy committee ex
pressed the thanks and appreciation of
the Daughters to the Plymouth chap
ter for the manner in which they were
received and entertained. Mrs. T. L.
Bray was made district director, Mrs.
H. S. Midgett appointed district sec
retary and Mrs. E. L. Gatlin, State
chaplain.
Announcement was made by Mrs.
F. M. Dunstan that a prize of $5
would be awarded the Daughter who
could prepare the best paper on “How
to Memorialize l'ort Raleigh From a
Confederate Standpoint.” Any mem
ber in this district may compete for
this prize.
All chapters in the fourteenth dis
trict were well represented at the con
vention, with Elizabeth City having the
largest delegation.
At the close of the meeting, the
guests of both the visiting chapters
and the Washington County chapter
were served a delicious luncheon spon
sored by the Major Charles Louis
Latham chapter.
Bertie Farmers Forced
To Replant Tobacco
A number of Bertie County farmers
have found it necessary to replant their
tobacco and tomato seed beds, due to
the recent freeze.
EAST CAROLINA
FIREMEN MEET
HERE APRIL 12
Plans Are Being Made for
Elaborate Entertainment
Of Many Visitors
Final preparations* are being made
here this week- for the entertainment
of the East Carolina Firemen’s Asso
ciation, which will meet here April
12, with about 400 firemen from a
score of towns in this section expected
to attend, it was learned here today
from L. W. Gurkin, chief of the lo
cal department.
Special arrangements have been
made for the association to visit the
historic Kitty Hawk and Slade fish
eries that are located on the converg
ing point of the Roanoke and Middle
Rivers about two miles from here. \V.
R. Hampton, proprietor of the fisher
ies, will serve a meal to the visiting
volunteer firemen.
Those wishing to take advantage of
this trip are urged to report at,4he lo
cal firemen's quarters not later than
4 o’clock in the afternoon, when boats
furnished by the fishery organization
will take them to the plant free of
charge. An old-time fish supper will
be served at 6 o’clock in the afternoon.
Sherwood Brockwell, of Raleigh,
chief fire marshall of North Carolina,
will be at the principal speaker for the
occasion. Local attorneys will partici
pate in the welcoming of the visiting
men. John L. Miller, of Concord, sec
retary and treasurer of the North Car
olina Firemen’s Association, will also
be here.
The firemen are expected to be here
from Ayden, Belhaven, Beaufort,
Farmville, Greenville, Kinston, La
Grange, Morehead City, Mount Olive,
New Bern, Plymouth, Robersonville,
Bethel, Raleigh, Snow Hill, Washing
ton, Williamston, Columbia, and
Goldsboro.
R. A. Joyner, of Farmville, secre
tary of the East Carolina Foremen's
Association is expected to be here al
so.
LEGIONTO MEET
AT ROCKY MOUNT
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Head of Legion Auxiliary
Will Be Speaker
April 4
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The First Area conference of the
Amercan Legion Auxiliary, meeting
in Rocky Mount on the afternoon of
April 4 will be addressed by the na
tional president, Mrs. Frederick C.
Williams, of Tuckahoe, N. Y. Mrs.
Williams was chairman of the Nation
al Child Welfare Committee and was
directing the auxiliary's nafliton-wide
activities for the expressed benefit
of the dependent children of World
War veterans when elevated to the
highest place of leadership in this or
ganization of half a million American
women, at the Detroit convention in
1931. ‘‘She is an orator of distinction
and in her addresses throughout the
country she has dramatized the Le
gon’s ideals and purposes and given
new understanding to them every
where.”
The meeting will be held in the
Masonic Temple on North Church
Street and will be presided over by
Mrs. Chas. Dunn, of Scotland Neck,
chairman of the F'irst Area. The meet
ing will open at two o'clock and will
be followed in the evening by a Dutch
dinner to which members of the Le
gion are invited to meet Mrs. Wil
liams. The first area comprises the
counties of Nash, Edgecombe, Hali
fax, Bertie, Wilson, Pitt, Martin,
Beaufort, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare,
Hyde, Northampton, Gates, Curri
tuck, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquim
ans, Chowan and Hertford.
Few Have Perfect Teeth
Clinic At School Shows
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Only 4 out of 27 pupils examined in
the dental clinic being held in the city
schools in Plymouth Wednesday morn
ing were found with perfect teeth,
leaving 85 per cent with diseased
mouths, it was announced today by
E. H. Hicks, superintendent.
This work will continue with Dr. R.
L. Whitehurst in charge until every
child in the city schools has been ex
amined. Records of the mouth trou
bles arc being kept for future refer
ence by the doctor. Pyorrhea is being
found in many children.
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Cotton Ginnings in County
Nearly Same As Last Year
Almost as much cotton has been
ginned in Washington County for the
crops of 1931 as there was up to this
time in 1930, it was learned here today
from figures compiled by the Bureau
of Census in the Department of Com
merce of the United States. Up to
this time in both years there was a
difference of only 36 bales, with a to
tal ginned of the 1931 crop of 1,215
bales.
Commissioners Order Salary
Treasurer Cut to $50 Month
TELL WHAT CLUB
MEMBERS GET
FROM MEETINGS
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Mrs. W. B. Chesson Out
lines Number of
Benefits
By Mrs. W. B. CHESSON
Pleasant Grove.—To attend our
home demonstration club meetings is
a source of great inspiration to the
most of us in a number of ways.
We gain a great knowledge. learn
many things we did not know before.
W e get into a race where knowledge
counts and learn the habit of seeking
the requirements for success.
We get the habit of enthusiasm,
which is one of the chief qualities of
success. There is nothing like a con
test to develop enthusiasm. You will
catch the fiery spirit of club work.
Too, we learn the lesson of perse
verance under the inspiration of train
ed leaders. Emerson once said that
“the great use of a friend is to make
us do what we can." The friend en
courages us to higher thoughts, nobler
ideals, gives us faith and a will to high
endeavor.
Getting sympathy in a contest with
others helps notably to develop the
same qualities.
To attend our club metings, we ob
tain self-confidence. We learn to ex
press ourselves without timidity, new
knowledge, new and unused powers.
W e find ourselves doing bigger things
better things than we would have
thought possible. “You will tap new
sources of energy.”
We get training in leadership. The
g-eat need of the rural south today is
leaders. We have plenty of capable
women of ability, if we only had lead
ership to draw them out and put their
unused powers ot work. Club work is
a great agency for devealoping lead
ership. If some one else leads, then
why not be loyal helpers, boosters, in
stead of knockers? Let no jealousy
or envy prevent us from wishing them
great success and backing up their
efforts to achieve it.
We, too, will get from our club
meetings comradship. After we have
done the best we can for ourselves, we
can give generous encouragement and
friendship to our leaders. Give un
grudgingly praise and recognition to
the club members who may surpass
us. This is one of the finest tests of
nobility of spirit. “To win without
boasting, to lose without squealing.”
< Then we get through our club work
help financially. Our esteemed and
capable demonstrator teaches us how
to buy and sell to a great advantage,
'aids us in the sales of our home prod
uts, canned goods,eggs, poultry, and
fancy work. Teaches us how to can
and preserve our fruits, vegetables, and
.meats for the market; how to prepare
and serve meals in the most appetiz
ing manner; how to decorate and beau
tify our homes economically; how to
get trained in business, whcli makes
I your work a science, saving labor and
saving lives instead of having it a mat
ter of hit-or-miss muscular effort.
We feel that it is the greatest or
ganization the county has and renders
the rural i>e°ple the most wonderful
aid. And, best for last, we get love,
friendship, kindness, courtesies, and
life-long cooperation with an enthus
iastc communty spirit. We feel deep
ly indebted and grateful to our home
demonstration agents, as well as to our
district agent, for the aid they have
rendered us. May we continue to at
tend our club meetings and encourage
the cooperative spirit.
Lodge To Honor Soldiers
And Sailors Next Tuesday
Throughout North Carolina Masonic
lodges are holding special meetings
honoring ex-service men. In keeping
with this idea, Perseverance Lodge.
No. 59, here, will pay honor to its,
war heroes next Tuesday evening. A
barbecue dinner will be served, and
an interesting program has been ar
ranged, with good speaking and other
entertaining features. All Master Ma
sons are especially requested to be
present. Visiting brethren will also
be welcomed.
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Driver Is Hurt V/hile
Cranking School Bus
Piney Grove.—H. O. Chesson, driv
er of school truck No. 12 in the Piney
Grove section, is expected home Sat
urday front a Washington hospital,
where he lias been for more than two
weeks suffering from pain caused by
a broken leg.
The youth's left leg was broken
when he was cranking his school truck.
The vehicle was in gear and ran into
him before he could get out of the
way.
PRAISES AD
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“The advertisement which ap
peared in your interest is one of
the clearest and best reproduc
tions 'that has ever come to our at
tention from a weekly newspaper,
and the Roanoke Beacon should
be complimented on their service.”
' The above is a paragraph takfen
from a letter ito J. O. Highsmith,
of Roper, from W. D Jenkins, of
Norfolk, manager of the sales de
partment of the Woodhouse Elec
1 trie Company, referring Ito an ad
on Majestic radios run in the Bea
con on March 18.
VICTORY FUND
DRIVE ENTERS
FINAL MONTH
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Total Nears $10,000; Plan
To End Campaign By
April 15th
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With a total of $8,472.35 in hand, the
campaign of the Democratc party to
secure funds through its Victory Fund
drive with which to wage the 1932
campaign has entered upon its final
month in North Carolina, it was learn
ed today through T. J. Swain, chair
man for Washington County.
'T expect to close the campaign in
North Carolina by April 15," said C.
L. Shuping, of Greensboro, state man
ager, in a recent letter, “and then to
spending the 15 days from that date
to May 1 in winding up the canvass
ing in such counties as do not com
plete the work by that date.”
Mr. Shuping expressed the belief
that the object of the campaign would
be attained. He stated that John W.
Davis, national chairman, had advised
him that more than $550,000 of the
goal of $1,500,000 had been collected,
this representing contributions re
ceived from every section of the na
tion, but that no state had completed
its work.
“For instance,” said Mr. Shuping,1
“we have collected $8,472.35 in North
Carolina, but the canvassing has been
waged intensively in only 23 of the
100 counties. I have this week advised
all county managers that we have only
about 30 days in which to complete the
work, and have urged upon them the
necessity of making a thorough can
vass of the State in that time. When
we have complete reports from all 100
counties, I feel certain that the amount
already received will be more than
tripled.”
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FARMERS STICK
TO COTTON AND
TOBACCO CROPS
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State College Man Says
N. C. Planters To Always
Produce Them
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North Carolina farmers will always
grow cotton and tobacco. They know
how to grow these two crops; they
are trained and equipped to grow
them; and they know that during any
given series of years, these two crop_s
have returned the highest acre income.
In this manner, / C. II. Williams,
head of the department of agronomy
at State College, sums up the question
of whether Tar Heel farmers should
plant cotton and tobacco this year.
Mr. Williams ct ntends that prices be
low the cost of production are no new
thing. This has been true since 1630,
when the early colonists of Virginia
said that only the best quality of to
bacco paid the cost of production. In
1894. cotton brought only 4.6 cents a
pound on December 1. At times since
then the price of both crops has been
below the cost of production.
“But,” says Mr. Williams, “despite
these low prices, farmers have reduced
their acreages, have made good yields
( n what acres they have planted, and,
when increased consumption came a
l)itut, the ruinous prices did not usu
ally remain for any great length of
time.”
Mr. Williams suggests seven points
for consideration by the cotton and
tobacco farmer this year. These are:
Grow the two crops on land best suit-^
ed, which in itself will cause a heavy
reduction; prepare this selected land
better than it has ever been prepared
before; plant at the right time and in
the best manner of varieties adapted
to the section; use the kind and a
mount of fertilizer suited to the crop
and the soil; space the rows and the
plants on the row to the fertility of
the land or the fertilizer used; culti
vate thoroughly, and use the best
methods of harvesting and preparing
for the market.
BOARD ORDERS
OTHER SALARIES
TO BE REDUCED
Action Is Taken at Public
Meeting Here Last
Friday
The successful candidate for treas
urer in Washington County next year
will receive a salary of only $800, with
$200 of this going to pay the annual
premium on his bond, it has been de
cided by the Washington County
Commissioners.
This is the reduction from a salary
of $1,500 that is being paid today. Sen
timent is strong in the county for
abolution of the office so that this
money can be saved, as it is argued
that it is unnecessary. This salary
starts December 1, 1032.
It was also decided to retain the
services of the farm and home agents.
Salaries in other departments will be
cut, but no announcement as to this
could be made at this time.
Abolition of the recorder’s court as
well as the treasurer’s office was ad
vocated by speakers in a meeting here
last Friday of about 400 men and wo
men, who demonstrated their wish
that the home and farm work be con
tinued. There might be a change in
the personnel of these offices.
The commissioners have not the au
thority to abolish the office of treasur
er. as this was inaugurated by legisla
tive action, but the commissioners do
have the power to fix the salary. This
office wll pay under the new sched
ule $50 monthly, which is $62.50 less
than it pays at this time.
In the meeting last Friday, presid
ed over by Carl L. Bailey as county
attorney, there were a number of speak
ers, including Captain C. E. Mizelle,
John W. Darden, J. T. McNair, Eph
riam Pritchard, Mrs. William Harri
son, president of the Washington
County Federation of Home Demon
stration clubs, and others.
SAYS LAND Is
BEST BUY NOW
Representative Norman Be
lieves Values As Low As
They Will Go
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By ZEB VANCE NORMAN
Washington County Representative
Land has less value from the stand
point of production and of borrow
ing power than at any time in the past
30 years. It has for a long, long time
been recognized as the best grade of
security for borrowers. I believe that
land values are as low as they can
go, and it is universally recognized
that land values are bound to improve,
and when the improvement becomes
evident, values will climb more rap
idly than they declined.
Therefore, I believe that every man
who can possibly buy a home or a
farm ought to do so now. People are
anxious to sell and are willing to do so
upon any kind of terms.
In the past 10 years, people have
neglected to buy homes and farms, but
have bought automobiles and continued
to live in rented houses or as tenant
farmers. That is one condition that has
contributed very largely to the present
depression and to the bankrupt and
impoverished state of many families
today.
It is'to be hoped that at this tremen
dous expense and costly experence we
have learned that in order to stabilize
our position in the agricultural, com
mercial and social life of our com
munities we must apply more common
sense to our method and manner of
living and recognize that pleasure on
ly is not prosperity. I recommend to
every family in Washington County
the slogan, “'Be a home owner and a
home builder."
Play To Be Presented
At Roper School Tonight
Roper.—A three-act comedy-drama
entitled, "Go Slow, Mary." will be pre
sented In the seniors of the Roper
High School Friday evening at 8 o’
clock, April 1. in the school auditor
ium. Miss Sally Taylor is directing
the play.
Included in the cast are Jack Has
sell, Grace Windley, Blanche Ashy.
Clara Marriner, l’earl Tarkenton, Opal
Chesson, Christine Spruill, Margaret
Everttt, Elizabeth Lillev, Lloyd At
knson, Clinton Tarkenton.
Oak Grove Sunday School
Enjoys Easter Egg Hunt
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Skinnersville.—The Baptist Sunday
school of Oak Grove church held an
egg hunt on >Satus-day afternoon.
Services were held Sunday morning
by the pastor, Rev. \Y. H. Hollowell.