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gmiiiiiumimimrc: iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ A home newspaper dedicated = to the service of Washington = County and its 12,000 people. § iiiiitiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* giii!iiiiiiiimuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii!iiii! i Advertisers will find Beacon = and News columns a latch-key to = 1,100 Washington County homes. fTiiiiiiiiiiimiitiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiimiiiiiiiimiii, VOLUME XLIII—NUMBER 29 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 15, 1932 ESTABLISHED 1889 COMPLETE SLATE OF CANDIDATES FOR NOVEMBER -• Both Parties in County Are Ready for Battle of Ballots Candidates of the two parties are now ready for th* battle for votes in Washington County that will end No vember 8th, when the general election is held, as the Democrats have nomi nated their leaders while the Repub licans named their candidates in a con vention. As the Democratic primaries are over now it is time for the voters to con sider who they will cast their ballot for in this election, as there are on the lists some desirable men from both parties, but the parties in Washington County usually walk the “straight and narrow',” voting their complete party ticket. Little scratching is done, but in the presidential election year of 1928 A1 Smith was scratched many times in favor of his opponent, Herbert Hoov er, and many of those who failed to support the national Democratic ticket fell by the wayside in other ways, and the county race was even close. Here is a list of the candidates from both parties, as they will be in the fall election: Representative: Charles E. Mizelle, of Roper, Democrat; and James C. Tarkington, of Pleasant Grove, Repub lican. County treasurer: Ernest G. Arps, Plymouth, Democrat; and Nathan S. Harrington, of Skinnersville, Repub lican. Register of Deeds: Mrs. Mary O. Sawyer, Plymouth, Democrat; and Mrs. Grace H. Swain, Plymouth, Re publican. Recorder judge: John W. Darden, Plymouth, Democrat; and Thomas W. Snell, Plymouth Township, Republi can. Commissioners: George W. Hardi son, E. R. Lewis, and O. R. Arm strong, Democrats; and D"c"zy Bar ton Swain, Henry E. Harrison, and Stewart Woodley, Republicans. Sheriff: Joseph K. Reid, Democrat; and Elmer R. Jackson, Republican. State Senator: Carl L. Bailey, Roper, and A. D. MacLean, Washington, Dem ocrats. Member of County Board of Edu cation: C. Norman Davenport, jr., of Creswell, Democrat. Coroner: W. T. Nurney, Democrat, and E. S. Mizelle, Republican. Justices of the Peace: R. W. Lewis, J. F. Snell, C. L. Everett, H. A. Nor man, W. A. Swain, H. W Tarkenton, C. V. White, Stuart D. Davis, Walter H. Paramore, T. F. Davenport, J. C. Gatling, Democrats; and J. M. Ches son, T. R. Trueblood, Thomas Warren Bateman, George W. Sitterson, W. A. Mizelle, J. E. Sexton, J. DeWitt Dav enport, D. E. Davenport, G. Austin Overton, A. D. Snell, Joe Cahoon, and W. E. Phelps, Republicans. Constables: C. B. Chesson, L. K. Spruill, Arthur Phelps, and George Bruce Tetterton, Republicans; and E. M. Chesson, Cortez Swain, A. R. La tham, and Roy T. Hopkins, Democrats. Special Services Held At Rehoboth Church Sunday Skinnersville.—Services were held at Rehoboth M. P. Church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock and evening service at 7:30. Rev. J. C. Russell s sermon was about patriotism and was based on the signing of the Declara tion of Independence July 4, 1776. -* Home Agent Announces Schedule for Next Week -* The following clubs will meet next week: Monday afternoon, County Bridge. Tuesday afternoon, the yard tour will be held. Wednesday afternoon, Swains. Thursday afternoon, Creswell. Friday afternoon, Alba. Twenty Tyrrell Farms Have Eliminated Rats -® Twenty farms in Tyrrell County have cleaned out their rat population by using the poisoned bait recom mended by the county farm agent. Plant Stubble Land To Cowpeas and Soybeans Cleveland County stubble land is all being planted to cowpeas and soy beans for hay and soil improvement. Cultivating 600 Acres of Tomatoes Over in Bertie Approximately 600 acres of tomatoes are being grown under contract this •sjauuej X;uno^ aipag ^0 uoseas S. L. Kiser, of Bessmer City, re ports that limestone is the best fer tilizer he has used on his farm after reviewing his results this season. COUNTY BOARD The services of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brewer, welfare workers, were retained during the month l>f July by the Washington County Commissioners in session here last Monday, when it was decided that they would continue to contribute to the welfare work, as some one is needed now to wisely distribute the government flour that is being used to aid unemployed. Also the tax sale was continued to August 1. An arrangement was made to continue the work of Dr. T. L. Bray, quarantine officer, in his vaccination campaign against typhoid fever and diptheria. TOWN COUNCIL HOLDS REGULAR MONTHLY MEET Vote 3 to 2 Against Allow ing Fountains to Open Sunday Morning .♦ The City Council voted 3 to 2 a gainst granting the request of Bosie Horton, operator of a Washington Street cafe and soda fountain, who re quested that they repeal the 10 to 12 o’clock closing hours on Sunday morn ing. And so this ordinance stands for two-hour closing every Sunday morning. It was decided to retain Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brewer, welfare workers during the month of July, as they do nated $25 for this work with the un derstanding that this was their last donation to this work at the present. It was also announced that the street laborer’s salary would be reduced from $13.75 weekly to $11 each. The City Council granted a request made by the Plymouth Fire Depart ment agreeing to appropriate $50 to the use of firemen in sending a dele gation to the meeting of the North Carolina Firemen’s Association in Ham let next month. REDUCE CHARITY BILL BY CANNING FOOD PRODUCTS Idle Labor Used To Work Public Garden in Scot land County -» From a small garden worked with idle labor some 3,000 cans of succu lent vegetables will be saved for use this winter in feeding the indigent in Scotland County. In this way, the county commissioners are using the trained home agent to save on its charity bill. The idea of a welfare garden at Laur inburg was advanced by the home a gent, Miss Julia Mclver, early this past spring. Land for the garden was furnished by a local real estate dealer, fertilizer by a local broker, and seed by the state council on unemployment. Prisoners from the local jail were used to cultivate the garden. The first crop which could be sat isfactorily canned was the snap beans, and Miss Mclver and her help have already put up 2,000 cans. In doing this, she trained some 200 negro wom en, boys, and girls who had been re ceiving free government flour and oth er charitable aid. These idle persons began picking vegetables about 5:30 o’clock each morning and at 8 o’clock the canning began. Cans were sup-' plied by the board of county commis sioners. Miss Mclver used only an oil stove, a big wash pot, several lard stands and a sealing machine. When she finished the day’s job of j canning, then the home agent went a-; bout her other duties in the county. Last Monday, however, she had to stay on the job all day because it was necessary to save all the vegetables then ready. Four hundred cans were saved with the last one being topped and sealed at 10 o’clock that night. | From now on, Miss Mclver plans to can only soup mixture which home demonstration folks consider the most nutritious of all canned goods. She will use the tomatoes, okra, beans, and corn now ripening for this purpose and she says she will fill 3,000 cans before the garden is exhausted. Funeral Held Wednesday \ For Mrs. A. Sidney Allen Burial services were held at the VVindley Cemetery, near Plymouth, on Wednesday afternoon for Mrs. A. Sid-1 ney Allen, 72 years of age, who died early Tuesday morning. She had been confined to her bed since last Thurs day, but had been a chronic sufferer from bronchial pneumonia, which caused her death. The Rev. Ben Clifton, a Primitive Baptist minister, officiated. Interment took place in the Windley cemetery. Surviving are a husband, a son, Clyde] Allen, and three daughters: Mrs. G. i R. Bowen, of Pinetown; and Mrs. H. W. Bowen and Mrs. M. S. Respass, of, Washington County TALK BASEBALL CLUB HERE FOR SEASON OF 1933 County Has Abundance of Promising Material For Team | There lias been some talk on the j streets of Plymouth this season that j would lend support to the movement | or tendency of some to endeavor now to make plans for securing a franchise ; for Plymouth in the Albemarle Base | ball League for the 1933 season. With the brand of baseball being j played now by the local players, and I comparing it with the class played in (the league the Plymouth boys would ! have a chance of competing with them almost on an equal basis if about three players of college caliber were added. Sidney Smithson, of Creswell, out ! fielder, could possibily make the team, while Joe Gurganus, as an outfielder, and Burl Gurganus, as third baseman, and possibly relief pitcher, would make first-rate candidates for their respect ive positions. Charlie Mizelle and Tom Norman, of Roper, are players with class also. They are almost as good as some of the players in the league. And with good management and coaching, with a little expereince, they would become valuable players. Fred Blount, of Creswell, could be developed into a good player also, and Jack Brown is good. There is Red Hudson, of Wenona, who tried the league with Edenton back yonder last season or before. He could be made a good pitcher. Then Jake Sawyer and his brother from down Hudson’s way, would be a lot of help to the team in the league. P. W. Brown could take his turn at pitch ing. Dick Chesson is a fair catcher. He could be made better. And Fields and Dinkins are good infielders. Bill Clag on is good material for the outfield. And there are other good players in Washington County. This club would need only a couple of pitchers that could play first base when not on the mound. The Albemarle League class is just about as good as college ball. A cou ple of college pitchers would put Ply mouth in good shape. This league plays four games a week. Four non resident county players can be em ployed at a small expense.. Some of the best get no more than $15 weekly and their board. Then the other money, or rather what is left, after paying expenses, is divided up between the local players at intervals. The admission price is on ly 25 cents and 10 cents grandstand. There should not be much investment in fence or grandstand in Plymouth to start with and now the club has new suits. It might be well to consider this for next season, and begin preparing for Plymouth's entrance into the lea gue, as there are a number of play ers in the county as good as those mentioned in this article, but the writ er has not been fortunate enough to see all the games, thus not seeing them in action. -® Sailing Party Becalmed; Search Parties Organized -S Anxiety was felt here by relatives when a boating party composed of Misses Eliza Hampton and Eleanor Duvall and two male companions of Selma, who were out on a small sail boat with Frank Brinkley failed to re turn by dark Monday evening. A searching party was organized and cruises in the Roanoke River and the Albemarle Sound failed to yield any clues as to the whereabouts of the missing vessel. A second searching party was forming at midnight when the boat was discovered drifting home ward with the current. The young folk had been to Eden- : ton most of the day. When they were ready to return the wdnd had complete- ' ly died down and there was no breeze to speed them along their way. Local Baseball Team Receives New Uniforms Members of the Plymouth Fire De- | partment baseball team are expected j to have their new uniforms by the end of this week. They have arrived in Plymouth and are expected to be ap plied for by the time to use them in week-end games. They were pur chased through Leon Sugar. The boys secured the suit through popular subscription by business men, with each suit carrying advertising matter and the name of the donor. A total of 11 suits were bought. More than half of those promising suits had paid the first of the week when this was written. Those donating included E. G. Arps, P. M. Arps, Branch Bank, Gilbert Davis, M. J. Mayo, Pender’s, Ben Sumner, A. L. Alexander, E. H. Liver man, B. G. Campbell, O. H. Lyon, Leon Sugar, Williford’s, and Plymouth Hardware Co. r GREEN GRASS BURNS ! Lack of rain in this section has resulted in such a drought that green grass and green corn was set afire by a spark from a passing train and a big area was burned before firemen stopped the spread of the conflagration. Chief L. W. Gurkin is authority for the statement that “I have nev er before seen a fire that would catch and spread on green matter as corn and grass at this time of the season. The alarm called the firemen to the rear of the Gulf plant, where the fire was raging. GETTING DOWN I TO BUSINESS WITH POTATOES Agricultural Man Predicts I Increase in the Sweet Potato Acreage I By GUY A. CARDWELL Tnere will probably be an increase in sweet potato acreage this year in the Carolinas to make up for some ot the decrease in tobacco and cotton acreage. A few farmers who have made a business of sweet potatoes have in formed the writer that they have de rived more satisfactory returns from sweet potatoes over a five-year period than from other crops produced. But there have been too few such cases; due, probably to a number of causes: Scarity of good seed stock of the right variety. Lateness in getting sprouts ready for planting in the field, and therefore lateness in having vine cuttings ready for main crop planting. Lack of understanding of spacing in the row from which the largest yield of number one potatoes may be se cured. Failure to use fertilizer formulae best suited to the soil and crop—a formula sufficiently well balanced to make chunky potatoes of the right size and quality. Neglect to harvest the crop in ad I vance of a killing frost. Careless handling. Under careless handling come the worst offences committed against the crop. Lack of care at digging time. Neglect to handle as one would handle eggs or peaches. Failure to clean and thoroughly sterilize the storage house. These are just a few of the things that a grower must know and do to succeed with sweet potatoes. Clemson Agricultural College con ducted sweet potato five-acre contests season 1929, 1930 and 1931. These contests developed a valuable fund of information. As seasonal conditions were unfavorable in 1931 for normal yields, a few salient facts obtained in 1930 are being used in this article. Records completed, 208 showed the average per acre yield of number one potatoes of the contestants, 118 bush els. Out of the 209 contestants, 22 se cured a yield of 200 bushels or more of number one potatoes per acre. After deducting production costs amounting to $44.95 per acre, the av erage net profit of all contestants was $76.12 per acre. Following an analysis of the records submitted by the 1929 and 1930 con testants, the following recommenda tions were made by Clemson College to South Carolina farmers: The best seed or plants if is pos sible to obtain should be used. Some very poor strains of sweet potatoes were grown in the state in 1930. The use of such strains materially lessens the chances for success with this crop. Vine cuttings are apparently su perior to sprouts for the production of disease-free sweet potatoes of high quality. Sprouts, since they are planted earlier, are likely to give larger yields. In favorable seasons sweet potatoes of satisfactory quality are produced from sprouts, but in unfavorable seasons a large percentage of rough, cracked, or oversized stock may result. Plants should be transplanted to! field during May or the first half of, June. Rows should be spaced 36 to 40 in ches apart with plants 8 to 12 inches j in the row. Use 800 to 1,000 pounds per acre of an 8-3-8 8-3-10 PNK fertilizer. C. A. Gradeless Takes Up Work in Insurance Here C. A. Gradeless, from Williamston, is now living in Plymouth, working for the Home Security Life Insurance Company, of Durham. Formerly, Mr. Gradeless was employed by the Metro politan Life Insurance Company in Williamston. Mr. Gradeless takes the place of' George Swain, who has been with the J Home Security Life Insurance Com pany in Plymouth for some tme. Mr. Swain has returned to Edenton. Mr. Gradeless and his family live next to J. S. Brown on Jefferson Street. NEW SCHEDULE OF MAIL SERVICE IS NOW IN EFFECT Same Service To Be Given Despite Removal of Two Trains Patrons of the Plymouth post office will receive the ,-ame service as in the past, despite the change of the mail from Raleigh to Norfolk from trains numbers three and four to a special star route bus line that will run from Norfolk to Wilson and return daily, | it was announced today by Postmaster I A. L. Alexander. The local post office will have more j work to do in an effort to accommo | date the people in Washington and i I yrrell Counties as mail for the post ■ offices in these counties will be worked I out of this office. This will greatly j increase the work of the office force, ! according to Mr. Alexander, but an j effort will be made to operate with the j same efficiency as before. Mail off of the route between Ply mouth and Columbia will be taken care of on the route between Plymouth and Williamston instead of trains numbers three and four, which were discontinued Saturday night. This Columbia route is now in charge of R. C. Peacock, who replaced C. J. Ain sley, when the former placed a bid be low Ainsley’s for this job. Joe T. Weede has the contract for the mail service between Plymouth and Williamston. His schedule calls for leaving Williamston daily except Monday at 5:30 a. in., and not later than 6 o'clock, arriving in Plymouth in -15 minutes; leaving Plymouth daily except Sunday at 7:30 p. m., arriving in Williamston 45 minutes afterwards. All these star mail routes out of Plymouth will connect with the star mail route that runs between Norfolk and Wilson, leaving Norfolk at 8 p. m. daily except Sunday and arriving at the A. C. L. Station at Wilson at 2:30 a. m. and leaving Wilson daily ex cept Monday at 3 a. in., arriving at Norfolk at 9:30 a. m. This route takes the place of trains numbers three and four from Norfolk to Raleigh. -® New Portrait of George Washington On Display -» A beautiful portrait of George Washington is hanging on the wall in the office of the Roanoke Beacon. It is from the brush of Baptain Tom Woodburn. art director of the recruit ing publicity bureau of the United States Army, it might be called an “idealized” one. It is a regular Army officer's conception of the first Com mander-in-Chief. Captain Woodburn's portrait is in tended to show Washington as he was at the height of his military career. The painter gives his idea of the much disputed coat-of-arms in vogoe at the time of Washington’s life. Friends can take a look at the pic ture while passing the Beacon office. It is a good work. And, again, it is just out. Several Changes in Local School Faculty Announced Miss Anita MacLean, of Washing ton, daughter of Senator-nominee A. 0. MacLean, has been secured as a member of the faculty of the Plymouth City Schools for the ,coming term. She will take the place of Mrs. R. G. L. Edwards, who resigned to join her husband, who is pastor of the Parkton Methodist church. Superintendent Ernest Id. Hicks has also accepted the resignation of Miss Ethel Spruill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Spruill here, who will be come a member of the teaching staff of the schools in Washington, N. C. -« Spruill Heads Young Democrats in Lees Mill -^ Roper.—Nathan Spruill, local attor ney, has been named as chairman of the Lees Mills Township of the Wash ington County Young People’s Dcmo-( cratic clubs, it was learned here to day. Miss Eva Allen will serve as vice chairman to work with the young women. It will be the duty of these two ^ young folk to interest other young peo ple in the concerted effort of the party! to get all the young men and women Democratic voters to the polls in the general election. These young folk were highly rccom, mended to Walter H. Paramorc, chair man of the county, who announced their appointment today. Miss Lula Belle Felts Principal Primary School -® Miss Lula Belle Felts has been se lected as principal of the Plymouth primary schools for the coming sea son. She has been teaching the sixth grade here for some time. She suc ceeds Mrs. H. A. Liverman, who re cently handed in her resignation after having been a member of the faculty here for a number of years. Soon Start Work On Cherry School WILL PUBLISH ALL WRITINGS OF WASHINGTON At Least 25 Volumes Will Be Required; Only Four Are Now Ready -9 The United States George Washing j ton Bicentennial Commission an ! nounces that four volumes of the set I of approximately 25 volumes of the Definitive Edition of the Writings oi George Washington, are now read} for distribution. This publication oi I a complete collection of Washington's j personal, military, and state papers ha : been one of the major activities which Congress assigned the Federal Bicen tennial Commission, as part of the na tion's honors to Washington during ■ this two hundredth year since his j birth. Nothing like this comprehensive edi tion of the Washington writings has been attempted heretofore, partly be cause private publishing houses re coiled at the expense. Fifty years aft cr Washington's death, Jared Sparks, i then president of Harvard, issued an I edition of 12 volumes, in which he , omitted numerous passages and “im proved” Washington’s diction in oth ers. Sixty years after the Sparks edi ! tion, Worthington C. Ford brought out another 14 volumes, taken direct ly from the Washington manuscripts. But as Washington left a larger num ber of papers than any other president, these editions, large as they are, con tain less than 50 per cent of the whole, represented in 400 folders in the Li brary of Congress. As pointed out by Dr. John C. Fitz patrick, editor of this great compila tion and noted authority on Washing ton’s writings, “the lack of a com plete publication of Washington’s let ters has made possible the slanderous hclittlement of- his character by pres ent-day writers ... In one way we are indebted to Sparks and Ford for the hundreds of biographies of Wash ington now available . . . The pity of it is, however, that most of these biog raphies, so unsatisfactory because of their lack of complete information, have been read with avidity by the American public and so have been re sponsible for the vast amount of ex istent misconception regarding Wash ington ... It is not surprising, there fore, that one of our present day emi nent historians, John Bach McMaster, should have stated that George Wash ington is an unknown man.” i lie present Bicentennial edition ot the Washington Writings, according to Dr. Fitzpatrick, is not only an hon or to the first American, but will en able America to understand her own history more clearly, for the formative period of the United States is so en meshed with the life of Washington that it is impossible to obtain a clear picture of the founding of the nation without full knowledge of George Washington, the man himself, his per sonal as well as his public life. The Bicentennial edition will now make this available. It will contain all the papers included in the Sparks and Ford editions, all the papers in the Library of Congress, besides many letters and groups of letters in the possession of various libraries, histori cal societies, state archives, and pri vate owners. In fact, Washington pa pers have been found in every state of the Union and in nearly every coun try of the world. The present Bicentennial edition was begun in 1930. The volumes, as ready, will he published by the Government Printing Office on 100 per cent rag paper, durably bound, 500 pages to the volume, and each containing about 300 letters. Each volume will be separate ly indexed and foot-noted with names and records of all individuals referred to. In addition to the four volumes now ready, it is hoped to have five or six others completed by the close of the Bicentennial year. The editing of this collection has been done by Dr. John Clement Fitz patrick, of the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, editor of the George Washington Diaries. Dr. Fitz patrick’s entire life has been devoted to pure scholarship, and he stands fore most among authorities in presenting the facts of Washington’s life as drawn from his own hand. -1 A. R. Latham Has Fine Flock Chickens -<s> Poultry can be produced at a profit despite existing business conditions. Any one doubting this should visit the home of A. R. Latham, near Plymouth. He has one of the prettiest flocks of chickens in this section. His wife keeps an accurate record of the ex pense of these chickens. And, too, they have good houses for the chicks. WORK IS UNDER SUPERVISION OF GORDON NORMAN Local Labor Will Be Used: Reject Only Bid Made By Contractor Actual construction on the Cherry school building to replace the struc ture destroyed by fire some time ago will be started within the next two j weeks, according to James W. Nor j man, superintendent of public instruc 1 tion in Washington County. I he board of education has rejected [ the bid of John \\ . Hudson and Com pany, of Raleigh, who wished the con tract for the construction of the build ing for $7,178. As the board had on ly $4,500 available for this purpose, the bid from the Raleigh firm was nec essarily rejected. It was the only bid submitted. A survey has been made by Mr. Norman with the aid of those quali fied, and iMs the consensus of opinion that the building can be erected by the sum available. And so work will begin some time in the next two weeks as he is busy now placing orders for (material and making definite plans for ; work to start. M. Gordon Norman, local draughts man, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Nor I man, will be in immediate charge of [ the buildings, as it will be done un der his supervision, he having pre i pared the plans which were approved i by the officials. Ernest D. Kemp will | be head carpenter. Local labor will be employed. The plans drawn by Mr. Norman in clude five classrooms with an auditor ium that will seat 200 people. The building will be 109 feet long and 41 feet wide, with an ell 30 by 25 feet. Included also will be a principal's of fice and library. There will be no basement. Classrooms will be 30 by 20 feet. Two entrances are drawn at the front of the building for the children to make their entrance and exist. The halls are 10 feet wide. This building will be of wooden construction. Esti mate of the frame building cost is giv en at $4,485.58, while a brick structure would cost $0,805. Yard Tour To Be Made In County On Tuesday Tuesday afternoon, July 19, Miss Pauline Smith, district supervisor of extension work, will be in Washing ton County to judge yards. A tour will be made Tuesday afternoon. Every person in Washington Coun ty is invited to be at the court house at 1:30 to start the tour, especially those people who are interested in im proving their yards. The first yard to be judged will be that of Mrs. Carl Hcynen. of Wenona. The winners in this contest will be awarded a free trip to the state short course. The yards will be judged ac cording to the most improvement made in the yard this year (not necessarily the prettiest yard). 4“ Tom J. Swain Hurt In Auto Accident -<s> Tom J. Swain, chairman of the Washington County Board of Educa tion, is suffering from an injured arm sustained when an automobile in which he was riding turned over at Nags Head last week while Mr. Swain and friends were there on a vacation trip. In the fishing party that went to Oregon Inlet and Nags Head were Colon Stokes, Harry Chopic, R. E. Dunning, Bill Waters, of Plymouth, and Bill Hayes, of Columbia. Tlj,ey left here Wednesday and returned Sunday. First Barn of Tobacco "Put In" On July 5th -<*, Perhaps the first barn of tobacco put in during this season in Washing ton County is on the farm of W. H. Gurkin, in Plymouth Township. Sand lugs were put in the barn for curing July 5. Last year the first barn was put in on this farm June 28. Lack of rain has resulted in small growth of the stalks, making less leaves. For that reason tobacco may be a little short this season. -$ 15 Carloads Tomatoes Shipped From Roper -3> Roper—Fifteen carloads of tomatoes have been shipped to northern mar kets from Roper since the season opened. Rain now would aid in ripen ing the vegetables. Capt. Charlie Mi celle, president of the Albemarle Mu tual Exchange, of this place, which is selling the tomatoes, thinks that next week this will be increased.
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