Home and
club News
By Miss Eugenia Patterson
Schedule for Next Week
Tuesday afternoon the Cross Roads
Club will meet at 3 o’clock.
Wednesday afternoon, Cool Springs
club will meet at 3 p. m.
Mrs. W. H. Harrison, president of
the County Federation of Clubs, will
meet with the dubs, since the home
agent will be in Raleigh attending the
4-H short course.
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Miss Helen Phelps will represent
the Roper girls’ club at the state short
course July 25-30. Miss Kathleen
Furlough will represent the Creswel!
girls’ club. This year it was neces
sary to have an age limit, and due to
that fact the Cherry girls can not be
represented (too young). Next year.
s,.me of them will be old enough.
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Tuesday afternoon, July 19, Miss
Pauline Smith came to Washington
County for the judging of the yards
in the county yard improvement con
test.
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On Friday afternoon, July 15, the
home agent, assisted by Mrs. W. C.
Brewer, held a colored canning school
at the Sound Side colored school build
ing. There were 35 present, and all
seemed very glad of the opportunity
to discuss methods of saving food for
the winter.
Sanitation was discussed with them
and simple ways of improving their
homes. Magazines and literature on
canning were given out.
Saturday afternoon, July 23, the
home agent expects to hold another
colored canning school just below
Roper.
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CRESWELL
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Mr. and Mrs. B. \\ . Brock and
daughter, Margaret Ann, are visiting
the former's parents in Richlands.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Spruill, of New
York City, are the guests of Mrs. Vida
F.. Davenport.
Mrs. Sidney Smithson and sons,
Leigh and Ammon, spent the week
end in Elizabeth City visiting friends
and relatives.
Mrs. A. W. Bachman and children,
Janet and Betsy Ann, left for Hen
derson to visit her mother. Mrs. J.
Strauss for a month.
Miss Nannie Eborn, of New York
City, is spending some time here vis
iting friends.
Mrs. Harry Walker and daughter,
Marina, are spending a few days in
Washington, the guests of Mrs. Hallet
Ward.
SCUPPERNONG
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Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Sorrell, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Stringer, of Portsmouth,
were the guests of Mrs. E. Pritchett
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hufton. of Nor
folk, visited the formers' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Holton, Friday.
Miss Lucy Pritchett, Mr. Alvah
Alexander, and Mrs. A. E. Norman
went to Norfolk last Wednesday.
Leroy Culpepper, of Deep Creek was
the guest of Miss Blanche Nooney
Sunday.
Miss Minnie Pritchett returned to
her home Saturday after visiting
friends in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Williams, of
| Rocky Mount, visited the latter’s par
jents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Davenport
last week-end.
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PLEASANT GROVE
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, Clinton Tarkenton hns returned aft
er spend a month at Fort Bragg in
1 training.
Misses Mary and Margaret Vail are
spending the surnnier in Windsor.
Halsey Riddick has returned to
Baltimore after visiting his mother.
Mrs. Will Riddick.
Misses Louise and Frances Chesson
and Christine Hodges were in Plvm
| outh Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. L. D. Collins and Mrs. C. W.
Snell were the guests of Mrs. Ida
Hodges last Thursday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Boh Tarkenton, of
Windsor, were the guests of Mrs. Mol
lie Tarkenton Sunday.
WESTOVER
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Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sinote, of Ports
mouth, were guests of Mr. Sinote's
sister, Mrs. N. C. Vail, Sat rday.
Mrs. Marvin Jackson, of Edenton.
. spent some time with her sister, Mrs.
i B. F. Skiles, last week.
Mrs. Janie Robbins and Hazel
Dozier, of Rocky Mount, are visiting
their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
| J. T. Robbins this week.
Mr. and Mrs. George Freeman and
i Mrs. G. A. Holland, of near Wash
ington, were in Westover Saturday.
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How Washington, N. C.
May Have Been Named
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That our good neighboring town,
Washington, was the “Original Wash
ington” is mighty nigh established as
a fact according to a recent issue of
Weston’s Record. Under the heading,
| “How Washington, North Carolina,
may have been named,” the Record
has the following to say:
“As the little town of Washington,
North Carolina, joins this year in hon
oring the Father of our Country, sev
eral stories of how the town got its
name are advanced by some older res
idents.
"One reports that sailors used to
come ashore at Washington on Sat
WILLIFORD’S &
YeDow Front Market
We now carry a full line of Ballard’s Flour,
Feeds, Fish Meal, Middling, Cottonseed Meal,
Hulls, and anything you desire in the feed line at
wholesale prices.
WE DESIRE YOUR PATRONAGE
BALLARD’S
12 lb. Flour
39c
VINEGAR,
Gallon
25c
Fruit Jars,
Quart Size
85c
29c
CERTO,
Bottle
Red Double Lip
JAR RUBBERS, dozen
Large Bar
O. K. SOAP
California Fancy
ORANGES, dozen
5c
3 for 10c
19c
Large, Fancy
Lemons, doz.
20c
10 POUNDS
SUGAR
45c
Whole Grain
RICE, lb.
4c
Grape Juice,
Pint Size
15c
Again This Week We Are Running—
1-2 Pint Mayonnaise A 11 "Fni* 1
1 Pimento or Swiss Cheese 1UI AOt
Quart Fruit Jar’s
MUSTARD
15c
Electric Sliced
BOILED HAM, lb.
30c
CLARK’S PICKLES,
Extra Large Jar
19c
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS AS TO
FARM PROBLEMS
Flies Bothering Milk Cows;
Control of Bean Bugs
And Beetles
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Q. My cows are so troubled by flies
that they do not give as much milk
as they should. The cows are aljao
restless at milking time. What can I
do to prevent this?
Ans. All breeding places for flies
should be destroyed. This is a ma
jor precaution and should be taken for
the sake of the family as well as the
cows. Manure should be hauled to
the fields each day, and if this is im
possible, it should be moved as far as
possible away from the barn as it fur
nishes an ideal breeding place for
flies. As an added precaution, the
animals should be sprayed or rubbed
once or twice a day with a fly repel
lent mixture. This will prove effective
if applied thoroughly and regularly.
Q. My beans are being ruined by a
bug or beetle that eats through the
leaves. Please give me some control
for this insect.
Ans. Spray immediately with mag
nesium arsenate mixture made by add
ing five tablespoonsful of magnesium
arsenate to three gallons of water. Be
sure .however, to apply this spray to
the under side of the leaves as prac
tically all the feeding is done on that!
side.
Q. What can I do to prevent chic
kenpox in my flocks? Last year the
whole flock was sick with this disease
and besides losing many birds, my
young pullets did not lay.
Ans. Where this disease has ap
peared in previous years the birds
should be immunized. This vaccina
tion is simple but very effective and
should be made about a month or six
weeks before the pullets come into lay.
Remove about six feathers above the
I hock joint and apply the vaccinating
J material to the exposed part with a
small soft brush. Materials for this
work may be secured from your lo
cal dealer or, better still, consult your
I Q. My cotton has stopped growing
and seems to be at a standstill. The
plants are yellow and withered in
many parts of the field. What can I
do to correct this?
Ans. A side application of some
readily soluble form of nitrogen, such '
as sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of!
soda, should be made just after chop-1
ping and before the first cultivation.
Use from 50 to 100 pounds to the acre
and apply along the rows from 2 to 3
inches from the plants. This appli-1
cation will tend to produce good stems j
leaves, roofs and limbs and will start
the plant to growing satisfactorily. |
Q. My oats and barely have a large
number of black heads this year. What!
is this disease and how can I precent
it?
Ans. The black heads are caused
by smut which comes from a parasitic
fungi entereing the plant either at the
time the seed is being formed or at
the time the seed is sprouting after
planting. There is no control for the
disease after the plants are affected
but it may be prevented by treating
the seed grain with formaldhyde. This
treatment should be made before
planting time.
j Q. Will it pay me to continue heavy
feeding of my old hens during the
| summer months?
Ans. Yes. It is just as important
to maintain high production during
the summer months as at any other
time. Egg prices usually begin to
rise in July and this continues through
August. Heavy feeding makes it pos
sible to secure highest production
from the old hens before the pullets
come into lay. It also keeps the birds
in good condition for proper culling
and the selection of high producers
for breeding.
Q. Does it pay to have the poultry
flocks blood tested?
Ans. Poultry specialists at State
College say that it does pay and a let
ter received this week from Mrs. J. E.
Broom, of Union County, proves that
it does. This is the second year that
Mrs. Broom has had her flock tested
and the mortality this year does not
j exceed two percent as compared with
j as high as fifty percent prior to the
! testing.
9 Days Difference in Twins
I On Bowman Fuller's farm, near
Waynesburg, Pa., a cow gave birth to
twin calves, 9 days apart.
urdays and became accustomed to
wash their clothes there on that day.
The village came to be known as Wash
ing Town and this name was later
shortened to Washington.
“Other sailors, passing the town in
their small craft, wrere wont to shout
to the shore asking the name of the
place. On the bank an old Indian
squaw frequently engaged in washing
her small son, Tom. Misunderstand
| ing the sailors’ questions, she would
call back that she w'as “Washing
. Tom.” The wind twisted her words,
so that the sailors received the reply,
‘Washington.’
atm anotner tame is mat me town
received its name when an old negress
slave, given her freedom, found it nec
essary to make her living by washing
clothes, and went about the communi
ty shouting ‘Washing Done.’ Her
chant was later corrupted to Washing
ton.
“The present citizens of Washington
N. C., assert that theirs was the first
post office in the country to take its
name from George Washington.” j
Central Carolina Farmers
Will Plant Hairy Vetch
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Hairy vetch as a winter hay crop
and soil improver will be planted by
many farmers in Central North Car
olina who have become converted to
the easy and efficient way of improv
ing land by using legumes.
10-CENT TOBACCO
IS LOOKED FOR
BY MR. MEADOWS
Veteran Tobacconist Gives
His Views on Present
Tobacco Conditions
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\\ illiamston, N. C., July 12th.—
"Judging from what you have read
and the experience pained over a per
iod of years, what average price will
tobacco command this coming season,"
was the question asked Mr. W. T.
Meadows, veteran tobacconist, here
yesterday.
“I don’t know," Mr. Meadows re
plied, adding that the prospect was fair
for a 10-cent average, that some peo
ple thought it would be between 10
and 15 cents this coming season.
Even if the price is 10 cents, it will
be better than that received by the
growers in this belt last year.
In the following article, Mr. Mead
ows discusses the tobacco situation as
he sees it:
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“One of the best addresses I have
read was President Carrington’s ad-|
dress at the annual meeting of the U.
S. Tobacco Association held at Vir
ginia Beach. He did not mince any |
words in any department, but told
them where to get oft. I have every
annual address made by this associa
tion since it was formed in my files,
and I believe this one at Virginia
Beach was the best of all, and I have
very little criticism to make on it.
"One question I will ask, though.
It seems that the statistics of both
the years 1930 and 1931 are made up
from reports released by the tobacco
section of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics, presumably as Washing
ton, D. C. Were these reports gath
ered from monthly or yearly sales of
the crop reporting service of the dif
ferent Bright Belt States, say, for ex
ample, Frank Parker’s service at Ra
leigh, N. C, or front the Internal Rev
enue Service, such as Gilliam Grissom,
at Raleigh, N. C.? If gathered from
the first service, I should say there
would be 100,000,000 pounds differen
I
uai, on account oi scrap ana ieai1
bought for fertilizer puproses, sheep ^
dip, etc., which would cut right much!
ice in the total. As you would he
forced to admit, even if the figures are'
taken from the month when all to
bacco markets are about closed for the
season, and all manufacturers and
dealers have practically their season’s
purchase on hand, still we have to get
at it on some date, so Brother Car
rington is using figures under date of
April 1st, 1932, and says they report
ed to him in the dealers and manu
facturers’ hand 845,000,000 pounds of
bright tobacco. This is carry-over and
all purchases from 1931 crop. Now,
if you were to divide this 845,000,000
pounds into actual use you might fig
ure it this way:
"400,000,000 pounds for export pur
poses: 250,000,000 pounds for domes
tic cigarettes; 175,000,000 pounds, plug
and smoking; 100,000,000 pounds chem
ical purposes; 925,000,000 pounds to
tal.
That would give you a deficit of 80,
000,000 pounds for actual requirements
until another crop is made. Less 25
per cent off of the 845,000,000 for stems
Of course, some of this tobacco report
ed is stemmed but very little.
1 notice again in Brother Carring
ton’s remarks that the dealers were
loaded with old tobacco and could not
realize on it to get money to pur
chase the past year’s crop. Well, how
old was it? The crop before only
brought 11 cents, and the one just past
8 cents, and I can name you dealers
that have practically sold out of the
past year’s crop at a good profit. One
friend of mine had some three years
old, and the best offer he had was 6
cents, and it cost him 18 cents; he sold
it the past few days for 16 cents.
I acknowledge, as Mr. Carrington,
that banking conditions have not been
good or as liberal as in former years,
i but the bill that went through Con
gress some time ago for relief of
banks, building and loan associations,
etc., does not seem to have had much
effect on the banks, as, according to
reports, they were small borrowers.
Now as to the present crop in this
section. Fifty per cent of last year's
crop was set out by the farmers. Poor
est prospect in years, and I don’t be
lieve 40 per cent of last year's crop
will be gathered. This applies to four
or five counties around us as well as
our own, it is awfully dry, and a great
many farmers are forced to pull and put
For lazy liver, stomach and
kidneys, biliousness, indi
gestion, constipation, head
ache, colds and fever.
10* and 35* at dealers.
CANNING LOWERS
CHARITY COSTS
IN MANY CASES
Number of Counties Buying
Cans to Promote Wel
fare of Unfortunates
The place of the home and farm
agents in the economy programs of
the various counties is an important
one because while one helps to pro
duce food economically, the other
aids in conserving this food for future
use.
“I have been highly gratified at the
important place given home agents in
the present campaign against hunger
in North Carolina." said Mrs. Jane S.
McKimmon, state home demonstration
agent at State College, on her return
from visiting several counties where
she was at work with the home agents.
"Recently at New Hern, 450 women
from five counties met and passed only
one resolution which was to the ef
fect that the> lauded the stand for
economy taken by county commis
sioners in the counties and felt that
nothing was more important in such
a program than to retain the services
of both the home and the farm agents.
County commissioners, public-spirit
ed citizens and others are buying
cans, pressure cookers and sealers to
aid the home agent in promoting ef
ficient canning in the various coun
ties, Mrs. McKimmon said. The home
agents are training experienced lead
ers who are in turn aiding others. The
welfare officers say that this canning
program is reducing the charity bill.
As an example of this, Mrs. Mc
Kimmon gives information secured
from Curry Lopp, welfare officer in
Davidson County, who told her that
had it not been for the 90,000 cans of
vegetables and fruits saved by the
farm women of that county last sum
mer, he hardly knows what would
have happened in the county last
winter. Mr. Lopp had to buy no can
ned food and the county was saved
many dollars in consequence.
In Pamlico County not a dollar was
spent for food by the county because
of home demonstration work.
Cobbler Or Early Bliss
Potatoes for Fall Crop
Question.—What are the best varie
ties of irish potatoes for tile fall crop?
Answer.—As a general thing, the
Cobbler and Early Bliss should be
used because they mature early. How
ever, the McCormick or Lookout
Mountain variety is very popular in
Piedmont Carolina because of its har
d:oess and heavy yields. The quality
of this variety is rather poor.
into barns.
The warehousemen of eastern North
Carolina, and I expect, all Bright Belt
States, have lost money for the past
two years, and now with a 40 per cent
crop facing them, what can they do?
Figure for yourself.” _
ONLY BEST COWS
PAY THEIR WAY
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Man Making Money Now is
the One Who Knows
How To Feed
The North Carolina dairyman mak
ing money on his herd at this time is |
the person who knows how to feed,
how to cull low-producing cows and
how to raise the best calves from the
highest-producing animals. The best
way to find out about these things is
to have a cow testing <>r herd im
provement association in t lie com
munity.
Fred M. Haig, in charge of the
State College dairy herd, gives five
sound reasons why dairy farmers
should associate themselves into such
an organization. First, he says, a cow
testing association takes the guess out
of dairying and puts the herd on a
business basis. Nothing will point out
the low producing cows more quickly
or accurately than a pair of scales and
a Babcock tester. Second, by know
ing what each individual cow is pro-,
ducing, the dairyman may cull out his
unprofitable or boarder cows. A few
boarders can soon place a herd in the
loss column. Third, yearly figures
will show from which cows to save
calves so as to build tip a high-pro
ducing herd. Fourth, members of an
association receive benefits from buy
ing and selling collectively. Fifth, the
aid of the official tester will help the
dairyman to feed his cows more eco-.
nomicallv and to cut down overhead
expenses.
For three years, Professor Haig was
tester for a herd improvement asso
ciation which was composed of 24
dairyman owning 600 cows. During
t!lat time the cows gained 24 per cent
i in their production of milk and 32 per
| cent in production of butterfat. The
! profit above ctfst of feed was $97.52
greater per cow in the third year than i
it was in the first year. This increase
was secured despite an increase in
feed prices at that time.
Mr. Haig says the small cost to
each dairyman in such an association
makes the investment well worth
while from the standpoint of money
returns alone.
Catfish Swallows File
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A 12-inch steel file was discovered
in the stomach of a 20-inch catfish
which was caught off the Massachu
setts coast, near Boston.
NOTICE: LOCAL AND LONG
distance hauling of farm produce or
any other commodity. Lowest prices.
Careful driver furnished. O. H. Lyon,
Plymouth. myl3 tf
NOTICE OF SALE
Under section 2435 of the North
Carolina Code, the undersigned will
offer for sale, for cash, at the court
house door in Plymouth, N. C., at 13
o’clock noon on the 2nd day of Tune.
1952, one 1928 Chevrolet sedan, Motor
No. 4233137, Body No. 5235, owned by
Garfield Grimes, to satisfy a claim a
mounting to $61.85 for labor and parts
furnished on said sedan December 30,
1931.
['his 10th day of May, 1932.
J. H. GAYLORD.
CARD OF THANKS
To Our Friends and Loved Ones:
We wish to extend to all of our
many friends our heart-felt thanks for
the flowers, and also for the kindness
and love so freely manifested in the
time when our hearts were so heavy
from the loss of our dear mother, who
was so hard to part with.
Even in this hour of bereavement
may we say, "There is one who giveth
and taketh away: blessed be His Holy
Name.”
We are asking the prayers of our
friends and loved ones to help and
comfort us in this hour of sorrow.
May we ever hold as sacred the
many lessons taught on her precious
knee, and be trying always to prepare
to meet her on that golden shore,
where parting shall he no more.
A. S. ALLEN & FAMILY.
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Norfolk Southern Railroad
Passenger Schedules
Effective July 10th, 1932
PLYMOUTH, N. C.
Daily
Lv. 2:00 P. M. Raleigh, New Bern,
Goldsboro, Beaufort, and intermedi
ate points.
Lv. 12:20 PM. Norfolk and intermed
iate points.
For tickets, information, address or
apply to
W. C. JONES, TICKET AGENT
Plymouth, N. C.
TOBACCO TWINE
5 POUND PACKAGE
3-PLY TYMAC TWINE
OAKDALE TWINE, 5 lbs.
WINSLOW’S
PLYMOUTH, N. C.
Extra Good News
Margolis Bros.
WILLI AMSTON
CLEARANCE OF ALL SPRING AND
SUMMER MERCHANDISE
Sale Began
Thursday, July 21st
Every article in our store has been substantially
reduced and will be closed out regardless oi cost
We haven’t the space to list prices, but rest assured
that this is no fake sale. We have really reduced prices
and that goes for every item in our store.
We are selling good merchandise during this sale,
and it will be worth your time and money to come to Wil
liamston and to—
Margolis Bros