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gminiiiiMiiininiimiiMimimiHiimiHinimmHiuimiiiiH^ = A home newspaper dedicated = i to the service of Washington = § County and its 12,000 people. = IVlliiitttiiutiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiif? The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ★★★★*★★ iiiminmmimiimimmiimmmnmiiimimmimimm Advertisers will find Beacon and News columns a latch-key to V V Washington County homes. -/IT/ ^IIIIIMIIIIIIIllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllilllfir ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME XLIII—NUMBER 43 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 21, 1932 iiiiiiiimiiiiiiiuiii: 350 MEMBERS OF CAMPAIGN CLUBS GOAL IN COUNTY More Than 150 Signed Up With Young Democratic Clubs Last Week It appears now that there will be more than 350 members of the Wash ington County unit of the North Car olina division of Young Democratic Clubs in America by November 1, it was announced today by Wilbur M. Darden, assistant chairman, who is in charge of the membership campaign. Last week more than 150 members were signed up and the work continues this week with the big rally day last Tuesday adding impetus to the work that is expected to aid Democracy materially in turning out a good vote, as well as getting party men and wo men registered and ready to vote. Cards have been distributed among the workers among the young men and women. There is no obligation to assume any financial contribution to the party but every one is required to state his name, address, and state precinct in which he or shoe votes and to state whether he has registered. The card reads in addition to the above: “I hereby signify my desire to join the Young People’s Demo cratic Club and do pledge my whole hearted support to the promotion of Democratic principles and ideals. I further pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations enacted by the club.” ‘ These cards are returned to the head quarters of the club in Plymouth or filled out and handed back to the worker who visits the member and he (or she, as the case may be) will return the card to headquarters with the desired information so that an ac count of the membership may be giv en. • This canvassing will continue until •about election time, when the organi zation will begin plans to have every nternber of its organization to the polls and voting the straight Demo cratic ticket. Now they are urging everybody to register so that there will be a prospect of a big party vote. The officers of the local organization follow: Walter H. Paramore, county chairman; Wilbur M. Darden, assist ant county chairman; Mrs. Dan Sat terthwaite, county vice chairman; W. E. Waters, secretary and treasurer;: Frank C. Spruill, Plymouth Town ship chairman; N. H. Spruill, Lees' Mills Township chairman; C. Normanj Davenport, jr., Scuppernong Town-' ship chairman. I SEEK DONATIONS FOR DEMOCRATS Carl L. Bailey Named To Head Roosevelt-Garner Club in County Carl L. Bailey, of Roper, has beeri| appointed the director of finance in Washington County, in the organiza-J tion of a Roosevelt Garner Club, j which organization is seeking the elec-] tion of these two Democratic candi dates in the general election in No vember. Mr. Bailey was appointed to this task by C. L. Shuping, of Greens boro, who is the North Carolina di rector of finance for the Democratic National Committee. Mr. Bailey will appoint a vice director for each pre cinct with a committee of men and women to solicit the Democrats. It is proposed by Mr. Shuping to enroll more than 100,000 Democrats in Nor((h Carolina. Eacjh member enrolled will be requested to contrib ute from 10 cents to $10. Each per son contributing as much as $1 will receive a bronze Roosevelt-Garner medallion designed by Gutzon Bor glum. -A I County Funding Bonds Now Offered at Sixty\ The Beacon is in receipt of a card from the J. S. Todd and Company, I Dixie Terminal Building, Cincinnati, j Ohio, who specialize as brokers in Southern Municipal Bonds that list as attractive offerings “$2,000 Wash ington County, North Carolina, fund ing, S l-2c, due 1937, at 60 cents.” Bonds of three other North Caro lina counties are listed also. October Term of Court Will Convene Monday The October term of Washington County Superior Court will convene here October 24, with Judge Frank A. Daniels as the presiding officer. There are upwards of 30 cases sched uled for the one week term of civil court that is scheduled for the occa sion. Many of the cases are of long standing. No criminal cases will be called. HOLDS MEETING Rev. Charles H. Richards, of Mariemont, Ohio, world-wide lec turer, explorer, big-game hunter, and noted singer, with evangelis tic experience on four continents, who is now conducting a series of services in the Plymouth Chris tian Church. SCHOOL NEWS FROM ROPER Parent-Teacher Association Holds First Meeting Last Friday -*— By EDGAR SPRUILL, Jr. Roper.—At a meeting of the teach ers of the county held in the school auditorium Thursday night, October 13, talks were made by several of the teachers on subjects concerning health. Miss Juanita McDougald, school sup ervisor, also made a talk. Miss McDougald visited the school October 13. She was very favorably impressed by the school library. The parent-teacher association held its regular meeting Friday night, Oc tober 14. Mrs. Walter Starr, of Cres well, rendered a solo, “Sing Me To Sleep.” Rev. Mr. Williams, also of Creswell, gave a very inspiring talk on the value of cooperation through the parent-teacher association. Ahoskie and Roper football teams playied their seconjS gamjb) together Friday, the 14th. Roper won, James Collins scoring the lone touchdown of the game. The agriculture class, together with that of Creswell, attended the State Fair Wednesday of last week. The tenth grade held its second meeting at the home of Miss Vir ginia Ange on Thursday night, Oc tober 13. In an attendance contest held in the high school, the senior class, and the boys of the freshmen and sophomore classes won hikes on the last day of the month. The following grade parents have been elected: second high: E. N. Rid dle and Mrs. Carol Glovfrr; second low: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Skyles; third C. L. Bailey and Mrs. Asa Johnston; fourth, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hassell; sixth, Jesse Knowles and Mrs. Joe Blount. The attendance for the first month was 92.3 per cent of the enrollment. The highest attendance for any grade was reported by the second-A grade with an average of 98.5 per cent. The number making perfect attend- ! ance records was: first, 12; second-A, | 32; second-B, 16; third, 24; fourth, | 21; fifth, 22; sixth, 29; seventh, 23; eighth, 15; ninth, 11; tenth, 18; elev enth, 11. Thus there were 234 pupils in the school who made perfect at tendance. County Federation To Be | Held Here November 11 n By Miss Eugenia Patterson ine county teaeration wm ne ntm at Plymouth on November 11. Every club is preparing for the program. It will be interesting to know which club is going to have the best report. There will be a council meeting at the court house in the home agent’s office at 10 o’clock November 11, and the fed eration will be in the afternoon. Miss Helen N. Estabrook will meet with the council to discuss plans for next year's work. All presidents and secretaries of the various clubs please be present; also federation officers. Important! Sandwich and Coffee Shop Is Opened Here Recently -<• The Sandwich and Coffee Shop has been opened in quarters in the Owens building next to the Beacon office with Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs. Sears in charge. They have been confining themselves to short orders, but will now begin serving plate lunches. “Black Leg” Is Killing Cattle in Clay County Black leg is killing cattle in Clay County. The farm agent reports the death of 12 animals in recent months. POLL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED BY COUNTY BOARE -- Few Changes Are Made ir Precinct Officials Named This Week Precinct officers for the general elec tion that wifi be held on November £ with a few changes made in those tha served in the Democratic primarie have been announced along with th polling places by W. L. Whitley, chair man of the board of elections c Washington County. Precinct polling places: Lees Mill: Roper store building; Skinnersvilh Elliq/tt's store; Scupperijong^ If.. 5 Spruill store; Plymouth, courthouse and Wenona, school building. Election officials: Scuppernong: j F. Belanga, registrar; Efi-Spruill (D and W. Dewey Phelps (R), judge; R. L. Leitchfield, Democratic alternat judge; J. A. Combs, cleric; E. I Swain, bailiff. Lees Mills: A. R. Phelps, registrar I. . L. Bowen (D) and Aubrey Ang (R), judges; R. C. Peacock, Demo cratic alternate judge: Eva Allen Har rell, clerk. Plymouth: W. L. Hassell, registrar W. TA. Stillman (D) and Hilliar; Jackson (R), judges: W. E. Water and Mrs. Mildred Ausbon, clerks; J C. Beasley, bailiff. Skinnersville: C. L. Everett, reg istrar; L. W. Liverman (D) and H E. Clifton (R), judges; Walter White Democratic alternate judge; G. L Davenport, bailiff. Wenona: W. L. Furbee, registrar J. L. Rea, jr., (D) and Carl Heyner (R), judges; H. J. Furbee, Democrats alternate judge. HOLD FUNERAL FOR MRS. BOWEN Victim of Automobile and Train Collision Buried Last Friday Funeral services were held in the Long Acre church in Beaufort County last Friday afternoon for Mrs. George Langley Bowen, 52, who was killed last Wednesday, when an automobile in which she was riding was hit by a train on the Norfolk-Southern Rail road. Rev. Gilbert Davis officiated. Bur ial took place in a family plot near the home. A large crowd attended, Fall-bearers were H. E. Beam, A. L. Alexander, John W. Darden, H. A, Williford, E. fl. Liverman, and Whit Harris. Reports from the bedside of Mrs. Bowen's son, Walter, who was driving the car when the accident occurred, re veal that he is speedily recovering from the internal injuries received in the wreck. LOCALS DEFEAT COLUMBIA, 33-0 —4) Game Played Here Tuesday Before Democratic Rally Day Crowd The Trojans of the Plymouth High school let down the Columbia hoys lere Tuesday, 33 to t), before a Dem ocratic holiday crowd that yelled their approval as Burl Gurganus, Grant sears, Bowen, and West stood out as lie heroes of the game. In the first quarter, Gurganus pulled me out of the air from Sears for 30 ,ards and then raced 20 to count the irst tally, and in the next period the day was reversed, with Sears taking i 25-yard pass from Gurganus and rotting across for the second corni er. Eddie Getsinger snared the next iass from Gurganus and ran 10 yards or a counter, while in the same per od Gurganus threw a 30-yard pass to 3onnie Woolard, who counted the ourth toclulown in the game, with jurganus intercepting for a toucli lown in the last quarter. Gurganus place-kicked two extra mints, and Sears plunged for the bird. Columbia got no nearer than 10 yards of their goal. Burl did some tood punting, getting the ball off his oe for 30 yards or more. West and iowen were the mainstays of the line. Theatre Name Contest Called Off This Week -® Due to the sale of the operating ease of the New Theatre here, the laming contest that lias been in irogress during the regime of the ormer operators, the contest will have o be called off, it was announced to lay by E. L. Owens. Mr. Owens thinks that the name :hosen may not suit the new man igers and the new operators also re served the right to name it to their iking. The contest may or may not >e renewed. The contest was to close icre this week. SPEAKER HERE Robert R. Renolds, Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, was the chief speaker at the Democratic rally here Tues day of this week. RALLY DAY SIDELIGHTS Thirty-nine hogs were barbecued I for the Democratic rally day here on I Tuesday. Rain for a while caused it ! to look dark for cooking the pigs i However, a trench was dug in the ' Peal Garage here, and they were put on and cooked. And was that barbe cue good? —-•» The bread was cooked in the ovens of the Hassell Brothers Bakery here, and it was good. It took a little ex perimenting, but the cooking Hassell boys soon caught onto the knack of cooking corn bread. Chief of Police Brown is of the oin iou that it was otie of the most or derly crowds that ever gathere here 2,000-strong for any event. Maybe this was .so oecause it was said that James W. Norman, George W. Hardi son and W. L. Whitley (all tee-total ers) were put on the refreshment committee. They failed to make con nections with the source of supply— or may be they never tried. -v Bob Reynolds increased his popu larity here by preaching Democracy in old-time style with the same old time fervor that used to mark such oc casions. And a crowd aplauded him time and again. -<0 Whenever W. R. Hampton puts on a Democratic rally—he puts on a Democratic Rally—and that is some ; thing hard to do. His committeemen j worked faithfully, too. :—*— | A platform for the speaker was built I on the side of the courthouse next to the Central Garage. Among those on the platform with the candidates and speakers was the Rev. Newsome Harrison, aged Primitive Baptist minister, who has been a champion of I Democracy for years, j And the decorating committee, | composed of W. Frith Winslow, him I self, did the good work of decorating I the grand, or what do you call it. Pic ■ lures of Roosevelt and Reynolds were [ 1 tacked on the hunting and flags that were used. Was it good decorating? , Ask me another. -„- I Those firemen have a band that this municipality should be proud to present. They were faithful, too. Mr. Rogers, conductor, drew attention of the crowd with directing and cornet ing. | -*- j Harold Cooley did his speaking well pnd the young (Democrats thrilled, laughed, and almost cried as they fol- ! lowed his trend of oratory. He is an : orator of orators. And plenty good. Believe you me. Twenty words—no more—no less. To cap the climax in excitement, Jack Peek’s pressing shop brought out the fire department after the aft ernoon session had adjourned. And a crowd swarmed about. Much dam age was done to machinery and equip ment. -to Cooley says: "A negro church used | an incense pot. It was too warm to BOOKS FOR NEEDY Forty-seven dollars were secur- | ed in the campaign for $50 in con tributions that were to be used in j purchasing books for needy chil dren in the local school, it was an nounced today by E. H. Liver man, president of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. Already $46.43 has been spent and the books turned over to the school to be loaned to the needy pupils, and then at the end of the term to be turned back to the school to be loaned again next year. SEEK TO KEEP BARREL STAVE PLANT WORKING -4 Rumors Have Been Currenl That Mill Would Be Moved Rumors here to the effect that th< [ stave plant now operating in Wash ington County east of Plymouth or the highway between Plymouth am Roper was to cease operation som< time soon brought forth an effort bj i the Plymouth chaimber of commerci 1 to continue its operation. ! A letter has been written by C. L Groves, chairman of the Industria Committee of the commercial body tc A. B. Houtz, of Elizabeth City, own er of the plant, asking the man tc continue his work in the county. Rum j or has it that this plant was contem plating closing so that one could be 1 reopened in Bayboro. Tere is a copy of the letter: “We have had several reports that ' you plan to close down the stave plant you are now operating in Washing ton County just east of Plymouth. While this information did not come from a reliable source, we are very much concerned, as this plant has (been operating over a period of four [or five years, working quite a few men land the distribution of the pay roll I has always been noticeable. Right | now with business conditions as they jare, it is rather outstanding, and we will regret very much if the above re jport is true. | “This community is benefited quite ja little and would certainly hate to see you discontinue your operations. If [there is anything within our power that we can do to continue this oper ation indefinitely, we are certainly [more than willing to cooperate with you in any way we can. "We are making a survey of the [ business activities of Washington I County to cover a period from No vember J, 1932, to May 1, 1933, and we hope to have your assurance that this plant will continue for at least that long.” SUNDAY SCHOOL IS REORGANIZED Large Number Turn Out Sunday for Service on Long Acre Road The Charitagle Brotherhood Sunday School was organized in the building formerly used as a lodge hall on the Long Acre road Sunday afternoon with VV. C. Brewer as superintendent and Mrs. VV. C. Brewer, assistant sup erintendent. The Sunday school will he held each Sabbath afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Other officers follow: Wallace Concklin, secretary; Miss Ruth Sat terthwaite, assistant secretary; Mrs. Rudolph Beasley, treasurer; Miss Ruby Ayers, organist, and Miss Lena Bell Bateman, assistant organist. Teachers: Bible class, W. C. Brew er, with Mrs. J. E. Bowen, assistant; Young people’s class, Miss Eugenia Patterson, with J. C. Styron, assist ant; internifcd[iate Ijoys" class, Mrs. Rudolph Beasley, with Miss Til 1 ie Styron, assistant; junior girls’ class, Mrs. VV. C. Brewer, with Mrs. S. E. Beasley, assistant; card class, Mrs. Robert Swain, with Miss Nellie Bate man, assistant. There were 55 present at the first meeting, with attendance being de creased on account of inclement weath er. When this school was operating before there was an attendance at ^ times of about 150. Those present were very enthusiastic. i I I Cool Springs Home Club j Members Enjoy Barbecue Last Friday night the Cool Springs home demonstration club, with the as sistance of the men in the community, gave a chicken barbecue. It was the first gathering of its kind in several | years. It was held on the old Cool| Springs School grounds and brought' back to memory days spent there in j the past to many who were gathered there. The young people played games while the ladies and their help-1 ers were preparing the chicken. In' addition to this they had baskets of! cake, bread, pickles, chicken salad,! and sweet potatoes, and coffee was made by Tom Swain. After the supper, every one joined! in singing around the big camp fire I that had been. The members of the i club appreciate the splendid coopera-1 tion given by the men and the entire' community. cary, so the little colored boy whose job it was to have this in place could not arrange it. The choir entered singing, led by the minister. The min ister observed it was not in its prop er place, so as not to create a scene, he chanted in tune with song, “where in the world is the incense pot,’ and the boy sang the answer, ‘left it be hind, it was too d-hot ’’ 2,000 Here Tuesday For Democrat Rally HEAR ROOSEVELT Washington County Democrats are expected to have a delegation present in Raleigh October 25 at about 10:30 in the morning, when Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic candidate for Presi dent of the United States, will stop there for a short time. It is thought the standard bear er of the party will make a short speech while in the capital of this state as he winds up a tour of sev eral southern states in his cam paign for votes. DEATH OF MRS. JENNIE SPRUILL I —*— Funeral Services Are Helc | Wednesday for Beloved Local Woman | Funeral services were held Wednes I day afternoon at 4 o’clock from the | Methodist F.piscopal church, for Mrs Jennie Spruill, age 73 years, who died i at her home on Washington Street | October 18, at 4 o'clock a. ni., follow ing a decline of health for several months and a serious illness of but a few days. Interment was made in the Methodist cemetery in the family plot, { Mrs. Spruill was born in Bridge ville, Del., in 1859, the daughter of the late William and Priscilla Layton. ( She was married to Jerry S. Spruill, of Washington County, in December, 1885, and has resided in Plymouth since her marriage. To this union 1 was born five children, four of which survive, Miss Annie W. Spruill, Jerry , L. Spruill, Miss Jennie May Spruill, all of Plymouth; and Mrs. Wilbur Spruill, ot Winston-Salem. For years Mrs. Spruill was a de voted and active member of the local Methodist church and was a loyal and faithful member of the Missionary So ciety of that church until her health failed and se manifested much inter est in the remodeling of her church which was only recently completed. The deceased was held in highest esteem by all who knew her, both in her native home and throughout Washington County. The attendance on her funeral and the elaborate flor al tribute bespoke in eloquent terms of the love that every one held for her. Active pall-bearers: H. E. Beam, A. L. Owens, C. McGowan, L. S. Thomp son, J. K. Reid, and Z. V. Norman. Honorary: T. L. Bray, Sam Beas ley, J. H. Smith, G. H. Harrison, T. J. Swain, J. R. Campbell, W. F. Win slow, Jerry Hayes, G. W. Hardison, B. G. Campbell, J. W. Norman, S. A. Ward, W. L. Whitley, E. D. Carstar phen, D. V. Clayton, M. G. Darden, R. A. Peal, F. E. Reid, J. G. Dixon, E. L. Owens, John Leggett, C. V. W. Ausbon, J. F. Ausbon, E. G. Arps, Louis Hassell, M. W. Norman, R. A. Stubbs, Whit Stubbs, J. W. Darden, R. L. Whitehurst, Frank Ausbon, W. H. Gaylord, T. C. Burgess, Ernest Lewis, Sam Lucas, and P. W. Brown. Albemarle Club Meets Skinnersville. — The Albemarle ohme demonstration club that was to have met at the store of Mrs. M. J. Elliott on Wednesday afternoon, was changed to the home of Mrs. Matilda Aumack and Mrs. Clinton Everett last Eriday afternoon, due to the cool weather and some other arrangements of the home demonstration agent, Miss Eugenia Patterson. Fifteen members were present, one new member, Mrs. Lennie Riddick, three visitors, Miss Christine Spruill, Mrs. Wr. C. Brewer and daughter, lit tle Miss Phyllis, of Plymouth. Sewing for charitable work in the county was done. Several dresses were cut and made, shirts for boys cut out and given to the members to finish, also several undergarments for infants were made. After the roll call and payment of dues, the meeting adjourned to meet at the home of Mrs. Chester Spruill in November. Womans Auxiliary -• Roper.—The Woman’s Auxiliary of St. Luke’s Episcopal church held its monthly meeting on Monday night, at the home of Mrs. E. L. Spruill. The devotional was led by Miss A. C. Car starphen. Business was discussed, and it was decided to have a chicken salad and oyster supper on November 11. A social hour was then enjoyed. The hostess served delicious refreshments, after which the meeting adjournd to meet with with Mrs. J. W. Speight in November. i REYNOLDS GETS WARM WELCOME FROM BIG CROWD -9 Harold Cooley Also Makes Excellent Speech in Afternoon This little town settled down to the normal serenity that characterizes it today after having bid good-bye to the 2,000 people who thronged its do main Tuesday to give Robert R. "Our J Bob Reynolds a frenzied welcome , | that continued in warm applause | throughout the speech, which featured the first Democratic rally held in U ashington County in a decade or more. Humor, seriousness, and sarcasm j were interspersed in his speech, as j Part the time he was painting pic tures of a needy country and then he | quickly upset this element of emotion j in favor of the comical by reciting ; antusing poetry and effectually hand j ing out criticism of the leaders of the Republican party while holding the rank and file blameless. fti enumerating some of the big things Hoover had done he said, Hoover brought about the biggest \ number of bank failures; biggest number of unemployed in any coun i try in the world; biggest national j deficit in a spending orgy that has re quited in a $19,000,000 Department of Commerce building that has been lik ' ened in splendor to the Temple of Solomon. j “Government officials in Washing i ton are using waste baskets costing $47 and cuspidors that cost $45*each and what I would like to know is what | kind of tobacco must a fellow chew in order to spit in such costly spittoons. After March i will have an office, and ii you don t want to spit in my cus pidor don t spit out of the window; if you do you will spit on a Democrat, as there will be nothing else there. A group of 24 individuals contrib uted $477,000 to the Rpublican war chest last campaign, and after the election, firms and corporations in which these people were interested were refunded $144,000,000 in taxs. And men and women in my audience today help pay the taxes to give to these rich corporations this money. Hoover told us that prosperity was just around the corner. Where is this corner? Once it was in China, about 12,000 miles from here, but now it is going to be brought back to America and will be at the intersec lion of Roosevelt Street and Garner Avenue. Mr. Reynolds then waded into the Republican regime, searching out their mistakes and holding them up to the ridicule of the people discussing the tariff now in effect that has cut off commerce and pointing out that they wanted to cancel war debts so that a few individuals who loaned money could collect it. Dr. J. W. Harrell, pastor of the Mctljodist church, said the prayer while W. R. Hampton, chairman of the Washington County Democratic executive committee, presided over the morning affair. Congressman Lindsay Warren made a short talk. ,C. L. Bailey intpoducqd Mr. Rey nolds. Each candidate was presented. The afternoon session was given under the auspices of the Young Peo ple’s Democratic Club, with Harold A. Cooley, of Nashville, as the prin cipal speaker. Wilbur M. . Darden, assistant county chairman of the youth movement, introduced the speaker. Round after round of ap plause reverberated in the courthouse where the meeting in the afternoon was held. The officers of the young people's organization were presented. C. L. Bailey presented the county political situation, showing that this county was well governed under the Demo cratic rule. A free barbecue dinner was served to the throng. A band composed of musicians from Plymouth and Columbia conducted by Mr. Rog ers played at both meetings. The various committees appointed to look after the details did their work well. The stand for the speak ers on the side of the courthouse was well built and appropriately decorat ed, said Mr. Hampton. Family Reunion Held in Skinnersviile Sunday Skinnersville.—A birthday party was given in honor oi W. B. Barbour at his home on Sound Side, near here, celebrating his 48th anniversary Sun day. Members of the family number ing 31 were present. A good din ner was served os the lawn. Boat riding on the sound was the chief en tertainment.
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