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giitiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiitiiiiiHiiiiimiiiiiiiinii^ 1 A home newspaper dedicated i 1 to the service of Washington = = County and its 12,000 people. § iiimiiiiimmMiiiiiiiiifliiiimiiHiiiiiiiimniimiiiMiiiiiiiiiii The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 3 aiiiiiiiiiimiimmiiiiiiiMmmiiimflHmiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i Advertisers will find Beacon 1 I and News columns a latch-key to § 1 1,100 Washington County homes. § fiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim^ Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, January 20, 1933 ESTABLISHED 1889 PROCEEDINGS IN SUPERIOR COURT HERE LAST WEEK - Appeal Is Noted By Seaton Patrick From 2 to 3 Year Sentence -* An appeal from the sentence of from two to three years in prison has been noted by Seaton Patrick, who was found guilty of seduction by a jury in Washington County Superior Court last week. The defendant, through his attorney, W. L. Whitley, moved for an appeal on account of errors in the trial that are to be assigned in the appeal. The motion was denied by Judge F. A. Daniels, of Goldsboro, who was pre siding at the time, and the defendant appealed to the supreme court.. The notice of appeal was waived in open court and the appeal bond fixed at $50 with the statutory time for serv ing the counter case. This was to be gin at the end of the present term. The appearance bond was fixed at $2, 500 for Patrick. The defendant was found guilty of seducing Mary Swain, pretty daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Swain, of the Skinnersville section. Hallett S. Ward, of Washington, aided Solicitor Don Gilliam in prosecuting the case. Walter Moore, colored, was declared not guilty of assaulting Court Arnold, who has escaped from this county, in an affray. Not guilty verdicts were returned in favor of Oscar Hassell, for larceny, and J. C. Gatlin, for assault. The case against W. B. Watts for fraud was continued. Howard Bate man was dismissed on a charge of nuisance. Judgment was suspended upon Lil lie Gilliam, on a charge of trespass. For breaking and entering, Frank Johnson, jr., was given two to three years. Jasper Payton plead guilty to entering and larceny and was given six months, while Leroy Biggs was awarded nol pros, but they were charged in a second case with a sim ilar crime. A sentence of six months on' the roads for G. S. Respass was suspended upon payment of the cost as the result of a charge of violating the prohibition law. Dempsey Spruill, removing crop, continued under same bond. Nath Hassell, public nuisance and injuring property; not a true bill. J. B. Bate man, removing crop, not guilty. Eli Raynor, larceny, tried in record er’s court and given 18 months on roads, appealed, and L. L. Basnight was ordered to release him. Frank Morris, attempted robbery, jury ver dict of not guilty. A. R. Patrick, bad check, continued for the defendant. Roland Gaylord, trespass, not guilty. David Pettiford, assault with a dead ly weapon, not guilty. Elmo Spruill and Maurice Whedbee, forcible tres pass, off docket as it was possibly for appearance. Frank Dixon, assault, pleads guilty, 30 days on roads. Cecil James, assault with a deadly weapon, called and failed. Smith White, plead guilty of violation of prohibition law; two years upon a suspended sentence. Findlay Tire Companies Have Successful Year Improved business for Findlay’s two tire companies, the Cooper cor poration and the Giant Tire and Rub ber Co., is predicted by R. P. Bremer, of Akron, head of the Master Tire & Rubber Co., which own the two con cerns, it was learned today through Dan Satterthwaite, owner of the Roa noke Service Station and Garage, dealers for the firms. Mr. Bremer said the Findlay com panies had a good year and that an appreciable number of new accounts had been added. He predicted further improvement this year. Business for the Master company looks promising for 1933, Mr. Bremer said. The company bought the Quak er Rubber Co., of Philadelphia, re cently, enlarging its line of products considerably. The Master concern now employs more than 1,200 persons and has as sets of $5,000,000, he said. Annual sales exceed $6,000,000. Federal Relief Funds Big Help in County —_<» Belief that the Federal loans through the Reconstruction Financi Corporation to North Carolina anc divided out with Washington County getting upwards of $14,000 for relie has been a most helpful relief is ex pressed by those who are acquaintec with the good that this money ha! done. Already about 6,000 has been receiv ed by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brewer foi this work and it has been learned tha Washington County will get $3,000 ii January and $5,000 in February. Thi: l.as been a help in two ways. It ha; helped the needy and improved busi ness a great deal. But $14,000 is al they will get. TWO MEN HURT WHEN CAR HITS TRAIN MONDAY Hoyt Davenport and Ches ter Craddock Injured At Crossing Here A shattered hip bone with broken bones in his leg were sustained by Hoyt Davenport, of Creswell, Mon day when an automobile he was driv ing crashed into a train at the cross ing near the Lucas home on the high way just outside of Plymouth toward Williamston. Mr. Davenport was rushed to a Washington hospital Monday by Dr. T. L. Bray, who made a preliminary examination and rendered first aid. Physicians think that unless an ortho pedic surgeon is obtained or first-class medical aid rendered Mr. Davenport will be a long time in getting well. The injury is so serious that it is thought that the hip will probably be weak for some time if the injured man should get so he can walk again. The pelvic bone in the hip is shattered as the most serious injury, but the brok en bones will require time for healing. His nose was also broken. Riding with Mr. Davenport at the time of the crash was Chester Crad dock, who sustained minor bruises and cuts. As soon as medical attention was rendered to him he was sent to his home, while Mr. Davenport will prob ably be in the hospital for some time. The train crew alleged that they knew nothing of the accident that in jured the two men and practically demolished the car, but when they ex amined the train to find out where it was hit evidence of a crash were found on the 53rd car in a train comprising 70-some cars. It was said at some time that the two injured men were not found un til almost an hour after the accident occurred, but Dr. T. L. Bray is of the opinion that they were found shortly afterward pinned underneath their ve hicle. The train never stoppe.d, and the crew claimed that they knew noth ing of the accident until the wire for information from here was received. The car in which the men were rid ing was loaded in the rear with eggs, while a trailer behind was loaded with eggs and chickens bound for the Nor folk market. Numbers of eggs were broken, but the chickens in the trailer suffered little damage. Old Town School Team To Play in Roper Friday — -<•> Plymouth boys will be hosts to the Old Town High School team at Roper Friday night. The same team will stay over and play Roper Saturday. The plan to visit the coast on Satur day. The Old Town boys are from near I Winston-Salem, in Forsyth County, and are coached by the younger broth er of J. Frank Furches, of the local 1 high school. The team is light but (fast, and they have won most of their games. Ten players will be on the trip. Mr. Furches urges that as many peo j pie as possible attend the game in or der to pay the small guarantee de I manded by the visiting team and alsc I to finish paying the small amount due 1 on the new boys’ suits. A small ad mission will be charged. | The Plymouth girls will probably play the Pantego girls as a preliminary to the boys’ game Friday night. -• Wenona Club Out To Make Canning Record Mrs. Ernest Rose, canning leadei for the Wenona Club, has a report ol 1 196 quarts of meats canned during the last month by club women. This con sisted of pork, sausage, deer, and beef The Wenona people are “hustlers,’ anyway. They have had the “ups” or old man depression and have stooc the storm test during the period that 1 shaded so many people. They are at independent community and one of thi I reasons is that they “live at home.' i The welfare workers do not spend anj S time in that community because the people don’t need them. If Washington County and othe; counties had more Wenonas? Honn Agent. Little Girl Hurt in Accidem | Christmas Week Improving The little six-year-old daughter o Mr. and Mrs. John Swinson, who wa: injured Christmas week when she fel from a cart and the wheels ran ove her body, badly injuring her hip, ha returned from Park View hospital i> Roffky Mount, where she has been fo treatment since the accident. She i in a plaster paris cast and must remaii there for a period of three months, o until her broken bones knit together. Iredell farmers using the seed loan for cash buying last season say the; saved at least 20 per cent on the fer tilizer purchases. Property Tax Drops $31,000 Since 1930 Washington ranks 76th in the 100 counties in North Carolina in the amount of property tax reduction from 1930 to 1931, according to statistics released by the extension division of the Chapel Hill unit of the Greater University of North Carolina. Amount of property tax assessed against property in Washington coun ty for 1930 was given at $188,623 while in 1931 it was $156,930. The amount of decrease at this time was $31,693 a percent of decrease of 16.8. wouleTissue SPECIAL MONEY -'i Local Man Suggests New Plan of Helping Farmers Of Country --- A novel scheme for aiding the far mers in Washington County and the country at large has been advanced here by a man who works on a salary and farms. “As a last resort or emergency measure let the treasury of the United States issue in one dollar bills a spec . ial series to be placed in the hands of j the banks to be issued to the farmers upon the following conditions: “When the farmer sells his crop ! such as corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco , and peanuts at less than cost of pro-; duction, that for every dollar’s worth I he sells at market price he will receive j 50 cents additional from the banks in ■the special dollar series after he has producted a certificate showing the sale price of the commodity. “In each instance that these dollar bills are transferred there shall be placed on them a revenue stamp in the denomination of two cents endorsed by the holder and date of transfer un til 50 transfers are made and the bill then becomes worthless as a medium ■ of exchange, The last holder returns it to his banker and receives in ex change for it one current dollar. “What would be the ultimate result of this I would not undertake to say, but merely mention this for what may be thought of it,” concluded Mr. Du pree. NEW OFFICERS OF FEDERATION , General Information As To Set-Up of Countywide Organization -<*> Information on the general set-up of the Washington County Federation ! of Home Demonstration clubs has been released by Miss Eugenia Patter son, home demonstration agent. | Officers for this term are, Mrs. W. \ H. Harrison, president; Mrs. Jesse ! Holmes, vice president; Mrs. L. S. Brey, secretary; Mrs. Clint Everett, treasurer; Miss Pauline Smith, district home agent; Miss Eugenia Patterson, county demonstration agento | The spring meeting will he held in March. The fall meeting will be held j in October. The first gathering is I mostly for social purposes while the fall assembly will be devoted to a chievements and club reports. Discontinue Many Telephones Here -- Failure of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company to reduce rentals on telephones and tolls has resulted in a number of phones having been discontinued in many offices and dwellings here. It is understood that those in the courthouse that have been in use for some time will be discontinued. One will be left to be used by those who call and the person in that office will ; notify those who are wanted. This is an economy step. Only a few remain in town. If these were cut to a rental of $1 for offices and small businesses and dwell ings here per month the number here would triple in a little while it is thought, but the telephone company has taken no reduction action. JANUARY 27 SET ASIDE AS LAW AND ORDER DAY -® Day Will Be Emphasized Throughout County School System Public schools in this county will join others in North Carolina in ob serving Friday, January 27, as law and order day in conformity with a proclamation made by A. T. Allen, ! State superintendent of public instruc tion, according to an announcement [ today by James VV. Norman, superin tendent of public instruction in this i county. The part of the newspapers over the state in observing this day is to carry helpful material in the form of editorials and feature articles on the benefits of regulations governing traf fice, school attendance, grease con trol, sanitation, insurance,! taxes, and wholesome foods and drinfs. Mr. Norman will require every ! teacher to study a page of teaching suggestions or similar helps with the requirement that each teacher teach a lesson on alcoholism and narcotism on that date with the pupils partici pating as well as listening. Each school in the county will be required to have a public general as sembly program on law and order observence with health as a feature with the lower grades using informa tion from books interesting to them while the high schools will study science and civics. Also stories taken from the lives of many men and women who have not been addicted to intemperance will be used with a number of Biblicaf char acters suggested and attention will be called to scientific investigation of the effects of alcohol. Clubs in the town will be asked to engage in a discussion oi the “Re sponsibility of the Adult in Safe-guard ing the Youth of the State from Al coholism and Narcotism," while local ministers will be asked to speak on law and order observance in their pul pits. New Low Fares Being Offered by N. S. Railroad The Norfolk-Southern Railroad Company announces the inauguration of one-way fares to and from all sta tions on its line between Norfolk, Goldsboro, and Beaufort and all in termediate stations on basis of one and one-half cents per mile, it was learned today from W. C. Jones, local agent. Tickets will he sold daily commenc ing January 15 and continuing to and including February 28, 1933, unless sooner cancelled, changed or extended. The usual baggae allowance will be transported without charge. Stop-overs will be allowed. “These extremely low fares "afford very econmoical transportation for I either business or pleasure and offer ! train travel at a considerable saving I in cost,” writes J. F. Dalton, traffic ; manager. -<*. Yard Improvement Work Begun By Club Members Mrs. Woolard, yard leader for the youngest home demonstration club in the county, namely, Cool Springs, is doing some outstanding work in the project. In fact, the home agent is of the notion that she is leading the county at present in that line. She has been ably assisted by her son, Fred Woolard, who has done most of the work. They are certainly going to i give some one some competition. The winner in this work will go to Raleigh [ (free) to the state short course. -* Leader oi 4-H Clubs Is Coming To County i L. R. Harrill, State 4-H club leader, will be in the county on January 26 (Thursday), and it is hoped that he will visit all the 4-11 clubs, both boys j and girls. Will Meet Tonight To Discuss Repeal Local School Charter INCLUDE PEANUT IN RELIEF BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Bill Would Raise Price of Lowly Goober Up To 3 Cents a Pound -c*> The lowly peanut, so long kicked around as a step-child, gained recogni-, tion in the nation’s capital last week; when it was included in the domestic! allotment plan as passed by the House i of Representatives. Under the “Na-| tional Emergency Act,” the peanut would sell for three cents a pound during the initial marketing period, j When the domestic allotment plan ^ was first advanced it only included cotton, wheat, and hog products, but the unusually low prices offered for peanuts gained for the goober a place' in the act. The peanut has held its | own in the House of Representatives, and now it has to face the Senate, and j even if it is successful there, it will then face a probable veto at the hands of President Hoover. As the bill is understood here, pea nuts farmers would offer their crop for sale on the open market. If they received one cent a pound on the open ‘ market, then the act would allow them two additional cents a pound up to a j certain amount. If the country actual ly needed so many peanuts, the act would see that the price would be held to three cents for that amount. How ever, if production was over and a bove the consumption demand, then the farmer would have to take what he could get for his proportion of the surplus. DEATH OF MRS. AMY WISWELL Native of Canada, 77 Years Old, Dies Here Last Friday Funeral services for Mrs. Amy Wis A'ell, who died Friday, were conduct ed at the home on Sunday afternoon by Rev. Richard Lucas. The pall-bear ers were Elmer Jackson, Harry Chop ick, Jack Weede, and C. L. Simpson. Interment was in the Windley ceme tery. Mrs. Wiswell was well known to the people of Plymouth, moving here shortly after her marriage to Captain Bryan Wiswell. She was actively en gaged as a trained nurse and followed that profession until seven years ago, when she received a stroke of paral ysis from which she never recovered. Resigned to an invalid chair, Mrs. Wiswell remained remarkably patient in her affliction, sitting by a little window looking out upon the Roafi" j oke River. She delighted in watch !ing the beautiful sunsets glow. Many j loving hearts and hands administered to her coinfort. j Mrs. Wiswell was born in Kings town, Canada, September 17, 1856, her age being 77 years. Her husband is the only living relative and the sym pathy of the entire community goes [ out to him in his loneliness.—Report ed. Washington One of 40 Counties Now in Default Washington is one of the 40 counties in North Carolina that has defaulted in payment of principal and interest on its bonded indebtedness, it has been announced by local government com mission at Raleigh. A bill has been introduced in the North Carolina Gen oral Assembly "that the local govern ment commission be empowered to try and effect settlement between de faulting counties and municipal cor porations and their creditors.” ; Seed and Feed Loan Bui Passes House; Will Be Help To Many County Farmers k k k k k k k k k ^ Under suspension of the rules, the House of Representatives Mon day passed the Seed Loan Bill for crop production during the year 1933. Republican Leader Snell and other Republicans vigorously ; fought the measure, but its friends were able to muster the two-thirds 1 vote by which it was necessary to pass it. No amendments could be offered. Representative Warren, j of North Carolina, asked unani mous consent to offer an amend ment to make the loans applicable to local farm organizations, and i Representative LaGuardia tried to get the interest rate fixed at 3 per cent, but a single objection on the part of Clarke, of New York, blocked both amendments. Representative Lindsay Warren, who introduced the seed loan meas ure on the first day of the session , took part in the debate and replied to Snell, of New York, and Staf ford, of Wisconsin. Mr. Warren told the House that the measure was vital and absolutely necessary and its failure would mean disas ter. He said that the new regional agricultural credit corporations were almost worthless under the rules prescribed by the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation, and that no average farmer could secure loans from them on account of the security demanded. He also read to the House the high rate of re payments from the Southern States The bill now goes to conference, and it is hoped that it will reach the President in a week. The De partment of Agriculture will ad minister the loans as formerly. No plans have been made locally for handling the loans this year, but arrangements will be made as soon as the bill becomes law with in the next two or three weeks. FURTHER CUTS IN BUDGET ADVISED BY EHRINGHAUS Disapproves The Methods Proposed by Former Governor Gardner -9 Raleigh, Jan. 17.—Presenting a greatly curtailed budget to the Gener al Assembly last night, Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus in his accompany ing message disapproved emphatically of the methods proposed by former Governor O. Max Gardner for balanc ing the general fund budget, which shows an accumulated deficit of $12, 690,652, of which $6,039,155 is charged to this fiscal year. The failure of Governor Ehinghaus to propose an alternative plan was regarded as making some sort of a sales tax inevitable. The 1931 Gen eral Assembly deadlocked for five months between a general sales tax and a selected commodity or luxury tax and ended by rejecting both and adopting a bill which fell far short of balancing the budget. Although he has never publicly committed himself, Governor Ehringhaus has been sup posed to prefer the general sales tax of these two plans. A production tax to apply to all manufactured articles and other sources has been proposed at this session. However, the deficit has now reach ed such proportions that no one plan is expected to solve the problem. Members of the General Assembly were last night reticent in comment on the Governor’s message and the out look for a sales tax, but nearly all ol them expressed a determination to bal ance the budget regardless of conse quences. The deficit for this year, plus th< $3,950,000 to be lost by removing the 15-cent ad valorem tax for publii schools makes around $10,000,000 b} which the budget would be out of bal ance next year on the basis of present expenditures and present revenues. The budget report, signed by Gov ernor Gardner and prepared with the assistance of the Budget Commissior proposed to get the $10,000,000 by £ combination of the following foui methods: (1) Reducing present expenditures by $3,000,000 each year. (2) Refunding general fund bond maturities ($1,150,000 the first year and $1,738,000 the second year). (3) Transfer of $2,000,000 of high way revenue to the general fund each year. (4) Replacing the property tax by increasing the present taxes on an av erage of 20 per cent so as to raise $3, 850,000 each year. Ehringhaus Objections Predicting that the activities of the r, ] u.c’ization committee headed by Sendfer’ifa.ir I. Moore, which is scheduled to report on bVfdaV. re' suit in still further economies, tliC Governor voiced his approval of those economies and made this criticism of the economies proposed in the bud get: “I am impressed, too, with the idea that the reductions here proposed fol low too largely the idea of horizontal decreases without considering, as is vital, the difference between the es sential and the non-essential service I am also of the opinion that all sal ary reductions should be graduated.” Concerning the proposed transfer ol $2,000,000 of highway revenue each year to the general fund (out of a to tal estimated revenue of $16,353,60( the first year and $15,411,200 the sec | ond year) Governor Ehringhaus said I “I cannot give my approval to this suggestion.” He calls attention tc 1 that portion of his inaugural address ! dealing with the same subject and cites the decreased revenues for the high way fund, which at its peak received more than $20,000,000 in State funds each year. On the suggestion for refunding gen eral fund bonds falling due in the next two years, Governor Ehringhaus said “Most respectfully, but emphati cally, I suggest that this does not constitute a balanced budget. Cer tainly, it does not accord with my idea of the necessities of the present sit uation.” -« County Ranks 48th in Filing Tax Returns -„♦> Washington ranked 48th among the 100 counties in North Carolina to in habitants per Federal income tax re turns filed in 1930 covering the in come year of 1929. One out of each 262 filed an income tax return. In 1932 statistics would prove that none filed, it is thought, and if so not many. PATRONS URGED TO TAKE PART IN SESSIONS FRIDAY Petition Now Going Rounds Asking Revocation of Charter Taking cognizance of the fact that a petition is being circulated in the local township to repeal and do away with the charter of the local school the trustees of the Plymouth Graded School district are calling for a mass meeting of the patrons at 8 o’clock in evening at the Plymouth school audi torium Friday evening, January 20. Patrons of the school are urged to attend so that they can hear the mat ter fully and impartially presented and then the citizens can express their sentiments as to what is best to be done. This meeting will afford an opportunity for a patron to take an active part in affairs which are of vital interest to every child. "If the charter should be repealed,” say the Plymouth Trustees in a state ment to the press, “it means that the people of the district will be solely at the mercy of the state school au thorities and the county board of edu cation.” “The people in this district have spent thousands of dollars in order to secure better school advantages, and it seems to us that everybody interest ed in .he schools at Plymouth should be heard before the charter is repealed. Be certain to be on hand at the school ouse Friday night, January 20,” the statement continues. The reason for this meeting, as stated above is the circulation of a pe tition for the signatures of a number of citizens asking that enough names be added to the document so that Rep recentative Charles E. Mizelle, of Washington County, or possibly Sen ator Carl L. Bailey be asked to intro duce in the North Carolina General Assambly a bill to repeal the chapter. If the charter of the Plymouth spec cial district is revoked by law, then the three schools, the Plymouth High School, the Plymouth Graded School, and the Washington County Training school will be under the direct control and management of the Washington County board of Education. For years it has been the desire of the county board to have the manage ment and business administratioA of the three schools in the Plymouth dis trict and for years this has been fought by the local community trus tees. So the meeting Friday night will be an occasion to get the pulse or | the sentiment of the people on this matter. If the county Jjoard should become the business ^uministrators of the three schim’^ there would be little difference < the operation of the in stitutiong. cxcept that all bills would be 'furred and paid by the county officials and that the county superin tendent would recommend the teach ers instead of the city superintendent. The city superintendent would prob ably be demoted to the rank of a prin cipal, but the salary would be the same, as the number of teachers un der the principal’s supervision would remain about the same, and his sal ary would be about the same thing, and there may be a few duplications of expense items that could be elim inated with the county in charge. The County Board of Education desires that the matter of repealing the charter be done by the legislature rather than by referendum as the elec tion, if called, would represent an ex ! penditure of $100 or more in order to get the people registered and voted in the special election. Besides the mass meeting that is to be held Friday night, it is not known what steps the town officials are tak ing to block the “repeal charter move ment." But it is known, as a mem ber of the city board has said, “I did not secure the charter for the school, but if the people want to retain this special charter then I will fight for it. ’ Committee Appointments Of Representative Mizelle Representative Charles E. Mizelle, of Washington County, has been nam ed on the following committees in the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature for this term: drainage, pensions, public buildings and grounds, game, conservation and development, institutions for the blind. The reason that Mr. Mizelle failed to rate any chairmanship on the num bers of committees can be ascribed to the fact that this is his first term and it is usually the fact that a new repre sentative does not get the same recog nition from the solons as does a vet eran of many terms.