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VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 4
ESTABLISHED 1889
COUNTY TO TAKE
UP OPERATION OF
FARM THIS YEAR
Short-Term Prisoners Will |
Be Used in Performing
Work There
A change will be made this year in
the operation of the county farm that
is used to supply much of the farm i
produce for the use of the county
home and other county dependent ac
tivities, it was learned today from
George W. Hardison, chairman of the
Board of Washington County Com
missioners.
All of the 30-day prisoners that are
sentenced from the local courts will j
be worked on the farm, as the State
will not take a prisoner that is sent I
up for less than 00 days, and if not
enough labor is secured this way, then
the State will be petitioned to allow
the use of some of the longer-termed
convicts on the farm.
The prisoner's work will be divided
between the farm and the county
home, as these two county activities
are usually joined in their administra
tion. It is not known how many it
will take to do the work, but there will
be supervision by Claude C. Spruill,
who was in charge of the farm last
year.
In 1932 Mr. Spruill rented the farm j
on shares with the county, and all of
the expenses were paid to make it self
sustaining except the salary of Mr.
Spruill, whose duty was divided be
tween the farm and the county home,
while Mrs. Spruill is in direct charge
of the home itself.
A profit of $100 was made on May
peas last season, and the county and
Mr. Spruill still have 165 bags of pea
nuts that have not been sold but which
are stored for a possible upturn in
price. Meat was furnished for the
home from the hogs that were raised,
and vegetables and milk were supplied.
This year Mrs. Spruill will receive
$33.33 a month for her services as
manager of the county home, while
Mr. Spruill will be given $16.66 for
his job as manager of the county farm
—or, in other words, the two of them
together will be given $600 a year for*
their services, and reports are to the
effect that they are both good at their
Work.
The entire tract at the county farm
includes about 92 acres with about 22
acres of this not suitable for cultiva
tion in 1932, but this season it is
thought that about a dozen or more
acres will be added for cultivation in
1933 as the relief labor that is furnish
ed through State funds is being used
to clear up this ground.
Last week there were 18 men em
ployed on the farm digging up stumps,
widening and dredging ditches and
opening new waterways through the
bottom that is in the middle of the
plat of ground. In this way, it is hoped
to bring in all of the land or at least
about two-thirds of the 20 acres not
used last year.
The stumps and forest growth that
is too large to allow to remain on the
ground will be used in the county
home for stove and heater wood. The
small growth will be ploughed into
the ground to enrich the land. In a
recent visit it appeared that every pre
caution is being used to economize.
Bill To Validate Acts of
Notary Public Presented
The bill introduced in the legislature
to validate the official notary activi
ties of George W. Hardison, chairman
of the Board of Washington County
Commissioners, does not mean that
Mr. Hardison is now a notary or that
he desires to be one in the future.
The bill as introduced by Senatos
C. L. Bailey only means that the acts
of Mr. Hardison as a notary before he
resigned be acceptable in the sight of
the law, as for a short time he held
the office of commissioner and notary
also before he discovered the offense
and resigned.
In addition to his job as chairman
of the >oar ' r county commissioners
and .uditor, Mr. Hardison is a Justice
of the Peace and a number of people
here wanted to know why he should
desire to have his present acts as a
notary validated, but this was a mis
apprehension, as he does not and will
not practice as a notary.
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Union Service To Be Held
At Scuppernong Church
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Scuppernong.—Columbia, Albemarle
Cross Landing, Philippi, and Scupper
nong, with Roy D. Respass as minis
ter of the group, will hold a special
union service at Scuppernong Christian
Chur«h Sunday night, January 29, at
7 o’clock.
Good music and talks will be fea
tures of the evening’s entertainment.
Every one is urged to be there early
to insure a comfortable seat, a full
house being expected.
Several good singers and speakers
from Plymouth are expected to be
present.
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Subscriptions to The Befacon
must be paid in advance. The
Beacon will use every available
method to aid its subscribers in
paying their subscriptions. So pay
up now, or your paper will be cut
off.
Higher than market prices al
lowed on produce.
Until February 1 the Beacon will
accept the following items on sub
scriptions at the following prices:
Corn, 55 cents a bushel; soybeans,
55 cents a bushel; peanuts, 2 cents
a pound; cotton 8 cents a pound;
eggs, 25 cents dozen; old hens,
12 1-2 cents pound; frying size
young chickens, 15 cents pound;
smoked hams, 17 cents pound; and
other produce higher than market
prices.
These prices will be reduced aft
er February 1, 1933, so it will pay
you t opay your subscription now.
RELIEF FUNDS
SPENT HERE
TOTAL $9,162.00
Average Amount Spent Per
Family Ranges From
$7.65 to $9.33
Funds used for relief purposes as j
coming through the State in Washing- |
ton County for the last three months !
in 1932 are given as follows by Dr.
Fred Morrison, State director of re
lief work: October, $1,000; November,
$4,014; December, $4,148; total for
three months, $9,162.
The average amount spent per fam
ily during the three months follows:
October, $7.65; November, $9.33; De
cember, $8.40. These averages arc
based on the actual number of fam
ilies aided during the three-months
period.
The total number of families aid
ed in Washington County for two
months follow: None of these are di
vided as non-family persons, but in
November 706 families and in Decent- [
ber 989 families were aided.
, Possibily not all the families aided
were entirely destitute, Mr. Morrison
pointed ou‘, as in .ir.r.y instances they
have been given only Red Cross flour,!
and in the case of many rural people
their aid has been confined to clothing,]
largely for children entering school.
PLYMOUTHWINS
DOUBLE HEADER
Boys Defeat Old Trap 29-24
While Girls Win From
Pantego, 26 To 19
Roper.—Plymouth's two basketball
teams came out ahead in the double-'
header here last Friday night when
the Old Trap High School boys of
Forsythe County were drubbed by the
Plymouth quint, 29 to 24, with the
-Pantego girls being routed, 26 to 19,
by the Plymouth lassies.
The basketball systems of brothers
were pitted against each other when
Coach J. Frank Furches’ boys’ team
licked the squad from Old Trap coach
ed by his younger brother. Both of
the games were fast, with the Ply
mouth boys and girls proving their su
periority in both contests that were
hard fought.
Individual places on the team and
individual points for the boys' game
were taken as follows: Plymouth, Ed
die Getsinger, center, 11; Grant Sears,
left forward, 10; Charlie Mizelle, right
forwart, 6; Bobbie Cahoon, right guard
2; Cnarlie Jackson, left guard, 0.
. The Old Trap boys scosing follows:
Holt, right guard, 8; Shore, center, 4;
Pitts, right forward, 3; Yarborough,
right guard, 7; Oglnirn, left guard, 2.
The girls’ team are composed of the
following: Plvfnouth: Emily Lucas,
•center; Edna Ayers, left goard; Lois
LeFever, right forward; Jean Martin,
center; Edna Ayers, left guard; Lois
Ellen Bowen, right guard; Sarah Ca
hoon substituted for Emily Lucas at
center.
Pantego girls: Claudie Paul, center;1
Madge Partrick, left forward; Henri-1
etta Hodges, right forward; Bessie.
Long, center guard; Dazzie Statebury,
left guard; Ruth Elks, right guard.
A statement by Coach Furches of
the Plymouth High School: “To those
who took care of the visiting team,
we thank you very much, and to those
who would have taken some players if
there had not been sickness in their
homes, we thank you also. You will
probably be able to help next time.”
Presiding Elder Will
Preach Here Sunday
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Presiding Elder J. H. McCracken,
of Elizabeth City, will preach at the
11 o’clock service in the Methodist
church here Sunday. After the serv
ice the quarterly conference will take
place. Rev. J. W. Harrell will preach
at night. Everybody is urged to at
tend.
WELFARE OFFICE
AT COURT HOUSE
IS BUSY PLACE
Work Projects Deal Mostly
With Highways From
Now On
Business quarters in the courthouse
here of the welfare workers in Wash
ington County is a veritable hive of
workers, as Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Brewer, with their staff of helpers are
busy making preparations for a visit of
inspection to be made by officials of
the North Carolina Board of Public
Welfare.
Filled-in blanks showing the activi
ties in the distribution of the flour and
garments and the money expended on
the work projects must be made out
so that the officials at a moment's no
tice can secure the information they
want of the activities here to be filed
for their reference.
The case cards must show' a correct
disbursement of every' dollar expended
in work projects and must include the
names of the heads of families, wives
and the names of their children and
other like information, as well as the
proper address of the recipients of gov
ernment aid.
The same records are required ot
flour and Red Cros smaterials, as well
as ready-made garments. And these
records must be accurate in every* de
tail, and thus a staff of workers has
been secured to aid Mr. and Mrs. |
Brewer for a short time until they
can get the matter arranged for inspec
tion.
Clothing articles that have been re
ceived by the workers here include a
dozen infant’s wrappers, a gross of
balbriggan bloomers, 5 dozen waist
suits, 9 dozen stockings, a dozen play
suits, 3 dozen pairs of men’s overalls, ;
18 dozen women’s hose, two dozen
pairs of hoys’ knickers, 2 dozen wom
en’s union suits, dozen boys’ over
alls, and 9 dozen infants’ stockings.
There is little or none of the above !
articles listed as on hand as practi
cally all have been given away, in ad- j
drtion to $7,000 cash spent in wages,
shoes, medicine, groceries, and school
lunches. The lunches arc being serv
ed in five schools,- to 2,760 children
each month.
The work projects will be mostly
highway from now on until the last
check is received in February. Mr.
Brewer states that the highway work
will be in charge of overseers employ-j
ed by the' State Highway system.
Mr. Bre\#r again thanks the many
people throughout the county for their
splendid cooperation in helping to feed
the hungry for the last few months.
Today, Mr. Brewer asserts, this coun
ty has 196,000 pounds of flour and 8,000
yards of material on hand.
DEATH RATE IN
STATE IS STILL \
ON DECREASE
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Amounted to 9.6 Deaths Per
100,000 in 1932, Against
10.2 in 1931
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Raleigh.— lhe death rate in iMortn
Carolina continues to decline in spite
of both dsiease and automobiles, a
niounting to only 9.6 deaths per 1,000 ^
in 1932, a scompared with 10.2 for
1931, Dr. James M. Parrott, executive
secretary of the State Board of Health
anonunced today. This is consider
ably below the average death rate for
the entire United Stales, which is
about 12.4 per 1,000.
“We feel that the people of North
Carolina are to be congratulated on
being able to consistently lower the
death rate in times like these and that
these figures indicate that without
doubt North Carolina is a good state j
in which to live,” Dr. Parott said.
The decrease in the number of deaths
from pellagra in the state during the
past year has been even more pro
nounced, indicating that pellagra is
ceasing to be one of the state’s major
problems, Dr. Parrott said. During
1932 there were but 465 deaths report
ed from pellagra, while in 1931 there
were 696 pellagra deaths, and in 1930
a total of 1,015 pellagra deaths.
This decided decrease in pellagra is
due more than anything else to the'
“live-at-home” program started in the
state by Former Governor O. Max
Gardner in 1929-30, and which began j
to show its first results in 1931, ac-j
cording to Dr. Parrott. This "live-at-1
home” program resulted in the plant
ing of hundreds of thousands of gar
dens by families that had never plant
ed any before, as well as in a tremen
dous increase in the number of cows
and chickens in the state. This, in
turn, resulted in hundreds of thous
ands of people adopting a different
kind of diet with vegetables, eggs, and
milk taking a predominant place in it.
Pellagra can not exist where vege
tables, eggs, milk, and chicken com
pose most of the diet. The result has
been that pellagra has almost disap
peared in North Carolina, according
to Dr. Parrott.
f INCOME TAX FACTS 1
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WHO? Single persons who had
net income of $1,000 or more or
gross income of $5,000 or more,
and married couples who had net
income of $2,500 or more, or gross
income of $5,000 or more must file
returns.
WHEN? The filing period be
gins January 1 and ends March
15, 1933.
WHERE? Collector of internal
revenue for the district in which
the person lives or has his princi
pal place of business.
HOW See instructions on
Forms 1040A and 1040.
WHAT? Four per cent normal
tax on the first $4,000 in excess
of the personal exemptions and
credits. Eight per cent normal
tax on the balance of net income.
Surtax on net incomes in excess
of $6,000.
BIG CROWD AT
FUNERAL FOR
MRS. JOHNSTON
Died At Home of Mrs. Van
B. Martin, Sr., Here
Tuesday
Funeral services were held Wednes
day for Mrs. Pattie Johnston, who died
at the home of a relative, Mrs. Van
B. Martin, Sr., litre early Tuesday
morning. Rev. Theodore Partrick,
rector of the Church of the Good Shep
herd, at Raleigh, who was at one time
rector of the Grace parish here, offic
iated.
Interment took place in the Grace
Episcopal church cemetery with a
large crowd of friends whom she had
accumulated over a life period of 93
years attending and paying final trib
ute to the aged lady, who was well
known and well liked by all who knew
her. A massive heap of beautiful flow
ers contributed by friends far and near
covered the grave.
Mrs. Johnston had been sick only a
short time, being confined to her bed
since last Friday, but heart trouble
with infirmities of age caused a weak
body to succumb to the preying quali
ty,s_nf the disease. Moi'j**y night at
9 o’clock she was sitting up in bed
and expressed the belief to ^r. C.
McGowan that she would recover.
Surviving Mrs. Johnston are the
following daughters: Mrs. R. C.
Forbes, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. W.
F. Ausbon, Plymouth; and one son,
Asa Johnston, of Roper. Her hus
band has been dead for years.
Mrs. Johnston is a graduate of Mer
edith College in Raleigh, and for years
she was a constant reader, but three
years ago she lost her eyesight. She
retained the wonderful memory that
was characteristic of her. She was well
known among the young folks, as they
were always delighted with her stories
of true incidents of the old South.
Pall bearers: Active, Henry Blount,
George Hardison, Henry Spruill, Ar
thur Vail, John Leggett, and J. O. Ev
erett.
Honorary: Joe Arps, R. A. Willi
ford, C. V. W. Ausbon, Henry Har
rison, Johnston Ward, J. H. Smith, A1
fred Garrett, Sam Beasley, Dick Har
dison, L. W. Gurkiti, Dr. C. McGow
an, R. W. Johnstone, J. M. Horton,
A. D Bassinger, and A. G. Spruill.
Want Delegation From
County at Raleigh 31st
Efforts are being made in Washing
ton County to secure a delegation
from here to attend the citizen’s con
ference which will be held in Raleigh
at 2:30 in the afternoon of Tuesday,
January 31, at the city auditorium for
the purpose of discussing a plan to
have the people say whether or not
schools a'nd colleges must go on up to
at least a minimum standard.
G. B. Phillips, chairman of the
North Carolina Committee on Public
Relations, has asked the Beacon to
print an urgent appeal to the people
in this county to attend. This is a
follow-up meeting to the one held in
Durham last Friday. Endorsements to
the call for this meeting have been
made by leaders in all of the different
kinds of civic organizations in the
State.
School Superintendents
In Meet Here Tuesday
Digressing from the regular program
that had been prepared for the occa
sion, 35 members of the Northeastern
District of the Association of City and
County School Superintendents who
met in Williford’s Tavern here at a
luncheon Tuesday heard and partici
pated in a general discussion of school
policies.
Jule 13. Warren, of Raleigh, secre
tary of the North Carolina Education
Association, led the discussion. G. E.
Hartsell, superintendent of the Eliza
beth City schools, called the meeting
to order and then E. H. Hicks, of Ply
mouth, chairman of the program com
mittee, presided over the discussions.
Decide To Ask For Special
Election on School Matter
FARMERS MEET IS
SCHEDULED FOR
SATURDAY HERE
To Make Last Call for Mem
bers in Plymouth Mutual
Exchange
Last call for membership in the Ply
mouth Mutual Exchange will be made
at a meeting of farmers that will be
held in the courthouse here Saturday
afternoon, January 28, at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon, it was decided in a
meeting held in the council chamber
here last Monday evening by the di
rectors.
At Saturday's meeting the conclu
sion of securing growers’ contracts
will be made for the production of
tomatoes for the 1933 season, and those
who wish to enter thr cooperative or
ganization are urged to be present
either with their contracts signed or
unsigned so that the number of acres
can be determined.
The goal for the organization is 300
acres and it is thought that this will
be reached with ease in consideration
of the progress that is being made at
the present. When the acreage is
reached, then no more memberships
in the exchange will be granted under
any conditions, as the officials of the
organization do not wish to have so
many tomatoes that they can not be
handled properly.
It was decided to close the canvass
ing soon on account of the fact that
correspondence would be necessary to
secure low bids on seeds, and then it
would be necessary to order the seeds
and have them here by the middle of
February anyway, so that those join
ing in the association can have their
seed in plenty of time for early plant
ing.
Use of the packing shed at the Nor
folk Southern Railroad station has
been .offered ttj, the organization for
the wrapping and shipping of the to
matoes during the season at a nominal
sum. However, no arrangements have
been made by the officials for a place
to pack, as they are awaiting further
developments in this matter.
Tliis organization is composed of
farmers mostly, with H. C. Spruill as
president; E. F. Still, vice president;
W. T. Stillman, secretary and treas
urer; with the following directors who
were present Monday night: A. L.
Alexander, J. H. Leggett, Roy Man
ning, R. C. Jackson.
Edward S. Blount Is
Recovering From Illness
Word has been received here that
Edward S. Blound, of near Mackeys,
former treasurer of Washington Conn
ty, and who is well known as a farm
er as well as a politician, is recover
ing from an illness from which he has
been very sick. Mr. Blount is now
understood to be able to be about the
house at his usual duties.
Small Child Improving
At Rocky Mt. Hospital
The small child of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Harrison is suffering from
pneumonia and ear trouble in the Park
View Hospital in Rocky Mount. The
child at one time was reported to be
very sick, but is understood to be im
proving now.
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150,000 Federal Jobs Not
Governed by Civil Service
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Washington.—The Civil Service
Commission today informed the sen
ate that between 130,000 and 150,000
federal jobs were not under civil serv
ice. The report was in answer to a
resolution by Senator McKellar, Dem
ocrat, Tennessee, and listed the sal
aries of the places, ranging from the
lowest paid per diem worker to cabi
net officers.
Harnett County Home
Kills 9,261 Pounds Meat
Twenty-seven hogs dressing 9,261
pounds of pork have been butchered
at the Harnett County home and 21
additional animals are available for
1 slaughter.
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Alamance Farmers Go In
For Tanning of Hides
Alamance farmers who have tanned
hides at home following the recom
mendations of the State College ani
' mal husbandry department report
good results. Some hides arc tanned
with the hair on to be used for rugs
in the home but most are tanned for
j leather.
SALARIES PAID TO
HEADS SCHOOLS
IN THIS COUNTY
Governed By Number of
Teachers in School and
Certificate Rating
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A study of tlie salaries of those en
gaged in the jchool work in Wash
ington County reveals some interest
information of the high cost of manag
ing the schools for the eight months
that usually constitute a term.
James W. Norman, superintendent
of public instruction of Washington
County, gets an annual salary of $2,
000, which, divided into months, gives
him $166 monthly for 12 months. Also
a small sum is allowed for traveling
expense and for office help, with the
state supplying the funds.
Ernest H. Hicks, superintendent of
the Plymouth City Schools, gets a sal
ary of $311.11 monthly for eight
months, with a reduction of 10 per
cent, which gives actually $280 month
ly for his time, making for the year
2,240, which is more than Mr. Nor
man gets in salary. Mr. Hicks wa9
allowed $65 for traveling expense in
the 1931-32 term.
Mr. Norman's salary is governed
by the population of the county, while
Mr. Hicks’ salary is fixed by a scale of
the number of teachers under his sup
ervision, which includes those at the
negro, graded and high schools in the
Plymouth district, and possible con
sideration of certificate rating.
E. N. Riddle, principal of the Roper
school, gets $24'' monthly for the eight
months term, while C. H. Aderholdt,
principal of the Creswell school, draws
$200 monthly for eight months. Mr.
Riddle gets more on account of rat
ing for experience which has been
abolished in this scale of determining
salaries in the state.
All of the principals’ salaries are
governed by the teachers under their
supervision and their certificate rat
ing, with A. W. Davenport, principal
of the Cherry school, receiving $120
monthly as teacher and 10 per cent as
principal, making his salary $132 per
month for eight months.
l here are only about four teachers
in the county that get over $90 month
ly for eight months, while the colored
instructors average not more than *$65
monthly for the term. The slate pays
all of these instructors except for the
two months after the constitutional six
months that is guarantee! by the State.
For the year of 1931-32 salaries on
the average all over the state are giv
en as follows: General state depart
ment, 992 employed, $1,602,310 total
Salaries, $1,625 average per year;
teachers and principals, 23,290 em
ployed, $17,697,265, $847.59 average
per year; white teachers and princi
pals, 17,127 employed, $14,720,585 to
tal salaries; $859.50 average per year.
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Benjamin S. Stearn Died
Last Sunday in Belhaven
A group from Plymouth, including
Mrs. Edison Swain, Miss Martha
Hornthal, Mrs. T. L. Bray, Miss Nona
Newman, and Mrs. R. E. Dunning
Monday attended the funeral of Ben
jamin S. Stearn, in Belhaven, the
father of Mrs. R. L. Whitehurst. Dr
and Mrs. Whitehurst were called
home Friday night on account of an
illness that resulted in death Sunday.
Mr. Stearn was 69 years of age and
had been working for the Norfolk
Southern Railroad Company in Bel
haven for 40 years. He was horn in
Schwanfeld, Bavaria, Germany. Rev.
A. H. Marshall, Episcopal rector, con
ducted the funeral. Interment was in
a Belhaven cemetery. Mrs. White
hurst is one of four surviving chil
dren.
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Fred Blount, of Roper,
Officer in Monogram Club
It has been learned here that Fred
“Red” Blount, of Roper, who was a
pitcher for the Plymouth baseball club
last season, and who is well known
here, has been elected secretary and
treasurer of the Monogram Club at
Campbell College at Buies Creek. This
is the first athletic club ever formed
at the Buies Creek institution.
W. T. Nurney Improving
At Rocky Mt. Hospital
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W. T. Nurney, local undertaker,
who is well known in Washington
County, is in the Park View Hospital
in Rocky Mount to undergo a treat
ment for diabetes that has been a
chronic ailment with him for years,
Mr. Nurney was taken last weke. He
is expected home the last of this week,
FIFTY PATRONS
AT MEET LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT
Petition Signed by Fourth
Of Freeholders Must Be
Obtained
A referendum will be called in a
short time to allow the patrons of the
Plymouth school district to express
themselves by ballot to determine as
to what the majority wishes to do
I about the schools in this district,
whether to repeal the charter or let it
run on as in the past as a special
chartered district.
However, there is a legal procedure
that must be followed before it is cer
tain that this course will be followed,
as the law expressly says that in a
matter of this kind, a petition bearing
the names of 25 per cent of the free
holders in the district must be pre
sented to the commissioners so they
can call a special election for this
cause.
If the special election is held, then
the cost will not be more than $150,
but it is thought not to be much less
than this amount by those who figure
I the matter conservatively. There will
| be the expense of an entire new reg
istration, and the actual expense of
the printing of the ballots and the
holding of the polls on election day.
1 he special election was favored
over two other plans presented to the
150 patrons who attended the mass
I meeting in the school auditorium last
hriday night in an effort to give the
people a fair chance to express their
J desires in the matter. And just before
adjournment the majority voted to
! favor this plan.
Tile second plan included presenting
a petition to Senator C. L. Bailey and
Representative C. E. Mizelle for in
troduction into the legislature of a bill
designed to revoke the charter, but
this was not considered fair.
The third method was to ask the
members of the Board of Plymouth
I School District Trustees to formally
tender to the Board of Education of
\\ ashington County the charter for
the district and also to deed to the
! county board all property and rights
and so forth to the county officials,
but this method did not appear popu
lar.
i The decision for the special elec
i tion followed a series of short talks
j in the discussion of the subject by a
number who were present. John W.
| Darden made the motion for the spec
ial election, which was amended by
//.eh Vance Norman, and seconded by
. some one in the crowd.
Dr. C. McGowan talked for the city
board, while E. L. Owens spoke for
the county board with T. J. Swain,
chairman of the county board show
i inS tI,e savings that would follow if
the county board were in charge of
jthe business management and general
cotrol of the school.
it appeared now that there would
j lie no change in the rating of the
, school under the county system and
that the salary of Mr. Hicks would be
the same and the salary of James W.
Norman, superintendent of public in
struction, would remain the same.
As usual, there was some bickering
and insinuations about the various of
ficials, but on a whole, after Zeb V.
, Norman made his speech, the matter
simmered down to cold facts and the
' theories of factions faded away as Mr.
Norman in an even tone told of the
evolution of schools in Plymuth.
Mrs. B. G. Campbell made a good
talk calling attention to the fact that
the men had talked for an hour or
more about the savings in taxes, but
had not mentioned the welfare of the
child, but it was shown that under
either system the childs welfare would
not be impaired.
P. H. Darden, chairman of the town
board, called the meeting together and
| presided. K. H. Hicks was called on
i to answer questions, and it was re
■ vealed that towns like Wilson, Greens
I hoi o, and Williamston were operat
ing at a saving under the county sys
tem, having abolished their charters
| some time ago.
-®--—
Reckons He Can Stand
Being Assembly Member
Here is what a reporter around the
C apitol in Raleigh has picked up on
Captain Charles E. Mizelle, represen
tative of Washington County:
"1 reckon I can stand it,” says Cap
tain Charlie, when asked how he liked
being a member of the legislature. “I
spent 30 years in the army and that
didn't kill me, so a little thing like the
General Assembly won’t trouble me so
very much.”