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VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 11
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, March 17, 1933
ESTABLISHED 1889
TELLS NEW TALE
OF EVENTS PRIOR
TO FOREST FIRE
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Morris Whedbee Again in
Limelight at Hearing
Here Tuesday
Three accused men submitted their
evidence in opposition to that of Mor
ris Whedbee in a hearing held here
in the courthouse Tuesday by Com
missioner J. Tom McNair, to dis
prove statements that Whedbee had
made in a deposition that he had “got
ten some whisky from them” on the
day of the forest fire soutli of Houtz
Mill on the Roper Highway in 1930.
These men named all live in the
Skinnersville section and are well
known. Whedbee alleged that he se
cured the intoxicants from Leon
Spruill, Harold and Jimmy Patrick on
the morning that Whedbee swore that
he sold it to the employees of the
Virginia Electric and Power Co.,
which organization is being sued for
damages done by the fire.
Whedbee further alleged that he
drank some whisky with the three ac
cused men and that they had an early
lunch at about 11 o’clock that day
and that he then left on his own car
and came back toward Plymouth and
sold the whisky to the power firm’s
employees and saw them start the
fire that brought about the suit.
The boy made his deposition here
on November 2, 1932, before Commis
sioner McNair and even stated that he
could remember that he ate "hog liver,
sausage, biscuits, and eggs’’ on the
date mentioned about two years ago.
He alleged that all this took place at
the home of Jimmy Spruill.
Between pages 16 and 18 of the de
position made by Morris Whedbee
and Roy Davenport on November 2,
1932, was this significant paragraph
that caused Tuesday’s deposition:
“Well, I had been down to Pea Ridge
and had been down there with boy
friends drinking some whisky, drink
ing a little, and got some from them,
but that wasn’t told in the other trial.’’
The “other trial” refers to the time
in the June term of court in 1932 that
Whedbee testified in court that he
went into the woods to see the men
employed by the Virginia Electric and
Power Company, who were construct
ing a power line and that they start
ed a fire, neglecting it, so that it
burned thousands of acres of wood
land. In an affidavit signed after the
trial by Whedbee in Z. V. Norman’s
office the boy testified that this evi
dence was false on the stand and then
in a deposition in November the boy
repudiated the affidavit stating that his
court testimony was true.
Thus the three Skinnersville men
were apparently brought into the case
in an effort to prove that Whedbee
had secure’d whisky from them to sell
to the power firm employees on his
way back to Plymouth. The accused
trio denied that the boy had ever been
to their homes and especially on the
date in question.
The three accused were advised of
the testimony of the Whedbee boy
in the deposition by Mr. Lancaster,
of the Virginia Electric and Power
Company, who took with him on the
occasion W. W. Ange, presumably as
a witness. Edward L. Owens, an at
torney for the plaintiffs against the
power firm, also visited the men about
the matter.
Prior to Whedbee’s repudiation of
his testimony in the case against the
Virginia Electric and Power Com
pany made in open superior court the
plaintiffs had been awarded a judg
ment of $60,000 against the power firm
and then affidavits were taken from
the jurors in the case after the appeal
to the supreme court that they based
their decision on the testimony /of
Whedbee and that if he repudiated it
then would have rendered a different
verdict had they known the true facts.
The boy even went so far as to
state in the November deposition that
he had been bribed to sign the affidavit
repudiating his first testimony in open
court, and after doing this he gave the
deposition purpoting to be the truth,
which in fact is hard to determine in
the face of the many tales he has been
telling about the matter.
Announce Services For
County Episcopalians
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Church services in the Grace Epis
copal church in Plymouth an|d St.
Luke’s Episcopal church in Roper
were announced today by the Rev.
Sidney E. Matthews, rector of the two
churches, who now resides in Wash
ington.
Services will be held in the Ply
mouth church as follows: Second Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock and the
third Sunday evening at 7:30; and at
Roper on every third Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock.
Additional services will be held at
each of the churches at 7:30 in the
evening during Lent as follows: Rop
er every Tuesday evening and Ply
mouth every Wednesday evening.
Doctor’s Medicine Case
Robbed Last Saturday
Thieves entered the car of I>r. T. L.
Bray Saturday night and opened his
medicine case and made away with
some of the medicines that he carried
with him. Also a towel was miss
ing. No trace of the thieves has been
found. His car was parked in his
garage on Main Street. The value of
the medicine was not learned.
971 FAMILIES IN
COUNTY AIDED
IN PAST MONTH
Total Expenditures in Feb
ruary Over $5,000,
Report Shows
A total of 971 families received aid
of some kind at a cost of $1,448.76
from the relief agency in Washington
County that is operated by Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Brewer, welfare workers,
during the month of February.
, There were 417 men given employ
I merit for $3,812.45, making a total cost
of $5,261.21. This money was secured
from different sources. From the Fed
eral government cash was received a
mounting to $3,923.85. The city of
Plymouth provided lumber and mater
ials costing $250, while the Washing
ton County commissioners in their
poor fund and county home raised
$292.61. Cash from friends was $33.50.
Clothing and flour by the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross sum
med up as $751.25. Produce amount
ing to $10 was contributed.
A total of 3,360 children were fed
in the school lunches in Plymouth,
Roper, Creswell, and Cherry. There
were 280 children to be fed three times
a week. Mrs. Brewer has been no
tified that no more orders for flour
will be filled and also the cash is be
ing cut down.
A notice has been received that the
next allotment in cash will be $1,000
less in March and $2,000 less in April
than it was in March. No more flour
will come to Plymouth, and the work
ers again urged that every -one get
work and endeavor to get more self
supporting, for they can not look to
the welfare work to continue to last
through the summer.
LOCAL FIREMEN
ELECT OFFICERS
Gurkin Is Reelected Chief;
Department Now Has
25 Members
Officers for the Plymouth Fire De
partment for the ensuing term were
elected Monday night by the mem
bers in session as follows:
L. W. Gurkin, chief; J. F. Aus
bon, first assistant chief; R. E. Tar
kington, second assistant chief; J. B.
McNair, hose captain; Roscoe Gay
lord, assistant hose captain; Frank
Spruill, secretary; Miller Warren, cus
todian of the physical equipment.
J. B. Willoughby, chief engineer;
L. D. Jones, first assistant engineer;
Raymond Peel, second assistant;
Dick Hardison, third assistant; Car
lyle Doughtie, fourth assistant; Har
ry Gurkin, fifth assistant; Charlie
Jackson, chief marshall; Joe lucker
Tetterton, assistant marshall.
The fire department now has 25
active volunteer firemen as members,
with three on the waiting list for ad
mission as soon as a membership va
cancy should occur. They keep the
maximum allowed by the charter at
all times, and there is always a num
ber on the waiting list should one drop
out. . i
Mr. and Mrs. Lieberson
And Family Are Safe
A telegram was received Saturday
by George W. Hardison, chairman of
the Washington County Commission
ers, front his children, Mr. and Mrs.
Gershon Lieberson, of Los Angeles,
Calif., who announced that they and
their triplet daughters were well, thus
relieving their parents of the anxiety
suffered over their safety.
Mr. and Mrs. Lieberson are well
known here, having spent the sum
mer here last year. They live in Los
Angeles, where the earthquake oc
curred last week which resulted in
millions of dollars in damage to prop
erty and also the loss of 130 or more
lives with many injured.
Few People in County
Get Regional Loans
One or two people in Washington
County are beginning to use the serv
ices of the Regional Agricultural Cred
it Corporation in Raleigh. Only a
few in this county can furnish the
proper collateral to obtain these loans.
The cost of production of this year’s
crop will be at the lowest cost of any
crop that has been produced in the
last three decades, according to John
P. Stedman, who is in charge of the
Raleigh corporation.
PLAN OPERATION
COUNTY SCHOOLS
FOR FULL TERM
Will Be Decided At Meet of
County Board Here
Thursday
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Public schools in the rural system
of Washington County will more than
likely run the full eight months this
year contrary to first reports that have
reached the Beacon from authorative
sources.
The members of the county board
of education were to go into session
Thursday to determine their actions
on the matter which they at first left
up to the proceedings of the Legis
lature, and now it looks that they will
run the full term although the school
officials are expected to reach an a
greement too late to be inserted in
this issue of the Beacon.
It has been learned that the staff
of instructors including teachers, prin
cipals and other school employes have
expressed their intention of contin
uing the schools for the extended
term if the officials would make an ef
fort to keep them supplied with
enough cash to pay their eimmediate
expenses and to offer to pay them the
remainder of their salaries in the fu
ture.
It is a fact that the rural system
will have about $4,000 available for
paying the expenses of the teachers
for the first month of the extended
term. Part of this will be secured
from the State tax reduction fund that
supplies some money to aid the coun
ties in the extended term and then
the county will have the other part
from local collections.
Then again the eight month of the
term will see about $2,000 come back
to the county from the State and the
officials will have this much to use
even if the county has no collections
at all. The county still owes its
loyal teachers half of their salaries for
last year, but they are willing to
work these extra two months any
way.
The Beacon will go to press Thurs
day before the school officials con-;
elude their meeting or probably be
fore they have reached an agreement.
And , these facts will be considered,
and it is known that the officials will
do the right thing. So it is not doubt
ed but that the schools will run for
eight months.
CHECK IS JUST
20 YEARS LATE
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Dated February 1, 1913, Is
Presented for Payment
Here This Week
A little over 20 years late a check
came into the Branch Banking &
Trust Company here this week.
The check was issued in favor of
Peter Brewer by B. W. King on Feb
ruary 1, 1913, and drawn on the Bank
of Plymouth for $75. It came through
the usual channels of the clearing
house accounts from Brooklyn.
Nothing is remembered here of
King except that a colored family
used to live around this place by the
name of King, but they moved up |
North, and it is thought that they
issued this check to a Brooklyn or
some other northern man, who ic
tained the check or it was lost some
way.
The check was returned not paid,
of course, as the Bank of Plymouth
has long since been defunct and the
local unit of the Branch Banking &
Trust Company made a notation that
no such bank or account was known.
The check itself was not worn to
any great extent except that a hole |
came in the crease that was made in
folding the paper, and then on the
back the whole was covered by anoth
er piece of paper pasted over it.
Receive Many Answers
Solving Egg Problem
Replies from all sections rolled into
the oftice of the Beacon this week
with the correct solution of the egg
problem. This shows to what extent
the people read the Beacon and also
reveals the popularity of the column,
“Under the Beacon Light.’’
Notice the names and sections front
which some of the replies were receiv
ed: G. L. Davenport, Mackeys; A. M.
Allen, Roper; Francis L. Everett,
of Skinnersville; Buster Askew, Long
Acre; Harry Lyon, Plymouth, and
others.
Deep Cultivation Needed
To Insure Best Dahlias
In thinning out dahlias, leave only
one strong stalk. All others that come
up from the root should he removed.
All beds should have deep cultivation
until the plants begin to bloom, after
which the cultivation should be very
shallow. A heavy straw mulch can
be used in place of the shallow culti
vation after blooming.
( depression CURE '
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Depression cure of “Farmer Jim”
Ferguson, husband of “Ma,” the
Texas Governor:
“Put your trust in God, your
Ford in the garage, and your wife
to work.”
And as for things in general,
“Pa” told a farmers’ convention
at Dallas:
“Take the oil business. They’ve
got a trust. Take the lawyers.
They’ve got a trust. You farmers
have to organize a trust—bind
yourselves together with hoops of
steel because we are ruined if we
don't do it. I want you to get
this. If the farmers do not or
ganize like everybody else, then
this country is going to hell in a
handbag.”
“We sit idly by and pass reso
lutions and feebly protest against
the inefficiency of marketing fa
cilities and the result of it is we
are in a business that is the great
est failure of all vocations of man.
It ought to be the most profitable
and the most honorable.”
TEACHERS AND
PARENTS MEET
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Roper Association Elects
Officers at Session Last
Friday Night
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Roper.—The Roper Parent-Teacher
Association held its regular meeting
on Friday night, March 3. Dr. Gibson
conducted the devotional. The presi
dent then called for a report from the
various committees. The chairman of
the membership committee reported
25 paid-up members. The report of
the chairman of the grade mothers
showed that there had been consider
able activity in the grades for the past
month. The chairman of the nominat- '
ing committee submitted the follow- \
ing nominations for officer-, all of
whom were elected:
President, Mrs. Leon Brey; first
vice president, Mrs. Clinton Tarken
ton; second vice president, Mr. Stark
Holton; Corresponding secretary,
Mrs. J. J. Burdine; treasurer, Mrs.
Hattie Belle.
The seventh and the eleventh grades
received the pictures for having the
greatest percentage present. The as
sociation decided to give the pictures
permanently to the grades having the
greatest percentage of parents pres-,
ent at the next regular meeting.
After a short program every one
enjoyed a period of recreation led by
Miss Patterson.
Successful Dance Is
Held Here Last Friday
Over 200 attended the dance here
last Friday night, with 75 couples danc j
ing at one time. They came from as
far away as Conway and from most
of the communities in the surround
ing counties.
Lloyd Owens and P. M. Arps, who
promoted the affair, were well pleased
with the proceeds and the conduct of
those attending. They will possibly
have another in April or before.
Fred Rogers and his 10-piece or
chestra, of Robersonville, was well
received.
Has Leg Crushed
In Unusual Accident
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The right leg of Joe Ange was
crushed Saturday when a truck in the
rear oi which lie was riding ran close
to a mule and cart, wedging the in
jured member between the two ve
hicles. Lloyd Waters was driving the
truck in which Mr. Ange was riding.
His feet and legs were dangling
down the side of the body of the truck j
and they were on the cart before Mr.
Ange could draw up his legs. It is
not known how serious the injury is.1
It happened on the highway near
Cool Springs.
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Vegetable Information
In Free State Bulletin
Information as to the kind of vege
tables to plant, when to plant, and
the amount to plant for a home gar
den is contained in Extension Circu
lar No. 122, “The Farm and Home
Garden Manual,” and copies will be
mailed free as long as the supply per
mits. The Governor’s Relief Oitice
has also prepared a leaflet giving this |
information in simplified form and i
copies of this leaflet may he secured j
by addressing that office at Raleigh,
N. C.
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Mission Study Class
To Meet Tuesday
Mission study class of the Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church
will meet in the home of Mrs. Zeno
Lyon on Tuesday afternoon, March
21, at 3:30 o’clock. All members are i
urged to he present.
REVALUATION OF
PROPERTY THIS
YEAR IS FAVORED
Bill Calling for Revaluation
Has Passed the Second
Reading in House
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A bill calling for the revaluation of
property in the State is being consid
ered by the General Assembly, and
was passed by a big majority in the
house last week, it is understood. The
bill will probably come up for its final
reading in that body this week.
Property list-takers are scheduled to
meet and discuss the listing work next
Monday and start the task on the first
Monday in April, or as soon thereaft
er as is possible . Property will be list
ed as of April 1.
The legislature last week passed a
bill abolishing the sheriff’s tax sales
ordinarily advertised in May and sold
the first Monday in June. Just how
the new law is intended to operate
is not known here. It is understood,
however, that the taxes will remain a
charge on the property and 6 per-cent
interest will he charged on the unpaid
taxes on and after June 1. This ap
plies to 1932 taxes unpaid on that
date. On January 1 next judgments
against all tax delinquents on that
date will be docketed. The cost of
the proceeding is limited to $6. The
delinquent will have 2g months-—pre
sumably from the time the judgment
is docketed—in which to pay taxes, the
$6 cost and interest. That relieves
the delinquent of the publicity.
Whether the penalties for delayed
payments, much protested, and the dis
counts for advance payments will be
continued will be determined by action
on the revenue machinery bill, yet to
be taken.
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REVIVAL TO BE
HELD IN ROPER
Rev. A. H. Butler, of Falcon,
To Be in Charge; Begin
Meeting Sunday
Roper.—A series of revival services
will he held in Thompson Hall in
Roper by the Rev. A. H. Butler, of
Falcon, beginning March 19, it was
announced today by Miss Ella Mae
Jones, secretary of the Pentecostal;
Holiness church. It is not known |
just how long the meeting will con- j
tin ue.
The visiting minister is a pulpit ora
tor of repute, who has been in the
ministry for many years. More than
30 years ago he was in the Methodist
church and has been instrumental in
establishing churches in the Pentecost
al Holiness denomination for the last
three decades.
Mr. Butler has served the Holiness
church as superintendent of the North
Carolina Conference and is now a
member of the executive board of the:
General Pentecostal Holiness Con
ference, which meets in convention
every four years, with the session to
he held in Marion this year.
The preacher is famous for his
unique method of delivery of his mes
sages, and has preached in some of
the largest interdenominational
churches in America as well as held
some of the largest pastoral charges !
:hat bis church afforded. Usually his
son or daughter accompanies him to
tid in the singing and music.
Special music will be a feature and
ivery one is invited to attend.
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Announce Vacancies
In Corps of Marines
Young men in Washington County I
between the ages of 18 and 30, who ■
ire at least 68 inches in height and j
iave complete high school who desire
service in the Marine Corps are in
vited to write Major E. M. Reno, of- I
freer in charge, Marine Corps Recruit- j
ing Station, post office building, Sa-J
vannah, Ga.
This is the first time since last fall j
shat the acceptance of applications for
original enlistments in the Marine
Corps have been received. During the
lull in recruiting a number of vacancies
in the corps have occurred.
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Welfare Workers Have
Received Garden Seed
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brewer, welfare
workers, have received a number of
packages of garden seed from the
Governor’s office of relief at Raleigh
for free distribution. The seeds are
treated and are unfit for food. The
different species of seed follow:
Jersey Wakefield cabbage, trucker’s
favorite seed corn, early wonder beet,
long orange carrot, purple top white
globe turnip, stringless green pod
beans, marglobe tomatoes, okra, squash
small seeded pole butter bean, Ken
tucky wonder pole bean and blackeye
white peas.
Six Die From Pellagra
In Past Four Years
Six people have died from pellagra
jin Washington County in the last four
years. Three of them died in 1930,
while the others were 1 each for the
years of 1929, 1931, and 1932. This
j information is reliable, having been
| secured from the bulletin issued by
the North Carolina State Health
Board.
LOWER COURT
IS REVERSED IN
PATRICK CASE
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Evidence Against Seaton
Patrick Considered
Insufficient
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A complete reversal of the verdict
in the lower court was made by the
North Carolina Supreme Court in lib
erating Seaton Patrick from a term
of three years in prison for seduction
in an opinion last Wednesday as At
torney \\ . L. Whitley snatched vic
tory from a case that looked like it
was “in the bag” for the opposition.
The august body held that there was
“not sufficient evidence to go to the
jury to make out a crime of seduction
and that the lower court was in error
in refusing to sustain motion of the
defendant for a verdict of not guilty
at the conclusion of the evidence” and
thus discharged the defendant.
Mr. Whitley won his case in oppo
sition to some of the best legal tal
ent in the State, with H. S. Ward and
Solicitor Don Gilliam prosecuting in
the lower court, while Mr. Whitley
continued to handle his case single
handed before the supreme court a
gainst Dennis G. Brummit, Walter D.
Siler, and Gertrude M. Upchurch.
Mr. Patrick, through his attorney,
appealed from a sentence of from two
to three years in prison when a jury
found him guilty of seducing Aiiss
Mary Swain, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Swain, of the Skinnersville
section.
f he sentence was imposed by Judge
I rank Daniels, who was presiding at
the time of the trial. The notice of
appeal from the lower court was waiv
ed in open court. The appearance
bond of Patrick was set at $2,500
while the appeal bond was $50.
SCHOOLLOSES
ITS FIRST GAME
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Scotland Neck Wins Here
Tuesday Afternoon By
9 To 7 Count
Despite the valiant efforts of Tom
Norman and his mates the Plymouth
High School baseball team lost its
first tilt this season to Scotland Neck
here Tuesday afternoon, 9 to 7.
Norman took the mound from Char
lie Mizelle in the seventh after the
visitors had run up a three-run lead
in that stanza. He retired the side.
I hen he came to bat in his part of
the inning and unloaded the bases with
a double that tied the score again.
The visitors were hitting the ball,
and darkness prevented the local boys
from doing their best. Shortstop
Clark, for the visitors, blocked a rally
by snagging a freak hit ball. Eddie
Getsinger and Joe Gurganus smashed
°ut a couple of singles and a double
each to lead Plymouth at the bat.
W. Moore held the locals to 11 safe
ties while Norman yielded 3 in 2 2-3
innings and Mizelle was nipped for 7.
Getsinger stole three bases. Norman
Mayo, miniature right fielder, got one
hit out rtf three trials. B. Gurganus
and Norman annexed a couple apiece.1
Davenport and Blount Will
Have Hardware Store Here
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Another hardware store is assured
tor Plymouth.
An announcement was made today
by E. S. Blount and A. E. Davenport
that they hope to shortly have a hard
ware store opened in Plymouth for
business. The location is not known
as yet. They will carry an entire stock
of hardware and will he in a position
to care for their customers.
The opening date has not been de
termined, but it is thought by Mr.
Blount that arrangements can be made
for the opening by the first part of
April.
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Mrs. T. L. Bray Heads
Parents’ Association
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Mrs. T. L. Bray was elected chair
man of the parents association which
was organized by a group of 40 peo
ple in a mass meeting at the court
house last week. Miss Nellie Tar
kington, a member of the Plymouth
school faculty, was elected secretary.
The purpose of the association is to
bring the home and the school closer
together. It will he operated some
what like a local unit of the parent
teacher association, but will not be
called by that name.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASS MAY BUILD
CABIN OF LOGS
Plan Now Under Consider
ation at Methodist
Church Here
Construction of a log hut to be used
| as a Sunday School room and for gen
eral club purposes for boys on a lot
at the rear of the local Methodist
church is being considered by T. C.
Burgess, teacher of the boys’ class, in
cooperation with a committee from
Zeb \ ance Norman s class, composed
of J. F. Ausbon, L. D. Jones, and C.
J. Norman.
The cabin would be built of logs
that can be secured from the farm
near here of H. W. Latham and oth
ers, who would be so good as to con
tribute for this purpose. The build
ing would be at the rear of the church
fronting on Madison Street while the
church itself faces on Third Street.
The building is to be 40 by 20 feet,
if the plans of the sponsors work out,
and already a blue-print and sketch
have been made by Gordon Norman, a
local architect, who has drawn plans
for school buildings in this county
and for other and larger buildings
elsewhere. A son of Mr. Lurgess,
Walter, has drawn a picture of the
proposed building.
One of the two rooms that is to he
included in the building is to be 18
by 20. while the other is to he 22 by
20. Eight windows, more or less, will
Hood the rooms with light. It will
he heated from the furnace of the
church with a direct pipe running thru
the ground or overhead as the case
may he to the building and a fire
place will he included.
i Two spacious doors will he on the
j front to allow entrance into the build
I ing, with a folding partition between
j the two rooms so that on occasions
it can he opened into a large room
] for any gathering or affair that the
church may desire t<> have in it, as
suppers will probably he served in
the building also.
The sponsors are of the opinion that
with the material that people will con
tribute and with labor furnished by
tile welfare work of the county that
the building can he erected at a cash
! cost of less than $100, which will he
used for purchasing equipment that
can not he secured front the lumber
and materials furnished.
The committees and Mr. Burgess
will confer in a short time so that the
plans for beginning the actual work
can he arranged in time to use some
of the welfare labor that now can he
secured. And it is thought by Mr.
Burgess that the building can he com
pleted in a short time after the actual
work is begun.
1 he site for the building at the rear
of the church was decided upon in
place of the space beside the church
fronting on Third Street, as that will
he used in the future, if it ever be
comes convenient, for the erection of
a new parsonage and for the use of
the church in building a Sunday school
annex when it is needed.
The log cabin movement has been
in the heart of Mr. Burgess for some
time, as he vvishes to have a meeting
place for the hoys in his class and also
the classes in the main auditoriunv of
the church are so congested that the
teachers in other classes sometimes
draw attention of each others’ pupils.
Hoyt B. Davenport In
Hospital At Durham
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Hoyt B. Davenport, who was in
jured in an automobile and train crash
here some time ago, is in the Duke
Hospital in Durham in a plaster of
paris cast from his shoulders to his
toes, according to his mother, Mrs.
S. K. Davenport.
Mr. Davenport has been in the in
stitution for eight weeks and it ap
pears now that he will remain in the
hospital for the next three months.
His mother desires that he receive the
Roanoke Beacon so that it will make
a weekly visit to him in his affliction.
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Clean Brooder Every Day
To Protect Baby Chicks
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To protect chicks that are being
raised in a brooder, the area under
the canopy should be thoroughly
cleaned every day and the litter re
placed with clean material. Beginning
the first of the second week, the en
tire house should be cleaned and this
operation repeated every five days.
If the ground has been used within
the past two years as a poultry run
the brooder house should be moved
to clean soil.
Pitt Farmers Share Income
Earned at Mutual Exchange
Over 300 Pitt County farmers re
ceived checks for produce handled by
the mutual exchange there recently.
Included were those for a car of
poultry, four cars of sweet potatoes
and produce sold at the market house.