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^iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiK; = A home newspaper dedicated 5 5 to the service of Washington 5 = County and its 12,000 people. 1 jimiiMmimiiiiMiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiimimiimiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiitf The Roanoke Beacon + * + * * * * and Washington County News ★★★*★*★ § Advertisers will find Beacon = = and News columns a latch-key to = = 1,100 Washington County homes. = niiiiiiiiimmiiiiiimmiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 28 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 14, 1933 ESTABLISHED 1889 GIRL DENIES HER STORY THAT PUT FATHER IN JAIL -- Grand Jury Fails To Return True Bill Against Ed Sawyer Prison doors clicked shut on an empty cell here Monday when Ed Sawyer, 38-year-old white man, was liberated from confinement in jail here, where he has spent three weeks waiting the July term of Superior court to answer to charges of incest made by his daughter. The same little timid girl blurted out to the grand jury in session here that evidence she gave before Record er John W. Darden that caused the imprisonment of her father was false, and that she committed perjury at the behest of others who desired to frame evidence against her father. The grand jury wasted little time in the matter and hastily sent to So licitor Don Gilliam the message that they failed to find a true bill in the case, and this resulted in the dismissal of the charge and the discharge of Mr. Sawyer, who had been incarcer ated in default of a heavy bond. The warrant was sworn out by Deputy Sheriff W. D. Peal, of Cres well. The deed was sepposed to have been committed at different times dur ing the month of May. The girl named some of the peo ple in the Skinenrsville section, with who she had entered into an agree ment to “frame” her father so that she could get him back on the roads. Mr. Sawyer went to the state prison for some offense in Bertie County and just came home about six months ago. The mother and father of the child are estranged. The little girl had been staying in the same room, with her father at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sawyer if Plymouth Township and nothing had ever been thought of their behavior, as they ap peared in public to be fond of each other. NAVY TEAM HAD ENJOYABLE TRIP, All Stars Manager Writes j Letter Describing Recent Visit Made Here Excerpts from a letter received here by officials of tbe local baseball club from Dave Adler, business manager of the Naval Base All Stars, of Nor folk, regarding the two games played between the locals and that club on July Fourth carries with it a senti ment that the officials wish to pass on to the general public. “Even if we did lose both games, I want you to know that we all en joyed coming to Plymouth and play ing your club. I must tell you the boys played fine ball anti, in my opin ion, several of them should go far, if ' they keep up their good work. “Mr Sumner and Chief Brown were very nice to me and our boys and I ^ greatly appreciate it. I repeat, we were glad indeed to visit your town I and meet such fine hospitable folks, i and I shall not forget my visit for a . long while. “I wish that the trip was not so long j as I would like very much to sched- j ule severat more games with your club before the season ends. But you must agree that a trip of three and a half hours is quite a journey, especially when a game is to be played upon ar rival. Perhaps we’ll get together a gain some time. Charles Olney Robbins Suffers Unusual Injury -* Little Charles Olney Robbins, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Robbins here, is bothered but little front an injury to the right ear that was sustained last week when a small piece of gran ite entered his ear and became lodged so that it w-as difficult to get out. The little boy was playing with others when a brother hit his hand that was holding a piece of granite. His hand was lifted to his head when struck. The jar drove the article into the ear of the child. As soon as the accident occurred his parents brought him to Dr. T. L. Bray, and he sent him to Washing ton, where Dr. Carter, a specialist, worked at length to dislodge and re move the pebble that had settled in a pocket in the ear. ■-• Ice Cream Party To Be Given by Church Thursday -*—_ The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Christian church of Plymouth will give a lawn ice cream party on Thursday evening at 8 on the lawn of John W. Darden’s residence at the corner of Fort William and Jeffei son Streets. Every one is cordially invited to attend and enjoy ice cream and home-made cakes. j BASEBALL SIDELIGHTS r \_j Walter Davis let Weldon down with five hits and a lone run as his mates pounded Cole and Burnette for 23 safeties as Plymouth defeated Weldon 13 to 1 -here Saturday. Peel and Furches hit homers for Plymouth . while Chappell, Peel, and Richardson annexed three blows each. Cochrane hit two to lead Weldon. Davis struck out 10. Goodman drove in Cochrane in the ninth for Weldon's lone tally. .Plymouth slugged HiII \\ nealton and Lefty Kennell for 17 safeties as they defeated Battery D of New Bern here Sunday 14 to 5, to mark up their 25th win in 33 starts this season. Bill Ferebee was touched for a single in 1 1-3 inning. Fred Shipp led the vis itors’ attack with three while Allen hit a bother. Slim Gardner held Battery D in check, yielding 10 hits and striking out the same number. Van Horn led Ply mouth at bat with three hits, includ ing a homer, while Edens also hit safely thrice. Buddy Richardson hit a homer in the eighth with three a board to clinch the game. -® Harry Van Horn let down Wilson with four hits here Wednesday as Plymouth defeated the visitors 5 to 1. Bud Abbitt was touched for only six safeties while pitching heady ball, but his mates committed costly bobbles that contributed to his defeat. Monk Morris led with a double and single while Red Amerson handled 11 field ing chances perfectly. Ayden defeated Plymouth Monday, 3 to 2, in a five-inning game that was called on account of rain. Red Scul ley walked in his opponent’s winning run. -$ WANTS STATE TO TAKE OVER ROAD Commissioners Anxious To Have Mill Pond Road Maintained by State -® A movement is on foot here backed by the Washington County Commis sioners to get the high commission to take over and maintain a road that leads to the farm of D. O. Patrick in the Mill Pond section. This land was given to Washing ton County for a road back in 1904 so that the county could maintain it a long with their regular system of roads and it could he kept in condition to satisfy all of the people who used it as the other roads. However, since the State has taken over the maintenanie of the roads in this county it appears that for some cause or other this road was not in cluded in the system accepted by the stale or it has been neglected by the officials in their work here. Mr. Patrick asked the commission ers through his attorney, Wilbur M. Darden, to either induce the highway commission to take care of the road or to deed the land back to him and he would be in charge of the mainte nance and care of the road himself. At the present, the petition present ed to the board pointed out, the road is in bad repair, poorly drained, with trees and underbrush growing there almost the same as in any spot in the forest, ami this makes it impossible for vehicles to pass on it. The location was given as follows: "Beginning at public road near the new bridge and running about where the old bridge was on the east end of his field and next to creek to J. M. Jones’ line in a westwardly direction and this is to be 20 feet wide for a public road for said county. “The land shall be 20 feet wide all along through Taylor’s land and the remainder of the description can be found in the office of the register of deeds in Plymouth." Father of Miss Pauline Smith Died Last Week -«> Club women in Washington Coun ty will no doubt be interested in j knowing of the death of Edward Bar.! rett Smith, of Louisburg, father of' Miss Annie Pauline Smith, supervis-1 or of home demonstration work in the 1 northeastern district of this state, who] has been here numbers of times on business. Mr. Smith died in a Rocky Mount hospital last week at 75 years of age. He was a relative of President U. S. Grant. Funesal services were con ducted from his old home place, “Ros^encatn,” at Louisburg, with a large crowd attending. Announce Services At Roper Episcopal Church Roper.—Services will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal church Sunday at 11 a. m. Holy Communion. Rev. Sidney Matthews is the rector. CAPTAIN CHARLIE E. MIZELLE DIES EARLY TUESDAY Representative From This County at Last Session Of Legislature -s—— Roper.—Funeral services weie lield in the Methodist church he.e Thurs day for Captain v rtaru s 1'. Mizelle, who succumbed in a Rocky Mount hospital Tuesday morning. The Rev. Mr. Atkinson, pastor of the local Methodist church, officiated. A large crowd of friends attended with a detachment of soldiers and officers from Fort Bragg, who fired a salute and buried the retired officer in military formality. His grave was lit erally covered with beautiful flowers. His body was interred in a cemetery adjoining the church yard. Captain Charlie had been undergo ing treatment in the Park View Hos pital in Rocky Mount for a week or more after having been rushed there by the family upon advice of Dr. T. L. Bray and Dr. W. T. Gibson, and hope was held for his recovery until Jiis condition became serious a few hours before he died. He was born in Wilhamston No vember 11, 1873, the son of A. L. and Mary Ann Mizelle. Surviving is his widow and a son, Charles E. Mizelle, jr., of Roper, and several brothers and rtlatives in Martin County. He died at 9:05 a. nr. Tuesday morning and was brought to his home in Roper Wednesday afternoon. Captain Mizelle was a retired army officer with the rank of major in the reserve corps. He spent about 30 years in the military service and was re tired only about five years ago. He received medals for service in the ! Spanish-American War and served I with distinction in the World War, being overseas for 18 months. I His interest in politics in this coun j ty increased from time to time as he ! first served as alderman and then ! mayor of Roper, then to membership ! on the Washington County Board of ! Education, and he was later elected representative to the North Carolina General Assembly and served during the 1933 legislature. Also he had been active in early years in athletics, as he was a catcher for the Chattanooga, Tenn., club in the Southern Association years ago, getting a leave of absence from the 'Army during the summer months. He I caught Christy Matthewson in the first professional game of the “Big jSix’’ in Norfolk and for a while last j-summer was manager of the Ply I mouth club. COTTON AT NEW HIGH FOR 2 YEARS Price Advanced To $2.50 a ! Bale on the New York Market Yesterday New York, July 10.—Cotton today soared $2.50 a bale to the highest lev ! els for about two years. Disappointment over Saturday's acreage report, which traders regard ed as bearish, was tempered by a later 'official declaration that more than 5, '500,000 cres had been thus far offered ,for retirement under the terms of the industrial agricultural act. This, together with forecasts of a [substantial fulfillment of the govern i ment acreage control aims, brought ‘ heavy buying orders into the market at the opening, resulting in initial I gains of $1 to $1.50 a bale. | A further drop in the dollar with 1 corresponding gains in sterling and the gold currencies helped to widen the bullish interest, although prices receded about 75 cents a bale before ;the market started on the most vig orous phase of its climb in the later trading. October contracts jumped $2.65 a bale to a basis of 10.93 cents a pound, while December from a low of 10.70 ( cents rose to 11.10 cents. The bulk of the buying was said! to have come from commission houses! and foreign and domestic trade! sources. Special Service at Local . Christian Church Sunday » Special services will be held at the local Christian church here on Sun day. July 16th, both morning and eve ning with the Rev. Mayo, of Green ville, Miss., supplying the pulpit. --- Increases Yield by First Planting Lespedeza Crop Erastus Parker of Harnett County planted wheat on lespedeza sod and increased his yield from 28 to 60 bushels on two acres and credits the increase to lespedeza. MRS. MARY SMITH TARKENTON DIES EARLY SUNDAY —«— Was Highly Respected Cit izen of Pleasant Grove Community -® Pleasant Grove.—Tliis community lias lost one of its most highly es teemed and respected women, with many prominent connections, in the passing of Mrs. Mary Frances Smith Tarkenton at her home here on Sun day morning at 9:15 o’clock The deceased was the widow of the late James F. Tarkenton, to whom she was married when 18 years of age. She was born September 4th, 1950, in the lower end of Washington County, and was 83 years old. She was mem ber of the Pleasant Grove Methodist church. The funeral service was held at her home Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, her pastor, Rev. R. E. At kinson, officiating. She was laid to rest beneath a beautiful bank of flow ers in her family burying ground be side her husband. Members of the Roper, Mackeys, and Pleasant Grove choirs sang very beautifully, “Asleep in Jesus," ‘‘Abide With Me,” and “God Be With You Til We Afpet Affain." | She is survived by five children, j three sons, H. S. Tarkenton, of Nor ! folk; C. E. Tarkenton, of Edenton; J. C. Tarkenton, of Pleasant Grove; two daughters, Mrs. Jobe Clayon, of Roper; and Mrs. Inez Hughes, of Washington, D. C. STATE MUST AID IN RELIEF WORK —®— Federal Aid Might Be Stop ped If the States Fail To Share Part of Burden -® Washington, July 10.—Promise of “a rude shock” to some states in the near future if they do not help to fi j nance their relief work was made to day by Harry L. Hopkins, federal ; emergency relief administrator at a closed meeting here of state relief ex ecutives. The relief executives came to Wash ington yesterday to confer with fed eral employment service workers, and today Hopkins gathered them togeth er for a discussion of the situation in lieu of personal interviews. “Apparently a few states did not be jlieve the President recently when he l pointed out that it is essential foi states and local units of government to finance a reasonable share of their emergency relief work,” Hopkins told the state administrators. “Some states are due for a rude shock in the very near future if they 1 do not come through with action. There have got to be some special. sessions of state legislatures. The federal emergency relief administration mans business, and we are not going to string along with these situations. “I am beginning to doubt very! much is there is a state in the country j which can not do something in the way of funds for unemployment relief. We see numerous instances in which states have been providing funds for roads and other purposes and continu ing to do so. Yet they plead that they have no funds for their hungry people. Yard Tour To Be Staged Friday of Next Week -e On Friday, July 21st, Miss Geor-, gta Piland, home agent of Tjlrrell County, and a specialist in landscape gardening, will be in Washington County to judge yards. Her decisions! will mean a trip to the short course July 24-29 at State College. There will be a large number of yards to visit this year, and it will mean an all-day job, so we are asking j every one to bring a lunch. We will all have lunch together. The starting point will be Mrs. Sam Lucas’ home on No. 90 highway out j on the Williamston road. We will j leave at 9:30 a. m. and hope to end up in the Cherry community. Every one is cordially invited to go^ with us.—Miss Eugenia Patterson, home demonstration agent. Food Crops Can •Take the Place of Cotton in County --- Any food or feed crop may he plant ed for home use or any crop that will improve the soil or prevent erosion in the place of cotton plowed up under the reduction plan. A quick grow ing grazing crop such as Sudan grass is recommended in this county. If the cotton is not plowed up before the latter part of August, winter hay crops may be grown to advantage. These crops include oats, barley, rye, and wheat sown in conjunction with vetch, Austrian winter peas or crim son clover. Tomato Crop in County Is Shortest in Many Seasons PROCEEDINGS IN SUPERIOR COURT Anderson Given 15 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty To Rape Charlie Anderson, negro, was sent to the state prison for 15 years by Judge M. V. Barnhill in the Wash ington County Superior Court here this week after the defendant had en tered a plea of guilty to rape as the result of relationships between him and a white girl. The girl had the baby in court this week. It was white with a trace of | negro blood in its veins revealed by j the kinky hair on its head. The jury found that the four Halsey j brothers, Ben, Johnnie, Ross and Wesley, were not guilty of assaulting Ben Hedgepeth with a deadly weapon the first of this year. This went to the higher court from the recorder’s court on an appeal. The Halsey brothers were fined in the lower court A nol pros was taken in the case of Wheeler Holley, negro, who was charged with assaulting his wife, Daisy Halsey. Luther James Wilkins was sent to the state prison fos 15 to 20 years as the result of a plea he entered to sec ond degree murder. He was charged with killing John Britton with a shot gun following an affray. Jimmie Roughton was dismissed from any obligations to the court when the grand jury failed to return l a true bill against him on a charge of violating traffic laws and causing | death. Mr. Roughton was driving a truck that sideswiped another that Contained negroefatally injuring three and seriously hurting others near Columbia last month. Also the f,. and jury failed to find I a true bill again t W. h'.d Sawyer, who was charged with incest. Aaron In Ls v a s< m to the roads for four months for stealing $8.40 worth of corn from Harry Chopick. l.arly Cooper was found not guilty of distilling whisky. WOMEN'S HATS MADE OF SHUCKS -<5* Braiding of Shucks May Be Developed into New Farm Industry Corn shucks, disgarted in the barn lot as supplementary rougage for cows have been received in polite society as finished hats for ladies due to the efforts of Miss Glenn Claudle of Gib son Mill in Richmond County. Some months ago, Miss Claudle at tended a demonstration given by the home agent of Richmond County, Mrs. Anna Lea Harris, and there learned the art of braiding corn shucks and making these into attractive hats. Miss Claudel is gifted in the use of her hands and within a month had mastered the art and had made a hat for her own use. She accompanied Mrs. Harris to a meeting in Wilming ton and there taught a group of home agents and demonstration club women women how to make braids of shucks and model these into stylish millin ery. Some of these whom Miss Caudle : taught are now making both hats and bags to match, Mrs. Harris says. The hats are light in weight and are very comfortable. The color is natural shucks which blends nicely with any color. “The color, braid and texture of the shuck gives a charming effect and the hats are being enthusiastically re ceived all over the State,” says Mrs. Harris. “Miss Caudle has personally received a number of orders from Raleigh and other places. She charges one dollar for a hat, finished and blocked. It may then be lined and trimmed according to the taste and' desire of the purchaser.” Young Son of j. W. Darden Gets Early Cotton Blossom -e Is Dewitt Darden, little >on of Re corder and Mrs. John \Y. Darden, a better farmer than his lather? Dewitt thinks so. His father gave him a small farming area in the gar den in town. He planted cotton the same day his father planted on the Latham farm in the country. The boy cultivated his own. A laborer look ed after the plot in the country. Then on June 22, little Dewitt pioudly displayed to his father a cot ton blossom. To the farm went his father to search for a bloom, and he found one several days later. I FIELD DAY 20TH | v/ The ninth annual Farmers’ Field Day will be held at the Blackland Station at Wenona on Thursday, July 20, The program will be announced later and will feature prominent speakers. All attending will have the opportuni ty to inspect the work of the sta tion. The public is cordially invited to attend by James L. Rea, jr., as sistant director in charge of the Blackland Test Farm here. NEGRO IS FOUND DEAD NEAR HERE Aged Man Dies While His Mate Was Striving for Livelihood of Two Officials were called out on the: Long Acre Road last week-end to in- • vestigate the death of Alfred Hilliard, I 70-year-old .olored man. whose life-1 I less body was found slumped in a l chair at 11is home last Thursday when his wife returned from work. When his wife left home that morn ing about 7 o’clock, the aged man was complaining with his breast, but he had been a semi-invalid for some time, and as she had an opportunity to work she attached no special signi ficance to the ailment which he men tioned. She was away from home all day. When she returned after the day’s work had ended she found his body slumped in his chair with head tilted backward as if he had grasped for breath. She did not know how long he had been dead, but neighbors re ported that they did not see him out of doors since early that morning. It appeared from the information that could be gained here that no one doubted the story of his wife as it was generally known that he was an invalid and as one negro expressed it, “It was his time to go like everybody has a time and he was worn out.” 1 he wife with friends came to town to report the incident and the negro was buried probably at the ex pense of the county as the family was in dire financial distress at the time. - g Field Day Exercises Are Planned At Six Stations Raleigh.—Thousands of North Carolina farmers are expected to at tend the annual field day exercises to be held this summer at teh six branch stations of the North Carolina Experi ment Station. The branch stations are owned by the state department of agriculture but the research work con ducted on them is done in cooperation with State College and members of the college research staff will attend each of the field day exercises. Dates for the field meetings are as follows: Blackland station, Wenona, July 20; Tobacco Station, Oxford, Au gust. 8; Upper Coastal Plain station, Rocky Mount, route, August 10; Moun tain station, Swannanoa, August 17; Piedmont station. Statesville, August 24; and Coastal Plain Station, Willard, September 14. Tells How Cotton Acreage Reduction Plan Will Work A farmer with 30 acres in cotton can plow up a maximum of 15 acres,! which is 50 per cent, or he can plow up a minimum of seven and a half acres which is 25 percent. The Gov ernment will then pay him for the amount plowed up on a basis of ex pected yields per acre. The yield will be checked, however, on the av- ( erage yield for the past few years.' In making a contract with the govern ment for plowing up cotton, the far mer maj select a straight rental pay ment or a rental with an option for! the same amount of cotton destroyed.' List of Marriage Licenses Issued by Register Deeds -® Marriage licenses issued m the last few weeks by Mrs. Mary O. Sawyer, register of deeds of Washington Coun ty, follow: June 23: W W. Mizclle to Miss Margaret Hyacinth Chesson. Both live at Roper. July 1: Robert Myers to Mis Ida Ambrose. Both of C res well. May 29: R. M. Sawyer to Miss Stel la Phelps. Both of Creswell. May 29: R. S. Browning to Miss Audrey I.illey. Both of Plymouth. May 31: Walter R. Dillon, ,Roper, to Miss Virginia Ange, Plymouth. July 1: Dwight McCay McKnight, of Durham, Mis Edna Earl N'ur ney, of Plymouth. ONLY NINE CARS SHIPPED FROM HERE TO JULY 10 -—*— Unfavorable Weather Has Hurt Crop; Prices Are Fairly Good -® Unfavorable weather has resulted in the shortest tomato crop here in the history of the industry in Washington County. Growers and buyers agree that the preset crop in this section is 60 per cent less than it was last year. Some of them proclaim it 80 per cent short er. N'ot over nine carloads of the fruit lias been shipped from here up to July 10, while last season there were over 20 cars sent out from here by this time. Lack of rain in the early part of the season and the sudden change in tem perature from time to time have not anly resulted in a short crop but has aiarred the quality with many splits ?nd “cat-faces” being found in the neuts nereaoouts Ijy the growers and the buyers who sometimes travel the ! area. The upper part of the fruit that is attached to the vine will split if the weather changes from hot to cold or vice versa during the thriving season. (This results not only in a loss from I this cause, hut there is a general and indisputable failure to yield being no ticed from the lack of favorable wea ther at the beginning. However, even though the quality i is impaired^nd the yield short there is I still some good tomatoes going to the I markets from Washington County. In jdependent buyers and the exchange | managers here are using their em ployees only on part time a< the fruits jare not brought in any quantities. I A symposium of views taken from ; remarks by the buyers will give in their own words a true picture of the -tomato enterprise as it stands today I and in this way only can a man ar rive at any fair conclusion, but there is a decided agreement between the buyer, grower, and observer that there is a shortage here. Harry Gurkin, of the Andrews and Knowles Company, an independent buyer: “Very short crop. Unfavor able weather is to blame. A large number of acres was planted, but the yield is poor. Shipping mostly by truck.” > .1. K. Manning, manager of the Ply mouth Mutual Exchange: “Shipped 7 cars to date. None brought less than $1.25 f. o. b. Plymouth. 210 acres planted in the organization. Lack of rain causes bad quality in some cases. Only two members sold any from as sociation, and the came back with next load. Sold under the trade mark of the American Fruit Growers Association. Advanced members 50 cents a lug so tar. This leaves from 25 to 45 cents a lug in reserve to be paid over at the end of the season to the grower. Expenses for wrap ping, shipping, and marketing in the exchange has been less than 25 cents a lug.” Mr. Bowen, of Bowen and Arps: "Sudden change in temperature makes splits and “cat-faces,” which are an undergrade, plentiful. We are get ting our share of the crop. Shipping SO tar mostly by motor vehicle to the markets. Late ones may be better on account oi recent rains." L. L. Mizelle, of the Carolina Dis tributing Company: “We are getting our share. Shipping mostly by truck. General shortage. Transport to mar ket by motor. Crop 60 per cent short. Harvested only 105 baskets off of five acres personally." 1 reston Lowe: “Crop is short with out doubt. We are getting our share ol the business, but, as usual not sat isfied. i ould handle many more of the truit. More tomatoes will be con? ing in by the last of this week, and "C are expecting our share of the bus iness.” hex Stonestreet, association with John W. Darden: "Crop at least 60 per cent 'hort. Grade is not so good, with the most of them, and this is keeping many of them off the market, i omatoes are very scarce in com parison with this time last year. Hope it improves.” --— Albert T. Passes Suddenly Tuesday Night Funeral services were held today for Albert l. Ange who died Tuesday night at 9:30 from angina peetoritis. His death was sudden as lie was tak ill only a half hour before he died, and after having been taken from the yard to the house where he first com plained. Surviving him are a number of lit tle children and a widow.
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