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^Jlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllic 2 A home newspaper dedicated 2 2 to the service of Washington 2 § County and its 12,000 people. = fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiii? The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* E Advertisers will find Beacon 2 | and News columns a latch-key to f | 1,100 Washington County homes. 2 flllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillilllilllllillllllilNIillHIIIHK VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 31 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, August 4, 1933 ESTABLISHED 1889 FARM WEEK AT WORLD’S FAIR AUGUST 13-19 Outline of Program Given By Miss Eugenia Patterson By EUGENIA PATTERSON My theme has been “short course” ever since last August, hut now I would like to change it to the World's Fair. I crave for every person the opportunity to go to the fair. It is something that we don’t have a chance to attend every year, as we do the short course, and I am urging every one, through this method, to plan to go if possible. Some of the unusual attractions of farm week at the Century of Progress Exposition at Chicago will be ad dresses before the assembled farm and city throngs at the fair by agricul ture’s greatest leaders. Sunday, August 13, farm musical or ganizations arc invited to participate, including 4-H boys and girls’ clubs, Future Farmers of America, and oth- ^ er organizations. At 4 p. m. a band concert at the floating theater, and in the evening in the court of States an American agricultural vesper service ! is planned with a well-known radio leader to conduct the service. iviuiiuay, august i-+, secretary rten ry A. Wallace will announce the re sults of controlled production plans under the agricultural adjustment act and sound the keynote of American Agriculture. He will tell what co operation may be made to mean to the farmer. By being present you will have an opportunity to discuss your problems with some of the leaders and with other farmers from all parts of the nation. luesday, A”gust 15, to the farm woman and the farm home go the larger share of credit for the progress made in rural America. This will be farm women’s day. Wednesday, August 16, will be farm credits day. Those who control the entire Federal structure will explain the workings of the new act in a way that will clearly be understood. Thursday, August 17, will be farm organization day. It will he a great day set aside in recognition of the progress made in organized agricul ture. The last two days will be for frolics! land recreation. On Friday, 13th,! tours will be offered and climaxed by I the famous WLS barn dance and farm' fun frolic. Saturday, August 19, will be farm sports day. This will include milk-maid contest for farm girls, horse! shoeing contest, team pulling, sheep-' shearing, hog-calling, chicken-calling,' dinner calling, rail-splitting, post-set- j ting and old fiddlers’ contests. This will all be worth while. Plan now to go! FASHION SHOW BEING PLANNED Will Be Held Last Week in August Under Direction j Of Shep Brinkley Falling in line with other towns,' Plymouth will have its own fashion show about the last week in August with models showing off the newest in styles for general wearing apparel, it was announced today by Shep Brink ley, manager of the New Theatre j here. Mrs. Edison Swain will leave this week end for New York and other \ northern markets to purchase her stock for the coming season, and she will bring back to the people here the latest styles for the small town' women. Mr. Brinkley will allow Mrs. Swain,' owner of the Woman’s Shop here,' the use of his theatre for the fall; showing of merchandise, and the two will cooperate in an advertising cam paign to make it a full success and every woman is urged to attend. The date will be announced later. Mrs. Swain will leave here this week end and will be gone upwards of 10 days. Then after her return it will take some time for the goods to ar rive, but it is expected that every thing will be ready for the event by the last week in August. It is not definitely known what will be in the parade, because Mrs. Swain will not know until she returns what she will have to show. But it is ex pected to be good merchandise in the latest styles and shades and exhibited on pretty local models. -« Creswell Man Home For Visit From Canal Zone Creswell.—Jasper Davenport has re turned home to visit his jiarents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davenport, after having been gone for a period of eight years. He has been employed in the Government service in Panama Canal Zone. Local Merchants Are Signing With N.R.A. I FREE TICKETS 1 ■- _> Five guest tickets will be pre sented to the persons whose names are found hidden about in the ad vertisements in this issue of the Roanoke Beacon. The tickets must be called for and used be fore August 12. Otherwise they will be no good. These tickets cost the lucky per son nothing. They are given free as the result of an agreement be tween the New Theatre in Ply mouth and the management of the Roanoke Beacon. So look in ev ery ad—your name may be there. Call for tickets at Beacon office. Good for any show in the period announced. CONVICT NOT FROM COUNTY Kinsman of Local Man Is Beaten and Robbed Near Vanceboro Records in the office here of Sheriff J K. Reid prove conclusively that Clifton Thomas, one of the three es caped convicts who robbed and then assaulted Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Para more in the store-filling station near Vanceboro last week, was not from this county, as stated in the daily papers. The records do show that Thomas was sent to the prison from Nash County on a charge of housebreaking to serve a sentence of from five to eight years and that he started serv ing the sentence November 3, 1932, that he was with others that escaped on July 10, 1933. Thomas was born in Elm City and is 29 years of age. His wife has been staying at 315 East Fifth Street, in Washington, N. C., and, as far as can be ascertained, never visited this county. The convicts escaped from a Rocky Mount prison camp. The three culprits were found in a negro cabin a mile from the home of :he Paramores, who are first cousins of Walter H. Paramore, managing editor of the Roanoke Reaeon here. Latest information received by Mr. , Paramore here is to the effect that his reltaive is recovering from the gun wound inflicted. After the hold-up the bandits slug ged both Mr. and Mrs. Paramore, in lict serious injury on the latter, who was taken to a Washington hospital. Thomas and his comrades were appre lendedkby members of a posse against whom they offered no resistance, al-! though they were heavily armed. < 3us Service From Here To Washington Perfected A bus service is being operated be tween Plymouth and Washington and intermediate points now by the Nor folk Southern Bus Corporation of Norfolk, with a Mr. Walker as driver with P. M. Arps here acting as agent for the new transportation agency. The bus leaves here at 10:30 in the, morning, meeting all busses in Wil-' liamston at 11:45 and returns from Washington in time to meet all busses 1 from north and south at 8:55 p. m. Former Resident Dies At Home in Norfolk -«►—— William Wiley Wallace, a former resident of Washington County, who died near Norfolk, Ya., recently at the age of 90 years, was buried in the St. Delight’s cemetery near Roper. Many , of the older residents remember Mr. Wallace. The funeral was held Mon-1 day. Mr. Wallace had been a mem- j her of the St. Delight church for 60 years. -♦ Watermelon Feast -- Delightful in every way was the hay i ride and watermelon feast given on, Monday evening by Mr. and Mrs. J. | E. Swain, honoring their sister, Miss Charlotte McNair, who celebrated her | nineteenth birthday on that day. j The party gathered at the McNair , home on Washington Street, and boarded a hay-lined truck and rode to Rae's Beach, where for over an hour bathing and boating were enjoy.eyi. After the swim the party was served delicious cold watermelon on the beach. Following the feast the guests spent the rest of the evening dancing at the open air pavillion, with Mrs. W. B. Cox and Miss Donnie Clifton furnishing the music for the dancers. About 30 guests enjoyed the outing. NEW HOURS FOR BEING OPEN ARE DECIDED UPON Stores Will Not Open Un til 8, Close at 6, Under New Schedule Merchants here have been the first to fall in line with President Frank lin Roosevelt’s reemployment agree ment plan to raise wages, create em ployment, and thus increase purchas ing power and restore business in an effort to bring back prosperity. A number of them have sent back their agreement blanks filled out and signed, cooperating in every detail with the nation-wide effort to improve conditions. This came about as the result of a meeting held in the cham ber of commerce hall Monday after noon. They agreed to open their stores at 8 o’clock in the morning and close at 6p. m. every day except Saturday, and on Saturdays they will open at 8 a. m. and close promptly at 9 p. m., thus with the usual half holiday on Wed nesday giving the clerks and business men only 52 hours weekly to work. This will be the program until Sep tember, after which there will be a new working agreement drawn up that will be changed slightly and will prob ably cause the stores and business houses to open at 8 a. m. in the morn ing and close in the afternoon at 5 p. m. and on Saturdays open at the usual time but close at 9 p. m. Not only will this decrease some of the clerk's hours of working from 75 hours weekly to 52 hours, but the code of practice adopted here calls for an increase of pay to at least 20 per cent, with the maximum wages for this work fixed at $12 a week. , These new hours will allow the fa tigued clerk to get to bed early on Saturday nights, thereby eliminating this excuse from those who might at tend Sunday school and church on Sunday. Again, it gives more time for home life and recration for the business man and his employees. In connection with this the mer chants and business men are passing out cards for the signatures of cus tomers that they will do their bit in this cause by patronizing only the mer chants and business men who are do ing their best in the "New Deal” by observing the code of practice outlined by the president. The merchants have also agreed to a clause in the agreement whereby it states that they “will not increase the price of any merchandise sold after the date hereof over the price of July 1 by more than is necessary by actual increases in production, replacement, I or invoice costs of merchandise or! taxes.” ihe merchants are also aware of the fact that if they had contracted for goods at a fixed price for delivery j during the period of agreement that 1 they will accept an appropriate ad justment of said fixed price to meet any increase in cost caused by the seller having signed a similar code of fair competition. It is not definitely known what the manufacturers here will do, but the agreement asks for a rate of not less than 30 cents an hour for factory or I mechanical worker or artisan. How- [ ever, they are not to get more than j 40 hours a week in a town about this j size. This rate is to be applied to time rate or piecework. The maximum hours fixed for work j here does pot apply to registered pharmacists or professional persons,1 and of course this includes the doc tors, lawyers, drug stores, and other such places of business. However, the employees are entitled to a premi um for their excess time. These were at the meeting here on Monday: Jack Weede, R. A. Willi-, ford, J. C. Spruill, Ralph Browning, Herbert Hooker, Fannie Hooker, A. R. Latham, J. R. Campbell, L. S. Thompon, C. L. Gurkin, Edison Dav enport, W. F. Winslow, E. H. Liver man, H. A. Liverman, E. G. Arps, Gil oert Davis, Mrs. Blanche Jackson pwain, manager ot Pender s store. These firms will enter into the agree' ment and are now observing the clos-| ing and opening schedule and the in-! crease in pay to their employees: \\ inslow’s, Willifords, Campbells Store, Gilbert Davis, E. H. Liverntan, Jack Weede’s Grocery, J. C. Spruill, the Woman’s Shoppe, Pender’s Store, Thompson’s, Southern Hardware Co., Blount and Davenport, A. L. Owens, the Hookers, Abe Adler, W. H. Har rison, and White and Bowne. The National Recovery Act insignia will be found displayed at the stores of those who are cooperating with the government. COUNTY FOLKS ARE INVITED TO SHIPPERS’MEET -- jWill Be Held in Greenville Friday Morning of This Week Representatives of firms and cor porations and individuals in Washing ton County are urged to attend a meeting that will be held at the Proc tor Hotel in Greenville Friday, Au gust 4th, at 10 a. m., under the au spices of the Eastern North Carolina Association, Incorporated. This appeal for attendance is com ing from S. F. Dickinson, of Wilson, secretary and traffic manager of the Carolina Shippe. ' Association, and temporary secretary of the new or ganization. The meeting will be di vided into two sections, with the first meeting in the morning at 10 and the .-econd at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. “The officers of the Carolina Ship pers’ Association have long consid ered many problems facing the sec tion which pertain to transportation rates and regulations and which can not be solved without the united sup port of the business interest in this section. “They have decided that in order to solve these important problems many other phases of work must be carried on at tl\e same time by the same or ganization and this is the reason that a prior meeting has been held at Greenville on July 19, at which time this organization had its birth. “More than 200 business men were invited to attend the meeting. The territory to be covered by the new organization will comprise 37 counties with each having a member on the board of directors. Also a president, four vice presidents and a managing director will be elected at the second meeting August 4. “It is recognized by the public in general as a real forward movement and much support has already been assured. The most significant fact is that it will be affiliated with the Car olina Shippers Association, in fact, the latter will function as the traffic de partment of the new organization,” says Mr. Dickinson. W. V. HAYS NEW COUNTY AGENT —♦— Succeeds R. E. Dunning; Takes Up Work Here This Week A new county agent started work in Plymouth Tuesday when William V. Hays took over the duties of the office relinquished by R. E. Dunning, who has been on this position for sev eral years. Mr. Hays conies here from Colum bia, where he served two years as farm agent for Tyrrell County. Prior to this he was swine specialist at ! State College for eight years, work ing with the county agents in the State. Mr. Hays came into the office to enter his subscription to The Beacon and left before a sufficient story could be secured for this issue, as he had an appointment early in the day. He will be glad to meet the people of the county. His value to the county will be de termined by the opportunities for serv ice given him, and so those whom he came here to serve should call him often for advice or suggestions on farm matters. -s Tarkenton and Horton Manage Ford Agency R. E. (Bob) Tarkenton and L. O. (Bosie) Horton have taken over the management here of the branch of the [ Cox Motor Company. They are han dling the agency for the Ford prod ucts in cooperation with G. H. Cox, of Robersonville. They will employ an expert me chanic for their repair department and . will carry accessories at all times, as well as sell new cars, trucks, and trac tors. The two young men urge the j patronage of every one as they are anxious to give the town the best auto service possible. $2,272 Spent in County For Relief During June -• A total of $2,272 was spent in Wash-' ington County during the month of June for relief purposes, it was inadej known here today by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Brewer, head oi the welfare I department in this county. The number of families have de creased in Washington County who are dependent upon this work, but families now remaining on relief re quire more aid than in previous months. Yard Tour Held Last Week By County Club Women DOMESTIC STRIFE AIRED IN COURT -- Joe W. Blount Found Guilty Of Assault by Judge Darden Tuesday The domestic troubles of a promi nent Mackeys family were aired in re corder’s court here Tuesday when Joe W. Blount was convicted on a charge of assaulting his wife by slap ping her in the face with his hand. The warrant as sworn to before John W. Darden, acting as a magis trate, was to the effect that Mr. Blount “did assault Mrs. J. W. Blount by slapping her and kicking her—he being a male over 18 years of age, and did threaten to take her life.” Evidence tended to show that Mr. Blount was eating from a jar of sauer kraut when Mrs. Blount came to the tobacco barn where he was working and began objecting to his bothering the canned food. They became angry and the fracas followed. A negro named James Hyman who was summoned by Mr. Blount took the stand to tell that Mrs. Blount was ■'fussing” with her husband and that she failed to leave him when lie told her to go back to the house and that he became angry and slapped her. Mr. Blount, while on the stand, ad mitted that the argument started over him eating the saner kraut and admit ted that he hit her but flatly denied kicking his wife. Mrs. Blount inferred thruugh Solicitor Whitley that she would submit to a physician’s exami nation to prove that he did kick her. The couple have been married for 19 years, and Mrs. Blount is the sis ter of Congressman Abernethy and conies from a fine family, as well as did Mr. Blount. They have two chil dren. Conversation open in the court room implied that Mr. Blount some times caused trouble when drinking. Prayer for judgment was continued until the first Tuesday in November. Mr. Blount nervously watched his wife while the hearing was in progress. His furtive glances at his wife were noticeable to the spectators. POULTRY COST IS LOWERED BY GREEN FEEDS -$ Feeding Program Should Be Carefully Planned This Year -3> Careful planning of the poultry feeding program is essential this year in view of the increased prices of feeds. “There is no subsidy granted to the poultry producer as far as price for his product is concerned, and the in- 1 dustry is confronted with the pr Idem of cutting the cost of production at every point,” said Roy S. Dearstvne, head of the poultry department at the , North Carolina State College, in urg-; ing a balanced program of crops to cut feed expense. Prof. Dearstyne lists three vital facts essential to producing poultry crops—the value of green feed, desir able grazing crops, and crops for au tumn grazing. “An abundant supply of succulent green feed, plus sunshine, should sup ply vitamins in a satisfactory quanti ty to maintain the health of the birds, if a balanced mash is available at all times and scratch grain is fed. W hen green feed lacking, the mash must) be reinforce ! with some vitamin-bear ) ing supplement, usually in the form of i cod liver oil. "However, this supplement is cost ly and may be reduced by a desirable I grazing crop. There are three essen-j tials of a desirable grazing crop* It I must be tender, succulent, low in fib-1 er, easily di gested and relished by the birds; it must supply abundant graz-j ing and remain tender over the great est period of time; and, the cost of •production must be relatively low. "Green feeds in the autumn when eggs usually bring a high price is a necessary upplement to mash and grain feeding. One of the best graz ing crops for this slate is Italian rye grass, which can be successfully grown in practically nearly every county. It is best adapted in well drained loam, sandy and clay loam soils and should be seeded in Septem ber or early October and will supply grazing from November 1 until June.” Crimson clover, oats, and rape are three other fall crops that poultry rel ish, Dearstyne says. f BASEBALL SIDELIGHTS ! Slim Gardner’s triple drove in Van [ Horn and Furches after two were out J in the ninth, as Plymouth defeated I Columbia 8 to 7 here Sunday. Mark Paige was driven from the box in the eighth, after granting Plymouth : eight blows and three more safeties were taken from Alexander. Three of the eight hits off of Wal ter Davis came in the ninth and in cluded a homer by Todd. Timely hitting of Van Horn, Chappell, and Peele, who annexed a homer, kept Plymouth in the game. This was the first time Plymouth has beaten Paige out of three chances. Plymouth made several errors, including three by •Morris and two by Waggoner. Plymouth’s baseball schedule: August 4: Plymouth at Columbia. August 5: Plymouth at Belhaven. August (>: Windsor at Plymouth. | August 7: Open date. Teams want : ing game should write P. W. Brown, i August 8: Plymouth at Tarboro. August 9: Belhaven at Plymouth. August 10: Open date. : August 11: Tarboro at Plymouth. -® Dewey Melton, who was formerly a 'pitcher for the Plymouth club, was! knocked from the box by Richmond,1 .which snowed under Winston-Salem1 last Monday night. Melton allowed seven runs in two innings before he1 was yanked for a relief hurler. He won his first start against Wilming-1 ton. i -® Slim Gardner shaded Grady Alexan der in a mound duel here Wednesday, as Plymouth nosed out a 4 to 3 victory over Columbia. Gardner fanned 16, allowing 4 hits, while the locals an nexed 8 safeties off Alexander. Rich ardson hit a homer and Furches and Van Horn got two blows each. Seitz led Columbia at the bat. Red Sculley held the visitors to two hits, while his mates touched Toglin for 8 safeties as Plymouth defeated Tarboro 4 to 1 here today. Chappell with a double and a homer led Ply mouth with Harry VanHorn follow ing with a couple of blows. Askew and Savage anneed the only hits for Tarboro. Both teams played air-tight but sculley shaded Toolin in the mound duel that lasted for only an hour and 30 minutes. CAPT. ROM LEE DIED SUNDAY Well Known Skinnersville Man Succumbs in Hospital Skinnersville.—Captain Rom Lee, 65, died in t lie marine hospital in, Norfolk Sunday morning. He had been sick since the first of March, and his daughter took him to the hospital for treatment. Funeral services were held in Edenton at the Beaver Hill cemetery Monday afternoon, with Dr. C. A. Ashby, rector of St. Pauls Epis c(|al clfctrch, officiating. Mr. Lee had been a seaman since early in life and had served on the old Garrett that operated between ! Edenton and Mackeys for a number of years. He is survived by a daugh ter, Miss Alma Lee, of Richmond, a mother, Mrs. Mollie Lee Wiley, who is 88 years of age, and a sister, Mrs. S A Holton and one nephew, George Holton. I Goodyear Company Plans J Program of Expansion During the next few months, Good year will spend more than a half mil lion dollar- in purchase of a new pow er plant equipment and in construc tion of a new power plant building, representing one of the largest major construction improvements in the Akron area since the depression, it was learned today from T A. Stubbs, local Goodyear dealer. A portion of the present power plant building, back of the general of fice building, is to be torn down and six boilers, some of which have been in service since 1910, will be disman tled. The building itself, of conventional brick-steel construction, will cost ap proximately $20,000 and will provide employment for 100 men during the course of erection. Award of the building contract will not be made for at least another month. SHORT COURSE TRIP IS WON BY TWO MEMBERS —•— Interesting Report of Trip In Detail Is Given by Home Agent -» By EUGENIA PATTERSON One of the most successful events that has been put on by Washington County Home Demonstration Clubs was held last Friday, July 21st. It is always an event that the women look forward to with keen interest, and also with good, wholesome keen riv alry. While every one couldn’t win the prize, a fine spirit was shown the whole way through. At the fall council meeting, it was decided by the council council to of fer a free trip to the State Short Course to the woman in Washington County who made the most improve ment in her yard during the first six months in 193d—not to the most beau tiful, as sometimes is understood, while it is fine if it should be the most beautiful. We were very fortunate indeed to secure the services of Mrs. Georgia Piland Cahoon as our judge. Mrs. Cahoon, a bride of only a week, had been a home agent long to keep “her peace of mind” under such unusual conditions to take u- to the 20 yards in one day, although we believe it was a strain on her nerves. Mrs. Cahoon has not only been a home agent, but she is an authority on landscaping, and we are proud to have had an ex pert, whose judgment and knowledge on the subject cannot be surpassed anywhere. We had planned to leave the court house promptly at 9:30 a. m., with pur lunc,hes, but owing to "bridal duties" of the judge we didn’t start until about 10. We first went to the home of Mrs. Sam Lucas, where they have acres to work on, but you would be surprised to see the improvement that they have made. The have ore of the loveliest places in the county to work on, a most spacious yard with a little stream running through it. Unfortunately, due to the dry weather some of their shrubbery died. Next we came to the home of Mrs. H. G. Woolard, a member of our youngest club, and her yard was beautiful, just before the dew had all gone. It was a perfect picture, with most of her shrubbery living. Lattice work had been built to connect the house w'ith the ground and ivy planted along with the foundation plantings. One of the beauties about all the yard work is that no money was spent for flowers or plants. We made use of nature’s gift to us of evergreens. Mrs. Wool ard rearranged the shrubbery already possessed, making borders on either side of the yard, softening the corners and making screens to hide some back spots that we don’t like for front views. From here we swam and rode to the beautiful little home of Mrs. Will Mizelle. Here she met us with her straw hat on to show us the re sult of her labors: and, indeed, it was worth her time and energy. Her yard is almost perfect with its plantings: however, Mrs. Mizelle had been im proving her yard all along. a ext we traveled to the home of Mrs. R. C. Jackson. She welcomed us into her living room, where we all enjoyed seeing and hearing the story of her hand-made rugs and recovered wicker living room suite. They are unsurpassed for beauty of color and design. We had a two-fold purpose for stopping here, for she had im proved her yard, too, and her founda tion planting is doing marvelously. We then traveled a road that isn’t rushed with traffic, but is in good condition, the Hollis road, which con nects Long Ridge and Long Acre roads. 1 he first stop was the home of Mrs. Sam Garrett. She invited us in, and we, being rushed for time, just got her history and plantings. On to Mrs. Hugh Allen’s, we found her wait ing for us. She had moved stumps, barns, and even chicken houses, not to mention the rearrangement of plant ings and new plantings. She has one of the prettiest foundation plantings in the county, a large spacious yard with beautiful grass. She joined our party here. On we went to the Alba Club yard leader's home, Mrs. Tullie Allen’s. Anybt dv who knows the “before and after” of her yard knows that some one has been busy. She has a beauti ful lawn of new grass, pretty founda tion plantings and a lovely border of assorted blooming summer flowers that set her home off in beauty. She has not only made a change around (Continued on page four)
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