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VOLUME XLIV—NUMBER 42
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 20, 1933
ESTABLISHED 1889
MORE COTTON IS
GINNED LOCALLY
THAN YEAR AGO
395 Bales Ginned Prior To
October 1, As Compared
With 229 Last Year
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There were 395 hales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, ginned
in Washington County from the crop
of 1933 prior to October 1. 1933, as
compared with 229 bales ginned to
October 1, 1932.
This is the result of the cotton gin
nings in this county as released to
R. W. Johnston, cotton statistician
for Washington County, by \\. L.
Austin, of Washington, D. C., direc
tor of the Bureau of the Census in the
Federal Department of Commerce.
These statistics reveal that 166 bales
more of cotton have been ginned this
year in this county than was the case
last year, and this depite the fact that
some of the cotton in this area suf
fered from the ravages of the storm
that visited this section a month or
more ago.
There was a slight decrease in the
number of acres planted in 1932 over
1931, with 1,912 acres planted to this
crop last year, and this year the facts
are not available, but it is sure that
there are at least 300 more acres, but
the yield is expected to be shorter this
year than last.
The record yield for the past four
years was in 1931, when an average of
336 pounds were gathered front an
acre of the staple, but there were 260
pounds taken from the acre in 1932,
an(j this season, so far as this county
is concerned, it is thought that it will
be a little under the latter amount.
In 1930 1,353 bales were produced
in this coonty, 1,041 in 1932, and this
year the amount will be exceeded
with approximately 1,400 bales being
produced, according to indications and
the judgment of important cotton
growers.
The total value of the 1932 cotton
crop in the lint was $28,833, not half
as much as the 1930 crop, but with
cotton selling at around 8 cents a
pound this year, it is expected that
the total revenue from this crop this
season will probably be about $35,
000.
In 1930 it was valued at $24.80 an
acre, with it dropping to $19.82 in
1932 and then down to $1571 last
year, but the acreage valuation of the
1933 crop is expected to be much
higher than this in view of the in
creased valuation of the crop at this
time.
The cotton situation was faced with
a grave crisis once this year with a
surplus and hardly a market for it,
but since the government went into
the mrkets and purchased several mil
tion bales the price of the staple has
advanced since that time.
2,544 POUNDS OF
PORK ALLOTTED
TO THIS COUNTY
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Delivery To Be Made Here
Next Week; Put Up in
Packages
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A total of 2,544 pounds of pork has
been allocated to Washington County
for relief purposes this coming win
ter, it was learned here today front
Mrs. W. C. Brewer, superintendent of
public welfare, who in turn was noti
fied by Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State
relief administrator.
This is a portion of the 607,500
pounds made available to North Car
olina from the Federal Relief Admin
istration in Washington, 17. C. The
shipment is being allowed to this
county in consideration of the relief
case load, and those who secure the
meat must be recorded properly.
The pork is dry salt-cured and is put
up into small cartons weighing three
and six pounds each. It was shipped
into North Carolina in carload lots
of approximately 30,000 pounds per
car and delivery will be made in Ply
mouth the coming week.
In order to avoid small lot ship
ments the state was divided into con
venient shipping points, and the sup
ply for Washington County will be
sent with the supply for five other
counties to Washington, N. C. This
county will have to transport its al
lotment to Plymouth at its own ex
pense.
Washington is included in district
number 16, with Pitt getting an allot
ment of 13,209 pounds; Beaufort 8,
142; Greene, 2,724; Washington, 2,
544; Tyrrell, 1,845; and Hyde, 951
pounds.
The above tabulation shows that
this county ranks very well in the
division, as each of the larger coun
ties is allowed much more than Wash
ington, but their relief load is larger,
and this shows that Washington is
fortunate in getting this much meat
for the needy this winter.
President of Local Bank Is
Praised in Recent Article
I Under the heading, “His Banking
Policies Have Been Tried and Have
Met Every Test Against Them,” the
State, newsmagazine published by
Carl Goerch at Raleigh, carries a story
! about H. U. Bateman, president ot
the Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany:
“Down in the eastern part of North
Carolina, there's one banker in par
ticular, who, in many respects, is in
a class by himself.
“They call him :Ohl Man’ Bateman,
despite the tact that he isn't so old
at all. l'ifty-six. He is president of
the Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany. which is one of the strongest
financial institutions in this part of
the country.
"When the depression hit eastern
North Carolina—as it did other sec
tions of the state—it couldn't make
even the slightest dent in the Branch
bank. During the run of bank fail
ures throughout North Carolina—
brought on largely by hysterical ac
tion—an attempt was made to make
a run against the Branch institutions.
"It approached the stage of absurd
ity, and when they realized these facts
those who participated in the "run”
proceeded to slink off somewhat shame
facedly.
“It is interesting, therefore, to know
what kind of a man H. D. Bateman,
president of the institution, really is.
He was born in Washington County,
attended the public schools of that;
county and was prepared for college:
at Hampton Academy in Plymouth. J
“From there he went to the Uni-:
versity of North Carolina and was a
member of the class of 1901. Then he
went to teaching school, and the fol
lowing year he served as principal of
Bath Academy down in Beaufort
County. The next year he was prin
cipal of Windsor Academy in Bertie j
County.
“In 1903 he entered the banking!
business with the private banking
house of Gillarn and Lyon, later or
ganizing the Bank of Windsor and
managing that institution until 1907.
He then became connected with the
Southern National Bank of Wilming
ton, but remained with them only a
few months, and later was made as
sistant cashier of the Bank of Green
ville. That was in 1908, and he re
mained there until 1911, at which time
he was named a state bank examiner.
"He left the state banking depart
ment to become 'Connected with the
Branch Banking and Trust Company
of Wilson, in March, 1916. At that
time, the assets of the hank were less
than a million dollars. Now they are
in excess of ten millions of dollars,
which, as everybody knows, is a heap
of money.
“The institution does a general
hanking business and also has quite
an active trust department, the assets
of this department being over a mil
lion and a halt dollars, not included
in the statement of the bank.
“The first branch of the Branch—•
that sounds rather confusing, but you
realize what we mean—was established
in 1923, and they've been adding
branches ever since, the total number
now being 10, making a total of 11
lianas.
“ ‘Old Man' Bateman has the repu
tation of being cold-blooded and hard
boiled. And so he is, when it conies
to making loans which are not prop
erly secured. Othewise, he is as gen
ial and as affable a gentleman as you’d
care to meet.
“He gets cussed out a lot, but the
cussing for the most part is done by
those who tried to hornswoggie him
out of some money. He is public
spirited, lie's enterprising, and lie's
really a decent sort of fellow after
all.
“His methods of running a bank
have been tried and have been found
worthy.”
BAPTISTS BEGIN
REVIVAL SUNDAY
Dr. A. W. Fleischmann, of
Greenville, Will Be
Preacher
A series of revival services will be
gin in the Baptist church here Mon
day evening, October 23, with Dr. A.
W. Fleischmann, pastor of the First
Baptist church in Greenville, as the
speaker. The services will last for It)
days. Special music and congrega
tional singing will be featured.
Dr. Fleichmann is one of the out
standing Baptist ministers in this sec
tion and is a wll known pulpiteer in
the state, as he has held revivals in
some of the largest churches in this
section. He is expected to draw large
crowds here. The pastor, Rev. Rich
ard Lucas, urges every one to attend
and especially invites workers of all
denominations to help along with this
revival bv joining in the singing and
in any other way they can.
List of Attractions
At New Theatre
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Thursday and Friday at the New
Theatre, "One Man’s Journey,” with
Lionel Barrymore is a picture great
enough to crown his great career!
A story of devotion with May Rob
son, Dorothy Jordan, Joel McCrca,
and Francis Dee. His portrayal of a
small town country doctor is superb.
Added attractions of short and Silly
Symphony.
Saturday, Bob Steele lending his
best efforts in a Story of the good old
West, “Texas Buddies.” The comedy,
“As Crows F'ly.”
Monday and Tuesday, “Double
Harness,” by far the best of Ann
Harding's recent vehicles—and of
William Powell’s too—a very enjoy
able, amusing comedy expertly played.
.Sparkling, classy entertainment, gay
and witty. One of the finest pictures
|RKO-Radio ever made—and that’s
| saying a lot.
| Plymouth’s own movie star, James
Harlee Bell supporting Nils Asther
and Kay Francis in “Storm at Day
break.” This film is playing one day
.only (Wednesday). Come and wit
ness the excellent portrayal of Peter
as played by James Harlee Bell.
Hallowe’en Carnival To
Be Staged Here on 31st
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The Young Ladies’ Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church will stage a Hallowe'en Car
nival on Tuesday evening, October
31, in Youngs’ old store on Water
Street. There will be a big street
parade in the afternoon, and every one
is urged to put on his costume and
meet at the carnival grounds for a
jolly good time.
ALLOTMENT FOR l
TEACHERS’ PAY
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County To Get $41,223.31
For Teachers’ Salaries
Current Year
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Tentative allotments front State
funds for teachers’ salaries for the
eight-months term in Washington
County are given at $41,223.31, accord
ing to figures released today by Le
Roy .Nljaytin, of Raleigly, executive
secretary of the State School Com
mission.
There is not much numerical differ
ence in the tentative allotment for
1933-34 and those of the preceding
year in this county. However, the,
allotments for the current year repre
sent the amount to be paid for eight
months.
Last year many of the local school
units supplemented teachers’ salaries,
but this year no community in Wash
ington County is doing this and only
a few communities elsewhere in the
state are supplementing, as it is pro- j
hibited by law to levy other tax for
this purpose, except those already in
effect.
The amount given above is merely
a tentative sum as it will possibly be
early in 1934 before the definite a
rnount can be named. The school of
ficials are now compiling records on
which the final allotments will be
based.
Under the salary schedule announc
ed by the State School Commission
some weeks ago, the maximum salary
for a teacher was fixed at $90 a month
for eight months, or a total of $720
for the term, while the minimum sal
ary is $45 per month for eight months.
Plymouth Motor Company ;
Here Plymouth Dealers
J. R. Manning lias opened here the
only firm in the United States known
as the Plymouth Motor Company that
handles Plymouth cars which are made
by Chrysler. It has been the policy of
the Plymouth auto concern to refuse
a dealer the use of the name "Ply
mouth” in their firm name, but here!
it is different as Mr. Manning avers |
that he named his firm after the town I
and not the car he sells.
He will he located in the quarters |
on Water Street formerly occupied by
the Woodley Chevrolet Company. He|
will buy and sell small used cars that
are salable to the auto public in ad-|
Hit ion to selling Plymouths, which he
will feature. He will work Washing-]
ton and Tyrrell Counties and parts of
Martin.
Also he will have a mechanic to
service Plymouths whether they are
purchased from him or were bought
before he opened his place here, and
also he will cater to the repairing of
all makes of cars.
BEACON AGAIN
I AT WORK ON ITS
MAILING LIST
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Subscribers To Be Given
Every Opportunity To
Pay Up To Date
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The Beacon is again making a drive
for paid-in-advance subscriptions, and
those who are on the list are subject
ed to having their paper stopped at
any time unless their subscription is
paid in advance.
As usual, produce of any kind will
be accepted in payment of subscrip
tions, and regular market prices will
be allowed for the merchandise ac
cepted in exchange, including chick
ens, eggs, hams, meat, corn, peanuts,
cotton, tobacco, or anything that can
be sold or used in a home.
Then, again, liberal discounts will
be given those paying by cash who
are in arrears to any extent in order
to get the mailing list on a substan
tial basis and once the subscribers
are all paid up, then it will be an an
nual occurrence to see that these sub
scriptions are paid annually as re
quired for circulation.
No special emphasis was put on the
subscription list for the last three
years, as it was thought that from
year to year that business would im
prove, but now' something must be
done and only a small number have
asked that their names be removed
before they w'ould pay for their home
papers.
A number of people have appreciat
ed the efforts of the Beacon to put
this list on a busines basis and have
come forward with their money or
produce this year or during the last
campaign, and this is appreciated, but
the Beacon will have to cut down its
list of 1,100 unless these subscrip
tions are paid.
Those who have cooperated with
the Beacon and either renewed or sub
scribed in the past few days as fol
lows: Mrs. Ida M. Halsey, G. VV.
Bowen, Nina L. Grimes, J. S. Crad
dock, T. J. Swain, W. L. Whitley,
J. E. Askew, Burl Gurganus, George
Simmons, Lyman Mayo, George W.
Hardison, Norfolk Southern, E. F.
Still, Miss Leslie Darden, Dr. W. H.
Johnson, C. L. Smith, Mrs. John Car
lysle, William Hurdle, Paul Sykes,
Tom Sawyer, Leonard Ayers, C. C.
Styron, J. H. Styron, J. R. Carr, Ger
shon Lieberson, Neva Liverntan, and
Virginia Cahoon.
Men Will Serve Supper
Here Friday, October 27
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The tables will be turned this time]
—men will serve men and ladies. |
The men will serve a combination oy.
ster and barbecue supper at Youngs'|
old store on Water Street next to
Owens Furniture Company beginning
at 6 o’clock on the evening of Friday,’
October 27.
Zeb Vance Norman is chairman ot,
the steering committe that has sev-J
eral subcommittees working under it(
for the benefit of the affair. Proceeds j
will be used in finishing the log cab-j
in erected at the rear of the church,
which now needs some interior work
done.
Pleasant Grove Club
Secures Club House
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Mackeys.—The Pleasant Grove
Home Demonstration Club has been
■granted permission to use the old
Mackeys School Building for a club
house and will meet there today forj
the first time. The members are look
ing forward with much pleasure to
having a permanent meeting ground.1
They always enjoyed meeting at the!
different homes, but the club has
grown until it is bard on one woman
to act as hostess in her home.
The club members have some work
to do before the new headquarters
will be comfortable and amply fur
Funeral Services Held for
J. F. Shepherd Thursday,
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Funeral services were held Thurs
day for James Franklin Shepherd, 74'
years of age, who died Wednesday
after an illness of two years. Inter-'
nient took place in the Weede cent-'
etery near Plymouth. Rev. Gilbert
Davis officiated. He was born in
Martin County, but had been a resi
dent of Washington County for years, j
Surviving him is a widow; two sons,
J. W. and R. E. Shepherd; four
daughters, Mesdames Tennie Crad
dock, Nora Davenport, Ellis Daven
port, and Miss Neva Shepherd.
Prove Value ol Growing
Vetch Seed in Union
Prctical demonstrations in Macon
County have proven the value of
growing vetch seed at home, and the
plan is meeting a favorable reception
over the county. *
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FARM NOTES ]
By W. V. HAYS
A good many hogs have died re
cently from salt poisoning.
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Hogs need "alt, especially when a
good portion of their feed is green
stuff.
The best known method of salting
is by thoroughly mixing three pounds
of salt with ten pounds of hardwood
ashes. A trough full of this will not
hurt them.
It is dangerous and risky business
to feed hogs old or used salt. Such
salt contains blood and juices which
sometimes cause toxic or ptomaine
poisoning.
Reports coming in are that cotton
produced here in our county has un
usually short staple. About three
quarter of an inch in length, which is
entirely too short to be in demand or
command a very good price. There
are varieties to be had that yield as
much or more lint per acre, are of a
more open and earlier variety and that
will grade one and one-sixteenth to
an inch and an eight staple. This
-Vould mean about $10 more per acre
on our better cotton land.
This seed can be gotten together |
in quantities at very good prices. I
will be glad to assist any one inter-!
ested in securing recommended va
rieties for this section.
Most all the hay has been cut and:
cured without any rain. Most of the
peanuts in the county have been dug..
The crop should be very bright and:
well matured. Most of the grain,!
clover, and vetch has been sown. A
good start has been made on harvest-1
ing corn.
FIRM IS STILL
INTERESTED IN
LUMBER PLANT
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setter From Concern Says
Move To Be Made in
Near Future
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Further information about the pro
posed new lumber plant for Plymouth
is now' in the hands here of Zeb
Vance Norman in the form of a letter
that he has received from the indus
trialists, who assert that they are still
interested in this matter.
The letter to Mr. Norman is from
J. B. Ross, sales manager of he East
Alabama Lumber Company, which has
headquarters in Tuskegee, Ala., who
are manufacturers of original growth
long leaf yellow pine with complete
planing and mill facilities.
The officers in the firm include W.
G. Mitchell, president, and William
H. Slaton, secretary, with Mr. Ross
as sales manager. The letter refers
to an accident in which Mr. Mitchell
suffered injuries when an automobile
he was driving collided with another.
"Replying to your letter 23rd ad
dressed to Mr. Mitchell and myself
jointly.
"Mr. Mitchell’s accident turned out
to be more serious than we at first
thought, and since he has been laid
up it has been necessary for me to re
main constantly on the job here. We
are just as keen on the job there as
we ever were, and now that every
thing sems to be getting straightened
out again, we expect to make an early
move.
"Front accounts we have read of the
lecent storm in that section, it would
appear that we were fortunate in not
having a plant in operation there and
a stock of lumber on hand. Advices ^
we have received from New Bern in
dicate that all industrial plants there
were seriously damaged, and lumber
scattered all over the surrounding
country. As Plymouth seemed to be
directly in the path of the storm, we
assume there was considerable dam
age there also.”
Total of 384 Births in
This County Last Year
There were 348 births in Washing
ton County in 1932, with 34 of these
dying as infants, making this county
have a rate of 108.3 deaths per 1,000
births. T his speaks well of the county
in this matter. Many of the counties,
have a much larger number of deaths
in proportion to the number of births.1
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Quarterly Conference At
Pleasant Grove Sunday
The last quarterly meeting of the
year will be held at the Pleasant
Grove Methodist church Sunday aft
ernoon, it was announced this week.
The presiding elder, Rev. .1. W. Mc
Cracken, of Elizabeth City, will preach
Sunday morning. The public is cor
dially invited.
WELFARE GROUP
TO MEET HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
Miss Mary Ward, District
Supervisor, Expected
To Attend
| A meeting of the centra! advisory
I hoard and the local committees ot
; the Washington County Public Wel
I tare organization will be held in the
Brewer, superintendent of public wel
fare.
It is expected that Miss Mary P.
VVard, district supervisor of New
Bern, will be present, but this is not
definite. There are a number of im
portant business matters coming be
fore the organization and every per
son affiliated in the advisory capacity
is urged to be present.
The members of this board are as
follows: E. H. Liverman, Gilbert Da
vis, L. W. Gurkin, W. F. Winslow,
W. H. Clark, W. H. Paramore, Abe
Adler, C. L. Groves, George W. Har
dison, H. P. Barnes, of Cherry; Rev.
Richard Lucas, Dr. J. W. Harrell,
Mrs. Minnie Cahoon, Mrs. W. R.
White, Mrs. B. A. Sumner, Rev. Mr.
Atkinson, Roper; Mrs. C. A. Swain,
Creswell; J. J. Hassell, Roper; P. W.
Brown, Rev. Roy Respass, Creswell;
Mrs. William Bell, Roper; Mrs. A. W.
Davenport, Creswell; F. D. Wilson,
Roper; Mrs. A. W. Blount, Roper.
It is expected that an assistant to
Mrs. W. C. Brewer will be chosen at
this time, as Mr. Brewer, who has
served in this capacity, is no longer
in the service of the county public
welfare organization, but Mrs. Brewer
will continue in her work as hereto
fore. While in town, Mr. Brewer will
render whatever assistance he can,
but not in an official capacity.
Mr. Brewer worked without salary
during his tenure of office, excepting
a travel allowance that has been
stopped, and Mr. Brewer has been
notified that he is no longer respon
sible for the work here, and he is a
free agent to procure any profitable
employment that comes his way, but
for the time being, Mr. Brewer will
do all he can to help those who have
cooperated with him and Mrs. Brewer
in the past.
TEAM-MATE OF
NOTED PITCHER
IS LIVING HERE
Red Sculley and Hal Schu
macher Pitched on Same
College Team
Red Sculley was very much inter
ested in the second game of the re
cent World Series—and thereby hangs
a tale.
Mr. Sculley came here during the sum
mer from Edenton, where he had been
a member of th hurling staff of the
Colonials. He left behind a friend,
Vincent O’Brien, who was manager
of the club and the ace pitcher for the
outfit.
Roth of the two ball players came
down from New York state. They
were members of the pitching staff of
the St. Lawrence University nine of
Canton, N. Y. A third member of
the twirling staff was no less a per
son than Hal Schumacher. This was
back in 1931.
A couple or more weeks ago Schu
macher pitched and won the second
game of the World Series for the New
\ ork Giants, and in another game
that he started he was knocked from
the box iri the early innings, hut a
mate saved the day for him, so that
he was not charged with the loss.
Now, Mr. Sculley made a good im
pression while he was down here this
summer, and the school officials were
short a teacher so they switched
things around so that now Mr. Scul
ley is teaching science, biology, and
history to the local high students.
Not only this, but when he received
his letter of recommendation with his
credits from his home state the en
thusiastic superintendent of schools
added the comment that “Mr. Sculley
possessed a beautiful tenor voice,”
which he tried out here recently at
morning devotions, singing "Trees,”
and a comedy song.
Mr. Sculley did not fare so badly
here himself this summer, as he won
more than half of the games he pitch
ed and let some of the strong teams,
including larboro once, down with
only four hits to their credit.
Quarterly Conference At
Local Church Sunday
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Rev. J. H. McCracken, of Elizabeth
City, presiding elder of this district
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
will preach at the morning service here
Sunday at 11 o’clock. Immediately
afterwards the quarterly conference
will be held. All of the members art
urged to attend by Dr. J. \V. Hat
rell, pastor of the church.
HOPE IS REVIVED
FOR ROUTE OVER
ROANOKE HERE
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Highway Engineers Collect
ing Data As To Need
And Costs
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Renewed efforts from a new angle
are being made by Zeb Vance Norman
and others who dream of a series of
bridges to span the four waterways
that are located in the swamp between
Washington and Bertie Counties.
! Last week Mr. Norman was noti
fied by the North Carolina Highway
Commission that a Mr. Craven, one
of their engineers, was collecting some
| data to be used in placing the need
of the bridges to connect these two
countie-, before the Federal Public
Works Administration in Washington,
D. C.
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It is necessary to erect four spans
to cross Roanoke, Middle, and Cashie
rivers and Broad Creek and in between
the streams are swampy lands that
must be converted into a causeway to
1 connect the series of spans so that
traffic could move in that direction.
Two drawbridges would have to be
constructed as Roanoke and one of
the other rivers is navigable waters,
but these would be the only expensive
bridge-- with the one across the Ro
anok River at the foot of Jefferson
' Street being the largest of the spans.
| Unless the engineer recommends
differently, the new highway is to be
built across the rivers from Plymouth
to connect with route 17 near Eden
i House Ferry, making it only 20 miles
from Plymouth to Edenton, where it
now requires upwards of 60 miles
travel.
It is tlie plan of Mr. Norman and
others who are interested in the
j scheme to have the Federal Govern
ment erect the bridges and lease them
to the counties or municipalities in
volved.
Mr. Craven will gather the facts in
the matter and turn them over to
those interested in the plan here with
Mr. Norman, and they will proceed
to lay the matter before the public
works officials with a plea that they
use the public works money already
appropriated for such purposes.
115 CASES* PUT ON
; SUPERIOR COURT
CIVIL CALENDAR
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[Term Begins Next Monday
With Judge Barnhill
Presiding
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Washington County Superior Court
( will open here October 23 with Judge
M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, pre
, siding over a one week exclusive civil
! term with 15 cases on the docket.
Motion and divorce cases will be called
i at the pleasure of the court.
I As far as C. V. W. Ausbon, clerk
| of the superior court, has been ad
vised, there has been no exchange
j between th jurists and the resident
judge, Mr. Barnhill, is expected to
i preside. Lawyers from various com
munities will be here attending the
session.
The calendar for the October term
as prepared by Clerk Ausbon follows:
Monday, October 23: B. F. Twiddy
vs. J. C. Tarkenton; American Agr.
Cliem. Co. vs. Joe Nowarrah; Dr. L.
D. I.eGear Med. Co. vs. O. H. Lyon,
jet al: A. B. Davenport vs. J. T. Mc
Alister.
Tuesday, October 24: J. S. Shugar
vs. Smith and Douglas; S. A. Holton
vs. Howard Leary; E. L. Owens vs.
A. C. L. R. R. Co.; W. A. Reynolds
vs Dempsey Bond; W. T. Phelps vs.
; Bank of Creswell, et al.
Wednesday, October 25: W. D. Peel
! Admr., vs. Estelle Martin, Admnx; H.
D. Davenport vs. Phillip Ambrose;
I Ry Mt. Ins. Co. et al. vs. T. C. and
I A. S. Holmes; Reliable Stores Corp.,
| vs. J. S. Shugar; E. Cotton Oil Co.
vs. L. D. Lamb, et al.
Motion and divorce cases to be
called at pleasure of the court.
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, Lower Freight Rate
On Rope Is Secured
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Rope shipped from Brooklyn, N. Y.,
to Plymouth and other Eastern North
Carolina towns are expected to carry
a reduced freight rate in the future,
it an application filed today with the
Inttrstate Commerce Commission by
railroad officials, is approved.
F L. Speiden, head of the South
ern Traffic Bureau, told Interstate
Commerce Commission officials in
Washington, D. C, that a greater
part of rope shipments to this section
at present are moving by motor truck
to Philadelphia, from where it is
shipped to Plymouth by water.
If the new freight rate of 64 cents
per 100 pounds is allowed to apply on
rope to this section the railroads may
command a large share of the rope
traffic, said Mr. Speiden.