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•-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiif A home newspaper dedicated = to the service of Washington = County and its 12,000 people. = The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ★*★★★*★ I Advertisers will find Beacon I 5 and News columns a latch-key to = 5 1.100 Washington County homes. = 7llllUIHIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIiilimillitHlillllllllllllllll!lllllllliimi7 VOLUME XLV— NUMBER 5 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, February 2, 1934 ESTABLISHED 1889 BELIEVED MORE WORK STOCK IN COUNTY NEEDED County Offers Ideal Setting For Breeding Work Animals Washington County needs more work animals. This year there are probably more horses and mules in this county than for years in the past, and the depres sion may possibly be thanked for this trend back to the work animal on the farm. In the year of 1929 there were 1,385 horses and mules of working age in the county while in 1930, there was a noticeable increase with 1,477 being counted within the domains by the census takers, and every year there has probably been an increase, as farm machinery has diminished. Observers think that there are up wards of 1,000 such animals in thi county today. Every day more are1 being bought and brought here from outside horse and mule sales centers, j and it is also noted that only a neg- j ligible number of this working live-; stock die annually. , Work animals in the past in the entire state as a whole have been dc-[ creasing by about 12,000 a year, but i it is thought by some that this alarm-! ing number of shortage could not be' counted as an equal quota for Wash ington, with the other 99 counties in the state. In other words, some believe that this decrease of about 100 horses and mules a year has not been true of this county, as machinery of the power type to replace the horse has not been brought in here in any great quanti ties as may be the case in other coun ties. Many arc of the opinion that in the days gone by the surplus of much crops on the farm has been brought about by the lack of horses and mules' and probably other livestock, as it takes an average of four acres a year \ to provide feed for these animals, and with the shortage these acres have been devoted to other crops. With the reduction in money crops j as demanded by the government, it j appears that the very thing that the; extra acres in Washington County need are work animals to devour the | feedstuff that can be grown upon it. This county, according to many, has every advantage to the grower of horses and mules, as the climate and fertility of the soil to provide feed-! stuff is a veritable paradise for the i horse and mule grower. And the! farmers should come together in an effort to produce better animals to work their farms. A thoroughbred animal to sire the colts could be secured at the State test farm at Wenona and kept there | for the horse and mule producers. It would take two years to get the prop er stock and three years to breed good j animals, and in five years a horse grower could have animals for sale. | Those interested in reaching out or expanding into this new field of agri-, culture endeavor can apply to R. H. Ruffner, bead of the division of ani-j mal husbandry at State College, at Raleigh, and to W. V. Hays, farm ^ agent for Wasrington County at Plv-1 mouth for information. -® Fire Saturday Night Destroys Home Here -® Fire early Saturday night destroyed ! the home of Dorcas Tank that is lo-1 cated alongside of the railroad track on the edge of Plymouth. Origin of j the fire is unknown. The home of, John Ransome, next door to the burn ing dwelling did not catch fire. Damage was estimated at $300 or more. Not a stick of furniture was saved, and the occupants escaped only with the clothes on their bodies. The husband of the colored woman was dragged from the home as he slept.1 No one was hurt. The house was reputedly owned by Nancy Coffee, also colored, who op erates a colored inn here. Edgar Bateman Hard Luck Champ Last Week Mark it down that Edgar Bateman* was probably the hardest-luck man in Washington County last week. A cow died of a fever one day and later in the week a mule disappeared and while he was looking lor this animal a second mule died. He went to Greenville to look for the strayed mule and lost a pair of shoes. He inserted an ad in the newspaper last Friday and in two days the lost mule was hack home after a person in Angetown, Martin County, had return ed the animal as requested in the ad. Then a friend found his shoes for him. But no miracle has brought back to life hi< second mule and the cow. General Organization At Local School Completed Formation of the General Organi zation for the Plymouth High School was announced here this week, with Roscoe Browning, president; Miss Sarah Cahoon, vice president; Miss Evelyn Arps, secretary; Miss Made 1 in Edmondson, treasurer. The new organization, known as the General Organization, will receive the receipts from all sources coming into the school for the benefit of stu dents, such a> taking over the junior class paper with its resources: receipts from athletic activities. This money will be spent for the benefit of the school by the purchase of basketballs, athletic equipment, and fixtures for the new gymnasium now in process of erection. MORE ACTIVITY IN PEANUT MART PAST FEW DAYS —q,— Peanuts Moving to Market Faster Than for Some Time -® More peanuts are moving to mar kets in recent days than at any time since the crop was harvested last fall, due principally to the undercurrent of feeling that code agreement having been signed and the industry adjust ed to the new conditions arising there from, prices may stiffen and the usual flow of farmers’ and millers’ stocks may begin. Current prices have stif fened slightly in recent days, though there is no appreciable increase in the average price quotations. There is a slightly stronger demand for the crop. The weekly report covering the crop situation in Virginia and North Car olina is as follows: The movement of peanuts from the farm was more active during the past week and sales were numerous. Not only were farmers offering more pea nuts, but cleaners were more disposed to buy at prevailingprices. Many farmers, however, still prefer to wait for higher prices before selling. Quo tations have advanced but little dur ing the week, but there appears to be an undercurrent of strength to the sit uation. Prevailing prices range as follows, per lb., f. o. b. delivery points: Jumbos, best 3 1-8 to 3 1-4, few 3.40; medium 2, 3 cents; bunch, best, 3 1-8 cents; few 3 1-4 cents; medium 2 3-4 to'3 cents; runners, best, 3 cents; med ium 2 1-2 to 2 3-4 cents; shelling stock 2 1-2 to 2 3-4 cents, few 2 7-8 and 3 cents. Inquiries have increased tor sheled and cleaned peanuts and the marketj for finished goods has strengthened slightly during the week, with higher, prices for both cleaned and shelled goods. Extra large Virginias are re ported rather scarce and especially firm. The trade is showing little in-! terest in No. 1 shelled Spanish, but Spanish 2s, which are scarce, are in demand. Although the market is slightly stronger, buyers are still said i to be reluctant to purchase except for, immediate requirements until the ef-j feet of the marketing agreement is felt. Harry Anthony Appeals , From Superior Court -$- I Harry Anthony, colored, appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court from the Washington County Super ior Court here in January, when he was found guilty of receiving stolen goods and was sentenced by Judge Walter L. Small. Anthony was arraigned on a charge of breaking and entering, larceny and receiving stolen goods. Upon motion by his attorney, P. H. Bell, the first count of breaking and entering was stricken from the indictment and the jury found him not guilty of larceny, thus dropping the second count. However, the appeal was noted by Attorney Bell from a sentence when the jury fouml him guilty of receiv ing stolen goods knowing them to be stolen at the time. I he arraignment was brought about as the result of the robbery of some goods from cars on the Norfolk Southern Railroad. Cotton Ginnings Above That for Last Year -® A total of 1,767 running bales of cottton were ginned in Washington County prior to January 16, while tor the same period in 1932, there were 909, showing a gain for 1933 of 856 bale'. This was the information as sent to k. \V. Johnston, cotton statistical reporter for this county, by the bu reau of census of the National De partment of Commerce at Washing ton. This number is given as running bales, linters are not included. It is from th crops of 1933 and 1932. GYMNASIUM NOW BEING ERECTED AT SCHOOL HERE Increased Interest in Ath letic Activities Noted Recently -\c\v impetus is being added to the athletic enthusiasm of the Plymouth High School with the erection of a gymnasium on the campus that is be ing done through the cooperation of the CWA and the officials of Wash ington County. J. Frank Fuches, once athletic coach, resigned some time ago, but Albert T. (Red) Scully, a member oi the Plymouth pitching >taff last year, is now coaching the basketball teams of the boys and the junior varsity girls, while Principal E. H. Hicks is the pilot for the varsity girls. • Revenue from various sources, with the General Organization functioning as it is hoped it will, should be enough to provide for the expense of the basketball games, as football was omitted from the activities last sea son, and so there are no debts hang ing over. The Plymouth boys and girls were victorious over Roper on the local court last week with the local boys defeating the visitors, 13 to 11, and the girls repelling the invading Roper group, 21 to 20. The boys won in the overtime period of two minutes in their game. Floyd Ashy, guard, counted seven points for Plymouth and played a remarkable game, as he continually covered Peacock, ace Roper forward, and his work probably featured this set-to, as he played flashy to keep the scoring of Peacock down to a mini mum. The coaches think that with these games to the credit of the locals, they will be encouraged to work harder and meet stiffer opposition in the fu ture. They are of the opinion that the boys and girls are now getting that old school spirit. FINISH CENSUS BY FEBRUARY 15 Last Census Was Taken in 1929; Comparison Will Show Changes -® Steve Cratch, of Plymouth, has un til February 15 to conclude his cen sus of the business houses in Wash-' ington County, it was learned today from D. W. Lupton, of Pantego, sup-' tervisor of this district. All business concerns engaged in distributing anything, even service, is covered by this census. 'The last such census was taken in 1929, and the one year will prove as a basis for comparison for that one year and the present. The comparison will show changes, in business methods brought about^ by a period of economic depression, j Washington County was allowed two of these enumerators, but Mr.1 Cratch was the only one appointed, j It may he that no one else has ap-, plied. SAVE LEGUME SEED TO HELP IMPROVE LAND Present Scarcity of Seed Shows Farmers Cannot Depend on Others Xorth Carolina agriculture is seri ously handicapped by a lack of le gumes to enrich the soil. It every farmer should grow his own seed, I legume production could he easily in creased by 1,000,000 acre* in the next two or three years. '‘The present scarcity of all kinds of legume seed demonstrates that the farmers cannot depend upon the pur chase of seed from outsiders to sup ply their needs,” says Enos C. Blair, extension agronomist at State College. ; "\V. A. Davis, Johnston county farm-j er, has seen the mistake of trying to | cultivate land without legumes and, ha- provided for an ample supply in ^ the future. On his 130 acres of croi | land, 30 acres were devoted to corn and soybeans last year. He harvest-j ed 75 bushels of soybeans without in-1 terfering with his corn crop. From 10 acres in cowpeas, he gathered 801 bushels by hand. He also has 10 acres, itt corn and velvet beans. 1 he latter j have not been threshed, but will sup-| ply all he needs for 1034. The legume; vines will also greatly enrtch the soil when turned under.” Mr. Blair says any farmer desiring to improve his land can, with little i difficulty, increase hi- crop of legumes without seriously interfering with his money and food crops. He -can start in a small way and continue to har vest planting seed until enough has been secured to plant the desired acre age each year. f A FAIR OUESTION I v✓ Stirred by the growing tendency of his fellow townsmen to use the newspaper for everything but ad vertising, a South Dakota editor recently asked them pertinently, in a page one box: "If a member of your family died, would you send out the obit uary in a circular letter? If your wife entertained, would you run a slide on the screen of the movie show? If you were to enlarge your store, would you tell folks in a hotel register? If you were to have a wedding at your house, would you tack the news on a telephone post? “Then why in heck don’t you put your advertising in the newspaper, too ’ TO TIGHTEN UP MACHINERY FOR CWA IN STATE Will Insist Upon the Rigid Administration Of All CWA Projects Raleigh.——A general tightening up of all the administrative machinery in both the Civil Works Administration and the National Reemployment Serv ice in North Carolina, as well as over the entire nation, is definitely fore cast as the result of recent develop ments both here and in Washington, according to careful observers here. For while no one who really is famil iar with what is going on thinks for a moment that Congress will permit the Civil Works program for provid ing work for the unempolyed to be discontinued, it is believed that it is going to insist upon much more rigid administration and supervision of all Civil Works projects and more care ful observance of the laws and regula tions governing placement of workers and wages to be paid. There are also indications that CWA officials in Washington are planning to exercise much more rigid control over state Civil Works organizations by using the National Reemployment Service as a sort of balance wheel that will act in some degree as a check upon the CWA administrations. Perhaps the most important step yet taken to tighten up the local county CWA units in this State is the plan just approved and announced by Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, State CWA ail ministrator and Capus M. Waynick, Mate director of the National Reem ployment Service, to set up definite machinery for handling complaints and for fixing responsibility where any irregularities are found. So far as it is known, North Carolina is the first State in which such a plan has been worked out and set up by the di rectors of these two services entirely upon their own initiative, without waiting for instructions from Wash ington. This new plan, which is expected to be put into operation immediately, provides for the thorough investiga tion of every complaint in the county of its origin by a committee of four composed of the county CWA direc tor, the county reemployment service manager, one member of the CVV A advisory committee and one member from the county NRS advisory com mittee. But this county complaint board or committee will have no execu tive authority. It will merely investi gate all complaints and make a writ ten report on its findings to Mrs. 0-] Berry and Director Waynick, who will then take whatever action they deem necessary. All complaints, as in the past, should be sent direct either to Mrs. O’Berry or Director Waynick in Ra leigh. These in turn will be referred back to the county committees for in vestigation. The reports on the in vestigations will then be sent back to Raleigh in duplicate to Mrs. O Berry and Waynick who will have full pow er to act. Director Waynick has already an nounced that he is going to insist more than ever that county and city reemployment managers adhere to the letter of the law more strictly than ever in making placements on CWA projects and that he will not hesitate to displace managers and put in new ones wherever irregularities are found. Forms and Blanks for Keeping Poultry Records Forms for keeping poultry flock im provement and production records are furnished by the Extension Poultry men at State College to all poultry men who will agree to keep such rec ords and make monthly reports to his office. The records turned in each month are figured at the College and a report made to each cooperator, to gether with suggestions as to how to improve th flock. Detail information may be secured from your farm agent or from C. F. Parrish. State College, Raleigh. BLUE MOLD HAS BEEN FOUND IN GEORGIA EARLY Farmers Urged To Sow More Plant Beds To Overcome Loss Early reports from Georgia state : that blue mold has been found there | already this season. It is generally agreed that there is no definite way known to combat the blue mold suc ; eessfully, farmers generally increas ing the size and number of their plant beds and hoping they will have sufficient plants for their desired acre age. The report received from Georgia through the Hahira Weekly is as fol lows : “Tifton, Ga., January 17.—J. G. Gaines, tobacco disease specialist of the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, said evidence of tobacco mil dew blue mold, which did great dam age to the crop in 1932, was discov ered near here today on hold-over to bacco plants in an old seed bed aban doned last year. Gaines said the unusually early ap pearance of the disease was favored by the recent mild weather and that if warm weather continues, young seedlings in plant beds may be serious ly affected and “much damage may fol low.’ Growers were advised to sow more plant beds to forestall a possible plant shortage. The specialist said the beds should be located in warm sunny places and that all hold-over tobacco plants in old plant beds and fields should be destroyed. The blue mold first made its ap pearance in tobacco plant beds in Georgia in 1931, but did not do great damage. The disease appeared again about this time in 1932 and with the assistance of a late freeze, almost wiped out the Georgia crop that year. Some damage resulted from blue mold last year. With Georgia acreage expected to be reduced to a minimum this year by reduction agreements, crop ex perts said if the mold gets many of the plants the state will not make enough tobacco in 1934 to justify op erating tobacco markets. -$ STATE FARMERS HAVE PART IN HUGE PROGRAM -$ Cotton Growers Now Sign ing Contracts Part of National Picture -<$>- . . Those cotton growers now signing acreage adjustment contracts are co operating with other farmers to help relieve the economic plight cvX agri culture throughout the nation. The cotton farmer is only one part of the national picture. In other sec tions of the country, growers are sign ing or have signed wheat contracts, corn and hog contracts, tobacco con tracts, and other agreements seeking to restore the purchasing power of farmers throughout the United States. "It is to the interest of the North Carolina cotton grower, therefore, that he have a part in this whole national scheme,’ declares Charles A. Sheffield, assistant extension director at State College. "The cotton grower is en titled to a share of the national wealth, and he can he better assured of his share hy cooperating in the general movement to restore farm prices. I hope the growers of this state under stand that they are not being asked to do something that no other farm ers are being asked to do. It the rate of acreage reduction in the case of cotton is somewhat greater than for other basic crops, it is because the need to reduce is greater. By the same token, however, the rental pay ments are in proportion, and the dis tribution oi money through these pay ments to North Carolina farmees, based on a reduction of 41) per cent under the average of the years from 1P28 to 1932,will amount to about $6, 500,000.” Basic cash crops are not being in creased in any part of the nation, and general cooperation by all farmers is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. By doing his part, the cotton grower is helping tc> improve the condition of all farmers generally and of himself in particular, Sheffield says. -<S> Home Agent Announces Schedule for Next Week -® Miss Eugenia Patterson, home dem onstration agent, announces her sched tile for next week, as follows: Monday afternoon, February 6, 4-H club at Plymouth (cooking group). Tuesday afternoon, Hoke. Wednesday afternoon, Roper. Thursday afternoon, Chapel Hill. Friday afternoon, Beech Grove. Saturday morning, curb market at 8:30 sharp. Funeral Held Tuesday For Walter Bateman ‘ Funeral services were held Wednes day for Walter Bateman, who died early Tuesday morning from gastritis and other ailments. He had been sick only about a week at the home of his I sister, Mrs. B. B. Spencer, near Roper. ' Last rites were held in the Wind | ley cemetery near Plymouth, with a large crowd attending. A Roper min ister officiated. Mr. Bateman for v6ars wa- a traveling salesman and was very successful until later years. At one time he lived in Plymouth. Surviving him are the following sis ters, Mrs. B. B. Spencer, of Roper; Mrs. Waters, of Norfolk; and one brother, Edgar Bateman, of near Ply mouth; W. M. Bateman, of Raleigh, a half-brother. MANY WAITING TO SEEK SEED ANDFEEDLOANS -<S> Production Credit Group Is No Help To Numbers of Small Farmers -- According to information gathered from a number of farmers, the Pro duction Credit Association is not con sidered with any t »o great favor. The farmer trying to operate with no cap ital and with all his property mort-. gaged for one reason or another is not eligible to borrow from the asso ciation, it is understood. Then each borrower has to buy so much stocky in the association, the cost of the stock being added to the amount of the loan. These features are not very] appealing to the hard-pressed farmer,I and he is living in hope that he can borrow from the seed-feed loan fund again. j The Production Credit Association is similar to a certain extent to the Regional Credit Corporation that ad-1 vanced loans in this county and thru-! out the country last year. Farmers' owning their property will find it easyj to borrow from the association, it is believed. J. E. Hull, secretary and treasury of the Washington Production Credit Association, comprising the territory of Beaufort. Hyde, Martin, Washing ton, and Tyrrell Counties, released the I following information this week: i he agreement between the rarmj Credit Administration and the Agri-j cultural Adjustment Administration will not bar any farmer who has ade-j quate security and is otherwise eli-j gible to borrow, from obtaining loans for financing agricultural production credit associations or from private credit agencies discounting with the Federal intermediate credit banks, ac-J cording to a statement issued by the i Farm Credit Administration. The only effect of the agreement is that the farmer who has not signed' a production control agreement will be j required to furnish, in addition to oth er necessary loan papers, satisfactory evidence that he plans no increase in production of basic agricultural com modities in a manner detrimental to the success of the production control I programs. Farmers who have signed control agreements will need no fur ther proof of their cooperation in cr der to borrow. A list of all who have signed pro duction control agreements will be made available to the Farm Credit Administration. Each production credit association will have in its pos session the list of farmers cooperat ing with the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in the territory it serves, and, therefore, will know which farmers have signed agreements. Thus each farmer who has not signed such an agreement will be re quired to obtain a statement from the county council to be set up in each county by the AAA, with authority to issue certificates respec.mg crop production by farmers who are not named on the list of cooperators. The production credit association will ac cept such certificates as satisfactory evidence that the persons to whom they are issued are not increasing their production in a manner detri mental to the success of the program. This cooperative agreement between the Farm Credit Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Admin istration applies to all short-term credit agencies over which the Farm Credit Administration has tontr0' Thus it applies not only to the newly organized production credit associa tions, of which there are now more than 450, and of which 50 to 75 are being organized each week, but to private lending agencies and corpora tions which discount farmers’ notes with the Federal intermediate credit banks, such as livestock loan com panies, agricultural credit corporations and banks. Buy Ellerbe Springs For Community Center Ellerbe Springs has bene purchased as a community center for Rich a five-acre lake, says the farm agent, morn I County The springs feed into SERIES LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN AT MASONIC LODGE Nine Subjects Outlined for Meeting During Spring Season A series of nine lectures from mem .■bers has been scheduled for deliver ance in the next three months at Per severance Lodge, No. 59, A F. and A. M., under the heading of informal communications affecting the craft, it was announced here today by John \\ Darden, educational secretary. The speeches will be made at the lodge hall by members while at times Masons from other units will be brought here to speak on subjects to be selected by them. No address is to be more than 15 minutes long. Mr. Darden hopes that every member will attend these lectures. February 6. Rev. R. H. Lucas, “The Great Light’ (The Bible). February 20, James W. Norman, 1 Matters Relating to State and Gov ernment.’ February 27, Attorney \V. L. Whit ley, “Masonry’s Contribution to Anier ican Citizenship.’ March 6, Attorney Zeb Vance Norman, “Masonic Jurisprudence.’’ March 20, Attorney W. M. Darden, “The Relationship of the Masonic Fraternity to the Church.’ March 27, Tom Snell. “North Car olina’s Outstanding Masons of the Past and Something of their Work.” April 3, John W. Darden, "Some of America’s Great Masons.” April 10, F. IT. Livcrman, “George Washington, the Man and the Ma son.’ April 24, Attorney E. L. Owens, “Something of the History of Perse verance Lodge No. 59.’ DEATH OF MRS. R. W. FURLAUGH — ■ - Funeral Services Held Mon day for Well-Known Creswell Woman Creswell.—Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs. Alethia Fur laugh, wife of R. W. Furlaugh, who died Sunday at 3:30 o’clock after a short illness. Rev. T. F. Davenport officiated, assisted by S. B. Daven port. A large crowd of relatives and friends attended. She was a faithful member of the Free Will Baptist church for many years and was widely known in this section. Active pall-bearers were J. H. Gibbs, Z. H. Phelps, Lee Mid gett, Phillip Davenport, H. S. Fur laugh, and Duard Spruill. Surviving the deceased are her hus band, one son, Elwin, three daugh ters, Miss Aliethia and Mrs. Clara Phelps, of Creswell: and Mrs. Mil dred Spencer, of Columbia; a brother, L. \\ . Bateman, of Creswell; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Snell, of Scupper nong; and Mrs. Mittie Spruill, of Ply mouth. COTTON SIGN-UP FORGING AHEAD -$ Reports Received Indicate State Will Go Well Over Quota -- The cotton sign-up campaign in Xorth Carolina i> going over the top, according to reports received in the office of Charles A. Sheffield, of State College, State director of the cam paign. He said that several of the counties have already signed 75 per cent of the growers and that many others are rap idly approaching this figure. The county agents in the 67 cotton growing counties were asked to rush the campaign through as rapidly as possible in order that a sufficient num ber of contracts would be signed by Wednesday for the Secretary of Agri culture to adopt the plan for this year. The agents have been signing con tracts much faster than they have had time to give them final approval be fore sending thefh into Mr. Sheffield’s office. However, about 2,000 approv ed contracts have already been report ed to Washington, he said. The approved contracts cover be tween 35,000 and 40,000 acres, with an average annual production of a bout 20,000 bales. Under the con tract, about 15,000 of these acres are to be retired from production and the poundage cut by 12,000 bales. The object of the sign-up has been to place most of the State’s 1,500,000 cotton acres under contract and limit the 1934 acreage to 869,000 acres. For this reduction, the rental and parity payments should amount to $5, 000,000 or more. In addition, the growers are expected to get some $17, 000,000 through increased prices at tributed to the activities of the adjust ment program.
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