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ciiimmiiimiiiiiHiimiHiiiiimimiimtHiiimimmmiiiime.. = A home newspaper dedicated |j 1 to the service of Washington §§ 1 County and its 12,000 people. §j siiiiiimimmmimiiiiimiiiiiiimminimmmHmiimmmiT The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ★***★*★ |jilllllflllllllHlllfllllllHIIIHIHIflllllllllllllWIIIIIIMIIIIUIIII£ § Advertisers will find Beacon f § and News columns a latch-key to 5 § 1,100 Washington County homes. = VOLUME XLV—NUMBER 6 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, February 9, 1934 ESTABLISHED 1889 OLD AGE PENSION IDEA OUTLINED IN LETTER HERE Kansas Man Writes Local Postmaster About Need For Protection ‘‘The growing number of our neg lected and dependent aged people de serve more and better human treat ment than i- now accorded to them,” wrote Judge J. S. Lehman, of Hum boldt, Kans., to George \Y. Hardison, postmaster here, who wrote for in formation on pensions for dependent aged citizens. “During the 1933 legislative session five new States have passed old age pension laws, making a total of 25 states that have old age pension laws and I appeal to the ministers and oth ers in all localities to see that our lit erature is distributed and to lend us aid. “The poorhouse and almshouse are costly disgraces to our civilization. The United States, China, and India' are the only populous countries that have no adequate pensions for their dependent aged. We must remove this blot from our civilization. “I have bene a strong advocate of old age pensions for many years. lj Lope to live long enough to see eaclr state adopt a satisfactory pension law. I am now 84 years of age. I wish j that every one would consider this old age pension law and help get it across. "A liberal old age pesnion law in North Carolina would benefit every body. It would greatly increase the purchasing power of the people and thereby reduce the burdensome sur plus and stimulate employment. It would greatly decrease poverty which j is driving manv to crime. "All old age pension law would, greatly decrease tlie cost of criminal! prosecution. It would at the same time save building and adding to thej now too full penitentiaries and poor-j houses. Abolish poverty and abolish, 9(1 per cent of the crimes. This movement is an appeal to every body who believes that society owes our dependent unfortunate old citi zens, not git'ls nor charity, but re tirement on pay well earned, just as the soldiers, teachers, mail carriers, judges, and others are now retired on pay. “Nine-tenths of the dependent men and women over 60 years of age are the by-product of our system, just as the apple pomace is the by-product of the cider press. After their useful ness is extracted, old people are cast into the poorhouse or remain a burden to friends or society. Parents should he compensated for the children they contribute to society. “The principal part of this pension money should come from a graduated Federal income tax and should be pro-rated to the states according to population. This income tax should he made to reduce the burden on property. And as all wealth is derived front labor, it is evident that those who have the largest income were more successful in reaping products of labor. •‘THus through income j agcd who have worn out their bodies! al toil through tire years become the (residual of big business, which has profited most from their labors. Help ■to the aged is no more than accom plishing the task of doing the great last good to the greatest number.Jof (people.’ l Mr. Hardison wrote to Mr. Lelt-| man as the result of a number of in-j •quiries from people in all sections ot the county and those who arc in fav or of this movement should write to Mr. Lehman for literature and work for this in North Carolina. —-<S> Spelling Bee at Court House Here Tonight The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Grace Fpiscopal church will sponsor an old fashioned “Spelling Bee’’ on Friday evening at the courthouse at 8 oclock. All who will are urged to compete m thecontest and those who do not care to enter the race might attend and enjov the fun. The old warfare will be as always, the men against the fairer sex, and any one may enter the ring of high-school age or over. Any one may attend to witness the afiair. Worth-while prizes will be awarded. -$-— Home Agent Announces Schedule for Next Week Miss Eugenia Patterson, home dem onstration agent, announces her sched ulc for next week, as fololws (all the meetings are in the afternoon). Monday, Scuppernong. Tuesday, Cherry. Wednesday, Albemarle. Thursday, Wenona. Friday, Mount Tabor. Saturday morning, curb market, at 8:30 a. m. LITTLE ACTIVITY BEING NOTED IN PEANUT MARKET Demand Is Light Except For Certain Grades of Jumbos A number of readers ami some ad vertisers in the Beacon have a>ked the management of this paper to give some kind of report on produce each week so that those who take only this paper can ascertain for them selve a true status of the produce mar ket. Below is a letter sent to a local member of the New Peanut Growers Corporation, a farmer cooperative or ganization, of Suffolk, Ya.. that oper ates a licensed storage warehouse specializing in peanuts, which every Saturday night sends to its members a report on the trend of the market. Here is the letter as sent to a prom inent man in Plymouth dated Janu ary 3, 1934: "The market continues quiet on all grades of peanuts except good quality jumbo stock, and prices quoted here for past few days are as follows: Jum bos, 3 1-8 to 3 1-2 cents, mostly 3 1-4 to 3 3-8 cents; bunch, 3 to 3 1-8 cents, few slightly higher; runners and shell ing stock, 2 7-8 to 3 1-8 cents. Good quality jumbo farmers stock are in good demand and prices firm, but de mand for other grades is very poor. ; I “While mills are buying farmers’I stock peanuts on basis of a minimum price, many sales are being made on a higher basis due to quality. How-: ever, many lots of very small type peanuts that will shell out around 70 per cent sound meats, but will yield a very small percentage of extra large Virginia shelled, are being turned nowii, uue iu me Fact mat unaer me marketing agreement they are sup posed to sell at a premium, Whereas they are not worth as much as a larg er type peanut that will only shell 65 per cent sound meats. Some adjust ment will probably be made to take1 care of this condition, otherwise a lot' of the small type stock will be unsal able. "Now that a minimum price has been placed on peanuts, too much stress cannot be put on the danger of overproduction the coming year, and the thought of every farmer, should turn to methods of holding the peanut acreage down. With high-t e. prices, it is very likely that con sumption will decrease to some ex tent, and any increase in production of peanut in 1654 over the 1933 crop1 is liable to cause a glutted market and make it necessary to again lower price levels. Farmers are urged to be very cautious about production un- j til it is found there is a need for an increase. It is the duty of every farm er not only to watch his own produc tion but to use his influence to pre vent other farmers increasing acre age planted. The Government is do ing everything possible to raise prices on the various commodities, but they cannot succeed unless the farmer does his part. j -a CLUB IS FORMED AT MOUNT TABOR -$ Organization Perfected by j Election of Officers And Leaders <s By Miss Eugenia Patterson C reswell.—On Friday afternoon, ! January 19, twenty women in the Mt. labor community gathered at the home of Mrs. Sarah Holmes for the purpose of organizing a home dem onstration club. The following officers were elect ed: President, Mrs. Annie Ambrose; : vice president, Mrs. Ida Bateman; sec-! retary, Mrs. Sarah Holmes. The fol low leaders were elected, since the club voted to carry the same plan of projects as the other clubs: Clothing leader, Mrs. Martha Phelps; garden leader, Mrs. Bettie Furlough; canning leader, Mrs. B. A. Williams; and yard leaders, Mrs. Ruth Davenport. The assignments were given for home work, which is to be brought to the club for exhibition at the next meeting. - The hostess served delicious re freshments. Games were enjoyed dur ing the social hour. The February; meeting will be held with Mrs. Ida' Bateman. Charter members of the club, which is to be known as the Mount Tabor Club, are as follows: Mesdames An-^ nie Ambrose, Ruth Ambrose, Ida Bateman, Ruth Davenport, Inez Dav-! enport, Bettie. Laura and Alethia Fur lough, J. F. Haire, Adelia and Sarah Holmes, Sallie Hajre, Martha and Clara Phelps, Melinda Spruill, and B. A. Williams; Misses Lina Ambrose Alethia and Erma Furlough, and Eliz abeth Haire. FARM NOTES By W. V. HAYS, County Agent v_:_-/ February the fifteenth is the last day for signing cotton reduction con tracts. If you have not signed this1 contract, bring your cotton history card to the county agent’s office and. do this at your earliest convenience. The corn and hog reduction cam-( paign will commence as soon as we complete the cotton. It may be that peanuts will follow corn and hogs. Plans are underway for securing a pure-bred Percheron stallion at the W'enona test farm. A good number of young mares of breeding age have recently been brought into the county.* These mares bred to a good stallion' should produce breeding fillies which! will, in turn, show a nice profit. Good; work >tork can be produced in this county as well as in Kentucky. Some1 of our farmers are in position to make' money this way. This is a good time to spray and prune the orchard if you have not yet done so. -3> It will soon be time to get some j baby chicks started. Better clean the brooder house. If the old brooder is not working, better build a brick one. j They are fool and fireproof and cheap- , er. They actually work. -<8> The Washington County Farmers Club will be served dinner at the Rop er High School auditorium Thursday,! February 15th, at 7:30 p. m. UNIFORMS FOR POLICE FORCE -® Town and Officers Split Cost of New Suits Between Them Now this little town has a police ^ force in uniform. The city council met last Monday night, and Tuesday morning Chief of Police P. W. Brown came on the streets dressed in a complete copper's uniform like the law guardians in big cities sport, and then at dusk Patrol man George Coburn came out for night duty emblazoned in like attire. The uniforms are made of durable cloth and are the same style as those of the coppers in big towns, and the cost was given at $55 for each uni form, with the chief buying one and the town providing the changing gar ment, while the same was the case with Mr. Coburn, who patrols the town at night. Stripes for the coats and embroid ered letters for the distinguished caps have not yet arrived, but the average | layman will not miss these articles so 1 much, as with acclaim they greet the j new fad of the local force, as the oflfi- j cers here were among the last of the small town law officials to dress up. j Some suggestions here to the effect ■ that the law officials should dress up ^ brought about the new mode of dress. Reasons assigned for this are that a1 stranger could locate the officer bet ter (and also recognize him in escap ing also) and it would add dignity to | the position of the law guardians. Mr. Brown has been on the local force here for a dozen or more years, starting as night man and then devel-i oped into the chief of police, which joh he has held with esteem to the present, and Mr. Coburn has been on I the night shift for years. "• They were both a little reluctant to adopt the correct mode of attire for officials. Income Tax Man To Be Here Thursday, March 1 -$ ' A representative of the United States Internal Revenue Department 1 will he in Plymouth March 1. 1934, to assist taxpayers in filing Federal in come tax returns, it was announced today by C. H. Robertson, of Raleigh, collector of internal revenue for North Carolina. Those having received blanks thru the mail are urged to bring them with them to the post office on that date, and those who wish further informa tion about filing these returns are re ferred to Postmaster George W. Har-^ dison here, who will furnish them the; information. -<g> Musical Program at Scuppernong Church Rev. and Mrs. Aubrey B. Aline, pas-j tor of Columbia Baptist church, will i give a musical program at Scupper-] nong Christian church Sunday night,! February 11. at 7:30. This is a very unique story told in music. The following instruments arc used during the program: Marimba xylo phone; saxaphone, Hawaiian guitar, musical saw, and auto-valve harp. PLYMOUTH MAN HEADS POLICE OF ASHEVILLE Under a boxed caption of "Who’s Who and Why in Asheville," the Sun day issue of the Ash ville Citizen Times, of Asheville, tells a human in terest story of W. J. Everett, 'on of \fr. and Mrs. J. O. Everett, who was recently made police chief of that city. The story follows: "W. J. Everett, who became chief of police of Asheville on August 1 of fast year without previous actual ex perience in this line of work already has brought the department to a stan dard of efficiency sufficient to bring praise from members of the city coun cil and business leaders. “Chief Everett, however, had fa miliarized himself with police through his duties as assistant director of pub-1 lie works and safety, under J. Gerald Cowan, then in charge of these de partments. i “He had an opportunity to study police methods and gather ideas that he believed would improve the morale and standards of the department. He has since put many of these into prac tice and is intent upon the further upbuilding of the force “At present he is centering his en- | ergies behind securing short-wave ra- j dio equipment for his men, believing j it to be a further deterrent to crime I and of assistance in quick apprehen sion of law breakers. “Night patrols in business sections and close watch of that portion of the populace usually credited with petty ] thievery have reduced the number of store robberies and housebreaking. | j. uuic u;uiiu> siiuw mai a squau assigned by Chief Everett to enforc ing the prohibition laws has confiscat ed on an average of more than 400 gallons of whisky per month and seized a number of automobiles. It is his belief that surprise raids have caused bootleggers to pour into sew ers an amount equally as great. “Chief Everett was born in Ply mouth January 5, 1900. Following graduation from high school in 1910 he enlisted in the United States Army in the fall of 1917 and served 13 months overseas. He was in the A. E. F. dispatch service, being located, among other points, at Verdun, Chau mont, Haut-Marne, and Chatillion su Seine. "He was returned to the United States after signing of the armistice and discharged at Camp Lee, Va., as private first class. In 1920 he receiv ed an appointment to West Point from Governor Cameron Morris, but did not accept. While in France he refused an opportunity to attend an officers' training camp, believing he was too young. "Following his discharge from the army, Chief Everett entered North i Carolina State College, where he stud ied engineering. In 1922 he accepted a position with the North Carolina Farms Company, at New Holland, and drained Lake Mattamuskeet for the company, in Hyde County. He also was an engineer on a railroad constructed from Wenona to New Holland. The company went into the hands of a receiver in 1924 and Chief Everett came to Asheville for a vaca tion. I ‘‘Liking Asheville ami its climate, \ he secured a position as assistant city I engineer and has remained here with the exception of one winter spent in Florida as district sales manager for! the J. T. Homey Real Estate Com- 1 pany. with headquarters at St. Peter burg. "In llI21 he married Miss Frances Nixon Rea, of Edenton. They have one daughter, Frances Rea Everett, 11 years of age, and live at 6 Cherry Street in Asheville. "If Chief Everett had any spare' time it would he spent in further at tempts to improve the police depart ment. This is his avocation as well as vocation.’ Marriage Licenses Issued In January and February Licenses to marry were issued dur-j ing January and to date in February to the following couples by Mrs. Mary O. Sawyer, register of deeds of Wash ington County. White Howard Rateman to Margaret Vail, both of Roper; Joe B. White to Ma bel Barnes, Mackevs; Fred Tyson,1 Wadesboro, to Wilmer Davenport, of Creswell; W. J. Hassell, Roper, to1 Lydia Sexton, Roper; Abraham J. Newberry to Attalee Mae Allen, both of Plymouth; Abram L. Styron to Irene Cherry, Plymouth. Colored Esau Armstrong to Alethia Baker, Plymouth; George Bell to Mildred Alexander. Plymouth; Debro Wilkins to Edna Mae McCullough, Mackeys; William Bishop to Ida Norman, of Roper. FOUR OUTSTANDING TEACHERS Pictured above are the four outstanding teachers of vocational agri culture in North Carolina for the past year. By a system of scoring these teachers were selected—one from each of the four districts—as the men who put over the most thorough and comprehensive program in eaching vocational agriculture. Left to right: A. B. Bushong, Ellenboro High School, Rutherford County; Tal H. Stafford, Harmony High School, Ire dell County; J. Paul Shaw, Benson High School, Johnston County; and W. L. McGahey, Aurora High School, Beaufort County. There are 208 teachers of vocational agriculture at work in as many rural high schools in 72 counties of the State. GUANO WILL BE DONATED YOUNG FARMERS CLUBS Young Tar Heel Farmers at Roper and Creswell Make Plans Young Tar Heel farmers in Roper and Creswell are arranging to receive 500 pounds of fertilizer that is being donated by a large fertilizer company to the chapters of this organization in North Carolina for use in conducting projects in cotton, corn, and tobacco during 1934. C. H. Rabon, teacher of vocational agriculture in Creswell, and B. (I. O' Brien, head of the farm classes in Roper, are making every effort to rent or secure in some manner the neces sary land, for one crop year, for the crop to be grown. If no other means will serve, then a chapter member will be asked to loan tlu* land. The scope of the chapter projects is expected to be from two to five acres, and only improved seed as ap proved by the North Carolina Cotton Crop Improvement Association may be used for planting the crop. Some other crop besides corn, cotton, and tobacco may be grown if approved by the State Supervisor, Roy H. Thomas. The full 500 pounds of fertilizer must be applied to the chapter proj ect, but other fertilizer ingredients may be added to balance the necessary plant foods for cotton and tobacco according to experiment station rec ommendations. The crop is to be planted, cultivat ed, harvested, and marketed by Young Tar Heel Farmers or under the sup ervision of chapter members. Pro ceeds from the sale of the products of the crop will be applied towards bet ter equipping the club chapter room, for chapter supplies and expenses of growing the crop. Messrs. Rabon and O’Brien appre ciate very much the contribution of this fertilizer and are of the opinion that it will help the boy* immeasure ably in having given to them the lei tilizer and thus they can plant, fer tilize, harvest and sell tl is crop them selves, thus increasing their scope of experience in this work. PERSONNEL OF RELIEF GROUPS Heads of Various Phases of Work Outlined for Information Here is the personnel of the CWA and emergency relief organizations in Washington County a- best they can be secured at present: Mrs. W. C. Brewer, superintendent of public welfare; Julian C. Gibbs, Federal administrator for the CWA projects; Mis* Athalia Gardner and Miss Mildred Waters, office workers in this department. Tom C. Burgess, disbursing officer, with Miss Sadie Ausbon and Miss Louise Duvall as clerks. Luther R Ausbon, director of re employment office in CWA, with “Red’ Blount and Mrs Clarence Blount as assistants. D. (i. Hurley, sanitary inspector for the CWA in Washington County, as sisted by Charlie Jackson and others. S. 1). Davis, supervisor t»f projects in the county GROWERS MEET HERE SATURDAY IN COURTHOUSE Plymouth Mutual Exchange To Discuss Tomato Planting Those who wish to grow tomatoes with the Plymouth Mutual Exchange during the season of 1934 are invited to attend a meeting that will be held in the courthouse in Plymouth Sat urday afternoon, February 10, at 3 o’clock, according to W. T. Stillman, secretary and treasurer. It i" the purpose of this organiza tion to grow 300 acres of this crop in Washington County during the coming season and as many have spoken to the officials about joining they are urging all prospective mem bers to be present at the meeting that will be held Saturday. Discussion of purchasing the seed and making other preparation for the planting of the crop, as well as de termining the quota of acres that each member wishes to plant. Also ar rangements for harvesting will be dis cussed. In the 1933 season this organization made money for its members by ad vancing a good price on the tomatoes when delivered, and through their sales service they brought back to the grower after expenses were paid a fair amount of difference in the first ad vance tor his product. The tomato industry here has been tried by various organizations, but this one, which is patterned after the one in Roper, brought to the mem bers a much better price for their product than was the case with those who sold with other sales agents. All during tlie year farmers nave been eager to join, and have ex pressed their intention of getting in to the exchange, and now the time is ripe, according to Mr. Stillman, who' advises all who wish to join to he at! Saturday's meeting without failure. POST OFFICE REFUSES GOLD Postmaster Issues State-; ment Relative to Gold Disposition -9 "Gold is not acceptable at this post office for merchandise or for deposit,” | it was announced here today by Post-! master George \\ . Hardison, who wishes to advise those who have been endeavoring to get his office to take ' this "precios metal" off of their hands. I A statement issued by Mr. Hardi-' son reads a> follows: “Owing to the tact that gold has been withdrawn from circulation we cannot accept same as deposits for surplus funds or in payment for stamps and stamped paper. "The post office department now re quires that all gold coins and gold certificates be deposited immediately with the Federal Reserve Hank with signed statement .showing the amount of gold coins and gold certificates; and giving reasons why such gold j was not delivered before. "The deposit and signed document ot the amount and reasons must be j-ubmitted through the Federal Re 'orvr Bank or its branches and not through the post office. "So persons holding gold in this section should submit it through the 'local branch of the Branch Banking jand Trust Gompany HOPE TO REDUCE MALARIA BY AID OF C. W.A. WORK Supervisor of Malarial Con trol in County Issues Statement ‘ Malaria control in '•Washington County aims to reduce hazards of malaria infection near centers of pop ulation, as this malady causes its vic tims to develop chills and fevers due t > small animal parasites which feed on the blood and destroy red blood cells, according to l) R. Pommering, acting supervisor of malarial control and drainage under the CWA in Wash ington County. Humanity gets this disease by the bite of a female anopheles mosquito, which 12 days before has bitten some body with malaria. To prevent epi demics of this disease, the malaria mosquito must be kept away from peo pie. This can be done by preventing the mosquito from developing or by people staying in well-screened homes. Mosquitoes develop in fresh water. I hey lay eggs on "the surface of wa ter in ponds and pools which are cov ered with vegetation or collections of leaves, small sticks, broken wood grass stems and the like. From this they breed into mosquitoes with the female seeking warn blood from mankind or animal before she can breed, while the male feeds largely from plant and fruit juices. "The work of malaria control in Washington County under the CWA i$ to establish better drainage by re moving from ponds and pools near centers of population trees, branches, leaves, and trash which were blown down by the storms of last fall. How ever, mosquitoes will continue to breed here depending on rainfall and the number of breeding places avail able* In most instances these main drains that arc so badly obstructed have lead ing- into them a number of farm drain age ditches. Many of the farmers have told us “to clean the ma n drains and we will see that the farm drains entering into the principal drain is cleaned. ' This project mean better health and better crops through bet ter distribution of the surplus water. ‘ The following projects under ma laria control have been approved ni this county: Cleaning silt and vegetation from ditches near National Handle Com pany and Plymouth Box and Panel Company in Plymouth has been com pleted. Cutting short laterals through berm on Seuppernong River and Mall C reek, Cherry, has bene completed. Clearing fallen trees and iinbs from South Fork of Seuppernong Riv er and one mile of Woodley can il, at Cherry, has been completed. Cleaning and regrading main city canal and cleaning out ditch ii At lantic C oast Line Railroad swamp in Plymouth is now under way. “Dynamiting stumps from main fork of Seuppernong and clearin , fall en limbs and trees from nortl fork of Seuppernong River, Creswell. is now under way. Filling in small pond in Creswell L now under way. “Clearing fallen limbs and trees trom Swinson Swamp and upper end of old mill pond near Roper is now under way. ‘Clearing banks and cutting center in A, B. and C canals at Wenona has been approved. “Many projects scattered through out the county have been made out but have not been aporoved. Work on these projects will go forward as soon as they are approved and men are available.” -<$> Creswell Parent-Teacher Association Meets Friday -@ Creswell.—The Creswell chapter of the P. T. A. will meet Friday night, February 9, at 7:JO, in the school building. The program will be in the nature ot a founder's day program, given by the primary grades. Mrs. J. W. Starr will give a talk on the im portance of founder’s day. -<S> County Commissioners In Meet Here Monday -$> The Washington County Commis sioners relieved the firemen of the town of Plymouth of their po’l tax for the year of 1933 and approved the 1 injects of a gymnasium and school building for Creswell in a meeting lu Id here Monday. Burley Tobacco Growers Are Signing Contracts -<8> Burley growers in Haywood Coun ty are signing the tobacco reduction contract, reports the farm agent, and say it is something that should be done even though the government had not aided them.
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