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1 A home newspaper dedicated = 1 to the service of Washington = = County and its 12,000 people. ^ jflllllllllllllllllllllllllimillllllillllllllllllllllllllllllillllimilli.' The Roanoke Beacon * * * + * * * and Washington County News ★*★*★★* fpiinfiiiiimiiiniMiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!imimiiiimwiimimmiM,a § Advertisers will find Beacon = 1 and News columns a latch-key to = | 1,100 Washington County homes. = .fniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih; Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, April 20, 1934 VOLUME XLV—NUMBER 16 ESTABLISHED 1889 NEW SHOE SHINE DEVICE WILL BE TRIED OUT HERE Working Model of Spruill Invention Is Expected Here This Week -<s A working model of the new shoe shining device invented by Moye W. Spruill, of Plymouth, is expected to be here Friday or Saturday of this week, according to Mr. Spruill, who returned last week-end from Cincin nati, Ohio, where he saw the machine in operation. Upon arrival, it will be placed in J. E. Outten’s barber shop on Washing ton Street for a public trial period, and it will be operated just as if the device were on the market, so that defects in the machine can be detect ed and remedied before more ma chines are put on the market. Mr. Spruill is of the opinion that since a number of new improvements have been made since the first plans were presented to the Crescent Tool Company, at Cincinnati, which organi zation built the machine according to the blue-print submitted by Mr. Spruill adding improvements as they went along. Just as soon as the trial period ex pires and defects are noted and cor- ( rected, then an order for a dozen more will be placed with the manu facturers for use in hotel lobbies, bar ber shops, and other public places where it is expected business can be obtained. What is needed now, according to i Mr. Spruill, is a mai< unemployed ] who has mechanical ability and who will be willing to learn to service these devices, as Mr. Spruill will be unable to look after them in this way especially, when they are located else where. These contraptions will shine both shoes at the same time. It was orig inally built to shine only one at the time. This improvement was added at the factory. The polish used is neutral in color and will work on tan as well as black shoes. All that is necessary is for the cus tomer to sit in the chair and slip his shoes in the place prepared, where they are held tight, and then drop a coin in the slot. The machine then does all the work. An organization of local men, in cluding George W. Hardison as sec retary and treasurer and Mayor Gil bert Davis and others are promoting the business and stock has been sold to a number of people here, but M. W. Spruill, as manager, retains the controlling interest. HOLD CLINIC AT ELIZABETH CITY -s>— Crippled Children in This County Urged To Attend On April 24th Crippled children in Washington County are urged to attend a clinic that will be held in the Y. M. C. A. building in Elizabeth City Tuesday at 10 a. m., it was announced today by Mrs. W. C. Brewer, superintendent of public welfare in Washington County. H. E. Springer, state rehabilitation representative, will be at the clinic on Tuesday, April 24, and he urges all of those who have been meeting with him in this county to be there for ex amination by Dr. Shave, bone spec ialist of Duke hospital in Durham. Also, Mrs. Brewer adds, those who have crippled children who might be benefited by the clinic, whether or not their case has been called to the at tention of Mr. Springer or herself, they are urged to attend the clinic in Elizabeth City also. This clinic is being sponsored by the D. H. Hill Post of the American Legion in Elizabeth City. Indigent children are urged to attend ,as while in their growing condition more can be done for their limbs than at any other time in life. 4-H Club Federation To Be Held Here Saturday The girls’ 4-H federation of clubs will hold its annual meeting Saturday morning, April 21st, at 10 o’clock, at the high school auditorium in Ply mouth. All 4-H club members, their friends and parents are expected to attend. Everybody is invited. Please bring lunch, which will be served pic nic style. Miss Ruth Current, one of the dis trict agents in North Carolina, and Miss Virginia Layton, Vermont state club leader for girls, will be our guest speakers. This is an unusual treat. A very interesting program has been arranged. Miss Current will have charge of the recreational pro gram in the afternoon. All who have attended a short course in Raleigh will remember Miss Current. Every body come. i Funeral for Miss Inez Voliva Held Wednesday -®— — Funeral services were held Wed nesday for Miss Inez Evorah Voliva, 29 years of age, who died Tuesday in the Columbia hospital. Last rites took place at Malachi Christian [ Church, with Rev. Mr. Underwood, of the Baptist church in Columbia, of ficiating. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. D. N. Blake, and her mother and one broth er, Claudia Voliva. The W. T. Nur ney Funeral Parlor here was in charge of the funeral. COUNTY NATIVE, HOME ON VISIT, FOND OF HAWAII -@ Mrs. K. W. Nesbit Now in Roper After 4 Years in Honolulu -<s> Roper.—Four years in Honolulu, Hawaii, have convinced Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Nesbit that it is a veritable paradise for the people who allow the tropics to cast about them a pano rama of romance and plenty. Mrs. Nesbit is here on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. McD. Peacock, and she is continually sing ing tlie praises of this island posses sion of the United States and it is seldom that one from this climate is ever so elated over another country after such a long time there. In leisure hours, Mrs. Nesbit and her two children, Nancy and Gene, explore the regions of the land of music and hula dancers. They saw the palms and beauties of nature in the faraway country. They observed the apparently lazy natives who sang and danced. They knew little of hard times un til they came back to New York a short time ago. In the island country the rich people flocked to its sun kissed beaches and played around in the silvery waters and cared little for the struggle of mankind for a living. For four years they observed the frolics of the rich and pleasure seek ers and they saw that those who went out for pleasure found it. And that all seemed to be happy as Honolulu is a playground for the rich. Of course some were up against it. But Honolulu is of the resort kind and those who can’t spend generally stay away. Dr. Nesbit served his tour of duty in this place in his office as a govern ment physician. He doctored the ailing service men and little did he know of the conditions in the United States except for newspaper reports and these seemed on the contrary in view of the fact that apparently there was plenty. Fate brought Mr. and Mrs. Nesbit together in Norfolk with the former hailing from Richmond and serving his interneship in the Marine Hos pital while Mrs. Nesbit was employ ed as a beautician. After the usual courtship they were married. From Norfolk the physician was transferred to San Francisco where he did duty for two years and from there he went to Hawaii City where he concluded a four-year tour of duty. Now he has been transferred to Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Peacock are elated over having their daughter and her husband and children back to the farm. She is greeting many old friends and having a good time in general. -® Two Funerals Held Sunday at Cherry Cherry.—Two funeral services were held Sunday by Rev. Roy Respass, of Creswell, in addition to the sermons that he preached in his churches in the morning and evening. The first was that of Caleb Phelps, 77 years of age, who leaves a wife and nine children. This one took place at 2:30 p. m. The second was Jim Davenport, 84 years of age, who is survived by six children. He served as deacon in the Philippi Christian church for 50 years. Both were buried in the same cemetery. -® Roper and Creswell Boys To Attend State Banquet -$> Farmers and boys from the Creswell and Roper High School in Washing ton County are expected to be among the 280 from vocational agricultural departments in rural high schools that will attend the banquet at State College in Raleigh, April 21, at 1:30 p. m. This banquet is made possible for the students having good records in this w'ork by the Department of Vo cational Agriculture in the N. C. De partment of Public Instruction in co operation with the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau. SEEK REVIEW OF FREIGHT RATE ON IRISH POTATOES -® Carolina Shippers Associa J tion of Greenville, Takes Initiative i Freight rates on Irish potatoes shipped from points in Washington and Tyrrell Counties and other points in the eastern section of North Caro lina is the theme of a second petition j that has been filed with the Interstate i Commerce Commission by the Caro jlina Shippers’ association of Green , ville. The organization of shippers is j seeking reargument and reconsider ation by the entire commission of ICC Docket 25,441. This docket in volves all rates on Irish potatoes to all points in the central west and to points in the east, and has been be fore the commission since September 1932. Complaints were registered in the [original document filed before the [ commission and to be reiterated be fore the same body that some of the rates that have been assessed and col lected from the complaints were in defensible and unjustifiable under any condition or adjustment. it was pointed out that one ot these complainants shipped a carload of potatoes from Helms, North Car olina, to Beckley, West Virginia, a distance of 445 miles on which a rate of 66 cents per hundred pounds was charged and total freight rates of $244.20 collected. It was also shown that complain ant’s competitor in the Norfolk sec tion of Virginia, located 402 miles from Beckley enjoys a rate of 33 cents per hundred pounds and would pay a total freight charge of $122.10. This means that the North Carolina shipper pays a rate exactly 100 per cent higher than his competitor while they arc located only 43 miles nearer the destination. In another instance, a shipment was made from Beaufort, North Car olina, to Bay City, Michigan, a dis tance of 899 miles, on which a rate of 76 1-2 cents per hundred pounds was assessed and a total of $283.05 freight charges collected while the Norfolk shippers, located 886 miles from Bay City, enjoy a rale of 49 cents per hundred pounds and would pay freight charges of $181.30. -® FARMERS APPLY FOR $200,000 FROM CREDIT CONCERN -® Farmers In This County | Have Borrowed Only $5,000 of the Amount -® Creswell.—Applications have been made for close to $200,000 through the Washington Production Credit Association, with headquarters in Washington, N. C„ it was learned to day from J. W. Starr, vice president and director for Washington County. Although the same opportunities have been extended to this as to either of the other four counties in cluded in the five-county group, only about $5,000 has been lent in Wash ington County. A total of $150,000 has been distributed already. Mr. Starr says the lack of loans being made to farmers in this coun ty is due to the fact that fees for applying for money have been high and also many have become attached to the old seed-feed loan plan which now lends as high as $150 without an application being made first to the production credit group. A few applications have been re turned on account of the failcre to correctly fill them out. Farm Agent W. V. Hays and L. E. Hassell, of Roper, as a director of Tyrrell Coun ty, have done right much work on it with Mr. Starr. | G. K. Harris Expects To Return to Work Monday -s> G. K. Harris, Inter carrier on route two out of Plymouth, will be back on the job by Monday, according to Mr. Harris, who recently returned from Duke Hospital, in Durham, where he has been for a kidney treatment. He is much better and is responding well to the treatment he is now taking. Mr. Harris has been off of the job for about three weeks, and his daugh ter, Mrs. C. T. Robbins, has been tak ing his place. -$ Sunday School Day To Be Observed in Roper Church -$ Roper.—Celebrating the sesqui-cen tennial of American Methodism, Sun day school day will be observed at Roper M. E. Church Sunday, April 22, at 11 a. m. The public is cordially invited to attend. A good program is planned by H. L. Lewis, superintend ent. FARM NOTES By W. V. HAYS, County Agent --> One batch of checks for tobacco j acreage rental payments were deliv-: ered this past week. Cards will be sent as a notice when these checks arrive. Equalization payments should 1 be ready for delivery in a short while, j The Wenona Percheron stallion is | at Roper for two weeks. Farmers in- | terested in good horse- should stop | by Mr. Clayton’s stable and see this ; fine animal. Mr. Morrow suggests that early to j tomato growers get finely pulverized and well-rotted compost ready to j mulch tomato plants as soon as they ' will stand it. He also suggests thin-1 ning to speed up growth and earli-! ness. -<S Peanuts have been made a basic commodity, but no plans have been officially announced for any acreage reduction. Some seem to think they will be handled by a marketing agree ment this fall. COUNTY HOME PROJECT WORK TO BE RESUMED -@ Authority Is Given for Re sumption of Work Next Week -® Below are excerpts from a letter of Mrs. Annie L. O'Berry, of Raleigh, State Administrator of CWA, to W. j R. Hampton, chairman of the board j of Washington County Commission ers: I I “I have just authorized Mr. Gibbs, I administrator, to continue the project for the county home of Washington County, f went into this quite thor oughly with Air. Johnson, regional director of the CWA. As this is a useful project, he has advised that we might complete same. I assure you that it is my desire to cooperate with county officials in construction of projects useful to the county.” This letter was shown to the rep-! resentative of the Beacon to support { the belief of Julian A. Gibbs that this project would be completed. Mr. Hampton thinks also that the project will be worked on again as soon as the set-up is changed from CWA to the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis tration. It appears likely now that work will begin next week. If so, this will put a large number of idle men back to work again in Washington County. And the unemployed are only await ing the signal for the work to begin. However, Mr. Hampton wishes it un- | derstood that he is not sure the work will begin next week, | As chairman of the board of Wash ington County Commissioners and as a member of the employment com mission, Mr. Hampton lias been in-1 strumental in securing by the aid of ' the CWA officials and other authori ties a grant of about $100,000 in pub lic improvements to this county. For almost three months he did nothing but attend to matters at the courthouse without any compensation except for the per diem that he drew for one day a month as a member of the county commissioners when at tending a meeting. He has worked hard on these matters. It was largely through the efforts of Mr. Hampton that the project for the county home were approved. Only one other county in North Carolina was able to get such improvements on the 'county home as was aprpoved by the state for Washington County. Also it ivas doubly hard for Mr. Hamp ton, as this county was late in start ing its efforts. I County Farmers Invited To Take Part In Fair Residents of Washington and . Tyrrell Counties are eligible and in- ! vited to enter their products in the Roanoke Fair that will he held in | Williamston this fall, it was announc- | cd today by N. G. Bartlett, secretary and manager of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce at Kinston, 1 which organization has leased the fair. "It has lnen several years since the people of this section have had the i opportunity of showing their best products at a fair so near and we ! have leased the grounds to revive in- 1 terest in agricultural and livestock fairs in this section," Mr. Bartlett j said. A total of $1,500 will be offered in premiums. The premium list will be ready for distribution about May 20 and copies may be had by writing to N. G. Bartlett, at Kinston, N. C. All departments of the usual fair will be included in the list. Program developments will be announced fr >m time to time, it was said. 210 PIT PRIVIES BUILT IN COUNTY BY CWA WORKERS Provision Had Been Made For Constructing 80C; Work Halted Termination of CWA activities in Washington County on March 29 brought to a close one of the most worth-while public health programs ever undertaken on a county-wide basis and that is the pit privy con struction work that has been under way for the past several months. In Washington County the project providing for the construction of 800 privies was approved, but of that num ber only 210 have been completed. This is only a fraction of the 35,000 pit privies that have been constructed in the length and breadth of North Carolina. Charlie Jackson and about 20 men have been engaged in this work in this county. The work here was late in getting started, and this was the cause of so little being done and also they were allotted a larger group of men than they ever managed to get to work. Diseases that develop as the direct result of an insanitary environment are typhoid fever, colitis, dysentery and hookworm. The germs of the first three and eggs and organisims of the fourth are expelled from afflicted persons. Typhoid fever, dysentery, "summer1 complaint” and other intestinal dis-1 eases could be largely eliminated by Sajj'ly 'and adequately disposing of human excrement which is the source of these diseases. It would be well for Washington County to see to it that privy construction is continued. The construction of sanitary pit privies as a function of the CWA has been under the direct supervision of the North Carolina Board of Health. To this state agency belongs the credit for organizing and training the crews of workers in the many coun ties. I -® CARL L. BAILEY SPEAKS TO FARM CLUB MEMBERS Declares Emergencies Call for Revolutional System In Governments -® Present changing conditions , are those of a chamaelon age in which emergencies and exegecies demand new and revolutionary systems in' governments as well as in other en- I terprises, Senator Carl L. Bailey j told members of the Washington County Farmers’ Club in their ban quet held here last Thursday night. The speaker pointed out that a chamaelon was a repitle shaped like a lizard with rapidly changing colors to fit the object upon which it may walk, and that likewise governmental systems must change to apply to con ditions as they are today. Then he compared the American farmer as a child who needed to be guided and guarded to protect him from himself, pointing out that the urge from the natural exurberance of a child unless this energy was con trolled and directed would send him to hazardous undertakings and may be to death. He urged upon his listeners the fact that the child should be guided and directed but not to destroy the child. Sintiliarly, the government was un dertaking to direct and control the farmer for his own good and not to endeavor to destroy him. He proclaimed that the present ef forts of the government to help the farmer were not meant to deprive him of his rugged individualism, but to guide this individualism into prop er channels so as not to condone any form of communism, fascism nor any socialistic doctrine. Enforced regulation of commodi ties to balance supply and demand with the government offering green backs to the farmer who would not over-produce was the reflection of the processing tax which was paid by manufacturers to the government and in turn paid to the farmer on hog, corn, peanuts and cotton contracts. Instances were shown that the co operation of the farmer by voluntary methods were failures, the speaker pointed out. J. W. Starr, of Creswell, presided over the meeting. Rev. Richard Lu cas, pronounced the invocation. Club women and girls with the aid of Miss Eugenia Patterson, prepared and serv ed the food. The next meeting will be held May 10 at Roper. -$ Work on Corn-Hog Contracts To Speed Up -- Work on the corn-hog campaign i5 expected to gather speed when the cotton and tobacco contracts have been cleared. Creswell Senior Class Entertained Last W£ek -$ Creswell.—Mrs. Clyde Smithson and Mrs. Chester Hopkins entertained the senior class and high school teachers at a theatre party Thursday night. On Friday night, they gave the seniors a dinner party at the home of Mrs. Clyde Smithson. Many interesting games and contests were played un der the direction of Miss Patterson. Afterwards a delightful chicken salad course and ice cream and cake were served. The parties honored the twin mascots, Clyde Smithson, jr., and Jimmy Hopkins. I. E. ANGE CASE AGAINST TOWN COMPROMISED —$— $2,132.50 Claim Is Settled By Agreement for $500 Here Last Week -® Settlement of the suit of Irving E. Ange against the Town of Plymouth was effected out of court here last Saturday morning when in a called session of the City Council in the store of Mayor Gilbert Davis, the plaintiff compromised his claims for $500. i he agreement was reached after a careftd study of the case in which City Attorney Zeb Vance Norman admitted that there was some efficacy in the suit of Mr. Ange and witli the defendant’s attorney, W. L. Whitley, agreed upon a settlement of $500. The town officials ratified the de cision of Mr. Norman and felt that they had effected a good deal in the transaction as they were being sued by Mr. Ange for $2,132.50 in back salary that Mr. Ange claimed the town owed him as the result of his “wrongful discharge” after he had served only a short time. The claim as presented formally to the town asked for a total of $2. 132.50, which is the difference not paid Mr. Ange for two years from May 15, 1931 to May 15, 1933. He drew his salary from May 15, 1931 to October 1, 1931, and he sought the difference in the period of the con tract. It was understood that during the period Mr. Ange worked at odd jobs and that he earned about $1,100 and that he deducted this amount from the total for which he was suing and that the amount desired in the origi nal and first offer of compromise was $750. However, Mr. Norman and Mr. Whitley continued their negotiations until they decided that they would agree to $500 and the town officials, upon the recommendation of Mr. Norman, decided that they could save money by settling the matter on Sat urday and not allowing the case to come up for trial in superior court here this week. Immediately after his dismissal, Mr. Ange secured the signatures of the councilmen and mayor at that time to a document that he circulated among them to show that he was not dis missed on account of incompetency. And when this information came to Mr. Norman he thought then that the officials would be fighting a lost cause to carry the case to court. Councilmen now on the board who recall the event of Mr. Ange’s dis missal are of the opinion that Mr. Ange was assigned to work on the siren tower at the municipal plant and that lie failed to do his duty, and that Councilman E. R. Jackson recommended Mr. Ange’s dismissal, and say that the “competency paper” they signed was merely to help him get a job. Oij the other hand, Mr. Ange claimed that he had an offer from a local ice concern to work as its engi neer and that the town employed him just long enough to keep him from accepting this job, and then, without just cause, fired him, leaving him in financial distress. -® Improvements Being Made To Campbell Store -3> The interior of J. R. Campbell’s store is being repainted. The shelves arc being painted white, trimmed in black to correspond with the electric refrigerator and the lighting equip ment. Also other improvements are being made. The color of the front is dark red and was painted some time ago. Also to add to the luster of the new paint is new arrangements in the shelving and other new and modern improve -$ Freshmen Entertain Sophs At Creswell -$ Creswell.—The freshman class, as I sisted by Mrs. Edgar Woodley, Alice ' Starr, and A. L. Holmes entertained the sophomore class at the school building Thursday night. The games and contests were under the direction of Miss Patterson. Ice cream, cake, ■ candy, and peanuts were served. S. W. WOODLEY, 84, DIED SUNDAY AT CRESWELL HOME Was One of County’s Old est and Best-Loved Citizens -1 S. W. Woodley, one of Washington County’s oldest and most prominent citizens, died at his home in Creswell last Sunday following an attack of in fluenza. He suffered the influenza at tack last January, and never recov ered, the end coming gradually. Eighty-four years old, Mr. Woodley was born in Creswell, where he com manded the friendship and esteem of all who knew him. In both the civic and religious life of his community, Mr. Woodley was unusually active for many years. He held large farm ing interests in this county and was a recognized and able community leader in both civic and religious un dertakings. He was a member of the Christian church for more than one half a century, and labored as a min ister for that denomination for a num ber of years. Mr. Woodley was re garded as an ideal neighbor and a good man. He is survived by nine children, Mrs. S. D. Burgess, Messrs. J. M. Woodley and S. J. Woodley, of Cres well; Mrs. Gerhard Baroset, of Tole do, Ohio; Mrs. J. B. Chalin, fo Rocky Mount; Mrs. H. L. Sitterson, of Jack sonville, Fla.; Mr. S. R. Woodley, of Merrell, Oregon; Mrs. H. M. Ainsley, of Oak City; and Mrs. W. D. Burnett, of Philadelphia. He also leaves 26 grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Creswell Christian church last Monday afternoon by Rev. Roy Respass, Christian minister of that town, assisted by the Rev. John R. Smith, of New Bern, Rev. C. C. Ware of Wilson, and Rev. D. W. Davis. Pall-bearers were: Active, Arthur Woodley, John Woodley, W. B. Woodley, C. D. Spruill, Dewey Spruill Henry Woodley. Honorary, H. C. Phelps, R. W. Phelps, G. A. Overton, Joe Woodley, Dennis Phelps, S. R. Davenport, Matthew Sawyer, J. W. [Spruill, S. B. Phelps. FINALS PROGRAM AT SCHOOL HERE —®— Dr. J. H. Waters, of Wilson, Will Preach Annual Sermon Sunday -® Dr. J. H. Waters, professor in At lantic Christian College at Wilson, will deliver the commencement ser mon to the seniors of the Plymouth High School Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The choral club here will render the music with Mrs. E .H. Hicks directing. A quartet will also sing. Lloyd Gilbert will accompany the vocalist. Also Mrs. Hicks will present her annual piano and voice recital Wed nesday evening of next week in a play let entitled “Music From Many Lands.” Miss Ethel Perry and the first grade pupils will assist in the program. Thursday night the senior class will have their class day exercises in the form of a play. Friday night, the graduation exer cises of the school will be held. Prof. Herbert Rebarker, of the East Caro lina Teachers College faculty in'Green ville, will make the literary address. -- Jule B. Warren Will Speak in Roper on 24th -® Roper.—Jule B. Warren, secretary of the North Carolina Teachers As sociation, will be the principal speak er at the educational day meeting that is to be held in the Roper High School auditorium Tuesday evening, April 24, at 8 o’clock. This meeting is being held uncler the auspices of the Washington Coun ty Council on Education, a group of citizens that have been appointed to further the cause of education in this county. Every one is urged to at tend. James W. Norman will prob ably introduce the speaker. Girls’ Singing Class Wins First Place At Greenville Mrs. E. H. Hicks and her singing | class of the Plymouth High School are in Greensboro today, where they have entered the finals of the State High School Annual Music Contest that is being held at the North Car olina College for Women. Mrs. Hicks and her 35 singing girls won the northeastern district honors against a dozen competitors in Green ville last week-end. A number here have donated money to aid in defray ing the expense of the trip for the singers. They will be gone two days, returning Friday night. Miss Thelma Getsinger is the piano accompanist for the group.
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