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VOLUME XLV—NUMBER 4
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, January 25, 1935
ESTABLISHED 1889
TELLS OF AWARD
OF MERIT MADE
TO CLUB WOMEN
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Requirements Outlined by
By State Department
Are Explained
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By EUGENIA PATTERSON
Home Demonstration Agent
The home demonstration chibs spend
at least eight of their club meetings
during a year to one major project in
some phase of home-making. Last
year the major project studied was
clothing, so this year we arc 'Contin
uing the same project, with our gen
eral goal being to "develop a higher
standard of workmanship in 19,15."
However, at the fall federation in
1935, those club women who have
reached certain standards in their
work will receive an award of merit
for their work. In order that each
woman may know and understand just
what is required in order to receive
one of these certificates. I am taking
this method of letting you know.
Please clip this article out of your
Roanoke Beacon this week and keep
in your sewing notebook. (These cer
tificates are awarded by the State Ex
tension Department and these are
their requirements.)
The requirements are as follows:
1. Follow the course as outlined in
clothing under the direction of the
county home demonstration agent.
2. Attend six of the meetings in the
major project each of two years, and
be on time. Contribute something for
the programs at least once each year.
3. Must have worked out depend
able pattern for self. If a commer
cial pattern fits without alteration this
becomes a guide pattern. Know which
make of pattern requires least alera
tions.
4. Must have helped two or three
others with some phase of clothing
during each year, preferably non-club
members.
5. Submit or wear, dress selected,
designed, and made by self with ap
propriate accessories at some special
occasion.
7. Keep notebook and recon s.
7. Keep record of expenditure for
some phase of clothing, example base.
| 8. Know club collect.
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SEED AND FEED
BILL IS PASSED
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Details of Proposed Law To
Be Worked Out By
Committee
That Martin County farmers will he
able to borrow from a seed and feed
loan fund this year was made certiin
in Congress this week when the Sen
ate and House each passed a bill c e
ating funds for such a lending agency.
Details of the bill have rot been an
nounced, and some differences in he
two bills are to be ironed out before
conditions under which the loans viil
be advanced can be learned.
The bill passed by the House c tils
for a fund of $40,000,000, while that
of the Senate provides a $100,000,000.
fund.
In the debate in both branches of
Congress, the measure was declared to
have been of great benefit to North
Carolina, and the fact that this State
leads the country in the percentage of
repayment of 1933 loans was proudly
attested.
In the Senate, Senator Josiah YV.
Bailey declared that the federal gov
ernment is under a moral obligation
to enact the bill because crop produc
tion control has made it absolutely
necessary to provide this type of loans
for a peculiar class of the agricultural
population. He said over half the peo
ple on the relief rolls in North Caro
lina heretofore made their living on
the farm.
In the House, Representative Kerr,
of Warrenton, spoke in favor of the
bill. He said it had been of untold
benefit to small farmers and urged
that the loans be continued. He also
cited North Carolina’s record in re-1
payment of loans.
Former Plymouth Pitchers j
To Be Given League Trials!
A couple of flingers who scarcely
could make the grade in the semi-pro
Albemarle League for Plymouth last
year are boosted for trials with Nor
folk of the Piedmont League. They
are both Norfolk boys.
The first is Howard Burnham, who
was good for five innings and then,
could not get his fast ball nor his curve
to work and usually he had to be
yanked. The other js Jack Wilson,
who did some mound work for
-- ...v icrais u.i3 pitched some of the best;
games.
Neither of the two boys' .record here
is anything to brag on, but they fitted
fairly well and would have gone better
probably with a better-hitting club.
Especially was this true of Wilson,
who hurled two or three hit games
and then would lose them by a one
run margin.
Miss Martha Mayo Chosen
Miss Plymouth in Contest
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Miss Martha Mayo, representing
Mrs. Lyman Mayo's Beauty Shop, was
acclaimed Miss Plymouth of 1935 in
the beauty pageant held in the Ply
mouth High School auditorium last
I riday night. She will compete in the
State meet at Winston-Salem in
March.
LITTLE MOVING
FROM FARM TO
FARM THIS YEAR
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Migration of Tenants Has
Been Smallest in Years
Reports State
It’s moving time down on the farm.
But there’s not as much moving at
moving time this year, however, as
there used to be.
The older order has changed out on
the farm, yielding place to a new one,
and fewer one and hore-horse wagons
are seen loaded with a pitifully meager
assortment of household belongings
and the tenant family, moving on to
another year’s stand, a News-Argus
survey has revealed.
The only moving going on in the
county this year is in cases where the
tenant and landlords have “fallen out,”
according to information furnished the
News-Argus from the county farm
agent’s office. Working under con
tracts which are more satisfactory than
in many years, the majority of farm
ers in Wayne, and in other counties,
are satisfied to remain where they are
another year. This increased satisfac
tion as a result of better prices and
improved farm conditions generally
has brought about a general reduction
in the number of “movings,” according
to local farm experts.
Under the provisions of the AAA
the landlord is prohibited from re
ducing the number of his tenants be
cause of the acreage reduction pro
grams. Consequently, except in cases
where a tenant’s past years’ efforts
have proven unsatisfactory to the land
lord, there are practically no changes
being made by tenants who farmed
last year.
As a result of these conditions, large
landholders and farm-owners with
large families are finding they have a
surplus of labor with which to carry
on their farming operations in 1935.
Acres which in previous years were
planted with cotton, tobacco, and other
cash crops, will either lay idle this year
or be planted in some crop which is
not in any sense of the word a “cash’’
crop. Consequently, labor heretofore
required to tend the acreage will not
be so necessary this year, and there
will be more leisure time and labor for
making permanent improvements on
the farm.
In previous years, highways and
county roads in this section saw their
daily parade of moving tenant families
about this time of the year. The ap
pearance of these "uncovered wagons”
signified either that a landlord had de
cided to retrench, or that the tenant
himself had found a better place for
the new year.
There is a different picture, how
ever, in 1935. Due largely, according
to reports, to the the AAA programs
which resulted in vastly improved
prices in 1934 and in improved condi
tions for tenant farmers under the
hew AAA contracts, moving is an ex
ception rather than the rule.
There are few vacancies on farms to
which a tenant might move even if he
desired a change. And, in most in
stances, he is satisfied to remain where
he is.
I SAW RICHARD BRUNO HAUPTMANN
By CHARLES H. DICKEY
Hauptmann does not look like a
criminal. If you had met up with him
before all these recent sensational hap
penings, the chances a.re that it never
would have occurred to you that he
was probably to become the arch-crim
inal of the century.
I went to Flemington, N. J., where
for two days I studied the man at close
range. I sat immediately behind him,
where Charles Lindbergh was separat
ed from him, to the right, by only two
people; while to his left sat his ex
pressionless wife, there being only two
persons separating the two.
From my advantageous place in the
Hunterdon County courthouse, I could
see Hauptmann on his way to the open
court before he came into the small
room; I had my eyes glued on him as
he made his dramatic entrances; I saw
him cast his furtive glances over the
spectators as he entered, then drop his
eyes; I ivatched him hasten to his lit
tle chair before the judge, and quickly
drop into it, seemingly glad of the op
portunity of turning his back to the
thousand eyes staring at him.
It impressed me that the man was
really glad to come out of the close
atmosphere of his closely guarded cell,
into the freer air of the courtroom.
Court generally adjourns between 4
and S o’clock in the afternoon. Haupt
mann leaves the court for his cell im
mediately after the men and women
on the jury file out and has to remain
in it until well up into the following
day.
As is well known, lie spends those
17 or 18 hours under the peering eye.-,
of his guards, and, in addition, sleeps
—when he does sleep—under the white
glare of an electric light which never
goes out. So I got the distinct im
pression that the man welcomes es
cape from his solitude under such cir
cumstances, and is glad when his
guards come for him each morning
between 9:30 and 10 o’clock.
He walks briskly into the courtroom,
apparently speeding up the deputy
sheriff and the trooper who walk with
him, holding his arms tightly with
'their big hands. He sits down and
reminds one of a setting hen, trying to
get fixed on her nest of eggs. Haupt
mann twists about in the little chair,
shuffling for an easy position; then,
The writer of this article, Rev.
Charles H. Dickey, of William
ston, is a well-known Baptist min
ister and writer of note. He re
cently spent several days in Flem
ington, N. J., attending the Haupt
mann trial, and the accompanying
sketch of the defendant in this cel
ebrated “trial of the century” will
doubtless prove of much interest
to people in this section.
when he finally settles down, lie re
mains there, almost immovable.
Watching him very closely, I got
the impression that he and Judge
Trenchard appeared to be the best
composed men in that assembly. Of
all the restless, nervous, high-strung
human beings who stand on tip-toe
in the old 107-year-old courtroom,
Hauptmann seems to be the most at
ease of them all. He rarely ever moves
his body. Now and then he moves
his head very slightly to the right,or
left, as some witness begins talking, or
as some chart is being illustrated on
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the wall. But for the most part, he
just sits there, quiet, composed, at
ease, and self-possessed.
Lindbergh walks right by him each
day, and sits very near him. Once I
saw Hauptmann turn his head in Lind
bergh’s direction; rarely does lie ever
look at his wife, except during the
court recess. He seems to be star
ing straight ahead most of the times,
his eyes apparently resting on the
base of the elevated bench on which
the quietly dignified Trenchard pre
sides so calmly. If a new witness is
called on, or if one of them lets loose
some startling bits of evidence, lie
looks, momentarily, but quickly re
sumes his stare straight ahead. 1 have
heard people say that when any dam
aging evidence comes out he blushes
behind the ears: I never saw his do .t
once I
A good actor is Richard Bruno
Hauptmann. Good actors are careful
of their expressions. His great abili
ty to keep cool under the most damag
ing evidence is one of the points
which makes of him one of the most
intensely human-interest studies 1 have
ever seen anywhere. One does not
take one's eyes from him very fre
quently. He dominates everything. He
is the center of times proceedings. He
is the show! j
Hauptmann is rather tall, and slen
der. It is very noticeable that he is
taller than the guards who sit with
him all day. His hair is a sort of[
heavy drak brown, with a tinge of the1
muddy. His appearance is most youth
fill. It is only when they tell one
that he is 30 years old, and was
chained to a machine gun in the World
War, fighting against us, that one real
izes that he is more than a mere lad.
To look t him in the hack, you would
get the impression that he is no more
than 19 or 20. To look into his face
you'd think he was no more than 26
or 27.
I think he does not look like a mean
man. Now that the evidence is pil
ing up against him, people are read
ing all sorts of things into his char
acter. Hut if one should see him, and
be dispossessed of all that has oc
cured since last September, I believe
(Continued on back page)
V. E. P. LAUNHCES
DRIVE TO RENT
OR SELL RANGES
New Plan Offers Many Ad
vantages to Prospective
Customers
Announcing recently it- "rcnt-a
stovc” plan, the Virginia Electric and
Power Company is now offering an
unusual and valuable service to its pa
trons, a service that makes possible
modern and convenient cooking in
nearly every kitchen at a nominal cost.
A study of the plan, described as one
of the most liberal and encouraging
announced for the electrical consumer
in many months by any company,
clearly indicate an advantage for the
customer.
Under the terms of the plan, the
company rents and maintains a stove
for agiy of its patrons at a small month
ly cost, allowing at the end of one year
the rental payments on the purchase
price of a new stove at the discretion
of the user. In short, however, it ap
pears cheaper to rent than to buy, j
the company agreeing to rent and
maintain a stove for as long a period
as the customer may desire and at the
small rental charge, Mr. R. H. Good
mon, manager, of this district, said
today.
The range is not a cheaply construct
ed stove, but is made of the best ma
terials in enameling, iron, frame, base,
balanced oven and standard units, and
is recognized as one of the most mod
ern manufactured by leaders in the
industry.
Already these stoves are being in
stalled, and it is believed a large num
ber will be put into use within the
next few weeks in this territory.
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Offer International Sales
And Service in Washington\
The International Supply Company
lias taken over the complete sales and
service for all International Farm ma
chinery and motor trucks, and its store
on West Main Street, Washington, is
in position to offer the best sales and
service for machinery of any concern
in all eastern North Carolina. The
company is carrying in stock a com
plete line of equipment and repairs for
all International Harvester Company
farm machinery and motor trucks, and
it has in its employ trained mechanics
to service all sales.
In a full page advertisement appear
ing in this paper, the supply company
cordially solicits inquiries from the
farmers of this county and section with
the assurance that every request will
receive prompt attention, and that sat
isfaction is guaranteed the customer
in every transaction.
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Special Meeting of Legion
Post Next Tuesday Night
There will he no meeting of the
American Legion Post in Plymouth
Friday night, January 25, but there
will be a district meeting in Washing
ton Friday night.
The local post will have a special
meeting Tuesday, January 29, at 7:30
p. nt., to hear the address of the State
Commander by radio on the bonus
matter. Every veteran, whether Leg
ionnaire or not, is urged to attend.
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Recreation Meeting Is
Held At Holly Neck
Holly Neck.—An enjoyable recrea
tion meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. Thomas Basnight in the Holly
Neck community Monday night by
those who are attending the FERA
schools under the instruction of Mrs.
W. B. Chesson.
Beacon Offers More Than $600 in Cash
Prizes and Commissions For Workers
TEACHERS HELD
MEETING HERE
LAST ^THURSDAY
Third Meeting of School
Term; Many Take Part
In Program
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"Progre,-.- Reports by Committee on
Goals ami Plans for Case Studies,”
was tiie theme of the third meeting of
tire Washington County Teachers’ as
sociation which was held in the Ply
mouth High School building last
Thursday afternoon.
I. J. Kellum, principal of the Roper
High School, led in the discussion of
content materia! for the course of
citizenship that is being planned. R.
L. Leitchtield, of the Creswell High
School, brought out the reasons cer
tain materia! should be excluded from
the course.
Miss Edwina Burch, of Roper, dis
cussed the contributions language can
make to the course of citizenship
while Miss Hilda Credle, of Creswell,
explained the benefits derived from
studies in government and history,
with C. H. Rabon, of Creswell, speak
ing from the standpoint of griculture,
mathematics and physical education.
Names of the teachers with citizen
ship problems to be worked on will
be handed over to James \V. Norman,
superintendent of public instruction,
and a duplicate sent to Miss Juanita
McDougald, at Raleigh, State depart
ment.
AGREEMENT IN
DAMAGE SUIT
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$7,500 Settlement Made by
Railroad in Favor of
Creswell Man
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Settlement of the suit against the
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
with L. H. Windholz and M. S. Haw
kins as receivers, by Hoyt R. Daven
port, of Creswell, was effected here
last week when counsel for the liti
gants .'eached an agreement.
Mr. Davenport received a check for
$7,500 and the railroad also was to
pay all unpaid court costs except fees
or expenses for plaintiff’s witnesses.
W. L. Within within out of town
firm represented Mr. Davenport while
Zeb Vance Norman, assisted by out
of-town lawyers, represented the de
fendant.
The suit was brought by Mr. Dav
enport as the result of personal in
juries suffered when a truck operated
by hint was struck by a freight train
at the crossing near Lucas’ farm in
1935. Mr. Davenport stayed in a hos
pital for several weeks.
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Total of $127,828.63 Due
County Vets by Bonus
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A total of $127,818.65 wouid come
into Washington County if the United
States Congress adopts the American
Legions’ proposal for immediate pay
ment of the adjusted service certifi
cates to all former service men who
participated in the World War.
There is a total of over $3b,000,000
due North Carolina veterans. Somc^
think that even should Congress favor
payment of the bonus that President
Roosevelt will veto it. However, this1
is indefinite.
Home Agent Announces
Schedule lor Next Week
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Following is the home demonstra
tion agent’s schedule of club meetings
for next week:
Monday, Roper.
Tuesday, Cross Roads.
Wednesday, Cool Springs.
Thursday, Piney Grove.
Saturday morning, curb market, at
8:30. Receipts for last Saturday were
$28.33. We hope our friends wili make
it higher next week.
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PROCEEDINGS IN
SUPERIOR COURT
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Receiver of Commercial
Bank To Proceed With
Sale of Assets
The Branch Banking and Trust
Company, as receivers of the defunct
United Commercial Bank of Plym
outh, were instructed last week by
the Washington County Superior
Court to begin advertising the first
real estate mortgages on hand and to
sell all remaining assets of the bank
rupt institution.
This will be done shortly and it is
hoped the institution can be liquidat
ed shortly and the money disbursed
among those to whom it belongs.
William Phelps, charged with be
ing durnk and disorderly, was given
30 days in jail with the sentence sus
pended provided he assume a bond of
$200 to demand his appearance before
the courts here to prove his good be
havior for two years. Mr. Phelps was
also to pay the costs.
The suit brought by Mrs. Mary C.
Owens, widow and administrator of
the estate of L. L. Owens, against
Mrs. Estelle Martin and others for
money due on some property, was
settled by agreement, Mrs. Martin to
issue new notes for a total of $1,825
to be paid in five years. This was
secured by a deed of trust to W. B.
Rodman, jr. This included the Mar
tin home place and other property, it
is understood.
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Absolute Divorce Given
Mrs. Alice L. Gatlin
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An absolute divorce was granted
Mrs. Alice L. Gatlin from her hus
band, J. C. Gatlin, in Washington
County Superior Court here last week.
The pleadings were only the statua
tory limit of separation. Mrs. Gatlin
was awarded the custody of their 11
j ear-old son.
No definite sunt of settlement was
made but Mr. Gatlin was to contribute
to the support of the child. Mr. Gat
lin was formerly county accountant
of this county and is now employed
by a firm of certified public account
ants. The couple lived in Creswell
for a number of years.
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Gloria Jean Poston, 3,
Dies at Creswell Home
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Creswell.—Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon fo- Gloria Jean
Poston, 3 years of age daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Poston, of Cres
well, who succumbed as the result of
diphtheria. Rev. Roy Respass assist
ed by Rev. W. L. Jesnigan, officiated.
Interment took place in the Colum
bia cemetery. J. W. Starr and Mrs.
Cecil Swain sang a duet. Surviving
are her parents and one sister, Julia
Mae.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
DUE TOMEASLES
Action Is Taken Following
Conference of Health and
School Officials Here
White schools in Plymouth were
ordered suspended Monday for two
weeks in an effort to check the spread
of measles that have been sweeping
the county for the last month. Close
to 150 cases have been reported.
One class that has an enrollment of
close to thirty children counted only
five present one day last week, and
absences continued to increase daily.
The majority of the cases are among
the colored race, but it is spreading
rapidly among the whites.
L. M. Anderson, principal of the
schools, James W. Norman, superin
tendent of public instruction, and Dr.
T. L. Bray, health officer, decided that
closing the local schools was neces
sary at once.
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FERA May Rent Farm
Lands in This Section
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In an effort to carry on the work of
rural rehabilitation in North Carolina,
it is necessary that land be secured in
the various counties, according to C.
G. Hutchins, of Plymouth FERA of
fice, who is in charge of this work in
this section.
Any one having farm land for rent
is urged to communicate with the Ply
mouth office. Since it is the purpose
of the corporation to place farmers,
who are now displaced, on land rented
by them, this land should not be land
that an arrangement has been made
with tenants for the coming year.
C re swell Cagers Win
Two Games at Roper
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Creswcll.— The high school cagers
of Creswcll took two games from the
Roper High school Friday night, when
tiie girls emerged with a 16 to 6 win
while 4iie Creswcll boys took the sec
ond game, 10 to 6. The four teams
fought hard, but the visiting Creswtl
lians were a little the better.
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Beef Cattle and Soybeans
Profitable Combination
Beef cattle and soybeans make a;
profitable combination on any farm,!
says J. H. Johnson, of Wilkes County,1
who has built up his land and made
some money from the combination.
Little Difference in Yield
Of Lespedeza Varieties
There is very little difference in yield
between the Koke and Tennessee 70
varieties of lespedeza. In 22 tests con
ducted in different sections, the Kobe
average 2,868 pounds of hay, as com
pared with 2,806 pounds produced by
the Tennessee 76. Both varieties,
however, are from ten days to three
weeks later than the common variety,
and this should be considered when
seeding for hay production. While the
common variety produces about 500
pounds less of hay than the Kobe or
Tennessee 76, it reseeds itself better
than either of the others.
CAMPAIGN LASTS
ONLY SIX WEEKS;
STARTS MONDAY
Non-Winners of Prizes Will
Be Paid 20 Per Cent
Commission
I lie Roanoke Beacon announces to
day a subscription and prize campaign
that will get under way on Monday,
January 28, and continue for a period
of but six weeks. At the end of this
time more than $600 in cash prizes
and casli commissions will be distrib
uted to those who take an active part
in the enterprise and help the paper
increase its already large list of sub
scribers.
The prizes to be awarded include
$300 in cash for first prize, then $150
for second, $75 for third, $50 for fourth
and $25 for fifth. This makes five
prizes in all. Those Jjdio enter the
campaign and fail to win one of the
five cash prizes will be paid for their
efforts by a liberal cash commission of
20 per cent on all subscription money
collected. This subscription money
will be paid on both renewals and new
subscriptions.
Prize Money on Deposit
In order to avoid any lack of con
fidence on the part of the workers and
to nisure the paying of the prizes
whether or not the campaign is a suc
cess, the management of The Beacon
has thought it best to make a cash de
posit iiere at the Brancli Banking and
Trust Company to cover the cost of
the prizes.
The prices will he paid out immedi
ately following the close of the con
tcst on March 9th, just six weeks from
the opening of the drive. Disinterest
ed parties will be selected as judges
later on in the contest, and their
names will be announced. Their duties
will be to count the votes as found in
the locked and sealed ballot box at the
close of the contest, examine the rec
ords and determine the winners.
A novel feature of the campaign is
the cash commission provisions, which
allow each worker to deduct 20 per
cent of their subscription collections
with the understanding that in the case
of the five prize winners they will have
this deducted from the value of the
prize won.
How To Enter and Win
All one needs to do to enter the
contest and take an active part and be
a big winner on March 9th is to send
their name in to the campaign man
ager, either by using the Entry Cou
pon which appears in the advertise
ment found elsewhere in this issue or
simply by calling at the office of the
newspaper here in Plymouth. There
is no red tape connected with the en
tering and winning of any prize on the
list.
Each entrant will be supplied free of
cost a subscription receipt book to
write down new and renewed sub
scriptions and also a list of the vari
ous subscribers taking the paper who
live in their community. The list will
also show the expiration dates of the
various subscribers and all money col
lected on back accounts will be en
titled to proper credit toward the
prizes. Stationery may also be had
to write friends living outside the reach
of a personal call. In fact, everything
connected with the campaign is free.
It costs not one penny to enter your
name and make the try.
Ambitious folks interested in taking
part are urged to turn to the adver
tisement and read further. There will
be found the voting schedule showing
the number of votes each subscription
will earn and the price of the paper.
1 here also will be found the rules and
regulations under which the campaign
will be governed. Prizes are listed a
long with the opening and closing
dates of the two periods into which
the contest has been divided.
1 he campaign is under the personal
direction of H. S. Main, who previous
ly has conducted three campaigns for
the Edenton Daily News and a cam
paign for The Daily Advance of Eliz
abeth City.
tair and Square Deal
The campaign manager and the Ro
anoke Beacon wish to take this oppor
tunity to pledge each and every work
er who takes an active part a fair and
square deal. Nothing will be allowed
at any time that will work to the ad
vantage of one worker over another,
and no buying or selling of votes will
be permitted.
The management of this newspaper
is putting the campaign on with no
idea of profit other than to increase
their circulation and, in this way, ben
efitting in the long run.
Remember, the campaign opens on
Monday morning, January 28th, and
runs but six weeks. The time to en
ter is right now, when the maximum
number of votes arc being given on
subscriptions.