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^.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiMiiiinimiiiiim^ | A home newspaper dedicated j| § to the service of Washington || E County and its 12,000 people. |j liiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiuiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiiiT The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiHiiimiiimiiiiiiiiir ,11111111111 § Advertisers will find Beacon 1 and News columns a latch-key to § 1,100 Washington County homes. fiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiimiimiiiiiimiiimiimiiiiiiiiimimiiiii. VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 10 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, March 8, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1889 .nuMiiiur FUNERAL IS HELD HERE SUNDAY OF ACCIDENT VICTIM Miss Darrow Marguerite Stubbs, 16, Killed in Auto Wreck at Richmond Final rites were held at the grave here Monday for Miss Darrow Mar guerite Stubbs, 16 years of age, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stubbs, of Richmond, formerly of Plymouth, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident in the Virginia city Saturday morning at 2 o’clock. Rev. N. A. Taylor, of the Christian church, and Rev. Richard Lucas, of the Baptist church, officiated at the interment services at the grave. A prior ritual had been held in Richmond with a Christian Science minister of ficiating. A group of friends came down from Richmond for the inter ment. Miss Stubbs was en route home from a party in the Westover Hills section of Richmond, when a car in which she was riding hit a tree at the north end of Boulevard bridge and pitched over several times. Her escort, Robert L. Parker, 17, was stunned but not so seriously hurt. A neck injury was given as the cause of her death. Friends who were rid ing in cars behind the vehicle in which she was riding identified her ’ at once. She was rushed to a hospital but death canie before her parents could be notified. Mr. Parker was booked in police court on a charge of involuntary manslaughter and was bailed for juvenile court hearing. Miss Stubbs was very popular in the high school group in Richmond. She was a dancer of note and was chosen as “Miss Richmond” by the picture studio that was touring the country for talent some weeks ago. She was very attractive and pretty. Half of hie flowers contributed by Richmond friends were left in that city, as there was not room for them in the two motor vehicles that came to Plymouth in the procession. Surviving are her parents, three brothers, Harry, Charles, and Lath am, and one sister, Mrs. W. C. Ewart, ' wife of a cafeteria official in Rich mond. Out of town friends who came in the procession from Richmond in cluded the family of the deceased, named above with the excption of her sister who sick in bed, and Ocie Crum ple, Mr. Anderson, Misses Hallie Coppedge, and Virginia Doughtie. -® Jury List Drawn for April Term of Court —®— Jurors chosen for service in the April term of Washington County Superior Court has been named as follows by the commissioners: Plymouth: Albert Bratten, H. J. Bateman, W. H. Dixon, A. S. John son, J. E. Swain, R. W. Tetterton, and J. O. Everett. Lees Mills: Staton Harris, A. P. LeFever, A. B. Davenport, S. A. Smith, Hj. G. Spruill, Linwood L. Phelps, and T. W. Tarkenton. Skinnersville: H. R. Davenport, J. E. Furlough, C. H. Phelps, and J. L. Swain. Scuppernong: Theodore D. Am brose, A. J. Davenport, D. E. Daven port, C. N. Davenport, sr., S. R. Fur laugh, and Lee Midgett. -® Zion Chapel Church Program of Services ♦ Services at Zion’s Chapel March 10, 1935: Bible school, 10 o’clock. Brother Bob Lewis is superintendent and in vites every one to attend. Preaching service, 11 o’clock a. m. and Lord’s Supper. Sermon by min ister, M. L. Ambrose. Subject: What Is Man? Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m. All young people are invited. "Preaching services, 7:30 p. m. Ser mon by minister. Subject: “The Sec ond Coming.” Every one is invited to attend the services at all times. -®-■ Cancer Authority To Lecture Here —®— Dr. W. D. James, of Hamlet, will lecture on the cause and cure of can cer in the Plymouth High school building some time this month with the date to be announced later, ac cording to Mrs. H. A. Liverman, pres ident of the Woman’s Club, under whose sponsorship the event will take place. Men and women both are urged to attend. Lantern slides will be used to illustrate the speech. He will tell of the prevention of this dcadful plaguer also. County Board In Regular Meeting -<g>- ^ State Commission Is Asked To Take Over Two County Roads Number Other Matters Up For Consideration by Commissioners -®-— Commissioners of Washington County in session here Monday re duced the tax on tfie solicitation of cleaning and pressing firms outside of the county from $50 to $20. This ap plies to firms located elsewhere which solicit in this county. The state highway commission will he asked in resolutions passed to take over and maintain “road leading from Turnpike road southwardly along the Norfolk Southern track to Beaufort County line, about three-fourths of a mile,” and a second road “from New iand road at Mount Hermon church and running southwardly and cast wardly to Weston Farm road.” A copy of this request will he sent to Capus Waynick, chairman of the State Highway Commission and E. S. Peabody, district engineer, at Wash ington, N. C. Also the State Highway Commis sion will receive a communication from the commissioners asking them to spend pi2.48 due on old one-cent gas tax on the Holly Neck road near Hop kins farm and near Holly Neck church where the Middle Neck road crosses the swamp. Again, the stale will be asked to maintain a road through Weston farm and running along Walker’s 8 foot ditch to Lake Phelps, about one mile, land to be appropriated by the owners. Congressman Lindsay Warren has been requested to secure sufficient ap propriation from Congress to dredge 1 Scuppernong River from Spruills’ bridge to Cherry to make same navi gable. A1 lof this is in Washington Lounty. Branch Banking and Trust Com pany has placed in escrow in their trust department at Wilson $19,000 worth of North Carolina school bonds to secure deposits made in the bank by the county. Already, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation guar antees $5,000 of the $24,000 bond re quired. Hereafter, all money deposited in the bank for the county will be in the name of the county. All checks must in the future be signed by E. G. Arps, treasurer; W. E. Waters, auditor; J. M. Clagon, chairman of the board. J. W. Starr, P. B. Belanga, and O. D. Hatfield were named as freehold ers to investigate the damage done by dogs killing sheep of Mrs. Ida S. Bateman and Miss Nellie Tarkenton and to appraise the damage and de termine ownership of the dogs. W. E. Waters was named tax sup ervisor with the following list takers: Plymouth, Lin wood Hassell; Lees Mills, James A. Chesson; Skinners ville, C. L. Everett; Scuppernong, P. B. Belanga. Third Tragic Death In Same Family -s Burial of Miss Marguerite Stubbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. VV. Stubbs, of Richmond, here Sunday, who was fatally injured in an automo bile wreck early Saturday morning, re calls the tragic deaths of three other relatives of Recorder and Mrs. John VV. Darden. Thirty years ago a half brother of Mrs. Darden, Louis Latham, was killed by lightning. Three years ago another half brother shot himself fa tally with a revolver. Five years ago a nephew, Robert Stoubbs, a brother of the deceased Miss Stubbs was acci dentally killed by electricity at a mill near here. Funeral Held for Howard Bateman Creswell.—Funeral services for Howard Bateman, 24 years of age, were conducted at the home of his parents Wednesday afternoon with the Rev. John W. Hardy, rector of Christ Episcopal church, officiating. Mr. Bateman died at the State hospital in Raleigh Monday night after an ill ness of a few days. Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Bes sie Bateman, one son, Howard, jr., one daughter, Iva Mae, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bateman. Pall bearers were Sidney Smithson, L. A. Spruill, Joe Williams, W. T. Alexan der, Edward Patrick, and Charlie Cul len. Will Hold Institute At Roper April 4th One Day Meeting Planned By Methodists; Several Leading Speakers -® Roper.-—A Christian education in stitute for one day will be held at Roper on April 4 under the auspices of the North Carolina conference hoard of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Dr. I.. L. Gobel, of Durham, execu tive secretary of the conference edu cation board, with the assistance of, j. H. McCracken, presiding elder of Elizabeth City, and Rev. E. L. Stack, pastor of the local church, and Mrs. H. M. W ade, extension secretary and director of children’s work of the con ference. The purpose of this institute will he to afford inspiration and specific heh> on various problems relating to Christian education in the local church, Children’s workers, young people and leaders of young people, adult workers, pastors, Sunday school superintendents, and other adminis trative workers arc urged to attend. Four Hyde County Officers Are Cited For Contempt Court Action Is Result of Rearrest of Three Men Hold in Jail Here Four law officials from Hyde Coun ty will appear before Judge N. A. Sin clair in Fayetteville one day this week to answer contempt proceedings in volving the rearrest of Harry and Les lie Blake, of Fairfield, who were re leased under bond here about 20 days ago. The two are charged with shooting and robbing William Payne, deputy sheriff of Hyde County, November 24. They were brought here and lodged in jail awaiting a hearing, at which time their bonds were reduced from $5,000 to $2,500 each. Mortgages were exe cuted to secure their release from Sheriff J. K. Reid. Last Saturday night they were ar rested again by a sheriff and deputy sheriff of Hyde County, with two magistrates involved in the second ar rest. All of them will be held ac countable by Judge Sinclair, who or dered the release of the prisoners un der bond. -® Creswell Board Asks Road Work —® Creswell.—Commissioners of the Town of Creswell have sent to the State-Highway Commission a petition signed by them and the Washington County Commissioners asking the highway organization for the follow ing: “Continuance of the working of the road to Lake Phelps following thq, route laid out by engineers through the Town of Creswell, leaving U. S. Highway Number 64 at entrance of New Street, following New Street to Main Street, thence through Main Street to Lake Phelps, following route up Transportation Canal.” They also request the “completion of the road between Creswell and Cherry.” Officers of the town sign ing the request were C. A. Swain, mayor; H. C. Harris, clerk; O. D. Hatfield and j. W. Starr, commission ers. Woodland Road Man Leaves for Hospital Luther Sitterson, of the Woodland road section, was expecting to leave some time this week for Durham, where he will enter Duke Hospital for treatment for defective eyes and dia betes. He is expected to be gone for several days. Mr. Sitterson is a well known and well-liked farmer of Wash ington County. It was thought that H. D. Davenport would take him. -<S> Legion Auxiliary To Meet Friday —®— The American Legion Auxiliary will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Legion Hall on Friday after noon, March 8, at 3:30 o’clock.. All members are invited to be present. REVIEW OF CASES FRIED RECENTLY IN LOCAL COURT -Q Number of Fines and Sen tences Meted Out by Judge Darden -- A review of the recorder’s court rec ords reveal the following cases and :heir disposition by Recorder John W. Darden: Louise Belcher, breaking and enter ing, two months on the roads. Isaiah Clark, resisting an officer, three months on roads. Appeal. Bond tor appearance $200. Bosie Rhodes, assault with a dead y weapon, three months on the roads. Hattie Norman ami John Rhodes, Norman held for probable cause for superior court under a $300 bond. Nol tirosse as to Rhodes. Addie Hines and Isaiah Hill, nuis mce; Hines acquitted, Hill one month an roads. Robert Purnell, violation of prohi bition law, three months on roads. 'Vppcals. Bond fixed at $200. J. J. Cherry, violation of prohibition aw; three months on roads; suspend id upon payment of $25 and costs. Robert Purnell and Roe Shad Hart, :iot guilty as to Hart for violation of prohibition law, but Purnell was to aay the costs of the court. Appealed. Bond fixed at $50. L. B. Marriner, assault, nol prossed. John Jones, dealing in stolen prop erty, guilty, two months on roads. Buster Barnes, carrying concealed weapon, six months on roads. Henry Moore, assault with a deadly weapon; two years on roads. Lee Carter, larceny; guilty of sim ple trespass; judgment suspended up on payment of costs. Joe Alexander, assault with a dead ly weapon, payment of costs. Ben Hedgepeth, operating car with out proper license, $15 and costs. Russell Biggs, assault on female; not guilty. Luther and Sarah Staton, violation of prohibition law'; throe months each, suspended upon payment of costs. Howard Brickhouse, non-support of illegal child; he was ordered to pay $2 weekly to the mother for the sup port of the child for two years, and a bond of $200 was fixed to assure pay ments. Theodore Downing, assault with a deadly weapon; four months on roads. Roy Dixon, Sylveste'r Knight, and Ernest Davenport, assault with a dead ly weapon; not guilty. Adell Miller, violation of prohibition law, two months on roads, suspended upon payment of $25 and costs. Ap pealed. Bond fixed at $200. 7-Year-Old Girl Dies From Broken Neck In Jump from Truck —®— Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rumley W. Allen Is Buried Monday Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon near VVenona for Voi let Elaine Allen, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rumley W. Allen, who was killed when she jumped from the trailer drawn by a car driven by W. A. "Respass last Sunday. She was buried on the farm of F. H. Allen. The little girl, whose name could not be recalled by C. M. Manning, of Wenona, who passed along the news to the Beacon, was riding in the trailer with almost a score or more children who were to be returned to their homes after Sunday school at the We nona Christian church by Mr. Res pass. The home of the little girl had just been passed by Mr. Respass, and, without saying a word she arose in the trailer and leaped out to the ground, landing on her head, instant ly breaking her neck. The accident was unavoidable as the child leaped without warning. Immediately after Christmas a small child of J. F. Allen, a brother of Rum ley Allen, was killed and the mother and father injured when a car over turned with them near Robersonvillc. Ask Abolition of Treasurer’s Office —$— A resolution has been passed by the Washington County Commission ers asking Representative Harry Stell and Senator Carl L. Bailey to have a law enacted abolishing the office ol treasurer of Washington County which means a saving of about one 'cent on the tax rate and close to $60C in money for the county. The commissioners also want the solons to introduce a bill asking thai the interest rate on tax sale ccrtifi cates be reduced from S to 6 per cent Stage Is All Set for Close of Beacon Contest Here Saturday CARDSRETURNED BY 100 PARENTS IN! COUNTY TO DATE -® Response by Parents Over State Is Classified as Only “Fair” -® North Carolina parents are classed as “fair” in their responses to the appeal of the Bureau of Census, the ■State Board of Health and the State ERA for a complete rgistration of babies born in the State during the | past year, Dr. John H. Hamilton, di rector of the Division of Vital Sta tistics, is informed. North Carolinians had reported ap proximately one-third of the number of births recorded for 1933 on the lit tle cards sent out from Washington up to the end of last wek. Recorded births in 1933 reached 75,422 in 1933 and already in 1934 the number has reached 79,350, by which Dr. Hami lton estimates that complete recording • will show at least 80,000 births in the State last year. Washington County parents report ed in the present “Register Your Baby” campaign the births of 100 children during the past year, or 33.2 per cent of the 705 actually recorded births for the year 1933, up to last week, as compared with about 33 per cent for the State, Dr. Hamilton said. This indicates that fully 50,000 par ents in North Carolina have had chil dren born to them during the past year who have not filled in the butf colored cards distributed by the Post office Department to them from the postoffice from which they receive mail, said Dr. Hamilton. The chil dren who have thus been slighted may have occasion many times in the fu ture to condemn the parental neglect, the vital statistics man said. The campaign is about to end, but ■there is yet time for parents to se cure these cards from the nearest post office, the State Board of Health or from the field or case workers for the relief organization, if they have mis placed those received earlier, and get 'them to Washington in time to be counted and checked at the State Board of Health in Raleigh. -<s> Flue-Cured Weed Payments Begin Payments Have Been Held Up by Delay of Some in Making Reports Flue-cured tobacco benefit pay ments held up since January will be gin moving immediately spreading cash payments among growers of cig arette type tobacco through this and other states, it was announced in Washington yesterday. Representative Bardin, after a con ference with agriculture department officials, said he was informed the payment had been held up by a tech nicality, and delay on the part of some growers in making reports, but now all objections have been remov Graduated Cigaret Tax Recommended in Soon ed. -® Cheaper Grades of Smokes Would Pay Less Tax in Bill Introduced -®- . ^ Washington, D. C.,—A tax of $2./0 per thousand on cigarettes retailing at ten cents per package, $3 per thousand on ciagrettcs selling to eleven to fifteen cents per package, and a tax of $3.30 on cigarettes sell ing at more than 20 cents is provided in a bill introduced hy Representa tive Woodruff, of Michigan, Republi can member of the Ways and Means Committee, who led the fight last year for a graduated tax. The above rates refer to cigarettes weighing under three pounds to the thousand. The $7.20 rate is retained on large cigar ettes. She Hadn’t Heard The effect on the mind of a child of all the talk of depression is evi denced by a remark of Shirley Temple which floored her director during the making of “Bright Eyes,” which comes next Monday and Tuesday to the New Theatre. “Tell me, Mr. But ler,” said Shirley, “Have we ever had good times?” 250 Acres Tomatoes Now Under Contract —$— Tomato planting time in Washing ton County finds the Plymouth Mu tual Exchange with having contract ed close to 250 acres. And close to this many more will be grown by the local producers. Already many of the acres have been set out. It is not known at this time what the Lees Mills Mutual Ex change will do but it is thought that they will plant about as many as here tofore if they are operating. -® Peanut Vender Here Anxious for Start Of Baseball Season -9 Lost Money Last Year, But Wants League Team Here Again -$ Like all other sportsmen in small towns who dump their money into baseball for the love of the game with no hope of visible returns, Leaman (Scobie) Johnson, deformed peanut vender, is anxious for the time to come for the crowds to gather to witness the national pastime. Still like other good sports, he wants to see it, and grumbles not a bout the $35 that he lost last sea son. And this amount hurt him worse than the $400 lost by the club officials and sponsors who emerged from the season with debts and little thanks from the players who were paid this money. “What I want this season is an a greement about the dates for playing. Last year when Windsor and Ahoskie failed to play I had my peanuts parched, salted and appetizing, ready for a big business. Those “goobers” were worthless after they got cold, and I had to throw them away,” said Scobie. No one here doubts the statements of Scobie. With his spraddled feet on legs that bend inward because of weak knees, Scobie was a character at every game. It was hard for him to get around, but he had his crew of subordinates who actually did the sell ing under his direction. Some games he made as much as $10 in revenue, with more than half of this profit, but on other occasions the crowd was small, and the spectators didn’t have that insatiable peanut ap petite, and he lost money. Scobie was the first peanut vendor in these parts to include a toothpick in each bag of goobers he sold. Edenton Masons To Visit Local Lodge -9 Masons from Edenton are expected to visit Perseverance Lodge here next Tuesday night in a movement to be come better acquainted with near-by lodge members, a movement that was inaugurated by John W. Darden, ed ucational secretary of teh local lodge. Already a delegation has been here front Wiliiamston, and this visit has been returned. Among other towns which will send delegations here are Washington, Belhaven, and Elizabeth City. Wilbur M. Darden, master, has assisted in giving the lodge new in terest since his installation a few months ago. A number have been added. --- Attends Meet of Code Authority -e J. H. Poteat, owner of the brick kiln here, was in Sanford last week, where he attended the meeting of the code authority for the brick industry There were 4U or more attending, ac cording to Mr. Poteat. He was the only one from here attending the meeting. -® Old-Age Pension Speaker Coming —*— W. B. Fisher, of Andrews, state manager for the Townsend Old-Agi Pension plan will explain this pensior bill to the people of Washingtoi County in the courthouse at Ply mouth on Friday, March 15, at 7:3( p. m. This bill has already been in troduced in Congress and it is claimec is favored by a number of Congress men. All Reports Must Be In by 4:00 o’CIoek Saturday Afternoon -$ Six Workers Pressing Hard For Prizes; Three Others May Be Contenders r-v THE JUDGES The following men have been selected and will act as judges at the close of the contest Saturday: MAYOR Gilbert Davis COMMISSIONER Frank L. Brinkley Everything is set and ready for the close of the Roanoke Beacon’s sub scription and prize campaign on Satur day of this week. The closing hour of the six weeks’ subscription drive is down for 4 o'clock of the afternoon of March 9th, and all the workers and their friends are urged to have all their subscriptions turned into the of fice before the hour mentioned The men noted above been cbosen as judges, and thir duties will be to take over the locked ballot box at the close of the contest and check and re check the votes found therein. Win ners of the leading prize of $300 and the other prize winners of $150, $75, $50, and $25 will be determined by the number of votes each candidate has to their credit. Votes are issued on subscriptions as turned in. Each worker when mak ing a report is issued the number of votes due in the form of a reserve vote coupon. These are held by the vari ous workers until the final day of the contest, when they will be returned to the newspaper office to be deposited in a locked ballot box. Nothing now remains but the last final push by the workers and their friends. At this writing it seems like ■ there are about six workers within easy reach of one of the five prizes. These workers ar Miss Callie Daven port, of Creswell; Miss H. D. Peele, of Roper; Miss Winona T. Gardner, of Plymouth; and J. R. Carr, of the same town; Miss Elizabeth Vail, of Route 1; and Mrs. S. F. Darden, also of Route 1. Other workers who may be includ ed in the winners on March 9th, when the enterprise closes, are Miss Mar garet Hooker, Mrs. R. E. Dunning, of Plymouth; and Miss Esther Knowles, of Roper. If these two are to be included among the winners they will have to get busy and do bet ter than in previous weeks. But the end of the contest will tell the story. It may be that those who are running ahead will continue to hold their lead, or it may be that oth ers a little further down on the list will come through this final week with a large number of renewals and new subscriptions and turn the tables. How Votes Count This the final week of the contest the following schedule of votes is in 'force. One year 80 votes, two years 200 votes, and three years 400 votes. On Wednesday of this week the 5, 000 extra votes that have been given all along on every $20 in subscription money turned in was discontinued. Votes .win the prizes and workers can see just how important it is to turn 'in enough subscriptions to add to any j money left over on previous reports. This last week of the contest there will be given S00 extra votes on exten sions to subscriptions taken out in the campaign. Any candidate who se cures a second subscription from a subscriber who gave a pervious sub scription during the contest will re ceive these additional credits. The subscription must be for a full year. Best Workers Win All along the campaign manager and The Beacon have tried to treat all fair and square. We want to see the best workers win, while at the same time the paper is anxious to secure all subscriptions possible. That is why the manager from time to time has of fered extra inducements in the way of votes to urge the more ambitious of the workers on. ■ The judges at the close of the con test will determine the winners and award the prizes. The interest of the workers will be protected at all times 1 and there will be no buying or selling ■ of votes toward the end and neither 1 will there be any transfers of credits ■ already earned from one candidtea to another.
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