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^Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill'^ I A home newspaper dedicated s 1 to the service of Washington s = County and its 12,000 people. j| fiimimiiiimiiiiiiiimmmiiimiiiimmimiiit.iiiMiimmmir The Roanoke Beacon * + * * + * * and Washington County News *★★*★** ^HiiiiKiuitiiiittiMiiiiiMrtiiiimtiiiiiiiKiritiitr .iiiumn = Advertisers will find Beacon § and News columns a latch-key to = 1,100 Washington County homes. ?niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiih. VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 32 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, August 9, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1889 ... RESOLUTIONS ON BRIDGE PASSED BY TOWN BOARD Same Memorial Is Turned Down by County Board By 2 To 1 Vote -® The City Council passed the resolu tion adopted by the chamber of com merce, which was rejected by a two to one vote bv the Washington Coun ty Commissioners to ash the state Highway Commission their approval bridge in the Plymouth section to connect the north and south sides of Albemarle Sound. Commissioners in Hyde and Tyrrell, officials in Belhaven, Pantego, Pungo. and other people in this section will be asked to forward to tbe State Hifhway Commission their approval of the resolution. The text of the resolution follows: “Whereas, this chamber of com merce and the Council of the Town of Plymouth, supported by the eastern end of Martin, the eastern end of Beaufort, the west end of Hyde, and tbe west end of Washington Counties, and the towns of Belhaven and Pan tego, for many years, have advocated and sought through the North Caro lina Highway Commission a line of highway communication, for the bene fit of the counties lying south of Albe marle Sound, to be established at or near the Town of Plymouth, there be ing at present, no highway leading north from said territory, and “Whereas, Tyrrell County and the western half of Hyde County have ad vocated and sought the establishment of highway communication at or near Columbia, leading northward across Albemarle Sound, and "W hereas, counties ot \\ asmngton, Hyde and Tyrrell, eastern Martin and eastern Beaufort occupy the isolated territory and feel that they ought to have the first right to choose their outlets, and “Whereas, the Town of Edenton is advocating the establishment of a bridge across Albemarle Sound at a point about half way between Ply mouth and Columbia, and the press having announced that the Highway and Public Works Commission favor ed the latter crossing, and thereupon the Town of Edenton called a meet ing of the citizens supporting the three locations and suggested that the loca tion of any highway or bridge leading northward from said area be left to the discretion of the highway com mission, and to that end a meeting was held at Edenton on Friday, July 26, and at said meeting a resolution was adopted to leave the location of said bridge to the discretion of the High way Commission, and “Whereas, the supporters of the Plymouth crossing and the Columbia crossing did not attend and did not participate in said meeting for the rea son that each of the said groups not attending is opposed to the building of a bridge across the Sound half way between Plymouth and Columbia, on the grounds that a bridge at that point would not most conveniently subserve said isolated area, and would forever preclude the establishment of a bridge at Pylmouth and a bridge at Columbia, and vv hereas, it is not the purpose ot the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce to prevent the Town of Edenton from its enticement of the trade from Wash ington County: Now, therefore, be it “Resolved, That the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce is opposed to the building of a bridge at a point near Edenton half way between Ply mouth and Columbia, or thereabouts, and does not agree or consent to leave the location of an outlet for this area to the discretion of the Highway Commission. “Resolved further, that for the de velopment and growth of the territory above referred to, with its rich lands and progressive citizens, that a bridge to serve the western half of said ter ritory should be built at or near the Town of Plymouth and that a bridge to serve the eastern half of said ter ritory should be built at or near the town of Columbia. “Resolved further, that thi- cham ber of commerce feels that this sec tion of North Carolina has not had its share in the distribution and ex penditure of highway funds, and in sists that this situation ought to be relieved and improved by federal funds for which roads and bridges are avail able. “Resolved further, that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the State Highway Commission and that a copy be released to the press.” -® Weight of Tobacco Much Increased by Late Rains -® Recent rains in Nash County will increase the tobacco yield by 100 to 150 pounds an acre, reports County Agent H. G. Wharton. -® Alfalfa produces the highest quality of hay that can be grown in North Carolina, say livestock experts. LANDMARK PASSES An old landmark that served to remind the people of former days of business and prosperity is being dismantled as workmen continue taking apart the building that once housed the John L. Roper Lumber Company commissary here. W. B. Swain owns the building. It was 100 by 40 feet. This build ing with a mill in cooperation with it caused the change of Lees Mills to Roper. Back in 1920 the company moved away, and the town has missed the old company which gave employment to hun dreds in the forest and at the mills. The building was constructed 50 years ago, but today the timber which was of heart pine, is almost as good as it was when the build ing began. Tax Suits for 2 Years To Be Consolidated Result Board Action —$— Number Other Matters Are Considered by County Commissioners -« Foreclosure of 1932 and 1933 tax certificates will be consolidated into one suit as to each taxpayer, and the preparation of the suits will begin the First Monday in Ocober and complet ed and issued not later than Decem ber 1. 1935, hut the summons are not to he issued until November 1, 1935. This was the action of the Wash ington County commissioners in ses sion here Monday, who also postponed the advertising of 1934 delinquent taxes until September, with the sale being held on the first Monday in Oc tober. They also joined in approving the state law extending the time to foreclose tax certificates. The salary of the superintendent of the county home was fixed at $40 monthly, while that of county farm supervisor was continued at the same amount. Now both positions are held by L. L. Basnight, who has done a good job of looking after the aged and infirm entrusted to his care and alsQ the county farm. This is effect ive December 1, 1935. Miss Annie Myrtle Peel was reem ployed at a salary of $21.84 a month by the commissioners as assistant to the county auditor. Fler salary may he augmented about the same amount for service rendered to H. H. McLean superintendent of public instruction. J. W. Darden's salary as recorder was raised front $50 to $60 a month, as was that of W. M. Darden, prose cuting attorney of recorder's court. -® Recalls Honor Won By Sheriff’s Father Pride fills the heart of Sheriff J. K. Reid here whenever he reads excerpts from a letter received by J. W. Nor man front A. C. Davis, Goldsboro at torney, who took Sheriff Reid’s fath er at IS years of age to the first out of-the-county school he ever attended. The career of Sheriff J. E. Reid, father of the present officer, is well known here as a staunch enforcer of the law who feared no foe in the dis charge of his duty. Years ago he died. Mr. Davis must be over 85 to remember the incident. But let Mr. Davis tell it. "Well do I remember (J. K.’s fath er) as a bashful country boy, when he first donned the uniform of a Da vis Military School cadet. The big battalion was composed of cadets from California to Cuba. The highest hon or to be obtained in the school was captain of Company A. “Long before leaving the school, in command of Company A was captain Joe E. Reid—a born leader—an hon or to the uniform he wore and the flashing sword which from its scab bard he drew with such dignity and grace, at whose voice of rich com mand, the movements of Company A, like the precision of a clock, the ad miration and delight of all.” Schedule of Club Meets Next Week —<*>— Miss Eugenia Patterson, demonstra tion agent, announces the following schedule of club meetings for next week: Monday afternoon, August 12, Scup pernong. Tuesday, Cherry. Wednesday, Albemarle. Thursday, Wenona. Eriday, Mount Tabor. Saturday morning, curb market. The curb market sales for July were $122.29. That isn’t bad. Let's make it more in August. GREEN TOMATO SHIPPING FAILS TO BRING MUCH —.— Operation of Canneries Is More Successful This Season -<$ Less than five years ago tomatoes were planted only in gardens for home use, but today this fruit fnot a vege table) is a commercial crop of increas ing emphasis in Washington County. Like many other enterprises, it start ed wth a bang, almost breaking some of those who traded in them, but now, after chopping the acreage down from 750 to approximately 400 the perish able fruit can be handled to better ad vantage. Shipping of green-wrapped tomatoes was a flop this year. Prices dropped 1 after a couple of weeks had seen a bout 20 cars shipped by freight and j truck to the northern markets. Then there was only to wait until the fruit' ripened on the vine ready for the can nery. W. H. Hampton and Son, who op erate the famous Kitty Hawk and Slade fisheries in their season, turned to the canning of tomatoes. He has plants at Roper and Plymouth. Close to 200 people are employed in check ing, grading, peeling and canning the fruit. These employees are paid $350 a day making a weekly pay roll of close to $2,000 for six weeks. Fully as much as the laborers are paid goes to the growers, thus doubling the weekly turnover to $4,000 and for six weeks the disbursements would amount to $24,000. Maybe by adding the amount of money turned loose to the farmers by the purchasers of green-wrapped to matoes and that paid to laborers and to the farmers by canneries, this en terprise on an average year, would mean the release of close to $50,000 to this county during the oil-season between July 1 and August 20. Sunday 'Blue Laws' Ordered Enforced At Council Meeting —«— Would Bar Sale of All Soft Drinks During Hours For Church -® Instructions were issued this week by the City Council to Chief of Po lice P. W. Brown to enforce the Sun day “blue laws,” which prohibit the buying and selling ot anything in stores (except drugs and foods) on Sunday between the hours of 10 and 12 a. nt. and 7 and 9 p. in. This law was adopted in 1929 and as an ordinance was enforced for years until of recent date the shopkeepers have keen lax in its observance. But now Chief Brown must secure the co operation in this or more drastic laws will he enacted and enforced by the city officials. A resolution was sent to the coun cilnien by Rev. K. F. Duvall, pastor of lor, pastor of Christian church; Rev. lor, pastor of the Baptist church; Rev. R. H. Lucas, pastor of the Baptist church, asking that steps he taken to improve the present Sunday “desecra tion” conditions. Thurston To Play at Rea’s Beach Aug. 9th —<*>— Hal Thurston and his orchestra will play for a dance at Rea’s Beach on the Albemarle Sound on Friday night, August 9, it was said by L. \V. Gut kin, manager of the resort. This group of musicians have played for a number of dances in this sec tion and have been well received. They have just returned from a northern tour during which they played in the English Tavern at Richmond and oth er places. Mr. Gurkin expects a large attend ance at the dance. -® No Warrant Served On Revival Holder No warrant was ever served on Rev. and Mrs. J. J. McCloud for con ducting revival services contrary to the ruling by the Washington Coun ty Board of Health, which in a re cent action prohibited protracted meet ings before the month of September in an effort to keep infantile paraly sis from the county. Although the warrant was drawn, it was not served, as the Pentecostal Holiness evangelists closed their meet ings near Creswell before the war rant was served. { AIRPORT HERE ] Plymouth will soon have its first landing field for airplanes; and, in fact, it is thought to be the pio neering of aviation in this section. The field is on the farm owned by a man named Waters between the farm of John Leggett and A. L. Owens a half mile from high way 64 turning off the highway at the entrance to A. A. Bryant’s home. J. M. Reynolds is president; J. H. Vail vice president, and John Gurkin secretary of the company, which will be known as the Witch duck Aviation Corporation. All of these are Norfolk business men. Mr. Gurkin is the brother of L. W. Gurkin here and Mr. Vail is a relative of Arthur Vail here, who is in charge of clearing the field. It is hoped that it will be in shape for planes to land by the week-end. TWO TOWNS IN COUNTY MIGHT LOSE SERVICE -9 Railroad Seeks Right To Stop Telegraph Service at Roper and Creswell -® Telegraph service in Roper an-1 Creswell will be discontinued if the complaint of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company which is filed with the State Utility Commission is heed ed. Apparently, the railroad company wishes to eliminate this service be cause of its cost to them. An agree ment they have with the railroad union is to the effect that where a station agent is also telegraph oper ator that the minimum wage is $114 monthly while wtihout this service the minimum wage would be $70. This agreement with the union and the railroad has very little effect with the telegraph company as they pay the station agent additional salary for working for them. Another criticism directed to the railroad is that the rate on fertilizer front Norfolk to Mackeys is $1 per ton while from Norfolk to Roper, only four miles further, 76 cents a ton is added. Competition from water commerce from Norfolk to Mackeys seems to be the reason for the differ ence in rates. Senator Carl L. Bailey is represent ing the residents of Roper and Cres well who want the telegraph service continued. -1 Lime with Arsenate Cuts Dusting Costs A half-and-half mixture of lime and calcium arsenate is an inexpensive dust that has given good results in controlling boll weevils. Such a dust is not only cheaper than straight calcium arsenate, said C. H. Brannon, extension entomolo gist at State College, but it also adds less arsenic to the soil. Boll weevil infestations arc increas ing in North Carolina this season, he added, and all cotton growers should As soon as 10 percent of the squares show signs of weevils, he pointed out, dusting should be started, examine their fields at frequent inter vals to see whether weevils are gt ting into the squares. v Many growers do most of their dusting in July, but in years of heavy infestation some growers have found it advisable to continue the dusting until the crop has been made or the weevils have been brought under con trol. Weather conditions during the growing season have a pronounced effect on the degree of infestation, Brannon continued. If rains arc fre quent and the temperature is warm but not too hot, the weevils will spread rapidly. Boll weevil control is largely a con cern of the individual grower, Bran non observed, and each should get his dusters ready for use as soon as the weevils appear. Best results can be obtained, how ever, when all the growers in the community cooperate in the fight, since this checks the possibility of weevils spreading from a neglected field to one that has been kept cont -® Funeral Is Held Friday for Infant —*— Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the home of W'. M Barnes, jr., their 7-weeks-old infant, Alice Ray, by Rev. L. F. Mabrey, pastor of the Methodist Protestant church. Burial look [dace in the fam ily cemetery. The baby had whoop ing cough and developed pneumonia. PLAN OPENING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS; ON SEPTEMBER 16 Definite Date Depends on Action of County Health Authorities Hopes that public schools in Wash ington County will start on Septem ber 16 are entertained by officials, but the board of education in session here this week agreed to await the word to “’go" from the health authorities, who are using every precaution against in fantile paralysis. I. J. Kellum, principal of the Roper High School, will not return next year. D. E. Poole, of North Wilkesboro, will succeed Mr. Kellum. C. H. Ader holdt at Creswell and L. W. Ander son at Plymouth are in readiness for school to start. Truck drivers for the school buses have not been employed, as there were no recommendations from the princi pals of the schools or trustees. The teaching staff will be named later. Much time was spent in preparing the school budget, and it appears now that the local rate of 9 cents will be the same next year. -$ Funeral Service for A. U. Newberry Is Held Here Sunday —9 Died in State Hospital at Raleigh Last Friday Night Funeral services were held at the old Reid farm near here Sunday after noon for A. U. (Lee) Newberry, 56, who died in the State Hospital in Raleigh Friday night. He had volun tarily gone to the institution for treat ment. Interment took place in the burying ground of the family, with Rev. Rich ard Lucas, pastor of the Baptist church, officiating, assisted by Rev. N. A. Taylor, of the Christian church. A large crowd attended, as the New berry family is one of the largest and most prominent in this county. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. T. G. Moore, of Washington; and a broth er, Durwod Ayers, of Washington, D. C.; a niece, Mrs. D. A. Hurley, of Ply mouth; two nephews, Joseph and Bev ery Newberry, of Washington Coun ty. Active pall-bearers were John Leg gett, J. W. Darden, W. E. (Jack) Weede, T. A. Stubbs, Sheriff J. K. Reid ami Fenton Reid. Honorary pall-bearers: J. R. Campbell, B. G. Campbell, J. T. Terry, Roscoe Gay lord, Garland Hardison, J. R. Carr, A. A. Davenport, Sam Lucas, W. R. White, Harry Stell, J. B. Edmundson. -® Mad Ground Bee Goes on Rampage —*— W'ratli of man is one tiling, but the anger of a ground bee is another. This is the testimony of Mrs. L. W. Gurkin. Mrs. Emma Willoughby, Bil ly Willoughby and Don, a bird dog. Between them they have six bites (or stings) to prove their eligibility a witnesses. And poor old Don flees for the protection of a house when he sees the insects. Friday afternoon one of the insects bit the foot of Mrs. Gurkin. Again, from the same place came the “mad” bee and bit her again Tuesday, flew from her when she yelled and seized Mrs. Willoughby, then to little Billy for three stings, tapping old Don as be sped for a colored cook nearby, and chasing the cook and Mrs. Jack Willoughby into the house. Workmen today tore off the boards of tbe house, killing more than 100 bees. Mrs. Kate Willoughby declares that only one bee did tbe damage that sent three of them to the doctor for treatment for swollen limbs. -« Demonstration of Watch Is Success ——®— The Goth watch demonstration con ducted by Don G. Davis, jeweler, here last Saturday to prove the jolt, jar and shock proof qualities of the Gothis watch was very successful. Before a crowd of close to 100 people Mr Da vis threw the watch out of tbe sec ond story window in Dr. McGowan’s office to the pavement below with on ly the case to protect it. Because of the resemblance to lot tery schemes the winning number of the free watch contest will not be an nounced in the paper, but will be put up in Mr. Davis’ store. Postal au thorities here would not permit the carrying of the paper through the mails if the number was published. Upwards of 500 people have called for the free ticket. I DOG FEEDS FISH \ ! Old he is, but not too old to learn new tricks, even if he is a canine of more than a dozen years. So, by patience and effort, Mrs. L. W. Gurkin taught Don, of the bird dog type, white speckled with black, to feed the goldfish in the pond in the yard. It was tedious holding crackers in her hand while the fish swam to the surface and ate the food. Now she gives Don the cracker in his mouth and sends him to feed the 300 or more goldfish that play in the little pool in the yard. Obediently, he goes to the pool, holds the cracker in his mouth, and as it crumbles away the lit tle fish make their way to the top and eat from the crust of bread made soft by the water. Explains Stand as Result Action by Board of Health —»— Gilbert Davis Says He Does Not Put Amusements Above Churches “Inconsistencies creep into a fel low's actions when he is enthused by his eagerness to do the right thing and fails to deliberate long enough to grasp the significance of each angle so as to properly weigh a matter before ap proving it,” said Gilbert Davis, mer chant, minister and mayor of Ply mouth. "I met w'ith the Washington Coun ty Board of Health and gave my ap proval to the action prohibiting pro tracted meetings until September and placed no restrictions on the opera tions of theatres, beaches and such amusements except to bar children un der 15 years to protpet them from in fantile paralysis. “This gave amusement permission to operate although barring children, while it did not allow the revival meet ings that are usually held in August to proceed even without the attend ance of children. I did not wish to apparently show that the revivals would be more dangerous in spreading disease than any amusement place where a gathering was held. “And I do not wish the people to think that I paramount the operation of amusements above the worth of the revivals in churches.” -® Growing Livestock Is Safe Farming Savs Camden Man Says Livestock on His Farm Pulled Him Through Depression The depression affected the price of livestock as it did other farm crops yet those who had animals to balance their crop production did not suffer so keenly. This is the lesson, N. C. 'Ferebee of Camden County says he has learned. “The livestock on my farm pulled me through the depression,” he told L. I. Case, animal husbandman at State College. “Mr. Ferebee has a well-rounded livestock farm and in addition to the actual sales of livestock and its pro ducts, lie gives much credit to the manure produced in maintaining the fertility of his land,” says Mr. Case. “He also was able to sell his crops to the livestock at a fair price and to keep nearly all of the fertility at home instead of marketing it along with the low-priced crops.” Livestock on the Ferebee farm con sists of 22 grade Aberdeen Angus breeding cows and their offspring by a pure bred bull of the same breed. In addition to these animals, Mr. Ferebee usually buys some steers to fatten for market. Recently he sent a truck load of fat steers to the Baltimore market where they averaged 1060 pounds each in weight and brought $9.65 a hun dred. There is another truck load yet to be sold. But Mr. Ferebee does not keep beef cattle alone, Case says. He has ten Duroc-Jersey brood sows, a flock of 20 mutton-type ewes, five brood marcs, five horses and one stallion. Mr. Ferebee has been breeding and raising his own work stock for 20 years,” Case says. “It has been nearly that long since he has bought any work stock of any kind and he believes than this in itself has been a great sav ing to him, especially during recent years since the price of work animals has more than doubled. Like other successful livestock growers, Mr. Fere bee has found that the man who jumps in and out of livestock according to the price of crops does not do so well but the man who sticks to it, year ^ofter year, fares very well, SI VI UP VIEWS OF LOCAL PEOPLE ON BRIDGE PROBLEM -$ Feel That People of Wash ington and Tyrrell Not Getting Fair Deal -<s> Here is the way residents of Ply mouth, or most of them, view the mat ter of the bridge Connecting the north and south -ides of the Albemarle Sound: 1. Plymouth and Columbia, or rath er, Washington and Tyrrell Counties’ citizens are the ones bottled up. and not Edenton or Elizabeth City. They feel they should choose their own out i let. 2. By leaving the location to the Highway Commission, they would ad mit defeat, as this body, cooperating with Julian \\ nod. of Edenton, ap pears to favor the Pea Ridge-Edenton crossing. 3. A bridge middleway would pre clude the possibility of Columbia and Plymouth ever getting a bridge. 4. The Pea Ridge bridge would serve 6,000 in Tyrrell, 2,000 in Wash ington at that end, while a Plymouth bridge would serve sections in Beau fort, Martin, Hyde, Washington, and I yrrell, which has 30,000 or more. It is not much farther for a Belhaven fish truck driver to go by William ston than by Pea Ridge-Edenton route. 5. Plymouth’s bridge would cost less than $500,000, half as much as any other project. Divide the money tip. Give Plymouth and Columbia both a bridge. 6. Edenton and Elizabeth City have bad their -hare of highway fund> for bridge-building purposes, why not al low the "nigger chile" to get some benefits from the new "Federal wealth.” 7. Little or no concern is felt over the "bluffing efforts" of Chairman Waynick of the Highway Commission, jwho intimates no bridge will be built. 8. Xo bridge can make this any worse than they are now. A bridge in the wrong place—oh, well. -® Boy To Start 1.000 Mile Trip on Bicycle From Here Aug. 20 David Hurley Will Visit Relatives in Western Part of State -* Nothing preventing, David Hurley, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Hurley, will -tart a 1,000-niile trip on lii- bicycle tomorrow. Distance means little to this lad, because his trusty old bike has car ried him many miles, and be will have plenty of time for 'be trip. Nights with little to do, he has planned ev ery stop, and through maps has chart ed his course for the trip to visit rela tives in Western North Carolina and even down in a neighboring state. His fir-t jaunt is to \\ ilson the first day, W adesboro the second day, Char lotte third day and then on to Rock Hill, S. C. He can make 11 miles an hour. Many Sundays he has made 100-mile trips. He sleeps in his pup tent in the yard now preparing for the grind. MI Club Girls To Compete for Trip forty-eight 4-11 club girls, one from each state, are offered free educational trips to Chicago this fall and all ex penses paid for a week’s stay* at the 14th National ( luh C ongress as cham pionship prizes in the National Girls’ Record contest. Every bone fide 4-H club girl in Washington County and the state who is regularly enrolled in home econom ics projects may compete. In addition to the free trip given state champions a handsome gold medal is awarded to county winners, and as a grand cli max to the contest the highest rank ing state champion is presented a $400 cash college scholarship b_\ Montgom ery Ward, sponsoring the Contest for the thirteenth year. Contestants for county honors are required to submit a certified record of their projects, showing the number, value, prizes and horn rs won, and a statement on the value of the training received. Girls competing for the $400 scholarship are required to submit, in addition, their original records, a photo and a statement of their club experi ence and it- value to themselves, their homes and communities. County, state and national club lead ers and rural and sducational organi zations are cooperating with the Na tional Committee on Boys’ and Girls’ Club work, which originated the con test, in conducting it as an incentive to the 4-H program.
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