A home newspaper dedicated |j to the service of Washington s County and its 12,000 people. j§ The Roanoke Beacon * * * * 4 + * and Washington County News **★★**★ ▼.MiiiiimiiiiiimimimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHmiimir .hiiiiiiiiiiii’. = Advertisers will find Beacon = | and News columns a latch-key to r E 1,100 Washington County homes. ?iimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii. VOLUME XLVI—NUMBER 40 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 4, 1935 ESTABLISHED 1889 RENTAL SYSTEM SAVES TOTAL OF $900 IN COUNTY 3,500 Books Issued to Stu dents in Elementary Departments Patrons of the public schools in Washington Count today have in their pockets a saving of close to $900 that was made possible by the rental of textbooks to school chil dren, according to statistics com piled in the office of H. H. McLean, superintendent of public instruction in Washington County. To date 3,500 books have been is sued to pupils in the elementary schools, including a few in the high schools. Figuring these at an aver age of 37 cents each, the cost would be $1,295 if the books were pur chased outright, but under the rent al system the books will cost about $500. A child in the fifth grade under the rental system gets the use of his books for a year for $1.21. Should the same child have to purchase the books outright the cost would be more than $3.65. This is a saving of $2.44 on the deal, and the child has the proper books for each year. The fifth grader must include in his curriculum textbooks on arith metic, drawing, health, geography, history, language, reader and spell er. No correct statement could be made on the high school books, as many of these books are still being sold or used from last year and only a few rented or purchased. It is known that up until Saturday there were two schools in the coun ty that had not called for any rent al books, but that the students have been purchasing their books out right. The State does not prevent the buying of books, but the child has the option of buying or renting. The present arrangement has been very satisfactory, considering that it is new and some difficulties will have to be removed. Hundreds of i books came in here when school' started and without additional funds the books were checked and distrib uted to the schools where they were needed. FARMERS URGED TO KEEP RECORD OF COTTON SOLD -$ Will Be Needed in Securing Adjustment If Sold for Less Than 12c -® Growers who wish to sell their | cotton in the near future are being; urged by Dean I. O. Schaub, of State! College, to keep careful records of all their sales. These records will be needed when the government makes the ad justment payments on cotton that may be sold for less than 12 cents a pound, the dean explained. The grower should obtain from the buyer a sales slip showing the date of the sale, the gross weight of the cotton sold, and the price re ceived. He should also make a record giv ing a description of the cotton, the name of the buyer, and the names of all persons, including tenants, who have an interest in the cotton sold, the dean added. The 10-cent loan policy of the AAA is designed to guarantee every cot ton grower cooperating in the ad justment program at least 12 cents a pound for his 1935 crop. No grower is expected to sell his lint for less than 10 cents a pound, since that amount can be secured at any time from the loan fund, and cotton may be left in the loan as long as the grower may wish. In addition, the AAA will make an adjustment payment on cotton sold for less than 12 cents. The payment will be the amount by which the average price on the 10 spot markets may fall short of 12 cents on the day the cotton is sold, with a maximum limit of 2 cents a pound on all payments. Mrs. Mollie Wiley Ninety Years Old -s Probably one of the oldest per sons in Washington County is Mrs. Mollie Wiley, of the Skinnersville section, who last Sunday quietly celebrated her ninetieth birthday. She spent the day receiving greet ings from her many friends. Import rnt among them was a letter from her grandson, George Wiley Holton, who is attending his second year at Wake Forest College at the age of 16. Two WPA Projects Approved For County, Totaling $20,770 Information has been received here that State WPA headquar ters in Raleigh had been inform ed by the National Division of Applications and Information that President F. 1). Roosevelt had approved two projects for Washington County amounting to §20,770. The first came under the head of community sanitation and in cludes the former program of building privies in the rural and certain town sections. The Fed eral government approved for this purpose S5.890. This will continue the privy building pro gram that was started back un der the FERA. The second came under the head of a malaria control pro gram. It includes drainage work in the Skinnersville Township section at Deep Creek and more work in the towns of the county and also Conaby Creek with its smaller tributaries. The govern ment approved $14,884 for this work. NEW WORKERS C. G. Hutchinson has been named supervisor of rural reha bilitation in Martin, Washington and Tyrrell Counties to work with those clients who are re corded for aid in this work. Miss Mollie Mitchell has been named home economist for the same group of counties. Both of these will make their homes in Plymouth. George C. Wood, of Edenton, district sup ervisor, was in Plymouth on Wednesday looking for the two workers, but did not find Miss Mitchell, as she had not arrived to begin her duties. She is ex pected by the week-end. Care of Barnyard Manure Important Savs Guy Cardwell -® Its Use Is Still Among Best Instruments for Soil Improvement -<$) By G. A. CARDWELL The care of manures is of first importance. Dry manures, such as are obtained from horses, sheep and poultry are likely to heat—a process that liberates nitrogen, one of the very elements most desired for the field. A “smoking” manure pile loses strength rapidly, and becomes about as valuable as so much straw. Dry manure may be prevented from ‘burning” by keeping the pile mod erately wet or by mixing it with the :old and wet manure from the cow barn and pig pen. A mnure pile bhould on no account be allowed to leach. The colored liquid that runs away from the pile during a rain is precisely what the soil requires. Its ascape is quite as wasteful as rat lioles in a granary. If a pile is to formed, it should be made in a hol low spot. A concreted bottom saves its cost many times over. A broad, iat pile, tramped thoroughly by the stock, saved the strength of the ma nure best. Dropping around the yard should be thrown into the pile, winter and summer. Stable liquids are exceedingly valuable; they should be absorbed by bedding and be added to the pile. Straw bed ling is best for the land. Sawdust s most desirable in the stable, but t decays so slowly that it is a det bment in the field. Good farmers declare that manure should be scattered on the land fresh. Piles of manure dumped in lie field leach badly. The immedi ate spot receives more plant food lhan it can utilize and the coarse litter spread by a fork later has lost j much of its strength. In case of sheep pens, calf pens, and small feed ing pens generally, excellent results are obtained by allowing the ma nure to remain underfoot until the spring. The droppings, bedding, arid liquids are saved perfectly and are tramped into a compact bed of valu able fertilizing materials. For ma nure that must be removed daily, as is decidedly the case in dairy barns and horse stables, it is con sidered advisable to send to the field is often as a load accumulates. As jften as the spread is filled it should be driven afield, and the manure scattered in fine bits. The leaching that follows, always provided the ground be moderately level, enriches Ihe soil uniformly. The litter may be plowed under at convenience. Frequent light dressing gives larger yields than a heavy application of manure at long intervals. No soil can be built up and kept strong and lasting w'ithout organic matter. It has been known for many centries that continued crop ping reduces the ability of the soil to produce. Long before chemistry could explain the cause of soil ex haustion, the farmers of old times learned a great deal about the main tenance of the soil, and the simple methods employed are still used with excellent results. The use of stable manure and crop refuse are still a mong the most important instru ments of soil improvement. R. E, Dunning Goes To Hyde County in New Federal Work —— Reports here are to the effect that i Pinetown, village of 300 souls three miles over into Beaufort County, is probably the largest hamlet in the1 United States that has no telephone. G. K. Harris, rural letter carrier of Plymouth, brings the message. His car stopped in Pinetown the other day. There was no telephone. He had to resort to a telegram to se cure a mechanic from Plymouth. His recollection is that he has seen this information in statistics. Piano Recital at School October 9 —«— Williford Whitley, son of Attorney and Mrs. W. L. Whillej', will give a piano recital in the Plymouth High 1 School Building Wednesday after noon, October 9, at 2:45 The young student will play several waltzes, preludes and other numbers. He is a student of Mrs. Laura S. John ston. -® Return From Trip To Market Center —®— Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Liverman are back home today from a tour of northern markets, where they have \ purchased new fall and winter mer chandise. Much of these goods are arriving daily. They were in New York for some time looking over the merchandise. -® Pitt Farmers Being Paid Tobacco Rental Money -$ Last week, 2,242 tobacco farmers in Pitt County were delivered $102, G'82.22 in rental checks for cooperat ing in the AAA tobacco program. 14 CIVIL CASES ON CALENDAR FOR SUPERIOR COURT -« Conevenes October 21 for One Week Term; Judge Cranmer To Preside -* Fourteen cases will come up for disposition in the Washington County Superior Court, which will convene here October 21 for a one week civil term with Judge E. H. Cranmer, of Southport, presiding. Motion and divorce • cases will be called at pleasure of the court. Monday, October 21: Simmons Hardware Co. vs. Southern Hard ware Co.; Winchester Simmons Hardware Co. vs. W. R. Hampton, ct al; American Agricultural Chem ical Co. vs. W. C. Davenport et al; L>. F. Twiddy vs. J. C. Tarkenton. Tuesday, October 22: Alethia Twiddy vs. B. F. Twiddy et al; S. A. Ward vs. L. C. Nurney; Mary Lee| Swain vs. Seaton J. Patrick. ■Wednesday, October 23: David Co field, Inc., vs. D. O. Patrick et al.; Jos. Burnett vs. John Atamanchuk; Lillian Shugar vs. E. D. Kemp. Thursday, October 24: Rec. N. S. F-. R. Co. vs. H. H. Stull, et al; Rec. N. S. R. R. Co. vs. Alfred Broulette ct al; Hattie T. Davis et al vs. Sarah J. Stewart; Vonnie M. Harris vs. E. H. Liverman. -® lobacco Growers Can Help Boost Prices on Market Tobacco growers themselves can do a great deal to boost weed prices this season, says E. Y. Floyd, ex tension tobacco specialist at N. C. State College. The first thing, he said, is to keep off . the market all scrap tobacco and all lower grades which bring less than six cents a pound. Heavy offerings of inferior and scrap leaf tend to glut the market and depress prices, he pointed out. Furthermore, a pound of scrap counts just as much on the allot ment card as a pound of good to bacco. Sij nee tobacco is a good fertilizer, Floyd stated, growers wil find it ad vt ntageous to save their scrap for fertilizing purposes. A ton of to bacco contains 86.8 pounds of nitro gen, 10 pounds of phosphoric acid, and 114.8 pounds of potash. But he warned against the use of tobacco to fertilize fields on which tobacco'”is to be grown next year, as in some cases diseases would be carried over to infect the new crop. | After the growers have sold all j their leaf that will bring more than =ix cents a pound, they should take the unused part of their allotment cards, if any is left, to their county agents, who will tr^to sell it at the rate of four cents a pound. This would give the growers four cents a pound for the unused part jf their cards and at the same time allow them to keep their inferior iveed at home. However, Floyd pointed out, con tract signers whose allotments were neither raised nor lowered this year are due to receive deficiency pay ments in tire event that they fail to aroduce the full amount of their al lotment. These growers should consult their county agents before selling any part of their cards, as they -night lose more than they would Jain. The agents will explain why, Floyd added. Dr. T. L. Bray Is in Rocky Mt. Hospital —®— Dr. T. L.- Bray, health officer of Washington County and well known ,o state medical circles, is in a Rocky Mount hospital, where he is recov ering from an illness. His tonsils •vill be removed and his teeth will oe treated. He has been sick for close to 10 days. Probably he will re back on the job in a few days. -<& »INEY GROVE CLUB HOLDS REGULAR MEET THURSDAY 9 The Piney Grove Home Demon ■Iration club met at the home of VIrs. Jimmie Tarkenton Thursday with 12 members and two visitors, VIrs. C. L. Everett, of Skinnersville, md Mrs. Gaston Green, of New York. Devotionals were led by the pres cient, Mrs. Gladys Collins, with Mrs. Badie Stillman serving as secretary. Miss Patterson gave a demonstra tion on care of the feet. Also she dressed work for the fair. The hostess served chocolate fudge and grapes. Next meeting will be witn Mrs. Frank Tarkenton, sr., in Oc tober. Hotneand ciubNews By Mary Frances Misenheimer Schedule of meetings for next week: Monday afternoon, October 7th, Plymouth Colored Club. Tuesday afternoon, Hoke. Wednesday, Roper. Thursday, Chapel Hill. Friday, Beech Grove. Saturday morning, curb market, at 8:30. Please note the change of time. The market receipts for last Saturday were splendid, a total of $38.36. Mrs. Lula Watson, of Hoke Club, again held the card for the largest sale receipts, $9.75. Mrs. Joe Browning, also of Hoke Club, had the next highest sales receipts. The home demonstration club women are requested to go to Swan Quarter October 10th, at 10 o’clock, for a federated district meeting. The home agent would like for as many gs possible to attend. If you are planning to go, please let the home agent know. Please note that all club meet ings will be held at 2:30, beginning with your October meetings. Be prompt and let’s start on time. Work of Allotiiig Potato Quotas Is Near Completion —*— vVill Be Made by November 1 and Discussed With Producers Work cn arriving at the national allotment of potatoes prescribed un-j der the Potato Control Act and the allotments to the potato-growing states is proceeding rapidly, accord ing to the chief of the newly formed potato section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. These allotments are expected to be ready tot announcement before November 1, and will be discussed thoroughly with the potato growers before they become final. As a matter of fact, all problems involved in the act will be threshed out with the producers themselves. The potato section in tends to zely upon growers for guid ance and advice as to questions of enforcement also. The cooperation of farmers is vitally important to Ihe success of this program, it is pointed out. The Potato Control Act is intended to result in the normal production of potatoes. The act aims ;c prevent overproduction, which has caused losses to growers in the past. Operation of the act is intended to bring potato prices to a level such as | will eliminate the distressingly low prices received by growers the past two seasons, but not to life consum er prices above moderate levels. The act exempts from any tax a quantity af potatoes deemed sufficient to meet current consumption demands at prices on a parity with prices the potato grower must pay for the things he buys. -- Don G. Davis Stages: Jst Anniversary Sale! -- In an ad elsewhere, Don G. Davis, I local jeweler, is announcing his first anniversary sale. Mr. Davis has j