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A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ★ ★ ★★★★★ Advertisers will find Beacon and News columns a latch-key to 1,100 Washington County homes. ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 18 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, May 1, 1936 NEW ROAD FROM ROPER TO NEW LAND HALF DONE -® Shortens Distance To Cher ry From Here by About Twenty Miles Creswell.—Work continued today on the new road from the head of the Newlands section near Cherry to Roper, with the assurance from workmen that it was about 40 per cent finished. Roy T. Hopkins and his 25 men began a new work period Wednes day, when they entered the woods to continue their duty of clearing a right of way. This right of way is 94 feet wide, with a 34-foot road, the difference being used by an “A” canal to drain the road and the land adjoining. J. W. (Bill) Casey and his small crew continue their work on the drag line dredging the canal along side of the road and throwing the debris and soil that is suitable for the purpose upon the road bed as a foundation for a top-soil surface. On the other end of the road near Roper, Carl Brey and his crew of four men are working hard, mak ing every effort possible to make as much time as possible meeting the crew of Hopkins working from the Newland end in preparing a right of way. The course of the road is fairly straight. It was laid out by C. L. Cale, of Windsor, engineer who was paid by the Washington County commissioners, which is sponsoring the road, with the WPA providing the labor. It will cost the WPA about $10,000 and the commission ers about $2,000. Progress has been retarded since the beginning of the few days that the crew could work. Part of the time the roads and weather were so bad the workmen could not reach their place of work. Also the men would make only a certain amount of time during the month. Imediately after the entrance of the Newland end of the road a swamp was encountered. Trees and underbrush were thick, and it took time to clear the way through here. When the drag line started to work here, it encountered a difficulty in finding soil suitable for the road bed. The dredge lacks about 300 yards or more finishing the swamp part of the road, then it will be able to make almost double the time on the way to the Roper end. The soil will be more suitable for the road bed, and it will be easier to handle as there will not be so many tough roots. As soon as the dredge completes its work of laying the road bed and cutting the canal alongside of the road, then it will be only a matter of a short time until the topsoil will be scattered on the road to be lev eled and packed for traffic to start. The dredge has about 2 1-2 miles to go, while the crew clearing the right of way has only about a mile to go to get to the Loper end. The drainage will be cut into district No. 5. The canal along the side of the road will aid in draining a large territory in that section also. The toad will cost upwards of $12,000 in round figures. The dredg ing operations, including the ma chine and the operator costs $7 an hour, while the WPA provides the crew of two assistants. As many as 45 men have been employed at one time. The WPA has not dropped a single man. Most of them stopped to pursue their own jobs. Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Brey and Mr. Casey, dredge operator, are losing no time in rushing along as fast as conditions will permit, so that the job will be completed some time this summer, and that the 300 fam ilies living in that section may have an outlet. It is nine miles to Roper from j Plymouth, seven miles to Newland | and three miles from there to Cher ry, making it a total of 19 miles from Plymouth to Cherry through the new road while over the high way through Creswell to Cherry is more than 40 miles. The people up in that section are so eager for the new roads that H. S. Phelps gave a right of way off of his field for the road, while the John L. Roper Lumber Company contributed a right of way through their timberland and J. Eddie Dav enport is so interested is almost willing to contribute money if he could afford it. Oratorical Contest At Colored School —®— An oratorical contest will be sponsored by the athletic association of Washington County Training School on May 6. Speakers are Hope Basnight, Ida Cooper, Willie Spruill, Odessa Hedgepeth, Beatrice Gee, E. Garrett, Hilton Bateman, George Gaylord, I. Hyman and S. Wynn. Davenport Land To Be Sold for Division Before November 1 Judge Harris Signs Order Favoring Claim of Mrs. Davenport -* Prior to. November of this year, Zeb Vance Norman and C. L. Bailey as commissioners for the Washing ton County Superior Court, will sell certain property of the late Sans berry Davenport for division of the proceeds among the heirs, thus bringing to a close a hotly contested case. Back in April, 1928, Mr. Daven port executed a deed of trust to his wife, Mrs. Mary J. Davenport, with Z. V. Norman as trustee for $1,250, against a certain plot of ground. Mr. Davenport died March 15, 1935, and his widow was made administra trix of his estate. Other heirs, including Janie Dav enport, Pearl Phelps, Ethel Bas night, Mattie Edwards and Marie Carawan, asked that the deed of trust Mrs. Davenport held be de clared invalid so that the property could be sold and divided without Mrs. Davenport claiming the sum for the deed of trust. Judge W. C. Harris has signed an order holding the deed of trust val id, instructing the commissioners to sell the property and to turn the first $1,250 over to Mrs. Davenport to pay the claim she held and then she was to get a third of the sur plus as a widow’s dower. The remainder of the proceeds was to be divided equally among the heirs and legal representatives of Sansberry Davenport. Mrs. Dav enport was also to be in possession of the property until December 30, 1936. She was to pay the taxes for the last two years and to retain the profits. It was allege dthat the property was worth close to at least $5,000 and that the mortgage covered the home place of Mr. Davenport. -• I, 000 At Field Day Program in Roper —•— More than 1,000 people attended the first annual field day of the col ored schools of Washington County held in Roper Friday. Representa tives were there from Creswell, Backwoods, Mount Delane, Mace donia and Roper. An original one-act play, written by Dorothea Freeman, a senior, and directed by C. M. Rouson, English teacher, was given by the senior class of Roper. Alice Basnight ded icated the school song to Principal J. J. Clemmons. Supt. and Mrs. H. H. McLean were present. Attorney P. H. Bell crowned An nie Louise Fuller, of the Backwoods schools as 1936 queen of Field Day. Dr. L. S. Mitchell also was a speak er. B. G. O’Brien and Charles Mi zelle were judges in outdoor activi ties. Mrs. Pearl Mizelle, Hattie Bell and Ardie Blount judged the art ex hibits. Roper won the literary program with 15 pfljpts against 8 points for Mount Delane, which trailed. Cres well won first place in singing; Rop er was first with 15 points and Cres well second with 11 points in the outdoor activities. -<*, Egg-Eating Hens Are Hard To Cure —•— Egg eating is usually acquired by birds in the flock and starts by an egg being broken in the nest. If you can pick out the bird or birds that have formed this habit, they should be taken from the flock and sold as there is no way of breaking them of the vice. If the whole flock is eating eggs there is ap parently an insufficient amount of mineral matter in the ration and the trouble can be corrected by bal ancing the diet and adding the necessary minerals. Mosaic Disease Spreads While Plant Are Pulled -* Mosaic or “wallon” in tobacco is commonly spread while pulling plants, especially if the diseased and healthy plants are handled a like. Where the disease appears in the plant bed all healthy plants within one foot of those showing signs of the disease should not be touched until all healthy plants are pulled. Following this all plants from the diseased area should be removed from the beds and de stroyed. Where mosaic plants have been handled the hands should be washed in a weak disinfecting so lution and the clothes changed in order to prevent further spread ol the disease. I JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET HELD AT CRESWELL Annual Event Last Friday Enjoyable; Interesting Program Offered Shuffling feet accentuated by the harmonious recurrence of the rasp ing voice of Hallet Chesson calling the numbers at the old-time square dance, climaxed the gala affair in which the Juniors entertained the seniors of the Creswell High School last Friday evening. The old folks present lined the walls while they watched the young sters stray from the popular round dances of a modern age to hark back to the “good old days,’ when father and mother tripped the light fantastic. Some of them watched their own sons and daughters do the steps they knew so well in their memories. Not many oldsters were there. But then a banquet means work, and so the women of the parent teacher association, including Mes dames J. W. Starr, Clyde Smithson and Edgar S. Woodley were there. Smartly frocked waitresses, includ ing Mary Nooney, Lula Mae Dav enoprt, Roxie Furlaugh, and Chris tine Snell, served the food. Around the banquet table sat 19 seniors and 14 juniors, with Betty Jo Davenport, class mascot, the 3 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. (Mike) Davenport, jr., and her mother; Principal C. H. Ader holdt; Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Para more, Plymouth; Louis Davenport, musician; Miss Mary Frances Mis enheimer; Mrs. C. H. Tucker, grade mother for the seventh grade; and faculty members, bringing the to tal number to 40. The welcome address was made by Josephine Davenport, president of the junior class, to which Mamie Davenport, president of the senior class, responded. Jewel Davenport made a toast to the seniors, with Louis Alligood respondsing. The toast to the faculty was made by Dorothy Hathaway, to which C. H. Aderholdt replied. Ethel Swain toasted the ladies, who aided in preparing and serving the food. Kenneth Chesson humor ously introduced Whitford Swain, who in turn presented Louis Daven port, who provided string music. The junior and senior songs were sung. A toast was made to the mascot by Florence Leitchfield. Jokes were told by Ethel Swain. Ashley Swain and Nita Mae Tarkenton put on a skit. Mr. Aderholdt teaches the juniors, while Mrs. A. S. Holmes teaches the seniors. Mrs. Royt T. Hopkins served as pianist. Class colors, blue and gold pre dominated in the color scheme with blue and gold napkins, candles, plates and spirea, azaleas, and snow balls provided the spring flower touch. Favors were graduation caps filled with salted nuts and mints. -® To Compete in Picture Contest —«— Katherine Midgett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Midgett and Mary Sallinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sallinger, will be in Raleigh Saturday to compete in the state picture memory contest spon sored by the Junior Woman’s Club division of the North Carolina Fed eration of Women’s Clubs. They were chosen to represent this district of 10 counties in a con test held here last week. Girls from Plymouth who entered the district contest were Mary Sallinger, Mil dred Dudley, in high school, and Mary Charlotte Jones and Kather ine Midgett in grammar grades. Miss Elizabeth Davidson, Mrs. Frank O. Bateman, and Miss Em ily Brinkley have been teaching this work for some time in the Plym outh schools. Orthopedic Clinic Held Last Monday —$— The Tarboro Rotary Club con ducted its regular orthopedic clinic last Monday, beginning at 1 o'clock in the Presbyterian Sunday school building there. The club is anx ious to reach all unfortunate crip ples who are unable to pay for treat ment. Usually the notices of these meet ings always leach the Beacon too late or are crowded out before the clinics are held, and so this week the Beacon passes along the infor mation that these clinics are held the last Monday in each month. The next clinic is scheduled for May 25. Those knowing cripples wishing to attend should communi cate with the Rotary Club and pre pare to attend. Routes of Approach To Bridge Across Sound Staked Out —•— Two Lines of Stakes Driv en in Skinnersville Section -® Surveyors for the North Carolina Department of Highway and Pub lic Works Commission have laid out two plans of approach to a bridge to cross the Albemarle Sound. The stakes are there for evidence. Both are in the Skinnersville section. One strikes a course from Wood ley’s store on Highway No. 64 to Frank Tetterton’s place, thence to the edge of the sound to Barber’s land, while the second leaves High way No. 64 between Plymouth and Columbia near the Halsey place, thence to Newberry Lane and on to the sound. This is supposed to be the nar rowest part of the sound. The dis tance from the highway to the sound is only about four miles. It is not known what course the sur veyors used in crossing the sound. This may be for estimating purposes The usual idea is that the bridge would come out for an approach near Edenton. Petition Asks Use Of Old School for Community House j Wenona Citizens Request Board Education to Pass Necessary Resolution A pettiion carrying a large num ber of names of the people in the Wenona section of this county will be presented to the Washington County Commissioners and the Board of Education, which meets here Monday, asking the officials to passing resolutions tending to help them retain the use of their abandoned school building for com munity purposes. This building was erected on property appropriated from the Norfolk Southern Railroad Com pany to be used for school purposes. This school term the children from that section rode into Plymouth on busses to attend school (when the roads permitted). The people in that section think that when the building is not used any longer for the original purpose the land will revert to the railroad company. Even though they can’t have a school they are anxious to have the building for public assembly, Sun day .school, home demonstration club meetings and any other com munity interests. It is understood now that the Blackland Experiment Station in Wenona is using the building to house one of their em ployees. It is expected that a delegation will be here to visit the county of ficials and present their petition. F. F. Hartung is among those who are opposed to the use of the build ing privately. -<t> Feature Programs At Local Theatre —*— “The Call of the Wild,” Jack Lon don’s immortal story of the Yukon gold rush, which is being offered by the New Theatre on Sunday, May 3, affords Clark Gable a real he-man role and Clark’s work as a handsome swashbuckling prospector stands out as the finest of his ca reer. Loretta Young is believable and beautiful as the sheltered society woman who casts her lot with Clark and his buddy, Jack Oakie, when her husband is lost in the Arctic wastes. The story is good and the acting superb. Then there is “Dark Angel’’ for Monday and Tuesday, featuring Frederic March, Merle Oberon, and Herbert Marshall. This is a power ful and beautiful love story set in the rural part of England. She loves one and the other loves her. See which she gets. Priscilla Lyon in “Great ZiegfelcT -* Miss Priscilla Ann Lyon, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Lyon of Plymouth, who went to Holly wood to crash the movies, has made the grade in a small way. She was in “The Follie of 1936” and has been chosen "for a juvenile role in “The Great Ziegfeld.” She recently appeared six times on the stage in the Ambassador Theatre in a program of the Profes sional Arts Troupers. She sang the theme song and introduced two oth er numbers. SPRING MEETING; OF CLUB WOMEN IS HELD IN ROPER! -9 Green Woman Is Principal Speaker at Event Held This Week ——♦ "Don’t let a slick-tongued orator persuade you with rosy promises of what he will do if elected to an of fice,” said Mrs. J. H. B. Moore, of Greenville, president of the Green ville Federation of Women’s Clubs, to 400 women in the Roper High School auditorium near here at the semi-annual meeting yesterday of the Washington County Federation of Women’s Clubs. "Remember there is a legislature in this state, and no individual can do so much, no matter to which of fice he aspires. Study the candi dates and consider the issues fairly Consider your citizenship and ac cept the privilege and responsibil ity seriously. And let your citizen ship help you make the country bet ter. “Help the country by promoting peace. The United Slates is spend ing more on their army and navy now than at any peace time. Hat ing war does not do away with it. Become active. Though the United States.is not in any immediate dan ger of war we should bring pres sure on our legislators to strive for peace and oppose war. “The next war will not only see our sons and fathers and husbands victims, but the innocent will suf fer from the poison gas and other modern methods of warfare. We must actively assert ourselves. Study peace with the idea of striving for peace. Spread the propaganda of peace. Everything must be done to keep the “money-hungry men’’ from getting us into another war,” plead ed the speaker as the women ap plauded. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Aiken provid ed the music. Rev. W. Watson, pas tor of the Roper Methodist church, led the devotionals. Mrs. F. D. Wil son, of the Roper Club, welcomed the visitors, while Mrs. Sam Lucas, of Cool Springs, responded. Mrs. C. McGowan, of Plymouth, spoke on “Amateur Gardens.” Miss Ethel Nice, Greenville, home demonstration agent of Pitt Coun ty, introduced Mrs. Moore. Mrs. A. E. Davenport, Mackeys, gave a “Ghost Reading.” Mrs. C. N. Dav enport, sr., vice president of the or ganization, presided in the absence of Mrs. W. IT. Harrison. With Mrs. Moore was Mrs. J. Brooks Tucker, Grimesland, president of the State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs and Mrs. Chester Harris, of Greenville. Chapel Hill was awarded the at tendance trophy for the second year. If they win next year the trophy will become their property. They already have one. They had 47 members enrolled, 14 new members, lost only one member, 100 per cent attendance since October, and 45 members were present at the con vention. W. C. Manning, of Williamston, editor of the Roanoke Beacon, was to have presented the trophy, but wired his regret of his absence on account of sickness. -«. Boy Has Spare Fingers and Toes —®— Charles Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Deward Oliver, of near Cherry in the Newland section of Washing ton County, has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. His parents have the usual number of fingers and toes. The extra fingers grow off of his little fingers and the extra toes project from his little toes. J. F. Gurganus, of near Plymouth, has six fingers on one of his hands. However, his extra finger grows out from his thumb and resembles a thumb. These extra fingers and toes have nails bu» usually they are stunted and small. Tobacco Tax Money Returned by Court —•— A total of $575.35 has been paid to Mrs. Sadie F. Alexander here by attorneys for A. L. Alexander, who left "here several months ago. This money was returned to Mr. Alex ander after the AAA had been killed by the United States supreme court. This was Mr. Alexander’s part of the tobacco tax money that he had paid under protest during the Agri cultural Adjustment Administra tion regime. The attorneys paid it to C. V. W. Ausbon, clerk of the court. Since Mr. Alexander was not here to claim it, the court or dered it paid to Mrs. Alexander. Work Started Today On New Agriculture Building for Countv O J —*— Located Between Central Garage and County Courthouse Work started today on a 10,000 agricultural building for Washing ton County. It will be located on the site between the courthouse and the Central Garage. It will be 53 by 70 feet. There are to be six of fices and an assembly room seat ing 250 people and rest rooms for men and women. A filing vault will be included al so. The structure will be of brick veneer, the same color of brick used as is now in the courthouse. It will have a brick foundation. A base ment will be included to house the boiler for the heating system. The rooms will be for the county agent, assistant county agent, sec retarial worker, home agent, assist ant home agent, a laboratory and conference room. The building will be well ventilated. The WPA and the county are standing the expense. W. O. Pratt, project supervisor of this district, from Elizabeth City, was here today aiding in securing the measurements and planning the preliminary work before actual ex cavations begin. Oxford Orphanage Singing Class To Be Here Tuesday, 12th Will Give Annual Concert In the High School Auditorium -<& The singing class of the Oxford Orphanage, under the direction of Mrs. Sadie T. Hutchinson, includ ing 14 boys and girls, will give a concert in Plymouth High School auditorium Tuesday evening, May 12. at 8 o'clock, it was announced today by Frank C. Spruill, secre tary of Perseverance Lodge here. The program will be featured with delightful songs, recitations and drills with colorful costumes and good music. Included on the program will be scenes of China boys, the chapel choir, Captain Kidd and “Let’s Bel the Cat.” L. W. Alderman will be with the class and will meet his friends here. For more than 50 years the sing ing class has made annual tours all over North Carolina and has been to Plymouth each year for years. The orphanage has been operating for 62 years and Washington has been among the counties sending children there to be cared for. Says Georgia Leaf Growers Unlikely To Increase Crop —t— ,s 90 Per Cent of Farmers in Cook County to Join in Conservation Plan Reports on the tobacco situation in the Georgia section are now considered very encouraging, accord ing to Buck James, Robersonville man, who returned from the tobac co sections of that state this week. The most encouraging feature of the report is that there are indications the Georgia farmers will plant no more than a normal crop, that the farmers are planning to cooperate in the soil conservation program to a larger extent than many ever ex pected. One large tobacco-produc ing county, Cook, has signed 90 per cent of its farmers for participation in the soil program, according to information given Mr. James. A few days ago it was estimated that about 60 per cent of the Geor gia crop had been transplanted. Blue mold is causing a shortage in plants, but the damage was not de scribed as serious, and it is believed a normal crop will be possible there this year. The acreage will be about the same as it was last season, Mr. James believes. Amount of Manure For Home Garden —$— The amount of manure to be ap plied to the home garden plot of course depends upon the size of the plot, but on soils of average fer tility, about 10 two-horse wagon loads should be used to the acre. One load, therefore, would cover a space approximately 50 by 100 feet. Be sure that the manure is well rot ted before applying. Where it is 'desirable to use a combination of manure and superphosphate for the garden soil the 10 loads of manure should be supplemented with from two to three bags of superphosphate >011 ON PETITION WANT EXTENSION OF SCI PPERNONG Proposed Project Would Drain 10,000 Acres of Farm Land More than 300 names with those )f the commissioners and members the board of education and other officials heading the list, are on a Qetition that is being passed in Washington County, asking the ex tension of Scuppernong River. The petition asks the national gov ernment, through its agencies, to jpen or dredge Scuppernong River from Phelps Bridge to where it crosses the Newland road, a point which is known as the Bull Pond road, and also to whether the north ern branch crosses the Backwoods noad. This petition is addressed to Con gressman Lindsay Warren, and as soon as enough names are secured it will be taken to him by a delega tion of men who are interested in the project, which includes Lloyd Horton, Stewart J. Woodley, and J. Eddie Davenport, J. W. Darden, Matthew Sawyer, and others. This project would drain water from more than 10,000 acres of fer tile farm land. The people living in that section are annoyed by mos quitoes that thrive in the stagnant water that backs up in their creeks, yards and farm land. They are menaced by disease also. The land in that section is very flat and undrained. Many of the people suffer from malaria on ac count of the insects that are natur ally prevalent in an area that is not properly drained. This drain age would also aid the roads in that section so that traffic for vehicles would be better. In rainy periods the school busses can hardly pass. This new drain age would help keep the roads in better conditions so that a new sys tem or routes for school trucks might be worked out or the present routes made more serviceable. Pair Ferrets Owned By Creswell Citizen —®— Possession of the only ferrets in this section is claimed by H. C. Clif ton near Creswell. He has a male and female of this species of animal. It is a small ac tive animal of the weasel family, by some supposed to be only an al bino polecat. The ferret was brought to the United States from Africa because of its value as a rodent de stroyer. It has a pointed head, reddish eyes and small ears: its body is long and slender, its legs short with very sharp strong claws; the tail short and furry. It is of the black-foot variety which abounds in the Platte River section of the United States. It has a particular real in killing mice, rabbits, chickens, turkeys and geese. It is said to lull the rodents and draw the blood from its veins, which is relished by the ferret. Like many animals, as soon as its appe tite is appeased it is lazy. The ferrets are being domesticat ed by Mr. Clifton. He imported them from Ohio and already has or ders for some of their progeny. He is using the animals to rid his farm, corncribs and the like of rats. Even now Mr. Clifton can handle them. They have been known to be used by hunters. They trail rabbits and such small animals. If a rabbit runs into a den then the ferret either forces the animal out of its hiding place or slays it. Number of Cases Tried by Recorder j —#— Recorder’s court activities: W. Elmer Phelps, 41, white, farm er. on warrai% sworn out by Paul E. Phelps, was charged with assault ing his wife, Jude Phelps, with a pistol and being drunk and disor derly. Found not guilty. Vernon Webb, alias Buster Webb, 21, colored, laborer, not guilty of "failing and refusing to support his wife and two children." Matthew Spruill, 20. colored, lab orer, and Ernest Lanier, 22, col ored. laborer, charged with improp er brakes on trailer, no driving per mit and no license tags on car. Two months on roads, suspended upon payment of costs as to both. Walter Jones, 25, white, laborer, charged with assaulting Mrs. W .H. Harrell, of Creswell, or hit-and-run driving, when a truck he was driv ing sideswiped the Harrell car on April 16. He was under $500 bond, signed by Henry Harrison, William ston. He agreed to repair the Har rell car and pay for costs of the court.
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