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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. VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 31 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 31, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1889 SERIES MEETINGS EOR MIDWIVES IN COUNTY PLANNED -y State Health Nurse To Be In Charge; Schedule Is Announced Beginning next Saturday, August 1, a series of classes for the instruc tion of midwives will be held m various communities throughout Washington and Tyrrell Counties, it was announced this week by Miss Mozelle Hendrix, a state nurse sent out by the Bureau of Maternity and Infancy of the State Board of Health, who will conduct the classes. According to Miss Hendrix, the records show there are a number of midwives in these counties that have permits to practice and some few women who practice midwifery occasionally but who are not regis tered. It is hoped that all women who assist in maternity cases, even though they do not regard them selves as midwives, will attend at least one of these meetings. Mothers of babies, and particu larly expectant mothers, are asked to attend these classes also, where practical talks wil lbe made along the lines of safeguarding the health of both the mothers and the babies. As the result of poor care before and during childbirth, each year in this state many mothers and babies die. Practical talks will be made on midwife practices and letter of reg istration will be renewed for those previously registered and new appli cants may make request for regis tration. Following is a list of the places and time of meetings to be conduct ed: Saturday, August 1, at 9 a. m., Washington County courthouse, in Plymouth. Monday, August 3, at 9 a. m., in Creswell (colored) Methodist church Monday, August 3, at 2 p. m„ m Cherry (colored) school building. Tuesday, August 4, at 9 a. m., in Roper (colored) Baptist church. Wednesday, August 5, at 9 a. m„ Travis (colored) school house. Thursday, August 6, at 9 a. m., Alligator, South Side (colored) school. Friday, August 7, at 9 a. m., Gum Neck (white) grammar school build ing. Saturday, August 8, at 9 a. m., in Tyrrell County courthouse, Colum bia. Everett Working On Clevenger Case Boyhood friends back from the American Legion State Convention in Asheville bring the news that al though Sheriff Laurence E. Brown is in the publicity spotlight in solv ing the Clevenger murder myster, that Chief of Police W. J. Everett, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Everett here, is quietly doing some good work on the case. Chief Everett has been out of his office for two days. He has his de tectives working on the case and in cooperation with the sheriff and his deputies. Miss Helen Clevenger, a student in New York University, was visiting Asheville about a week ago, when she was found ravished and lifeless in her hotel room. A number ot suspects nave Deen detained, including the traveling companion of the girl, an uncle, Prof. W. L. Clevenger, of State Col lege. Reports here had it that Chief Everett was well liked and that many of the people approved of his quiet methods and objected to the sensational way in which the sher iff was handling the investigation. -* Policeman Foils Car Theft Attempt —<*>— The keen eyes and quick action of Patrolman George R. Coburn pre vented possible theft of the car of Bruce Bateman, which was parked in the yard of his Main Street home Monday night. Mr. Coburn earlier in the day had noticed a couple of strange negroes hanging around the rear of the stores here. He ordered them to the front streets. Near midnight he was on his waj home, being relieved by Alberl Bratten, who served as night cop while Mr. Coburn served in the day for Chief Brown, who was a way on vacation, when he espiec one of the negroes standing by the front door of the car as if ready u open it. He started after the negro, wht went aw ay in a hail of bullets a: the cop dropped to the ground, fell ed by an unseen clothes line. Proceedings This Week in County’s Recorder’s Court -- Pathetic Case Unfolded at Session Tuesday; Few Cases Tried ——-<*>—— A pathetic story of a mentally sick mother whose husband failed to con tribute to her support was unfolded in recorder's court here Tuesday in the trial of Lee Basnight, 40, Stump Point fisherman, who \vas charged with non-support. The warrant was sworn to by Basnight’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary B\ Wynn. The couple have two children, one of whom is now mar ried. They have been married up wards of 20 years. Lately the chil dren have been staying with their father. . Mrs. Ida E. Wynn Basnight was in the State Hospital for treatment for two years, being released about eight months ago. Mr. Basnight has not lived with his wife in 20 months or more, but stated in his testimony on the stand that he would be will ing to live with his wife again. Recorder John W. Darden re quired that Mr. Basnight contribute $2 weekly to her support. In the meantime, it is understood that ef forts are being made to get her into a state institution for treatment. She was aided in getting out the first time by her mother with her hus band assenting. Witnesses for the state were Sam Comstock, H. E. Ambrose, John W. Spruill while the defandant sum moned Rupert Hassell, Mrs. H. H. Ambrose, Russell Norman, and M. F. Davenport. In addition to the weekly contributions Recorder Dar den continued prayer for judgment until January 1, 1937. David Everett, colored, <tu, was required to pay $82 for repair the car of Charles Roberson, plus the court costs, as the result of a wreck near Atamanchuk’s place Monday, when Everett’s car struck Rober son’s car when Everett was pass ing another vehicle. A charge against Ida E. Basnight for assaulting her mother, Mrs. Mary F. Wynn with a deadly weapon was dismissed by the court. -® Union Services During August D O -<*> Final arrangements have been made for the union evening church services. These services have been arranged to meet the needs of local church-going people. It is hoped that by having union services we will realize more attending church than ever before during the month of August. Each church choir will only have to serve when the serv ice is held in their church. The appointments, are as follows: August 2, Rev. R. H Lucas, will preach at the Methodist church. Sunday evening, August 9, Rev. N. A. Taylor, at Baptist church. August 16, Rev. Sidney E. Mat thews, at Christian church. August 23, Rev. C. T. Thrift, at Episcopal church. August 30, Rev. Gilbert Davis, at Methodist church. Let’s fill each host church. We can do it. Locals Win Over Creswell Sunday —*■— Consistent hitting of the local club gave Plymouth a 7-3 win over Cres well here Sunday in a hitting con test that netted both teams 20 safe ties. Henry Hardison, on the mound for Plymouth, allowed 8 hits and whiffed 8, giving 6 walks, while Jack Spruill for the visitors fanned 12, issued 4 walks, but yielded 12 hits. D. Davenport, with a double and two singles led Plymouth with S •Davenport and Hardison getting 1 singles each; while Woodley anc Starr with two bingles apiece lec Creswell. Russell Harrison led both clubs in extra-base knocks with £ couple of doubles. Severe Electrical Storm Tuesda\ —«— The electrical storm that broke over Washington County last Tues day did damage estimated into the hundreds of dollars. Lightning ignited a blaze tha' completely destroyed the home anc furnishings of C. L. Barnes, neai Cherry. A mule owned by J. C Knowles was killed instantly. The gin house of Swain and Smith ir Plymouth on Water Street was se afire by the lightning but firemer prevented serious damage. LESSON STUDY BOOK PRINTED IN I!)!’,', IS SHOWN Contains Short Treatises on Sunday School Lessons For That Year -<s> Among the oldest lesson study books ever circulated in Washing ton County for Sunday schools was one brought into the office this week by Mrs. Mattie R. Swain, of West over, who used the book in her girl hood while attending Bible school at the Saints Delight Christian church. On the front cover are the words: “The Scholar’s Eclectic Lesson Book lor 1885,’’ and at the bottom were the words: “St. Louis: John Burns Publishing Company, 1885.” The book was just the size to fit into a man's pocket, being 4 inches wide and 6 inches long, with 236 pages. On the first inside sheet was a map of Palestine as it is related to Old Testament history. The editor and possibly the only contributor was J. H. Hardin. This was the first publication of its kind in book form. Prior to that time lesson helps were secured from leaflets. It was pointed out in the pream ble to the book that scholars would probably study better from a book and that it could be kept better than the lesson papers previously used. The primary purpose of it was for home study and not to be read from in the class. It contains Bible, map, and other studies on the lessons as well as carrying an outline of the lesson. In the back of the book was a group of words singled out as “ hard words pronounced,” which included many of the names of Biblical characters. The lessons were carried as ar ranged by the uniform system for all Sunday schools. It is compre hensive, helpful and very valuable. It gives the thought as it prer'oi :.i nated in that day, and it was very loyal to the Scriptures in interpret ing them, which is not so largely followed today as many Bible helps are written by men not so loyal to the old beliefs. No Slot Machines Slot machines were out of Wash ington County today in acocrdanee with a warning issued by Sheriff J. K Reid setting today as the limit for their removal to avoid breaking the law. This included pin games and all coin-inserted devices that are oper ated either by skill or chance. The towm of Plymouth banished them several days ago. A ruling on the law was received here by officials from Attorney General Brummitt. There seemed to be no opposition to this order banishing the machines from even those who played them. It is rumored! that they might be replaced with machines that offer no reward but are played only for amusement. A machine in one es tablishment reputed earned $40 weekly for its operator. In Former Police Chief Died Last Monday Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday afternoon for Alfred F. Arnold, 56, well-known farmer and former chief of police of Plym outh, who died Monday following an illness of several weeks. Com plication of diseases are attributed as the cause of death. ! Rev. N. A. Taylor, of the Chris tian church, officiated. Interment took place in the Windley cemetery. Surviving is a widow, Mrs. Carrie Harrison Arnold, and two foster children, Andrew Arnold and Harry Lee Aronld, both of who lived with him. Authorize Survey Of Roanoke River —»— The Chief of Engineers has ad vised Representative Lindsay War . ren that as a result of the prelimi nary survey of Roanoke River, a full and complete survey has now been authorized by the Board of Engineers, with the view of further determining the cost of the deepen ing of the river. Mr. Warren stated that the report w'ould hardly be filed before 1937 and that if it should be 1 favorable he was confident that he would finally get through the proj ■ ect. Business interests at William ston, Hamilton and Plymouth took . the matter up with Mr. W'arren last i winter at which time he secured the preliminary survey. About Town Wheat, corn, hogs, the better grade of steers, butter, eggs, eheesQ and woo) are in for steady to high er prices while seasonal price de clines are promised for lambs, po tatoes, and poultry. Cotton, tobac co, peanuts and truck crops are not listed as price advancing commodi ties, but adverse growing weather, insects, diseases, and the AAA plans now ind'icate that these commodi ties will bring high prices.—Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Bobby Breen, the 8-year-old boy with “the voice of an angel,” will be heard at the New Theatre here Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m., in his first screen play, “Let’s Sing Again.” His first picture assignment stars him as an orphan whose golden voice reunites him with a long-lost father. Bobby is remembered as the child wonder singer on Eddie Cantor’s broadcast. His voice has been compared to that of Caruso. Henry Armetta, George Houston, and Vivienne Osborne have promi nent roles in the picture. Melton J. Furlaugh, of Creswell, was here last Friday. He told of the much-needed heavy rain that fell the Tuesday before in his sec tion. The farmers had hoped for rain enough to cover the base of the corn stalk and received water deep enough to cover the ridges of the rows. Water on the road lead ing from the highway by Scupper nong Station covered the roadbed. -* Rames Rea, III, son of Mr. anti Mrs. J. L. Rea, of Wenona, has sold $25 worth of eggs from 100 hens. J. O. Cooper, head of vocational agriculture in the Plymouth High School, is of the opinion that the youth will realize $100 on the l->!'• ect this year. He keeps his records well. W. M. Darden, local attorney, has! been named a director from Wash ington County in the Second Judi cial Bar Association. The organiza tion is composed of barristers from five counties in this section of the State. Elbert Peel, of Williamston, is the new president. The next meeting of the association will be held in Plymouth. The union service at the Metho dist church next Sunday will be the time for the preaching of Rev. R. H. Lucas, pastor of the Baptist church. Rev. C. T. Thrift, Metho dist pastor, left Monday for a trip to Virginia and will return in time for the morning service in his church Sunday, August 2. Rea's Beach is now becoming pop ular as a summer resort. Historic old Albemarle Sound never saw such crowds swarm its banks as have been the case during the pres ent heat wave. Thermometers have been up to 106 in the down-town area. Cottages are also going up. Inquiries are coming in from out-of town folk wno rent them by the week. L. W. Gurkins is having eas ier sailing than in many seasons. Society in this little old town on the Roanoke is now at a low ebb. Clubs have discontinued on account of the heat of the summer. The Ace of Clubs, the Amateurs, Four Aces, Junior and Senior Woman’s clubs. Thursday Afternoon Literary Club and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Legion Auxiliary have stopped for the summer. Marriages are slow, too. Among the new buildings that are going up in Williamston is the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Clayton on Warren Street Mrs. Clayton, who is now register of deeds of Wash ington County, is expected to leave here shortly after her term of of fice expires the first Monday in De cember to join her husband, who is cashier of the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company. --- Funeral Services For Young Woman Funeral services for Miss Willie Mae Davenport, 21. who died Sun day morning after a lingering ill-' ness, were conducted Monday aft ernoon at the White Chapel Chris tian Church, with Rev. R. O. Res pass, pastor, officiating, assted by Dr. G. A. Martin, pastor of the Bap tist church. Interment took place in an adjoining cemetery. Miss Davenport is a native of this county and a member of the Phil ippi Christian church but attended the Baptist Sunday school at Cres well. Surviving is her mother, Mrs. Mary Davenport, two sisters, Mrs Spear and Miss Cenia Davenport and a brother, Dick Davenport, all of the Creswell section. RECORDS TO AID FARMERS SECURE BENEFIT MONEY j Facts Will Be Means Of Proving Claims To Soil Payments F'armers participating in the new farm program need to keep records of the soil-conserving crops they grow and the soil-building practices they carry out. The records will be a means of proving they are entitled to soil building payments, said Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the State Col As a further meains of proof, the dean suggested that farmers notify their local committeemen, or their county agent’s office, whenever they carry out soil-building prac tices. The notification does not have to be in writing, he continued The important thing is to inform the committeemen. Then in checking up on a grow er’s compliance, the committeemen will take note of the practices car ried out and give the farmer credit for them. Before a producer can qualify for the payments, the dean emphasized, he will be required to submit proof of the soil-building practices he has followed. This is why it is important to keep records, and notify the com mitteemen of all such practices ob serve^ in connection with the new program. TEACHERS GIVEN INCREASE IN PAY BY STATE BOARD Commission Votes 25 Per Cent Increase Over Old Schedule -® Raleigh.—Salaries ranging from 5112.50 down to $68.75 a month for teachers holding certificates in classes A, B and C were ordered for the 1936-37 school year by the State School commission a few days ago. The commission voted to increase the schedules of pay for teachers and principales by 25 per cent over the schedules in effect on January 1, 1935, to put into effect the in crease authorized by the 1935 legis lature. Lloyd Griffin, seceretary of the commission, said about $17,700,000 would be set aside for instructional service next school year, as com pared with $16,600,000 for the past year. Due to possible advancement of many teachers’ certificates by sum mer school work, he said he could only guess at the percentages un der each schedule but figures 70 per cent would be "A”, 15 per cent “B”, 10 per cent “C” and 5 per cent elementary “A” and “B’’ and non standard. Salary schedules for principals, he said had not been figured yet on the new basis. Last year they ranged from $282 monthly down to $114 and a 4.16 per cent increase will be applied. The total cost of operation of the schools on the state standard last >ear was $20,088,000, Griffin said, which was $57,000 more than the appropriation. The difference was taken from the contingency and emergency fund. Griffin said the commission did not act on a director of the trans portation division to succeed Claude F Gaddy, who recently resigned. He said C. C. Brown, Gaddy's as sistant, was in charge of busses and Lawrence C. Thornton, former in structor in the Williamston High school, was in charge of routes and organization. County May Cet 2 New Physicians Reports current here are to the effect that Washington County may have two new physians in the near future. The informant would not permit the use of his name and would not reveal the names of the interested doctors. It is known that one was to come from Tarboro and maybe locate in Plymouth, while a second was going to Creswell. Dr C. McGowan and Ur. T. L Bray and a colored physic ian, Dr. L. E. Mitchell, practice in Plymouth, and Dr. W. H Harrell in Creswell. Oland F. Peel, Nahunta 4-H club member in Wayne County, harvest ed 50 bushels of onions from one fourth acre, selling the onions for $1.10 a bushel and clearing $33 16 on the project. Little Prospect of Work Being Done c On Conaby Creek Congressman Says Stream Not Included in List of Existing Waterways Not any time in the next few years will the Conaby Creek stream in Washington County that leads from the Roanoke River, near the Albemarle Sound and wastes away in the Dismal Swamp be navigable for small boats as it was in years gone by. Once this stream was alive with commerce, as small boats plied their way through the shambles that iine the banks of the narrow stream carrying their cargo to larg er ships and along the watercourse were grist mills w'hose large wheels were turned by wrater pressure. John W. Darden and Harry Stell and others were in the office of Congressman Lindsay Warren not long ago and they took the matter up with the soion asking that lie use his influence to get the Federal Government to remove snags and dredge it so that small craft could use the stream again. Mr. Warren writes Mr. Darden: “I have taken this matter up with the War Department and find that this is not an existing waterway which has ever been acted upon by Congress. Any hope of improve ment would be through a survey to be contained in some future Rivers and Harbors bill. “I doubt if there will be such a bill for several years from now. The whole thing is based upon com merce. If all the reports were fav 01 able it would come back for still another Rivers and Harbors bill. We have such a bill about once ev ery five years. “I shall be glad to include it for a survey whenever we have an other bill.” -- Cotton Ginners May Get Pay in Handling Government Report Ginners Are Entitled To Around 25 Cents a Bale As Expense Offset -® Under the supplemental appro priation act approved February 11, 1936, an appropriation was made available to the Secretary of Agri culture to enable him to reimburse all cotton ginners for additional ex penses they incurred in connection with the operation of a cotton gin under the Bankhead Act during the 1935-36 ginning season, the county agent announced a day or two ago. Appropriation blanks are now available at the agent’s office and all cotton ginners are asked to call in within the next few days and file application for this compensation. This payment will be at the rate of 25 cents per bale and it is thought that this should help in a large way in relieving cotton ginners of the extra bookkeeping expense they were fyorced to incur in order to carry out the purposes of the Bank head Act in such an effective man ner as was done. In filing this application it will be necessary for the ginner to have the duplicate copy of his monthly i eturns to the Collector of Internal Revenue. If all ginners will bring these reports to the county agent’s office at then earliest convenience, assistance w ill be furnished in filing the application and forwarding it to the proper authorities. Begin Revival at Mt. Tabor Church —•— A series of revival services will begin at the Mount Tabor Free Will Baptist church Monday night, Au gust 3, and last through the weeK. Rev. E. C. Morris, of Elizabeth City will be the speaker. The public is urged to attend. Pea Ridge Man Dies In Accident Friday —— Funeral services were held Sat urday for Edward Spruill, 38, whose neck was broken when an automo bile in which lie was riding plunged into the old Herring Canal near Somerset Farm near Creswell Fri day. Dr. W. H. Harrell and Deputy ShtiifT W. D. Peel investigated the accident and deemed an inquest un necessary. Mr. Spruill lived in the Pea Ridge seotion of Washington County. His wife and one child and seven brothers survive. MIGRATORY FISH DISAPPEARING IN SEVERAL RIVERS -$ Condition Is Challenge To Every Citizen Member Commission States -<*> Rapid disappearance of migra tory fish from the Roanoke, Middle and Cashie rivers in this section and other streams in the State is a challenge to every right thinking citizens, it was pointed out a few days ago by J. L. Horne, Rocky Mount publisher, who is studying this problem. Along with the shortage of these roving fish is an increase in the number of fishermen on relief rolls and the sports fishermen are going without, and drastic measures might be taken by the commis sion, composed of E. S. Askew’, of Elizabeth City; J. L. Horne, Jr., of Rocky Mount, and Jim McNair, of Morehead City, to protect fish. In 1897 there were taken from the streams in this State 8,963,000 pounds of shad; in 1908 it had de creased to 3,942,000 pounds; In 1918 it had dwindled to 1,‘657,000 pounds and in 1932 to 927,000 pounds. This is for shad alone, and the same pro portionate decrease is expected in rock and others. '“This challenge is not alone to the above commission, but it is afraid that drastic measures are going to be required if the situation is to be saved. Hardships are inevitable and men must be restrained from doing some of the things that have heretofore been permitted,” writes Mr. Horne. "And at the same time men who make their living from their nets are going to have to practice self restraint. Sentiment must be built up against this practice of de creasing the fish supply in the wa ters in this Stale. The United States Fisheries Commission is ex pected to use the services of the committee and expressions of opin ions from others,” concludes Mr. Horne. 3 Plymouth Folk Get State Offices —$— Three Plymouth folk were elecat ed to places of distinction this week. Senator Carl L. Bailey was named chairman of the County Roads Claim Adjustment Commission, which will hear the complaints of 4 counties who allege the state highway com mission should pay them for funds they used in building highways which the latter took over. Dr. C. McGowan, commander of the James E. Jethro post of the American Legion, was elevated to the post as district commander of the second district, which includes posts in Swan Quarter, Washing ton, Columbia, and Plymouth Mrs. W. V. Hays was named second dis trict commiUeewoman in the aux iliary. She is president of the local unit. Officer Savs Lick Salt To Block Heat Danville, Va.—City Health Of ficer R. W. Garnett * offered a new theory on heat and its consequences as he heard about the excessive weather out West. Many cases of heat prostration and exhaustion, he said, are due to the loss of salt from the body through the pores to such an extent that the physical metabolism be comes upset. A few grains of salt placed on the tongue and absorbed, he said, will counterbalance the losses through perspiration. Dr Garnett also said that there are likely to be more motor acci dents during extremely hot weath er because of the tendency to be come excited and to lose self con trol during hot weather. The best rule apart from prudent diet and drinking of plenty of cool water is not to talk about the wea j ther or to commiserate on the sub ject. Its psychological effect, he | said “is extremely bad.’' --s Soil Survey Maps Of County Ready —«— Representative Lindsay Warren has been advised by the Department of Agriculture that the new soil sur vey of Washington County has been printed and is now available. Mr. Warren secured authority for this survey three years ago, and will be glad to mail anyone a copy of same upon request.
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