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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 38 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, September 18, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1889 TOTAL OF $19,441 IN SALES TAX IS PAID BY COUNTY Public Schools in County Receive Almost Four Times as Much -« Public schools in Washington County received almost four times as much money for expenses last term as the citizens paid in sales tax a levy which is devoted entirely to the operation of these institutions. A total of $19,441.71 was paid in to the coffers of the state in the re tail sales levy during the fiscal year ending in July, with the state in return sending a total of $72,948.70 down here to be used in defraying school operating expense. A general control fund of $3,154.01 was used in paying H. H. McLean’s salary, travel, office help and ex pense, board of education mileage and per diem auditing. The 80 teachers were paid a total of $56,459.60 for the eight months term under a fund designated as the instructional service. A total of $3,595 was paid to jani tors, ft?r fuel, water and lights and janitors’ supplies. Then under the transportation system a total of $9,723 was dis bursed to pay for the buses and their operation during the term. It is interesting to note that in comparison with Washington five cf the big and populous counties paid nearly a third of the sales tax col lected in the 100 counties. Through the two-year-old retail sales levy a total of $10,184,301.57 was raised last year. This report of the sales tax levy as regards Washington County, as well as every county in the state takes into account the lump sum payments of chain stores, as such payments were divided into the counties in which they were collect ed. Several Health Nurses Appointed Miss Lillie Dean Gaylord, of Rop er, has been chosen as public health nurse for Washington County. Miss Gaylord is now taking a special course in public-health nursing at William & Mary College, prepara tory to taking up her work in the county February 1. Miss Nannie L. Walker, of Taylors ville, has been assigned to Tyrrell County, She has just completed a six-week course of training in pub lic-health nursing in Peabody Col lege, Nashville, Tenn. Her office will be in the new agricultural build ing at Columbia, now being complet ed. Miss Lillie Lowe, of Charlotte, has been assigned to Hyde County, her office being near that of the county board of education in Swan Quarter. Misses Wa’ker and I,owe will begin their duties in Tyrrell and Hyde Counties September 23. Cooperating with Miss Hendrix and the other nurses of this district are the physicians, county commis sioners, women’s clubs, parent-teach er groups, home demonstration clubs and other public-spirited citizens. HEALTH BOARD LOCATES NURSE IN THIS COUNTY -$ Office Hours, 2 to 4:30 on Tuesdays: 8 to 1 P. M. On Saturdays -® The program of maternity and in fancy work, which is onw being es tablished in this county, was made possible by the Social and Security Act and is being sponsored by the Children’s Bureau in Washington, D. C. Dr. G. M. Cooper, director of the division of preventive medicine of the State Board of Health, is in charge of the work in North Caro lina. Miss Mozelle Hendrix, special sup ervisory nurse of the state board of health, in charge of the Albemarle Sound district, is now located in Plymouth, while her work takes her to the counties of Hyde, Washington and Tyrrell. Her office is in the county home, where she has office hours on Tuesday afternoons from 2 to 4:30, and on Saturday morn ings from 8 to 1 o’clock. Appoint ment can be made with Miss Hen drix for consultation at other hours besides those specified. The work which Miss Hendrix is establishing in this and adjoining counties has mainly to do with safe guarding the lives of mothers and babies and promoting general health work. The method of reaching the mothers and their infants is thru health centers or clinics conveni ently located and conducted one day in each month, with a physician and a nurse in charge. Mothers will be given a physical examination and advised as to what constitutes prop er care for themselves and their ba bies before and after the babies’ birth. No treatments will be given at the centers, but efforts will be made to take care of emergency cases. Group Club Meets Are Being Planned -« Three interesting group club meet ings will be held Tuesday and Wed nesday, September 22-23. A scoring of yeast breads is to be held for the entire clubs in the coun ty. Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock a meeting will be held in Plymouth at the home of Mrs. George Bowen. At this time club members of the following clubs will bring or send rolls and loaf lyead to be judged: Alba, Chapel Hill, Cool Springs, and Wenona. Tuesday afternoon, 3 o’clock, a meeting will be held in Roper at the home of Mrs. F. D. Wilson. The Roper club will be hostess to the following clubs: Cross Roads, Swain, deasant Grove, Beech Grove, Coun ty Bridge. Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock at Creswell, the following clubs will meet to have their bread scored: Creswell, Cherry, Piney Grove, Mt. Tabor, and Scuppernong. Miss Sallie Brooks, assistant nutri tionist of Raleigh, will be here to judge the bread. I urge the womeri n all the clubs to cooperate by en tering the bread contest. Be at the meeting on time.—Home agent. NUTS AND DOLTS 2i by txLl^_ Nocturne—B Sharp or B Fiat The curtain never drops on that great American tragedy known as “Death on the Highways.” Night falls and the stage is darkened, but Death stalks on. Indeed, the drama quickens, for under cover of dark ness the grim villain of the piece exacts his heaviest toll. / Danger looms too suddenly out of the shadows. There often isn’t time to avert it. Careless pedestrians fall under speeding wheels. Bright lights glare. Drivers crash into fixed objects and into each other. Statistics prepared by the Trav elers Insurance Company show that deaths after dark last year number ed 21,840, while deaths during the normal hours of daylight, when traffic was much heavier, numbered but 14,620. The moral is clear: When the sun goes down, slow down. THE NEXT STEP What will be the next step taken by opponents to the construction of the Albemarle Sound bridge is problematical, but legal counsel fear that an injunction or restraining order could not be secured from any Super ior Court judge in this immediate section. The counselor pointed out that the State Highway and Public Works Commission has large and elastic discretionary powers and that since the money was already appropriated for this purpose and there were no press ing objections except the site, that an injunction would hardly be granted. Representative Wallace Tatem. of Columbia, president of the Southern Albemarle Association, is expected to call a meeting this week or next to determine the action the opposition will take as, despite a protest meet ing held in Raleigh last Friday, the highway board stands pat on the Sound crossing. It was further said that even though an injunction was secured that it w'ould serve only to delay the project unless it could be postponed until the meeting of the legislature in January, at w'hich time Mr. Tatem and others may try to kill the action by legislation. A business man in town pointed out that now since Plymouth has presented the protests to the proper authorities and that every effort has been made to get the bridge here, that it w'ould be best to drop the matter and not further antagonize residents in Washington County who favor the sound span. Again, it has been said that the business men in opposing it are mak ing enemies of their customers down the county and are dividing a coun ty that should be united. Unless this opposition is stopped within the county, then it will serve to react harshly against them should a bridge be built, anyway. It has been said that by getting a bridge and paving highway No. 97 that enough business would be brought into Plymouth to make up for any that might go away across the bride. It was said that paved roads would ruin Plymouth’s business before they were constructed. It has been pointed out that good roads and bridges help a town. Windsor has benefited from its position on a national highway. Oriental without good roads and bridges has not. Morehead City has. If the bridge crosses the sound then people traveling down the coast will not go to Williamston or Windsor, but will come by New Bern, Washington, Plym outh to Norfolk. From the standpoint of general progress it seems pathetic to stand in the way of that progress. If the state has $1,150,000 to be put into Albe marle Sound without taxing this county more, let there be a bridge. Then there is to be considered the fact of the new outlet to markets for commodities which will enrich the producers in this county. It will save miles of driving and hours of travel to be in a position to put per ishable products on the markets earlier. Tyrrell County citizens oppose the bridge from the standpoint that they want one themselves, which is natural. Of course, a bridge on the Sound precludes one here and at Columbia. Windsor wanted it to open a new road for them by crossing at Plymouth. The Southern Albemarle Association plan for bridges is good, but who can oppose the “power al hand”? It seems that the State road board wants to put the bridge down the Sound, and it seems to be going there whether Plymouth like? it or not. Isn’t it about time to quit adding enemies and begin to placate them and try to win the people in this county back to interest in their county seat? About Town Johnny Allen, in town this week from the Long Acre section, report ed that there had been six additions to the Union Chapel Free Will Bap tist church as the result of a revival meeting which closed there Monday night. Rev. Mr. Marshall did the preaching. Ted Rosenthal, of Wenona, suffer ed three broken ribs Sunday night when an automobile in which he was riding was in collision with an other machine near Conetoe. Sher iff J. K. Reid took Mr. Rosenthal from Plymouth to his home. “Next Sunday is Rally Day at the Methodist church. The pastor will preach at both services. Every mem ber of the Sunday school is urged to attend and every church member is asked to attend one or both services. It is only two months until the an nual conference meets,” announces Rev. C. T. Thrift. The Major Louis Charles Latham chapter of the United Daughter of the Confederacy will hold their first fall meeting at 3:30 Friday after-' noon, September 25, at the home of Mrs. A. R. Dupree with Mrs. P. W. Brown as assisting hostess. All members are requested by the pres ident, Mrs. Abe Adler, to be pres ent. Peanut picker licenses are now in the office of Mrs. Mary S. Clayton, legister of deeds. No one can op erate a picker without keeping a record of the operations. Sixty-two licenses were issued last year. These record sheets must be submitted by January 1, 1937, to Mrs. Clayton. H. E. Harrison Wholesale Com pany likes to do business in Roper. For 15 years H. E. Harrison has been in the wholesale business here and has sold much merchandise in that little town. To date he has never lost an account. A pretty good rec ord, say some. Dancing is the rage in Creswell. Harry Barnes, H. D. Craddock, Earl Davenport and others have been having dances down there regularly lately. ‘'The young boys and girls dance to 10, then they are put to bed and the adults continue dancing into the night,” says Auditor E. J Spruill, who lives down in that sec tion. J. G. Maddrey, of Rich Square, past department vice commander of the American Legion, who was here this week, told this story on his lit tle girl. She was patiently await ing the time her pullet would lay. In the nest was a “nest egg.” The pulet finally laid an egg In came the little girl with two eggs. “Put Legion Post Holds Meet Last Friday —*— Emphasis was placed on the ideals contained in the preamble to the constitution of the organization by Rev. E. C. Crawford, of Rich Square, pastor of the Methodist church and a comrade, who spoke at the meet ing last Friday night of the James E. Jethro post of the American Le gion. These ideals were revealed as an effort to foster the enforcement of the law, promotion of peace and good will, comradeship and benevo lences. The speaker himself was a veteran and knew what the organi zation stood for. J. G. Madrey, of Rich Square, past department vice commander, install ed the new officers and spoke for a short while on the organization showing that membership could not be purchased, could not be merited now, but that service in the World War was the only qualification. Dr. C. McGowan, district com mander, surprised P. W. Brown, new comanmder, with 40 paid-up memberships as a start on the new year. The physician is due much of the credit for the success that the local post has enjoyed for the last two or three years. A repast was served by the legion auxiliary. There were about 40 present. 9 Millinery Store at Creswell Robbed Authorities were on the alert to day for thieves who broke into the millinery store of Mrs. N. T. Jack son in Creswell Friday night. They entered through a rear window. On ly a small amount of merchandise was missing. Bloodhounds could not trail the culprits on account of rain. Sheriff J. K. Reid thinks it was a local person who did the job. the ‘nest egg’ back,” said mother. ‘'No need,” replied the little girl, "the pullet knows how to lay now BOOK SHORTAGE HAMPERS WORK IN MANY SCHOOLS Shortage of English and French Literature Textbooks Books for over 3,300 school chil dren in Washington County have been ordered, reordered and back ordered, and still all of them are not here, it was announced today, after almost two weeks of school, by H. H. McLean, superintendent of pub lic instruction. There is a shortage of the follow ings texts: English and Engilsh lit erature, French and French litera ture. There has also been a short age of spellers in the lower grades, but these have ben sent back for nw backs to replace the old worn out paper backs of last year. “It is not our fault, nor so much the fault of the state officials, but the publishers of the textbooks have been slow in having them ready for use and the school officials in Ra leigh are shipping them out as fast as they can get them,” said Mr. Mc Lean. However, on one occasion a teach er thought because* the commission had announced they could fill only 80 per cent of the need at the pres ent, that there were not enough books for her class. But she was told to send in her order, and the books were sent to her immediately. Then another reason for the scar city of books is that more are rent ing this year than last. However, those who want to buy books can purchase them from W. F. Winslow whenever they desire. Mr. McLean thinks that the first and second year French books will be here by the week-end, but he asserts that it is indefinite as to when he will get the English text books. County Council Will Meet Here Saturday A special meeting of the county council home demonstration clubs will be held at the courthouse in the agent’s office Saturday after noon, September 19, at 2:30. The 1 president and secretary of each club is urged to attend, also the officers of the county council. Special plans for the year’s work are to be discussed. This is to be an important meeting, and each club is urged to send a representative. If your club is interested in planning the club work, be present.—Home agent. -x Cherry Parents and Teachers in Meet -s> Cherry.—New officers of the par ent-teacher asosciation in Cherry were elected at the initial fall meet ing held Friday night. They are Mrs. Kie Spruill, presi dent; Mrs. G. A. Overton, vice pres ident; Mrs. H. P. Barnes, secretary: Mrs. Winton Davenport, treasurer; and the following grade mothers: Mrs. R. A. Gibbs, first; Mrs. Odell Barnes, second; Mrs. L. A. Woodley, third: Mrs. Phillip Spruill, fifth; and Mrs. Kie Spruill, sixth. The others are to be named later. Democrats To Hold Meeting in Ahoskie -—« Democrats from Washington Coun ty will join in the trek to Ahoskie Friday, September 25, to join J. Wal lace Winborne. chairman of the Dem ocratic executive committee of the slate, in a conference that will be held of the leaders in this section. Among those expected to go are W. M. Darden, county chairman; Frank L. Brinkley, secretary and treasurer of the county committee; Mrs. Rlaph Harrell, county vice chairman; C. L. Bailey, state com mitteeman; W. R. Hampton, con gressional corwnitteeman; E. L. Owens, senatorial committeeman; W. L. Whitley, judicial district commit teeman. 1935 Delinquent Taxes The following tabulation shows the amount of delinquent taxes for 1935, by tow’nships and by races: Township Plymouth, white Plymouth, colored Lees, Mill, white Lees Mill, colored Skinnersville, white Skinnersville, colored Scuppernong, white Scuppernong, colored Taxes Penalties $ 8,154.70 S 3G6.05 2,084.54 83.34 8,278.72 329.02 1,748.75 70.63 3,191.05 126.88 375.73 15.04 4,332.10 171.51 430.04 17.58 828,595.63 $1,179.96 Totals $8,520.75 2,167.88 $10,688.63 8,607.74 1,819.38 10,427.12 3,317.93 390.77 3,707.60 4.503.61 447.62 4,951.23 $29,775.59 Totals Delinquent Tax Sale Is Set tor October 5 — $ PICKLE PLANT v-J Definite decision to establish a pickling plant in Plymouth has been reached by the C. C. Lang Co., of Baltimore, it was learned today from P. II. Rob erts, jr., of Washington, who also said that a receiving dock would be located in Pinetown. Cucumbers will be the princi pal crop with peppers to be add ed later. Farmers here are be ing asked to contract for 800 acres. No. 1 cucumbers will bring $2.50 per hundredweight. This firm has eight plants in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. The cucumbers will be grad ed, brined and cured in the lo cal plant and will be bottled in Baltimore. Mr. Roberts was here Thursday morning with a com panion talking to farmers and merchants. Athletic Association Is Formed at School At a meeting of the high school teachers and pupils Monday, a gen eral athletic association was effect ed, and the following officers elect ed: Myrtle Hopkins, president: Jas. H. Ward, general manager; Norma Bratten, secretary treasurer: Evelyn Arps and Hickman Jackson, cheer leaders. The definite membership in the association has not yet been ascertained, but it is estimated that about 45 boys and as many girls will become members. Membership dues have been fixed at 50 cents a year. The faculty athletic advisors will be Lewis W. Zeigler for the boys and Miss Louise Brinkley for girls. Besides the general athletic asso ciation, the boys and girls have their seperate organizations headed as fol lows: For boys, Tarleton Gardner, president; Edward Willoughby, sec retary: Mr. L. W. Zeigler, faculty advisor. For girls: Alberta Clagon, president; Thelma Browning, man ager; faculty advisor, Miss Louise Erinkley. The plan to otter courses in com mercial work has not been aban ncd. The commercial work wil not be attempted until a fully cer tified teacher for the work can be found. Such teachers are not read ily available, as it requires a B. S. degree in secretarial work for an A-grade college. If a teacher can be found by the end of the third week of school, the courses will be ottered. -,j, Welfare Board To Meet Next Week Efforts are being made to have a meetings of the Washington County Board of Welfare some time the first of next week. This group will act as an advisory council for Miss Ur sula Bateman, of Columbia, who is certifying agent for the state here and at Columbia. This board is composed of Mrs. W. R. White, Plymouth; F. D. Wil son, Roper; D. E. Wodley, Creswell. Miss Bateman will be here on Mon. day, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week and will be in Columbia the other three days. Commissioner Frank L. Brinkley was in Raleigh last week, where he interviewed state welfare officials, who are to send him definite infor mation regarding the new set-up of this work. Sewing Rooms Turn Out 9, )12 (Garments —*— A total of $10,344.93 has been paid out to workers in the woman’s and professional projects in Washington County during the last 10 months, it was learned here today from Mrs. W. C. Brewer, county supervisor. Twenty-five women working in groups with 5 at Roper, 8 at Cres well, 7 white and 4 colored in Plym outh, have turned over to the wel fare department here 9,512 garments ealued at $3,870.40 for distribution among the needs. Mrs. Bill Bateman, of Creswell, !ias been instructing in home eco nomics three times weekly. The sew mg rooms are expecting to partici pate in the district exhibition that will be given at the Williamston Fair September 28-Oclober 3. Mrs. Brewer is expecting that oth er professional projects will be a warded to Washington County. Amount Is But Little Smaller Than at Sale field Last October j Property To Be Sold Repre sents Unpaid Taxes in Amount of $29,775 Real estate valued into the thous and ; of dollars will go on the auc tion block here October 5 before the Washington County courthouse door when delinquent 1935 taxpayers will have their property sold to satisfy past-due taxes and penalties in the amount of $29,775.59. Last year there were $30,204.70 in taxes and penalties due. This years total is $489.11 less than last year. Hn 1933 taxes and penalties were $63,354.80. The 1935 sale represents less delinquent tax charges than has been the case in more than five years. In 1933 there were 1,151 names on the list, while in 1934 there were 966, and this fall the number has decreased by 18 to 948 names. This fact indicates that better business and farming conditions with the able work of J. C. Swain as collector has brought the consciousness of the importance of early tax paying to the residents. Tax rates for the last three years have been stationary at $1.80 on the $100 valuation, and it will be the same for 1936 taxes. A refunding nrrangment has not decreased the rate any However, the refunding system has improved the credit rat ing of the county. It is interesting to note that the white people owe $24,950.03, while the colored county total is $4,825.56. This does not mean that the whites are less hasty in paying their taxes than the colored, but the whites have the most property and are due the county more taxes. Only $1,179.96 is due in penalties from the total amount of $29,775.59 due. Of this amount the whites owe penalties of $993.46, and the color ed $186 50. This makes the amount due for taxes $28,595.63; of this the colored owe $4,639.06. Lees Mills and Plymouth Town ships are close together in the a mount due from each, with $10?688 due from Plymouth and $10,427.12 from Lees Mills. These are the two largest in the county. Skinnersville owes $3,707.60, while Scuppernong is due $4,951.23. This indues taxes and penalties. The Norfolk Southern Land Com pany is the largest delinquent, with $4,145.95 due in Plymouth and Lees Mills townships, with the Richmond Cedar Works due $1,053.75 in Skin nersville, while Mrs. M. E. Smithson owes $1,160.72 in Scuppernong as the largest personal delinquent. The largest single colored taxpay er is the heirs of Reuben ettiford, who are due the county $107.26 in Plymouth Township, while Ruff Tay lor, Plymouth, owes 25 cents as the smallest. Reasons advanced for the decreas ed number in the amounts due the county are that general business con ditions are better, crops have sold for more and that J. C. Swain, tax collector, has been diligent in his duty, making a thorough canvass of those who owe taxes. The rates for 1936 taxes will be the same. It is interesting to note that the valuation of this county from a taxable standpoint is $5,667, 700. Each year $102,198.60 must be raised by taxation to meet the de mands. Thus the $29,775.59 due from delinquent taxpayers is 29 per cent of the amount raised by taxa tion annually. This money raised by taxation is divided into funds, with $22,672 going to the general fund; $3,974.39 for maintenance of school plants and fixed charges; capital outlay and debt service is about $76,081.18. Mrs. M. S. Aumack Died Last Week —t— Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Mrs. Matilda Starr Aumack, 62, widow of the late Capt. Samuel Aumack, who succumbed as the result of a stroke of paralysis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clinton L Everett, in Skinnersville Township. Dr G. A. Martin, pastor of the Baptist church, Rev. O. L. Easter, of the Methodist Protestant Church, and Rev. W. W. Holowell, Free Will Baptist mirister, officiated. Inter ment took place in the Noah White cemetery. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Shelton Saunders, Aulander; and Mrs. C. L. Everett, Mackeys.
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