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A horns 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 home*. VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 9, 1936 ESTABLISHED 1889 URGE SELECTING NEUTRAL MAN TO END PARTY ROW -• Lindsay Warren Believes That Would Be Best Solution Efforts to find a neutral party ac ceptable to both factions as chair man of the Washington County Democratic Executive Committee were still unsucessful today. Con gressman Lindsay Warren thinks this would be a very good solution to the controversy. W. M. Darden, who is listed in the Democratic handbook as chair man of this county, continues to hold to this office and maintains that he will, with his major group, go ahead with the regular campaign and election activities for the en tire party. C. J. Swain is expected to do likewise. A letter from Congressman Lind say Warren to John W. Darden reads in part as follows: “I appreciate the fact that the sit uation over the county chairmanship in Washington County is a delicate matter. I have said to all who have mentioned the matter to me that it was most deplorable, and could, in the end, only injure the party and all elements would then receive the blame. "I have hesitated to say anyming whatever because someone might be unkind enough to say that it was none of my business and I was try ing to inject myself in a matter I had nothing to do with. In this sit uation I am not concerned about in dividuals. “For my part I feel very friendly to everyone involved and would go out of my way to help all df them if it were in my power. In a coun ty that at times gets as close as Wash ington it is indeed a serious thing to have this affair standing out like an open sore just four weeks before the election. “Personally, I think your sugges tion to Chairman Wallace Win borne, State Democratic chairman, that a compromise be effected thru the appointment of some neutral is the ideal solution if such can be accomplished. It shows on your part, and I assume that you are also speaking for your friends, a disposi tion to place the welfare of the party above everything else. “I can t help irom oeneving mai if you, as one of the leaders in Wash ington County, would make this sug gestion to those on the other side that it might be accepted. I have no reason to say that, but in view of your feeling I think you are in posi tion to take the lead in this matter and again try to promote harmony.” It has been suggested that W. L. Whitley, who refused the place, would be a good chairman, and he would be accepted by the minor fac tion but the major faction would not accept him, it is feared. J. R. Camp bell has been mentioned. The ma jor faction would accept E. S. Blount who served last year. AINSLEY - NEWMAN Information has reached here of the marriage of Miss Edna Bland Newman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Newman, of Clinton, to Wil liam Stanley Ainsley, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ainsley, of Creswell, which took place in Washington, D. C., last week. "y«*»ir! W«'ll All Be A-Flyin' Soon" Attention, drivers! Let’s talk a bout inattention. High on the list of traffic sinners is the man whose eyes wander all over the landscape when they should be on the road ahead and whose mind, if any, is always on vacation from the business of driving. Not only does he risk his own life and the lives of his wife and kid dies, but he is also a menace to ev ery other driver on the road at tne same time. Travelers Insurance Company statistics show that 3,400 persons were killed last year when motor ists drove off the roadway. Another 4,000 met death when they got over on the wrong side of the road. Most accidents of that type wouldn’t hap pen to alert drivers. Enlist today in the ranks of safe drivers. Eyes front! Atten—shun! Roosevelt- HoeyRally Will Be Held Here 14th; Eure Speaker Young folks from all over the county! and old as well) are urged to attend the “Roosevelt-Hoey Ral ly,” which will be held in the court house in Plymouth Wednesday night, October 14, at 8 p. m., at which time Thad Eure, of Winton, nominee for secretary of state of the Democratic party will be the speaker. W. M. Darden, local attorney and party leader, will open the meeting with a brief talk on the purpose of the meeting, while Senator Carl L. Bailey will introduce Mr. Eure. L. W. Zeigler and his high school band will provide music for the event, which is to launch the campaign of the party in this county. Candidates for office on the Dem ocratic ticket will be asked to make short talks or will be recognized at the meting. Walter H. Paramore, who will preside, asks that the speakers make their talks short so that Mr. Eure may have more time for his address. The local unit of the Young Dem ocratic Clubs of North Carolina hopes to be in a positon to affiliate with the State organization after this meting, and young men and women wil be asked to see that all young men and women are regis tered to vote in the November 3 election. District Meeting of Clubs Invited Here —^— A letter has been written to offic ials of the fifteenth district Feder ation of Women’s Clubs, by the offi cers of the senior and junior Wo man’s Club and the Thursday After noon Literary Club here extending an invitation for the 1937 annual meeting of this organization to be held in Plymouth next October. A delegation from here will voice this invitation when they attend the annual district meeting that is to be held in Farmville October 27th. Mesdames H. A. Liverman, E. H. Garrison, and Abe Adler are on a committee to secure transportation for those who wish to attend. Mrs. W. C. Jones has been appoint ed chairman of the committee on the club women’s magazine cam paign, of which Mrs. R. E. Dunning, of Swan Quarter, is district chair man. An art exhibition is to be giv en at the November meeting, with Mrs. Jack Peel in charge. At last Friday’s meeting Dr. J. C. Knox, of Raleigh, State Board of Health, used sound motion pictures to portray the injury on the human race of the social diseases. Mrs. W. S. Carawan, of Columbia, spoke on a campaign for cleaning and paint ing that her district welfare com mittee is urging. Hostesses to the 35 present were Mesdames P. W. Brinkley, T. L. Bray, B. G. Campbell, Robert Bate man, and the Junior Woman’s Club. Ice cream and cake were served. --<$> County Exhibit Wins $25 at Fair The Washington County Home Demonstration Clubs won $25, sec ond prize, at the Williamston Fair last week. The two projects dis played were “Foods and Yard Beau tification.” Foods have been our major project for the past year, and yard beautification a minor project. Mrs. Hilda Robertson, of Chapel Hill Club, and the home agent planned and fixed the booth. The money received will be used to buy year books, send women to the short course and pay our pledge to the Jane S. McKimmon Loan Fund. The women are grateful to Mr. Tucker and his agriculture boys of Creswell for the use of the minia ture house used in the exhibit. Farm Notes By W. V. HAYS, County Agent The State Fair at Raleigh the week of October 12 to 17 is a very nice trip for any of our farmers and should be both pleasant and profit able. There will be many interest ing farm exhibits on display, and I believe that it is possible for most of us to pick up enough good ideas from a visit of this kind to pay 100 per cent and even more on the cost of such a trip. There will be bar gains in pure-bred horses, hogs, cat tle, sheep and poultry for sale, and besides a careful study of farm produce on display is an education in itself. Mr. Roberts, with the Lang Pickle Co., which now operates a plant in Washington, is in the Plymouth area making contacts with farmers rela tive to growing cucumbers and pep pers for pickling stock. These peo ple are sincere in establishing a plant in our community and are en tirely responsible, and the contract which they offer farmers is liberal enough in that with an ordinary bad season a farmer would be able to make a fair profit per acre on plant ing cucumbers. Anyway, this is a good proposition for some of our smaller farmers, who have a com paratively small cash crop acreage and who have labor available at the time for handling the crops. Labor available for pickles or at least ev ery other day is the main factor in profitable production. Constant pick ing of the crop stimulates reproduc tion and heavier yields may be ex pected. We wish to caution new growers not to overplant. Plant no more acreage than you have assur ance of labor to handle. New inter ests and industries coming to the county will make labor scarce an other year and 500 acres of cucum bers will mean at least 500 pickers needed. A good many of our farmers hav not earned payments under the soil conservation program, but will have time to do so by planting winter le gumes and cover crops before the 31st of this month. This may look a little hard, but it is the require ment of the program and is sane and sound farming and necessary to profitable farming. We may be crit icized some in the method in which we go about conducting this pro gram, but there are specific rules and regulations laid down by those in charge of the program which out line our procedure. Our farmers are asked to be lenient in their judg ment, as we are doing the best we possibly can in giving them detailed information and in forming them on details and other matters relatives to the carrying out of the program. -<*■ Marriage Licenses Issued Last Month —«— Marriage licenses were issued dur ing the month of September by Mrs. D. V. Clayton, register of deeds: White: Clarence Waters, Plymouth to Pearl Hardison, Williamston; Lohman Tarkenton, Creswell, to Evelyn Bateman, Creswell; Deuel Boedker, Plymouth, to Edna Fuast, Plymouth. Colored: Joseph Heckstall, Plym outh, to Mary Day Barnes, Plym outh; Nathaniel Mitchell, Roper, to Marian Dickson, Plymouth; David Allen, Halifax, to Audrey Clarke, Roper. -« LEGION AUXILIARY WILL MEET FRIDAY The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their first meeting of the season Friday afternoon at 3:30 in the Legion Hall, according to Mrs. W. V. Hays, the president. Mrs. F. E. Cahoon, of Columbia, department vice president, will install the new officers. Home and club News By Mary Frances Misenheimer Schedule for Next Week Monday, Scuppernong Club. Tuesday, Cherry Club. Wednesday, Albemarle Club Thursday, Wenona. Friday, Mount Tabor. Saturday, curb market, 8:30. Please note the time has changed from 8:15 to 8:30. Mrs. Joe Browning a gain led the sales last Saturday. Miss Lula Watson was second highest seller. The garden leaders are to send in their reports by the 16th of October. This report is not to include the en tire gardens in the club, just their individual report. The Beech Grove Club will not hold its regular meeting Friday. The style review contest is being held in Raleigh and several of the 4-H club girls are to attend this, accompanied by the home agent. The Cross Roads Club selected as their exhibit for achievement day, “Cakes and Cookies.” They are planning to have a god display of their cooking. Excellent attendance has been had at practically every meeting in the Cool Springs Club. The mem bers work together and accomplish a great deal. It is a wide-awake club. The canned in Piney Grove Club is as pretty as any I’ve seen. Visits were made to the different homes at the last club meting, and all had pretty canned products. New interest has been taken in the Lake Farm Club. Attendance was good Friday and plans were made to do a lot of work for the coming year. Sunday Services at Christian Church —®— The appetite is not satisfied until the body receives a balanced diet. In like manner, no person is happy until he has satisfied his religious impulses, which are as real as an urge to sing or paint. The local Christian church recent ly observed “Back To Church Sun day.” This emphasis, which will last throughout October, is to aid men to see the importance of building a well-rounded character. The public is urged to attend Sun day, October 11th. The pastor, N. A. Taylor, wil lspeak on “Was Jesus Unbalanced?” in the morning serv ice and “The Angels Ministered Un to Him” at the 7:30 evening serv ice. All members are asked to begin making plans for the annual “home coming” Sunday, November 1st. 3 County Youths Accepted by CCC —-«— Three out of five white youths called for service in the Civilian Conservation Camps from Washing ton County were accepted last Fri day. They were Julian Comstock, Carlton Spruill, and Clyde Spear, of Creswell. No colored boys were called for enlistment. I LIBRARY NEWS I k' By MARY COTTON DAVENPORT DID YOU KNOW— That Washington County had a oublic library? That it was started almost 16 years igo and has been maintained by the jnited efforts of a group of 20 pub lic-spirited women? That today there are over 3,000 carefully chosen books in this li orary? That for the last two years the County Board of Education has con tributed $50 annually? That the County Commissioners have contributed $100 in the last two years? That the Town of Plymouth has contributed $200 for the maintenance of this library? That this library is located in the corner basement room of the court house? That it is open every Saturday afternoon from 3:30 to 5 o’clock? That there are no charges on the books except when kept overtime? That this is your library and you are cordially urged to use it? ARMY ENGINEERS PLAN HEARINGS ON SOUND BRIDGE No Opposition Expected at Hearing in Edenton Wednesday -<§>—_ No opposition is expected to be made at the meeting that will be held in the Chowan County court house in Edenton Wednesday, Oc tober 14, at 10:30 a. m„ by the Army Engineers to hear complaints against an application by the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Commission to construct a bridge across Albemarle Sound 4.5 miles from the Norfolk Southern bridge. This meeting is to be held solely for the purpose of discussing the ad vantages and disadvantages of a bridge from Leonards Point to Sand Point, as it relates to navigation. Whether or not it will effect the propagation of fish in the water is not to be considered. Opponents to the proposition will have to confine their argument to navigation effects. The plans submitted provide for a wood pile and timber highway trestle between Sandy Point, Chow an and Leonard Point, Washington, with a steel swing draw span to be located about 8,000 feet from the north shore and between the north. erly and southerly channel limits of fishing grounds. The swing draw would have two navigation open ings of 140 feet horizontal clearance each between fenders. The vertical under the draw, when closed, would be 10 feet a bove ordinary water level. For the convenience of small boats, one fixed opening is to be provided on th enorth side about 3,200 feet from shore and two fixed openings on the south side 3,800 and 7,200 feet from shore. Each of these fixed open ings would have horizontal clear ance of 23 feet and vertical clear ance ofl 0 feet above ordinary wa ter level. Plans of the structure may be seen at the office of Major R. R. Cole, U. S. Army, acting district en gineer, room 415, post office build ing in Norfolk, Va. -$ County Democrats To Meet Here 12th -,v A meting for Monday night, Oc tober 12, at the courthouse, of the Democrats of Washington County is being called by J. C. Swain, chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee of Washington County. “Every Democrat that is inter ested in the success of the election of the Democratic ticket in Novem ber is urged to be present at this meeting. We want to discuss plans for the party success,” Mr. Swain announced. J -» - 23 County Students Get Aid From NYA -m There are 23 white and colored students in Washington County schools employed by the National Youth Administration. Ten of these are white and 13 colored. Plym outh has 6 white and 9 colored; Rop er 2 white and 4 colored; Creswcll 2 white. These are employed only from re lief families. They are paid $6 monthly, working 40 hours, with 2 hours each day. Arrangements can be made for the employment on a part-time basis of non-student youths from relief families. None but students are working now. HOLLY NECK Miss Frances Phelps spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. M. S. Phelps at Mackeys. Mr. and Mrs. S. B Davenport, L. F. and S. L. Davenport spent Sunday in Washington. Elmer Phelps, jr., of Nashville, Tenn, is home spending his vacation with his mother, Mrs. Elmer Phelps. Ed Spruill, of Travis, is spending some time with Mrs. J. Wilson Ches son. Miss Virginia Furlaugh and Mary E. Marriner were Sunday guests of Miss Vera Craddock. -s> SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY GIVEN SUNDAY Thirty guests were present Sun day afternoon, when Mrs. Levan Watson and family gave a surprise birthday party for her daughter, Miss Lula W’atson at their beautiful country residence near Plymouth. Many pretty and useful gifts were received. Fruit, sandwiches, and cake were served. ; __ About Town Enrollment of the Washington County Training School here is giv en at 515, with an average attend ance of 390 in the grades and 68 in the high school department. Princi pal W. H. Berry thinks that from this group, at a penny a day for 30 days he will raise around $120 in the campaign for seats for the audi torium. This will purchase 120 of the needed 500 seats. Other will be asked to contribute. This makes the fifth Plymouth that the Kay Bros. Circus has played this season, according to Thomas F. Kennedy, publicity director for the motorized circus which plays here Thursday. Others are in Massachu setts, Maine, New Hampshire, Ver mont. There are at least about 10 other places in other states by the same name. “This appears to be a nice little town,” he remarked. A nurse asked his legal name for the hospital records. His reply was “Buck” Smith. “Have you no other name but Buck,” asked the nurse. “That is all I ever heard,” said the patient. A relative passed through and explained that the youth’s legal monicker was Fred Smith, jr., of Plymouth, but that he had answered about 16 years to “Buck.” Probably the only blossom from a swet potato vine was brought into the Beacon office this week by J. L. Gurganus, who found it on his farm near here. This is the only one re ported in this county for years. Those seeing the vine agreed it was the only one that had been in this county. An old resident remembers one years ago. Mr. Gurganus could find but one twig of a vine. Raymond Bateman, son of N. D. Bateman, and brother, Louis, visit ed this county during the week-end visiting his family and relatives. Mrs. Bateman is now on a two weeks vacation after finishing a course at Johns Hopkins University in Balti more, Md. He will return there on November 1 as an instructor. Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Davenport Sunday were Miss Ge neva Davenport and Buster Mans field, of Newport News; Mr. and Mrs Carson Spruill, of Creswell; and Miss Miriam Wodley, of Creswell. The Plymouth Federal Little The atre of the WPA will present a play entitled “Beauty and the Beast,” a two-act amateur drama directed by Mrs. Kathleen Spruill and a short one-act educational amateur play of home talent entitled ‘‘Balanced Diet,” directed by Delbert Allen in the Plymouth High School Auditor ium, Friday, October 6, 8 p. m. A small admission will be charged. Mrs. J. Henry Highsmith, of Ra leigh, assistant director of health ed ucation. will speak in the Legion Hall here Thursday, October 15, at 8 p. m., under the sponsorship of the Junior and Senior Woman’s Clubs. Her subject wil be “The Social Se curity Act as Relates To Health.” She wil be at Gum Neck 3:30 Fri day and Columbia 8 p. m. Miss Mabel Patterson, of Raleigh, consultation nurse of th,e State Board of Health, will be here on Thursday evening and Friday with Miss Moselle Hendrix, district health nurse. She will visit Hyde County while in this section. L. E. Hassell Heads Electors Committee —•— I The appointment of L. E. Hassell as chairman of the Roosevelt Elec tors Committee has been announced by A. D Folger, State Finance Di rector and National Committeeman Jfor this State, from his headquar ters at Raleigh. The Roosevelt Electors Commit tees, of which there wil be one or more in each county ,is the official agency designated by the Demo cratic National Committee to raise funds for the reelection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In selecting Mr. Hassell as one of the Committee Chairmen for this county, Mr. Folger pays a fine trib ute to the qualities of leadership, ability, and party loyalty that are possessed by Mr. Hassell. As chairman of the Roosevelt Electors Committee he will be in charge of the work of raising funds in his section for the campaign. Ev ery person contributing will be en rolled as a member of the Roosevelt Electors Committee and presented with an Elector’s Certificate. Details of the drive for funds wil be ex plained by Hr. Hassell, who asks thc help and cooperation of the people of his section. TAX REFORM AIM AMENDMENTS TO STATE BASIC LAW - Committee Formed to Urge Passage of 4 Changes In Constitution -— Another fight has begun for the right of the little man to live,” writes Dr. Clarence Poe, of Raleigh, editor of the Carolinas-Virginia edi tion of the Progressive Fanner and Southern Ruralist, and chairman of the organization committee, as he designates Walter H. Paramore, of Plymouth, as a member of the State Committee for Tax Reform Amendments. The four amendments to the state constitution in which this organiza tion is interested are those which will (1) permit the legislature to grant a tax exemption of from $100 to $1,000 on a man’s home. There are exemptions on nearly other kind of property, it is pointed out: $300 for personal; all debts and insolvent credits; $1,00 in incomes; $10,000 widow’s inheritance; and $20,000 to direct heirs of insurance; poll taxes all over 50. The otner proposed amendments: (2) will permit an increase in in come tax rates to not more than 10 per cent on the highest bracket; (3) will permit the legislature to clas sify property for taxation in such ways as will promote the’ public welfare; (4) will forbid the state, counties and cities from making more than $2 of new debt for each $3 old debt paid—unless approved by the people. Men who are in favor of these amendments include Governor Eh ringhaus, Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, Gilliam Grissom and many others. “Only on a man's home does the government tax the uttermost far thing, and the advocates of the homestead exemption will be quite content if we can go by stages as count finances will permit, allowing exemption of $200, then $500 and then $750," writes Dr. Poe. New Bridge Built At Hooker’s Store —•— A new and substantial bridge has been constructed leading from High way No. 64 in front of Hooker’s Store to the Washington County Training School. Workmen under the instructions of E. S. Peabody, highway engineer in Washington, did the work. Highway equipment traveling over the bridge broke it in. ROPER Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Camp, of Ahos kie, Mr. and Mrs. William Bateman, and Miss Marie James, of Tarboro, spent the week-end with Mrs. W. M. Bateman. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dillon and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Liverman and chil dren were Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. Dillon’s sister, Mrs. Claudia Tetterton, of near Plymouth. Misses Margaret and Blanche Lil ley spent last week-end with their uncle, Mr. Bruce Chesson, and fam ily in Williamston. SKINNERSVILLE Mr and Mrs. Vernon Everett and little son, Vernon, jr., of Norfolk, arrived here Sunday to spend some time with Mrs. Guilford Davenport. Mrs. Henrietta Swain accompanied her sister, Mrs. Jim Swain, to Nor folk the past week for a few days’ visit. Mrs. Lillie Everett, who has been spending the summer with her broth er, Mr. C. V. White, left for Phila delphia Saturday to spend the win ter with her daughter, Mrs. Bill Quigley. CRESWELL —•— Mr. ana Mrs. Mercer Rowe and chldren, Robert, Lewis, and Lena, of Harrisville, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Harris and Mrs. Will Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. George Mann, of Robersonville visited Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Martin last week. Mrs. Vida Davenport is visiting her sister, Mrs. Zeno Radcliffe, in Terra Ceia. -® OLD-FASHIONED SING IS ENJOYED MONDAY An old-fashioned sing was enjoyed at the home of Mrs. R. W. Johnston Monday night. A silver offering was taken for the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Grace Episcopal church. Fav orite songs were enjoyed. A large crowd turned out to enjoy the nov elty of an old time get-together.
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