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A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington Courty and its 12000 people, The Roanoke Beacon + * * * + and Washington County News* **★**★ VOLUME XLVII—NUMBER 47 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, November 20, 1036 Advertisers will find Beacon and News columns a latth-lcey tc 1,100 Washington County homes ESTABLISHED 1889 SUIT FOR $25,000 IS INSTITUTED FOR R. €. BIGGS DEATH .. ■ — Widow Seeks Large Sum From Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Suit for $25,000, or “some other large sum,” has been instituted in Washington County Superior Court here by Mrs. Lucy J. Biggs, widow and administrator of the estate of Roland C. Biggs against the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad Company and P. G. Garland, an engineer. This action is the outgrowth of the tragedy on September 26, when Roland Biggs was fatally mangled by a train on the tracks of the de fendant company. The documents filed with Clerk of the Court C. V. W. Ausbon reveals that the Biggs family lived on a part of the Dock Bateman farm and that the sides of the tracks were used by pedestrians. It alleges that Biggs was on his way home, living near the tracks about a mile from the Plymouth city limits and that deceased “got down upon said track at or near a public road crossing, being at the same time drunk and and that by reason was helpless and unable to remove himself from tracks,” and that he was run over by a passen ger train. The papers point out that it was the duty of the railroad crew to bring the train to a standstill be fore proceeding over the main line of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company tracks (which is a short distance from the place of the trag edy) and that the train should have had sufficient headlight to have seen the man along the tracks. It was also alleged that the train was running late and that it was running at excessive speeds and that due caution should have been tak en to observe the regulations of a road crossing the tracks some dis tance from the place of the tragedy. The summons was served on J B. Edmundson, agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. The document points out that Biggs had not other estate with the exception of a few articles of household fur nishings other than what will be re covered in the action against the railroad. MRS. GETSINGER DIES AT HOME IN DARDENS SUNDAY ~ ■ -<*» . Funeral Services Are Held By Rev. C. T. Thrift Tuesday Mrs. John A. Getsinger, member of one of Martin County’s oldest families, died at her Dardens home Sunday evening at 8 o’clock from a complication of ailments. She had been in declining health for more than a year, but was able to be up much of the time until just a short while before her death. The daughter of the late S. M. Darden and wife, Mrs. Getsinger was born in Dardens 52 years ago where she lived all her life. Her grandfather, the late John Good man Darden, named the town of Dardens. In April, 1905, she was married to John A. Getsinger, who died several years ago. She was a member of the Darden’s Methodist church for years, taking much in terest in religious work and com munity activities, and enjoyed a large circle of friends. Four children. Miss Thelma Get singer, Edwin, John Goodman, and Duncan Getsinger, all of Dardens, survive. She also leaves three sis ters, Mrs. Fred R. Smith, Mrs. Ed gar R. Chesson, and Mrs. -Jack Wil loughby, all of Plymouth, and two brothers, Willie Darden, of Dardens, and Jesse Darden, of Baltimore. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 3 o’clock p. m., at the home by Rev. C. T. Thrift, Plymouth Methodist minister. Interment was in the family plot in the Dardens Methodist churchyard. -* Holding Revival At Roper Church Rev. J. G. Crocker, of Pine Level, is holding a revival meeting in the Roper Pentecostal Holiness church. It began Monday night and will con tinue for another week. The public is invited. The minister has been an evange list and pastor for this denomination for about 20 years and has traveled widely. He sings as well as preaches About Town The merchants business-getting campaign is getting along good now.. Mrs. W. A. Davidson, in Plymouth, and C. B. Chesson, of Roper, have each won $25. Happy Horton, col ored, had a winning ticket last Wed- I nesday, but he was at the drawing 1 and his tickets were home. So J. R. i Manning urges all to bring their tickets to the drawing. A Ford V-8 is to be given away December 28. Ask for your tickets with each $1 purchase or $1 paid on account, says Mr. Manning. Howard Gunn, conductor on a lo cal freight, was in Chapel Hill Sat urday attending the Duke-Carolina game. His son is attending Caro lina, and while there told him about what money had done in Durham with the massive and beautiful structures in building a college and compared what nature had done in Chapel Hill by the beautiful vines and other natural growth on the buildings and campus. The Junior Woman's Club will have a “kid party” Friday night, November 20. All are urged to at tend in costumes. Prizes will be given for the best costumes. There will be plenty of amusements. A small admission will be charged. W. E. Blount, who is canvassing for subscriptions for the Beacon, will be in Creswell each Tuesday. Please see him and renew your sub scription or either Miss Callie Dav enport. Rev. James Tharpe, negro evan gelist, was 66 years old Saturday, and for 25 years he has been a min ister. He has been pastor in sev eral churches, including Methodist, Disciples of Christ, and Missionary Baptist, and has established two churches, one in Bertie and the oth er in Edenton. During this time he has baptized 348 people. He has been married 46 years, his oldest, child being 45 and the youngest 23.: Miss Ruth Brey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Brey, of Roper, and a graduate of the Roper High School, has succeeded the former Miss Mary Claude Spruill as secre tary for Senator Carl L. Bailey. L. L. Allen is administrator of the estate of W. J. Mizelle, and after settling the estate paid into the of fice of C. V. W. Ausbon, clerk of the Washington County Superior Court, $4.02, to be divided as follows: One sixth to a family of three children; one-sixth to another family of three children; the other has been divid ed. That person who knows the where abouts of Miss Emiyl K. Waters’ dog would do a favor by telling her where the black and white collie dog lost in the Pleasant Grove section on election day could be found. She has no money to pay as a reward, but she misses her dog so much. Her sisters and brothers are married, her parents dead, she yearns for the companionship of her pet. In the editor’s mail: A letter from T. E. Spruill in Hartford, N. J., who wants the news from the county of his nativity; a similar request from Harry Landing, who is connected with Shulman’s store in Norfolk;' change in the address of Mrs. H. E. J Williams from Newport News to Norfolk. Mrs. Williams is the daugh ter of Mrs. Minnie Wolfe, who died here recently. Tax Collections Slow in Creswell Collection of taxes for the town of Creswell has been clow of late. And now something has to be done, as the town is three months behind on its light bill, owing the Virginia Electric and Power Company about $70. However, they are sure they can raise this amount as soon as a tax collector can go to work. They have no bond issue and no other in debtedness. Seaton Davenport, the chief of police who was injured some time ago, had just started to work when he got hurt. In fact they are about $1,500 be hind in tax collections. Their an nual levy is to meet a budget of $800. None of the 1935 taxes have been collected. About $700 is left over from 1934 taxes and unpaid taxes prior to that year. W. M. Darden, town attorney, has in his hands the records and author ity to foreclose the taxes for 1931, 1932 and 1933. This he will do, as the village must have money to pay for its lights, streets, and salary of policeman. 200 CLUB WOMEN AT FALL MEETING OF FEDERATION —<* Miss Pauline Smith Makes Principal Address; Held Here Wednesday Beautiful homes in a simple in expensive way was the plea made for this section by Miss Pauline Smith, of Raleigh, agent of the north eastern district ol the home demon stration clubs in North Carolina, who spoke to upwards of 200 women at the Washington County Federa tion of home demonstration clubs here Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. M. G. Darden, of the Alba Club, welcomed the county women, while Mrs. Kitty Norman, of Scup pernong, responded. Music was pro vided by the Plymouth High School Band under direction of L. W. Zieg ler. A history of the home demon stration work in this county was read by Mrs. M. V. Hopkins. W. F. Winslow awarded a cash prize of $5 to Mrs. C. C. Cahoon, garden leader, for the Scuppernong club for having the best garden, while Mrs. Edna Latham received the trophy permanently for the Chapel Hill Club that has been giv en by the Roanoke Beaon, with W. H. Paramore making tne presenta tion. Officers were elected as follows for the federation for the next year: Mrs. George W. Bowen, Plymouth, president; Mrs. Kitty Norman, Scup pernong, vice president; Mrs. A. E. Davenport, Mackeys, secretary; Mrs. F. D. Wilson, Roper, treasurer. Mrs. W. H. Harrison, Long Acre, is retiring after many years’ service as a club leader in the county. The county agent will give a tea later honoring the following women who have been chosen as outstand ing club women and were so recog nized by the federation: Mrs. L. E. Hassell, Roper; Mrs. Hilda Robert son, Chapel Hill; Mrs. B. J. Brey, Beach Grove; Mrs. Kitty Norman, Scuppernong; Mrs. Ida Davis, Cher ry; Mrs. Ted Rosenthal, Wenona; Miss Callie Davenport, Mount Ta bor. Mrs. L. A. Parrisher, County Eridge; Mrs. Ella Waters, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Jane Vail, Swain; Mrs. C. N. Davenport, Creswell; Mrs. J. F. Allen, Alba; Mrs. R. W. Lewis, Cross Roads; Miss Doris Riddick, Cool Springs; Mrs. Sadie Stillman, Piney Grove. Three clubs have not named their choice for this honor. BEGIN CLEARING PROPERTY HERE FOR LANG PLANT Site Secured Across Street From Warehouses on Brinkley Ave. Work began today on clearing the property that has been purchased for the erection of a cucumber pickling plant in Plymouth. The property purchased Monday by C. C. Lang and Company by C. C. Lang, the president, of Baltimore; P. H. Roberts, sr., manager of the Washington plant; and P. H. Rob erts, jr., manager of the Plymouth plant, is located across the street from the old tobacco warehouses on Brinkley Avenue. Purchase was made from the old D. O. Brinkley estate with P. W. Brinkley selling the property. No price has been disclosed by the parties in the transaction, but it is known that the area included a bout four acres of ground. Run ning near the place are the tracks of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company. Although about six blocks from the down-town business section, it is within the town limits, and is about a block from highways 84 and 97. Construction of the brick build ing is not to be started until after January 1, but the clearing begins at once and the foundations will be prepared for the erection of several large tanks that will be used for storing and curing the cucumbers. Farmers in Washington and Mar tin and maybe some in Tyrrell are expected to sign contracts to assure the plant of between 800 and 1,000 acres of cucumbers in 1937. The contracts have arrived in Plymouth and farmers when here are asked to stop in at the Roanoke Beacon and get their blanks. The seed wil lbe ready in Febru ary, explained P. H. Roberts, jr., who is anxious for those who have listed their names with him to come forward at their earliest convenience to obtain their blanks. Some one will be in the Beacon office at all times during the day to help farm ers fill out their contracts. Homeand j club News By Mary Frances Misenheimer Schedule for Next Week Monday a. m., 4-H club, Plym outh. Monday p. m., Mt. Tabor club. Tuesday, Cross Roads club. I Wednesday, Cool Springs. | Thursday, holiday. Friday, Lake Farm club. Saturday, curb market, 8:30. Don’t fail to come, buy your week-end supplies. A large number of women from the various clubs attended the meat canning demonstration held Thurs day morning by Miss Gladys Kim brough, representative of the Ball Jar Company. Improved methods of canning of meat were demon strated. The women were pleased with the meeting. Mrs. S. J. Alligood, of Scupper nong Club, is having fresh string beans out of her garden. They were planted September 1. The Scupper nong club members have good gar dens the year around. The final check-up on the can; ing that has been done this year in the Cherry club shows that some real work has been going on down there. A total of 5,958 quarts has been canned. The women of Washington Coun ty are to be congratulated on their splendid work done this year in canning. Word came from Mrs. Cornelia Morris, extension economist in food conservation, of Raleigh, that Wash ington county women made the higii est score in the district, in the s'.ate and county canning contest. The Dixie Canner Company will present to this county a steam pressure cooker for making this score. This is the result of the club women working together coopera tively and entering the Ball jar con test. -$ Honor Roll For Creswell School -- Thirty-eight out of a total enroll ment of 477 and an average daily attendance of 414 made the honor roll for the second month in the Creswell schools, it was announced today by Principal C. H. Aderholdt, as follows: First grade: William Craddock, Joyce Patrick, Betsy Ann Bachman. Second grade: Daphne Gray Wil liams, Mattie Mae Oliver, Mildred Repass. Third: Edwin Norman, Norma Davenport, Janet Bachman. Fourth: Wendell Haire, Edna Spencer, Ada V. Hawkins. Fifth: Evelyn Belanga, Lydieth Halsey, Selma Furlough. Sixth: Leigh Smithson, Harry Walker, Rachel Woodley. Seventh: Frances Craddock, La veeda Twiddy, Barbara Barnes, Neva Patrick, Myra Furlough. Eighth: Marjorie Bateman, Billy Wells Bateman, J. C. Gatlin. Ninth: Colla Davenport, Evelyn Swain, Theda Hopkins, Nancy Her man. Tenth: Preston Carter, Ralph G. Davenport, Ada Craddock, Edward Stillman, Mary Phelps. Eleventh: Ashley Swain, Florence Litchfield, Charlotte Phelps. Sunday Schools To Meet at Roper 22nd The program of the Lees Mills Sunday school convention which will be held in the Roper Baptist church Sunday, November 22, at 2:30 p. m., was announced today by Mrs. L S. Brey, an official. Devotionals will be conducted by W. B. Davenport, Mackeys. Miss Caroline Spruill will welcome the visitors. L. A. Parrisher will re spond. J. C. Tarkenton will speak on “the problems of non-attendance in Sunday schools and Herbert Lewis on “Non-interest of young people in Sunday schools. A duet will be sung by L. A. Par risher and Sylvester Lilley. Edward Poole will talk on “Promoting in crest in the Sunday school litera ture.” Swain Farmers Are Using Lime In Demonstrations -<*, A number of small farmers in Swain County will use a ton or more of lime each this fall as a dem onstration. So far twelve men have purchased 50 tons. COUNTY ACTS TO HELP CRESWELL REPAIR SCHOOL -» Commissioners Agree To Try To Get $25,000 Loan From State Fund Another step has been taken by authorities in Washington County to give the people of Creswell an adequate school building. The Washington County commis sioners have agreed, in cooperation with the county board of education to borrow $25,000 from the state lit erary fund of North Carolina to be used in improving the present struc ture. This money is to be used in add ing rooms and arranging for an au ditorium, repairing and remodeling the present structure which is in adequate in the matter of rooms and ■ in the matter of repairs. The whole i structure will be repaired and re | modeled. The commissioners will then levy an ad valorem tax to meet the prin cipal and interest as the time goes on. Amendments to the constitu tion of the state voted in the recent election will not permit further debt unless voted by the people. However, this arrangement had been completed before the amend ments were passed. This fund will be borrowed instead of bonds being sold for the money; that is, if the bonds are not sold to make the money available. tins Drings turther along the road an effort started several years ago to get the PWA and the WPA to aid in providing a school building for Creswell, which is sorely need ed. Last term it was necessary to partition the auditorium to make more classrooms for the crowded ouilding. Commencement exercises were held in churches and elsewhere on account of the lack of an auditor ium. The school has an enrollment of upwards of 500 children, and it needs room for these students. It is hoped that the money can be se cured and a building constructed that will be adequate. -<s> Local Footballers To Close Season Thanksgiving Dav Will Play Elizabeth City B Team Here; Review of Season’s Play Has it been worth the effort and expense? This is what many are asking to day as the football team of the Plym outh High School prepares for the last two games of the season; Friday at Morehead City and the B team of Elizabeth City here on Thanks giving Day. This is expected to wind up the schedule. The school has not won a game as yet, having failed to score in each of the following contests, which shows their opponents’ score: Au lander 12; B team Elizabeth City 19; New Bern 60; Washington 21; Scot land Neck IS: Windsor 33 In the Windsor game they made only one | first down and possibly two first downs against Washington. rsut tne simple tao, say observers, [that makes it appear that the youths I really want to play is that they al ways come back for more. They appear to be less affected by losing than the local fans who see them lose. The Windsor game and the one on Thanksgiving will be the only home games. Blame for the losses seems to bi squarely on the shoulders of the players themselves. For one thing not enough practice as a unit. Many of the boys miss the practice per iods at which time they have their chance to perform as a team. An other reason is that there are not enough candidates for the team. Coach Ziegler, in the time that he has to give the boys, has done a good work. Through his efforts, equipment has been purchased, and | he has handled the affairs until it! is expected that a balance of about! 550 will be left in the treasury aft- j er the season is over. It is plain to the observer that several plays have been taught the squad but that on account of work 01 lack of interest the boys do not practice as a unit regularly and have not perfected the plays. Next year all of the boys with the exception of about three will return to school for some kind of work and will be on the squad. This year’s efforts were only to get the work started. It may be that next year more time can be afforded the spoi. and better work will be done. This year was only a “starter." Farm jNjotes By W. V. HAYS, County Agent ! Our new farm program is com ing along nicely, and we are sure : at this time of a similar program for i 1937. We have heard rumors that j some of the adjoining counties have ‘received payments on the 1936 pro gram, but we know otherwise. The farmers in Washington County will , be about the first in the state to re iceive any payments under the 1933 benefits. There will probably be ; certain modifications under the new 1937 contract, but these changes will be brought about in the form of im 'provements, and in the manner of simplifying the working machinery or the handling of the program. We expect less trouble and inconveni ence to the farmers in participating in the program next year. The county agent made a trip to southwest Virginia recently for the purpose of buying pure-bred or reg istered ewes for a number of farm ers in our county. Those buying sheep were J. D. Kinard and J. M. Rea at Wenona, J. G. Staton and J. R. Swain at Mackeys, and J. M. Clagon and W. H. Thompson at Roper. Some of these ewes were bred and weighed over 200 pounds and were out of some of the best ewes grown in the sheep country. I saw a ram which some of these ewes were bred to which had been imported into the country, also one ram which came from the outstand ing Hampshire flock in the U. S., and which was imported from Mon tana. We expect to have a number of beautiful lamb rams dropped from these sheep and use the lambs to head flocks now in the countv After a few years time we should have sheep in Washington County second to none in North Carolina. Next spring we will have a number of good lambs for sale, and if the crop should be good enough we hope to have a lamb sale about the first of May at Creswell. Tyrrell and Hyde counties may come in with us on holding this sale; if so, I Ihe lambs will be assembled at a convenient place where they will bej graded and paid for on a quality basis. Good lambs sold FOB Tar boro last May at better than 14c a pound. This is some difference from the price most of our farm ers received for lambs last spring. I was told by most of the sheep growers up in Virginia that their wool brought 36 cents pound at the farm last year. Most of our wool sold around 20 to 24 cents. There is too much difference in the price to be received, and we can prevent this by holding a wool pool or sell ing collectively as we did three years ago. Hatcheries are beginning to ad vertise baby chicks for another year. Last year baby chicks came from as far away as western Missouri. There is no use in buying chickens so far away from home when we have the best chickens in North Carolina that are bred in the U. S. Records from the poultry shows held throughout the country show that N. C. chickens win a good por tion of the blue ribbons. Chickens hatched in North Carolina can be bought as cheaply as good chickens anywhere. Young chickens shipped ii'om long distances are subject to undue heating, chilling, and mis treatment which would not happen to our N. C. chicks and accounts for at least 75 per cent of the baby chick losses which were called to my attention last year. I not only nsist but beg the farmers of the county to buy N. C. chicks. This can be done by booking your orders early enough. Peanut prices are strengthening and should continue to strengthen. I would advise growers to hold good peanuts until the market settles be cause the Department of Agriculture says that if necessary they will give us a diversion plan whereby only farmers can divert peanuts to the oil mills in case this is necessary to help prices. Miss Ida McLean Dies in Virginia --* Miss Ida A. McLean, 52, sister of H. H. McLean, of Plymouth, super intendent of public instruction of Washington County, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. S. McL. Wilson in Fredericksburg, Va., with the funeral taking place there. Surviving are her mother and Mr. McLean and the following half brothers and sisters: Mrs. W. C. Bleight, Richmond; Mrs. W. Sam Scott, Fredericksburg; William S. Wilson, Fort Worth, Texas; Dr. E. A. Wilson and Dr. W. T. Wilson, Hopewell, Va.; R. A. Wilson and Dr. F. L. Wilson, Fredericksburg. LOCAL OFFICIALS TRYING TO GET PULP MILL HERE --» - Engineers Give Estimates Of Expense in Building Spurs To Location Resolutions were adopted today by the chamber of commerce, city council and the Washington County I commissioners urging the Kiekhefer ! Container Co. to establish a pulp ! wood plant in the vicinity of Plym outh. Engineers of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and the Norfolk Southern Railroad Com ; pany and the North Carolina State Highway and Public Works Com mission have already been here and expressed their opinion as to the expense of spurs from these road ways to the plant. An option on the T. S. Lucas farm which includes about 75 acres of cleared land is still being held by the company officials, as it was se cured by Clarence White, a repre sentative who has been in this sec tion for some time. Two railroads, paved highw-ays and a waterway appeal to the officials as shipping means. It is estimated that the plant they build, if they decide to locate here, would cost about $1,500,000. It would take an area of 50 acres. They have to have a good water from age, which the Lucas farm affords, with the Roanoke, Cashie and Mid dle Ricers vailable. It is understood that they would employ from 200 to 700 persons. They would purchase pine logs from the forests on this end of Ber tie and in Washington, Martin and Tyrrell bounties, and elsewhere. Housing facilities would have to be afforded employees, as they have no plan of factory colonization, but as soon as the word is passed that the deal is through, nails will begin to go into houses, say investors here. W. R. Hampton, owner of Kitty Hawk and Slade fisheries, says that the plant will do no harm to the fish ing industry, so far as he can deter mines. He is urging their location here. Z. V. Norman is making ev ery effort as a civic-minded citizen to obtaift the location of the plant here. METHODISTS OF COUNTY HAVE H AD GOOD YEAR 22 New Members Received Into Local Church Last Sunday ——« Methodist Episcopal charges in Washington County have experi enced a very progressive and profit able year, with Rev. C. T. Thrift as pastor of the Plymouth charge, and Rev. W J. Watson, pastor of the Roper charge, as the ministers and delegates leave Thursday for the annual conference in New Bern. In Plymouth last Sunday was the peak in Sunday school attendance, with 22 received in the church dur ing the day. Congregations have grown at each church in the county. In the Roper charge the work has been very progressive in spiritual as well as financial, with several members being admitted by Rev. Watson. Both ministers left with a good financial report, with Rev. Mr. | Thrift reporting the budget paid in | full, including expense of the church, tlie minister's salary, and Rev. Mr. Watson carrying almost as good a report from his charge. The Plymouth charge leads the Elizabeth City district in number of new subscribers to the North Car olina Christian Advocate. Officials of the Plymouth church have asked for Mr. Thrift to return, while those of Roper are expecting Mr. Watson to serve them another year. Mr. Thrift on Sunday night, be fore a large congregation, read the following poems which he composed "Twilight,” "Labor,” “Dawn,” “The Impossible,” “The Thunderstorm,” and “The Greatness of Christ." The Plymouth choir is acknowl edged the best choir in Eastern Car olina. Rev. Mr. Watson preached his fin al sermon Sunday to end the con ference year. Farmers Provide Feed for Quail and Other Birds Franklin County farmers are leav ing small quantities of cowpeas, les pedeza and other feed crops in lit tle nooks or corners near the woods to provide food and cover for quail and other birds.
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