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A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and ita 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 homee. VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 17 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, April 23, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1889 J. W. STARR DIED LAST THURSDAY CRESWELL HOME Was Member of County Board Commissioners for Several Terms J. W. Starr, leading Creswell mer chant and a prominent citizen of this county, died at his home there last Thursday morning following a long illness. He was 54 years old. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at Christ Episco pal church by the Rev. John W. Hardy, assisted by Rev. O. L. Easter, Dr. G. A. Martin and Rev. C. E. Wil liams, of New Bern. During the service the church choir sang sev eral selections and a quartet com posed of Messrs. R. L. Leitchfield, W. W. Bateman, Lloyd Norman and Rev. O. L. Easter, sang “Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” Burial was in St. Da vid’s Cemetery. Messrs. I. S. Car ter, A. C. Harris, W. S. Ainsley, W. D. Peal, Clyde Smithson, W. T. Phelps, L. N. Davenport and W. L. Davenport served as active pall bearers. Mr. Starr ably served this county several terms as a member of the board of commissioners and as treas urer, and at the time of his death he was prominently connected with the Washington Production Credit Association. He was a member of the Creswell Board of Aldermen un til ill health forced him to retire last year. Interested in religious activities, he gave willingly of his time and freely of his means in the advance ment of the work of the church. As superintendent of the Christ Epis copal Church Sunday school and senior warden of St. David's Parish, Mr. Starr was recognized as an able churchman and leader. In his ev ery-dayw alk through life he gained the esteem and admiration of his fellowman, both among the white and colored population, and he was looked upon as a friend of the lowly and poor. He found time to offer aid to the less fortunate and found peace and happiness through his acts of kindness. Mrs. Starr with two sons, H. M. Starr, of Creswell; and D. W. Starr, of Hobbsville, survives. He also leaves two brothers, Messrs. H. M. Starr, of New York; and W. J. Starr. Gullied and Barren Land Is Reclaimed By Locust the Tree -^ Add Nitrogen and Organic Matter To Land and Hold The Soil In Place -® A field so run down and gullied that it could not he reclaimed with black locuts trees would be hard to find, said Rufus H. Page, jr., assist ant extension forester at State Col lege. These leguminous trees, lie said, not only hold the soil in place, they also add nitrogen and organic mat ter to the land. Millions of acres of North Caro lina farm land, he continued, are unsuited to cultivation in row crops or even pastures, yet will produce good yields of timber if given the chance. Reforestation has a definite place in soil conservation, he pointed out, and this spring is a good time to get started. Trees check sheet and gully eros ion where they are growing and help slow the run-off of water on adjacent slopes, and they will start a profitable crop on land from which the topsoil is gone. Under the 1937 soil-conservation program, Page pointed out, pay ments of $7.50 an acre will be made to farmers who reforest land from which a crop other than wild hay .'has been harvested since 1930. For reforesting other farm land, particularly abandoned fields that have become gullied, the payment will be $5 an acre. For gully control, trees are usual ly planted four feet apart each way, requiring 2,800 trees to the acre. Black locust seedlings may be ob tained for $2 a thousand in this State. For other forest plantings, a spacing of six feet apart each way is used, Page stated. This requires 1,200 trees to the acre. Other trees recommended for planting in North Carolina are: loblolly, shortleaf, longleaf, slash, and white pines; yellow poplar, black walnut, red cedar and Norway spruce. The pine variety is recognized as the best suited and offers the most returns in this section. Local Scout Troop Will Get Charter Next Monday Night Delivery of the charter to the lo cal troop of Boy Scouts will take place here Monday night at the schoolhouse, when Wheeler Martin, scout official and prominent lawyer of Williamston, will present the of ficial document of recognition of the local troop by the National Council of Boy Scouts. Rev. C. T. Thrift, pastor of the Methodist church, will open the meeting with prayer. E. H. Liver man will introduce the chairman of the local committee, and E. W. Joy ner will present the Scoutmaster and assistant and will also present Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin will read extracts from the scout constitution; impress up on the committeemen their respon sibilities; take an affirmation from the local officials that they will be industrious in the discharge of their various duties; deliver certificates to officials, and deliver the charter. Scoutmaster Rev. N. A. Taylor will present badges to the scouts and have a demonstration of knot tying, closing with a talk to the parents present. Dr. Alban Papineau, as as sistant scoutmaster, will also be present. Rev. R. H. Lucas will pro nounce the benediction. Hotneand ciubNews By Mary Frances Misentaeimer Schedule for Next Week Monday a. m., Plymouth 4-H. Tuesday .Cross Roads Club. Wednesday, Cool Springs. Thursday, Piney Grove. Friday, Lake Farm. Saturday, curb market, 8:30. Mrs. Joe Browning, of Hoke club, led curb market sales Saturday. Mrs. Charlie Bowen was second high seller. Mrs. Browning’s sales a mounted to $6.75, Mrs. Bowen’s $6.61 Scuppernong club met recently with their yard leader, Mrs. Mae Dav enport. The members brought flow ers and shrubbery to help her im prove her yard. Cherry Club never fails when it comes to attendance. The members are loyal in every way to their club. Several goals were selected for the club to work toward this year. Mrs. S. A. Holton was in charge of the social program at the Albe marle Club meeting Wednesday. An entertaining program was given. At each meeting a social leader is ap pointed to be responsible for the next meeting. Miss Eva White is social leader for the month of May. The Wenona Club women are do ing some mighty good work this year. Yards are being improved, good clothing reports given and per fect attendance at the club meetings Mount Tabor club women are mak ing plans to attend the short course in Raleigh this summer. All of them are interested in having several rep resentatives from their club. The club women in Mount Tabor club laid aside their dignity Friday and had an old-time egg hunt. An enjoyable time was had by each member. Miss Hendrix, supervisor of nurses and Miss Gaylord, county nurse, ex amined the members of the 4-H clubs in Roper and Creswell recent ly. A thorough examination was given the girls. The purposes of this is to select the healthiest girl in the 4-H club work in the county. After a final examination by the county health officer one girl goes to Washington, N. C., to compete with girls from other counties in this district to determine who will be health queen of the district. Thus far a girl has been selected from each club in the county. A final examination will be given in May by Dr. T. L. Bray. Misses Hendrix and Gaylord point ed out to the girls their defects and how to remedy them. This examina ion was of great importance and of much benefit to the 4-H club mem bers. 17 Enroll in Society For Cancer Control Seventeen of the 50 people who were assigned as the quota for Wash ington County have become mem bers of the Society for the Preven tion and Control of Cancer, it was announced today by Miss Mary F. Misenheimer, who is in charge of this county. To become a member, a person is asked to contribute $1 to the cause of preventing and controlling cancer. Those joining follow: Plymouth, J. C. Swain, Miss Mary F. Misenheimer Dr. W. H. Johnson, Miss Annie Myr tle Peal, Miss Mozelle Hendrix, Rev. R. H. Lucas, W. J. Mayo, Dr. T. L. Bray, H. H. McLean, Dr. A. Pap ineau. Creswell: Mrs. H. G. Walker, Mrs. C. N. Davenport, sr., Mrs. Finnegan, Miss Lona Weatherly, Mrs. A. S. Holmes, Mrs. Sidney Smithson, Mrs. Mary Armstrong. Pageant Will Be Feature at State Teacher Meeting The outstanding feature of the an nual meeting of North Carolina’s public school teachers, which con venes in Durham on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week, will be “The Quest,” an historical pag eant and masque commemorating the centennial of public education in North Carolina, to be presented in Duke University stadium on Fri day night. April 23, at 7:30. A total of 3,500 costumed players from the various school of the state and 1,200 high schol musicians will present a story of the de velopment of the public schools in the state, which must make a last ing impression of power and beauty upon the thousands of teachers and friends of the free-school system. The script for the pageant was writ ten by students and teachers of the schools and colleges of the state un der the supervision of Dr. Frederick Koi ii, professor of dramatic litera ture at the University of North Car olina, and a whole year of prelimi nary work has gone into the prep arations for the actual presentation. Production has been placed in the hands of Miss Edith Russell, of Ashe ville, who is being assisted by dra matic teachers in the high schools. The whole of the large stadium will comprise the pageant field, at the open end of which will rise the prin cipal stage, a massive architectural setting 40 feet in height. Upon its various levels and towers, players in the pageant will be seen during the two-hour performance. The story of the pageant is an in spiring one because it reveals the far beginnings of the system of free education and traces the develop ment of those early efforts into the extensive state system of today which attempts to provide equal ed ucation opportunity for nearly a mil lion children. The principal divisions of the pageant are as follows: Part 1: The Tradition (History 1695-1837). Part 2: North Carolina’s Hundred Years of Public School Education (1837-1937). Part 3: A Symbolism of the Fu ture (an attempt to show how the school will meet the needs of the future). -» Proceedings in Recorder’s Court Roy Lucas. Creswell merchant, was found guilt yof violating the prohibition law in recorder’s court Tuesday and was sentenced to the roads for three months, with the sen tence suspended upon the payment of $25 and costs and good behavior for two years. Henderson Craddock, white, was found not guilty of violating the pro hibition law. Seaton Van Horn, Seaton Van Horn, jr., and “Rock” Van Horn were charged with being drunk and disorderly and resisting an officer. Each received road sentences which were suspended upon the payment of the costs. Sunday Services at Church in Creswell —•— Services will be conducted in the Creswell Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock by Presiding Elder B. B. Slaughter, of Elizabeth City. The service will be followed by the second quarterly conference. The public is urged to attend. -<s> Chevrolet Buys Enormous Number Automobile Tires The Chevrolet purchasing depart ment bought enough tires in 1936 to make a stack 466 miles high. Of if divided into 1,500 equal stacks each pile would be higher than the Em pire State building. PROCEEDINGS IN SUPERIOR COURT HERE EAST WEEK -- No Judgment Yet Signed in Case of Halsey vs. Clara E. Snell No judgment has been entered in the docket of Superior Court Clerk C. V. W. Ausbon in the case of J. L. Halsey vs. Clara E. Snell, tried last week, as Judge J Paul Frizzelle an nounced that he would send a judg ment this week. Mr. Halsey alleged in his com plaint against Mrs. Snell, as admin istratrix of A. D. Snell, that he was injured while working with her hus band and that Mr. Snell had prom ised to bequeath him in his will $10, 000 if he would forego a suit against him. Four issues were involved with the jury answering only the first in the negative. They did not believe that A. D. Snell had promised Halsey a legacy of $10,000 if he would not sue him. The jury was out several hours. Halsey was a relative of Snell. No answer was given to the fol lowing issues: (1) Was agreement duly proposed by the plaintiff as al leged in the complaint; (2) Did Snell breach a contract by not leaving mention of Halsey in his will; (3) Is plaintiffs action barred by statute of limitations? A case against the Farmville Woodward Lumber Company, of Wil liamston, brought by Mrs. Henrie Spruill, Miss Ruth Burgess, and Mrs. Mary Pharr as the result of a vehicle crash, when they alleged their auto moblie was hit by a truck of the Williamston firm, was settled out of court. It was reported plaintiffs were given $2,500. Kader Brown was ordered by the court to leave the premises of W. W. Roberson after the court had found that Erown had neglected and refused to conform to a contract en tered into by the two parties. The court also found that the land in question in the case of C. M. Dav enport and others against T. H. Dav enport and others was incapable of fair division physically and ordered that the property be sold and divid ed among the claimants, with W. M. Darden and E. L. Owens as commis sioners. Dave Arnold and W. W. Ange were assigned as surveyors to determine the boundaries of property in dis pute by Hopewell Homes Company and Leonard Holliday. The former accused Holliday of trespassing on their property. An absolute divorce was granted Marion Brinkley Beach from Eugene Warren Beach on the grounds of sep aration and cruelty. There was no contest. “His body being dismembered, mutilated and scatered for several hundred feet along the track from where it was struck in the direction of Plymouth,” is an expression in the suit of Mrs. Lucy Biggs against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad which was ordered stricken from the pleadings. The motion in this case was denied, with 30 days al lowed in which an answer could be filed. In the case of Sadie Manning et als vs. Mrs. Mary D. Chesson, ad ministratrix of O. M. Chesson, who filed her first account December 2, 1932, the court ruled that an order of distribution entered by the clerk in this case was proper. U. D. C. Meet Held In Edenton 22nd -» The fourteenth district of the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy was entertained by the Bell Battery Chapter in Edenton Thursday, April 22nd. The following ladies attended from the Plymouth chapter. Mrs. Abe Adler, Mrs. Clarence Ayers, T. L. Bray, H. A. Williford, Jos. K. Reid, W. F. Winslow, Clau dius McGowan, Lawrence Jones, and C. J. Norman. Robert J. Cooper Funeral in Roper Robert Joseph Cooper, 82, died at his home in Roper last Saturday morning following an illness of sev eral weeks. Funeral services were held in Roper Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The deceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E. W. Ayers, Plym outh; Mrs. Ernest Kemp, Norfolk; and Mrs. A. L. Armstrong Washing ton County; and three sons, A. S. Cooper, Raleigh; E. L. Cooper, of Washington County; and Edward L. Cooper, Norfolk. Everything in Readiness for Visit Of Governor, State Officials and Albemarle Association Delegates COUNTY CLINICS FOR CHILDREN OF PRE-SCHOOL ACE Held at Plymouth, Roper, Creswell and Cherry Schools The 5-year-old pre-school child of this year is the school child of next year and is as much a problem for consideration, according to Miss Mo zelle Hendrix, registered nurse serv ing as supervisor of nurses in Wash ington, Hyde and Tyrrell Counties. The advantages offered in pre school clinics is that when defects are found not so far advanced in the pre-school child they can be cor rected easier and without regard for the time of the child as he has no assigned duties. There is interference in school work when children are out for cor rection of physical defects or from illness caused by defects that should have been attended to before plac ing the child in school. Absence re tards their progress. Bad teeth are an unnecessary evil. The 6-year molars are the most im portant teeth as they are just com ing through at the 5-year time. They should not be neglected. When the eyes have not been abused by close work, corrections can be made and children saved many headaches and other patho logical conditions that rc-ult from eye-strain. Diseased tonsils can be treated or removed before school opens in the fall. Nasal breathing can also be treated. Nutritional corrections can be adjusted when a greater percent age of the errors are found. People have responded well in the pre-school clinics held in Plymouth, Roper, Creswell, and Cherry this week and some defects have been found in the children. But after time is spent in finding these defects particular emphasis should be placed upon treating and correcting them. Bad teeth and bad tonsils are re sponsible for a general toxic con dition producing rheumatism, heart trouble, bad kidneys, which lower the child’s resistance and makes the child a fit subject for tuberculosis and other dangerous diseases. FARMERS URGED TO FILE SHEETS IN SOIL PROGRAM Signing Not Required Of Farmers Participating In 1936 Program North Carolina farmers who wish to take part in the soil conserva tion program this year for the first time should file worksheets with their county agents immediately. However, Dean I. O. Schaub, of State College, explains that growers who participated last year do not have to file new worksheets, as those which were filed in 1936 will be good in 1937. But if any change has been made in the size of a grower’s farm or if he is operating a different farm this year, he should notify his county agent at once, the dean con tinued. Payments for diverting soil-de pleting crops and for carrying out soil-building practices will be made only to growers who have filed worksheets, he added. The worksheets, Schaub eplained, are not a binding contract; they merely list information about the acreage of different crops grown on the farm and the use made of each field. Such a worksheet is needed to de termine the amount of payments a grower can become eligible to re ceive and what he should do to earn the payments. Compliance with the program is entirely voluntary, Dean Schaub stressed. The AAA is offering pay ments to growers who wish to carry out certain practices to improve their soil and balance their farm ing operations. The sooner worksheets are filed, he continued, the sooner the county offices will be able to tell new par ticipants what they will need to do lo earn the full amount of their payments. -fi About Town The Bishop’s Crusade program can be heard over the following ra dio stations Friday evening of this week: Raleigh, WPTF, 7:30; Rich mond, WRVA, 8; Norfolk, WTAR, 9. Every member of the Methodist church is urged to bring in the Bishops’ Crusade envelope next Sun day either morning or evening, ac cording to Rev. C. T. Thrift. The junior class will entertain the senior class of the Plymouth High School in the gym on Friday. Joe Davis' orchestra, of Washington, will play for the dance. Wilford Whitley and his father, Attorney W. L. Whitley, and Princi pay L. W. Zeigler were to leave this week for the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, where young Whitley will enter the music contest in competition with 3,200 other children. Teachers of the Plymouth faculty who will attend the North Caro lina Education Association’s annual meeting Friday and Saturday in Durham, at which time a pageant will be presented showing 100 years educational progress in the state: E. W. Joyner, L. W. Zeigler, Misses Ethel Perry, Nevie Pickett, Thelma Getsinger, Selma Braxton, Frances Bowen and Jacksie Wiggins, and al so Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McLean. The Willing Workers Class of the Christian church will give a benefit party at the home of Mrs. Henry E. Harrison Monday evening at 8 p. m. Everyone is urged to attend and enjoy the fun. Mrs. Abe Adler, president of the Plymouth chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Mes dames C. J. Norman, T. L. Bray, H. A. Williford, C. E. Ayers, and Clau dius McGowan attended a district meeting of the U. D. C. in Edenton Thursday. Mrs. T. L. Bray, president of the Senior Woman’s Club, has called a meeting at the community hall Fri day evening, April 23. All members are urged to be present. There plans will be made for entertaining Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey and Miss Isobel Hoey who are expected to be here with other visiting ladies Thursday at tending the meeting of the Southern Albemarle Association. Mrs. Bruce Bateman was in High Point last week because of the ill ness and death of her niece, little Nancy Hope Harney, 8 years of age, daughter of Dr. Norman Harney and granddaughter of Mrs. Hope Harney, former residents of Plymouth. The little girl spent last summer here with her grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Walston, of Scotland Neck, are now living in Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Harrison’s apart ment on Main Street. Mr. Walston is connected with the Kieckhefer Container Company pulp plant here. For years he was a wireless telegra pher and traveled the high seas. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Grizzard left Monday after spending three months here. Mr. Grizzard was foreman of the State Highway and Public Works crew that constructed the temporary road from Plymouth to the Kieck hefer plant. Mrs. Grizzard is well known among the ladies here. They will be in Rich Square. Puppet Plays in County Schools The Carolina Playmakers, in con nection with the Good Teeth Council for Children, Inc., and the division of oral hygiene of the North Caro lina State Board of Health will pre sent “Circus or Bust,” a puppet play, in Washington County next week. The characters are Jack Whitcomb as Tony the Fruit Man; Joan Whit comb as a clown; Mrs. Whitcomb as Mickey Mouse; and Dr. Carson as the milk man. The puppeteers are Fred Koch, jr., and Patsy McMul lan. The itinerary follows: Roper High school, Monday at 9 a. m.; Plymouth colored school, Monday at 11 a. m.; Plymouth High School, Monday at 1:30 p. m.; Roper colored school, on Tuesday at 9 a. m.; Creswell, Tues day at 11 a. m.; Cherry school, Tues day at 11:30 p. m. Over 1.000 Visitors Expected for Event Here Next Thursday 200 Official Delegates To Attend; Program Is Announced Final preparations are underway now to welcome Governor Clyde R. Hoey, state officials, visitors and members of the Southern Albemarle Association when they arrive here next Thursday for the semi-annual meeting of the civic sectional or ganization. Coming with the governor will be Mrs. Hoey and their daughter Miss Isobel. Among the state officials ex pected are Charles Johnson, state treasurer: Capus Waynick, chairman of the State Highway and Public Works Commission; R. Bruce Eth eridge, director of the department of Conservation and Development; and J. D. Chalk, an official in this department. Registrations will take place in the Community Hall here. There will be 50 delegates each from Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, and Washington and they will be served dinner a long with about 50 guests. Upwards of 1,000 people are expected for the event. This little town which has not welcomed a governor in 20 years or since Governor Glenn spoke here in behalf of prohibition, will be be decked in bunting, flags and other patriotic designs. Chief of Police P. W. Biown has been assigned this job. This will be the largest crowd to visit Plymouth in years and is even expected to surpass the one which greeted the ever popular Congress man Lindsay Warren during the campaign. The climax to the entertainment of the day will be the dance at the gymn under the sponsorship of P. M Arps who will feature the radio favorite, Jack Wardlaw, and his orchestra together with his soloists and entertainers. The dance pro gram gets underway at 10 o’clock. The day’s entertainments will get underaw’y at 11 o’clock in the court house with Rev. R. H. Lucas, pastor of the Baptist Church, leading in prayer. Representative Charles Wal lace Tatum, of Columbia, president of the Association, will preside. W. L. Whitley_ well known Plymouth attorney, will welcome the visitors. Mrs. A. E. Davenport, of Mackeys, will give a special reading. John W. Darden, of Plymouth, will pre sent Charles Johnson, State treas urer, who will then introduce Gov vernor Hoey who will be the prin cipal speaker. Promptly at 1:30 lunch will be served by the Junior and Senior Women’s Clubs of Plymouth. The business session at 2:30 will be held in the courthouse with President Tatum presenting purposes and aims of the association. Messrs. W. W. Watson, of Lake Landing, Hyde County; Melvin R. Daniels, of Man teo, Dare County; Frank L. Brink ley, of Plymouth, Washington Coun ty, and C. Earl Cohoon, of Colum bia. Tyrrell County, will address the association briefly. L. W. Zeigler and his high school band will provide the music. Parent-Teacher Meeting Tuesday Mrs. Raymond Fuson, district president of the Parent-Teacher As sociation, will be the guest speaker at a meeting that will be held Tues day afternoon in the auditorium of the Plymouth High School with all patrons urged to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to perfect an organization that will in sure more efficient cooperation be tween the home and the school. -®-— Maternity Clinic at Cherry Wednesday There will be a maternity and in fancy center held in the Cherry school Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’ clock. In addition to the usual work lone in these clinics children may Je vaccinated against typhoid fever and diphtheria.
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