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A horn* newspaper dedicated to the eervice 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 XLVIII—NUMBER 20 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, May 14, 1937 ESTABLISHED 1889 11 Teachers Named For Local Schools; 7 Vacancies Remain —»— Thought Enrollment Will Maintain 18-Teacher Faculty Here Seven vacancies, including that of principal, remain to be filled by the Plymouth School Board as the names of 11 white teachers and sev eral colored teachers were released for publication Wednesday. Those reelected are Ruth Modlin, Blanche Moseley, Ethel C. Perry, Nevie Pickette, Nellie Tarkenton, Selma Braxton, Thelma Getsinger, Louise Brinkley, Katherine Bran dop, L. W. Zeigler, and Mrs. Kath erine W. Harrison. J. O.' Cooper, teacher of vocation al agriculture, was not asked to re turn. However, it was understood that Mr. Cooper was to be trans ferred by his department at State headquarters, anyway. Efforts will be made to retain this department in the school. It is possible that a ’ teacher may be lost on account of the unfavor able weather causing a drop in daily attendance. However, it is thought that the enrollment will result in the full 18-teacher faculty, with an other added if the new plants here bring in residents as is expected. Colored: W. H. Berry, principal, Romaine Swinson, Eva Stewart, Ruenice Walker, Margaret Heath, Sophia Spruill, Abbie Brandon, El oise Simmons, Henry Hankins, W. W. Walker, Annie Minor, Madelyn Watson. One was dropped from the current faculty. These teachers are certified by the local board with Carl L. Bailey as chairman; A. J. Riddle, secretary; and Charles Bowen. This is subject to approval by the county superin tendent of public instruction and the county board of education. Teachers in the rural colored schools in this district have not been passed on as yet. Three meetings were required fcjr the selection of the teachers. An effort will be made to get a good coach for the high school next term. Graduates of the Plymouth High School for 1937 have more units to their credit than any other senior class ever made, as they have 17 units each. -® Getting Information On Unemployment Minton H. Dixon, of Elizabeth City, and A. L. Dozier, jr., of Rocky Mount, will be in Washington and Tyrrell Counties next week as field representatives of the North Caro lina Unemployment Compensation Commission to get information on unemployment that will bring their files up to date. These men will find all employers who are subject to the Unemploy ment Compensation Act and who have not made reports or contribu tions on the wages of their em ployees and help them to make the proper reports and remittances. Permanent Pastures Now Ready for Cattle Grazing Beef cattle should be turned into permanent pastures in May, for by this time the grass is in good con dition for grazing, said Earl H. Hostetler, professor of animal hus bandry at State College. While on the summer range, he continued, the animals will require less care and will need no feed other than good pasturage, but they should be inspected regularly and given plenty of salt. The bull should be turned with the beef cattle herd about the first of this month so that next year’s calf crop will be early and uniform, Hostetler added. “And remember, a purebred bull improves the value of the calves and in the long run is worth more than he costs,” he «ays. Announce Daily Vacation Bible Schools in County The annual summer Bible schools of the Presbyterian church will get underway at Bear Grass Monday, May 17 and run for two weeks. Rev. John C. Whitley and Miss Pascal, of the Bear Grass School faculty, will be in charge of the school. Miss Pascal is to be with the church during the summer. On June 1, the Roberson’s Chapel school will begin and continue thru June 11. On June 14th, the Poplar Point school will open and continue through the 25th. It is hoped that all the children within the com munities these missions serve will * attend the schools. About Town A total of 84,000,000 pounds of honey was produced in the United States, with 4,000,000 pounds being produced right here in North Caro lina, according to J. Richard Carr, of Plymouth, president of the North Carolina Beekeepers Association, who is a large producer himself. Albemarle Beach (formerly Rea's) pn historic Albemarle Sound will be opened on June as usual, according to L. W. Gurkin, who has been op erating the amusement center for several years. Bathing, boating, dancing will continue to be the fea tures. There are three cottages for rent this year. TJie pavilion dancing has been enlarged. Dean Hudson’s orchestra, which will play for a dance here at the gym on Thursday, May 27, is the only band to play in a Richmond church. They entertained with glee club numbers, solos and concert or chestra numbers, and the pastor, Rev. Benjamin Persinger, with the congregation, enjoyed the program. P. Bruce Bateman, a representa tive of the Sinclair Oil Company, sustained a deep gash in his head when an automobile in Which he was riding was sideswiped by another vehicle turning over into a shallow ditch on highway No. 97 beyond Jamesville Thursday night. Confirmation has been announced of the bid made on the Toodle prop erty in the auction sale Tuesday, and Shep Brinkley is the owner of a lot with 50 feet frontage and 100 feet in depth on Washington Street, for the purpose of the erection of a theatre building. Work is expect ed to start in a few weeks. Harry Weede, of Plymouth, mana ger of a store in Scotland Neck, had an original idea in his show window last week-end. Sitting beside a ta ble heaped with a brand of cakes he was emphasizing were two little colored boys who would point at a sign over their heads: “Dese cakes sho am good.” -® Cooperative Selling Pleases Hog Raisers On Several Markets With twelve markets already es tablished and two more under con sideration, cooperative hog market ing in eastern North Carolina is proving a boon to swine growers, declares H. W. Taylor, swine spec ialist for the State College Exten sion Service. Working with county agents, the growers haul their hogs to a central loading point on prescribed days for shipment to Northern markets in carload lots. Prices this spring have been good, Taylor says, and farmers generally have been pleased with the cooper ative plan. This is the first year that hogs have been shipped on a large scale cooperatively. Markets are now operating in New Bern, Tarboro, Plymouth, Greenville, Washington, Shawboro, Warsaw, Four Oaks, Burgaw, Eliza bethtown, Lumberton and Rowland. Taylor says that markets in Scot- ‘ land Neck and Kinston are now un- : der consideration. If sufficient in terest is taken, shipping points will be established in these two places. Other points will also be considered. Leading the way in the largest cooperative shipments is the New Bern market, serving farmers of Craven, Carteret, Jones, Onslow and Pamlico Counties. To date, according to M. A. Mor gan, Craven farm agent, growers have shipped from this point 7,543 hogs, weighing 1,547,344 pounds and selling for $147,753.46. Shipments are made each Tuesday, with the county agents from all five coun ties working with their growers in an advisory capacity. Norfolk Man Badly Hurt in Car Crash An automobile operated by a Mr. Isodell, of Norfolk, was reported to have crashed into the rear end of the parked car of W. H. Bolling, near Creswell, Monday morning. A tire blow-out swerved the Iso dell car from its course on the high way, causing it to puncture the gas tank of the Bolling car, which caught fire. In a semi-conscious condition, Mr. Isodell was rescued from the wreckage by Earl Daven port. Isodell suffered a broken knee cap, severe cuts and bruises. Medical aid was rendered by Dr. W. H. Har rell in Columbia. Creswell Student Is Praised for Essay on “The Lost Colony” Is One of 62 Entered by City And County School Units of State -® Favorable comment came today from D. B. Fearing, chairman of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Associa tion of Manteo in regard to the county prize-winning “Lost Colony” essay turned in by Geraldine Snell, of the Creswell High School. The essay is one of 62 entered from county and city administrative school units throughout North Car olina. All have been forwarded from Manteo, home of the Memorial Association, which is sponsoring the contest, to the state judges at Ra leigh. All are competing for a first prize of $50, although each of the county winners, whether they receive any of the six state prizes or not, will receive one of the beautiful Sir Wal ter Raleigh-Virginia Dare commem orative half dollars issued by the United States Government for the Roanoke Colony Memorial Associa tion. Awards will be made after judg ing is completed, Mr. Fearing de clares, which will be about June 1. State prizes are to be given out dur ing the celebration to be held on Roanoke Island this summer in con nection with the 350th anniversary of the settling of America by Sit Walter Raleigh’s English colonists. MOST ARRESTS JN CLASS OF 22-YEAR OLD YOUNGSTERS Youths Under 25 Account For 34 Percent Arrests In Past Year -ci>.— The federal bureau of investiga tion has revealed that 34.4 per cent of 461,489 arrest records submitted by enforcement agencies throughout the nation during 1936 concerned youths under 25 years of age. Uniform crime reports showed 158,752 persons under 25 yeai-s were arrested. Youth under 25 number 53.2 percent of those charged with robbery; 58.7 percent of those charg ed with burglary; 45.4 percent of those charged with larceny; and 70.8 percent of those charged with auto theft. The compilation disclosed that 80,358 or 17.4 percent of persons ar rested were under 21 years old and that 78,394 or 17 percent were be tween 21 and 24. It was reported that 51.5 percent of persons arrest ed were under 30. There were more arrests for age 22 than for any other single age group, the compilation showed, as compared to reports for 1932-35 when persons 19 years old outnum bered those of other ages. Last year, 183,140, or 39.7 percent of persons arrested already had fingerprint cards on file in the iden tification division of the FBI, it was said, in addition, there were 9,996 records bearing notations indicat ing previous criminal histories of persons concerned, although finger prints had not previously been filed in the bureau. Records disclosed mat idu./ui or 72.3 percent of those having prev ious criminal histories had been con victed of one or more offenses. The records of those persons revealed 403,001 prior convictions, or aver- . ages of almost three per individual. It was reported that 39 persons charged with criminal homicide dur ing 1936 previously had been con victed of homicide. “In general the tabulation indi cates a tendency for decidivists to repeat the same type of crime,” the report said. Of the total arrest records exam ined, 33,670 or 7.3 percent concern ed women. “The proportion of fe males arersted during 1936 shows a slight increase over the figures for orior years,” the FBI report said. For 1935 and 1934 the percentage was 6.9 each year. Reports from enforcement agen cies of 41 cities with population of 100,000 or over said the total value of property stolen was $15,672,657, of which 62.9 percent was recover ed. Automobiles constituted a large portion of the Stolen property. En forcement agencies reported 26,226 automobiles and 24,755 recovered. Exclusive of automobiles, the value of property stolen was $7,018,791 and the value of recoveries was $1, 701.609. More than 3,500 blood-tested baby chicks were purchased in Jones County this spring as a result of demonstrations by the assistant county agent there. Homeand club News By Mary Frances ftlisenheimer Schedule for Next Week Monday, County Bridge. Tuesday, Pleasant Grove, Wednesday, Albemarle. Thursday, Creswell. Friday, Alba. Saturday, curb market, 8:15. Don’t fail to visit the market. Mrs. Charlie Bowen and Mrs. R. W. Lewis sale on curb market Sat urday were the same. The poultry leader of Hoke Club reported the club members selling $163.63 worth of eggs, $24 worth of chickens, arid hatching 640 biddies during the month of April. Mrs. F. D. Wilson entertained the Roper Club Tuesday night. Report of work done during the past month was given. The usual business meet ing was held, after which Mrs. Wil son gave a unique contest to the members of the club. The members of Piney Grove club are willing workers and they attend the club meetings regularly. Sev eral have not missed a meeting in three years. Chapel Hill club members are planning to make slaw for the dis trict meeting, which is to be held on May 28 at the Plymouth High School. The members plan to meet at their club house on the 27th to make the slaw. Mrs. Clara Davenport, garden leader of Beech Grove Club, enter tained the club Friday afternoon. Mrs. Davenport is a splendid gar den leader. She is working hard to have every member in the club have an A-grade garden. Washington County 4-H club girls will camp with Beaufort and Bertie County this year at Camp Leach, June 5 to 9. Letters are being sent to the girls who are interested in going to the camp. Please notify me if you plan to attend. A list of food that is to be carried will be sent to you. $3 will be the fee charged. This in dues transportation. -® Honor Roll of Local Schools —«— First grade: Roger Carr, Frank Landing, Joe Reid. Anne Cahoon, Loyce Hardison, Evelyn Gurganus. Second grade: Floyd Tetterton, Thomas Sitterson, A. J. Ange, Wen dell Ange, Richard Carr, Walter Par amore, Joyce Bailey, Phyllis David son, Geraldine Hardison, Donnie Mae Stillman, Anna Ruth McNair. Third grade: Albert Alexander, Joe A1 Latham, Zeno Lyon, Rex Paramore, Owen Rose, Helen Carr, Patsy Dixon, Martha Manning, Jean M'odlin, Faye Snell, Frances Spruill, Margaret Styrons, Miles Sitterson, Clarise Bateman. Fourth grade: Loren Tetterton, Mary Gordon Bratten, Harry Mc Lean, Fannie Lou Winslow. Fifth grade: None. Sixth grade: Roy Manning, Glenna Ange, Mary Lillian Campbell, Kath- < erine Bratten, Miriam Joyner, Zeb Vance Norman, Oliver Lucas. Seventh grade: Jane Read, Carl Bailey. Eighth grade: Brinson Cox, Ed ward Stokeley, Meredith Johnson, Mary Charlotte Jones, Katherine Midgett, Becky Ward. Ninth grade: Helen Harrison, Frances Joyner, Lillian Robbins, Mary Thomas Robbins, Bernice Cowen. Tenth grade: Bill Hays, Evelyn Basnight, Doris Bateman, Pauline Biggs, Helen Bratten, Cornelia Ed mondson, Elsie Liverman, Mary Sal linger, Catherine Terry. Eleventh: Madeline Edmondson, Mabel Liverman, Henry Grey Mi zelle, Evelyn Arps, Thelma Brown ing, Frances Edmondson, Myrtle Hopkins, Barbara Norman, Pauline West, Doris Williams, Myra Moore, Sibyl Woodley, Camille Burgess. Creswell Girls Win Trip in Classwork Misses Luzatta Lucas, Willimean Davenport and Christine Snell were adjudged winners in the contest in the home economics class at the Creswell High School for contrib uting the most to improvement of the room. Miss Rose Beaman, teach er, took the girls on a trip to her home as a reward. Final Exercises at Local High School Held Tuesday Night —®— Raleigh Publisher Talks on “To Them That Hath Shall Be Given” A message on “To Them That Hath Shall Be Given” by John A. Park featured the graduating ex ercises of the Plymouth High school Tuesday night which brought to a close the program of final exercises at the local school. Mr. Park, editor of the Raleigh Times, told the seniors in graphic fashion of the important men whom he had interviewed as a newspaper man and cited their stories of suc cess. These men included Ignace Paderewski, James A. Farley, Nel son Eddy and as an opposite he men tioned Gaston B, Means, arch-crim inal. After his speech, awards were made to the students by Dr. C. Mc Gowan, as follows: “Knowledge of the flag,” to Myrtle Hopkins; best citizenship, Thelma Sykes, William Whitson; and by Principal E. W. Joyner to the following: athletic ability, Bob Bateman and Doris Wil liams; good citizen, Meredith John son, Helen Harrison, Evelyn Bas night and James H. Ward. Scholarship: Mary Charlotte Jones Frances Joyner, Helen Bratten and Myrtle Hopkins; William T. Bate man presented a plaque to the school that he won in the craftsman com petition conducted by the Fisher Body Company; R. L. Tetterton was recognized for the reader’s stand that he contributed. Those receiving diplomas were: Annie Ange, Evelyn Arps, Camille Burgess, Thelma Browning, Jessie Frances Bateman, Mary Ataman chuk, Frances Bratten, Edna Bate man, Bob Bateman, Alexina Bate man, Alberta Clagon, C. B. Clifton, Madelyn Edmundson, Frances Ed mundson, William Eborn, William Gurkin, Myrtle Hopkins, Mabel Liv erman, Richard Lucas, Henry Mi zelle, Norman Mayo, Sanford Mi zelle, Barbara Norman, Olivia Po teat, Helen Roberson, Leon Rose, Thomas Stubbs, James H. Ward, Pauline West, Doris Williams, Vir ginia Williams, Edward Willough by and Sybil Woodley. W. H. Paramore presented Mr. Park and H. H. McLean presented the diplomas, Rev. R. H. Lucas pro nounced the invocation and Rev. C. T. Thrift the benediction. -® Negro Farmers Buy Blooded jerseys In County Near Here -s> Pure bred livestock are cheaper than scrubs, believe Negro farmers of Hertford County, who have been feeding high priced grain and rough age into sctubs all these years with out getting back an adequate return. So they have gone in for pure bred Jersey cattle. Two bull as sociations hav'e been organized in recent wneks with one located in the Mills Neck Community, near Harrellsville. Charlie Lassiter is president and the bull will be kept on the farm of F. J. Lane. Twelve men have an interest in the animal and money was raised for his pur chase when the members of the as sociation advanced a small sum each for the purchase. The second association is located in the Vaughtown Community of | the county where the same arrange ments were completed. W. A. Eason is president of this Association and J. W. Majette wil keep the animal. Both of these herd sires are pure bred registered Jerseys and will be of tremendous value in the two communities, says W. C. Davenport, local Negro farm agent of the State College Extension Service. Daven port says the Associations will per mit the two animals to be used in herds of non-members but will charge a standard fee for such serv ice. As a result of this interest in blooded dairy cattle, Davenport re ports that other Negro farmers are buying pure bred Jersey cows to be gin small herds for family supplies of milk and butter. “The farmers tell me they are tir ed of feeding scrubs and getting practically nothing in return,” Dav enport commented. Rockingham Farmers Get $88,460 Conservation Cash Rockingham farmers to the num ber of 1,605 shared in $88,460.54 worth of soil conservation checks recently and 40 additional farmers who did not cooperate in the pro gram last year have signed work sheets for 1937. Directors of Albemarle Association Appointed r i N, SINGER miss Frances Colwell, vocal ist, with Dean Hudson and his Florida Clubmen, who will play for a dance here May 27. Car Registrations At New High Total In State and Nation Constant Improvement of Highways Cited As Chief Factor Charlotte.—With motor vehicle registrations now at the highest point in history, Coleman W. Rob erts, president of the Carolina Mo tor Club, said today he is looking forward to a new record-breaking surge of motor touring in the 1937 travel season. Through May 6 a to tal of 494,822 motor vehicles had been registered in North Carolina compared with 447,282 for the same date last year. South Carolina and the entire country also report big increases in registrations, Mr. Rob erts said. “Constant improvement of the net work of highways throughout the nation is one of the most important stimulants of motor vacationing,” he said. “As new travel objectives are opened up, the motorists of America find a ‘menu’ of vacation sites that for interest, accessibility, and good accommodations cannot be matched by any other country in the world. “With nearly 1,000,000 miles of im proved highways, with filling sta tions. roadside eating establishments and overnight accommodations avail able along almost every mile of the highways, it is small wonder that more and more people are taking to the highway for their annual va cations. “Last year there was a tremen dous upsurge in touring; gasoline consumption rose nearly 10 per cent; travel to national parks and nation al forests gained about 20 per cent; while requests for routings at AAA clubs throughout the country show ed an increase of nearly 25 per cent.” Several Hurt in Auto Crash Here Several were injured on the sub urbs of Plymouth Monday night, when an automobile driven by Roy Davenport was in collision with a truck operated by Edison Godwin, of Creswell. The truck was filled with Negroes returning from a play presented in the colored school at Plymouth. Those suffering injuries were: Ed ison Godwin, badly bruised about the body and legs; Victoria Blount, shoulder broken; Doris Hornablue, fractured skull; Mildred Palin, brok en arm and cuts on face; Harry Ca barrus, bruised and cut on body; Snowball Littlejohn, knocked un conscious. The injured were treated by Dr. T. L. Bray. The vehicles were bad ly damaged. Local Team in Judging Contest • ■■ - Three boys from Plymouth attend ed a livestock judging contest held in Belhaven and Pantego last Sat urday. Those competing from here were Osborn Dunbar, with 306 out of a possible 400; Jack LeFever 292; James Rea 267. The boys enjoyed a fish fry afterward at the home of Fred Latham. Names Announced By President C. W. Tatem This Week Standing Committees Also Appoined; Each County Represented Directors of each of the four coun ties and the standing committees of the Southern Albemarle Association were released today by President Charles Wallace Tatem, of Colum bia. Directors, Washington: John W. Darden, vice president and chair man of the county: P, W. Brown, Z. V. Norman, and Mrs. E. L. Owens, Plymouth; Mrs. Ralph Harrell, Mrs. L. E. Harrell and Mrs. W. W. White, Roper; Roy L. Litchfield, Creswell. Dare: M. R. Daniels, vice presi dent, Manteo; J. A. Meekins, Ro danthe; G. M. Wise, Stumpy Point; C. L. Midgette, Manns Harbor; J. I. Willis, Hatteras; J. D. Nelso^i, Col lington; Frank Stick, Manteo; T. R. Midgette, Mishoes: D. B. Fearing, Manteo. Hyde: W. W. Watson, vice presi dent, Lake Landing; J. A. Poison, Scranton; P. E. Swindell, Fairfield; O. L. Williams, Swan Quarter; Mrs. H. A. Harris, Fairfield; C. R. Lup ton: Mrs. O. S. Howard, Amos Ful cher, Mrs. Ely Gibbs. Tyrrell: C. Earl Cohoon, vice pres ident; Mrs. J. W. Williams, Mrs. W. C. Owens, Mrs. W. S. Carawan, Mrs. Sue Brickhouse, D. M. Pledger, W. S. Sykes, H. S. Swain and Frank Griffin, Columbia. Committee on rules: W. M. Dar den, Plymouth, chairman; O. L. Wil liams, Swan Quarter; D. B. Fearing, Manteo, C. Earl Cohoon, Columbia. Finance: D. B. Fearing, Manteo, chairman; J. A. Poison, Scranton; W. M. Darden, Plymouth; Mrs. Effie Brickhouse, Columbia. Agriculture: W. S. Carawan, Co lumbia, chairman; W. S. Sykes, Co lumbia; W. W. Watson, Lake Land ing; M. A. Matthews, Engelhard; E. H. Liverman, Plymouth; W. L. Whit ley, Plymouth; R. L. Davis, Wan chese; Preston Swindell, Fairfield. For the Woman’s Work: Mrs. W. C. Jones, Mrs. C. McGowan and Mrs. T. L. Bray, Plymouth; Mes dames W. S. Carawan, W. C. Owens and R. H. Bachman, Columbia. Roads and transportation: Z. V. Norman, Plymouth, chairman; W. W. Watson, Lake Landing; M. R. Dan iels, Manteo; J. E. Norris, Columbia; J. H. Jarvis, Engelhard; R. L. Da vis, Wanchese; Harry Stell, Plym outh; C. E. Cohoon, Columbia. Fisheries: John A. Meekins, Ro danthe, chairman; J. H. Jarvis, En gelhard; L S. Thompson, Plymouth; W. S. Carawan, Columbia. Legislative: J. W. Darden, Plym outh, chairman; M. A. Matthews, En gelhard; D. V. Meekins, Manteo; W. H. Paramore, Plymouth. -$ Outlook Uncertain For Leaf Raised in Section This Year -a Prospects Are Considered Favorable for Burley and Air-cured Tobacco A recent report released by the United States Department of Agri culture points to the outlook for burley, cigar and dark air-cured tobacco is very bright, but that un certainty surrounds the flue-cured crop this year. Tobacco consumption is increas ing, the bureau of agriculture eco nomics reported, and stocks of most types of tobaccos are expected to be less at the start of the new season than last. The bureau also said that tobac co growers planned to increase plantings this year about 15 percent above the 1936 harvested area. “With the indicated acreage,” the bureau said, “the outlook now ap pears favorable for burley, cigar, and dark air-cured types. There is more uncertainty in the outlook for the flue-cured type.” Average yields or planned acre age of flue-cured tobacco will re sult in a market situation similar to last year, the bureau said. If yields are above normal, the bureau ponted out, production “probably could not be sold at prices satisfac tory to the grower.” The bureau further said flue-cur ed tobacco acreage this year was ex pected to be about 968,000 acres, or ten percent larger than the harvest ed acreage last year.