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Advertisers will find Beacon 1200 Washington County homes, and News columns a latchkey to The Roanoke Beacon ♦ * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12.000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 42 Plymouth, W ashington County, North Carolina, Friday, October 15, 1937 Superior Court Civil Session Announced For Week October 25 Judge C. L. Williams Expect ed To Preside; 14 Cases Put on Calendar Washington County Superior Court will be in civil session here for one week beginning October 25, and Judge Clawson L. Williams, of Sanford, is expected to preside, ac cording to C. V. W. Ausbon, clerk of the court. There are 166 cases on the court docket, but only 14 have been sched uled for hearing, Mr. Ausbon said. Some of the cases which are still being carried on the court records, though there is little chance of their ever being heard, date back 14 or 15 years. Those scheduled for trial this ses sion are as follows: Monday, H. A. Berry vs. Henry D. Harrison, et al; Janet Jones vs. J. M. Horton; Cox Motor Co. vs. John Atamanchuck; Washington Production Credit Cor poration vs. T. H. Davenport, et al; and International Ring Co. vs. Don G. Davis. Tuesday: Della Purlaugh vs. W. C. Godwin; Hopewell Holmes vs. Leon ard Holliday, et al; Jerry McL. Har ris vs. Wade Waters; and the Will of Mrs. E. Hill will also come up. Wednesday: Butler Bros. vs. A. B. Spruill, et al; Lucy Biggs, Admx., vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co.; Clara Hedgebeth vs. Life Insurance Co.; Nancy Cof fey vs. Stuart Moore; and D. D. Dav enport vs. Z. H. Phelps, et al. Motion and divorce cases will be handled at the pleasure of the court. The civil court holds terms in Plymouth only twice a year, in April and October, and the criminal court is in session in July and January. The jury list drawn for the com ing civil term is as follows: Prom Plymouth: H. W. Alexander, J. H. Leggett, B. L. Ange, W. L. Has sell, J. W. Jackson, T. C. Burgess, Enoch L. McNair, and J. H. Rid dick. Prom Lees Mills: J. A. Chesson, R. W. Lewis, B. B. Spencer, Ralph Smith, B. M. Snell, and Joe W. Swain Two names have been drawn from Skinnersville: H. E. Ambrose and L. C. Spruill. From Scuppernong: Ernest W. Furlough, J. P. Snell, Mitchell Spear, J. L. Phelps, W. G. Ainsley, W. P. Davenport, and Isaac W. Furlough. -<$> IT ISN’T NEWS BUT Looke Like Conspiracy Des Moines - Disgusted with the automobile a dealer had just sold him, Jack Sutherland wrote on the side “Phooey to this car from me. It is an oil hog, a lemon—no satisfac tion from the dealer—when new it used two gallons of gas per 1,000 miles.” All went well until police discovered that Hibbard Sutherland, brother of the owner was driving without a li cense. “I’ll bet my dealer’s back of this,” said the disgusted owner as he fixed up his brother’s $100 bond. -- Pennies Fill Coal Bin Chicago - E. A. Toppsons walked into the office of a coal company, placed a 32 pound bag of pennies on the counter and ordered seven tons of coal. He explained that it had formerly been considerable of a financial strain trying to pay his winter fuel bill, so that he now starts a year in advance tossing odd pennies into a box for this purpose. The 32 pound bag contained 5,250 pennies of $52.50 clerks found after they finished counting them. -■$> The Old Maid Problem Vienna - When 65,000women are looking for husbands, —and there aren’t any husbands to be had,—• the situation is serious. And this is the problem which just now is one of the most perplexing for the Austrian gov ernment. 1 Whereas, generally more girls are (Continue on page four) Plymouth High School’s Vocational Agriculture Class Wins Prize at Fair Vocational agriculture students of the Plymouth High School won first prize of $40 at the Williamston Fail last week for their exhibit on the feeding, care and marketing of hogs that showed the proper methods for management of swine. The yearly hog program was shown with both fall and winter farrowing. The boys began with a sow and ten small pigs. Each month a clear pic ture was shown by changing the pigs to different lots. In carrying out their points, the boys put into use not facts and theories only but they showed how it could actually be carried out from a practical standpoint. W. D. Starr, instructor and advis or of the boys, said, “The boys were so confident of winning that they in vested approxiiriately $18 of their money towards making their exhibit and school the superior of all pres ent.” They were amply repaid for their efforts by the many complimentary remarks paid to the class and the in structor for displaying such a splen did exhibit. Oak City won second prize of $30 and Jamesville third of $20. American Legion Post Here Is Planning Big Armistice Bfiv Celebration This Year Following the installation of new officers last Friday night, with the Rev. Worth Wicker, of Greenville, as the principal speaker, the Ameri can Legion today is looking toward the celebration of Armistice Day here on November 11. Dr. C. McGowan, district com mander, and P. Bruce Bateman, post commander, are working with their buddies in arranging one of the larg est and most comprehensive Armis tice Day celebrations in the history of the local post. Former Lieutenant Governor San dy Graham, of Hillsboro, will be the principal speaker. There will be the usual parade of the veterans, their sons, and possibly some floats, to be followed by the memorial services in front of the legion hall. The Greenville Episcopal minister, in speaking to the former soldiers, i pointed out what this country should I do in preventing the spread of for eign influences and to keep America for Americans. The veterans enjoyed I a supper. Five Plymouth Women Win Prizes at Drawing I WANTS 100 SOUIRRELS I ; One hundred squirrels and a deer, dead or alive, are wanted at once by the hospitality commit tee appointed by the Lions Club to entertain the publicity party coming here on October 21. The visiting writers and travel bureau managers are to be giv en a game dinner in Plymouth, and the committee is now faced with the problem of getting the game. The publicity which this type of meal will give Washington County as a hunting ground will benefit everyone, and most of all local men who may, as a result have a chance to act as guides, the committee pointed out. All game shot should be brought to Riddle’s Ice Plant at once. Plans Under Way Here for “Little Federal Theater” -- Would Mean Enlargement of Present Federal Project If Public Gives Support Plymouth may soon have a “Little Theater” similar to hundreds that have sprung up all over the United States during the past two or three years. Miss Lillian Waldo, of Raleigh, has been sent here from the Federal Theater at Raleigh to organize a the ater group among Plymouth residents if it appears that there is sufficient interest. She decided recently to hold a meeting in the high school auditor ium Thursday evening, October 14, for the purpose of making prelimi nary plans for the undertaking. A number of people have indicated an interest in the project, she says, and she hopes that it will be possible to have at least 30 members in the Little Theater group. The theaters of this sort in other places are paying their own way thru membership fees and admission tick ets sold. They offer an opportunity for those who have dramatic ability and also for those who are interested in art work, in costume making, and scen ery designing, according to Miss Waldo. She will work with Mrs. Kathleen Spruill, who has been doing Theatre Guild work here for some time, and also with Delbert Allen. Miss Waldo is a graduate of Chow an College in Murfreesboro and dur ing the summer was associated with the pageant at Fort Raleigh. Ausbon’s Cafe Changes Hands Ausbon's Cafe is under new man agement this week. Fred Barringer, the former owner, turned it over on Sunday to two partners: H. E. Wyndham, of Green ville, and Nile Wombled, who works in Liverman’s Drug Store. Mr. Wyndham will act as manager of the cafe and has announced that he will attempt to employ all local help as far as possible, and that fte will buy his provisions in Plymouth in order to make the cafe an entirely local enterprise. Fall Sales Event Attracts Crowd of Nearly Thousand Mrs. W. A. Davidson Wins $20; Four Others Take Away $5 Each Five Plymouth women won cash prizes here Wednesday on the sec ond drawing in the fall sales cam paign sponsored by local business men. The first prize of $20 was won by Mrs. W. A. Davidson, who held a ticket from the City Market and Gro cery. Second prize of $5 went to Mrs. Earl Colter, who held a ticket from the Yellow Front Market, and the third lucky $5 ticket was also from the Yellow Front and held by Mrs. F. T. Simmons. The fourth prize of $5 went to Mary Brooks, colored, who held a ticket from Rhode’s Store and the fifth prize was won by Mrs. A. J. Rid dle on a ticket from Liverman’s store. Excitement ran high Wednesday as the drawing began with a crowd of close to 1,000 assembled in the street before the municipal build ing. All prizes were in the form of silver dollars, as they were a week ago. All merchants have been urging their customers to ask for tickets whenever they purchase merchandise amounting to $1 or more, as it is very easy for a clerk who is rushed to overlook the tickets. Williford’s Yellow Front Market tickets have had a run of luck so far, taking the first prize of $20 last week. Air Mail Gaining Popularity Here Postmaster Says -<s> Fifty Letters Daily Now Be ing Sent From Local Post Office by Air Routes -<*> Air Mail Week, which began on Oc tober 11, has been a real success, as far as Plymouth is concerned. Approximately 50 letters have been sent from here every day by air mail since Monday, according to Postmas ter George W. Hardison, and a large number have been received, espec ially by workers at the new pulp mill. Letters have gone out to Los An geles, Chicago, New York, and vari ous New England cities. They have been received from many mid-west ern and southern states. ‘T believe the public has come to have a better understanding of the value of air mail service as the re sult of this observance,” Postmaster Hardison said. "People have learned that they can write letters and have them read by friends, relatives, and business asso ciates thousands of miles away in just a few hours, and they have seen that this service is not expensive.” Roper P.-T. A. To Meet October 19 —<$>— The Roper Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will hold its second fall meet ing on Tuesday evening, October 19. Dr. S. V. Lewis, county health of ficer, will be the chief speaker of the evening, and another feature of the program will be singing by a male quartet, including the Rev. M. L. Am brose, Robert Lewis, J. C. Knowles, and D. E. Poole. All Roper parents are urged to at tend, as Dr. Lewis’ message is ex pected to be of considerable inter est and by attending parents will be cooperating with the school -- General Public Invited To Oyster Supper Saturday -<$> An oyster supper will be served from 5 to 8 o’clock Saturday evening at the social house of the Christian Church in Plymouth. The public has been invited to attend. Roper Still Has No Prospects in Search For Another Mayor Unpaid Job Hard To Fill After Phelps Resigns; To Continue 30 Days For a month now Roper has been trying to find someone to serve as mayor, following the resignation of Aubrey Phelps, who felt that the job interfered with his business at the “Little Monte Carlo." But it appears that no one wants the job, so Mr. Phelps has agreed to serve for another 30 days in the hope that by that time the city council may be able to persuade some one else to take over the job. It appears that the mayor of Rop er draws no salary at all, which is a little less than some of the other communities pay, and the job carries with it the unpleasant duty of pass ing sentences on friends and neigh bors at the sessions of the mayor’s court. Roy Hearne Here To Collect 1937 Feed - Seed Loans North Carolina Farmers Pay Up Better Than Most in United States, He Says Roy Heame, supervisor for the Emergency Seed and Feed Loan Ad ministration, began making collec tions in Washington County this week. He will be in County Agent W. V. Hays’ office every Monday afternoon from 2 to 5 p. m. up until about Christmas, he announced. Monday mornings he spends in Co lumbia, where he makes collections from Tyrrell County farmers who re ceived aid in the spring from the government. Only about 100 farmers in Wash ington County borrowed money this year, whereas loans were made to nearly 300 in 1933, and this indi cates that farmers are gradually get ting out of debt, according to Mt. Heame. Collections in North Carolina dur ing the past six years have been far ahead of those for other states, with very few farmers failing to pay up in the fall when their crops are sold, he said. Those farmers who do not repay the money they have borrowed are blacklisted and find it impossible to secure any further aid from the var ious Federal agencies, but it seldom is necessary even to threaten such action in North Carolina, he said. Loan applications were made out for farmers of Washington County last spring by Miss Martha Hom thal and were passed on by Mr. Heame at his office in Washington. Federal feed and seed loans are available only to farmers who are unable to borrow from any other agency and up to $300 this year, and a limit of $1,000 was fixed for the maximum amount of credit to be extended to any one farm, re gardless of the number of tenant farmers on it. All loans are at 4 per cent interest. -<«> Many Persons Hunt Jobs By Applying At State Registry —$— Employment Service Branch Office Open in Plymouth One Day Each Week Approximately 550 applications for employment are now on file at the Washington County courthouse, where the North Carolina State Em ployment Service maintains an office to help men and omen of both races find work. Applications are received every Thursday morning beginning at 10 o’clock, and there is no charge what ever for registration or when place ments are made according to C. W. Bazemore, manager of the William ston office, of which this office is a branch. Many jobs have been found re cently for those registered, Mr. Baze more said. A wide variety of trades and occu pations are handled through the of fice here. These include: teachers, clerks, stenographers, truck drivers, machinists, pile drivers, mechanics, carpenters, brickmasons, laborers and farm workers. -$ Chief P. W. Brown Back From Hospital This II eek Chief of Police P. W. Brown re turned to Plymouth Tuesday follow ing an emergency operation for ap pendicitis at Rocky Mount last week. He is reported doing well and hopes to be able to get out again soon. It is expected that he will remain in bed for a while longer, however. County Agent Declares Farmers Have "Greatest Opportunity in All History" To Assure Selves Measure ol Stability Fall Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs Will He Held in Iioper Next Week The Fall Federation of Washing ton County Home Demonstration Clubs will meet in Roper High School next Thursday at 2:30 p. m., Miss Mary Misenheimer, announced this week. The Fall Federation has been an annual feature of the home demon stration work in this county for many years, and the program ar ranged for this year will prove one of the most interesting ever held, it is believed. The program was announced as follows: Song, by assembly: Invoca tion; Welcome, Mrs. W. E. Blount. Roper Club; Response, Creswell Club; Song, County Chorus; Bustines,, roll call, reading of minutes; reports by officers; Special music. Introduction of speaker, Mr. Poole, I principal of Roper School: Speaker. Professor Ralph Deal, head of the Language Department, East Carolina Teachers' College, Greenville. Song, County Chorus; Presentation of $5 prize for best gardens, donated and presented by Mr. W. F. Winslow; Presentation of trophy cup, given by Roanoke Beacon; Club collect; ad journment. Smaller County Tax Sales Reflect Better Conditions Real Estate Sold For Taxes Reaches Total of $24,803 Sale Is Formality as County Buys Titles and Owners Retain Property -- Washington County real estate amounting in value to $24,803 was sold for taxes here on October 4, ac cording to a report completed this week by county officers. This included approximately 600 parcels of property and was about $3,000 less than the amount sold a year ago. The sale is practically meaning less, however, to all practical pur poses, as the former owners still hold their property just as though the sale had not been made. Some of this real estate has been sold in the same way over and over again. Taxpayers who are deinquent so that their property is sold in this way must eventually pay up back taxes and also must pay the costs of the sales made each year in order to have a clear title if they wish to sell their property at any time. Sometimes the county and city go further and foreclose on the tax sale certificates, which they buy in at these proceedings. Such sales are final unless the owners come for ward to pay up and save their prop erty. -® Several Changes In Theatre Staff Due To Opening —$— New Operator for Old “New Theatre”; Lue Read To Work for Both -® Paul McKell, of Greenville, has been engaged by Shep Brinkley to operating the moving picture pro iector at the old “New Theatre” now hat Stanford Mizelle, who has been running it, is transferred to the new Plymouth Theatre. Lue Read, who has been working at the old theater will now divide his time between the two, but will give the largest part of his time to the old one, while Shep himself will transfer his office to the new theater. R. A. Peele, who is well known as a radio man, branched out into the related field of sound film projection at the opening of the new theater when he assisted Mizelle due to the fact that the equipment was new and more difficult to operate because it had not been completely installed. W. E. Blount Joins Beacon Staff in Circulation Drive Roper Man Will Contact Sub scribers in County; In Creswell Saturday -$ W. E. Blount, of Roper, has joined the staff of the Roanoke Beacon and is now taking subscriptions and re newing old ones. For the benefit of Roper subscrib ers, his daughter, Miss Donnie Blount will be at his home and ready to places names on the mailing list at the times when he is out. On Saturdays for the next month or so Mr. Blount will be in Cresw'ell to contact readers there. Those who are behind on their subscriptions and fail to make some arrangements for settling what is past due and paying up for renewals when he contacts them will have to be dropped from the mailing list, as the postal regu lations make this mandatory on the publisher. r I TO PLAY HERE FRIDAY*''I / The Plymouth Panthers will play the Hertford football team on the Plymouth field Friday aft ernoon at 3:30, Coach Armstrong announced this week. This game will be the second played in Plymouth this year. The first was against Aulander and resulted in a victory for Plymouth. Style Show Draws Large Crowd Here With Loeal Models Hard To Define Trends of Fashions; Colors Popnlar; More Crazy Hals -6 The fail and mid-winter fashion show at the Plymouth Theatre Wed nesday evening drew another capac ity crowd, like that which attended the theater opening on Monday. Everyone appeared to enjoy the movie, “Prisoner of Zenda,” which preceded the fashion parade, and Bubbles Baker and his orchestra were greeted with considerable applause. The girls who appeared as models in Blanche Swain’s new street and sport clothes and mid-winter evening dresses included: Minnie Brinkley, Frances Bowen, Lou Henderson, Mar ion Brinkley, Lillian Read McGowan, Naomi Wee tie, Elizabeth Davidson, Katherine Midgett, Louraine Jackson Helene Duvall, Lillian Jones, Made line Edmondson, Lou Roberson, and Linda Stephens. Such a wide variety of color com binations were shown that it appears there is no particular color or group of colors which will predominate this year. And the lines of the fall garments, too, defy characterization because of their wide variety. About all that can be said is that women’s dresses, suits, and coats this winter will be of every color and cut, and that the hats are going to continue looking just as crazy as they have all through the fall. Couple Small Fires In Colored Homes Fires in two colored homes were extinguished quickly by neighbors and the Plymouth fire department with small losses during the past week. One of them, in the home of Alec Barnes, on Wilson Street, burned the end of the house and caused damage estimated at about $400. Tlie other was in the home of James Jordan at 220 Madison Street. The house is said to be owned by Mrs. M. A. Nickerson, of New York. Damage was very slight, as the fire had been practically extinguished a few seconds before the firemen ar rived. Local Building and Loan Association To Bogin Operations on Monday,October 25 The Plymouth Building and Loan Association, organization of which has just been completed, will be ready to begin operating on October 25. Regular weekly payments on stock in the organization will start on that date at the rate of 25 cents on each $100 share, according to Attorney Z. Vance Norman. Within about two months, it is ex pected there will be enough money paid in to permit the making of the first loans. There are at present a bout 100 persons in Washington County who have subscribed to stock amounting to a total of $85,000. As this means there are 850 shares subscribed, the weekly income of the association will be $212.50, which in two months should give the associa tion enough to start making loans. Payments on stock are to be made each Monday to the secretary-treas urer of the association at the Branch Banking & Trust Company in Plym outh. Local Farmers Can Benefit Greatly by Demand for Action Calls for Strong Delegation To Support President’s Policies at Hearing For the first time in American his tory an opportunity for sound and lasting prosperity is within the grasp of Southern farmers, W. V. Hays, Washington County agent, declared this week. Following the address delivered by President Roosevelt over a nation wide radio hook-up Tuesday evening, Mr. Hays called upon farmers in this county to take advantage of the op portunity he is offering them. "There is to be a hearing in Win ston-Salem next Monday at 10 o’ clock in the morning, at which time a United States Senate investigat ing committee will attempt to learn what North Carolina farmers want,” he said. “No doubt our farmers have great ly benefited under the AAA program, but since compulsory control has been eliminated the farmers’ incomes have been reduced. “I should very much like to see a representative group of Washington County farmers attend this meeting and hope that there will be a good expression of Washington County farm sentiment.” Several men have notified Mr. Hays that they intend to make the trip. Among them are members of a committee appointed by Mr. Hays, including J. E. Davenport, of Mack eys, A. L. Owens and E. H. Liverman, of Plymouth. Mr. Hays emphasized the import ance of compulsory control of crops under the AAA by pointing out that since tobacco has sold at top prices this year, unless something drastic is done, tobacco acreage will be great ly increased next year. The result will be overproduction and lower prices, with little, if any, profits, and probably with many very heavy losses, he said. What makes it especially import ant that the hearing in Winston Salem be well attended is the fact that the President has called a spec ial session of Congress to meet on November 15 for the purpose of sta bilizing American agriculture, Mr. Hays declared. The President left no doubt of his intention to fight for the farmers at the special session of Congress. “We intend this winter to find a way to prevent 4 1-2 cent cotton, 9-cent com and 30-cent wheat,” he told the na tion, “with all the disaster that those prices mean for us—from ever com ing back again. “To do that, the farmers them selves want to cooperate to build an all-weather farm program so that in the long run prices will be more stable. "We believe this can be done and the national budget kept out of the red. "And when we have found that way to protect the farmers' prices [rom the effects of alternating crop surpluses and crop sacrifices, we shall also have found the way to protect the nation’s food supply from the effects of the same fluctuations.” The farmers of Washington Coun ty will be missing the opportunity jf a lifetime if they do not attend the hearing in Winston-Salem and cooperate with President Roosevelt in liis attempts to help them by mak ing the Senate committee understand how they feel and what they want, Mr. Hays said. 4itl Society Sponsoring Supper for Orphanage The Pleasant Grove Aid Society will give an oyster supper at the dome of Mrs. Clara Snell on Friday jvening for the benefit of the orphan age. Oysters, chicken salad, ice cream »nd cake will be served. The public ,s invited to attend.
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