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The Roanoke Beacon * * + * * * * and Washington County News ******* A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington j County and its 12,000 people. VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 11 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday. April H. lOSft ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Mrs. T. L. Bray, past president of the Woman's Club, has been advised that Wilmington's Azalea gardens will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday of this week from 1 to 6 p. m. Steps are being taken to or ganize a eub pack in connection with the Boy Scout program in Washington County. This or ganization is for boys from 9 to 12 years of age. Dr. A. Papineau hopes to get this work started early. Little Miss Priscilla Lyon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Lyon, of Holly wood, and formerly of Plymouth, can be heard in a dancing and singing routine as well as in dialogue over NBC stations every Monday evening at 8:30. It was reported that over 20, 000 calls were made through the local telephone exchange during a period of 3 1-2 days recently, and much of the delay and an noyance caused by the system here is a result of inadequate equipment for the growing ser vice, it is believed locally. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Ward, sr., of Plymouth, and Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Walker, of Creswell, have returned from Charleston, S. C., where they visited the magnolia gardens. Here are acres of flowers, trees and shrub bery, some of the prettiest in the South, and people travel for miles each year to see them. The operetta that was sched uled to be given Thursday night in the Plymouth High School au ditorium by the children from Hampton Academy was post poned until Monday night, April II, at 8 p. m. There will be about 60 children in it. A small charge will be made for admission. Eddie Sanderson, of Philadelphia, and Whit Sanderson, of Richmond, were here this week-end visiting their father, R. R. Sanderson, and their brother, T. P. Sanderson. In cidentally, these two young men have done very well for themselves. Ed die is an auto salesman and Whit an electrician for the duPonts. W. Frith Winslow is preparing a series of oil paintings of inter esting and historic scenes in this section of North Carolina. When completed he will hang them in his store for the tourists who are expected to pass through here when the Albemarle Sound bridge is opened and No. 97 hard sur faced. Two merchants in Plymouth that are making good progress in their businesses are L. V. Fagan and A. L. Holley. Both of them operate gro cery stores, and they find being col ored is little or no handicap to them. -® Local Parent-Teacher Meet Scheduled Next Wednesday -® The Parent-Teacher Association of Plymouth will meet in the high school lunch room next Wednesday after noon at 3:30 for the regular month ly session, it was announced today by Mrs. W. V. Hays, president. The lunch room will be used for the meet ing because of the fact that the au ditorium will be use for other pur poses at that time. County Farmers Eligible To Earn Peanut Benefits Washington is one of the 24 counties in North Carolina that has been designated as commer cial peanut-producing areas in which growers may earn bene fits by curtailing their peanut acreage. Each peanut grower will get an individual allotment, and if the acreage is held within the quota, the farmer may earn 20 cents per 100 pounds for the nor mal yield per acre. Normally over 6.000 acres of peanuts are grown in this county A peanut goal of 1,500,000 acres has been established for 89 counties in seven southern com mercial peanut states. The benefit payments will be based on an average yield per acre. A farmer with a 12-acre goal and an 800-pound average yield, for instance, would get 20 cents per 100 for 9,600 pounds, or §19,20—provided he complied with the fixed goal. Young Man Crushed Under Load of Dirt \ BAND CONCERT I \ —/ The Plymouth High School band will give a concert Monday afternoon at 2:45, with L. W. Zeigler directing. There will be eight numbers on the program. A baritone horn solo by Wil ford Whitley, a trumpet solo by Harry McLean, a clarinet solo by Mr. Zeigler, will be features on the program, which includes ren ditions by the band of several well-known marches. Sermon Topics Are Outlined for Revival At Christian Church —»— Rev. E. B. Quick, of Atlanta, Ga., To Assist Pastor in Services Next Week In connection with the revival in progress at the Christian church, there will be a campaign of evange lism aind Christian education next week conducted by E. B. Quick, of Atlanta, Ga., director of religious ed ucation, who will be assisted by the pastor, Rev. N. A. Taylor. Sunday, 11 a. m., "Sympathy for Souls” and at 3 p. m., beginning of local church institute for all church and Sunday school workers. At 7:30 p. m„ "The Restoration Movement,” illustrated by 100 stereopticon views. Monday, 7:45 p. m., “What Is Christ To You?” 8:45 p. m., "The Educational Program of the Church.” Tuesday, 7:45 p. m., "The Power of the Gospel”; 8:45 p. m., “The Fellow ship Life of the Church.” Wednesday, 7:45 p. m., "God's Greatest Appeal To Man"; 8:45, "The Spiritual Life of the Church.” Thursday, 7:45 p. m., "Personal Responsibility”; 8:45, “The Steward ship Program of the Church.” Friday, 7:45 p. m., “Tire Meaning of the Cross.” 8:45, “The Evangelis tic Program of the Church.” Easter Sunday: Sunrise service, 6 a. m.; object lesson for boys and girls of the Sunday school, “The Three Crosses.” 3 p. m., men’s meet ing, “Hitting on All Four Cylinders.” 7:45 p. m., “The Truth That Sets Men Free.” Catches Increasing at Fisheries Near Here < Over 1,000 Pounds of Rock Caught Friday; Best Catch in Years -s Better Weather of Past Few Days Brings More Fish Of All Kinds -® Favorable weather is given credit for the increase in number of her rings taken in the seines at the Kit ty Hawk and Slade Fisheries near here this week, the number taken at each haul now running into the thous ands. Last week the most fish taken in any single haul was given at 800, but the third week of the season, which began Monday, was said to be about as good as the third week of the sea son last year. Friday over 1,000 pounds of rock were caught during the day. This was said to be the largest amount of this particular species of fish ever caught at the century-old fisheries in a single day. So far, the catches have been about as good, if not a little better than was the case last year. The past three years saw a steady decline in the annual catch at the fisheries. As in other years, W. R. Hamp ton, the owner, continues to “make the cast’’ with the big seines and then haul them in again—sometimes > with a good catch and sometimes with hardly any. The fishing, like the show, must go on. Dentist Treats Many At School in Crestvell —®— A report received this week by Principal A. T. Brooks from Dr. A. J. Pringle, a representative of the State Health Department, revealed that 54 patients had been treated during the two weeks he spent there recently. Of these 54 children, one was re ferred to a local dentist for further treatment, and work on the others included 153 fillings, 47 teeth extract ed and all of the patients’ teeth cleaned. The report also shows 49 children in Cherry school were treated. All their teeth cleaned, 153 filled and 51 extracted. -® County Hosts at High School Day in Greenville Appointed Miss Myrtle Hopkins, of Plymouth, was named president, and Miss Lela Davenport, of Roper, secretary of the Washington County Club, which will serve as student hosts and hostesses to the 50 from this county who are expected to attend high school day at the East Carolina Teachers’ Col lege at Greenville Tuesday. Over 25 counties are scheduled to be represented by delegations from a total of 73 high schools. Seniors, teachers and parents are asked to attend. '? —V Bonnie Woolard, 23, Fatally Hurt When Truck Turns Over —<$>— Second Highway Fatafitv in Less Than Week Occurs Here Wednesday -® Funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Bonnie Woolard, 23 years of age, who was fatally injured Wednesday, when a truck loaded with dirt turned over on him, pinning him beneath it and crushing his chest and lungs. This was the second highway fa tality to occur here in less than a week, a colored woman having been killed Saturday night by a hit-and run driver. Before this time there had been only one fatal accident in the county in several years. Young Woolard was employed by the F. J. McGuire Construction Company, contractors for surfacing Highway 97 from here to the Beau fort County line. He was approach a bend in the road from Plymouth and endeavored to pass a car when he ran too near the edge of the soft shoulders of the highway, the truck turning over down an incline. It was reported to have turned over twice. Woolard was brought to the office of Dr. Alban Papineau here at 5:40, where first-aid was rendered him but he died at 6:40 from what the physic ian described as "spontaneous pneu mothorax resulting from traumatic rupture of the pleura (the lining cov ering the lung). Rev. N. A. Taylor will conduct the final rites, assisted by the Rev. R. H. Lucas and the Rev. W. B. Harring ton, of Martin County. Interment will take place in the Windley cem etery. Surviving is his widow, formerly Miss Delores Manning; also two sons, Gerald, 3 years of age, and Larry, 1 year; a brother, Fred; and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Woolard, of the Long Ridge section, with whom the victim lived. -® Doctors of Second District To Meet at (Jub Here April 13 —®— Dr. T. L. Bray Is President And Dr. A. Papineau Sec retary of Group A number of scientific papers will be read as a feature of the program for the Second Councilor District of the Medical Society of North Caro lina, which will hold a meeting at the Plymouth Country Club next Wednesday evening. Dr. T. L. Bray is president of the district organization and will preside at the meeting with Dr. Alban Pap ineau, also a local physician, serving as secretary and treasurer. The invocation will be made by Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of the lo cal Baptist Church, and Zeb Vance Norman will welcome the visiting physicians. (Continue on page four) 6-Year-Old Child Here Is Victim of Spinal Meningitis Physicians here doubt there is any cause for alarm that the dread spinal meningitis disease will spread following the death of little L. C. Thompson, jr.. 6-year-old son of Mrs. Virgie Hooker Thompson, last week-end. The child became ill last Friday during school and was rushed to a Washington hospital, where he died within a few hours. The funeral took place Sunday, with Rev. N. A. Taylor officiating. His mother lives near Plymouth and the father resides in Washing ton. N. C. Peanuts in Storage Here To Be Sold on Friday This Week Sealed Bids To Be Received On I,00() Tons |»\ Peanut Stabilizing Corporation -® Sealed bids will be received in Ed enton Friday by R. C. Holland, pres ident of the Peanut Stabilization Cor poration, on 1,000 tons of peanuts that are stored in the Tidewater To bacco Warehouse in Plymouth. These goobers will be purchased by oil mills and converted into oil or crushed for the purpose of manufact uring “shortening,” salad dressing or peanut meal for livestock and can not be used for the general peanut trade. The amount loaned on the pea nuts, according to W. T. Freeman, and the expense for handling totaled about $70 a ton, or about 3 1-2 cents a pound, which represents the cor poration’s investment in the peanuts. It is expected they will be sold for about $35 a ton, or a fraction less than 2 cents a pound, if the bids re ceived Friday are in line with offers for peanuts under the same condi tions as heretofore. Federal agents will check the use of peanuts by the oil firms and will not allow them to be placed on the open market, as this would tend to depress the price, which the govern ment is seeking to boost. -- Urge Youths From Section To Enter Work in Exposition —®— Winning Exhibits at District Showing in Williamston Will Go To Raleigh -® Young people of two counties are urged to enter their work in the Expo sition that is to be held in the Wo man's Club Building at Williamston on Wednesday and Thursday, April 20 and 21, from 9 to 6 p. m.. accord ing to Mrs, Eliza H. Hampton, direc tor of the National Youth Adminis tration for Washington and Tyrrell Counties. “All youths who have anything they made themselves that their par ents or teachers think is particularly well done should be submitted,” ac cording to Mrs. Hampton, who added that “things made by Boy Scouts, 4-H clubs or individuals will be ac cepted." School children should bring their exhibits to school. The winners of blue ribbons at the Williamston exposition may then en ter their exhibits in the state show ing at Raleigh, and winning exhibits there will be put on display at the State Fair under the auspices of the National Youth Administration. -® Estimated Cost of Creswell School Is Raised To $77,000 —®— Superintendent of Schools Is Authorized by Board To Apply for Loan -® The estimated cost of Creswell’s new school building lias jumped from the original price of $47,000 to about $77,000 it was learned this week. The county commissioners several months ago secured a loan of $25,000 from the State Literary Fund in Ra leigh and a pledge of $22,000 from the Works Progress Administration, making a total of $47,000. Monday, H. H. McLean, the superintendent of schools, was authorized by the com missioners to make an application for a loan of $30,000 on the Creswell school building, which brings the to tal apparently needed for the school to $77,000. The county recently readjusted its financial obligations by refunding, and in order for the county credit to remain good the commissioners must pay out the $30,000 they now have on hand for bond retirement and in terest before they can borrow more. Hearing Held in Davenport Case —®— A hearing was held here last Fri day by a representative of the State Industrial Commission to determine the amount of compensation that Seaton A. Davenport, former Creswell police chief, is entitled to as a result of the injuries sustained while he was employed by the town. Several months ago Davenport was found on the highway near Creswell with his leg broken and other in juries. He has recovered, but it was thought he is entitled to some com pensation for the permanent injuries which he sustained. No decision was announced last Friday, as the official simply heard the testimony and the findings will be disclosed later. Delegates of 7 Counties To Meet Here 14th and Name Group To Plan Bridge Opening Celebration Hope To Add 130 Water Customers To Lines Here The City Council is studying pro cedure to require 130 residents of Plymouth who are not now water consumers to become users of city water, in order to effect an increase in revenue. There are about 100 dwellings on streets where water is available that have never been equipped with plumb ing and about 30 homes which have plumbing installation but which are not now water customers. This number added to the 250 now customers of the city system would bring the total to 380 and would greatly increase the revenue from this source. It is estimated that the 130 new customers would add at least $200 a month to the town revenue, figuring each user at the minimum rate. The water system at present is providing one of the principal sources of revenue for the town. Two Held for Court After Fatal Accident Colored Woman Dies After Being Struck By Hit-Run Driver —®— Earl R. Westerling and Alton Roberson Put Under Rond Following Hearing --® Charges growing out of the fatal injury to Minnie Spencer, middle aged negress, who was struck by an automobile on the highway at east ern edge of Plymouth Saturday about midnight caused Recorder John W. Darden to order two men held for superior court in July following a preliminary hearing Tuesday morn ing. The woman died shortly after being struck by a car, which it is claimed did not stop. Earl R. Westerling, young employee of the North Carolina Pulp Company, was released under bond of $1,000, while Alton Roberson, young married man, who was also named in the war rant as a defendant, was released under a bond of $250 as a material witness in connection with the affair. The men were arrested at Vance Sat terthwaite's filling station shortly after the accident by Patrolman Tom Brown and Chief of Police P. W. Brown. The warrant was issued on three counts: (1) Driving while under the influence of whsikey; (2) driving in a reckless manner and doing personal injury to Minnie Spencer; and (3) failure to stop and render assistance following an accident. A third occupant of the car, alleged to have been operated by Westerling, a young woman, was not named in the warrant either as defendant or witness and during the hearing her \ NEW SUPERINTENDENT I ■v/ Louis J. Meunier, jr„ has been made superintendent of the plant at the North Carolina Pulp Com pany, succeeding W. M. Carey, who left the company last week. Mr. Meunier has had several years’ experience with paper mills in Delair, N. J„ and was as sistant engineer at the construc tion of a new paper plant in Manchester, England. Council Prohibi ts Shows Interfering With Dates of Fair Police Radio Provided for at Regular Meeting Held Monday Night The Plymouth City Council, in ses sion Monday night, adopted an ordi nance prohibiting the showing of any kind of carnival or similar entertain ment in Plymouth for 30 days before the Washington County Fair, the date for which has not yet been set. Councilman E. H. Liverman was named to meet with the Southern Albemarle Association members here April 14 to plan for the Albemarle bridge opening. The town decided to pay for a ra dio for Chief of Police P. W. Brown to use in getting radio police calls. Chief of Police P. W. Brown and Patrolman Tom Brown were asked by the council to designate the streets on which small stop signs will be put down on the streets where highways intersect. Association Is Likely To Name Delegates From This Section After Group Is Formed Date Will Be Set and Other De tails Worked Out Delegates from six surrounding counties will attend a meeting here Thursday, April 14, when it is ex pected a general committee will be named to formulate plans for a cele bration at the formal opening of the Albemarle Sound bridge. Representatives from Chowan, Pas quotank and Perquimans on the north side of the sound, will meet with representatives of the Southern Albemarle Association, which is com posed of Tyrrell, Washington, Dare and Hyde Counties, to choose a com mittee for this purpose. As soon as the committee is ap pointed, it will be their duty to get in touch with the State Highway and Public Works Commission to set a date for the opening, which is ex pected to be about Labor Day in Sep tember. It is expected they will then begin to invite notables to attend the event. Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the In terior, is understood to be the gen eral choice of people in this section as a chief speaker at the event. If he is unable to attend, some have ad vanced the idea of getting Senator William E. Borah, who, it is believed, would draw a large crowd and make a good speech. Others to be invited will likely in clude Governor Hoey, former Gover onr Ehringhaus, Julian Wood, former highway commissioner, Govemor_ Peery of Virginia, Congreg say Warren^ other goveii.i mi <, —3 possibly attend the opening.'" John W. Darden ,who has been ac tive in promoting preliminary plans for the celebration, believes that a speaker's stand should be erected and seats arranged so the hundreds who are expected may be seated comfort ably. Those who land places on the com mittee to arrange for the event have a job on their hands, as the calibra tion is expected to be one of the largest events of its kind ever staged in this section of the state. It is understood an agreement has been reached to hold the celebration at the Washington County end of the new bridge. No matter what is done, the local people are expecting those from the north to join in with the Southern Albemarle Association to put over the affair in a way that will make the people proud of the job. it was brought out that there was a woman in the car. The chief witness for the state at the preliminary hearing was Patrol man Tom Brown, who investigated the case with local officers. The officer told of tracing the path of the car by the tire impres sions in the soft earth. His inves tigation tended to show that the car ran off the shoulders on the right and then, at an angle, ran across the paved road to the left shoulder, where the Spencer woman was struck In his testimony he mentioned he had found a dent in the side of West erling's car. apparently caused by an impact, that he found tufts of grass and clover from the field underneath the car and between the tires and the rim similar to that at the side of the road where the accident oc curred, and that he found gray (Continue on page four) Freeman, Ausbon, Knowles Entries in Race for Offices The campaign for the office of Representative from Washington County to the General Assembly became three-corner this week, when W. T. Freeman entered in opposition to B. A. Sumner and A. | R. Dupree, sr. Mr. Freeman stated that he had always been a farmer and knows ■ the needs of the farmer; that he has had business experience, in- 1 eluding both the ups and downs, and knows what confronts the peo ple. Summing it all up, he says, like the prophet of old, "Here am I, send me.” J. C. Knowles entered the race for commissioner from his town- i ship, and C. V. W. Ausbon an nounces his candidacy to succeed himself as clerk of the superior court to round out political devel opments for the week. Soon Resume Work On Newlands Road Arthur H. Spruill Dies Near Roper —®— Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon for Arthur R. Spruill, about 60, who died Tuesday at his home near Roper after a short, illness. Mr. Spruill, a native of this coun ty, had been a farmer all his life and was highly regarded as an indus trious and respected citizen. He is survived by his widow and several sons. Norfolk Southern Will Discontinue Train To Columbia -9 INo Opposition To Petition at Utilities Commission Meet ing Helil Wednesday -$ It apears now that the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company will dis continue the train from Mackeys to Columbia, as there was no one pres ent Wednesday when the railroad of ficials petitioned the Utilities Com mission for permission to remove it, claiming they were losing money on the road. This is one of the seven scheduled passenger trains which the railroad insists are losing money. They will continue passenger service from Nor folk to Raleigh, through Plymouth, but they are seeking discontinuance of passenger service from Belhaven to Pinetown. The company presented figures to show they were losing $2,474.04 an nually on the Mackeys to Columbia run I Route Is Added To County System by Road Commission —«— Official Notification Is Given Week of Intention To Resume Work -# Official information was received this week by Carl L. Bailey from District Highway Commissioner Er- . nest V. Webb, of Kinston, that the short-cut road from the head of New lands to Roper had been added to the State system and had been placed on their map, Mr. Webb also advised Mr. Bailey that this road would be completed and maintained by the highway com mission as a secondary road. Work will be resumed soon, only a small amount being required to place the route in operation. The road was started some months ago as a WPA project, but insuffic iency of funds caused the WPA to discontinue work when it liked only a short distance of being completed. A few cars have made the trip over the road already. Some grading and installation of culverts is about all that is required to complete it. The route materially lessens the distance from Cherry to Roper, and will afford an outlet for a large num ber of people who have been forced to travel about 35 miles to reach the county seat, whereas the short cut will reduce it to about 17 miles. Mr. Bailey secured passage of a resolution by the county commis sioners and then it was forwarded to the road body, where it was ap proved.
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