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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * + and Washington County News ******* VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 15 Plymouth, Washington County, ISorth Carolina, Friday, April 15, 193ft A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics The prolonged ringing of a church bell brought members of the “bucket brigade" into action Sunday night, when a fire of undetermined origin in T. C. Holmes' mill near Creswell was extinguished before any great damage had been done. Seven well-formed eggs about the usual size of those laid by liens in this section were found in a barred rock hen killed by C. E. Swain and dressed for Mrs. H. C. Hooker last Saturday. F. D. Cline, of Raleigh, with a bid of S123.819.78. was the low bidder on the contract let this week for the grading and sur facing of 9.12 miles of approaches to the new Albemarle Sound bridge. As evidence of the interest that is being shown in The Roanoke Beacon, James G. Gaylord, colored news ven dor of Roper, sells almost 100 copies each week at the same price you pay for a single copy of a large daily. The Pitt Poultry Company, of Greenville, will have only two more loadings in Plymouth and Roper this season. Those who wish to sell their poultry, to them must see them on either of the next two Tuesdays. Daylight-saving time will be used in plant and office of the North Carolina Pulp Company here, beginning April 24. On that date shifts will change in the mill at 7, 3, and 11 o'clock, while those in the office will start to work at 7 and be off at 4. Hearing on a proposed marketing agreement for the white potato crop in Washington and other counties will be held in Washington, N. C.. April 22. This county grew only 500 acres of potatoes last year, but at one time this was a leading crop. Like most of the churches in the county, there will be an Easter egg hunt at the Metho dist church here at 2:30 Monday afternoon for the Sunday school, it was announced by James W. Norman, superintendent. Milton Ambrose, an inmate of the Washington County home, was gored seriously by a bull one day last week. It was reported to Keeper L. L. Bas night that Mr. Ambrose was jousting the bull with a pitchfork when the animal became enraged. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. Purdy, of Orien tal, visited the Rev. and Mrs. C. T. Thrift Wednesday. Dr. Purdy is a candidate for the State Senate from the Second Senatorial District. 80 Physicians Attend Meeting of Second District Society Here Dr. F. T. Wooten, of Kinston, Succeeds Dr. T. L. Bray As President -® Dr. P. T. Wooten, of Kinston, was named president, succeeding Dr. T. L. Bray; and Dr. Kilby Turrentine, of Kinston, was elected secretary, suc ceeding Dr. A. Papineau, at a meet ing of the Second Council District of the Medical Society of North Caro lina, held at the Plymouth Country Club Wednesday night. There were 80 physicians attend ing the event, with some of them en joying golf, others a trip through the pulp plant, and still others riding over the town and in general enjoy ing themselves. Rev. P. B. Nickens pronounced the invocation and Zeb Vance Norman welcomed the physicians at the din ner. A group of local young ladies served as waitresses, with Misses /Martha Mayo and Sarah Godley di recting. Scientific papers were read by the following: Dr. N. P. Battle, Rocky Mount; Dr. John C. Tayloe, Wash ton; Dr. J. F. Crumpler, Rocky Mount and Dr. K. B. Kieter, of Kinston. Music was provided by the Plym outh High School band. -$ Home Grounds Improved by Shrubbery thru Agent’s office ——* Cooperative orders of shrubbery through the county agent’s office in Orange County have resulted in im proved plantings of home grounds this spring. Ban Lifted on Hook and Line Fishing for 2 Days In the event a female fish is caught which looks as if it had not yet spawned, sportsmen are urged by Warden Terry to wet their hands and carefully place the fish back in the water. The bag and size limit and license provisions will be carefully checked during the period. "We hope that this exception to the closed season will prove to be educational and be reflected in a finer spirit of cooperation between this department (of fisheries) and the fishermen,” writes Mr. Kugler. Fishermen with hook and line and rod and reel may take fish from the inland waters in this section from Saturday midnight until Monday midnight, as the result of a special extension of the time authorized by E. B. Kugler, assistant to the com missioner in the division of game and inland fisheries. It was explained that the ban was lifted because of the fine cooperative spirit shown by sportsmen in regard to observance of the closed season on fishing, according to County Game Warden J. T. Terry. County Schools Begin Final Program Plans I AGAIN CANDIDATE I >_s County Commissioner E. F. Swain, of Cresweil, is the only member of the present board who has announced for reelection. 12 Cases on Calendar For Superior Court Beginning Monday —®— Term Is for Civil Cases Only And Is Scheduled To Last Only Four Days -® Only four days have been allotted for the trial of the 12 cases on the docket for the civil term of Wash ington County Superior Court, which convenes here Monday with Judge Walter J. Bone, of Nashville, presid ing. It is believed that it will take a little more than the four days allowed for the cases listed but it is not be lieved that it will be necessary to hold court longer than Friday. Judge Bone, when he was here in January, worked day aivi night to reduce the number of cases on the calendar. None of the cases scheduled for trial next week are outstanding in either amount involved or interest, and it is expected that Judge Bone will keep things moving along in a rapid manner. -® Operators Changed At Western Union —®— As a result of seniority in service, Mrs. L. W. Dickens, of Mount Airy, has succeeded Harry Perkins here as operator for the Western Union Tel egraph Company. Mrs. Dickens has had about seven years of experience, while Mr. Perkins has only been working with the com pany for about four years. The lat ter once worked for Mrs. Dickens as messenger boy. He came here from Port Bragg about' a year ago. Last summer Mr. Perkins handled as many as 130 telegrams daily from the local office. There has been some agitation for a down-town office, and it is believed if local people were to urge it the company would probably grant the request. Mr. Perkins believes that he may get back in the service at certain seasons, when produce at various shipping points begins to move. 6 County Youths Enter CCC Camps This Week Six Washington County boys left Plymouth Tuesday for a recruting station in Washington, N. C„ where they enrolled for 12 months in the Civilian Conservation Corps. They were enlisted under the direction of Miss Ursula Bateman, superintend ent of public welfare. The young men were examined in Washington and then sent to Port Bragg, Fayetteville, for a few days. Later they will be sent to the ninth coips area, embracing the states of Washington, Oregon and California. The usual enlistment period is for six months, but the period of service was increased to six months recently, and the county young men were ask ed to sign an agreement that they would reenlist after the six-month period is up for another six months. Names of the boys are as follows: Cushion Biggs Clifton, Henry Lee Ar nold and Roy Armond Bowen, of Plymouth; Ernie Ashley Swain and Carl Lin wood Gibbs, Creswell; and Carl Benjamin Bray, jr., of Roper. Exercises To Begin Next Week; Several Speakers Secured —®— Commencement Programs To Continue Through Next Ten Davs -®—— Public schools in Washington County will begin their commence ment exercises next week, continuing through the next 10 days, after which the schools will be closed for this term. Rev. Stephen Gardner, Episcopal minister, of Washington, will preach the commencement sermon at the Plymouth school on Sunday night. April 24, with the ministers of the town assisting and a combined choir to furnish the music. On the following Monday night Mrs. Laura S. Johnston will present her pupils in a music recital. The class night exercises will be held on Tuesday night, April 26. Dr, Ralph Deal, member of the fac ulty at East Carolina Teachers Col. lege, Greenville, will make the lit erary address on Wednesday eve ning, April 27. In the Roper schoo.l the Rev. Mr. Gross, pastor of a Chapel Hill Meth odist church, will preach the com mencement sermon on Sunday, April 24. During the following week it is hoped to secure Thad Eure, Secre tary of State, to make the literary address. The commencement sermon for the Creswell school will be preached at 11 o’clock Sunday, April 17, by the Rev. R. H. Lucas, of Plymouth. Dr. H. S. Hilley, president of Atlantic Christian College, will make the commencement address Friday night, April 22. All of the above services will be held in the Methodist church. There are 25 seniors in the class. — - ■ Trying To Organize Moose Chapter Here —®— Efforts are being made to institute a lodge here of the Loyal Order of Moose, with W. C. Moreland, mem bership director of Asheville, here to say for about five weeks to get the unit started. The organization is described as of a fraternal nature, non-partisan and non-sectarian, and carries weekly benefits, as well as life insurance pro. tection and certain benefits to the family of a deceased member, as well as help in old age. Mr. Moreland recently started a lodge in Washington. He came here from there and hopes to perfect the organization of a group here as early as possible. After 3 Months in Incubator, Infant Noiv at Home Here Little Camilla Ann Simmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Simmons, came to the home of her parents in Plymouth Sunday, after having spent the first five months of her life in a Rocky Mount hospital, including three months in an incubator there. Mrs. Simmons was in the hos pital when little Camilla was born October 31st last year. The infant weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces and was 17 1-2 inches long at birth. When she arrived at home Sunday the little girl’s weight was 12 pounds 10 ounces and she was 23 inches in height. Mrs. Simmons remained in the hospital only about 10 days, and the baby has been in the care of Dr. Adam Thorpe and his assist ants since that time. Dr. T. L. Dray attended the mother before she left for the hospital. Mr. Simmons is a machine oper ator for the North Carolina Pulp Company. Cartoon Characters Come To Life in Play Here Friday Nijrlit “■Jiggji’ Jamboree,” V> itli <ui*l Of 31, at High School Auditorium Friday -$ Comic strip characters will come to life in the Plymouth High School auditorium Friday night at 8 o'clock, when members of the Hart and Hill Memorial Clubs of Tarboro. present a musical comedy entitled. "Jiggs’ Jamboree,” with a cast of 31 players, under the auspices of the charity fund of the local Lions Club. Included in the list of characters made famous by the pens of cartoon ists will be portrayals of Olive Oyl, Whimpy, Toots, the Katzenjammer Kids, Jiggs, Maggie, and others. One of the best acts is reported to be an Hawaiian scene in which Jen nie Mae Edwards will* sing while a chorus of beautiful girls do a real Hula-Hula dance to the strains of South Sea island guitar music. The Lions are working hard to se cure a large crowd and urge every one to attend, as the proceeds will be used for the benefit of charity by the local club. “The show was well received, ex cellently portrayed, and deserved the fine house it received,” says the Tar boro Southerner in a' review of the production. This comedy has been given in several eastern Carolina towns. Special Programs Observing Easier At Churches Here —®— Observance To Begin. Friday And Will Continue On Through Sunday “He Is Risen. The Lord Is Risen, Indeed,” This will be the general theme of ministers all over Washington Coun ty Sunday, as the Christian world celebrates the Resurrection. The observance starts on Friday, known as Good Friday, with services here in the Grace Episcopal Church in the morning. There will be a sunrise service at 6 a. m. in the Christian Church Sun day, as the day starts there, with six session of different church work scheduled during the day. The regular program of services will prevail at the Methodist church. The Baptist Church will have its morning and evening services as usu al, with the pastor speaking on East er subjects. -«> Report Big Increase In Sunday Visitors at Wenona Test Farm —$— Assistant Director Says Most Callers Are Interested In Livestock -® “With the coining of spring, our Sunday visitors have been increasing to such an extent that it now takes practically all of one man’s time to entertain them,” J. L. Rea, jr„ assist ant director, in charge of the Black land Experiment Station at Wenona, said this week. “I have found that most of the visitors are interested in livestock. A few are planning to start a small herd of beef cattle and are interest ed in our methods of handling them. “Still others, who do not have suf ficient land to profitably raise hogs, are interested in our feeding experi ments, breeding, fan-owing houses, and sanitation. “We probably show visitors as many animals as any farm in this section, since we have hogs, horses, beef cattle, a few dairy cattle, and sheep. "Because of the very mild winter, we have been able to winter our herds of grade heifers on reeds. These cat tle are maintaing their weight so far, and with the new growth of reeds that are putting out now, it looks as if we will be able to carry them through without any other feed.” I GET BIDS FOR SCHOOL I \-- —s Sealed bids will be opened in the office of H. H. McLean, sup erintendent of public instruction, here on April 21, at 11 o'clock, for the general construction and electrical work on the Creswell High School building and the in stallation of a heating and plumb ing system. No convict labor or materials manufactured by convicts may be used in the building. A perform ance bond of 100 per cent of the contract price is required for the faithful performance of the con tract and payment of all persons furnishing labor or materials. Delegates of Albermarle Counties Meet Thursday To Begin Plans For Bridge Opening Celebration Cotton Loans Available To Farmers Until July Cotton loans under the Commod ity Credit Corporation program will be available to producers until July 1. it was announced this week by W. V. ‘Hays, farm agent of Washington County. The loans will be available to pro ducers through banks and other lend ing agencies, or directly from the Commodity Credit Corporation and at RPC loan agencies, as in the past, Mr. Hays has been advised. Under original instructions, accord ing to the agent, loans would not have been available after March 31. Loans disbursed by the corporation and lending agencies through March 24 totaled $225,119,798.74 on 5,152, 282 bales of cotton. This includes loans of $5,234,914.42 on 126,685 bales which have been paid and the cotton released. The loans averaged 8.38 cents per pound. Tax Listing in County Proceeds Very Slowly Supervisor ami List Takers Urge Prompt Action to Avoid Rush -<s> Not Over 100 Had Listed in This Township Through Wednesday -$ Tax listers are complaining about the little interest manifested by the people in general in listing their property holdings in the county this year, according to H. C. Spruill, tax supervisor, who urges people not to wait for the last.minute rush. Linwood Hassell, list-taker for Plymouth Township, said Wednesday thatf not over 100 had listed in his office, and by delaying until the last few days it would be necessary to employ assistants to help with the work in the rush. A. R. Phelps, for Lees Mills Town ship, reported that they were listing about as fast as usual, but he, too is urging property owners to list now to prevent waiting when the rush starts. In Skinnersville. W. W. White was said to be listing property a little more rapidly than was the case last week, when the people failed to ap. pear and continued to delay. As he moves from place to place about his district property owners are listing gradually. Little or no word has been heard from Scuppernong, where P. B. Be langa is urging those in the various sections to be sure to meet him on the dates designated for the various localities so that as many as possible may be listed before the rush starts. Parents-T eachers Meet Wednesday —®— Reports by Principal R. B. Trotman on work done by the board of health in the schools and by Mrs. Kathleen Spruill on the lunch room, with a short talk by Rev. P. B. Nickens fea tured the program at the Parent Teacher Association meeting Wed nesday afternoon. Miss Nellie Tarkenton's room won the prize for having the most moth ers present. Mrs. W. V. Hays pre sided over her last meeting and the following new officers were installed: Mrs. J. W. Read, president; Mrs. W. V. Hays, vice president; Miss Ruth Modlin, secretary; and Mrs. H. A. Williford, treasurer. 4 Local Students in Contest April 30 on Livestock Judging Four students of vocational agri culture will represent Plymouth High School in the annual public speaking and livestock judging contest to be held in Tarboro on April 30. Jimmy Hays is the local contest ant for public-speaking honors, while Jack Lefever, Clyde Waters, and Gilbert Nobles will oppose about 70 other boys for judging honors. Three classes of livestock, includ ing mules, dairy cattle, and hogs, will be judged, while the speakers may use any subject they desire W. D. Starr, instructor, was very optimistic this week, saying "since these students are keenly interest ed and have worked hard, I see no reason why the Plymouth school shouldn't make a creditable show ing.” Approximately 50 schools, hav ing about 150 representatives, are expected to participate. The win ners at the Tarboro meeting will compete in Raleigh for state-wide /-N I FAIR HERRING RAULS J ss Catches of herring at the Kitty Hawk and Slade Fisheries con tinue to be about normal, with the peak of the season now ex. pected to be reached about May 10th. Following an old custom, a large crowd of people from all over this section is expected to visit the fisheries on Easter Mon day. W. R. Hampton, owner of the fisheries, is convinced that waste maerial from the pulp mill has not affected the fishing adverse ly, as was claimed earlier in the season. Four More Entries For County Offices During Past Week J. K. Reid, E. F. Swain, Mrs. Mary Cahoon, W. S. Nur- . liey New Entries Pour new political candidates en tered the race this week for the Dem ocratic nomination on June 4 to of fices in Washington County, as the final filing date. April 23, nears. E. P. Swain, of Creswell, is out for renomination to the board of county commissioners from District No. 3, and so far is unopposed. J. C. Knowles and J. H. Gaylord, sr., are opponents for nomination from dis trict No. 2; and J. R. Campbell is unopposed from district No. 1. Mr. Swain is the only member of the present board to offer for reelection. Jack Peal, who has not announced for coroner, but who. it is understood, will be a candidate again, is being opposed by W. S. Nurney, his an nouncement being made yesterday. Mrs. Mary S. Cahoon has an nounced her desire to succeed her self as register of deeds, and so far is unopposed. Sheriff J. K. Reid is again a can didate for the nomination as sheriff, which job he has held for kbout 15 years since succeeding his father. -® At Methodist Church Program of Services -<8> Rev. C. T. THRIFT, Pastor Sunday school at 10 o’clock. Preaching at 11 and 7:45. The morning service is a very im portant one for the Methodist church Every steward, every member of the choir, every member of the mission ary society, every Sunday school offi cer and teacher, and every member of the church is urged to be present at this service. Everybody is requested to bring in the Easter offering envelopes at the morning service if possible. Committee Is Named To Arrange Details; Site Not Considered —$— Z. V. Norman and John W. Darden Named to Group From This Countv -$ Harmony was the keynote of the meeting here Thursday of delegates from seven counties on the north and south sides of the Albemarle Sound, as they began to organize for a mam moth celebration at the formal open ing of the sound bridge. At the time preliminary plans were made for locating the bridge, there were sectional disagreements, and it was feared that a controversy over the place of the celebration might develop, but this question did not reach the floor at the meeting here Thursday. There was some contention about a phrase in the resolution recom mended by Mayor J. H. McMullan, of Edenton, who wished to bar trade and civic commercial organization officials from executive positions on the central celebration committee. Sheriff D .V. Meekins, of Manteo, made a motion that this be changed, and Mr. McMullan agreed to strik ing this phrase from the resolution. John W. Darden stated the pur pose of the gathering, over which C. W. Tatem, of Columbia, presided. This was followed by talks from the following, who expressed their de sire for harmony and cooperation: Mayor Silas Whedbee, Hertford: Mayor McMullan, Edenton; Mayor Jerome B. Flora, of Elizabeth City; Melvin Daniels, register of deeds of Dare County; C. W. Tatem, of Co lumbia; and Z. V. Norman, Plym outh. The committee of two members from each of the counties was ap pointed as follows: Chowan, W. W. By rum and E. W. Spires; Perquimans Charles Whedbee and L. W. Ander son; Pasquotank. J. B. Flora and Herbert Peele: Washington, Z. V. Norman and John W. Darden; Dare. D. V. Meekins and D. B. Fearing: Hyde, M. A. Matthews and W. W. Watson; Tyrrell, C. W. Tatem and W. J. White. This group will have charge of of getting in touch with the State (Continue on page four) Urge Removal of Shrubbery Which Obstructs Vision -e> City Council Points Out Dan ger To Motorists at Sev eral Intersections • Shrubbery that obstructs the view of motorists at intersections in the town of Plymouth should be removed, according to a suggestion by the City Council, which points out that these obstructions constitute a real motor ing hazard. Car and truck drivers are com pletely blinded at some of the corners in town, some even at intersections with the highway, by the beautiful shrubbery planted in their yards by property owners. However, Mayor B. G. Campbell, and members of the council realize that the beauty of the shrubs is off set by the danger and hazards they create for the safety of motorists. They ask the people on these “blind corners” to remove these vines and bushes before someone is seriously injured because of inability to see approaching vehicles. While there are a number of cor ners that are classed as “dangerous’’ for this reason, there are four that are designated as “most dangerous” due to their location at intersections of streets and highways. Roper Debaters Win and Prepare for State Meet The victorious debating teams of the Roper High School will enter a forensic battle of their own at the meeting of the Parent-Teacher As sociation there next Tuesday night, preparatory to their trip to Chapel Hill on April 21 and 22 to compete for the Aycock cup. Proud of the debating team, which won decision over representatives of I Pantego and Robersonville in the tri I angular debate last Friday, the home j folk are expected to turn out in large [numbers to hear them Tuesday. The query is: "Resolved. That the I Several States Should Adopt an Uni cameral System of Legislation.” For the affirmative, Ruth Nowarah and James McAllister defeated Pantego's negative team at Robersonville; while Ida Ruth Knowles and Virginia Tarkington, upholding the negative, defeated Robersonville’s affirmative team at Pantego. In the other contest, the Rober sonville negative representative de feated Pantego's affirmative at Rop er. Sponsors of the debate were Miss Cordulia Lanier and D. E. Poole. This team is thought to be the first ever to represent a Washington County school at the state meeting.
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