The Roanoke Beacon 4 * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 29 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 22, 19311 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McCallum have two cottages at Nags Head, where Mr. McCallum. local Texaco distributor, spends much of his time. One of the cottages is rented one month each season to an official of a large to bacco firm at Richmond. Sam Trkula. Rocks outfielder, dis covered a fellow-Serbian on the base ball team from Wake Forest last Sun day. It was Shortstop Gallovich. and the two held a conversation in theif native language. H. H. McLean, superintendent of public instruction of Washing ton County, is away on his vaca tion. While away he will attend a superintendent's conference at Boone. He is expected back on July 29. E. H. Liverman has carpenters working on the remodeling of the in terior of his store in the ladies' dress department, and when completed this will be one of the most complete dress departments of any store in this sec tion. C. Earl Cahoon, secretary of the Albemarle Bridge Celebration central committee, came through Plymouth today and Vice President John W. Darden joined him on a trip to in terview Congressman Lindsay War ren at Washington, relative to the program of the Albemarle Sound bridge opening. North Carolina has an average length of school term of 161 days. The average term in Washing ton County is 165 days. The state ranks seventh in the Southern States, Oklahoma ranking first with 175. O. F. Magee has a dime dated 1865. making the coin about 73 years old. It was in circulation shortly after the War Between the States. The coin came into his possession through the regular channels Monday and is worn slick with usage and age. Abram Styrons, new janitor for the courthouse and agriculture building, is a wrestler of some note. He has wrestled men in circuses here and also wrestled a strong and well known colored man. Mr. Styrons has won consistently in his matches, al though he admits his knowledge of scientific wrestling is limited. Washington County Commis sioners cannot determine the tax rate until returns are had from the state as to valuation of rail roads and also from the govern ment as to which of their hold ings in the county are non-tax able. AffMSir a number of persons have made inquiries about the job as ten der at the draw on the new Albe marle Sound bridge. So far as can be learned the selection has not yet been made by the State Highway and Public Works Commission. Enters Suit for $2,900 Against Pulp Plant -9 Suit has been started in Washing ton County Superior Court by Henry P. Schaub, of Mobile, Ala., against the North Carolina Pulp Company, charging breach of contract and claiming damages of $2,900. The complaint sets forth that Mr. Schaub was once employed by the company, at a salary of $300 monthly, to purchase wood and that upon agreement he entered into a contract to buy wood for them on a percent age basis, with traveling expenses to be paid by the company. Schaub claims frothing was said about limiting the amount of wood to be bought by him, but after he had purchased a lot of wood he was no tified by the officials that there must be a limit placed on his purchases. He claims limiting his purchases I reduced his earnings and placed him in an embarrassing position with those from whom he had contracted to buy timber. Charge Conspiracy To Murder Spouse —*— The sordid tale of a wife's unfaith fulness, which eventually led to an alleged attempt to poison her hus band, was unfolded in recorder’s court here Tuesday, in the case of Mrs. Pauline Swain, who was charged with mixing lye with Abijah Swain's whis key. The warrant charged that the wife, also accused of fornication and adultery with Walter Skittletharpe, conspired with Randolph Morris and Skittletharpe to murder her husband. She was ordered held under $400 bond for conspiracy to murder her husband, the case being set for the October term of Washington County Superior Court. Skittletharpe entered a plea of guilty to prostitution on a warrant issued for him and Mrs. Swain. She was sentenced to the county farm for seven months. Sentence was not passed on Skittletharpe. -* Earl Westerling Acquitted Of Hit-and-Run Charges -s A jury in Washington County Su perior Court last Thursday afternoon late acquitted Earl Westerling, young white man, who had been charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Minnie Spencer, negress, who was fatally injured by a hit and-run driver in April. The trial was begun last Wednes day and lasted until 5:30 Thursday, when the jury rendered their verdict of not guilty after less than an hour’s deliberation. Superior court adjourned for the term after completion of this ease. Successful Cucumber Season Ending Today Building of School In Cresivell Brings Boost in Business Creswell.—An average of about 50 men are employed daily on the construction of the new $80,000 school for Creswell, which makes a weekly payroll here of about $1,000, divided principally between laborers and brick masons. This project is causing business to be much better in Creswell than is usual at this time of the year, the $1,000 weekly addition to the section's payrolls being reflected in the returns from almost all lines of endeavor. Work on the building is progress ing satisfactorily, and from present indications the building should be completed and ready for opening by January 1, if not before. -$ Safe Cracker Caught In Hertford Lodged In County Jail Here —*— Brought Here for Safekeep ing, German Has Lengthy Criminal Record Brought to the jail here this week for safekeeping is Kurtweid von Wis chom, 33 a German resident of Nor folk. who is being held by Sheriff J. K. Reid for authorities in Hertford, Edenton, and Elizabeth City, on charges of robbery. Wischom, mar ried only three months ago, was ar rested in Hertford last week by a po liceman who found him in the act of cracking a safe. His arrest came aft er a wave of safe-cracking on the north side of the sound. Wischom was said to have a lengthy police record. While still a youth he was booked in juvnile court and from then on it is understood he has served several prison terms in Federal and state prisons. The prisoner was brought here from across the sound due to the fear that the jails there might not hold him. Sheriff Reid feels confident he will not be able to get out of the local jail and that he will be turned over the Perquimans authorities whenever they want him to stand trial. The prisoner wrote his wife this week that he had been in a number of jails but that the treatment here was more humane than any in which he had been. Wischom served four years in the United States Navy during the World War. He said that he had reformed since his marriage and was trying to go straight, but had loaned his car to two Norfolk men who had been committing the crimes he was arrest ed for. They paid him $40 each night for the use of his car, according to his story, which is given little cred ence by officers. -® Try Number Cases In Recorder’s Court —*— Samuel Dixon, 33, white, was fined $50 and costs in recorder’s court here Tuesday on a charge of operating an automobile while under the influence of whiskey, and his license to drive was also revoked. Mr. Dixon was formerly janitor at the courthouse. James Pittman, 27, colored, was given 15 months additional for escap ing from prison. Len Williams, 19, white, was found guilty of using vile, profane and vul gar language on a public highway near Plymouth. Prayer for judgment was continued. Johnny MacK fetuiora was given six months on a charge of assaulting his wife with a razor and another six months for resisting an officer and for being a nuisance while drunk. George Wilson. 31, colored, was found not guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon. --® Hold Tyrrell Couple For Federal Court Charged with removing and con cealing intoxicating spirits on which tax had been paid to places other than a distillery warehouse, as pro vided by law, and with unlawfully using the empty bottles, George and Agnes Barrow, of Tyrrell County, were ordered held under bond for Federal court at Elizabeth City by U. S. Commissioner John H. Leggett at a hearing this week. Evidence was introduced that the defendants had removed tax-paid whiskey from labeled bottles and then used the bot tles for illicit whiskey, on which no tax had been paid, but which yielded a greater profit to the seller. Named as witnesses on the warrant were Sheriff R. L. Swain, Policeman J. L. Poston, W. K. Sawyer, and O. D. Brickhouse, all of Columbia. The warrant was signed by M. R. Har sahm, a Federal Alcohol Tax Unit investigator. The defendants were arraigned be fore the commissioner here Tuesday evening and ordered held for the Oc tober court in Elizabeth City. E. R. Cahoon, sr., signed the $500 bond with the defendants, 39,337 Bushels Bring Growers in Section Total of Over $30,000 —®— 55 Per Cent of Deliveries No. 2 Grade, Which Reduce*! Returns Materially A total of 39,337 bushels of cucum bers have been delivered to the plant of C. C. Lang and Son here during the season which closes today. This amount is about 11,000 more bushels than were delivered during the 1937 season. For this amount of cucumbers a total of $30,500 was paid to the grow ers. In addition to this, salaries of those who worked in the plant and expenses for supplies and materials add greatly to the worth of this plant to the community. P. H. Roberts, jr„ manager, esti mates that about 35 per cent of the deliveries were the No. 2 grade, which held down the receipts to the grow ers, as only 35 cents a bushel is paid for the No. 2s, in comparison with $1.25 a bushel for the No. Is. The manager said that 80 per cent of the cucumbers delivered should have been the No. 1 grade In order to yield the greatest possible return to the farm ers. Despite the large amount of the low grade cucumbers delievered, the firm paid to the farmers $9,000 more this year than they did during the 1937 season. Pair Mules Owned by Clyde Davis Winner Of Wenona Contest Yoke of Oxen Second; Event One of Features of Field Day Program A pair of mules owned by Clyde Davis “went into their collars” last Thursday in the pulling contest at the Wenona field day and pulled 1,850 pounds on the dynamometer, a machine used to measure their pull ing strength, and which is equivalent to pulling 14 tons a distance of 28 feet, to win the first prize. A mule owned by W. J. Vaughan pulled 850 pounds on the dynamome ter, equivalent to pulling a load of 7 tons 28 feet, to win first prize in the single-hitch contest. Golden Williams' mule won second prize and L. E. Stotesbury’s mule third award. In the double-hitch event, Golden Williams’ team w(Jn second award and W. J. Vaughan's pair took third place. A yoke of oxen pulled 1,800 pounds in their official test, taking second place to the mule team which pulled 1,850 pounds. The oxen, after three trials, rendering their mark unoffic ial, did pull 1,850 pounds, the same as the mules, but the added trials prohibited this mark from counting officially. A large crowd gathered for this event, and it was considered one of the best features of the 13th annual farmers’ field day, held at the Black land Experiment Station last Thurs day. -® $2,450 Awarded in Workman’s Death A compensation of $7 a week for 350 weeks was awarded the parents of Samuel L. Johnson, son of Nancy and J. J. Johnson, of Plymouth, by Buren jurney, commissioner of the Industrial Commission, who heard the case in Washington June 23. Young Johnson was fatally injured while working down the county, load ing logs on a barge for the Foreman Blades Lumber Company, of Eliza beth City, several months ago. To be deducted from the $2,450 awarded Johnson's parents was $300, to be paid to H. S. Ward, as attorney for Johnson. Funeral expenses to taling $200 were also to be paid from the sum. -$ Funeral Service Held Last Thursday for Miss Martha Dixon —®— Died Wednesday at Home in Long Ridge Section After Brief Illness -® Funeral services were held Thurs day for Miss Martha E. Dixon, 55, who died Wednesday at her home in the Long Ridge section of Washing ton County after a short illness. The Rev. Mr. Arnold, of Washing ton, conducted the final rites. Inter ment took place at the Jackson fam ily cemetery near Plymouth. Miss Dixon was a life-long resi dent of Washington County and was well known in the section in which she lived. Surviving are the following nieces and nephews: Mrs. John Carlyle, Plymouth; Mrs. Nathan Daniel, Dur ham; Miss Annie Dixon, Elizabeth City; Woodrow and Sammy Dixon, Plymouth; and David E. Dixon, of Rockingham. Tatem 111; Delegates Darden and Byruni To Handle Big Kvenl —$— Chairman of Bridge Celebra tion Confined To Home in Columbia -® Illness which has kept him confined to his room for several days has also caused C. Wallace Tatem, of Colum bia. chairman of the central com mittee on the Albemarle Sound Bridge Celebration, to shift part of his duties to the two vice presidents. The men who will be in direct charge of supervision of the details of the celebration, working in cooperation with Mr. Tatem. are John W. Dar den, of Plymouth, chairman of the program committee; and W ,W. By rum. of Edenton, vice president for the north side of the sound. Mr. Tatem's letter requesting these men to take active charge was not presented in the form of a resigna tion, but explained that he wished they would accept the more stringent duties of steering the activities of the celebration while he continued ill, suffering with carbuncles. Mr. Darden and Mr. Byrum met Wednesday of this week and began their duties, dividing the burden as neairly equally as possible between them at a conference which lasted for some time. Mr. Darden and Mr. Byrum have been leading workers for the celebra tion under President Tatem since the idea of the big event was first con ceived. Both men are active in the civic affairs of their respective sec tions, and it is believed they will do a good job. Mr. Tatem would have probably in sisted that his resignation be accept ed, but these men urged him to con tinue as chairman, expressing their willingness to do the vast amount of detail work which his physical con dition will not permit him to do. -® Health Officer Offers $25 Cash Prize for Visitors To Offices Award Will Be Made by Dr. Lewis To Stimulate Inter est in Health Work -$ Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health of ficer of Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Counties this week an nounced he was offering a prize of $25 in cash, to be paid during the month of December, to the lucky per son among visitors to the health of fices between August 6 and Novem ber 26. This money is not being paid out of district health department funds, he explained, but is being paid by the health officer personally. The purpose of the project is to induce the general public to visit the offices of the health department in the four counties and learn some thing about what the health depart ment is doing in each of the counties. Questions regarding the health de partment are solicited, and Dr. Lew is says it will be a pleasure to answer any and all requests for information relative to the operations of the de partment in the four counties. Rules and requirements for a chance at the cash prize were an nounced as follows: Visit the office of the Health De partment in your county on any Sat urday between the hours of 8:30 in the morning and 12 o’clock noon and have the clerk in the office register your name, which will have a num ber. You will be given the number corresponding with the number be side your name on the registration sheet. Registration ot names win begin on August 6 and end on November 26. During the early part of Decem ber there will be a meeting of the county board of health in your coun ty. At that time, they will have some child who cannot read or write draw one number from the entire lot reg istered in your county. Following the drawing, the four numbers drawn, representing each of the four coun ties, will be placed in a box or hat and one of the four numbers will be drawn, which will be the winning number. It is planned to have the final drawing in Plymouth, the town in which the headquarters office of the health department is located. It is hoped that this drawing may be arranged at a meeting of some civic club or other organization in the vicinity and that a public health program may be arranged for the oc casion. The final drawing will also be done by a small child who cannot read, write, or recognize numerals. Every citizen in the four counties is requested to participate; w'hite, colored, young and o.der people; but, in order to win, the person must be a bona fide resident of one of the four counties comprising the health district. Otherwise, there are no strings attached, except the same per son is not entitled to register more than one time. The final drawing is to take place prior to December 25, in order that the prize may be award ed before that date. Saturday mornings were designated as registration days because all de partment members are in the office at that time and will be able to give you any information you may re quest relative to health department activities. County officials, persons employed by the health department, and their families are not eligible to receive the prize. Will Hold County-Wide Contest For Selection of Queen To Be on County Float at Bridge Opening Series Vaccination Clinics For County Is Announced Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health offi cer. this week announced a schedule for a series of vaccination clinics, which will be held at various points in the county on Mondays, beginning next week and continuing through August 15. These clinics will be free to all citizens, white and colored, and the healtli officer expressed the hope that everyone would take advantage of them. Vaccinations will be made against typhoid fever, diphtheria and smallpox. In announcing the places where the clinics will be held, the dates were given as Monday, July 25, Mon day, August 1, Monday, August 8, and Monday. August 15. The places and hours 'vaccations will be given on these dates were listed as follows: Gin house 'John Phelps Estate) at 9:30 a. m. Cherry, 10 a. m. Creswell, 11 a. m. Pritchett's Store, 1 p. m Mackeys, 2 p. m. Roper. 2:30 p. m. Macedonia. 3:30 p. m. Westover, 4 p. m. Intersection of Pantego (Turnpike) Road with No. 97. 5 p. in. Those desiring these vaccinations are urged to be present at the places nearest them at the hour designated. County Agent Wants 2,500 Acres of Vetch Planted in County —$— Sets Goal at That Figure Blit Says Twice as Much Should Be Blunted -® A goal of 2,500 acres of vetch planted in Washington County dur ing 1938 was announced today by Counyt Agent W. V. Hays, who be leives that this goal can be reached if farmers rotate their crops as they should. "The 1933 crop report records showed 63 acres of vetch planted for soil-building purposes, and in 1937 we had a record of 1,000 acres plant ed to vetch for the same purpose," Mr. Hays said. “Though we set our goal at 2,500 acres, twice this much should be planted. “Vetch is the best winter legume for tobacco and most of the peanut type soils in upper Washington County. It is not especially recom mended for the heavier black type soil in the lower part of the county. Small grains as cover crops will serve similar purposes in the lower part of the county. “It has been established by soil specialists that a good crop of vetch turned under puts into the soil plant food value to the extent of from 600 to 800 pounds of nitrate of soda. "I saw a piece of tobacco planted where vetch had been turned this spring that was as good or even bet ter than a piece of tobacco on an ad joining farm under and around which had been put one ton of high grade tobacco fertilizer and 400 pounds of nitrate of soda. This practice of fol lowing tobacco behind vetch is not recommended except in a three-year rotation plan. “Vetch does work well where high analysis phosphate and potash are used in the tobacco fertilizer. .Won derful corn can be made following vetch. This should then be followed by peanuts, and the third year it would be all right for tobacco,” the county agent says. Says FSA Borrowers Should Start on 1939 Farm Plans at Once —♦— Early Rental Agreement First Step in Starting Well Rounded Program "Now is the time for farmers ex pecting to borrow from the Farm Se curity Administration for 1939 to be gin making their farm plans,” C. H. Rabon and R. E. Dunning, who are in charge of the FSA rehabilitation program in Washington, Hyde and Tyrrell Counties, said this week. • The plans should provide for seed ing winter cover crops, winter le gumes and fall grains this fall, in ad- : dition to a balanced farm plan for 1939 and thereafter. In order to make satisfactory plans for fall planting, it is advisable if possible for tenant farmers to make rental agreements during July and August,” the supervisors said. "If loans are needed to assist in financing these j plans, the FSA is prepared to make small loans to farmers who are un- > able to secure adequate financing | elsewhere,” they pointed out. Explaining that the task of the Farm Security Administration is not only to help disadvantaged farmers by lending them money but by as sisting them to adopt successful farming practices. Messrs. Rabon and Dunning stressed the need of start ing early. "Our goal is to try to get every FSA borrower, whether tenant or owner, to have his farm plan worked out during late summer and early fall,” he said. "Hard work, combined with convenient credit, good equip ment and good farming practices, in most cases, mean the difference be tween failure and success, but in or der to get good farming practices un der way we have to plan ahead," they added. Plan Sunday Night Union Services for Month of August Beginning the first Sunday night in August, and continuing through out the month, union services will be held in the Methodist. Chris tian and Baptist Churches. Regu lar morning services will be held at each church. Rev. C. T. Thrift will preach at the Christian Church Sunday eve ning, August 6; Rev. N. A. Taylor will preach at the Baptist church Sunday evening, August 13, Rev. P. B. Nickens will preach at the Methodist church on Sunday eve ning, August 20, and the Rev. R. H. Lucas will preach at a church to be announced later on August 27th. The pastors urge all the members of these churches to. cooperate in attendance and help make these union services a success. Online Planned for Lions and Families At Beach Next Week ——®— Supper To lie Served Picnic Style; Seven New Mem bers Added Members of the various committees of the Plymouth Lions Club were named this week by President W. L. Whitley, as the Lions prepared for an outing at Albemarle Beach with their families next Thursday night, July 28. No formal program has been ar ranged for the outing next week, and the members will gather at the beach for the sports to be enjoyed there and will have a supper served picnic style later. President Whitley stated he hoped to have about seven new members ready to attend the next meeting, the names having been presented and ac cepted for membership by the club. Committee assignments for the new year were announced as follows: Attendance: Z. V. Norman, chair man: Dr. W. H. Johnson, T. C. Bur gess, W. V. Hays, J. R. Manning, and P. W. Brown. Constitution and by-laws: C. L. Bailey, chairman; W. M. Darden and Dr. S. V. Lewis. Extension: R. H. Lucas, chairman; A. J. Riddle, W, J. Mayo. Finance: A. L. Owens, chairman; J. W. Norman and A. E. Davenport. Membership: Dr. T. L. Bray, chair man; L. S. Thompson and E. H. Liv erman. Program and entertainment: W. H. Paramore, chairman; J. R. Manning and Dr. A. Papineau. Publicity: E. F. Still, chairman; B. G. Campbell and W, H. Paramore. House committee: P. W. Brown, chairman, Jack Peele and L. E. Has sell. Members of U. I). ('. Are Urged To Attend Program Saturday Historical Da\ Exercises To Be Held at Fort Raleigh, Roanoke Island Members of the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy are urged by the president, Mrs. John W. Darden, to attend the his torical day exercises at Ron Raleigh, Roanoke Island, Saturday, at which time all historical societies of the State will gather. Among those planning to attend from here is Mrs. Claudius McGowan, recorder of crosses in the State U. D. C. organization, who will leave Fri day to be present at the ceremonies. The exercises will begin at noon, lasting for an hour. There will be speaking and greetings from chap ter presidents present. Music will be provided by the Westminster Choir. Many will remain over to attend a showing of Paul Green's "Lost Col ony.” (jfiic*<*n of Albemarle Will He < lliosen From W iiiners in (loiinlies —$— Money Raised hy (Contest Will Be 1 se ('■rosirell Woman’s Club To Donato $13 To Float In ml Mrs A. H. Tucker, president of the Creswell Woman's Club, called a spec ial meeting of the executive commit tee Thursday afternoon, at which time it was decided to contribute $15 toward the expense of the Washing ton County float, a replica of the ram "Albemarle," in the parade at the opening of the Albemarle Sound Bridge on August 25.