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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, July 29, 193K A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and Its 12.000 people. VOLUME \l IX NUMBER 30 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics B Gray Willis, manager of Pen der's store here, is being relieved this week by Charlie Myers, of Wilson, while Mr. Willis takes a 10-day vaca tion. He will be back on the job here on August 1 and urges his customers to trade with Mr. Myers while he is away. W. W. Browning, section master here for the Noroflk Southern Rail road, was in Chicago last week at tending a meting of the International Brotherhood of Railroad Workers. Mr. Browning is an officer high up in the councils of the organization. E. E. Harrell, owner of the Plymouth Furniture Company, will leave Monday for a week at High Point at the furniture mar ket, and while away will visit his brothers in Morganton and New Bern, who are also in the furni ture business. W. L. House, owner of the House Chevrolet Company, and two sales men, Joe Arps and Elmer Truner, at tended a state meeting of Chevrolet dealers held In Greensboro last Wednesday. They heard new sales promotion ideas and discussed mat ters of importance. Fred Ausbon. timekeeper for Gren nell & Company, pipe-fitting firm which worked on the North Carolina Pulp Company plant here, and at Spring Hill, La,, is at home for a time. He is expecting a call any day to report at Brevard or somewhere else where they have jobs. Another way that the recent rains have proven a handicap is that housewives cannot get the vegetables from their gardens as they desire, according to Mrs. R. G. Hardison, who always has a good garden. Joe and Maurice Smith have the same ailments at the same time. Joe ate some seafood in Norfolk and Maurice did the same thing at Swan Quarter last week-end. Fever blis ters broke out on their mouths at tine same time. “It’s always that way,” said Joe. Mr. and Mrs. James Wood Nor man and child are here spending some time with Mr. Norman’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norman. Mr. Norman works as a chemist with the DuPont firm near Richmond. They will leave this week-end after spending his vacation here. Mrs. R. P. Hamonds and Miss Marion Brinkley, sisters of Shep, have moved into their $10,000 brick home in Murfreesboro. They have been in the new home about a month and are now comfort ably settled and enjoying it. R. L. Swain, sheriff, and G. W. Brickhouse, clerk of superior court in Columbia, were in Plymouth last Friday night to attend a meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose. Joseph W. Hamilton, superintendent of pub lic welfare in Tyrrell, is also a mem ber. Felton Magee is visiting friends and relatives in Bogalusa, La., and Tyler Town, Miss. Hearing Next Tuesday on Plea for Removal Trains Hearing on the petition of the At- | lantic Coast Line Railroad Company for removal of the passenger train operating between here and Tarboro will be held before Stanley Winborne, utilities commissioner, in Raleigh next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, with the present outlook indicating that strong opposition will be pre sented to the railroad’s request. Opposition to the removal of this particular trains, along with several others on branch lines similar, has developed rapidly during the past few weeks, with civic organizations along all the routes affected pooling their resources to present as strong a case as possible. The railroad company is seeking to remove all of the passen ger service on the Weldon-Kinston. the Tarboro-Plymouth, and the Par mele-Washington branches. Plymouth will be represented at the hearing by Jack Peele and John W. Darden, and possibly other rep resentatives of the local merchants association, the members of which have gone on record in opposition to the railroad’s request. A petition circulated here several weeks ago, asking retention and improvement of the service was signed by practically every business establishment in town. The Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce is opposing removal of the trains and data is being collected to present a strong case at the hearing Tuesday by a committee composed of Judge Guy Elliott. Kinston; Mayor J. B. Eure, Ayden; George M. Foun tain, jr„ Tarboro; E. H. Harding, sec retary of the chamber of commerce. Washington: and N. G. Bartlett, sec retary of the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce, Kinston. Federal Agency Will Pay Tax on Holdings Rpppivp 129 Morp Soil ('.onstarvation , Clipcks This Wppk An additional 129 checks, total ing $2,984.47, was received by Coun ty Agent W. V. Hays this week for farmers who participated in the 1937 soil conservation program in the county. This makes a total of about $8,000 wliiph has been received here for disbursement to the 450 participat ing farmers, including landlords and tenants, in the program last year. Three hundred and fifty farms in the county came under the pro gram last season. The county a gent is of the opinion that total payments under the terms of the 1937 program will be upwards of $15,000. Checks for some of the two or three largest farms have not’yet been received. Farmers will be notified directly by the agent’s office when their checks are received. Pulp Company Mechanics Mold HampiPl Monday --— The mechanics at the North Caro lina Pulp Company enjoyed a ban quet Monday night at the Plyrflouth Country Club. No formal program was arranged, but everyone had a good time. L. C. Odenath, mainte nance engineer, served as toastmas ter. Warn Public Not To Use Bridge at Present To Be Thrown Open To Traffic Between August 5tli and 10th Construction Superintendent Points Out Dangers in Using Structure Now -® Indications now are that the Albe marle Sound bridge will be open to traffic between August 5 and 10, ac cording to P. H. Carroll, superintend ent of tlie Tidewater Construction Company, who asks that the public be informed that the bridge is not yet ready for use. "It is true,” said Mr. Carroll, ‘‘that a few times we have set various ma chinery for the passage of the cele bration officials and also state high way officials; and, since this has been done, many people seem to feel free to come down and drive out through the various machinery, high voltage wires, wet paint and green concrete which is extremely hazardous to them and costly to us. \ ‘‘Barricades are set at both enas of the structure, but some people think nothing of removing them and driving as far out as they can go, or across if they can make it. “For instance,” he says, ‘‘a lady (whose license number is being with held for the time) got through the barricade on the Plymouth side; drove straight through to the north shore; nonchalantly turned the car around and drove back across. "Today she doesn’t know that: The machinery on the 330-foot draw bridge was being adjusted, that the wedges which hold the draw in place were not driven and that the draw was free to swing out; that the apron between the draw and approach on each end was not in place; that there were 2,300 volts of electricity within four feet of the roof of her car; that she spattered' hundreds of feet of cleaned handrails and ran through wet paint that has to be done over. "This lady should now be eligible to navigate the Colorado River, as she certainly must be immune to dangers, because the odds were eas ily 1,000 to 1 against her getting through unhurt," Mr, Carroll con con luded. BOOKS FOR CHILDREN | \ A total of 73 books for children have been borrowed from the State Library Commission in Ra leigh and are now on the shelves of the Washington County Li brary, it was announced this week by Mrs. Lula Jackson, li brarian. “There are also 19 new books on travel in the library,” said Mrs. Jackson, who urges that “you read a book on travel and learn about distant lands." Three Out of Four Found Not Guilty —®— Three of the four persons arraigned in recorder's court Tuesday were found not guilty of the charges against them. Albert Webb, 31, colored, was found not guilty of shooting Herbert Simp son. Charlie Bell, was found not guilty of non-support of a child. Annie Nickels, 30, colored, was found not guilty of assaulting Chris tine Smith. Herbert Simpson, 31, colored, was required to show good behavior for two years pending judgment on a charge of assaulting Robert Webb with a pair of steel knuckles. --® Loral Scouting Officials Attend Training Course -® Officials of local Scouting attend ed a training course at Camp Charles Wednesday and Thursday of this week, held under the direction of Scout Executive J. J. Sigwald. Going from Washington County were Sidney Smithson, scoutmaster at Creswell; C. H. Floyd, scoutmaster at Roper; Rev. N. A. Taylor, scout master at Plymouth; and Dr. A. Pap ineau, district chairman. -® Visiting Her Brother Mrs. Vonnie E. Blount, of College Park, Md., is visiting her brother, Mr. J. H. Leggett, on Washington Street, for a few days. Farm Security Act Makes Provision For Tax Payment County Attorney Takes Mat ter tJp With Officials in Washington -<§, Instead of losing a lot of tax mon ey in the sale of property in the county to agencies of the Federal Government, as originally feared, it now appears that Washington Coun ty has gained in the Federal Farm Security Administration one of its largest taxpayers. Anyway, Zeb Vance Norman, at torney for the county, is making an effort to rescue as much as possible of the $181,666 property valuation feared lost when the Federal Gov ernment acquired 6,307 acres of land in Scuppernong Township. Mr. Norman explains that although the North Carolina Machinery act specifies that Federal Government property owned in the state is ex empted from taxation, there is a clause in the Farm Security Act passed by the Congress reading as follows: “The Farm Security Admin istration may make a reasonable con tribution in lieu of taxes for the. land acquired." This is the clause which Mr. Norman hopes to invoke to se cure payment of the taxes. Mr. Norman said that local and State Farm Security Administration officials had expressed the opinion to him that the county would not sus tain a loss in taxation from the lands acquired by the FSA. The 1936 taxes paid on the prop erty bought by the FSA totaled $3, 269.88. If Mr. Norman is successful in his efforts and the county does not lose this amount, then there is a bright side to the listings this year, as the pulp mill village and other valuation increases have raised val uation about $72,000 over last year. Mr. Norman has taken the matter up with government officials in FSA at Washington, D. C., and is await ing a reply. Plant Officials Meet With Labor Leaders —®— At a conference held at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company Tuesday afternoon the management was asked again for recognition of the unions affiliated with the Ameri can Federation of Labor as bargain ing agencies for the workers. The management asked for a post ponement of the meting and this was agreed to, with another conference scheduled for Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Representing the unions will be lo cal committees and J. H. Malin, gen eral representative of the Interna tional Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite, and Paper Mill Workers; Charles E. Haury, representative of the Inter national Union of Operating Engi neers. A Mr. O'Sullivan, representative of the National Labor Relations Board, is also expected to be here for the Friday meeting. Score Voimg Ladies Of County Entered In Queen’s Contest —®— Votes Being Soli! in Three Towns; Contest (Hoses August 10 -® An even score of young ladies from Plymouth, Roper, and Creswell have been nominated as candidates for the honor of being queen of Washington County to participate in the program at the formal opening of the Albe marle Sound bridge August 25. There will be seven queens, one from each of the Albemarle Coun ties, and one of the seven will be named queen of the Albemarle sec tion. They will all be in the parade of floats that will pass in review be fore the thousands of people expect ed to attend the gala event. Following nomination of the can didates from this county, there will be a battle of ballots to name the young lady to represent the county in the district contest. Receptacles have been placed in public places in Plymouth, Roper, and Creswell where ballots may be deposited for the var ious candidates. Votes are on sale at 1 cent each by women's civic or ganizations in the three towns, which are sponsoring the contest. The contest will close on August 10, and the young lady having most votes will be declared representative of the county in the beauty contest. Named so far are the following: Ana Jane Blue and Margaret Ann Swain, of Creswell, who are being helped by the Creswell Woman's Club; Miss Virginia Tarkenton, of near Roper, is being aided by the parent-teacher association there. The Senior Woman's Club in Plym outh is sponsoring the following can didates: Misses Mary Elizabeth Bray, Emily Brinkley, Mary Charlotte Jones. Becky Ward, Evelyn Arps, Lil lian Reid McGowan, Martha Mayo, Elsie Liverman, Meredith Johnson, Jean Cox, Martha Booth, Lorraine Jackson, Anna Margaret Stillman; Hazel Roughton, Minnie Brinkley, Sarah McLean, Barbara Norman. 97 Per (lent Tobacco Growers Have Given Information Needed —<*,— Marketing Cards Will Be Fur nished Farmers by Time Markets Open Approximately 97 per cent of the planters in Washington County have reported the information required by AAA committeemen in order to estab lish the tobacco growers’ marketing quotas for 1938. it was learned this week from the office of County Agent W. V. Hays. This leaves 3 per cent, or about 10 persons, who have not turned in the required information. There are about 275 growers in the county; and it is believed that about 10 out of the total number who had tobacco allotments did not plant any tobacco this year. County Agent Hays is of the opin ion that, as his office is turning in the information required on this crop im mediately, the growers should receive their poundage allotments before the markets open in the Eastern Carolina belt on August 25. About 1,500 acres are planted to tobacco in the county this year. The committeertien have been ask ed to determine what is considered the normal marketings of individual farms producing tobacco in the past. The normal marketings will be sub ject to adjustment, if necessary to keep the total for the individual growers from exceeding the state and national quotas. The national quota for flue-cured tobacco is 705,000.000 pounds, of which 3 per cent has been set aside for new growers. The state's quotas will be determined on a basis of nor mal marketings of the growers in each state producing flue-cured leaf. A 4 per cent addition to state quotas will be allowed for increasing the poundage of farms whose allotments are considered inadequate in view of past marketings. In determining normal marketings, allowance will be made for abnormal weather, plant diseases, and other factors affecting crop production. The committeemen will consider the total crop land on the farm, the land in cash crops other than tobacco, the available curing barn space, and the number of families on the farm. Five Miles of Turnpike Road To Be Improved; Preparations Made To Begin Work Within 10 Days Town Seeks WPA Aid in Improving Local Property The town of Plymouth is preparing to file an application with the Works Progress Administration for a grant to be used in remodeling and enlarg ing the fire department quarters, repairing and putting down new curb and gutter on several streets, and the erection of two public rest rooms. It is estimated that the total cost of the improvement will be about $6,500, of which the WPA is being asked to put up $4,500, with the town providing the $2,000 difference. Chief of Police P. W. Brown, Coun cilman T. C. Burgess and Mayor B, G. Campbell were in Williamston Monday in an effort to get the dis trict WPA officials interested in the project. Present plans are to add another story to the firemen’s headquarters, increasing the width of the building by 10 feet to permit the housing of three trucks side by side. The rest rooms will be built at the rear of the old market building, facing the river, with two commodes and a lavatory in each, making provision for both white and colored people, Street curbs and gutters will be repaired where needed. Ehringhaus Speaker At Bridge Celebration Secretary of Interior Unable To Attend I )ne To Alaskan Trip -<3, Former Governor Chosen al Meeting of Program Com mittee Wednesday -® Advised by a letter from Harold Iickes, Secretary of the Interior, a few days ago that he would be un able to attend, the program commit tee of the Albemarle Sound Bridge Celebration met in Edenton Wednes day and followed the suggestion of Congressman Lindsay C. Warren that former Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth City and Raleigh, be se cured as the principal speaker at the formal opening on August 25. In the letter to Mr. Darden, an nouncing his inability to attend, Sec retary Ickes stated that he would leave Washington about August 5 for Alaska and that he was of the opin ion he would not return in time to attend the celebration here. When Mr. Ickes was first invited, he indi cated that he would come. Choice of former Governor Ehring haus as principal speaker will bring one of the most pleasing speakers ever to be heard in this section back home to celebrate the opening of the bridge for which he was a leading exponent. It was during his admin istration as governor that the idea of the sound bridge was finally au thorized by the State Highway and Public Works Commission and the money appropriated for its construc tion. Mr. Darden, as chairman of the program committee, is expecting a number of other notables from this and neighboring states, a complete list not being available at present. Governor Hoey. Representative Lind say Warren, members of the State Highway and Public Works Commis sion and a number of other state of ficials have accepted invitations to be present. In the meantime, the state has no tified W. A. Everett, operator of the Edenton-Mackeys ferry since 1922, that the subsidy being paid him would be discontinued after August 10. It is understood, however, that Mr. Everett will continue operation of the ferry at least through the date of the celebration. -- Winslow Speaker At Church Meeting W. F. Winslow, local merchant and church worker, Thursday went to Hyde County, where he will speak to the laymen’s league at the Episcopal church at Fort Landing. Accompany ing him was Mr. Marsh, of Washing ton, also a leading churchman. Mr. Winslow is a division execu tive officer of this league and is widely known in Episcopal church circles, as he has served in the ca pacity of superintendent of Sunday schools in Washington and Plymouth, as well as taken an active part in other laymen activities. Tobacco Averages 24 Cents at Opening Of Georgia-Florida Markets Thursday Georgia and Florida tobacco markets opened the 1938 market ing season Thursday morning, with early reports indicating an average of about 24 cents, which comes as cheering news to the growers in this section. Various markets claimed averages of from 20 to 30 cents, with the 24 cent figure being about the gen eral average. Hahira, Ga., re ported an average of 28.89 for the first hour’s sales. The price range on early sales was from 5 to 40 cents, with the independents doing most of their buying of the leal at irom 5 to 20 cents, the old-line domestic manufacturers and export com panics buying heavily in the 20 to 40 cent grades. Heavy offer ings were reported throughout the belt, the quality being said to be about the same or possibly slightly better tha nat the open ing last year. The South Carolina and border markets swing into action on Thursday of next week, and the prices in that belt will give farm ers of this section :> better indi cation of what to expect than the Georgia opening does, as Ml type of tobacco grown is, fffH , similar to that raised In xBli county. However, thej of a strong demand! l for the better grades is decidedly encouraging to growers of all types. The first hitch in the tobacco control program developed in the Georgia belt Wednesday, farmers of that state and Florida claim ing theta1 quotas were insufficient. Temporary restraing orders di rectet to warehousemen, forbade mMmUwc penalties provided for UlMrrn sold in excess of allot ments, were issued by state courts at Valdosta. Ga.. and lake City, ■ Via. In Washington. Department •f Agriculture officials said. they_ would defend the new farm law to the highest courts if neces sary, HOG PRICES Hog prices may go up further this summer as supplies are sea sonally reduced, but they are not likely to reach the high level of last summer, according to a report of the U. S. Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics. For the 1938-39 marketing year, the 13 percent increase in the 1938 spring pig crops and the pros pective increase of 9 percent in the number of sows to farrow this fall indicate a much larger market supply of swine than in 1937-38. Road (lotnmissioner Here Wednesday lo Make Arrangements -<§> - - — All-Weather Sand and Gravel Highway Planned; To Be Surfaced Later -$ Work will be started within the next two weeks on the improvement of five miles of the Turnipe Road, from No. 97 toward Pungo, it was learned Wednesday from Ernest V Webb, of Kinston, district highway commissioner, who was here in the interest of the project. While here Mr. Webb conferred with officials of the F. J. McGuire Construction Company, completing arrangements for use of their unload ■ ing plant for handling equipment and supplies for the Turnpike project. The McGuire concern at present is engaged in surfacing work on Route 97 toward the Beaufort County line. rue iurnpiKe roaa worK win De done by highway commission crews, the appropriation for the work com ing from the maintenance fund. Mr. Webb told John W. Darden while he was here that it had been decided to provide an all-weather road over a distance of five miles this summer instead of two miles as had been originally contemplated. Starting at Route 97 the five-mile strip will carry the improved road to within a mile of the Wenona rail road track. Next summer the com missioner stated another five miles will be improved. Plans call for a firm roadbed sur faced with sand and gravel, and it is believed that eventually the road will be further improved by surfac ing with asphalt. No mention was made of the time that would be required to complete the work, County Loses Nearly $1,000 on Intangibles | DELIVER PEPPERS ] V/ Delivery will start the last of next week of peppers to the C. C. Lang & Son plant here, which In the season just closed received a total of 39,337 bushels of cucum bers. There were 22 acres of peppers planted In the county this sea son, with the expected yield fig ured to average about $135 an acre, or a total of approximately $3,000, which will be paid out during the delivery season start ing next week. Eleven Children In Bridge Contest Eleven children have entered the contest which started this week to name the boy and girl from this county who will assist in cutting the ribbons, officially opening the Albe marle Sound bridge on August 25. Four children were entered from Creswell: Betty Jo Davenport, Rob ert Bennett, Reginald Powell and Marie Jack Craddock, while from Plymouth the following are candi dates for the honor: Constance Wil liford, June Polk. Gracelyn Reid, Ami Cahoon, Shirley Williams. Jimmie Allen and Joe Reid. No entries from Roper were report ed. Friends may vote at all public places for the children. The cost is 1 cent a vote and the entrance fee 10 cents. -A Insects Damaging Corn at Wenona —®— Corn growers in the Wenona sec tion are suffering a corn loss this year because of an insect resembling a "cotton louse” which is over-run ning the fields and sapping the strength of the stalk by attacking it in the tassel. A. Holland Allen, from down that way, said this w’eek that many of the farmers had to contend with this pest last year and this year the infesta tion is worse, many farmers report ing the damage at 20 per cent. A poison recommended by State College agronomists was said by some to be too expensive to use. Farmers in the adjoining Hyde County ter ritory were troubled last year by the "lice.” -« l.ocul Druggist Has ('.oin Dated in 1S12 -• A paragraph in The Beacon last week that O F Magee had a dime dated 1865 brought forth the prompt showing of old coins by L. N. Wom ble, junior druggist at Liverman's Drug Store. He has a 50-cent piece made in 1812, making it 126 years old, and a dime dated in 1827, Yield of $648 To Be Divided Between Towns and County —<*>— County Alone Formerly Re* eeive»l $1,500 From This Source of Revenue The change in method of listing and collecting taxes on Intangible property, which became effective this year, stands to cost Washington County and the three incorporated towns of the comity around $1,000, it was indicated this week, when ad vices from state agencies were re ceived. The State Board of Assess ments announced that intangibles in the county yielded a total of $1, 296.76, of which amount half, or $648.36, will be sent to the county for division among the three towns and itself. Formerly the county re ceived about $1,500 annually on the $52,000 listed which comes under the intangible heading, and the towns al so received a substantial amount on the same property listed within their jurisdictions. So far Auditor E. J. Spruill has not received the check from the State board, which started collecting this tax itself under the terms of the law passed by the last legislature which set up various classifications on in tangibles. This law was made pos sible by passage of a constitutional amendment at the last general elec tion. Before that time intangible property was listed in the counties and towns and taxed at the same rate as other personal and real prop erty. which in this county at the pres ent time is $1.80 on the $100. The statute provides that the mon ey received from the state board shall be used by the towns and counties for the payment of principal or in terest on indebtedness or expense in curred in connection with providing facilities and equipment necessary for the maintenance of the constitu tional six-month public school term. The money is to be distributed be tween the county and towns on the following basis: (1) amounts collect ed for money on deposit and sums left on deposit with insurance com panies were to be allocated to coun ties on the basis of population by the 1930 census; (2) allocations on notes, mortgages, bonds, and other such property is to be made on the basis of collections from the county and towns; <3) the amount allocated to the county will be based on the to tal ad valorem levy on real and tan gible personal property. Other than information that the county will receive $648.36, Auditor Spruill has not been further advised, and he believes the amount due the towns and the county will be figured by the state and the total sum sent to the county for distribution among the towns. Based on the amount the county is to receive, it would appear that the total valuation of intangible property held in the county is about $80,000.
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