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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * » » » and Washington County News ******* YOU >IK XLIX NUMBER 39 Plymouth, Washington County, ISorth Carolina, Friday, September 30, 1938 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,004 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Rev. Louis Singleton, of Bailey, was in Plymouth this week attending to business in connection with the prop erty left by his father. J. E. Single ton, who died several months ago. The minister was once pastor of a lo cal church and is a native of Wash ington County. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Blankenship and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Duncan left Tuesday for Miami, Fla., where the men will begin construction of an other bridge for the T. A. Loving & Co. firm of contractors. They re cently completed their task on the Albemarle Sound bridge. Both of the couples became very well known and like while here. Mr. Blanken ship 'was superintendent and Mr. Duncan bookkeeper for the firm while here. The East Carolina Teachers' College drew a number of stu dents from Washington County this year, with the following leaving Plymouth Tuesday to ma triculate for the term there: Misses Rosebud Gaylord, Mar jorie White, Ruth Nowarah, Ida Ruth Knowles, Mary Davenport, Sarah Frances Leary, and Miss Stanford. W. M. Carey, formerly superintend ent of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany here, but now employed in a consulting capacity with the Com bustion Engineering Corporation, of New York, was here thif; week visit ing his son, Merton Carey, and greet ing the large number of friends he made while he lived here for about a year. S. Jurin, Norfolk merchant, was here Wednesday visiting_his daugh ter. Mrs. Dave Kuhlman! and Mr. Kuhlman, who have recently opened a store here. Mr. Jurin has been in business in the Virginia city for a number of years. II. M. Kieckhefer, secretary and treasurer of the North Carolina Pulp Company, who lives at Del air, N. J., was here this week vis iting the local plant. He inspect ed the mill and spent some time in conferences with O. H. Cox, general manager, and various de partmental chiefs. Louis Lucas, well-known farmer of the Long Acre section, has returned from Duke Hospital at Durham, where physicians treated him for a bone ailment and found it necessary to amputate his right foot six inches above the ankle. Rev. Paul B. Nickens, pastor of the Baptist church, was to address the Lions Club Thursday night on a sub ject bearing on the relationship of the church to the community. Ollie Hamilton, showman who first started coming to Plymouth with his tent show many years ago, was here Wednesday shak ing hands with many of his friends. He has been in Kentucky and Tennessee for several years and had not been here for sev eral seasons before Wednesday. After two years of service in Liver man’s Drug Store here as druggist, L. N. Wombie has resigned and left Wednesday night for Wilmington, where he will enter the employ of a chain drug concern as manager of a store. His successor here has not been secured as yet. --® Test Shows Value of Improved Feeding Methods for Swine —*— Profit of $31.67 Made by Vo cational Student Here on Four Pigs -® A profit of $31.67 was realized from four pigs fed by Ellis Newberry, son ,pf Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harrison, of the Long Acre section, who used im proved practices taught in the voca tional agriculture classroom at the Plymouth High School, according to W. D. Starr, instructor. The four pigs cost Ellis $32.75 for feed over a period of 120 days, an average of 27 1-4 cents a day per pig. The average amount fed during the period was 10 bushels of corn per pig. The four hogs sold for $64.42, leaving a gross return of $31.67. Ellis’ father used old methods of feeding four other pigs from the same litter of a high-grade Poland China sow, and at the end of the 120 day period his pigs were not sold, as they had not gained sufficient weight to be most profitable. Both started the project when the pigs were three months old. After 120 days, Ellis’ pigs had increased in weight from 40 to 191 pounds each, on an average. This was a an av erage gain of 151 pounds per ani mal, with each gaining 1.25 pounds per day on an average. At the close of the test period the four pigs belonging to the boy weigh ed 364 pounds more than those of his father, an average of 91 pounds each. Mr. Starr regards tliis demon stration as a conclusive argument on the value of improved feeding meth ods. Lay Service at Grace Church Here Sunday —*— There will be a lay service at the Grace Episcopal church Sunday at 11 a. m., it was announced today by W. F. Winslow. There are three lay readers at the local church. Dr. A. Papineau and Attorneys S. A. Ward, jr„ ->nd Blount Rodman. One of the thre«. will be in charge of the serv ice. I ™— r-—-' REFLECT DIFFERENCE IN FEEDING METHODS _/ The pictures above graphically illustrate the difference in results to be obtained by improved sweeding methods for swine, as compared with the old methods. The four pigs at the top were raised by Ellis New berry, vocational agriculture student at Plymouth High School, while those at the bottom, from the same litter, were fed in the old manner by Ellis’ father, YV. H. Harrison. At the end of a 120-day test period, tile four shown at the top weighed 364 pounds more than the four in the lower photograph, an average difference of 91 pounds each. Creswell School Will Open Next Thursday Hope To Persuade Warren To Attend Party Rally Here Efforts are being made to induce Congressman Lindsay C. Warren to be present at a Democratic rally that is to be held here on the night prior to the November 5 general election, according to W. R. Gay lord, chairman of the county ex ecutive committee. The rally here will climax a political speaking campaign by the Democrats that is expected to get started by next week. Before the county-wide rally here on November 4, there will be sec tional speakings at Cherry, and possibly Roper. It is not expected that the campaign will create as much interest this year as in some of those past, as this is an “off year” election and some of the Democratic nominees have no Re publican opposition. However, a determined effort will be made to get out as large a vote as possible, Apex Man Is Named Successor to Starr as Agriculture Teacher -$ W. It. Moore Arrives Thurs day To Take Up Duties at Local School -® Choice of W. H. Moore, of Apex, as successor to W. D. Starr, instructor of vocational agriculture in the Plym outh High School was made known today, and the new teacher arrived Thursday. Mr .Starr resigned the postion to accept a place with the Farm Security Administration at Weldon. Mr. Moore is a graduate of State College and was highly recommend ed by N. B. Chestnut, former district supervisor of vocational agriculture who knows the young man and is acquainted with the local school sit uation. This is Mr. Moore’s first year in teaching, and he was located in Cerro Gordo in Columbus County, from where he came to Plymouth. He is a single man and will have a room at the residence of J. R. Campbell on Washington Street. While here recently on a visit he discussed his plans and program with Mr. Starr, who says that he believes Moore will be an excellent man for the place here. Local people regret the departure of Mr. Starr, a native of the county, who is widely recognized as one of the best instructors in the State. r $1 PER touchdown A little impetus was added to the desire of the football boys at Plymouth School to win all their games by the announcement this week that P. M. Arps will givfe each boy who makes a touchdown a dollar bill, and will set up to fountain drinks the entire squad every time they win a game. “We are going after that mon ey,” said one of the regulars, who | likes the idea of fame ANI) money for touchdowns. Hope New Building Will Be Ready for Use by That Time -—®— Found Necessary To Postpone Opening Week Later Than Originally Announced — Opening of the Cresweil School is now scheduled for Thursday, October 6, according to H. H. McLean, super intendent of public instruction, as by that time it is hoped by school offic ials that the new building can be used. It was announced last week that the school would open Thursday of this week, September 29, as originally planned, with part of the old building being us'd for classrooms, but it was decided Tuesday that it would be bet ter to delay the opening another week. Teachers will be ready and anxious to get to their work at this time, and those students who would probably have been delayed in enrolling be cause of farm duties are expected to be free to enter school when it opens next Thursday. “We are expecting one of the best sessions of school ever to be held in Creswell this term, as with the new school building, an excellent faculty, and the new facilities offered, there is every reason to be believe that it will be,” said Principal A. T. Brooks. “Sinfce the New Deal is largely re sponsible for our new building, we’re going to give the people of lower Washington County the new deal in education they’ve been seeking since the old building was condemned "way back when,’ ” said the principal. “Further,” said Mr. Brooks "I want to urge every school friend and patron to be present on opening day.” -®> Parents-T eachers Meet Wednesday A meeting of the Plymouth Parent Teacher Association will be held in the school building next Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 for the purpose of considering a benefit Hallowe'en car nival, to be held in October with the proceeds going to the organization. The proposed carnival will likely be conducted along the same lines as the one last year, when a large sum of money was raised for school pur poses. The meeting will also transact such other business as may come before it. This is the first meeting of the term, and the officers are urging a full attendance. li. & L. To Open New Series Soon A meeting of the directors of the Plymouth Building and Loan Associa tion will be held next Wednesday to determine when the association will begin sale of its third series of stock, according to M. W. Spruill, secretary. It is about time new to begin a new stock sale, usually done every six months. The last series was put on sale in March, but the amount sold proved a disappointment. How ever, the organization is continuing to function very satisfactorily, ac cording to the officers and directors. Neffro killed When Truek Turns Over On Him Wednesday Aaron Norman, 21, of Roper, Dies From Injuries Short ly After Accident -<$. Aaron Norman, 21, colored, of the Roper section, was killed and two other persons narrowly escaped seri ous injury Wednesday afternoon, when the truck in which they were riding turned over, on the road to ward Mackeys from Plymouth near the Joe Ange place. It was thought a defective steering gear caused the accident. Norman's chest was crush ed, and he died shortly afterwards, just about the time he was brought to a doctor's office here. Eugene Spruill, 25. colored, of the same section, driver of the truck, was not injured; and Herbert McCrea. 22, colored, also of near Roper., who was sitting between the driver and the man who was killed, sustained only a slightly cut and bruised leg. Coroner Jack Peele. who investi gated the case Thursday morning pronounced the accident "unavoid able," and said the evidence submit ted to him indicated the steering gear was responsible. It was thought pos sible that the apparatus had been damaged by running over a stump or some such object. The truck was proceeding toward Mackeys at about 35 miles an hour, according to the evidence, when it suddenly veered from the road and Spruill found that he had no con trol over it, as the wheel would not guide it back toward the center of the road. The truck and trailer crashed into an embankment, turning over on the side of the driver, with Norman on the upper side of the cab. However, some object was forced through the cab, crushing him in th« chest, and he died about the time he was brought to Dr. McGowan's office here. The truck and trailer was the prop erty of C. C. Rowson, colored. A mechanic from J. H. Gaylord's ga rage in Roper testified at the coroners inquest that he had worked on the truck just a few days before the ac cident and at that time the steering gear was in good shape. Qualifying Play for Club Championship Begins Here Sunday Sixteen Low Medal Scorers Will Enter Match Play Eliminations The qualifying round, by medal play, in the first annual club cham pionship tournament at the Plymouth Country Club will be played Sunday, with about 50 golfers expected to compete for places in the first flight of match play, to be played on the second Sunday in October. The 16 who turn in the lowest scores in the qualifying round Sun day will be paired and start match play in a series of eliminations which will continue through the other Sun days in October to determine the club championship. The 16 qualifying Sunday will like ly be divided into two brackets of 8 each. Those eliminated in the first round of match play become eligible for the “consolation prize,” if it is decided to offer one. The schedule for determining the championship follows: Qualifying round, Sunday, October 2; First flight in match play, Sunday, October 9; semi-finals, Sunday, October 16; and championship finals, Sunday, October 23. The winner will be named as 1938 club champion, and his name will be inscribed on a large permanent plaque in the clubhouse with the year of his supermacy designated. He will also receive a small replica of this plaque for a trophy. Ellis Maples, the club pro, believes ing events of the golf season, and he ing events of th egolf season, and he is expecting most of the golfers at the club to do their best to go as far as possible in the series. Plant Here Returns To Standard Time —®— After operating several months on eastern daylight saving time, the North Carolina Pulp Company last Sunday reverted to eastern standard time by setting its clocks back one hour. Radio programs and other op erations carried on during the sum mer months by daylight saving time also returned to normal standard time Sunday. It has been estimated that about 30,000,000 people in the United States govern their activities by the day light saving time schedule during the summer months. The south, largely agricultural, has never gone in very strong for it however, except for a brief period during the World War, when daylight saving time was offic ial throughout the country in an ef fort to conserve fuel. As the sun rises early in the sum mer months, and the days are longer, those who operate on the daylight saving time schedule believe it en ables their employees to have more “time off’’ during the daylight hours by setting their clocks forward an hour. Police Chief Asks Residents to It el ft Keep Town (Aeon Local residents are urged not to put their garbage or trash on the streets of Plymouth on Saturdays after the cart passes, as this gives the town a very ugly appearance on Sundays, according to Chief of Police P. W. Brown. “There is an ever-increasing number of persons comirg thru Plymouth now, and I ask that the residents cooperate to help us make the town look clean and attract ive during the week-ends," said the chief. The streets are swept and garbage removed by Saturdays so that the town may present an attractive ap pearance, but some of the residents persist in putting trash on the streets Saturday afternoons, ac cording to the officer. Permission Granted To Slaughter Bears Irvin Respass and Joe Askew Catch Four Which Had Been Raiding Fields Permission for the slaughter of the four bears trapped recently by Irvin Respass and Joe Askew, two young sters of the Long Acre section, was issued this week by officials of the State Department of Conservation and Development. The young men, becoming annoyed with continued raiding of cornfields by the bears, constructed a trap and baited it with honey a few days ago. The first night a 400-pound papa bear walked into the trap; the sec ond night came the mama bear; with two cubs following on successive night; the two youths evidently rounding up the whole family. The law prohibits the killing of bears before October 1, so the boys put the parent bears in a cage and the two cubs in the bam until spec ial permission for their disposition arrived. The two adult bears were killed, one of which was butchered and the other buried. in Commercial Course May be Available at (.reswell Ibis Term -9 Depends on Number Willing To Pay Slight Tuition Fee; Teacher Assignments -®—— Whether or not the Creswell school will have a commercial course when school opens on Thursday, October 6, depends on the willingness of the pu pils to pay a nominal monthly fee, according to Principal A. T. Brooks, who points out that this fee will be the sole income of the teacher, as the State and county will not pay any part of the salary of a commer cial teacher. All high school pupils are asked by Mr. Brooks to meet him at the old building sometime during Saturday, October 1, if interested in taking the commercial course under the condi tions outlined, and he asks that if they are unable to come to send word by person or by mail. The school at Creswell will also have a band this year, with J. R. Mer ritt, of Due West, S. C., as the in structor. He will also teach mathe matics. A course in public speaking, a glee club and a dramatic club are addi tional features planned for the school this year. The principal urges students who can do so to register at the princi pal’s office at any time during the day on Tuesday, October 4. This is not compulsory, but Mr. Brooks said it would eliminate much confusion on opening day. The list of teachers and assign ments follows: A. I. Hrooks, principal, French. Mrs. A. S. Holmes, English. Miss Mclnnis, history and math. W. S. Riddick, science. J. R .Merritt, math and band. Julia Stilley, seventh grade, his tory and English. Mrs. Mary Woodley Armstrong, sixth grade. Isabel Davenport, fifth grade. Flossie Metcalf, combination of fourth and fifth grades. Grace Stillman, fourth grade. Helen Kirkpatrick, third grade. Martha Weston Jones, second grade Mary Foy Peterson, second grade. Lillian Lackey, first grade. Virginia Phelps, full-time George Dean home economics course. A. H. Tucker, vocational agricul ture. ---$ Supreme Court Orders ISeiv Trial in Halsey-Snell Case The Supreme Court of North Car olina Thursday handed down a decis ion finding that an error had been found in the judge's charge to the jury and J. L. Halsey won a new trial in his attempt to collect $10,000 from Mrs. Clara E. Snell, executrix of A. D. Snell, for injuries suffered while working at Snell’s mill. Halsey claimed in superior court that he was injured while working in Snell’s mill, and that Snell promised to leave him $10,000 in his will pro vided suit was not brought against him then. Commercial Fishers to Be Heard at Belhaven HUNTING SEASON y Hunters today are cleaning their guns and getting ready for their first expeditions Saturday of this week, which marks the start of the open season on bear, deer and squirrels in this section. However, Game Warden J. T. Terry warns those who stalk the game to be sure they have their hunting licenses with them, or else they will be subject to pen alties under the law. Mrs. Ainsworth and Skittletharpe Freed At Hearing Friday Recorder Finds ‘'Not Prob able Cause” at Special Ses sion Last Week -® Acquittal was won by Mrs. Blanche Ainsworth, 32, and Walter Skittle tharpe, 21, at a special session of re corder’s court here last Friday, when the accused pair were arraigned for preliminary hearing on charges of conspiracy and attempted murder of Abijah Swain. After presentation of the State's evidence, Recorder John W. Darden found ‘not probable cause” and ordered them released. About the only evidence submitted by the State was information con tained in an alleged confession made by Mrs. Pauline Swain, wife of Abi jah Swain, the intended victim. Her statement, made in the presence of witnesses after she had been sworn, admitted the attempt upon her hus band's life, but charged that Mrs. Ainsworth and Skittletharpe had been the instigators and that Mrs. Ainsworth was the person who ac tually mixed and administered the poison. The defense submitted a large number of character witnesses, and both Mrs. Ainsworth and Mr. Skittle tharpe took the stand to deny hav ing any part in a conspiracy or at tempt to murder Mr. Swain, as al leged in the statement by Mrs. Swain. At the present time Mrs. Swain is serving a seven-month sentence in the county courthouse and at the county farm following her convic tion in July on a charge of fornica tion and adultery. It is understood she will be tried in superior court for the alleged attempted murder. The poisonous potion, composed of lye and whiskey, was given to the in tended victim, Mr. Swain, but, after drinking only a small portion of it, he became violently ill and he did not take sufficient quantity to have fatal results. -$ Mistrial Ordered in Lucas Case Tuesday; Jury Fails To Agree -e Charged Willi Selling Whis key; Retrial Ordered for Nexl Tuesday -® A mistrial was ordered when the jury failed to agree in the case of Roy Lucas, 45, white, Creswell mer chant, who was arraigned in record er's court Tuesday on a charge of selling whiskey to Robert and Sam Smith and I. E. Ange. The case will be heard again next Tuesday. After being granted half an hour to prepare for trial, Lucas came into court and pleaded his own case. This is the third time that he has been arrested on similar charges involving whiskey. Robert Smith signed the warrant. The Smith brothers had been tried immediately prior to the Lucas case on a charge of being drunk and dis orderly and assaulting Mr. Lucas in his store. The warrant was signed by Deputy Sheriff W. D. Peal. Rob ert was acquitted and Sam had pray er for judgment continued in his case. Lucas, testifying as a witness in the case against the Smith brothers, was warned by Recorder Darden that he would be jailed for contempt un less he changed his attitude toward the court and acted properly while on the stand. He then apologized. W. A. Fenner, 20, colored, charged with an assault upon Berlie B. Moore, was given 30 days' suspended sentence upon payment of $5 fine and costs. Waddell Blount, 18, colored, and Ellsworth Downing, 18. colored, were given three months each in jail on a charge of breaking and entering the colored school and forcing an en trance into the coin box of a nickel odian. They Were sentenced for lar ceny and not robbery. BOARD MEETING i \t The YVashintgon County Com missioners will hold their regu lar monthly meeting for October at the courthouse Monday night at 7:30, it was announced today by Auditor E. J. Spruill. Those having business with the commissioners are urged to be present at the time mentioned, according to Mr, Spruill. Restoration of Shad Industry, l’ul|> Plant Pollution Are Topics Ur«t* Those Interested From Section To Attend Hear ing Tuesday -® Restoration of the shad industry, pollution of streams by pulp mills, and other problems relative to com merial fishing will be discussed at a meeting of the Congressional Com mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to be held at Belhaven next Tuesday. October 4, beginning at 10 a. m. The hearing will be conducted by Representative S. Otis Bland, of New port News, Va., who is chairman of the House committee. Representa tive Lindsay Warren is a member of the committee and will be present, as will also be members of the State Board of Conservation and Develop ment, including W. R. Hampton, of Plymouth. This meeting will be the first ever held by the National Congressional Committee in the State, and Mr. Hampton and Mr. Warren are anx ious that as many commercial fish ermen from the first congressional district as possible attend the hear ing. The hearing at Belhaven is a re sult of an investigation ordered at the last session of Congress to de termine what could be done for the fishing industry from a Federal standpoint, and the comemrcial fish ermen from all over northeastern North Carolina are being urged to attend and give their evidence and information on the subject. Large attendance will be a great aid in se curing remedial legislation at the next session of the Congress. Tlie commercial fisheries commti tee of the State Department of Con servation and Development, includ ing Mr. Hampton, has authorized a study of the effect on fish life of wastes expelled by pulp mills, and the committee is taking steps to con trol the predatory fish which prey on shad. Alarm was expressed here in the spring over the rapidly de clining shad supply in eastern wa ters, and the State Board and Con gressional committee are working to gether to devise means of reviving the shad industry. Dave Kuhlman Opens Store Here -<8>— ■ Dave Kuhlman, of Edenton, has opened a new store in the Blount Building, next to Pender’s, and is op erating as Dave’s Cut-Rate Store, with a stock of shoes and dry goods. Helping Mr. Kuhlman as clerk is his wife. They have about complet ed arranging the stock of merchan dise, and the store presents an excel lent appearance. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhl man are making their home on Washington Street in G. R. Leggett’s home. For about five years Mr. Kuhlman operated a store in Edenton, but sometime ago withdrew to become shoe buyer for Abraham and Straus, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a concern which employs over 1,000 salespeople. De ciding to re-enter business for him self Mr. Kuhlman selected Plymouth for his location. -(j Two Bound Over on Calf •Stealing Charge —®— Bonds of $400 each were required for the appearance in superior court of O. L. Godwin, 24. and his brother, Edison Godwin, 19, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Godwin, of Creswell, who were given preliminary hearings on a charge of larceny by Recorder John W. Darden last Friday afternoon. The well-known young men were arrested on warrants charging them with stealing two calves from Joe Pritchard and selling them to B. Per lin, who operates a slaughter house in Norfolk. The warrant charges the boys received only $30 for the two animals, which weighed about 400 pounds. Their case will probably be called at the January term of Superior Court. b lineral for Former Resident at Faison Funeral services were held in Fai son Sunday afternoon for Tom H, Latham, who died suddenly at his home there Friday night of a heart attack. He was 63 years old and was a native of this county, where he was connected with an old and dis tinguished family. He left here several years ago to work for lumber plants in Faison and elsewhere, as he was recognized as a lumber expert. He later went into the fertilizer business and was a deal er in this line at the time of his death. Surviving him are the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. John W. Darden and Mrs. J. E. Outten, of Plymouth; Mrs. W. R. Stubbs, of Richmond; A. R. Dock, Clyde and Jack Latham, of Plymouth.
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