The Roanoke Beacon
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Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, December 9, 19.38
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 12,000 people.
VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER 49
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
“It is rather unusual to be de
layed in the matter that I am down
here to attend to,” said J. C. Mem
ory, of Rocky Mount, representative
of the N. C. Unemployment Commis
sion, who was here Tuesday to meet
two negroes, who were several hours
later for their appointment.
“The gamblers can be wrong,” said
Ben A. Sumner, who has seen lead
ing teams of the nation play this
fall, “regarding the Duke-U. S. C.
Rose Bowl Game on January 2. The
gamblers now are backing Southern
California, and most of them are
broke.”
Special ABC Officer L. L. Bas
night Wednesday brought in an
other still and about three gal
lons of whiskey that he captured
in the Skinnersville section in a
forest bordering on Deane Bate
man's place. No operators were
found.
W. R. Hampton, member of the
Board of Conservation and Develop
ment, was sick at his home Thurs
day and could not be at his office.
He was complaining of a pain in his
stomach.
The Hereford heifer which escaped
from L. E. Hassell’s herd, brought
here from Florida last week, was cap
tured Monday on Highway No. 64 by
A. V. Satterthwaite, who was riding
a horse by when others were at
tempting to catch the elusive ani
mal.
Charles R. Kirby, regional director,
and E. L. Pagington, membership di
rector, passed through Plymouth on
Tuesday, en route to Elizabeth City,
where they plan to organize a lodge
of the Loyal Order of Moose.
“President Roosevelt has the
most magnetic personality of any
person that I have ever seen,”
said Patrolman Tom Brown upon
his return from Chapel Hill,
where he was on duty during the
visit of the Chief Executive to
the University of North Carolina.
The Town of Plymouth Council
men did not have their regular meet
ing Monday, as the group gathered
but when those present were counted
it was dsicovered there was not a
quorum, so they chatted a few min
utes and left.
J. Richard Carr made a successful
motion at the meeting of the parent
teacher association Wednesday night
in the Plymouth School that future
monthly meetings be held at night so
that fathers may attend.
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Control Election Is
Topic at Number
Farmer Meetings
100 Attend Meet Here Last
Saturday; M. A. Morgan
Speaker
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Rain prevented better attendance,
but then about 100 farmers gathered
in the courthouse here Saturday aft
renoon and heard M. A. Morgan, as
sistant to the administrator of the
soil conservation program in the east
ern part of the state, predict condi
tions that wil exist with and without
crop control in 1939.
The speaker pointed out that if
control failed there would be no cot
ton and peanut loans made to farm
ers, as is now the case, and that if
the control program was not carried
Washington County and the state at
large might lose some of its present
acreage, as Florida and other south
aestern states will take up the grow
ing of the crop, which is now con
trolled in that area by the allotments
and Quotas.
Mr. Hays also told of his visit to
Florida last week where he found
many new tobacco bams being built
as farmers there were apparently
planning to turn to tobacco as one
of their main cash crops. If this
section ever loses control of produc
tion, it will never be regained, ac
cording to his view, even if control
is voted in later years.
Mr. Hays held a similar meeting
in Creswell Monday night with about
36 present and another in Roper on
Wednesday night, with about 50 pres
ent. He explained the farm program
for the coming year and the condi
tions likely to result if the crop con
trol program failed to carry at the
polls Saturday.
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Banquet Planned
By Local Moose
Wednesday Night
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Visitors From Washington
And Norfolk Expected
To Attend
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Moose from Washington and Nor
folk are expected to join the local
fraternity members in a banquet at
the Juniper Lodge Wednesday from
7 to 8:30 p. m., when the order will
celebrate its foundation with food,
speeches, music and entertainment.
Harold Jones, of Rocky Mount, who
once attended the Mooseheart school
of the fraternity with his wife and
probably others from that city are
expected to be present also.
Zeb Vance Norman, local attorney,
will be the principal speaker of the
occasion, but there will be fraternity
members from Norfolk and Washing
ton, who are expected to take part
in the program also.
A. P. Whealton, dictator of the lo
cal lodge, will preside over the affair,
and it is expected that about 50
Moose and their wives will enjoy the
occasion.
Domestic Servants Must
Have Health Certificates
Bv S. V. LEWIS. M. D.
District Health Officer
Venereal disease patients holding
health cretificates who have been un
der treatment either by the health
department clinic or by private phy
sicians, and who have discontinued
treatment without permission, will
have their health certificates revoked
if they fail to return for treatment
on December 13, 1938.
All such patients as mentioned
above who are found to be working
as domestic servants after December
13th, without a bona fide health cer
tificate, will be liable to indictment
for failure to comply with the pub
lic health ordinance requiring that all
domestic servants botain and have
bona fide health certificates.
There are a great number of do
mestic servants working in Washing
ton County who have been taking
anti-syphilitic treatment that have
discontinued treatment without per
mission, and they may be a great
source of danger to the people in the
homes in which they are employed.
All persons having such servants em
ployed are requested to assist in hav
ing such patients return to the clin
ic or to a private physician for treat
ment.
In the event they take treatment
from a private physician it will be
necessary for them to bring a state
ment from the physician showing
they have been treated each week,
otherwise a health certificate will not
be issued.
The examination of all domestic
servants is done without cost, and
no charge is made for issuing the
health certificate. The State and
Federal governments have provided
means for the treatment of indigent
venereal disease patients without
cost to them, and it is the purpose
of the health department to see that
such patients take treatment, and
those refusing treatment will be com
mitted to jail in accordance with the
North Carolina state law for the con
trol of venereal diseases.
Few Changes Made in
County Official Group
f DECORATION PRIZES |
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The Plymouth Woman's Club
is offering a first prize of $3 and
a second prize of $2 for the most
attractively decorated home for
Christmas, it was announced this
week by Mrs. W. A. Davidson,
president of the club.
These decorations must be in
place by Sunday, December 18,
and Mrs. Davidson urges as many
as possible to enter into the
spirit of the occasion and com
pete for these prizes.
A similar contest conducted
last year at the same season was
very satisfactory, and a large
number of homes were entered.
Number Prominent
Men Expected for
Big Bear Hunt Soon
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Movies To Be Taken of Chase
By News Cameramen;
Date Uncertain
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Plans for a big bear hunt, with a
number of important persons partic
ipating, are being arranged here by
W. R. Hampton, member of the State
Board of Conservation and Develop
ment, who hopes that a movie will
be made of the hunt for the news
reels. A famous pack of about 50
hounds from the western part of the
state will be used in the hunt.
The date has not been set as yet,
but it was tentatively agreed that it
was to be held Monday. Mr. Hamp
ton had not heard from the inter
ested officials at noon Thursday and
did not know exactly who would par
ticipate.
It was first thought that Vice Pres
ident "Jack” Garner would lead the
distinguished group of hunters, but
word was received this week that he
would be unable to attend prior to
the Christmas holidays; and it may
be that the hunt will be staged with
out him.
News-reel oniciais Deneve tne evem.
may be a thriller for the public, and
Mr, Hampton has a letter from them
stating they would have cameramen
here when the hunt takes place, but
there has been difficulty in arrang
ing a suitable date for all concerned.
Mr. Hampton was ill this week, and
it is possible the hunt will be post
poned for a few days. As it stands
now, nothing can be done until Mr.
Hampton recovers from his illness un
less the others who are to engage in
the hunt go ahead with the plans
themselves, which is unlikely.
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New Teacher Is
Employed Here
Plymouth High School officials de
cided to employ a man for the fac
ulty to replace Miss Ida Fuller, whose
resignation becomes effective at the
Christmas vacation, according to
Principal R. B. Trotman. The au
thorities have employed John Weaver,
of Santa Rosa, Texas, a graduate of
Wake Forest College, who was highly
recommended as a history teacher as
well as athletic coach.
The newcomer is a nephew of the
former Wake Forest coach, Jim
Weaver, and he played end on the
varsity football team there for two
years, as well as participating in
baseball, basketball and track.
Miss Fuller will be married to W.
E. Dunstan, of Elizabeth City, on De
cember 28.
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Christmas Sing Planned
At Episcopal Church Here
A Christmas sing will be held at
the Grace Episcopal Church Sunday
evening, December 18, from 5 to 6
p. m., it was learned from Mrs. Laura
S. Johnston, who is training children
and adults to participate.
The public is invited to attend. A
silver offering will be taken,
Bonds Checked and
Approved by Board
After Oaths Taken
J. R. Campbell Elected Chair
man of Board; List of
Appointments
Only a few changes were made
Monday morning when the newly
elected officers in Washington Coun
ty took over the affairs of govern
ment with little formality except for
the oath-taking by the elective of
ficials.
The old board of county commis
sioners, J. M. Clagon, Frank L. Brink
ley, and E. F. Swain, met and opened
the meeting, and, after passing on
bills that had been contracted during
their term of office, turned the af
fairs over to J. R. Campbell, J. C.
Knowles and E. F. Swain, compris
ing the new board, with Mr. Camp
bell being named chairman.
The Branch Banking and Trust
Company was again named as the
official depository for the funds of
the county.
After the officials had taken their
respective oaths of office, their bonds
were inspected and accepted, as fol
lows: J. K. Reid, sheriff, $5,000 bond
by the National Surety Company, of
Goldsboro and New York; W. D. Peal,
deputy sheriff, $1,000, by the Na
tional Surety Company, of New York;
W. L. Hassell, treasurer, $15,000, by
Maryland Casualty Company, Balti
more; W. H. (Jack) Peele, coroner,
$2,000, by Maryland Casualty Com
pany, Baltimore; C. V. W. Ausbon,
clerk of court, $5,000, by H. S. Ward,
Mrs. Mattie J. Ausbon and W. R.
Hampton; Mrs. Mary S. Cahoon, reg
ister of deeds, $2,500, by National
Surety Company, of New York.
W. Ronald Gaylord was named as
prosecuting attorney of recorder’s
court at $60 monthly, to succeed W.
M. Darden, who was employed by the
board at $25 monthly as county at
torney, succeeding Z. V. Norman. S.
A. Ward, jr., was named assistant
county attorney at $25 monthly.
J. E. Davenport was reappointed
county tax collector at a salary of j
$150 monthly and Eli J. (Jack)
Spruill was renamed county auditor
at the same salary. L. L. Basnight
was retained as keeper of the county
home for $50 monthly and operator
of the county farm for $45 monthly.
Christmas Cantata
At Creswell Church
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A three-part Christmas cantata
will be presented at the Creswell Bap
tist church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock, with an instrumental pre
lude arranged for presentation also.
The following will sing in the can
tata: Sopranos, Mesdames A. C. Har
ris, J. M. Phelps, Misses Virginia
Phelps, Marjorie Bateman, Theda
Hopkins, Ada V. Hopkins: altos, Mes
dames A. H. Tucker, A. L. Holmes,
Glenn Mann, Miss Mary P. Peterson;
baritones, C. L. Hopkins, R. T. Hop
kins, Bob Merritt, Lloyd Norman,
Glenn Mann, Ray Cox, and Billy
Hopkins.
Playing instruments in the prelude
will be Miss Theda Hopkins, saxo
phone; Bob Merritt, trumpet; and
Mrs. R. T. Hopkins, piano.
Colored Man Missing
Since Early Monday
Is Believed Drowned
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Mengle Combs, 69, Cast Seen
Starting for Fish Nets
Up River
Searchers today were looking for
the body of Mengle Combs, 60, be
lieved drowned in Roanoke River. He
was last seen by his wife Monday
morning at 6 o'clock when he left in
a boat for his fish nets up the river.
Aaron Pettiford, colored, was com
ing down the river toward Plymouth
late in the afternoon when he recog
nized the flat-type rowboat owned by
Combs drifting in the water. Inclined
to believe that something was wrong,
Pettiford rowed his boat alongside
the Combs craft and found only a
gun in it. Combs' wife was notified
.after Pettiford returned here and re
ported the matter, but up to Thurs
day morning searchers were unable
to locate the body of Combs.
It was said that one of the boots
which Combs wore was found near
the boat, and it was thought he
might have been trying to remove
them when he was drowned.
Combs, at one time, was employed
in the freight department of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad station
here.
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To Discontinue Free
Lunches at School
Until Need Decided
Investigation To Be Made by
Committee; P.-T. A. Meet
Held Wednesday
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Free lunches now being served in
the Plymouth High School will be
discontinued with the closing of the
school for the Christmas holidays,
pending an investigation as to the
needs of the 50 children who are re
ceiving them, it was decided by the
parent-teacher association in session
Wednesday night.
It was revealed at the meeting, at
tended by 100 parents, that there was
a deficit incurred by the lunch room
amounting to $18.78, brought about
by a reduction in sales and the in
crease to 50 of the number of free
lunches served daily.
Mrs. J. W. Read, president, is to
appoint a committee to investigate
the need of the applicants for the
lunches and to go into the matter
at once so that the worthy children
may have free lunches again when
school opens after the holidays.
John W. Darden made a talk on
“The Attitude of People in Regard to
the Schools,” explaining the differ
ence between the schools of today in
comparison with those 28 years ago,
when he started in school work in
the county. The Rev. P. B. Nickcns
spoke on “The Social Activities of
the School.”
Refreshments were served and the
visitors viewed the exhibitions of the
work of students in W. S. Moore's vo
cational agriculture class and Miss
, Emma Coley’s home economics de
partment.
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Christmas Service
At School on 14th
A community Christmas service
will be held at the Plymouth High
School in the auditorium at 8 o’clock
on the evening of Wednesday, De
cember 14, it was announced today
by Principal R. B. Trotman.
Ministers have been asked to can
cel their midweek prayer service and
request that their congregations at
tend this service, the principal said.
Forty voices in the high school glee
club will sing a cantata, consisting
of new and old Christmas carols.
Mr, Trotman has been assisted in
training these girls by Miss Ida Ful
ler.
Scout Officials Will
Meet Monday Night
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The annual meeting of Scout offic
ials of the Washington County dis
trict will take place at the Plymouth
Country Club Monday at 7:30 in the
evening, it was announced today by
Dr. A. Papineau, district chairman.
In addition to all Scoutmasters,
cubmasters, troop committeemen, and
chairmen of the district committees,
according to Dr. Papineau, all of
those interested in scouting are also
urged to attend.
J. J. Sigwald, scout executive, of
Wilson, and his assistant, George
Thomason, will be present and an
outside speaker will be present also.
Cotton and Tobacco Farmers To
Vote Saturday on Application of
Quotas To Those Crops in 1939
Building and Loan
Stockholders Meet:
Off icers Reelected
Annual Meeting Held Wednes
day Night; One Change
In Direetorate
Reelection of Eugene F. Still as
president and J. C. Tarkenton as vice
president took place following the
election of directors at the annual
meeting of stockholders in the Plym
outh Building and Loan Association
in the council chambers of the town
Wednesday night.
The directors who were elected by
, the stockholders went into session
immediately to name the officers. All
members of the old board of directors
were reelected except T. C. Burgess,
who is very ill, and who was succeed
ed by Wilbur M. Darden.
It took the nominating committee
only a few minutes to recommend
election of the following as directors:
Robert L. Tetterton, W. M. Darden,
J. L. Horton. L. S. Thompson, B. G.
Campbell, J. R. Manning, and H. E.
Beam. The election was unanimous.
It was reported that the organiza
tion during its first year realized a
small profit and that the association
had helped 15 applicants build new
homes, repair their old homes, or to
refinance their homes to save them.
Following this, the directors passed
a couple of loans and adjourned.
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County and Towns
Get New Flat Rate
From V. E. & P. Co.
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Saving of $50 Monthly Will
Be Effected by County;
Get Flat 2-Cent Rate
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A saving of $50 monthly was effect
ed by the Washington County Com
missioners Monday when they enter
ed into a contract with the Virginia
Electric & Power Company for cur
rent at a flat rate of 2 cents per kilo
watt hour. The new rate applies to
current used in all of the county
buildings, courthouse, county home,
agriculture building, and was secured
as the result of the recent rate reduc
tion schedule filed by the V. E, P. Co.
It is required that each county or
municipal governing body sign an
agreement to purchase power from
the same company for a period of 10
years in order to secure the reduced
rates.
Clerk M. W. Spruill, of the Town
of Plymouth, said that the city coun
cil did not meet Monday night and
that nothing had been said to him
about the matter by V. E. & P. Co.
representatives, but he believes the
town will also secure the advantage
of the lower rates.
At the present time the power com
pany furnishes current for the street
lights of the town free, under a con
dition of the sale of the franchise,
and this continues for several years.
It is understood that Roper and
Creswell will get the advantage of
the new rate, and it is expected to
include the street lighting in those
towns. Each of them appropriate a
fairly large percentage of their total
budget for street lighting purposes.
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16 Pupils Here Get
A On .All Subjects
Sixteen boys and girls in the ele
mentary department of the Plymouth
schools made grade A on every sub
ject and thus were entitled to be
named on the honor roll released to
day by Principal R. B. Trotman for
the month of November.
The first grade, with 7, led the six
grades mentioned in the list, with the
sixth grade in second place. There
was no high school list made by the
principal.
The list follows:
First grade: Buck Gibson, Irene
Basinger, Betty Lou Bateman, Jac
quelyn Mizelle, Gilbert Davenport,
Betty Jean Jackson, Rosalie Sallinger.
Second gTade: Gracelyn Reid, De
linda Ann Tetterton.
Fourth grade: Joyce Bailey, Ger
aldine Harrison.
Fifth grade: Helen Carr.
Sixth grade: Harry McLean, Au
brey Gradeless, Dick Harrison, Mir
iam Barron, Charles Brown.
Firemen Again Call on Local People
For Old Toys and Stress Promptness
A few toys have been turned
in to the Fire Department for re
pairing and distribution to the
needy children of the section at
Christmas, but Fire Chief L. W.
Gurkin this week urged the peo
ple to remember this work and to
rush their discarded toys to the
firemen as early as possible. If
it is inconvenient to deliver them,
simply call the firemen and they
will call for the toys,
Chief Gurkin explained that
the repainted and repaired toys
would do much to brighten the
hearts of needy children at
Christmas time and urged that
the citizens of the town and ad
joining country bring in their old
broken or discarded toys at once.
The firemen must work on the
toys during their spare time, and
there are only about 14 days left
to do this work. The toys must
be repaired, repainted and made
ready for use by the little tots if
they are to completely serve the
purposes for which they are in
tended.
Last year scores of these toys
were distributed among the chil
dren in the county, and all of
them manifested a very appre
ciative attitude when they saw
that through the good work of
the citizens and the firemen that
had not been forgotten.
County Schools To
Close 16th for Tiro
Weeks of Holidays
With "Christmas in their bones,"
the children attending the public
schools in Washington County will
bid farewell to their school work
on December 16 for a full two
weeks holiday, according to H. H.
McLean, county superintendent of
public instruction.
The boys and girls have the
“Chirstmas spirit," as they see the
vari-colored lights in the down
town area at night, peek into the
display windows of the stores and
listen for the next few days to the
Christmas programs at school.
Superintendent McLean said the
children would return to their
school duties on January 2 for four
more months of hard work before
the term ends.
Elizabeth City Hog
Market Will Affect
Sales Here But Little
County Agent Believes Com
petitive Sales Here Will
Hold Producers
Establishment of a hog market in
Eylizabeth City by one of the four
large packing houses is not expected
to prove a very serious detriment to
the success of the operation of the
Plymouth Livestock Marketing Asso
ciation, County Agent W. V. Hays
said today.
I he longer distance from the sou
thern Albemarle section to Elizabeth
City will be one thing in favor of the
local market. Another factor favor
able to the local sales plant is that
the swine are sold here under a sys
tem of competitive bidding, whereas
the one in Elizabeth City will be
owned by one concern, and their
price must be accepted or the hogs
sold elsewhere.
Many of the hogs sold on the lo
cal market come from Tyrrell, Wash
ington, Martin, Bertie and counties
farther up-state, and only a small
portion have come from across the
sound.
Mr. Hays was of the opinion that
the Shawboro market would be great
ly handicapped, as it is near enough
to the Elizabeth City market to lose
some business, but Mr. Hays be
lieves that his sales once each week
will continue to be supported by the
growers.
Most of those who sell hogs in
Plymouth are members of the asso
ciation, and their loyalty as well as
the higher prices that are usually re
ceived here should prove sufficient
hold up the sales.
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Special Services at
Episcopal Church
Here Next Monday
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District Meeting With Com
mission on Evangelism
Is Sehednled
A district meeting with the Com
mission on Evangelism wall be held
at Grace Episcopal Church here, be
ginning with Holy Communion at 10
o'clock and closing some time in the
afternoon next Monday, December
12, it was announced this week by
the Rev. Sidney Matthews, of Wash
ington, rector of the local church.
Conducting this meeting will be the
Rev. Jack R. Rountree and the Rev.
William Latta, assisted by the Rev.
Mr. Matthews.
Roper, Creswell, and Columbia
parishes are in this district, and a
large delegation is expected from each
of these churches.
Miss Catherine Sherman, daughter
of Dr. Sherman, who is head of the
"Forward Movement” in the Episco
pal Church, will give a talk on re
ligious education at the Sunday
school hour, which begins at 10 o’
clock Sunday. Miss Sherman is con
nected with the Department of Re
ligious Education in the Diocese of
North Carolina.
The teachers and pupils are urged
by Superintendent W. F. Winslow to
attend the special Sunday school
event.
At 11 a. m., Sunday, the morning
prayer and celebration of the Holy
Communion will take place, with the
Rev. Mr. Matthews officiating.
Chicken Salad Supper
At School Saturday
The home economics and vocation
al agriculture departments of the
Plymouth High School are serving
a chicken salad supper Saturday aft
ernoon at the Christian church an
nex. Christmas gifts made by the
boys and girls will also be sold.
Tickets are being sold for the sup
per this week at 25 cents a plate,
with dessert extra. The annex will
be open at 2 for the sale of gifts and
from 5 to 8 for supper.
Tobacco and 70tt
Cotton Producers in
County Are Eligible
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Polling Place and Committees
In Charge Named; Vote on
Each Crop Separately
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Cotton and flue-cured tobacco
farmers of Washington County, as
well as in all other cotton and to
bacco producing areas, will go to the
polls Saturday of this week, Decem
ber 10. to decide whether they
want marketing quotas for those
crops again in 1939. The voting will
be by secret ballot, in community
polling places set up by the county
AAA committee, and separate ballots
will be cast for each crop.
It will be a nation-wide referenda,
and the total vote of farmers in all
states will determine whether the
marketing quotas will be in effect
next year. A two-thirds majority of
approval is required for the quotas
to become effective.
According to records in the office
of County Agent W. V. Hays, there
are 708 cotton farmers and 436 to
bacco farmers in Washington Coun
ty eligible to vote Saturday. It was
explained that all growers of flue
cured tobacco in 1938 and all produc
ers of cotton with a staple length of
less than inches this year are
eligible. Each grower will have only
one vote, even though he operates
two or more farms.
The polling places and committees
in charge of the voting were an
nounced this week by the county
committee as follows:
For farmers of Plymouth Town
ship, including Wenona: Agriculture
Building in Plymouth; C. W. Bowen,
J W.. Snell, A. J. Riddle, and H. G.
Simpson, committee.
Lees Mill Township farmers will
vote in Phelps and Freeman’s store
in Roper; the committee there is com
posed of R. L. Stillman, R. W. Lewis,
J. E. Phelps, and H. D. Davenport.
Scuppernong Township farmers
will ballot in C. N. Davenport's store
at Creswell; with W. D. Phelps, B. A.
Williams, and J. R. Snell in charge.
Growers of Skinnersville will find
their polling place at Joe Pritchard's
store; the committee is composed of
H. L. Davenport and C. L. Everett.
When similar referenda were held
last March to vote on application of
quotas to the 1938 crop, the vote in
Washington County was 96.5 per cent
in favor of the control program. Cot
ton quotas were approved by a vote
of 543 to 15; and tobacco went over
by a margin of 332 to 17. The state
as a whole voted nearly 90 per cent
in favor of control. The election Sat
urday is expected to be much closer,
as there is some organized opposition
to the control programs, particular in
states farther south, where the grow
ers hope to greatly increase their to
bacco acreage.
Under the program in effect this
year, Washington County's total cot
ton allotment was 2,707.7 acres, and
for tobacco 1,543 acres. Practically
all of the tobacco acreage was plant
ed, but heavy rains reduced the yield
to an estimated 300 pounds per acre.
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J ury List Drawn by
County Board lor
Next Term of Court
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Two Weeks Mixed Term To
Begin January 9; Judge
1 hompson to Preside
Jurors for service at the January
two-week mixed term of Washing
ton County Superior Court were
chosen by the Washington County
Commissioners in session here Mon
day. Tlris term of court will con
vene Monday, January 9th, with
Judge C. Everett Thompson sched
uled to preside.
First Week
Plymouth: E. H. Browning, H. S.
Gurganus, M. J. Carey, S. A. Bout
well, B. O. Bishop, Hardy D. Wil
liams, Joe H. Styron, J. E. Swain, E.
L. Davenport, J. G. Taylor, Roscoe
Bowers.
Lees Mills: L. C. Lamb, Alfred Has
sell, B. M. Holton, J. A. Jackson, W.
T. Spruill, A. R. Phelps, J. D. Kinard,
E. R. Lewis, Luke Daniels, Phillip
Bowen. E. S. Blount, M. L. Peal and
Forest Williams.
Skinnersville: M. B. Davenport, E.
Pritchett, and E. J. Patrick.
Scuppernong: N. H. Ambrose, Alton
M. Spear. J. E. Davenport, A. L. Dav
enport, James Alexander, Bruce H.
Phelps, J. E. Spear. Thomas F. Dav
enport. and Chester A. Davenport.
Second Week
Plymouth: J. H. Jackson, A L.
Owens, Joe Jethro, D. B. Harris, H.
B Spencer. H. C. Spruill, W. E. Wa
ters, A. L. Styron, W. W. Ayers. H.
L. Respass, P. O. Price, J. W. Rath.
Lees Mills: J. M. Cox. George F.
Phelps. A. J. Barnes, R. w. Ayers,
Mack J. Davenport.
Skinnersville: J. W. Tarkenton and
L. C. Spruill.
Scuppernong: J. J. Ambrose, Phil
lip M. Spruill, W. D. Jordan. Arthur
J. Spruill, and S. A. Davenport.