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The Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and It* 12,Odd people. VOLUME L—NUMBER 11 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday. March 17. 1939 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics L. S. Thompson returned last week from New York, where he purchased his spring and Easter stock, which is arriving daily. He spent about five days on the market purchasing new items and replenishing his staple lines of merchandise. Dr. T. L. Bray recently heard the long-distance operator advise the per son answering the phone to tell the party the doctor was calling to "Call Williamston when he comes in.” Dr. Bray then told the operator “This call is from Plymouth, and no suburbs mentioned.” "Collections on accounts have been good with me since I, sold my stock," said E. H. Liverman this week, “and it gratifies me to have the people who owe me say so many pleasant things to me about the re lations we had while I have been in business in Plymouth for nearly 15 years. “If the business men and citi zens of the Town of Plymouth will cooperate with me in dis charging the duties of my office, I believe that within the next year or two we can make Plym outh one of the best towns in Eastern Carolina in which to work and live," said J. R. Man ning apropos his election last week to the presidency of the Plymouth Merchants’ Associa tion. "Frankly, we were amazed at the response to our offering of the big gest bargains in the history of Plymouth," said Irvin Nelson, gen eral manager of the Norfolk Mercan tile Company, which is selling the stock of merchandise they purchased from E. H. Liverman. This remark referred to last week-end’s business, and this week they are offering new bargains. Auditor E. J. Spruill, who has been away from his office for several days, returned to his desk Monday. He has been in a Washington hospital for treatment for a profuse bleeding at his nose. He was weak from the loss of blood, but is now regaining his strength after several days of rest and treatment. W. E. Allen, of Wenona, was in town Saturday on business and re ported that the rain in that section for the last several weeks had flooded scores of acres of land andi some farms were affected, but reports this week were to the effect- that the wa ter is receding. As a window dresser, Sam Scherr has especial talent, as the show win dows of his store p- ove. He is put ting i:i ills first displaysince open ing. as heretofore he had circulars pasted on the windows. The nfew dis play is drawing favorable attention. -® Neiv Managers for Country Club Here —»— The Plymouth Country Club is now under the management of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Sparrow, originally of Washington, N. C., who arrived here last week with their three children to manage both the club and the cafeteria of the North Carolina Pulp Company. For 17 years in Pennsylvania, Mr. Sparrow has served as manager, chef and steward of several leading hotels, clubs and cafeterias. During the World War he was a steward in the Navy. His last position was as chef, stew ard and buyer for Trainer’s Restau rant, in Quakertown, Pa., where from 1,600 to 1,800 meals were served daily. He has managed the Green Gables Hotel at Lewiston and the Molly Pitcher Hotel in Carlisle, Pa. Mr. Sparrow will be in charge of the club dividing his time with the cafeteria, but Mrs. Sparrow will spend most of her time at the cafeteria on the premises of the pulp company. The newcomers succeed Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson, who have been gone for sometime. Prior to the ar rival of the new managers, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Beale temporarily man aged the club and cafeteria. -* Farm Bureau Meeting Here Next Wednesday, March 22 -« The management of farm wildlife will be the subject of H. M. Doremus, of Williamston, field biologist for the State Department of Conservation and Development, at a meeting of the Washington County Farm Bureau to be held in the agriculture build ing next Wednesday night at 7:30. County Agent W. V. Hays and Pres ident Williams, of the Farm Bureau, are anxious to have a large attend ance, as Mr. Doremus will explain to the farmers the proper care and han dling of wildlife on their farms so it will be of most benefit to them. -» Agriculture Class Members To Have Banquet March 31 —® The father and son banquet by the Young Tarheel Farmers of the Plym outh High School will be held in the community building here Friday night March 31, it was announced today by W. S. Moore, instructor. H. H. McLean, superintendent of public instruction, will preside over the event after the students have gone through their opening ceremony. Mi-. Moore is making an effort to se cure an interesting speaker for the event. -® Domestic demand for all fruits, ac cording to the Federal Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics, is expected to experience further improvement as a result of additional increases in con sumer incomes. New Series Building and Loan Stock on Sale 1st Thou'h there was not a quor um of directors present at the meeting of the Plymouth Build ing & Loan Association Wednes day night, those present dis cussed at length the promotion of sales in the next series of stock, which will open on April 1, it was learned today from the secretary and treasurer, M. W. Spruill. Mr. Spruill said the organiza tion had on hand applications for loans from six persons, the total amount sought being $4,000, but that the association did not have the money right now to advance to these worthy people. Some of the applications were for new buildings and others for remod eling. President E. F. Still and the directors expressed the hope that more persons here would be come interested and purchase the stock so that the housing situa tion here can be partially rem edied by arranging for worthy ap plicants to get the money to build their own homes, leaving their present dwellings for oth ers to rent. Preparing Allotments Under Soil Program Meeting of Local Business Men Set For Friday, 24tli A meeting of all the merchants and business men of Plymouth is to be held Friday night of next week, March 24, to discuss mat ters that are vitally important to the welfare of Plymouth, it was announced today by J. R. Man ning, newly elected president of the Plymouth Merchants Associa tion. Not only members of the as sociation but every person en gaged in business here will be urged to attend, he said. One thing that will be consid ered will be the placing of road signs advertising Plymouth, with jthe location, inscription and in vestment to be discussed. Other matters will be consid ered and an out-of-town speaker is expected to be present. Creswell Native Dies At Home in Norfolk; Final Rites Sunday —. Large Crowd Attends Funeral At Scuppernong Church For Mrs. Baker -$ Creswell.—Funeral services were held at the Scuppernong Christian Church, near Creswell, Sunday aft ernoon for Mrs. Alice Dixon Baker, 76, who died at her home in Norfolk Wednesday as the result of a para lytic stroke. The Rev. Dr. Gordon, pastor of the Norfolk Christian Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. L. B. Bennett and Dr. G. A. Martin, of Creswell. A native of Washington County, Mrs. Baker had been living in Norfolk for 18 years and was very active in church work there, moving her mem bership years ago from the Scup pernong Christian church to the Co lonial Avenue Christian chujTch in the Vireinia citv. During the funeral services the choir sang and R. L. Litchfield, of Creswell, rendered a solo. Surviving are the following chil dren, her husband having preceded her to the grave years ago: Mrs. H. W. Norman, Creswell; Mrs. J. P. Adams, Long Island, N. Y.; Mrs. J. A. Spencer and Mrs. W. B. Spencer, Columbia; Mrs. Walter Noll, Jersey City, N. J.; Mrs. C. J. Worrell and Raymond C. Dillon, Norfolk; and one sister, Mrs. Haywood Swain, Colum bia; one brother, N. D. Bateman, of Roper. Those from out of town attending the funeral were Webb Roughton, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Roughton, Mrs. Ernest Cox, Mrs. Hulda Beasley, Mrs. Sturgis, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. White, Mrs. Charles Crutchfield, Mr. and Mrs. L. Harod, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swain, Chester Brooks, Wilbert Clark, Miss Olga Tetterton, E. L. and A. L. Gray, all of Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Swain, Williamston; Mrs. Sivills, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Holcombe, Norfolk; Mrs. C. O. Woodley, Mrs. Ethel Not tingham, Mrs. Minnie, Mrs. Margaret and Mrs. Hubert Sorrell, Portsmouth; Mrs. Lonnie Anderson and sons, Elizabeth City; Mesdames D. M. Reeves, O. C. Byrum and N. J. Rhodes, Edenton. Jury List Drawn for April Court Term The following jurors were chosen by the Washington County Commis sioners Monday for service at the April term of civil court, which will convene here April 17 for one week, with Judge C. E. Thompson presid ing: Plymouth Township: Melvin H. Bowen, L. R. Swain, J. L. Horton, S. B. Lucas, Stanford Mizell, P. W. No bles, D. R. Satterthwaite, Don G. Da vis. Lees Mills: James R. Roberson, W. W. Spruill, L. A. Parrisher, W. M. Da vis, Sylvester Twiddy, J. J. Hassell, Ralph Harrell and L-'T-Hassell, sr. Skinnersville IlIL r Uh Ales, ei !> -9 Amount of Payments Depends Entirely on Farmer Cooperation -3 Chief Clerks Says Allotments Will Be Little Different From Last Year --® Acreage allotments for individual farms in Washington County are be ing prepared this week, according to Chief Clerk Stuart Blow in the of fice here of County Agent W. V. Hays, who said that the maximum pay ments each farm can earn under the program will be determined and re leased to the farmers as soon as pos sible. The total allotments, which are not available at this time, are expected to vary but littl, if any, from those in effect last year, according to Mr. Blow, who pointed out that where apparent errors were made in the past adjustments have been made, and as a whole the alotments remain about the same for all the soil-deplet ing crops. With the distribution of the 1938 soil conservation checks now under way, it is believed that the Washing ton County farmers will recognize the worth of the program and not plant in excess, even though no strict con trol program is in effect this year. Along with the allotment informa tion, Mr. Blow pointed out the aver age deductions that will follow in the soil conservation program payments when plantings are excessive. The schedule of deductions is as follows: Tobacco: First 10 per cent, $16 per acre; all over 10 per cent, $64 per acre. Cotton: $12.50 per acre (if a farmer knowingly overplants no pay ments will be made for the farm). Peanuts: $13.75 per acre for each acre harvested in excess of allot ment. Irish potatoes: $43.50 per acre for each acre harvested in ex cess of allotment. General soil depleting crops: $5 per acre for each acre in excess of the total soil-de pleting allotment except for farms planting 20 acres or less plus the acreage of tobacco and cotton. -3 Miss Olga Gardner Will Take Job in Elizabeth City Miss Olga Gardner, who for years has been employed at the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company station here, declined a position with the Branch Banking & Trust Company here this week and will, in about three months, go to Elizabeth City to continue her work as railroad clerk for the Norfolk Southern. She was to succeed Mrs. Herman Bowen, who is leaving the bank on April 1 to remain at home with her sick mother as well as for the sake of her own health, which has not been good for some time. Miss Gardner has a three-month leave of absence from the railroad after having been “pulled” from her position here. She will spend the time at home here, later exercising her seniority privilege and securing a place in Elizabeth City. So far, Mr. Beam has not secured anyone to take Mrs. Bowen’s place. House Furnishings Leaders’ School Here Next Friday Miss Elizabeth Williams, assistant home extension specialist in home management and house furnishings from State College, will hold a meet ing in the agriculture building Fri day, March 24, it was announced by Mrs. Mary Fiances Darden, home agent, this week. Mrs. Darden urges all house fur nishings leaders to attend. “Furni ture We Make" will be the topic studied. WORKING ON PLANS j O. H. Cox, general manager of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany, said yesterday there had been no new developments since official announcement last week of the company’s plans to expand the plant here by the addition of filtering and bleaching units. However, it is understood that plans and specifications for the |U- -anii couinment am V. List-Fakers Will Gel Instructions at Meet Of Board Next Week —®— Special Session To Be Held Wednesday; Also Discuss Drainage Project The Washington County Commis sioners will hold a special meeting here next Wednesday morning for a dual purpose, it was announced today by J. R. Campbell, chairman of the board. The first object is to instruct the list-takers named by the board in their session on the first Monday, as is required by law. The second purpose is to meet with delegates from the Cherry section. Works Progress Administration offic ials and representatives from the dis trict and state health ooards to dis cuss a project for the cleaning and draining of lands along the Scupper nong River that are at time sub merged under water. This drainage project is designed to control malaria, as well as to re claim hundreds of acres of land that is submerged and rendered almost worthless except for the timber. -s. Plans Being Made To Remove Old School Building at Creswell Still Awaiting Remainder of PWA Grant Before New Structure Can Be Used Plans are being made now to raze the old Creswell school building to comply with a resolution passed by the Washington County Board of Education, which formed the basis of an agreement for a Public Works Administration grant of about $22, 000 on the new school building, about $9,800 of which has not been received and the delay of which is holding up occupancy of the new structure. it win cost aoout to iaae the old building down in a manner that will permit salvage of the brick and timbers which may be useful for other purposes. The liability insur ance aione will cost close to $500. A gymnasium at Creswell and a coun ty garage in Plymouth would be con structed from the material in the old structure, if present plans mature. Meanwhile, the education officials here continue to await the balance of the unpaid grant allotted to the building in the original contract and the children who should be going to school in the handsome new build ing are crowded together in the old condemned building. The contractor is holding the keys to the new build ing until all the contract money is paid. Delay in remitting the balance due on the grant by the PWA has been so long and so conspicuous that rum ors are now going the rounds that there is either local opposition or an unfavorable attitude represented in the Atlanta, Ga., district PWA offices. -® Detention Orders Issued for Victims Venereal Diseases —®— Require Those Who Have Be gun Treatments To Con tinue Them Nine detention orders were issued in one day last week when Dr. S. V. Lewis handed to Sheriff J. K. Reid these documents which forced those who have been negligent in taking treatment for venereal diseases to ap pear for further treatment. So far in the last few months there have been about 15 of the orders is sued, with most of them naming de fendants among the colored race. The persons to whom the orders were directed, including both men and women, have appeared at clinics for examination and treatment and have taken enough of the treatments to show an improvement in their condition, after which they become negligent, although at this stage of the treatment the danger of con tagion is increased, according to the health officer. The law gives the health officer authority to have these persons jailed, but Dr. Lewis said they were usually cited to appear before him and re sume treatment, in which event they are not taken to jail. However, in two stubborn cases, the defendants were jailed for several hours. No fee is charged for the services of the physician, and no charge is made for the medicine used, but the health officer that in most cases the victims of the disease are either timid because of it or are downright negli gent and some of them stop appear ing for treatment before they are en tirely cured. A large number are undergoing treatment now in this county. -- Plans Study of Legal Phases Of Soil Conservation Act E. L. Owens, young local attorney, said today that he was going to Wash ington. D. C., within a short time to study the legal phases of the soil conservation program of the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration. Mr. Owens believes there are possibilities for a specialist in this kind of work *n the State. County Chamber of Commerce Objective Of Meeting Monday Lar £<> Gathering Expeeteil; Several Ont-of-Town Speakers Secured A large gathering of civic-minded persons from every community in Washington County is expected here next Monday night f'or the organi zation of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, according to John W. Darden, sponsor of the event. Definite assurances have been re ceived from P. G. Gallup, of Swan Quarter, president of the Hyde County Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. Meades, secretary of the Eliza beth City Chamber of Commerce, that they would be present and take part in the program, according to Mr Darden, who also said that G. Leslie Hall had informed him that he could not be present at this time. Messrs. Gallup and Meades will ex plain the activities of the commer cial organizations in their respect ive sections and will offer suggestions as to the plan of organization to be followed in founding the local group. Mr. Darden said that business men. farmers, industrialists, and every other person who can possibly attend from all sections of the county are urged to be present, as the organi zation will be designed to cover the civic welfare of the entire county. It is expected that officers will be elected and that directors will be named, with every community rep resented on the governing board and the general officers named from the county at large. Organizations similar to the one planned here have been successfully operating in Hyde and Dare counties in the Southern Albemarle section, as well as in many other counties of the state, and it is felt that Wash ington Countys need now is for such a comprehensive organization to serve as a clearing house for ideas of civic improvement and advance ment in the entire county, Mr. Dar den said. Would Loiver Tax on Farmers' Wine Sales —<*>— An amendment to section 504 of the x-evenue act to revise the taxes on the manufacture and sale of wine has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative W. M. Darden, who believes the amend ment will be adopted by the legisla ture. The amendment would substi tute a sliding scale with a low min imum for the present minimum of $250, making it profitable for farmers to sell home-made wine in small lots. The scale is as follows: Not more than 100 gallons, $5; 100 to 200 gal lons, $10; 200 to 500 gallons, $25; 500 to $1,000 gallons, $50; 1,000 to 2.500 gallons, $200; and 2,500 gallons and over, $250. Scores of farmers have made a lit tle wine for years in this county. Un til the prohibitive tax was put on, they sold it for cash and at a small profit, as a boost to their farm in come. For the past two years they have been forced to abandon this method of securing additional reve nue because of the high tax. -<4> Only $3 Collected So Far For Victims of Tornado -» To date only $3 has been turned over to Mrs. H. A. Liverman, treasur er of the Red Cross, to be sent to help rehabilitate the victims of the tornado which struck in the Oreens Cross section of Bertie County near Windsor several weeks ago. The Thursday Afternoon Literary Club has donated $3 and Mrs. Clar ence Kelly $1 to be applied on the fund that has been raised in many towns and communities in this sec tion to help the people who suffered losses in the disaster to get started in life again. -:$ /Veil’ Leaders Secured for Meetings of Cub Scouts -® Den chiefs have not been mani festing sufficient interest in the Cubs to meet with them weekly as is the duty of these older Boy Scouts, so in a meeting held at the courthouse on Wednesday night, H. H. McLean, Joe Leggett and Cubmaster Tom Brown accepted the responsibility for these meetings. These men will meet with the Cubs weekly in their respective dens and th younger boys will be offered an opportunity to pass their tests which are, of course, simpler but handled along the line of the regular Scout work. f MAY HOLD UP FISHING ] v/ Water was backed up 15 inches over the “batteries” of the Kitty Hawk and Slade fisheries near here today, and W. R. Hampton said Thursday he was not sure that the fisheries would begin op erations Monday morning, as originally scheduled. It the water recedes 12 inches by Monday, then it will be pos sible to start, but it will be im possible unless the water gets down to a depth of two or three inches over the battery, he said. Otherwise everything is ready for the scheduled opening. Benefit Payments Are Now Being Received E\ WGEEIST J Tlic Rev. E. B. Quick, of At lanta.. Ca., director of religious education for the southeastern district of the Disciples of Christ, will begin a series of services in the local Christian Church Sun day. March 26, the meeting con tinuing until Easter Sunday. Plenty Flea Beetles But No Blue Mold in County Plant Beds —»— Suggestions for Control Giv en by County Agent W. X. Hays No blue mold, dreaded enemy of young tobacco plants, has been re ported in Washington County so far, according to County Agent W. V. Hays, but the tobacco beds in this county have been affected by the flea beetles, which eat up the little plants in the beds. Mr. Hays says an application of one pound of naphthalene flakes to 100 square yards of bed should prove a deterrent to the beetles, which have preyed on the plant beds of several prsons in this county. Blue mold infestation has been re ported in Columbus and several oth er border counties; and, although fto reports of this disease have been made in this county, Mr. Hays says he recomends an aplication of self emulsifying cottonseed oil mixed properly with cuprocide, which is easy to prepare. This is not a preventive but will help the plants to recover from blue mold, the farm agent said. The correct proportions can be se cured from a bulletin in the county office. Mr. Hays could not estimate the number of tobacco beds that had been reported as infested by flea beetles, but said that there had been "frequent” reports. -- Community Minstrel Being Planned Here A community minstrel, sponsored by the Plymouth Parent-Teacher As sociation, will be given in the Pylm outh Theatre on April 26, it was an nounced this week by Principal R. B. Trotman, who pointed out that the cast was being selected at the pres ent time. No high school students will be in the cast, and practice periods will be held about three times weekly in an effort to prevent a grind of prac tice sessions every night immediately prior to the show, according to the principal, who will call for rehearsals shortly. Men and women of the community will comprise the cast, with the ex ception possibly of Miss Margaret Trotman, of Suffolk, the principal’s sister, who may help in the work and do a specialty number. The accompaniment for the sing ers and dancers will be furnished by Shep Brinkley and Mrs. Laura S. Johnston. -—<® (rolfers' li<im/m l al Local Country Club March 27th A banquet will be held at the Plymouth Country Club on Monday, March 27, for the men golfers of the club, it was announced this week by L. J. Meunier, jr., in charge of ar rangements. Tickets are being sold to the event this wtek, and it is ex pected that a large crowd will at tend. There are over 100 golfers in the club now. An entertaining program will be presented, and it is understood that Ellis Maples, the local pro, will be one of the principal speakers. -$ Supt. II. II. McLean Speaks It Washington Scout Meet H. H McLean, superintendent of public instruction, was the principal speaker at a banquet for Boy Scout Troop No. 24 at Washington last Tuesday night. Mr. McLean also formally received a Scoutmaster’s badge, as he was the first leader of the troop and was con nected with scouting in various ca pacities in Washington before mov ing to Plymouth. He is now a dis trict committeeman in the Washing ton County scout organization. Checks, Totaling 816.000, Received in lCounty Agent Office J “ -$ More Cheeks Expected Daily; Distribution Being Made Rapidly as Possible ——« Washington County farmers who participated in the soil conservation program last year and who gave up an acre here and an acre there to improve their soils are now reaping the reward, Stuart Blow, chief clerk at County Agent W. V. Hays' office announcing today that the first of the $55,000 in soil-conservation mon ey expected in the county is now be ing distributed to the cooperating growers. So far, 283 soil conservation checks for 1938, aggregating the sum of $16,000, have been received here and the county agent's office is distribut ing the checks as rapidly as possible. More checks are expected daily. Cards notifying the farmers that their checks are here will be sent to the farmers when the checks arrivf, Mr. Blow said. Averaging about $40 each, the checks range in size from $1 to $200. The soil conservation payments have been increased a little in view of the fact that no checks are issued for less than $1 and in the smaller brackets the payments have been in creased in sime cases as much as 40 per cent. However, the highest in crease in any single payment is $14, and all payments for more than $200 cannot be increased. The immediate value and import ance of the soil-conservation program is being well demonstrated to the farmers of the county in this distri bution of thousands of dollars at a time when their financial problems are acute. The checks are also re flecting a substantial boost in local business, which has been lagging due principally to the short crops last year. Local Band Lined Up For Series of Special Events This Spring W <11 Take Part in Several Music Festivals as Well as State Contest A program of activities for the Plymouth High School Band during the spring was announced today by Director L. W. Zeigler, who has ar ranged a series of events that he predicts will be interesting and en joyable to the boys and girls. On March 29 the band will partici pate with 15 others in the Kinston Music Festival that will feature a parade at 2 in the afternoon and at night there will be a massed band concert of favorite marches and pa triotic songs, along with a massed chorus. On April 14, the band will be in the line of march at the Washing ton Tulip Festival, with a number of other bands and that night the local band members will be guests of the festival committee at the Queen’s Ball. xiit- ucmu win gu to jiaenton on April 16 to appear in the massed band concert at the Albemarle Music Fes tival, with Major Kuchinsky, of the State College Bahd, as guest con ductor. As usual, the local boys and girls will participate in the State Music Contest at Greensboro on April 20 and 21. The band needs to raise $60 to pay the cost of transportation to this contest and will sponsor some means of raising this money. There the band will participate in the class D concert-playing contest. The finale of the festival features a massed band concert with about 2,000 musicians playing under the baton of a nation ally known bandmaster. The concert at the school Monday night was repeated during the week for the benefit of the school children. Any organization needing music is asked to get in touch with Director Zeigler, who stated that the band leader and members appreciate the support being given them by the pub lic in general. ■--i> Jno. L. Phelps May Build More Houses John L. Phelps, who owns and rents 32 houses in Plymouth and its sub urbs, intimated today that he would increase his holdings to take care of the new people who are expected to come to Plymouth with the additions to the North Carolina Pulp Company if he was sure that the company it self would not construct new dwell ings. In recent months Mr. Phelps has purchased 16 houses here, remodeled 3 and built 10 new ones and has done more than any other single person to aid in relieving the housing short age here. It was suggested that he might build 20 more if he was sure that the additions to the plant would bring as many people as rumored and was assured the pulp company would not build more houses.
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