The Roanoke Beacon
******* and Washington County News *******
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
Comity and its 11.90* people.
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, April I /, 1939
VOLUME I,—NUMBER 15
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
Lem Winesette, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eli Winesette here, defeated two oth
er candidates for the office of mayor
of Chadbourn in a primary there a
few days ago. The young Mr. Wine
sclte is a newspaperman and has be
come quite popular in the town of
about 1,500, where he has been living
for some time. He is probably one
of tlie youngest mayors in the state.
Louis Hassell, member of the Has
sell Brothers bakery firm here, has
returned from a Washington hospital,
where lie was treated for an infect
ed finger. He was under the care of
physicians for about two weeks, al
though he remained in bed here for
several days before going to the hos
pital.
Painters are at work this week
on the signs that are to be erect
ed on highways in this section
advising tourists and other trav
elers to come through Plymouth
on their way north and south,
according to J. R. Manning, pres
ident. of the Plymouth Mer
chants’ Association. He did not
know when they would be com
pleted.
Zeb Sawyer said he had read some
where that it took about 12 men to
provide supplies for one soldier to
fight in a war. But he was not in
terested in this country entering a
European conflict to provide employ
ment for those in this country who
are not working today.
Jimmy Brown, who has been mak
ing a good showing at second base
during exhibition games this season
ior me St. Louis Cardinals, was here
Saturday. Jimmy got a day off while
tne Cards were playing in Salisbury
savaurday and came over to visit rel
atives and friends.
Carl L. Bailey, jr., took a pic
ture of Governor Clyde R. Hoey,
Representative W. M. Darden, C.
L. Bailey, sr., and J. W. Darden
while the state’s chief executive
was here Tuesday at noon. Webb
Jones got the governor’s auto
graph.
Roscoe H. Bowers, president of the
Plymouth Athletic Association, and
electrical engineer for the North Car
olina Pulp Company, was called back
lrom a visit to his former home in
Delanco, N. J. Tuesday. He left his
wild and child there when he re
turned to his work here, an emer
gency at the £lant cutting short his
vacation.
Pupils in the schools of Washing
ton County began taking their achieve
ment tests this week, according to
H. H. McLean, superintendent of pub
lic instruction, who said that these
lc- Js were used in grading the chil
dren for promotion to the next grade.
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Summer Instruction
For Baud Members
Practically Assured
Six-Week Course for Present
Members and Beginners
Is Present Plan
Summer band instruction for six
weeks to beginners and the present
members was practically assured the
people of Plymouth Wednesday night
when Director L. W. Zeigler appeared
before a group of interested persons
in the municipal building.
These men, including Z. V. Nor
man, H. H. McLean, J. R. Manning,
W. L. Whitley, W. A. Davidson, B. G.
Campbell and others decided to make
liberal contributions after a canvass
of the parents of the beginners and
present band members had pledged
their financial support.
Director Zeigler believes children
taking the six-week course, with one
hour rehearsal periods daily, would be
enabled to start right in with the en
tire band organization the first of
next season. Unless this is done, it
would be the end of the term before
they could qualify for band service.
It was revealed that there are about
50 children interested in taking the
summer course in band music and
that town persons would be eligible
for instruction also. This instruc
tion would be free to the students
whose parents could not contribute.
Weekly open-air concerts would be
given under this plan.
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52 Dogs Vaccinated
So Far This Week
Fifty-two dogs have been vaccinat
ed against rabies so far this week by
Policeman Paul Basnight, with the
assistance of Joe Nobles, it was learn
ed from Chief of Police P. W. Brown.
Those wishing their dogs vaccinat
ed are requested to bring them to
fire department headquarters here
any afternoon where they will be
treated. People from the country are
invited to bring their dogs also, ac
cording to Chief Brown.
A fee of 50 cents is charged for the
vaccination. This money is refunded
upon presentation of the certificate
of vaccination when the dog tax is
paid.
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Slight Damage Done by
Fire Thursday at Noon
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The fire truck was called out at
12:30 Thursday to answer the call
sent in from a colored home at the
back of the Plymouth white school
building. The only damage done was
a small hole burned in the roof, the
blaze easily being brought under con
trol by the firemen.
Building and Loan Now
Has 926 Shares in Force
With a total of 926 shares of i
stoek now in force, the directors
of the Plymouth Building and
Loan Association decided in a
meeting held in the municipal
building Wednesday inght to in
tensify their efforts to increase
sales of stock in the sixth series
so as to run the total to at least
1,000 shares. It was announced
that 101 shares had been sold
in the sixth series, which went on
sale April 1.
Secretary M. W. Spruill said to
day the directors were going to
make every possible effort to sell
enough stock to run the total val
ue of stork in forte to S100.000
in amount, which is equivalent to
1,000 shares.
It was reported at the meeting
that the association was pro
gressing steadily and soundly and
that the profits for the second
year of operation would probably
amount to 5 per cent of the stock
in force.
There is still time for persons
to subscribe to stock in the sixth
series, which began on April 1,
according to the officials. Pros
pective purchasers should see any
of the directors or the secretary
at the city clerk's office.
Review of Local Laws
Passed by Legislature
BAND COMPLIMENTED
Congratulated on their fine
showing at Greenville Tuesday,
where they went to participate in
the East Carolina Teachers Col
lege annual high school senior
day, the Plymouth High School
Band today was preparing to
leave Friday for Washington, N.
C„ where it will participate in the
Tulip Festival.
Director L. W. Zeigler had his
charges practicing and marching
this week for the event and also
getting them in shape for the
State Music Contest in Greens
boro next week.
Sheriff J. K. Reid Is
Accidentally Shot at
Home Here Sunday
Officer Said To Be Resting
Comfortably at Roeky
Mount Hospital
Word reached here today from a
Rocky Mount hospital that Sheriff
J. K. Reid, 48, was resting comfort
ably from injuries sustained from a
bullet wound beneath the ear, which
he told hospital physicians was ac
cidentally inflicted by his pistol at
his home here Sunday night.
Succeeding his father as the chief
law enforcement officer of this coun
ty, Sheriff Reid has served for 15
years and is widely known through
out the state.
Hospital authorities were told by
the officer that his gun fell to the
floor Sunday night when he was in
the act of placing it on the dresser
in his home and that in falling the
weapon was accidentally discharged.
Rocky Mount physicians reported
that the bullet did not pierce the
bone, but painfully injured his ear,
penetrating and lodging in the flesh.
He was taken to a Rocky Mount hos
pital shortly after midnight Sunday
by H. S. Midgette and Dr. T. L. Bray.
No effort was made immediately to
remove the bullet because of the swol
len condition of the ear, according to
physicians. Fear was expressed that
his hearing might be impaired be
cause of the injury to the ear.
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Six Cases Tried in
Recorder’s Court
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Six cases came up for disposition in
recorder’s court Tuesday morning, in
cluding two defendants charged with
improper operation of automobiles
and two other cases of burning brush
without warning neighbors and se
curing permits.
Claud McKeithan, 37, white, was
fined $10 and costs for reckless driv
ing of an automobile.
Cicero Moore, 21, colored, charged
with trespass and larceny, was given
two years on the roads, suspended
upon payment of the costs.
S. B. Davenport, 62, white, and W.
C. Snell, 47, white, were charged in
the same warrant with burning brush
without permit and without warning
neighbors. Snell was found guilty
and was to report back on April 25
for judgment.
William Johnson, 50, colored, charg
ed with starting fires on his property
without giving notice and securing
permit, had judgment continued in
his case.
David Cox, 25, colored, charged
with slander, had his case nol pressed.
J. A. Sparrow, 35, white, was given
12 months on the road on a charge of
driving drunk, suspended upon pay
ment of $50 and costs. Appeal to
superior court was noted.
New Jersey Students Pass
Through Here This Week
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Expressing a keen liking for the
hospitality of Plymouth and the
South in general through their teach
er and spokesman, Professor Arnold
M. Hess, 25 students of the New Jer
sey Teachers’ College, of Newark,
stopped here Tuesday evening for sup
per on their tour of the South.
They are making an economic and
historical study of this section. They
came here from Manteo, leaving New
ark last Friday, en route to Charles
ton, S. C.
10 County Measures
Presented by Darden
Enacted at Session
County Representative Also
Secured Amendment To
Revenue Bill
Serving on 8 committees, introduc
ing 10 bills of local nature and 1 of
statewide interest, as well as voting
on practically every important legis
lative matter. Representative Wilbur
M. Darden made the influence of
Washington County felt in the house
during the 1939 session of the North
Carolina General Assembly which ad
journed last week.
Mr. Darden was a member of the
powerful finance, agriculture and ju
diciary committee No. 2, and also
served on minor committees includ
ing counties, cities and towns, oys
ters, journal, commercial fisheries,
and enrolled bills.
He introduced and had adopted an
amendment to section 504 of the rev
enue act, providing for a graduated
scale of license tax on the sale of
wine, as follows: Not more than 100
gallons, $5; 100 to 200 gallons. $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.
This was principally for the benefit
of farmers who make wine In small
quantities and wish to sell it in their
home neighborhoods. Under the for
mer law this was not possible, due
to the prohibitive tax placed on sell
ers.
Mr. Darden also introduced and
secure passage of the 10 following
purely local laws:
Providing for an amendment to the
charter of the town of Plymouth, in
creasing the salary of the mayor to
$25 monthly and providing council
men a per diem fee of $3.
Providing for the increase in ten
ure of the office of the register of
deeds of Washington County from
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33 County Scouts at
Tarboro Camporee
Sixteen Boy Scouts from Plymouth
and 17 from Creswell were expected
to attend the Camporee in Tarboro
Friday and Saturday, according to
District Chairman A. Papineau.
Dr. Papineau expects to attend Sat
urday. There may be other commit
tee chairman from the county to at
tend, he said.
Boys of several counties will join
with those from here to be guests of
Connie Mack, manager of the Phila
delphia Athletics, when his club
plays the Williamsport Grays in Tar
boro Friday.
Those attending from Creswell are:
Ammon Smithson, Billy Bennett,
Robert Bateman, Clyde Spruill, James
Davenport, Harry Phelps, of the In
dian Patrol; J. C. Gatlin, jr„ Ches
ter Hopkins, Sam Woodley, Walter
Peal, Roger Davenport and Tom
Phelps, of the Flaming Arrow Patrol;
Carrol Van Davenport, Edsel Barnes,
Gerard Spruill, Jesse Swain, and Billy
Spruill, of the Raccoon Patrol.
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Negro Shot By Another
Last Week Is Recovering
Willie Howard Nichols, colored,
who was seriously injured when shot
in the stomach allegedly by Cheek
Bowser several days ago, has returned
home from the hospital and was
placed under bond for trial with Bow
ser on charges of assault with dead
ly weapons, as a result of the shoot
ing.
Bowser claims that he shot in self
defense and Nichols was arrested al
so. Nichols returned Wednesday.
Superior Court Civil Term
Gets Vnder Way Monday
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Judge C. Everett Thompson, of
Elizabeth City, is scheduled to pre
side here at a one-week civil term of
Washington County Superior Court,
which opens Monday, with eight cases
on the docket for trial.
Court attaches do not believe it will
take longer than Thursday to com
plete the short docket unless some of
the cases set for trial are drawn out
and extended by additional witnesses,
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Membership Fees in
Chamber Commerce
Reduced at Meeting
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S t Year for Firms, S2 for In
dividuals, and SI for
Farmers
Annual membership fees in the
Washington County Chamber of
Commerce were reduced Wednesday
night when tiie organization adopted
the by-laws recomended by the com
mittee, with two or three changes,
and nine representative men were
named as directors.
It was decided that the member
ship dues would be $4 a year for firms
and organizations, $2 for individuals,
and $1 for farmers, with the first
year’s dues to be paid in advance and
thereafter either paid annually, semi
annually or quarterly.
Directors were appointed as fol
lows: Plymouth: W. F. Winslow, Z. V.
Norman and B. G. Campbell: Lees
Mills: Barton Swain, Roper; and J.
L. Rea, jr., Wenona; Skinnersville:
W. W. White; Scuppernong: C, N.
Davenport, sr„ of Creswell: three at
large: J. R .Manning, of Plymouth;
O. D. Hatfield and E. S. Woodley, of
Creswell.
A meeting of the board of directors
and officers who comprise the execu
tive committee will be held at a
luncheon in the Eureka Cafe here
next Tuesday. This is the first of
scheduled weekly meetings for the
group.
Officers of the organization are:
Blount Rodman, Plymouth, president;
H. R. Davenport, Creswell, vice presi
dent; John W. Darflen, Plymouth,
secretary; and J. R. Campbell, Plym
outh. treasurer.
County Negro Killed
By Eden ton Chief of
Police Late Monday
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Joshua Norman Dies Almost
Instantly When Shot While
Resisting Arrest
Joshua Norman, 200-pound negro
of the Creswell section of Washing
ton County, was killed late Monday
in a struggle with Chief of Police
George A. Helms, of Edenton, the of
ficer having gene to arrest Norman
on a charge of beating up another
negro.
A coroner's jury exonerated Chief
Helms when it was found that the
negro was killed by the officer “in
the performance of his duty." Nor
man struggled with Helms for the
possession of his pistol, threatening
to kill him in the meantime, and
when the officer found the negro was
about to wrest the gun from his
grasp, he fired a bullet into the ne
gro’s eye, penetrating the skull. He
died almost instantly.
Norman injured Officer Bob Pratt,
another Edenton policeman, serious
ly in a scuffle about a year ago, and
his resistance this time was nipped
in the bud.
The negro's brother, Jack Norman,
was sentenced last week in Federal
Court at Washington to a year and a
day in prison on charges of violat
ing the prohibition taw.
Young Democrats To
Meet Here April 21st
Efforts were being made today by
district leaders of the Young Dem
ocratic Clubs to get former Governor
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Raleigh, to
be the principal speaker at the first
congressional district Jeffersonian
rally that is to be held here next Fri
day.
There will be a band, barbecue,
speaking and all the things that go
to make a political rally significant.
Bryan Grimes, of Washington, and
Hoover Taft, of Greenville, both YDC
leaders, will be here.
Tickets will be on sale about Tues
day for those who wish to attend.
Carl /,. Hailey Mentioned
For State Appointment
Carl L. Bailey, former state sena
tor and prominent lawyer of Plym
outh, has been mentioned as a prob
able choice of the Governor for ap
pointment to membership on the In
dustrial Commission, succeeding J.
Dewey Dorsett. chairman, who re
signed the first of April.
Friends of Mr Bailey have been
very active in his behalf and it is
understood that Mr. Bailey has an
excellent chance. State capital news
papers this week announced that his
name has been under consideration,
along with a number of others.
| CRESWEIL ELECTION |
After some question had arisen
as to when was the legal time
for the Town ot t'reswell elec
tion, the present town officials
there employed an attorney to
look up the law and investigate
the charter, and they found out
several things regarding the Cres
well municipal election not gen
erally known.
But, after it was all boiled
down, Mayor C. V Davenport, sr.
announced today that the elec
tion would be held on Monday,
May 1, and would be held every
two years, as is the custom.
Plans for Final Exercises
Being Outlined in Schools
Plans are now being made in
the public school of the county
for the closing exercises, which
will be held during May, it was
learned today from H. H. Mc
Lean, superintendent of public
instruction, who announced the
dates for the closing of the var
ious schools.
First to close will be the Roper
school, which is scheduled to end
its sessions on May 8. Dr. J. Y.
Joyner has been secured for the
commencement speaker.
Next to close will be the Plym
outh school on May 15, with ef
forts being made now by Princi
pal R. B. Trotman to secure a
minister for the commencement
sermon as well as a speaker to
make the literary address.
Due to a late start last fall,
the Creswell school will not close
until June 2. Principal A. X.
Brooks is making arrangements
for speakers for the closing pro
grams.
Colored schools all over the
county will close on May 8, in
cluding, of course, the Roper,
Creswell and Plymouth schools.
Tax Listing Is Off To
Slow Start in County
Supervisor Warns of
Double Tax Penalty
For Failure To List
So Far About 20 Per Cent of
Property Owners Have
Made Reports
Disappointment was prevailing to
day among the tax listers in Wash
ington County at the laxity of the
property owners in listing their hold
ings for taxation, according to Sup
ervisor E. F. Swain, who points out
that penalties will be added on the
holdings of those persons who do not
list them during the month of April.
"The law requires each person to
appear before the list taker in per
son and give his real and personal
property and list his poll for taxa
tion,” said Mr. Swain, who urged the
farmers to come prepared to give in
their Farm Census also.
Farmers are also asked to bring
their allotment sheets for 1939 which
they received from the county agent's
office, showing the acreages that they
will be allowed to plant in 1939, said
Mr. Swain, who pointed out that this
will help the list taker in obtaining
accurate information for the farm
census report.
Mr. Swain is urging that every pre
caution possible be taken to prevent
errors in the tail list, as w°U as t.o
prevent listing to improper persons
and correct existing errors.
So far about 20 per cent of prop
erty owners in the county have listed,
with about 70 in Plymouth, 45 in
Creswell and about 50 in Roper.
There are hundreds yet to list in the
half month remaining. The tax sup
ervisor is appealing for everyone to
list as quickly as possible to eliminate
as much of the last-minute rush as
practicable. He said that so far as
he knew, there would be no extension
of time, and the penalties will be in
voked on those who fail to list dur
ing the remainder of April.
S. D. Davis, list taker for Plym
outh, said there was an increased val
uation in most of the holdings of per
sons in his town township here, and
that he believed the abstracts would
show a substantially larger total this
year.
W. H. Dudley Killed Near
Lineolnlon Last W/eek
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Newport at the home of
a sister. Mrs. Raymond Garner, for
William Howell Dudley, 41, of Hick
ory, who was killed when an automo
bile struck him while he was walk
ing along the highway near Lincoln
ton Wednesday night.
He was a member of the American
Legion and was buried with the Leg
ion ritual in a flag-draped coffin.
Among the list of near relatives
who survive are two daughters. Misses
Mildred and Doris Dudley, of Plym
outh.
200 Farmers Hear 1030
Farm Fragrant Explained
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Close to 200 farmers of Washington
County gathered in the agriculture
building here Wednesday night, when
J. R. Nicholson, of Raleigh, field man
of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration, explained the 1939 farm
program.
Every farmer in the county was in
vited and enough attended to crowd
the agriculture building auditorium.
County Agent W. V. Hays presented
Mr, Nicholson and engaged in the
discussion, as did the farmers, by
asking questions regarding the cur
rent year's farm program.
Calclies at Fisheries This
Week Said To He Small
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Catches at the Kitty Hawk and
Slade fisheries have been discourag
ing this week despite the fact that
at this time the largest catches of
the season should be made.
Wednesday night there was only
enough fish to take care of customers
and trucking firms that came to the
fisheries for their supply for the re
tail trade. It is very seldom that
similar circumstances prevail.
Thursday the large seines were put
back into the water again, in the hope
that the next catch would be better.
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R. B. Trotman was reelected
principal of the Plymouth schools
at a meeting of the local board
Wednesday night. Mr. Trotman
is completing his second year as
head of the schools here this
spring and will enter upon his
duties for the third term next
fall.
Trotman Reelected
Principal of Local
Schools Next Term
Action Taken at Organization
Meeting of New Local
School Board
R. B. Trotman, principal of the
Plymouth schools for the last two
years, was reelected for the third
term to be in charge of the local
white schools, by the local board at
its organization meeting held in the
courthouse here Wednesday night.
Mr. Trotman has announced his ac
ceptance of the appointment.
At the meting Wednesday P. Bruce
Bateman was named chairman and
Dr. E. A. Harper secretary. Prank L.
Brinkley is the third member of the
board. The election of Mr. Trotman
was unanimous, it being agreed that
under his direction the schools here
have made excellent progress.
The local board will meet again be
fore May 2 to consider applications
of teachers who are to be members
of the faculty for the next term, in
order that they may be notified 10
days before school closes.
Coach John Weaver Suddenly
Stricken I? ith Appendicitis
Coach John Weaver, of the Plym
outh High School, left early Thursday
morning for a Rocky Mount hospital,
where he will probably undergo an
operation for acute appendicitis. He
was stricken at his room in the home
of Mrs. J. R. Campbell Wednesday
night.
C. O. Armstrong, former coach, will
Lake charge of the baseball team of
the high school and will continue the
schedule until Mr. Weaver returns.
Citizens Interested in ISeu'
Drainage Project To Meet
Citizens interested in the Scupper
nong River Drainage District project
will meet in the Cherry school Friday
night, April 14, at 7:30, to consider
further matters in getting the section
from the Bull Pond to Cherry along
the Scuppernong River drained as a
malaria control project.
Those interested urge a large at
tendance, as there are several mat
ters to be attended at that time in
order to speed along plans for an
early start on the work.
Speaker of House Lauds
Represen talive's Record
Speaker D. L. Ward, of the House
ol Representatives in the recently
closed session of the General Assem
bly, wrote Representative W. M. Dar
den this week congratulating him on
his record as a legislator.
Your loyalty and cooperation made
ii a most pleasant session for me, and
I assure you that I am deeply grate
ful to you,” wrote the speaker.
Governor Hoev Here
For Brief Stop. Talks
At School Tuesday
Makes J 5-Minute Address To
Large Gathering on Wav
Back To Raleigh
It is worth while to live in this gen
eration. as the past has not been the
■golden age," and the future will be
what our energy, industry, intelli
gence and ambition make it, Gover
nor Clyde R. Hoey told several hun
dred boys and girls, teachers and oth
ers from the town who gathered in
front of the Plymouth School Build
ing for a 15-minute talk by the state's
chief executive Tuesday at noon.
Governor Hoey was on his way back
to Raleigh from Swan Quarter, where
he made the principal address at the
meeting of the Hyde County Chamber
of Commerce Monday night. He came
over the new road from Fairfield to
Columbia, then through Plymouth to
Tarboro, where he threw out the first
ball at a baseball game there between
Connie Mack’s Philadelphia Athletics
and the Williamsport Grays.
A delegation was in Swan Quarter
from Edenton to urge the the gover
nor to return by way of Fairfield, Co
lumbia over the Albemarle Sound
bridge, through Edenton and Wind
sor to Tarboro, but John W. Darden,
from here, first approached the state
executive and prevailed on him to re
turn this way.
Continuing his impromptu remarks
at the school here, the governor said
that despite conditions existing in the
world today, God has not failed this
generation and out of the processes
of the ups and downs, the jetsam and
floatsam of society in this era, there
are new ideas, new thoughts, and new
purposes to lead on to better things.
He continue with the advice that
the virtues and qualities which made
our forefathers great are just as nec
essary in equipping and training the
young folk of today for life's duties.
As long as there are opportunities
there can be achievements, he said.
The governor defined the difference
between a pessimist and an optimist
by saying that a pessimist gazing at
a half-filled container of champaigne
says “the jug is half empty" while
the optimist says "the jug is half
full." A pessimist, he said, sees the
difficulties, but the optimist sees in
the difficulties opportunities.
We raise great crops in this state,
but the best crop we raise are our
children, and the state is obligated
in every way to see that these boys
and girls, like those in this group, be
afforded eve^y oppor^.dty to im
prove their condition,’ he concluded.
With the Governor was his daugh
ter, Miss Asabell Hoey and a Raleigh
newspaperman. They came into town
escorted by Highway Patrolman Tom
Brown.
Plans Being Made
For Annual Flower
Show Here May 17
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County Council Also Decides
Several Other Matters at
Meet Here Friday
Plans for the annual flower show
to be held Wednesday afternoon, May
17, at 3 o'clock, were made at the
spring meeting of the Council of the
Washington County Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs held in
the office of the county home dem
onstration agent, Mrs. W. M. Darden,
last Friday, with 18 members of the
council present.
It was decided that entries for the
flower show would be received in the
auditorium of the agriculture build
ing from 11 to 2 o’clock, after which
the powers will be judged and rib
bons and prizes awarded.
A program of interest to flower lov
ers will be persented at 3 o'clock, with
Mrs. George W. Bowen as chairman
of the committee on arrangements.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend this program and to see the dis
play of flowers.
A clean-up week will be sponsored
during this month, with a prize of
fered for the greatest improvement
along the highways.
The Federation, through the coun
cil, also agreed to participate in the
cancer control work now in progress.
The plan is to educate the people as
to symptoms of this disease and dis
seminate information about its con
trol if discovered in its early stages.
Ways and means for a delegation
from here to attend the short course
at State College were also discussed.
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Say Cucumber Seed Should
Ite I* I an ted in Next Few Days
The last of this week or the first
two days of next week is the time
recommended for planting of cucum
ber seed, according to P. H. Roberts,
jr„ manager of the local plant of C.
C. Lang & Son.
Some farmers have already plant
ed their seed, according to Mr. Rob
erts, but it is recommended by the
company that this be done this week
or the first of next, when ' the moon
is right.”
tl illiamston Choral (dub
Singing Here Thursday
The Williamston Choral Club was
here Thursday afternoon and ren
dered several selections for the Plym
outh Senior Woman's Club.