The Roanoke Beacon
4^^4444 and Washington (bounty ]News ★★★★★★★
A home newspaper dedicate!
to the aerriee of Washington
, County and Its 12,00# people.
VOLUME L—NUMBER 26
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, June 30, 1939
ESTABLISHED 1889
Town
opics
W. S. Moore, instructor of vocation
al agriculture in the Plymouth High
School, will spend next week in Ra
leigh attending a conference of vo
cational agriculture teachers at State
College. He expects to return by the
week-end. C. H. Floyd, of Roper, and
A. H. Tucker. Creswell. also expected
to attend.
L. J. Meunie.r jr., superintendent
of the North Carolina Pulp Company
here, is in a Durham hospital for
treatment of his eyes. While at work
in the plant here he accidentally got
some of the "black liquor" used in
pulp manufacture in his eye, causing
him much trouble. He is expected to
return home the latter part of the
week.
Learning of the circulation of
rumors that the water at Albe
marle Beach had been condemned
by the health department, L. W.
Gurkin, owner of the resort, went
to Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health
officer, this week and secured
a statement from him that “the
reports were absolutely without
foundation.” Mr. Gurkin ex
pressed the hope that this would
allay any fears of the bathing fa
cilities at his popular resort.
George Chesson is reported to have
devised some kind of tool or imple
ment for use in picking cucumbers.
It is reported to be a stick with
prongs on it for use in separating the
vines and taking hold of the cukes.
The Plymouth Lodge, No. 281, Loyal
Order of Moose, has changed its reg
ular meetings nights to the second
and fourth Friday nights of each
month. This was done so that the
Eastern Star. Masonic auxiliary, could
have the hall on the first and third
Friday nights.
Twenty-five Hampshire lambs
sold by Jim Staton’s Westover
farm near here at the recent lamb
sale were graded as “choice.”
Paul Fletcher, livestock market
ing specialist for the Depart
ment of Agriculture, said it was
the first time he had ever grad
ed this number of lambs for any
one producer and found them all
“choice.” C. M. Robbins is sup
erintendent of this farm.
Dr. Paul Warren Lucas, son of W.
P. i Bill) Lucas, a native of this coun
ty now residing in Durham, was here
last week visiting the Rev. and Mrs.
R. H. Lucas and other relatives. Dr.
Lucas is a graduate of the Duke Med
ical school and will leave in the next
few days for a government hospital
in Baltimore, where he will take a
post-graduate course in surgery.
Rev. L. W. Fields, of Goldsboro, a
room-mate "f the R-v. Paul B Nick
ens, pastor of the local Baptist
church, when they were both attend
ing the Southern Theological Semi
nary at Louisville, Ky., visited Mr.
Nickens here this week.
Lucas Dairy Again
On Grade-A Basis
After Recent Fire
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New Building and Equip
ment Are Used for First
Time This Week
Grade-A milk is being delieverd
again from the Springwood Dairy,
with the completion of the new plant
announced this week by R. H. Lucas,
the owner, who spent about $4,000 to
replace his first plant, which was de
stroyed by fire a few months ago.
Built according to specifications for
a grade A milk plant outlined by the
State Department of Health, Mr. Lu
cas said he had the assistance and
cooperation of J. A. Ferree, local san
itary engineer, and others in the con
struction and equipment of the new
barn.
Bottles were washed with the new
equipment and some of the other ma
chinery used last week, but it was
Monday before the milking was done
in the new barn. The equipment in
cludes a boiler and steam room for
sterilization of bottles and milking
utensils, automatic bottling and cap
ping machines, and an electrical cool
ing system for keeping the milk.
All employees have been examined
and furnished health certificates,
which are renewed at periodic inter
vals. Every milking operation is han
dled according to the strict sanitary
regulations. About 40 Guernsey, Jer
sey and Holstein cows comprise the
herd.
All Games Except One
Washed Out Wednesday
Perrytown defeated Oak City, 8 to
6 Wednesday afternoon in the only
game played in the Albemarle Lea
gue.
Rain blocked games at Plymouth
and Windsor. Only one inning was
played here with Scotland Neck be
fore the contest was washed out.
Double-headers will be played when
the teams scheduled yesterday meet
again.
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Baptist Singing Class at
Mt. Tabor Church July 6
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The singing class of the Free Will
Baptist orphanage will be at Mount
Tabor Free Will Baptist church, near
Creswell, on Thursday, July 6, at 8
p. m., it was announced today by the
Rev. T. F. Davenport, of Creswell.
"Be sure to attend this singing, as
an evening of entertainment awaits
you,” said the minister.
Several Farmers “Putting
In” Tobacco This Week
Again this year, H. J. Woolard,
farmer on the Long Ridge road.
3 miles south of Plymouth, is re
ported to be the first producer
to "put in" a barn of tobacco for
curing. Mr. Woolard harvested
400 sticks of sand lugs last Fri
day and began curing this week.
Mr. Woolard was the first to re
port harvesting activities last sea
son.
H. E. Beam, cashier of the
Branch Banking & Trust Com
pany, who has visited about 300
acres in the county to insure the
tobacco, said that Mr. Woolard's
crop was one of the best he had
seen this season.
It was also reported that S. A.
Allen, of near Plymouth, was to
“put in" a barn of tobacco at his
farm this week. Within another
week curing will probably be gen
eral throughout the section.
Rain last Friday was said by
tobacco growers to have meant a
lot of money to them, as it caused
the stalks and leaves to fill out.
Favorable weather conditions
and related factors have caused
I.lovd T. Weeks, tobacco special
ist of the State Extension Service,
to raise his original estimate of
a 15 per cent increase in North
Carolina's flue-cured crop to 20
per cent or more.
It is believed in the county that
the crop will be the largest in
years, due to heavy plantings,
favorable seasons and general
conditions, and there is some fear
that the price will be low because
of the excess of supply over de
mand.
Preparing for Annual
Field Day at Wenona
Deliveries Slow ai
Pickle Plan! Here
So far only about 9,000 bushels
of cucumbers have been delivered
to the plant of C. C. Lang & Son,
Inc., here, as against about 20,000
bushels received last year at this
time, it was learned today from
Manager P. H. Roberts.
The payroll for the coming
Monday will be about $5,000,
making a total of about $8,000
paid out for cucumbers since the
plant opened for deliveries sev
eral weeks ago.
Mr. Roberts estimated about 35
per cent of the crop has been
harvested and delivered. It ap
pears now that about four weeks
more will be required before the
entire crop has been harvested
and delivered.
Record Session Held
By Recordpr''' Court
Here Last Tuesday
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13-Hour Is Day Put in by
Court Attaches, Longest
On Record
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Five white persons were arraigned
in recorder’s court Tuesday on vari
ous charges, as the court held a 13
hour session, one of the longest single
day sessions in its history.
Not guilty verdicts were brought in
by juries in cases involving Mrs. Mary
Hassell, 28, white, and W. E. Sitter
son, 32, white, merchant. Mrs. Has
sell charged Sitterson with assault
ing her, and Mr. Sitterson countered
with charges that Mrs, Hassell was
drunk and disorderly and drove a car
while drunk. The charges grew out
of an affray on the old Chapel Hill
schoolhouse on a Saturday night.
Mrs. Sitterson, although no charges
were brought against her, was said to
have engaged in a fight with Mrs.
Hassell and her sister, Miss Doris
Smith.
A similar verdict was rendered by
a jury in the case of Charles Gregg,
40, white, who was charged with as
saulting Mrs. Mae- Simmons Snell.
Three witnesses for the state and two
for the defendant were heard before
the jury acquitted him.
Mrs. Louise Simon, 47, white, en
tered a plea of guilty to driving while
drunk. She was given six months on
the roads suspended upon payment
of $50 and the costs before Novem
ber 14, 1939.
Thomas Jones, 34. white, charged
with giving O. A. Chesson a worthless
check in the sum of $13. drawn on a
Greenville bank, was given a road
sentence of 60 days.
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S. D. Jones Dies
In New Jersey
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Funeral services were held in
Mountain Lakes, N. J., Sunday after
noon for Simon D. Jones, 76, a na
tive of Martin County who was wide
ly related in this section, and whose
death occurred last Friday morning
at a hospital in Orange, N. J.
Born in Martin County on Janu
ary 20, 1863, Mr. Jones in 1893 mar
ried Miss Ethel Chesson, of Plym
outh, who survives. He also leaves
a son, Robert and a grand-daughter,
Jean Chesson Jones, of Mountain
Lakes; four sisters, Mrs. H. C. Spruill
and Miss Cornelia Jones, of Plym
outh, Mrs. J. L. Brown and Mrs. W.
B. Lilley, of Jamesville; and two
brothers, W. B. Jones, of Norfolk, and
T. B. Jones, of Arizona.
Mr. Jones was also related to Mrs.
B. G. Campbell, of Plymouth.
Forty-six years ago Mr. Jones en
tered the insurance business, continu
ing until his retirement a few years
ago on account of ill health. He was
of a very generous nature and finan
cially aided a number of relatives in
securing an education.
Number Prominent
Personages to Have
Part in Day's Events
R. L. Coburn To Preside;
Principal Speaker Not
Yet Secured
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Although the full program for the
occasion has not been completed, a
number of prominent persons have
signified their intention of appearing
on the program of the fourteenth an
nual farmers’ field day, to be held at
the Blackland Experiment Station in
Wenona, on Thursday, July 13, it was
announced today by J. L. Rea, as
sistant director, in charge of the sta
tion.
It was announced that former state
Senator Robert L. Coburn, of Wil
liamston, will preside over the pro
gram; with Prof. R. H. Ruffner, of
State College, discussing the produc
tion of work stock, D. S. Coletraine,
assistant commissioner of agriculture,
speaking on “Soil-Testing Service,”
and Dr. E. R. Collins explaining the
factors involved in selecting a bal
anced fertilizer for continued crop
production.
The name of the principal speaker
was not made public.
The afternoon program for the la
dies wil be under the supervision of
Mrs. Mary M. Darden, home demon
stration agent, and will include an
address by a prominent woman, sing
ing and band music.
In the afternoon the men will be
invited to visit the agronomy plats,
the livestock, farm ma< hinery and
farm crop exhibits, and a horse and
mule pulling contest wil be staged,
with the strength of the animals
measured, as last year, by the dyna
mometer from State College.
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Child Unharmed as
Bolt Strikes Crib
The story of a miraculous escape
from a freak bolt of lightning which
did some damage to the home of
Harley Gurkin, just this side of Pine
town, was brought back to Plymouth
last Friday by G. K. Harris, rural
mail carrier on route 1.
Mr. Harris said he passed the home
of Mr. Gurkin shortly after it was
struck by the bolt during a heavy
thunder shower last Friday morning
about 11 o'clock. The lightning struck
a tree in the yard, ran down a limb
which rested against the gable end of
the huse. The bolt then went inside
the house, tearing a hole in the wall
several inches in diameter on the in
side. although there was no mark on
the outside 01 the building. The
lightning then ran down the wall,
jumped to a baby's crib possibly a
foot away, splintered the wooden sup
ports and tearing up the linoleum on
the floor, but doing no damage at all
to the floor itself. A small baby in
the crib was not harmed.
Mrs. Gurkin was on the porch when
the lightning struck and heard the
baby scream. She ran into the room,
which was fiilled with smoke, and
found the child untouched although
the crib had been almost demolished.
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Two Men Hurt at Plant
Here Thursday Afternoon
Raymond Alexander and Miller
Harrell, millwrights at the North
Carolina Pulp Company, were injured
painfully Thursday afternoon at 2:20
when a saw-horse fell on their heads.
Both were conscious but suffering
much pain when brought to the office
here of Dr. T. L. Bray. Each had ap
parently suffered a deep cut on the
head.
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Informal Dance at Club
Here Saturday Night
There will be an informal dance at
the Plymouth Country Club Saturday
at 10 p. m. A small admission will
be charged. This dance was arranged
by the dance committee.
Plans Are Made lor
Big Road Meeting at
Belhaven August 9
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Arrangements Discussed at
Meeting Held There
Wednesday
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Selecting Belhaven as the place and
designating August 9 as the date, a
committee of 50 men formulated
plans at a meeting held in Belhaven
Wednesday night for exercises de
signed to attract 5.000 people in an
effort to impress the State Highway
and Public Works Commission with
the urgent need for hard surfacing of
the remaining 12 miles of the Turn
pike road, connecting Highway No 97
with Pantego by way of Wenona.
Meeting in the spacious and com
modious community house in the
Beaufort County seafood center, with
John W. Darden, of Plymouth, secre
tary of the Washington County
Chamber of Commerce and general
chairman of the committee, presiding,
the men enjoyed a fish fry as well as
attended to business.
Ernest V. Webb, of Kinston, dis
trict highway commissioner, expects
to be present at the August meeting,
according to a letter he wrote to Mr.
Darden. Congressman Lindsay War
ren has been urged to attend. Other
state officials will be invited, includ
ing W. Kerr Scott, Commissioner of
Agriculture, who is a strong advo
cate of an all-weather road through
this route for farmer visits to the
Blackland Experiment Station at We
nona.
It was promised at the meeting that
1.500 pounds of free barbecue would
be available on the big day for those
attending. Fred P. Latham, former
member of the state board of agricul
ture, will head the important com
mittee on entertainment and prom
ised to donate 100 pounds of the “cue"
himself.
There will be boat races, bathing,
baseball games and a dance for the
entertainment of the crowd, and a
business session will be held from 11
to 1 o’clock. Residents of the lower
end of Beaufort, with those from
Washington and Hyde Counties, are
expected to attend in large numbers.
New committeemen asked to help
create interest in their various com
munities were named by Mr. Dar
den, with the help of Mr. Latham, as
follows:
J. R. Manning and J. R. Campbell,
Plymouth; Kirk Whorton, Ellis Smith,
H. E. Tripp, Ransomville; Roy Jack
son, Allen Swindell, P. H. Whitley, jr.,
Pantego; William Bullock, Leechville;
H. W. Harvey, P. W. Ross, Dr. E. Q.
Winstead, Belhaven: Bennie Harris,
J. F. Manning, Ponzer; Irvin Rob
bins, Ralph Tankard, Yeatsville;
Gratz Credle, Harvey Credle, Scran
ton: Birdie Pauli. Sidney; Allen Rop
er, Burbage Cross Roads; L. R. Pil
ley. Terra Ceia; J. L. Rea, Wenona;
D. R. Paul, Raymond Pauli, Pungo:
Comer Davis, lower Pungo section.
Proponents declare that with five
miles of the Turnpike road from No.
97 already improved with gravel, that
the remaining 12 miles should be
improved and made an all-weather
road. This will reduce the distance
from Belhaven to the new Albemarle
Sound bridge to 40 miles, saving an
hour’s travel for fishermen and oth
ers who sell commodities in Norfolk
or other markets to the north.
Clyde Potter supplied the fish to
the 50 committeemen present and to
members of the Belhaven band, who
provided the music for the meeting
Wednesday night.
Bill Clagon Passes Physical
Examination for Patrolman
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William S. 'Bill) Clagon, outfielder
for the Plymouth Rocks, is back home
today after successfully passing the
physical examination required of ap
plicants for positions on the State
Highway Patrol in Raleigh this week.
He said that out of the hundred
applicants only about 40 per cent
passed the examinations and that it
would be necessary to secure addi
tional applications before a school is
held in Highland Park near Ashe
ville, where those passing the work
required will be appointed patrolmen.
Forest Fire Burns
Over Wide Section
A forest and brush fire has been
burning over a wide area in the
Wenona section for about six
weeks, damaging the under
growth and vegetation on the
land to the extent of thousands
of dollars. Dense columns of
smoke rising from the fire can be
seen 25 and SO miles away, and
Wednesday morning a heavy pall
hung over Plymouth for several
hours until the wind changed.
Forest Fire Warden Stuart F.
Darden has managed, with a lit
tle help, to i on fine the damage
to a relatively small area on the
south side of the Turnpike road,
but it is reported several hundred
acres have been burned anyway,
the vegetable matter in the peat
like soil burning down to the sub
soil, in some places 16 to 18
inches deep.
No homes in the area have been
threatened by the fire, which con
tinues to burn stubbornly, ef
forts being centered on prevent
ing its spread.
Deadlock Over Closed-Shop Issue
Between Strikers and Kieckhefer
Firm Stands in Way of Settlement
Begin New Star Route
Mail Service Saturday
Motor vehicle mail service by a
temporary star route from Plym
outh to Parmele will begin Sat
urday of this week, when, for the
first time in about 30 years, an
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad pas
senger train will not leave Plym
outh for Tarboro. The train will
make its last run Friday, and the
new carrier takes over the next
day.
George C. James, jr., of Par
mele, was given a temporary con
tract for carrying the mail over
76-mile round trip daily for one
year. The contract price was
SI,809.99. His schedule calls for
1 3-4 hours running time.
The schedule is arranged for
mail to leave Plymouth at 9 a. m..
stopping at all post offices on the
route and arriving at Parmele by
10:45 to connect with the Kin
ston and Rocky Mount trains.
Returning the carirer leaves Par
mele on receipt of mails from
trains due there at 5:10 p. m.,
arriving in Plymouth in 1 3-4
hours, or about 7 p. m.
First-class mail and daily news
papers that come in over this
route will be opened and put into
the boxes, Postmaster George W.
Hardison said. He said that mail
must be in the olTice at least 10
minutes before 9 in the morning
in order to catch the outgoing
pouches at 9.
To Observe Fourth
As General Holiday
No Special Program
Planned Locally but
Stores To Be Closed
Branch Bank and County
Offices Are To Be Closed
Monday and Tuesday
Local business will be temporarily
halted twice next week, as employees
of business firms here enjoy a day
and a half holiday, with the first, a
full day off Tuesday, in celebration
of the anniversary of the signing of
the Declaration of Independence on
July Fourth, and the second on the
day following, when the usual Wed
nesday half holiday will be observed.
No special program has been plan
ned here on Independence Day, but
all stores, shops and offices—with the
exception of the drug stores, cafes
and filling stations—will be closed
Tuesday. Patrons are being urged
by the merchants to shop during the
open hours so that none will be in
convenienced by the closing.
The Branch Banking & Trust Com
pany here will be closed for two full
days, Monday and Tuesday, but will
be opened for the full day Wednes
day, foregoing their usual half holi
day at this time. The county offices
will also be closed both Monday and
Tuesday.
Only the one-day holiday will be
observed by the A. B. C. stores, and
that is on Tuesday, the national holi
day.
Postal workers will put up mail for
patrons who have lock boxes, but
there will be no deliveries, either in
town or on the rural routes, Tues
day. The windows will not be opened
except for a few minutes after the
afternoon mail is put up.
The Roanoke Beacon office will be
closed all day to give the “force” one
of the three holidays a year observed
by this firm.
Chief of Police P. W Brown urges
the merchants to have their flags
available Tuesday so that he can have
them placed along the streets to give
the town a patriotic aspect.
Many local people are planning to
go to Albemarle and other beaches,
some will play golf, while a large
crowd is expected to see the two base
ball games here. The morning game
will be called at 10 o'clock and is be
tween the Rocks and Eden ton, an of
ficial Albemarle League game. In the
afternoon the Rocks meet the Tri
County Club, of Washington, *at 3:30.
McGuire Company
Moves Equipment
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Their task of surfacing and grad
ing the road from Plymouth over No.
97 to Douglass Cross Roads in Beau
fort County, about completed, the F.
J. McGuire Construction Company
today was moving equipment to the
Arm’s home base in Washington.
Fifteen miles of the highway have
been surfaced and the remaining 13
miles graded and made ready for sur
facing, the contract for which it is
expected will be let by the State High
way and Public Works Commission
on July 11,
E. M. Turner, who has been head of
the accounting department, and Jim
my Wilson, superintendent of the job,
are expected to leave during this week
end, as the Arst four days of the cur
rent week they had about 40 men en
gaged in sloping and rounding the
shoulders of the road, clearing the
drainage and performing other last
minute tasks.
Mr. Turner was of the opinion that
whoever obtained the contract for
surfacing the last 13 miles of the
road would have to work from the
Washington end in view of the great
er distance from this end.
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Governor Clyde R. Hoey this
week declared Monday, July 3, a
legal state holiday, in addition to
Tuesday, July 4, and as a result.
Branch Banking and Trust Com
pany and county employees here
will receive a double holiday.
Both the bank and the court
house will be closed Monday and
Tuesday of next week. The Wash
ington County boards of commis
sioners and education will hold
their regular meetings on the
second Monday, July 10.
As a result of the governor's
proclamation, all state employees
in this section will also get the
double holiday.
Offer Premium for
All Hogs Produced
By Sanitation Plans
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Next Shipment From Here
To Be Made July 11;
Market Stronger
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A premium of 25 cents per 100
pounds is offered by a Richmond
packer for hogs grown in accordance
with effective swine sanitation plans,
it was announced today by County
Agent W. V. Hays, who explained that
the next shipment by the locai mar
keting association will be held July
11, followed by another on July 25
and every second Tuesday from then
on as usual.
Carcasses of the premium hogs
must show freedom from internal
parasites when slaughtered, accord
ing to Mr. Hays, who explained that
the agreement made covers a 12
month period and during that time
the offer is restricted to growers who
can sell as many as 20 pigs at a time.
This requirement is made, according
to Mr. Hays, because hogs under the
swine sanitation premium plan must
be slaughtered separately and entails
extra work and expense to the pack
er.
Any grower who has three or four
sows can take advantage of this offer,
and it should particularly interest the
smaller growers, since they naturally
will receive a higher price in the form
of more pounds of meat produced for
the feed consumer, according to the
county agent.
The elements of the swine sanita
tion plan can be explained by Mr.
Hays, who said that growers who
wished to come under the terms of
this plan must notify the agent’s of
fice.
"I saw hogs this week three months
old which weighed over 100 pounds
each, and on another occasion I saw
a little of pigs the same age, nine of
which together weighed less than 100
pounds,” Mr. Hays said, explaining
that this was an extreme case.
The farm agent said that the hog
market was strengthening daily.
Unemployment Pay Here
Totals $2,000 This Week
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Representatives of the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission from
the Williamston office distributed a
bout $2,000 to employees of the
North Carolina Pulp Co., who have
been idle since May 8, when a strike
in the Kieckhefer Container Corpor
ation plant at Delair forced the focal
mill to suspend operations.
The checks this week represented
payments for the fourth week of un
employment. This makes a total of
about $8,000 paid out since the men
have been out of work. They were not
paid for the first two weeks, desig
nated as the "waiting period,”
Meet of Union and
Company Conferees
Is Being Held Today
First Disorders This Week,
When Strikers Scatter
Tacks in Road
There were no new developments
today 'Thursday) in connection with
the strike at the Delair plant of the
Kieckhefer Container Company, now
in its seventh week. Representatives
of the company and the thiee strik
ing unions were still deadlocked over
the question of a "closed shop,” de
manded by the strikers last week. It
is understood that agreement has
been reached on all or practically all
of the other points at issue.
A number of conferences have been
held by representatives of the em
ployees and officials of the company,
but no progress has been reported
this week. Another meeting was be
ing held Thursday afternoon, but
up to 3 o'clock nothing had been
heard as to developments.
The strike has been entirely free
of disorders of any kind up to this
week, but a dispatch from Delair at
11 o’clock this morning said that the
"first offensive acts of the strikers
was strewing tacks and staples in the
streets which flattened several tires
near the mill entrance.” It was stat
ed that Township Committee Chair
man Ludwick 'head of the local gov
erning body) had issued a warning
that "police would stop this and any
other form of disorder.”
A reporter who visited union head
quarters in Delair was refused an of
ficial statement concerning the strike
status but was told by one of the
strikers to “just say that everybody’s
happy, no one’s hungry, and there are
plenty of baskets for all.” He found
boxes and baskets being packed with
foodstuffs for distribution among the
strikers. The food is being provided
with union funds.
It was authoritatively learned here
that in the event the strike was set
tled. at least a week or 10 days would
be required before the plant here
could get back into production, as
employees have scattered to former
homes or are visiting relatives in oth
er sections. Some time would also be
required to get the machinery back
into condition for operation.
From what could be learned this
morning, the only obstacle now re
maining in the way of settlement is
the closed-shop subject. The union
leaders are standing pat on their de
mands, while the company issued the
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Building and Loan
Opens New Series
Stock on Saturday
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Hope To Sell at Least 100
Shares To Maintain
Steady Growth
With approximately 1,000 shares ol
stock in force now, the Plymouth
Building and Loan Association, will
offer for sale to the public on Satur
day, installment stock in its seventh
series, it was announced this week
by President E. P. Still.
So far about $100,000 worth of
stock has been sold in the six preced
ing series and the officers and direc
tors hope the growth of the organi
zation will continue with the new
offering. There are still many worthy
applicants for loans for the erection
of homes.
The officials hope to sell at least
100 shares in the new series. They,
point to the fact that the organiza
tion has shown a steady increase in
its business ever since it was founded
and also to the fact that the associa
tion was praised by state officials for
its efficient operation during the first
year of its operations.
Prospective stock purchasers are
asked to see any of the officers or di
rectors, who will be glad to explain
the system and its workings. In
stallment stock may be purchased for
25 cents per week per share, and each
share matures at $100 in about six
and one-half years, returning a net
yield of slightly over 5 per cent on
the money invested.
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Blount Hardware Store Is
Official Weighing Station
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The Blount Hardware Store here
has been designated an official weigh
ing station in the Raleigh News and
Observer's weekly contests for the
largest fish of various species caught
in North Carolina waters. Cash prizes
are awarded for the largest fish in
each class every week throughout the
remainder of the season.
There is no charge for entries in
the contest. Full details can be se
cured by applying at the Blount
Hardware Store, and every fisherman
is urged to enter any unusual fish
caught at the local weighing station.