Surplus Producls To
Value of $9,568.52
Dislributed Locally
117,983 Pounds of Food and
3,394 Garments Included
In Distribution
The Federal Surplus Commodities
Corporation through the commodity
distribution of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare distri
buted commodities with a total esti
mated value of $9,568.52 in Washing
ton County during the year of 1939.
Included in this was 117.983
pounds of food valued at $6,125.52
and 3.394 garments valued at $3.
438.50 and 9 household articles es
timated at $4.50.
The commodities and the number
of pounds distributed follow: fresh
apples. 18.468: pea beans, 6.245; tub
butter. 3. 035: cereal wheat. 4.056:
graham flour. 8.203; wheat flour. 30.
805: fresh grapefruit. 11.216: grape
fruit juice. 4.079; corn grits. 1.735:
corn meal. 9.535: dry skim milk, 728;
evaporated milk. 2.158; rolled oats.
2.302: fresh oranges, 2,119; canned
peaches. 364: dries peaches, 1.124:
sweet potatoes. 9.684: dried prunes.
683; seedless raisins, 144; milled rice.
1.300.
The State commodity organization
this year is asking that Washington
County contribute $3.86 monthly or a
total of $46.32 for the year, to the
support of the district and sub-dis
trict warehouses and offices which
has not been done heretofore.
For the last several years, the
Plymouth office for distributing these
commodities has been located in the
basement of the courthouse. The
supply for the local distribution cen
ter has come from Windsor and this
year the county is asked to contri
bute toward the maintenance of the
district office.
8-Way Tie Tuesday
In Golf Tourney
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A blind bogey tournament was held
at the Plymouth Country Club Tues
day afternoon by the women's golf
division in their weekly event, but
there were no winners, as 8 of the
10 players matched the blind bogey
on 1 hole each, and consequently it
was announced that the prizes will be
carried over and awarded at the
tournament next week.
The following players were in the
eight-way tie: Mesdantes Leona Cary,
Wilda Curry, Francina Owens, Caro
lyn Earle, Jeanette Papineau, Sally
McMahon, Mattie Arps, and Maxine
Arps. Mrs. Betty Ward and Mrs.
Nell Harper were the only contestants
who did not match the blind bogey
on a single hole.
r FOUR OF THE FIVE CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY TREASURER IN THE PRIMARY SATURDAY |
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Here are four of the five candidates for county treasurer in the Democratic primary Saturday, a photograph of the fitth, Richard C. Peacock,
not being available for publication. The four above, reading from left to rteht are: W. Lin wood Hassell, incumbent, ot Plymouth; Iimothy M. Bow
en. of Long Acre; W. S. (Bill) Davenport, of Mackeys and Plymouth; an^ Stuart I). Davis, of Pbmout.i.
1939 LEGISLATURE MADE DRASTIC
CHANGE IN USE OF MARKERS FOR
PRIMARY ELECTIONS THIS YEAR
Very Few Voters Can Get
Assistance in Marking
Their Ballots
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The 1939 General Assembly made
a very drastic change in the use of
markers in primaries.
The only voters who may be as
sisted in the marking of their bal
lots are those who cannot read and
those who by reason of physical
handicap, such as blindness, paralys
is or other disabling defect, are un
able to mark their ballot.
In an official opinion, the Attor
ney General ruled that only those il
literates registered under the Grand
father Clause of the Constitution were
entitled to assistance by reason of
their inability to read.
When a voter is entitled to assis
tance in the marking of the ballot,
he must obtain the assistance from
a near relative, (husband and wife;
parent and child: brother and sister;
or grandparent and grandchild) but
if no such near relative is present, he
may then ask any other voter of the
precinct who has not assisted any
other voter, to give him the assis
tance. If, however, there is present
no near relative, or other voter who
has not marked another ballot, the
voter may then, but only then, call
upon the registrar or a judge of elec
tions for assistance.
The registrar is required to keep a
rcord of all voters who receive as
sistance and the names of the per
sons giving assistance.
It is not only unlawful for any per
MACKEYS
Mrs. Reynolds Davenport and Miss
Mary Davenport were luncheon guests
of Miss Elizabeth Chesson Tuesday.
Mrs. Nan Everett and Mrs. John
nie Everett spent Wednesday in Co
lumbia.
Mrs. J. E. Davenport attended the
Elizabeth City district conference of
the Methodist church in Edenton
Thursday.
Mrs. Mildred Stevens, of Wilming
ton, was the guest of Mrs. J. E. Dav
enport Saturday.
The Rev. M. R. Gardner and Mrs.
Gardner, of Roper, were dinner guests
of Mrs. Tom Griffin Sunday.
Mrs. Mittie Hassell and Mrs. W. S.
Davenport spent Friday night in
Hertford.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds Davenport
spent several days in Plymouth with
Mrs. Henry Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. A, T. Belch and C. B.
Morris spent the week-end in Cole
rain.
Mrs. C. W. Blount, sr., was host
ess to the Ladies' Aid of the Mackeys
Methodist church Tuesday afternoon.
son to give assistance, but also un
lawful for any person to receive or
permit assistance except under the
terms of the Act.
The Act does not prevent members
of the same family (husband and
wife;parent and child; brother and
sister: grandparent and grandchild'
from assisting one another, and no
record is required of such.
Over 1,000 Claims
For Unemployed
Pay Filed in 1940
District Office Reports Con
siderable Increase in
Activity
With over 1.000 new claims for Un
employment Compensation taken so
far in 1940. the Williamston office has
had considerable increase in activity
recently. Over $15,000 has been dis
tributed from this office in weekly
benefit checks to unemployed claim
ants since January. Both original
and continued claims have shown a
marked increase in number and per
centage during the first quarter of
1040. Approximiately 5.000 continued
i weekly) claims for benefits have been
taken by the Williamston office thus
far this year for claimants who re
port weekly or at stated intervals at
the various office and extension
points.
400 applications or new registra
tions have been received over the five
county area in the past two months.
About 300 have renewed their pre
vious applications for work. About 60
field visits or calls on employers and
business concerns have been made by
local office workers in the past wto
months. Employers in various lines
of business report that while whole
sale, retail and other lines of business
are probably a little below normal
there are distinct indications of im
proving business in several sections of
the operating area of the Williams
office.
At least one person was injured in
78.4 per cent of the 8.170 reported
traffic accidents in North Carolina
last year.
Preparations Made
To Begin Checking
Farm Compliance
“The Man” Will Be Around
'Most Any Day Now To
Begin Work
"The Man" will come around al
most any day now to check your farm
for compliance with the 1940 AAA
program, announces E. Y. Floyd.
Triple-A executive officer of State
College, and he urges growers to co
operate fully with the compliance
supervisors Training schools have
been held for the compliance check
ers, and the annual visits to every
farm in the State have started.
Floyd asked that farmers immedia
tely notify their county AAA office
when they have planted tobacco or
cotton or both. Every farmer who
signed a Farm Plan indicating his
intention to participate in the 1940
program will have his fields comple
tely checked. Other farms also will
be checked if they have a tobacco or
cotton allotment, or both.
If the compliance supervisor finds'
that tobacco and cotton have been
planted within acreage allotments.”
Floyd said, "then the grower will be
given a card allowing him to sell with
out penalty the entire production of
the two crops for which marketing
quotas were approved in referenda
last fall. If either one or both of the
crops is overplanted, then the grow
er will be given a reasonable time to
plow under enough to comply with
the allotment., or face a penalty on
excess marketings and loss of Agri
cultural Conservation payments."
Aerial photographs will speed the
compliance check in the 80 counties
where they are available.
"We are making every effoit this
year to complete the compliance
check before the harvest of tobacco
and cotton starts," Floyd stated, "and
we want to urge every producer to
cooperate fully so that there will be
no delay Have someone available
who knows the set-up of the farm
and the crops planted in every field,
and the job will be much easier for
the supervisor and will require a min
imum of the farmer’s time "
INCOME
Farmers' cash income for the first
quarter of 1940 was 12 per cent high
er than a year ago. reports the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
A Year of Action Results
in The Old North State's
“Clean Up or Close Up” Campaign
Twelve months ago the North Carolina beer industry went into action
to commence weeding out those relatively few beer retailers who, by
practices unbecoming good citizens, tended to bring reproach on the
great law-abiding majority. "Clean Up or Close Up was the ulti
matum issued them and we feel that our action results speak for
themselves.
To date, 78 beer licenses have been revoked—revoked because 78
beer dealers used their licenses to shield illegal activities. Thus are
being removed the bad spots that, left alone, would smear the repu
tation of the thousands who operate within the bounds of decency
and ethical business conduct.
As a new year begins, this committee states anew its determination
to carry forward aggressively its now well-established program . . .
and asks continuance of your alertness to patronize only decant,
reputable beer outlets.
Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee
EDGAR H. BAIN, State Director
813-817 Commercial Building
Raleigh, N. C.
WILKINS
VOTE FOR
..—
HORTON
FOR GOVERNOR
In The Democratic Primary May 25 th
Running on His Record as an Able Lieu
tenant Governor And State Senator
HIS RECORD: Chairman of Chatham County Democratic Executive Committee, 1922-1926, increasing party majority from 300 to more
than 1,200; Secretary of Democratic State Executive Committee in 1930; State Senator 1919, 1927,1931,1935; Lieutenant Governor since
January, 1937. Endorsed and supported by the people of his own county, the people who know him best, and highly regarded through
out the State.