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The Roanoke Beacon + + * * * * * and Washington County News* ****** VOLUME LI—NUMBER 28 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 11, 1940 Advertisers will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to I | 1.500 Washington County homes I ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics When officers were handed court orders Tuesday afternoon by Super ior Court Judge J. J. Burney to round up and bring in all the slot machines that could be found in the county by Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, the following officers immediately went to work: Sheriff J. K. Reid. Corporal T B Brown, of the State Highway Patrol; Chief of Police P. W. Brown and Policeman Paul Basnight, of Plymouth; and Deputy Sheriff W. D. Peal, of Creswell. Budgetary matters will be the principal concern of Washington County commissioners when they meet on the first Monday in Au gust. It is possible that reduc tions may be made in the ap propriations for the welfare and health departments, as well as in some of the other county funds. Plymouth’s furniture dealers expect to attend the annual furniture show at High Point next week. Those plan ning to go during the two weeks of the show include James W. Norman, of the Norman Furniture Company;. F. H. Modlin, of the M. H. Mitchell] Furniture Company; and E. E. Har rell. of the Plymouth Furniture Com pany. Officers to be installed at the meeting of the Lions Club tonight follow: P. W. Brown, president: W. V. Hays, B. G. Campbell, and L. S. Thompson, vice presidents; T. C. Burgess, secretary: Dr. A. Papineau, tail twister; George M. Scott, lion tamer; and Dr. S. V. I^wis and A. J. Biddle, directors. There are more cases of malaria today in Washington County than there have been in 23 years, accord ing to Dr. Claudius McGowan, coun ty health officer, who said that he was judging from the number of cases that came under his observa tion. He said that he had no sta tistics on the number of cases. Members of Grace Episcopal cfiurch and Sunday school enjoyed a picnic at Albemarle Beach Wednesday aft ernoon, with a large number attend ing. R. A. Duvall was in charge of the “pink lemonade” stand and T. W. Earle had charge of transportation. William Daniels, student minister, as sisted in the arrangements. E. H. Liverman said today that lie had heard no objections by the public to the added taxes whicR° became effective on July 1, when prices were raised on a number of articles to raise the $5,000, 000,000 national defense fund ov er a period of five years. Stuart Blow chief Ht rk in tile of fice of the county agent *here. said Wednesday that W. H. Gurkin had reported several farmers in his sec tion had started to curing tobacco. Mr. Blow did not know their names. Last year many farmers started cur ing about the middle of July. Plant and Union Officials in Meet Officials of the local unions affili ated with the American Federation of Labor and the management of the North Carolina Pulp Company here continued conferences today regard ing a year’s working contract to take the place of one that expired July 1. Negotiations on the new contract began June 20, but nothing definite has been done so far. Wednesday the conferences began again. Failure to complete the negotiations brought the matter up again today. A com plete agreement had not been reach ed at noon today. Present for the conference were H. M. Kieekhefer, secretary and treas urer of the Kieekhefer Container Cor poration, Delair, N. J.; J. H. Malin, a representative of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers; George M. Sny der, resident plant manager; Mr. Clary, representing the electrical en gineers; and Mr. Hoary, representing the boiler and power departments. Young Peoples Service at Pleasant Grove Sunday -@ Pleasant Grove.—A Daily Vacation Bible School has been in progress at the Pleasant Grove Methodist church this week for the children and young people. The members of this school will conduct a special service in the church Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Certificates will be awarded. Everyone is invited and all par ents are especially urged to attend. Washington County Cotton Farmers To Receive $112,214 in Parity Payments Washington County cotton farmers will receive approximate ly $11.214 in cotton parity pay ments this year, according to figures compiled in the office of County Agent W. V. Hays. The cotton parity payments will go to those farmers who in their 1940 plantings have not exceeded the total of their cotton and tobacco acreage allotments. Heretofore, the payments went to cotton growers who did not overplant their cotton quotas, without regard to their tobacco plantings. The 1940 payment earned bv a farm is determined at the rate of 1.55 eents per pound on the nor mal yield set up for the farm. There were 723,490 pounds of eotton allotted to this county. After the farms are measured for compliance and the fa. ms eligible for cotton parity are de termined, the applications for payment are being drawn and the farmers notified to come in and sign the applications. Division of the parity money between landlord and tenants is made according to the manner in which each shares in the crop. Hundreds of Farmers Expected at Wenona Field Day July 25th Revival Begins July 21 at Creswell Methodist Church -® Annual revival services will begin at the Creswell Methodist church on Sunday, July 21, to continue through the week, with the Rev. John R. Poe, of Aulander, assisted by the pastor, Rev. S. G. Perree, conducting the se ries of meetings. Services begin each evening at 8 o’clock, and the public is invited to attend. Prices of Wrapped Tomatoes Declines Sharply This Week 9 ■■■■ ■ Quotations in Press Tues day Give Top Price of $1 Per Lug Box -® Prices of green-wrapped tomatoes shipped to northern markets descend ed to such a low level today that the Neuse Packing Company, of Kinston, which has been shipping from this county, advised the growers to per mit their tomatoes to ripen for can ning. A. L. Alexander, of Columbia, says the firm which he represents has about 250 acres under contract in Washington and Tyrrell Counties, may operate a cannery in Roper this season to take care of the ripe to matoes, since the price of green wrapped tomatoes has declined so sharply. Press quotations Tuesday on toma to prices in lug boxes, green, turning and ripe, wrapped 6x6 and larger, 75 cents to $1; 6x7 size, 65 to 90 cents in New York. In Philadelphia, the price was 75 to 80 cents. It was said here that the returns to the farmer had reached the place where it was only a small amount per basket, as freight and brokerage fees eat up the price paid for them in northern mar kets. -<$> Raise $14.70 for Red Cross in'Creswell Washington County contributions to the American Red Cross Fund for relief of refugees in warn-torn Europe was increased this week with dona tions from Creswell amounting to $14.70 raiisng the total reported thru this newspaper for the drive to $198.70. The county’s quota is $600. Mrs. H. A. Liverman, treasurer of the county chapter of the Red Cross, was pleased with the Creswell report, which was sent in by Mrs. Edgar S. Woodley with a note that she hoped "to be able to send more next week.” Creswell contributions follow: $5: E. S. Woodley; $1: C. N. Davenport, sr., Dr. J. M. Phelps, Dr. W. H. Harrell, Mrs. C. L. Barnes, Mrs. W. W. Bateman, H. W. Pritchett, W. D. Phelps; Less than $1: A. H. Tucker, Mrs. W. H. Phelps, Mrs. Ida Hassell, E. P. Welch, David Furlough. Building and Loan Stock Sale Is Going Forward Slowly; 50 Shares Bought Sale of installment stock in the eleventh series of the Plymouth Building and Loan Association, dated July 1, is progressing slow ly, with only about 50 shares hav ing been sold in the new series to date, according to Secretary and Treasurer M. W. Spruill. Stockholders, directors and of ficers are active in the campaign to substantially increase the 1, 435 shares of installment stock in force. There is a total paid-up stock of $3,700. Officials hope that the public will avail themselves of addition al stock so as to make more mon ey available for the repair and construction of homes, which are sorely needed in Plymouth and its environs at present. Loans aggregating $27,000 have been made to 40 persons since the organization was started in Oc tober, 1937. Several homes have been completed and others are under construction by those who secured loans. Building and loan stock is par ticularly attractive from an in vestment standpoint. The install ment stock is sold at the rate of 25 cents per share per week, and each shares matures at its $100 face value in approximately 338 weeks, yielding a net return of about 5 per cent. Building-loan stock is also non-taxable, another attractive feature, Dr. Frank Graham To Make Principal Address at Even! Many Interesting Exhibits And Contests To Be Presented Rural men and women from this section are expected to attend the fifteenth annual Farmers’ Field Day at the Blackland Experiment Station in Wenona on Thursday. July 25, when Dr. Frank Porter Graham, pres ident of the University of North Car olina. will be the principal speaker. This annual event is sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture cooperating with the Ag ricultural Experiment Station and the United States Department of Agri eulture and features diversification of farm and agricultural research. J. L. Rea, jr., assistant director in charge of the station at Wenona, has han dled most of the arrangements for the event week after next. R. C. Holland, of Edenton, presi dent of the North Carolina Peanut Stabilization Cooperative, will pre side over the morning session. In addition to the speech by Dr. Graham the morning program includes the following: Introduction of Dr. Graham by Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott; invocation by Rev. P. B. Nick ens, of Plymouth; welcome address by F. E. Miller, director of test farms; music by James Ambrose’s string band of Belhaven and announcements by Mr. Rea. Other speakers will be: Earl H. Hostetler, of the nimal industry di vision of State College, whose subject is “Livestock Possibilities"; Dr. E. R. Collins, agronomist, of State College, on “Applying the Results of Experi mental Work to the Home Farm"; and James Abrams, of Macclesfield, district winner of the Young Tar Heel Farmers’ Public Speaking Contest. Dinner on the Grounds Those bringing picnic baskets will And tables on which to spread their lunch by families or groups. Others may secure dinner from the barbe cue booth and cold drinks and sand wiches will be sold on the grounds. Prom 2 to 3:30 in the afternoon a program for the ladies will be super vised by Mrs. Frances M. Darden. Washington County Home Agent. Miss Pauline Gordon, extension spec ialist in home management and house furnishings, and Mrs. Effie Vines Gordon, home agent of Nash County, will speak. A number of contests will start at 3:30, to last about an hour. The la dies will have a nail-driving contest, while the men will participate in the crops judging and livestock judging contests. For the boys there will be a sack race, with a number of prizes in each event to be awarded at 4:30. There will be a number of exhib its, including one on tobacco judging by samples, egg grading, livestock at the cattle barns, agronomy, and farm machinery. Tours of the experimental plots will be conducted by specialists in the various lines, and a large number of farmers usually attend these. The outstanding points will be brought to the attention of those attending the event, which should prove extremely worth while to farmers of this sec tion. A general invitation is extend ed to the public to attend. -$-■ Group of Boys Spending This Week at White Lake Eleven boys left here Monday with Instructor W. S. Moore for a week’s vacation at White Lake, where they will meet other students of vocation al agriculture from high schools of the State for a week of fun, recrea tion and study. Included in those going were Billy, Bruce, Freeman and Newman Allen, Gerald Furbee, Charles Le Fever, Pete Browning. Joe Snell, Conway Weede, Jack Oliver and Morris Bateman Courl Orders Illegal Slot Devices Seized; 31 Are Rounded Up Warrants Being Issued To day for Owners and Operators Acting under written instructions from J. J. Burney, who presided over the criminal term of Washington County Superior Court here this week. Sheriff J. K. Reid and other county and town officers started out at noon Tuesday and rounded up 31 of the estimated 80 illegal slot and pin ball machines being operated in the county, and Recorder John W. Darden began issuing warrants for the state and local distributors of the devices, as well as at least 22 opera tors. Indications were today that pleas of guilty will be entered by the per sons who permitted the devices to be operated in their places of business, warrants for whom are now being served. The hearing will be held on Monday or Tuesday of next week. It had not been decided this morn ning as to whether other operators who removed machines from their places of business before the raids got underway would be indicted or not. Sheriff Reid said this marked about the eighth time that he had participated in drives to rid the coun ty of machines, and that in the fu ture every effort would be made to keep the devices away from Wash ton County. The investment in the machines now in custody of officers is estimat ed to be closed to $5,000. Whether or not they will be destroyed has not been settled yet by Recorder Darden. It is understood that there was a to tal of about $400 in the machines seized, which will be divided equally between a public charity and the of ficers who took part in the raids. If the slot machines are eliminated entirely in the county, Tax Collector J. E. Davenport estimates the county will lose about $1,500 annually in li cense taxes. However, the privilege taxes are applicable only to machines which yield a fixed return and speci fically state that they are not to be attached to devices which vend mon ey or tokens, such as have been op erated widely throughout the county. Value of Forest-Fire Prevention Service Reflected by Report Total Damage During Past Year $786 and Only 986 Acres Burned Over Forest fires swept over 926 acres of land in Washington County during the last fiscal year, doing total dam age estimated at $786, it was revealed by the report of County Forest War den S. F. Darden to the board of Washington County Commissioners last week. Mr. Darden pointed out that dur- | ing the year there were 18 forest fires, and an average of 51 acres burned over by each fire. The total area burned represents .65 per cent of the total of 143,500 acres of land in Wash ington County. Included in the burn ed areas were 157 acres of merchant able timer, 59 acres of young forest growth and 710 acres of open land. Brush burning caused 6 of the fires while hunters and fishermen caused 5, smakers 3, incendiarist 1, light ing 1. miscellaneous 2. Six parties were prosecuted for setting fires with out permits and proper precaution, resulting in $34 80 being collected in court costs. A suppression costs of $4.76 was collected on one fire. A to tal of $10.50 in labor has en volun teered in fire fighting. During the year Mr. Darden put in 2,419 hours, traveled 10, 215 miles, in terviewed 2,259 people and personal ly handled 12 of the fires. In addition to this, the forest warden has in spected sawmills, visited schools, post ed notices, and distributed fire pre vention literature all over the coun ty. The wadren organization under the supervision of Mr. Darden has worked 2,051 hours and traveled 2, 988 miles. Mr. Darden pointed out that one of the elements which helped prevent forest fires was the issuance of 1,816 burning permits. He issued these only after the applicants had satisfied him that they were using the proper pre cautions. At no cost to the county, a tower valued at $2,727.64 was erected near the prison camp on highway No. 64 by enrollees from CCC camps. This investment, said Mr. Darden, would not be in this county if it had not been cooperating with the State in forest fire work. The tower site has been cleaned and made to look at tractive. The WPA cleaned, drained and hauled sand on the drive. "In conclusion, I feel that we have had a very successful year, and we have found that the people are get ting permits for most of their burn ing and are generally being more careful with their fire. We have not found it necessary to prosecute very many persons this year," said Mr. Darden, adding that the "fire control work in the Wenona section this past year has yielded very good results." J. E. Broome Speaks at Meeting of Tobacco Farmers Last Night; Says Ind if ference Threatening Program Machinery Sei Up For Balloting in County Next Week County Agent Outlines De tails in Connection With Voting July 20th By YV. V. HAYS Washington County Farm Agent Washington County farmers whc are growing tobacco this year have an opportunity to vote on marketing quotas on Saturday, July 20. The polls will be open from 8 in the morn ing to 7 in the evening. There will be three polling places: The agricul tural building in Plymouth was des ignated for Plymouth Township: Phelps and Freeman's store in Roper for Lees Mills Township as far down as the forks of the Edenton road, or Pritchard's store; and the lower end of the county, or the Pea Ridge sec tion, and Scuppernong will ballot at W. D Phelps' store in Creswell. Any person who grows tobacco in 1940 or who receives a part of the crop or returns from the crop is eli gible to vote in the referendum. There are a number of new growers, tenants and share-croppers in the county that we do not have on the register. These growers should reg ister in the county office by July 18. This register will be complete for all tenants on all farms measured by the 20th. Recent legislation permits mar keting quotas over a three-year period where two-thirds of the growers vote for this. The ballot on the 20th can be vot ed in one of three ways: First, for a three-year marketing quota or pro gram: second, for a one-year pro gram; and third, for no control what so ever. The intent of this referen dum has been explained at a county wide meeting and the county office is sending a digest of this informa tion to all producers by mail The county office is making an effort to get the true meaning of this refer endum to each producer, and we also hope to have a large vote so we will know how the people really feel about the tobacco control program. A true picture is that approximate ly 60 per cent of our market for to bacco is doubtful and without some help from the tobacco administration in the way of loans, prices cannot be very good; they cannot be up to the cost of production. With two-thirds of our producers voting a three-year plan, there will pe no reduction in acreage allotments next year. The AAA guarantees prices equal to or better than last ,-ear. A vote for one-year inarket ,ng quotas would necessitate a reduc tion in 1941 acreage quotas of 10 per cent. Prices, as well, would be less stable and we would have less sup port in Federal finance with loans, etc. The third option is for no con trol whatsoever, and it is doubtful whether anyone could predict the consequence. Drs. Papineau and Furgurson Occupy New Building Here Plymouth Clinic Is Opened This Week; Offers Many Facilities Removal of the offices of Dr. Al ban Papineau and Dr. Ernest W. Fur gurson from their former location ov er the store of Sam Scherr on Wa ter Street to their handsome new brick veneer building on Washington Street, where the Plymouth Clinic will be operated, was concluded this week. The new one-story brick veneer building is 34 by 66 feet, with white trimmings and blinds at the front, copper screens enclosing the outlets and Venetians blinds at the windows. Linoleum covers part of the floors, with hardwood over the remainder. The building is rock-wool insulated and contains a fully automatic circu lating hot water heating system, us ing fuel oil, with radiators in wall recesses. The system furnishes hot and cold water throughout the build ing. There are 14 rooms, including white and colored waiting rooms, an office and treatment room for each physic ian, a laboratory, X-ray room, dark room, short-wave diathermy and ul tra-violet room, bedroom, furnace room, and white and colored toilets. There is enough space in the rear for the addition of 15 to 20 rooms to be built at some future date The physicians explained that this is not a hospital and it is planned to keep patients overnight only in cases of emergency or after minor operations. Mrs. Walter Clark occupies the desk in the hall as secretary Miss Ma lisha Roebuck, registered nurse, is employed to aid the phvsu ianv Ed low James is janitor. The first patient operated on in the '^SeTcLBncJpata 4' Compliance Work Nears Completion Approximately 90 per cent ot' the farms in Washington Coun ty have been visited by compli ance workers, who are measur ing: the farms and checking to determine the eligibility of those applying for payments under the soil conservation plan of the Ag ricultural Adjustment Adminis tration. It was reported by Chief Clerk Stuart Blow in the office of Coun ty Agent W. V. Hays, that the remaining farms would be visit ed by the last of next week, al though this will not conclude the compliance work, as the statistics gathered must be computed and tabulated, which will require some time. 'It is estimated that about 750 of the 813 farms in the county have been visited by the compli ance workers. July Superior Court Adjourned Tuesday After 2-Day Session Action Was Taken on Large Proportion of Criminal Cases on Docket The Washington County Superior Court term was closed Tuesday night after action had been taken in most of the criminal cases that came be fore Judge J. J Burney, of Wilming ton, who presided over the sessions, with Solicitor Donnel Gilliam, of Tar boro, prosecuting the docket. Proceedings were as follows: Continuances were granted in the cases against J. O. Lucius, 22, white, charged with abandonment and non support; James Langston, 32, white, charged with aiding and abetting in damage to personal property: Mat thew Griffin, 30, charged with pos session of illegal whiskey; and Sam Hoover, 27, colored, charged with as sault. R. S. Bulluck, 55, white, house mov er, charged with reckless driving, was granted a nol pros due to the failure of a prosecuting witness to appear. This case came up from recorder’s court, where Bulluck was assessed the costs and required to pay $14 for damages to the car of J. E. Parnell. Joseph Freeman, alias Joseph Moore, 16, colored, charged with at tempt to rape and assaulting Mrs. Pauline Bateman at her home here on January 23, was given from 7 to 9 years in the state prison. The ne gro will also be examined to deter mine his sanity. A nol pros was taken in the case of William Blount, 25, and Raymond Wynn, 22. both colored, charged with stealing an automobile valued at $250 from O. R. Brickhouse. Janies Moore, 22, colored, charged with assault with intent to rape to Mrs. R. C. Cooper here on January 27, wras found guilty of an assault on a female and sent to the state pris on for two years. Kader Brown, 42, colored, charged with having immoral relations with his daughter, was given from 12 to 15 years in prison. Leamon Alexander, colored, entered a plea of guilty to second degree mur der in connection with death of his wife at a negro dance hall here on March 22, and was given 12 to 15 years. isaian Hill, 29, and Elmer Norman, 24, both colored, charged with break ing and entering the colored barber shop of Percy Anthony, damaging slot machines and stealing money from them, on the night of March 22, had their case nol prossed, N. S. Herrington. 4f, white, charg ed with operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxi cants, entered a plea of guilty to drunken driving, was given six months on the roads or $50 fine and costs upon the condition that O. G. Lofton, whose care was damaged in a wreck, be paid Jbo. His license to drive was revoked for one year. 'See SUPERlSR^COURTTpagTTr Points Out Many Added Benefits of Three-Year Plan Farmers Are Urged To Vote For Control in Referen dum Next Week An apparent lack of interest on the part of tobacco farmers in the ref erendum on control set for July 20 is causing officials of the Agricultur al Adjustment Administration some concern, J. E, Broome, of Aurora, AAA field representative, teld 52 farmers gathered to hear a discussion of the election in the courthouse here last night. Favorable to the three-year pro gram. which is being advocated by tobacco men and AAA officials is the fact that with consumption at pres ent levels and based on normal yields per acre of allotments equal to those for 1940, it will require three more years to eliminate the 1939 surplus of 400,000,000 pounds, Mr. Broome said Great Britain. France, Germany, Belgium, the Nethrelands, Denmark and Norway have been taking from two-thirds to three-fourths of the to tal amount of tobacco exported from the United States, but with one-third of the crop sold to England, which buys the better grades, nearly one half of the total income was from that source, according to the speak er. The Commodity Credit Corporation financed the purchase of 175.000.00U pounds of export grades last year, but the situation caused by the Eu ropean war affecting purchases for export is decidedly worse now than at any time last season, he said. If marketing quotas are turned down in the referendum, Mr. Broome said, there will be no government loans on flue-cured tobacco, the pros pect of further excessive production will lower prices to growers, and both old and new growers will expand pro duction, which would later require even further cuts in allotments for the old growers. ii marketing quotas are approved for three years, he said, domestic manufacturers can pay fair prices for tobacco without fear of excessive pro duction during the period: the export trade will be more likely to make purchases at reasonable prices, and the government can give maximum support to prices for the export grades; growers could make their plans without fear of drastic changes from year to year; and non-coopera tors could not profit at the expense of cooperating growers. If the quotas are approved in the referendum for one year only rather than for three years, allotments will be less stable, prices will be strength ened less and the support given the export market would be less. A favorable vote by two-thirds of the growers for the three-year pro gram will make it possible to move up or down by the same percentage that the national quota goes up and down from the preceding year, no farm allotment will be cut more than 10 per cent from the 1940 al lotment during the entire three-year period, and no reduction will be made in any allotment of two acres or less Mr. Broome pointed out. He also said that if the three-year pi ogi am is sdoptcd, up to 2 per cent of the 1940 allotments for each state can be used each year for adjustment or individual farm allotments which are low as compared with the allot ments for similar neighboring farms This would be in addition to the na tional and state allotments, and any new farm allotments will be limited primarily to farms operated by old tobacco growers who lose then- farms, and only a very small acreage will be available for this purpose. Wilson Minister Will Be At Local Church Sunday Rev. Griffin A. Hamlin, of Wilson, who was well received by the congre gation at the Christian church last Sunday, will preach again Sunday morning and evening, it was an nounnounced today by S. D. Davis chairman of the board. Sunday school will be held at 9:45. A laige attendance at all services is urged by Mr. Davis. This Boy May Have Lost One Dime, But He Set About Finding a Lot of Then ine story of a nine-year-old » farm youth swindling several persons in Plymouth out of small amounts of money is being told on the streets today. As told by Mrs. Walter P. Lloyd one of the victims, the youth works on this wise: The kind hearted lady finds the youth on the front lawn looking for an al legedly lost dime, which some other boy caused the lad to drop. She first helps the boy look for the coin. Failing to find it .after a l half hour’s search, the kind hearted one shells out a dime for the youngster so that he will not be late for the show. It is reported that several per sons spent many moments down on their knees combing the grass for lost dimes which were never found. It has been learned the trick worked suecesfully on Mrs. Lloyd. Mrs. P. M. Arps and Mrs. C. V. tV. Ausbon. among others, and the youth is reported to have collected about 50 cents in a short time one day in this uuut. Her,
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