T'own
opics
County School Superintendent
Roy Lowry left here Wednesday
to attend a three-day session of
the county and city school super
intendents’ department of the
soeiation. meeting in Wilmington
Wednesday through Friday of
this week. Mr. Lowry said that
he planned to remain in Wilm
ington for the entire three-day
meeting.
Miss Virginia Chapin student
at East Carolina Teachers Col
lege in Greenville and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Chapin, of
Plymouth, was elected to the vice
presidency of the Lanier Society
at officer elections recently con
ducted by the group. The Lanier
Society is a literary organization
at the Greenville college.
The local post of the American
Legion will not sponsor an Empty
Stocking Fund in Plymouth this
year due to the number of pro
jects already undertaken by the
organization, legion officials have
stated. Up until Christmas of
1946 the legionnaires had sponsor
ed the drive annually, abandon
ing it last Yuletide because at the
time there was no need for the
fund.
Reports from the law enforce
ment officials in Plymouth
state that a total of only five
eases were tried in magistrates
courts here during the entire
month of November. The of
ficials stated that this is a
record-breaking all-time low in
the Plymouth JP courts. They
added that all five defendants
were charged with public
drunkenness.
The long-awaited steam-heated
serving counter for the Plym
outh school lunchroom has ar
rived and is being used, school
officials reported. The counter
is cold, however, since adequate
labor to connect it hasn't been
secured as yet. When it is con
nected. operations in the lunch
room construction will be finish
ed, except for the laying of
acoustic and mastic tile.
Officials in the Washington
County Athletic Association have
reported that a total of $3,200
worth of stock shares have been
sold to dfrte in the Association's
current drive
riur
Owens of- Plymouth is sales chair
man.
Mr, and Mrs. W. Frith Wins
low and Miss Ellen Winslow were
& in Raleigh on Wednesday attend
ing a meeting of the North Caro
lina Art Society. Mr. Winslow
had a portrait exhibited in the
State Art Gallery for the meet
ing.
Shirley Davenport, eight-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Davenport of Plymouth, who
has been a diphtheria patient in
a Rocky Mount hospital for the
past two weeks is reported to be
showing much improvement and
hopes to return to her home here
this week-end. She is the third
victim of diphtheria to be re
ported in Washington County
this year.
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Member Campaign
vFinal Couni 376
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The final count of the Washing
ton County Farm Bureau at the
cjose of its membership drive on
Friday was 376, barely half of
the county’s assigned quota of
600.
W. T. Freeman of Plymouth,
president of the organization in
this county .stated that member
ships will be accepted throiyth
out the remainder of this year,
but that no canvassing for new
members will be done on a large
scale.
He added that the Bureau
plans to have a big feed down in
the Creswell section some time
after Christmas, but that definite
plans for the affair will be formu
lated later.
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Officers Destroy
Still Last Week
County ABC officer L. L. Bas
night. Officer Alvin Allen, and
L C. Snell, captured and de
stroyed a two-barrel whiskey
distilling outfit in Deep Bottom
Swamp, near the Maekeys Road,
last Thursday, Mr. Basnight has
reported.
The ABC officer stated that the
still was found by the three men
just before operations for the day
were to have been begun by the
illicit business’s owner. He added
that no mash was found in the
barrels, but that the complete
distillery was located and smash
ed. The still operators, Basnight
said, were away on other busi
ness, when the officers paid their
respect to his industry
The Roanoke Beacon
*★*★** and Washington County News **★★★★
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VOLUME LVIII—NUMBER 49
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 4, 1947
ESTABLISHED 1889
List Takers Appointed
At Meeting This Week
Tax listers for Washington
County for 1948 were appointed
by the board of county commis
sioners at their regular monthly
meeting here on Monday and a
special meeting of the commis
sioners and listers was calk'd for
Monday December 22, when the
listers will be given procedure in
structions and prices set on live
stock, and other taxable items.
Listers appointed by the coun
ty governing body were as fol
lows: Paul B. Belanga for Scup
pernong Township. W. W. Whitt?
for Skinnersville Township, R.
W. Lewis for Lees Mill Town
ship. and Mrs. Hermine Ramsey
for Plymouth Township. Hubert
L. Davenport was named tax sup
ervisor for the county during the
listing period which extends from
January 1, 1948 until February 1.
The joint meeting of the com
missioners and the listers will be
held in the commissioners room
in the county courthouse in
Plymouth at 7:30 p. m. on the
date appointed.
Town Building
Is Ordered Sold
I I
! Farm Training j
j Meet in Roper j
Any veteran in the Plymouth
Roper area who is engaged in
fulltime farming, who plans to
do so next year, and who is in
terested in receiving training
under the Veteran Farmers’
Training Program, is requested
to meet with Mitchiner Banks,
Roper school agriculture in
structor. at the Roper school
building this Friday at 7 p. m.
Banks said that applications
for training will be received
then and the program will be
explained. He added that those
unable to attend the meeting
should contact him before De
cember 12. F.ight of the 32
expected applications have been
received.
Education Board
Relays Awarding
School Contracts
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Action Due to Too Few
Bids Received; Will
Consider Matter at
Called Meet Later
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Due to the fact that only three
bids were received for electrical
installations, only one on heat
ing plant work, and none for
general construction and plumb
ing in the planned erection of a
new Negro school building in
Creswell, members of the Wash
ington County Board of Educa
tion, meeting in Plymouth Mon
day, voted to consider the mat
ter of contract letting at a meet
ing to be held later in the
month.
Advertisement for sealed bids
on four different aspects of the
construction of the school was
made by the board several weeks
ago. Separate contracts were to
have been awarded for general
construction, heating, plumbing,
and electrical installations.
Although no definite solution to
the problem was adopted by the
education board at its Monday
meeting, the board members may
decide to adopt the course of ac
tion used in the construction of
the Plymouth High School’s new
class rooms in employing a con
struction crew and supervisor on :
a flat-fee basis.
Date of the special meeting <
was not set at the Monday ses- :
sion and will be decided and an- '
nounced later. ]
Agreement was made between ’
the board members and the Wash- i
ington County Athletic Associa- !
tion whereby both the local high :
school and the association would 1
be enabled to use the athletic (
field given the school by the Still 1
Realty Company in Stillacres. i
Other business enacted by the i
board of education at the meet- |
ing this week was of a routine i
nature.
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Discuss Schools -
Ai Club Meeting
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Members of the Plymouth Ro
tary Club, meeting in regular ses
sion on Tuesday night, heard an t
informal discuss’on by Rotarian t
F;nley Ferguson concerning the ,
schools in Plymouth and what
its graduates may expect when c
they receive their diplomas.
Club President Carl L. Bailey 1
jpened the meeting with a brief ’
talk on the prospective new athle
tic field for Plymouth in the l
Stillacres section. President •
Bailey urged the wholehearted i
support of the club for the pro- i
iect. 1
Council Advertises City
Headquarters, Fire Sta
tion to Be Auctioned
Next Month
Plymouth town couneilmen.
meeting Wednesday night, voted
to advertise the present Munici
pal Building for sale at public
auction and ordered further that
blue-prints and specifications for
the remodelling of the Old Mark
et Building and the construction
of a new fire house be drawn up.
based on plans presented by a
council committee, and approved
at the council meeting this week.
The auction of the Municipal
Building will be held at the
county courthouse door at 12
noon on Monday, January 5, 1948,
together with the present fire
house. The council reserved the
right to accept or reject any and
all bids. Further terms of the
sale will be announced at the
time the auction is held.
According to preliminary sket
ches presented by the committee
to the council, the proposed new
fire-gtotMlt would, pe of brick,
basemUBI. It also contain
a toilet and'shower. The build
ing would be 30 feet wide by 60
feet long and would have a
double door with an 11-foot clear
ance for the town’s fire trucks.
It would be built on the city
awned lot next to the water tank
an Water Street and would be
eonstructed at a cost of from
610,000 to $12,000.
Plans submitted for the re
nodelling of the Old Market
Building which would house
Plymouth’s municipal govern
nentment disclosed the proposed
establishment of five offices and
a council room on the ground
:loor, while six offices and two
•eception rooms would be locat
ed on the second floor. Two toil
ets would be installed upstairs
md two downstairs.
The upstairs offices would exit
hrough a single main entrance
m Water Street and the down
stairs rooms would open at the
(See TOWN, Page Twelve!
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Cub Pack Meet
Here on Friday
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All parents of Plymouth boys
tetween the ages of nine and 12
vho are interested in having their
;ons become members of a Cub
leout pack here have been re
vested to meet in the local high
chool auditorium this Friday at
:30 p. m. so that formation of the
>eak can be discussed, Harold
Vhitley, chairman of the Albe
laile district of the Boy Scouts
if America, has announced.
Mr. Whitley said that advan
ages available to members of a
.’ub Pack would be explained to
he parents at the meeting. An
ither session, which would in
lude the boys as well as the
larents, will be called next week,
le said.
Board Agrees to
Allow Joint-Use
Of School Field
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Money Appropriated to
Improve Athletic Faci
lities in Creswell, Rop
er, Plymouth
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Agreement was reached Mon
day by the county board of edu
cation. the board of county com
missioners, and the Washington
County Athletic Association
whereby the rear portion of the
Plymouth School property in
Stillacres will be used jointly by
the school and association for an
athletic field.
The commissioners also agreed
to appropriate $2,000 to be used in
grading the land. They also pur
chased a lot adjoining the rear
of the school tract, and owned
by the association, for $800, the
price paid by the association to
the lot's former owner, M. O.
Caton.
In return for the county ap
propriation and purchase, the
Still Realty Company, original
owner of the school land, acting
through the athletic association,
agreed to deed to the education
board an additional tract of land
to the rear of the school property,
completing the area needed for
an athletic field and extending
the school property in Stillacres
back to the Atlas Plywood pro
perty line. Incorporated into the
tract was the lot bought by the
county from the association
Final legal action transferring
the title of the lands from the
association and the realty com
pany to the board of education
will be made shortly. The plan
ned ne\v Plymouth High School
will be constructed on the front
portion of the land and the ath
letic field placed at the rear. The
field will be used by both the
school and the athletic associa
tion.
The county comnvssioners also
voted to appropriate an addition
al $2,480.83 which will be divid
ed equally between the Creswell
and Roper schools to be used by
them for improving athletic fa
cilities in the two schools.
Plymouth Attorney Carl L.
Bailey acted as spokesman for the
athletic association committee
who proposed the joint-use plan
at the board of education meet
ing Monday.
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Bond Resolution
For Hospital Is
Ordered by Board
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County Board Reserves
Right of Final Decision
to Sell All Hospital
Bonds or Not
County Attorney W. L. Whitley
has been authorized by the board
of county commissioners to con
tact bonding attorneys in New
York to prepare a resolution au
thorizing the county to issue $50,
000 in bonds for the construction
of a hospital in Washington Coun- (
ty, according to action taken at
the commissioner’s meeting here
Monday. The resolution would !,
be submitted to county voters
later. j
The bond issue proposal was!,
made by the board of hospital |
managers who stated that the ‘
county’s $75,000 share of funds in
securing a state-aid hospital for
this section would be impossible ^
to secure through public subscrip
tion, but that a $25,000 drive, c
backed up by a $50,000 bond issue 1
by the county ould be accom- ‘
plished with a minimum of dif
ficulty.
In pointing out the advantages 1
af such a step, the hospital board ‘
said that even after the issue of '
$50,000 in bonds, the county’s 1
bonded indebtedness would still ‘
be below the minimum 10 per f
(See BOND, Page Seven)
County Asks for
Conference With
Highway Official
Commissioners Request
Thorough Study of
County’s Road Prob
lems at Early Date
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The Washington County Board
of Commissioners, meeting in
regular session on Monday, in
structed the clerk to contact State
Highway Commissioner John
Clark at Greenville, informing
him that the Washington County
Board had approved two more
requests for road improvements
in the county and asking that he
arrange a meeting with the com
missioners as soon as possible so
that the county's highway prob
lems can be thoroughly discussed.
The county board added that
they would be willing to meet .
either in Plymouth or at Mr.
Clark's office in Greenville but
wishbd to hold the session as soon
as conveniently possible.
The road improvement peti
tions' approved by the board were
one signed by 91 persons and ask
ing that the State fix up the Pea
Ridgt Road from the E. O. Arnold
place to the Scuppernong Church
in Creswell, while the other peti
tion. signed by 23 names and pre
sented by a delegation of Roper
section residents, asked that a
four-mile section of road begin- 1
ning at US 64 west of Roper and
going north to the Mackeys Rond
be given an all-weather surface.
In informing the Highway
Commission of its approval of the
petitions, the board stated that
if the project of repairing the ,
old Plymouth-Columbia Road '
from the Patrick store to the
Tyrrell County line is on the ap
proved list of projects, the board
members would rather that the
Pea Ridge Road project be plac
ed in its stead.
The commissioners, examining
a request from Mrs. Georgia Allen
that her county tax assessment
be reduced from $2,000 to $1,850.
found no error made by the coun
:y assessors and denied the re
quest.
A total sum of $4,480.83 was ap
propriated for improving athletic
facilities in the Creswell, Roper,
ind Plymouth schools, and an
i>800-lot bought from the Wash
ngton County Athletic Associa
:ion. Jury lists for the January
:erm of civil and criminal court
vas drawn and reports were
aeard from the county auditor 1
rnd tax collector, and from the
;ounty home demonstration agent.
County Attorney W. L. Whit- '
ey was authorized to write bond- ;
ng attorneys in New York to ‘
prepare groundwork for the call- '
ng of a hospital bonds election *
py the commissioners, and Jim ’
iamilton was employed as court
louse and agriculture building f
ustodian for the month of De- 1
‘ember. s
Christmas Lights j
Nearly Completed i
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The canopy of colored lights
lung over Water Street from 1
\dams to Jefferson Streets and *•
iver Washington Street from f
Vater to Main Streets has been 1
ompleted and workmen, under *
he supervision of Police Chief P. f
V. Brown, have erected a star v
utlined with lights over the Old a
Jarket Building.
The strings of lights, Plym- a
uth's first since 1941, hearld the d
icginning of the Christmas holi- I
ay season for the town and d
iromise to make it at least one -
f the most colorful since before
Porld War II.
Chief Brown said that original
Ians to have a lighted bell hung
t intervals down the two streets
,as necessarily abandoned due
a the scarcity of light bulbs. He
dded that if enough bulbs can
e located, additional stars w'ill
e hung at the street intersec
ions in the business part of town.
n
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t.
Plymouth’s Bid for Membership«
In Albemarle League Accepted;
Plymouth’s bid for a franchise
o play baseball in 1948 with the
Ubemarle Baseball League was
ccepted by the league's board of
lireetors at a meeting held in
identon Monday night, officials
n the Washington County Athle
ic Association have announced.
The Plymouth team may re
ilacc Suffolk, who alone of the
947 League members was not
epresented at the Edenton meet
ng, but the local team will play
lext year, even if Suffolk decides
to remain in the game. League of- 1
Eieials stating that if such is the I
?ase.a seven-team schedule will
be worked out, or they will let (
a franchise to an eight team if |
one qualifies. t
All clubs must post a $500 sure- I
ty bond by January 1, 1948, if s
they wish to play in the Albe
marle League during next year’s 1
season. Present teams who have 1
announced their intention of 1
maintaining Albemarle franchises 1
are Edenton, Colerain. Windsor, >
ilizabeth City, Hertford, and now | s
’lymouth. v
Walter Holden of Edenton war i
lected president of the league at r
he Monday meeting. Carl L. I
lailey acted as Plymouth’s rep- r
esentative to the board, with a
lermanent representative to be s
cttled upon later. j
County athletic association of- 1
icials and stockholders who at- 1
ended the meeting were Mr. t
Jailey, A. J. Riddle, president; j
doyd Owens, W. H. Joyner, and f
oe Foster. s
Growers Vote Tuesday on
Controls for Peanut Crop
Names of Five Women
Drawn for Jury Service
Five women were drawn by
:he Washington County board of
:ommissioners for jury service
luring the January term of civil
md criminal superior court,
vhich is the second time in the
;ounty’s history that members of
:he fairer sex have been sum
moned to serve on a jury.
If they serve, however, it will
je the first time in this county
hat women have been jurors,
;inee the four ladies selected for
he October civil court all de
•lined to accept. The five drawn
or the January term are Mrs.
Margaret Browning and Mrs.
Dorothy Horton, both of Plym
outh. Mrs. Mary V. Pharr of ■
Roper, route one, Mrs. Eva Har- j
rell, of Roper, and Mrs. E. C. J
Patrick of Skinnersville.
If the five women selected by J
the commissioners on Monday
wish not to serve, they have a
wide-open field to avoid service
since the State law admitting j
women to jury service not only j
provides excuse on grounds of I
household duties or sickness, but
leaves a blank for any other rea
son that the lady can think up.
Presiding judge will be R Hunt
Parker of Roanoke Rapids.
Acreage Reductions
In County Will Cut
Income of Producers
State, Local Officials Dis
cuss Plans to Remedy
Possible Result of Low
er Acreages
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With an approximate 500-acre
obncco acreage reduction and i
eduction of about 2,000 acres in
jeanuts scheduled for Washing- :
on County in 1948, approximate
y 35 farmers met with county
ind state agriculture officials in
he Agriculture Building in Plym
luth Monday night to discuss
ome possible way to maintain
ounty farm incomes which would
)e cut sharply by the tobacco
ind peanut acreage reductions.
Although no definite decisions
esulted from the general dis
ussion of the problem, the con
ensus of opinion of those present
ndicated that the best avenue
or action to maintain the farm
ncome would be to expand live
tock and poultry production, put
ing a portion of the idle acreage
nto permanent pasturage and to
;row more livestock feeds, such
s corn, soybeans, hay, and small
;rains.
It was also suggested that some
orm of land rotation might be
ffected including the planting of
oil-building crops such as winter
nd summer legumes which '
rould be plowed under thereby
liminating some fertilizer ex
iense for the farmer.
Reporting to the farm group
n the current fertilizer situation,
'red Sloan, farm management
pecialist of State College, stated c
hat in 1948 fertilizer prices t
.'ould increase by $3 per ton and {
hat the supply would be limited. <
le advised Washington County <
arm operators to secure their ’
srtilizer supplies as soon as pos- 1
ible. 1
Commenting on the tobacco and *
eanut outlook for next year, c
. E. Pike, marketing specialist
rom State College, said that the i t
rbacco situation is still uncertain, r
ut that the peanut future is more !.
romising due to continued [ 1
rorld-wide demand for the nuts I (
s a source of food and oil. I i
B. Troy Ferguson district farm a
gent, and Mr. Isley of the State i
epartment of Conservation and I
levelopment, summarizing the F
iscussion suggested that Wash- u
(See ACREAGE, Page Seven) K
Jinkins tlecled
Master of Lodge
C. W Dinkins was elected 1
taster of the Perseverance Lodge
umber 59 A. F. & A. M. in elec- 1
ons held by the lodge mem- ll
ers here on Tuesday night. Mr 1
ankins succeeds Walter S. Bow- ’
a in the post of master of the vf
>dge. ’
Other officials elected at the '
leeting Tuesday were L. E.
loxey, succeeding Mr. Dinkins 1
s senior warden; W. A. Roebuc1'
jcceeding Mr. Doxey as junior j
'ardcn: B. G. Campbell, treas-j1
rer; and John W. Darden, sec- j ^
etary. Mr. Campbell and Mi
iarden were re-elected to theii
espective posts.
The new officers will be in
talled on Tuesday, January 6 t
nd will serve for one year. Fol- c
jwing his installation, Mr. Din- r
ins will appoint lodge members ?
a the posts of senior deacon, f
unior deacon, two stewards, tiler, t
nd chaplain who will be in f
tailed immediately s
Examiner Says j
Rush Has Beaunj
According to License Exami
ner James Boyce, the grand
scramble of auto drivers whose
surnames begin with “A" and
“B" has begun with all remain
ing in the A-B name bracket j
making a concerted rush to take
their driver’s license re-exami
nations before the December 31
deadline.
During November, he said.
250 persons were examined of
which 32 flunked out. Eight.,
were new drivers and 24 were11
re-examinees. Boyce added that
from the way things look right
now, December will easily top
November in the number of li
cense re-exam applicants.
Election of AAA
Committees Will
Be Held Tuesday
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Delegates Will Select)
New Triple-A County!
Committee at Conven
tion Next Week
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All county farmers who parti
ipated in the 1947 Triple-A pro
;ram will elect a new slate of
omniunity AAA committeemen
nd delegates to the county AAA
onvent;on next Tuesday, cast
ng their ballots for the orgeniza
ion election at the same time
nd in the same places in which
he peanut marketing quota ref
rcnduni is being held.
Ballot boxes will be placed in
he Agriculture Bui'oing in Plym
uth for the Plymouth-Long !
cere section, at the J. C. Tar
enton store for the Pleasant 1
irove section, in the Pierey store ;
l Roper for the Roper section, '
nd in the Barnes Sandwich Shop
i Creswell for the Creswell-Mt. |
leasant - Cherry section The i
oils will be open from 9 a. m.
ntil 6 p. ni. Only farmers who
>ok part in the 1947 AAA pro- i
ram will be eligible to have
oice in the balloting.
The candidates for the com
uinity committee elections were .
nosen at special meetings held
nrlier this week by the old com- |
lunity committeemen in their (
rspective sections of the county, j
The County Ti ipIe-A conven- t
on will be held next Wednes- r
ay, the day ofter the communi- ]
■ and delegate elections, at which v
me, the newly elected delegates t
ill select a Washington County
AA committee to serve during
ie 1948 term The convention]^
ill be held in the Agriculture
uilding in Plymouth at 10 a. m.
nd the new' county committee
ill take office as soon as elect- ,
rax Collector Reports <.
On Intake in November *
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According to reports from E. J. i
pruill, Washington County tax 5
ollector, mad< to the board of c
nunty commissioners at their i
londay meeting in the court- 1
ouse in Plymouth, $9,405.95 in £
axes were collected by his of- (
ice during the month of Janu- <
ry
c
Voting Will Decide If
Market Quotas Are to
Be Placed on 1948, 1949,
1950 Crops
Washington County farmers
will cast ballots next Tuesday on
the question of establishing
marketing quotas on peanut crops
grown in the next three years,
with a two-thirds majority be
ing required throughout the ref
erendum area, which covers the
peanut section of the South, for
the passage of the proposal.
Ballot boxes will be placed at
the Agriculture Building in Plym
outh for the farmers residing in
She Plymouth-Long Acre section;
while the peanut growers in the
Creswell-Mt. Pleasant - Cherry
section will vote in the Barnes
Sandwich Shop in Creswell.
Pleasant Grove voters will cast
their ballots at the J. C. Tarken
ton store and Roper section pea
nut producers will vote in the
Piercy store in Roper. The polls
will be open from 9 a. m. until
5 p. m.
All persons engaged in the pro
duction of the 1947 crop of pea
nuts are eligible to vote in the
referendum, according to rules re
leased by Miss Miriam A.usbon,
secret. i;v of the Washington
County AAA organization, spon
sors of the balloting, although
only one member of a family is
allowed to vote. All producers
must cast their ballots in the
box provided for their residential
section of the county. No voting
by mail, proxy, or agent wi’l be
allowed. Only persons who share
ed in the proceeds of peanuts pro
duced on a farm in 1947 on which
more than one acre of peanuts
was picked or threashed is con
sidered as eligible to vote in the
election.
If the referendum is carried by
the necessary two-thirds majority,
juotaa will be placed on the pea
4
rut crops grown in.
1950 AAA comm
eemen will be in
soiling.
Funeral Held for
John E. Williams
Last rites will be held this
afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Albert Williams home near
Jamesville for John Ed Williams,
?0, of the Cool Springs section
of Washington County who died
there Wednesday at 12:30 a. m.
Following a short illness. The
uneral will be conducted by the
Rev. A. B. Ayers of Williamston.
Interment will be made in the
Williams cemetery, near William
ston.
Mr. Williams, who was a well
■cnown merchant of the Cool
Springs section, was a native of
Vlartin County, but had lived in
Washington County for the past
several years. He was visiting
lis son. Albert Williams, at the
ime of his illness and death.
Survivors include four sons,
\lbert Williams, Sylvester Wil
iams, and Dempsey Williams, all
if Jamesville, and George Wil
iams of Portsmouth. Va.; one
laughter, Mrs, Beulah Mobley of
Cveretts: and one sister. Mrs. Z.
'f. Roberson of Hamilton
Last Rites Held
ForW. S. Spruill
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Funeral services will be held
rom the Pleasant Grove Metho
ist Church at 2:30 o'clock this
fternoon for W. S. "Will" Spruill.
7. of Pleasant Grove who died
uddenly at his home there Tues
av at 6 p. m. The Rev. B. E
iingham of Roper will officiate
t the last rites Burial will be
aade in the church cemetery,
’rior to the funeral, the body
rill lie in state at Horner’s Fun
ral Home in Plymouth.
Mr Spruill, a prominent farm
r of the Pleasant Grove section,
/as a native and life-long resi
ent of Washington County. He
/as the son of the late Jesse and
innie Swain Spruill of Washing
on County and was married in
915 to the former Miss Maude
Ipencer of Tyrrell County, who
urvives. He was g member of
he Pleasant Grove church
Besides his wrife. Mr. Spruill
- survived by two sons. H. W
Ipruill and Nathan Spruill, both
f Roper: three daughters. Miss
Itatha Spruill, Miss Annie
Ipruill, and Miss Dorothy Spruill.
11 of the home; one brother,
’lyde E. Spruill, of Norfolk. Va.;
nd one sister, Mrs. Alice Barnes
f Roper.