W. M. Darden, clerk of the su
perior court, has been attending
the annual convention of state
clerks in Wilmington since Tues
day. He expects to return to
Plymouth today.
All the town's fire hydrants are
being repainted, greased and
flushed by a group of workmen
under the supervision of Chief of
Police P. W. Brown. About one
half of the hydrants were covered
yesterday, and the remainder will
be gone over today. Aluminum
paint is being used on the. hy
drants.
It seems The Beacon reporter
was wrong in stating last week
that the radiant heating system in
the new hospital here would be
the first installation if its kind in
this section. T. D. Somerville has
such a system installed in his
home near Cool Springs. Mr.
Somerville, who is building his
home himself, started work on it
about two years ago. and his
family plans to move into it
within the next two or three
weeks, Mrs. Somerville said last
Friday,
Approximately one-fourth of
the 1949-40 town tax levy has
already been collected. Chief
of Police P. W. Brown report
ed to the city council last night.
The chief, who is also tax col
1 lector, turned over $16,000 to the
city clerk yesterday, represent
ing prepayments on the new
levy. Those who paid up dur
ing the month of June received
a discount of 2%, he reported.
There are few more ardent
week-day sportsmen locally than
the Rev. J. O. Long, A. B.. B. D..
pastor of the Plymouth Methodist
Church. He is also a bird-dog
trainer of considerable note and
ability in his spare time. All of
which leads up to an explanation
credited to Bill Joyner about the
learned minister's degrees of
bachelor of arts and bachelor of
divi v'y. Srrreone rocontlv ask
ed Bi 1. a member of the Metho
dist Church what the letters “A.
B.. B. D.” iruant after Mr. Long's
name on the church bulletin. “I
don’t know.” replied Bill, “unless
it’s ‘After Benediction, Bird
Dogs.’ ”
^ Honesty continues to reign high
in Plvm ruth Last -yetk Mrs. ,
Eifuiy Kowafzuck lost a bank
book with cash in it. The book
was returned with the cash intact.
Last Monday being a national
holiday the stores were not open.
Howard Carr, local A. and P. Tea
Co. manager, put 24 holiday cakes
in front of the store and left a
note for customers to take a cake
and put the money inside the
screen door. The next morning
he found the correct cash for the 1
cakes that were bought and the
right number of cakes left. Not
one had been stolen.
Drive-In Theatre
Opens Tomorrow !
The Plymouth Drive-In Thea- j
tre, just east of Plymouth on the ’
new Roper highway, will hold its i
grand opening Friday night with 1
the first show beginning at 7:45 j
o’clock and the second show start
ing at 9:45 o’clock.
Movies will be shown nightly at J
these hours, rain or clear, accord- .
f jng to L. H. Ross and S. T. Carter,
of Washington, owners of the
theatre. ]
There is space for 150 cars. The
ground has been filled in so in
case of rain patron’s cars will not
get stuck. Herman Hooker, of
Plymouth, will manage the thea
tre.
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Elder Denson to Preach
At Morrattock Church
Elder R. B. Denson will hold
services at Morrattock Primitive
Baptist Church a few miles south
of Plymouth next Sunday, July
10, according to announcement
this week. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend.
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To Begin This Week
The second major stunt to
publicize the Washington County
Sesqui-Centennial Celebration to
be held in Plymouth September
18 through the 22nd will begin
Saturday, when women of the
county are to organize as the
“sisters of the swish.” The first
major stunt was started by the
men of the county two weeks
ago with the organization as the
“bush growers league,” to grow
beards, mustaches or side-burns.
Beginning Saturday and con
tinuing to sometime during the
celebration in September, women
in the county are to stop using
make-up on their face. Any wo
man desiring to wear make-up
during this time may purchase
a “cosmetics permit” for a small
fee. However, if a woman buys
a “cosmetics permit” or is seen
wearing make-up, she will be
summoned to the “kangaroo
court” about the 1st of Septem
ber and subjected to the “tender
mercies” of the court.
During the same time teen-age
girls in the county are required
to wear a man’s necktie about
her waist as a sash. Failure to
do so will cost the girl a small
fee and a summons to appear in
the “kangaroo court.”
All women and girls in the
county are urged to follow these
rules by officials of the Sesqui
Centennial Commission as a pa
triotic gesture to help publicize
and boost the county’s 150th an
niversary.
The Roanoke Beacon
*★★★★★ and Washington County News ★★★★★*
jjj A home newspaper dedicated
jjj to the service of Washington
!jj County and its 13,006 people.
VOLUME LX—NUMBER 27 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 7, 1949
ESTABLISHED 1889
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Delinquent Tax Sale Is j
Held by Town Monday j
Seventy-eight parcels of real
estate were sold at the court
house door here Monday by P.
W. Brown, town of Plymouth
tax collector, for 1948 taxes due
and unpaid to the town. The
78 parcels represented $2,445.20
in unpaid taxes, plus the ad
vertising costs and penalties.
There were no individual buy
ers, and the property was bid
in by the town for the amount
of the delinquent taxes.
The property sold included 23
parcels, representing $1,397.54 in
delinquent taxes, owned by
white residents of Plymouth;
while 55 parcels, representing
*1,047.66 in unpaid taxes, were
owned by colored people. In
dividual amounts ranged from a
low of *3 to a high of *274.42.
Mr. Brown said yesterday
that tax collections on the 1948
levy had been very good, al
though the sale Tuesday was
the largest in recent year. One
reason for the larger sale is
that it was held earlier than
usual this year, although state
law requires that it be held on
the First Monday in May.
Superior Court
Begins Monday
Tobacco Tenants j
Should Register j
Miss Miriam Ausbon, chief
clerk in the county AAA office,
said yesterday that it was im
portant for tenants and share
croppers on county tobacco
farms to turn in their names
at the county office, so they
may be placed on the list of
those eligible to vote in the to
bacco quota referendum on July
23.
The office has the names of
landlords and owners of tobac
co farms on record, but not all
tenants and sharecroppers are
listed. They will not be en
titled to vote unless their names
are on the list. Any person
who shares in the proceeds of
the 1949 tobacco crop is eligi
ble to vote if his or her name
is registered before the refer
endum date. There are 297
tobacco farmers in the county,
and it is estimated that nearly
pv.sons Mill be eligible to
vote if all are listed.
Representative Is
Asked To Renew
Post Office Plea
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Town Was Net on List
For Building When
War Halted All Public
Contsruction
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In a letter to Representative
lerbert C. Bonner last week-end,
attorney Z. V. Norman asked the
Congressman to revive Plym
uth’s claim for a post-office
milding by interceding with of
icials of the Post Office Depart
nent in its behalf. Immediately
irior to the war, Plymouth final
y worked its way to the top of
he list of towns for which post
ffice buildings were planned, but
he start of hostilities stopped fur
her action at that time.
In his letter last week, copy of
irhich was also forwarded to
Senator Frank P. Graham, Mr.
lorman restated Plymouth’s case,
iting the increased population
nd inadequacy of present facili
ies, and requesting the represen
ative to take the matter up with
he proper officials. Text of his
etter follows:
‘‘As you know, the Town of
’lymouth has been next on the
ist of eligible towns in our con
fessional district for a post
ffice building. This situation
ias prevailed for several year*,
t is our understanding that the
onstruction of new post-office
(See POST OFFICE, Page 5)
Mixed Term Includes 13
on Criminal Docket and
9 on Civil Calendar;
Judge Carr Presides
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A mixed term of the Washing
ton County Superior Court will
begin next Monday with Judge
Leo Carr, of Burlington, scheduled
to preside.
Thirteen cases on the criminal
docket are to be tried with three
cases up for action by the solici
tor. These cases are to be disposed
of on Monday and Tuesday.
A civil calendar of seven di
vorce cases, an appeal case and
one by motion is scheduled to be
brought into court on Wednesday.
Cases up for trial during the
term of the county superior court
are as follows:
Monday - Tuesday, July 11 - 12
David Prevatt and Henry Smith,
both of Norfolk, Va„ breaking
and entering: Carey Brown, jr..
colored, of Plymouth, rape; Roy
Rigsby, colored, of Scuppernong,
breaking and entering; Willard M.
White, Paul Phelps, Junior Clif
ton and Jarvis Sawyer, all of
Creswell, cattle stealing; John D.
Wrighton, colored, of Macedonia,
forgery; Array Rhodes, colored, of
Plymouth, assault; David Thomas
Hurdle, of Hertford, speeding over
75; Eddie Hines Capers, colored,
of Norfolk, hit and run; Raymond
Everett, colored, of Mackeys, as-,
| sault with a deadly weapon; Al
fred Sawyer, of Columbia, em
bezzlement.
Wednesday, July 13
Ethel Keys vs. Ivory Keys; R.
L. McNair vs. Ethel McNair;
Lewis Cherry vs. Alice Cherry;
Mary Thomas vs, John Thomas;
William E. Hedgebeth vs. Lillian
D. Hedgebeth; Arthur W. Fur
lough vs. Ida T. Furlough; Joseph
A. Skeets vs. Bernice Skeets;
Peter Willis vs. Margaret Bell
Willis; Eddie Costin vs. Tyrrell
Lumber Co.
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Riles Tuesday for
John D. Hufion
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Funeral services for John Daniel
Hufton, well known farmer of
the Creswell section, who died
suddenly at his home about 9
o’clock Sunday night, were held
from the Scuppernong Church of
Christ Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock. Mr. Hufton was 81 years
of age. The final rites were con
ducted by the Rev. G. C. Bland,
pastor of the church, and inter
ment followed in the church
cemetery.
Son of the ]ate Edmund and
Elizabeth Hufton, Mr. Hufton was
a life-long resident of Washing
ton County and well kftbwn
throughout the Creswell section.
For many years he was a member
of the Scuppernong Church of
Christ. In his usual health Sun
day, Mr. Hufton was found dead
in his chair when members of the
family returned home from
church Sunday night.
Mr. Hufton’s wife was the late
Elizabeth Carolina Ward Hufton,
who died some years ago. He is
survived by three sons, Dallas
L. Hufton and C. S. Hufton, of
Creswell Route 1; William W.
Hufton, of Norfolk, Va.; two
daughters, Mrs. H. L. Davenport,
of Roper Route 1, and Mrs. Rus
sell Norman, of Savannah. Ga. He
also leaves a brother. George
Hufton, of Franklin, Va.; 34
grandchildren and 20 great
grandchildren.
Lake Phelps Legion in
Meeting Monday Night
The Lake Phelps Post, No. 391,
American Legion, will hold its
regular meeting next Monday
night, July 11, at 8 p. m., in the
Star-lite Club, according to an
nouncement yesterday by H. S.
Woodley, post adjutant. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
Education Board
Moves to Adopt
State Measures
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Local Board Applies With
Tyrrell County Board
of Education for Two
Supervisors r,
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After changing their meeting
date twice, members of the coun
ty board of education met Tues
day afternoon and accepted two
measures adopted by the state
board of education several weeks
ago.
County boardmen decided to
join the “Public School Insurance
Fund.” which insures school
buildings from fire, lightning,
windstorm, hail and explosion.
The fund is to be operated on an
optional basis throughout the
state from September 1. 1949
through December 31. 1949. On
January 1, 1959 local school
boards may accept or reject the
fund plan.
The Washington County Board
of Education acting in conjunc
tion with the Tyrrell County
Board of Education, decided to
apply for the state's allottment
of helping teachers or supervisors.
The two counties are going to
gether as a unit as a means of
acquiring one W'hite supervisor
and one colored supervisor. The
two counties were allotted two
supervisors, in accordance with
the teacher percentage.
The local boards are to pro
vide transportation, office space
and suppliment in proportion to
the time spent in each unit.
The county board ordinarily
meets on the first of the month,
but the meeting date fell on July
4th, a holiday. The meeting then
was postponed to Monday, July
11, then moved back to the 5th.
Mrs. C. W. Spruill
Rites at Creswell
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Funeral services were held
from the Horner Funeral Home
in Creswell Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o’clock for Mrs. Mary Elsie
Spruill, who died Monday after
noon at 3:45 o’clock in the Co
lumbia hospital after an illness
of about a week. Mrs. Spruill,
44 years of age, was the wife of
C. W. Spruill, of Creswell sec
tion.
The Rev. B. Wood Gaither,
rector of the Episcopal church,
conducted the funeral service, and
interment followed in the family
cemetery. Mrs. Spruill was »
member of the Episcopal church.
Mrs. Spruill was a hatlVC of Tyr
rell County but had lived in the
Creswell section for some time.
Besides her husband, Charlie
W. Spruill, she is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Demp
sey Spruill, of Creswell; five sons,
Dillon, Charles, jr„ Phillip A.,
and Randolph Spruill, of Cres
well, and Millard Spruill, of
Rocky Mount; four daughters,
Mrs. Eleanor Bowen, of Plym
outh; Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy, of
Rocky Mount; Misses Patricia
Ann and Memphis Spruill, of the
home. She also leaves four
brothers, Jesse, Otis and Garfield
Spruill, of Creswell Route 1;
Redo Spruill, of South Mills; and
one sister, Mrs. Della Hassell, of
Bast Lake.
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Local Legion Post
Meets Friday Night
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Members of the James E. Jethro
Post No. 164 of the American
Legion plan to hold a meeting in
the Legion Hall tomorrow night
it 8 o’clock.
Dallas Waters, post commander,
arges all legionnaires to wear
their caps as the meeting will be
formal.
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Grow One — Or Be One
A weird as well as wide va
riety of beards, goatees, mus
taches and side-burns are being
presented by Washington Coun
ty men this week as their con
tribution to advertisement of
the Sesqui-Centennial Celebra
tion to be held here September
18-22. The bearded brethren
have adopted a new slogan, and
those who are refusing to sign
up with tbe bush growers are
being told to “grow one or be
one!” There has been no ex
planation of what they mean
by “be one,” but it requires
little imagination to know that
it is not a complimentary term.
Womenfolk, as a rule, are
viewing the whisker-producing
business of their spouses with
marked lack of enthusiasm. In
fact there is rumor that they
are considering organization of
a “bushwhackers’ league” with
the avowed purpose of Delilah
ing any would-be Samsons
around the household. Quite
a number of men have already
been moved into the doghouse
because of their hirsute facial
adornment, and their wives say
they are unable to tell one of
the so-and-sos from the other.
However, like the dogs, the
bush-growers will also have
their day. Date for seting up
the kangaroo court is drawing
nearer. The fraternity paddles
»r~ being discarded in favor of
boat paddles. And when the
hen-pecked and faint-hearted
smooth-faced men are lined up
to receive their sentences—
well, they had better be dif
ferent from a locomotive, which
has a tender behind.
Tentative Rate of $2 Set by
Town Council Last Night
Budget Is Adopted After
Lengthy Session; Utili
ty Officials Discuss Un
sightly Poles
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Plymouth city fathers got home
late last night, as it was nearly
midnight before the budget for
the 1949-50 fiscal year was ten
tatively adopted and the council
meeting adjourned. The council
men discussed a wide variety of
matters before reaching the bud
get, which required close scrutiny
and individual consideration of
the many items. Councilmen A
J. Holbrook and W. ,H. Joyner
were out of town, but the other
four members were on hand, as
follows: E. D. Keel, Robert W.
Bowen, H. H. Allen and Max
Willette. Mayor A. J. Riddle pre
sided.
As finally approved, the 1949
50 budget calls for total expendi
ture and revenue of $92,602.13,
about S2.000 more than for the
preceding year. The tax rate was
tentatively set at $2 on each $100
valuation, the same as last year.
Total property valuation is esti
mated at $3,126,414. or $152,614
more than the $2,973,800 valuation
for 1948-49. Of the total budget
requirements of $92,602.13, ap
proximately $62,528.28 is to be
raised by ad valorem taxation,
leaving slightly more than $30.
000 to come from other sources.
A complete review of the budget
will be made later, after it is
approved by the Local Govern
ment Commission, which has the
final say-so on individual items.
One new item was added to the
budget for the coming year, $1,000
for use by- the city recreation
commission. This amount was
suggested by Councilman Robert
Bowen and finally unanimously
agreed upon after that amount
was snaved from other items in
the budget.
At the start of the meeting,
representatives of the Virginia
Electric & Power Company and
the Carolina Telephone & Tele
graph Company were heard in
answer to a recent proposal that
power and telephone lines be
moved off the streets to the back
lots or other steps be taken in
the interest of city beautification.
Ray H. Goodman, vice president
in charge of North Carolina op
erations, and Sam P. Woolford,
manager of the Williamston Di
vision, both of Williamston. rep
resented the power company:
while E. W. Olschner, of Tarboro,
vice president and chief engineer,
Represented the teiephoiii com
pany.
Spokesmen for both firms as
sured the council that their com
panies stood ready and willing
Page's)”
BLOODSHED
BOX SCORE
From midnight last Friday
through midnight Monday, 12
persons were killed in North
Carolina highway accidents and
163 were injured, the State
Highway Patrol reported. Fol
lowing is the box score for
this year, as compared with the
same periods last year:
Killed July 1 through
July « __13
Injured July 1 through
J«Jy 4 ___ _ 173
Killed through July 4,
this year__ 369
Killed through July 4,
1948 __ 323
Injured through July 4,
this year-4,202
Injured through July 4,
1948 - 3,477
•July Fourth Holiday |
Very Quiet in County j
Washington County citizens
spent an unusually quiet holiday
week-end, according to law en
forcement officers.
Sheriff J. K. Reid reported no
disturbances throughout the coun
ty during the three-day period.
No one occupied the county jail.
R. W. Young, state highway pa
trolman, made no record of ac- ,
cidents. Week-end motorists in
the county adhered very closely (
to traffic regulations.
Chief Police P. W. Brown and ■
his staff made no arrests as Plym- ,
outh citizens remained peaceful ,
during the long week-end. ,
Extensive Damage Is
Done to Farm Crops
By Rains Last Week
Tobacco Said Hurt Worse
Than Other Crops; Ex
tent of Damage Is Not
Fully Determined
Damage amounting to many
thousands of dollars was done to
Washington County farm crops
by the heavy rains during the past
week, according to reports from
all sections of the county. The
damage, while general througout
the area, was said to be some
what "spotty,” some farmers re
porting almost a total loss while
others were hurt very little. The
reports are borne out by the ob
servation of County Agent W. V.
Hays, he stated yesterday after
noon.
Tobacco has been damaged ex
tensively, some fields being com
pletely gone. The exceptionally
heavy rains from Tuesday through
Friday flooded many of the fields,
and the hot sun which came out
Saturday and Sunday caused the
leaf stalks to “flop.” Several
farmers in this immediate section
reported losses ranging from very
little to 40 per cent or more, and
a few fields are said to be not
worth trying to harvest. Prac
tically all the fertilizer has been
washed out of the soil, and the
prospects for tobacco which did
not “flop” are not considered too
encouraging.
The wet spell has intensified
insect and disease infestation, and
crops not damaged by the rain
will be below normal for this
reason. County Agent Hays says
[practically every stalk of cotton
jin the fotifjty's infested with boll
' weevils, eflft few farmers are tak
ing the trouble to dust for their
control.
The farm agent said it was dif-.
ficult to assess damage to the
corn crop. In a good many places,
corn does not appear to be hurt,
but most of the fertilizer is gone,
and this may affect the yield ad
versely. No extensive damage to
soybeans and peanuts was report
ed, except in those fields com
pletely under water. However,
some samples of soybeans sent to
extension workers for analysis are
reported to be swarming with
thrips, a small red bug about the
size of the chigger, which de
stroys the leaf tissue. Where the
thrips have a foothold, it is
recommended that the plants be
dusted with a 5% solution of
DDT,
Mr. HaVS said yesterday there
was very little that could be done
to offset the damage done. A
great many fields are too wet to
get a team or tractor in them
even if additional plowing could
be any additional benefit.
According to J. L. Rea, assistant
director in charge of the Tide
water Experiment Station about
five miles east of Plymouth, near
ly 8 inches of rain were recorded
at that point last week, starting
with Tuesday. He said, however,
that he thought many sections of
the county, especially from Plym
outh south and west, had a much
heavier rainfall.
The rains were general over
northeastern North Carolina, and
almost all the counties in this sec
tion reported crop damage. A
113-inch rain was recorded in the
Mattamuskeet section of Hyde
County, and even more than that
was reported from some parts of
Dare County.
CORRECTION
In an article in this paper last
week concerning change of the
name of the American Fork &
Hoe Company to True Temper
Corporation, effective July 1,
names of several officials of the
local plant were inadvertently
omitted. C. E. Peckham is gen
eral manager of the local unit;
Mrs. Ethel Sydenstricker is as
sistant manager; and Virgil Voirol
is superintendent of the factory.
i Tobacco Sales j
| Begin Aug, 18 !
August 18 was set as the open
ing date for eastern North Caro
lina tobacco markets this year,
| according to announcement last
week by the board of governors
of the Bright Belt Warehouse
Association, meeting in Raleigh. ,
The Georgia-Florida markets
will open July 26; border mar
kets on August 2; middle belt
; on September 1; and the old ,
belt on September 12.
The selling time per day was
! increased from 5 to 51 - hours.
There will be a five-day sales
week, a 400-pile per hours rate
of sale and a maximum weight
of 300 pounds to the pile.
Selective Service
Board Registers
More County Men
Through June, 895 County
Men Registered With
Local Board; 807 Were
Classified.
At the end of June, Washington
County Selective Service Board ,
95 had 895 county men registered,
according to Mrs. Lorraine Hunt
er, clerk to the board.
Of those registered, 464 are
white and 431 are colored. Men '
registered under 19 years of
age total ioi. Of these, ga are
white and 49 are colored.
A sum of 807 county men have
been classified. Of the total, 421
are white and 386 are colored.
Checking the individual classi- '
fications, the records show that
84 white persons have been clas
sified 1-A and 71 colored presons ’
have received the same classifi- i
cation, making the total 155 for i
the county: 1-C, 6 white, no color- i
ed, total 6; 2-A, one white, no 1
colored, total one; 3-A, 51 white, <
64 colored, total 115; 4-A, 180 '
white, 84 colored, total 264; 4-D,
2 white, no colored, total 2; 4-F, |
42 white, 124 colored, 166, total; |
5-A, 55 white, 43 colored, total ,
98. ,
No draft quotas are being filled :
now, however men subject to the <
draft must comply with the laws i
govering registration. Those who i
fail to register will be classed as 1
delinquents and are subject to :
severe penalties if the failure to 1
register is deliberate.
Young men are urged to regis- 1
ter within five days after they l
reach the age of 18 years. Former i
servicemen are required to regis- ,
ter with the board within 30 days
after they receive their discharge. .
Organization Meet
Friday, July 15th,
For Tobacco Vote
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Details of Referendum to
Be Made Available to
Every Farmer in Coun
ty Eligible to Vote
An organizational meeting for
he fiue-cured tobacco marketing
quota referendum will be held at
he agriculture building here Fri
lay of next week, July 15, at 8
>. m., to perfect plans for in
orming all county farmers about
letails of the voting, it was learn
■d yesterday at the Washington
bounty Triple-A office.
J. L. Keiton. of the state AAA
iffice, will be in charge of the
nceting and will assist in setting
ip a county organization to ex
ilain and conduct the referen
lum. All members of the USDA
:ouncil, AAA community com
nitteemen, other agricultural
vorkers, merchants, and repres
mtatives of barks, farm organi
:ations and civic clubs are in
cited and urged to attend. Each
■ommunity committeeman is re
quested to bring four other farm
ms with him.
Details of the referendum will
3e explained and those present
vill be asked to carry the ex
jlanation back to their communi
ies in order that every farmer
eligible to vote has knowledge of
he method and place of voting.
The referendum will be held on
Saturday, July 23. in all flue
•ured tobacco producing areas. In
Washington County, two polling
daces have been designated: at
he agriculture building in Plym
>uth for the tobacco farmers of
his area: and at Robert Sawyer’s
itore in Roper for those of that
irea. The four tobacco growers
if the Creswell section will vote
n Roper. Polls will be open
rom 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. F. C. Tar
;enton. W. C. Spruill and R. W.
L,ewis will be pollholders at
loper: and H. G. Simpson. Joe
5nell and Wilson Bowen will con
luct the voting in Plymouth.
Owners and operators of tobac
:o farms, landlords, tenants,
ihare-croppers or any other per
son who has a direct interest in
he proceeds of the 1949 tobacco
mop are entitled to vote in the
•eferendum.
Tobacco producers may vote
iny one of the following three
vays: (1) If they approve market
ng quotas for the years 1950,
1951, and 1952; (2) if they ap
irove. quotas for the 1950 crop
mly; or (3) if they are opposed
o quotas. Marketing quotas will
)e ordered only if two-thirds of
he participating growers vote in
lavor of them. Price support is
:ontingent upon approval of
narketing quotas.
Vote on Extending
Levy for Tobacco
-4
County tobacco growers will
rote on continuing the assess
nent of 10 cents per acre for
naintaining an export program
it the same time and places of
he marketing quota referendum
>n July 23, it was announced last
veek by Tobacco Associates, Inc.
Under the terms of an act pass
'd by the legislature in 1947, the
>oard of directors of Tobacco
Associates has voted for a refeix
ndum to be held Saturday, July
3, in every county in which flue
ured tobacco is grown. Growers
cill vote On the question of
vhether or not they wish to con
inue the annual assessment of
0 cents per acre of flue-cured to
>acco planted in the years of 1950,
951 and 1952. The purpose of
he assessment is to raise the
armers’ portion of funds neces
ary to maintain an export pro
fam for flue-cured tobacco be
ng operated through Tobacco
Associates, Inc.
Many Horses, Mules
Die From “Staggers”
Washington County Farmers
have lost a number of head of
workstock during the past two
weeks from “blind staggers.”
County Agent W. V. Hays report
ed yesterday. Week beforelast,
he said four mules and two horses
died, and last week three more
mules and two horses were vic
tims.
This disease, according to the
county agent, is most prevalent
during hot damp periods of
weather, and usually between the
first of July and the first of Sep
tember. He said that vaccination
was usually effective in prevent
ing the malady. During the last
five years Mr. Hays said he had
vaccinated over 5.000 work ani
nals. and not a one of those
vaccinated has been lost How
ever, he said this was a better
•ecord than even the Federal De
partment of Agriculture reports,
is the vaccine is supposed to be
inly about 96 per cent effective.
Cause of the disease among
lorses and mules is not definitely
mown, but Mr. Hays said there
seems to be a direct connection
petween the malady and mosqui
oes and green-headed horse flies.
He believes that these insects are
carriers of the disease, and it is
nost prevalent at the time mos
quitoes and horse flies are most
lumerous.