North Carolina Newspapers

*< !B3HT:t!nriHn!n::3::n:nn:n::i::::n::nn:nHjvr:<S 1'oivn opics snn-a Earl Smith, local merchant, is spending his vacation this week on his dad’s farm near Edenton. Mr. Smith's father became ill last week and the son was called home to help with the chores. He expects to be back at work in Plymouth on Monday. Mrs. Katherine Harrison has returned to Plymouth after at tending a six-week summer school course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Mrs. Harrison is a member of the local school faculty, teaching one section of the third grade at the Hampton Building. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Holbrook returned week before last after a two-week visit with Mrs. Hol brook’s sister, Mrs. W. K. Nixon, at Walla Walla, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook flew out to Wash ington and back and reported a very enjoyable trip. They were favorably impressed with the country around Walla Walla, which is in the heart of the Northwestern apple-growing sec tion. Mr. Holbrook said that about 6 inches of snow feel on some of the mountains near Walla Walla while he was there, and the wea ther was pleasant throughout his stay. D. D. Allen, sanitarian for the Washington-Tvrrell District Health Department attended a quarterly meeting of sanitarians for the northeastern section of the state at Elizabeth City Monday. Officers were elected and there was a round-table discussion of a number of problems, including drainage, rural sanitation, DDT programs, rodent control, and plumbing codes. Miss Marian Brinkley under went an operation for a throat ailment in a Norfolk hospital last Sunday. She is reported to be improving steadily and expects to be released from the hospital to return home some time today. J. F. Bateman, Sr., Passes at Creswell •• ♦ Final rites were held yesterday for Joseph Franklin Bateman, sr., 62, of Creswell, who died Mon day at 7:45 a. m. at the home of his son Ed Bateman. Mr B te - man .,-as bedfast the last two months of his life. Funeral services were held at the Sound Side Missionary Bap tist Church at 3 p. m. yesterday by the Rev. W. R. Stephens. Buri al was made in the church ceme tery. Mr. Bateman was the son of the late Enoch and Emma Daven port Bateman, of Tyrrell Coun ty. He was born in that county on October 16, 1886. He came from Tyrrell County to Wash ington County about three years ago. Mr. Bateman was engaged in farming. He was a member of the Sound Side Missionary Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Alexander Bateman, of Creswell: two sons, EM Bateman, of Creswell, and Joseph Franklin Bateman, jr., of Cherry Point; two daughters, Mrs. L. E. Hicks, of Long Beach, Calif and Miss Lillie Mae Bateman, of Newport News, Va.; four brothers, W. E., Warren and John Bateman, all of Columbia; Ema Nuell Bateman, of Portsmouth, Va.; and one sis ter, Mrs. Emma Phelps, of Roa noke Rapids. * Need Photos for County Pamphlet For the past several months Benton Liverman has been gath ering material together for the Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce to publish a pamphlet about the opportunities for work, play and rest that can be found ir Washington County. The pamphlet is nearly ready to be sent to the publishers, but it lacks good photographs of the county, according to Mr. Liver man. He asks any person who has a recent picture of some scene in the county and would like to donate it for use in the pamphlet send it to him in Plymouth. •Ray Cole To Play for Bush-Grower’ Dance j__ r,* Alkomifln i frnm tVif* Hflnrp nupr anH ahnvp in honor of “bush growers” and sisters of the swish” will be held on Saturday night of next week, August 6th, instead of Friday night, August 5th, as reported last week, according to L. W. Gur kin, owner of the beach. Ray Cole and his orchestra, of Richmond, Va., have been booked to furnish music for the dance, which should be one of the high spots of the preliminaries to the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration here September 18-22. Proceeds actual expenses, will be turned ' over to the celebration commis sion, Mr. Gurkin has announced. • There will be space for both spectators .and dancers at the beach pavilion, and reserved sec tions for those without beards. ' The event will be held to honor those who are growing beards i for the celebration, and a prize : will be given to the couple most i authentically portraying the spir- : it of 1799,” when the county was : organized. The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated ||j to the service of Wa: hinjfton !:: •!! County and its 13.000 people. Hi ::: ::: VOLUME LX—NUMBER 30 Plymouth, Washington County, North Caiolina, Thursday, July 21, 1949 ESTABLISHED 1889 County, Town Bonrds Meet Mondny County and town governing boards will hold their regular Au gust meetings next Monday, the county commissioners and board of education meeting in the court house at 11 o’clock Monday morn ing, while the Plymouth City Council has its session set for £ p.m. Monday night in the munici pal building. County board of educatior members will take up routine matters in connection with the opening of schools in about £ month or so. The county com missioners do not have anything special on their agenda, although they probably will officially adopt the budget and tax rate, which were considered and tentatively approved at their July meeting. They may also begin considera tion of the secondary road prob lem, which will come to the fore as the state-wide road-building program gets underway next year. The city council members may get tangled up over the trash and garbage removal question. This is a problem that has been hang ing fire for several months, and it is likely that definite action i will be taken at their meeting Monday night. It has been suggested that more efficient—certainly cheaper—re moval of trash'could be had by requiring householders to place their trash and garbage cans at the edge of the streets in front of their homes at designated times. This would eliminate the present costly system of driving into back yards and dumping the garbage cans into the truck. Some of the councilmen favor one plan, some another, and it is probable that the matter will be given a full ' airing at the meeting Monday. Opening in Georgia Averages About $50 I Tobacco Better j I Than Expected I Despite the heavy rains ear ly this month. County Agent W. V. Hays said yesterday that he believed the county would harvest possibly two-thirds of a normal crop of tobacco. The leaf is said to be curing out better than was expected in a good many cases. The county crop is more than half harvested at this time, the county agent stated. Some farmers have only one more pulling left. A few farmers are reported to have tobacco of good quality, while others that were hit hard by the heavy rains have very sorry crops. Call Off Field Day Program at Test Farm Near Here /Backward Season Cited as Reason; Farm Groups May Arrange for Con ducted Tours Plans for a field day to be held last Monday at the Tidewater Ex periment Station, near Plymouth, were called off last week-end, due to the poor season, it was learned this week from W. V. Hays, coun ty agent. Due to the excessively wet weather earlier this month, it was considered doubtful that the demonstration would be of any considerable value. However, Mr. Hays stated that James L. Rae, assistant director in charge of the Tidewater Sta tion, would be glad to arrange conducted tours for veterans’ classes or any other organized groups of fanners. It is believed that better results can be obtain ed by small groups rather than have a full-fledged field day pro gram. Demonstrations are being car ried on at the station on soybean varieties, soybean fertilization, corn fertility and comparisons of old and new varities of hybrid corn. Interested groups may make appointments for conducted tours by getting in touch with either Mr. Rae or Mr. Hays. Trowbridge Talks Ai Meet of Rotary ♦ K. S. Trowbridge, head of the wood department at the North Carolina Pulp Company, spoke of the different kinds of wood and its durability, before mem bers of the Plymouth Rotary Club at their regular weekly dinner neeting Tuesday night. William E. Waters was in :harge of the program. Willard 1 I.. Pettengill was welcomed into ;he club as a new member. Conflicting Reports Re ceived From Opening Sales; Price Little Low er Than Last Year Conflicting reports came out of Georgia yesterday, following the opening sales of flue-cured to bacco for this season. Market op erators generally claimed that prices were about the same as last year, while Department of Agriculture officials and some other private reports indicated the average prices were from one to three cents under the opening last year. Last year, the opening day av erage for the Georgia-Florida Belt was a record $53.20. It is fairly generally agreed that the average this year will be around the $50 mark. Farmers in that section are reported to have a record crop of unusually good quality. Prices were said to be satisfactory to most of the grow ers. It was estimated there were more than 30,000,000 pounds of tobacco on the 80 warehouse floors of the 21 markets of the belt. As of July I, the U. S. Crop Reporting Board estimated the 1949 crop of Georgia and Florida flue-cured tobacco to be 131,708, 000 pounds. If this production is realized the crop would exceed the 111,634,000 pounds produced last year by almost 18 per cent. Also, it would be the second larg est of this type in history being surpassed only by the 1947 har vest. Production in all flue-cured types this year is expected to be 1.155.058.000 pounds as against 1, 089.584.000 pounds in 1948. The United States Department of Agriculture reports that pro ducers’ sales in the Georgia and Florida flue-cured belt last year amounted to 120,690,013 pounds averaging $47.48 a hundred. Tot al flue-cured sales were 1,082, 197,987 pounds for a $50.01 aver age. Quality of the Georgia and Florida crop is reported to be good—better than last year. Pro duction of the crop got off to an early start with an ample sup ply of healthy plants. Heavier applications of fertilizer were made this year than ever before. Yield per acre is estimated to be the greatest on record. The crop has ripened fast and an unusual ly large amount of tobacco is ready for sale. Volume of sales is expected to be very heavy when the markets open. Loan rates of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the 1949 -■rop of flue-cured tobacco have been lowered in many instances. Decreases from last year range Erom $1 to $4 per hundred pounds ivith the great majority of reduc tions amounting to $2. The rates af untied tobacco range from $5 'or best nondescript to $66 for thoice lemon wrappers. Around 12 per cent of the grades remain at the same levels as for the ple /ious year. The grade price loan ates for the 1949 crop of flue ’ured tobacco average 42.5 cents >er pound, which is 90 per cent >f the June 15 parity price. For in tied offering the rate for each ;rade is 4 cents per pound below he rate for tied tobacco of the :ame grade. Georgia and Florida obacco is marketed untied. Last ;eason loans were made on 4, >54,174 pounds in the Georgia ind Florida area, or 3.9 per cent >f net sales. Total deliveries in ill flue-cured types in 1948 were 05,720,565 pounds—9.8 per cent >f net sales. Public Library Will Be Closed All Next Week The Washington County public ibrary will be closed all next veek, while Mrs. Jack Bradley, ;ounty librarian, takes her an nual vacation, according to an an louncement made by Mrs. Brad ey. The county bookmobile will ollow its regular schedule next veek. Housing Project at Winesett Property Includes 28 Homes First House To Be Ready In 30 Days; Plan to Finish Project Within Four Months Construction began Monday morning on 28 new bungalow type houses to be erected on six arces of the Eli Winesett proper ty here. The new settlement to be known as Plymouth Court, will be bounded by Fourth Street, Monroe Street, the Norfolk and Southern Railroad and Wilson Street, old U. S. Highway No. 64. The houses are being built by the i Moore-Johnson Corporation, of Raleigh. All of the houses are of frame structure. They will each con tain four rooms and a bath, hard wood floors and inlaid linoleum' The first house will be com pleted and ready for occupancy within 30 days. Robert Wright, construction engineer, stated. The others will be conpleted at inter vals thereafter, with a possibili ty that the entire project may be completed in three or four months. The houses are being sold by the corporation. Arrangements have been made to finance the houses through the FHA and GI loans. A definite down payment would take care of the purchase, with monthly payments worked out to suit the buyer All the houses will be built on lots with 50 or 60 feet frontage and with depth up to 167 feet. The houses will be laid off so as to face the roadway in the center known as “Winesett Circle.” This is the second housing pro ject to start in Plymouth within a month. The first one was at Country Club estates. The “Brink ley Woods” section is being con sidered as a site for a housing development, but no plans have been announced recently. ♦ ' - Creswell Rurilans Back Celebration - ♦ Thomas F. Hopkins, executive chairman of the Washington County Sesqui-Centennial Cele bration, spoke before members of the Creswell Ruritan Club Mon day night in the Galilee Mission community building near Lake Phelps about the 150th anniver sary event of the founding of the county to be held in Plymouth September 18-22. The Creswell Ruritans voted to help work on the celebration in any way they are able. J. W. Seward, of Smithfield, a district officer of Ruritan Nation al, gave a short address on Ruri tanism. The women of Galilee Mission served the dinner. Committees Work on Plans for Celebration The reception, housing and win dow display committees of the Washington County Sesqui-Cen tennial Celebration were report ed ready to swing into action this week by the chairmen, who are charged with part of the respon sibility for making a success of the county’s 150th anniversary celebration to be held in Plym outh September 18-22. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Blount, co chairman of the reception com mittee, report there will be a meeting of their committee next week. However, the date, time and place have not been decided. They are beginning to compile a list of relatives of all Washing ton County residents who live out of the county and former resi dents who have moved away. The co-chairmen would appreciate help in gathering this list, so that invitations to the celebration may be sent out immediately. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Whitley, co-chairmen of the housing com mittee, are preparing a list of rooms and accommodations avail able for visitors from September 17 through the 23rd, which takes in a day before the celebration begins and the day after it ends. They urge all persons in the county who will have rooms available between the dates listed above to send word to them. Shep Brinkley, chairman of the window display committee, has rounded up several antiques to be displayed in local store windows. Every person in the county is urged to make a list of antiques they know would be suitable for displaying in store windows. Ev ery merchant in Washington County will be asked to display several item6 of “years gone by” in his store window during the celebration period. DISTRICT HEAD The Rev. Stewart B. Simms, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, Williamston, who will serve as district supervisor in Washington, Beaufort, Greene, Martin and Pitt counties for the 1949 North Carolina CROP Friendship Train. Prospects Not Too Good For Peanuts Prospects for a good peanut ,’ield in the northeastern section jf North Carolina are not too good at this time, according to the lat est report of the United States De partment of Agriculture. The crop got off to a late start. Considerable replanting was nec essary and earlier this month there was too much rain, which hampered cultivating operations. Some fields are reported to be very grassy, and plants in a few fields have turned yellow while some low spots have been com pletely drowned out. The demand for peanuts for ed ible purposes has been good dur ing the past week, according to the report, especially for jumbo, fancy, extra large and No. 1 grades, which are in scarce sup ply. The market was slightly stronger. Joint Picnic for Rurilan Clubs ■ ♦ Plans are about complete for members of the Roper and Cres well Ruritan Clubs and their wives to hold a joint meeting and picnic at Albemarle Beach next Thursday night, August 4. be ginning at 6 o’clock. Curtis Olds, of Virginia, vice president of Ruritan National is scheduled to be the featured speaker of the evening. BLOODSHED! ! BOX SCORE j From midnight Monday of last week through midnight Monday of this week, 14 per sons were killed in North Caro lina highway accidents and 136 were injured, the State High way Patrol has reported. Fol lowing is the box score for this year, as compared with the same period last year: Killed July 19 through July 25_ 14 Injured July 19 through July 25 _ 136 Killed through July 25, this year __ 424 Killed through July 25, 1948 _ 361 Injured through July 25, this year_ 4,796 | Injured through July 25, 1948 _ 3,926 Weather Not Yet As Hot as It Was Here Last August ♦ . Average High for Past 5 Days 95.3, According to Readings Taken by Of ficials at Test Farm -• The heat is on in Plymouth, lit erally, that is. Since last Friday and through yesterday, local resi dents have been cussin' and dis- , cussing the hot weather at length and with emphasis. Some have said it’s never been hotter in this vicinity, while others say it has been hotter. J. L. Rea, at the Tidewater Ex perimental Station, near Plym outh, is one of the latter. He says that the average temperature for five days, from last Saturday through yesterday, was 95.3 de grees. The high daily tempera tures for the five days were as follows: Saturday, 96 degrees: Sunday, 92 degrees; Monday, 97 degrees; Tuesday, 96.5 degrees; and Wednesday, 95 degrees. Mr. Rea also said that the rec ord high figure was set some' years ago at 101 degrees. Last August 29th the mercury reached an even • 100 degrees. Over a three-day period, August 27. 28 and 29, 1948. the temperature av eraged 98.6 degrees. According to the records at the experiment station, Monday may have been the hottest day, but Earl Bowen here puts in a claim for Tuesday. At noon the ther mometer in front of the Bowen i Grocery at Water and Washing ton Streets registered 106 degrees —but, of course, that was in the sun. Other readings for the past five days by various residents have ranged from 95 to 103 de grees—depending upon the loca tion and various correlated fac tors, including, at times, the dis position of the person doing the talking. Mrs. C. S. Davis Rites Tuesday Funeral services were held Tuesday for Mrs. Cottie Spencer Davis, 71, of Roper, who died Sunday at 10:30 a. m. in a hospi tal in Washington. Her health had declined for the past six years. She was confined to the bed for the last two weeks. The Rev. W. A. Armstrong, of Columbia, conducted the final rites in the Holly Neck Disciples Church Tuesday at 3 p. m. In terment was made in the church cemetery. Mrs. Davis was the daughter of the late William Spencer, of Washington County and the late Sarah Armstrong Spencer, of Tyrrell County. She was born in Tyrrell County on June 7, 1878. She married W. D. Davis, of Co lumbia, on May 9, 1899. She came to this county from Tyrrell Coun ty about three years ago. Mrs. Davis was a member of the Hol ly Neck Disciple Church for 28 years and was a regular attend ant. She is survived by her husband, W. D. Davis; two sons, Robert and William Davis, of Roper; a daughter, Mrs. Vivian Comer, of Roper; three half sisters, Mrs. Minnie Volivar, Mrs. Ardie Voli var, and Mrs. Mellon Volivar, all of Columbia; two brothers, Nelse Spencer, of Columbia, and Ed- , die Spencer, of Deep Creek, Va. Legionnaires lalfc; Veterans Building■ R. L. Tetterton, in charge of * building the Plymouth veteran’s .1 clubhouse, pointed out the pre sent needs to further the con- 1 struction of the building to fel- 1 low comrades in a local American Legion post meeting irr their hall ‘ last Friday night, A report from the building r committee indicated that window c sashes and other materials will be purchased soon. A plan for the purpose of rais ing additional funds was discuss ed. The plans for the fund rais- , ing campaign will be announced as soon as details are worked out, ' Dallas G. Waters, legion com mander, said. W. H. Peele Seriously 111 \ In Rocky Mount Hospital ' -» t W. H. (Jack) Peele, former 1 Washington County representa- i tive, was said to be "holding his t own” in a Rocky Mount hospital \ yesterday afternoon after under- i going an emergency operation for < removal of a bursted appendix t there last Friday afternoon. His condition was reported critical i following the operation, and he i has shown only slight improve- 1 ment since. 1 County Growers Vote Heavily for Tobacco Quotas Marketing Cards i Being Made Oni j! Marketing cards for tobacco fanners who planted within ; their allotments this year are now being made out at the county AAA office. Any pro ducer who wishes to sell on the border markets, which open next Tuesday, August 2, may get his marketing card by go ing to the office and asking for it, Miss Miriam Ausbon said yesterday. Tobacco markets on the East ern Carolina Bright Belt will open on Thursday, August 18. Marketing cards may be called for by county farmers at any time after August 1. Fire of Incendiary Origin Does Little DamageLasiWeek Inspectors From State Fire Marshal’s Office Investigate Blaze at “4251” Here Friday The fire which damaged 4251. local restaurant and soft-drink establishment, located on West Water Street next to the Daly Theatre, early last Friday morn ing was reported by Fire Chief Miller Warren to have been of in cendiary origin. Inspectors from the State Fire Marshal's office and the State Bureau of Investigation have been here since the fire oc curred, but no reports have been received locally as to the results of their investigation. Night Policeman Foy Daven port smelled smoke and discov ered the fire about 5:30 last Fri day morning. The alarm was turned in and firemen responded quickly, extinguishing several small fires set at various places in the building. The building and equipment are owned by J. S. Brinkley, who said yesterday that the damage would not exceed $350. mostly caused by smoke. The establishment has been oper ated under lease for the past sev eral weeks by Mrs. Jack D. Frank. One of the inspectors said while here that he believed the fires were started by a teen-age “fire bug.” but he gave no reasons for his supposition. There are sever al outstanding keys to the build ing, Mr. Brinkley said, as he and several operators of the place in ihe past have had duplicate keys nade. The locks have been changed since the fire. Repairs to the restaurant were ibout completed today, and it is :xpected to be open for business igain by tomorrow or Saturday. Holds Services at Hags Head Church -•— The Rev. Edward M. Spruill, of Plymouth is scheduled to conduct ervices at the St. Andrews-By he-Sea Episcopal Church at Nags lead Sunday morning. Throughout the summer dif erent clergymen from the mis ion of the Diocese of eastern orth Carolina take turns in di ecting the services at that hurch. Reverend Spruill plans to lead communion service there at 8 . m. Sunday morning and the lorning prayer and sermon at 11 ’clock. Vote Was 203 For and 2 Against 3-Year Pro gram; Two Votes for i One-Year Plan -1- : Washington County farmers last Saturday voted overwhelm ingly in favor of continuation of tobacco quotas for the next three years, and also voted for con tinuance of the 10 cents per acre j levy for carrying on the Tobac co Associates, Inc., export pro gram. Two out of 207 voters fav ored quotas for one year, and two others voted against any quotas. While the vote in this county favored continuation of the to bacco control program by better than 100-to-l majority, the vote throughout the flue-cured tobac co producing areas was about 73 to 1, according to reports Mon day. A two-thirds majority of the participating growers was re quired to keep the allotments in effect, and the total is consider ably larger than was necessary. This means that tobacco quotas will continue to be in effect for the crop year 1950, 1951 and 1952. It also means a continuation of the price-support program, which has meant millions of extra dol lars to growers during the past decade. Opposition to the program, what little there was. was cen tered in the Plymouth and Long Acre sections. Both votes against quotas came from the Plymouth community, while there was one compromise vote for one-year quotas in each of the Plymouth and Long Acre sections. The single disappointing fea ture about the referendum, ac cording to farm leaders, was the small vote cast. With about 350 growers eligible in the county, only 207 votes were cast. Not a single vote was cast from the Creswell, Cherry and Mount Pleasant communities. The Roper polling place re ported 80 votes, all in favor of three-year quotas. Sixty-four of the number were from Roper and 16 from Pleasant Grove. One hundred and twenty-three votes for the three-year program were cast in the box at the agricul ture building here, 64 from the Plymouth community and 59 from the Long Acre section. There was one vote from Plymouth for the one-year program and two votes against any quotas. Long Acre reported one vote for one year quotas and none against. The county totals were as follows: For three-year quotas, 203; for one year quotas, 2; against quotas, 2. The vote for the Tobacco As sociates levy of 10 cents per acre for the export program was 199 for; 1 against. -« Another Speaker For Celebration Dr. Sankey L. Blanton, dean of the school of religion at Wake Forest College, has accepted an invitation to speak in Plymouth during the Sesqui-Centennial Celebration in September, accord ing to the Rev. P. B. Nickens, chairman of the committee on religious activities. United • States Senators Clyde R. Hoey and Frank P. Graham, Representative Herbert C. Bon ner and Carl Goerch, editor of the State Magazine, Raleigh, have already accepted to speak on se parate days during the celebra tion of the 150th anniversary of Washington County. Dr. Blanton plans to speak Sun lay night, September 18 at 8 p. m. in the baseball park here dur ing a joint union service of all the churches in the county. Dollar Days at Local Stores on August 5-6 Plymouth stores were getting c eady this week for “Dollar Days" i lere Friday and Saturday of next j yeek, August 5 and 6. While the t vent is being sponsored by the t •lymouth Merchants Association, 11 business establishments in c own are being invited to take t lart in the two-day trade event, c nd several non-members of the s ssociation have already indicat- i d they would take part. r It is proposed to offer outstand- s ng values in all local stores to i incourage trading here during c he "Dollar Days”. Town authori- r ies have indicated they would c ooperate by allowing free park tig during the two days. It is ilanned to cover the parking me ers with paper bags advertising he event. Special $1 values will be offer d in most of the local mercan ile establishments, with all lines f business represented. Drug tores, grocery stores, furniture nd 5 and 10 cent stores, depart ment and clothing stores, auto upply and similar stores have all tidicated their willingness to co perate, and it is expected that eally outstanding values will ba ffered.