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T'owni opics Airman 3/C Hardy L. Cobb has returned to Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, follow ing a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cobb, of Plym outh. Mrs. Cobb reports that her son entered Band School at the base Monday. He was a member of the high school band while in school here. Miss Becky Gaylord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wig Gaylord, of Roper, attended the 4-H Farm and Home Electric meeting held in Charlotte Sunday through Tuesday of this week. Becky is the county winner in the electric contest sponsored by Virginia Electric and Power Company. Each county winner in the state is given a free trip and enter tained by the various electric power companies serving the state. A program is being recorded at Creswell Thursday fcv the Cresweil 4-H Club to bo broad cast later in the week. Details of the program will be announced by the sponsors. Plymouth business house.- re mained closed to businc-- during the funeral hour Wedne . af ternoon in deference to the fami ly and out of respect : ■ • de ceased, Edison Davenp t. Mr. Davenport had been prom.ir.-: r.l in the mercantile business here for many years. k Wednesday’s rain he: e offered another setback to peanut grow ers hereabouts who have not yet picked off their crop. In some places, peanut pickers and hay balers had already been moved into the fields in anticipation of resuming the task. Now farmers will be looking anxiously for seme cold, clear weather favor able for winding up the thresh ing job. Christmas Saving Club checks were mailed out by the local bank this week, and yesterday a local man asked Nyal Womble if he had gotten his check yet. Wom ble. who is more or less notor ious about the amount of attent ion he pays to his mail, snapped his fingers and said. "By golly, that is what is in that envelope from the bank. I thought they were just returning another bum check somebody had stuck me with and didn't open it.' He rush ed to his desk, unearthed the en velope from a pile of mail three feet high and, sure enough, it was his Christmas Club check. • Seven Per Cent Population Rise In This County -4 Washington County in Tie With Moore and Martin For 53rd Place Among State's Counties Washington County stands in a three-way tie with Martin and Moore Counties for 53rd place among the 100 counties of North Carolina in per cent of increase in total population from 1940 to 1950. Washington County, least pop ulous of the three, was listed with a total population of 13.180 persons according to the 1950 census. This figure represents a ^population increase of even seven per cent during the decade. A table showing the population change for the ten-year period in the counties of the state was made public recently in the Uni versity of North Carolina News Letter. It was prepared for the Institute for Research in Social Science by S. H. Hobbs, jr„ and Albert Lovejoy. The study showed that 34 per cent of the population of the county is urban and that for the ten-year period there w'as a de crease of 29.4 per cent in the rural or farm population. The highest percentage of pop ulation increase among the coun ties of the state from 1940 to 1950 was registred by Onslow County with 134.4 per cent mark. This was largely attributable to the huge U. S. Marine installation at Camp Lejeune. *. At the bottom of the list was ** Swain County with a decrease percentage of 18.5. Tyrrell Coun ty stands 97th with a decrease of 9.1 per cent. » The Roanoke Beacon ****** and Washington County News ****** A home newspaper dedicated jjl to the service of Washington = County and its 13,000 people, VOLUME LXIII—NUMBER 47 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday. November 20, 1952 ESTABLISHED 1889 SINCLAIR 'CAPACITY DAY' TROPHY PRESENTED AT BANQUET The above group picture was taken at the banquet given recently for Sinclair dealers in this vicinity at Saleebv’s Restaurant in Washington. James Hardison, operator of Golf Road Service Sta tion. Plymouth, and winner of the recent Sinclair Capacity Day by virtue of top sales increase, is shown holding the trophy emblematic of his victory and which was presented to him at the ban quet. Others in the picture, reading from left to right, are: W. O. Allen, J. W. Allen, Jackie Baker, Mayo Modlin, Clarence Waters. C. O. Kelly, W. C. Hall, Luke Daniels, P. B. Bateman and Gilmer W. Ayers.—Photo by Weaver’s Studio. Bird Season Opens On November 27th Soy Beans Said j Good This Year j The soy bean harvesting in Washington County has been going at full blast with the re cent favorable stretch of wea ther and Buyer R. W. Johnson, of Plymouth, reports that buy ing has been quite heavy. The crop is reported good, although yields are not quite up to those of the previous crop. An aver age yield of about two or three bushels per acre less than last year is predicted. Prices for the beans have re mained steady so far this buy ing season at S2.60 per bushel delivered at Plymouth. Mr. Johnson said. This is about the same price that was paid a year ago. Two years ago, the price ranged from a low of $2.35 a bushel up to $3.00. Winslow Speaker At Womans Clubs -« Plymouth Artist W. Frith Win slow addressed the Williamston Woman's Club Tuesday night on the subject, “Art in the Com munity." He also showed a num ber of his oils, pastels and water colors as well as some of his stu dents’ work. Mr. Winslow presented the same subject before the Aulan der Woman's Club last week and showed a number of his paintings along with some of the work done by students in his Windsor class. The Windsor students of Mr. Winslow had an exhibit of their work at the Bertie County Fair which closed last Saturday at Windsor. The paintings were very well received. County Unit of NCEA Meets at Roper Tonight -*— A meeting of the Washington County unit of the North Caro lina Education Association will be held Thursday of this week in the Hoper High School audi torium, County Superintendent of Schools R. F. Lowry has an nounced. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o’clock. Homer A. Lassiter, associate in the division of instructional serv ice, will be the speaker. Mr. Las siter is the state supervisor as signee! to this district. Officers of the county unit of the NCEA are H. F. Brown, of Roper, president; Mrs. Gale W. Lucas, of Plymouth, vice presi dent; and Mrs. B. E. Bingham, of Roper, secretary. Open Season Same as Last Year; No "Lay" Days; Bag Limit Also Remain Unchanged -♦ For many hunters in this sec tion the “rear’ hunting season will begin on Thanksgiving Day —November 27—when it becomes lawful to go after quail, turkeys and rabbits. The season opened on migratory wildfowl Monday of this week. Bag limits are the same as last year. The daily limit on quail is 8, with a possession limit of 16. and a season limit of 100. For wild turkeys (toms) the daily bag limit is one, possession limit of two and season limit of three. The daily bag limit on rabbits is five, possession limit is ten, and season limit. 75. Again, there will be no "lay” days during the open season. The season on quail, turkeys and rabbits expires, as last year, on January 31. The migratory wildfowl season closes on Janu ary 10. -• Acreage Increase For Peanut Crop A 564 acre allotment increase for the 1953 peanut crop in North Carolina was announced Monday night by the United States De partment of Agriculture. The acreage allotment for next year’s crop was set at 175,993 acres for the state, as compared with the 1952 acreage of 175,429. It was said that one half of one per cent of the 1953 allotment would be held in reserve for new farms. The figures for this state were in the same general propor tions as the national allotments for the two years. The national peanut acreage this year was 1, 673.102 and for the 1953 crop the allotment has been placed at 1, 678.481 acres. It is expected that Washington County will get its proportionate increase. . » Whiskey Sales at County ABC Store Up in October -1 Possibly reflecting the nearness of the holiday season, liquor sales in the county's two ABC stores were up somewhat for the month of October. According to figures released by Manager W. C. S'tyons, of the Plymouth store, sales for the month amounted to $19,394.65. Of this amount, $17,416.35 represent ed sales in the Plymouth store, and $1,978.30 in total sales was taken in at the Creswell store. Joycees Aim to Renew Scout Charter The Plymouth Junior Chamber of Commerce is working to re store the charter of the Plym outh Boy Scout troop which lap sed sometime ago. The troop had been under sponsorship of the Plymouth Lions Club. The Jaycees voted at a meet ing late in October to sponsor the troop here. Howard Hunter, chief scout executive of the Egst Caro lina Council, Boy Scouts of Amer ica, met with the club and ex plained the responsibilities and privileges of sponsoring a troop. President Roy Manning, jr., of the Jaycees, is to appoint a com mittee of seven Jaycee members to meet with Hunter and go over the details of setting up the troop in Plymouth, it was said. It is ex pected that the committee will be named in time to meet with the scout executive here Monday night of next week. It was explained that in the program of scouting Cub Scouts become eligible for membership in Boy Scout troops and Boy Scouts, in turn, go on to become Sea Scouts. With the troop in active here, there is a missing link in the program. The local civic group wishes to assure mothers of Cub Scouts who are nearing the age to be come Scouts that a troop definite ly will be sponsored here and the program returned to a full foot ing. s Beacon To Be j Out Day Early ! The Roanoke Beacon will be published on Wednesday of next week, one day ahead of the usual schedule. It will be necessary for correspondents to mail their material so that it will reach the office on or be fore Monday in order to insure publication. Those sending in church an nouncements and advertising copy also are requested to have copy in the office not later than Monday. Due to observance of the Thanksgiving holiday by postal workers. The Beacon, al though printed a day early, will not go out on the rural routes until Friday, the usual time. The Beacon office will be closed all day Thursday, Thanksgiving, but will be open for business at the usual hour Friday morning. Interest Here in Case at Windsor ♦ There is considerable interest here in the trial now going on in Superior Court at Windsor in volving J. Milton Clagon, former Plymouth merchant and Wash ington County commissioner whose home is at Roper. Clagon, a State highway in spector. is being tried along with W. S. Murph. inspector-engineer for a Charlotte contractor, on a manslaughter charge growing out of the death of a Norfolk. Va.. truck driver, Ernest C. Conner A tractor-trailer truck which Conner was operating broke through a temporary bridge over the Roanoke River near Scotland Neck May 17, 1951. and Conner drowned. Clagon was inspector for the highway commission on the project. Charges against the contractor, Harvey H. Stewart, were dismiss ed by Judge R. Hunt Parker who held that Stewart only followed specifications laid down by the highway commission and was not responsible for the bridge col lapse. Clagon was associated with L. S. Thompson, Plymouth mer chant. in the clothing business here from 1926 to 1929 and later served on the county board of commissioners. -1 Worker's Council Formulates Plans -♦ Plans for the coming year were formulated by the workers’ coun cil of the First Christian Church at the regular monthly meeting of the group Tuesday night in the pastor's study. Eleven members attended. Rev. Barnette reported that he planned to go to Wilson this week to discuss with Thomas Inabinett, state director of religious educa tion in the Christian Church, plans for a training course for the Sunday School teachers. Mrs. Barnette and Mrs. C. A. Cratch were selected to arrange the program for the special Christmas Sunday School Night that has been set for Monday, December 22. Several men will be appointed by Mr. Hardison to get the Christmas tree and decorate the church. The entire church will co operate in the White Christmas gifts for others. Farmers in County Urged To Hold Peanut Crop for Full Support Price PARKING ON NEITHER SIDE BUT STRICTLY IN THE MIDDLE i z Workmen for the H. D. Craddock moving firm, of Creswell, apparently were observing the "no parking" sign visible on the power pole at the right of the above photo taken on Jefferson Street between Main and Third here Friday afternoon. The sign says “No Parking This Side,” and the house which was being towed by truck is clearly in the middle. It was sold and moved from the property in front of Manning Motor Company here to make way for a used car lot. The building was moved all the way out to Wilson Street Extended.—Polaroid 1-Minute staff photo. Escape Injury in Dardens Wreck of Log Trucks, Bus School Bus Slopped To Un load, Two Log Trucks In volved in Cosily Accidenl Late Tuesday Three drivers involved in a highway accident near here Tues day afternoon miraculously escaped injury, along with sev eral passengers, but damage tc | the three vehicles was estimated i at $850. Tip-, Vcck happened at 4 o’clock in.; of the Hoses James residence at Dardens and involved a colored school bus and two log trucks, according to the report of Car] Gilchrist, highway patrolman of Plymouth, who in vestigated. The Martin County bus, a 194f Dodge, was stopped to discharge passengers and a log truck be longing to E. C. Courtney, oi Jamesville, and operated by Ver non Eugene Courtney, came to i halt behind the bus. The second log truck rammed the rear oi the first, forcing it into the rear of the bus. The second truck, be longing to Raymond Courtney, o: Jamesville, was operated by Johr Henry Pullen. jr„ of Morebeac City. Driver of the school bus war David Mamell Keys, of Plym outh. Pullen escaped injury by slid ing out of the cab which war crushed when (he log load slic forward. The cab had no door; and this fact is believed respon sible for his not being seriously injured or killed, Gilchrist said Damage to the rear of the bus was placed- at $50, while the front and rear of the first truck, a 1941 Chevrolet, were damaged ap proximately $150. The other ve hicle, a 1948 Ford truck, was de molished and the loss was esti mated at $650. Pullen was charged with fol lowing too closely behind traf fic and driving with improper brakes. ♦ TwoWinnersHere In Turkey Shool -♦ Fred Keyes, chairman of the Plymouth Lions Club committee putting on the series of turkey shoots here, declared yesterday that little response had been made so far to the events. Only two turkeys have been shot off thus far, Mr, Keyes said The winners were Clifford Fry mier and E. M. Leavitt. The club is- again sponsoring the shoot this week-end, Keyes said, with shoots scheduled for Thurday night, Friday night, and Saturday afternoon and night The range is located on the lot adjoining the Atlantic Coast Line freight station. Thursday and Friday, the shool will begin at 7 p. m. On Satur day it is slated to start at 2 p m. Each shot costs $1 and the club furnishes ammunition. Gum are also available for use to anj person so desiring. The nurnbei of shots to get a turkey has beer reduced to 20, as announced las week. Proceeds from the project g< into the Lions Club activity fund Keyes urges all persons who have already secured tickets to come out and use them up. A. Edison Davenport j Rites Held Yesterday -♦- 4 Prominent Merchant and County Citizen Dies at Hospital Here Following Sudden Attack Week Ago A large crowd thronged the Mackeys Methodist Church Wed nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock to pay last respects to Edison Dav enport. prominent county native and merchant. Mr. Davenport succumbed at! 6:30 p m. Tu? <■<* .y at the Wash ingti County r Hospital, Plym outh. following a week's illness. He suffered a stroke at his home in Mackeys early Wednesday morning of last week and was rushed by ambulance to the hos pital here where he was placed in an oxygen tent. Mr. Davenport would have been 61 years of age on December 8. He was born in Washington County December 8, 1891, the son of the late W. S. and Henrietta Blount Davenport, of Mackeys, and spent his entire life here. Mr. Davenport was married in Plymouth September 8, 1914, to Miss Mary Gotten Johnston, of Plymouth, who survives. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Mackeys. Active in the management of hardware and appliance business es in Plymouth, Mr. Davenport was a highly respected citizen. Surviving besides his widow are two daughters, Mrs. Margaret B. Sessoms. of Windsor. and Mrs. Mary C' Robertson, of Plymouth; a son, William S. Davenport, of Plymouth; a sister, Mrs. H. R. Chesson. of Mackeys; three bro thers. W. B. Davenport and J. E. Davenport, both of Mackeys. and Dr. C. A. Davenport, of Hert ford. Services were conducted by the Rev. D L. Fouts, minister of the Plymouth Methodist Church, as sisted by the Rev. V. A. Lewis, of Roper, and the Rev. E. M. Spruill, Episcopal rector, of Plymouth. Burial was in the Davenport family cemetery at Mackeys. -• Anio of Plymouth Man Overturns Late Monday -♦— Clarence Taylor, of Plymouth, escaped with a gashed forehead when the 1950 Mercury sedan he was driving overturned late Mon day night, according to the report of Carl Gilchrist, State Highway patrolman of Plymouth. The accident happened at 11 o’clock about six miles west of Plymouth on Highway U. S. 64. Taylor was traveling east when the car ran off the pavement, went out of control and turned over. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $650. i No Bookmobile | Next Thursday The regularly scheduled bookmobile run for Thursday of next week will not be made because of observance of Thanksgiving. Mrs. C. E. Ayers librarian at the Washington County Public Library, has an nounced. a Mrs. AjiSs a#? d.-*ires to call attention of library patrons to the fact that the library will be closed Thursday of next week for Thanksgiving. Regu lar hours will be resumed Fri day, it was said. uym nere beinng Beechwood Floor -1 Maintenance men working with the public school system of the county are installing a beech wood floor in the gymnasium at Plymouth High School, County Superintendent Lowry announc ed today. It is hoped that the job will be completed by December 1, Mr. Lowry said The floors must be sanded and then two coats of penetrating sealer will be ap plied. The lines for the main basketball court, two cross courts and a volley ball court will be painted and then the complete floor painted with a coat of gym sealer, it was said. Efforts are being made to com plete the new floor in time for the opening of the basketball season. Post Sets Turkey Shoot for Cherry -♦ The Lake Phelps post of the American Legion is sponsoring a turkey shoot Thanksgiving Day at the post at Cherry, Bill Peal, post commander, has announced. The Shoot will begin at 9 a. m. and, continue until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, it was said. There vill t>e a regulation range and targets, and ammunition will be furnished by the sponsors. Also, it was promised that plenty of guns would be available for (use by those not bringing their own. Proceeds will be used to put waterworks and bathrooms in the Legion Hall, Commander Peal stated. Douglas Davenport is chairman of the turkey shoot committee. rarm ouieau reditu ouiu miltee Chairman Emuha sizes that Growers Should Get Full Information -» It has recently been brought to the attention of peanut growers m Washington County and this ection that they stan r lose considerable money if they con tinue to sell the 1952 peanut crop Dt current prices offerr-i or the apen market. A change was made this; year in the operation of the govern ment support program from, that of a purchase program to loan ptogram much like those already in effect for other staple crops. No mandate to the cleaner, ti pay support prices existm. the result is that cleaners are operat ing on a price schedule aDout one cent a pound under support prie< of $231 a ton, or $12.55 a hundred pounds. various iarm leaaci. uiu. groups have strongly recommend tci that farmers hold their pea nuts off the open market unless they are offered full support price. Three alternatives to selling on the open market at prices below support are available to the farm er and reliable, impartial produc tion and inventory figures indi cate a short supply which should result in a fairer market for the producer if he will take one of the three alternative steps:. 1. If producer does not need money for peanuts now and has available storage space, hold crop in own storage until at least sup port price is offered. If producer still has his crop in January, go to the County PMA office and sign a purchase agreement, prior to January 31, 1953. in order to be guaranteed support price fter that date: 2. If producer needs money tor crop and has storage space, con tact County PMA committee and obtain price support loan. This will give the producer more money than if he sells on present market. In addition, he can sell his peanuts whenever market ab vances enough to justify arc may pocket the difference, 3. If producer needs money and does not have storage space, call Growers Peanut Cooperative. n> Franklin, Va„ or County PMA committee and find location of nearest Co-op warehouse Deliv er peanuts to warehouse ai t re ceive loan closely approximating current market price, plus right to share in any profits accruing to Co-op. Chances of a material: profit are said good if the Co-op handles reasonable volume of peanuts. It has been emphasized that should this crop continue to move at less than 105 per cent of sup port price, the chances of keeping extra acreage received during the past two years, much less gaining additional acreage will be exceed ingly difficult if not impossible R. V. Knight, chairman of the North Carolina Farm Bureau pea nut committee, urges that, pea nut. growers get all available in formation before selling in order to “not be out-traded.” Some local observers place- the portion of the peanut crop in this county which has already moved to market as high as 70 per cent. The bulk of the crop already sold was moved to market from the fields as rapidly as they were picked. Movement of peanuts here has been very slow since weather conditions stopped pick er operations, it was said. County School Property To Be Sold at Auction -♦— The Washington County Board of Education, through its attor neys, will offer for sale Saturday of this week two pieces of school property which are no longer be ing used. The Backwoods School proper ty, in Lees Mill Township, and the Deep Bottom School proper ty, about three and a half miles east of Plymouth, will be offered separately for sale at public auction at the courthouse door. Time of the sale is 11:30 a. m. To Plan Stocking Fund Drive Friday -1 Representatives of several town j and county organizations will meet Friday night of this week at the Agriculture Building here to perfect plans for the annual Empty Stocking Fund campaign. As customary for the past sev i era] seasons, the Plymouth Ro tary Club will sponsor the Empty ! Stocking Fund and will spearhead ■ the drive to collect money, toys, clothing and other items to bring cheer to needy families of the county. Other local and county civic, labor, veterans and church groups will join in the campaign. It is expected that representatives from the various local labor un ions, the Junior Chamber of Com merce, the local Lions Club, vet erans organizations and auxiliar ies, the Roper Ruritan Club and -♦ several church groups will at tend the meeting. From representatives of groups present, it is expected that an ad ministrative council will be named to carry out the campaign. The meeting will open at 8 p’clock. All persons interested in hav ing an active part in the worthy jndertaking are invited to be present.