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Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Burnham,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Harrison
are leaving next Wednesday for
Atlantic City, N. J., where they
will spend several days at the
annual convention of the Pilot
Life Insurance Company, of
Greensboro. Messrs. Burnham
and Harrison won all-expense
trips for themselves and their
wives through substantially in
creasing the volume of business
done in their territory during the
past year.
The Rev. and Mrs. Edward M.
Spruill and daughter, Florence,
left this week for Kanuga Lake,
near Hendersonville, Episcopal
Conference Center. Mr. Spruill
will attend a clergy school, Mrs.
Spruill will attend the adult con
ference and little Miss Spruill
will be enrolled in the Children’s
Department at the conference
center. They expect to be gone
for about two weeks. During the
rector’s absence, there will be lay
services in Grace Church, Plym
outh.
Mrs. Carl L. Bailey, sr., of
Plymouth, emplaned at Norfolk,
Va., Tuesday at 4 p. m. and ar
rived in San Francisco, Califor
nia, Wednesday morning at 6
o’clock where she will visit her
daughter and family, Lt. and Mrs.
James H. Getzen and little daugh
ter, Patricia Leigh Getzen. Mrs.
iv, Bailey plans to return, also by
plane, on July 14 and bring her
granddaughter back with her.
The child's parents will motor
through the country to Plymouth
for a visit with Mrs. Getzen’s
parents and brother. Carl Bailey,
jr., took his mother to Norfolk
and will meet her there on the
14th to bring her home.
Paul E. Bannerman, of Caro
lina Beach, assumed his duties
earlier this month as park ranger
at Pettigrew State Park, near
Creswell, replacing T. F. Daven
port, now retired. Mr. Banner
man has been with the Division
of State Parks since March 1953
and before coming to this county
was park ranger at Morrow
Mountain State Park, near Albe
marle. Mr. Bannerman is a grad
uate of Burgaw High School and
N. C. State College. He is brother
to Dave Bannerman who used to
play at lot of fullback for the
U. S. Naval Academy eleven and
is married to the former Nancy
,Umphlett, of Winton, a sister
of Tominj U.ijphlett, the Wash
ington Senators outfielder. The
Bannermans have a daughter,
Sandra, 5, and a son, Mark, 1.
Attorney Zeto Vance Norman,
of Plymouth, who is president
of the North Carolina State Bar,
made a brief address at the an
nual meeting of the North Caro
lina Bar Association at Wrights
ville Beach last week. The meet
ing convened Wednesday night
and lasted through Saturday
with about 400 persons attending.
Principal speakers at the con
clave were Chief Justice of the
North Carolina Supreme Court
M. V. Barnhill and North Caro
lina’s newly - appointed United
States Senator Sam Ervin.
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Local Lions Club
To Meet Tonight
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The Plymouth Lions Club en
ters upon its new fiscal year to
night at its regular meeting, to
be presided over by new officers
installed recently. The meeting
will be held at the Mayflower
Restaurant, starting at 7 o’clock.
J. Fred Keyes is the new presi
dent of the club and will pre
side at the meeting tonight. He
was installed at the last meeting
of the club by Benjamin D.
Courtney, of Williarnston, deputy
district governor of Lions District
3I-F. Other ofifcers installed at
that meeting were as follows:
B. W. Cutler, first vice presi
dent; R. E. Bowen, second vice
president; J. W. House, third Tic*
president; M. G. Chesson, secre
tary and treasurer; B. G. Camp
bell, Lion tamer; and A. L. White
hurst, tailtwister. Members of the
board of directors are H. M. Ange,
immediate past president; W. H.
Pruden, M. S. Brobst, H. O. Lov
ic, and R. D. West. .
A complete list of new commit
tee appointments made by Mr.
Keyes will be published later.
The club now has 30 active mem
bers, two members at large and
one honorary member.
The Roanoke Beacon
and Washington County News ******
A home newspaper dedicated
to the service of Washington
County and its 13,00® people.
VOLUME LXV—NUMBER 26
Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July -1, 1954
ESTABLISHED 1889
Crop Measuring Finished in County
Work of measuring crop plant
ings under acreage control has
been completed in this county
within the prescribed time, Coun
ty ASC Secretary Miriam Ausbon
reported this week.
Corn plantings were measured
by reporters on 864 farms, pea
nuts on 547, cotton on 310 and to
bacco on 292, records in the ASC
office show.
“Most farmers planted within
their tobacco and cotton acreage
allotments,” Miss Ausbon stated.
“We have found that many farm
ers overplanted their peanut al
lotment. Almost all farmers have
exceeded their corn allotment.
This is due to practically all corn
produced in the county being
used for feed on the farms.”
Every farmer that has excess
acreage on tobacco, cotton and
peanuts may dispose of excess by
paying a minimum rate to be de
posited at the county ASC office
in the Agriculture Building at
Plymouth. Excess will then be
measured off by the county spot
checker.
If grower has any doubt as to
measurement being correct he
mav request a remeasurement by
depositing the minimum rate at
the county, office it was stated.
CRESWELL FACULTY-REMEMBER THE YEAR? |
The four persons pictured here constituted the faculty at
Cresweil School a few years ago. In case you can’t recall, it was
J around 1914 at the old Cresweil Academy and the teachers, read
ing left to right, are E. H. Liverman, J. Ottis Charles, a Mr. Grif
fin, the principal, and Miss Eva Spruill, now Mrs. Hubert Bate
man, of Cresweil. Mr. Griffin now lives in Raleigh, Mr. Charles
went back to his native Pennsylvania, and Mr. Liverman is a
prominent Plymouth farmer and businessman. Mr. Liverman
said he taught grades four to seven. Miss Spruill the primary de
partment, and the other two in the high school. The picture was
recently given to Mr. Liverman by Mrs. L. S. Brey, of Roper.
Mr. Liverman taught at Cresweil two years and later taught at
Chapel Hill School near Plymouth for two sessions.
! Bottle Breakers j
I Warned by Chief!
Plymouth Chief of Police P.
W. Brown stated this week that
his department has received
numerous complaints recently
about persons breaking bottles
on the streets.
The Chief wishes to call to
the public’s attention that there
is a town ordinance against
such practice and he stated em
phatically that anyone caught
breaking bottles on the streets
of Plymouth would be prose
cuted.
Creswell Ruritan
Club Mel Monday
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At a business session preceding
the entertainment program at the
regular meeting of the Creswell
Ruritan Club Monday night of
this week, J. G. Morris was elect
ed president to complete the un
expired term of John Hufton,
who recently moved to Washing
ton, D. C. Roger Davenport also
was elected vice president of the
club to succeed Leroy Davenport,
who has moved to Asheville.
A very appetizing supper was
served by ladies of the Scupper
nong church. Afterwards the en
tertainment program was feat
ured by several musical numbers
presented by Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Davenport. They were round
ly applauded for their excellent
selections.
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Evangelistic Services To
End ..at Pleasant. Grove
Special evangelistic services
will come to a close Sunday at
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
it is announced.
Guest preacher for the meet
ings which opened last Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock is the Rev.
L. A. Lewis, pastor of the Atlan
tic charge in the New Bern dis
trict.
Good attendance is reported for
the meeting series.
June Hot and Dry
Month With Less
Than Inch of Rain
Sunday's High Temperalure
Reading of 102 Degrees
Equals Record Heat of
June, July 1952
Hot and dry . . . Whew!
June has been “one of them”
in both regards. Figures obtained
from the weather station at Tide
Water Teat Farm near here show
that for 29 days of June less than
an inch of rain fell. The total was
.92 of an inch.
There was some precipitation
on seven days out of the 29, with
the most “moist” period from the
lSth through the 18th when some
rain fell during all four days.
Heaviest for the month was .35
on the 15th, next was .28 on the
16th. Other precipitation was .03
on the ninth, .02 on the 17th and
the 18th, .04 on the 27th and .18
oh the 28th.
The lowest temperature read
ing during the month was record
ed on the sixth, 45 degrees. The
highest was Sunday’s 102 degree
reading, equalling record high
readings set in June and again
in July of 1952.
A high reading of 90 degrees
or more was posted on 15 days
during June. A period of five
consecutive days — the 12th
through the 16th—the high read
ing was 90 degrees or over each
day. Then it let up a bit with
high readings of 76 and 74 de
grees the following two days.
Then starting the 22nd the tem
perature hit 90 or over for six
days in a row, high readings re
corded as 90, 94, 90, 92, 97 and
102, respectively for the 22nd,
23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th.
Monday’s high dropped to a com
fortable 83 and Tuesday it climb
ed to 87.
There were two days during
the month when the temperature
never dropped below 71—Sunday
and on Friday, the 4th.
High readings during the sum
See WEATHER, Page 12
ISome Crop Damage by Hail Sunday
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Considerable damage resulted
to tobacco and other field crops
in this county Suday as unusual
ly high temperatures were ac
companied by a hail and wind
storm which struck in spots across
this section.
County Agent W. H. Pruden
was out of the county and not
available for comment or esti
mate on the damage but it is re
ported that .three acres of to
bacco on the J. T. Browning farm
on Long Ridge Road suffered se
vere damage, while some damage
was reported to the tobacco crop
of Wheeler Ange in the same sec
tion.
In the Dardens section of Mar
tin County J. F. Jordan reported
ly had three fields of tobacco
damaged by hail and wind. A re
port from Williamston stated that
an estimated 150 farms suffered
damage from the storm in Martin
County.
Neighboring Beaufort County
was also hard hit by the storm,
with crops damaged in some sec
tions, and heavy damage report
ed in downtown Washington.
The temperature for Sunday
must have reached record or near
record degree in this section. The
maximum reading at the Tide
water Test Farm between Plym
outh and Roper was 102 degrees
and it was explained that the
reading would necessarily be
somewhat lower than for Plym
outh itself.
Precipitation over the week
end was listed at the station as
.04 inches Sunday and .18 inches
Monday.
Regular Monthly
Board Meetings
To Be Postponed
Monday Holiday To Be Ob
served; Commissioners to
Meet July 15th; Town
Council July 12
The regular first Monday meet
ings of the county commissioners,
the county board of education and
the Plymouth Town Council all
have been postponed, due to the
holiday next Monday.
The county board of commis
sioners will hold their first meet
ing of the new fiscal year on
Thursday, July 15, at 10 a. m.
in the courthouse. J. Robert
Campbell, clerk to the board,
stated this week that he knew of
no special matters to come before
the board at its monthly session
other than finally approving the
budget. This is expected to be
only a formality as the budget
already has been tentatively ap
proved by the county governing
body.
No definite date has been set
for the education board to meet.
The following was sent to mem
bers of the board this week by
Superintendent of Schools Roy F.
Lowry who serves as clerk to
the board:
“Since Monday, July 5, is a
holiday, it has been suggested
that the Board of Education not
meet on that date and that ^
meeting be called to consider the
preliminary plans for the addition
to the Plymouth Colored School
at such time when the architect
has such plans completed. It is
hoped that these preliminary
plans will be finished in a few
days. If it meets with your ap
proval, we will postpone the
meeting until further notice.”
Mayor A. J. Riddle stated yes
terday that it had been decided
to hold the regular July meeting
of the Town Council Monday,
July 12, at 8 p. m.
The mayor said the matters of
a contract with the State High
way Department for more street
paving in the town and the sewer
problem in the Village are ex
pected to me major items of busi
ness on the agenda.
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Lamb Sale Friday
Brings Over $3,000
To Area Growers
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Offerings Tofal 394 With
Common and Cull tirades
Predominating and Totals
28,900 Pounds
The amount of $3,189.78 was re
ceived by growers who sold 394
animals at the lamb pool here
Friday of last week. The pool,
held at the Atlantic Coast Line
pens on Water Street, was the
second and last of the local sea
son.
Grading at the sale was done
by 'H. D. Quessenberry, of the
Division of Markets, Raleigh. The
animals were shipped by the
county agent's office here.
Total weight of the offerings
was 28,900 pounds. Largest num
ber of offerings fell in the cull
grade, with 90 animals, at a price
of $6 per hundredweight. Next in
size was the common grade, with
80 animals offered, the price be
ing $10. A total of 46 graded
choice and brought $23 a hundred
pounds. There were 39 to grade
good at a price of $18.50. Other
offerings, grades and prices, were
as follows:
Choice bucks 1, $22; good bucks
19, $17.50; medium, 27, $14; med
ium bucks, 28, $13.50; medium
yearlings, 4, $8.50; medium year
lings wether, 1, $8.50; medium
yearling rams, 3, $8; good year
ling bucks, 1, $9; choice ewes,
heavy, 7, $3; good ewes, 3, $4.50;
medium ewes, 11, $3.50; common
ewes, 12, $2.50; cull ewes, 11, $2;
good rams, 4, $2; common rams,
2, $2; wethers, good ages, 5, $4.
At the previous sale, held here
Tuesday, May 25, 1,019 animals
weighing a total of 78,040 pounds,
brought producers the sum of
$15,777.52, with prices ranging as
high as $26.75 a hundredweight.
Faculty at Local
School Completed
For 1954-55 Term
Mrs. Gilbert Resigns; Two
Elementary Teachers and
Industrial Arts Instructor
Secured
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The faculty for the Plymouth
School for 1954-55 is now com
plete.
County Supe rintendent of
Schools R. F. Lowry stated Wed
nesday that he had been so in
formed by J. S. Fleming, princi
pal of Plymouth School.
Mrs. Margaret M. Gilbert is th*
latest member of the faculty to
resign. Mrs. Gilbert plans to move
out of the county during the sum
mer and has resigned her position
as an eighth grade teacher.
Mrs. Bruce M. Davenport, of
Jamesville, has been selected to
teach in the elementary school.
She is an experienced teacher, a
graduate of East Carolina Col
lege, Greenville, and holds a
Class A Grammar Grade certifi
cate.
A. J. Holliday, jr., of James
viile, has been selected to teach
in the elementary school and to
assist with the athletic program.
He is a graduate of Atlantic
Christian College, Wilson, and
holds a Class A High School cer
tificate. He has had two years’
experience in the Pikeville
School.
J. R. Rawls, jr., of Oak City,
will teach Industrial Arts in the
High School. He is a graduate of
North Carolina State College and
holds a Class A High School cer
tificate. He has had two years'
experience in the Goldsboro City
Schools.
Previously, three local faculty
merribers had resigned. J. E. Carr,
Norman L. Clark and A. K. Spen
cer. The latter, who taught In
dustrial Arts, decided to return
to school, while Carr, assistant
athletic director and instructor
in social studies, will teach at
CIMton, and Clark, who taught
grade here, will teach i ?-rt
scllool year at Morehead City.
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Marlin Native Is
Buried on Monday
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Funeral services were held
from Ludford Memorial Baptist
Church here Monday afternoon
at 5 o’clock for Jessee Bunyon
Edmondson, 70, of Plymouth.
Mr. Edmondson, a retired
former employee of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company,
died at his home at 12:30 p. m.
Saturday following a lengthy ill
ness.
He was born in Martin County
January 10, 1884, son of the late
John A. and Susan Coburn Ed
mondson. He had made his home
here for 22 years, coming here
from his native county.
Mr. Edmondson, a devoutly re
ligious man, was a member of
Ludford Memorial Church, a dea
con emeritus, former treasurer
and superintendent of the Sun
day School for 'many years.
Surviving are his widow, Helen
Edmondson; two daughters, Mrs.
Edith Edmondson Anderson, of
Roanoke Rapids, and Miss Corne
lia Edmondson, of Gainesville,
Florida; a brother, J. L. Edmond
son, of Robersonville; and two
grandchildren.
Services were conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. Paul B. Nickens,
assisted by the Rev. R. H. Lucas
and the Rev. E. M. Spruill, rector
of Grace Episcopal Church here.
Interment was in the cemetery
at Grace Church.
The remains were left at Hor
ner’s Funeral Home until an hour
prior to the service and then
carried to the church.
j Mill Shuts Down
I For Sixteen Days
Production was suspended at
the plant of the North Carolina
Pulp Company here last Satur
day, and the huge plant will be
shut down for about 16 days.
Maintenance crews have been
busy at the mill this week,
overhauling and checking ma
chinery and equipment, but
most of this work will be com
pleted by Saturday.
Practically al lmembers of
operating personnel are taking
their annual vacations at this
.time. Maintenance crews will
get one week’s vacation, it was
stated. The office force is not
affected by the shutdown and
are continuing at work.
It was learned yesterday that
production will be resumed at
8 o’clock Monday morning,
July 12, according to present
plans. x
Phelps, Spruill Top Voting
In Primary Last Saturday
Official ( onilly Vole
As ( erlified Tuesday
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Following is the official tabulation of votes, by pre
cincts, in the second Democratic primary in Washington Coun
ty last Saturday, as certified to the county board of elections
at the official canvass of returns in Plymouth Tuesday
morning:
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
Phelps Arnold
Plymouth No. 1 _ 243 100 j
Plymouth No. 2 226 120 :
Fees Mill ._4.. 112 121 :
Skinnersville 53 117 5
Scuppernong 291 173 ■
Wenona 3 15 ■
Totals . . 928 646 I
FOR COMMISSIONER
Spruill Pritchett j
Scuppernong — 241 227 :
Ground Observation
Post Is Planned Here
Represeniatives of U. S. Air
Force Ground Observer
Corps To Be Here Friday
Of This Week
Steps are being taken to form
an air spotter group in Plymouth.
Dr. A. L. Whitehurst, president
of the Plymouth Junior Chamber
of Commerce, stated Tuesday that
a meeting has been called by the
Jaycees at which representatives
of the U. S. Air Force Ground
Observer Corps, Durham, are ex
pected to be present.
The meeting has been set for
Friday night of this week at the
Veterans Club. Time is 8 o’clock.
The meetlnjwiU be open to
u.e pubiicflr'jtw! civic clubs have
been notified. All individuals in
terested in civil defense are urg
ed to attend.
Dr. Whitehurst said that such
organizations as the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Lions Club, Rotary Club, etc., are
expected to be represented at the
meeting.
Several neighboring towns have
already organized air spotter
groups in the intensified program
of civil defense, it is understood.
The Jaycees have been asked to
sponsor such a program here, the
president of the organization
stated.
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John Crisp Owens
Ordained Deacon
At Rites Tuesday
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The Ri. Rev. Thomas H.
Wright, Bishop of Diocese
Of East Carolina, Serves
As Ordinant
John Crisp Owens, of Plym
outh, was ordained to the sacred
order of deacons, the first order
of the apostolic ministry of the
church, in Grace Episcopal
Church Plymouth, Tuesday morn
ing, June 29, the Feast of St.
Peter .the Apostle. The Rt. Rev.
Thomas H. Wright, bishop of the
Diocese of East Carolina was the
ordinant. There was a large con
gregation of relatives and friends.
The ordination service was the
ancient rite of the church accord
ing to the Book of Common
Prayer and the use of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church in the
United States. Taking special
parts in the service were the
Rev. Douglas E. Wolfe, assistant
rector of Trinity Church, Ports
mouth, Va., who preached the
sermon. The Rev. Daniel W. Al
len, executive secretary of the
Diocese of East Carolina, who
read the Preface to the Ordinal.
The Rev. Edward M. Spruill,
presented the candidate to the
bishop for ordination. P. B. Bate
man, senior warden of Grace
Church, rea dthe Litany for Or
dinations. The Rev. William L.
Hicks, deacon-in-charge of St.
Philipp's Church, Southport, read
the Epistle. Bishop Wright was
assisted in the Holy Communion
service by the host rector, by Mr.
Owens and Mr. Allen.
Also present for the service and
in the procession were 12 other
clergy of the Episcopal Church,
including the Rev. William B.
Daniels, jr., former rector of
Grace Church and now rector of
the Church of the Ascension in
Wyoming, Ohio.
At the conclusion of the serv
See OWENS, Page 12
COMPLETES BASIC
A/3C Theodore H. Rosenthal,
jr., recently completed his bas,c
training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San Antonio, Texas, and
is now studying electronics at
Chanute Air Force Base, Illi
nois. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Rosenthal, of Wenona.
Business To Halt
Here Next Monday
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With the Fourth falling on
Sunday this year Monday will be
observed as a holiday in Plym
outh.
Practically all business houses
will be closed all day Monday
and the regular half-holiday
closing will also be observed next
Wednesday, according to a check
made by Thos. F. Hopkins, presi
dent of the Plymouth Merchants
Association.
About the only places of busi
ness to remain open for (Monday
will be the restaurants, drug
stores and service stations, it was
said, with some of these places
maintaining regular Sunday
hours during the day. Included
in businesses taking the holiday
are the garages. Patrons are ask
ed to please note.
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Boals For Rent By Hour
At Lake Phelps, Stated
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The State Department of Con
servation and Development has
six non-sinkable aluminum row
boats for rent by the hour at
Lake Phelps, Pettigrew State
Park Ranger Paul Bannerman
states.
The boats may be rented at 25
cents an hour, Bannerman stated.
Phelps Defeats Arnold for
Representative by 282;
Vote Total of 1,578 Larger
Than Expected
Washington County politics
were settled for another two
years last Saturday, when nearly
1,600 Democrats went to the
polls and nominated Dr. J. M,
Phelps for county representative
over former representative E. O.
Arnold by a margin of 282 votes.
At the same time more than 400
Scuppernong Township Demo
crats gave Phillip M. Spruill a
majority of 14 votes over Harry
W. Pritchett in the second-pri
mary contest for county commis
sioner from that township.
Biggest surprise in the second
primary voting was the size of
the vote. Few observers looked
for more than 1,200 to 1,300 votes,
while actually 1,578 Democrats
went to the poll" Another sur
prise was the size of Phelps’ ma
jority over Arnold in the repre
sentative contest, where a very
close race had been anticipated.
In the first primary on May 29,
Mr. Arnold, Skinnersivlle farm
er and merchant who represented
the county in the 1948 legislature,
led Dr. Phelps, Creswell physic
ian, by 827 to 645, with Ben A.
Sumner, of Plymouth, getting 340
votes. Dr. Phelps immediately
called for a second primary, and
last Saturday he more than re
versed the difference, getting 928
votes to 646 by Mr. Arnold.
Voting in the county commis
sioners’ race in Scuppernong
Township was very close in both
primaries. Mr. Spruill, a farmer,
was high man in the first pri
mary in a three-man race, getting
167 votes, .to 151 by Mr. Pritchett,
Creswell hardware merchant and
present member of the board;
with Douglas W. Davenport, ano
ther farmer, polling 129 votes. In
the second primary last Saturday,
Mr. Spruill received 241 votes to
227 for Mr. Pritchett, a difference
of 14 votes. )
In the race for representative
last Saturday, Dr. Phelps led in
three precincts, Scuppernong and
Plymouth No. 1 and No. 2. Mr.
Arnold likewise led in three pre
cincts, Skinnersville, Lees Mill
and Wenona. However, Dr. Phelps
lead was much larger in the three
largest-voting precincts, which
accounted for the difference. The
vote in Lees Mill was especially
surprising. In the first primary
Mr. Arnold had a clear majority
over both other candidates in this
township of 51 votes, while he led
by only 9 votes last Saturday.
As generally expected, Scup
pernong led in the voting last
Saturday, surpassing even the
record set there in the first pri
See PRIMARY, Page 12
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Sexion Reoorts
Coilon Blossom
♦
Wednesday morning W. H. Gur
kin, of Plymouth, brought in a
pink cotton blossom which he
said appeared ‘Saturday in a
patch belonging to Billy Sexton,
18, on the Gurkin farm at the
edge of town.
This was the first blossom re
ported in the county this year
and is a repeat performance.
Young Sexton reported the first
blossom on June 24th last year,
just two days earlier than for
this year.
As is the custom of The Beacon,
a year’s subscription to the paper
will go to young Sexton, Th«
subscription is given to the per
son first reporting a blossom,
which, of course, is not necessar
ily the first blossom to appear.
Cotton generally has not attain
ed the rankness of growth this
year that it had at the same time
a year ago.
Price Outlook Better
For Vegetable Crops
The Plymouth Produce Auction
Market is now holding daily sales
for cucumbers, peppers and to
matoes. Operators Ward, Free
man and Darden reported this
week that the market is good to
strong on each of these commodi
ties.
Machinery for washing, waxing
and grading all produce has been
installed and is now operating.
Ample buyers are on the market
every day, according to Market
Manager W. M. Darden, and are
asking for a larger volume of
each of the commodities now be
ing offered here.
The outlook for favorable
prices seems to be good for the
next several days, it was said. It
is reported that South Carolina
had finished its season on each
of these crops due to extremely
dry weather which has in turn
stimulated the demand consider
ably.
The market operators have
stated that to get the top prices,
growers should do as good a job
of grading and packing as possi
ble before coming to the market.
So far, the quality of produce of
fered for sale here has been ra
ther poor, the owners stated.
However, with recent rains
throughout the area, the quality
is expected to improve consider
ably.