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FOR GREATER PROGRESS OF ' VOL; II; NO. 5 ITS GOING TO BE HARD ON THOSE WHO NEGLECT TAX LISTING THIS MONTH Ten Per Cent Will Be Added and in Addition Court Action Will Follow; Merchants Re quired to Give Inventories as of January 1 at Time of Listing Taxes; Lower Tax Rate Lxpected From Fair Listing of All Property January is the month for listing taxes, and throughout North Car olina, many people will learn that there is to be great expense in ignoring this event. Throughout the state the public has become conscious of the many people who are beating their taxes, and they are demanding a showdown. The governing bodies of the various counties have met that challenge, and are going to do something about it this year, and the judges of the various courts are backing them up. Under the old and careless sys tem of listing taxes, large num bers of people paid no attention to the tax listing date. The law re quires every person, to give in his property and poll, as of January 1, or to send his qualified agent, and under oath at that. Nobody ever heard of a tax lister adminis tering an oath to the lister, and so much neglect resulted that half the people didn’t bother to list. Ten Per Cent Penalty The confusion, and loss of tax ahles from the books became ter rible. It caused many delays and troubles, and waste of time and paper. With some, it was a sly way of keeping the officials from knowing how much property they had accumulated since the last tax listing time. The list taker would copy the old list and let it go at that. Some might have doubled the value of their homes during the year, bought boats, cars, or ether valuable property, and beat the counties out of the'taxes. Thift year, the Commissioners of Dare County, at least, will add a flat penalty of ten per cent on the abstract of every person who fails to list either in person or by agent. That means that a person whose taxes are usually $25 a year, will have to pay $2.50 extra. In no case will the penalty be lower than the minimum of $1 provided by law on all taxes of $lO or under. Many people take the viewpoint that cars on which they are paying installments should not be listed for taxes, and neglect to list them. This is entirely incorrect. Such cars must be listed at their true value, by the purchaser; also other property similarly bought. Persons having logs on the ground, or cut for selling must give them in, as well as owners of cotton in storage. Also, brick, lumber and building material on hand. Merchants this year, must file an inventory as of January 1, show ing the value of goods in stock, their book accounts, etc. Unless this is done, their listing will not be considered as complete and they become liable to prosecution. Listers will be required to give an inventory of items of furniture in their homes and premises. Thi3 is necessary because many people have heretofore simply stated their property is worth less than S3OO in value. An ermneoi s idea pre vails as to this. Not all furniture in the home is exempt. There is an exemption of S3OO but this ap plies only on the following prop erty := Horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and goats, registered Hogs, poultry and rabbits, mowers, rakes, threshers and binders, tractors, w r agons, carts, drills and plante-s, provisions of all kinds and other agricultural and mechanical ma chinery and implements, and only the following household and kit chen furniture: Silverware, clocks and watches, household and kit chen furniture such as beds,stoves, tables, dishes and chairs, clothing, libraries, medical and scientific equipment, tools of carpenters and mechanics, electric or ice refriger ators, washing machines and vac uum cleaners and other household electrical appliances. When the value of such items have been totaled, S3OO may be de ducted from same if in excess of that figure, and the remainder will be taxed as other property. No Exemption Allowed No exemption is allowed for radios and musical instruments, guns, pistols, diamonds, jewelry, sewing machines, bicycles, golf equipment, garage equipment, machines, cash registers, safes, neon signs, shoe shop equipment, saw mill equipment, vending ma chines, cameras, moving picture equipment, dairy and poultry equipment, garage eoquipment, pool room and bowling alley equip (Please turn to Page 4) THE TYRRELL TRIBUNE ENGELHARD BOY KILLED DURING CHRISTMAS HUNT Bullett From Rifle of Com panion Kills Ivy Deel Spencer Ivy Deel Spencer, 21-year-old Engelhard young man, was killed Christmas afternoon about 2:30 o’clock, when a bullet accidentally fired from the rifle of the compan ion with whom he was hunting went through his head. He died shortly after the accident. Young Spencer, his father-in law, Thad Gibbs, and two friends Archie Neal and Elmer Spencer, were squirrel hunting in a woods near Engelhard when the accident occurred. A squirrel became lodg ed in the branches of a tree and when Elmer made an effort to dis lodge it, his rifle was accidentally discharged and the bullet hit the Spencer boy. , Funeral services were held a s the Fulford cemetery Thursday after noon at 3.00 o’clock with liev. De shield, assisted by the Rev. J. C. Groce and the Rev. W. P. Arm strong, officiating. Interment was in the family plot in the cemetery. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Theola Gibbs, his par ents, Mr. and Mi’s. O. S. Spencer and two sisters, Miss Nina Spencer and Mrs. Leslie Midgette, all of Engelhard. MRS. SCHLEZ HOSTESS AT TURKEY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Schlez enter tained at a lovely turkey dinner at their home on Elm street last Sun day. Guests present were Misses Julia Bond Dixon, Artemesa Har ris, Edna Ray Yerby, Mrs. E. P. Cohoon Jr., and Roland Benton of Richmond ,Va., J. D. Holloway, George M. Kelly, Jr., and E. P. Cohoon, Jr. The, Schlez home was attractive ly decorated in the Christmas motif, and the hostess presented favors to each guest. Visit Here Mrs. Clarence F. Cohoon of Portsmouth, Va., and Mrs. Walton Jennette of Elizabeth City, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Jarvis. PRETTY NEW SHOES CAUSE THIS BIRD TO CHIRP “PRETTY” C. P. (Pat) McCormick was the happiest man in Tyrrell County during the past holiday season. If happiest can be measured by the diabolical gleam within the eye, and if the squeaky purr of righteousness is included, then Pat was not oniy the happiest in Tyr rell, but in the whole wide world. “I insist you take a look,” was his command to the most amazed looking stranger, on up through the various classifications of rela tives, and on until he encountered representatives of the press and coyly admitted with squeaks and squawks that he was “news.” Now according to journalistic teachings, if a dog bites a man nothing is ever said, but if a man bites a dog, then you’ve got some thing. But there is no record whatsoever to show that Pat Mc- Cormick was ever bitten by a dog, or a dog ever bit by Pat. So this automatically eliminates all the rules of journalistic teachings, and the only thing to do is “take a look” when God’s gift to the world of mirth —i. e. Pat —piquantly or ders you to do so. Take a Look He ordered everyone from Gran by street in Norfolk to the last hog path in Frying Pan to take a look, and that means there was plenty of looking during the yule season. You followed his glowing eyes down past a young, but promising baywindow, heard him murmur “pretty, pretty,” and suddenly saw a brand new pair of shoes. “Pretty,” says Pat again, “my wife gave them to me for a Christ mas present . . . first pair of new shoes in five years . . . . Pretty.” He then obligingly wig gled the toe with all the grace of a fan dancer who had just dropped THE LAKE PHELPS AND PETTIGREW PARK REGION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH OITR NEIGHBOR COUNTIES NOAH JONES, aged Lake Land ing Negro, who works around the home of County Accountant Ralph Roper, in Engelhard, has a most unusual bull, with whom he is shown in the above picture. The animal, who is six years old, hitches himself up to his cart with out any help. The photograph is by M. A. Matthews. Noah raised the hull from a small calf. He devoted much time to his chosen pet from the very beginning and it was the patient training and the love for the ani mal that made it possible to teach him to do the unusual trick of hitching himself up to his cart without help. CHRISTMAS SEND OFF PROGRAM PLANNED Tragedy struck twice in Tyrrell during the Yule season, and served as the only black marks on an otherwise “calm” Christinas. Last week little Elizabeth Hud son, 13, of Kilkenny was fatally shot in the stomach when a loaded gun her six year old cousin, David Brickhouse, accidentally fired while playing with it. She was the daughter of Mrs. Vice Hudson, and was buried last Thursday after n6oi-.. ■ Second accident to occur, hap pened in Columbia last Thursday when Marian Adams, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Adams, had his right eye seriously injured when a .22 rifle, with which he was playing, backfired. He was taken to a specialist Friday and his par ents aitnounced that the doctors re vealed that he would not lose his vision. TO SAVE TAXES H. R. Leary, special tax attorney for Tyrrell County, announced that all defendants in tax suits in Gum Neck and Alligator townships could now pay the amount of taxes and costs to present time and save considerable additional costs and it is important they see Auditor Swain with the least possible delay and make full settlement. her fan. Everyone in the Southern Albe marle, three fourths of those in the Greater Albemarle, and half of Norfolk looked at the tan slippers and .... went home murmuring pretty. Pat is quite a bird, and anyone in Tyrreii will vouch for the state ment. He works for some match company to make a living, and tries to make all the ladies quit dipping snuff just as a hobby. His first “pretty new shoes” in five y/.rs really stirred the immortal ity within his mirthful soul. Little Stocking It was the night before Christ mas, when all through the house . . everybody was trying to buy a last minute Christmas gift. But Pat McCormick had already felt the first carress from Saint Nick, so he purchased a white sock, pin ned it on the lapel of his coat, and marched up and down Columbia’s main thoroughfare declaring, “I’m not greedy . . . already pretty new shoes . . . just have a little stock ing.” When the turmoil of Christmas eve had passed, Pat dug deep into the white sock and produced his lone touch from mystic Santa. Deep in the toe of the so.-k was one lowly lonesome harJsheUed pecan. But C. P. (Pat) McCormick was happy. He peeped over his ex panding baywindow for the nth time and one again started “pretty, pretty” .... which incidentally makes news. After all, five years and then new shoes is a worthy event. Anyone in Tyrrell will tell you that between match selling sessions, and taking snuff from the ladies, this guy who was never bit by a dog, or bit a dog, is saying “pretty, pretty” . . . and if you don’t believe it. just look him up. COLUMBIA, N. C., TH URSDA Y, JANU AR Y 2, 1941 HYDE COUNTY BULL HITCHES SELF TO CART ! The old Negro is very proud of his bull and devotes a great deal of attention to caring for him. He loves to talk about the animal, and with a wide grin on his face, he tells all who will listen to him talk about the bull, that “he is my I best partner.” He often earns money, hawing ! the animal hitch himself up. It is not unusual for someone, awed by the performance, to give him some small change. The old Negro also earns money hauling wood and doing other oud chores with the bull for the “white folks” in the community. Noah is an interesting character, i full of wit and humor. He gets FOR FIRST TYRRELL DRAFTEES Band Music and Speeches to Mark First Offer ing From Tyrrell For Army; Three Gum Neck Boys Get Tickets to Fort Bragg and One Year’s Service in U. S. Armed Forces The first offerings from Tyrrell County <V*r TJrule Sim’" growing army will be given a glorious send off and the blessings of the elders when they answer the call to arms next Tuesday morning. The first from Tyrrell to be in- ( eluded in the national round-up of i man power, will be three lads I from Gum Neck who volunteered to take the year’s training, and thereby saved those with low num bers drawn in the national lottery in Washington last November, from being included at this time. The lads who will leave are Ru fus Rose, 20, Lem Gibbs, 20, and Ellis Gibbs, 19, who were the first three in the county to appear be fore the local draft board for vol untary enlistment. At the present there are eleven names on the volunteer list. Send Off A royal send off has been assur ed the first men in that arrange ments have been completed for the special occasion. The draft board met last Monday night and assured that the Columbia high school band would be on hand, and that short speeches would be made before the I bus, which will take the boys to Fort Bragg and army life, pulls ( away from the station in Columbia. | Similar to the send off given .by other counties who have already |contributed to the call from Uncle ; Sam, the program will basically serve to let the draftees know that by going they are merely fulfill j ing the duty to their country, and Jare having the full approval of the ■ people back home. Upon arriving at Fort Bragg the 'three new members of the armed I forces will go through the army (examining boards, be assigned to [a regiment according to their capa bilities. and for the next twelve months will serve along with : thousands of other lads from every section of the nation. This, the first call to take any men from Tyrrell, is for white men 'on!v. The call for colored men (will come within the next monih or so according to present reports. | There are also colored men includ ed in the number now listed on the | volunteer lists. Questionnaires I During the next six months ■there is an estimated total of eigh teen men who ill be called from this county. During the past two j month? the Tyrrell draft board has l beer, mailing out questionnaires j and " r e rapid!v classifying every ! man mto one of four groins which .will determine the order in which ! they will he called when the figures [ are sent from State headquarters yin Raleigh. i Thus far. ihe 'ward has reported only one case in which the Ques tionnaires were not returned at ihe ! designated time, and such has been ; explained bv the fact that the I draftee—a Negro—has moved from the countv since the registration, land his address has not been chang lots of fun telling tall stories. His favorite one is this: “I had a pet cat and dog, and for some reason or another they would get in a quarrel each evening about sun down. The dog would always run the cat up the 70 foot elm in the corner or my yard. One day the road surveyors came along and chopped the tree down so that they could build a nice road by my house. That evening the cat and dog had their usual quarrel and the cat ran for the tree. Finding it gone, siie just gave a jump and hung up in the air where the t/ee used to be until the dog got pleased.” ed with the local officials. Cases arising from such instances have been reported in other counties, and several counties have taken out warrants for the individuals. No action has been taken in this case as yet. New calls for men to go to the army will come just as soon as army officials can handle the new recruits, and just as soon as suffi cient preparations for . their hous ing and upkeep is brought to date. In JamesviUe Mrs. Russell Everton spent Fri day in Jamesville visiting Mrs. S. T. Everton. Mrs. Paul Hogan of Norfolk, was the Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Knight. BASE SITE TO BE NAMED SOON AS SPECULATION CONTINUES Since the first day the Daily Advance, of Elizabeth City, built the public of Tyrrell up for an awful let down, the current crop of rumors as to the site of a pro posed Naval Lighter-than-air base somewhere in this section, has con stantly varied with so called offi cial and unofficial sanction. To top the eager list of specula tive gossipers, reports this week from Washington, D. C., revea'ed that the site had been chosen by the navy group who made a fly ing tour of this section, and that their recommendation is now in the hands of the Secretary of the Navy, and that he will announce the decision within the near future. Developments in the bid Tyrrell has made for the proposed base have officially remained dormant as far as information to the pubiic is concerned, since the inspection made in the county by various navy of ficials several weeks back. The announcement that the official de cision would be given within the near future has started new themes of speculation in circles vitally in terested in getting the base in this county. Grape-vine Gossip Most popular current talk on the chances of the base coming to Tyr rell is said to have been brought to the county through the so-called “Navy grape-vine” system of find ing out what is to take place, and which claims the decision now stands that the entire field >f pos sible sites has been simmered down to two, with one of these in Tyrreii. The story is said to have come from Navy air officials who are in “the know,” and that at present Tyrrell stands a fifty-fifty chance of getting the $5,000,000 project within its borders. According to this story, the decision now’ rests with the Secretary of the Navy, and the appropriation of the money by Congress. PLANS FOR FAIR IN TYRRELL BEING MADE FOR NEXT FALL Firemen and Farm Group Listed as Favoring Event Here; Exhibits of Produce and Car nival Would Be New Event For County; Preliminary Arrangements Now Being Made TYRRELL HOLDS CLEAN STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS Only four of the 100 counties in North Carolina had not had a sin gle traffic fatality charged against them when the highway safety division released its eleven-months summary last week, and 40 coun ties showed increases. Ronald Hocutt, director of the division, stated that 108 fatalities in November brought to 851 the total for the first eleven months of 1940. This represented a tw r o per cent in crease over the 834 persons killed on North Carolina streets and highways the first eleven months of last year. The four counties with clean rec ords at the close of November were Clay, Gates, Mitchell and Tyrrell, all small counties. Two of these, Tyrrell and Gates, were among the six counties without a traffic fatality in 1939. Dare County had one person killed in traffic accidents through November of this year, a 50 per cent decrease over the 2 killed in the county the first 11 months of 1939. Two killed on the bridge and reported from Currituck, ac tually were killed in Dare. The largest increase was in Robeson County, where 38 were killed through November of this year, against 17 for the same period last year Mecklenburg's 48 fatalities topped the state, fol lowed in order by Robeson’s 38, Guilford’s 37, Forsyth’s 34, Bun combe’s 30, Cumberland’s 28, Wake’s 25, Gaston’s 22, Harnett’s 21 and Rowan’s and Alamance’s 19 each. These 11 counties accounted for 321 fatalities, or 0 per cent of the total. For the state as a whole, fatali ties by months were as follows: January, 89: February, 68; March, 55; April, 49; May, 63; June. 63; July, 66; August, 81; September, 111; October, 113; and November, 108. Visits Father Alva Combs of New York City is spending a few days with his father, S. M. Combs. Returns to Raleigh Billy Waid of Raleigh has re turned after spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Spruill. Other ropiors concerning the possibilities of getting the base in this county are both optimistic and pessimistic. The general theme today still stands that politics will play an important part in securing j the much desired project. | General theme of thought at i present indicates that most people believe that Chowan, Perquimans, and Camden counties, all of which have been making great effort to secure the base, have been elimin ated from the favorable list. No Expense In making a bid for the base, Tyrrell has not gone into the af fair from a so-called “classy” viewpoint. Where many of the counties in this section have sent delegates to Washington to stress the advantages they have to offer, this county has merely sent in a report of the location with other information requested by the Navy officials. Some of the towns wish ing to have the site close at hand, iit i? reported, have already spent J var ying sums of money in giving | tneii localities a build up with the i idea of drawing favorable atten (tion. Other juicy tid-bits now maxing the rounds in Tyrrell, are the ad vantages the five million dollar : base would offer. Merchants have viewed the matter as a direct pros -1 nect of stimulating business in this I section, while others have been I looking into the matter as a meth od of getting the Federal govern -1 ment to build up the courjty .... j especially the road systems. ! From a practical view-point, the , local governing bodies have plc-cig : ed to aid in every way possible to < assure proper facilities if the base j should be settled here, and if the doing of such would cause a nota ble increase in population. Considering everything, how ever, there is nothing to do but await the final decision from the Navy Department. •* *l i Tentative plans are now being made in Tyrrell for the establish- I ment of a county fair when next fall rolls around, and when local farmers and producers have their wares to put on exhibit. Announcements -J such' a pro pcsal being fo-muluted cam.e this week when loaders of the Co.nm nia Fire Department and the coun ; ty agent indicated the possibilities lo? such, and the probable mart in je.; 1- bits from an educational view point. The Columbia Fire Department, so present plans indicate, will serve as sponsor for the affair, and would offer some small carnival a concession at reasonable figures, and yet at such a price as to leave the fire-fighters a reasonable pro fit with which to buy more and needed equipment. Farm Exhibits To put the proposed show on local interest basis, the Farm Bu reau would be called upon to stir up interest among the leading farmers in the county, and really i put up an array of exhibits which I would reveal the productive prog j ress of the section during the next year. Concessions would be given j free to the bureau. I H. H. Harris, county agent, in dicated that he would be interested in the establishment of a Tyrrell , Fair if he could be assured the event would not be turned into an excuse for bringing a carnival into the county by tying the farmer’s name to it. He would expect ap propriate space to be given exhibits of cattle, farm produce of every discretion and the general handi work of the different farm and home organizations in the county. * If such a fair should be brought I to the county, it was then agreed that the primary objective of such would be to give a fair display of the creative and productive work taking place within Tyrrell itself, j During the past fall, the Negroes ' of Tyrrell put on one of the best exhibits of their work that has been seen in this section in a num , ber of years. They limited their ; exhibition to just one day and drew a crowd which packed and jammed every available nook in the Tyrrell ; Training School when the event i took place. „ „ No Site Named | Measuring the success of such on this basis it was thought by the officials of the fire department, , that by adding the attraction of a ( carnival, plus the display of county products, that an exceptional . crowd could be drawn and thus make such an annual event, j At present there has been no selection made for the site where a fair could be held, and officials are working on the idea now main ly from the viewpoint that if such is to be a success, it must be start ed early in the year. A fair for Tyrrell, it has been pointed out, would be an entirely new order for the county. At pres ent. there are only a few travelling shows coming to the countv during the year, and the establishment of an annual Tyrrell Fair would be a decided step in progress, and would place this section on par with other counties already having their own fairs. i Tyrrell. Youths in CCC Seven youths from Tyrrell will be enrolled in the Civilian Conser vation Carp next Monday, J. W. Hamilton of the county welfare office announced this week, if enough meeting requirements can be found. The call for enrollment in the camps calls for five white youths and two colored, between the ages of seventeen and twenty-three. At ■ the present date it is seemingly difficult to secure lads, with the probable cause listed a3 the decided spurt in employment due to the national defense program. Visiting Here ' Miss Sallie Page of Chanel nil! is spending a few davs in Columbia visiting Mrs. T. K. Yerby. j From Baltimore ! Reid Sykes of Baltimore, Md., is spending the holidays with his fn_ ’ ther, Tom Sykes and aunt, Miss ’, Martha Sykes. Visiting Here Miss Catherine and Nell Wil liams of Washington are spending :, the holidays as guests of Misses | Lyda and Sadie Taft Single Copy 5c
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