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A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12.000 people. The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * + and Washington County News ★**★**★ VOLUME XLVIII—NUMBER 37 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday, September 10, 1938 Advertisers will find Beacon 1 and News columns a latch-key to 1.100 Washington County home*. ESTABLISHED 1889 Refunding Bonds Approved by !>-4 Of Bond Holders County Commissioners Pass Resolutions To Make Plan To Refund Effective The refunding plan for defaulted bonds and interest of Washington County, which was first proposed in July, 1936, is about to go into oper ation. Seventy-five per cent of the bond holders have signified their willing ness to accept the terms of the re funding agreement, and the County Commissioners adopted a resolution this week to have the plan put into effect at once. The approval of the State Local Government Commission still must be obtained, but this is believed to be only a formality, according to Commissioner Frank Brinkley. The County first defaulted in the payment of bond principal in Au gust, 1931, and in the payment of interest coupons in December, 1931. Some payments of both principal and interest have been made since, but the County has found it impos sile to make up the default entire ly and still continue the other func tions of government. When the State Commission places its stamp of approval on the trans action, $68,447.29 worth of interest funding bonds and $178,599 worth of refunding bonds will be issued, according to Commissioner Brink ley. ■w IT ISN’T NEWS BUT— Somnabulist Starts Something Kinston — A colored boy, Donald Atkins, walked in his sleep and fell over a porch chair so that the end of the rocke rstruck his face and knocked out two teeth. Another lodger, mistaking him for a burglar fired at him with a shot gun. His aim was bad and he miss ed Atkins, but hit a dog across the street. The dog ran away and hasn’t come back, and his owner demands that the man who shot it pay, but he re fuses on the grounds that Atkins was responsible for the shooting, and as long as he didn’t get hit should be willing to pay for the dog, which did. Atkins refuses and is ready to go to court. When the shot whistled past him he shouted so loud that the neighbors were all roused and started a dog hunt. Something Went Wrong Palisades, N. J.—The national as sociation of prophets, clairvoyants, crystal gazers and tea cup readers worked for months on preparations for its second annual convention here. Thursday was to be a perfect day, according to the predictions of the professional prognosticators. But something must have gone wrong, —it rained cats and dogs. Jewish New Year Sam Adler’s store in Plymouth was closed on Monday—but not for Labor Day. On the door was a large sign, which read: “Closed for Jewish Hol idays.” Sunday night at sundown members of the Jewish faith throughout the world gathered in their places of worship to begin the ancient ceremony ushering in Rosh Hashonah, Jewish New Year. And, whereas officially in the United States this is the year 1937, to Jews it is the year 5698, since they had a head start and got their calendar going some thousands of years before Pope Gregory XIII es tablished the present Christian sys tem of figuring time. The high holy days of the Jews will end on September 15, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It Is Confusing Oakland, Cal.—Cleone Goad, 13, is now her mother’s sister-in-law as the bride of Leonard Newlun, age 30, and her stepfather is her bro ther-in-law. She obtained a marriage license by swearing she was 16, it is said, and now the authorities are prepar ing to take her away from her hus band, a brother of her mother’s hus band. -• Lilliputian Infant Minneapolis, Minn. A full sized baby, born to midget parents here a few days ago, is said by hospital nurses to have more than full sized lung power. The baby is one third the height of her mother, Mrs. Frank Delfino. (Continued on Back Page) ( it y Council Takes First Steps Toivard Collecting $1,000 in Miscellaneous Debts The Plymouth City Council, at its regular meeting this week, took the first step toward collec tion of nearly SI,000 in miscel laneous old debts from local res idents and business concerns. Of this sum S94 is included in a collection of “rubber” checks, which City Clerk M. VV. Spruill has been holding for some time. Another S100 is the rent due on real esta-e owned by the city, and S735 is the balance due on old water bills, of which about half will be written off as bad debts. The city will continue its policy of shutting off water promptly when users fail to pay their wa ter bills, as required on the 15th of the month, and the legal steps in the eollection of the other debts are being investigated. An investigation is also to be made to learn what contract, if any, the city may have with the telephone company relative to its right of way for lines through the city. It was suggested at the meeting that an investigation of the terms of the franchise might disclose that the company should furnish a certain amount of serv ice to the city free. Commissioners Favor Three Road Projects GOOD HOG SALE The hog sale in Plymouth last Tuesday _.vas one of the most successful to date, according to W. V. Hays, county agent. “Hogs did not sell as high as previously,” he said, “but four cars of top quality hogs were shipped. Farmers received a bet ter price on day of sale than the Richmond quotations. “The hogs handled by our As sociation have consistently brought better prices by at least 1-2 cent than hogs sold either to hucksters or on local markets. “Occasionally something pops up which causes a little dissatis faction, but, with all of our soft hogs and other things considered we net considerably more for the hogs sold through the associa tion,” The next hog sale will be on September 21 in Plymouth, Mr. Hays announced. Plymouth Masons Hosts To Third District Meeting ——s> Masons of Four Counties in Two Sessions Thursday Afternoon and Night -» Masons of Washington, Martin, Beaufort, and Hyde Counties met in Plymouth yesterday afternoon and evening as the guests of Persever ance Lodge, No. 58. Deputy Grand Master R. H. Lucas of the third district presided at the afternoon session in the lodge room, and Grand Secretary John H. Ander son, of Raleigh, delivered a lecture on Masonic law. The program included a banquet for the members and their visitors at 7 o'clock and an address by Grand Master Watson Sherrod, of Enfield, at the evening session in the Com munity Building. On the committee in charge of the program and refreshments were John W. Darden, Dr. C. McGowan, and T. C. Burgess. Dick Henderson Is Second Football Player Hurt Here Second casualty of the 1937 foot ball season in Plymouth was a dislo cated finger received by Dick Hen derson, son of W. W. Henderson, manager of the pulp mill here. Young Henderson was receiving a long pass in scrimmage practice, when the accident occurred. He was treated by Dr. Joseph E. Eason of Williamston, and announc ed that he will continue practicing despite the handicap of having the finger in splints. Only Four Cases Heard By Recorder This Week -® Only four cases were heard this week in Recorder’s court by Judge John W. Darden. Charged with non-support, War ren Simmons was ordered to pay $3 per week for support of the child and post a $100 bond. Convicted of drunken driving, Le Roy Sherrod, colored, was given 12 months on the road. Roy Lucas, charged with violat ing a town ordinance, was acquitted. Horley Godwin was ordered to pay $10 and costs for assaulting D. H. Reynolds, and Reynolds was cleared of a drunken driving c large. New State Patrolman To Give License Tests -®-r Examinations for drivers’ licenses will be held in Plymouth on Mon days and Thursdays from 9 a. m. to noon beginning next week, State Highway Patrolman Tom Brown, announced today. The examinations will be given at the Plymouth police station, and all drivers of out-of-state cars who are working here but have not yet made application for North Carolina Jieenses should take this opportun ity to obtain them, he said. Windsor Highway, Mac keys Road and Wenona Fill Asked Commissioners of Two Coun ties Join in Support of Bertie-Plymouth Link Three highway projects, which would link Plymouth with Windsor on the West, Mackeys on the East, and Wenona on the South, are urged in resolutions submitted to the State Highway Commission by the County Commissioners this week. The proposal for construction of a bridge at Hyman’s Ferry and im provement of the road to Windsor by that way has been endorsed al so by the City Council and Plym outh Business Men’s Association, and several other civic organiza tions. The project has the support of the Bertie Board of County Commis sioners, and is requested by W. W. Henderson of the Kieckhefer Con tainer Company, who states that his company will purchase large amounts of wood in Bertie, and that would be trucked over the propos ed road. The cost of building the proposed bridge and road would be returned in the savings in hauling costs to the men trucking logs from Bertie to Plymouth within about four years, it is said. According to Mr. Henderson the Mill will pay a flat price for logs de livered and any reduction in hauling costs will mean that much more profit for those selling logs. Much of the money paid by the mill will be spent in Plymouth, he said and that should prove of great benefit to local store keepers. A delegation of Plymouth citizens went to Windsor this week to urge favorable consideration for the pro ject by the Bertie commissioners. Included in the delegation were: E. L. Owens, T. C. Burgess, S. D. Dav is, A. L. Owens, W. R. Hampton, C. L. Bailey, H. A. Liverman, E. F. Still, J. L. Manning, W. H. Para more, L. S. Thompson, W. W. Hen derson, and B. G. Campbell. The Washington County Commis sioners in urging favorable consid (Continued on Back Page) School Head Urges Full Attendance First Two Weeks --- Superintendent MeLean Has Hope of Getting More Teaehers This Year County Superintendent H. H. Mc Lean today urged that all parents in Washington County send their chil dren to school if they possibly can next week in order to swell the at tendance record. “Plymouth and Roper lost teach ers this year because of poor at tendance last year,” he said, “and this is our last chance to have those teachers replaced. “The State allots teachers on the basis of attendance during the first two weeks of the school year, so I hope that parents will see to it that children are present this week—if they never come to school another day during the year!” Plymouth elementary white schools opened with 399 children enrolled this year, as against an at tendance of 390 during the first month a year ago. In the high school, attendance was also somewhat less; 133 against 105. Figures for Roper show 273 in the grades this year against 234 a year ago, and 101 in the high school against 91 a year ago. Figures for Creswell are 295 in the grades against 327 a year ago, and 136 in the high school against 146 a year ago. The elementary grades in Cher ry were 156 this year, against 168 last year. These figures are somewhat mis leading, however, according to Mr. McLean, as there will be a consid erable increase in enrollment before the end of this month when boys and girls finish harvesting work. No figures for the first week of last year are available, and it is therefore necessary to compare the first week figures of this year with the first month of a year ago, he said. Local Team Scores 3 To 1 Over Eden ton In Hard-Won Battle Bob Bateman Scores Twice; Squire Davenport Once in Final Game of Season The Plymouth All-Stars have an other hard-won victory to their cred it this week following the final game of the season here Sunday, in which they scored 3 to 1 over the Edenton Cotton Mills. Plymouth scored first in the second inning when Bob Bateman connect ed for a single and L. Westmoreland following him to the bat, brought him in. The Edenton boys made their only score in the second, when, with three on, a ball hit over third, enabled one man to come in. Bob Bateman and Squire Daven port made the other scores in the seventh, running in as Westmoreland, who followed them at bat, hit a line drive over the left fielder’s head. Norman Mayo hit a couple of hard drives to the ortfleld, one going for two bases. Edenton made a brief threat in the ninth, getting one on, but a well executed double play ended the vis itors’ chances. County Will Have Three Junior High Schools Next Year; 20 Lnits To Be Required for Graduation Vocational Agriculture Students in Local School To Operate Bank During Term Students in Plymouth High School who are taking the course in voca tional agriculture have gone into the banking business as a side line, ac cording to their instructor, W. D, Starr. The bank, built in the classroom, has a good-sized window for deposits, but none for withdrawals, it is said. Twice each week it will be open with a cashier on hand to enter the deposits of from 5 to 50 cents made by the students and credited to their accounts. Pleased with the manner in which the members of this class have taken hold of the bank idea. Mr. Starr com mented : "The students have demonstrated that future farmers can save money, and that they believe, as did George Washington, in achieving financial independence and thereby becoming better citizens." He said he is especially pleased with the response of his students be cause it will help them finance the activities of the local Y. T. H. F. chapter. Among the projects for which funds will be needed later are a farm tour, father and son banquet, and educational trips, he said. Guards Provided for Pulp Plant Pay Roll - — Every Precaution Taken To Protect Pav for 250 Men Local Police, Company Offi cers. Two Sheriffs Form Armed Guard Fearing an attempt might be made to steal the $13,000 payroll of the James Stewart Construction Com pany this week, police again took unusual precautions. Chief P. W. Brown of Plymouth, Sheriff C. B. Roebuck of Martin County, J. K. Reid of Washington County, and Company guards work ed together in making arrangements for the transfer of the money. The alarm a week ago resulted from a tip received by police that Bill Payne and a number of other escaped convicts had been seen in Williamston. They were believed heading this j way and a payroll robbery was fear ed, so the money was taken from the bank to the mill under heavy guard. Earl C. Hughes, chief accountant here for the Stewart Company, car ried the money in a machine pre ceedcd by one filled with armed of ficers, and followed by a decoy bear ing the name of the construction company, in which rode Jack Read, of Plymouth, a member of the office force. Both Hughes and Read told police after they arrived at the mill that they had seen a suspicious looking Packard, parked on the edge of the Kieckhefer Mill property, just off the road. Two men were sitting in the front seat, and the machine resembled that in which Payne was reported to have been riding when seen in Williamston. (Continued on Back Page) MAN OF THE WEEK .. ROBERT B. TROTMAN New Principal of Plymouth High School in Lime light This Week Well, schools are open again, and if there is one ma nwho has a right to heave a sigh of relief, it is Rob ert B. Trotman, new principal of the Plymouth high school. For almost a month Principal Trdtman went about the school building, his sleeves rolled up, his clothes dirty, and his brow wet with honest sweat. He has swept floors, painted walls and done a vast amount of cleaning up in addition to the task for which he came here—preparing to pour knowledge into the heads of Ply mouth boys and girls. The new principal is a young man, only 31, but has already had eight years of experience in school work. For six years he was principal of the union school at Oriental, and for two years was principal of the school at Englehard. His home is at Suffolk, Virginia, and he studied at St. John’s in An napolis for one year, and was later graduated from Wake Forest with a degree of bachelor of arts in lit erature. Later he did graduate work at the University of North Carolina. Good natured and informal, he has been greeting visitors to the high school with an invitation to “come on, climb in through the window.” With a rugged padlock on the front door up to the time it was of ficially opened, this appeared to be the only method of entrance, used by principal, teachers, janitors and visitors alike. Although his own favorite sub jects were English and French when he was in high school and college, Mr. Trotman is now most interested in getting vocational courses estab lished in the public schools. He hopes soon to have typing and Trotman Is Hard Worker, Is Very Democratic and Should Prove Popular shorthand added to the list of elec tives offered here. Already he has arranged to in clude courses in business arithme tice and business English among the electives for senior students. First year Latin will not be taught this year, but there will be a class in second year Latin for those who took Latin 1 last year and desire to obtain the two years of it necessary for college entrance requirements. Next year Latin 1 may be taught again, and the following year, La tin 11. so that any student who de sires it can obtain the two years. Similarly, chemistry will be of fered this year, but physics will not, and next year physics will be offer ed, but no chemistry, according to the schedule drawn up by Mr. Trot man. “I should like to make it clear,” he said in discussing the courses to be offered, “that this high school is up to standard and children who come here will receive the same credits that they would receive in any other school of the state.” Many newcomers to Plymouth have asked about this, he said, and have suggested sending their chil dren to other schools if that would be better for them. This would not make any difference, he declared. r "\ I FIRST CASUALTY I vs The Plymouth High School football team suffered its first casualty of the season with the loss of Bryant Cox, who broke his collarbone this week during a practice session. There is little hope of his be ing able to play again this year, according to Dr. Alban Papineau. who set the bone. “I was going to block Reuben Mayo, but timed myself badly, and that’s how it happened," Cox said. His loss will be a further han dicap to Coach Armstrong, as he is one of the few men available for the squad this year who have played before. Last year he played guard, and this year was to have played tackle. Plymouth Now Has New State Police Barracks on Wheels —®— Patrolman Tom Brown, of Washington, Brings Own Living Quarters Plymouth now has a state police barracks as well as a state highway patrolman. Officer Tom Brown arrived in town this week with his trunk and luggage stowed in the rumble seat of his prowl car, and after looking around vainly fo ra room here, re turned to Washington. The next day he was back again with a trailer in tow, and is now living in his new “barracks on wheels” close to the municipal building. Patrolman Brown is 28 years old, was born and educated at Kinston, and studied accounting at Ogle thorpe University in Georgia. He has been three years in the highway service and is enthusiastic about his work. Plymouth is his fourth assignment. Coming from Washington, he had previously been stationed at Raleigh and Greenville. Here he will concentrate on pre ventive highway safety work, will give safety talks to school children, examine school busses and bus driv ers, and patrol the highways. Patrolman Brown is a good na tured, friendly sort of officer, and comes here highly recommended by the people of Washington, where he was very popular. Zeb V. Norman Is Able To lie About •—$— Tlie rapid strides which Z. Vance Norman lias been making toward recovery from the injuries he re ceived in his automobile accident have made it possible for him to get out and about again On his first trip down town this week, he was greeted by many friends, and reports of his progress toward good health again brough: the following congratulatory editor ial from Herbert Peele, publisher of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance: “The Daily Advance is happy to see by the Plymouth Beacon that our good friend, Zeb Vance Norman of Plymouth, will be well again in a few days. “The editor of the Daily Advance knows something of the inconven ience of having to use crutches, as Mr. Norman will for some days, but tells the world that it’s a lot better to be out on crutches than not to be out at all.” % ill Give County Schools Equal To Best City Systems -9 Addition of Another Year to School Training Is Made Suddenly This Week Washington county will have three junior high schools next year, school authorities announced this week. These will be in Plymouth, Rop er, and Creswell. and will mean the addition of another year to the edu cational program for white children in the county. At present the schools are operat ing under a “seven-four” system, with seven elementary grades and four years of high school. The change will mean operation on a “six-two-four” basis with six elementary grades, two years of jun ior high, and four years of senior .high. Last year 17 units were required for graduation from the county high schools. This year a minimum of 18 is needed, and next year the re quirement will be for 20 units. Accordingly, high school seniors will graduate as usual this year, but next year a class somewhere in the junior or senior high will be held back so that those who would have become seniors will only be come juniors, and so on. The purpose of this change, as explained by Principal R. B. Trot man. who has had much of the task of working out the details, is to al low more vocational work and a larger number of elective subjects Under the new system students in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades will have an opportunity to earn eight high school units, and those in the 10th, 11th, and 12th years will be able to earn 12 units, Mr. Trotman said. Extensive changes in the pro grams and courses offered this year are already underway in order to conform to the requirements of the new system. Superintendent McLean has been working for some time on plans to make a gradual improvement in the schools, raising the requirements for graduation one unit each year, according to Chairman Carl Bailey of the school committee. "But this was throwing an impos sibly heavy load on both teachers and students this year with only one more unit required than last year,” he said. “My child, who is only 13 years old, was obliged to take two mathe matics courses as the work had been laid out this year. “Some teachers were teaching six classes a day without a rest period. Next year the problem would have been even worse. “There was only one thing to do, and that was to give up the idea of a gradual improvement and make the change all at one time next year." Carl Bailey Has Lame Leg; Has To Use Cane - Attorney Carl Bailey has been suffering from a sore leg caused by swelling of the blood vessels this week, and is at present obliged to use a cane in getting about, but ex pects to be well again in a few days. Three years ago he had the same trouble with his other leg but re covered within a short time. Pleasant Grove Revival Attracts Large Crowds -® Large crowds are being attracted by the revival meeting at the Pleas ant Grove Methodist Church, the Rev. W. J. Watson announced to day. The Rev. Edwin R. Hartz is assist ing Mr. Watson in the preaching. The Rev. Oliver Easter, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church is leading the singing. Delegations from surrounding churches have been present each evening. ISo ISight Service at Roper Baptist Church Sunday Tlie regular service at the Roper Baptist Church will not be held on Sunday night, due to the yearly re vival at Zion's Chapel Church of Christ, according to Dr. G. A. Martin, pasto.
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