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1 Advertisers will find Beacon •and News columns a latchkey to 1290 Washington County homes The Roanoke Beacon *,*+*»♦ and Washington County News * * * ★ * * ★ ESTABLISHED 1889 1 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington i County and its 12,000 people. VOLUME XLIX—NUMBER I Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Friday. January 7. 1938 Superior Court Will Begin Monday; Few Ca^es of Importance —$— Judge Walter J. Bone, of Asheville. To Preside Over , Two-Weeks Term Washington County Superior Court will c convene here Monday morning with Judge Walter J. Bone, of Ashe ville, presiding, in the place of Judge R, Hunt Parker, who exchanged with the jurist so that Mr. Bone may get acquainted here. The new judge succeeds Judge M. V. Barnhill, of Rocky Mount, who was elevated to the Supreme Court bench. This is the first time that Judge Bone has been in the county and people here are looking forward with inter est to meeting him. The docket of the court is small, with only about 12 unimportant cases scheduled for trial in the first two days, which have been set aside for the disposition of the criminal docket. These cases have to do with drunken driving, appeals from the lower courts and such. The term is to be for two weeks, but it is not expected to take all the time allotted for the trial of the 19 civil cases on the calendar. Some of these cases are likely to be con tinued by consent. Judge Bone has been in the county before, having attended a meeting of the lawyers of this judicial district held at Albemarle Beach last sum mer, at which time he was recog nized and spoke a few words to the lawyers assembled. -» Assessed Costs for Driving Team of Mules While Drunk -<S> Unusual Case Heard in Re corder’s Court by Judge Darden Tuesday An unusual case was disposed of by Recorder John W. Darden here Tuesday when he suspended judg ment upon payment of the costs by Lawrence Bowen, who was arrested recently on a charge of driving a team of mules while drunk. The original charge against him was for operating a horse or mule drawn vehicle while under the influ ence of whiskey, and was issued un der the statute as that for drunken driving of an automobile. The attorney general gave Mr. Darden a ruling in the case that it was a misdemeanor punishable in a lighter form rather than the more serious offense of driving an auto mobile while under the influence of liquor, which requires, among other things, revocation of the driving li cense. The costs of the court here ranges from $17 to $20, and the court felt that this was sufficient punishment for the man in a case of this kind, as no driving license is required for handling a team. Chief of Police P. W. Brown and Patrolman Tom Brown had the war rant issued when the defendant was foimd roughly handling his team on the streets of Plymouth in a drunken condition. ■-$ State Welfare Man Speaker at Meet of Local School Group —<$>— F. H. Farrell Talks to Parent Teacher Group on Under standing Children -<8> P. H. Farrell, of Williamston, a representative of the State Depart ment of Public Welfare, was the prin cipal speaker at the monthly meet ing of the parent-teacher association held at the Plymouth High School Building Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Farrell spoke on the proper understanding of children and how the parents should approach their children and meet the problems that confront the rearing of children, us ing as his topic, “The Problem Child.” It was also reported during the meeting that a decision had been made to sponsor a benefit bridge tournament in January to procure money to be used in purchasing ad ditional equipment for the school iunch room. Tea was served to those attending in the lunch room by Mrs. Kathleen Spruill and assistants. ________-<j> Services at Grace Church Tmice During January -® Rev. Sidney E. Matthews, of Wash ington, rector of Grace Episcopal church here, will hold service twice this month in Plymouth. The first will be at 11 o’clock Sun day morning, January 9, and the sec ond is Sunday evening, 7:30, Janu ary 16. The minister urges all the members to attend these services. Happy New Year Bv SADIE LEE FAGAN What a world of inspiration in those three words. What a multitude of hopes and expectations come to our hearts and minds as we read them on greeting cards, or have them called to us by friends and loved ones. No other holiday in all the year offers such opportunities for looking ahead, for blotting out mistakes of the past and be ginning again. It is truly the springtime of the heart. But the New Year is more than this. It is time for retro spection, for recalling the pleasant happenings of the year just ended. It is time to think again of the friends with whom we have journeyed hand-in-hand down the road that has brought us today. And we should be very happy indeed to have the opportunity and privilege of saying to our friends, “Happy New Year, and may your fondest hopes come into realization in 1938. Dardens, N. C., January 1, 1938. Arnold To Speak at Farm Bureau Meet Farmers of County Urged To Attend Session Here 21st State Secretary of Bureau Is Recognized as Authority "Farmers of this county should at tend the monthly meeting of the Washington County Farm Bureau to be held in the agricultural building in Plymouth on Friday night, Janu ary 21,” said W. Dewey Phelps, pres ident, this week. This meeting was announced post poned from Friday night, January 14, to Friday night, January 21. E. F. Arnold, secretary of the North Carolina Farm Bureau at Ra leigh, will be the principal speaker, and he usually has a good message for those who will attend. Mr. Phelps, in urging attendance, says “Agriculture is at the fork of the road, and the question is: Which road are we farmers going to take?” "One road leads to compulsory crop-production control, which will make a prosperous agriculture, and the other road is that of uncontrolled production which leads to bankruptcy and ruin for the farmers.” “I urge those who are interested in equal educational opportunities and other home life advantages to attend this meeting and rally around with a helping hand for the farmers,” concludes Mr. Phelps. “Painty” Bombing On Screen Here Actual scenes of the bombing of the U. S. ship “Panay" by Japanese airplanes on the Yangtze River in China are being shown in the Plym outh Theatre Thursday and Friday of this week. Shep Brinkley and his sister. Miss Marion Brinkley, prove to the thea tre goers in this section that they are on the job in securing the latest pictures here, as this is the first showing of the film in this section. After sinking the ship, the Jap anese, following a curt note of pro .est from the United States, submit ted a formal note of apology and promise of indemnities. Reports Required R y Peanut Pickers Reports from those operating ureshing machines in Washington County have not been handed in to the register of deeds in accordance v/ith the law governing this, and Mrs. Mary S. Cahoon is anxious that all reports be filed immediately. Tire law requires that these reports be filed by December 15, and there are certain penalties for those who fail to report on time. Last year 50 licenses to thresh pea nuts were issued, while this year only 47 have been applied for. However, there are some new ones, and it is possible that some of the old ones are not threshing this year. Mrs. Cahoon urges those who have not reported to do so at once to pre vent any further trouble that might arise. -<S> Sanitary Market and Grocery Gets New Location This Week -<♦> Move To Stand Formerly Oc cupied by City Market And Grocery Co. -$ New and larger quarters were se cured by the young men of the Sani tary Market and Grocery this week when they moved into the stand on Water street formerly operated by the City Market and Grocery Com pany. E. G. Arps, owner of the City Mar ket and Grocery, has decided to dis continue operation of the store as his time was devoted to his duties as chairman of the ABC board and the operation of his drug store. Lewis Price and Harry Chopick, Jr., moved into their new place of business on Wednesday and were well satisfied with the business done in the new and larger location. The Sanitary firm took over the lease on the building of Mr. Arps from its owner A. L. Owens but did not purchase the entire stock of Mr. Arps. They did retain the fixtures, also, of the City firm. These two popular young fellows started in business for themselves several months ago and since that time have won a place in the busi ness world of Plymouth Mrs. H. A. Litchfield Dies Wednesday at Home in Lreswell Funeral Helfl Thursday Aft ernoon for Well-Known Resident of County Funeral services were scheduled to be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o' clock for Mrs. Irene Litchfield. 81, widow of the late H. A. Litchfield, who died Wednesday morning at 7 a. m„ after an illness of several weeks. Dr. G. A. Martin, pastor of the Baptist church, was to officiate. In terment was to take place in the old family cemetery near the home place, where the last rites were held. Mrs. Litchfield was one of the best known and most highly respected cit izens of the Creswell section. She was born on the old Wilson Norman place and at two years of age moved to the Jesse Norman place, where she lived the remainder of her life. Surviving are the following chil dren: Daughters, Mrs. A. L. Holmes, Creswell, and Mrs. C. W. Read, Hert ford: daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ruth Litchfield, Creswell; and two sons, H. A. Litchfield, jr., Emporia, Va.; and R. L. Litchfield, Creswell. -® Breach of Promise Suit for $40,000 Is Entered in Tyrrell —@— Mrs. Mae Simmons and J. F. Snell Principals in Action; Residents of Creswell -® Probably the first suit of its kind entered by a resident of Washington County was started this week when papers were filed in the Tyrrell County Superior Court by Mrs. Mae Simmons asking $40,000 as damages for a breach of marriage promise by Julius F. Snell. Both parties are prominent citizens of the Creswell section. Mrs. Simmons alleges in the c om plaint that while she was operc ting a store in Creswell and two farms in Tyrrell County in the fall of 1927, Mr. Snell ‘‘expressed great admira tion for her and informed her that he would like to call on her socially; that it was his intention to win her love and affection and propose mar riage, if she was inclined to pern it his courtship.” A year later, the complaint sayI Mr. Snell renewed his proposal of marriage, and they were engaged t > be married Easter of the following year. When the Easter of the nuptial: arrived, Mr. Snell, says the document began to make excuses claiming that he was not ready for marriage. Then he claimed that conditions in Mrs Simmons’ family were objectionable but these obstacles were removed one after another, alleges Mrs. Simmons This condition of non-compliance continued without Mrs. Simmons consent until October, 1937, when Mi Snell "definitely informed her tha he had absolutely and definitely de cided not to marry her, thereby breaching his promise.” Claiming that the breach of prom ise was "willful, wanton and malici ous, has inflicted disappointment, punishment and suffering to such depth that she shall never be able to eradicate from her life,” Mrs. Sim mons is asking compensatory dam ages of $20,000 and punitive damages of $20,000. Though the suit was filed in Tyr rell County, both are residents of Creswell in Washington County. Zeb Vance Norman is the attorney for Mrs. Simmons. Superior Court will convene in February in Columbia, but it is not considered likely that the case will be heard at this time. Council Rescinds Action Permitting Remittance of Fax Statute Showing Illegality of Proceeding Cited by City Attorney Norman -$ The Plymouth City Council in ses sion here Monday night rescinded a previous action made in remitting about $300 worth of taxes on prop erty for T. S. Lucas, who asked this privilege for civic interest manifest ed in the sale of his property as a site for the plant of the North Caro lina Pulp Company instead of han dling the matter through speculators. The council members’ change of mind came about when Attorney Z. V. Norman cneu titem to a section of the North Carolina law pronibit ing this action and pointing out that they would be individually liable in a civil action for the amount con tained in any refund. The law follows: “No council of a town . . . shall have the power to release, discharge, remit or commute any portion of the taxes assessed and levied against any property or person within their re spective jurisdiction whatever; 'Any tax so discharged, released, remitted or commuted may be re covered by a civil action from the members of any such board at the suit of any citizen of the town, and when collected shall be paid to the proper treasurer.” This section, however, does not re fer to officials sitting as a board of equalization and review of property valuation. The section also was not to be construed as "exempting any taxpayer or property owner from lia bility for taxes, released, discharged, remitted or commuted in violation of the section.” -$ Town Aulo Plates Are Being Sold by Ladies’ Aid Soeiety Similar To State Tags in Let tering and Color; Will Be Used To Advertise Town Whatever else can be said about the sale of auto tags here by the La dies’ Aid Society of the Methodist Church, it is truly said that it is an unusual method of raising money for i church purposes. Rev. C. T. Thrift and P. W. Brown and others of the church are selling these tags, which are similar to the State tags in letters and colors, but are the size of those usually used in cities where an auto license is re quired. The church folk purchased 100 of the plates and are selling them at $1 each. Inscribed on them are the words: “Plymouth, N. C.. The Town of Opportunity.” For a number of years the town sold these license tags for town autos, but in recent years they hardly sold enough to pay for their manufacture and they became discouraged. For the last two or tlu-ee years they have not sold any because of the prior low revenue received and the trouble and expense incurred in their manufacture and sale and the en- 1 forcement of their use. So far as is known, this is the first time in this immediate section that tags similar to the state license tags have ever been sold, and probably : never before by a church organiza tion. i Anyone who wishes the people to know where they hail from is urged to purchase them, whether they live within the town limits or not, ac cording to the Rev. Mr. Thrift, pas ;or. Scale of State Tax on Intangibles Outlined —& i ILLEGALLY MARRIED I j Three couples who secured marriage license from Mrs. Mary S. Cahoon. register of deeds of Washington County, during the holidays are not married, tech nically speaking. She is mak ing an effort to locate them and so advise them. The reason, as given by Mrs. Cahoon. is that the couples were married in other counties con trary to law. One couple was married by a Pitt County justice and the other in Martin county. They wil be required to marry again in the county in which the license were issued. Acceptances Slow To Come in for Dinner Next Week Being Staged by Lions Club And Merchants Association Thursday, January 13 So far only about three of the 35 or more out of town men who were invited to attend the dinner of the Lions club and Merchants association on Thursday night. January 13. have accepted the courtesy, according to Rev. N. A. Taylor, Lion secretary. However, the two organizations were intending to invite about 150 but before all of the invitations were put into the mail the number was curtailed to about 100 as it was found that it w’ould be almost impossible to serve over 110 in the community hall. There is expected to be a goodly number of merchants and Lions pre sent but it appears at this time that the out of town persons invited have manifested little interest in the event, as they have failed to return their acceptance cards. W. L. Whitley aided in the selec tion of those invited and says that come of the most influential men of Washington, Tyrell and Hyde coun ties had been invited to the affair. There is not expected to be a prin cipal speaker as several are expect ed to prepare short talks on the town of Plymouth that would be of special interest the out of town guests. Chief P. W. Brown who is in charge of serving for the Lions and Mer chants has issued instructions to the Woman's Club to prepare places for only 100, and some fear that not many more than 85 will attend. Will Install Church Board Here Sunday The official board of the Plymouth Christian church will sit in a body at the regular morning service Sun day, at which time they will be in stalled, according to Rev. N. T. Tay or, pastor of the church. Included in this group are E. H. Liverman, W. L. Whitley, W. C. Wesson, P. D. Allen, M. G. Darden, J. W. Darden, elders; and Rudolph Beasley, Gilmer Ayers, Herman Spen ;er, W. W. Browning, S. D. Davis, V T. Darden, P. H. Darden, Roy Swain, G. W. Bowen, Hubert Allen, U-chie Modlin, Goldie Simpson, dea :ons. "In turn," says Rev. Mr. Taylor, 'the members will show their loyalty o the new officials by cooperating in making this a successful church year md by attending the services during ,he year in large numbers.” Review of 47-Year-Old Copy of Beacon Reveals Many Changes Through her son, Sheriff J. K. Reid, this paper procured from Mrs. Mamie DeCormis Reid a copy of the Roanoke Beacon that was issued May 16, 1890, almost 47 years a,go. The mast-head revealed that W. Fletcher Ausbon was the editor and C. V. W. Ausbon the business man ager. The issue contained eight pag es, each page having six columns. The Issue was volume two, number 1. This gave the information that there had been only 52 issues before this time. It must have been estab lished as the Beacon along in 1889, which is the date claimed by the different owners. Here are excerpts from a lead edi toral: v “At all times the Beacon has striv ed to advance the political, social and financial interests of all. We are sorry to say that the success of the Beacon is not credited to the business men of Plymouth, while a part of them have given us some support, yet the majority have ap peared indifferent, taking no inter est in it at all. “We hope as the Beacon enters its second volume that our people will come to our assistance. If the peo ple wish a good paper they must help to make it such.” Excerpts from a marriage at that time: "On Wednesday morning, the Bap tist Church was crowded to its ca pacity with those assembled to wit ness the marriage of J. E. Reid and Miss Magie C. DeCormis. The bridal party entered while Mrs. J. E. Daven port played a wedding march. "The bride was accompanied by her brother, J. DeCormis and the groom by his best man, L. P. Horn thal. Ushers were John Skittletharpe and Clarence Latham. “The groom is one of our most prosperous young men, the junior member of Reid and Duke, and the bride is one of the most lovely la | dies of the city. "Rev. J. F. Tuttle performed the : ceremony and the couple left on the j Steamer Plymouth for northern ci ties.” A short time after his marriage Mr. Reid was elected sheriff and serv ed for a number of years before his death, being succeeded by his son, J. K. Reid. Census takers included N. B. Yea ger, W. H. Stubbs, Thomas Pollard, C. W. Snell, J. H. Snell. In the advertising columns were ads from D. O. Brinkley and Com pany, dealers in foreign and domes tic wines and liquors, cigars, canned goods an dice; L. E. Jackson, tonsor ial artist; Dr. E. L. Cox, physician; L. T. Houston, groceries; Hornthal and Brother, commission and for warding merchants and dry goods. C. L. Pettigrew, attorney at law; sewing machines for sale by J. W. Bryan: buggies and carriages were advertised by George R. Bateman and H. Peal and C. T. Howard; H. H. Brown sold monuments; T. W. Blount, Roper, offered $5 for a “bar re* of his flour that is not as pre sented. Thomas S. Armistead was one of the leading magistrate's at that time; G. H. 'Hardison reported prices for j the Beacon as a leader in general merchandise; J. W. Bryan operated a drug store here and the back page was filled with medicine ads. Three columns on the front page were devoted to a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Talmadge, a Brooklyn "divine.” There were items from all over the world. No local items on front page. The County Officials John B. Chesson, Sheri._; L. I. Fa gan, deputy sheriff; Louis Hornthal, treasurer; Thomas J. Marriner, clerk of superior court; J. P. Hillard, re gister of deeds; H. J. Starr. A. M. Johnston, Levi Blount, Dempsy Spru ill, W. R. Chesson, commissioners; T. S. Armistead, Samuel Johnston and W. J. Mercer, county board of education; Rev. Luther Eborn, super intendent of public instruction. The City Officials E. R. Latham, mayor and clerk; J. M. Reid treasurer; Joseph Tucker, chief of police; Earnest Carstarphen, city janitor; D. O. Brinkley, G. H. Hardison. J. W. Bryan, A Barden, Joseph Mitchell and John Wiggins, cduncilmen. Church Directory Methodist, C. W. Robinson, pastor, J. F. Norman, superintendent of Sunday School; Baptist. Rev. J. F. Tuttle, pastor, J. W. Swift, superin tendent of Sunday School; Episco pal, Rev. Luther Eborn. rector, L. I. Fagan, superintendent of Sunday School. W. H. Hampton was dictator of K. of H. Lodge No. 1508. Taken from a column of Beacon flashes; Strawberries are plentiful; Rev. J. William Lee baptized two con verts Wednesday; Twenty-five names added to subscription list in one hour; Pleasant call from Mrs. Gan Roper and Mrs. W. A. Forbes, Roper; A horse bit the hand of A. Baynor this week; The setamer Bertie plying between Plymouth and Windsor has been off this week for repairs; B. F. Owens sold "Tornado" his 5 year old colt to Clyde Hassell at Jamesville; Sche dule of freight steamers between Plymouth and New Bern, also daily rail service for passengers and ! freight. Not Subject To Levy By County and Town As in Former Years Abstracts for Listing Expect ed To Be Received in County This Month Some time this month abstracts will be received by taxpayers in Wash ington County for listing their in tangibles for taxation by the State as a result of legislation enacted in the 1937 General Assembly. This marks the first step of the State back into the property tax field, and it comes about as a result of the constitutional amendment adopted in 1936 permitting classifi cation of property for taxation. As in the case with income tax, payments are due on March 15th. Heretofore the town and county 1 has been listing net solvent credits j but with few exceptions, they have not been notably successful in getting intangibles listed because people here just wouldn't list them. The scale for charges is as follows: Bank deposits. 10 cents per $100; money on hand, 20 cents per $100 in excess of $300; accounts receivable, 25 cents per $100 in excess of $300 after deducting current bills pay able; funds left with insurance com panies, 25 cents per $100. Bonds, mortagages, and other evi dences of debt, 40 cents per $100 in excess of $300, with certain deduc tions; shares of stock, 30 cents per $100 in excess of $300, with certain deductions. This money is collected by the State but 50 percent of it will be re turned to the towns and country. The amount for this county will be divided among the towns and county according to the ratio of ad valorem tax levies made by each during the precedmg fiscal year. Tire bank will collect bank deposit tax and not the State revenue offi cials. Name of the depositor and the amount of money he has in the bank will not be divulged. The bank has until March 15 to make the returns but it was due and payable on Jan uary 31, 1937. W. C. Manning Dies In Williamslon After Long Period Illness Formerly Had Extensive In terests in This County; Funeral Monday -® William Christian Manning, 67, ed itor of the Williamston Enterprise, and for over a third of a century a prominent figure in religious, civic, political and business life of Martin County, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elbert S. Peele, in Williamston Sunday morning after an illness of nearly three years. Chronic High blood pressure and complications were the cause of his death. Mr. Manning was well known in Washington County, where he had extensive interests in former years. Besides owning a farm in the county at one time he was founder of the Williamston Telephone Co., which opera ed the local exchange imtil its purchase by the Carolina company in 1926. He was also a partner in the firm which purchased The Roanoke _ Beacon in 1930. and was editor unti, " a few years ago. He was partieuh ly interested in the home demonstfl tion work of the county and was regular visitor at the federatj meetings as long as his health milted. In addition to his newspaper wort which brought him a measure of rel nown lor his editorial writings, h^ was, as preside nt of the North Caro lina Christian Missionary Convention for 15 years, head of the Christian church in the state. He was also president of the State Board of the Christian church and president of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance As sociation of North Carolina at the time of his death, a member of the board of trustees of Atlantic Chris tian College, Wilson, and had served on the executive committee of the North Carolina Pre.-s Association, as well as register of deeds for Martin County for 10 years. Mr. Manning's first consideration was for his church and he came to Plymouth often in connection with work for the denomination up to a few years ago. He was also active in several fraternal organizations and president of the Eastern Carolina Firemen's Association for several years, and these organizations also made him a frequent visitor here. Born in Griffins Township, near Jamesville, on February 3, 1871, Mr. Manning was the son of the Hon. 'Continued on page six)
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