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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and Its 12,00d people. VOLUME XLI\—NUMBER 47 Plymouth, W ashington County, North Carolina, For Friday. November 2.~>. 1 938 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Persons eating their mid-day meal in the lunchrooms at Washington County schools Wednesday will have the following menu from which to make their choice, according to Mrs. Kathleen S. Noblest county supervis or: vegetable soup, crackers, Italian balls, candied sweet potatoes with apples, whole wheat bread, vegetable s lad with celery, carrots and string beans, lettuce and tomato sand wiches. banana pudding, milk and cocoa. Visiting the county agent's office here Saturday were R. D, Smith, as sistant county agent; Mrs. Lucille Clark, home demonstration agent; and Miss Bessie Godwin, secretary to County Agent B. E. Grant; all of Bertie County. Students in the Washington County schools may go back to the old felt type of blackboard erasers, doing away with the new rubber erasers, which teachers claim are not as efficient as the old type, even though they are much cheaper. The governor is considering the pa role of J. C. Credle, who was sen tenced to six months in jail on July 11 in superior court here, after hav ing been found guilty of violating the prohibition law. The case was taken to the supreme court. Mrs. Jimmy Whalen, of Jackson ville, Fla., formerly Miss Louise Smith of Plymouth, while visiting her sis ter, Mrs. W. E. Waters, and other relatives here recently, remarked that the weather here was much like that of Florida for this time of the year. "Protect your home from tu berculosis and help those not so fortunate by purchasing Christ mas seals, starting Thanksgiving Day and continuing until Christ mas Day,” says Mrs. W. A. Da vidson, president of the Senior Woman's Club, which is sponsor ing the annual sale of the seals. Elmer R. Jackson went to a Rocky Mount hospital during the week-end for an examination and treatment. Mr. Jackson had no serious ailment, but decided that he would go there for a thorough examination at this time. The Tarboro Rotary Club will hold its orthopedic clinic Monday at the Presbyterian Sunday School rooms in Tarboro to render service to cripples, regardless of age or race, who are not able to pay for treatment. The 1939 automobile licenses plates will have numerals in aluminum on a red background, with the general characteristics decidedly different from the old gothic type. They new tags go on sale at branch offices and in Raleigh on December 1. -@ Program of Services At Baptist Church —$— Rev. P. B. NICKENS, Pastor Regular services will be held Sun day with services at 11 and 7:30 o’ clock. A special Thanksgiving serv ice will be held Wednesday evening at 7:30, and the public is cordially invited. Beginning next Monday night at 7:30, there will be held in the church a study course for the officers and teachers of the Sunday school. These are especially requested to attend each one of these classes. Everyone who likes, however, may attend the meetings. The classes will continue through Friday night. As we go into this Thanksgiving season, may we all carry into it the true spirit of Thanksgiving. Let us do only those things which show to our Father that we are truly thank ful. Our Thanksgiving offering for the orphanage will be taken Sunday at the Sunday school hour. B, & L. Stockholders To Meet December 7 —®— The annual meeting of the stock holders and members of the Plym outh Building & Loan Association will be held in the town clerk's office in the municipal building at 8 o’clock Wednesday evening, December 7, it was announced today by Secretary M. W. Spruill. Mr. Spruill said the primary pur pose of the meeting would be to elect officers and directors of the associa tion, and that such other business as may come before the members will be attended to. -® Begin Preparations for Parent-Teacher Meeting -* Preparation is being made for a night meeting of the Plymouth Par ent-Teacher Association on Wednes day, December 7, according to Mrs. Jack Read, who says that a special program of general interest is being arranged for presentation at that time. In addition to the program, refresh ments will be served, and Mrs. Read urges patrons of the school to make arrangements to attend, as a large attendance at this meeting is being earnestly sought. -$ One Acre Pasture Keeps One Animal In Grass -® William V. Farmer, one of the de monstration farmers of Madison County, has improved his pasture so that one acre will keep one animal unit well supplied with grass. Historical Markers To Be Put Here by State | SPECIAL PROGRAM | v.—/ A Thanksgiving program will be giveti Wednesday afternoon in the auditorium of the Plym outh High School at 2:30. with the P.ev. Paul B Nickens, pastor of the Baptist church as the speaker. Rev. N. A. Taylor, of the Chris tian church, will sing an appro priate solo. Miss Nellie Tarkenton’s fifth grade will give a pageant at the same program. Occupancy of New School at (^ res we 11 Is Set for January 1st -9 Hardly Likely That All Work Will Be Completed Before Then, Mr. McLean Says Occupancy of the new school build ing in Creswell is expected to begin by January 1, it was stated here to day by H. H. McLean, superintendent of public instruction, who points out that the entire new plant should be ready by that time. Already three class rooms are be ing used, although the electrical work has not yet been completed. The plumbing and general contract work has been finished, and the building is almost ready for use now; but the contract calls for the building to be ready by January 1, and the con tractor knows he has plenty of time, so he is not rushing. New desks and shades and other equipment for the building will cost in the neighborhood of $3,500, ac cording to the county superintendent, who says that nothing is to be pur chased except the actual necessities, as much of the old furniture and equipment will be used in the new building. Mr. McLean has asked the general contractor for the building as early as possible, but progress has not been as rapid as was first anticipated, and the superintendent does not believe now that the structure will be ready for occupancy as a whole before the first of the year. In the meantime, Creswell students are continuing their work in the old building and in three nearly com pleted rooms in the new building jso that no time may be lost. Attorney Whitley Is “Taken Aback” —®— The civic pride of W. L. Whitley was “taken aback" last Tuesday in Williamston, when attorneys and court attaches there "kidded” him re garding the answer by Miss Edna Lee Mizelle to a question from a lawyer. She answered the lawyer’s question by saying that she didn't “go to Plymouth, because it was a dead town," preferring instead to go most ly to Williamston, "where there was something doing all the time.” How ever, Mr. Whitley managed to hold up his end of the argument with the “kidders" pretty well. The local attorney is representing J. T. White, a bus driver, who is nam ed by Miss Mizelle as a defendant with the Norfolk Southern Bus Cor poration in a suit for $50,000, charg ing that she was doped and carried through Jamesville, her destination, to Columbia, where she alleges she was attacked in a hotel at the point of a gun by the bus driver some time last December. The lawyers asked for an oppor tunity to examine the plaintiff in or der to present their answer and pre pare the case for trial. This was granted and the hearing held before Martin County Clerk of Court L. B.' Wynne. The case is set for trial on November 30 in Martin Superior Court. Dr. McGotvan Instructor At First-Aid School Here The initial meetnig of the WPA sponsored first-aid school was held at the courthouse Monday night, with 21 present. Dr. C. McGowan is conducting the classes. There is no charge for the train ing, and when the course is complet ed in this Red Cross work, a certifi cate will be presented the student at testing his ability. The enrollment closes November 28. Meetings will be held each Mon day night and the Red Cross text book will be used. Any person may enroll in the class. -<j> Juniors To Present Play Here Next Wednesday The Junior Class of the Plymouth High School will present a three-act comedy, entitled, “Don't Darken My Door,” on Wednesday, November 30, at 8 o’clock in the auditorium. This play is said to be full of laughs and will provide a full eve ning of entertainment. The cast includes Jimmy Hays, Becky Ward. Brinson Cox, Meredith Johnson, Phillip Liverman, Mary Charlotte Jones, Elinor Terry and Namoi Swain. A small admission will be charged. Will (lull Attention to Battle of Plymouth And Sinking of Ham cT -® Vt. R. Hampton Advised Erec tion To Be Made Within Next Few Weeks -$ Within the next three weeks two historical mrakers will be erected in the town of Plymouth commemorat ing two significant events which took place here during the Civil War, but which are fresh in the minds of stu dents of history of Plymouth and Washington County, it was an nounced today by W. R. Hampton, member of the State Department of Conservation and Development, which has charge of erecting these markers. No formal ceremonies have been planned at the time the markers are put up. according to Mr. Hampton, but he has informed leaders of the local chapter of the U. D. C., in the hope that they would arrange for a suitable program at the time the markers are installed. Mr. Hampton has been advised by the depatrment that the markers have been received. The inscriptions were prepared by the North Carolina Historical Commission. The first marker bears the follow ing legend: ’Battle of Plymouth. Confederates under General Robert F. Hoke, aided by the Ram, 'Albe marle,' took the town, April 17-20, 1864.’’ It will be erected on the south side of Highway No. 64 in front of the Washington S treet Baptist Church.” The second marker bears the fol lowing legend: “Ram Albemarle. Con federate ironclad, winenr of notable victories under Capt. J. W. Cooke, was sunk 600 feet north, night of October 27, 1864.” This will be in stalled on the north side of Highway No. 64 a few feet west of the drive way into the courthouse grounds. The state highway force will put up the markers. Mr. Hampton could give no definite date, as his informa tion was limited to the effect that the markers had been received and were soon to be placed. End Red Cross Drive In County Thursday —«— Thanksgiving Day will mark the close of the annual Red Cross roll call campaign, according to Mrs. Rus sell E, White, chairman, who urges the workers to complete their can vass as soon as possible so they can report immediately after the holiday. So far there have been 51 mem berships reported at $1 each, and Mrs, White hopes the local chapter will secure at least 100 before the cam paign is over. There are still a large number of persons to be solicited, and the chairman is stressing the importance of workers making their second calls and completing their ac tivities by Thanksgiving. Anyone who wishes to join the Red Cross who has not been reached may enroll at E. G. Arps Drug Store or by seeing Mrs. H. A. Liverman at Liver man’s Drug Store. -® Cresivell Club Clears $103 From Celebration Contests The Creswell Woman’s Club report ed this week that it had cleared a profit of $103.77 from the proceeds of the beauty queen and mascot con tests that were held prior to the Albe marle Sound Bridge Celebration. Although there were no regular meetings held during the summer, the club members were active in this work and feel that their efforts were well rewarded. Special Golf Event To Be Staged at Club Thanksgiving Ellis Maples, pro at the Plymouth Country Club, returned last Satur day from Pinehurst, where he played in the Mid-South tourna ment, and said Tuesday morning that some sort of special golfing event would be arranged here for Thanksgiving Day, although he had not had time to work out the de tails. Something in the nature of a sweepstakes tournament will likely be staged, the person turn ing in low net score winning. He has also written the Elizabeth City Club relative to returning the matched owed by the local team. He hopes to arrange this for next Sunday, but said he would not know definitely until later in the week. In the Mid-South professional tournament, won by Tommy Ar mour, Mr. Maples did not finish in the money, although his score of 148 was exactly the same as a num ber of the nation's leading pros, including Jimmy Thompson, Tony Manero, Bobby Dunkelberger, and others. Maples practice round score of 66, which he shot Sunday before the tourney began, was one of the lowest carded during the week. Thanksgiving To FV Observed as General Holiday in (-minty *—*— Stores, Bunks, Post Offices To Be Closed; Varied Program Of Activities Planned Thanksgiving Day will be observed as a general holiday throughout Washington County Thursday, and while there is no special program planned for the day, various organi zations will celebrate the day in var ious ways. The weather forecast is for rain Wednesday, followed by cold er temperatures. Practicaly all the stores and busi ness houses will be closed, including the Branch Banking & Trust Com pany, the ABC store, post office, and county and town offices. Mail will be received and put in boxes and dis patches will be made, but there will be no rural or city deliveries. The churches in Plymouth mostly are having their Thanksgiving serv ices on Wednesday night, with the exception of Grace Episcopal church, where the Rev. Mr. Matthews will conduct services at 10:30 Thursday morning. In the sports realm there will be a special golf event at the country club, and in the afternoon there will be a football game when the Pan thers meet the Windsor Lions at Brinkley Park. Many hunters plan to take to the woods, while probably a number of football enthusiasts will go to Raleigh for the State-Carnegie Tech game. Thanksgiving (lamp At Washington This Week for Boy Scouts Opens at 10 A. M. Friday and Continues Through Dinner Hour Sunday The Boy Scouts of the Washing ton County District will spend Thanksgiving Day at home or with relatives, but the day after "turkey day" will see some taking advan tage of the special Thanksgiving camp to be conducted by the East Carolina Council at Camp Leach over in Beaufort County. Scout Execu tive Sigwald, here Tuesday, said that he expected some 75 scouts from all parts of the council at the camp, which opens at 10 a. m. Friday and closes' after a turkey dinner Sunday. A visit to the Washington Bug house with nature instructors, a radio matinee to hear the Duke-Pitt foot ball game, two big campfires, a treas ure hunt, are but a few of the high lights hinted at as features of the Thanksgiving camp by the executive, who will serve as camp director, with George Thomason, his assistant, and all the Camp Charles staff known so well by scouts of this district. The cost of the camp is but $2.25. No cots or utensils are needed, but plenty of blankets are suggested. There is still room and even though the reservation fee was not made, scouts of Plymouth, Roper and Cres well are expected to be on hand for this out-of-doors project promoted by the East Carolina Council with the cooperation of the Rev. Stephen Gardner, of Washington. Members of the Order of the Arrow will hold a reunion and plan in detail their big gathering for January 30 in Greenville. Scoutmasters and oth er Scouters are also urged to attend as much of the camp as they can. Credit toward the troop camping course, one of the types of training required for the coveted Scuotmas ter's key, will be given the Scouters who come. Local scouts will be taught how to shoot the bow and arrow and a tour nament will be arranged to be played off later on the local course. Thanksgiving Topic At Christian Church —«— Rev. N. A. TAYLOR, Pastor A church cannot afford to fail to observe Thanksgiving, for it is so closely related to prayer, and prayer has to be a part of the Christian life. Therefore, the Christian church will observe Thanksgiving by having their prayer service Wednesday night centered around this theme. Sunday also will be a day of Thanksgiving, when there will be a service in Bible school, after which expression of thanksgiving will be made when an offering will be taken for religious education in the southeastern dis trict. All children are asked to bring their mite boxes. Services at 11 will be expression of thanksgiving. Also the Sunbeams have prepared a thanksgiving pro gram. -« Urge Farmers To Attend Meet at Greenville 30th -* Cotton and tobacco growers in Washington County are urged by County Agent W. V. Hays to attend a district meeting that will be held in Greenville at the East Carolina Teachers’ College on Wednesday, No vember 30, when J. B. Hutson will speak on the AAA program, which embraces the two crops. Mr. Hays is anxious that a large crowd from the county attend the Greenville meeting, as well as the one on Thursday, December 1, at Ra leigh, when Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace will speak. Warrant Issued for Roper Man Result of | Fata! Auto Aeeident Hearing To Be Held in Coun ty Court Next Tuesday ; l uder $100 Bond -9 Although absolved of blame at a coroner's inquest held in Davenport's store at Creswell Monday morning, a warrant was issued for Phillip Trueblood. 24, white, of Roper, Tues day morning charging him with reck less driving, operating a car while intoxicated, and manslaughter, as a result of the death of Sam H. Lewis. 64. also of Roper, following an au tomobile accident near Creswell on October 25. The warrant was issued by Highway Patrolman Tom Brown, and Trueblood was put under a bond of S100 to guarantee his appearance in recorder's court here next Tues day. It was explained by the authorities here that the coroner's findings were limited, under the law, to facts rela tive to the man's death, and whether or not any foul play was evident, and that such findings had no bearing whatever as to bringing a criminal action against Trueblood as operator of the car in which Lewis was rid ing when he was fatally Injured. At the coroner's inquest Monday, the jury, composed of Joe M. Smith, T. F. Davenport, J. A. Combs, Claude, Brinn and L. D. Phelps, signed a ver dict reading in part as follows: "Ac cording to the evidence, Phillip True blood is not guilty of reckless or drunken driving on October 25, 1938." The inquest was presidod over by Coroner Jack Peele, and the follow ing witnesses were heard: Leighton L. Gibbs, Mrs. B. S. Brickhouse, Mrs. J, H. Owens, Herbert Lewis Brick house, Patrolman T. B. Brown, and Deputy Sheriff W ,D. Peal. Officers Brown and Peel testified that according to their measurements at the scene of the wreck, the car was apparently going about 75 miles an hour when the accident occurred. Trueblood, who has about recovered from five fractured ribs sustained in the wreck, claims at the time of the accident that the lights of an ap proaching car blinded him, causing him to lose control of his machine, which turned over and crashed into a drainage enbankment. Thanksgiving Service at Local Episcopal Church -w The Rev. Mr. Matthews will con duct Thanksgiving services at the Grace Episcopal church here Thurs day morning at 10:30. A special of fering will be taken for the Thomp son Orphanage at Charlotte. Patrolman and Policeman Catch Negro With W hiskey -® Patrolman Tom Brown and Officer Paul Basniglit stood by the bus Sat urday night when James P. Hedge peth, 34, colored, alighted, and then they nabbed him with about four gallons of whiskey in a suitcase. Tuesday in recorder's court he was given 12 months on the roads for transporting illegal whiskey. Ronald Harris, 34, white, employed in the lighthouse service, was as sessed a fine of $50 and costs and his license to drive an automobile was revoked when he was found guilty of operating a car while under the in fluence of whiskey. -& Miss Myrtle Hopkins On Honor Roll at E. C. T. C. -'*> Miss Myrtle Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Hopkins, of Plym outh, is the only one of nine students from Washington County on the reg istrar’s honor list for scholarship for the fall semester at the East Caro lina Teachers’ College, Greenville. A freshman, Miss Hopkins is ma joring in home economics and science, is manager of the girls' basketball team and treasurer of the Women’s Athletic Association. While a student in Plymouth High School. Miss Hopkins was a star bas kettball player and maintained a high scholastic record. Panthers To Play Windsor on Local Cridiran Thursday The Plymouth Panthers will meet the Windsor Lions on the local field Thanksgiving Day at 2 p. m.. in what is expected to be the high light ,of the football season here. It will be remembered that the Windsor team played the Panthers to a 0-0 deadlock in a rip-roaring struggle last season. The local squad is in tip-top con dition, with the exception of Co Captain Jack Stubbs, one of the mainstays in the line at guard, who was injured in the Beaufort game. So far the Plymouth team has played Columbia, Edenton, Green ville, A.vden, Vanceboro, Scotland Neck, Beaufort, South Edgecombe and Williamston, compiling a total of 167 points to 67 for its oppon ents. The largest pep meeting of the season will be held Wednesday night. A feature will be a torch light parade, led by the high school band. Local Committeemen Work on Leaf Quotas r~-N SCHOOLS CLOSE v; Public schools in Washington County will close Thursday and Friday of this week for the Thanksgiving holidays, it was announced this week by H. H. McLean, superintendent of pub lic instruction. The white and colored schools alike will have the two extra days vacation from study. Monday morning the 3,500 chil dren in the county will resume work again. Rev. Wade Johnson, Of Halifax, Assigned To Methodist (Jmrch New Minister To Preach First Sermon Here Sunday Morning The Rev. Wade Johnson, of Hali fax. has been named pastor of the Plymouth Methodist church and the Rev. J. T. Stanford was returned to the Roper charge, according to the list of appointments read at the clos ing session Monday of the North Car olina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Elizabeth City. The new minister succeeds the Rev. C. T. Thrift, who was pastor here for three years and who was trans ferred to Halifax to replace Mr. John son, who comes to Plymouth. The Rev. Mr. Johnson will preach his first sermon here on Sunday morning. He is married and has two children. The Rev. Russell Sage Harrison, pastor of Poplar Point, and a native of this county, was returned to his present charge in Currituck County. Mr. Harrison lost one eye in an au tombile accident on his honeymoon trip several months ago and has just recently resumed his work. His bride was less seriously hurt. $400 Raised for Rand\ Here; Need $25 More —-®— Although $400 has been raised for the Plymouth High School Band uni forms, there is still about $25 needed, according to L. W. Zeigler, director, who publicly aknowledges contribu tions from the following: Organizations: Washington Coun ty Commissioners, Town of Plymouth, American Legion, Firemen, Lion's Club, Moose, Junior Womans Club, Senior Woman's Club, and the fol lowing band activities: Turkey raffle, sideshow at Hallowe'en Carnival; benefit bridge party, sale of pictures, and dance. Parents of band members who bought uniforms were: W. L. Whit ley, H. H. McLean. W. C. Jones, B. G. Campbell, C. E. Ayers, P. W. Brown, E. H. Liverman, Mrs. Joe Jackson, Arthur Vail. Z. V. Norman, and Dr. T. L. Bray, drum major’s outfit. Individual contributions: Ernest Liverman, Brinson Cox, T. A. Stubbs, C. B. Fagan, J. R. Manning (for the publicity parade), E. G. Arps, W. S. Moore, J. F. Zeigler, C. L. Blount, The Roanoke Beacon, and L. W. Zeig ler. The band is sponsoring a dance at the gym on Thanksgiving night from 8:45 to 11:45. A concert is being planned for the Christmas holidays. Whitley To Speak at Sunday School Meet -9 W. L. Whitley, prominent lawyer, civic worker and churchman, will speak on ‘'Thanksgiving” at the meeting of the Lees Mills Township Sunday School convention to be held at the Saints Delight Christian Church near Roper Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock. The devotional service will be con ducted by Ben Barnes, with Miss Margaret Phelps making the welcome address. Joseph White will respond. The Zions Chapel Church will pre sent a special program and there will be a five-minute program from each of the member Sunday schools. 'Each Sunday scnooi is urged to send a large group to represent it,” said Mrs. Perla H. Bray, secretary, this week. Roper 11th Grade Is Conducting Con test —®— The eleventh grade of Roper High School is sponsoring a beauty-popu larity contest. Little Miss Becky Lou Ainsley, of the first grade, is leading the follow ing contestants, in the grade order as named: Nina Stillman, Doris Mil ler Davenport, Elise Davenport, Min nie Gay Marrow, Marion Spruill, El eanor Koonce, Naomi Skiles, Betty Nowarah, Hattie Marie Bray and Edith Lewis. The contest closes Monday night, November 28, with an introduction of the contestants to those at the com munity sing. Last-minute votes can be cast at this time. Kxpect l.itth* (ihauge In J.,100-Acre Total A Hot men l in County Recommendations Forwarded To Raleigh Office After Study Last Week Tobacco acreage allotments and poundage quotas for next year have been recommended by the Washing ton County committee for the soil conservation program and forwarded to Raleigh, where they await approv al of the state organization, it was learned this week from the office of County Agent W. V. Hays. The ac tion of the county committee came after committeemen from all the townships met in the county office last week and made recommenda tions for the allotments on all farms in the county. The county committee, elected last Thursday night, is composed of W. T. Phelps, of Creswell, chairman; R. L. Stillman, of Roper, vice chair man; and Charlie W. Bowen, of Plymouth, member. Recommendations by the township and county committeemen could vary from 10 to 20 per cent of the last year allotments and poundage quotas. When recommendatinos for increases above 10 per cent were made, the reasons were required to be certified by the committeemen. Under AAA regulations, committeemen were not allowed to make recommendations above this percentage. It is not believed that there will be much change in the total allot ment of 1,500 acres for the county last year and the 780 pounds per acre, which was the average allowed last year, as the county received no in crease in acres or in pounds. How ever, it is possible, the county agent said, that there may be some small allotments made to a few farmers who have tobacco land, barns, equip ment, and the like. It has been the custom for the past two years or more for Mr. Hays to meet with the committeemen, but this year this will not be done, and he w'ill have nothing to do with the individual allotments, and applica tions for corrections and adjustments must be made directly to the com mitteemen. Commenting on the tobacco sit uation and outlook in this county, Mr. Hays said "In 1933 we had ap proximately 600 acres of tobacco. Tire allotment for Washington County in 1934 was approximately 700 acres. With the control program, and for other reasons, the acreage in Wash ington County has been increased to approximately 1,500. This acreage came to Washington County as its quota of the state allotment. The increased acreage was partly respon sible for the small poundage quota allotted the county in 1937 and caused most of the criticism over the poundage quotas. The county ben efited under the increased acreage, but we were penalized in poundage when the total acres allotted was di vided into the total poundage. We naturally had a smaller poundage per acre. I am afraid the average pounds per acre in 1939 will be rath er small, but there is no question in my mind that most of our tobacco growers would prefer the maximum acreage and take chances on market ing excess poundage. -®--— Funeral Held Saturday for .Mr. and Mrs. Ayers' Infant -* Funeral services were held Satur day afternoon for Robert Gilmer Ay ers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer Ayers, who died almost immediately after his birth. Rev. N. A. Taylor officiat ed. Interment took place in a cem etery near the home. The mother, who has been serious ly ill, was reported better today. Nearly Half Homes In County Are Listed At Less Than $1,000 -v— 40 IVr Cent Would Be Ex empt Front Taxes If Max imum Allowed -<$ Forty-six percent of the owner-oc cupied homes in Washington County would be exempted from taxation if the North Carolina General Assembly in session next year should decide to exempt homesteads up to a maximum of $1,000 under the amendment to the constitution to classify property for taxation. By owner-occupied homes is meant the house and all the land, farm land or city land, and other improvements thereon commonly assessed for taxa tion as a unit. This does not refer merely to the house occupied by the owner but rather to the entire home stead. The average tax values of owner accupied homes in this county is $1, 015 owner-occupied homes. If the legislature were to exempt the homesteads for $300 only 11 per cent of the homes would be affected, hr other words 11 percent of the homes in this county have a tax value of only $300; 23 percent $500; 33 per cent $700.