THE
Roanoke Beacon
and
ff ashington County Newt
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
In Plymouth. Washington County,!!
North Carolina
The Roanoke Beacon is Wash- [
ington County's only newspaper 1
It was established in 1889, consoli
dated with the Washington County
News in 1929 and with The Sun
in 1937.
Subscription Rates
(Payable in Advance)
One year_$1.50 |
Six months_ .75
Advertising Rates Furnished
Upon Request
Entered as second-class matter
at the post office in Plymouth. N
C., under the act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
Friday, June 30, 1939
A Little Tip lor
Owners oi Dogs
\ number of local people have
'omplained recently about neighbors
permitting their dogs to bark or howl
at all hours of the night. While all
of thi> noise cannot be eliminated, it
is jx>ssible for dog owners to some
what alleviate conditions by keeping
the animals shut up in their yards
at night.
A great many people do not wish
to incur the ill-well of those who live
near them by going to them and com
plaining about the noise made by the
other's dogs; but, at the same time,
the dog owners should have enough
consideration for others to do all they
can to see that their pets do not make
a nuisance of themselves.
If you are the owner of a dog, it
might be well to give a little thought
to this matter. It may save hard
feelings between you and some of
your neighbors, and few dogs are
worth this price.
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Tobacco
The size of the flue-cured tobacco
crop is giving the tobacco companies
some concern as well as the growers.
They are now considering eliminat
ing one day each week or stop sales
at three-thirty each afternoon, so as
they say, to lengthen the season and
enable them to properly handle the
crop.
The question of the effect such
action would have on the farmers
was raised by J. E. Winslow, Presi
dent of the N. C. Farm Bureau, at
a recent joint meeting of the State
Tobacco Advisory Committee and
the Farm Executive Committee. Mr.
Winslow introduced a resolution ask
ing that farmers have representatives
on the sales committee of the Nation
al 'Tobacco Association which deter
mines such matters. We are advised
that this request has been granted.
How would such shortening of
How may such action effect them?
To stop the sales at three-thirty each
afternoon would reduce the sales time
21 per cent. This would mean that
more tobacco would be left unsold
each day and that more tobacco
would correspondingly be left on the
door longer and naturally in unfavor
able weather the farmers tobacco
would be subject to more damage and
in addition more inconvience on the
part of the farmers waiting day after
day for their tobacco to be sold, yet
liie market closing at three-thirty in
the afternoon. Again farmers to
avoid having the sales stopped in the
middle of his offering would be in
clined to put from 500 to 800 pounds
on each basket. To do this he would
nave to mix several grades thus ef
fecting his price adversely.
Now what are farmers interests?
sales hours would be forcing growers
I )ue to the jiopular belief on the part
nf farmers that tobaco sells higher
in September and October and the
(act that companies through shorter
sales effect the companies themselves?
to sell in November, December and
l>ossibly January, would cause an in
tensified effort on the part of farmers
to sell earlier, resulting in blocked
sales every day in the week instead of
Friday and Monday as heretofore. It
appears to us the sensible thing to
do, would be to open the market two
weeks earlier, have the same sales
rate and hours as they now have or
[terhaps if the crop goes above a bil
lion pounds, lengthen the hours per
day and increase the pounds per bas
ket so as to move the crop as it is of
fered in the capacity at which the
present processing facilities will per
mit.
So long as the companies place a
premium on tobacco sold in Septem
ber and October farmers will con
Unue to demand that they be per
One Out of Twenty
Next time your club meets, or
you have a family reunion, list the
names of 20 of those present. Let
them be members of your family,
relatives, close friends.
Look well upon their happy
faces, for at the present rate one
out of that 20 will be killed or in
jured in an automobile accident
within the next five years.
It may be you, or your daughter,
or your mother, or perhaps your
sweetheart.
It may be a minor injury; it may
be a crippling, disfiguring casu
alty: it may be death.
These figures are based on the
law of averages, assuming that the
annual total of traffic deaths and
injuries reported by The Travelers
Insurance Company for 1938 will
not increase :n any of the next fiv(
years.
Fortunately, you and your rel
atives and friends can evade the
law of averages. You can beat it by
being above the average in your
walking and driving habits. If you
and your group of 20 will walk and
drive safely, the average injury
probably will not strike in the next
five years; it may not strike in the
next 20 years: it may, in fact, never
strike.
mitted to take advantage of these
premium sales weeks.
Warren For President
Winston-Salem Journal
The North Carolina delegation to
the Democratic convention of 1^40
is expected to cast a favorite son first
ballot for Governor Hoey.
But reports now has it that Wash
ington may maneuver another North
Carolinian. Congressman Lindsay
Warren, into the limelight.
Warren is an extremely able legis
lator and political strategist. To him
the administration has entrusted some
af its most difficult legislative tasks,
and his success in handling them has
led to widespread approval.
Oddly enough, .Mr. Warren has
somehow managed to gain and hold
the respect and confidence of both the
New Dealers and the old-time De
mocrats who are backing Garner, it
is said, and his suggestions regarding
many administrative problems have
enabled the President to untie a num
ber of the hardest knots facing him.
Possibly the Warren talk is the
product of pure speculation. But Mr.
Warren is a solon to keep an eye on.
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A Good Law
For Us To Adopt
Scotland Neck Commonwealth
It is required by law on the Isle of
Madeira that when a man cuts down
a tree he must immediately plant one
in its place.
Maybe this would be a fine law for
us to adopt so that reforestation could
proceed on equal terms with tree-cut
ting. Trees are one of the greatest
natural resources of this nation, but
the supply has been reduced tremen
dously by unwise cutting without
definite reforestation plans.
Incidentally, indiscriminate cutting
[of tree' is one of the leading causes
of floods and droughts. Trees hold
moisture in their roots which is gra
dually released to the land during
periods of drought, thus reducing the
ill effects of drought. On the other
hand, when there are no trees to ab
sorb moisture in times of heavy pre
cipitation, the water rushes headlong
to the river.-, causing floods with their
heavy damage and taking millions of
tons of valuable topsoil away from
the farmers.
Education and Children
I)arc ( aunty Times.
Too many parents and teachers
have the idea that to educate a child
means to teach him or her to think
like parents and teachers.
If that is the real aim of educa
tion we are wasting a lot of the money
of the taxpayers in keeping our
schools open.
Xobody but an idiot believes that
human knowledge is |>erfect. This
means, if it means anything, that par
ents and teachers do not know it all.
It means that they have been, are
and will be mistaken in many of
their views.
Consequently, the process of edu
cation, if it is to advance the human
race, should lead growing boys and
girls to analyze, question and test
existing thought and institutions.
In order that this can be intelli
gently done it is the business of those
who instruct children, in the home or
the school, to teach them the value
of thru which the race has found use
ful in its past experience.
Ilius. in time, some one, with
sense eii»ugh to appreciate the bene
fits of present possessions will have
initiative enough to plan for improve
ment, without being hampered by in
hibitions, prejudices and supersti
tions.
?»&}»>£»>; it PUTS WEIGHT
ON HOGS FAST!
Tuxedo Hog Ration contains 19%
protein, is low in fibre content. It
contains pure cane molasses, mak
ing it rich in flavor, easily digested.
That’s why Tuxedo Hog Ration is
so profitable to feed, whether you
market or butcher your liogs. Try
a bag, and we know you II find it
pays to feed Tuxedo Hog Ration.
W. H. Basnight & Co., Inc.
Wholesale Dealers Only Ahoskie, N. C.
TUXEDO PIG MEAL • HOG RATION • "BIG FORTY"
Rambling
...About
By THE RAMBLER
One of the Janies Boys—
The Rev. Jesee James, evangelist
conducting a meeting at the Roper
Pestecostal Holiness Church, says his
name got him in trouble at High
Point some weeks ago. Going thiough
a traffic light just as it changed, he
was hailed by a motorcycle cop. who
asked him his name.
Jesse James.” said the minister.
"Oh. yeah!” said the officer. “Well.
I'm doing all right. Last week I
caught John Dillinger and the Oak
lahoma Kid. Suppose you just run
down to headquarters with me."
When he reached the police s
tion. the cop still thought he was be
ing kidded by a "wise guy" and only
the fact that the minister had some
letters addressed to the "Rev. Jesse
James" in his pocket finally satisfied
the force as to the authenticity of the
name and kept him out of a cell.
Incidentally, there's a tobacconist
by the same name living in Roberson
ville.
Habitat—Hot Water—
The difficulties a country news
paper editor can get himself into
whenever he dares express an opin
ion on any question were outlined in
a recent issue of the ' American Mer
cury" by an anonymous article enti
tled "A Small-Eown Editor Squawks.’'
The author was described as the edi
tor of a newspaper in a small south
ern town, and we can heartily sub
scribe to the truth of some of the
statements he made. An excerpt
reads:
"... the pressure of village poli
tics and special interests can be as
annoying as. and often closer to home
than, national or world-wide problems
that stuffed shirts, like athlete’s foot,
are where you find them, which de
cidedly includes small towns. The
country editor can either assert him
self and defy the moguls of his com
munity. in which case his life is an
open hell; or he can knuckle under,
in which case it’s a secret purgatory.
Mine has been for the most part the
open-hell variety.
"Ed Howe once remarked that the
only thing a small-town editor can
safely attack is a man-eating shark.
But that's exaggerated. If someone
in town has a weakness for sharks,
it's best to avoid the subject. In re
cent years country editors have, in
deed. hurled verbal hand grenades
at such enemies as syphilis and Hit
ler. but in careful, inoffensive terms.
A scattered few have grown pointed
as to persons, places, and ideas—but
these are hardy, restless souls goad
ed beyond endurance by the bore
dom of their editoral existence. They
may or may not find happiness in
their revolt. I know only that the life
of a small-town editor, if he dis
charges his duty as he sees it—in
printing for example, news involving
his neighbors arrested for drunken
driving, or editoralizing his convic
tions on public questions—will not be
exactly blissful."
Printer's Privilege—
Miss Rae Wright, society editor of
the Cherokee <Iowa> Daily Times, ad
mitting, that she should probably
know nothing about "journalistic
stretch." since a placard hung over
her desk by the Boss reads: "In
accuracy is the greatest bane cf the
newspaper craft.” nevertheless waxes
poetical in excusing herself by ask
ing "What writer doesn't try to make
the most of an opportunity?” She
goes on:
Where sixty-eight attend a thing
It reads "almost a hundred."
A dozen racers ran the stretch:
In print it's alway , "thundered."
When rivers start their annual flood
It's judged "the worst in years."
M(«t any bloomin' musical's
"Most pleasing to the ears."
Political developments are
"Critical" at least
And eatable or no so good
A dinner is a "feast."
The weather's always most unique
In record-smashing stride.
And plain and fancy debutantes
Are truly glorified.
No matter what the incident.
It's seldom mediocre.
If Miss Society gets hurt.
Why. probably some one's choked
her.
Fenders may have only dents—
"The car was badly smashed."
However mild discussion is.
The subject's simply "hashed."
Perhaps a guest's been gone a week,
'Twill never be explained.
But rather in the newsy sheet—
"Left recently." it’s framed.
It might seem to the readers
Confusing—just a tetch.
If they didn't know the customary
"Journalistic stretch.”
Reserved Seat—
"What have you done." Saint Peter
asked,
"That I should admit you here?"
"I ran a paper," the editor said.
“In my town for one long year."
Saint Peter pityingly shook his head
And gravely touched a bell.
"Come in, poor tiling, select your
harp,
You've had your share of hell."
—Exchange.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of a judgment
made and entered in the cause en
NOTICE
Passenger service (Trains
Nos. 37 and 36) will be dis
continued between Plym
outh, Williamston and Par
mele
Effective July 1, 1939
J. B. EDMUNDSON
Agent
flTLflllTIC COAST Lfflf flflllflOflO
LEGAL NOTICES
titled "Washington County vs. Fred
H. Royce et Al,” in the Superior
Court of Wa.hington County docket
ed in tiie Judgment Docket of Wash
ington County, the undersigned Com
missioner, will on the 3rd day of
July, 1939, at 12 o'clock noon, at the
door of the Washintgon County Court
House, in Plymouth, North Carolina,
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder for cash, subject to the con
firmation of the Court, the property
hereinafter described, located in Lees
mill Township. Washington County,
an described as follows:
First Tract: Lot No. 19 in the sub
division made by Norfolk Southern
Land Company, Incorporated, of
| Registered Estate No. 202, Book 3,
I page 215-216 of Washington County
I Drainage District No. 5 being Regis
i rered Estate No. 225, Book 4. page 66
and containing 80 acres, and betng
1 more particularly described in Book
8. page 346.
Second Tract: Lot No. 20 in the
subdivision made by Norfolk South
ern Land Company, Incorporated, of
Registered Estate No. 202, Book 3.
page 215-216 of Washington Countv
Drainage District No. 5 being Regis
tered Estate No. 226, Book 4 page 67.
and containing 81.3 acres, and being
more particularly described in Book
8. page 348
Third Tract: Lot No. 21 in the
subdivision made by Norfolk South
ern Land Company, Incorporated, of
Registered Estate No. 202, Book 3.
page 215-216 of Washington County
Drainage Disrteit No. 5, being Regis
tered Estate No. 227, Book 4, page
68. and containing 62.2 acres, and
being more particularly described in
Book 8, page 350.
The successful bidder at said sale
will be required to deposit ten per
cent of his bid, to be forfeited upon
his failure to comply with same.
This the 29th day of May, 1939.
Z. V. NORMAN,
■ie9 4tCommissioner.
Do You Live in a
HOUSE or HOME
If You Rent It—
i| It’s a House;
t If You Own If—
It's a Home!
Stock in the Seventh Series of the
Plymouth Building & Loan Associa
tion Will Be Available on July 1st
Prepare now to see the secretary, M. W.
Spruill, at the City Clerk’s office and enter
your name for the number of shares you
wish at 25 cents per share weekly.
Despite present conditions, the need for
more houses and homes for people in Plym
outh is increasing and now is the time for
you to begin to prepare to move from a
HOUSE into a HOME.
Plymouth Building &
•Loan Association
Colonel Bain Takes Command!
Brewers and Distributors Inaugurate North Carolina “Clean-Up or Close-Up”
Campaign. State and Local Enforcement Heads Endorse Plan.
IN NORTH CAROLINA, as in many
other states, a few retail beer outlets
which flout the law, often bring dis
credit upon the entire business.
Brewers and distributors are convinced
that this business can and should al
ways be conducted properly and in full
conformity with the law, and they are
determined that this shall be the case in
North Carolina.
Consequently, we, the undersigned, re
cently formed the Brewers and North
Carolina Beer Distributors Committee
which, acting in close cooperation with
state and local enforcement bodies, has
launched a vigorous cooperative cam
paign to rid the state of those few beer
outlets which persist in disregarding
both the law and the public.
In plain words, we refuse any longer to
tolerate outlets which use their beer
licenses as a “cover-up” for flagrant
bootlegging operations; which sell_ to
minors or otherwise violate the law and
their license privileges. With the brew
ers, our Committee includes wholesalers
who distribute approximately ninety per
cent of the beer sold in North Carolina.
And we also have the wholehearted sup
port of the large majority of our re
spectable and law-abiding retailers.
Furthermore, duly constituted enforce
ment officials have approved our objec
tives and promised their help. And
ACTION is certain now that Attorney
General McMullan has declared it is the
duty of municipal and county boards, on
request for revocation of malt beverage
licenses, to hold hearings.
Colonel Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro,
N. C., has been appointed by the Com
mittee to direct its activities.
“Good Conduct” Committees of local
beer distributors, each headed by a
chairman, have been set up in ten dis
tricts of the state for close cooperation
with law enforcement officers, and with
our own Executive Committee, in eradi
cating objectionable places of business.
Established on a permanent basis, our
Brewers and North Carolina Beer Dis
tributors Committee seeks to protect the
legitimate beer business in North Caro
lina from the depredations of a small
and irresponsible minority, and to per
form a worthwhile service to the public.
The Committee is sponsored by the
United Brewers Industrial Foundation,
a national organization of brewers.
The Brewers and North Carolina Beer
Distributors Committee is convinced
that its work is in the public interest.
Therefore, we respectfully solicit your
cooperation with our efforts.
COL. EDGAR H. BAIN
State Director
Colonel Bain recently resigned
from the State Senate to take
over the directorship of our
Committee. He Is a World War
veteran, decorated with the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and the
Stiver Star. An official of the
U. S. Army Reserve Officers
Corps, he Is well-known through
out the State as a militant cru
sader fog law enforcement.
Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee
SUITE 813-17 COMMERCIAL BUILDING, RALEIGH, N. C.
._NORTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Distributor Member*
I. P. Price, Chairman, Greensboro Distributing Oo., Greensboro
W. E. Griffin, Durham Fruit ft Produce Co., Durham
W. S. Burruss, Capital Ioe ft Coal Co., Raleigh
Fred Mills, Dunlap ft Mills, Wadeaboro
Edward Hecht, Hardaway Hecht Oo., Charlotte
Frank E. Barnard, Beer With TTs, Inc., AsheriB*
Brewer Members
L. E. Wheeler (Asheville)—Jos. Schlltz Brewing Co.
David Gallo (Norfolk, Va.)—Southern Breweries, Imo,
C. M. Wright (Newark, N. J.)—P. Ballanttne & Sons
S. A. Cash (Louisville, Ky.)—Frank Fehr Brewing Co.
W. H. Jolly (Norfolk, Va.)—Pabat Brewing Co.
Walter Bartlett (Norfolk, Va.)—Jacob Ruppert Brewery
y m, \r r- w Cover Jr.: ASHEVILLE: Beer With Us, Inc., Better Beer <jo., scarce-xounB-.*nsci
ALBEMARLE. F._A M. Coffee Co., AN DREWS. G. W. Co W,^m— ^ CHARLOTTE: Canada Dry Bottling Co., Southern Fruit Co., Hardaway
Smoky Mountain Distributors mo.; BBYSON «*»=»*« ^“flrewo^"iTSSSTSte S Co",’ FWteTS:.
Hecht Co. Thomas Howard Co.; CONCORD: Old ^^.^‘‘CvInBottlink ' Co FAFETTEVTLLE: A M. Fleishma; GASTONIA; Orange
J. M. Mathes Co.. Inc., Associated Bottlers, Inc.; ELKIN* - niotwiwj*.* w c Wririit Distrihutmsr Co R. H. Barringer
Crush Bottling Co.; GBEENSBOBO: Greensboro DistributingCa CarolmaD^tributingCo ^G^Wr^ht^ Distri • * ^ Co. ; KINSTON:
Distributing Co.; HENDERSONVILLE: Cantrell Produce Co.;BICKOI^. Union WhtiesrteCo HIG* WILKESIHIRO: Pepsl-Cola Bottling
Neuse Distributing Co.; LENOIR: Blue Ridge Distributing Co. .ECMBEBTON. Nu-Icy Bottling ^.NUSlu^a^so Bottling Co.*
Co.; BALEIGH: Garland C. Norris Co., Brogden Produce Co-, Betts Coal ft Oil C^C^pitta Ice ft Coa.^»Bi«»» SALISBURY: Orange Crush
ROCKINGHAM: Seago Bottling Co.; BOCK MOUNT: QvrgeS.Edwards ft Co BOXBOWB. ^xboro^^Beverage lo^o Beverage Co.; WILSON:
Bottling Co.; SANFORD: Sanford Distributing Co.; WADESBOBO: Dunlap ft Mills, Inc.; WILMINGTON. J. W. uacaaon ovv s
Acme Candy Co.; WINSTON-SALEM: Katsen Co. •