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The Roanoke Beacon jf + jf. + jf + + and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. VOLUME L—NUMBER 32 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 10, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics T. W. Armstrong, manager of the FSA Scuppernong project near Lake Phelps, wants a teacher allotted by the state for about 10 colored chil dren living on the Weston farm. A recent letter from him to this effect was forwarded to state officials at Raleigh. The local unions met here Wednes day night to work out plans for a Labor Day celebration here Septem ber 4. They will have a speaker, a parade with floats, and possibly a baseball game in the afternon. The speaker has not been secured as yet, but it was hoped that final plans could be made by next week. With the repeated statements that no money is available for certain road projects being made by the State State Highway and Public Works Commission, W. L. Whitley here said that he could not understand why there was a surplus in the highway fund and why a connecting link could be paved from Edenton to the Sound bridge. Remarks were made by John W. Darden and others about the report ed candidacy of Willis Smith, of Ra leigh, during the road meeting at Belhaven Wednesday, but the former state senator dismissed the subject for the time being with the remark that lie might “make a statement in this regard later." Miss Virginia Cahoon will return this week-end from New York with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Liverman and daughter, Neva, who have gone there to purchase more stock for the open ing of their store between now and September 1. Miss Cahoon has been a student at Columbia University this summer. She is a commercial teach er in the Greensboro High School. A camp fire program will be held at the Roper High School Grounds Tonight, when Scout master N. A. Taylor will have his scouts there from Plymouth; Scoutmaster Sidney Smithson, of Creswell, and Scoutmaster Ed gar Spruill, of Roper; with Scout Executive J. J. Sigwald atending. O. H. Cox. manager of tire North Carolina Pulp Company here, re turned Tuesday night with his fam ily from a visit in Indiana last week. He was back at his desk Thursday and reported that he had had an en joyable trip. County Agent W. V. Hays, A. J. Rid die, and Sam Spruill were in Norfolk Wednesday attending a pure-bred hog sale, and they also heard a dis cussion on types of hogs. Mr. Riddle and Mr. Hays returned Thursday to bring back some in' Mi, V“ chased Wednesday by Mr. Riddle. Town Council Will Meet Next Monday -m The Town Council of Plymouth will meet Monday night for their reg ular monthly meeting, when matters of importance will come before those present and Mayor B. G. Campbell urged a full attendance of the coun cilmen. Eighty-five street-corner signs have been purchased and are now being placed at the intersections to desig nate the streets. These signs were urged by the post office officials here who wished the streets marked for the benefit of postman, as well as the persons having mail addressed them. It may be discussed Monday night, when the work will begin on the wa ter system extension on Monroe and Port Williams Streets and Brinkley Avenue, recently approved by the WPA. Contract Awarded For School Roof A contract was let Monday by the Washington County Board of Educa tion to the Byrum Hardware Com pany, of Edenton, for repairing the roof of the Roper colored school building, reported to be badly in need of recovering. The Edenton firm agreed to apply 29-gauge galvanized metal roofing with double-lock seams, they to fur nish the nails, labor, and incidentals, all highest type materials, and to guarantee the workmanship. They agreed to begin work as soon as the weather permitted. A contract was also let to Baker and Rawls, of Raleigh, for a new roof on certain parts of the Roper white school building. Unofficially Announced That Strike At Delair Plant To Be Ended Today —o A special dispatch to The Bea con from Delair, N. J„ received shortly before noon today, says it was unofficially announced this morning that the strike at the plant of the Kieckhefer Contain er Company there would be end ed today. It was said the com pany would not make a statement until after a conference now be ing held was ended, probably about 3 p. m. this afternoon, but there was every reason to believe an agreement would be reached. In the meantime, the local unit of the North Carolina Pulp Co. continues to operate on a re stricted schedule. Two machines are being run this week, the sec ond having gone into production last Friday; and a majority of the workers are back on the job. Officials here said the local plant would get back into full produc tion as soon as the Delair plant resumed operations, but official confirmation of the ending of the ■o strike was not available early this l afternoon. The dispatch from Delair reads: “Unofficially announced this morning that the Kieckhefer strike was ended in its fourteenth week, agreement having been raeched last night. Announce ment was made a week ago that the plant was ready to operate at any time employees decided to return. “A letter to all employees dat ed Monday repeated the com pany's stand against the union shop clause, explaining it would endanger jobs of all who might earn displeasure of the union. The letter told of proposals to give one-week vacations with pay. time and overtime after 8 hours, no Saturday afternoon or Sun day work, making piecework equal to hour work, and make contract to January, 1940. “First serious trouble occurred -u this week, wlien a pro-union striker was held in jail charged with throwing bricks through a door early Tuesday morning at some of the leaders ol' the back to-work faction. The man tied, followed by 8 shots from the group, and G rifle bullets piereed his car. The car was later found by police to have been stolen. The attacked man identified his as sailant, who denied the charge. "The back-to-work group mailed ballots to every striker Monday to get an expression of the majority. However, few were returned in the stamped en velopes that went with the let ters, the committee charging that union leaders collected the bal lots by threats. "The company will not make a statement until after a confer ence now in session is ended, probably about 3 p. m., but there is every reason to believe an agree ment will be reached today.” Southern Albemarle Group Meeting 17th To Seize Personal Property if Town Taxes Not Settled Garnishee Proceedings Will Also Be Resorted To by Collector Here Hundreds of dollars in taxes due on personal property owned by per sons residing in Plymouth have not been paid, making it necessary to re sort to stringent, if unpleasant, meth ods of collection, Chief of Police P. W. Brown said today. Because the personal property own ers have not come across with this tax money, sorely needed by the * .-I po.if f Brown ?• m j n would be forced to reize the property or gar nishee the wages of those who are working. It has been usual every fiscal year for the town tax collector to have to resort to the garnishee method for collection, but this year the number of delinquents has increased to such an extent that it was decided to re sort to the seizure of property, as well as garnishee. Unless personal property owners, including owners of motor vehicles, pay their taxes immediately, action will be instituted to seize such prop erty and hold it until payment is made. "Seizure for taxes or the claiming of wages for taxation is an unpleas ant method of collection,” Chief Brown said, "but negligence of tax payers has forced me to take these Pension Authorized For Aged Teacher -® The Washington County Commis sioners Monday got around to the question of the $50-per-month pen sion for Miss Gussie Carstarphen, who has taught in schools of the coun ty for 60 years. The recent session of the legisla ture passed an act authorizing the commissioners to pension Miss Gussie as long as she lived at the rate of $50 monthly. Paced with a budget already filled to the bursting point with expenses, the commissioners could not at first And the funds available for such a pension, but they finally managed to squeeze the amount in, with the payments to begin probably next month. Since the matter has been ap proved, it was believed that Miss Car starphen, who had already been elect ed as a teacher in the Roper elemen tary school for the coming term, would resign and take advantage of the retirement plan. Plan "Crack-Down" on Slot Machines In County Operating Without Licenses Warning was issued today by J. E. Davenport, tax colleetor for Washington County, that slot and pin-game machines must have licenses attached before they are placed in operation or both the owners of the devices and the proprietor of the place where they are located will be indicted and prosecuted. Every effort will be made in the future to see that machines are licensed before they are put in operation, the tax col lector said. The county has col lected a total of $1,040 in license fees since “amusement only” de vices were legalized by the recent legislature. It was said that scores of ma chines had been placed in stores and business estabiisnmenis wunT out the license beingr attached, and the proprietors have permit ted them to be operated pending acquisition of license. This prac tice will not be permitted in the future, Mr. Davenport said, and warrants will be issued for both the store owner and the operator of the machines for violations. There are over 100 devices now being operated in the county, many of them without the prop er license. Most of the machines do not comply with the regula tions providing that they may be played “for amusement only,” but no strict enforcement of these provisions has been undertaken. Large Attendance From This County Urged by Whitley -w 35 of 50 Persons Named as Delegates Signify Acceptance -- Up to today 35 of the 50 persons named as deligates from Washing ton County have returned cards sig nifying their intention of attending the annual meeting of the Southern Albemarle Association at Manteo next Thursday, August 17, it was learned today from W. L. Whitley, vice presi dent of the organization from this county. The prominent attorney, who will lead the local delegation, urges a large attendance from this county, as several matters pertaining to civic improvement of the four-county group will come up for discussion and he wants this county ably represent ed. Melvin R. Daniels, vice president of the association for Dare county, said that arrangements were being made to take care of a large crowd of per sons who are expected to attend the event from Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde and Dare counties, including 200 of ficial delegates. The speaker for the occasion has not been named as yet by C. W. Ta tem, of Columbia, president of the organization, but Mr. Whitly said this week he had been advised that a well known speaker will be on hand to discuss matters of current inter est. Official delegates will vote on reso lutions and suggestions for better road conditions in the four counties. It is understood that the beach road down the Banks in Dare will be dis cussed as will the proposal for bridges across Alligatof River and Croatan Sound. This county will have proposals for roads to be considered also. Bands from Elizabeth City, Edenton and possibly Plymouth will be on hand to provide the music. It was re ported that the main speaking event would be held in the large ampithe atre where "The Lost Colony” drama is presented. Revival Services ai Creswell Churches -- Creswell.—A series of revival serv ices will be held in two churches in the charge of Dr. G. A. Martin, of Creswell, who announces changes in appointments at two churches. Rev. P. B. Nickens, Plymouth bap tist minister, will take over the preaching Monday night at the Cres well Baptist church, to continue it daily at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. This makes the third series of services conducted by the popular minister for Dr. Martin, who speaks of Mr. Nick ens as “a young man of great prom ise.” The pastor will preach Sunday morning at 11. Rev. D. S. Dempsey, of Portsmouth, will be the guest speaker at the Mt. Pleasant revival, which begins on Sunday. August 20, closing the follow ing Sunday. Rev. Mr. Dempsey was very popular with the church folk of that section two years ago. when he conducted a meeting there. As to the change in appointments, Dr. Martin said he would preach at Oak Grove the third Sunday at 11 a. m. instead of the fourth Sunday, and that he would preach at Mount Pleas ant on the third Sunday, at night, in stead of 11 a. m. “Friends of the churches are cor dially invited to attend these services as much as possible," said Dr. Martin. Dissension Reported In Ranks of Strikers At Delair Pulp Mill -<5>-1 Writer in Newspaper There Says Majority Wish To Return To Work •*' According to an article appearing last Thursday in The Community News, published at Merchantville, a few miles from Delair, N. J., there is dissension in the ranks of the strik ing workers who walked out of the plant of the Kieckhefer Container Company there last May. A letter published in the paper by one of the striking workers indicates that a con siderable number wish to return to work, but are prevented from doing so by a minority which favors con tinuation of the strike. According to the letter, written by an unnamed “responsible employee” from the ranks of the strikers, the strike was not legally called accord ing to union rules. He says the meet ing at which the strike was voted was not properly advertised, that the vot ing was not done by secret ballot, as provided by the union constitution, that the meeting was held in a hall which would hold only from 175 to 200 people, and that 500 others on the outside had no opportunity to be recorded. Another allegation in the article is that unnecessary hardship and priva tion was forced upon approximately 700 employees by a minority group. It states that when a member arose to express an opinion that was con trary to the pre-determined notions of the union men who “packed” the meeting, he was howled down with boos and cat-calls. The union rep resentatives are charged with trying to force unjust demands down the throat “of a company that had been paying better than the union scale of'wages in the greater majority of the departments of the plant.” Another paragraph reads, “Incensed at the attitude of the union officials for their general conduct from the very outset, many men began to get together at each others’ homes, or to meet secretly away from home. As many as 20 or 30 different groups had formed, each with these questions in mind: How can we get back to work? What can we do to stop this silly strike, which, after all, is no strike at all? Where is there a Moses to lead us—for, against such ruthless foes, it will take a Moses?’ ” At the meeting on July 28, called to consider the company’s final pro posals, the back-to-work group claims they were again intimidated and re fused an opportumty of voting by se cret ballot. The writer of the article says five men were fired out of the union before they even got into the meet.ng. The result, as reported to the press by union officials, was a unanimous vote to reject the com pany's proposals. School Bus Drivers For Term Named The following boys have been se lected to drive the school busses in Washington County during the com ing school term, it was announced to day by H. H. McLean, county super intendent of publi ■ instruction: Joseph Noonev, James Rea Waters, L. S. Newberry James Rea, Edison Watson, Herbert Curies, Julian Dav enport. Grady Hopkins, James Mc Allister, Leland Barber, John Collins, Harold Woodley. Louis Spear, Joe Pritchette. Harold Spruill, Odell Pur laugh, Wilson Armstrong and Forest Snell. There is an additional driver to be named at Roper Usually Jody Ain sley serves as janitor and diives the truck. It is not sure whether a change will be made or not. Prior to the opening of schools on August 30. the boys Will be assembled here and given instructions as to their duties. Patrolman Foin Brown at that time will give them advice as to safe driving 20-Ceni Average Is Paid on Border Mari For County Tobacco -3, - 5,000 Pounds Sold in Lum berton Monday by Six County Farmers An average price of 20 cents a pound was received by six county to bacco growers, who sent a truckload of the leaf to the Lumberton market Monday of this week to test out the prices to be expected this season. W. T. Freeman was in charge of the to bacco, aggregating 5.000 pounds, which returned the half dozen farm ers approximately $1,000. All were well pleased with their sales. Five out of the six persons in the group averaged as high as 22 cents a pound. The average paid for the tobacco from this county was better than the market average for the day. which was around 18 cents. Mr. Freeman said he talked to farmers at Lumberton from William ston. Robersonville. Bath. Wake For est. Greenville. Durham, Kinston and Raleigh, and that averages for the same day’s sale were from 15 to 19 cents a pound, leading him to be lieve the crop in this county is one of the best in quality anywhere. On his return he had some samples of rather trashy looking sand lugs which brought 16 cents; but, on the other hand, a sample of fine-looking well-cured lemon-yellow up-stalk to bacco that would almost qualify as a wrapper brought only 25 cents. Mr. Freeman said the better grades were at least 10 cents a pound lower than last year, while he thought the me dium and lower grades were as good or up to 5 cents a pound higher. Observations of those on the trip with Mr. Freeman were that the lo cal tobacco crop was better than any seen between here and Lumberton as a whole. Fire Tower Sought For Pettigrew Park Section by Officials -$ Attendant Would Also Act As Game Protector and Caretaker A fire tower with an attendant is being sought for the Pettigrew Park area, it was learned today from W. R. Hampton, member of the State Board of Conservation and Development, who felt that such action should be taken to prevent pillaging of the premises. Mr. Hampton said the services of a game protector had been secured to supervise fishing parties on Lake Phelps, and that it was de sired the same person should be for est-fire warden and caretaker of the park property as well. He said suggestions had been made for special licenses fees being charged to fish in the lake, with non-residents of the county being required to pay a higher rate, but since the area is a state park it would be unwise to discriminate between state residents. With the fire tower as an aid, the attendant and game protector could watch the lake area at all times to prevent forest fires and also super vise fishing in the lake from the lofty view he would have of the premises. Despite reports published in an Elizabeth City newspaper last week to the effect that dedication of the park would be held early in the fall, W. L. Whitley, vice president of the Southern Albemarle Association and chairman of the park committee, said that it was planned to postpone the dedication until more improvements had been made to the property. Little Girl Struck by Car Sunday Critically Hurt -• Reports today were to the effect that 4-year-old Helen Waters, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Waters, of Jamesville, who was seriously injured when struck by a car Sunday, was still in a critical condition in a Wash ington hospital. Mr. Waters is an employee of the North Carolina Pulp Company here. The car which struck the little girl was driven by J. S. Al len, of Windsor, a mechanic for the Bertie County school trucks. It was reported that the victim's view was obstructed by the car of a colored man entering the highway from a side street, and that the Allen machine could not lx- seen by her as she started across the highway. The child's right leg was broken above the knee, the left leg broken below the knee, an arm fractured and she suffered ugly cuts about the body. Extend Time for Filing Processing Tax Claims -$> Representative Lmclsa - Warren stated today that he wished to again call attention to farmers and busi ness men in the First District that Congress has recently passed an act which would allow those who had absorbed proceesing taxes under the old A.A.A., invalidated by the Su preme Court, to file claims for re funds up to December 30th. Many failed to file claims two years ago. Mr. Warren stated that claims should be filed with the Collector of Inter nal Revenue, Greensboro, N. C. Road Officials Not at Meeting in Belhaven Expect Big Crowd At Morattock 20th Work on restoration of the old Morattock church building a lew miles from here is rapidly near ing completion, and everything will be in readiness by Sunday week, August 20. for the home coming observance and services there, according to John W. Dar den, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. The building itself has been re paired. a new' roof put on. and painted. Road crew's are now engaged in putting the route to the old church in good shape, and ample parking space will be pro vided for hundreds of automo biles. Several thousand people are expected to attend. Mr. Darden said today that the program should be in definite form by the middle of next week. A number of noted Primitive Bap tist ministers have indicated they will attend, and it has been sug gested by some of them that serv ices in other churches of the Ke hukee association be dispensed with on the third Sunday so that all the congregations may join in the Morattock services. -$, Greater Albemarle Association Formed At Elizabeth City -<e> Washington County Repre sented at Meeting Last Friday Night Although Washington County was represented at the organization meet ing of the Greater Albemarle Associa tion in Elizabeth City last Friday night, no action was taken to have the county pledge its support to the new association. John W. Darden, secretary of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, and Repre sentative W. M. Darden attended from here. Mr. John Darden, who spoke for this county, said that since they were already connected with the Southern Albemarle Association, they would rather wait until after the meeting is held in Manteo on August 17 to make a public declaration of their attitude in the matter. W. O. Saunders, secretary of the Greater Albemarle Association, said it would not be the purpose of the organization to sponsor movements against which there was any opposi tion from member counties. Membership was offered persons in Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Chowan, Washington, Hyde, Dare, Tyrrell, Perquimans, Gates and Ber tie Counties. The organization was favorable to the idea of having three members from each county as directors of the association. The headquarters are to be in Elizabeth City. Meetings of the group will be held quarterly. The membership fee was fixed at $6 per gear for individuals, with a $1 initia tion fee. Creswell Parents-Teachers Will Meet Friday Evening There will be a special call meet ng of the Creswell Parent-Teacher Association Friday evening August 11, it 8 o'clock at M. P. church. All nembers are urged to attend. Top Clubs in Albemarle Lose Wednesday Games -« The Rocks lost their fourth game n a row Wednesday afternoon, when hey bowed to Oak City. 4 to 3, as : he three top teams in the league were conquered by the second-division out Its. ; Perry town lost to Windsor, 3 to 2; . tnd Edenton dropped a contest to i Scotland Neck, 3 to 2, for one-run ■ ipsets all over the circuit. i 5,000 Back Demands For Improvement of Highway to Pantego Committee Named and Res olutions Passed; 4,543 at Free Dinner ——« Ignored by members of the State Highway and Public Works Commis sion, who did not attend to hear their plea for an all-weather road from Highway No. 97 to Pantego, 5,000 persons nevertheless stood in a hot midday sun to hear a number of speakers proclaim the merits of their cause at the mass meeting held on the premises of the Belhaven Com munity House Wednesday. On the stage with the speakers were E. W. Spruill, district highway engineer, and Mr. Cutchins, division engineer, who were the sole represen tatives of the highway commission, and they did not have authority to make an official expression in answer to the vigorous demands for improve ment of tile road made by the speak ers, some of whom waxed warm in criticism of the highway officials for discrimination against this section. John W. Darden presided over the meeting, while Fred P. Latham, of Belhaven, co-chairman, was heard from, although most of his time was spent in arranging to feed fish and aarbecue to the 4.543 persons who ate the free dinner, cheered the speak srs and then watched a "jitterbug” jontest in the community building. Though the highway commission srs were not there, the engineers they sent will have plenty to report if they sarry the messages back to their superiors. Zeb Vance Norman pre pared and tire crowd endorsed a reso lution petitioning the commission to ouild a dependable road through the area. A committee was appointed to present the resolution to the com mission on August 24. Mr. Norman's resolution pointed put that the Turnpike Road was one pf the main thoroughfares in Wash ington and Beaufort Counies, is a star route for mail, and a school bus route; that the road serves 1,000 per sons, comprising 250 families, who depend c.n ... fur transportation of produce to market; that railroad service in that section had been dis continued; and that the road is a link in the route from Stumpy Point and intermediate points to northeastern North Carolina. After the open-air meeting was concluded, the leaders of the move ment met in the community build ing and appointed the following com mittee to take the proposal to the State Highway and Public Works Commission on August 24; J. W. Dar den, Z. V. Norman, J. R. Campbell, Washington Conuty; F. P. Latham. Clay Carter, J. D. Grimes, Beaufort; ind J. A. Poison, John Lupton, S. H. bowe, of Hyde. W. L. Whitley read a letter from Commissioner E. V. Webb, who said ;hat he was sick and could not at end. The letter contained no defi lite assurance of work on the high way but promised that something would be done "when it could be lone," and that work would be con tinued "from time to time.” Included in the list of speakers were C. L. Bailey and W. M. Darden, Plymouth; J. D. Grimes, Clay Carter, H. S. Ward. Washington, N. C.; Ag riculture Commissioner W. Kerr Scolt and Senator Wayland Spruill, of Windsor, Pete Hassell, of Roper, Badly Hurt This Week Pete Hassell, well known man of the Poper section, was seriously injured me day this week when a cable used n razing the wall of the old Cres vell school building broke under the train, hurling a board against the 'ictim. Jake Langley rescued Mr. Hassell rom the debris, and took him to Dr. I. L. Phelps in Creswell for treat nent. It was reported that Mr. Has ell suffered a sprained hip and mul iple fractures of an arm. Farmers of County Winding Up Curing And Housing of Their Best Leaf Crop Most of the 1,500 acres of to bacco produced in Washington County this year will be cured and housed by the last of next week, it was indicated by farmers interviewed this week, although a few of them will still have their "tips" to pull and final curings to be made. Grading, tying and preparing the golden weed for market will then get underway, to continue until the last of the crop is marketed, probably about the first of November. Markets in this belt will have their open ing sales on Tuesday. August 22. It is generally agreed that this county has the best tobacco crop in its history, from the stand point of quality. There is a slight increase in acreage, and the yield will be large, although this coun l.v probably will not have as large a percentage of increased pounds to market as is general over the whole belt. However, it has been estimated that in many sections from 10 to 20 per cent of the crop has been lost, due to inability to house and care tor the tobacco as rapidly as it ripened. While there is a shortage of curing faciities in this county, it is not expected that any great quantity of tlit* crop will be lost for this reason. Other farm work is being postponed; one farmer stating that he didn't have time for anything else right now. that he and his employees were work ing all day to “put in’’ the to bacco and then day and night to cure it.
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