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The Roanoke Beacon ♦ * * * * * * and Washington County News ★**★**★ VOLUME L—NUMBER 39 Advertisers will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1,500 Washington County homes. Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 28, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics William Albert Nichols, 27. Plym outh negro, was given 15 years in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., at his trial in Elizabeth City Federal court Tuesday for his part in the robbery of the Moyock Bank, which netted him and three other accomplices $2, 245.55. Leroy Bass, negro, was sent up for 2 years; James Bailey, of Nor folk, got 5 years, and James J. Chat ham. also of Norfolk, was sentenced to 15 years. J. R. Manning, a partner in the Plymouth Motor Company, attended a meeting of dealers in this territory held at the Monti cello Hotel in Norfolk today, when a pre-view of the 1940 V-8 Ford was presented. Sam Adler returned last week-end from New York and Baltimore, where he purchased his fall merchandise, and the goods are now arriving daily. Mr. Adler said there were a lot of new items on the market and that he bought heavily to supply the local trade. Wilford Whitley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Whitley, became the fourth former Plymouth high school band member to make bands in high er institutions of learning this week when be was accepted into the Fish burne Military Institute Band at Waynesboro, Va. Billy Fagan and Bill Hays made the R. O. T. C. Band at State College and Billy Spruill is a member of the U. N. C. band. Eleanor Glynn Styons, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Styons, is leading the 40 entrants in the baby popularity contest being conducted by the Young Matron's Circle of the Christian church. The contest will close at 8 p. m„ Friday, October 6, in the school building, where the winner will be announced. Because of a football game and other activities, Principal R. B. Trot man and Director L. W. Zeigler de cided to decline the invitation ex tended the high school band to per form at an affair to be held in Kin ston on Friday, October 6. The invi tation was extended by Pat Alderman, well known in musical circles in the State. Johnny Everett, of Mackeys, has been employed by the Plymouth Fur niture Company as successor to B. O. Bishop, who has been connected with the firm for some time, but who is leaving to take up other work. “I talk a farmer’s language be cause I am a farmer and I make my living on the farm,” said J. C. Broome, of Aurora, state commit teeman of the AAA, who was here Wednesday night to talk on the tobaci iviitrol referendum. Through an error on the part of the tax collector’s office an advertise ment in the 1938 delinquent tax list . carried the wrong description of prop erty opposite the name of S. A. Hol ton in Skinnersville Township, white; it should have been 550 acres A. D. Holton land instead of 80 acres Lewis, 127 acres Wiley land. -<S> School Officials and Faculty Members in Meet Here Monday -@ Decide To Change Method Of Making Reports Used in Past -® Meeting in the music room of the Plymouth High School Monday night, local school officials and faculty members decided that report cards would be issued monthly, as previous ly announced, but that the method used in filing out the blanks would be different from the custom in the past. It was decided that the report cards for the first, third, fifth, and seventh months would contain infor mation as to scholastic grades of stu dents, while for the second, fourth, and sixth months, the cards would carry information as to the charac teristics of the individual pupils. Of course, it was pointed out by the officials, the card for the eighth month would be a scholastic report, carrying the grades of the children and also recommendations for pro motion. Present at the meeting were the 18 faculty members, headed by Prin cipal R. B. Trotman, and the school officials, including Superintendent H. H. McLean, Frank L. Brinkley, and Dr. E. A. Harper, the latter two being local committeemen. The teachers and officials dis cussed other matters concerning the school before they adjourned. Simi lar meetings will be held on alternate months during the school year. - Reception for Teachers Here Wednesday Night ——• An informal reception will be held at the Plymouth High School on Wed nesday night, October 4, in honor of the teachers, by the parent-teacher association. Patrons of the school are urged by parent-teacher officials to attend and become acquainted with the faculty members here. .-<3> In Roanoke Rapids Mesdames R. H, Lucas, P. B. Nick ens, S. R. Matthews, H. E. Kline and R. E. Dunning attended a meeting of the Roanoke Association of the Woman’s Missionary Union held in Roanoke Rapids Wednesday. Over Score of Applicants Seeking Job As Washingion County Game Protector A score of persons have made applications for the position as game protector for Washington County to succeed J. T. Terry, who recently resigned, it was re ported by District Game Protec tor Rupert E. West, who was here last week. It was also said that those who wish this job must take a writ ten examination to be given in the courthouse here next Tues day, October 3. Meantime, Ernest Jones, game protector at Lake Phelps, has had his territory expanded to cover the county until a new game pro tector is appointed. J. T. Terry is still looking after the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. The game protector's job pays $100 a month, out of which the officer must pay his traveling expenses. Since Mr. Terry resigned to be come manager of the Plymouth Market and Grocery Company here, he has received very com plimentary letters about his work from officials in the division of the State Department of Conser vation and Development to which he was attached. Start Work on New Filtering Plant Here First Drawing lor Prizes Next Week Plymouth merchants who are cooperating in giving away $560 in cash to shoppers, report that their customers have started re questing tickets with every pur chase or payment on account of $1 or more, according to J. R. Manning, president of the mer chants’ association. The merchants started giving out tickets Monday, and the first drawing will be held next week, when prizes totaling $30 will be given to holders of lucky tickets. The first ticket drawn will be for the cumulative prize; if the holder of the number is present at the drawing, the $10 prize will be awarded; otherwise it will be held over until the following week, when the amount is increased to $20 and a new ticket is drawn. However, there are three prizes totaling $20 awarded every Wed nesday in addition to the cumul ative prize, and the capital prize drawing will be held on December 27. Shoppers are urged to ask for their tickets with all purchases of $1 or mure. Rumors of Housing Development Given Credence by Option --<8> However, Milwaukee Mail’s Claim To Waters’ Farm Expires Saturday Rumors of a residential develop ment on the farm just across the rail road from the country club golf course were given some credence here this week after it was learned from Mr. Fletcher Waters, owner of the land, that a Mr. Frank Kirkpatrick, of Milwaukee, Wis., had secured an option on the property. Mr. Waters, through the office of a local attorney, said an option was secured on August 27 and would expire Saturday. He also stated that no extension of time had been asked or negoations begun to exercise the option. The option secured by Mr. Kirkpat rick embraces the 75-acre farm of Mr. Waters which adjoins the golf course on the west. Since nothing further had been heard from Mr. Kirkpatrick or the attorney, Mr. Wa ters was not sure there would be any further developments. The rumors in general circulation here were that the property would be ' used for a residential development to j provide homes for newcomers expect ed here when the North Carolina Pulp Company enters upon its ex pansion program, plans for which are still in process of being worked out, with a definite announcement expect ed in a few weeks. Mr. Waters said no hint was given to him by Mr. Kirkpatrick as to his plans for the property if he complet ed the purchase. O. H. Cox, general manager of the pulp plant, said Tuesday that he was unable to supply any information about the matter. However, it was reported that if the land was pur chased and homes built there, the development would be a private un dertaking and have no connection with the plant management in any way. ----<*) Homecoming Day at Zion Chapel Church October 8 -<$ Homecoming gday will be observed at Zion Chapel Christian Church near Roper on Sunday, October 8, with an interesting program planned for morning and afternoon, featuring special music, according to Mrs. L. V. Chesson, chairman of the program committee. There will also be services at night, at 7:30, with the Rev. M. L. Ambrose, the pastor, delivering the three ser mons on that day. Everyone is invited to attend, says Mrs. Chesson, and the members are especially urged to be present. Excavating Begun At North Carolina Pulp Mill Today 14 Men Now on Job; Many More To Be Added in Few Weeks ■<& Excavation was started mis morn ing for the construction of a new fil tering plant at the North Carolina Pulp Company here; fourteen men are employed on the job at the present time, and it is understood that about 100 will be engaged in the work when it reaches its peak within a few weeks. Charles P. Rohleder, of Phil adelphia, is the contractor in charge of the work, with John Nelson as sup erintendent. It is expected to require about two and a half months for completion. It was learned this morning that Mr. Rohleder has returned to Phila delphia, where it is understood he will prepare a bid for the bleaching plant which is expected to follow the filtering unit completion. It was said at the office of the pulp company here that plans and specifications for the bleaching unit are in the process of preparation, with something defi nite expected to be known about this within a couple of weeks. Mr. Roh leder returned to Philadelphia Wed nesday. The specifications for the new fil tering plant could not be learned, but it is known that it will be consider ably larger than the one in use at present. Large quantities of cement, sand and material for concrete forms have been ordered and are expected to begin arriving soon. A freight train brought in some contractor's equipment this week, and it was believed the construction ma terials will begin arriving daily. O. H. Cox, general manager of the North Carolina Pulp Company, said Tuesday that he had no information available as to when work would be gin on the main part of the expan sion program under consideration, as plans and specifications were not yet complete, and that it would be two or three weeks before any announce ment would be made in this respect. Number Fail To Pay Unemployment Tax The North Carolina Unemployment Compensation Commission is experi-' encing trouble in making collections of tax from some employers in Wash ington County, it was learned from Sheriff J. K. Reid this week. The sheriff estmiated he had re ceived executions against about a dozen small employers in the county who were alleged to have failed to make payment of a total amounting to around $500, which should have been sent to the commission. The judgments are sent here by the commission for docketing in the usu al manner in the office of Clerk of Superior Court C. V. W. Ausbon, and the executions are sent to the sheriff by the state officials. So far, none of those against whom the executions were issued have been able to make payment of the amounts due, and as most of them are small employers, they do not have property upon which the judgment can be ex ecuted, so no money has been realized by the commission yet. Remainder of Route 97 To Washington Is Now Reing Surfaced Contractor Plans To Have Project Completed by Mid-November Rain this week has retarded some what ttie progress being made on the paving of the remaining 13 miles of highway No. 97 between Bowen’s Service Station and Douglass Cross Roads, but W. F. Bowe. jr„ Atlanta. Ga., contractor, says he hopes to have the project completed by the middle of November. When work on this link is fin ished, it will complete the surfacing of Highway No. 97 from here to Washington. The first; project was surfacing of the 14-mile stretch from Plymouth to Bowen's Service Station, completed early in the summer by the F. J. McGuire Company, who also did the grading and structures for the remaining 13 miles now being sur faced. Completion of the work now under way will provide a hard-surfaced route directly between Plymouth and Washington and effect a saving of 11 miles in distance when compared with the hardsurfaced route by Wil liamston. By the new route it is 33 miles from Washington to Plymouth, while by Williamston it is 44 miles. Douglass Cross Roads is 6 miles from Washington, at the intersection of Highways 264 and 97. While here a few days ago Mr. Bowe said he had promised a bus company to have the road ready for them to begin scheduled trips within nine weeks after work started; and. so far, Mr. Bowe indicated that he would have not trouble carrying out his agreement to finish around the middle of November. -® Home-Made Wine For Personal Use Musi Be Reported No Tax Levied, But Report Must Be Made To Fed eral Authorities -* Wine made for personal or family use in Washington County must be reported to the district supervisor of the Alcohol Tax Unit, R. E. Tuttle, 103 South Gay Street, Baltimore, Md„ under the terms of a Federal statute, it was learned this week from Repre sentative W. M. Darden, who intro duced a bill in the last session of the North Carolina General Assembly graduating downward the tax scale on wine. Mr. Darden pointed out that when he piloted through the legislature his act to make it legal for makers of small amounts of wine to sell it up on the payment of a small tax, that he knew there was a stamp tax lev ied by the Federal Government, but was not advised as to the amount. Since then he has learned the Fed eral Revenue code authorizes a per son who is tlie head of a family to produce, tax free, up to 200 gallons of wine annually for the use of his own family, provided he files notice of his intention with the proper au thorities five days before he begins to manufacture the beverage. It is further pointed out by Mr. Darden that under the Federal law "those who make wine under the pro visions of notifying authorities can not sell or remove the product from their premises, nor can one person make wine for another. Single per sons cannot manufacture wine un less they are heads of families, and married men living apart from their families are not exempt.” Penalties, warned Mr. Darden, for manufacturing wine without license or without registering are severe Mr. Darden’s act in the legislature provided for the sale of wine made by farmers from their own grapes up on the payment of the following tax: Not more than 100 gallons, $5; 100 to 200 gallons, $10: 200 to 500 gallons, $25; 500 to 1,000 gallons, $50; 1,000 to 2,500 gallons. $200; and $2,500 gal lons and over. $250. Creswell Parents-Teachers Will Meet Next Thursday -® Creswell.—1The Parent-Teacher As sociation of the Creswell school will hold its first meeting Thursday eve ning of next week, October 5, when it is hoped a large group of patrons will be present. Final $5,030 Payment Frcrr, PWA on Creswell School Assured in Few Days The final $5,000 payment on the new Creswell School Building: from the county to the contractor is expected to be made shortly, as it is understood here that the res ident engineer inspector, Mr. Stephens, “has filed the necessary demolition certificate covering the old brick school building and the old frame school building.” Such information was received this week by H. H. McLean, the county superintendent of public instruction, from Albert M. Lit He, of Atlanta. Ga„ region coun >el of the l'ublic Works Admin i .(ration. The letter also said that the certificate ‘ had been examined, found to be in proper form and was forwarded to the central of fice on September 21. This payment represents the balance of the S22.500 pledged by the l’W A for the new Creswell school, provided the old brick and frame structures there be demol ished after the new building was completed. Referendum on Control for 1940 Flue-Cured Tobacco Crop Will Be Held on Thursday of Next Week Farm Bureau Will Net Start Drive for Members Until Markets Are Reopened Although it is time for the membership dues to be paid, the Washington County Farm Bureau has decided not to press farmers for payment of fees for next year until the tobacco markets open again, it was said today by W. Dewey Phelps, new president of the organization. There are now about 111 mem bers of the farm bureau, accord ing to Mr. Phelps, who said he was not sure how many would re join, but that he believed prac tically all of them would do so when they conveniently could. The next meeting of the county organization will be held in the agriculture building at Plymouth on Monday night, October 1G, when a motion picture dealing with the World's Fair will be shown. Incidentally. Mr. Phelps said he had visited 631 farmers of Washington County since June 8 and that most of them were in favor now of the tobacco control program, which will be voted on in the referendum Thursday of next week. 350 Farmers at Meet Held Here Last Night J. C. Broome Speaks In Favor of Tobacco Control Plan for 1940 -® Says Program Only Hope of Getting Production Cost From 1939 Crop -® “I don't like control; I like the soil conservation program; but in the ex isting crisis concerning the sale of the 1939 tobacco crop, I think we must vote for control in 1940 at the refer endum that is to be held on Thurs day, October 5, in order to market our crop for at least cost of production,” J. C. Broome, of Aurora, state com mitteeman for the AAA, told 350 tobacco growers in a county-wide meeting held at the courthouse here last night. Mr. Broome pointed out that the growers should not hope for a radical advance in price when the warehouses reopen if control is voted next Thurs day, but said every effort would be made to hold the price up to the lev els prevailing when the markets closed, or about 15 cents a pound.. However, other observers think that since most of the low quality tobacco has been sold and only the best re mains, the price may be some bet ter than this, provided the govern ment is successful in its price-bol stering program. According to the speaker, if con trol is voted by two thirds of the 115, 000 growers in this country next Thursday, then it is understood the Federal Commodity Credit Corpor ation will use some $40,000,000 of its funds to purchase tobacco on two years option for the Imperial Tobac co Company, of Great Britain, which firm withdrew from the market after the war started early this month, pre cipitating a slump in prices that was followed by closing of the markets. Under this plan, Mr. Broome said, Imperial buyers would purchase for the government the same grades and amounts they would have for their company had it remained on the mar ket, and the tobacco will be so pur chased and processed that it will not constitute a threat to the market; and there will be no red tape for the grower to be submitted to. “Because of this emergency,” he continued, "we are asking you to cast your ballot for control before you have your allotment, renewing your faith in your fellowman and main taining the hope of equality in allot ments to be set up by the committee men to be elected in Washington County by the growers. The promise was made that no reg ular or old grower of tobacco would have his acreage reduced more than 30 per cent, on the basis of the 1939 allotment. Also speaking was R. C. Holland, of Edenton, president of the North Carolina Peanut Stabilization Coop erative, who said that his organiza tion handled two and a quarter mil- | lion bags of the 1938 peanut crop and that if it hadn’t been for this diversion program the price would not have been over 2 Vi cents per pound last year. Mr. Holland further said that his organization would be active again this year in pegging prices, and that planters of 6,000 acres of peanuts in Washington County this season would probably get the full benefit of the work of the cooperative in sta bilizing the price above the 3-cent a pound mark. Bishop Darst To Preach At St. David's Sunday -!*> Creswell.—The Ht. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, of Wilmington, Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina, will preach at historic old St. David’s Episcopal church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The public is urged by church offic ials to attend. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21—Ger mans believed preparing offensive on large scale for western front; British deny Nazi liner “Bremen” captured by English navy; French dispatches claim number enemy air planes destroyed; Germans counter with reports of shooting down 8 French planes and 3 captive bal loons; Daladier in speech says Hit ler checks all peace efforts and de clares France to fight until “com plete victory” achieved; Troops called out in Rumania and six mem bers of pro-Nazi "Iron Guard” sum- | marily shot for assassination of Premier Armand Calinescue, their bodies left where they fell in pub lic square for 24 hours as warning to others; President Roosevelt asks repeal of arms embargo as Con gress begins session. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22—Ruman ian government announces 161 "Iron Guard" members executed as aftermath of Calinescue assassina tion on Thursday; Supreme war council of England and France met in London as preparations go for ward to meet threat of German of fensive on western front; Warsaw radio back on air indicates city still holding out against Nazi invaders; Germany and Russia proceed with partitioning of Poland. Russians getting most of land with Nazis taking major share of economic riches; French dispatches announce German losses in Poland amounted to 150,000 killed and wounded, 400 to 600 planes lost, and 600 to 700 pilots killed. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23—Prep arations going forward on both sides for major battle on western front, with heavy guns being moved up in both France and Germany: Warsaw still holding out despite severe aerial and artillery bombard ment; Mussolini appeals for peace ful settlement; two Finnish freight ers carrying wood pulp to England torpedoed and sunk by German submarines. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.—Swedish steamer loaded with wood pulp tor pedoed by submarine; neutral Scan dinavian nations indignant over sinkings, which constitute serious threat to one of principal items of export for their countries; Germans begin preparations for long war on western front; terrific attacks on Warsaw reported by radio from that (Continue on page four) Building & Loan Drive Under Way j The campaign for the sale of additional stock in the Plymouth Building and Loan Association is underway this week, with Presi dent E. F. Still and the directors reporting a number of prospects likely to substantially increase the 1,000 active shares now in force. Mr. Still said the directors had been divided into two teams, each with a definite territory to cover, but that no tabulation of results would be made before next week. The stock is sold on a basis of 25 cents per share per week, ma turing at $100 in approximately 6Mi years, and yielding a net re turn of 5 per cent to the invest ors. The annual meeting of stock holders will be held on Wednes day, October 11, at 8 p. m., in the municipal building. Direc tors and officers will be named at this time. Believed Growers in This Couniy To Be 80 Per Cent for Plan -♦ All Producers of Tobacco This Year Are Eligible To Participate -® Competent observers predict today that more than 375 votes out of a to tal of 401 eligible in this county will be cast in the tobacco control refer f ndum on Thursday of next week, October 5, with more than 80 per cent expected to be favorable to the con trol program for next year. It is estimated that, about 15 per cent of those generally considered in the anti-control group had changed and would approve the application of acreage quotas next year due to the closing of the tobacco markets and prospects for low prices when they reopen unless government aid is se cured by a vote favorable to control. In the referendum last year on con trol. there were only 60 votes cast in the county against, as compared with 252 for it, the percentage being 80 per cent favorable. Observers be lieved this year there will probably be less than 25 votes against the pro gram. The voting next week will be at the agriculture building for growers in Plymouth Township, and at Phelps & Freeman's filling station in Roper for Lees Mill producers. The polls will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Poll holders will not be named before Saturday, it was stated today. The votes of the few growers scattered over other sections of the county are to be collected by another system to be worked out later. All farmers engaged in the produc tion of flue-cured tobacco, whether landlord or tenant, are entitled to vote in the referendum, but it is nec essary that their names be registered before the day of the election. It is thought that all eligible voters in the county have been registered, but if there is any doubt, growers should check the list in the county agent’s office and be an* their names are included. Wednesday, October 4, is the last day for registering, and it was announced that the votes of any unregistered glowers would be chal lenged before the ballots are counted. Plans go forward for reopening the tobacco markets on Monday, October 9. although it was stated this week that this date was tentative, and that some of the buying companies might request a continuation of the holiday in the event the control program failed to cany. A continued glut of the markets is expected for several weeks after they reopen, although the farmers are being urged on all sides to offer their tobacco for sale in an orderly manner and not rush it all on the warehouse floors as quickly a3 possible. Though tiie control program failed to receive the 66 2-3 per cent majority required to put it in effect last De cember. there was a plurality in fav or of it in all belts. Washington County growers voted as follows: Township For Against Plymouth _ 134 38 Lees Mills_ 110 24 Skinnersville _ 1 0 Scuppernong _ 7 0 Totals_ 252 60 -® Revival in Progress Ai Corinth Church -§ The revival services at Corinth Free Will Baptist Church, near Dar dens, began Sunday night, with the pastor. Rev Clarence Bowen, of Dur ham, speaking on the subject, “God's Plan for a Revival.” Mr. Bowen spoke from 2 Cliron. 7:14. and stressed the challenge of humility, prayer and repentance as God's great scheme for revival. The Rev. Henry Melvin, pastor of Edgemont Free Will Baptist church in Durham, arrived Monday and be gan his preaching at the night serv ice. He is a forceful speaker and a successful revivalist. The services will continue through this week, closing Saturday night, in stead of October 4, as previously an nounced. Visitors in and near Plym outh are cordially invited to attend every service. Song gservice will be gin each evening at 7:45. -*. Athletic Association To Sponsor Dance Friday -cfv The Plymouth High School Athletic Association will sponsor a dance Fri day night from 9 until 12 in the gym nasium. Members will be admitted free upon presentation of membership cards, while a small charge will be made for others. Chaperones will be Mrs. G. T. Bar den. Mrs. Jack Read, and Principal R. B. Trotman. A nickelodian will provide the music. A large attend ance is urged, as the proceeds will be used for the school athletic associa tion.
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