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The Roanoke Beacon ****** * and Washington County News ******* VOLUME/L NUMBER 42 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 19, 1939 Advertisers will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1,500 Washington County homes. ESTABLISHED 1889 TO START ON PULP PLANT ADDITIONS MONDAY Town opics H. Perry Davis, of Elizabeth City, was here this week on business. His brother-in-law is governor of Nevada, and he mentioned that on two visits he had made to North Carolina how much he was impressed with the state. Edmund Harding, supervisor of sales for the Washington tobacco market, said today there was plenty of room on the floors of the three warehouses in his town for tobacco, since the rush has subsided. A cast chosen from the elemen tary grades, the faculty and town people at Roper will present “Lit tle Miss Blue Bonnet" at the Rop er High School on Friday night, October 27, under the auspices of the Parent|-Teacher Association as one of the main entertainment events planned for the school this year. A church conference of the mem bership and congregation of the lo cal Methodist church will be held at the close of the services next Sun day morning to make a decision on the purchase of an organ for the church. At that time, it is under stood, the new organ will be heard. J. B. Willoughby, partner in the Plymouth Motor Company and head of the service department, will moVe to the front office to look after the parts and supplies, succeeding W. S. iBill) Roebuck, who has resigned to enter the employ of H. E. Harrison Wholesale Company on Monday. Mr. Roebuck had been employed by the motor firm for five years. Patrolman T. B. Brown was last week promoted to the rank of corporal and reassigned to duty here in Plymouth. He will con tinue his work as patrolman for Washington and Tyrrell Counties and in addition will assist in di recting the activties of a squad of patrolman under his super vision. Phillip Stallings, of Hertford, was arrested in Perquimans County last week on a charge of reckless driving when a motor vehicle operated by him collided with a truck driven by Earl Wallace, of Plymouth, who was haul ing pulp wood. Corporal Ben Prank Bowen, of the United States Army, stationed at the Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D. C„ recently spent a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bowen, on Route 1 near here. He was seri ously injured in an automobile acci dent in Pennsylvania in August, 1937, arid spent nearly six months in the hospital at which he is now stationed before he fully recovered. -$ May Organize Boy Scout Troop at Galilee Mission -® Creswell.—The boys of Galilee Mis sion, near Lake Phelps, met at the mission Friday with the Rev. Wood Gaither, Episcopal minister, to dis cuss scouting as the preliminary to organization of a troop there in the near future. Following a wiener roast, a group of the boys enjoyed a chase, captur ing an opossum on their way home. Another meeting will be held Fri day. when Eagle Scout Ammon Smith son will assist Mr. Gaither in in structing the boys in scouting. Weather Holds Down Size of Crowd at Drawing for Prizes Here Wednesday Cooler weather held down the number usually attending the mid-week drawings for cash prizes in the business-boosling campaign sponsored by the Plymouth Merchants Association, but there were about 500 persons here Wednesday holding their tickets and hoping to be the win ners of the easy money. The first prize of S10 was won by Mrs. A. T. Darden, her son-in law. Roy Swain, holding the lucky ticket, which came from Camp bell’s Store. P. L. Carter took the second S10 with a ticket from Williford's Yellow Front Mar ket. Two tickets were next drawn without the holders being pres ent, but on the third trial Mrs. Hubert Owens claimed the first of the S5 prizes with a ticket from Pender’s Store. Mrs W. L. Garrison, with a ticket from the Plymouth Market and Grocery Company, claimed the second $5 award. The campaign continues with nine drawing between now and Christmas, with the grand prizes to be awarded on Wednesday, December 27. Tickets are given by the participating merchants for each $1 purchase or payment on account, and patrons are re quested to ask for their tickets. Wage-Hour Changes Will Increase Payrolls Superior Court To Convene Monday A one-week term of the Wash ington County Superior Court, for the trial of civil cases only, will convene here Monday morn ing, with Judge Leo Carr, of Bur lington, presiding. An even doz en cases are on the calendar for disposition by the court. Clerk of Court C. V. W. Aus bon said that the calendar only called for three days of the court, but that it was possible the term would last longer, as some of the cases on the calendar may be long drawn out. Woodmen ol World In District Meet at Scuppernong Farms Large Crowd Attends All Day Session There Last Thursday -$ The Tidewater Log Rolling Asso ciation of the Woodmen of the World met with Scuppernong Camp, No. 1015, in the community building on the Scuppernong Farms last Thurs day, with a large crowd attending. The Rev. L. B, Bennett, of Cres well, opened the meeting with prayer, J. W. Darden making the welcome (Continued on page six) Farm Bureau Plans Drive for Members Committees Named To Collect Dues and Seek New Members • — Dues Increased From $2 To $3, in Order To Raise Local Funds -® Plans were made for a member ship drive by the Washington County Farm Bureau at a meeting held Mon day night, when it was decided to in crease dues from $2 to $3 per year in the future to order to raise some money for the local treasury. W. Dewey Phelps, president of the organization, explained it was thje general policy of like organizations over the country to increase the dues so that the local treasuries could real ize $1 from each membership fee, the remainder being sent to state and national headquarters to help defray their expenses. At the suggestion of Stuart Blow, assistant in County Agent Hays’ of fice, a program committee, composed of E. H. Liverman, Plymouth; L. E. Hassell, Roper, and W. R. Davenport, Creswell, was named to arrange pro grams for each meeting and to deter mine where the meetings would be held and when, as it was suggested they be alternated between the three largest towns in the county. President Phelps also appointed the following as members of the mem bership committee to collect dues and to work for new members in their communities: E. H. Liverman and S. D. Davis, Plymouth; L. E. Hassell and R. L. Stillman, Roper; W. D. Phelps and J. R. Snell. Creswell. It was pointed out by the officials that dues should have been paid some time ago, but it was decided to delay the campaign for new members and renewal of old ones until the tobacco markets reopened and the farmers had an opportunity to sell their to bacco and other crops this fall. Junior Class at School Is Sponsoring\ Contest Here The Junior Class of the Plymouth High School is sponsoring a popu larity contest as their activity for the Halloween Carnival, with the follow ing contestants entered by popular vote: Meredith Johnston, Becky Ward, Gertrude Woolard, Jane Read, Prances Jones, Mary Lillian Camp bell, Louise Edmondson and Louise Nobles. Any other high school girl or young woman may enter with a small initia tion fee. -—® Golden Wedding Observed Sunday Roper.—Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McAl lister celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sunday, October 15, at their home here, from 2 to 5 p. m., with 100 persons, including their chil dren, grandchildren and friends at tending the event. Cocoa and wafers were served. Mr. and Mrs. McAllister were mar ried in Roper on October 15, 1889. Mrs. McAllister was formerly Mrs. Maggis Spruill, of this county. Mr. McAllister has been engaged as a farmer practically all of his life and years ago served as sheriff of Washington County. He is well known and well liked throughout the whole section. He is a member of the Methodist church, while his wife is a member of the Christian church. There is only a year’s difference in their ages, Mr. McAllister being 75 and Mrs. McAllister 76. They are the parents of three children: Leon and Jack McAllister and Mrs. Jim Leary, all of Roper. The couple received many beauti ful and useful gifts while relatives and friends unable to attend the event sent cards, letters, telegrams, i and gifts. | --- Minimum Wage Is Raised To 30 Cents Hour on October 24 Means Increase of 20 Per Cent in Payrolls at Two Local Plants With the new provision of the Fed eral wage and hours law becoming effective next Tuesday, it is believed that the minimum-wage portion of the act will serve to increase the pay rolls of various industries in Wash ington County by hundreds of dol lars weekly, which should result in a general boost to the retail business of the section. The provisions, effective at 12:01 a. m., Tuesday, will apply to all con cerns manufacturing or processing products which are shipped across state lines in interstate commerce, and raise tlie minimum wage from 25 to 30 cents an hour, at the same time reducing maximum hours l'or work per week from 44 to 42. Probably the one industrial plant which will increase its payroll most will be the Plymouth Box and Panel Company, which will raise its pres ent minimum wage scale from 25 to 30 cents an hour, effecting about a 20 per cent increase in its weekly payroll, according to officials. The North Caroline Pulp Company I here will not be materially affected in any way by the law, it was said, as they are already I aying the min imum wage of 30 cents an hour re quired by ti e new regulations, as well as complying with the hours require ments. It was stated that tne Horton Lum ber Company here vill increase its wage scale to confoi ,n with the act, increasing the weekly payroll by ap proximately 20 per cent. So far as the hours part of the act is concerned, none of the plants here will be materially affected, the North Carolina Pulp Company having an ticipated the regulations in setting up its schedules some time ago; the Plymouth Box and Panel Company working its employees on depart mental shift bases that bring them within the terms of the act; and the Horton plant announcing it will com ply with the ruling in a net set-up of its working hours. As a result of the new regulations, the C. C. Lang & Son pickle plant here plans to employ white women to grade their products this year in stead of colored women, as formerly. It was stated that since the scale is being raised to 30 cents an hour it should attract both white men and women, who will be more efficient and are easier to train than the col ored people formerly employed. This firm will start its 12-week task of grading the pickles on hand October 30, it was learned. -® Sunday Program Outlined At Christian Church Here Rev. N. A. TAYLOR, Pastor Sunday is the only day that we can give all to God. Other days our work takes part of our time. God depends upon you to make this world what it should be; therefore Sunday should be well spent. How are you spending yours? We would appreci ate you helping us in the task of kingdom building. Start Sunday. 9:45, Bible school. 11:00, morning worship. 7:30, evening worship. Be sure to attend our international convention, which meets in Rich mond Va., October 19 to October 25. --« Fiddlers’ Convention at Cherry School Friday -• Creswell.—The senior class of the Creswell High School will sponsor a fiddlers’ convention at the Cherry school Friday night, October 27. Principal A. T. Brooks urges con testants to get in touch with him by Friday night. Louis H. Lucas, 45, Died Last Thursday After Long Illness Funeral Held Saturday in Local Church for Highly Respected Citizen Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon in the Plymouth Baptist church for Louis H. Lucas, 45, who died Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, following a lingering illness of three years, the last three weeks of which he was confined to his bed. Officiating was the Rev. Paul B. Nickens. pastor of the church, as sisted by the Rev. J. R. Everett, of Washington, N. C. Interment took place in the Windley cemetery near here, and the grave was covered with a massive heap of flowers contributed by friends from all over the state. A member of the Baptist church for many years, Mr. Lucas was a re tired farmer and connected with one of the oldest and most prominent families of Washington County. He was well known and generally very popular among those with whom he had contact in business and social life. About 15 years ago he was married to Miss Margaret Edwards, of Choco winity, who, with two children, Jackie and Louis Edward, survives. Mr. Lucas is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Prank S. Lucas; three sisters, Mrs. Herbert Swain, of Char leston, S. C.; Mrs. Addie Merck, of Charlotte; and Miss Pauline Lucas, a teacher in the Durham schools; and four brothers, Bill Lucas, of Durham; T. S., Sam and the Rev. R. H. Lu cas, all of Plymouth. -<S> Attempted Criminal Assault Charged by Girl Against Negro -* Committed To Jail Follow ing Hearing in Record er’s Court Tuesday Charged with assaulting a white girl with intent to commit rape, Lee Roy Wynn, young colored man of the Creswell section, is in jail here today awaiting trial at the January term of Washington County Superior Court. Upon failure to give a $1,000 appearance bond, following the pre liminary hearing before Recorder John W. Darden Tuesday, the negro was committed to jail to await trial. Testimony offered at the hearing by Miss Beatrice Cuttrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cuttrell, of near Creswell, was to the effect that she was accosted by a negro within 200 yards of her home last Friday night about 10 o'clock, when she and a small sister were returning from a visit to a neighbor. He put his arms around her and when she screamed for help the young sister ran for her brother and father. She said that while her little sister was gone for help the negro knocked her down and became familiar with her but that she was able to repulse him, as he was drunk, finally fright ening him away. Later after her father and brother came to her aid, she saw Wynn with a negro companion and identified him as the man who attacked her. Camp Site for Boy Scouts Is Sought Efforts are being made by Sidney Smithson, sr., Creswell scoutmaster, to procure an acre of land with a house on it at the edge of Lake Phelps for a camp ground for the Washing ton County troop of Boy Scouts. An application has been placed with the resettlement division of the Farm Security Administration for the scout troop to rent the land from the Federal agency for 99 years at an annual rental of $1 per year. If this application is approved, and officials think it will be, then the scouts will have charge of the site for their camping, games, and oth er events. -s Conference Held at Church in Creswell CresweU.—The quarterly conference of the Creswell charge of the Meth odist Protestant Church was held in the Creswell church Sunday after noon, with three of the five churches represented. The churches reported that under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. Forest Wagoner, they had shown the greatest improvement in 11 years. All had met their financial obligation, had active Sundai schools, ladies’ aid societies and auxiliaries; six new members were added; four churches repaired: and the vote was unani mous in asking the conference to re turn Mr. Wagoner for another year. C. N. Davenport, jr„ was named delegate to the annual conference, being held in Greensboro this week. Contract Let Last Week-End To Muirhead Construction Co.; Calls For Completion by February 1st Country Club Members Meet Monday To Consider Campaign to Reduce Dues The Plymouth Country Club w ", inaugurate a membership campaign next week to secure a substantial increase in members looking toward a reduction in the annual dues, it was stated by a member of the board of directors today, following a meeting yes terday afternoon. For this purpose, a meeting of the entire membership will be held at the clubhouse Monday October 23, at 8 p. m., to discuss the campaign for members; and the directors say a material boost in number of members will en able the club to offer a substan tial reduction in the scale of dues. ! 1 The board has already worked out a nev ,pale. according to the informant, slilch will become ef fective with reasonable interest and cooperation. Under the plan, entrance fees will be waived on all applications of new members or for reinstatement of old mem bers, if they are made before No vember 1. People here are proud of the beautiful clubhouse and golf course, recognized as one of the best in Eastern North Carolina and it is hoped the membership can be built up to where tennis courts and a swimming pool can be constructed. Local Committeemen Will Be Elected by Farmers of County in IS ext Few Days Schedule of Meetings Out lined for Three Polling Points in County Rules of Eligibility -• Meetings for the election of local committeemen for 1940 and of dele gates to the county convention will be held in each of the townships un der the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration Farm program next week, it was learned from Stuart Blow yesterday. Three regular commituAanen and two alternates will be elected at each of the township meetings. These committeemen will have the respon sibility of administering the 1940 pro gram in the townships for which they are elected. The delegate to the coun ty convention will represent his town ship in the selection of a county com mittee for the coming year. The schedule of metings is as fol lows: Scuppernong Township, at the school building in Cherry, Thursday night, October 26; Plymouth Town ship, at the agriculture building in Plymouth Friday night, October 27; Lees Mill Township, at the school building in Roper Monday night, Oc tober 30. There will be no meeting for Skin nersville Township, since, as was the case last year, this community will be divided between Lees Mill and Scuppernong by a line drawn at Prit chard’s Store. All meetings will begin promptly at 7:30 p. m„ and it is hoped that as many as possible will attend and vote, since it is very important that a large representation of the farmers be pres ent in order to insure the election of men desired by the majority. Eligibility Requirements It was stated that any person who participated or cooperated in any cur rent program to such an extent as to receive a payment, or who has an in terest in a farm in the county and who states in writing on a form pro vided by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration his intention to par ticipate or cooperate in the 1940 pro gram is a member of the association and is entitled to vote. Any person is eligible to serve as a committeeman if such a person: 1. Is engaded in farming or derives a substantial part of his income di rectly from farming; 2. Is a resident of the community for which the committeeman or dele gates is elected; 3. Has during the current year qualified for a payment or grant of aid in connection with the Agricul tural Adjustment Administration pro gram i or has stated in writing that he will participate in the 1940 agri cultural conservation program). 4. Is not holding any Federal. State or major county office or is not or has not been during the current year and does not become a candidate for any such office; 5. Is not, has not been or does not become during the current year an officer or employee of any politi cal party or political organization. 6. Has not been removed for cause from office as committeeman, dele gate, officer or employee of any as sociation or like organization or from public office or convicted of any fraud, larceny, embezzlement or felony. Revival To Begin Monday At Old Chapel Hill School Monday night, October 23. Rev. P. B. Nickens will begin a series of re vival services at the Chapel Hill schoolhouse. Services will be held each night at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend. June Rose Speaker At Legion Banquet Here Last Thursday -® Plea for America To Stay Out of War Made by De partment Commander -♦ Fifty members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary heard June Rose, of Greenville, state de partment commander, urge' that, America stay out of the war now rag ing in Europe during the ceremony held here last Thursday night, when new officers of both organizations were installed. The department commander was the chief speaker at the banquet held in the community hall. Mr. Rose recounted the horrors of the last war America was engaged in, fought on foreign soil, and then pointed out to that apparently every thing fought for in that struggle had been lost now. He said that while he was in Chi cago attending the national meet ing of the organization that the con vention of legionnaires would not go on record as favoring any particular measure by any senator or group of congressmen, but that it did adopt a resolution favoring neutrality. Further, the speaker said, while the legionnaires were against engaging in foreign wars, they strongly supported a program to increase the armed forces of the United States as a defense measure. The speaker concluded his remarks with the information that the Legion was in favor of a program that would (Continued on page six) •> -& 1 H. M. Kieckhefer Stales 500 To 800 Workers Required Construction Work Will Be Rushed, Plant Official Says in Interview Workmen will begin breaking ground next Monday morning as the first step in the construction of sev eral new buildings called for by the addition of filtering, bleaching and | finishing units at the plant of the N'orth Carolina Pulp Company here, it was announced today by H. M. Kieckhefer. secretary and treasurer of the Kieckhefer Container Corpora tion, parent company of the local concern. The contract for the construction work was let last week-end in Phila delphia, he said, the William Muir head Construction Company, of Dur ham and Richmond, Va.. being the successful bidders. The amount of the bid was not disclosed, but when the expansion program was first consider ed last spring, it was stated that it called for an expenditure of about $800,000. Mr. Kieckhefer said the construction work would be rushed, present plans calling for completion by February 1. with one month being allowed for installation of the equip ment in order to begin actual opera tion of the new units by the first of March. According to Mr. Kieckhefer, from 500 to 800 men will be employed when the construction work reaches its peak. The buildings to be erect ed include bleaching room, beater room, machine iuom. and boiler room, in addition to an extension to the present wet room. While the con struction company will likely bring a great many of its own artisans and [ skilled workmen here for the work, it was said the personnel director of the plant here will assist in the em ployment of as much local labor as possible, with former employees who have not been reemployed since the shutdown being given preference. Commenting on the additions and what they will mean to Plymouth and the surrounding section. Mr. Kieckhefer said that when completed, an additional 250 men wdll be given regular employment, adding about $8,000 a week to the present payroll of the plant, or just about doubling it. Two paper-making or board machines are to be installed, and the finished product wil be sold directly to con tainer-making plants in the South and East. One of the new pieces of equipment was described as a “cylin der machine” and the other a "Four dinier machine,” refering to different processes. They will deliver the fin ished paper or board in both sheets or rolls. (Continued on page six) B. & L. Stock Sale Continu es This W eek Baptist Services for Sunday Announced by Mr. Nickens Rev P. B. NICKENS. Pastor Regular services will be held Sun day, with the pastor preaching at both services. State Mission Day will be ob served Sunday in the Sunday school, and all members are urged to be present. Tobacco Average Showing Increase Officials figures for sales of tobac co as reported by sales supervisors yesterday show that the price con tinues to increase slowly as the bet ter grades are being offered in larg er quantities. In Robersonville Monday the aver age price was reported to be $16.89 per hundred, while in Greenville on Tuesday the average was $17.21. This shows an upward trend that is also 'reflected in reports reaching here from Williamston and Washington. Farmers in this county are continu ing to rush their tobacco to market, as is the case over the whole belt, blocking sales on practically all mar kets. This may tend to hold down the price, although generally speak ing farmers are well satisfied with the prices being paid. w -® Z. V. Norman Says Report Last Week Not Fair To Team -g>— Claims 86 Shares Subscribed Instead of 46; Series Is Still Open -- Sales of stock in the eighth series of the Plymouth Building and Loan Association continued this way, al though the directors concluded their intensive campaign Wednesday night of last week, when reports were made that over 200 shares were sold in the new series, bringing the total in force to 1,177. The report published last week that Z. V. Norman's team sold 46 shares and J. R. Manning s team 162 shares in the campaign was taken from the list of those who had actually made payments on the stock subscribed. Mr. Norman said later that he did not feel his team's work was presented fairly in the report, as they had ob tained subscriptions for a total of 86 shares, although some of those sub scribing had not then paid the en trance fees and installments on their stock, Mr. Norman further stated-that Mr. Manning's team was supposed to canvass that part of the town ly tContinued on Page 6)