THE
Roanoke Beacon
and
!j Washington County News I
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
In Plymouth. Washington County,
North Carolina
The Roanoke Beacon is Wash
.ngton County's only newspaper.
K was established in 1889, consoli- ;
dated with the Washington County i
News in 1929 and with The Sun
,n 1937.
Subscription Kates
(Payable in Advance1
One year- *1 50
Six months_ .75
Advertising Rates Furnished
Upon Request
Entered as second-class matter
.it the post office in Plymouth, N.
C.t under the act of Congress of
March 3. 1879.
November 16■ 1939
No Criticism for
This WPA Project
l'he manner in which the work was
carried out on the recent WPA pro
ject here - that of extending water
and sewer lines on several streets—•
leaves nothing to be desired and
should go far to increase public res
pect for the WPA in this section.
Not only was the work well done,
according to town authorities who
supervised the project, but it required
only three-fourths of the time origi
nally allotted to it. This particular
phase is especially noteworthy in
that the criticism usually directed
against the WPA is based on its al
leged slowness. Four months was al
lotted for completion of the project,
which was finished last Thursday,
just about a month ahead of sche
dule.
The WPA was brought into being
to aid a class of people who were un
able to help themselves. That they
can do work which will command the
respect of the public is amply proven
by the project here. It is more in
line with what people expected of the
organization, and those in charge of
this job are to be congratulated for
ha\ing given the town their best ef
forts. It reflects credit upon the
w hole WPA set-up.
Trading at Home and
Advertising at Home
Nome merchants who call upon the
newspapers to preach the trade-at
home doctrine bite on every adver
tising proposition presented to them
by transients. The same proposition
presented to them by the local news
paper would be turned down with
scant consideration. As a rule, the
transient advertising solicitors charge,
three to four times what the local I
paper would Charge for the same
proposition. 1'here is nothing new
about these schemes. Kvery one that
has been presented in town for the
last 20 years has been used time and
again by transient solicitors and is
known to every struggling local paper
in the state.
A common plan is to connect up
some local >rgani/.ation with the
scheme, give the local organization ai
small percentage of the "take” and
carry off the rest. Every man is en
titled to spend his own money as he
sees tit. of course; but it seems to
us that advertising at home and trad
ing at home are closely related. In
other words, what is sauce for the
goose should also provide pretty good
fare for the gander.
-e-—
Annual Forest Fire Loss
1Estimated at 34 Million
Careless and criminal burning of
forests cost southern landowners over
34 million dollars each year, accord
ing to recent figures compiled by State
Foresters in cooperation with the l’.
S. Forest Service. Based on estimated
losses in 11 southern states over a
five-year period, the figures represent
damage to young growth killed, loss
of volume in grown trees, and dam
age to improvements. These figures
include only the value of timber as a
raw product and do not reflect the
loss of wages, tax base, and profits
from manufacture.
"Farmers and other landowners of
the South can ill afford this heavy
loss in forest resources. Increased
markets for wood products and the
great need for additional cash crops
on southern farms make this annual
destruction a direct loss to the farm
ers' pocketbooks,” asserts Regional
Forester Joseph C. Kircher of the U.
S. Forest Service.
Blame for this annual catastrophe
is directed largely^ at two human sour
ces. First, carelessness with fire in the
forest is credited with a heavy toll.
Warming fires, matches, cigarettes,
and field charges are principally res
ponsible for these fires.
However, the greatest menace to
southern forests is the irresponsible
OUR FELLOW DRIVERS
By O'Daniel
"I have a right to change my mind,—haven't I?'
Travelers Safety Service
woods burner. Laboring under the de
lusion that woods burning is neces
sary to control insects and raise cat
tle, this offender follows an age old
custom greening the woods." Of
ten not a landowner himself, he has
little regard for the property of
others.
Discouraging as this report may
seem, the results obtained through or
ganized fire protection are indeed en
couraging. The area burned over on
forest land under state or federal pro
tection has been reduced to an ave
rage of about 2 per cent of the proT
tected area. On unprotected areas as
much as 50 to 75 per cent may be
damaged each year. Thus organized
fire protection is proving an impor
tant factor in the battle waged by
conservation forces.
Aroused public opinion is the most
needed weapon in combatting these
man-caused fires, for they can only be
prevented by curbing the careless
tire user and dealing firmly with the
criminal tire setter. Sound economic
policy demands that this power be
exerted and that the brand of the
woods burner be extinguished. The
South cannot afford to let the woods
burner retard economic progress.
“Best Markets." "Highest
Prices“Silliest People”
Transcript and Messenger.
It's so absurb that it is funny.
Last night we had a radio tuned
for more than an hour to one of the
liegger stations, to which we had also
listened earlier in the day.
Announcement after announce
ment, each from a different town,
came about its tobacco market, ‘'the
best market,” and about the prices
paid there, 'the highest prices."
Not a one claimed to be anything
but superlative, beating all the others
in the world. A stranger to tobacco
county who listened in would never
dream the same companies are buy
ing on all the markets, paying the
same price for the same grade every
where.
Somewhow we couldn't help won
dering whether the people who get up
that type of announcement don't feel
that farmers are easy to fool, the
silliest people on earth.—
PROJECT
A land utilization project, embrac
ing an area of more than 250,000
acres in Caswell County, has been
i undertaken by the Soil Conservation
I Service as a part of its nation-wide
submarginal land program.
NOTICE ol SALE OF LAND for TAXES
Pursuant to instructions issued me by the Councilmen of the Town of
Roper. I will sell the following property on Monday. November 27th. 1939.
at noon, in front of the post office in Roper. N. C.. for all taxes for the year
1938 that are due and unpaid, together with penalties, costs, etc. Fifty
cents will be added to each name to defray the cost of advertising.
This 24th day of October, 1939.
L. C SNELL, Tax Collector.
White
Name and Description of Property Amount
Ainsley. C. J.. 1 Bank Street home__ _ $ n 40
Barnes. R. P.. jr„ 1 Bank Street lot and 1 Woodard _I_I'" 1(L85
Bateman, W. M . 1 Main Street dwelling. 6 1-4 acres Leary land. 1
lot Main Street_ 23.46
Bateman. Mrs. W. M.. same as above_ 22.98
Blount, Mrs. Sue L.. 1 Bank Street lot_ 1.92
Boney, Millie S.. 85'2 acres Spruill land_ 46.98
Cahoon. A. J„ Est., 1 Bank Street__ _ _ _ 6 72
Davison Chemical Co.. 6 3-4 acres Levi Woodley _ 4.22
Downing. R. H.. Adm.. 1 Main Street _ 3.30
Hassell. S. A , 1 Main Street_ __ ___ _ 9.70
Knowles. L. E.. Est.. 1 Main Street_ _ 6.60
Kessinger. Mrs. J. R., 1 Bush Street_ 1.30
Leary, Mrs. Jenny. 1 Bank St, 1 Bank St. 23 acres Roper land_ 32.40
Leary, Mrs. J. F.. 1 acre Roper land_ 5.18
Leary, John L. R.. 1 Main Street_ 2.88
Marrow. Myrtie E.. 1 Bank Street _ 9.80
Norman. Mrs. Deldie. 1 Main Street _ 16.62
Owens, E. L.. 1 Minnie Smith. 1 Sade Murray_,_ 5.52
Owens, Lloyd. 1 Sugar Hill__ 3.90
Peede. Allen. 1 Main Street lot_ .96
Phelps. Helen T.. 1 Main St. lot. 1 Main St. garage_ 16.56
Phelps, Maggie E.. 1 Bank Street _ 13.36
Roper. John L. Lbr. Co., all town property_ 190.93
Sexton. H T . 1 Plume Street_ 4.99
Sexton. Mrs. J. E., 2 Plume Street, 2 Main Street _ 20.34
Skyles, Mrs. Mollie, 1 Plume Street_ 2.65
Spencer. B B., 1 Main Street. 1 Bank Street lot_ 10.92
Swain. W. B. 1 Main and Boush Street. 2 Boush St., 2 Main Street
stores, 1 Bank Street warehouse. 1 Main Street_ 131.40
Swain. W. R.. 12'2 acres Leary land. 1 lot Main Street_ 23.72
Tarkington. H. W 1 Bush Street__ 15.36
Walker. C. L.. 1 lot and poultry house. Bush St._ 5.50
Colored
Allen, Robert A., 3 West Roper _ 5.04
Anthony. Clyde. 1 West Roper_ 1.20
Anthony. Crawlord. 2 West Roper _ 6.22
Anthony. James, 1 Levi Woodley. 1 Bank Street __ _ 3.48
Anthony, Percy. 1 Railroad Ave.. 2 Bush Street _ 9.66
Arnold, Guy. 2 Bush Street _ 2.88
Arnold. W. H. Est.. 1 West Roper_ _ 3.89
Arnold. Henry, 1 West Roper _ 6.72
Basnight. Alice Poole, 1 Bush Street _ .48
Basnight. George Est., 1 Newby Street __ 3.84
Boston. J. E.. 2 Bush Street _ 4.94
Boyd, H. C.. 1 MVest Roper _ 4,85
Brown, Henry. Heirs. 1 Sugar Hill _ .96
Burgess, Ella, 1 White Oak _ 2.06
Clarke. Farmer. 2 Bush Street_ 7.05
Clarke. Freeman, 2 Bush Street _ 9.04
Clarke. M. T.. sr., 1 Bank Street_ 6.24
Collins, Lizzie, 1 Bank Street _ 5.28
Cooper. Lucinda. 1 1-4 acres Hall Place . _ _ _ 1.80
Corprew, Corinthia, 2 West Roper _ .. 6.60
I Cox. Ernest, 1 Park Ave.. Spence Reid __ _ 2.98
Davenport, George. Est.. 1 Newby Street_ 3.84
Davenport, Johnnie. 1 Bank St.. 1 Newby Street _ 7.34
Dickerson. Melvin, 1 Bush Street__ 7.26
Downing. Clarence, 1 Bank Street_ 7.38
Downing, David. Est.. 1 Busli Street_ .96
Downing. Eliza Staton, Est., 1 RR Ave_ .96
Downing, Johnston, Est., 1 West Roper_ .62
Faye, Joe, Est., 1 West Roper__ 2 64
Franklyn, Ben, 1 RR Ave. _ 2A0
Freeman. D. L.. 1 Bank St.. 1 Walker_ 1.90
Freeman. Joe W.. 1 Bank__ 7.68
Gaylord, Buck. 1 Bush St. _2^38
Gaylord. B. L.. 4l/2 acres Newby Street _ 3.84
Gaylord, C. J„ 4'i acres Newby Street _ 3.84
Gaylord. Hardy. 4*/2 acres Newby Street_ 3.84
Gaylord. C. L., 4'/2 acres Newby Street_ 8.64
Gaylord. James G., 4'j acres Newby Street_ 4.80
Gaylord. Milton. Est... 5'2 acres Newby Street _ 9.60
Graves, Ed.. 1 Plume St. 1 Newby St home_ _ 11.58
Grimes, Garfield, 1 Sugar Hill, 1 West Roper_ 11.04
Heggans. Guilford. 1 Bank Street _ 5.28
Heggans, Louis, 2 West Roper _ 6.72
Hassell. E. S., Est., 1 West Roper_ 5.28
Hassell. George, 1 house and lot West Roper_ 6.00
Hawks, Minnie, Heirs 2 West Roper _ 6.72
Holly, William, Heirs. 1 Sugar Hill_ 1.80
Hornablue, Charley, 1 RR Ave_ 3.20
Homablue. James, Heirs. 1 RR Ave_ 3.00
Horton Hester, 2 West Roper_ 7.80
Howe’i Van. 3 West Roper_ 10.58
Hughes, J. L., Est., 1 Bush St_ 1.92
Hyman. Louisa, 1 West Roper _ 4.50
Jenkins. Maggie, 1 West Roper_ .48
Jones, Clyde, 2 West Roper __ 4.35
King, George, sr.. 1 Bank Street _ 3.78
Lindsey, L. D., 1 Bank Street _ 2.40
Lindsey. Sarah, 1 Sugar Hill _ .60
McNair, Raymond, 1 Sugar Hill. 1 West Roper ... _ 4.37
Mann. Luke, 1 Bush Street _ 7.92
Mayo, Andrew, 1 West Roper _ 4.80
Mayo, Blanche, 1 West Roper _ 1.30
Miller, Noah, 1 West Roper_ 5.40
Norman, Claudia, 1 West Roper_ 2.64
Norman. Lucy D., 1 Bush Street_ 4.96
Norman, Lonnie G.. 1 West Roper _ 3.12
Norman, Walter, 1 Sugar Hill_ __ _ 3.02
Owens, Ben, 1 Newby Street_ 5.40
Patrick, Andrew, Est., 1 West Roper _ 4.08
Reenes, Fannie, 1 West Roper__ 3.36
Riddick, Button, 1 Bush Street ..._ _ 1.44
Riddick, William, Heirs. 2 R R Ave_ ... _ _ 3.36
Rodgers, William. 1 West Roper _ 3.36
Satchell. Mary, Est,. 1 West Roper_ __ 4.56
Satterthwaite. James, 1 Bur. Street_ _ _ 13.97
Seward, Clara, 1 Rich Negro Road _ 7.20
Skinner. William, Heirs, 25 a West Roper __ _ _ 12.00
Smith, Jack, 1 Bush Street__ _ __ 7.20
Spruill, Pattie, 2 lots .. _ _ _ .72
Stallings, Luke, 1 Sugar Hill_ 3.10
Staton, Ferebee, 2 West Roper _ 5.40
Staton. Jacob, Est, 2 West Roper_ _ _ 2.16
Sykes. Lou. 1 West Roper _**_ 1.80
Woodlev. Reginald. 1 Bo Street _ _ _ . _ 4 421
Rambling
...About
By THE RAMBLER
Can't Be Improved On—
Says the Pittsburg Gazette:
How To Treat Your Town—
Praise it.
Improve it.
Talk about it.
Trade at home.
Be public spirited.
Take a home pride in it.
Remember it is your home.
Tell of its natural advantages.
Trade and induce others to trade
here.
Don't call your best citizens frauds
and imposters.
Support your local institutions that
benefit your town.
Look ahead of self when all of the
town is to be considered.
Help public-spirited officers to do
the most good for the most people.
Tire foregoing was printed 25 years
ago. A quarter of a century has
made no change in its importance.
In Passing—
Most of the current tobacco crop
has evidently been marketed ... A
few days ago the roads were filled
with big truck-loads of the weed
headed for the warehouses, while now
it is only an occasional pick-up truck
with comparatively small loads . . .
Merchants, even in the tobacco
towns, report business has not picked
up correspondingly, however . . .
Probably an extended cool spell will
take care of this feature ... If you
haven't got your tickets to the Duke
Carohna tilt in Durham Saturday,
better not waste your time going up
there, according to all reports . . .
Sunday’s paper carried the only ad
we've ever seen urging people NOT
to attend a football game . . . Only a
few years ago you could get bets that
the Duke stadium would never be
filled for any game . . . Since then it
has been enlarged to take care of a
maximum of 53.000; and many think
if seats were available it would be
easy to sell 75,000 tickets for this
one fracas . . . Incidentally, Corporal
Tom Brown is one of the 85 state hi
way patrolmen assigned to handle
traffic at the game . . . Personally, we
can think of a lot of things we'd ra
ther be than a traffic cop in the Dur
ham vicinity on November 18 . .
Everything is shaping up for making
tobacco allQtments soon: and then
we'll have plenty of fireworks, of
course , . . Again, if we could have
our "ruthers," we'd prefer being a
traffic cop Saturday rather than a
country agent or committeemen
when the quotas go out . . . Not to be
come boresome. or anything like
that, but when the Red Cross solici
tor comes around join with a smile
. . . The cost is only one buck, and
if you don't get a dollar's worth of
satisfaction out of the knowledge
that you’ve done your part, then you'd
better stop short and check up on
yourself, because there's something
wrong . . Just 31 more shopping days
before Christmas and only 36 before
the bills come due and tax listing
time arrives We would have to
think of that But don’t say we
didn't warn you.
Doubly Thankful—
The more we think of this double
Thanksgiving business this year the
more appropriate it seems to us. We
couldn't be nearly thankful enough
on one day—even two Thanksgiving
Days will be pretty well crowded.
Those who think they have nothing
to be thankful for should consider
for .just a moment:
You are probably thankful you are j
not like other people, and other peo
ple are probably equally as thankful
they are not like you: 53.000 folks in
North Carolina are thankful they
have tickets to the Carolina-Duke
football game, while most of the
others are thankful they couldn't get I
them: thousands are thankful they
are on the WPA. while gillions are
thankful they aren't; local folks are
thankful they live in Plymouth, and
those who live elsewhere better not
reverse this sentence: those who owe
money are thankful they have cre
dit. and those who don't are glad they
haven't: everybody's thankful they
aren't Hitler, and who cares whether
he's thankful or not; chickens are
thankful they are not turkeys, and
turkeys are thankful—well, maybe
this deserves a little more thought.
Oughta Be a Law—
This business of column-conducting
ain't what it's cracked up to be. The
first two or three years are the hard
est; after that you can go back and
pick your own stuff and reprint it if
you use a little discretion. The only
thing, your alleged friends feel they
can insult you about it and it’s the
right thing to do; while if you crack
back, you're a .smart-aleck with no
respect for the feelings of others.
Take this week, for instance. We
started talking to a supposed pal
about a .joke we heard.
Says we: "Heard a clever little
story, but can't remember whether or
not we've already printed it."
Says he: "Was it funny?”
Says we: "Sure."
Says he: "Well, you ain't printed
it. then."
The heck with it!
Simple as That—
Seems as though it happened dur
ing the final examination of recruits
for the State Highway Patrol a month
or so ago. The examiner asked one
of the rookies this question: "What
would you do to disperse a crowd
quickly and without violence?"
The young cop answered without
hesitation: "I'd pass a hat."
SMALLER
Income from farm marketings in
the South Atlantic states was 11 per
cent smaller in the first eight months
of this year than in the same months
last year.
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purchase price
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Wholesale Co.
PLYMOUTH
'Chevrolet* FIRST Again!"—i
Among the Lowest Priced Cars, Here's
"THE LONGEST OF THE LOT!"
H--181 inches-—-J
The Matter IS Sport Sedan. S140* j
From front of grille to rear of body—for
length where length counts — Chevrolet for
1940 is the longest of aD lowest-priced cars I
I*1 addition to being the streamlined
beauty leader of “Automobile Row”—in
addition to being the ablest all-round performer in its
field—
litis new Chevrolet for 1940 is also the longest of
all lowest-priced cars—bar none!
It’s a whopping 181 inches long from the front of
its fashionable grille to the rear of its beautifully
curved body . . . which means it has length where
length counts . . . which means it’s the longest auto
mobile in the lowest price field!
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SUPER-SILENT VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE • PER
FECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES > ALL-SILENT
SYNCRO-MESH TRANSMISSION e LARGER
T1PTOE-MATIC CLUTCH • NEW SEALED BEAM
HEADLIGHTS WITH SEPARATE PARKING
LIGHTS • IMPROVED SHOCKPROOF STEERING*
• NEW CRYSTAL-CLEAR HI-TEST SAFETY PLATE
GLASS • NEW SAFE-T-LOCK HOOD
Chevrolet hat more than
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I *On Special De Luxe and Master De Luxe Series.
A' Flint. Mich.qan, Trans
portation based on rail
rates, slate and local taxes
if any . optional equipment
and accessorii «• —ex*ra
Prates Subject tn chanye
without notice.
House Chevrolet Co., Inc
IMIONE No. 279-6 Washington St. PLYMOUTH, N. C.
Every Wednesday, 3 P. M., Through Dec. 20ih
TWO $10.00 PRIZES - TWO $5.00 PRIZES
If Winner of First $10.00 Not Present, That Amount
Will Be Added To First Prize of Following Week
$200 IN GRAND PRIZES
To Re Given Away December 27th
FIRST PRIZE $100.00 - FOUR $25.00 PRIZES
ASK ANY of THESE MERCHANTS for TICKETS
WITH each $1 PURCHASE or PAID on ACCOUNT
< AMPBELL'S GROCERY
•ARE ADLER’S STORE
SOI THERN HARDWARE CO.
SCHERR’S DEPT. STORE
<> R LEGGETT’S SON, Jeweler
I »E ROANOKE BEACON
ROSE'S 5c & 10c STORE
WILLIFORD’S
l»ON G. DAVIS, JEWELER
I1V1RMAN S DRUG STORE
E. II. LIVERMAN
„ CENTRAL GARAGE
" ATEK ST. SERVICE STATION
R. S. BROW’NING
_WHITE A BOWEN
PLYMOUTH HARDWARE CO.
L. S. THOMPSON
NORMAN FURNITURE CO.
BYRD’S CLOTHING STORE
SMITH BROS., DRY CLEANERS
HOUSE CHEVROLET CO.
STANDARD (Esso) SERV. STA.
PLYMOUTH MOTOR CO.
WINSLOW'S 5c TO SI STORE
PLYMOUTH FURNITURE CO.
SAM ADLER
DAVE’S CUT-RATE STORE
ROANOKE COAL CO.
_PENDER'S STORF
PLYMOUTH MERCHANTS' ASSN
Trade In Plymouth
$560-oo
CASH GIVEN FREE