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Town opics W Blount Rodman, an associate in the law offices of Z. V. Norman here, returned this week from the maneuv ers of the 113th Field Artillery of the National Guard, which were in prog ress last week. He went with the Washington. N. C., unit. Little Miss Betty Jean Jackson. : daughter of Mrs. Blanche Jackson, . ang very beautifully at the Tom Thumb wedding given for the second time at the high school building on Monday night. Others in the cast also gave splendid renditions of their parts. Edmund G. Harding, executive secretary of the Washington. N. C., chamber of commerce, here yesterday to confer with John W. Darden, of the Washington Coun ty Chamber of Commerce, said he expected to bring a large crowd here Monday from Wash ington to take part in the cele bration. Milton Newberry, former resident! now retired from the government Civil Service, with his wife, were here this week visiting relatives and friends. They left for Edenton and Washington, D. C., where they will visit before going to Florida for the winter. Mrs. Mary F. Darden, home dem onstration agent, left Tuesday for Richfield, where she attended the fu neral of her grandfather, P. R, Misen heimer, who died at his home there Monday night at the age of 81 years. A conference is to be held some time this week between Bishop W. W. Peele and the Rev. B. B. Slaughter, superintendent of the Elizabeth City District, to deter mine what constitutes the charge here of the Rev. O. L. Hardwick, who was assigned to the pastor ate of the Plymouth Methodist church at the conference in Fay etteville week before last. Edmund G. Hording, entertainer and speaker of Washington, N. C„ who has been sick, is able to be about his duties again as executive secre tary of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, and he said this week he expected to be here Monday to at tend the road opening celebration with the delegation from Beaufort County. A. J. Riddle, a member of the Town Council, is at his old home near the Virginia-Tennessee boundary, the name of the town being unknown here, for the Thanksgiving holidays. It is his first trip back home in sev eral years. Peanut Situation Is Discussed at Meet of Farm Bureau Here Necessity of Halting Acre age Increases Expressed By Speakers Thirty members of the Washing ton County Farm Bureau heard three speakers discuss the conditions fac ing farmers of this section last Fri day night at the agriculture building here, but no definite action was tak en to remedy the conditions existing, especially in regard to peanuts. J. H. Broome, or Aurora, spoke at length on the conservation program, but paid little attention to the pea nut situation except to mention the grave situation that exists because of the increased acreage during the past few years. T. B. Brandon, farm agent of Mar tin County, spoke on general farm problems. It was left to Mr. Debnam, of Eden ton, a representative of the North Carolina Peanaut Stabilization Coop erative, to tell the farmers present that ufiless the acreage expansion was arrested there would be no Fed eral aid through the cooperative for the 1940 crop. The discussion failed to bring any action by the small group of farmers present, but it is understood the American Farm Bureau Federation is making an effort to prevent acreage expansion and to persuade the gov ernment to continue the operation of the cooperative, which diverts all the peanuts delivered to it to oil mills, removing them from the regular channels of trade. The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* Advertiser? will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1.54M1 Washington County homes. VOLUME L—NUMBER 48 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 30, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1889 CELEBRATION MONDAY) f SPEAKERS AT ROAD Xeb Vance Norman, represent ing Mayor B. G. Campbell, of Plymouth, and Mayor Ralph H. Ilodges, of Washington, are two of the speakers who will be heard at the road celebration here next Monday afternoon. Resume Construction Work at Pulp Plant TO SPEAK HERE | \s Representative Lindsay War ren, of Washington, will be the principal speaker at the exercises celebrating the opening of the new Washington road Monday. List of Winners at Mid-Week Drawing With a crowd of 1,400 persons on hand, there was a taker for every number drawn at the mid-week draw ing for the $30 in prizes offered each Wednesday afternoon by the Plym outh Merchants Association. Little Miss Becky Lou Ainsley, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ainsley, put her hand in the contain er and drew four tickets with Mrs. Q. Sam Respass, of the Long Acre sec tion, coming forward for the first $10, presenting a ticket from Browning’s Cash Store. The second $10 was won by Ray mond L. Davenport, of Mackeys, with a ticket from Campbell’s store. He left his tickets with the store to be held at the drawing, and Mrs. T. C. Burgess claimed the prize for both the store and the owner. The second colored person to win a prize was Wesley Bailey, colored filling station employee here. His ticket came from Abe Adler’s store. Mrs. Emma Willoughby held the sec ond $5 ticket, from White and Bow en’s market, for her son, J. B. Wil loughby. Mrs. Harry Latham, a former res ident who is visiting here, won the turkey raffled off for the band Collection oi Toys lor Distribution To Keedy Will Be Considered by Firemen Although no definite decision had been reached today by the members of the Plymouth Volun teer Fire Department, it is un derstood they are considering collection of old toys to be re paired and painted for distribu tion among Washington County needy children at Christmas. Members of the department have been doing this work for several years past. As their contribution to the lightening of heavy hearts and preventing the sadness of disap pointed children on Christmas day, the firemen last year “re newed scores of discarded toys and brought cheer to the hearts of many who otherwise would have been passed up Santa Claus. L. D. Jones, an official of the fire company, said this morning that he did not know exactly what to say at the present time, as no decision has been reached by the firemen, who worked on the toys in their spare time in former years, but it is believed they will continue to render this community service again this Chistmas. A definite decision will be an nounced next week, after the fire men hold their usual meeting on Friday night. -♦ Plan Now To Double Present Capacity of 225 Tons Pulp Daily -$ Contractor Resumes Work On Buildings Originally Planned This Week Increased demands for sulphate pulp, with the accompanying price rise for the product, due largely to conditions brought about by the Eu ropean war, have influenced officials of the North Carolina Pulp Company to contract this week for additions to the local plant which will double its present capacity of 225 tons of air-dried pulp daily. O. H. Cox, general manager of the plant, said Wednesday morning that work would proceed immediately on the construction of the additional buildings needed to house the equip ment to be installed and there was much activity at the plant, where several buildings are already under construction, Equipment to be installed include Ume kilns, steaming boiler, an addi tional recovery boiler and additional digesters, which will step production up from 225 tons of air-dried sulphate pulp daily to 450 tons daily. How ever, it was said, no paper-making or board machines are to be installed at this time, although they may come later. Plans for the original expansion program, work on which began about the middle of October and was cur tailed a few weeks later, have been altered to provide for doubling the pulp capacity immediately and instal lation of finishing equipment later. Originally, it was planned to put in a finishing plant without increasing the capacity. The buildings called for in the contract let early in October are to be constructed by the William Muirhead Construction Company, of Durham, which has already poured the concrete foundations for two of them and was surveying and stak ing off the property yesterday for the others. The two buildings under construc tion are for the bleacher and liquor rooms. When word to resume work on the entire program was received this week, the Muirhead employees began surveys to break ground for the buildings originally planned to house the finishing department, in cluding an addition to the present wet room, machine room and beater room. A filtering plant is being built by the Rohleder construction com pany, and it is understood a boiler room building is also to be built, the contract for which has not yet been let. No figures were available as to the number of regular employees to be added to handle the doubled output, but nearly 300 men are employed at the plant now. The added capacity will call for double the amount of pulpwood now being required. Voting Places lor Cotton Referendum Announced Voting places for the cotton refer endum, to be held on Saturday, De cember 9, have been designated for farmers of Washington Comity, it was announced today by County Agent W. V. Hays. The three voting places are: agri culture building in Plymouth: Ray mond Tarkenton’s place In Roper; and W. D. Phelps’ store in Creswell. Ballots will be cast by the growers to make it known whether they are in favor of compulsory acreage con trol for cotton and to ask for mar keting quotas on the staple. Bus Service by New Washington Road to Be Effective Friday Number Changes Are Made In Schedule; Seven Buses Daily Passenger bus service will be in augurated over the newly opened paved road from Plymouth to Wash ington Friday morning, when the bus of the Norfolk Southern Bus Cor poration begins its regular run from Norfolk through Plymouth to Wash ington. There will be two buses each day to reach here from Norfolk under the new schedule, at 10:50 a. m. and 5:20 p. m.; two buses from Washing ton to Norfolk will arrive here daily, at 6:50 a, m. and 6:25 p m. On the Williamston-Columbia run, the 11:40 bus will be discontinued except on Sat urdays and Sundays: the bus from Columbia to Williamston will arrive here at 10:05 a. m.; and the William ston to Columbia bus will arrive here at 9:20 p. m. In addition, a bus will be operated between here and Wil liamston, arriving here from that point at 6:25 p. m„ and returning 5 minutes later, leaving at 6:30. On Saturdays and Sundays another Wil liamston-Columbia bus will arrive here at 11:40 a. m„ and on the re turn trip from Columbia to William ston it is due here at 1:50 p. m. The new schedule will bring seven buses here daily, including traffic from four directions, while on Satur days and Sundays there will be nine buses each day, which should make the local station a busy place indeed. P. M. Arps, local bus station agent, said he had not been advised as to how the new schedule would affect Joe Smith, bus driver, who has been making the run from here to Pea Ridge. | NEW MINISTER I v-/ The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, for merly of Raleigh, who arrived here last week to assume his du ties as pastor of the local Meth odist church. Masonic Banquet Tuesday Night Is Largely Attended -(•> State Grand Master Speaks At Observance of 128th Anniversary Here More than 100 persons attended the banquet held in the community house here Tuesday night, when the 128th anniversary of the founding of Per severance Lodge, No. 59, A. P. and A. M., was celebrated, with J. Edward Allen, of Warrenton, Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina, as the principal speaker. W. L. Whitley presented the grand master, who spoke at length on Ma sonic activities. J. W. Darden pre sided and presented H. H. McLean, present master of the local lodge, who said that his three ambitions when he was elected to the office was to have all past masters’ pictures framed and hung on the walls of the i lodge, to perfect the organization of an Easter Star chapter, and to have the grand master present at the an nual banquet—and that all three of them had been achieved. Instrumental numbers were ren dered by Harry McLean, L. W. Zeig ler, Mary Lillian Campbell, Vance Norman, members of the high school band, and Mary Charlotte Jones sang. The Masons and their ladies as sembled at the community hall, where a turkey diner was served by the Woman's Club. The Masons official ly opened the lodge meeting at their hall on the corner of Water and Jef ferson Streets prior to the banquet. Mrs. W. C. Jones, as matron of the Eastern Star chapter here, explained the work being done by that organi zation. It was said that J. R. Campbell was the only master to serve in the office '(Continue on page four) Plans Complete for Celebration of Road Opening Monday; Parade to Open Program Here in Afternoon Thanksgiving Day Being Observed as General Holiday Throughout County Thanksgiving Day will be ob served as a general holiday thru out Washington County Thurs day, and while there are no spec ial programs for the day, differ ent organizations will observe the occasion in various ways. Practically all the stores and business establishments will be closed, including the Branch Banking & Trust Company, the ABC store, the post office, and county and town offices. Mail will be received and put in boxes and rural deliveries will be made, but there will be no city delivery, it was stated Wednesday. The churches in Plymouth are mostly having their Thanksgiv ing services Wednesday night, with the exception of the Grace Episcopal church, where the Rev. Mr. Matthews will conduct serv ices at 9 o'clock Thursday morn ing. In the realm of sports, it is pos sible a special golf tournament will be played if a sufficient num ber of participants show up. ac cording to the professional. The high school here has closed its football season, and there will be no game. Many hunters will take to the fields and woods, the open season on quail beginning that day. and a number of football enthusiasts are planning to at tend college games at various places. Stores Here Prepare For Christmas Rush Windows Taking on Yuleiide Aspect; To Light Streets Friday Early Shoppers Are Having Gifts Laid Away Until Christmas -« Business took an upward spurt here this week, as colder weather and the nearness of Christmas took hold of shoppers visiting the well-filled stores to begin choosing clothing and gifts from the large stocks, many of the gift items being put away by the merchants to be called for before Christmas. I'he vari-colored Christmas street lights, which lend a Yuletide atmos phere to the shopping district, were being strung along the wires today, and will be turned on either Friday or Saturday night, according to Chief of Police P. W. Brown, who is in charge of the work. There are over 700 of the colored lights, which form a canopy over two blocks of Water Street and one block of Washington Street, with a design topped by a large star over the com munity building brilliant with lights. This year Chief Brown may put col ored lights on the town water tank. A canvass of the stores made this week convince a reporter that the merchants were preparing their Christmas displays, and in many places bundles have already been laid away with the owners’ names on them awaiting the gift season, as the early shoppers took advantage of the plen tiful array of Christmas merchandise. Toy stores here have prepared their displays, as well as those other stores which will feature more practical gifts. Green and red crepe paper, holly and mistletoe are being used profusely in providing interior dec orations; and, all in all, the Christ mas shopping season should be in full swing here by next week. The pick-up in business is expected to show steady gains from now on, as more and more folks in the rural sections are disposing of their pea nuts and other cash crops and are taking an inventory of their needs for Christmas and the winter months. And in every store where this Christinas merchandise is being of fered, the shoppers are asking for their tickets, which entitle them to the opportunity of winning one of the four mid-week prizes, the $100 grand prize or one of the four $25 cash prizes to be given away on Mon day, December 27 at 3 p. m. Chapel Hill Sunday School Is Organized A Sunday school was organized last Sunday afternoon at the Chapel Hill Schoolhouse near Plymouth by Rev. P. B. Nickens, pastor of the Plym outh Baptist Church, and J. E. West ray, of Roper, superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school there. Mr. Westray was made superin tendent of the school and Bible class teacher. Sam Styons was elected sec retary and treasurer, with Mrs. W. W. Latham teaching the young peo ple and Mrs. Sam Styons teaching the intermediate class. Mrs. Swain is teaching the primary group. Sunday school will be held each Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Last Sun day, the second meeting, there were 63 present. CHAIRMAN I John W. Darden, secretary of the Washington County Cham ber of Commerce, is chairman of the committee on arrangements for the road celebration to be held here Monday. From Gadsden, Ala. Miss Mary Emma Edmondson, of Gadsden, Ala., is spending some here with her aunt, Mrs. E. F. Thomas. Lindsay Warren To Be Main Speaker at Meeting in Theatre Second Part of Program To Be Held in Washington Monday Night Finals plans had been made today for the exercises to be held in Plym outh and Washington Monday cele brating the formal opening of the last stretch of hard-surfaced highway linking together the capitals of Wash ington and Beaufort Counties. About 1.500 persons are expected to attend the exercises, which get underway here at 2 o'clock, with a number of dignitaries from the two counties par ticipating in the event. Such notables as Congressman Lindsay Warren, E. V. Webb, district highway commissioner. Chester Haw kins, a representative of the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation, Osbourne Puckett, a representative of William F. Bowe, jr.. road contractor who fin ished the project, Fred P. Latham, Belhaven farmer, and many others will participate in the speechmaking. Space wili be reserved on Washing ton Street here for the group from Washington to park their cars, and Chief of Police P. W. Brown says that all local cars must be removed from this area between 1 and 4 o'clock. He further asks that flags be placed on display in the down-town area and requests residents to decorate their cars with signs, placards, flags and bunting. Every effort will be made to give the town a festive appear ance. John W. Darden, secretary of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of the committee for arrangement of the Plymouth exercises, today announced a program that is sure to draw hun dreds of persons here, and at 8 o’ clock that night the Washington or ganization will put on its program, featuring a parade, special addresses and other events. , Parade at 1:30 P. M. The program as announced by the committee on arrangements, includ ing Mr. Darden, Z. V. Norman, W. H. Paramore and P. W. Brown, calls for the local Boy Scouts, Plymouth and Washington High School bands, pos sibly a unit of the National tluard, school children and others to partici pate in a parade, which is to formed at the high school building at 1:30 o’clock. After marching down town, the bands and guardsmen are to stage drills of various kinds. Assembling at the Plymouth The atre at 2 o’clock, the crowd will hear Former Representative Z. V. Nor <Continue on page four* Afternoon Program Celebrating the Completion and Formal Open ing of Highway No. 97 From Washington to Plymouth — Monday, December 4, 1939 l:.iO—Scouts, Bands, Children and possibly a unit of the National Guard will leave the School Building to pa rade down-town to front of Community Building. 2:00—Assemble at Plymouth Theatre for exercises: Welcome: Z. V. Norman, representing Mayor B. G. Campbell, of Plymouth. Response: Mayor Ralph Hodges, of Washington, N. C. • Address: Representative I-indsay C. Warren. Short Addresses: W. B. Rodman, president of the Washington Coun County Chamber of Commerce. J. R. Campbell, Chairman of Washington County Board of Commissioners. W. L. Whitley, past president, representing the Plymouth Lions Club. J. R. Manning, president of the Plymouth Mer chants Association. Edmund Harding, secretary of the Washington, N. C., Chamber of Commerce. K. V. Webb, Kinston, district commissioner. State Highway and Public Works Commission. Chester Hawkins, an official of the Norfolk Southern Bus Corporation. Osbourne Puckett, representative of William F. Bowe, jr., road contractor. Others to be recognized include Mayor Harvey, of Belhaven; Fred P. Latham, of Belhaven: mayors of Edenton, Hertford, Columbia, Williamston, Elizabeth City; Representative W. M. Darden and Former Senator Carl L. Bailey, of Plymouth. 4:00—Adjournment. 6:00- Formation of motorcade to leave here for Washington, where the final exercises of the celebration will be held, beginning at 8 p. m. 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