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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* Advertisers will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1,500 Washington County homes. VOLUME L—NUMBER 52 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 28, 1939 ESTABLISHED 1889 Start the New Year Right by Subscribing for Stock in the Building & Loan Association Town OPICS A New Year's Dance, to be followed by a buffet supper, at the Country Club will climax social activities in Plymouth during the holidays. The dance will begin at midnight Sunday night. continuing until 4 a. m., and. as is the usual custom, a large crowd is expected to attend the event. The "Deans of Music" orchestra will fur nish the music. Dr. A. Papineau, chairman of the club entertainment committee, is in charge of arrange ments. Director L. W. Zeigler’s Plym outh High School Band came in for a large measure of applause from the 3,000 people here for the prize drawing Wednesday after noon. The musicians braved a cold drizzle to perform for the large crowd and made an excel lent showing. Mendall H. Long writes in from Engelhard this week seeking a bas ketball game with the Plymouth All Stars. Mr. Long represents a team composed of former Engelhard High School players, who are reported to have been very successful in their games thus far, and they want to play the local independents. It is expected a series will be arranged. Fifty members of the Plymouth High School Glee Club went to Raleigh on a Norfolk Southern bus, provided free of charge by the bus company, last Thursday afternoon to broadcast a pro gram of Christmas music over Station WPTF. A number of laudatory letters have been re ceived concerning the program presented. Chief of Police P. W. Brown had a busy time Wednesday afternoon, and was only partially successful in keep ing the 3,000 people who attended the final drawing for prizes from throwing their worthless tickets on the wet pavement after the last win ning number had been called. Of ficials of the merchants association, who conducted the drawing, repeated ly asked that the stubs not be thrown on the streets, but there was a fair sprinkling of them scattered about when the crowd moved away despite all effort::. Installment stock in the ninth series of the Plymouth Building & Loan Association, dated Jan uary 1, is now being offered for sale, and preparations are un derway by the directors to wage an intensive campaign to add alpHtt 500 shares to the 1,200 ac tive shares now in force. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight McKnight, of Little Rock, Ark., were here this week visiting Mrs. McKnight’s mother, Mrs. Sarah P. Nurney. Mr. Knight, formerly in business here, has been a salesman for a tobacco concern for about six years since leaving here. Bobby Gahoon, son of Mrs. Minnie Cahoon, formerly of Plymouth, is cap tain of the tennis team at Wake Forest College. Though his mother lives in Chapel Hill, where the Uni versity of North Carolina is located, young Cahoon attends the Wake Forest institution. He was in Plym outh during the week-end. High School Band Gave Concert Last Thursday -o A concert of Christmas music was given in the Plymouth High School Auditorium last Thursday night, with about 100 parents of the young music ians and friends present. Because of the fact that several members of the band were absent, Director L. W. Zeigler secured the help of Band Director J. E. Aiken and several of his musicians from Rober sonville. An entertaining and im pressive coftcert was given. Good Christmas Business Reported by Merchants -o Business was very good in Plym outh during the Christmas season, according to reports from several merchants who expressed their ap preciation for the patronage of local people this week. J. R. Manning, president of the merchants association, said that bus iness in general was much better than it was at the same time last year; and W. F. Winslow, secretary of the organization, said his Chirstmas bus iness was the best in years. Other merchants, including E. H. Liverman, H. A. Williford, J. W. Norman, Don G. Davis, and Pender’s, made the same report. TSew License Plates Must Be on All Cars Monday Motorists who do not have their 1940 license plates will probably save themselves a lot of grief by leaving their ears at home until they do get them, starting next Monday, January 1, according to Corporal Tom B. Brown, of the State Highway Pa trol, who has been informed by state authorities that there will be no extension of time for se curing tags and ordered to begin arresting violators on the first day of the new year. Sunday will be the last day that old plates may be lawfully used. After that time, every mo tor vehicle must have new tags or else must not be used on the highways. The cost of license plates this year is substantially the same as for the past two years. A rushing business is expected at the Wil liamston office, where motorists in this section may secure their new plates. The local patrolman advises those who may have trouble in getting their licenses, due to loss of title certificate, or change in title, to see him at once so they may ride after the first of the year. The officer will be busy Mon day and Tuesday checking cars to see that they have their new plates. He will be glad to aid those who may have difficulty in getting their titles straightened out or, he says, “if they have any other trouble—except lack of funds." $200 Awarded Five Winners Wednesday Few Places Here To Close Monday Business and industry here will not generally observe Monday, New Year's Day, as a holiday, al though the Branch Banking and Trust Company and the Plym outh and Creswell ABC stores will be closed, and the post office here will render a reduced schedule of service. Postmaster G. W. Hardison said the post office would receive' and dispatch mail, but the win dows will not be opened, and there will be no rural or city de liveries. Mail will be placed in boxes at the local office. The New Year Dance at the Country Club starting at mid night Sunday, is about the only special observance planned. The local stores and business establishments in general will re main open Monday. The county commissioners and board of education will hold their regular meetings Wednesday morning instead of Monday. Tax Listing To Gei Underway Monday Throughout County ■-0 Continues During Month of January; Early Listing Urged by Officials -o Owners of real estate and personal property in Washington County must list their taxes for 1940 during the month of January, instead of April j as in former years, E. F. Swain, sup ervisor, reminded this week in an nouncing that his organization had been perfected for the listing task, which gets underway next Monday. Although the date for listing has been moved up from April to Janu ary, there is but little difference in the set-up from former years, except that in making farm reports farmers list their 1939 plantings instead of estimating the acreage they will plant to various crops in 1940. The supervisor, who handled the job last year, urges all citizens to co operate by listing early, rather than to count on an extension of time be ing granted. Many errors and inac curacies will be eliminated if prop erty is listed by the owner personally early in the month instead of wait ing for the last-minute rush which always develops during the last few days of the period. List takers for the various town ships have been appointed as follows: H. C. Spruill, Plymouth Township; E. M. Chesson, Lees Mill; W. W. White, (Continued on page four) County Taxes Payable at Par During January; Penalties Begin February 1 County taxes for 1939 are pay able at par throughout the month of January, according to J. E. Davenport, tax collector, who explained this week that there are neither discounts nor penalties on payments made be fore February 1. However, there will be a 1 per cent penalty added each month after January; starting with 1 per cent in February; 2 per cent in March; 3 per cent in April; and 4 per cent in May. After the latter month, there is no fur ther increase in the penalties, but interest is charged on all un paid accounts. The tax collector said he was anxious tor as many as possmie to pay their tax accounts during January, as the county needs the money for current expenses; and, too, there will be no penalties charged against those who have failed to pay heretofore, al though 1939 taxes became due on last October 1st. Mr. Davenport did not say what percentage of the 1939 tax levy had been paid to date, although he estimated collections so far were ahead of those for the same period in 1938. Condi tions have been more favorable this year, and many farmers as well as most of the corporations have paid their tax accounts. Loomis E. Woodley, West over Farmer, Winner of $100 Grand Prize Four Get $25 Each More than 3,000 persons from all over Washington County stood in a damp, cold drizzle here Wednesday afternoon to attend the Anal weekly drawing, when the grand prizes, to taling $200, were given away to five persons. The drawing marked the conclusion of the better-business campaign which has been in prog ress for the last 11 weeks under the sponsorship of the Plymouth Mer chants Association. A. Barton Woodley, of Norfolk, held the tickets for his father, Loomis E. Woodley, of Westover, a farmer, who won the grand prize of $100, with a ticket from the Central Garage. Out of the total of 143,000 tickets issued by the 26 cooperating merchants, Mr. Woodley had 74 tickets. A youngster by the name of Wayne Miller held a ticket for Mrs. -Fer rell Boyd, who won the first $25 prize. The ticket came from the Plymouth Hardware Company. Mrs. Jack Brown, with a ticket from the Plym outh Furniture Company, won the second $25 award. Miss Mildred | Dudley presented the ticket for her. Mrs. W. C. Jones, with a ticket from Williford’s Yellow Front Mar ket, claimed the third $25 prize after no claimant came forward when a prior number was called. Mrs. Al ban Papineau, with another ticket from Williford’s store, won the fourth and final $25. Marvin Scherr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scherr, did the drawing. J. R. Manning, president of the merchants association; W. F. Winslow, secre tary, E. H. Liverman and A. J. Byrd were in charge of the drawing. Altogether, the merchants gave away $600 in cash prizes during the progress of the campaign, which be (Continue on page four) 20 Criminal and 23 Civil Cases Are Set For Superior Court Convenes January 8, With Judge Q. K. Nimocks Presiding Twenty criminal and 23 civil cases are on the docket for trial at the two weeks mixed term of Washington County Superior Court convening here Monday, January 8. with Judge Q. K. Nimocks. of Fayetteville, pre siding. Monday and Tuesday of the first week lias been set aside for the trial of the 20 criminal cases on the dock et. although more time may be re quired. as there are some cases sched uled which will probably call for lengthy examination of witnesses and extended speeches by the lawyers. Criminal Docket The criminal docket follows: W. C. Spruill, 48, white, who ap pealed from a fine or three-month road sentence imposed in recorder’s court for assault with a deadly weap on. George Wilson appealed from the lower court's judgment of 15 months on the roads for assaulting a female. Billie Craddock, 59, white, appealed from a judgment of the costs of the case after being found guilty of pois oning a dog. Lizzie Bratts. 48. colored, charged with violation of the prohibition law. appealed from sentence of 30 days. Joe Manley, 34, colored, charged with violation of prohibition law; ap pealed from $10 fine and costs or three months on the roads, judgment of recorder's court. Amelia Moore. 34. colored, charged with kidnapping a relative, was held on probable cause by the lower court. Spear Pittman Lynch, 52, colored; charged with reckless driving; ap pealed from recorder's court judg ment of three months on roads or $25 fine and costs. Sam Hoover, colored, 27, charged with assault; appealed from 12 months' sentence given in recorder's court. James D. Blount, charged with aid ing and abetting in larceny; appealed from three months' sentence. Willie Bishop, 24, colored, assault with a deadly weapon; appealed from three months' sentence imposed in recorder’s court. R. S. Riddick, 55, white, charged with reckless driving; appealed from 30-day suspended sentence upon pay ment of $14 for damage to car of J. E. Parnell. J. O. Lucius, 22, white; charged with abandonment and non-support; appeaeled from a recorder’s court judgment which required him to pay his wife $7.50 weekly. He forfeited his bond. Wallace Baum, found guilty of en tering at night, was ordered confined to the State hospital by the lower court; appealed. Bill Daniels, 16, white, charged with damaging personal property, appealed from 30-day sentence or $25 fine im posed in recorder’s court. James Langston, 32, white, is to be tried on a charge of aiding and abet ting in the damaging of personal property. Matthew Griffin, 30, colored, was found guilty of possessing non-tax (Continue on page four) One Man Killed, Several Injured, In Car Accidents; Woman Found Dead During Christmas Holidays —0— Fire Insurance ides for Dwellings in Town Reduced, Eiieciive December 1 Fire insurance policy holders in the towns and suburbs of Wash ington County will save hundreds of dollars next year in insurance premiums with the anounce ment that the rates on dwellings and liousehould furniture with dwelling to dwelling exposures have been reduced 50 per cent The North Carolina Inspecion and Ruling Bureau has advised local fire insurance agents that this reduction in premiums was effective on December 1 in Plym outh and other towns. However, agents will make no reductions on dwellings that are exposed to mercantile risk or lire hazards. Along with this rate reduction in dwelling exposures is the elim ination of exposure charges to brick dwellings. These reductions only apply to towns, cities and suburbs in North Carolina and are not effec tive in rural sections. 45 Christmas Baskets Delivered Last Week -0 Many Calls Turned Down This Year Due To Lack Of Funds $126 in Cash Raised Operating on a restricted basis this year, the cooperating agencies which sponsored the Christmas Cheer Drive distributed only 45 Christmas bas kets last Friday and Saturday, but they went into homes in the Plym outh section to bring cheer to men, women, and children who otherwise would have had little, if anything, to remind them of the season. A total of $126 in cash was raised for the work, and all of this amount was spent except 82 cents, which was left in the bank as a start on the fund for 1940. when the sponsors say they expect to organize earlier and make a more complete survey as well as more intensive drive to sup ply the needy with a measure of Christmas cheer. In addition to the cash raised, about $110 worth of merchandise was given and about 300 toys placed into the Christmas baskets by firemen, who collected them, repaired, re painted and make arrangements to have them delivered to the homes of the needy children. Those who assisted in raising the money and distributing the baskets were Mrs. W. V. Hays, president of ! the Parent-Teacher Association; P. W. Brown, Mrs. J. B. Willoughby, and Joe Nobles. It was estimated that the total val ue of the baskets, including mer chandise, toys and cash collected, would be well in excess of $250. This compares with $200 in cash raised last Christmas and $300 in cash col lected Christmas before last. Fruit, clothing, toys, food and var ious other needed articles were (Continue on page four) NEW YEAR GREETINGS — 1940 — As we enter upon another year, we pause to extend our great appreciation lor the patron age given us in the past and to earnestly solicit your favors in the future, not overlooking the desire to extend to our readers, patrons, and other frieiuls over this entire community the greetings of the day. To each and everyone we wish all the good things in life during this New Year. May happiness, peace, health and pros perity follow each of you during every minute of the coming year. The ROANOKE BEACON Town Tax Lister Named by Board For the convenience of proper ty owners in Plymouth, who are required to list their holding for taxation during the month of January, Mrs. M. W. Spruill has been employed by the Town of Plymouth Council to sit daily during the month with the list taker for the county at the court house. This was done in order that town taxpayers may list both their county and town holdings at the same time. H. C. Spruill is the county list taker for this township. Town officials will make every effort to avoid errors and inac curacies in the listing work this year, and all town property own ers are urged to list as early as possible to avoid the usual last minute rush. Business Census of County To Be Taken During Next Month Delbert Allen, of Plymouth, Appointed for Washing ton-Tyrrell Counties -o D. W. Lupton, of Washington, dis trict supervisor of the Census of the First Census or Congressional Dis trict. announced this week that his office had completed preparations for taking the business census in Janu ary. The Bureau of the Census only allotted 12 people to do this work in the entire district, and selections have been made as follows: Washington and Tyrrell Counties: Delbert Allen, Plymouth. Pitt County: Frank Brooks. Green ville; and Mrs. John Andrews. Ayden. Beaufort: Ruffin O'Neal, Washing ton; and R. H. Paul, jr., Edward: Martin: Claude T. Smith, Rober sonville. Pasquotank: J. J. Hughes, Eliza beth City. Hyde: W. W. Watson, Lake Land ing. Dare: Mrs. Vivian Ryder, Manteo. Camden and Currituck: James A. Taylor, Maple. Hertford and Gates: W. A. McGlo hon, Murfreesboro. Chowan and Perquimans: R. T. Brinn, Hertford. These enumerators will be in con ference during the week with Mr. Lupton and the assistant supervisor, W. A. Everett, of Edenton. Mr. Lupton stated that the farm f Colored Farmer Is Killed in Collision On Highway No. 64 -0 Drove Onto Highway in Front of Oncoming Car Monday Night -o Violence and tragic death marred the Christmas observance in Wash ington County in several instances last week-end, witli one person found dead in a forest, another killed by an automobile, several injured in an automobile collision, and still another seriously injured in an affray. Annie Sherrod, colored woman about 50 years old. was found dead in a wooded area west of the base ball park by George Bagley Tues day morning. She had been missing since Saturday night and her son. Leroy Sherrod, was in the searching party which found her and brought her home. A coroner's jury was em paneled following discovery of the body, but Coroner W. H. Peele said there were no marks of violence or evidence of foul play in connection with the death, and it is presumed [She died either from exposure or from natural causes. Alec Watson was re ported to have been the last person to see her alive. Joe Simpson, colored, 38, was in stantly killed Monday night, when the car he was driving was struck by one operated by Bill Darden, who was accompanied by Charles Ed Brinn. The accident occurred about 13 miles east of Plymouth on Highway 64. It was reported that Simpson drove onto the highway from the driveway leading to his home right in front of the Darden car. It was also said the lights on the colored man’s car were not burning at the time of the accident. Simpson was a tenant on Dennis Chesson’s farm and is sur by his wife and nine children Mr. Darden suffered a cut over one eye and Mr. Brinn lost several teeth and had bruises about the body. Cor poral Tom Brown, of the Highway Patrol, who investigated the accident, said that apparently the door of Mr. Darden's car struck Simpson’s head, as hair and flesh was found on the door. A preliminary hearing will be held for Darden on Friday. Officers said they did not believe the acci dent was caused by any recklessness or neglect on the part of Mr. Dar den. nsi automobile driven by B. F. Skiles struck the machines of Mrs. Addie L. Robbins and Harry Still man Friday night. Mrs. Robbins suf fered an injured hip. but the other occupants of the three cars were not seriously hurt. Damage estimated at $400 was done to the three machines. The accident occurred within the city limits, almost in front of the T. C. Burgess home. Joe Hedgebeth, colored, received serious head injuries Sunday after noon. when it was alleged that Joe and Willie Boston assaulted him with a stick. The Boston negroes were fined $5 each and the costs in re corder's court Tuesday. They were also required to pay the Virginia Electric and Power Company $12 for a meter which was damaged during the fracas. Several cases of intoxication were reported to the police during the holidays. Four men were arrested and kept in jail overnight before they were released with no charges pre ferred against them. and population census would^noTbe taken until April and that enumera tors for that work would not be se lected until the latter part of March. No information has yet been given him as to how many enumerators will be assigned to each county, and those who do the work must successfully pass a test. Enumerators do not receive any salary or traveling expenses and are aid fees for their work. Town Officials Take Lead in Attempt To Secure Bus Terminal for Plymouth Sometime within the next few weeks, L. B. YVickersham and Chester Hawkins, officials of the Norfolk Southern Bus Corpora tion, of Norfolk, will be Invited here to talk with officials of lo cal civic organizations regarding a bus station for Plymouth. With seven buses daily coming into Plymouth from Williamston. Norfolk, Columbia, and Washing ton—and this number increased to seven daily on Saturdays and Sundays—many local people, in cluding Mayor B. G. Campbell and 3. W. Darden, secretary of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, think the town should have a bus terminal. Zeb Vance Norman. a« town at- ‘ torney and leading civic worker, has been requested by the Town of Plymouth Council to write the bus company officials and ask them to come here for a confer ence to discuss the matter. Town officials point out that the present station. Arps Phar macy, while convenient and com fortable, does not have sufficient parking space for the buses, which are forced to take on and discharge passengers at the town’s busiest street intersection. Anyway, the local officials have announced that their 1940 goal is to have a bus station as beau tiful, comfortable and convenient as the one recently erected by the company in Washington.
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