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The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * * and Washington County News ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LI NUMBER 41 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 10, 1940 Advertisers will And Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1,500 Washington County homes. ESTABLISHED 1889 TO W N OPICS Sergeant J W. Armstrong, of Fort Sam Houston. Texas, was the week end guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Armstrong, here. Ser geant Armstrong has recently been assigned to Fort Bragg at Fayette ville as supply sergeant and visited his parents while en route to his new assignment. Miss Katherine Midgett, daughter of Mrs. Blanche Midgett. of Plym outh, has been chosen by Director George M. Thompson as one of the 48 new members of the vested choir of 125 voices at the Woman’s Col lege of the University of North Caro lina at Greensboro. Selective service regulations and procedure will be discussed Fri day, October 11. at 10:15 p. Pl over the Mutual network and on Sunday, October 13, at 2:30 p. Pl over the red network of the NBC. with Acting Director Ilershey be ing heard, it was announced to day by Frank L. Brinkley, chair man ol' the Washington County Board of Elections. W. A. iBill) Roebuck has returned to the Plymouth Motor Company as bookkeeper. He succeeds Mrs. Ray mond Ambrose, who is resigning to I'.o lu Harrisburg, Pa., where her hus band is now employed. Mr. Roebuck fomerly worked at the Plymouth Mo tor Company, leaving their employ ment only about a year ago. W. R. Hampton. W. M. Darden and .1. W. Darden today attended the rally of Democrats of the first congression al district at Hertford, where they heard Herbert C. Bonner, congres sional nominee from this district, and several state officials speak. With the suit' of about 25 more shares of installment stock in the Plymouth Building and Loan As sociation in the twelfth series, which opened October 1, there has now been a total of approxi mately 100 new shares of stock sold in the organization, accord ing to M. VV. Spruill, secretary and treasurer. Walter H. Paramore was named Washing! on County chairman of the Roosevelt-Wallace finance committee as u representative of the Young Dem ocratie Club of the county and state organization. Dick Reynolds, direc tor of finance for North Carolina, and Ralph Gardner, state YDC president, made the appointment. Over 5110 absences during the first 20 days after school opened operated against a request by the Plymouth schools for another teacher, as the state school off\ ials said that failure of t' ; r^'l dren to attend more regularly ob viated the necessity of an addi tional faculty member. Principal R. B. Trotman told members of the parent-teacher association at a meeting Wednesday night. The Plymouth High School Band will go to Raleigh next Wednesday to join in a parade through the princi pal streets and at night will attend a concert by the United States Ma rine Band. Efforts to get a bus to take the band members have not been successful as yet, and they may go in individual cars. F. F. A. Activities At Local School By WILLIAM STYONS The Future Farmers of America Chapter of the Plymouth High School has been j/ery active si ice the open ing of school. The officers of the chapter have been4 elected as follows: President, Pete Browning; vice president, Newman A^len: secretary, Joe Gray Browning; treasurer, War ren Robbins; reporter, William Sty ons; advisor W. S. Moore (teacher). One of the most outstanding acti vities of a Future Farmer Chapter each year is the initiation of its "Green Hands,” • the new members. This ceremony was performed in the gymnasium of the school last Friday night. The following students re ceived the "Green Hand” degree: Henry Everett, Leon Harrison, Ralph LeFever, Jack Oliver, Howard Res pass, William Sawyer, Marion Sty ons, Clyde Sitterson, Edward Swain, George Williams, Stewart Nestor and Bill Woodley. The chapter is now seeding demon stration plots of small grains and le gumes out on the farm of Mr. Sam Lucas. Several of the Future Farmers plan to attend the State Fair at Raleigh, this Friday and Saturday with their Instructor. We are enjoying our work and hope to accomplish many things through our studies All Men, 21-35, Must Register Wednesday Diaft Board for'County Appointed This Sesqui-Centennial Event Called oil Definite decision has been reached that there will be no Sesqui-Centennial Celebration In Plymouth this year, according to John YV. Darden, general chair man of the group, who last Fri day dissolved the committees which had been making arrange ments for the event. Mr. Darden said it was decided that it was too late in the fall to stage the event scheduled to be held here October 30. It was pointed out that in the late fall there was a probability of bad weather prevailing. Plans continue to go forward, though, for entertainment of that date of the Eastern Carolint All-Star High School Band, com posed of 100 young musicians from 17 towns in this section who will gather here for a parade, band rehearsal and concert at night. Farmers Elecl Local Groups To Handle 1941 Farm Program Meetings Held During Past Week Largely Attended By Eligible Voters -:— Community committeemen who will share with the county committee the responsibility of administering the 1941 Agricultural Adujstment Admin istration farm program were elected at meetings held in Plymouth, Roper, and Creswell during the past week, it was learned today from County Agent W. V. Hays. Another meeting will be held soon to. name the county committee. Lo cal comftiitteemen elected at the re cent meetings are as follows: Plymouth: Charlie W. Bowen, chairman; H. G. Simpson, vice chair man; W. H. Gurkin, committeeman; J. F. Allen, first alternate; and R. C. Jackson, second alternate. Lees Mills: R. L. Stillman, chair man; J. E. Phelps, vice chairman; R. W. Lewis, committeeman; J. M. Mc Allister, first alternate; and R. C. Chesson, second alternate. Scuppernong: W. D. Phelps, chair man; W. B. Davenport, vice chair man; J. R. Davenport, committee man; Sam Spruill, first alternate; and Phillip Ambrose, second alternate. Departing from last year’s election procedure, the community commit teemen were elected as usual, but in stead of electing a delegate to the county convention, a resolution was passed at each meeting author izing the chairman of the community committee to serve as delegate to the county meeting. A large number of the 830 farmers in the county who were eligible to vote in the election were on hand to cast their ballots for their choice of the men who will administer the farm program. A definite schedule has not been arranged yet, but the new committee men will take ofifice on November 1, and it is expected that immediately afterwards the committees will begin reviewing contracts for 1941. Farmers who wish to know more about the program or who have some matters to discuss with the commit teemen are advised by County Agent Hays to see them as soon as possible. -$ Program of Services at Local Christian Church -® Rev. G. A. HAMLIN, Minister Services for the Christian church Sunday, October 13, follow: 9:45 a. m., Sunday school. 11 a. m„ morning worship; sermon subject: “Thirsty Souls.” 7:30 p. m„ evening worship; ser mon subject, “A New Song.” The public is cordially invited to attend all the services. Registration Books for November 5ih Election Open Next Three Saturdays Registration books i'or the No vember election will be open (or the next three consecutive Sat urdays, beginning October 12, with the fourth Saturday, No vember 2, designated as challenge day, according to Frank L. Brink ley, chairman of the Washing ton County Board of Elections. Registrars will be at their re spective polling places all day on the three Saturday for the pur pose of registering new voters and those who may have chang ed their precincts since the lasst election, Mr. Brinkley said, and persons who have changed their residence from one precinct to another must re-register, and must also present their new reg istrar a transcript from their previous registrar. The chairman said those who registered while the books were open before the primary last June, when a new registration was ordered, would not be re quired to register again. Following are the registrars for the five precincts in the coun ty: Mrs. Addie L. Brinkley, court house, for Plymouth: A. R Phelps, Roper, for Lees Mill: W. W. White, at his home or store for Skinnersville; Thomas F. Davenport, somewhere in Creswell for Scuppemong: W. L. Furbee, at Wenona, for that section. E. S. Blount, J. Roy Manning and Clyde Smithson Members Z. V. Norman Named Ap peal Agent and Dr. C. McGowan, Examiner E. S. Blount and J. R. Manning, of Plymouth, and Clyde Smithson, of Creswell, were this week appointed as members of the local draft board of Washington County, which has as its main duty the classification of men between the ages of 21 and 36 for military service, under the terms of the selective service act recently enacted by Congress. Attorney Zeb Vance Norman was also appointed appeal agent and Dr. C. McGowan was named medical examiner. Mr. Norman, as appeal agent, will be at the service of any registrants who wish to appeal from decisions of the local board, while Dr. McGowan will make any physical examinations that the board may deem necessary. None of those appointed this week will re ceive any compensation whatever for their services, although it is under stood clerical assistance will be fur nished the board by the Federal gov ernment. It has been said that in ciassifying and selecting registrants for poten tial military service there will be a “most liberal’’ interpretion of the term “dependent” to avoid disloca tion of the nation's social and eco nomic structure. Married men living with their wives may be classified as having dependents and thus receive deferment of service. Others who can prove that they have dependents or jobs necessary to national defense are also expected to be placed far down in the draft. Classification of registrants will not take place until after the lottery —to be held between October 21 and 26—has determined the sequence in which men will be selected. Those whose numbers are drawn will be sent questionnaires by the local boards, which then will determine whether certain persons will be deferred on the basis of their answers. It is generally understood that those without grounds for deferment will be placed in Class 1 and become liable to call in the first draft in the order in which their numbers were drawn. Those with substantial claims for deferment because of the nature of their jobs would be in class 2. Un der the liberal interpretation of "de pendecy,” all those who can prove that they have dependents would be placed in class 3—far down in the draft list. Announcement of the conscription quotas for each state and county is expected to be made soon. Although the Army originally planned to call up 400,000 conscripts before the end of the year, draft experts said the number probably would be less be cause of heavy voluntary enlistments. Regular Courl Term Called Off and New Jury List Is Drawn -55) Substitute Term Made Nec essary by Conflict With Meeting of Judges -& Substitution of a special civil term of Washington County Superior Court to convene on Monday, Novem ber 11, for the regular term, which was scheduled to begin October 21, was agreed upon by the Washington County Bar Association recently, ap proved by the county commissioners Monday and authorized today by Governor Clyde R. Hoey. A new jury was drawn for the spec ial term and Sheriff J. K. Reid ad vises those who were chosen for jury service at the regular October term that they need not appear, because this has been withdrawn. Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Wood land, has been appointed by Governor Hoey to preside over the special term of court. Superior Court Clerk C. V. W. Aus bon said the change was deemed ad visable by the fact that superior court judges of the state are holding their annual convention during the week the regular court was scheduled, and it was likely that Judge J. J. Burney, who was to preside, would adjourn the term on Wednesday in order to attend the meeting. The following jury list was drawn by the commissioners to serve at the special term in November: Plymouth: Earl Ainsley, R. S. Mar tin, J. B. Stillman, William Scott, Paul Sykes, E. D. Keel, J. W. Snell. Lees Mill: C. M. Davenport, Gordon Sexton, J. T. Griffin, jr„ J R. Swain, W. J. Marriner, J. Fred Spruill, and R. A. Turner. Skinnersville: F. L. Everett, S. J. Comstock, and Fay Spruill. Scuppernong: Harrison Phelps, Lindley F. Snell, M. L. Langley, J. L. Phelps, H. E. Clifton, Milton E Am brose, r MEMBERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD The above three men will largely handle the administration of the selective service act in Washington County, as a result of their appointment this week. Reading from left to right they are: E. S. Blount, of Plymouth: Clyde Smithson, of Creswell; and J. R. Manning, of Plymouth. Associated with them, but not members of the board, will be Z. V. Norman, appeal agent, and Dr. C. McGowan, medical examiner. None of the board members or associates will receive any compensation for their work in this connection. Thousands of Dollars Worth Property Sold For Delinquent Taxes Represents Unpaid Tax Ac counts of $26,982; Less Than Last Year Thousands of dollars' worth of real estate in this county was old at the courthouse door Monday, represen tatives of Washington County pur chasing practically every certificate of the 1939 delinquent tax list, sold under the hammer to satisfy past due taxes and penalties totalling $28, 982.96. Sales of the delinquent tax list has fluctuated in the last few years. For instance, in 1936 the total was ap proximately $20,000. In 1938 the sale was for $28,094.10, which is $1,111.14 more than the $26,982,96 in taxes and penalties advertised this year. In the depression year of 1933, taxes and penalties totalled $63,354.80. When the delinquent list was ad vertised in 1937 there were 887 per sons in arrears on their taxes and penalties while in 1938 there were 953 names in the delinquent tax group. The 1939 list advertised last month contained 923 names. Improved business conditions us ually result in a substantial decrease in the number of names carried on the list as it provides the land own ers with money with which to pay their taxes. For the last several years the tax rate has been stationary at $1.80 on the 100 valuation, and the difference in amount collected each year is not caused by a higher or lower rate, but by conditions prevailing. Lees Mills Township taxpayers owe the most, the unpaid taxes and pen alties advertised for them totalling $10,331.01. Plymouth Township is sec ond with $7,962.47 due from its tax payers. The figures for Scuppernong were $4,345.74 while the last on the list is Skinnersville with $4,343.74 due in taxes and penalties. Divided by races, the white peo ple owed $22,040.86 in the four town ships and the colored property own ers $4,942.10. The wide disparity in these figures show that property own ed by white people is valued much higher than that of the colored popu lation. The largest delinquent taxpayers on the list are the John L. Roper Lumber Company, which owes 2, 293.63 on several tracts of land, and the Norfolk Southern Land Company, which owes $2,836.87 also on several tracts of land. From this large amount the figures range down to a few cents, and in many cases the penalties and adver tising costs are more than the origi nal amount of taxes due. It is interesting to note that the total tax levy for 1939 was $107, 934.66. The total property valuation of the county is $5,996,370. Of the amount of taxes levied, $26,982.96 was not collected, representing about 25 per cent of the tax levy. -® Quarterly Conference at Pleasant Grove Sunday The Rev. B. B. Slaughter, of Eliz abeth City, will preach in the Pleas ant Grove Methodist church Sunday evening at 7:30. After the sermon the visiting district superintendent will preside over the fourth quarter ly conference for the charge. Officers for the entire charge, com posed of Pleasant Grove, Mackeys, Rehoboth and Roper churches, will be elected for the coming year. Everyone is cordially invited to at tend the services by the pastor, Rev. iM, R. Gardner, Oui-of-Town Guests Invited To Dinner Here Next Thursday Local Lions Club Sponsors Good Neighbor Feast For Visitors -® Invitations went out today to a score of men in surrounding towns urging them to attend a good neigh bor dinner, to be given at the com munity hall here Thursday night of next week, October 17, under the sponsorship of the Plymouth Lions Club. President P. W. Brown appointed W. L. Whitley chairman of a com mittee, composed of E. F. Still, E. H. Liverman, and Z. V. Norman, to se lect the date and time and to issue the invitations to civic workers from other towns. John W. Darden, who was present at the Lions meeting last Thursday night, was also asked to serve on the committee. The following has been issued in vitations to attend the dinner: Hugh G. Horton and E. S. Peele, Williamston; K. S. Mitchell and J. H. Pritchette, Windsor; R. D. Dixon and J. H. McMullan. Edenton; L. W. Anderson and J. E. Winslow, Hert ford: Jerome Flora and J. H. Leroy, Elizabeth City; Ralph Hodges and J. D. Grimes, Washington; Fred P. Latham and Dr. Ralph, Belhaven; H. M. Jacobs, of New Bern; O. L. Williams and P. G. Gallop, Swan Quarter; Wallace Tatem and Floyd Cohoon, Columbia; Roy Jackson, of Pantego; D. V. Meekins and D. B. Fearing, Manteo. Farewell Sermon by Zion Chapel Paslor The Rev. M. L. Ambrose will termi nate his six-year pastorate of Zion Chapel Chrisian Church, near Roper, Sunday when he delivers his final sermon to the large crowd expected for the annual homecoming day services. Church officials urge every member of the church to attend, and a special invitation has been issued to former members and friends of the church who have moved away. There will be special music for the event, including violin renditions by two Roper teachers and vocal num bers by others. In the afternoon a playlet, entitled “The Home Coming of Tomorrow,” will be presented. The Rev. Mr. Ambrose leaves his charge in Washington County for Old Ford Christian Church in Beau fort County, near Washington, where he will deliver his initial sermon to the congregation at his new charge the following Sunday. Schedule of Services for Local Methodist Church Rev. <). L. HARDWICK Pastor There will be a laymen’s service at the Methodist church Sunday morn ing, with W. L. Whitley -.peaking and Z. V. Norman in charge of the pro gram. Special music will be furnish ed by the choir. Other services are: Church school at 9:45 a m. Junior league at 2 p m. Epworth League at u;30 p. >«. Big Land Suit First Case on Docket for Special Term Court ■-e Will Likely Consume En tire Week; Other Cases Scheduled The first case on the calendar of the civil term of superior court, post poned from October 21 to Monday, November 11, is that of Effie Perry, et al, vs. Annie Basinger, et al, in which 25 petitioners have brought suit against 20 defendants in an ef fort to establish the title to property devised to her heirs by the will of Mrs. Annie L. Owens. The present value of the property in question, together with the improvements, totals over $100,000. Other case are set for the first day of the court, but it is expected that this action will probably consume the entire court term of one week. At torneys for the litigants met here last week to prepare the issues in the case and to reach some agreement as to the court records being accepted as fact, in order to save time after the case is called in court. Other cases are set for the first day week follow: Monday, November 11, N. H. Harrison vs. Gertrude A. Dar den: N. H. Harrison, jr., vs. Neva C. Darden: Annie and Mae Spruill vs. Jolly Bell; Hexstall vs. Kieckhefer Container Corporation; H. J. Howell vs. Adams Johnson Corporation; and M. T. Elliott vs. John Halsey. Tuesday, November 12: H. L. Browning vs. American Legion; E. R. Jackson vs. T. H. Williams; Gladys Cooper vs. Insurance Company; Mc Caskill-Griffin vs. Theodore Ambrose et al; in re: Will of Charlie De Shields. Wednesday, November 13: Wash ington County vs. Norfolk Southern Land Company <two cases); McCoy Davenport vs. E. H. Harris; Beatrice Norman vs. Insurance Company. -<j> Public Library Committee Named by County Board -$ The Washington County Public Li brary Committee, appointed by the board of commissioners Monday, is composed of: Mrs. C. E. Ayers, chair man. Mrs. J. Robert Campbell, Mrs. H. H. McLean, Mrs. H. A. Blount, of Plymouth; Mrs. Prank Wilson, of Roper; Mrs. Clyde Smithson, of Cres well: and Mrs. A. Edison Davenport, of Mackeys. It was reported to the county com missioners when the committee was named that 46 new books were placed in the library for October and that hereafter new books would be placed on the library shelves each month. bounty Next Week —$— Regular Election Polling Places and Officials Will Be Used Next Week Machinery has been set up for the registration of an estimated 1,500 men in Washington Ojunty between the ages of 21 and 36 next Wednes day, October 16, under the terms of the selective service act recently en acted by Congress, according to Prank L. Brinkley, chairman of the board of elections, who will direct the registering activities in this county. Regular election registrars will be in charge at the polling place in each of the five precincts in the county, and Mr. Brinkley is arranging for a large number of volunteer assistants or the regular election officials. It j was said there would be about 15 | registrars in Plymouth; 10 in Roper; 5 at Skinnersville, 8 at Creswell; and 13 at Wenona. Following is the list of polling or registration places and the names of the registrars under whose direction I the assistants will work: Wenona. at Blackland Experiment station, W L. Furbee, registrar; Plymouth, at courthouse. Mrs. Addie L. Brinkley, registrar; Lees Mill, at Thompson's store, A. R. Phelps, registrar; Skin nersville, at W. W. White’s store, W. W. White, registrar; Scuppemong, at Smithson Building beside old Starr Drug Store in Creswell, T. P. Daven port, registrar. The law requires every male citizen and alien between the ages of 21 and 36 to present himself for registration under the act and severe penalties are provide for those who fail to reg ister, white or colored. Provision is made for those who are away from their home precincts to register at the polling place wherever they hap pen to be. The registrant will be given a card which he is required to keep on his person at all times to prove his compliance with the law. No person, including the registrars or their assistants, will be paid any fee for aiding in the registration, and men presenting themselves for regis tration will not receive any fee or expense money. Any man in the specified age group who is sick on the day of registration shall send a relative. The relative will be deputized, handed a card and will return to the sick man, fill in the necessary information and return the card to the place of registration. The law is specific in stating that every man who has reached the 21st anniversary of his birth but not the 36th by October 16th must register. This includes every man who was born in the period between October 17, 1904, and October 16, 1919, both inclusive. Information required of those who register include the following; full name, address, telephone number, age, place of birth, country of citizen ship, name of person who will always know address of registrant; address and relationship of this person; em ployer s name, place of employment or business. The registrant must swear or affirm that the information he givfts is true. The registrar determines the race height, weight, color of hair, eye and complexion and other obvious physi cal characteristics which will aid in identification. -- Quarterly Conference at' Creswell Church Sunday Creswell.—The quarterly confer ence of the Creswell Methodist charge will be held at the local church next Sunday afternoon, Oc tober 13, at 3 o'clock. This is the last conference before the annual conference and all members are urged to attend. --$> Homecoming Service At Philippi October 20 Creswell.—Sunday, Oct. 20, is to be observed by Philippi Christian church as homecoming day. A special pro gram is being prepared, and a picnic lunch will be served. 25 Employees Added at Pulp Plant as New Board Machine Put in Operation A machine for manufacturing bleached and semi-bleached board has been put into produc tion recently at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here, necessitating a small In crease in employment, according to information obtained from George M. Snyder, resident man ager of the plant. Adujstments must be made to the machine before it reaches its capacity, Mr. Snyder said, and just as soon as these are complet ed and the machine is working satisfactorily, the board machine at the Cherry River Paper Com pany, in Rlchwood, W. Va„ will be discontinued. Heretofore, all this work was done at the West Virginia mill. Twenty-five men were added to the payroll of the plant here to operate the new piece of machin ery on a three-shift basis, rais ing the total to about 425 em ployees in the production depart ment at the local plant, accord ing to the resident manager, who added that the construction force has been reduced to about 25. At times during the early spring and summer, several hundred men were employed in construc tion work alone. The additions began last fall are now nearly complete, and the plant is now operating very near ly at capacity production.
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