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Town opics Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Blount hope to be in their new apartment, at the home of Mrs. M. W. Norman here, by the last of the week. They are moving here from their home near Mackeys and taking the apartment vacated by Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Thomp son. who recently moved into their new home on West Main Street. « Firemen were called out here Fri day night, when the home of Hamp ton Little, colored, located on the street known as Little Court, caught fire from what was reported to be a defective flue. Little damage was done. Twenty American flags have been presented to the Plymouth schools by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the American Legion. Eacli classroom will have, a flag and the teachers will instruct the children in the proper forms of respect due it as part of a course in Americanism. W. H. Clark, who assists J. E. Dav- I enport in the operation of the North ! Carolina Peanut Stabilization Coop erative warehouse here, today urged farmers to permit peanuts to become thoroughly dry before picking Mr. Clark said that by doing this the farmers would have their peanuts in a more marketable condition. News has been received here by Mrs. Ted Blount that her brother, Art Kessinger, and family are safe in Sandi. Arabia. An oil center owned by the Standard Oil Company of California and the Texas Com pany was bombed by Italian war planes Sunday on the Behrein Islands where Mr. Kessinger is located. They told .1. E. Nooney, route 1. Plymouth, to keep his registra tion card with him always. So today he still has in his billfold a worn registration card issued to him on September 12, 1918, by S. A. Holton, registrar for Skin nersville Township. W. P. Masters, of Charlotte, field superintendent of the B. P. Goodrich Company, was here this week direct ing the renovation and installation of new fixtures and the placing of new merchandise in the Economy Auto Supply store here, owned by W. Ron ald Gaylord and H. E. Harrison. J. R. Manning, A. J. Riddle, Z. V. Norman, B. G. Campbell and M. W. Spruill attended a meeting of the North Carolina Building and Loan League in Williamston last Tuesday night, when Dr. Malcolm M. McDer mott, member of the law faculty of Duke University, was the speaker. Aulo Supply Store Here Opens Under New Set-Up Friday Harrison Auto Supply Store Will Become Economy Auto Supply The Harrison Auto Supply Store here has become connected with the group buying and selling organiza tion of the B. P. Goodrich Company and will be known in the future as the Economy Auto Supply, according to announcement by W. Ronald Gay lord and H. E. Harrison, partners in the concern. The change becomes ef fective tomorrow, and the new store is putting on a special opening sale, embracing hundreds of needed items, at very low prices as an inducement for the people of this section to visit the store and get acquainted with the greatly expanded line now carried. Mr. Gaylord said the change was made to permit the local store to en joy the same advantages in purchas ing merchandise enjoyed by 921 oth er Goodrich stores in the nation, and lie can now sell auto accessories and household appliances as cheaply as any stores in Williamston, Rocky Mt., Raleigh, and Norfolk. The store here will handle a com plete line of Goodrich tires, tubes, batteries, radios, bicycles, auto ac cessories and household appliances. The store has been renovated and new type fixtures installed to make it one of the most attractive places in Plymouth. Charles E. H. Jones, of Dry Fork, Va„ has been transferred here by the Goodrich company to manage the budget department, which offers long easy terms on merchandise, and Miss Anna Margaret Stillman will continue as bookkeeper. Mr. Gaylord will con tinue his practice of law and attend to his other duties, while Mr. Harri son will continue his partnership m the business. Firsi Peanut Picking Work in County Reported This Week; Yield Said Fair So far as is known here, the first lot of peanuts to be picked in the county this season was that on the farm of L. R. Daven port, at Westover, picked this week by a crew working under the direction of Harry McNair, of Plymouth. The quality of the 174 bags picked from the crop grown on eight acres was report ed to be very good, and the yield is also considered fair. With an estimated 6,400 acres of peanuts produced in the coun ty this year, the peak of the pick ing season will likely be reached around the first week in Novem ber. Several of the crews of workmen who operate the picker* are beginning to visit other fields in the county. The dry weather of the past few weeks, together with the cold snap and sunshine of recent days, has helped considerably in dry out out the stacked peanuts for picking operations. Unless rain occurs within the next few days to dcmpen the vines and peanuts the < rop should be in good condi tion for market, according to ob serv< .'s. Rt .iresentatives of various buy ing < ompanies are visiting crops in tl e county, and it is expected that the price of peanuts in this section will be about the same as last year, around 3 3-4 cents a pound. The Roanoke Beacon ♦ * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 24, 1940 Advertisers will And Betetn and News Columns a latchkey to 1,500 Washinrton County homes. VOLUME LI—NUMBER 43 ESTABLISHED 1889 One Day Left in Which To Register For Next Election About 50 persons have registered during the last two Saturdays, when the registration books of the county were opened preparatory for the No vember 5 general election, it was learned today from Frank L. Brink ley, chairman of the board of elec tions. The books will be open in the five precincts of the county Saturday for the last time for the purpose of reg istering new voters and those who have moved from one precinct to an other since the primaries last spring, as well as for any who did not qual ify at that time. Mr. Brinkley said. It will be remembered that a new registration was ordered last spring, and all voters who did not register before the primaries will not be eli gible to vote November 5 unless they register Saturday, regardless of how many times they may have voted in past years. Those who have changed their residence from one precinct to another must also re-register, and they will also be required to pres' it a transcript from their former regis trar. The following Saturday. No vember 2. will be challenge day. Following is a list of registrars for the five precincts in Washington County: Plymouth precinct. Mrs. Ad die L. Brinkley, courthouse, Plym outh; Lees Mill, A. R. Phelps. Roper: Skinnersville, W. W. White, at his home or store; Scuppernong. Thomas F. Davenport. Creswell; and Wenona, W. L. Furbee. Wenona. Alternate Routing for U. S. 17 Discussed at Meet Here Last Week Hope To Reopen Creswell School II. H. McLean said this morn ing that it was hoped the Cres well school could be reopened Monday after being closed for a bout two weeks to prevent the spread of diphtheria in the sec tion. However, it was not defi nite that the school would reopen at that time, he said. Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health officer, was out of town today, but so far as could be learned there have been few additional cases of the disease reported in Creswell since early last weeh. There were seven cases in the Creswell section and one in the Plymouth section at that time. One death was reported early last week from Creswell. Program Completed For Wafren Day in Washington Friday Jesse H. Jones, Governor Hoey and Max Gardner Among Speakers Hundreds of Washington County citizens are expected to be included in the thousands from the 14 coun ties of the first congressional district in Washington Friday to honor Rep resentative Lindsay C. Warren, who has given 16 years of service as Rep resentative in the National House of Representatives and who has been elevated t«y the post of Comptroller General of the United States, The list of prominent speakers for the occasion includes Jesse H. Jones, Secretary 0f the Department of Com merce, Governor Clyde R. Hoey, and Former Governor O. Max Gardner. The program for the day, as an nounce1 by Edmund H. Harding, of Washjn on, chairman, in a letter to W. ft. Hampton, chairman of the Washins on county committee, is as follows: At 11 o’clock, friends of Mr. War ren will gather at his home on West Main S eet and at noon will escort the dis inguished Washingtonian to the Fieid Museum lawn, where the exercises and an old-fashioned picnic Will be held. Director L, W. Zeigler and the Plymoutli High School band will be in the line of parade with other bands of the district, Miss Evelyn Lilley, of Williams ton. leading the bands At tl' museum grounds, the prin cipal addresses will include, ‘‘What the Naiicn Thinks of Lindsay War ren,” by Jesse Jones, Secretary of the U. S Department of Commerce; "A Trioute From Lindsay Warren’s Friends.” by O. Max Gardner, form er governor; “A Tribute From the District,” by Col. E. C. Flanagan, of Greenville; and ‘What Lindsay War ren Means to the State,” by Gover nor Clyde R. Hoey. Visitors From Other Towns Give Their Views on Proposal Discussion Is Held at Lions Good Neighbor Dinner Last Thursday -® The good-neighbor dinner spon sored by the Lions Club here last Thursday night turned into a frank and friendly discussion of the pro posal to provide an alternate routing of U. S. 17 by way of the Albemarle Sound bridge and Plymouth, with a number of visitors expressing their approval or opposition of the plan The discussion went to such lengths that the scheduled speech of James H. Parker, of Clinton, deputy gover nor of Lion district 31-C, was called off, although he and Norman H. True blood, of Hertford, zone chairman, expressed their pleasure at being present and listening to the discus sion and praising the attitude of those present, storing that Lionism promoted round-taDle talks about matters affecting communities within reach of the clubs. W. V. Hays, first vice president of the local club, pre sided in the absence of President P. W. Brown. The discussion started with W. L Whitley presenting the desires of the Plymouth people for designating the highway from Washington by way of Plymouth and Albemarle Sound bridge to the intersection with U. S 17 between Edenton and Hertford as U. S. 17-A. Z. V. Norman, chairman of the committee on roads for the Southern Albemarle Association said "it is no desire of those who sponsored this dinner to embarrass or put the visi tors 'on the spot.' We are only ask ing for equality. We wish to share some of the prosperity those on the original U. S. 17 are enjoying." Fred P. Latham, of Belhaven: ‘Our section is not seriously concerned over the marking of the alternate route, although it seems that would be the proper procedure. I can see no harm in advising motorists to use the Plymouth route over the new and expensive Albemarle Sound bridge.” P. G. Gallop, superintendent of public instruction in Hyde County and a civic worker there, said "I have no expression on the alternate route matter.” Mayor J. H. McMullan. of Eden ton: "I’ll be frank and tell you that we are fighting for route 17 to con tinue as it is, with no alternate route, I have attended all meetings that have been held regarding this route. We have made investments in hotels and other improvements with the idea that U. S. 17 was permanent. No alternate route was ever considered in our plans. We made our plans on the theory that there would be no alternate route. It takes all of the trade that the route provides to take care of the investments we have made for it. For this selfish reason we are opposing an alternate route. Plymouth citizens should work toward an improved and completed U. S. 64 for more tourist business. Also Plym outh has an opportunity to develop route 10 from the Virginia line with a bridge at Plymouth. We will help you get this route." Norman H. Trueblood, of Hertford: “It is well to see communities that have crossed purposes meet around a table to discuss them in a friendly manner. You will get the alternate route only if the State Highway and Public Works Commission sees fit to do it.” O. L. Williams, of Hyde: “Hyde County is famous for its muddy roads. We can’t tell you what should be done about the alternate route matter. It should be decided by those most af fected." Dr. W. T. Ralph, of Belhaven: “This meeting tonight is the proper approach to getting interested par ties in the road matter together. I am glad to be here. It is too remote from us to seriously affect us. How ever, we usually use the proposed 17-A route.” J. E. Winslow, of Hertford:1 "Peo (See DISCUSS 17-A, Page 4) John Whittington Is Killed in Accident at Creswell Saturday Second Highway Fatality in County This Year; Other Driver Exonerated Joe N. Mason, 25. white, of Swan Quarter, was absolved of blame for the accident last Saturday morning which resulted in the death of John Whitington. 43. of Bogalusa. La., when the ca.se was heard here Tues day morning in recorder's court. Witnesses testified in the court that Mr. Whitington drove his car across the highway at Hoyt's Cafe, near Creswell. early Saturday morning, in the pathway of the Ma on car, which collided with the Whitington auto with such force that Whitington was instantly killed. Corporal T. B. Brown of the State Highway Patrol, investigated the acci dent and summoned Mason to ap pear for the hearing in recorder's court Tuesday on his own recogni zance. The patrolman and Sam Spruill were the only persons to tes tify in the case. Mr. Whitington moved to Creswell about six months ago and had been employed at the Halsey Hardwood Lumber Company plant near Cres well. He was a native of Louisiana and the body was shipped to Boga lusia Monday for funeral and inter ment. It was reported that Mr. Whitington died before he could be removed from the car. He is sur vived by three sisters and four daugh ters. This makes the second fatal auto mobile accident to occur in Washing ton County this year. Marshall Arm strong. colored, was fatally injured in April, when a car in which he was riding collided with another. 4 Cases Tuesday In County Court Four cases came before the record er's court Tuesday morning, all of them relating to violation of the au tomobile laws. Alton Roberson, 30 white, charged with driving in a reckless and care less manner and damaging state property in a collision, was given a suspended sentence on condition that he pay the costs and $15 to the State for the property damage. Richard L. Commander, charged with driving an automobile while un der the influence of intoxicants, was called for trial but failed to appear. A capias was issued for him. Jack Nicholson Mason. 25. white, was found not guilty of any law vio lation, as the result of the fatal ac cident in which John Whittington, 48, white, was killed last Saturday morning near Creswell. Tom Swain, 21, colored, charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, was given six months on the roads, suspended upon payment of $50 fine and costs. His license was revoked for two years. Halloween Carnival at School Gym Tomorrow -® A Halloween Carnival will be held at the Plymouth gymnasium tomor row night, sponsored by the teachers and grade mother, it was announced today by Principal R. B. Trotman, who urges a large attendance. Re ceipts at the door will be used to re duce an old debt for athletic equip ment which has been hanging over the school for some time, while the revenue from other sources will be used to buy library books. There will be fortune telling, apple bobbing, sideshows, goblins, and ev erything that goes with this type of entertainment. DEFENSE Forty new Army and Navy projects, already approved by Congress as a part of the nation's defense program will require 400.000.000 feet of pine lumber. Ask Registrants to Have Blood Tests By S. V. LEWIS, M. D. District Health Officer The health department will hold clinics for the taking of blood for Wasserman tests of all persons registered in the military require ment group on October 16, who did not have blood specimens taken the day they registered. Such clinics were held yester day in the counties of Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington, and they will be held again next Wednes day, October 20. Health depart ment workers are operating the clinics at the regular clinic points in the counties mentioned for the two days in order to accommo date those who did not have their blood specimens taken the day they were registered. It is requested that everyone who registered present himself to the health department clinics and have the blood specimen tak en. No further instructions have been received in regard to taking blood specimens except on the two dates mentioned above. Everything Set for Gathering of Band Pupils Here 30th 90 of Best Musicians In Eastern Carolina Expected To Attend Parade and Concert Will Be Features of Program Next Wednesday With the program completed and the order of the day's events arranged the personnel of the 90-piece Eastern Carolina All-Star High School Band was chosen this week for the third annual parade and concert, to be giv en here next Wednesday. October 30. it was learned this week''from Lewis W. Zeigler. director of the local high school band, which is to be host for the occasion. The events will get underway at 1 o'clock in the afternoon with a practice session at the high school gym. At 2 p. m. the all-star band will parade down through the town and back to the school building, aft er which the band members wall be guests at the Plymouth-Windsor foot ball game. At 4:30 there will be an other practice session in the gymnas ium. followed by a banquet in the community hall at 6:15. and at 8 p. m. the concert will be given in the high school building. Several hun dred visitors are expected in addi tion to the members of the band, and the public is cordially invited to both the parade and concert. The personnel follows: Tarboro: B. P. Bun-age, director: Ruby Hudson. Harvey Ward, Kate Johnson, Chalmers Laughlin, players; Hortense Tyler, majorette. Oxford: Willard L. Burrage, direc tor: Thornton Vancey, Eloise Jones, John Lawson, players: Grover Nich olson. drum major. Roanoke Rapids: R. L. Martin, di rector: Mary Sasser, Derith Morgan, Earl Shaw, Billy Morgan, Lainter Da vis; Bill Waters, William Sanders. Frances Ricks. Charlie Davis, Ray mond Taylor: Anne Dawson Mohorn. majorette. Ahoskie: ’1. V. Meeks, director; Bill Barnes. Jesse Gray Camp. Norman Earl Godwin, players: Juanita Sin clair, majorette. Rocky Mount: H. Vernon Hooker, director; Betty Nethercutt, Vernon Daughtridge, Wallace Lee Waters. Ray Abernethy. Jimmy Murphy. Bob by Adams. Charles Rinehardt, Walter Powell. Earl Ayers, Jack Chadwick, players: Maxine Parker, majorette. Henderson: W. T. Hearne, director; Della Dixon. Gloria Van Dyke. Spots wood Burrell, Joe May. Bill Webster, Thad Webster, players; Claire Hedge peth, majorette. Washington: Floyd F. Steib, direc tor; Douglas Smith, Jack Cherry, Nancy Ford. John Hough, James El liott, J. B. Smith, John Morgan, Wil liam Abe.vounis. Charles Warren, Jack White, Mary Hodges, players: Laura Trueblood, majorette. Creswell: R. J. Merritt, director: J. C. Gatlin, Virginia Woodley, Iris Spruill, Louis Davenport, players; no major named. Roper: Thomas A. Furness, jr„ di rector: Jean Chesson, Jimmy Daven port. Aubrey Dixon, players; no drum major named. Plymouth: L. W. Zeigler, director; Harry McLean, Skinner Ayers, Chas. Brown, Phil Liverman, Harry Garrett, Zeb Norman, Frances Spruill, Helen Darden, Eunice Holliday, Junior Leg gett, Carl Bailey, Jack Horton. Mary Campbell, Gertrude Woolard, Fran ces Basinger, Phyllis Davidson, Caro lyn Byrd, players; Gracelyn Reid, Anne Cahoon, Martha Manning and Billy Winesett, majors and major ettes. Names of those from Columbia and Edenton. with C. L. McCullers, as di rector. have not been submitted. The mayors of the towns, school superintendents and school principals will be invited to dine with the band members at the banquet Mrs. Ellen Norman Died Last Sunday Creswell.—Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ella Norman, for Mrs. Ellen Norman, 87, who died last Sunday, following an attack of paralysis and rheumatism. Dr. G. A. Martin. Baptist minister, conducted the services and burial took place in a family cemetery near the home in the Creswell section. Widow of the late Nehemiah Nor man, who died in 191! Mrs. Norman was a life-long resident of Washing ton County. She was a loyal and active member of the Mount Pleasant Baptist church. Mrs. Norman was outstanding in patience and Chris tian character during the period she was an invalid, and she always dis couraged adverse criticism of any one. She is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Ella Norman and Miss Sadie Norman, of the Creswell section: and five sons, H. C N< nan oi Philadel phia; L. L. Norman D F. Norman, W. B. Norman, and Cl F Norman, ot Norfolk, Va. | DIRECTOR OF BAND | V✓ L. W. Zeigler is director of the Plymouth High School Band, which will be host next Wednes day to more than 80 visiting mu sicians who will be here for the third annual Eastern Carolina All-Star High School Band pa rade and concert. Herbert Bonner To Speak at Creswell Rally October 30th First Democratic Activity Recorded So Far During Present Campaign Political activities are expected to increase in the county within the next two weeks, but so far there has been very -little done to arouse the interest of voters of either major par ty. C. N. Davenport, jr., of Creswell, started the ball rolling yesterday, with the announcement of a Demo cratic rally to be held in the Cres well school auditorium next Wednes day evening, October 30. Herbert C. Bonner, nominee for Congress from the first congressional district will be the principal speaker. County can didates will also be heard, and an oyster supper will follow the speak ing. It is understood that J. E. Daven port and others are considering a barbecue and rally sometime between now and the general election, but nothing definite had been decided up to this morning. This will probably take place in Lees Mill Township for all Democratic candidates and party members. W. Ronald Gaylord, chairman of the county Democratic executive com mittee, is planning a big rally here for election eve, November 4, but no details have been worked out as yet for this gathering. J. C. Tarkenton, chairman of the county Republican organization, and J. R. Carr, head of the county Will kie-M-Nary-McNeill Club, have made no announcements as to their cam paign plans. Both parties have been comparatively inactive so far. Wm. B. Daniels To Preach At Grace Church Sunday Services will be conducted at the Grace Episcopal church here Sunday by William B. Daniels, jr„ a student of the Union Theological Seminary who served the parish last summer as a student minister. Mr. Daniels was very popular here and it is expected a large number will attend the serv ices under his direction Sunday. It was stated that Mr. Daniels would conduct the Sunday school at 10 o'clock, in addition to leading the prayer service and delivering a ser mon at 11 o’clock. He will also meet with the Young People’s Service Lea gue at 7:30. There will be no night service. Washington County Registration Total Now Stands at 1,502 This County One of First Three in State to Com plete Listing -— A total of 1,502 registration cards have been filed so far in the office of S. A. Ward, jr., clerk to the local draft board, containing the names and addresses of Washington Coun ty citizens who registered last Wed nesday as potential conscripts for military training and service under the national defense program. Of the total of 1,551'men who reg istered in the county last Wednesday, the cards of 82 were sent to their home districts in other counties and states, leaving 1.469, to which were added 29 cards received from other places of registration and 4 who reg istered since Wednesday to give the county a total of 1.502 up to last night. It is likely that a few other cards will be received from more dis tant points in the next few days. The complete list of registrants for this county, with their serial numbers, ap pears on page 5 of this paper. Mr. Ward said that any person be tween the ages of 21 and 35, inclusive, who failed to register last Wednesday will be given until noon next Tuesday to comply with the law. Next Wed nesday morning an investigation will be launched to determine the identi ty of any persons who failed to reg ister, and they will be subject to the penalties of the draft law, one of which is immediate induction into the military service. The national lottery to determine the order in which registrants will be sent questionnaires and classified for service will be held in Washing ton next Tuesday. Secretary of War Stimson will draw the first number, after which others will take up the task of drawing out every one of the approximately 7,500 numbers in the bowl. The order in which the num bers are drawn will be the order in which questionnaires are sent out, men classified, examined and those needed ordered to report for service. The questionnaires must be filled out and returned within five days after they are received by the registrants. Mr. Ward accompanied E. S. Blount, J. R. Manning, local board members, and Z. V. Norman, appeal agent, to Edenton Tuesday, when they were instructed in their duty Registrants have been visiting the bulletins boards in front of Mr. Ward’s office this week to learn their serial numbers, which were posted last Saturday. Washington County was one of the first three counties in the state to complete this work and send the “master list’’ to selective service officials in Raleigh. -® Christian Church Planning Homecoming November 3 The Plymouth Christian church will celebrate its 45th anniversary and annual homecoming on Sunday, No vember 3, it was learned today from John W. Darden, chairman of the committee on arrangements for the event. H. M. Ainsley, principal of the Oak City schools, will be the only out-of town speaker for the occasion. He has been an interested worker in the de nomination for years. Other speak ers will include church officials and the pastor, Rev. Griffith Hamlin. ■-® Wage-Hour Law Changes A ffect Few in This Section Effective today, a change in the wage and hours law reduces the max imum work week from 42 to 40 hours, without overtime pay, and boosts the minimum hourly wage scale from 30 to 35 cents. So far as could be learned, this will not materially affect plants in this immediate section, as most employers are paying the min imum wage and the shorter hours schedule will make only a small dif ference in the plan of work. --®- * Women’s Society To Serve Supper ac Mac keys Friday Mackeys.—An oyster- chicken salad supper will be served from 6 to 8 o'clock Friday evening at the home of Mrs. A. Edison Davenport by the Woman's Society of Christian Serv ice of the Mackeys Methodist church. The public is cordially invited. Legion Post Is Preparing ior Armistice Day Observance Here on November 11 Efforts are being made by Commander J. B. Willoughby and W. V. Hays, of the James E. Jethro Post of the American Le gion, to get Judge W. H. S. Bur gwyn, of Woodland, to be the principal speaker at the Armis tice Day celebration here on Monday, November 11. The Legionnaires are aware that Judge Burgwyn will be here Armistice day to preside over the special term of superior court of Washington County and they are of the opinion that the jurist will speak for them on this oc casion. l)r. C. McGowan is chairman of the committee on arrange ments for the turkey dinner to be served the Legionaires at noon on Armistice Day. at 75 cents per plate, with the Legion Auxil iary serving the turkey and “everything” that goes with It, according to the doctor. Cards have been mailed to Legionnaires by the doctor who urges those who plan to come to notify the committee immediately so that the women can provide enough food to take care of all of those attending. The day’s activities will in clude a parade of school children, the band and possibly some floats. The former service men will also be In the line of march as is their usual custom. t i
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