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The Roanoke Beacon » » » » » » » and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LII—NUMBER 1 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 2, 1941 Advertisers will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1.500 Washington County homes. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Edwin Whitaker, of Bryson City, state senator from the 33rd district, was in Plymouth immediately after Christmas with his daughter and a party of friends on a bear hunt. It is not known whether the party was uccessful or not in the hunt. The Plymouth High School Band led the parade of bands of the Albemarle section which took part in the exercises preced ing the Near Year’s Day foot ball game in Elizabeth City be tween the Albemarle All-Stars and the Elizabeth City High School Yellow Jackets. Director E. W. Zeigler also conducted the local band in a pep meeting here Tuesday night. Phil Ayers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ayers, of Plymouth, had the time of his life during the past 10 days, which he spent on the tug. “Dauntless No. 12." plying between Plymouth and Delair, N. J„ with tows of pulp barges. Phil returned Tuesday night. Capt. Louis E. Willis is in charge of the boat. Chief of Police P. YV. Brown to day commented on the good be havior of local ctiizens in general during the holidays. No arrests were made during the period and. although the leniency of the offi cers was strained a few times, people generally conducted them selves in an orderly manner. Eugene F. Still, president of the Plymouth Box and Panel Company, said today he had been advised that his son. 3-year-old Eugene, jr., who has been suffering with a thoat ail ment, was much better. The young ster and Mrs. Still are visiting in Blytheville. Ark. Mayor C. N. Davenport, sr., of Cres well, in town Tuesday, said that the holidays passed very quietly in Cres well. There were no arrests made and the public in general observed the laws. Business and industry here paid scant attention to the New Year's holiday. The Branch Banking and Trust Company and the county ABC stores closed for the day. The post office rendered a reduced schedule of services. The Washington County Board of Education, the county commissioners and the Town of Plymouth Council will meet on Monday. None of the group of officials reported that there was any special matters of conse quence for consideration. Routine matters will be attended to. -® 480 Baskets Given to Deserving in County Through Joy Fund -® Activities This Year Far More Extensive Than Ever Before Operating on a much larger scale than had ever been atempted before the Christmas Joy Fund Committee here, under the leadership of Chair man P. W. Brown, distributed 480 Christmas baskets to the homes of needy persons in Washington Coun ty Tuesday of last week. There were 300 bags of fruit, 150 boxes containing clothing and con fections. and 30 bags of food distrib uted among families in Crestvell, Cherry, Roper, Plymouth and rural sections of the county. Toys were added to the baskets which went to families where there were children; and it was estimated the average value of each box or bag was $2.75. Mr. Brown said that the firemen here renewed and repaired about 200 toys, the value of which was estimated at about $300. It was pointed out by the commit tee chairman that there was no ac curate method of determining the worth of the contributions in dollars and cents, but $277 in cash was col lected in Plymouth; E. H. Liverman donated $50 worth of clothing; and at least $100 in cash, fruits, gro ceries, and clothing were collected by the Plymouth schools, in addition to the toys collected by the firemen and other contributions of clothing. During the 1939 Christmas season, the Joy Fund was operated on a re stricted basis, and the value of mer chandise, toys and cash collected to taled about $250. About $200 in cash was raised in 1938 and $300 collect ed for the distribution in 1937, the first year a concerted effort was made along this line. Bags of fruits, toys, groceries and clothing went to many of the homes during the past week. Some of them needed only the toys, while others were in need of all of the items. Each basket was packed according to the individual needs of the family after investigation. Recipients were chos en from those recommended by the schools, by the welfare department, and as a result of letters received directly from the needy families. Both colored and white received aid from the fund. Mr. Brown said that he greatly ap preciated the help given in prepar ing the baskets, purchasing the var ious articles for the baskets, and the contributions ol money and merchan dise needed. The committee stated that although no solicitations were made or con tributions received from the Cres well, Roper and Cherry sections for the Joy Fund, there was no discrim ination in distributing the baskets, and the needy in those sections ac tually received more than did those living in and around Plymouth, where the solicitations were made. T wo W eeks T erm Civil And Criminal Court to ConveneHereMonday Representative Wilbur M. Dar den was today arranging his af fairs so that he could leave next Monday for Raleigh, to enter up on his second term as a member of the House. The legislature will convene Wednesday. Mr. Darden said that so far as he knew now, there were no im portant strictly local matters to be presented from this county, al though a local committee is said to be working on plans for exten sion of the Plymouth city limits, and doubtless their findings will be transmitted to Mr. Darden very soon. The county representative said that at this time he thought a wage-and-hour law would be en acted for the state and that this would probably be one of the most important and hardest fought pieces of legislation to come before the assembly. List of Jurors Called For Service at Court Beginning' Monday -st) 36 Summoned for Duty Dur ing First Week and 24 Second Week -® Jurors chosen recently by the Washington County Commissioners tor service at the two-week mixed term of Washington County Superior Court, which convenes here Monday with Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, presiding, are as follows: First Week Plymouth Township: R. W. Ayers, J. S. Swain, J. R. Campbell, W. C. Myers, W. H. Dixon, H. E. Beam, C. M. Beasley, W. T. Stillman, L. H. Lu cas, Z. K. Taylor and Henry Walker. Lees Mills: E. S. Chesson, Raymond Davenport. P. C. Tarkenton, L. S. Swain, W. H, Oliver, Norman G. Ches son, W. E. Allen, C. S. Heynen, H. D. Davenport. Skinnersville: S. H. Holton, W. D. Phelps, Delbert Patrick, J. C. Swain, H. L. Phelps, J. J. Sawyer, J. W. Hal sey. Scuppernong: W. R. Davenport, Samuel E. Phelps. Linwood A. Dav enport, W. C. Stillman, Paul A. Phelps, Leslie E. Ambrose, Mack H McGowan, and Renzy Sawyer. Second Week Plymouth: G. R. Hardison, W. H. Price, jr., L. C. Waters, Robert L. Bateman. Jack B. Latham, C. H. Rob ertson. H. D. McNair, R. S. Jackson, W. H. Paramore, W. L. Garirson, and Ransome Respass. Lees Mills: W. J. Vaughn, Warren Furlough, C. D. Riddick, T. L. Wynne, and H. W. Tarkenton. Skinnersville: C. L. Everett, M. P. Davenport and W. A. Spruill. Scuppernong: Alexander H. Dav enport, Robert A. McGowan, H. W. Norman, W. T. Phelps, and H. D. Craddock. Radio Announcer Lauds Local Band An Elizabeth City radio an nouncer had high words of com mendation for the Plymouth High School Band, under Direc tor L. W. Zeigler, as it performed 1 during the intermission between the halves of the New Year’s Day football game there between the Albemarle All-Stars and the Eliz abeth City Yellow Jackets. The announcer said: “The Plymouth band is beautiful in its green and white uniforms . . . the maneuvers are the prettiest ever seen on this field . . . first time a girl has been seen beating a drum (referring to Mary Lillian Camp bell) . . . two of the drum ma jorettes are not even in high high school, but how they strut l Ann Cahoon and Gracelyn Reid) ... several of the players do not appear to be more than 9 or 10 years old." First Two Days Set Aside for Disposing Of 19 Criminal Cases Judge W. C. Harris, of Ra leigh, Will Preside; List Of Cases on Docket -® Nineteen criminal and 18 civil cases have been set for trial at the two-week mixed term of Washing ton County Superior Court, which is to convene here next Monday, with Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, pre siding. Monday and Tuesday of the first week have been set aside for the trial of the 19 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 a lengthy examination of witnesses and extended speeches by lawyers. The criminal docket follows: J. O. Lucius. 22, white, charged with abandonment and non-support of his wife, Mrs. Prances Edmond son Lucius. This case was called and the defendant failed to appear at both the January and July, 1940. terms of court. He had appealed from a recorder's court decision that he pay his wife $7.50 per week. A ca pias has been issued. F. S. Lumpkin is his surety. James Langston. 32, white, aiding and abetting in the injury to person al property by providing James Spruill and Bill Daniels with shells for the purpose of shooting cattle be longing to Mrs. E. W. Latham. The defendant appealed from judgment in recorder’s court, where he was giv en three months on the roads, sus pended upon payment of costs and $25 fine. His case was continued at the January and July terms of court last year. Matthew Griffin, 30. colored, ap pleaded from recorder's court judg ment of three months in jail after being found guilty of posession of non-tax-paid whiskey. His case was also continued at the January and July terms of court last year. Sam Hoover, 27, colored, charged with assaulting Martha Bowen, col ored, appealed from a seven-month sentence given him in recorder's court. Delma Wallace, Earl Wallace, Jeth ro Barnes and William Sexton are charged in a presentment to the grand jury by Solicitor Don Gilliam with stealing iron rails valued at $20 from W. S. Matthews and S. D. Rhodes. It is understood that the iron has been returned to its owners. W. W. Bateman is charged in a presentment signed by District Solic itor Don G. Gilliam with misappro priating $47.50 while in the employ of Cox Motor Company at Washing ton. Nathan Jackson, 20, colored, charged wtih operating an automo bile while under the influence of in toxicants, appealed from a three month sentence or fine of $50 and costs imposed upon him in recorder’s court. William Webb, 53, colored, charged with being drunk and disorderly and threatening Henry W. Patrick, ap pealed from a sentence of three months on the roads imposed upon him in recorder's court. G. Edley Hutchins, 25, white, charged with abandonment and fail ure to provide for his wife, noted an appeal from a judgment in recorder’s court. Sam Dixon, 34. white, appealed to the “high court" from a six-month sentence imposed in recorder’s court on a charge of indecent exposure. Dee Rock Squires, charged with driving drunk and having no driver’s license, appealed from a fine of $50 and costs imposed in recorder’s court. Phillip J. Edwards, 20, white, charged with reckless driving, ap pealed from a fine of $10 and costs imposed in recorder's court. Thad Spencer, 48, colored, appealed from a sentence of 30 days on the roads imposed in recorder’s court on a charge that he assaulted Joe Shu gar. Iris M. Stillman, 18, white, charged with hit-and-run driving and failure to stop before entering a highway, appealed from recorder’s court. Malinda Lupton, 20, white, and Joe Goddard, 46, white, charged with in juring Paul Hardison and damaging W. C. House s car, then leaving the scene of the accident, were held for probable cause after a hearing in re corder’s court. Lorenzo Midgett Speller, 20, color ed, charged with ravishing the 8 vear-old daughter of Della Carter, colored. William Wrighton, 25, colored, charged with reckless driving and damaging an automobile belonging to Daniel A. Lowen, appealed from a judgmenl in recorder’s court. --- W. B. Daniels To Hold Services^ Here Sunday W. B. Daniels, student minister of Virginia Theological Seminary, Alex andria, Va., will conduct services at Grace Episcopal church at 11 a. m., Sunday. The public is cordially in vited to attend. Listing of Property In County tor Taxes Started Wednesday All Real Estate in County Will Be Examined by Assessing Boards The annual listing of real estate poll and personal property and thf quadrennial revaluation of all real es tate for the purpose of taxation be gan in Washington County Wednes day. with 13 men invested with the responsibility and authority of com pleting the entire task during the month of January. Supervisor E. F. Swain, of Creswell, in Plymouth today, said that the men had made an excellent start on the work and announced that a special effort would be made to get all poll and personal property on the books in the allotted time. For Plymouth Township. W. Lin wood Hassell will be at the court house daily during January for the purpose of listing poll and personal property only. All real estate hold ings in the township will be visited and appraised by a committee com posed of L. S. Thompson, J. W. Nor man and A. S. Allen. In the other three townships, the list-takers and appraisers will also visit all real property and fix the valuations in an effort to get the property on the books on as nearly a uniform basis as possible. It is hoped that by this method, many of the errors in listing and assessing, prevalent in former years, may be avoided. No schedule has been worked out for the tax listers to be at any cer tain points in the township at any particular time for listing of real and personal property, but the appraisers ask the cooperation of all citizens when their visits are made. Every effort will be made to have each prop erty owner list his holdings in person. Incidentally, Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, who will preside over the superior court term here during the next two weeks, usually charges the grand jury to have the list of regis trants under the selective service act checked to see that all of them have listed their poll and personal prop erty. It is expected that he will take this action here, as he did in Raleigh and Edenton recently. This action usually results in a large number of indictments for failure to list. List takers and assessors for the various county townships, who will work under the supervision of Sup ervisor E. F. Swain, are as follows: Plymouth Township: L. S. Thomp son, J. W. Norman and A. S. Allen. In addition to these W. Linwood Has sell will be at the courthouse daily throughout the month for the pur pose of listing poll taxes and person al property only in Plymouth Town ship. Lees Mill Township: Hubert Ches son, and R. VV. Lewis. Scuppernong: Paul B. Belanga, B. A. Williams and John A. Combs. Skinnersville: W. W. White, Hubert Davenport and A. M. Chesson. Satierihwaiie, Inc. Now in Own Home Removal of the Plymouth and Chrysler automobile agency from its temporary quarters in the Central Garage building to the Satterthwaite building on Washington Street next to the Plymouth Theatre, is being completed todaj, it was annonunced by Dan Satterthwaite, president and manager. Mr. Satterthwaite built the agency's new quarters when he was a dealer here about two years ago and, after leasing it to another agency when he retired from that dealership, he has again returned to the business and is moving back to his modem build ing. The personnel of the Plymouth and Chrysler agency here includes Mr. Sat terthwaite, president and manager; Miss Anna Margaret Stillman, book keeper; A. R. Phelps, parts manager; Cecil Beasley and Daston Ambrose", salesmen; Earl Ainsley, shop fore man; and John Talley, body expert and mechanic. He plans to have an other mechanic to start work next week. Defendants Win First Round In Suit for Title To Property At Eastern Edge of Plymouth Seven Men Will Leave For Army Next Week Four Others Notified They May Be Called To Go as Alternates All Those Leaving Tuesday Are White Men; Colored Quota Not Received Everything was declared in read iness today for Washington County’s next quota of seven men to leave Tuesday, January 7, for Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, where they will be inducted into service in the Unit ed States Army, according to E. S. Blount, chairman of the local select ive service board. All seven of those who will leave next Tuesday are volunteers, but their applications came under the supervision of the selective service board here. They are all white men. The chairman stated that the board was expecting to receive its call for colored volunteers or draftees at any time now. The seven men who have been or dered to report here at 9 a. m. Tues day to leave on the morning bus are as follows: David Albert Hurley, jr., 22. Plymouth; James W. Sitterson. 21, Plymouth; Ronald Earl Biggs. 27, Roper; William Roy Norman, 25, of Plymouth; Willie Edward Garrett, 31, Plymouth; Henry Wilson Lewis, 31, Plymouth; and Wilson Henry Vail, 21, of Roper. In addition to the seven men who will leave Tuesday, four others have been notified to be ready to leave at any time to replace any of the seven who may fail to pass the physi cal examination or be rejected for any other cause. The replacements were chosen according to their or der numbers, since the supply of white volunteers has been exhaust ed. The four notified to be ready to go as replacements are: Will Hardi son Swain, 27, Creswell, order No. 11; Frank Ramsey Kennedy, jr., 23, Plymouth, order No. 16; Charles Freeman Lowe, 22. Roper, order No. 23; Harry Ward Stillman, 26. Plym outh, order No. 24. Henry Wilson Lewis, of Roper, will be in charge of the contingent to leave here Tuesday for Fort Bragg. His responsibility includes taking care of the tickets provided by the government for transportation; to arrange for meals for the men en route; and to present the credentials to the induction officers at Port Bragg in addition to keeping the party to gether. Clerk S. A. Ward, jr.. said today the quota for colored men would be made soon, according to his under standing. The number chosen from this county in the second call will be augmented by one to take the place of Edlo Spruill, the county's first colored man sent to camp, who failed to pass the physical examination and has returned to his home here. Randolph Minton, 19, white, of Roper, was the first volunteer to leave under the terms of the select ive service act last month. Carl Aus bon Brown and Marvin Sexton, who left at the same time Minton did. to enter the Navy, have been accepted and inducted into service also. Program of Services at Local Christian Church GRIFFITH HAMLIN, Minister The following services are an nounced for Sunday, January 5: 9:45 a. m., Sunday school. 11 a. m., morning worship: sermon topic: "Pacing the Future.’’ 7:30 p. m„ evening worship: ser mon topic, ‘ On the Side Line.” Visitors are cordially welcomed Minor Accidents During Holidays There were a few minor auto wrecks in the county during the Christmas holidays, but they were not considered of sufficient con sequence to be reported to Cor poral T. B. Brown of the State Highway Patrol, located here. It is understood that an auto mobile operated by D. O. Patrick struck a car occupied by several negroes. No serious damage was done and no one was injured. The car of Dewey Phelps ran into the back of another vehicle and his daughter and another lady were slightly injured. Both cars suffered a little damage, ac cording to Chief of Police P. W. Brown. Salesman for Local Aulo Firm ’Killed in Wreck December 24 Louis E. Allen and Negro Fatally Hurt in Accident Near Acre Station Louis Ernest Allen, 53, a salesman for the Plymouth Motor Company here, who was killed when the auto mobile he was driving toward Wash ington Christmas Eve night crashed into a bottling company’s truck, was described by his employer, J. R. Man ning, today as “an excellent sales man and a square-shooter.” With Mr. Allen in his demonstra tor was Ed Hopkins, a negro who for merly worked for a local restaurant; Ed Hassell, of Washington; and Le roy Ange. of Greenville, Hopkins later died from injuries sustained in the accident and the other two men were reported to have been injured, but not seriously. The accident occurred near Acre station, where the car crashed into the truck, which had been forced to the side of the road by a broken drive shaft. So far as could be learned, no charges have been preferred against the truck driver. Mr. Allen had been employed as a salesman by the local concern for about six weeks. He came here from a Portsmouth, Va., automobile agen cy and had made a number of friend during his short stay here. Mr. Manning and several others from here attended the funeral, which was held at Mr. Allen's home between Ayden and Greenville. T. N. Allen Dies at Hospital in Kinston -$ Funeral services were held Friday at the home of a sister, Mrs. A. W. Tetterton, near Plymouth, for Tilgh man Nathan Allen, 33, who died in a Kinston hospital last Thursday. The Rev. Griffith Hamlin, Christian min ister, officiated. Interment took place in the Windley cemetery. Mr. Allen had been an invalid for years. He was a native of Washing ton County, the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. N. Allen. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. A. W. Tetterton. of Plymouth; and three brothers, Kenneth Allen, of Clarkton; Mayo Allen, of Rocky Mount; and Hugh Allen, of Washington. -g — , - Spend Week-End Here Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lewis, of Nor folk. Va.. spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Browning. NEW YEAR GREETINGS The management, employees and correspondents of The Roanoke Beacon take this opportunity to express our sincere wish to each reader and patron a Very, Very Happy New Year. We trust that the New Year will bring each and everyone much happiness and prosperity. We thank you for your kind coopera tion in 1940. We deeply appreciate every consideration that you have given us during the past year, and our only wish is that we may be able to make your newspaper—The Roanoke Beacon—an even better and more welcome weekly visitor to your home in the years to come. THE ROANOKE BEACON Decision Rendered By Judge Niraocks Afler Long Delay Trial Held in October, But Judgment Reserved Un til This Week Defendants in the suit for title to property belonging to the late Mrs Annie L. Owens won the first round this week, when Judge Q. K. Nini ocks. jr., of Fayetteville, signed a judgment declaring that the plain tiffs did not have any claim to the land, located at the eastern edge of Plymouth. Tire property, together with improvements made in recent years, is now estimated to be worth in the neighborhood of $100,000. It is expected here that the decision will be appealed and carried to the state supreme court before the matter is ever finally settled. Twenty-five children and grand children of the late Annie L. Owens, as heirs-at-law. brought the suit against the 20 present holders of the property, basing their claim on cer tain alleged technical flaws in the procedure by which title was trans ferred. The case was heard by Judge Nimocks without a jury at the Octo ber term of court here, and the judge reserved his decision. He has been studying the case for the past six weeks and it was only this week that he rendered his decision. Following is the list of plaintiffs in the case: Effie Perry and John Owens, children of Henry S. Owens, deceased: Mary E. Blount, daughter of Lucille Owens Murphey, deceased; Raymond Leggett. Annie L. Hooker. Onward Leggett and Joseph Leggett, children of Mable Owens Leggett, deceased; Layton Owens and Mary Owens Whitson, children of Clyde W. Owens, deceased; Doris Owens, L. L. Owens. jr„ Maxine Owens Pickerby, Henry B. Owens, William W. Owens, Jack Owens and Earl Owens, children of L. L. Owens, deceased; B. F. Read, Jack Read, Tayloe Read, and Lou Read, subject to the life estate of their mother, Claudia Owens Read; B. O. Dupree, Elizabeth Dupree Brown. A. R. Dupree, jr„ subject to the life estate of their mother, Annie B. Owens Dupree. The list of defendants: Annie L. Basinger, Margaret M. Smith, Carrie Herman Marrow, Lucille Owens, Ed ward Owens. Mildred Owens, Lloyd Owens, Marie Ivachiuw, R. S. Mar tin, R. L. Edwards, Board of Educa tion of Washington County, Janie C. Dunning, Zeno G. Lyon and wife. Louse H. Lyon, Lillian C. Campbell, Mary O. Sawyer, Sabrie Reid, R. L. Whitehurst, Helen E. Edmondson, D. O, Patrick, and Van B. Martin, jr. •-® House Chevrolet Co. Moves; Plans Being Drawn JorBuilding Firm Is Temporarily Locat ed in Central Garage Building The House Chevrolet Company, local agency for Chevrolet and Olds mobile, has moved into temporary' quarters in the Central Garage on Madison Street, pending construc tion of a new and modern garage building of its own in Plymouth. W. Clayton House, manager of the firm, said that plans were being drawn for the building but that the site had not yet been definitely se lected although several places were under consideration. Mr. House also announced that the present personnel would be re tained w’hen the company moves in to its new' building, the construction fo which it is expected will require from 60 to 90 days. In addition to Mr. House these include V. E. Ever ett and D. A. Roebuck, salesmen; George Barden, bookkeeper and parts manager; Lester Croftin, shop foreman; J. F. Faithful. Ed Moore, Ernest Simmons and Arister Bel cher, shop men. Mr. House said that when the new building is completed, it would be one of the most modern garages in the section. Services Announced ior Saints Delight Church Rev. PRESTON CAYTON, Pastor Following is the schedule of services at Saints Delight Christian church for next Sunday, January 5: Bible school at 10 a. m.: W. A. Swain, superintendent. Church service at 11 a. m.; subject; The Return of Jesus.” Service at 7 p. m. Come to church and bring your children. The church needs you. and you need the church. Take your chil dren to the Bible school. Bring them up as Cludst would like to see them brought up.
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