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II THE Roanoke Beacon Washington County News PIBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY In Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon is Wash ington County's only newspaper. It was established in 1889. consoli dated with the Washington County News in 1929 and with The Sun in 1937. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance) One year Six months__ ■ Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request Entered as second-class matteT at the post office m Plymouth, N C under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. January 23, 1941 We overheard a Plymouth mer chant complain that the trouble is that there is too much stall in install ment. When a fellow says he is "going to let you in on something, be sure you know where the exit sign hangs before you listen. and An Appreciation Naturally, the members of any group are sincerely gratified when their particular handiwork is singled out by other members of the same craft for special recognition: and so it is with, we hope, reasonably mod est pride that we of the Beacon this week acknowledge receipt of the 1940 North Carolina Press Association award for general excellence in the non-daily field. Such pride as we have in the recog nition accorded the Beacon is coupled with a deep appreciation for the town and county which are due major cred it for whatever success it enjoys. Since a newspaper mirrors the com munity in which it is published, no honor can come to the one without also being reflected in the other; and no newspaper can become bigger or better than the community which supports it and makes it possible. Therefore, in addition to extend ing our sincere appreciation to The North Carolina Press Association for this award and to the judges for their selection, we are even more grateful| to the people of this section for their loyal support. Our subscribers, read-’, ers and advertisers have been most kind, and it is they who make possi ble the publication of the Beacon. To all who have had any part in working with us, we extend sincere thanks We are striving to produce the best weekly newspaper we can which will fairly present the views, happenings, possibilities, resources, and advantages of this section to its people and to the rest of the world. We ask your continued cooperation, so that at some future date we may yet present one issue which we feel fully measures up to its full duty in this respect. -$ Peanut Push Without benefit of circuses or base ball games, Uncle Sam's .50,000 pea nut growers expect during the week of January 23-29 to entice American consumers into eating 250.000 tons of peanuts—approximately 5 pounds for every man, woman and child in the nation. This mass ‘‘peanut push"—official ly known as National Peanut Week— is designed to move the largest crop ever produced—over 111.600,000 pounds. Main force in moving this mountain of peanuts will be chain stores, originators of the drive, while many individual retailers are expect ed to assist. Peanut vending nowadays is no mere matter of keeping an array of slot machines filled and the pennies collected therefrom, for more than 300 useful products are now derived from the once-insignificant bean—in cluding cheese, candies, instant coffee, pickles, oils, shaving lotions, dyes, lard, linoleum, flour, breakfast foods, soap, face powder, shampoo, printers ink and even axle grease. We of Washington County, where there are about 70,000 bags—rough ly, 7,000,000 pounds—are in storage right now' should show' more than passing interest in Peanut Week, which begins today and continues through next Wednesday. Food and Feed First Farmers of this section are faced with the usual dilemma of what to OUR DEMOCRACY -by Mat DEMOCRACYS DEBT U.S. WOMEN. JjrROM THE BEGINNING ^OUR. WOMEN FOLKS . HAVE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY 1 W/TH THE MEN. Lincoln's mother ^TpUT HIM ON THE PATH OF 5ERVICE TO H/S COUNTRY i - •ii-itriiTitii I T GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SIDE IN WINTER QUARTERS AT DREADFUL VALLEY FORGE WAS /MRS WASHINGTON Mt the forefront of ^AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN AND IS— The AMERICAN SCHOOL TEACHER.. O'F THEMSELVES AND BV THEMSELVES, A HOST OF W** WOMEN HAVE ADVANCED OUR. SCIENCE , ARTS AND LETTERS,— A A/D OUM HUMANITIES . plant again this year. With huge surpluses on hand of tobacco, cotton and peanuts, and the future madt even more uncertain by the vagarie of war, the average farmer is unable to see any bright prospects at this time. However, the man who makes pro vision to feed himself, his family, and his livestock at least has one of the problems of making a living solved. We of the South should have no ex cuse for going hungry, so long as the earth continues to yield its accustom ed variety of good things to eat. The year-round garden was never of more imortance than it will be this year. --1 National Peanut Week Hertjord County Herald For so long has a super-useful ‘fruit-of-the-soil” been referred to as "lowly” that we who produce it have almost come to regard it as such. The peanut is far from “lowly”; as a mat ter of fact it is one of the most “un lowly” single item you can nome on short notice. It has more by-pro ducts than anything else we grow in the earth of the Roanoke-Chowan. To name only a few of the forms pea nuts take there is oil, paint, shorten ing. All the peanut needs is some high pressure selling—similiar to the in genius angles employed for the citrus groves of Florida and California— and National Peanut Week is about the first attempt that has ever been made to publicize the ‘‘Lowly Pea nut," and put it into the top brackets where it belongs. National Peanut Week- a promo tion week—begins on January 23 and the National Peanut Council an nounces that plans for the celebration Watts WILLIAMS TON Thur.-Fri. Jan. 23-24 JACK BENNY AND FRED ALLEN in “Love Thy Neighbor” Sat., Jan. 25 1 to 11 P. M. CHARLES STARRETT in “The Durango Kid” Sun.. Jan. 26 3 and 9 P. M. ANN NEAGLE in “Queen of Destiny” Mon.-Tues. Jan. 27-28 Granville OWEN and Martha DRISCOLL in “LIT ABNER” Wed., Jan. 29 Mat. 3:30 FREDERIC MARCH and BETTY FIELD in “VICTORY” Thur.-Fri. Jan. 30-31 ROBERT TAYLOR in “Flight Command” Marco - Williamston Fri.-Sat., Jan. 24-25 The ALDRICH FAMILY in ‘LIFE with HENRY’ Also RALPH BELLAMY and MARGARET LINDSAY in “Meet The Wildcat” are complete. One feature is the na tional window contest wherein 10 prizes amounting to a thousand dol lars will be awarded for the best win dows in the nation trimmed with pea nuts and peanut products. Surely there should be no greater interest anywhere in National Peanut wan where the goober originates. Talk peanuts; send them to your friends in the north who never saw a peanut except in a chocolate bar or in peanut butter. Show them how a peanut looks when we dig it from the ground. Let's get far away from the word that describes the peanut as “lowly." For if the peanut is lowly then what adjective would you ap ply to the orange that has no by pro ducts? Let's high-pressure the peanut. It’s been lowly long enough! Rambling ...About By THE RAMBLER A Good Town— I like Plymouth. I have always liked Plymouth and the entire coun ty of Washington. Never on any oc casion. have I ever failed to boost the progressive little town in my i ambi - ings. So it was only natural that I told the Old Professor that I lived in a mighty good town amid some mighty good folk But the wise old codger merely nodded his head ap preciating the enthusiasm I had for this place. He had nothing against Creswell, Roper. Plymouth, Cherry or Mackeys or any other place or community in Washington County but he was a wise old soul. My enthusiastic remarks were well received but they were ne ver fully understood. So he counter ed with the proposition that X mea sure my town under the municipal yardstick scoring the town or county as it was. not as it seemed it was. So we started fact finding. I found that Washington County and Plymouth should reduce its in- ! fant mortality rate. This is true over the State' and must be admitted here. The possibility a child will die in its first year is four times greater in some communities than others. Parental neglect is important, but; community management of health is a big factor, said the professor. So I answered that there was a district health department operating in this county that was continually using ap proved methods to correct this con dition. What about the schools, said the i professor. No town is a good town, j he said, unless the schools are good. He pointed out that the higher the value of the educational and recre ationai plant, the more likely that Plymouth and Washington County were good places in which to live. So I told him that the buildings were crowded and some improvements were needed and that scholastic training of the teachers was about second in the 100 counties in the state and that it was considered now that next year the pupils may have a nine months school to attend as this is under consideration by the legislature. The old professor then asked about recreation. He said that 50 acres of parks per 1,000 population is a reasonable goal for a community recreation program. Many well equipped neighborhood parks are fa vored over a few large ones, he said ; But I pointed out that Plymouth was not large enough to necessitate one I as there was plenty of playground available for children with a baseball and football field ready for those wanting outdoor exercise. Then the old Professor came back with the proposition that “the value of public property minus public debt” is one measurement of a good com munity. I told him that we had plen ty of public property and that we also THE dL SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN THE NORTH CAROLINA BEER INDUSTRY'S "Clean Up or Close lip CAMPAIGN Twenty months ago this Committee launched a program to aid state and local authorities weed out those scattered few beer retailers who, by practices unbecoming good citizens, tended to bring reproach on the great majority of law abiding Tetailers. "Clean up or close up" was the ultimatum. The results, we feel, speak for themselves. To date, 1 42 retail beer licensees have been elim inated because they used their permits to shield illegal activities. Thus are being removed the bad spots that, left alone, would ignore the high standard of conduct demanded by public senti ment and by the legalized beer industry. As a new year begins, this Committee renews its pledge to carry forward its program of self regulation for the beer industry in North Caro lina. YOU can help by restricting your patron age to orderly, law-abiding outlets. Editorial Comment from Over The State Asheville Citizen: "The beer industry in tills state as rep resented by the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distrib utors Committee Is malting a serious and intelligent effort to keep beer sales on a legal basis and to divorce them completely from the illicii handling of hard liquors." Dtrham Sun: “As a result . . . another check will have been applied to bootlegging to the material benefit of the community and the state." Popular Government (Chapel HO): "The beer industry's ‘clean up or close up’ cam paign has . . . received wide praise from officers.” Whttrvfflf News • Reporter: “That group, headed by Col onel Edgar H. Bain, is re sponsible for the ‘clean up or close up’ program for this state, and there is no doubt that they mean Just what their slogan implies . . Harnett Count; News (Lil lington): . . when an in dustry sweeps its premises clean and seeks to compel its kin and comrades to do the same thing, it at once com mands the respect from all who admire cleanliness." Asheville Times: "The com mittee representing the brew ers and distributors has been in action long enough in the state to prove its sincerity... quite evidently it means busi ness." Rocky Mount Telegram: "The committee . . . has done a great job in seeing that beer is handled by firms which are viewed as respectable in their respective communi ties . , New Bern Tribune: “The Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee has demonstrated quite plain ly that its motto ‘clean up or close up' was chosen as no wile boast . ND NORTH CAROLINA IBUTORS COMMITTEE KDGAR B. BAIN, SUto Director BaMrk, North Carotin* EPIDEMIC OF ACCIDENTS By KONA I.n HOCUTT Norlli Carolina Highway Safety Division An "epidemic" of accidents in which persons have been killed as a result of falling off of or out of moving automobiles or trucks on North Carolina streets and highways has been noted in recent weeks, the Highway Safety Division reported this week. Five such fatalities were re corded in December, and two more during the first two weeks of January. Reading of the accident re ports gives some idea of how these accidents happened. One report said: "Two negroes were riding between truck and trail er., A hog ran out into rear wheels of truck, causing truck bounce up. throwing negro from truck and under wheels of trail er. Killed instantly." Another report simply said: "Deceased fell out of car when right door came open as car was rounding curve.” V. In another instance. a boy riding on the bark of a trurk. fell off while attempting to at tract the driver’s attention to get him to stop the truck and let him off. “Such accidents can be eli minated if every driver in North Carolina will refuse to carry any passengers for whom they can not find a seat inside,” said Ronald Hocutt. director of the safety division. “Furthermore, all persons who ride in motor vehicles as passengers should learn that it is dangerous to lean on door handles." "Falling out of a moving ve hicle is sheer carelesness and can be prevented only by the use of a little common sense,” he added. ‘‘Falling off or be ing bounced off trucks is an in excusable type of accident which is primarily up to drivers to control." J owed about $800,000 in public debt in Washington County. Not so good, he said, and not so bad. Is Plymouth library-conscious? asked the Professor. Step over to the library in the courthouse, he said, and inquire about the book and the peri odical circulation. It is an index to the social well being of the commun ty, he ponted out. So I dd and I found that the number of readers in this town compared favorably with those in other communities This pleased the old Professor Telephones, said the Professor, re flect the social and business status of a town in a way. In some cities, he pointed out, two families in three have telephones: in others, it may drop to one in eight. In Plymouth there are 225 telephones for 2.500 per sons which is a pretty fair average. I said. Experts include the number of homes using electricity in rating the goodness of a community, the old Professor said, and I told him that there was probably more electrical current used in Plymouth per capita than in any other section of the country. Every home has electric lights and most of them have electri cal appliances. So with unlimited power for industry and cheap power for home use. Plymouth looks good on this score. Now Plymouth has good churches, good folks, good government, good business but it has a good many needs To relieve Misery of COLDS LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS Try “Rub-My-Tism” — a Wonderful Liniment also. It needs a hotel among other things. And so. I must invite the Old Pro fessor and others to come over and live in a good town. By FRANK BRATTEN Beautiful Spring morning With the temperature low. Trees all decorated With a blanket of snow. Greetings, O’ Spring time For we love you so, But regret you brought us This blanket of snow. When you come again, next year It certainly would please us. Leave the snow behind. So it will not freeze us. We have sudden changes. It suie is appalling, Nice and warm yesterday Today, snow is falling. -® Sitebe, in the Transkei Territories, the smallest golf club in South Africa, held a tournament in aid of war plane funds and raised $120. TOBACCO The trend in 1939 was a bid more toward cigars, smoking and chewing tobacco, but even so U. S. Census Bureau Agues show that American manufacturers turned out 180.575. 095,000 cigarettes. Records found recently reveal that It required seven days for the newrs of the great Marlborough's victory at Blenheim in 1704 to reach London THE SMOKE OF SLOWER-BURNING EXTRA FERVOR AND 28% LESS NICOTINE CAMELS GIVES YOU than the average of the 4 other largest-selling cigarettes tested — less than any of them — according to Independent scien tific tests of the smoke itself. Automobile Loans We will lend you money on your car or refi nance your balance due and make your payments smaller. Bring your car over and talk with us. INSTALLMENT LOANS — SAVINGS INDUSTRIAL f$ANK ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. MEMBER F. D. I. C. Only 7 Days Left IN WHICH TO LIST YOUR REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL PROPERTY and POLL TAXES To Escape Penalties All taxpayers in Washington County are hereby notified, pursuant to the requirements of the statutes, to return to the list takers and assessors in the various townships, all real and per sonal property which each taxpayer shall own on the first day of January, 1941; also all taxable polls; and said returns must be made to list takers and assessors during the month of January, under pains and penalties of law. The statute also provides that the list taker shall take a crop- acreage census and each farm owner must be prepared to give him the necessary information in connection therewith. Tax listers will visit the property for listing and appraising real estate. Linwood Hassell will list poll tax and personal prop erty in Plymouth Township at the court house. In other town ships the listers and appraisers will take personal, poll and real property for taxation. E. F. SWAIN TAX UPERVISOR
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