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The Roanoke Beacon ^ jf jf. * jf jf. and Washington Coun i y News ★★★★★★★ Advertisers will find Beacon and News Columns a latchkey to 1,500 Washington County homes. VOLUME LII—NUMBER 7 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 13. 1941 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town OPTCS George Spencer Hassell and mem bers of his family, who were severely burned—one child fatally—and all of their personal effects lost in a Are which destroyed their home near Ro per recently, asked the Beacon to ex press their appreciation to the pub lic for generously aiding them since that time A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the office of the chief of police in Plymouth on Thursday. February 27, to as sist taxpayers in preparing their 1940 income tax returns, accord ing to C. II. Robertson, collector of internal revenue. Since the collectors must cover the state in a limited time, they will have only one day here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hinman, of New York City, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Norman here for a few days. As an executive of a mail-order house, Mr. Hinman said he had purchased millions of pairs of shoes during the 10 years or more he has been with the company. George Powell, of Creswell, is one colored boy who has made good in his work in the Civilian Conserva tion Corps. Well known in the Scup pernong section, he was enrolled in the CCC 23 months ago and has worked his way up to be an assistant leader with two stripes on his sleeves. Washington County's popula tion of 12,323 is divided among the four townships as follows, ac cording to 1940 census figures released this week by the Bu reau of the Census: Plymouth. 5,237; Lees Mill, 3,229; Scupper nong, 2,019; and Sklnnersville. 1,838. Mrs. H. A. Paramore, of Scotland Neck, is in a Rocky Mount hospital, suffering from complications incident to the infirmities of age. Mother of Walter H. Paramore, Mrs. Paramore is well known here, having visited her son regularly while she was in better health up to a few years back. One of the oldest couples ever to secure a marriage license from Mrs. Mary S. Cahoon, register of deeds, was Freeman Hyman, 76, and Mary E. Baker, 62, both of Plymouth, who applied for the permit to wed in Jan uary. The contracting parties are colored. Roper Teacher ifljureA Tuesday Miss Naomi Sommerville, a teacher in the Roper schools, sustained a broken leg Tuesday afternoon, when a horse she was riding ran into an automobile operated by Eddie Still man, of Creswell. The injured teacher was brought to Dr. T. L. Bray here for medical attention and later removed to a Rocky Mount hospital. It was found that Miss Sommerville’s leg was brok en about six inches above the knee. It was reported today that she may be able to leave the hospital for her home near Raleigh by this week-end. The horse was the property o! J.! H. Gaylord. It was reported that the horse had a tender mouth, and the school teacher, having heard this, was afraid to attempt to check the animal's speed when it entered the highway from a side road in front of Miss Gussie Carstarphen’s home and started for the Gaylord home at a rapid speed. The horse was cut on the shoulder by the impact, about 40 stitches be ing required to close the wound. -$) Junior Class Play Here Next Week - The Junior Class of the Plymouth High School announces its play, the new stage success by John Hershey, “It’s a Long Lane,” a comedy in three acts, will be presented in the high school auditorium here Thursday night, February 20, at 8 p. m. Miss Irene Dixon is directing the play. A strong cast has been select ed for the story, which concerns the struggles of a young business girl to hold her orphaned family together and to find a place for her younger sister and brother. The public is urged to attend. County Has Quota of Seven Men for Army This Month Five White Men Scheduled To Leave Monday, February 24th; Two Colored Men on Thursday, 27th; All Go To Fort Bragg, Near Fayetteville Seven more young men will leave Washington County week after next, with five white men departing on Monday, February 24, and two col ored men leaving Thursday. Febru ary 27, for induction into military service for a year's training under the selective service act. All of the men will report to Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, for induc tion, and then sent to other military posts for training if they are not as signed to units at Fort Bragg. The white men scheduled to leave February 24 are as follows: Charles Freeman Lowe, Roper, order No. 23: Henry Ward Stillman. Plymouth, or der No. 24; Pearly Ray Craddock. Plymouth, order No. 32; Grady Has sell Ange, Plymouth, order No. 41; Jesse Leon Patrick, Roper, volunteer. Replacements for these are Elwin Henderson Furlough, Creswell, order No. 85; William Walter Gurkin. Plym outh, order No. 100; Roy Wilson Fur lough, Creswell, order No. 108. The colored men leaving February 27 are Clyde Blount, of Creswell, and Roosevelt Ford, of Plymouth, both volunteers. Another volunteer. Da vid S. Simpson, of Plymouth, has been ordered to stand by as a replace ment, if needed. Ex-Service Men To Be Listed by Legion Post For Voluntary Service | EMPLOYED HERE "\ I Gordon Sexton, well - known young: Roper man, who has en tered the employ of the Plymouth Furniture Company as salesman. Professional Men And Women Will Register March 12 -® ■ - To Be Listed for Voluntary Service With National Defense Program -— Registration of professional men and white and colored women for voluntary service in the national de fense program in Washington County will take place on Wednesday, March 12, between 1 and 5 p. m„ it was an nounced today by John W. Darden, chairman of the committee on ar rangements for the registration. A thousand cards have been pre pared for those who express their willingness to serve their country by visiting the voting places in their re spective townships and file their names, addresses, and other general information about themselves. It is expected that seniors from the high schools will be asked to conduct the registration in Plymouth, Roper and Creswell. Other arrangements will be made to have a registration place and attendants in Wenona and Skinnersville. Associated with Mr. Darden on the committee to arrange for the regis tration are D. E. Poole, of Roper, and Mrs. C. N. Davenport, sr„ of Cres well. It is possible that some of those volunteering may be asked to con duct sewing classes or to avail them selves of training in such classes or in some other branch of work Tax Assessors Find Still Running on Property ol ABC Enforcement Officer There is a smart bunch of moonshiners operating down in Scuppernong Township, and they might still have an ideal loca tion if they had just happened to have thought about this be ing revaluation year. Tax asses sors engaged in the quadrennial revaluation of all real property recently visited what was sup posed to have been an unoccu pied farm residence on the Con cord road there and found a small whiskey distillery running at full blast in a poultry house. And, of all places, the farm happened to belong to L. L. Bas night, Washington County ABC Board enforcement officer. No one lived in the dwelling on the property, as the farm land had been rented for cultivation by a farmer living near-by. When B. A. Williams, J. A. Combs and P. B. Belanga, the Scuppernong assessors, approach ed the farm, one of them noticed that smoke was coming from the poultry house. They at first thought the building was on Are. Investigation revealed the small still in operation. There was no one in sight. The operators had evidently seen the men approach ing and hid. Returning to Creswell, the as sessors reported their find to Deputy Sheriff W. D. Peal, who immediately went to the farm but found the liquor-making device had been removed and the poul try house carefully filled to the brim with hay. The incident was reported to Mr. Basnight, and he went down and gave the place a thorough going-over, but was unable to find a trace of the still, either in any of the buildings or in the for est near by. Registraiion Will Be Held Saturday Of Coming Week -$ Commander of Local Post Requests All Veterans To Register The James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion will undertake to register all legionnaires and unaffil iated World War veterans in Wash ington County on February 22 for voluntary service in connection with the national defense program, accord ing to J. B. Willoughby, post com mander. "This is a summons for possible important service to God and coun try who we served as young men in 1917-18,” said Commander Willough by, adding "I feel certain that every legionnaire and viforld War veteran generally will welcome this opportun ity of perhaps doing another bit for his country.” “We do not expect to be called for active military service. Most of us are beyond that age. But there are many home defense duties to be per formed. I urge every legionnaire and other World War veteran in this com munity to register on February 22. If you are going out of town on that date, All out your questionnaire be fore you leave. It is a patriotic duty, and we of the American Legion have never shirked our duty or lagged in our patriotism.” It is emphasized that the registra tion is entirely voluntary. The pur pose is to provide local, state and national leadership of the American Legion with the assets of man-power, experience and special training that could be made available to the gov ernment if needed in the defense of the nation. On February 22, the 11,715 posts of the American Legion are going to register all of its 1,078,119 members and other World War veterans for national defense service. The forms will be in triplicate and will clrroni cle every legionnaire’s capabilities and talents and from the information se cured by the registration the Ameri can Legion can quickly locate any member or veteran whose special serv ices the governmental agencies may need. J. W. Darden To HeadRed Cross John W. Darden was elected chair man of the Washington County chap ter of the American Red Cross at a meeting held in the municipal build ing here Wednesday afternoon, with C. Leo Wilhelm, field representative, assisting in the reorganization of the chapter. Other officers are Mrs. S. A. Ward, sr„ first vice chairman; Mrs. P. B. Bateman, second vice chairman; Miss Helen Duvall, secretary; T. C. Bur gess, treasurer; and Mrs. J. K. Reid, production chairman. Mrs. Reid has named Mrs. Bateman supervisor of sewing and Mrs. P. W. Brinkley sup ervisor of knitting. It was decided at the meeting that the chapter’s annual organization meeting would be held on the sec ond Wednesday in February. Mr. Wilhelm explained to the la dies the work the Red Cross is un dertaking now, with emergencies in many countries calling for this coun try to help suffering and hungry peo ple the world over. Light Truck Crashes Into Glass Store Front A light truck, operated by Bryant Chesson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chesson, of Roper, crashed into the glass window at Blount’s Hardware and Feed Store here Wednesday aft ernoon. It was reported the boy lost control of the vehicle. Mr. Chesson paid Mr. Blount $58 for installing new glass in the window Infantile Paralysis Fund Collection Is Near County Goal Total of $14646 Reported To Date; Quota for County Was $150 Contributions an junting to a to tal of $145.46. made in Washington County for the Fight Infantile Pa ralysis Fund, have been reported to Mrs. A. Papineau, county chairman. The quota set by national officials for the county was $150, and Mrs. Papineau expressed herself as being well satisfied with the work of the local committee chairmen. Mrs. S. A. Ward, of Plymouth; Mrs. Perla S. Brey, of Roper; and Mrs. E. S. Wood ley. of Creswell. Plymouth led the list of contribu tions, with $92.41, Creswell was sec ond with $35.55. and Roper third with $17.50. Contributions from Creswell were acknowledged as follows: proceeds from dance, $11 ;05; Woman's Club. $5; C. N. Davenport store, $2.05: O. D. Hatfield store, $2: W. L. Daven port $1.50; E. S. Woodley, $1: Mrs. H. W. Pritchett, 80c; emblems sold, $5.55; Creswell white school, $5.10; Cherry white school. 80c; Creswell colored school, 70c. The eleventh grade in the Creswell school sold the most emblems, with the sixth grade second. The commit tee was composed of Mrs. E. S. Wood ley, chairman; Mesdames J. B, Dav enport, Clyde Smithson, and Miss Alice Hamlet. Mrs. Papineau closed the campaign with an expression of her apprecia tion to the canvassers and the con tributors for making the drive such a success. The campaign officially closed on Monday, but a few contri butions were still being received to day. Local Service Board Classifies 47 Men at Meeting This Week 18 Placed in Class 1, Subject To Immediate Service; 27 in Cl^ss 3 -® The Washington County Selective Service Board composed of E. S. Blount, J. R. Manning and Sidney Smithson met Tuesday night and classified the remainder of the ques tionaires on hand, bringing to a to tal of 313 the number that has been handled, according to S, A. Ward, clerk to the board. Of the 47 questionaires examined by the board Tuesday night, 18 were placed in class No. 1, which is sub ject to immediate physical examina tion; 1 in class 1-D; 27 in class 3; 1 in class 4-F. There will be no more classifica tions until additional questionaires are sent to the registrants, and the local board is now so far ahead it is not sure when more questionaires will be mailed to registrants. Those classified follow: Class No. 1 272 Murl Webster Cooke. Plymouth. 298 Lyle Woodley, Creswell. 266 Charlie Asbury Armstrong, Plym. 273 Thomas Frank Grimes, Roper. 268 Richard E. Davenport, Cres. 282 Jerry Patterson, Plymouth. 319 Walter Moore, jr„ Rop., Vol. Vol. James Edward, Holly, Plym. Vol. Chester Arthur Wilder, Plym. Vol. William Henry Knight, Roper. Vol. David S. Simpson, Plymouth. Vol. Jesse Leon Patrick, Roper. 263 James Edward Palin, Creswell. 278 Bosie Barnes, Plymouth. 283 Clyde Smith, Creswell. 270 Joseph Hyman, Plymouth. 258 Henry Edward Boston, Plym. 261 Joseph Hoggard, Plym. Class No. 1-D Percy Jesse Exum, Plym. Class No. 3 279 Marion Burgess Lane, Wenona. 277 Ned Pough, Plym. 287 Seaton Overton, Plym. 245 Andrew Micheal Kochelis, Plym. 292 John Wesley Marrow, Plym. 296 James Pollard, Plym. 294 John Edwin McCloud, Roper. 293 Delmer Mercer Simpson. Plym. 288 James Shurman Dotson. Plym. 262 Ira Stanley Phelps, Cres. 291 Henderson D. Craddock, Cres. 267 Earnest Nixon, Roper. 300 Charlie Wilkins, Cres. 259 Solomon Downing, Plymouth. 275 Brown Lee Shearer, Plym. 276 George Delmer Harris, Plym. 265 Woodrow R. Collins, Mkys. 299 Benjamin Franklin Styons, Plym. 280 Tim Swain. Mkys. 281 Harry Norfleet Starr, Cres. 274 Claud Edward Jones, Plym. 285 Harry Dale McNair, Plym. 271 Washington Harrison, Plym. 290 Robert Steward Moore, Plym. 297 William Warren Spruill, Rop. 269 Garland Woodrow Barrow, Rop. 260 Harry S. Phelps, Cres. Class No. 4-F 286 Wilton Leon Tetterton, Plym. 31 Masons Attend Supper j Given Here Tuesday Night There were 31 Masons in attend ance at the supper given by the three station officers of Perseverance Lodge No. 59, A. F. & A. M., at the Chris tian church social hall Tuesday eve ning. Each of the past masters and other guests made brief talks. L. A. Larkin, master; J. L. Knowles, senior warden; and Tom B. Brown, junior warden, provided the cold plate supper for the members. It is an annual custom for the new sta ;ion officers to give the membership a supper and the meeting Tuesday was thoroughly enjoyed. Representative Agrees to Sponsor Bill Providing Extension of Town Limits Subject to Special Election Methodist Women Sponsor Cooking School in March Tickets Go On Sale Next Week lor Annual Event Here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 3, 4 and 5; V. E. P. Co. Home Economist in Charge Tickets will go on sale here next week for the annual cooking school sponsored by the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the local Meth odist church, it was announced to day by Mrs. E. A. Harper, chairman of the committee on arrangements. The school will be held in the com munity hall here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 3, 4 and 5, The ladies were canvassing local merchants today for the gifts which are distributed among those purchas ing tickets. Last year more than 300 gifts were distributed and Mrs. Har per hopes to have even more this year. The gifts range in value from about 25 cents to $15. Miss Mary Brown Allgood, home economist for the Virginia Electric and Power Company, will have charge of the cooking demonstrations and will cook a complete meal at each of the three sessions to be held. Discus sions and demonstrations will include electric cooking and party decora tions. The food cooked by Miss Allgood during the demonstrations will be distributed among those attending. Included in the list of gifts are gro ceries. household furnishings, elec trical appliances and many other home necessities. It was explained by Mrs. Harper that it will not be necessary for the holder of a lucky ticket to be pres ent at the school in order to receive a prize, as it will be held until the winner calls for it. J. W. House Is New Assistant Manager House Chevrolet Co. -$ Brother To W. C. House; Will Move Family Here From Robersonville -a> Employment of J. W. 'Jack) House, of Robersonville, as assistant manager of the House Chevrolet Com pany here, brings to this community a hustling young business man with wide experience in dealing with the purchasing public. He comes here to assist his brother, Clayton House, who is manager of the local Chevrolet and Oldsmobile agency, at a time when the firm is expanding Its personnel and constructing' a new and modern garage building on Water street. Mr. Jack House has been a terri tory salesman for the Standard Fer tilier Company in Henderson for eight years. Prior to that time he was a bookkeeper for seven year, having graduated from the Massey Business College in Richmond, Va. Married to Miss Lucille Murphy, of Stoney Creek. Va., about 14 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. House have three children: Jack jr., 13; Ann, 11, and Jacquilyn. 3. Unable to find a resi dence here, the family was forced to move to Robersonville, the nearest to Plymouth that they could find suitable quarters. Mr. House plans to move here in May, if a residence can be completed for him by that time. Funeral Held at Ml. Hermon Sunday for D. E. Davenport, 53 Was Well Known Farmer of Scuppernong Section: Died Saturday ——<S>—— Funeral services were held at the Mount Hermon Church, near Cres well, Sunday afternoon for Doctrine Elwood Davenport, 53, who died at his home in the Scuppernong section last Saturday as the result of a se vere case of pneumonia. The Rev. R. N. Fitts ..nd the Rev. L. B. Ben nett officiated. Interment was made in the family cemetery. A native of Washington County, Mr. Davenport had spent most of his life in the Creswell section. He was a well known and well liked farmer. Son of the late D. I. Davenport and Mrs. Charlotte Davenport, he was married to Miss Rennie Ainsley in 1904. He was a devoted and faithful member of the Methodist church. For a number of years he served as a lo cal committeeman for the schools in his section. Besides his widow, Mrs. Rennie Ainsley Davenport, he is survived by one son, M. J. Davenport, of Creswell, and four daughters: Mrs. Minnie L. Sawyer, Mrs. Louise Oliver, Mrs. Eu gene Davenport and Miss Roslyn Davenport, all of Creswell. He also leaves three brothers, U. G., J. E. and A. W. Davenport, all of this county, and two sisters, Mrs. J. E. Hassell and Mrs. W. S. Phelps, also of this coun ty. Pall-bearers were Marshal Wood ley, Dockie Davenport, Chester Dav enport, Hilliard Davenport, Ira Phelps and Ira Ainsley. Mr. and Mrs. Bosie Horton Now Manage "The Pines" --- Mr. and Mrs. Bosie Horton have taken over the management of the The Pines, formerly known as Forest Inn, on highway 64 east of Plymouth Mi’s. Horton stated that she will su pervise the kitchen and that rea: home cooked meals and short orders will be specialities at all times WITH AGENCY HERE] j J. VV. (Jack) House, brother of Manager W. Clayton House, be came associated with the House Chevrolet Company here Febru ary 1, in the capacity of assist ant manager. Expect To Have 50 Or More in Scouts Here in Few Days -® Next Meeting To Be Held in Courthouse Tomorrow Night at 7:30 Fifty or more boys are expected to enroll in the Plymouth Boy Scout troop within the next few days, ac cording to Jerome Frazelle, new scoutmaster, who said a meeting of the boys would be held in the court house basement here Friday night at 7:30. Last week there were about 20 boys present at the meeting held Thurs day night, with J. R. Manning and Dr. E. W. Furgurson, district scout officials, present. The boys brought a list of several other boys who want ed to join the troop. Assistant Scoutmaster John Womble is aiding Mr. Frazell in organizing the troop. Mr. Frazell said it was planned to organize a rifle team among the scouts for target shooting and to make plans for the construction of a camp at the scout camp site on Welche's Creek near here. The scout leader also asked that particular notice be taken of the change in the weekly meetings from Thursday nights to Friday nights. Noi Effective Until Ratified by Vote of All People Affected Darden Also Decides Not to Introduce Measure in House This Week Representative W. M. Darden heard a lot about the proposed ex tension of the Town of Plymouth cor porate limits while he was at home last week-end. but when he left Mon day to return to the General Assem bly he stated that he would not in troduce any legislation in the House this week to make any changes in the present boundaries. It is under stood he has agreed, however, to in troduce a bill during the present ses sion providing for extension of the limits subject to ratification at a spec ial election by the people affected. Mr. Darden gave two reasons Mon day for delaying action on the mat ter. First, he said, he would like to have an opportunity to study the proposed new boundaries, anu, sec ondly, he was complying with the ur gent request of interested parties who asked that he delay action for at least one week. The main bones of contention, he understood. w;ere that the area pro posed to be annexed by the town left out the plants of the Plymouth Box and Panel Company and the Ameri can Fork and Hoe Company and also that the boundaries were being ex tended too far. It is argued by some that the town is not in position to give adequate service and conveni ences to many of those living in the territory proposed to be included, since it would be too expensive to make availavle water and sewer lines and other conveniences on account of the distance. Mr. Darden was present at the pub lic hearing held Friday night, when about 60 persons were present to voice their opinions either for or against the extension proposed. The speakers at that meeting included W. A. Davidson, T. P. Sanderson, J. T. McNair. S. A. Ward, and Edward L. Owens, who opposed the extension for stated specific reasons. Town Attor ney Z. V. Norman took the lead in explaining the proposed extensions and citing reasons for the new boun daries. L. W. Gurkin also spoke in favor of the extension. Meeting Held Saturday Saturday afternoon. Representa tive Darden met the Town Council men at the municipal building for further discussion of the matter. The representative then proposed that he would introduce a bill extending the limits—after studying the proposed boundaries and reaching some agree ment if changes were deemed advis able—but conditioned on the fact that the act would not become effect ive until after a majority of the vot ers in the town and in the affected areas had ratified it at a special elec tion. The councilmen agreed to the rep resentative's plan, and left it up to Mr. Norman, as city attorney, to write the bill to be presented by Mr. Dar den to the legislature. However, when Mr. Darden left Monday, he said that so Many people had visited his home during the week-end and asked for a delay of one week in presenting the bill that he had decided to comply with their requests. It was said at the meeting Satur day afternoon that the town board would at once begin to advertise and make ready for a special election to be held about the middle of April, if Mr. Darden would introduce the bill providing for the extension subject to ratification in a special referendum by qualified voters of the town and the areas affected. Population Increase During the discussion of the meas ure Saturday afternoon, it was point ed out that if the extension was ef fected. the new population of the See CITY LIMITS Page V" ' Tobacco Listed as Article Essential To National Defense in Lease-Lend Bill Washington County tobacco growers, as well as producers throughout the entire nation, will be gratified to learn that tobac co is considered a “defense arti cle,” which President Roosevelt is authorized to lend, lease, trade or exchange with Great Britain or other friendly foreign powers under the sweeping terms of the "lend-lease” bill now being con sidered by the national Congress. Representative Herbert C. Bon ner, of the first North Carolina district, said this week that he had received a letter from Rep resentative Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, stating that tobacco was definitely included in the list of agricultural products consid ered essential, along with arms, for defense purposes. It is believed, that if England and other countries draw heav ily within the next few months upon the enormous stocks ot sur plus tobacco in storage in this country, the increased demand will be reflected in better prices for the leaf next fall. However, officials warn farmers not to increase plantings with this in mind, since there is enough to bacco in storage to take care of tlie demand for several years. Prior to outbreak of the war, the British companies bought a large portion of all tiie tobacco export ed from this section. Representative Bloom also said in his letter to Mr. Bonner: “I want to take this opportunity to say to you that I wish every Con gressman was as attentive and as interested in seeing in legislation of this kind that the Interests ot his constituents are protected.”
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