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► The Roanoke Beacon * * * * * * + and Washington County News ******* A home newspaper dedicated to the sendee of Washington County and its 12.000 people. VOLUME LII—NUMBER 16 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, April 17, 1941 ESTABLISHED 1889 « Town opics Miss Coilia V. Davenport, of Cres well, has entered the employ of tire Womble Drug Store here. She and her mother have moved into a resi dnee near town. Miss Davenport is a graduate of the Creswell school. E. L. Walker, vice president and resident manager of tire North Caro lina Pulp Company, and George M Snyder, also an official of the com pany. are expected to attend the weekly meeting of the Lions Club, which will be held at The Pines, on Highway No. 64. tonight. The Plymouth and Creswell High School Sands will go to the Tulip Festival in Washington to morrow. Director L. W. Zeigler will carry his 50-piece organiza tions and Director Bob Merritt will have his 40-piece band pres ent for the occasion. E. B. Liles, of Edenton. former manager of a 5-and-10-cent store, was in Plymouth Monday. He talked with W. P. Winslow, local merchant, while here. Mr. Liles is preparing to retire from business on account of his health. Representative J. G. Campen, of Edenton. was here Wednesday aft ernoon with the Edenton High School Band, which was on a publicity tour for a baseball game that will be held there Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock between Lancaster, Pa., and Hagers town, Md. P. O. Price has taken over the operation of the Basinger Ma chine Shop since retirement of A. I). Basinger on account of ill health. Mr. Price is well known in this section as a machinist, having worked at the trade in Plymouth for years, and more re cently worked in Weldon for some lime. J. W. House, of the House Chevro let Company, said today that the company had recently employed two new automobile body experts and that already they had secured an increase in this type of business at their ga rage. Mr. Heritage, an official of the Norfolk Southern Land Company, a firm which holds title to thousands of acres of timberland in Washington County, was here this wek. Though a resident of Norfolk, Mr. Heritage is well known here. -$ Funeral for Mrs. Lillie Mae Snell Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Scupper nong Christian church for Mrs. Lillie Mae Snell, 47, who died at her home in the Skinnersville section Monday. The service was in charge of the Rev. L. B. Bennett, assisted by Dr. G. A. Martin. Burial took place in the Piney Grove cemetery. Surviving the well-known and highly respected woman, besides her husband, Joe H. Snell, are two daugh ters, Mrs. Ben Reynolds, of Creswell; and Mrs. Floyd Jeffreys, of Greens boro. She also leaves one sister, Mrs, L. G. Ayers, of Roper, and three broth ers, Hubert and David Clifton, of Creswell; and Carl Clifton, of Balti more. Pall-beareas were Hilton Chesson, Phillip Ayers, Bruce Patrick, Floyd Jeffreys, and Ben Reynolds. County Releases Tax Claim on Land Donated lor Beef Cattle Investigation An agreement has been reached by the county commissioners to relinquish tax claims against about 1,000 acres of forest land in the Wenona section, and it will be turned over to the state and federal governments for use as a grazing area for beef cattle at the Blackland Experiment Sta tion, it was learned today from Representative VV. M. Darden, who arranged for transfer of the land. The property is now owned by the Norfolk Southern Land Company, which agreed to give the land to the government if the county would release it from payment of several hundred dollars in back taxes. Mr. Darden said the station iiad recently acquired by purchase about “J2.5 acres of land adjoin ing the test farm for the purpose of conducting investigations on native grasses as feed for cattle in an effort to gain information which would lead farmers in that section to engage more exten sively in beef cattle production. Congress appropriated S50.000 for investigation in Georgia and this state, with about S30.000 to be used at the Blackland station. It is expected that within a short time the government agencies will begin fencing the property acquired recently and the experi ments in beef cattle raising will be expanded considerably. Election on Extension Tuesday Carried by 64 Votes Out of 416 Cast L AGAIN LEADER | ANNIE JANE HARRIS For the second time in four weeks, little iinie Jane heads the honor roll an'5 is making every effort possible'to gain the top po sition when the final curtain falls on “The Popular Baby Parade” May 3rd. Annie Jane is from Creswell. No Session of Recorder's Court Held This Week For the second consecutive week, there was no recorder's court Tues day, but the rest period enjoyed by Recorder John W. Darden and Pros ecuting Attorney S. A. Ward will probably come to an end next Tues day. when it is understood there will be a fairly large docket ready for them. On Tuesday two weeks ago, all the cases docketed were continued by re quest, and the court adjourned a few minutes after convening without a trial. Race Grows Closer in ‘Popular Baby Parade’ Annie Jane Harris, of Cres well, Again Heads Honor Roll This Week -®. By “Popular Baby Parade" Editor Candidates, do you realize there are only 13 more working days of the “Popular Baby Parade’’ and in 13 more days some baby is going to get $200 cash and a beautiful silver lov ing cup, while another baby will get the other loving and other babies will receive cash prizes? You, candidate, have as good op portunity to win $200 and the loving cup as anybody, but it means hus tle, hustle, hustle. Any baby on the list by a burst of speed can lead next week’s honor roll. What wil you do the remainder of this week? These are the days when confidence and courage uphold one and makes one fight on. The lack of this attitude leaves one doomed and disappointed. No one has won the $200 and lov ing cup yet, not by any means, and while leading the honor roll is a po sition always to be coveted, there is still opportunity for any worker to overtake the leaders and entirely change the complexion of the race. So the big warning to candidates, and their campaign managers, is don’t slacken your pace, but hustle, hustle! The hard part of the campaign is just starting. The part that will test your mettle, and try your courage— but what a reward for the winner. There are 13 more working days to decide the winners, and it means work for the candidates who expect to win the $200 and loving cup. If you are looking forward to May 3, when election results will be writ ten in such fashion that they will never be forgotten, don’t forget that what you do now, today and during the following 13 days will determine 'See CLOSE RACE, Page 4) Coincidences in Lives and Work of Clerks of Court There are a number of coincidences connected with the lives and work of C. V. W. Ausbond, of Plymouth, clerk Df the Washington County Superior Court, and A. T. Walston, of Tarboro, clerk of the Edgecombe County Su perior Court. They both took office on the same date about 34 years ago. In point of service, they are the oldest superior court clerks in the state. Both are in the second judicial district. They were married within 12 months of each other. Both of their wives died about a month ago, the deaths oc curing within a two-week period. Area Is Formally Added al Council Session Yesterday Population Increased by Es timated 1,200 to 1,500 by Action Tuesday The area of Plymouth was prac tically doubled and the population in creased an estimated 1.200 to 1.500 yesterday morning at 11:15 a. m„ when Mayor B. G. Campbell, at a special session of the City Council, declared Tuesday's extension election had been carried by a plurality of 04 votes, following a canvass of the re turns delivered to the town officials by Mrs. Hermine A. Ramsey, regis trar. me returns snowea mat or tne 40D persons who had registered for the special election. 416 of them actually voted. There were 240 votes for the extension and 176 against. Under the extension ratified by the voting Tuesday the town charter is amended to define the boundaries as follows: Roanoke River on the north; Conaby Creek on the east; the Gur kin farm on the south; and the aban doned track of the Norfolk Southern Railroad on the west. The Plymouth Box and Panel Company, the Ameri can Pork and Hoe Company, and the pulp mill village, golf course and country club are excluded from the town limits. Bill Ange, who made the prelimi nary survey of the proposed limits which official became the town of Plymouth boundaries Wednesday morning with certification of the re turns, will be employed to make a new and permanent map. copies of which will be filed in the courthouse and town office here. Although the property acquired by the election Tuesday has officially become a part of the town and is apportioned to the three city wards, there will be no taxes assessed against the newly acquired area until next year. Property owners will list their property in January, when it is es timated the town will gain about $200,000 in valuation, and the rate will be fixed sometime about the mid dle of the year. It is usually about October 1st before tax notices are mailed out. so the new citizens have about a year and a half of grace be fore any town taxes actually become due by them. Program oi Services for Grace Episcopal Church -® Services will be held as follows at Grace Episcopal church here Sunday, with W. B. Daniels, student minister, in charge: Church school at 10 a. m. Morning worship service at 11 a. m Young People Service League at 7:30 p. m. A vestry meeting will be held at the home of J L. Horton on Main Stret Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Fifth Weekly Honor Roll In ‘Popular Baby Parade’ The following- is the Honor Roll for the week ending April 12th. The names are listed below in the order of their standing for the week: This Week 1. Annie Jane Harris, Creswell _ _ 2. “Tex” Benton, Plymouth_ 3. Melba Fern Peed, Plymouth R. F. D. 1 4. Barbara McNair, Plymouth R. F. D. _ 5. Theresa Maud Peele, Roper_ 6. Sammy Getsinger, Plymouth_ 7. Nicky Paul, Pike Road_ 8. Joyce Fay Hardison, Mackeys_ 9. Myra Lou Daily, Plymouth __ . _ _ 10. Betty Lou Davenport, Plymouth _ 11. Mary and Martha Reddick (Twins), Roper 12. Bobby Stuart Arnold, Plymouth 13. Jean Miller Oliver, Roper ___.. 14. Dianne Manning, Wenona_ 15. Merlin Chesson, Roper_ 16. Sandra Ann Hardison, Plymouth_ 17. Harlee Glenn Furbee, Wenona . _ 18. Crosby Lane Spruill, Creswell _ 19. Frank Bateman, Plymouth . Last Week - 2nd _4th _3rd _1st _10th _6th _8th _15th _6th _ 7th -18th 21st _13th _12th _11th _16th _14th .20th -.8th Another honor roll and more baby pictures next week. Stale Producers Ask Peanut Referendum To Bolster Prices Marketing Quotas Approval Necessary for Support By Government Peanut growers ot North Carolina will have the opportunity to halt fur ther expansion of peanut production in tiie Southeastern and Southwest ern areas when they vote on three year marketing quotas for the crop on April 26. says E. Y. Floyd. AAA ex ecutive officer of State College. "Pea nut growers of this state have been duly alarmed in recent years by the increase in commercial peanut acre age in other states to the south and west," Floyd said. They have re quested the right to use quotas, sim ilar to those protecting the tobacco and cotton markets." In 1928. the AAA officer reported, the North Carolina-Virginia area produced 46 per cent of the commer cial peanuts in the United States. bast year tney prouuceu uiny ot.o per cent. Production in Georgia has increased from 315 acres in 1930 to 663.000 acres last year, and in Texas the increase has been from 120,000 acres in 1930 to 295.000 acres in 1940. During the same period North Caro lina peanut production has remained fairly steady, increasing only from 205.000 acres in 1930 to 225.000 acres in 1940. Another advantage to be gained by quotas, Floyd said, is that the Gov ernment will support prices with a diversion program or loans, or both, if quotas are approved. If quotas are rejected, the law recentij enact ed by the Congress prohibits a diver sion program or loans. The Government spent $10,000,000 in diverting surplus peanuts into oil in 1940. and without this price sup port Floyd said it is generally agreed that, prices paid for edible nuts would have fallen to about the price of the oil market. If two-thirds of those voting ap prove the new peanut marketing plan, individual farm quotas for 1941 will be the actual production on the acre age allotment under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Most North Carolina farmers have already re ceived their conservation program al lotments for 1941. -®—; Preparations Going Forward for Lions Minstrel Here May 1 Proceeds Will Be Used for Charity Work Sponsored By Local Club The Plymouth Lions Club will pre sent a minstrel revue in the Plym outh Theatre, Thursday evening, 1, at 8 o’clock. The proceeds from this show will go to the Lions’ benev olent fund, to be used locally for the Boy Scout movement, remedying de fective vision among children, and the many other worthy causes the club sponsors. Mrs. E. A. Harper and Mrs. J. R. Manning are in charge of the ticket sales, and the admission charge will be 20 cents for children and 40 cents for adults. Shep Brinkley is giving the use of his theatre for this per formance and will also be accom panist for part of the show. Those who enjoy old-time min strelsy have a treat in store, accord ing to those in charge. Dr. S. V. Lewis is directing the minstrel circle, which will feature old-time favorites in songs and monologs. Dave Hurley, Jack Peele. Raymond Smith, and Henry Hardison will provide the laughs as end men. The second part of the show will feature a revue of the Gay Nineties. A capable company of players will present such old-time songs as "A Bicycle Built for Two” and “Daisies Won't Tell," sung by Mrs. Mary Ca hoon, Mrs. Laura Johnston, Mrs. Ted Earle, and Mrs. Ernest G. Arps, as Gibson Girls. Mrs. Bernice Hammonds will give a very special rendition of "Sweet Alice Ben Bolt," as the "prima donna extraordinaire." The "cake walk" will be danced by a group of young la dies and gentlemen of the town and the high-light of the show will be the French "Can-Can" danced by a group of attractive young matrons of Plymouth. The whole minstrel revue will take the audience back to the "good old days,” with their touching ballads, the naughty dances considered very daring in the nineties, and all the characters will wear authentic cos tumes of the period. A nine-piece orchestra under the direction of L. W. Zeigler will accom pany the performance. -.—— Regular Services Sunday At Methodist Church Here Rev. O. L. HARDWICK, Pastor The pastor. Rev O. L Hardwick, will preach Sunday morning on the topic, "Widening Horizons," and again at 7:30 in the evening. Church school will meet at 9:45 a. m. and Epworth League at 6:45 p. m. The annual school of missions will meet Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day evenings at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to all our services. Doubt Is Expressed That Old School Here Can Be Repaired April Term of Superior Court Called Off Here on Account of Judge's Illness ; There was no April term of Washington County Superior Court here this week because of the fact that Judge Clawson Wil liams. of Sanford, became ill and Monday was in a Sanford hos pital. Judge Williams was to preside here this week, replacing the reg ularly scheduled jurist. W'. C. Harris, of Raleigh, who was as signed to another place in an exchange with Judge Williams. The court attaches, jurors, liti gants and their witnesses ap peared here on Monday morning. Later Sheriff J. K. Reid called the home of Judge Williams and learned he was in a hospital. Ail effort to rail Governor J. M. Broughton and have another judge assigned here failed be cause the executive was not in his office Easter Monday. Sheriff Reid rang the court beil and those interested in the court session were summoned to the courtroom, where Superior Court Clerk C. V. W. Ausbon explained the predicament, had the jurors prove their attendance, collect their fee for the day and he then adjourned the court. Registration Period for Town Election Begins Saturday; Lasts Week Mayor and All Six Councilmen Will Be Elected on May 6th Citizens in Area Recently Added Eligible to Regis ter and Vote Registration books will be opened Saturday for one week, during which time new voters may qualify for vot ing in the municipal election Tues day. May 6. when a mayor and six councilmen are to be elected. Citizens who have voted in past municipal elections and who are sure their names are on the books do not have to register again. However, those who live in the areas added to the town at the extension election Tuesday will be required to get their names on the town election books: also any who have become of age or have moved to the town since the last election. Residence of six months is required for registration. Tlie books will be closed at the end of the day on Saturday. April 26. Challenge day has been designated as Saturday, May 3. Mrs. Hermine A. Ramsey is registrar for Ward No. 1; C. L. Hassell for Ward No. 2; and Harry Stell for Ward No. 3. Two councilmen will be elected from each of the three wards. The candidates are voted on by citizens of their respective wards only, while the mayor is elected by a town-wide vote. The extension election Tuesday ef fected several changes in the boun daries of the wards, the division now being as follows: Ward No. 1: the area east of the center line of Wash ington Street, now served by Coun cilmen A. J. Riddle and W J. Mayo: Ward No. 2: the area west of the center line of Washington Street and north of the center line of Fourth Street, now served by James W. Nor man and C. E. Ayers: Ward No. 3: the area west of the center line of Washington Street and south of the center line of Fourth Street, now served by W F. Winslow and E. H. Liverman. Mayor B. G. Campbell and the six councilmen declined to state this morning whether or not they would be candidates for reelection. Citizens of the newly acquired area are now eligible to be candidates if they de sire. Candidates are required to file with City Clerk M. W. Spruill at tlie municipal building. To Open Western Auto Store Here Joe M. Crowder, of South Hill. Va . has rented the old Plymouth Mercan tile Company store building on Wa ter Street from W. R. Hampton and plans to open a Western Auto Asso ciate Store in Pi.\ mouth. Mr. Crowder said today that he did not know ,1ust when he would be ready for opt aing. but he hopes to have tlv interior repaired and re modeled a:..l the stock installed some time next week. Mr. Crowd . . id that his wife and child would move here as soon as he could find a suitable house or apart ment. Tax Penalty Increase Effective on May 2nd County and town tax collectors are this week warning taxpayers that after May 1st, the penalty on delin quent 1940 taxes goes up to 3 per cent. Tire penalty is imposed by pro vision of the state law. and the local collectors urge those who have not pai dtheir 1940 taxes yet to do so be fore May 2nd, when they will be re quired to collect the penalty. MELBA FERN PEED Melba Fern, of Plymouth R. F. D. 1, Is another real contender for top honors, with the determi nation it takes for a winner. Masons To Meet Here Next Tuesday Night There will be a regular communi cation of Perseverance Lodge. No. 59. A. F. & A. M., at the lodge hall next Tuesday night, April 22. In addition to regular business, there will be work in the first degree. All members are urged to attend and visiting Masons are cordially invited. Plan Suggested for Relieving Situation Without Tax Raise State Fire Marshal Doubts Building Can Be Made to Conform With Law Sherwood Brock well, state fire mar shal, has Informed local school au thorities the contemplated expendi ture of several thousand dollars for repairing the old Hampton Academy building here will not be cf any value, so far as putting it in shape to pass state requirements is concerned. Mr. Brock well made the inspection last month which resulted in Insurance Commissioner Dan C Boney inform ing the county superintendent of public instruction that the building was not suitable for school purposes and ordering its use discontinued. The county commissioners have since allotted funds for relieving con gested in three county schools, and about $3,000 was set aside for repair ing the Hampton building in the hope it could be continued in use. However, the architect in charge of preparing plans wrote Mr. Brockwell for suggestions about repairing the structure and, in reply, Mr. Brock well strongly intimates that the pres ent building cannot be made to con form to state fire laws under any conditions. This action creates a serious prob lem for local school officials. They had planned to add eight rooms to the high school building and repair the Hampton structure for use by elementary grades. Several proposals are under consideration, but none of them can be carried to completion with the amount of money made available by the county commission ers at their meeting last week. Suggestion Advanced It has been suggested that it might be possible for the county, without increasing the tax rate, to finance a program over a three-year period which would allocate $100,000 as the county share for additions to the Plymouth white and colored schools and the Roper colored school, all of which are declared absolutely neces sary by the board of education. Such a program, augmented by WPA grants, would provide for 17 addition al classrooms and an auditorium at the local white high school; for 10 additional rooms at the Plymouth colored school, and for 6 added rooms at the Roper school. This would take care of present and normal antici pated needs for the next 15 to 20 years, it is said. If such a plan is approved, it will entirely eliminate necessity for using the Hampton building, which could be sold or adapted to other uses by the county. It is proposed that a wing be added at each end of the high school building, with eight classrooms 'See LOCAL SCHOOL, Page 4)~ Property Owners Get Paving Proposal Here | “TEX”BENTON i —— —... This wide-awake youngster is proving a real contender and a go-getter. His big ambition is to he crowned king of the "Popular Baby Paradcrs.” Tex is from Plymouth and has the makings of a real politician. Roper Community Library Expresses Thanks for Aid .- .$ The Roper Community Library Association wishes to express its ap preciation and gratitude for the co operation shown by people of the community who donated money and books to the library, according to Mrs. J. F Leary, secretary of the as sociation. As a library association, we wish to thank them and ask their contin ued cooperation; and we assure them that as soon as the room, which was built for the library, is available, the books will be placed there for use of [the public," said Mrs, Leary. » ——® Sidewalk and Street Paving Offered to Residents on Six Streets Property owners on six streets in the Town of Plymouth are being of fered an opportunity to have streets and sidewalks in front of their homes paved similar to other streets in the town. The property owner will pay about half of the cost of the project and the Work Projects Administra tion will bear the remainder of the expense. There will be no cost to the town itself. Contracts calling for payment of $1.67 per front foot for street pav ing are being offered to property own ers on the following strets: Monroe Street between Brinkley Avenue and Port Williams Street; Fort Williams Street between Jefferson and Monroe Street. The paving will be of the same materials as other streets in Plymouth and the WPA will pay ■about the same amount as the prop erty owners. There are 1.500 feet involved in the proposal to pave, and the signatures of at least 11 of the 19 property owners will be required to make possible the project. Sidewalk paving will cost property owners 34 cents per front foot. This provides a walk four feet wide and four inches thick. Streets being considered for sidewalk paving fol low: Third Street between Andrew Jackson Avenue and Adams Street: Madison between Main and Third Streets; east side of Latham Lane between Main and Third Streets. The cost per front foot on this property is quoted on a cash basis. If a property owner wishes the cost divided into 10 equal annual install ments, 6 per cent interest will be add ed to the amount deferred. It is emphasized that there will be no cost to the taxpayers of the town in general, as the owners are required to pay the sponsor's part, and the WPA pays the balance of the cost.
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