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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News **★*★*★ A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. VOLUME LII—NUMBER 23 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 5, 1941 ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Alton Ange, who for a time was engaged in the operation of a service station here, has entered the employ of the M. H. Mitchell Furniture Com pany. Mr Ange is well known in Plymouth, where he has worked for some time. L. J. Spear here has two small coins about the size of a dime, dated 1829 and 1830. Although they are near ly as large as present-day dimes, they are in reality only five-cent pieces. He lias had them for 10 years. Farmers in this county are in vited to attend the annual meet ing of the Washington County Farm Bureau in Wiiliamston on Thursday, June 12. Congress man Herbert C. Bonner and state farm leaders are among the list of speakers. Last week C. R. Bowen ran a small want ad about a dog of his which had been missing for several days. Early this week Foy Spruill, of Roper, wrote Mr. Bowen to come after the dog. which had “taken up" at his home. Mr. Bowen was quite lavish in his praise of Beacon want ads as pro ducers of quick results. Miss Ida S. Gibbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gibbs, of Columbia, graduated Monday from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with a B. S. degree in home economics. Miss Gibbs is well known in Plymouth. While more rain is still badly needed, the light showers during the past several days have great ly relieved the extremely dry con conditions prevailing and renew ed hope among the farmers. Some farmers say that the rain was worth thousands of dollars, al though more is still needed. E. N. “Red” Meekins, supervisor of vocational agriculture teachers in 21 schools of this section of the state, passed through Wednesday enroute to Vanceboro from Hertford. Mr. Meek ins said that training centers for de fense workers would be located in Hertford and Vanceboro. J. Roy Manning, chairman of the Albemarle district of Boy Scouts, said today that much dif ficulty was being experienced in securing a scoutmaster for the Plymouth troop. Assistant Scout master Phillip Liverman has been leading the boys since Scout master Jerome Frazelle left. Mayor Jerome B, Flora, Secretary G. C. Meads, of the chamber of com merce, and other* leading Elizabeth City citizens accompanied the high school band in a booster trip through this section yesterday, when local people were invited to attend the Potato Festival there next Wednes day. Charles P. Collier presented the an nual Silas Green minstrel here on Water Street last night. This show has been on the road for 53 years. Ford Wiggins, of New Bern, has played the role of Silas Green for 33 years without missing a performance. •-§ 13 Cases Called in Recorder's Courl Here This Week Five of Them for Driving While Drunk; Several Continued I Five persons were arrested in Wasli ington County last week-end on charges of operating automobiles while under influence of intoxicants, and all five of them plead guilty in recorder’s court Tuesday morning, when Recorder John W. Darden and Prosecuting Attorney S. A. Ward set about disposing of the docket. A to tal of 13 cases were called, with sev eral of them being continued to later dates. The proceedings follow: Walter S. Edwards, 50, white, driv ing drunk, $50 fine and costs and li cense revoked. Jesse Coleson, 23, white, drunken driving, $50 fine and costs and li cense revoked. J. W. Armstrong, drunken driving, continued to June 10. Kirby Carmack, 45, white, drunken driving, prayer for judgment con tinued to first Tuesday in October, 1941. John B. Trump, 37, white, driving drunk; $50 fine and costs, license re voked. Felton Rodgers, 22, colored, charg ed with assaulting Will Holton with a knife. Found guilty of being drunk. Thirty days on the roads sus pended upon payment of costs and good behavior for two years. George Wilson, colored, charged with assaulting Herman Mason, col ored, with a knife, had his case con tinued to June 10. Lugene Mackey, 18, colored, reck less driving and damaging auto ’of H. G. Mizell. Not guilty. Charlie Norman, failed and refused to answer summons to fight a forest fire. Continued to June 10. Edison Norman, failing to answer a fire summons; continued to June 10th. Herman Mason, charged with as sault, continued to June 10. Charlie Bell, charged with assault ing Eli Cooper with a knife; con tinued to June 10. Eli Cooper, charged with assaulting Charlie Bell with a knife; continued to June 10 TWO NEW MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL E. E. Harrell, from the third ward, and J. K. Manning, of the first ward, last Monday night began tlieir first terms as member oi the city council. Raymond Leggett, another new member of the council, from the third ward, did not have a photograph available for publication at this time. Local Merchants To Meet Monday A meeting of members of the Plymouth Merchants Association tvill be held in the municipal building next Monday night, June 9, at 8 o'clock, it was announced today by James YV. Norman, the president, who urges a large at tendance, as important matters are to be discussed. Two things to be discussed are earlier closing of stores here on Saturday nights and a rat-exter mination campaign. Both are favored by many of the local merchants, and it is probable that some definite action will be taken. Mr. Norman also thinks that an improved mail service for the town should be sought, and this may be put before the tradesmen. County Committee To Explain Cotton Stamp Plan Named -® W. F. Winslow Is Elected Chairman; Meeting To Be Held Soon Formation of a Cotton Stamp Committee for Washington County to cooperate with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in the operation of the Supplementary Cotton Stamp Plan in this area in the relatively near fu ture, was announced today by W. V. Hays, county farm agent. W. F. Winslow was elected chair man of the committee. Other mem bers, representative of the cotton trades industry of Washington Coun ty, included: Mrs. Frances B. Brown, secretary-treasurer: H. E. Beam, E. H. Liverman, A. J. Byrd, O. D. Hat field. Barton Swain, W. H. Paramore, J. W. Norman, and W. D. Phelps. Mr. Winslow stated that the main purpose of organizing the committee was to assist the government in help ing to acquaint all retailers and whole salers of cotton goods in the county with the manner in which they could cooperate and participate in the ben efits of the program. He added that at a time and place to be announced later, a mass meet ing of all stores operators and their clerks, handling cotton products, would be held. In stressing the im portance of attending this meeting, Mr. Winslow pointed out that mer chants cannot accept cotton stamps for redemption by the government i until they have completed a "Retail- ! er’s Statement” form, entitling them to participate. These forms may be obtained from the county agent, and the rules and regulations governing the plan's operation will be fully ex plained at the meeting. "I feel sure,” said Mr. Winslow, "that every retailer of American grown and manufactured cotton prod ucts in Washington County will want to cooperate wholeheartedly with the government’s effort to aid our cotton farmers and the cotton industry as a whole. It's certainly to their advan tage to do so, and any who didn’t would be placed at a distinct compet itive disadvantage." -® Methodist Minister To Have Assistant Rev. O. L. HARDWICK. Pastor Rev. J. Wesley Ange, of Lynchburg, Va., a graduate of the Duke School of Religion, will arrive Saturday to assist Rev. O. L. Hardwick, pastor of the local Methodist church. Mr. Ange will make a religious cen sus of the town while here and help in the vacation Bible school June 23 to July 3. He will work with the young people and preach while Mr. Hardwick is helping in the young peo ple’s assemblies at Louisburg College this summer. Rev. Mr. Hardwick will preach Sunday morning on “The Need for Christian Education” and Mr. Ange will speak to the young people at 7 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all of our services. Five Persons Hurt In Series of Auto Wrecks in County Property Damage To Cars Estimated at $950 by Patrolman ■ -«> Five persons were painfully injured and several others less seriously hurt and property damage estimated at $950 was done in automobile acci dents in Washington County last week-end, according to Corporal T. B. Brown, of the State Highway Pa trol, who investigated the wrecks. Four negroes were hurt when an automobile turned over near Roper Saturday afternoon. Beverly Harris. 26, colored, of Washington, was driv ing from Norfolk to Washington. He was cut about the face and Ed Keyes, colored passenger in khe car, was also cut about the face. Robert Henry Moore suffered bruises and lacera tions in the face. He and Daniel Madison, 28, owner of the automo bile, who received a broken leg, were taken to a hospital. The jar dam age was estimated to be at least $300. The car of Walter S. Edwards, of Spotswood, N. J., sideswiped the trail er of a truck operated by a Wash ington fertilizer concern Friday night east of Conaby Creek bridge. Edwards sustained lacerations on the scalp, left arm and other parts of his body. His car damage was estimated at $500. The driver of the truck escaped in jury. No one was injured when an auto mobile driven by Joseph S. Gurganus was in collision with another operat ed by Alpheus M. Faulkner Sunday night on the Mackeys road. The two cars were damaged to the amount of $150. Number Leaving For Camp Friday Several members of the Young People's Service League of Grace Church will attend the convention of the diocesan league, held at Camp Leach, near Washington, beginning tomorrow, Jun e6, and lasting thru Sunday, June 8. Young people from the entire eastern section of the state will attend this meetings, and officers of the Y. P. S. L. of the Diocese of East Carolina are expecting one of the largest and most successful con ventions in the history of the organi zation. W. B. Daniels, jr„ student minister, i ar.. Mrs. T. W. Earle will head the group of local league members who plan to attend, including the follow ing: Mary Corinne Cahoon. Shelton McNair, Charles Robbins, Tom Hamp ton, Joyce Robbins, L'Engle Barnes, Sonny Williford, Elaine Odenath. Zeb Norman, jr„ Jane Read, Frank Gar rett, Bosie Owens. Junior Rath and Zeno Lyon, jr. --«> Creswell Stores To Close Wednesday Afternoons Creswell—The stores of Creswell will be closed at 1 o'clock each Wed nesday afternoon during the months of June, July and August, it was an nounced this week 783 County Farmers To Cooperate With Plan of Conservation Is Increase of 31 Over Last Year; AAA Lists 833 Farms in County A total of 783 growers of Washing ton County will cooperate with the 1941 Agricultural Conservation pro gram. it was learned today from H N. Porter, chief cleric in the office of County Agent W. V. Hays, who added that the AAA lists 833 farms in this county. The sign-up for the 1941 program represents an increase of 31 over the 752 farmers who earned payments under the 1940 program. There were 692 farmers to sign the farm plan of coopration for 1939. Farm officials are highly pleased at the continued increase in this county. Every farmer in the county was given an opportunity to sign a farm plan, on which he listed the soil building practices lie intends to carry out. He received a copy of the farm plan, which showed the type of prac tices in the program, and how much he could earn from each. The plan also listed the individual growers’ al lotments for soil-depleting crops, within which he must plant in order to earn payments. It is believed this year that more farms in North Carolina will be op erated under the conservation meth ods than ever before. The approved practices, such as the application of lime and phosphate, seeding legumes and grasses, the use of cover and green manure crops and tree planting will have their greatest use in the state this year, according to officials. Man Found Guilly of Starling Forest Fire Charged with setting fire to grass lands or brush lands of Ira J Alli good in one or more places, with the intent to burn over the land and de stroy Alligood's property, C. C. Ca hon, about 50, white, was found guil ty in recorder's court Tuesday. Judg ment was deferred until next Tues day, when it is understood a fine of $50 and costs will be assessed against Mr. Cahoon. The warrant charging malicious burning was sworn out by Forest Fire Warden S. F. Darden, with Earl Mid gett, J. C. Myers, Ira AJligood, Heber Alligood. H. H. Davis and H. E. Clif ton as witnesses. It was charged that Mr. Cahoon started the fire on Thursday, May 29. Only three-quarters of an acre of woodland was burned, as the blaze was extinguished before it got out of control by Fire Warden Darden and others. However, the fire started at a point which threatened forests on 1,600 acres of Alligood land, as well as property of the North Carolina Pulp Company and others. The witnesses testified that they saw Mr. Cahoon either going or com ing from the scene of the fire, and Warden Darden testified that a blood hound secured from the State prison camp near Creswell trailed Mr. Ca hoon for four miles. Mr. Darden also said that he had received several com plaints previously about forest fires in that section being of incendiary origin. ■-® Services for Grace Church Outlined W. B. DANIELS. Student Minister Regular services at Grace Episcopal Church for Trinity Sunday. June 8. have been scheduled as follows: Church school. 10 a. m. Church service. 11 a. m. Evening prayer. 7:30 p. m. Y. P. S. L„ 7:30 p. m. The office of Morning Prayer will be said each week day at 10 a. m. Services of Evening Prayer, spon sored by the Young People’s Service League, in conjunction with the Jun ior Choir, will be held each Sunday evening throughout the summer months at 7:30 p. m. The special offering of the men of the church, the Layman's Thank Of fering, will be received Sunday, June 8, at the 11 o'clock service. The Lay man’s Thank Offering is to be used for the missionary work of the Dio cese of East Carolina, and is pat terned after the United Thank Offer ing of the Woman's Auxiliary. CONTINUE IN OFFICE AS COUNCILMEN james w. ■> orman ana t. E. Ayers last Monday night started up on their second two-year terms as members of the Town Council, rep resenting the second ward. No photograph was available of the other member of the old eouncil reelected, A. J. Riddle, of the first ward. Nearly 100 County Youths To Register July 1 for Service Applies Only To Those Who Have Become 21 Since October 16 -* Approximately 92 Washington County youths who have become 21 years old since October 16, or will reach that age in the four weeks re mailing, have been ordered by Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt to reg ister on Tuesday. July 1, for possible military training. Clerk S. A. Ward, of the local se lective service board, said that the Washington County board, composed of E. S. Blount, chairman, J. R. Man ning and Clyde Smithson, had not received any information as to how this registration would be conducted. However, it is reported that the se lective service board in this county will conduct the registration and the new men are expected to be put at the bottom of the local draft list in an order of priority among them selves to be determined by a new na tional lottery. In a proclamation fixing the regis tration date, the President said the action was "required in the interests of the national defense" and defined those who must register as all unreg istered male citizens and aliens in the United States. Hawaii. Peurto Rico, and Alaska, who have attained their 21st birthday on or before July i. Some of those who have become 21 since the registration last October 16 have already registered and volun teered for a year's training A pro vision of the original draft law per mitted voluntary service by men from 18 to 21 years of age. The July 1 date was chosen, it is understood, in order that men regis tering then would have sufficient time to find out before fall whether they might be called for duty immediately. This will enable them to plan ahead for their fall and winter work or ed ucational schedules. Approximately 1,000.000 men will be registered throughout the nation and it is expected that thousands of them will be called for service within a few months, although they are to be placed at the botton of the local draft lists. The local board has no direct orders yet as to tire method of handling the new registration, but national officials say it is probable Lhe lists of older registrants may be gone over quickly in order to reach men who have neither dependents nor essential employed and are at Lhe age which the army needs most. -$ Five Selectees Left Tuesday For Year’s Service in Army Five young men left here for Fort ' Bragg, near Fayetteville, for a year’s draining in the military forces They ivere: Carlton G. Spruill, of Roper, »nd David Albert Hurley, of Plym outh, volunteers; Elbert Forte Coates,; order No. 96. and Lonnie Herman Uraddock, order No. 322, both of j Plymouth; and Osbourne Aldridge Marrow, of Roper, order No. 110 Mr. Coates lives near Raleigh but was registered here, where he was en gaged as a school teacher. David Hurly is making his fifth attempt to outer the Army. Mr. Marrow left after his appeal for change in classi fication was denied. New Paper Machine Being Installed Here Said to Double Output of Finished Paper When the large paper machine, being brought to Plymouth from the plant of the Cherry River Pa per Company at Richwood, W. Va., is Installed at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Com pany here, the capacity of the finished paper department of the local mill will be more than dou bled, and it will turn out about 250 tons of finished paper daliy. The entire 22 carloads of ma chinery from the Richwood plant has arrived here and is being un loaded, with the paper machine being assembled as rapidly as possible. It is hoped that opera tion of the new machinery ran be started in July. Construction workmen have been working overtime, and a number have been added to the staff in order to get the new ma chine ready for operation as quiekly as possible. At the pres ent time there are about 600 men and women employed at the plant and it is understood that about 30 more employees will be needed to operate the new machine. The pulp department is being operate daily at lull capacity, about 350 tons, with the pulp be ing processed at plants of the Kieckhefer Container Corpora tion here, in Delair, N. J„ and some going to Detroit, Mich. It is understood that plans to close the Richwood plant alto gether have been changed, due to the increasing demand for paper, and arrangements have been made to continue operation of a small machine there. STARTS NEW TERM B. G. Campbell this week en tered upon his sixth year as may or of Plymouth, his original ap pointment to fill an unexpired term having been followed by three election victories. Council Holds First Meet of New Term Here Monday Night -<S> I Three New Members and| Three Former Members Make Up Group The first meeting of the new Town Council wa., held Monday night, when three old members and three new members entered upon their duties for the ensuing two years, with little of importance to come before them at the first meeting. Mayor B. G. Campbell, veteran town official of 14 years’ experience, started on two more years of service as mayor. J. R Manning entered up on his first term as councilman from i the first ward; with the other repre sentative from the first ward, A. J. Riddle, starting his second term. James W. Norman and C. E. Ayers, from the second ward, were both en tering upon their second terms. E. E. Harrell and Raymond Leggett, rep resenting the third ward, started their first terms. It was decided by the council to remploy the entire personnel of town employees, including Chief of Police P. W Browm. Policemen Paul Bas night and G. R. Coburn. Clerk M. W. Spruill. J. A. Bratten, and others The firm of Williams and Wall was given the job of auditing the books again this year, with the provision that Mr. Williams do the work and that the report be completed by Sep tember 1. The commissioners appropriated $200 to supplement the salary of L. W. Zeigler, Plymouth High School band instructor, and $60 to defray the expenses of two firemen to attend the meeting of the state firemen's as sociation in Asheville in August. Louis Styons Will Hold Services at Zions Chapel -* The Rev. Grover Lee Hardison, pas tor of Zions Chapel Christian church, near Roper, was recently called into Army service as a chaplain, leaving the county Monday of last week to begin his new duties. It was announced this week that services will be held at Zions Chapel next Sunday by Louis Styons, stu dent minister, who is home on va cation from the Ashley S. Johnson Bible College in Tennessee. Worship services wUl be held at 11 a m. ard 8pm Sunday school will be held at 10 a m.. with J. C Knowles as superintendent. The public is cordially invited to attend. Regisiranis Warned To Answer Notices Sent by Draft Board Severe Penalties Provided For Willfully Trying To Evade Service Warning to selective service regis trants that they must respond to no tices issued to them by the Washing ton County Selective Service Board or become liable to severe penalties was given today by E. S. Blount, the chairman of the local board. Mr. Blount issued the warning on the strength of a notice from Gen eral J. Van B Metts. state director of selective service, who stated that registrants who fail to conform with the laws and regulations are liable to punishment by imprisonment for not more than five years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or by fine and imprisonment. “Most of the cases of delinquency," according to Mr. Blount?^ 'e been found to be due to ignorant.. . care lessness on the part of the ret irants and it has been the policy of the board to be lenient in cases where it is apparent that there has been no willful intent to avoid service. “But the investigation of such ca ( is taking up much valuable time of local boards and of Department of Justice agents when these agen cies should be devoting their time to the more urgent work of national de fense." the chairman concluded. Clerk S. A. Ward, of the board, said that there had been two appeals for deferment made which were not granted bv the state board. One case of failure to return a questionnaire has been turned over the Federal Bu reau of Investigation agents. The board is still trying to find three oth ers who have failed to comply with the law by not leaving a forwarding address for their questionnaire. -<?. Council Votes S200 On Supplement for Director of Band Group of Local Citizens Are Trying To Raise an Adaitional $100 Tire Town of Plymouth Council, in session here Monday night, appropri ated $200 to supplement the salary of L. W. Zeigler as member of the Plym outh High School faculty as a teach er and band instructor. A group of local citizens also promised the coun cilmen that if the town would con tribute $200 to supplement the band leader’s salary, they would raise an other $100, making a total supple ment for the teacher of $300 for the 1941-42 school term. The band director and teacher re ceives a salary of $110 monthly for eight months from school funds. Last season he was given a $200 supple ment, the $200 being raised by local sources. Mr. Zeigler’s salary for the 1941-42 term will be increased by $4 per month next term, which, together with the $300 supplement, will give him a total of $1,212 for the school year. Mr. Zeigler has made great prog ress with the local band since begin ning his work here about five years ago, and it was feared that unless his salary was supplemented he might be induced to leave by a larger salary elsewhere. For the last two summers he has been taking band instruction work at the University of North Car olina. and today he ranks among the best high-school band instructors in the state. ■-® Mosquito Control Movie Shown Here -- A group of local citizens Tuesday morning attended a showing of a sound motion picture showing the program of the Tennessee Valley Au thority for the control of mosquitoes; with Donald F Ashton, of the ma laria control division of the State Board of Health, operating the ma chine. The story of the control methods were somewhat like those in opera tion here, with the breeding places of mosquitoes being sprayed with poisonous oils, a poison dust and di ainage of the swamp lands being done by drag-line dredges. Dr S. V. Lewis, district health of ficer. roundedup James W. Norman and C E. Avers, councilmen: Drs. E W. Furfurson. A. Papmeau, and C. McGowan: County Commissioner E. G Arps, and several others, who en joyed the showing. Creswel] ABC Store Robbed Of $150 Worth of Whiskey Thieves smashed a heavy plate Rlass window in the front ol the Creswell ABC store Monday night and escaped with 12 cases of assort ed whiskey valued at about $150. This makes the third time that thieves have entered the store and made a successful escape. The rob bery was discovered by peopie living near the store about 5:30 Tuesday morning. Officers are investigating U*e case.
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