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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News * * * * * ★ ★ VOLUME LII—NUMBER 26 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, June 26, 1941 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12.000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics Miss Catherine Terry, daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. T. Terry, of Plym outh. is a student nurse in a Wil mington hospital and said, while home on a visit this week, that she would graduate in another year. She also said that there was a probability, if this country went to war, she would enter the U. S. Army Nursing Service. J E. Bratten is assisting George R. Coburn as night patrolman, while Po liceman Paul Basnight is on a trip to Detroit. Mich., with C. E. Ayers. Messrs. Ayers and Basnight stopped over in Washington. D. C.. to see a baseball game and expect to be back sometime this week-end. Free assistance will be provided new residents of this section who wish to have their automobiles recorded so they can purchase license plates in North Carolina, if they will come to the Man ning Motor Company here, it was announced today by J. R. Manning, owner of the company. Leroy Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Harris, of Plymouth, was here this week visiting his parents and friends with his family. Formerly with the Raleigh Times, Mr. Harris will begin work Monday as foreman of the Goldsboro News-Argus com posing room. G. K. Harris, rural mail car rier at the local post office, said today he has decided not to retire from the postal .service at pres ent, although he is eligible, and would return to work on July 9 after returning from a visit to Hertford. Mr. Harris has about recovered from the effects of a recent operation. J. W. i Jack i House, assistant man ager of the House Chevrolet Com pany, who has been living in Rober sonville for several months, last week moved into his recently completed residence here on the new street that goes from East Main Street through the Burgess property. Miss Louise Snell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Snell, of near Creswell, was recently chos en 4-H health queen of Washing ton County. Miss Snell compet ed with girls from Plymouth and Koper. J. Oscar Davenport, of Jamesville, lias become connected with the Man ning Motor Company here as assist ant sales manager. He has been an automobile salesman for a number of years and comes here from the Roan oke Chevrolet Company at William s;ton. He is well known in this sec tion. Gala Day f oui th at Albemarle Beach ——* Celebration of Independence Day at Albemarle Beach Friday of next week. July 4, will be one of the biggest events in the history of the resort, according to L. W. Gurkin, the own er, who said today that things were shaping up nicely for the occasion. Features of the day will be boat ing, bathing and dancing, witli the possibility that Ihe day’s events will be climaxed by boat races witli own ers of local craft competing. A beautiful display of fireworks has been provided for. according to Mr. Gurkin, who said that this feature of the program was such a big success last summer than plans have been made for a more elaborate display. Topping the bill for the day will be the dance to be given at night, with music by Hal Thurston’s orches tra, a popular aggregation in this section. This band also plays for the usual Friday night dances at the beach. Plans for Boy Scouts to participate in swimming, running, jumping and other contests have not been com pleted. and it is not yet sure that tliis series of events can be counted on as part of the day's program. “Come to Albemarle Beach and meet your friends; they will all be at Albemarle Beach for a grand and glorious Fourth,” Mr. Gurkin said. CCC Will Accept Number White Youths in County Miss Ursula Bateman, superintend ent of public welfare of Washington County, has received notice that the Civilian Conservation Corps will ac cept any number of white youths from this county who wish to enroll. Those enrolling now will leave here on July 10, Young men interested in entering the CCC are urged to apply at once to Miss Bateman, i TWO HURT IN TRAIN WRECK HERE SUNDAY j J « Engineer W. E. Harris, of South Norfolk, and Fireman J. A. Thomp son, of Berkley, were seriously injured in the above-pietured train wTeok at the edge of Plymouth early Sunday morning. Two locomotives and one freight car were derailed and traffic blocked on the main line of the Norfolk Southern for several hours.—Photo by Carl L. Bailey, jr. Further Delay in Local School Extension Plan SeenasLoanlsDenied Potato Shipments Off This Season So far this season, a total of 103 carloads of irish potatoes have been shipped by rail from Tyrrell and the lower end of Washington. Last year, up to June 20, there had been a total of 550 carloads shipped. Despite an indicated smaller crop this year, the price dropped this week, quotations today on U. S. No. 1 cobblers ranging from SI.35 to $1.50 per 100-pound bag. This is a little higher than the price last year, June 20 quota tions being from 90 cents to $1.20 per bag. Julius F. Snell Died At Home in Cherry Last Saiurday Nighi Had Been in Poor Health For Past Two Years; Funeral Sunday -- Funeral services for Julius F. Snell, 08. who died at his home in Cherry last Saturday night, were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. M. L. Ambrose officiating, assisted by Dr. G. A. Martin and Rev. R. N. Fitts. Interment took place in a cemetery near Cherry. Mr. Snell had been in poor health since suffering a stroke of paralysis about two years ago. For the past four weeks he had been critically ill. A native of Cherry, he was a prom inent farmer and well known through out the county. He served as a mem ber of the Creswell school committee for four years and was a member of Philippi Christian church. His favorite hymns, “Saved by Grace," "The Last Mile of the Way,” and “Some Day We’ll Understand,” were sung at the last rites. Pall bearers were Harry P. Barnes, D. F. Davenport, Raymond Gibbs, W. D. Phelps, Jennings Davenport and Hardy Craddock. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Simmons Snell; four daughters, Mrs. C. N. Davenport, jr., Mrs. Pat rick Boyd, Miss Doris Snell, all of Creswell; and Mrs. Hallie Snell, of Monroe; three sons, Rudolph and Troy Snell, of Creswell, and Forrest Snell, of Chester, Pa. He also leaves a sister. Mrs. Claudia Craddock, of Creswell; a brother, Haywood B. Snell, and four grandchildren. ■--——— K. W. Pittman, of Rocky Mount, employed at a local industrial plant, was the second winner of a free oil change at the Western Auto Asso ciate Store here last Saturday. Men Who Have Become 21 Since Last October 16th Must Register Tuesday Men in tne county required to register with the local selective service board next Tuesday, July 1, were cautioned today by E. S. Blount, chairman of the board, to be careful to give the registrar correct information as to the place of their permanent resi dence. since tiiis information—on line t of the registration card— will determine the local board which has jurisdiction over them. The registration in this county will be conducted in the office here of S. A. Ward, clerk to the local board; and those required to register are asked to present themselves as early in the morn ing as possible, so that there will be no unnecessary delay or con fusion and no last-minute rush The new regulations governing the regisrtation next Tuesday provide that there will be no fu ture transfer of cards, and once a registrant decides which local board he wishes to pass on his ease, and this election is record ed on the registration card, it may not be changed. It is expected that there will he about 90 men in this county to register Tuesday. Men re quired to register are those who reach 21 years of age in the per iod between October 17, 1940, and July 1, 1941, inclusive. This in cludes all men, aliens as well as citizens, who were born on or be tween October 17, 1919, and July 1, 1920. Officials at Raleigh Reject Application Made Last Tuesday -- Understood Matter Will Be Cleared Soon and Another Application Presented -m Further delay in securing badly needed school facilties here was seen today as the result of rejection by the State Literary Fund of an appli cation by Washington County for a loan of $40,000, to be used in improv ing and enlarging the plants at the Plymouth white and Roper colored schools. It is understood that the loan was turned down when the application was presented by H. H. McLean, county superintendent of public in struction, who went to Raleigh Tues day and spent several hours with ad ministrators of the fund, which is used to make loans to counties for improvemeat of school property. The reason given for the rejection was that the county of Washington is now in partial default on the payment of $24,000 in bonds and interest due bondholders under the refinancing plan adopted about four years ago. However, it is understood that E. J. Spruill, county auditor, has almost enough money on hand to pay the past-due bonds and interest and that the matter can be cleared up within the next few weeks, when another application will likely be made for the loan. It is understood that suf ficient taxes had not been collected to date to take care of the bonds im mediately when they came due, but money is coming in daily now and will likely to be used for this pur pose. It was suggested by state officials that the county resort to a bond is sue, since by this method the money could be secured on longer terms and could easily be obtained at much less cost than a loan from the State Lit erary Fund. The board of education has decided to build a new six-room elementary school building here and add four rooms to the present high school building But with the new hitch de veloping, it is not now known when money for actual work will become available. Welfare Department Head tor County To Re Designated Soon Incumbent and Two Others Seek Post; Selection To Be Made in July The selection of the next superin tendent of public welfare in Wash ington County is a question that is engaging the attention of a number of county people, as it is known that there are at least three applicants for the job, including Miss Ursula Bateman, present holder of the office. The other applicants are Mrs. J. K. Reid, of Plymouth, and Mrs. W. B. Chesson, of Pleasant Grove. It is understood that the term of Miss Bateman expires on the first Monday in July, and pressure is be ing brought to bear on members of the board of public welfare by friends of the three candidates. Selection of the superintendent of public welfare rests with the board of public welfare, composed of James W. Norman, of Plymouth; Walter W. White, of Skinnersville; and Mrs. Sid ney Smithson, of Creswell. Up to this year the county commissioners elected the superintendent, the wel fare board only having authority to make nominations. The job as superintendent pays a salary of $125 per month, with a $50 monthly traveling expense allowance. Two Freight Trains Involved in Wreck Here Early Sunday Engineer and Fireman Are Injured When Freights Collide at Switch A collision involving two Norfolk Southern Railroad Company freight trains at a switch near the Horton Lumber Company plant here Sunday morning at 2:27 o’clock resulted in serious injuries to the engine crew of one of the locomotives and tied up the system's main line between Ra leigh and Norfolk for several hours. The injured men. both of whom were taken to a Norfolk hospital after first-aid attention here by Dr. T. L. Bray, were W. E. Harris, engineer, and J. A. Thompson, fireman. Mr Harris suffered extensive body bruises shock and fracture of both legs, while Mr. Thompson was treated for seri ous head injuries, possible concus sion and shock. W. W. Bowers, an other engineer, was not injured. Messrs. Harris and Thompson and the head brakeman, Y. B. Winstead, of Raleigh, who was uninjured, were reported to have jumped from the locomotive just before the impact. Both locomotives and one of the 150 freight cars on both trains were de railed. uima Junction and Raleigh were called out. and six hours after the accident the main line had been reopened to pas senger and other service. Meanwhile, passenger trains were detoured around the wreck on a passing track which parallels the main line at the point of the accident. Harris and Thompson comprised the engine crew of Train 63. south bound out of Carolina Junction di rect to Raleigh, while the oilier train was the first section of No. 4. north bound from New Bern to Carolina Junction. The engine crew of the northbound train, who remained at their posts, escaped injury. Li. P. Kennedy, general superin tendent of the system, with head quarters in Raleigh, was at the scene of the accident Sunday morning. He said that evidently the trains were too close together at the entrance to a switch. The engine of Train No. 63 sideswiped the other engine, caus ing both to be derailed and piling up the southbound locomotive across the tracks. Train No. 63 had orders to proceed through Plymouth, and No. 64 was said to be too close to the head of a switch, which caused the accident. Various estimates of the damage, ranging upward to $35,000 or $40,000. were made unofficially by some of the railroad men, but Mr. Kennedy would only say that the damage was “several thousand dollars." Hundreds of people from this section visited the scene of the collision Sunday. Lawyers of Dislricf Hold Annual Meet -$ Two score lawyers of Edgecombe, Nash, Martin, Washington and Wil son Counties gathered at Albemarle Beach near here last Saturday for the annual meeting of the Second Ju dicial District Bar Association, at which time Zeb Vance Norman, lo cal attorney, was elected to member ship on the Council of the State Bar. Judge Walter J. Bone, of Nashville, and State Senator Hugh G. Horton, of Williamston, were the principal speakers at the meeting. Mr. Hor ton was elected president of the or ganization for the coming year. Carl L. Bailey, of Plymouth, is a member of the district executive committee. As a councillor of the North Caro lina State Bar, Mr. Norman repre sents the second judicial district, suc ceeding Kemp D Battle, of Rocky Mount, who had served for about six years. There are 20 judicial districts in the state, with one councillor from each. Mr. Norman's term is for three years. It is the duty of the councillors to interpret and administer the act cre ating the association, to acquire and dispose of property for the bar, to discipline and disbar lawyers, and to work toward the best interests of the legal profession. Recorder's court officials gathered Tuesday, but there were no cases be fore the court. Several continued ac tions were scheduled to come up at the time, but further continuances were granted, and there were no new warrants. Beacon To Print Early Next Week The Beacon will be published one day earlier next week, due to the fact that there will be no mail deliveries on Friday, July 4. The paper will be printed and put in the mails Wednesday, so that it can be distributed Thursday, since observance bv post offices and business in general of Inde pendence Day on Friday would otherwise delay delivery of the paper until Saturday. All correspondents are asked to get their copy in one day earlier, and those who have notices of any kind to appear next week are asked to remember the change in publication schedule. The Bea Advocates of Turnpike Road Surfacing Feel Encouraged Record Quota From County Called To Report lor Army Duty During July Washington County has been ordered by the State Selective Service Board in Raleigh to pro vide 22 young white and colored men for the army during July, it was announced today by Clerk S. A. Ward, of the local board. The call received last week was number 15, and ordered the board to have 12 white report July 23 to be sent to Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville; with 10 colored men to leave July 17 for Fort Jack son, near Columbia, S. C„ for their year of military training. >Ir. Ward said that practically all of the 1,588 men who regi- - tered in the county last October 16 had been classified, and that there are more than enough men available to take care of the July quotas as soon as they were ex amined. There are now 179 men in vari ous branches of the armed forces of the nation. 66 having entered through the selective service pro gram and 112 through other channels. When the July quota of 22 enter the service, it will bring the county total to 201 white and colored men in the nation's armed forces. Religious Census of Plymouth Planned By Church Workers All Churches To Cooperate; Ministers Discuss Plans At Meet Tuesday In an effort to develop effective means of meeting the religious needs of the community, the churches of the town of Plymouth have combined forces for the purpose of conducting a religious census. Ministers of the various local churches, in a meeting last Tuesday evening, discussed plans for such a census. The area of the town of Plymouth and vicinity was divided into districts, with each church responsible for a designated section. The influx of families into Plym outh during the past 18 months, the removal of families from one address to another, and the addition of many new homes within the town were rea sons given for a religious census at this particular time. J. Wesley Ange, who is acting as assistant minister of the Methodist church for the summer months, had begun a religious census of the com munity, and this joint census by all the local churches will incorporate the results already achieved in this independent survey. Preliminary steps for conducting the census have already been taken, and those in charge plan to begin the actual canvass within the next few days. Sales Tax on Food Will Be Eliminated Effective Next Week -® Local Merchants Not Yet Definitely Advised Which Articles Exempted -® Washington County merchants, as well as those all over the state of North Carolina, will eliminate the sales tax charged on food and food products for human consumption, be ginning next Tuesday, July 1, in ac cordance with the action of the 1941 legislature, which followed the recom mendation of Governor J. M. Brough ton in carrying out his campaign pledge to •'remove the sales tax from articles on the family table." However, there is no definite un derstanding locally as to just what is taxable and what is not. Under the provisions of the amendment to the revenue act. it is set forth that "the term 'food and food products for human consumption’ shall be giv en its usual and ordinary meaning, but shall not include malt or vinuous beverages, soft or carbonated drinks, sodas, or beverages such as are ordi narily sold or dispensed at stores, bars, stands or soda fountains, or in connection therewith." The amendment also provides that the sales tax will still be charged on "candies or confectioneries, medicines, tonics, and preparations in liquid, powdered, granular, tablet, capsule, or pill form sold as dietary supple ments." The law further provides that "food and food products for hu man consumption" does not include prepared meals or foods sold or serv ed on or off the premises of restau rants, cafes, cafeterias, hotel dining rooms, drug stores, or other places where prepared meals or foods are sold or served. So far as can be learned, no sales tax will be charged by local mer chants after July 1 on meat, flour, lard, coffee, sugar, and other staple items of food. J. R. Campbell said that he had written to the state sales tax offic ials twice regarding some informa tion about the law. but had nut re ceived a reply. H. H Allen also said that he had received no information from the state as to what was tax able and what wasn't. The amendment as passed bv the legislature merely said that the ;aler tax will not be charged on food and food products for human consump tion, but does not specify the items which will be exempted from taxa tion. GETS BAR OFFICE -■ . .... .. .- .-I I Zeb Vance Norman, local at torney. was last Saturday elected councillor for the second judicial district bar association, at its an nual meeting at Albemarle Beach. Mr. Norman succeeds Kemp D. Battle, of Rocky Mount, who had served as councillor for six years. Bicycle Riders Are Warned To Observe Law by Patrolman -» One Arrest Made and More Will Follow If Violations Are Continued One arrest has already been made and others will follow unless bicyclists of this section begin to obey the rules of the road, according to Corporal T. B. Brown, of the State Highway Pa trol, who stated that many young sters were very careless in the opera tion of their bikes. The patrolman said that those who ride their bicycles on the highways at night are required to have a small light on the front and a reflector at the rear of their vehicle, so that au tomobile owners can see then . He also warns bicyclists to ride on the extreme right side of the high way. Special attention is called to this, as it is hard for an automobile driver to see the bikes unless they are operated so that the car head lights will pick them up. Another dangerous practice by the young riders, according to the officer, is that of riding three or four abreast in large groups. Corporal Brown said that unless they learn to ride behind each other, in single file, they will expose themselves unnecessarily to accident. Plymouth is growing steadily, it is pointed out; the number of automo bile owners in the county is rapidly increasing; and with one the high ways through here now designated as temporary U. S. 17, there is more traffic than ever before in the his tory of the town and county; which oalls for care on the part of every operator of a vehicle, whatever its nature. However, Officials Make No Promises At Meet Yesterday Member and Chairman of State Road Commission Taken Over Road -® Not a single state official would commit himself publicly at the meet ing held in the community building at Blackland Experiment Station, a6 Wenona, yesterday, relative to the permanent all-weather surfacing of the Turnpike road, but every one of the 75 sponsors of the meeting left the gathering with a feeling that the long fight for the road has been suc cessful. I L. B. Prince, chairman of the State Highway Commission, and Ed G. Plannagan. of Greenville, district highway commissioner, expressed themselves in substantially the same language, asserting that they were impressed with the ‘ immediate need” of the road and that there was a pos sibility that something might be done shortly to reileve the situation. W. Kerr Scott, commissioner of ag riculture of the state, suggested that a time be set at the meeting then for a celebration in the late fall upon completion of the road, but this brought only a laughing response from the highway officials. The com missioner of agriculture is recognized as one of the leading exponents for immediate improvement of the road, which would make the Wenona test farm much more accesible to farm ers who go there to observe the re sults of various demonstrations and experiments. Carl L. Bailey, Hyde County Rep resentative George Harris, and Beau fort County's Fred G. Latham, of Belhaven, and others spoke on the urgent need of the road. John W. Darden, of Plymouth, presided over the meeting, which was attended by leading citizens of Hyde, Beaufort and Washington Counties. Mayor Jerome B. Flora, of Elizabeth City, also at tended. Chairman Prince said that "gasless Sundays” and reduction in manufac ture of automobiles may retard the work of the commission, due to loss of revenue in sales of license tags and gasoline. The road official also said that the extreme ends of the state had never been treated as well in road develop ment as the Piedmont area, and that it was now hoped the highway com missioners would center their efforts to seeing that the eastern and west ern parts of the state get needed at tention, most of which has hereto fore been focused on the middle part of the state. Commissioner Flannagan said that he was a district commissioner but that he did not expect to be a local commissioner. He said he would not build roads in Greenville or Pitt County to the injury of other coun ties in his district which needed the roads most. He also said he wished to ride over every road in his dis trict as soon as possible. A caravan of about 40 cars took the road officials and county dele gates on a trip over the Turnpike road, from highway No. 32 to Pan tego, in Beaufort County. This is a distance of about 17 miles. Some im provement has been made on the highway from Route 32 to Wenona, but a better road is needed. It was explained that it costs about $6,000 a mile to put black-top sur facing on roads, and the highway officials said that engineers would be called on to devise some method of improving the road which would meet the demands of existing traffic con ditions and at the same time be mod erate in expense. Services for New Chapel Church Are Announced -<i> The following services for the New Chapel Baptist church (colored) are announced for Sunday, June 29, by Rev. A. R. Winborne, pastor: 11:30 a. m„ sermon by the pastor. 1:30 p. m., lunch on the grounds. 2:30 p. m., musical program. 8 p. m., local program. Local Stores and Business Houses Will Be Closed All Day Friday. July 4th It has been definitely decided that the Plymouth merchants will observe next Friday. July 4. as Independence Day, and that the stores of the town will be closed, allowing clerks and store owners to take a day of rest and recreation, it was announced to day by James \V. Norman, pres ident of the Plymouth Mer chants Association. It had been announced previously that the hank here, along with others in the state, would be closed both Friday and Saturday. July 4 and 5, the governor having declared Saturday a state holiday. The proposal to close Friday was voted down at a meeting of the merchants association hejd last Friday afternoon, but after wards a petition was circulated, asking local firms to designate their preference on the closing question, and a big majority fa vored closing on Friday. Mr. Norman stated that the Friday closing would not inter fere with the usual half holiday observed here on Wednesdays, and that the stores would close at noon Wednesday, be open all day Thursday and then be closed all day Friday. Local industries are cooperat ing by paying off Thursday in stead of Friday, as usual, in or der that Independence Day may be properly observed. The post office will be closed and there will be no city or rural mail deliveries,
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