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The Roanoke Beacon * * * + * * * and Washington County News* ****** Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, July 10, 1941 _ A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington County and its 12,000 people. ESTABLISHED 1889 VOLUME LII—NUMBER 28 Town opics : ■ r ■ ^ 10 ’►rank <?k!p:itree was forced to have tiis thumb amputated behind the first joint as the result of an injury re ceived this week while at work in a local plant. Part of his thumb was cut off. and it was thought best to amputate it behind the first joint. Red Hudson, colored, was severely shocked Tuesday, when he grabbed a live cable on a trolley line as he fell from a platform at a local plant. Miller Harrell and others helped get the victim away from the live wire. Judge Henry A. Steven said, in his grand-jury Monday, that 1, fiOO.UOO crimes in the country cost Si 5.000.000.000 annually, which means every man, woman and child in the nation pays $120 in taxes because of crime. In North Carolina last year, 40,477 crimi nal cases were disposed of in the courts. Plymouth is a mighty fine town," wrote Mrs. Holland H. Warren, of Wilmington, to Satterthwaite, Inc., here this week. Mrs. Warren ex pressed appreciation for the kindness shown her when she was delayed here recently while her automobile was be ing repaired. , The l’ly mouth Merchants As sociation will meet at the munici pal building next Monday .night at 8 p. in., it was announced to day by James \V. Norman, presi dent. Mr. Norman urged a large attendance of the merchants, as some important business Is to re ceive consideration. Buster Greer, of Norfolk. Va., well known here, was drowned In James River Sunday near Norfolk. He was the husband of Mary Pede Greer, formerly of Roper and Plymouth, daughter of Mrs. J. E. Singleton and sisLer of Delma, George and Marvin Peele, of Plymouth. W. L. Whitley, Z. V. Norman, Mayor Ii. G. Campbell and Dr. E. W. Furgurson were recently ap pointed to get John W. Darden to assist them as a committee from the Lions Club in making plans for a delegation to conter with the State Highway Commis sion relative to widening the high ways in Washington County. Divorces were granted in Washing ton County Superior Court thin'Week on the grounds of two years’ separa tion, to Blanche Davis Jackson from Raleigh Sherman Jackson asdJBenry Gray Mizelle from Catherine Brooks Mizelle. One year aft >r he had been con victed oi driving an / ntc<nob£e-while under the influence of intoxicants, a commitment was issued for N, S. Her rington in superior court this week. He was fined $50 and costs in lieu of a six-month road sentence, and the money hud not been paid. New Registration Adds 67 Names to Local Board's Files -<& Six Have Registered Since fuly 1st; Lottery To Be Held July 17 A total of 67 cards are in the flies of the Washington County Selective Service Board representing the young men in this county who reached their 21st birthday between October 16. iy40, and July 1, 1941, and were re quired to register for possible mili tary service during the past week. A total of 62 young white and col ored men registered Tuesday, July 1. when the second registration was or dered by President Roosevelt. Five cards have been sent to other local boards and four have been received here from other boards since then, and six more young men have regis tered since July 1st in the county. It is understood that selective serv ice officials are making plans for a new lottery to determine the order m which the newly registered men will be integrated in the list of old er registrants by local boards. It is understood that numbers of the new registrants will be fitted into the existing local number sequences according to the ratio of new names to old. Thus if a local board had 500 older men on its list and 100 of the new registrants, the number of a new registrant would be inserted after ev ery fifth name on the list. Numbers drawn in the new lottery would be preceded by an “S.” Thus the hold er of “S-l” in such a board area would become the sixth man on the list, the holder of "S-2" the twelfth man, and so on. The new lottery will be held in Washington, D. C., next Thursday. Local Board Receives Instructions To Defer Registrants Over 28 Years of Age Instructions to defer, all men over 28 years of age from induc tion into the army for a year's military training under the pro visions of the selective service act were received here Saturday by S. A. Ward, clerk of the Wash ington County Selective Service Board. It was estimated that about 45 per cent, or about 700, of the 1, 588 men between the ages of 21 and 36 who registered last Oc tober 16 in the county were af fected by the new ruling. In the nation as a whole, it was estimat ed that some 8.000.000 of the 16, 500.000 registrants were affected by the order. All men over 28 who have been classified, will retain their same classification, it was said by Mr. Ward, but they will not be sent to camp until definite orders are received from Washington, where a bill to defer men over 28 is said to be nearing enactment. It was believed by Mr. Ward that about 20 per cent of the men who have been placed in Class 1-A in the county will be affected by the de j ferment order. Begin Housing Project Here For Employees of Pulp Mill A group of recent newcomers who were unable to find suitable livii.g quarters in Plymouth and the surrounding section have compacted arrangements and are perparfng to construct between 30 and 70 low-cost houses on property known as “Brinkley Woods, formerly owned by A. J. Kiddle, which is located just west of the new city limits. Arrange ments for financial assistance, in constructing the new dwell ings have been made with offic ials of the North Carolina Pulp Company, which employs those planning to build. Surveyors hare been busy for several days in laying off new streets. Plans are now to have about three streets running north and south and two running east and west. Some brick and building materials havs already been placed on the site, and car penters are busy today clearing away brush and preparing to la.\ the foundations for three houses. The plot of land includes about 30 acres and is located about 300 yards north of highway No. 64 where it crosses the abandoned Norfolk Southern railroad road bed. which will be used as the main road entering the property. It was unofficially reported that present plans call for the con struction of 41 houses. It is stated that occupants of the new dwellings will become owners of them after they have lived there for a certain period of years, the money paid as rent being applied on the purchase price. It is understood that each house will have five or six rooms. Some of the houses will be turned over unfinished to purchasers, so that they can add the finish ing touches during their spare time. Each owner will be respon sible for outhouses and water fa cilities, although a well will be put down near every house. Accustomed to having their own gardens and rural conveni ences, the newcomers had been unable to find the type of homes they were looking for at low rent al cost until the present plan was worked out during the past few weeks. Town Council Acts To Eliminate Stray Dogs Roaming Streets Here Nearing Finish oi Compliance Cheek Approximately 80 per cent of the farms in Washington County have been visited by compliance workers who are measuring the farms and checking to determine the eligibility of those applying for payments under the soil con servation plan of the AAA. It was reported at the office of W. V. Hays that the remaining farms would be visited within the next two weeks, although this will not conclude the compliance checking, as the statistics must o° computed and tabulated, which will require some time. It is estimated that about 700 of the 833 farms in the county have been visited by the compli ance workers. Say Band Instructor Cannot Be Shaved by Two County SjIiooIs Had Been Suggested That Zeigler Wort: at Both Plymouth, Roper -® School officials say a plan to have Lewis W. Zeigler. Plymouth High School Band instructor, divide his time between the Plymouth and Rop er schools next term is impractical. It is explained that under the pres ent state method of employing fac ulty members, it is not possible to have a full-time band instructor whose salary would be paid by the state. Instead the band instructor is employed as a high-school teacher and is required to teach the subjects designated by the principal of the school In addition to band work. The same method is followed in employ ing athletic coaches. It was also said that if the county was to undertake to pay the full sal ary of the band instructor for the two schools, it would necessitate a tax increase of 2 cents on the $100. This is regarded as certain to be op posed by county authorities. So far as known at present, L. W. Zeigler will return to teach and in struct the band at Plymouth; and R. L. Merritt will return to Creswell for the same work there. Tom Furness, instructor at Roper last year, was not reelected, and his successor has not been chosen. -9 Orphan Singing Class To Be At Union Chapel 17th -* The Free Will Baptist Orphanage Singing Class will give a performance at the Union Chapel Free Will Bap tist church, near here, Thursday, July 17, at 8 p. m. An evening of enter tainment awaits those who attend, and the public is cordially invited by church officials. New Regulaiions Require Payment Of $1 and $2 Tax Dogs Without Tags Will Be Impounded and Costs Charged To Owner The Town of Plymouth Council, in regular session last Monday night, moved to eliminate the stray dogs that roam the streets of Plymouth day and night, disturbing the rest of citizens and otherwise becoming a general nuisance. Provision was made for catching and impounding animals found running at large. A resolution was passed by the councilmen, which will probably be translated into an ordinance by the town attorney, dealing with the stray-dog menace. Cleric M. W. Spruill has the general tenor of the resolution in his minutes as follows: "A privilege tax will be charged annually of $1 on male dogs and $2 on female dogs. Any or all dogs caught running about town loose, day or night, upon which the tax has not ben paid, signified by a tag, that dog will be impounded. The owner must pay costs and tax to get the dog from the pound. The cost will be 50 cents for catching the dog and 25 cents a day for feed. Any dog running at large at night, with or without tag, will be impounded. Dogs not called for in five days will be exterminated.” The town officials also employed Julian Brinkley to make a new map of the town of Plymouth, including the area recently acquired through extension of the limits. Mayor B. G Campbell, James W. Norman and Raymond Leggett were named as a committee to prepare a budget for the coming year. Rrief Report Made Ry Grand Jurors The grand jury of the July term of Washington County Superior Court here this week remained in session only one day and handed the follow ing report to the court Monday aft ernoon : “We have examined bills and pre sentments that have been brought to our attention and have reported ^n same. “We have made an inspection of the courthouse and county home and find the following: The courthouse is in good condition and is well kept; the county home is in good condition, so far as comfort of the inmates is concerned, and is well kept, but there are some repairs needed to the front porches. "H. H. McLean, superintendent of schools, came before us and prom ised that the school buses and school houses would be put in good condition before school opens in the fall.” H. Lewis Hoton was foreman, and the following served on the grand jury: E. G. Harrison. J. S. Brown, I w. H. Gurkin. H Leon Davenport, J. IM. Clifton, Atwood Tetterton, E. C. ' Hassell, G. W. Waters, Herbert Fur lough Dewey Hardison, J. W. Noorey, C. C. Craft. C. P. Williams. L. S. Bray. H. S. Furlough, L. S. Spruill and Dallas A. Davenport. Eight Youths From County Leave for CCC Camp Today Eight Washington County boys left today for the recruiting station of th0 civilian Conservation Corps at Washington, where they were taken by Miss Ursula Bateman, county sup erintendent of public welfare, to en roll in the camps. Those who left today were: Wil liam Thomas Alexander, Richard Daniel Rhodes and Haio.a Sawyer, white all of Creswell: Curlie Speller, Plymouth; Sam Roberson and James McCullough. Roper: Elvoa Chesson and Ro.v Woods of Mackeys, colored. Universily Claims Remaining Funds Of Defuncf Banks -<$> Court Had Previously Or dered Money Paid To Sheriff Reid Failure of the Branch Bunking & Trust Company to pay over to Sher iff J. K. Reid certain funds in ful fillment of an order entered in Wash ington County Superior Court here in 1936 by Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh, resulted in another claim being made for the money. W. M. Darden asking Judge Henry Stephens in superior court this week to order the money placed in escheat for the University of North Carolina. The order was originally issued to the local bank as receivers for de funt banks in the county, and no appeal was entered when the order was issued in 1936. When Judge Har ris returned here for the January term this year the order was signed by him. After hearing the facts in the case again in January, Judge Harris di rected the bank to pay to Sheriff Reid *331.36, that being the amount of dividends resulting from settle ment of the affairs of the defunct banks whicli had not been claimed by any person, according to the final audit. There was no appeal made from the second order and nothing was done about the matter until June 23, 1941. at which time a motion was filed by Attorney Darden, as counsel for the University of North Carolina, claiming that the unpaid dividends should be escheated to the University of North Carolina. Judge Stephens, after hearing the motion Tuesday afternoon, held that one superior court judge did not have authority to overrule another and left the matter as it was. However, it is expected that Attorney Darden will appeal the case to the supreme court. -1 Parity Payments In County $10,088 Washington County cotton growers will receive approximately $10,088.56 in cotton parity payments this year, according to figures compiled in the office of County Agent W. V Hays. Payments will go to those who, in their plantings, have not exceeded the total of their cotton and tobacco acreage allotments. The 1941 payment earned oy a rarm is determined at the rate ot 1.55 cents per pound on the normal yield set up for the farm. There were 2,557.2 acres allotted to county producers, and the poundage figure was fixed at 731,055 pounds. After the farms are measured for compliance, and the farms eligible for cotton parity payments are deter mined. the applications for payment will be made up and farmers notified to come in and sign them. Division of the parity check be tween landlord and tenant is based on the manner in which each snares in the crop. Quiz and Answers On Defense Bonds Q. What is a United States De fense Saving Bond? A. This bond is proof that you have loaned money to the Unit ed States Government for na tional defense. Your bond bears interest at the rate of 2.9 per cent a year, if held to maturity (ten years). Q. Why should 1 buy Defense bonds? A. Because money talks. To dictators, it speaks defiance. To friends of freedom, it says, “Here's my hand!" Note._To purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post office or bank, or write for information to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, D. C. Scouts Will Gather Scrap Aluminum for Defense July 24-25 House-House Canvass Will Be Made Here; People Asked to Cooperate Washington County Boy Scouts are expected to collect old aluminum in the county Thursday and Friday. July 24 and 25. as their part of the national effort to relieve the shortage of this material for defense needs, it was stated this week by J. R. Man ning. chairman of the local district. Facing a serious shortage in alumi num. airplane manufacturers in par ticular are looking to American homes to boost the supply, it was said. Housewives are urged to gather up their old aluminum pots and pans and even contribute some of those still in use, in order that the defense program may not be delayed, accord ing to Mr. Manning, who said that the need is urgent. Anyone having scrap aluminum is urged to offer it to the government, since aluminum stocks have already been recalled and made over into airplanes. A willing and effective response to the call is necessary if defense plans are to be advanced, it was said. Tentative plans for handling the collection of aluminum here have al ready been made, local Boy Scouts agreeing to visit every home on the dates specified, collecting the metal and depositing it in a central bin which will be arranged at the rear of the municipal building. The scrap is to be offered free ;o the government, and any and all pro ceeds from the sale to private manu facturers will go to the Office of Ci vilian Defense for use in advancing the defense of the nation as a whole People in outlying areas are re quested to bring their aluminum do nations to central points in Creswell. Roper and Plymouth, so that all of the metal available for use may find its way into the defense program. -j» Employees of Local Pulp Plant Secure Blanket Wage Raise Also Get Week’s Vacation, According to Terms of New Contract An increase in the hourly wage and a week’s vacation with pay and oth er considerations were granted em ployees of the North Carolina Pulp Company last week, when officials of [ the local American Federation of La bor union and the management of the plant reached a working agree ment for the ensuing year, following negotiations begun several weeks ago. The blanket wage increase, apply ing to all workers, is said to bring the level of wages paid here to a point where they compare favorably with wages paid throughout the pulp and paper industry in the South. Effective June 15, the new wage scale was agreed upon last week, sev eral weeks ahead of the expiration of the agreement reached last year. The old contract expires on July 30, and the new agreements holds good for one year. The management of the plant here and union workers have always set tled any differences in an amicable manner, and the negotiations leading up to the new contract signed last week were conducted on a mutually friendly basis. -i Slarf Drive to Raise County's Quota for Airplane Purchase Carl L. Bailey Heads Cam paign To Raise $100 in Washington County Former Senator Carl L. Bailey is planning to launch tomorrow the campaign to raise Washington Coun ty's quota of $100 toward the pur chase of a $75,000 airplane ambulance to be given by the citizens of North Carolina to the people of England. The campaign is being carried on in the state by the Old North State Fund, a division of the British-Amer ican Ambulance Corps, of which Gov ernor Broughton is state chairman. Notice of Mr. Bailey's appointment as chairman for Washington was re ceived last week. Members of the county advisory committee include Ernest G. Alps, W. M. Darden, W. H. Booker, J. B. Willoughby and Mrs. J. B. Willoughby, with one other member to be named. The appoint ments were made by Governor J. M. Broughton and Judge F. O. Bowman, of Chapel Hill, the latter being in active charge of the campaign. Under the plan approved by the state officers of the fund, the drive to raise the $75,000 in the state wil begin Friday, July 11, and persons in all sections will be called on for contributions so that a reservation for the mercy ship may be made at the earliest possible time, in view of ‘he factory's heavy demands for planes of this type. It is emphasized that there is no cost attached to making the collec tion, every cent contributed going to ward the purchase price of the air plane. July Superior Court Completes Work and Quits Late Tuesday HEADS CAMPAIGN _I L Carl I,. Bailey was recently ap pointed chairman of the drive to raise the county quota of S100 for the Old North State Fund of s>75, 000. which will be used to pur chase an airplane ambulance to be donated to England. 12 While, 10 Colored Men in County Draft Quota This Month -<*> Ten Colored Men Named to Leave Thursday of Next Week for Fort Jackson The Washington County Selective Service Board has completed arrange ments for 10 colored men to leave here Thursday of next week, July 17. for Fort Jackson, near Columbia, S. C.. for their year of training; but it will be next week before the names pf the 12 white men called to enter Lhe service July 23 will be. available, it was announced today by E. S. Blount, chairman of the local board. The white men will be sent to Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, for induc tion. Names and order numbers of col ored men to leave next Thursday are: Frank Charles Barkley, volunteer, Plymouth; Milton Henry Bateman, order No. 253. Plymouth; Henry Ed ward Boston, order No. 258, Plym outh; James Hoggard, order No. 261, Plymouth; Percy Jesse Exum, order No. 264. Plymouth; Ammanuel Nor man, jr„ order No. 304, Roper; Otis Chesson, order No. 307, Roper; Sher man Shelton Hunter, order No. 423, Plymouth; George Albert Blount, or der No. 449, Creswell; Willie Lee, or der No. 469, Pylmouth. Clerk S. A. Ward said that practi cally all of the 1.588 men who regis tered in the county last October 16 had been classified, and there are more than enough men to take care of the July quotas. With the regis tration held July l the county list of men eligible for training has been in creased to 67. There are now 179 men from this county in various branches of the armed forces of the nation, 66 hav ing entered through selective serv ice and 112 through oilier channels. When the July quota of 22 enter the service, the county will have a total of 201 white and colored men in the military service of the country. Three Counties in Local Defense Area State Civilian Defense Headquar ters at Raleigh have decided that Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington Coun ties should be grouped under one council organization, but there has been no information received here as to the local membership or chairman of the group set-up. Director Theodore S. Johnson has recommended that local councils be composed of representatives of ev ery organization which can play a part in the civilian defense program, including city and county officials, American Legion post commanders and other civic leaders and private citizens. So far, the local councils have ac cepted the tasks of organizing a state wide alarm system and assisting in the gathering of scrap aluminum. Henry Miller Gels 12 To 15 Years for Killing in January Nol Pros Taken in Case Of Levi Johnson; Other Proceedings The July term of Washington County Superior Court came to a close here Tuesday afternoon at 5 p. m.. after action had been taken in many of the criminal cases and everal civil actions that came before Judge Henry A Stevens, of Warsaw, who presided over the sessions, with Solicitor Donnell Gillam. of Tarboro, prosecuting the docket. Proceedings were as follows: C Edley Hutchins, 25, white; aban donment and non-support. Attorney Carl L. Bailey petitioned the court to allow him to retire from the case as | counsel for the defense. The petition was granted. The defendant was called and failed to appear. A judg ment ni sci fa and continuance was entered. Dee Rock Squires, charged with op - erating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicants; called and failed. Instanter capias issued and his $250 bond ordered increased. Malinda Linton, 20. white, and Joe Goddard. 46, charged with hit-and run driving; Goddard was called and failed to appear, and the case was continued. It is understood that Goddard is serving a road sentence imposed in a Martin County court. Goddard was also called and failed to appear on a charge of driving a car while under the influence of in toxicants. Levi Johnson, well-known colored merchant here, charged with fatally hooting Handy Berry Spruill, negro, who was standing outside Johnson's store during an altercation inside last winter, had a nol pros with leave en tered in his case. It was said that Johnson was shooting at a man who attacked- his wife with a bottle and hit the wrong man. Junior Spruill. 20. white, charged with perjury in connection with the trial of ‘‘State vs. Otis Godwin,” was given five months on the roads after entering a plea of guilty. Lenneth Fayette Williams, 30, white charged with breaking into the Nor folk Southern freight station at Mackeys and stealing a box of candy, hd his case continued upon issuance of a new bond for $500. He was one of the group of young men arrested last winter on charges of robbing stores, freight stations and ABC stores in this section. Henry Miller, 26, colored, was given from 12 to 15 years for killing Cheek Bowser Bowser knocked Miller down at the home of Terry Moore, and Miller then rushed home, secured his shotgun, came back and shot thru the window7 of the house, killing Bow ser. Officers said on the stand that Bowser bore a bad reputation and that this was the first time Miller had ever been in any kind of trouble. Judge Williams told the defendant that he and Solicitor Gillam would recommend a parole for him after he served about three years. James Cox, 20, colored, charged I with assaulting Levi Johnson's wife with a bottle, will be tried again. The jury divided. 7 to 5. and Judge Stevens ordered a mistrial. Levi Johnson was reported aiming at Cox w'hen he shot and fatally W'ounded Handy Berry Spruill. | The grand jury failed to return a true bill in the case of Mary Flor ence Gee. 44. colored, charged with embezzlement and forgery. Levi Howard, 40, colored, who ap pealed from a recorder's court sen tence of two months on the roads for having non-tax-paid whiskey for sale, was found not guilty. A nol pros with leave was entered in the case of Allen Rouse, 36, col ored. charged with entering the home of George Bagley at night and with assault on the 13-year-old daughter of Bagby. The case was continued against C. C. Cahoon. 64. white, charged with setting fire to grass or brush lands of Ira Alligood in the Scuppernong section. S B. Davenport was given four months on the roads, suspended up on payment of a fine of $250 and costs and good behavior for two years after he was found guilty of setting a fire without giving notice to per sons on adjoining lands Judge Fines Man $250 and Costs for Violation of Forest Fire Regulations "I would like for the papers to carry this information to the public," said Judge Henry A. Stevens, presiding over Washing ton County Superior Court here this week, in passing sentence on S. B. Davenport, 54, white, who was found guilty of setting fire to grass lands or brush lands without giving notice to persons on adjoining lands and with fail ins to maintain a careful and competent watchman at the tire. He sentenced Mr. Davenport to four months on the roads, sus pended upon payment of $250 fine and costs and good behavior for two years. The judge said much property was destroyed by forest fires in this state and that every effort was being made to enforce the laws designed to pro tect timberland from fire.
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