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The Roanoke Beacon 4m and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LII—NUMBER 39 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 25, 1941 A home newspaper dedicated to the service of Washington j | County and its 12,000 people, j S53SS ESTABLISHED 1889 Town opics A discussion took place at the Lions Club meeting last Thursday night, when Dr. S. V. Lewis talked for a while in favor of the demo cratic form of government, while Zeb Vance Norman presented the advan tages of dictatorships. The Lions will attend the Madrigal Singers pro gram at the high school building to night. This is part of the Collins Entertainment Festival, which the club is sponsoring. Sale of $4,453,748 in Defense Saving Stamps during August re flected an increase of 30 per cent over the sale during July, accord ing to the Treasury Department. Total sales in May, when the stamps first went on sale, were 53.475.070. The bag limit for geese in Hyde County was definitely set at three per day and a total of six in seven consecutive days at a conference held with Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes by Hinton James, commissioner of game and inland fisheries of the state, and Representative Herb rt Bonner. Large numbers of dead perch, carp, and other fish were seen along the banks of the Roanoke River here this week. The cause of so many dead fish being wash ed ashore has not been deter mined. They could be seen from the town wharf and elsewhere on the river front here. The Morning Star Quartet, com posed of Herman Spencer, Leroy Perkins, George James and Rufus Norfleet, is in New York this week, giving concerts in churches, schools and over the radio. The four singers are colored. They have been broad casting regularly over a station near here. H. H. McLean, county superin tendent of schools, said today that the need for enlarged quar ters at the local schools was more pressing than ever, with 738 students enrolled and three new teachers added this term. An automobile driven by Jones Spencer and another operated by Miss Esther Davenport sideswiped each other Saturday afternoon on the old Creswell road. The cars were slightly damaged, but none of the occupants was injured. The North Carolina Pulp Com pany, Plymouth Box and Panel Company and business men in general have cooperated in buy ing tickets for the football game between Plvmouth and Manteo tomorrow mBht, J. It. Manning said today, adding that all except four merchants had bought tick ets and it was hoped they would be sold before the game. Don E. Ellis, plant pathologist at State College, was here last week and attended the Lions Club meeting Thursday night with County Agent W. V. Hays. Mrs. Elli was invited to speak, but declined. J. R. Manning Has Close Call Tuesday -<5> J. Roy Manning, local automobile dealer and town councilmen, plans to make a direct report to Oscar Pitts, director of penal instititions of North Carolina at Raleigh, of his narrow escape from serious injury Tuesday afternoon, when a prisoner riding on a state truck hurled an object at the passing automobile driven by Mr. Manning. The local man said there were about 20 colored prisoners on the truck, as well as several guards, when some kind of object hurled from the truck shattered the glass window of his car and made a large dent in -he body of the car below the window. Mr. Manning turned his car around, returned to the truck and reported the happening to the guards. None of them had seen the prisoners throw anything, and all of the prisoners de nied the accusation. Mr. Manning said he was so close to the truck that it would have been impossible for any object to have been thrown into the window by the truck wheels. He said he was un able to find the object that was thrown at his car, but he thinks it was a piece of iron, as he said a brick or any any similar missile would have left some trace where it hit the body of his car. Mr. Manning was returning from Norfolk, where he attended a show ing of the 1942 Ford models to com pany dealers. Men Sent Back by Army Should Get Former Jobs Selected Service registrants who are rejected at army induction cen ters because they do not meet army physical standards should be rein stated in their former jobs, Edward S. Blount, chairman of the Washing ton County Selective Service Board.' declared today. Stating that the selective service training and service act requires for mer employees to reinstate men in ducted into the army who satisfac torily complete their military train ing. Mr. Blount said employers also had a moral obligation to reinstate former employees who were not ac tually inducted but who patriotically answered the call for their services. The chairman pointed out that the mere fact that a selectee is rejected by the army does not mean he is physically unfit for his civilian oc cupation. as army standards are very exacting, due to the nature of the training program and possibile hos pitalization or pensions for those who break down under its strain. Mr. Blount that so far as he knew there have been no cases of this na ture in the county, but he wished to make public this statement so that employers and employees of the coun ty may know what is expected of them in case any of the registrants fail to be inducted for physical rea sons after answering the call to go to the army. Appoint 25 Delegates To South Albemarle Meeting at Engelhard 1 DEEP SEA DIVER _i f r —wwomw Robert M. Zimmerman, of the Collins Entertainment Festival, provide a new thrill, a trip to the bottom of the sea, his lec ture here Thursday of next week, October 2. This will be the sec ond of the Collins series, spon sored by the local Lions Club. Deep-Sea Thrills On Platform ’Next Thursday Night -® Robert Zimmerman Shows Strange Creatures To Audiences Magnificent coral gardens of the deep—deadly sharks and barracuda —long lost Spanish galleons and a score or more of little known and mysterious objects of the ocean’s bed are vividly portrayed by Robert M. Zimmerman in his fascinating talk, “On the Bottom of the Sea.” He will appear at the Plymouth High School Auditorium Thursday night, October 2, under sponsorship of the Plymouth Lions Club. Mr. Zimmerman, university grad uate, Olympic swimmer and deep sea diver, has had a remarkable marine experience. He played an active part in the making of such underwater motion pictures as “Twenty Thous and Leagues Under the Sea,” “The Mysterious Island” and several others of recent release. “Bob” Zimmerman is a colorful personality. He has won no less than thirty-three national championships in swimming, diving and canoeing. He was a member of the 1908 and 1912 Canadian Olympic swimming teams and is the holder of several world records. In 1914 Zimmerman paddled a ca noe from Montreal to Chicago, and ten years later made a similar trip from New York to Louisville. It is said that Zimmerman is the only white man who has “shot” the rapids of the St. Lawrence from Kingston to Montreal in a canoe. A case of interesting deep sea cur ios which will be on display during Mr. Zimmermans visit will be of esp ecial interest. One Hour More Sleep in Prospect for Saturday Wight; Daylight Time Ends Today, tomorrow and Saturday remain for observance of Day light Saving Time, and then the people of this section, as else where in the state, will return to Eastern Standard Time. Gover nor Broughton this week offic ially designate 2 o’clock Sunday morning as the hour for turning back the clocks, although most people who have been observ ing “new time” will simply set their clocks back before they go to bed Saturday night. Daylight saving began July 28 and was slated to end at mid night September 28, but the Gov ernor advanoed the sign-off time 32 hours in order to avoid radio complications and to conform to action in adjoining states. Most of the people in this section, al though they moved their clocks up and observed daylight time, say they will be glad to return to normal, as far as hours are con cerned. The change caused some confusion, due to operation of bus, railroad and mail schedules on standard time, but on the whole there was remarkably lit tle criticism. Governor Brought said this week that if the state adopted daylight time next summer, it would be on a national basis and not sectional as now. Thursday, October 9th Is Date Set for 7th Annual Session -*. Officers Will Be Elected; Road Program Likely To Be Discussed -® Delegates from Washington County have been appointed to attend the seventh annual meeting of the Sou thern Albemarle Association, which will be held in Engelhard on Thurs day, October 9, according to W. L. Whitley, vice president for Washing ton County. Mr. Whitley said that Comptroller General Lindsay Warren had been in vited to make the principal address at the meeting, to which 50 persons have been officially designated as delegates from this county. Officers will be elected at the meet ing, and the 52-delegates from this county will have authority granted by the county- commissioners to vote the full strength of the county on this as well as other nutter- '**■ ' n may come before the meeting. Melvin R. Daniels, of Manteo, is the present president; W. L. Whitley is vice pres ident for this county; and Walter H. Paramore is recording secretary. Important developments in the Southern Albemarle's road program will be presented to members of the association for action by President Daniels. Official delegates from Washing ton County are: Prom Plymouth: Z. V. Norman, John W. Darden, J. R. Manning, W. H. Paramore, P. W. Browin, H. H. McLean, Dr. E. S. Fur gurson, Mrs. Claudius McGowan, Mrs. A. E. Davenport, C. E. Ayers, John Allen, W. H. Peel, S. F. Darden, S. D. Davis, Charlie W. Bowen, E. G. Arps, E H. Liverman, B. G. Campbell, and Mrs. W. F. Winslow. From Roper: J. H. Gaylord, 3d, W. Barton Swain, J. R. Knowles, C. L. Everett, W. W. Mizell, L. E. Has sell, Mrs. Clara E. Snell, J. C. Tar kenton, H. R. Phelps, W. T. Freeman. From Creswell: John Combs, Mrs. Sidney Smithson, C. N. Davenport, sr. A. L. Holmes, O. D. Hatfield, W. D. Peal, W. T. Phelps, Earl Davenport, Mrs. Fred Smith, Clyde Smithson, E. J. Spruill, E. F. Swain, W. W. Bate man, Hugh Patrick, W. A. Swain, Stewart J. Woodley, M. F. Daven port, and Guy Combs. From Wenona: J. L. Rea, H. J. Furbee and W. E. Allen. Rail Traffic Blocked On Sound Bridge by Accident Yesterday Five Cars of Norfolk Sou thern Freight Derailed; Repairs Completed Five freight cars of Train No. 62 of the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, bound north, were derailed on the Albemarle Sound bridge yes terday, causing slight damage to the train and track and delaying rail traffic over the span for several hours. Cause of the derailment of the coal, freight and box cars had not been of ficially determined today. A wreck ing crew had replaced the cars and repaired the tracks after about 10 hours work yesterday and last night. There were no reports of any in juries to the train crew. It was ex plained that most of them were eith er in the front of the train on the engine or at rear in the caboose, while the derailed cars were placed about the middle of the train. There was little or no damage to the cars, but a number of crossties were torn up when the wheels of the cars crushed them. The main loss was occasioned by the amount of labor required to replace the rails and crossties. Passenger trains were unable to get by the scene of the wreck, and they exchange mail and express, re turning from the point of the acci dent. Normal traffic was resumed over the bridge today. Young Man Drowns In Roanoke River Here Late Saturday Henry A. Hathaway, Jr., of Pitt County, Victim; Had Been Here Two Months -» Henry A. Hathaway, jr., 24, form erly of Pitt County, was drowned in Roanoke River here at the rear of the City Pish Market Saturday night about 10:15. Several people saw the young man wade out into the river and struggle for a few seconds when he reached a depth over his head. Police were summoned to the scene immediately, and Joe L. Nobles in a boat, using a long stick with a nail in the end, finally located the body on the river bottom. It was hauled to the surface of the water and towed to shore, afterwards being taken to the Horner Funeral Home. Hathaway had been living in Plym outh for the past two months, being employed at the plant of the Plym outh Box and Panel Company. Be fore coming here he made his home with his parents near Belvoir, in Pitt County. He attended the Belvoir High School. It was reported to police by the father of young Hathaway that the young man had suffered a head in jury during a period of service in the army and that this injury had sub jected the young man to "spells.” It was stated that Hathaway walked from a business place here to the river and, without comment, waded out into it. Funeral services were conducted at his home near Bolvoir Monday after noon by the Rev. D. W. Alexander, Free Will Baptist minister. Burial took place in the Hyman cemetery. Surviving are the young man's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Hatha way, sr„ six brothers: Ashley Hath away, of Norfolk; Elbert Hathaway, of the U. S. Navy; and Floyd, Jesse Lee and Howard Hathaway, all of the home near Belvoir. 5 Counly Men Home After Serving Year In National Guard -® Honorably Discharged, but Must Register and Be Subject To Draft -* The first volunteer trainee to return to his home in the county after a year in the Army was Grayson Ever ett, of near Roper, who arrived Sun day night, and was follewd this week by four other young men who enlist ed when he did at Edenton in a Na tional Guard outfit. The five who have been honorably discharged are: Everett, a cook, who came in Saturday night; Dick Nor man, section leader, who arrived home Tuesday: Spratt Hardin, pri vate, who arrived Thursday; Nathan Whitfield, of Mackeys, section leader, who arrived Thursday; and Dick Lu cas, platoon sergeant, who arrived yesterday. They were all members of the 105th Medical Detachment, 30th Division, National Guard, and they had been stationed at Port Jackson, near Columbia, S. C. It is expected that the young men will have little difficulty in landing their old jobs after their year's mili tary training. All of them have hon orable dscharges and certificates showing they have completed a year’s military service. All men who enlisted from Septem ber 17, 1940 through January 3, 1941, are classed as Army of the United States men. and will be automati cally discharged upon the expiration of their one-year enlistment. How ever, these young men are required to register with the local selective service board and become subject to their action. If inducted back into the service, it was stated that they would serve the first four months of their new term of training at the basic rate of pay of $21 per month. The year's service they have had will not do them any good in respect to pay during the first four months, it was said. However, they may ask to be transferred to the Enlisted Re serves and hold their present rating. Commission Rejects Plea for 17-A Route The State Highway and Public Works Commission, in session last Friday at Raleigh, declined to desig nate the sound bridge route from Washington to the intersection be yond Edenton as No. 17-A, despite hundreds of written requests by in dividuals, resolutions by organizations and other petitions. Strong opposition to the request for the alternate route designation came from Edenton, Williamston, Windsor and other towns on U. S. 17. Plymouth and other towns on the proposed alternate route were not represented at the meeting of the highway commission, since no ad vance notice was given that it would be considered until the day before. W. L. Whitley, who has been a leader in the campaign to arouse sen timent in favor of the alternate route said today that “The Northern Albe marle crowd won—as usual.” County Farmers Starting To Dig Peanuts; Estimate Yield 30 Per Cent Off Account Dry Weather Roper Rurilan Club Organized Last Friday Wight; C. H. Floyd Is President The Roper Ruritan Club was organized last Friday night, with Principal B. L. White, of the Sun bury Schools in Gates County, and a Mr. Gray, of Windsor, Va., former national president of the organization, as the principal speakers. Twenty-four prominent per sons of Lees Mill Township be came charter members of the or ganization, and the club decided to meet monthly on the first Thursday night. Officers were elected as fol lows: C. H. Floyd, president; Roy Stillman, vice president; Tom Wiley Norman, secretary; Joe E. Oliver, treasurer; Rev. M. R. Gardner, chaplain; Henry Starr Everett, sergeant at arms; L. E. Hassell. Clinton Everett and A. R. Phelps members of the board of directors. President Floyd said this week that there had been no definite objectives set for the club as yet, due to the fact that the club had just completed its organization, but he said that matters of this kind would probably come before the club on its second meeting, which will be held Thursday of next week, October 2. The organization is composed of farmers, business and profes sional men, and officials of the club expect that it will become a prime factor of community ac tivity in Roper, where it will serve the entire community. Two Added Teachers Allowed Local School By State Commission Request for Added Teacher at Cherry School Is Rejected Allotments Based on Num ber Enrolled and Aver age Attendance Two more teachers will be added to the staff of the Plymouth white schools within a few days, as the re sult of an additional allotment being authorized this week by Nathan Yel ton, secretary of the State School Commission. T;« authorization for the two additional teachers was re ceived yesterday by H. H. McLean, county superintendent of public in struction. The request for an additional teacher for district No. 3, including Creswell and Cherry schools, was de nied by the secretary, who expressed his regret for such action, but ex plained that enrollment and attend ance in district No. 3 “did not justify the allotment of an additional teach er.” With the addition of two more teachers here, there will be a total of 21 state-allotted teachers in the Plymouth white schools this term. Upon the basis of the new allotment, there will be 7 high school teachers and 14 elementary teachers. The total number allotted here does not include W. S. Moore, voca tional agriculture teacher, and Miss Ruth McLemore, home economics teacher, the salaries of whom are paid jointly by the county, state, and federal governments. Neither is Mrs. Irma Hough, commercial teacher, in cluded on the state list, since she does not receive a salary from the state but is paid by tuition by the students. Taking all the teachers into con sideration, therefore, the total teach ing staff in Plymouth is 24, a rec ord number in the history of this growing town. There are 738 stu dents enrolled in the local schools at present, with the number increasing weekly The new teachers will be elected immediately, and it is expected that they will be employed and working by next Monday. -® Dr. C. J. Andrews, Norfolk, Speaks at Medical Meeting the principal speaker at the Tri County Medical Association meeting held at the Plymouth Country Club Tuesday evening, when 35 physicians were present. Beaufort County physicians were quests of the Tri-County association, which is composed of doctors in Tyr rell, Washington and Martin Coun ties. Dr. E. W. Furgurson, of Plym outh, is president of the association. Dr. T. L. Bray welcomed the visi tors and Dr. Claudius McGowan was called on for an impromptu talk. Dr. Furgurson introduced the speaker. County Baptist Churches Join Chowan /lssoc/af70/7 ——* The Oak Grove. Creswell, Mount Pleasant and Roper Baptist churches, of Washington County, formerly members of the Pamlico Baptist As sociation, were granted membership in the Chowan Baptist Association at a meeting held in Edenton Tuesday, when about 700 Baptists gathered for the event. For years the county churches had been members of the Pamlico Asso ciation, but since they were at the extreme edge of the association's ter ritory they recently applied for mem bership in the Chowan association for the sake of convenience. Scouts to Canvass Town ior Books Boy Scouts will make a house to-house canvass for school books especially adapted to children in the primary and elementary grades Saturday morning between 9 and 12 o'clock. The canvass is being sponsored by the Junior Woman’s Club. The books ob tained will be turned over to the school library. Mrs. W. J. Highsmith, who is in charge of the canvass for this club, urge, that everyone con tribute either a reader, school textbook or any other kind of book that can be enjoyed by chil dren in the primary and gram mar grades. John A. McNair, 81, Died Tuesday After Illness of Six Months Funeral Held Yesterday for Well-Known Farmer Of This Section -s Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning for John A. McNair, 81, who died at his home here Tues day morning, following a severe at tack of a kidney ailment and the infirmities of age after an illness of about six months. The Rev. R H. Lucas conducted the last rites, and interment took place in the family I plot in the Windley cemetery. A native of Washington County, Mr. McNair had spent his entire life as a farmer in this county. He was well known and highly respected in the section. In 1891 he was married to Miss Laura Spruill at Windsor. He was a member of the Plymouth Baptist church. Surviving is a brother, J. T. Mc Nair, of Plymouth; one son, Ercel McNair, of Roper, and several nieces and nephews. Pall-bearers were J. H. Leggett. P. H. Darden, P. W. Brown. W. E. Weede J. W. Darden, and L. L. Basnight. -® Episcopal Services for Sunday Are Outlined -® Services at Grace Episcopal church . Sunday will be as follows: Church school at 10 a. m. Morning worship service at 11 a. m. Young People's Service League, 7:30 p. m. Expecl Not More Than 43,000 Bags Will Be Harvested -- County Agent Says 6,000 Acres Will Likely Aver age 7 Bags To Acre -s Adverse weather conditions are causing Washington County fanners to begin digging peanuts early this fall, and reports from over the coun ty indicate that growers started dig ging and stacking the crop as early as last week. Farmer Ben Spear, from down Creswell way, was reported to have been digging this week and Hillary Reddick. Goldie Simpson and Howard Harrison, in Plymouth Township, have started digging. A. R. Phelps said today that so far as he knew there had been no peanuts dug in the Lees Mill section. County Agent W. V. Hays said 6, 000 acres of peanuts were planted in the county this year for commer cial purposes. It was said that the yield would be about seven or eight bags to the acre, three or four bags smaller than the usual yield of 11 bags per acre under normal condi tions. The Peanut Stabilization Coopera tive will lend money on peanuts stor ed with them on average grades of about 4 1-4 and 41-2 cents per pound. It is believed, on this basis of govern ment price pegging, that the price for average peanuts will be about 5 cents per pound if they are sold on the open market. It was further reported that dry weather parched the vines in some places and lack of rain has resulted in about 90 per cent quality of the goobers, in comparison with years when there was plenty of rain and other weather conditions more fav orable. ijicjc cue auuui zuu acres oi pea nuts planted in this county not in cluded in the allotment. They were planted for the express purpose of feeding to hogs. Farmer W. H. Gur kin, near Plymouth, is following this practice with two a^res on his farm and is getting ready to turn his hogs into the field very soon. It is understood the federal gov ernment will ask for 1,900,000 more acres of peanuts to be planted next year, in addition to the current com mercial allotment, for conversion into oil to aid in the defense program. If the government can get these pea nuts grown at what was termed ‘'a reasonable price,” it is believed that such a progrom may be inaugurated. County Agent Hays pointed out that there was much additional soil in this county which could be planted to peanuts. Some of the land now growing soybeans could possibly be used, it was said, but it was indicated that there would not be enough de mand for the use of land devoted to corn. It was also said that the small Spanish type of peanut would be good for this purpose and that the soil in this county was suitable for this type It was believed that 1941 income from peanuts for the entire county will be about as follows: 6,000 acres; yield, about seven 100-pound bags to the acre; total yield, 42,000 bags at about $5 per bag; bringing the farm ers an income of approximately $210,000. Because of the difference in grades this total may be whittled down 11 $200,000. Or it is possible that tiie peanuts may not average $5 per 100-pound bag, which would also cut down the income of the farmers. W. ]. Spruill Slightly Hurt in Auto Accident -® W. J. Spruill, of Mackeys, was only slightly injured when the car he was driving was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the Washington County side of the Albemarle Sound bridge Sat trday night. A short time after he was struck, J. Robert Merritt, Creswell school teacher, ran into Spruill’s car, doing ome damage but causing no serious njury to anyone. Sergeant G. I. Dail, of the Stat« Highway Patrol at Edenton. investi gated the accidents. Police Chiei Issues Final Warning To Owners of Dogs To Pay Tax—or Else Chief of Police P. W. Brown said today that he was giving his final warning to dog owners with in the town limits of Plymouth to buy license tags for their ani mals. After this week arrests will be made of owners and dogs caught running at large in the town will be impounded. The officer said police had been reluctant in beginning drastic action against dog owners, many of whom keep the animals as pets and care for them; but he said today, that this reluctance would have to be abandoned and the law complied with, as owners had been given every opportunity to secure the licenses by paying the taxes due. From now on. even dog caught on the streets with out a license will be impounded and the owner prosecuted. About 100 owners of dogs have paid the license fees, and it Is estimated there are double that number who have made no ef fort to comply with the law. The chief said that those who miss their dogs from now on will very probably find them at the pound. To get them out, it will be neces sary to pay the tax, the impound ing fee and the dog’s board while in custody. In addition, the own is subject to prosecution for per mitting the animal to run at large.
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