THE
Roanoke Beacon
and
Washington County News
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
in Plymouth. Washington County.
North Carolina
The Roanoke Beacon Is Washi
ngton County's only newspaper
It was established In 1889. consoli
dated with the Washington Crunty
.Mews m 1929 and with Tbj Sun
n 1937.
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Entered as second-class matter
at the post office in Plymouth.
N. C.. under the act of Congress
jt March 3, 1879.
January 29, 1942
1 oil cannot eat your cake ant] have it
too"—Plautus
JANUABY
29— Andrew Jackson shot at
!■>-»>= 3 in capitol, Washington,
/ - by Richard Lawson, 1835.
30—King Charles I of Eng
land beheaded, 1649.
31—Alexander Hamilton re
tires from Washington's
cabinet, 1795.
FEBRUARY
-Vcssar college named
after chief benefactor.
1.1867.
2— Ground hog day. Treaty
of Peace with Mexico
signed, 1848.
3— Indiana passes law pun
ishing wife-beating with
flogging. 1891.
Philippine-American war
begins, 1899.
Growth of the Local
B. & L. Association
The continued steady growth and
progress of the Plymouth Building
and Loan Association is reaching re
markable proportions, as even a cas
ual study of its recent annual state
ment will reveal.
Starting off from scratch a tittle
over four years ago, the association
was commer.ded in' its first year of
operation by the state insurance
commissioner, who has supervision
of such organizations by state lawr;
and since that time, its assets have
very nearly doubly every year. It
has helped numerous local people to
build, repair, or buy their homes; it
has helped countless other to save
money systematically which they
otherwise would not have saved; and
it has served the community in vari
ous other ways.
Its successful operation during the
first four years of its existence is a
tribute to the ability of its officers
and directors; and it should continue
to grow in usefulness under their
guidance. It is a striking example
of what can be accomplished through
unselfish cooperation with very little
effort; unselfish because none of its
officers or directors receive any re
muneration for their work; and the
fact that so many have pitched in
and taken an interest in the associa
tion has made little effort required
on the part of any one individual.
Plymouth has probably never start
ed any other community undertaking
which has returned as many benefits
for so many people in such a short
period of time. And an era of even
more real usefulness undoubtedly
lies ahead of it.
Self-Made Difficulties
Daylight saving time effective just
one week from next Monday, and
we presume we are in for a season
of argument over its disadvantages
by those who have always raised a
howl in the past over its disadvant
ages. The Raleigh News and Ob
server recently expressed itself along
very sensible lines regarding the
"new time" in the following article:
“A story announcing President
Roosevelt's signature to the newly
enacted daylight savings time statute
says: "John Q. Public tonight faced
the complex problem of readjusting
| his sleeping, working, eating and re
creation schedules to meet he exi
gencies of national daylight savings
time.”
"If there are any difficulties in con
nection with the matter the\ will be
largely of the self-made variety.
N'early all people in cities and tov. ns
are slaves to the clock. Most of the
people in the country ignore the
clock and live by the sun. In either
event, no radical change is necessary
Those who live by clocks need only
change their clocks once and then
forget about it. Those who live b;t
the sun will continue to do so
In any event, the adjustment will
be easier than in the past, for be
ginning February 9 the entire coun
try and everything in it, including
buses and trains which have never
observed state laws on the subject,
will be on the advanced time and
there will be no excuse for anyone
to attempt to maintain two kinds
of time.'
Another Big Industry in
Prospect for Section
The possibility that the Dupont
Company may establish itself in this
immediate section, as announced at
the meeting of the Board of Conser
vation and Development last week,
I comes as mighty good news. Recog
nizing that there are many “if s’’ and
“but's" about the propostion, it is
still good news that Dupont engin
eers consider the possibility of de
veloping the “black sand" of the
Albemarle into a source of ilmenite
worth further experimentation and
investigation.
The thanks of the section are due
those who have been active in inter
esting the Dupont firm in the possi
bilities of developing an almost lim
itless supply of the valuable ore, and
quite naturally the people of this
section are hoping the research work
under way will result in a recovery
plant being located in the region.
Carl L. Bailey, local attorney, and
W. R. Hampton, local member of
the State Board of Conservation and
Development, have had leading parts
in keeping this project before the
Duponts, and certainly Plymouth
and Washington County will not lose
anything as a result of their unflag
ging public-spiritedness in attempt
ing to bring another great industry
to the section. More power to them.
Marines Still Gallant
On a tiny coral island in the mid
dle of the Pacific Ocean, a staunch
group of Marines resisted for days
the attempts of Japan to establish
a base. Wave after wave of Japan
ese planes swooped low over Wake
Island spraying death with bombs
and machine guns. Japanese ships
kept up a constant bombardment.
Many sons of Nippon went to the
land of their ancestors, but still they
attacked, and still the Marines held
their ground. Hawaii finally est
ablished contact with Wake and ask
ed if anything was needed. The com
manding officer of the Marines then,
it is reported, made the classic re
mark “Yes—send us more Japs”!
But such defiance is not without
precedent in the annals of the Mar
ines. During World War I, some
where between Chateau Thierry and
t arts, capt. Lioya u. Williams and
his company of Marines were order
ed by a French officer to retreat be
fore the German advance. 'Retreat
Hell, we just got here!” was Wil
liams' reply.
Going back to the Spanish Ameri
can War, on the night of February
15, 1898, the l S. S. Maine was
mysteriously blown up while lying in
Havana harbor. Calmly picking his
way through dead and wounded, the
,:ghts of the vessel extinguished,
shells exploding around him, com
partments filled with smoke, and the
vessel itself rapidly sinking, Private
Willia Anthony of the Marine Corps
made his way below decks to the
cabin of Capt. Sigsbee and ^aid, "Sir,
I have to report that the ship has
been blown up and is sinking.”
The motto of the Marine. "Sem
per Fidelis” (Always Faithful), is
something more than a slogan to this
amphibious fighting man. It is a
symbol of loyalty to his country7
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Question of oo
THE WEEK : :
Individual Opinions of People You Know About
Current Matters of General Public Interest
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What Do You Think of the United States Send
ing Soldiers to Northern Ireland?
J. H. Swindell, a veteran of the
first World War: "I hardly know.
Looks like we must send troops where
ever the enemy might come. This
will be one of the best tricks of the
war to get the most there first and
to strike the hardest. Since this na
:ion is fighting Germany, Italy and
Japan, troops must be moved ac
,’ording to an Allied plan and not ac
cording to the way we see it."
M. S. Phelps, of Roper, industrial
worker: "I think that we should send
men anywhere they are needed in
this war. United States troops have
been sent to Iceland and other places
and it seems that it would be all
right to send our men to England.”
E. S. Blount, lieutenant in the first
World War and merchant: "It ap
pears to me that this is a good idea,
in order to reach an enemy far away
it is necessary to have bases close
to the enemy. In this war this coun
try when protecting its allies is pro
tecting America. This country must
become as strong as it is possible to
make it.”
Douglas Gurkin, young industrial
worker: “It seems to me that our
troops should be headed toward the
Pacific bases rather than to the Brit
ish Isles. It looks to me like this
country would do well with the Allies
to beat down and destroy Japan and
then go to Hitler's Germany. It ap
pears to me that the weak one of
the partners should be eliminated
first and then take the others in
stride.”
Rambling
...About
By TIIE RAMBLER
That Man Roosevelt—
I honestly believe hat by and large
this fellow Franklin D. Roosevelt is
a fellow to tie to. I have never seen
him personally but I have heard him
which he will protect to the death.
Bred in the best traditions of Mars,
the incident at Wake Island adds
another niche to the illustrious past
of the U. S. Marines.
and read about him.
I don't believe that there is any
great bad in a person good enough to
forget the cares of a nation at war
long enough to sponsor and partici
pate in a drive for funds to combat
infantile paralysis.
I believe that the Great God in
his wisdom will preserve the life and
vigor of this 60-year-old man until
the last battle has been fought and
the victory won for the great powers
that are scrapping the bullies of ag
: gression.
I believe that fate maneuvered the
destiny of this man so that today
he stands unperturbed at the head of
this nation to avoid a catastrophe
that was about to engulf a nation
that had been divided by apathetic
men in high places and low places in
government, labor, industry, business
and agriculture.
I believe that his great vigor that
enabled him to win a hard battle
against infantile paralysis himself
will provide the necessary spark that
will awaken all to their tasks and to
the defense of a country so great
that it takes one of the greatest men
of all the world at all times to lead
the democracies in the battle to pre
serve the freedom of the world.
I am persuaded that his training
as the governor of New York State
and his two terms as the president of
the United States stands him in good
stead to take care of the nation in a
time of war that is now straining the
nerves of the lawmakers.
I am so blind in my faith in him
that X believe that even though he
be given the powers of a dictator
during the emergency that we are
now in, that when the war is over,
and the victory is won, that he will
relinquish these powers of his owm
accord as this country goes back to
the principles of democracy.
I am bound to acknowledge that I
am proud of his steadfast principles
that permitted him to continue his
dogged course in preparing this na
tion for war despite the howls and
stigma that emitted from the mouths
of such fellows as Lindbergh, Wheel
er and others who were so short
sighted that they used the freedoms
guaranteed by the constitution to as
sail him verbally at every opportuni
ty.
I am bound to admit that I think
that he knows what this war is all
about. And knowing what to do,
where and when to do it, that he will
do the things that will make him
one of the greatest presidents that
ever lived, ranking with Washington,
Lincoln and Wilson.
I am glad that I am a Democrat in
my politics because I am glad that I
supported such a man when I went
to the polls. And X am more than
prould that he can now forget party
lines and put to work such men as
Willkie. Stimson and others who are
not of the same political faith but
of the same nation. Americans all.
I know he has made mistakes. I
did'nt like his efforts to pack the
Supreme Court bench. He must have
been right because even though his
efforts failed, for it worked around
so that the majority of this high tri
bunal today are the men he has ap
pointed.
I know that Hitler doesn't like him
neither does Mussolini nor this Jap
fellow called “Togo" or something.
Some of his own fellows didn't like
him. Most of his enemies though
were either asleep or all along they
have been flirting with foreign pow
ers.
i nice nim Because he is a fighting
man. He won over disease, he won
over all of his political opponents
and now he will win over the combin
ed forces of Germany, Italy, Bulgaria
Roumania and whoever else is on
the other side.
I know that first, last and probably
always he is a politician, But then he
is an American. I know he fought
hard in politics but I have never
known him to speak harshly or dirty
of an opponent. And so far as I know
there has been no charges of poltical
skullduggery against him.
I know he has the quality of lead
ership because Winston Churchill,
Joe Stalin and others have turned
to him not only for weapons but for
advice on the conduct of this strug
gle in which I think that Stalin has
maifested the greatest ability for
leadership.
I know he has a silver tongue for
oratory. His voice over the airwaves
seems to quicken and make vital the
words he speaks. And I imagine his
personality is just as good.
I know that as a statesman the
Social Security Act, the Unemploy
ment Compensation Commission and
other such social measures will stand
him in good stead when the yardstick
of accomplishment is placed on his
career.
I know that as a churchman he
worships as he believes. Any man
who can leave his desk when the
worries of a nation at war are bur
ening him down and worship for an
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| hour at the altar of Christianity will
be made the better for his action.
I wonuldn’t be surprised to learn
that Roosevelt loves people. I mean
loves them in all of their fickleness,
'isloyalty. friendship and happiness.
I’ll bet he just likes people, people
like you and I.
I thing that when he dies, his name
will be famous. Not that the renown
will accrue to him because he is the
only three time president of the 31,
but that he was a man who loved
people, a man who could sympathize
with tlie lowly and hold the esteem
of the high.
I like Roosevelt as a man A man
of wealth but sympathetic to and
champion of the cause of the poor.
A man who could crack down on an
opponent and then suffer being
chacked-down on himself. A man
whose wealth might raise him above
worry, but who worries over each of
the lSO.OOO.OfO Americans.
I admire him as a man, as a leader,
as a statesman, as a president, as the
commander-in-chief of the army and
as a man who can remember that he
once suffered with infantile paraly
sis and then with friends started a
foundation for combatting this dis
eose.
I believe that since I like Roose
velt so much that he would like for
me to contribute to the fund which
will be used for combatting this
dreaded affliction that may come to
my children and your children.
I always celebrate the birthdays
CHERRY
Mrs. Jim Liverman and son, James
of New Bern, attended tne funeral
of Mrs. Jodie King last Thursday.
Miss Hazel White, of E. C. T. C.,
Greenville, spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr and Mrs. Tom
White.
Leroy Phelps, who is with the U.
S. Coast Guard, is spending a few
days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. Phelps.
Mrs. Pauline Lamb, of Wiliiams
ton, is spending a few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Phelps.
Junior Spruill and Mrs. Bill Her
ring, of Portsmouth, Va., visited their
mother, Mrs. E. F. Spruill, Monday.
Mrs. Aydlett Morris and daughter
Dianne, visited her brother. D. F.
Davenport, Sunday.
of those I like, so I will remember
Preisdent Roosevelt on January 30.
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