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THE Roanoke Beacon and Washington County News PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY In Plymouth, Washington County. North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon Is Wash ington County’s only newspaper. It was established in 1889, consoli dated with the Washington County News in 1929 and with The Sun in 1937. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance) One year_ $1.50 Six months_ .75 Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Plymouth, N. C., under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Thursday, May 28, 1942 “Misfortunes are unbidlen ”' s —German pro verb <S 1 . MAY 3128—Belgium surrendered, _ 1940. 29—Gen. Grant declined con sideration of third term,' 1875. 30— Memorial Day. 31— Henry Armstrong won . welterweight boxing ^ title, 1938. JUNE F 1—Hitler announces 4-year plan for German reccv ^ ery, 1934. 2— First New York legisla ture met, 1615. 3— Former Judge Manton found guilty of bribery. 1939. WNl' S^rvU* Doing a Difficult Job In a Splendid Manner The general public seems to be! singularly unappreciative of the splen-1 did work that is being done—and has j been done- -by the several boards set up to handle local phases of our war ; effort. The men who make up these group> are human; and, as such, are subject to the frailties which cause mistakes to be made, but there is little cause for much of the criticism which has been directed toward them. They are thankless tasks, at their best. The men who make up the boards receive no compensation what ever for their work. They entered upon it purely as a patriotic desire to be of some service to our country at its time of greatest need. To begin with, they have very definite regulations and rules with which they must conform in reach ing their decisions. There is little left to their individual discretion; and it i> a fact that many cases which,on the surface, seem identical are in reality entirely dissimilar and often unrelated. Most of their decisions are based on claims which are open to public inspection: and a litle more investigation before sounding off would stop most of the criticism we have heard before it was even utter ed. We know most of the men who make up the local boards. We be lieve they are honest, fair-minded men who have done and are doing their level best to see that everyone is treated fairly. They deserve the help and sympathetic support of every decent right-thinking person. After all, it is no more their war than it is ours. We have in mind particularly the selective service and rationing boards of the county They have done and are doing a difficult job in a splendid manner. There are enough head aches connected with their work without unjustified criticism being added. The next time you feel the urge to criticize, consider for a mo ment whether you know all the facts, what you would do if you were in their shoes; and then give thanks that it isn't up to you to decide, but that you have a conscientious group of fair-minded neighbors to shoulder this burden. Local Groups Cooperate To Sell War Stamps It is a pleasure to commend the efforts being put forth by the Plym outh Theatre and the Plymouth Mer chants Association to boost the sale of War Bonds and Stamps here Saturday and Monday. It is a pleasure for two reasons; first, of course, because it should constitute a substantial contribution to our war effort: and a, second, because it re flects a spontaneous willingness to cooperate in putting over something for the public good without a taint of commercialism. It is a healthy, refreshing sign that augurs well for the community as a whole. Premature Optimism Has Likely Reaction During the past few days, a great many people have been heard to ex press the opinion that the war will be over by the first of the year, that Germany is just about licked and that Japan will get hers just as soon as we are finished with Hitler. We fer vently hope these people are right, but there are few real facts which substantiate such premises, and the American people should not permit themselves to become too optimistic and blind to the tremendous task that lies ahead. In the first place, Germany is still a formidable military antagonist, des pite such losses as she has suffered on the Russian front. The increas ing R. A. F. raids on industrial ob jectives, while important, can hard ly be considered blows that will win this war. Defenseless Madrid, during the Spanish civil war. was unmer cifully bombed and strafed by every thing Franco, Hitler and Mussolini could send over it, and yet it held out for upwards of two years. So far, there have been no comparable sustained bombings on any German city. The recent naval and air successes of United Nation forces against the Japanese are encouraging, but here again there is no evidence that any thing like a knockout blowr is in im mediate prospect against this enemy. So far, the war has been carried to Japan itself in but one air raid by American forces. The rest of the time, all the battles have been and are being fought on land and on wra ter formerly controlled by the Unit ed Nations. It is extremely doubt ful that this war will ever be ended until the aggressor nations them selves are invaded, by land, sea and air; and it requires a supreme opti mists to see that in prospect now. Those who hope for internal break ups to destroy Germany and Japan can get but little to sustain that hope from the opinions of experts w(ho are familiar with internal conditions inside those countries. There is more hope for collapse of Italy, but here the Germans have stepped in NOTICE EFFECTIVE June 30th, 1942, this company's present plan of provid ing Free Entrance Wiring for Electric Range and Electric Water Heater installations will be dis continued. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND ROWER COMPANY Rambling ...About By THE RAMBLER Not That Bad—Yet Norman and Rodman moved into their brand new law offices week be fore last just about the same time that Jack Willoughby was getting his new laundry ready for business, and thereby hangs a brief tale. The Nor man and Rodman offices and the new laundry are located just across a vacant lot from each other, and several people dropped into the law yers' office with the mistaken idea that it was the new laundry. How ever. it remained for a man from down the county to put on the fin ishing touches. This man breezed in to the reception room and asked Miss Agnes Davis, the secretary. Where's the boss?" She looked up in startled surprise and replied ‘ In the office at the rear." Before she could ask him to state his business or tell him he was in the wrong place, the stranger ambled on back to the private office of the senior member of the firm, walked in and tossed a big bundle on the floor. "I want these washed,” he said, “when can I come back for 'em?" Mr. Norman finally convinced him that while a law office is a good place to go when you want a suit pressed iouch!>. he wasn't exactly in the laundry business. The man de parted mumbling under his breath, and Zeb Vance later confided that although the legal business had fallen off to practically nil in recent months, he still hadn't been driven to taking in washing—yet. In the Good Old Days— The primary coming off Saturday reminds us that folks don't take their politics as seriously nowadays as they did in years gone by. A candidate for office used to be judged by the quality and quantity of lurid and de and are dishing out the same treat ment to their allies that thex give other conquered nations. Military experts and war-wise of ficials in this and the other countries are not making plans for a short war. They are figuring in terms of two, three, four and even five years. Air power is important in this war. pos sibly supremely important, but air power alone will not win it. There must be adequately trained armies and navies to cooperate with air power, and who can say that one is more important than the other. Air superiority made possible ottr recent victories in the Coral Sea. but it was naval power that made it possible to I have the airplanes and their supplies in that area when they were needed. Even if we succeed in destroying the enemy’s sea and air power, we must still have the land armies necessary' to take over, occupy and police his homeland. , \Ye are not defeatists. And we be lieve the over-all picture is a little brighter right now than it was back in December and Jaunary. Regard less of the outlook, we must win this war, even if it requires every last resource of the entire nation. Ne vertheless, we do not think we have reached the point where the end is in sight, and too much optimism now is very likely to be followed by an overdose of pessimism when the go ing gets tougher, a> it most surely will. It is not original, but we subscribe heartily to the following philosophy regarding this struggle: Prepare for the worst; hope fur the best: and take whatever comes. rogatory adjectives he could direct towards his opponents while today most of our contests for political jobs have denegerated into pink-tea af fairs. with the candidates even going to such lengths as -peaking politely j to each other dunn the heat of the | campaign. Roy Hampton recently dug up a leaflet used by the Demo crats in this county along about the : turn of the century, which shows ! what we mean. It names names and alls a spade worse n a spade, among ; other things. Following are a few j excerpts (with the names deleted in I the interest of preserving our own | neck i: The Republican- of Washington | County seem to have started out in I their present campaign either in their I own ignorance or thinking they would : work where they thought there was more ignorance. To some extent this I is true, but they have made a mis take in some instances, for the good j people on the Acre and other parts of the county are too wise to be hood winked into a trap Tire bombastic lilliputian squint-eved squeedunk Harold Ickes. please copy' in the j post office has tried hard to mislead I the people in his net and thought he ' had everybody and everything going ! his way until he dropped down in ' his own neighborhood, where lie was ! better known, and he soon found out i he was not in it. he got left. He even told the people in Ihe country j if they would follow him and elect him he would see they could and ] would vote whiskey back in the town j of Plymouth. Go back and learn his | record from his boyhood days and see if you can find a single charitable act he has ever done. He has never contributed a penny to any charita ble cause and politically he will never do anything except what you pay him for. He had an ax to grind and was after getitng you to turn the grind stone. Now. another popgun has sprung up in one of the most contemptible ways of any man in the county. It is little -- with his . . . petition. . . You had just as well get you an other job, for your race In politics is run. •You know you have been every thing in politics that you could be except a white man . . . You ought to have some consistency about you and some little truth. . . . You certainly would not have gone into office if you had had both character and re ligion Now. you are not a Democrat nor Populist, and the Republicans have turned you down, so what are you? Well, nothing but a pie hunter. . . . You are in the crowd of floppers. poor fellows . . . Well, you will have to be satisfied on cornbread. You can't get the pie. "You can only judge a man from his past character: nearly in all cases he will be what he has always been. Now, we have - for the legisla ture. -for sheriff. - for clerk of court. for treasurer. —-- ior register oi cieens. - commissioner. "These are ail good men. men who no man in the county is ashamed of. men that are too good to stoop to anything that is low or mean, men who have the good of the people at heart and not the greed of office.” 'Those old boys certainly gave them selves a good recommendation.) ‘ It can't be said on the other side, for we see men flop over just for of fice. traitors to then- party, and if they are traitors in one thing you may expect it in any other, and those that vote for such men a record will be made and they, too, will be classed with such. White men. think before you cast your ballot.” How We're Voting— Which brings us up to the busi ness of the moment. We are doing a little voting on our own come Sat urday; and after a deliberate and careful scrutiny of the candidates, we have come to the conclusion that every man who doesn't vote exactly for whom we do is a squint-eyed, bombastic, lilliputian squeedunk as aforesaid. In order to keep you from making any mistakes, we’re going to vote for the following; Just eggs dang-zactly for whom we dang well please. How're you voting? By Way oi Footnote— Whatever else you do. be sure to vote—-early and often. LEAVE IT TO US TO DO THE WORRYING! New regulations are coming into effect, new records must be kept . All these add to our worry as a merchant, but they will not affect our customers ex cept indirectly. You will find the same smooth, effi cient service at our store. If it’s furni ture, be sure to see us first. M. H. Mitchell Furniture Co. F. H. MODLIN, Mgr. PLYMOUTH, N. C. Statement Issued By Edw. L. Owens On account of certain rumors be ing falsely promulgated in political circles, X wish to clarify them by stating that I have no intentions of making any changes in the Town limits whatsoever, now constituted as the Town of Plymouth, North Caro lina, without the suggestion and rec omendation of the Town Board. Two years ago. I opposed the ex tension of the Town limits known as Plymouth for several reasons, mainly, because I did not favor extending them so far out that swamp lands and farm lands would be taken in until residential development had reached that far. Then. too. certain discrepancies were made in mapping out the extended areas that appear ed to be discriminating. Xn spite of my opposition, belief, and opinion the Town Limits were extended to where they now are in an orderly manner by the vote of the people and so far as I am concerned they can stay that way until the local board sees fit to make changes and corrections. I consider any change of this kind a prerogative of the Town Board and not the duty of the Representative to do anything that would affect said Town Limits without their sanc tion. I consider this proper and or derly procedure in matters of this kind. I am strongly interested in the improvement of the educational fa cilities now available to the children of Washington County. I am aware of the fact that the housing condi tion of our schools in Plymouth Township are greatly inadequate on account of their crowded condition. I strongly favor the expenditure of PRIMROSE THE BEST BUY /N RYE! ©5c FULL PINT s1.80 FULL QUART GOODERHAM & WORTS LTD., PEORIA, ILL. I v enough money to be used in the construction and erection of enough additional rooms as well as improve ment to the heating, plumbing and general renovation of the old school building, so much as may be needed that will insure our children having the same educational opportunities in health and in mind as generally are received and available to child ren of other Counties of this State. The growth of our Town in the past few years has crowded our schools to such an extent that some thing will have to be done to take care of this situation. I understand that there are also minor improvements to be made to the school at Roper. North Carolina. I have also learned that the roof of the new school building at Creswell. N. C. needs repairing I am informed that there are al ready two vacancies on the Board of Education, or will be by the end of this term. With this in mind. I CARD OF THANKS We take this method of expressing our sincere gratitude to all our friends, both white and colored, for their kindness and help to us in sponsoring our program as host for the eighth general Assembly. We thank Mr. E. F. Still, president of the Plymouth Box and Panel Co., who lent us the lumber to build the din ner table. NOAH BOSTON, Pastor. BEATRICE HOGGARD. Sec. Spring Green Church of Christ, Plymouth, N. C. promise the people of Washington County, if I am elected to the House of Representative- I will appoint two good, reliable, successful business men to fill these vacancies on the school board, and who I know are business like enough to give the mat ter of the above improvements their immediate attention I want to say to the people of We nona that, if elected. I will fight t.o the last, ditch, to keep the State Test farm in this county. I understand that there has been some move on foot to move it to another county. Sincerely, EDWARD. L. OWENS. ' Political Advertisement) CARD OF THANKS I wish to publicly express my thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Lin wood Brown. President of the Junior Woman's Club and to every member of the club for their untiring efforts in making the recent Army-Navy Emergency Relief Fund such an out standing success To the public I wish to express my pleasure in such generous controbutions. The sum of $181.41 was raised by collection in The Plymouth Theatre during this drive. This amount was forwarded to Mr. H. F. Kincey. Chairman of this district in the National Army-Navy Emergency Relief Fund Drive which started on May 14t,h and ended on May 20th. SHEP BRINKLEY. Owner and manager, Plymouth Theatre. DON'T FORGET US Light While Flour and Meats a Specialty ★ ★ ★ Steaks - Chops - Roasts - Sausage Abbott's Water-Ground MEAL ★ ★ ★ Come To See Us or Give Us A Ring ★ ★ ★ KELLY'S GROCERY AND MARKET At Intersection of Highway 64 and Road To Plymouth Box Plant Old Undated Endorsement USED BY Candidate For Congress Greenville, N. C. May 21, 1942. To the voters of the First Congression al District: It has come to my attention that the newspapers of the District are carrying an endorsement of Marvin K. Blount bearing mv signature. This endorsement was cir culated among the ministers of Greenville a long time before the entrance of Jack Edwards into the race for Congress. I was led to believe that this endorsement would not be published and, as a matter of fact, I was busy at the time it was presented to me and not fully conversant with its con tents. The advertisement is misleading in that it appears that the endorsement was made by the Ministerial Association. To my knowledge the Ministerial Association did not act on this matter in open meeting nor was it ever presented to the associa tion as a body. The petition was brought to me long' before Jack Edwards entered the race and I signed it as an individual voter after much pressure had been brought to bear upon me. It should also be called to the public’s attention that the ad vertisement in question has not to my knowledge appeared in any of the Green ville or Pitt County newspapers. It is my desire now to correct the impression it might have made on the voters of this dis trict. I shall cast my vote for Jack Edwards in the Democratic Primary and commend him to the voters of the District as a gen tleman of high Christian character, mark ed ability, and a servant of the people. (Signed) John S. Armfield, Rector St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Greenville, N. C. May 22, 1942. The endorsement of Hon. Marvin K. Blount for Congress was before it was known that another Greenville man would enter the race. In endorsing Mr. Blount for this high position it was not the intent of this minis ter to discredit either man in the race. So far as I know the three men are splendid, capable Christian gentlemen. (Signed) Rev. G. W. Perry, Minister, Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church. The endorsement referred to was circulated some time in November, 1941. Jack Edwards entered the race for Congress in February, 1942. Vote for Jack Edwards for Congress This advertisement patd for by the Martin County Friends of Mr. Edwards
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