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.
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Entered as second-class matter
at the post oflice in Plymouth,
N. C„ under the act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
Thursday, June 25, 1942
I
"Better to give than to take”—Heyuorth
JUNE
U. S. A E. F. troop*
reach France, 1917.
of the Mormon
church killed by mob,
1844.
Ferdinand as
sassinated. 1914.
demilitarize* th»
Channel Islands, 1940,
30—Indian Territory estab
lished 1834.
Teddy Roosevelt's Rough
Riders charge San Juan
Kill. 1858.
These Men Have Done
Their Part—Have You?
Whether the rubber salvage cam
paign in Washington County is the
success it ought to be or not, much
credit is due our three oil distribu
tors and many filling station op
erators for their willing cooperation,
which has been remarkable
Their business already seriously
crippled by the war. these men were
called upon by the President, with
out any warning, to finance the rub
ber salvage campaign; and it is to
the everlasting credit of the three
distributors in Washington County,
at least, that they responded cheer
fully and willingly, and did all they
could to make the campaign a suc
cess.
They not only had to put up the
money to buy in the old rubber, but
they gave the use of their trucks in
gathering the salvaged material, as
well as their time, and agreed to turn
over any profits to designated war
charities.
If everyone has cooperated as
wholeheartedly as have C. E. Ayers,
John Swinson, E. L. Winslow, and
their filling station operators, then
the rubber salvage drive in Washing
ton County is going over just 100
per cent. If everyone hasn’t, then it
isn't their fault, for they have done
their full part.
-<g>
A Time When We
Must Have Faith
What has become of the super
optimists who only a few days ago
were predicting complete victory and
end of the war by Christmas? Now
that the going has gotten a lot tough
er, some of them are not being heard
from at all, and others have become
prophets of doom.
The war is no more lost because
of the bad news of the past few days
than it was won because of the good
news of a few days before. This is
a time to have faith; it is a time
when we must have faith. If we put
our entire minds to doing the job
immediately before us, we will have
little time to gloat over the good news
or gloom over the bad. And that is
what is up to each of us: Just ’tend
to our own knittin'.
CHERRY
O. D. Woodley, of Autryville, and
Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Creech and
daughters Jean and Billie, of Prince
ton, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Davenport, Saturday night and
Sunday. j
Mrs. G. P. Woodley has returned
home after spending the spring with
her children, Mr. G. D. Woodley, of
Autryville, Mrs. Hermon Creech, of
Princeton, and Mrs. Duke Poole, of
Jacksonville.
Mr. Edsel Barnes came home from
Norfolk, where he works, to spend
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. O. Barnes. He was ac
companied by Miss Thelma Stillman.
Mrs. Roy Blount, of Norfolk, is
spending several days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Spruill.
Mrs. Robert Ayers and son, George,
of Westover, spent the week-end with
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Gibbs.
Miss Lucille Davenport spent Satur
day night with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Davenport after being
with her sister, Mrs. J. A. Morris, of
Columbia, who has been ill at her
lome, but much better at this time.
Mrs. Will Davenport, of Lynn Ha
,’en, Va., is visiting friends here tills
week.
Regular monthly services were held
at Philippi church by the pastor,
Rev. L. B. Bennett on Sunday.
MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our dearest
wife and mother, Priscila Elizabeth
Davenport, who departed this life one
year ago this month June 28, 1941.
She is gone but not forgotten,
Never will her memory fade;
Sweetest thoughts will ever linger
Around the grave where she is laid.
We loved her, oh yes, we loved her,
But the Savior loved her more!
So the angels sweetly called her
To that bright and happy shore.
The golden gates were open,
A gentle voice said come;
And with farewells unspoken
She calmly entered home.
It was hard to part with mother,
Oh, so sad to see her die;
But we will try to meet her
Some sweet day by and by.
In life lived, and in death remem
bered;
Her devoted husband, son and
daughters.
Mrs. L. D. Collins
Entertains Thursday
Pleasant Grove.—Mrs. D. L. Col
lins entertained a number of her
friends at a lovely party at her home.
Thursday evening from 8 until 12
o'clock in honor of Mrs. J. C. Tar
kenton, jr., of Columbia, S. C
Tire lower floor was in suite with
beautiful summer flowers artistically
arranged throughous the rooms. A
double arrangement of pink rosies
and fern in crystal bowls centered the
dining table which was covered with
an Italian cut work cloth. White ta
pers entwined with fem. burned in
silver holders at the ends of the table.
While games of bingo was being spon
sored a refreshing course of iced
grape juice and wafers was served.
Mrs. A. E. Davenport won the bingo
prize.
Mrs. J. E. Davenport won the prize,
In The Future” contest.
At the conclusion of the social hour
Mi's. J. C. Tarkenton sr., and Mrs.
Effie W. Gurkin assisted the hos
tess in serving a delicious course of
blocked ice cream cake, salted nuts,
mints, and Iced drinks in the dining
room.
Mrs. Cleveland Cratch Is
Hostess At Bridge
Mrs. Cleveland Cratch was hostess
Wednesday evening at six tables of
bridge.
Mixed summer flowers were used to
decorate the home. Cold drinks were
enjoyed during the game and at the
conclusion frozen fruit salad, crack
ers and iced tea were served.
Those present were Mesdames
Darden, J. S. Brown. Henry Hardi
Jack Thomas, Blanche Jackson, J. W.
son. C. W. Burnham, L. W. Gurkin,
jr., G. K. Harris. Jack Williams,
Carlyle Doughtie. C. T. Robbins, S.
P. Darden, W. C. Chesson, J. E.
Thrailkill, Pat D. Hamilton. Bonnie
Coburn, Clarence Ainsley, Hilda Gur
ganus, L. Roy Swain. A. J. Byrd, T.
V. Vorey. of Norfolk, Jack Homer,
Dan Satterthwaite and Miss Nancy
Bateman.
A perfume lamp was presented to
Mrs. J. E. Thrailkill as the high
score prize. Mrs. J. S. Brown, re
ceived a bridge set as runner-up;
Mrs. Bonnie Cobum won the bingo
award and Mrs. Clarence Ainsley the
traveling prize.
PIES
Apple - Peach - Raisin
Mince Meat - Cocoanut
EACH
HASSELL Bros.
BAKERY
EDW. S. (TED) BLOUNT
Candidate for Sheriff
PLYMOUTH, NORTH CAROLINA
June 25, 1942.
To the Voters of Washington County!
While I have been able to see a great many voters
personally, it is manifestly impossible to get in
touch with everyone. Therefore, I earnestly hope you
will consider this a personal message to ask your sup
port of my candidacy for the Democratic nomination as
sheriff.
Win or lose, I want you to know that I am sincere
ly grateful to those who voted for me in the first pri
mary. Now that we have a second primary set for Satur
day, June 27, I again respectfully solicit your vote
and support.
If I am nominated and elected, I will devote my
entire energy to the duties of the office and will en
deavor to conduct it in such manner as to reflect credit
on the county and its people. I believe you know me well
enough to know that I mean this without any reservation
whatever.
Remember, Saturday is the day of the primary and
the polla oloae at 6s30 p. m. In all ainoerity, I will
appreciate your vote and support.
Respectfully yours,
BDW. S. (TED) BLOUNT
In Baltimore. Md
S. Scherr and son, Marvin, spent
last week in Baltimore. Md.
In Rocky Mount Hospital
Mrs. Raymond Jackson is a pa
tient in the hospital at Rocky Mount.
Visiting from New York
Mrs. S. Yarvis and son. of New
York are visiting Mr and Mrs. Dave
Kulman.
Home During Week-End
Earl Ainsley of the U. S. Navy was
at home during the week-end.
Rambling
...About
By THE RAMBLEB
There Ought a Be A Law—
For the duration of the war, any
way, there ought to be a law against
all columnists and commentators,
this one included—and maybe even
especially this one. Most of the mis
information, ill-founded rumors, half
baked ideas and crack-pot schemes
we hear and read about come direct
ly or indirectly from these sources;
and, to say the least, they contri
bute little if anything to the win
ning of the war. As a matter of
fact, some of them contribute to dis
trust and disgust with our allies, our
leaders both political and military,
and serve to break down the morale
of the people in general. They build
up resentment against regulations,
restrictions and rationing consider
ered necessary for the public by play
ing up the doubts about such neces
sity.
And We Do Mean All—
When we said all columnists and
commentators, we meant just that.
Start at the top and eliminate the
Walter Lippmans and Dorothy
Thompsons with their intellectual
sounding analyses of world politics
and economics and their reason
packed forecasts, all of which are
proven so much tripe just as soon as
the Axis leaders decide which way
they want to jump. The same thing
appiles to the George Fielding Elliotts
with their carefully considered mili
tary surveys and predictions, which,
if they turned out as forecast, should
land them on the Allied Nations’
general staff instead of in the middle
of a new premise just as soon as their
old ones have gone awry. Next lop
off the Hans Von Kaltenboms (that's
his real name, too) and their hys
terical Mattings which do more to
spread poisonous division and dis
content by tile inflection of their
voices than by tire words they utte.
Just Warming Up—
When you get that for, you've only
started. There are the Walter Win
ehells with their smart-alecky flag
waving, asinity topped off with pu
trid piffle. Then the Frank R. Kent-s,
who somewhow manage to insert their
anti-Roosevelt venom into every sen
tence they write or utter, no matter
how foreign the subject. The West
brook Peglers and Henry McLe
mores, sport writers out of their
depth, who give vent to sophomoric
utterances about topics as incompre
hensible to them as they are to—
to—well, to the Rambler, just to
make it completely ridiculous. And
don’t forget the A1 Williamses, with
their one-track minds and half-track
reasoning; also the Merry-Go
Rounds, Whirligigs. Window Seats,
Capitol Comments, and so forth and
so on world without end, amen.
Where the Trouble Is—
Doubtless this motley crew means
well, and broken down into compo
nent parts they are about as honest
as they are capable of being. The
main trobule is that there is an in
sufficiency of known facts on which
to base the multitudinous copy they
are required to turn out, which puts
each of them on his own in surmis
ing and drawing conclusions. They
have vivid imaginations and ingrown
prejudices which are bound to crop
out in most of their talking and writ
ing, and all of them have a smatter
ing of a following which thinks ev
erything they write or say is law and
gospel. They build this following up
by using about half of their space or
time boasting of predictions-come
true, while blandly ignoring fore
casts-gone-sour. Since there are on
ly two ways to guess, right or wrong,
the law of averages gives them a hit
once in a while, but if you consider
the record as a whole, precious few
of them are batting enough to keep
them in the Epworth League if it
was on a “pro”basis.
And Its Effect—
The whole business wouldn’t
amount to a tinker's dam if we didn't
have a war to be won. Now, how
ever, they make it their business to
stir up all the stink they can about
everything they can. One of ’em
doesn’t like Donald Nelson, say; so
when the WPB advises that gas ra
tioning is necessary, this bright boy
goes out to his car and finds 6 gal
lons of gas in the tank; he multiplies
that by the 30.000.000 cars in the
country, then figures that he could
go to his filling station and get 10
more gallons if he wanted to, multi
plies that and throws it in for good
measure, and then comes out against
rationing because there are 480.000.
000 gallons of gas available. His fol
lowers then get worked up against
the President, the WPB. and every
one else, declaring that they don't
know what they are talking about. As
a result, a considerable section of the
populace refuses to take gasoline
rationing seriously unless, mayhap,
they have had a brother or son or
uncle blown off a tanker by a sub
marine, in which event they go whole
hog the other way and say that no
body ought to have any gasoline, for
anything.
Where Our Job Lie—
What difference does it make what
one or all of these birds think about
any given topic? Pew of them have
any special sources of information
that enable them to challenge the
wisdom of regulations considered ne
cesary by consituted authorities. If
the WBP says gas or tire or sugar
rationing should be instituted, it is
our duty to go along and cooperate
whole-heartedly. They have a pic
ture of the over-all situation that is
not available to the rest of us; and
even if it means the saving of but
one life or shortening the war by on
ly one day, such regulations or res
trictions are worth while: and the
folks back home, who are not risk
ing their own necks as are those in
the armed services, can do no less
than go along the best they can.
Discipline at Home—
We have heard a lot about the
need for discipline among the men
in the armed services, and nobody
will deny that it is absolutely neces
sary. However, there is also a very
real need for discipline back here at
home and that goes for columnists
and commentators along with the
general run of folks. Plenty of mis
takes are being made by those in
authority, but this is no time to stop
and argue about it. If we get on
with the business of winning this war
now, we will have plenty of time later
to criticize those who are at least
doing their utmost to bring about
victory—and peace. Let us con
tinue with our eternal bickering at
this time, and we may have a peace
later, but we will not be permitted to
criticize it or anything else; because
our conquerors will write the rules
and, though we won’t like ’em, we
will obey them—or else.
ATTENTION!
TOMATO GROWERS
We open Monday, June 29th, for
receiving GREEN TOMATOES at our
plant in Mackeys. Growers are urged
to use caution in not picking tomatoes
unless matured.
Plenty of baskets can be furnished
at the pack house.
WELAKA
FISH AND PRODUCE COMPANY
MACKEYS, N. C.
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and keep as cheerful
TRUE TO OUR COUNTRY ... STEADFAST IN OUR IDEALS
our PLEDGE:
To place love of country before hope of profit...
'... To cheerfully give our sons, kinfolks and val
ued employees to the colors when called ...
... To buy, and encourage employees to buy, to
the limit. United States War Savings Bonds and
Sumps, and to pay our full share of all just
usee.«.
• . • To hold fast to our ideal of quality in product
end of integrity in our institutions...
'... To avoid waste, especially war-time essentials,
•nd to adhere rigidly to government regulations...
•i ,. T° what we can to cheer up the nation at
i 10,2 and 4 o'clock.
■ UY UNITED STATES WAR SAVINGS
SONDS^AND .STAMPS
as we can
l
!
Low spirits and lagging energy will never win a war. Sweat and blood
and toil and tears we must endure. But to endure them stoutly, we must
encourage high morale. Morale means zeal... spirit... hope... and
confidence. It’s strange how so simple a thing as a bottle of Dr. Pepper
can help. Yet it’s true. This bit of extra energy between meals does help
definitely. Get your liquid bite... your morale improver... your pro
duction stimulator at 10, 2 and 4 every day.