Lengthy Session in
Recorder's Court;
One Trial by Jury
Next Week’s Session Will
Be Held Thursday In
stead of Tuesday
With Judge W. R. Gaylord presid
ing and W. L. Whitley representing
the state as solicitor, proceedings of
the recorder’s court Tuesday were as
follows:
Charles B. Fowler, charged with
speeding, plea of guilty: fined $5 and
costs.
Roland Spruill, colored, charged
with larceny, found not guilty.
Frank Holly, charged with assault;
found not guilty.
Kider Brown and Willie Cradle,
colored, charged with public drunk
enness, each fined $10 and costs.
Monte Davenport, charged with
driving while intoxicated; plea of
guilty, fined $50 and costs.
Alex Comstock, charged with assault;
tried by jury and found not guilty,
W. A. Davenport, charged with at
tempted assault, found not guilty.
Lue Read, charged with assault
with deadly weapon. The court en
tered the following order: "Defend
ant pleads guilty to an assault with
a^headly weapon, inflicting bodily
frtiBi. It is adjured, that the de
d I
ds
to work * «tt kbe
for a period of six months, and
a fine of $50 and costs,
the bill of Dr. T. L.
f<* treatment of the prosecut
witness, Frank Holley. Road
to be suspended upon con- i
the defendant appear in j
on the first Tuesday of
every month for a period
and show that he has
abiding and of good behav
that he has kept the peace
persons."
were continued to Thurs
10 Annie Lee Brown,
with larceny; and Charlie
charged with receiving stolen
SCHOOL BEGINS
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rubber and gasoline shortage, make
this necessary
Mr, Trotman said that games will
be played with any team that can
afford to come here for the game or
is willing to provide transportation
for Plymouth teams to go where the
game or games will be played.
Athletics in the gymnasium will
receive close attention, both for the
boys and the girls, and more gen
eral physical development is expect
ed than when such development
hinges on preparation for some con
test games that include only a few
of the students.
The high school is now without an
auditorium it having been taken for
classrooms, providing two. This is
why there were no formal opening
exercises today. Additional rooms
cannot now be provided because of
inability to obtain building material.
The total enrollment at the high
school last school year, including the
eighth grade, was 217, being 16 more j
than the previous year. An even
larger enrollment is expected this
year. In the elementary grades the
enrollment last year was 575, being
a gain of 49 over the year before.
Tire total enrollment in all grades
was 792 last year, 65 more than for
the preceding term.
To conserve national supplies of
alloying elements, scrap dealers care
fully segregate alloy steel scrap from
ordinary scrap.
Success in County; No Tabulation Yet
Scrap Metal Drive Meeting With Fair
About 10 tons of scrap metal
collected in the county was last
week sent to Norfolk, Va„ by the
salvage committee of the Wash
ington County Civilian Defense
Council, and Richard West, who
with H, H. McLean, W. V. Hays
and C. E. Ayers, is pushing the
drive for junk metal said that
about 15 tons are now in the yard
here being sorted to throw out
the useless stuff. In addition to
all this, 10 tons of metal collect
ed in the Creswell section, was
sold this week to an out-of-thc
county dealer.
Mr. West said that while the
drive for scrap metal is proceed
ing quietly, it is going on stead
ily, and before the quest for junk
ends, Washington County will
have made a good showing in re
sponding to the government call
for materials needed to help win
the war.
Colored Selectees,
35 Out of 57 Sent,
Accepted by Army
15 Out of 32 From Here Re
jected; Only 4 Out of 14
From Roper
Of the 56 colored men of Wash
ington County and one transfer from
Parksley, Va., who left Plymouth last
Thursday for Port Bragg for possible
army service, 34 of them and the
transferee passed the examinations,
were inducted into the armed forces
and then given furloughs of 14 days
to return and settle their affairs at
home before going into training.
Most of them accepted the furloughs
and returned home. They will re
turn to Fort Bragg on September 10
and 11.
The selectees accepted for service
are:
From Plymouth: Clyde Pittmtan.
Alfred Rouse, Jack Hoyt, George
Gorham, Edward Alfonza Boyd, John
Henry Moore, William Orlando Bos
ton, Octabis Junior Smith, Herman
Moore, Willie Hart Boyd, Melvin
Alanda Lloyd, Sylvester Cooper, Wil
liam Frank Downing, John Lee Moore
Aaronius Selassie Cooper, David Leon
Faison, William Bennie Downing.
From Roper: William Lee Brown,
James Richard Cox, Julius Walker,
Phillip Moore, Walter Fields, James
Tem McCray, Raleigh James Wood
ley, Jonni Marvin Blount, Freder
ick Downing, James Henry Morris.
Lemond Jackson.
From Creswell: Nathaniel Earl
Spencer. William Lieutenant Little
john, John Robert Davis, Calvin
Creedmore, Howard McDowell Myers,
Norman Lee Rogers.
Transferee: William Henry Blount.
Of the 32 men sent from Plymouth,
15 were rejected for physical or men
tal deficiency; of 14 from Roper, 4
were rejected: and 3 out of 9 from
Creswell were rejected.
The next quota of colored selectees
to be sent from Washington County
will go on September 30, when 45
will be called.
Court Imposes Fine
For Simple Assault
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In the recorder’s court last week
James Thomas appeared to answer a
charge of an attempted hold-up and
creating a public nuisance by using
profane language. The evidence did
not sustain the charge, the state’s
chief witness testifying in effect that
the affair was little more than a
brawl with no hold-up attempted, so
Judge W. H. Gaylord, presiding,
changed the complaint to simple as
sault and imposed a fine of $5 and
costs.
An impression was current that the
fine was for the major offense, where
as it was only for a minor infraction
of the law.
Essoheat
Fuel Oils
Due to conditions beyond
their control, the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey
demands
CASH FOR ALL FUEL OILS
Therefore, please help us
to keep fuel oils in stocks by
paying our driver when bill
is presented. Also let us have
your orders early (before you
get entirely out).
C. E. Ayers
ESSOHEAT and KEROSENE
Red Cross Home
Nursing Activities
Gain Importance
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Shortage of Doctors and
Nurses Increases Need,
Speaker Says
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Red Cross activities, local and gen
eral. were discussed briefly Wednes
day at the morning session of Red
Cross workers in Plymouth, meeting
in the American Legion Hall for a
home nursing conference. Mrs. Rob
ert B. Trotman. home nursing chair
man, presided.
Miss Christine Cornwell, of the
American Red Cross staff, was pres
ent to aid the home nursing commit
tee plan its work. Experienced in
the problems that frequently con
front them, she proved a real in
spiration to committee members in
tent on immediate and future activi
ties.
John W. Darden. Red Cross chap
ter chairman, spoke briefly of the
general importance of the Red Cross
and of the greater local interest be
ing taken in its work, apparent by
the roll call response this year with
near 600 members, as compared with
' half that number last year. Right
afterwards, when a call was made
for war relief, Plymouth went above
its quota of $1,500. At the next roll
call campaign, with a war relief drive
at the same time, he looks for an
other 100 per cent gain.
Dr. S. V. Lewis, district health of
ficer, also addressed the conference,
dwelling on the importance of train
ing flrst-aid workers in the homes.
He gave some local statistics to dem
onstrate how such training would be
effective in averting both deaths and
accidents.
“Most Red Cross workers start as
volunteers," said Miss Cornwall. Not
ing the increasing shortage every
where of doctors and nurses, because
of the war, she stressed the import
ance of first aid and home nursing
information at present and in the
months ahead. She spoke also of
preparedness. “Mass migration
brings increase of illness, largely
among the school children, and germs
are transmitted that spread through
the country,” she said. “The Red
Cross teaches the people how to live
better and more safely. The trend
is to make the people more self-re
liant, particularly toward their own
community. The war won’t last for
ever, and public health is here to
stay."
Following the opening session, the
conference went into the actual work
before it, Miss Cornwell leading the
way and answering questions by
members of the committee relative
to procedure, both in the way of giv
ing first aid and in the instruction to
be given others.
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The North Carolina legislature not
having appropriated money to fur
nish free textbooks for the eighth
grade—although it ranks as an ele
mentary grade—books for eighth
grade pupils cannot be furnished
free, according to the State Textbook
Commission. In the eighth grade,
the flat fee is $2.40 for the year, this
entitling the pupil to all the regular
basal textbooks authorized for this
grade and certain other supplemen
tary materials, the kind and amount
not yet being known or available but
to be made available as soon as pos
I sible after schools open.
One agriculture book will be fur
nished for each agriculture student
paying the flat fee and eight volumes
of bulletins issued by State College
will be furnished each agricultural de
partment.
Each school offering home econom
ics will be supplied with two books
per pupil enrolled for that course.
Pupils will not be permitted to use
supplementary readers, eighth grade
and high school books, unless they
have paid the rental fee. The full
fee should be paid promptly at the
opening of the school so that all stu
dents may have the privilege of us
ing the books during the full school
term. Each pupils must pay the full
amount of the rental fee.
All textbooks issued to the pupils,
either free or rented, must be re
turned in good condition. Children
will be required to pay for books lost
or damaged if the damage is greater
than normal wear. Superintendent
McLean urges the cooperation of the
: parents in seeing that the pupils take
j proper care of books.
Truck and Car Collide
At Intersection Here
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An ice truck driven by Raymond
Phelps and a passenger car driven
by James Waters collided at the
courthouse corner here last Sunday
morning. No one was hurt, but both
truck and car were damaged.
LABOR DAY
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becue specialist, will provide it with
all the fixings and attend to the
serving. The union workers and
their guests will be invited to eat to
the utmost, free to all of them.
Final arrangement foi the Labor
Day program here and at Albemarle
Beach were discus 'd and perfected
at a joint meeting of all the locals
in Plymouth Monday night. These
included, in addition to the Pulp. Sul
phite and Paper Mi! Workers, Local
No. 1183, International Brotherhood
of Electrical Work; rs. W. O. Kelley,
president; the local of the Interna
tional Union of Operating Engineers,
Spurgeon Mullahans. president: local
of the office workers union, A. F. L.;
and the carpenters and joiners local.
This will be the fifth Labor Day
celebration to be held in Plymouth.
Services at Pleasant Grove
Church Sunday Morning
The Rev. G. C. Wood, pastor of the
Pleasant Grove Methodist church,
will preach there next Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Wood has just concluded a re
vival meeting at Pleasant Grove, with
the Rev. A. L. Thompson, of Ahos
kie, as guest preacher. Mr. Wood
is pastor of the M. E. churches at
Roper. Pleasant Grove, Mackeys,
Jamesville and Sil'oam. He manages
to preach each Sunday at two of
them and once a month at the other
three. He says he has a very diffi
cult problem in stretching his allot
ment of gas to visit all his charges.
Evening Worship Service
Resumed by Methodists
Evening worship will be resumed
next Sunday at the Plymouth Meth
odist church, with sermon by the
pastor, Rev. O. L. Hardwick. During
July and August there was only one
worship service each Sunday, but now
there will be morning worship at 11
o'clock and evening worship at 8
o'clock each Sunday. The Epworth
League will also begin its work again
and meet each Sunday at 7 p. m.
Church school at 9:45 each Sunday
morning with J. W. Norman, super
intendent.
After the sermon next Sunday eve
ning the third quarterly conference
will be held, and church members are
urged to attend this service.
Certificates Granted
By Rationing Board
The local rationing board, at its
meeting last Thursday, approved ap
plications for tires, tubes and recaps
and issued certificates for them, as
follows:
J. P. Porter. Plymouth, tire and
tube for truck.
T. C. Burgess. Plymouth, tire for
truck.
J. T. White, Creswell, two tires and
two tubes for truck.
H. L. Davenport, Roper, two tires
and two tubes for truck.
P. E. Cleveland, Plymouth, one re
cap tire for truck.
C. T. Tarkenton, Creswell, one tire
and one tube for truck.
J. S. Sugar, Plymouth, two tires
and two tubes for truck.
J. P. Carter. Wenona. two recaps
and one tube for truck.
W. A. Mizelle, Plymouth, two tires
for truck.
J. H. Allen. Plymouth, one tire for
truck.
H. T. Hardison, Plymouth, two re
caps for passenger car.
H. L. Respass. Plymouth, two re
caps and two tubes for passenger car.
Visits His Parents Here
Brownie Brown, of the United
States Navy, spent a few days here
recently with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Brown.
In New York Last Week
Abe Adler went to New York last
week to buy fall merchandise for his
store here.
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Colored Selectees
To Be Entertained
In honor of the Roper, Plymouth
and Creswell colored men recently
inducted Into the army and who,
after being at home on furlough for
a short time, will leave next Thurs
day and Friday for their training
fields, a chicken supper is to be serv
ed in the J. B Clemmons High
School at Roper next Wednesday eve
ning at 8 o'clock, arrangements be
ing in charge of members of the
Mount Eprew Baptist church. The
Roper colored glee club will sing,
and the public is invited. Lawyer
P. H. Bell will make an address of
good cheer to the men who are “in
the army now."
Guests who have indicated they
will attend if they can and speak
are Postmaster J. W. Darden, For
mer Senator Carl I,. Bailey and E. J.
Hayes.
The entertainment is being spon
sored by colored members of the pub
licity and morale committee of the
county Civilian Defense Council. E.
V. Wilkins, of Roper, is chairman of
the committee.
Plymouth Lions To
Again Meet Weekly
Following the summer months
when the Plymouth Lions met in al
ternate weeks, the regular weekly
meeting each Thursday night in the
Loyal Legion hall has been resumed.
President L. S. Thompson said there
should be a large turnout of Lions
tonight.
At last week's meeting the Lions
voted to buy a service flag to be plac
ed on the walls of their hall in honor
of two Plymouth Lions now in the
armed forces, Dr. E. W. Ferguson and
W. Blount Rodman. Action was tak
en on the motion by Lion Still, sec
onded by Lion Lucas. Secretary T.
C. Brugess showed several service
flag pictures from which to make se
lection. The one chosen will be 18
by 24 inches in size.
President Thompson named P. W.
Brown, W. D. Hays and F. E. Noble
as the Lions Greeting Committee.
A very nice dinner was served by
The Young Matrons Club of the
Christian Church.
After the dinner the directors met
and voted to contribute $20 to buy
materials for work by the blind, the
money to be expended under direc
tion of' Miss Patricia Stone.
Home Hardener Should Not
Attempt To Save Seed
Since the production of high grade
vegetable seed, relatively free from
disease, is really one of the most
highly specialized phases of agricul
ture, the home gardener might be
wise to buy all of his seed from deal
ers. Those who do save seed from
their garden are likely to have mixed
varieties
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Ten per cent of your income
in War Bonds will help to
build the planes and tanks
that will insure defeat of Hit- I
ler and his Axis partners.
LEGAL NOTICES
State of North Carolina
Department of State
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE OF
DISSOLUTION
To All to Whom These Presents May
Come—Greeting:
Whereas, it appears to my satis
faction, by duly authenticated record
of the proceedings for the voluntary
dissolution thereof by the unanimous
consent of all the stockholders, de
posited in my office, that the Satter
thwaite, Incorporated, a corporation
of this State, whose principal office
is situated at No. - Street, in the
town of Plymouth, County of Wash
ington, State of North Carolina (Dan
R. Satterthwaite being the agent
therein and in charge thereof, upon
whom process may be served), has
complied with the requirements of
Chapter 22, Consolidated Statutes,
entitled "Corporations,” preliminary
to the issuing of this Certificate of
Dissolution:
Now, therefore. I. Thad Eure, Sec
NOTICE!
Stockholders Meeting
The annual meeting of the mem
bers and stockholders of the Plymouth
Building and Loan Association will be
held in the Council Chambers of the
Town of Plymouth on the 9th day of
September, 1942, at 8 p. m., for the pur
pose of attending to such business mat
ters as may come before the organiza
tion
This the 24th day of August, 1942.
ALL STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO BE
PRESENT AT THIS MEETING
PLYMOUTH BUILDING & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
By HELEN BRATTEN, Secretary
WAIT AOS
w OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS HERE99
FOR SALE—T. W. WOOD & SONS
garden seeds. Davenport Hard
ware C o. je25 tf
FOR SALE: NICE PEARS FOR
preserving, Phone 2181, Phillip
Stillman, s3 2t
FOR SALE: SLAB WOOD; SAWEp
to heater length. C, E. Ayers, City.
flO tf
ARMY CART WHEELS FOR SALE.
Blount's Hardware & Seed Store. It
NEW HUNTING AND FISHING Li
censes now on sale, also ammuni
tion, at Blount's Hardware and Seed ;
Store. al3 tf
FOR SALE—WALL PAPER. DAVEN
port Hardwarde Co. je25 tf
SIX-ROOM HOUSE FOR RENT:
Two miles from town. See Mrs.
E. R Jackson It
FIVE-ROOM HOUSE IN LITTLE
Richwood for sale. Reasonable
price. Good drainage. See C. E.
Hoff. 428 Jefferson St. It
FOR SALE: 1938 CHEVROLET
two-door sedan, 27.000 miles; prac
tically new tires. Mrs. Mary S. Ca
hoon, city. It
FOR SALE—100 ONE GALLON CO
ca-Cola jugs. Davenport Hard
ware Co. Je25 tf
DON'T FORGET FRESH OYSTERS
and fish at all times at the City
Pish Market. S. J. Gibbs. It
FOR SALE—HO-AC’RE FARM; 50
acres in cultivation, good water,
lUnriles of Highway 64. Convenient
to pulp mill and new Edenton air
base. Cash, $3,800. Answer Box
156, Roper, N. C. jy 30 6t
FOR SALE: STANDARD WINDOW
shades, dark green, white, ivory,
dark brown, dark ecru. See our dis
play. Davenport Hardware Co. jy9 tl
FOR RENT: 3-ROOM APARTMENT
with lights and water. Mrs. W.
S. Davenport, Mackeys, N. C. a27 tf
FOR SALE — FULGRAIN OATS,
winter variety. 95% germination
80c per bushel. Buyer furnish bags
Larger lots less price. Roy C. Ches
son, Roper, N. C. a27 4t
FOR RENT: TWO-ROOM FUR
nished apartment. Couple pre
ferred. Address S, care Roanoke
Beacon. It
LOST—HAT BOX CONTAINING 5
ladies hats, on highway somewhere
between Columbia and Plymouth
Finder please see Miss Eva Bateman,
city. It
MAN WANTED. GOOD NEARBY
Rawleigh Route now open. If will
ing to conduct Home Service busi
ness while earning good living, write
immediately. Rawleigh’s, Dept. NCH
171-45, Richmond, Va. It
lc EACH FOR WIRE HANGERS,
tied in bundles of 25, delivered to
Economy Cleaners, Jack Peele, Man
ager. s3 4t
LEGAL NOTICES
retary of State of the State of North
Carolina, do hereby certify that the
said corporation did, on the 24th day
of August, 1942, file in my office a
duly executed and attested consent
in writing to the dissolution of said
corporation, executed by all the
stockholders thereof, which said con
sent and the record of the proceed
ings aforesaid are now on file in my
said office as provided by law.
In testimony whereof, I have here
to set my hand and affixed my seal
at Raleigh, this 24th day of August,
1942.
THAD EURE,
a27 4t Secretary of State.
Piled August 25th, 1942, and re
corded in Record of Incorporations,
2. page 91.
W. B. COX,
Assistant Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an order of the Su
perior Court of Washington County
entered on the 17th day of August,
1942, in that certain tax forclosure
proceedings entitled: "Cymera Pa
gan vs. Ella H. McDonald, widow of
John McDonald, and others”, the un
dersigned Commissioner will on the
26th day of September, 1942, at
twelve (12j o'clock Noon, at the
Courthouse Door of Washington
County, in Plymouth, N. C., offer for
sale, at public auction, to the high
est bidder, for cash, the following
described real estate, to-wit:
One certain house and lot situate
onWnsonSUeetmthetownof
LEGAL NOTICES
Plymouth, N, C., being the house and
lot formerly occupied by the late John
McDonald and wife, Ella H. McDon
ald and family, and known as the
John McDonald house and lot.
A deposit of ten (10) per cent will
be required at the time of sale by
the last and highest bidder to show
good faith.
This August 17, 1942.
HUGH G. HORTON,
a20 4t Commissioner.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Washington Coun
ty; Superior Court.
Spencer Harris vs. Neeola Harris
The defendant, Neeola Harris, will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
superior court of Washington County,
North Carolina, for absolute divorce
on the ground of two-year separation,
and the said defendant will further
take notice that she is required to
appear at the office of the Clerk Su
perior Court of Washington County,
North Carolina, in the courthouse in
Plymouth, North Carolina, within 30
days from and after the 3rd day of
September, 1942, and answer or de
mur to the complaint in said action,
or the plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in said com
plaint.
This the 12th day of August, 1942.
al3 4t W. B. COX,
Assistant Clerk Superior Court.
Washington County, North Carolina.
1941, reports the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
FOOD VALUES
No. 1 Selected
CHEESE
Pound ... 31c
PAM A V
Soap, 3 for 23c
Oxydol, sm.. 11c
Med. 27c Giant 68c
12-OZ. JAR
Apple Butter 10c
6-OZ. JAR
P'nut Butter. 10c
FRENCH’S 6-oz. Jar
Mustard .... 10c
KRAFT
Dinner.10c
SELF-RISING AND
LIGHT WHITE
12-lb. Bag 24-lb. Bag
57c $1.10
PLAIN
FLOUR
98-lb. Bag
$4.25
KRAFT’S
Parkay, lb.. 27c
CARNATION and PET
Milk, 3 lor 25c
Kellogg's CORN
Flakes, 2 lor 13c
CAMPBELL’S
Tomato Soap 10c
(OLEO)
Gem, 2 lb. .. 35c
A SCOTT TISSUE
Waldorf.5c
BEADS OF SOAP
Kfek, 2 pkgs. 18c
STALEY'S
Cube Starch . 5c
Jewel
Shortening
4-lb. pkg. 75c