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 office in Plymouth,
N. C., under the act of Congress
of March 3, 1879.
September 17, 1942
"Tuixt the cup and the lip there's many
a slip”
SEPTEMBER
17—Manuel Quezon elected
first president of Philip
pines, 1935.
1 S*-Gecrge Washington lays
\f> cornerstone of capitol
building, 1793.
19— Daniel D. Emmet, min
strel, sings ''Dixie" for
^ first time, New York, 1859.
20— Stock exchange doses
doors for first time due
to panic, 1871
Q
f
■s 21—First French Republic de
§ dared, 1792.
22—Cheyenne selected as
capital of Wyoming,
-J£ 1889. —
I
f 23—University of California
■* opened, 1869.
War Puts Restrictions
On Building Projects
Cautioning all prospective build
ers against making commitments for
materials with the hope that author
ity to build will be given, William V'.
Kahler. chief of the Construction Bu
reau, WPB, said recently that the
mere fact that a builder has all ma
terials on hand and requires no pri
ority assistance will not of itself
govern whether he should be per
mitted to use them in construction.
He insists that "the sole criterion is
whether the project is necessary to
prosecution of the war or to main
tain the public health and safety.
The country is at war. Don't for
get that. Only a fewr months ago it
was possible to build any kind of
construction for any desired purpose
with almost no restrictions, now it is
not possible to do so without authori
zation. except the restoration of con
struction damaged or destroyed by
tire, flood, tornado, earthquake, act of
God or the public enemy. Multiple
residential construction is encourag
ed, especially if designed to provide
living -pace for more than five fam
ilies. All other construction 5s dis
couraged, especially it for iBse as
clubs, associations, fraternity or so
rority houses, auditoriums or assem
ble halls. None of these is consider
ed necessary to public health or
safety Nor will they help win the
war.
I'his bar on building virtually puts
architects out of business, and they
may have to turn to farming and
raise food stuffs; it takes work from
carpenters, stone and brick masons,
wall finishers, paper hangers, steam
titters, electrical workers and other
artesans, but most of these can find
plenty of work in industries doing
war work or ship building. We are
at war.
Every Citizen May
Help Win This War
We are going to win this war which
now is calling this nation's young
men for service in the armed forces—
but when? To finish the job it will
be necessary to fabricate millions of
tons of steel, rubber, plastics and
other materials, some of which are
not abundant. Rubber and steel es
pecially are needed for the construc
tion of planes, tanks, arms, ammuni
tion and carriers in which to trans
port supplies to the front lines. Ev
ery American must do all in his
power to assure that not one life is
lost because of a lack of materials,
Having been caught unprepared to
fight, due to a desire for peace and
the doctrine of isolationists who
argued this country would never
need to engage in a world conflict,
the lives of many Americans were
sacrificed. It was not possible to
get supplies to soldiers and marines
stationed at points which suddenly
became centers of warfare, reinforce
ments could not be sent because we
had almost no army'; rescue ships
could not reach them. Our soldiers
fought valiantly to the last gasp, then
died. This must not happen again.
Awakened from its lethargy by
sudden realization that we must fight
to survive, intensified recruiting of
soldiers, sailors, marines, air corps
soon put a great army of fighters
into the arena of battles. The exact
number is a military secret. But
men alone would not suffice. Planes,
tanks and guns were needed. We had
comparatively few'. This was where
labor could make its contribution
and labor responded. Within a short
time these were being made in ever
increasing numbers. Ships were
needed to carry supplies to the front;
they are rolling off the ways rapid
ly. The fighting men and labor are
doing their part, it is equally neces
sary for the citizen living at home to
make their contributions. They can
help by gathering every scrap of
metal and rubber they can find and
sending it to the depots from which
it is shipped to where needed. Ca
pacity production of steel and rub
ber for war purposes cannot continue
through the coming winter without
an increased and continuing flow of
FUEL OIL
Rationing Becomes EHective Oct. 1
Your Tanks Should Be Filled
Belore September 30th
Donald Nelson, chairman of WPB an
nounced Tuesday that rationing of fuel 01
would be effective this winter in 30 states, in
eluding North Carolina, and announced at^the
same time that consumers are authorized to
liii rheir tanks, if not over 275 gallons, to ca
pacity between September 16 and September
30. the date on which rationing becomes ef
fective.
If you have not already filled your fuel oil
tanV- it will be wise to do so at once and
k“p ihemlull UP to the time ra.ion.ng goes
^ntc^effec^Cictobe^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Call Us ai Once and Lei Us Fill Your
Tanks Belore September 30th
C. E. Ayers
ESS0HEAT and KEROSENE
Religious News
, and Views
By Rev. VV. B. Daniels, Jr.
Christ and Freedom—
The Most Rev. Henry St. George
Tucker. Piesiding Bishop of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in the Unit
ed States, has re
cently issued a let
ter to his clergy
men throughout the
nation in which he
discusses the world
crosis and freedom.
Bishop Tucker serv
ed for twenty years
as a missionary
clergyman and bis
, hop in Japan before
epascopate in
the United States.
From the pen of this Church leader
at home and abroad comes this per
tinent message to the Christian peo
ple of America:
"We stand face to face with a
world crisis. Crisis means negatively
an imminent danger that must be
averted. Positively it means a great
opportunity that must be exploited.
Our service must be directed both to
scrap metal and scrap rubber to the
steel mills and rubber plants.
• Civilian needs of steel and rub
ber will come after the war has been
won. Winning the war must come
first and the aid of every citizen is
imperative. All wish to do their
part. Then do it, for though that
part may seem small, in the aggre
gate it is mighty.
-<5
Forced Savings
Noting that Great Britain has
forced savings for more than a year
and that Canada has put it in a new
budget, the State Port Pilot, of South
port, says:
‘'The Government, in both its leg
islative and executive branches, has
so far shown remarkable ability in
avoiding coming to grips with the
forced savings issue. Secretary Mor
genthau has said that he hopes that
voluntary sale of War Bonds will
prove adequate to absorb excess con
sumer income. For the most part,
Congressmen have loked upon the
forced savings idea as a political ogre
of horrible mien, which might cost
them votes next November. How
ever, the bulk of economists seem to
be convinced that, whether for good
or ill, some type of forced savings
will eventually have to be adopted.
. . . Sales of War Bonds have been
excellent, but they haven't closed the
so-called ‘inflation gap.’ Therefore,
the argument goes, forced savings
constitute the answer.”
--
"After this war is won I think
something drastic should be done
about chiggers,” says Hector in the
Elkin Tribune. How right he is,
but why wait. They are an enemy,
they irritate, cause pain and loss of
temper. They should be eliminated
as undesirables.
averting the danger ami exploiting
the opportunity. T ie cn is cannot
be met by choosing the one and
neglecting the othe: For example,
if we agree that the rux of the dan
ger is the loss of freedom, we can
j not confine our efions to the preser
vation of the freedom which we al
ready have. It was the inadequacy,
the defects of that freedom which
gave rise to the danger and furnish
ed a plausible excuse for the attacks
upon it. Obviously therefore, free
dom can be preserved and safeguard
ed from future danger only by im
proving its quality and making its
blessings botli apparent and avail
able to all the peoples of the world.
'What we seek for ourselves we
must seek for all the world. We
cannot indeed impose freedom upon
those who do not desire it or who
are not qualified fur it. We can.
however, make it desirable by dem
onstrating the blessings produced in
our life through a better quality of
freedom. Moreover, we can extend
to others the lessons learned in our
own experience as to what is needed
to qualify man for freedom. In or
der to preserve our own freedom we
must seek in these ways to extend it
to all the world. The danger will
not be averted nor will the opportun
ity be fully exploited so long as in
any part of the world the germs that
are hostile to freedom are allowed to
spread their poison Against such a
danger no quarantine is effective.
“How can we qualify ourselves and
the world for this improved free
dom? The Christian answer is by
conversion to Christ. Freedom is the
substitution of inner control for that
from without. Uncontrolled activity
results in chaos. The failures of
freedom are for the most part due to
the fact that those who are enthus
iastic about breaking down outer
control are indifferent to tire need for
developing its substitute, inner con
trol. Moreover, long experience
elads us to the regretful conclusion
that human nature by and large is
incapable of adequate self-control.
"As Christians, however, we have
learned that the impossible things of
man are possible to God. We have
found in Christ the answer to that
age-long problem, how to guide free
dom without destroying it. The on
ly way that we can qualify men for
freedom is to lead them to Christ.
The spirit of Christ dwelling in our
hearts by faith so reenforces our in
ner spiritual garrison that it frees
our will from bondage to our passions
and selfish impulses. We have
Christ's promise that His disciples
shall know- the truth and that the
truth shall make them free. St. Paul
testifies from his own experience that
this promise is fulfilled in those who
are converted to Christ: "Where the
Spirit of the Lord is. there is liberty."
"Our responsibility then as Christ
ians and our greatest contribution to
the meeting of the world crisit is to
proclaim this good news and to lead
men to the Christ who can make
them free.”
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PALMOLIVE SOAP _ .08
PALMOLIVE. Bath Size _ .10
KLEK, Large .25
KLEK, Regular _.12
SUPER SUDS, Large_.27
SUPER SUDS. Regular_ .12
OCTAGON SOAP. Giant .06
OCTAGON SOAP Special .03'
OCTAGON POWDER, Regular .06
OCTAGON POWDER, Special .03
OCTAGON TOILET SOAP .06
OCTAGON CLEANSER .05
OCTAGON GRANULATED .12
Allen's Market
ENLISTED
TO GIVE YOB Ihe BEST SERVICE
The merchants of Plymouth have all vol
unteered to render the following effect
ive services for the benefit of the com
munity as a whole:
L To maintain adequate stocks of the things you
need, so far as possible.
2. To sell them to you at lowest possible prices
that will enable them to remain in business;
3. To render courteous, efficient service at all
times;
4. To do our full share in promoting undertakings
that are beneficial to the community;
5. To insure your satisfaction with every pur
chase by standing ready to refund your
money if the merchandise is not as repre
sented.
UPON THE ABOVE BASIS WE SOLICIT
YOUR PATRONAGE
PLYMOUTH
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
I T W
EAT NUTRITIONAL FOOD
THE GOOD old Ameri
can custom of putting
up food for the Winter
is being practiced
throughout the land this
Summer and this Au
tumn. No doubt you,
too, will be filling your
pantry shelves while orchard and held crops are plentiful.
That is “Patriotic Hoarding” and we must not forget that the
home-front army also travels on its stomach.
We must not forget, either, that it is wasteful to attempt to can
fruits and vegetables by improper methods. We must conserve
sugar by using substitutes when possible.
Our Home Economists will gladly provide you with many can
ning suggestions incorporating sugar substitutes .. . and some
berries can be put up in natural juices without sugar.
Food is a munition of war. Cook it right. Can it right.
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY
A BIG n K from U-SA
iCaUcomP**
AMERICA'S BIGGEST NICKEL'S WORTH
LET US
Gin Your Cotton
New Cleaning Machine and Equipment
That Will Give You an Extra
Good Sample
WHEN YOU GET A LOAD READY, CALL US
We Will Buy Your Cotton by the
Bale or Your Cotton Seed
We are receiving agents for the
North Carolina Cotton Growers Asso
ciation and can give you a draft for
your cotton immediately after ginning
For Best Meal Bring Your Corn to Us
MIZELL GINNING Co.
W. W. MIZELL, Manager
Roper, N. C. Phone 297-6
WE ARE SELLING
Tobacco Higher
Don’t take our word for it—just ask our
customers. They’ll tell you that we really
sell tobacco and not the farmer. The fol
lowing sale will give you a very definite
idea of how we sell tobacco:
HASSELL WARREN — STOKES
Pounds Price
156. 45 -
270 _47 -
256 _47 _
34_40 -
218_47 -
282 _47 _
164_46 _
140_47 -
170_46 _
170_45 _
90_46 .
50_48 -
86_46 .
232 __ 47 .
Amount
S 70.20
126.90
120.32
13.60
102.46
132.54
75.44
65.80
78.20
76.50
41.40
24.00
30.56
109.04
2,386
$1,110.46
AVERAGE $46.50
WE HAVE i 1
FIRST SALE
Monday Sept. 21
For the best sale of the whole year, sell
with us next Monday. We’ll really show
you how to sell tobacco. We, of course, are
expecting to fill our house. Please bring
deliver your tobacco Saturday.
Adlans & Baile y
Warehouse Robersonville