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The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington Coun i y News ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LIV NUMBER 29 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, 'Thursday, July 22, 1943 ESTABLISHED 1889 JW noory... Bmy MRB STATES DEFENSE BONDS * STAlffS < Town opics Sale of Federal use-tax stamps, re quired to be displayed on all motor vehicles, have about come to a stand still at the local post office. Several motorists have been heard to declare they had no intention of buying the stamps, since some people got away with not buying them last year. Private David E. Craddock, of the United States Army, returned to his post recently after spending a few days with his wife and other rela tives near Plymouth. He is stationed at Fort George E. Meade. Md. It was announced today by the lo cal rationing board office that no applications for fuel oil for heating purposes would be accepted after next Monday. Those who have re ceived their renewal blanks should fill them in and return them to the board immediately. Produce sales in grocery stores here have declined considerably in the past few weeks, sinca Vic tory Gardens have begun to come into production. Practically ev ery family in this section has its own garden and home-grown vegetables are displacing the store-bought varieties. Miss Mildred Owens and Mrs. Eliza1 Daniel accompanied Lieut. S. A. Ward to Washington. D. C.. last Sun day He was returning to Camp Custer, Mich, after spending a week here with his mother, Mrs. S. A. Ward. Miss Owens and Mrs. Dan iel returned to Plymouth Monday. “Brownie” Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown, has been spending a few days here with his parents and other relatives. An electrician's mate, third class, in the United States Na vy, he has been stationed at Norfolk. Staff Sergeant Aubrey W. Liverman returned yesterday to his station in New Orleans after spending a few weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Liverman. He recently return ed to the United States after more than two years in foreign service. Mrs. Warnie Gurkin and little son, I, . W.. Ill, have been spending some time in Americus, Ga., where Mr. Gurkin is in training with the Army Air Corps. The latter expects to com plete his primary flight training there in about a week, after which he will be sent to another field and Mrs. Gurkin and the baby will return to their home here. -$ Legion Post Here To Install Officers At Meeting Friday -® J. Richard Carr To Become Commander at Ceremony Tomorrow Night -- Officers elected recently will be in stalled at the regular meeting of the James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion in the Legion Hall here Friday night at 8 p in., it was announced to day by B. G. Campbell, the retiring commander. Mr. Campbell urges a large attendance, and he especially requests that all officers be present and on time for the meeting. There probably will be several other matters for consideration. The. local post is sponsoring its annual Fun Fes tival hole this week, and a movement was launched at the last meeting of the past to have an "Honor Roll” billboard, containing the names of all Washington County men in the arm ed services, erected at some local pub lic place. Following is the list of officers and department heads elected last month who will be installed J. Richard Carr, commander; M. W. Spruill. Ronald Coburn and J. A. Bratten, vice commanders; J. E. Westray, adjutant; finance officer. P. W Brown: service officer. M. W. Spruill; guardianship officer, P. B. Bateman; sergeant at arms. J. H. Swindell; chaplain, D. A. Hurley; historian, P. B. Bateman; athletic of ficer, P. W. Brown; child welfare of ficer, J. B. Willoughby; Americanism officer, Goldie Simpson, national de fense officer, P. W. Brown: graves registration officer, R. L. Tetterton; employment officer, J. C. Swain; boys’ state officer, B. G. Campbell; Boy Scout officer, C. E. Ayers; member ship chairman. P. W. Brown; pub licity officer. B. G. Campbell; and chairman. Sons of Legion, J. B. Wil loughby. Liquor-Making Equipment Seized and Man Arrested Inside City Limits Here Chief of Polioe P. W. Brown and Policeman Paul Basnight lo cated the principal components of a small liquor-making outfit inside the city limits late yester day afternoon, when they raided the premises of George Agnew. colored, on West Main Street, adjoining the property of Un American Fork & Hoe Company. Tipped off in advance, the of ficers nearly caught Agnew red handed. One of them saw the colored man throw the worm to a still over his fence as they drove up. and it was recovered as evidence, but the policeman were unable to locate the kettle. They found one barrel of mash, made from honey and corn meal, which was just about ready to run, and they also located an oil stove used in heating the ket tle. Agnew was arrested later and released under bond for his ap pearance in recorder’s court next Tuesday. He was convicted in this county on a liquor-making charge five or six years ago, when he lived in the country near here, the officers said. Gasoline Coupon No. 6 Now Valid After what lias seemed to be a long, long time to many A-card holders, gasoline toupons No. 6 in A books become valid today. However, the 8 coupons in the book must last for the next four months, under present regula tions, which means that there is mighty little driving in sight for them. Coupon No. 5 expired yes terday and is no longer valid. Each of the eight coupons is good for three gallons of gas, but since there are 17 weeks in the next four months, this means that A-card holders can only use slightly less than V/> gallons a week. When originally issued in July of last year, each A coupon was good for 4 gallons of gas and each series of 8 tickets had to last only two months. Maybe some time those happy days will return again. Get Death Certificate For Soldier Missing Since First Day War Mother Also Receives Pur ple Heart Medal From War Department -£ Mrs. A. L. Clifton, of Creswell, re cently received from the War Depart ment the death certificate of her son, Private Ernest J. Davenport, who was reported missing at sea since Decem ber 7, 1941. At the same time she received a purple heart medal, which is awarded to personnel of the U. S, Army honorably wounded in action, it was stated in a letter to the Bea con from his half-sister. Miss Sabra Clifton, also of Creswell. Private Davenport enlisted in the United States Army in June, 1939. when he was 21 years old, and was assigned to duty in the Medical Corps. No information has been re leased as to the manner in which he lost his life, but a United States Ar my cargo ship was reported torpedoed by the Japanese several hundred miles off the Pacific coast on the opening day of the war. December 7, 1941. Since advices from the War De partment to Mrs. Clifton indicate that young Davenport has been miss ing since December 7, it is believed here that he was on the ship lost that day. The initial telegram from the War Department to Mrs. Clifton in February, 1942, stated that the ship on which he sailed from Seattle, Wash., had been overdue at its des tination since Decembe 10. 1941. A letter confirming the telegram announcing that young Davenport was missing was received by Mrs. Clifton the latter part of February, 1942. Private Davenport was the first Washington County man in the arm ed services to lose his life in World War II. Bosie Aydlett Bateman, also of Creswell, was reported “missing in action,” early this year. He was in the Navy and is believed to have been lost when the cruiser “Juneau” was sunk in a sea battle in the Solo mons about the middle of November. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Bateman, of Creswell. Motorists Required To Endorse All Their Gasoline Coupons by July 22nd Motorists are notified to en dorse immediately all their gaso line coupons, in compliance with instructions from the rationing board which require such action by July 22. Passenger car own ers will write the license number of their cars and the State of re gistration on the back of their coupons, while truck and fleet owners endorse their coupons with their ODT certificate num ber. Owners of E and R, non highway. gas coupons, are re quired to write their names and addresses, as they appear on the face of their books, on the back of coupons they now have. There is a space on the front of new gasoline coupons for writ ing the required information, and each motorist is required to fill this in as soon as they receive them. However, in the case of old coupons now outstanding, which do not have this space, the information will be filled in on the back. Hany motorists wait until they buy gasoline before endorsing their coupons. After July 22nd. it is required that the endorse ment be written in at the time they receive the books. The local rationing board also advises that bulk coupons are no longer valid. The new gasoline deposit certificates arc being used instead. Local Firemen Help Conirol Fire in Siore Building at Roper -$ Made Eight-Minute Run to Nearby Town Yesterday Afternoon Plymouth firemen answered a call for help from Roper shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and as sisted in subduing a blaze which threatened destruction of a large two story frame store building there. It is understood that the building, which was being used as an apartment house, belongs to W. B. Davenport. The fire was just about under con trol when the local truck reached the scene after an 8-minute run to Roper. A bucket brigade was formed to keep the booster tank on the fire truck filled while the hose was used to com pletely extinguish the blaze after damage estimated at upwards of $1, 000 had been done to the building. Most of the household effects of ten ants had been removed when the truck arrived. Firemen said they understood that workmen had just completed repair ing gutters on the building, and they thought the fire probably was started by a blow torch used in the work. The blaze ignited under the metal roof and many of the rafters were burned. When the call to the local depart ment was made, Roper officials said they had plenty of manpower avail able. so Fire Chief Miller Warren took only six firemen to operate the truck, leaving the remainder of the force to take care of a possible emergency here. -$ Four Suffer Burns When Boat Catches Fire on River Here Two Couples Have Narrow Escape in Accident Here Monday Afternoon -<s Mr .and Mrs. Jack Horner and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harden suffered pain ful burns and narrowly escaped drowning in Roanoke River here Monday afternoon, when their boat was set ablaze by backfire from the engine and they were forced to jump overboard. Mr. Homer and Mr. Harden were burned about the face and arms, while their wives suffered burns on their legs. Mrs. Horner also injured her back when she jump ed from the flaming boat into the water. The accident occurred over half way across tire river in front of the town dock. Their cries for help brought a big crowd to the river front and they were rescued by hold ing to the sides of a small outboard motorboat and being towed to the shore on this side of the river. Ros coe Gaylord and Ronald Waters pilot ed the boat to them that brought them ashore. Mr. Horner and Mr. Harden had just bought'the motorboat a few days before and were taking their first ride in it when it caught fire. It is the same boat from which Mer rill Ward fell and was drowned in Albemarle Sound a week ago last Sunday. Mr. Horner said that there was oil or gasoline in the bilge water, and he had just leaned over to turn on the pump when the motor backfired and set the whole boat afire. All of them jumped overboard immediately but not before being painfully burn ed. They managed to remain afloat until the rescue craft reached them. Their boat continued burning and finally sank after drifting down stream a short distance. --® Bible School Finals at Grace Church Sunday -- Commencement exercises of the Union Daily Vacation Bible School will be held at Grace Episcopal church here Sunday night. July 25. at 8 o’clock. This is to be a union service of all the local churches. Other services scheduled for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity are as follows; Holy Communion, 8 a. m.; church school, 9:45 a. m.; morning prayer, 11 a. m. Community Ceiling Prices for Most Food Items Now in Force Said by Grocerymen To Be About Same as Those Al ready in Effect Community ceiling prices for prac tically all food items sold in county grocery stores became effective last week, it was announced by Carl L. Bailey, chairman of the ceiling price panel of the local War Price and Rationing Board, Schedules are be ing furnished all retailers showing the prices in dollars and cents, and each store is required to display the entire schedule at a convenient place where it can be easily consulted by consumers. More than 300 items are enumerat ed in the new price list, which ap plies to stores in practically all coun ties of eastern North Carolina. The list as furnished gives the highest prices at which all classes 1 and 2 stores may sell the specified items. Class 3 and 4 stores are not covered in the list which became effective last week, but there are few county stores included in these two groups. Group 1 stores are independent re tail stores with annual gross sales of less than $50,000. Class 2 stores are independent stores with annual sales in excess of $50,000 but less than $250,000. Class 3 includes chain stores with gross sales of less than $250,000. Class 4 stores are all re tail stores with gross receipts of more than $250,000. It is provided that farmers shall be considered class 1 retailers. It was stated by leading grocers here that the community price ceil ings set up in the new schedules are substantially the same as prices now prevailing. Some items are a little higher and others are a little lower, but it is reported that most prevail ing prices are in line with the sche dules. Most of the items quoted are the same for both class 1 and 2 stores, although in a few' cases class 1 stores may charge 1 cent more than class 2 stores. A few examples of the new ceiling prices are cited below'; Chase & Sanborn. Lord Calvert and Luzianne Coffee are all quoted at 33 cents pound; Maxwell House. 35 cents. Jewel and Wesson oil are 34 cents pint, 6^ cents quart. Prac tically all grades salmon in tin con tainers are quoted at 29 cents pound. Pure lard in paper containers, 21 cents pound, except that class 2 stores may not charge more than 83 cents for 4 pounds. Evaporated milk in 6-oz, tin con tainers, 2 for 11c; 14Vi-oz. tin con tainers, 11 cents. Crisco and Spry shortening, 26 cents pound: 3 pounds 74 cents; Snow’drift, 3 pounds 73 cents. All brands bulk sugar. 7 cents pound: 5 pounds in cloth bags. 3.7 Butter, all brands except Land O'Lakes, 51 cents pound: Land O'Lakes, 52 cents pound; quarter pound, all brands, 13 cents. Grade A poultry is quoted as fol lows: live broilers and fryers, 37 cents pound; same, picked, 46 cents; same, fully drawn, 61 cents; live hens, 33 cents: same, picked. 43 cents; same, fully drawn. 53 cents. -® Reuben E. Mayo Is Now Marine Flyer Atlanta.—Reuben Elbert Mayo, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Mayo, of Plymouth, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and assigned to active duty with a flying squadron of the fighting Leathernecks. The new' Marine flyer received his com mission after graduating from an advanced flight training school of the United States Navy at Corpus Christi. Texas, and he wras given a 15-day leave of absence before reporting for active duty. Only 15 per cent of Naval Aviators completing the training course are given the opportunity of transfer ring to the Maiine Corps, Lieutenant Mayo attended the North Carolina State College of Ag riculture and Engineering at Raleigh before he entered the Naval service about a year ago. Cannot Keep Hogs Inside City Limits Chief of Police P. W. Brown this week called to the attention of several residents a town ordi nance which forbids the keeping of hogs within the corporate lim its. They are warned that un less the swine are removed, own ers will be prosecuted. This is the first time in a num ber of years that this ordinance has been violated, and it is un derstood that all of the cases originated in the territory added to the town when the corporate limits were extended a couple of years ago. The chief of police said that several complaints had been registered with him in the past week or so; and, meat short age or not. the hogs will have to go. Nearly 500 in County Eligible To Vote in Referendum Saturday on Program for Control of Tobacco - Farm Organizations And Leaders Favor Quotas for Tobacco Indifference Rather Than Outright Opposition Is Said Main Threat Practically all farm organizations, farm leaders and business men have endorsed the idea of having tobacco quotas continued for the next three years. This matter will be decided in the referendum Saturday of this week, when tobacco farmers will have an opportunity to vote for quo tas for three years, for quotas for one year, or against quotas. The North Carolina Farm Bureau is taking the lead in favoring the to bacco program, and it is supported by state organizations of tobacco ware housemen. bankers, and many local groups of business and professional men. The principal threat against quo tas is said to be indifference on the part of many growers. This same condition prevailed in 1939, when quotas were defeated, and it is cited as the main raeson for the 10 per cent reduction in acreage made when the control program was restored the next year. According to well-versed farm leaders, abolition of the control pro gram at this time would result in large plantings of tobacco in areas not now producing this crop. This in turn would mean either a smaller tobacco acreage for eastern Carolina or ruinously low prices brought about by overproduction. In the event quo tas were later returned, further acre age reduction would necessarily be made in this section. The record for the past 12 years is also cited in support of the program. During the six years when quotas were not in effect, tobacco prices averaged 16 cents per pound; while in the six years when quotas were applied the average price was 25.5 cents per pound. The average per acre value of tobacco has risen from $57 in 1931 to $393 in 1942. Tobacco quotas have saved North Carolina flue-cured growers many millions of dollars in recent years and have encouraged farmers to pro duce larger yields of all crops ^See^FAVOR^QUOTASr?age 67” ■-® New Quarters for Health Department Almost Completed -- Expect To Be at New Lo cation by First of Next Month Work is proceeding very satisfacto rily on the new heaquarters for the district health department. The car penters are finishing their work at this time, and it was said that the painters hope to complete their part of the job by the last of the week. If everything is ready, arrangements are to be made to begin moving in the health department equipment next week. The new quarters are right in the center of the business district, be ing located in the Mizelle building upstairs over Byrd's Clothing Store. Drs. Papineau and Furgurson had their offices there prior to construc tion of the Plymouth Clinic Building. Since then, the Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers union had its headquarters there, and afterwards the building was used as a church by the congregation of the Church of the Nazarene. i ne county commisioners maae ar rangements to get the building for the health department July 1st. and since that time extensive alterations and repairs have been underway. The space has been divided into 11 rooms. There will be an office, where all the records are kept, white and colored waiting rooms; an examination room. X-ray room, dressing rooms and a number of private offices, in addition to two rest rooms. Health department officials hope to be in their new quarters by the first of next month. The rooms at the county home now occupied by the health department are to be used by Dr. Croley, the health officer, as a residence. Two Local Men Enroll In Merchant Marine The office of the local selective service board has been notified that two Plymouth men recently enlisted in the United States Maritime Serv ice. They are Lloyd Graham Mc Nair and J. B. Harris. They joined the merchant marine on July 6th and have been assigned to the U. S. Maritime Training Sta tion at Sheepshead Bay. Brooklyn, N. Y. War Bond Sales Continue Slow Unless there are some unex pectedly large sales of War Bonds within the next week, Wash ington County will fall far short of its quota for the month of July. H. E. Beam, county chair man of War Bond sales, said this morning that less than half the July quota has been sold so far this month, with only a week re maining. Sales picked up slightly at the post office this week, but Mr. Beam said not a single bond had been sold at the bank since last Saturday, not even a $25 one. Sales in Plymouth to date total about $10,000, while the quota for the month is $22,305. 13 While Men To Leave County ior Ft. Bragg Monday -3 Nine Are From Washington County; Other Four Transferred -s> Thirteen white men. four trans fers from other sections and nine from Washington County, have been ordered to report at the office of the local draft board next Monday, Ju ly 26. when they will be sent to Fort Bragg for their final physical and mental examinations to determine their fitness for service with the armed services. They will report to the draft board office at 10 a.m Monday and leave on the regular bus at 10:20, it was stated. This is the first contingent of white selectees to be called up since early in June. It does not represent the entire quota called for July, as the local board does not have sufficient men available to fill the quotas. Creswell will furnish most of those from this county in the call next Monday. Six are from there, while the other three are from Plymouth. None of the other county towns is represented in the contingent. The nine men from this county called to report Monday are as fol lows: From Creswell: Marvin Leo Price. Darlow Sawyer, Meredith Earl Rea, Carroll Riddick Spruill. Ernest Wood son Furlough and Robert David Sheets. From Plymouth: Wilbur Clinton Spruill. Duncan McBray Getsinger and William Harlond Hudson. The four transferees are as follows: George Ollis, from Morganton; Flour noy Efton Cleveland, from West Jefferson; James Adolph Chesson, from Wilmington. Del; and Frank Edward Ocheltree, from Washington, D. C. -® Red Cross Rooms Reopen Next Week The Red Cross rooms in the Har ney Building here will be reopened next Monday for volunteers who wish to help in the production work be ing carried on by the local chapter. Very little work has been done for several weeks, due to illness in the family of Mrs. R. A. Duvall, chairman of the surgical dressing committee. Mrs. Duvall said this week that more volunteers were needed by the local chapter. At the present time, there are many surgicial dressings to be made and very few women are helping. The rooms wil be open each after noon except Saturday and Sunday from 2 until 6 p.m. Those willing to help are asked to put in two hours at the time. Committeemen To Supervise Voting At Three Places -rf> May Vote for One or Three Year Quotas or Against Quotas Entirely Approximately 500 landlords, ten ant and sharecroppers of Washing ton County are eligible to vote in the referendum Saturday on tobacco quo tas, it was learned at the office of the county agent here this week. The vote will be for or against flue-cured tobacco marketing quotas for the 1944 crop or for the three-year period 1944-1946. inclusive. In order for the quotas to become effective, they must be approved by a two-thirds ma jority of all eligible farmers voting. There will be three polling places in Washington County, and every eligible person is urged to vote in the referendum. The producers will vote by secret ballot and the election is to be held under the supervision of AAA county committeemen. Farmers of Plymouth Township will vote at the agriculture building here. R. C. Jackson. H. G. Simpson and C. W Bowen will be in change. Lees Mill Township farmers will vote at W. N. Piercy's store at Roper; with R. L. Stillman. R W. Lewis and one other tobacco farmer in charge there. In Creswell the voting will be at W. D. Phelps’ store, under the super vision of Mr. Phelps. Very little to bacco is raised in that, section, and it is understood that only nine pro ducers are listed in that area. In the referendum three years ago, a few’ less than 300 votes W’ere cast in Washington County, all of them except about 10 in favor of the im position of quotas. However, there is understood to be more opposition and considerably less interest in the 1 See TOBACCO VOTE, Page 6) Vick Freed Under $2,500 Bond After Waiving Hearing Several Other Cases Dis posed of in Recorder’s Court Tuesday -<3> Recorder Edward L. Owens had a few cases for trial at the regular ses sion of county court last Tuesday, but they were quickly disposed of and court adjourned well before the noon hour. Attorney W. L. Whitley serv ed as solicitor for several of the cases. The case which commanded most attention in advance was that against J D. Vick, farmer of near Plymouth, who was charged with carnal knowl edge of two step-daughters. Two warrants were issued against him, but. he waived preliminary hearing on both counts and was released under bond of $1,250 in each case, pending trial at the next session of superior court, scheduled for January, 1944 A nol pros was entered in the case against Jesse Seaton Twiddy, for "making away with personal property or refusing to surrender it to the owner when demanded. Said pro perty being an outboard motor.” Harold Bowen, was tried on two counts, one for assault and the other for resisting an officer. He was fined $5 and costs on the assault charge. For resisting an officer, he was sen tenced to six months in the county jail, suspended upon payment of $20 and costs and conditioned upon his good behavior for the next two years. Tire case against Leroy Sherrod, colored, for assault with a deadly weapon, was continued pending the outcome of knife wounds inflicted on Percy Lamont in a fight here last Friday afternoon. Soldier From Plymouth Helped Direct Artillery Fire at Fall ol Sicilian City At least one former Plymouth man has had a part in the invas ion of Sicily, it was learned from the report of an Associated Press correspondent, dated July 16, and published this week. He is Private James Sitterson. adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sit terson, of Plymouth, Route 1. The AP correspondent, Harold V. Boyle, was describing the fall of Agrigento, heavily fortified key city of Southern Sicily and one of the oldest in Europe, when he mentioned that Private Sitter son, of Plymouth, and Major George Quarles, of Leavenworth, Kans., were helping to spot ar tillery targets in a forward obser vation post for the 155-mm. guns, which were largely respon sible for the easy victory of the American Seventh Army over the Italian defenders. Boyle wrote that the success of the 155-mm. "long Tom" rifles in breaking up reinforcement battalions climaxed a three-day artillery duel "in which the Ital ians were taught lesson No. X in a branch of warfare in which they are acknowledged to be no slouches.’’ Although it is beliered there are a number of Washington County men in the Army now oyerrunning Fascist Sicily. Sit - terson is the first one to be men tioned in any dispatches from that front so far as known here. Young Sitterson volunteered on November 4 1040. and was accepted and entered the service on January 7, 1041.
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