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The Roanoke Beacon ♦ * * * * * * and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 37 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 16, 1943 ESTABLISHED 1889 If You Can't Go Across—Come Across!—Buy That Extra War Bond Today—Right Now! Town opics The Rev. W. B. Gaither, of Cres well, community service member of the county war price and rationing board, states that he has asked Mrs. Everett, state information officer for the OPA. to speak at white schools in Creswell, Roper and Plymouth, in pledging the Washington County public to the home-front campaign. He said it was very likely that she would be in the county within the next week or two to speak at the three schools. Due to heavy last-minute in flux of copy about the Third War Loan Campaign in Wash ing County, several articles on other subjects prepared for pub lication this week were necessari ly left out. They will appear in a later issue. Necessity for their omission is regretted, but the War Loan Drive takes preference over everything else in Wash ington County this week. Carl L. Bailey, jr„ this week re ceived his call to the Army. He will report to Fort Bragg Monday, Sep tember 27. He was inducted last spring while attending Wake Forest College and was transferred to the enlisted reserve to allow him to fin ish the college term. Major I. N. Carr, of Atlanta, Ga„ spent last week-end here with his brother, J. R. Carr, and family. Ma jor Carr is in the Quartermaster Corps of the Army and is connected with the program of pre-induction training in colleges of seven south eastern states. Several county farmers plan to begin digging peanuts this week, it was learned today. The crop is said to be fair by those who are beginning harvest operations, al though the recent spell of dry weather has not done them any good, according to reports. C. A. Wortham, manager of the A & P store here, and Mrs, Wortham are visiting relatives and friends in Henderson for a couple of weeks. J. A, Broom, of Greenville, is acting manager of the store while Mr. and Mrs. Wortham are on their vacation. The county boara oi education held its regular meeting Monday of this week. Only routine matters were up for consideration, it was stated. All three members of the board were present: P. M. Arps, of Plymouth, chairman; L. E. Hassell, of Roper: and P. B. Belanga, of Creswell. Tobacco prices were said to be much stronger on Eastern Caro lina markets this week. .For one thing, better quality leaf is being offered, and prices as high as $50 were reported. Local observers said that the common grades were also selling better than they did a week or so ago. Mrs. Jim Bateman, of Plymouth Route 1, displayed a freak pimento pepper which came out of her gar den this week. It had a long curv ing handle growing out of the stem, which bent back over the top of the pimento. Routine Matters Before County Board Monday All three Washigton County Com missioners, Chairman E. G. Arps, of Plymouth, J. C. Knowles, of Roper, and H. W. Pritchett, of Creswel, were on hand last Monday for the post poned meeting of the county board, but only routine matters and drawing of a jury list came before them for disposition, and the session was quickly over. Tlie board received and approved the regular reports of County Farm Agent W. V. Hays and County Home Demonstration Agent Mary Frances Darden. The only other matter recorded in the minutes was the drawing of a jury list for the October term of su perior court. "Back Salerno Day" H. E. Beam, chairman of the Washington Coun ty War Finance Committee, last night received the fol lowing self-explanatory telegram from C. T. Leinbach, chairman of the State War Finance Committee: “American boys at this moment are fighting one of the bloodiest battles of the war. Salerno may he an other Chateau Thierry. The entire nation has its eyes, ears and hearts glued on those brave Americans in the critical Salerno sector. It has been suggested that Fri day, the 17th, be proclaimed ‘Back Salerno Day' in the Third War Loan Drive to give millions of Americans a special opportunity to buy extra war bonds in tribute to their boys, now locked in battle with the Germans. Many of those boys are from North Carolina. Let’s make ‘Back Salerno—Push Back the Germans' Friday’s battle cry on the War Bond front.” Squirrel Season Opens October 1 Announcement was made this week by the game division of the State Department of Conserva tion and Development that the squirrel season for this section of the state would open October 1 and close January 1. The season is 15 days shorter this season than last, when it opened October 1 and closed January 15. The bag limit remains the same as last year, 10 per day. It was announced in daily pa pers this week that there was no bag limit for squirrel. This is an error, according to W. R. Hampton, local member of the state board, who said last night that minutes of the board meet ing show that the daily bag limit is still 10, the same as for several years past. Clayton Modlin, 61, Died Early Friday Ai'Home Near Here -® Native of Martin County; Funeral Held Saturday Near Jamesville -® Clayton Modlin, well known farm er of route one, Plymouth, died at his home last Friday morning at 12:30 as the result of a heart ailment. Mr. Modlin’s health had been de [ dining steadily for the last five years, but he was confined to his bed only about three weeks. He was 61 years of age. Born in Martin County, near Jamesville, on October 19, 1881, he was the son of the late Harmon and Mary Harris Modlin. He lived in Martin County most of his life, mov ing to a farm near Plymouth only about three years ago. He was high ly regarded in both communities as an able farmer and a good neighbor. Mr. Modlin was married to Miss Bet tie Modlin, of Jamesville, on Janu ary 24, 1912, and is survived by his widow and eight children. He was a member of the Cedar Branch Bap tist church near Jamesville for about 25 years and was one of its most faithful attendants. In addition to his widow, Mrs. Bet tie Modlin, he is survived by seven sons, Andrew, Harmon, Clayton E., and Horace Modlin, of the home near Plymouth: George Modlin, of Rob ersonville; Delma Modlin, of Wil liamston; and Clarence Modlin, of the submarine division of the U. S. (See CLAYTON MODLIN, Page 4) Our Greatest Challenge: -* To the People of Washington County: We, all of the people of the county, are faced with the greatest challenge that has come to us in all the long history of this county. We arc asked to invest TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND ($262,000.00) DOLLARS in WAR BONDS in the next fifteen days. The Third War Loan Campaign, which is now underway, is the greatest money raising effort Americans have ever been asked to accomplish. In order to meet with our usual success, it will require the interest and efforts of every person in the county. " You are asked by the United States Treasury Department to purchase at least ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS worth of these bonds, in addi tion to your usual purchases, during this period. On Thursday and Friday, September 23 and 24, it is expected that every home in Washington County will be visited and you will be asked to pledge for the purchase of WAR BONDS. It is the sin cere hope of the Central Committee that you will cooperate in this great undertaking. 1 can not recall any time when you have been called upon to accomplish a great task and failed. 1 am sure that you will not fail this time. I am, Yours very truly, Plymouth, N. C., John W. Darden September 14, 1943. Chairman, Campaign Committee. Audit Received by Town Council and Tax Rate of $1.80 Set -® Town Is in Good Financial Condition, Report Made Last Friday Shows The Town Council, at a special meeting last Friday night, received and accepted the report of the audi tor for the fiscal year which ended last June 30; and, following a dis cussion. officially approved a tax rate of $1.80 for the current fiscal year. Tire new tax rate represents a re duction of 20 cents on the $100 valu ation from the rate which prevailed last year. James E. Williams, ot the firm ol Williams & Wall, was reemployed by the council to make the town audit again next year. A review of the au dit submitted at the meeting Friday shows that the town is in a splendid financial condition, with a small sur plus on hand to take care of any un expected contingencies which may arise. Tax collections for the fiscal year recently ended were declared to be among the best ever recorded here. In addition to collecting most of the 1942 levy. Tax Collector P. W. Brown made a considerable dent in delin quent tax accounts due the town on previous levies. A more complete re port on the audit will be made in the near future. After the auditor's report for the past year was considered, one of the council members advocated cutting the tax rate another 10 cents. How ever .the other members decided that due to the condition of some of the streets and other uncertain factors, it would be better to let the rate stand at the $1.80 figure tentatively set the week before, in order that any unforseen emergency might be met. It is considered probable that the maintenance of sidewalks and streets may cost more than contem plated in the budget estimate pre pared sometime ago. The $1.80 rate officially approved last Friday represents a 20-cent re duction from the 1942 rate of $2.00. Jury List Drawn for October Court Term By Board Monday -® Convenes October 25, With Judge Bone Scheduled To Preside -<s The names of 36 Washington County citizens were drawn by the county commissioners last Monday to serve as jurors for the one-week term of Washington County Superior Court, scheduled to begin Monday, October 25. Judge Walter J Bone, of Nashville, resident judge of the second district, will preside over the session, according to the regular plan of rotation. The October term of court is for the trial of civil cases only and us ually lasts only part of the week. No calendar has been prepared for the term as yet by members of the coun ty bar association. Names of those drawn to serve on the jury are as follows: From Plymouth Township: Herbert Ange, Alfred L. Alexander. P. L. Car ter, J. G. Modlin, Rufus E. Hopkins, L. S. Styon, Daston D. Ambrose, Leon J. Beddard, C, T. Cofield, Eli Winlesett, W. J. Gurganus, D W. Ange and Sam F. Garrett. Lees Mill Township: H. R. Daven port, Dallas Barnes, J. T. McAllister. Garfield Oliver, T. R. Chesson, Rus sell Chesson, B-_F. Skiles and James A. Chesson. Skinnersville Township: Harold Patrick, Eddie Stillman. S. A. Holton, L. A. Leary, Ernest Spruill, J. G. Has sell, and N. D, Bateman. Scuppernong Township: J. T. Dav is, John T. Spruill, Alton Furlough, Earl Midgett. A. V. Davenport, W. E. Alexander, H. S. Tarkenton, and Sam D. Spruill. Draft Officials Meet Friday To Work Out Uniform Procedure State Officials To Explain Recent Directives at Conference -$ All three members of the Washing ton County Selective Service Board and Mrs. Eliza Daniel, secretary, are planning to attend a regional con ference of draft officials in Wash ington Friday afternoon of this week. It is understood that Major Jones or Colonel Upton, of State Selective Service headquarters will be there to explain a uniform procedure for local boards to follow when the draft ing of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers is be gun the first of next month. In the past, wide differences have existed among the various local boards in interpreting directives is sued by national selective service officials. The meeting tomorrow is being held so that uniform intrepre tation can be made of new rulings re lating to the calling of pre-war fa thers. It is believed- that a great deal of dissatisfaction can be elimi nated if all counties in the region can proceed to draf* fathers on the same basis. As things now stand, it is believed that there will be few white men with children called to fill the Oc tober quota from this county. How ever, demands on this class of men will increase in succeeding calls, it is indicated. Fathers in non-deferrable occupations who make no effort to get into the list of occupations classed as "essential'’ will be the first to go, according to present regulations. Whether or not Congress will come to the rescue of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers and prevent their induction by law is a much disputed question at this time. The matter is being de bated this week, as Congress recon venes, but some mighty fast action will be required to head off the call ing of fathers in this immediate sec tion. Military authorities contend it is necessary to draft fathers to car ry out strategic plans already made, while a considerable number of Con gressmen are sai d'o be lining up be hind the Wheeler,fill .\ nich will pro hibit the calling of faff,rr* until af ter next January 1. -® Grocers and Barbers To Close Wednesday -s—— Beginning next week, five grocery stores and three barber shops in Plymouth will resume the Wednesday afternoon half-holidays, it was an nounced yesterday. The stores and shops will close at 1 p.m. each Wednesday afternoon until Thanks giving week. On the Wednesday be fore Thanksgiving and continuing through the month of December, the stores and shops will remain open each Wednesday until 6 p.m. The eight places of business which will observe the Wednesday half holidays are as follows: A & P Store, Pender's store, Campbell’s store, Wil liford's, Allen's store, Plymouth Bar ber Shop. Modern Barber Shop and the Peoples Barber Shop. Patrons of the eight establishments are requested to bear in mind the early mid-week olosing hour and make their purchases accordingly. The action was taken in order to give employees a few daylight hours each week for their own use, it was stated. Tobacco Barn Destroyed In Fire Sunday Afternoon A tobacco barn was completely destroyed by fire on the Bill Mizelle farm near Roper Sunday afternoon. The barn belonged to Owen Allen, while the tobacco in it was owned and being cured by Johnny Phelps, of the Roper section. It is under stood that a comparatively small lot of tobacco was in the barn when it burned. So far this seaso.i. there have been very few tobacco barns destroyed by fire, in comparison with other years. Aiiach Personal Property lor Tax Town Tax Collector P. W. Brown this week launched a de termined drive to collect all past due poll and personal property taxes. He announces that the town council has authorized him to garnishee wages and attach personal property to enforce col lection, and he warns those who have not paid such taxes that he will begin such action in the next few days. Those who owe past-due ac counts are advised that they can save the cost of garnisheeing or levying on their property by pay ing up immediately. “This is positively the last notice I in tend to give,” the collector said I yesterday. Plan To Reach Everyone in County During Bond Drive Workers Appointed To Cover All Paris Couniy Next Week Community Captains Will Have Charge of Drive in Their Sections -® Community captains for the Third War Loan Campaign were named Tuesday night by a special commit tee composed of County School Su perintendent H. H. McLean. Farm Agent W. V. Hays, and Home Dem onstration Agent Mary Fiances Dar den. together with Campaign Chair man John W. Darden. In some instances both captains and canvassers were appointed. In others, only the captains were named, and it is left up to them to secure their assistants. In all cases, it is emphasized that the community leaders are empowered to appoint such assistants as they may desire; and they are also to divide the w'ork as they see fit, the divisions listed here being in the nature of sugges tions rather than definite boundar ies. It is earnestly hoped, however, that the local captains, committees and workers see that every person in their respective communities is reached and urged to buy bonds dur ing this drive. Captains will keep records of bonds bought or pledged and report them to the central com mittee. in order that proper credit may be given each neighborhood or community. Following is the list of neighbor hood captains and workers as worked out by the committee Tuesday night * In some cases special neighborhood committees are listed elsewhere in this paper*: Cool Spring Neighborhood Mrs. J. F. Asby, county line to foot of Ridge Road on US 64; Mrs. S. B. Lucas, Ridge road to town. Long Ridge Road Henry Woolard, foot of the road to Beavei Dam, a. r. wa.t.snn neigh borhood: W. F. Ange, Beaver Dam of Ridge Road to A. R. Watson's: Raleigh Jackson. Long Ridge Road Captain. Long Acre Road Mrs. Jessie McNair, neighborhood to W. H. Gurkin’s; W. H. Gurkin. to Herbert Bateman's house; Charlie Bowen, from Pat Carter's to Turn pike road: John Allen, from Turn pike to Van Swamp. Acre Road cap tain; H. L. ResUass, from Van Swamp 1 to county line. Wenona J. L. Rae. captain; Mrs. Carl Hey nen. neighborhood: Mrs. Ernest Rose, neighborhood; Mrs. Ted Ros enthal, neighborhood. 'See COMMITTEES, Page 4) List of Premiums for Bond Auction Next Week Is Increasing -© Articles To Be Put on Dis play Today; Merchants Cooperating Plans are going forward for a big bond auction on the stage at the Plymouth Theatre here Wednesday night of next week. The list of articles to be auctioned off to the highest bidder in bonds is steadily growing and will be greatly increased this afternoon when articles donated by Plymouth merchants and business men are assembled and put on dis play. Many articles have been contrib uted by individual patrons of the theatre, and all of them will be put on display in the show window of Norman Furniture Company here this afternoon and tomorrow, along with the items donated by local stores and shops. The bond auction is being spon sored by the management of the the atre. It is announced that the serial and shorts will be run prior to be ginning the sale, with the feature to be run after the auction is concluded. Contributions to the prize list this week include a garden cultivator. by Mrs. R J. Sydenstricker; in bags of flour, by the H E. Harrison Whole sale Company; toilet soap by B G. Campbell: bushel of irish potatoes, by Mrs. H A. Williford: a book. “The Works of Lord Byron,’’ by a friend: basket of assorted groceries, by Mrs. Bernice Hammonds and Miss Marian Brinkley: bushel of irish potatoes, by Gertrude S. Brinkley; and many others. Previously acknowledged gifts in clude a $25 War Bond, and it is un derstood that several other bonds will be given by various interested persons. Plymouth merchants will have a large number of prizes on hand, and an entertaining and profit able evening is promised all who at tend and bid on the articles to be given away, Creswell Women Back Bond Drive The Creswell Woman's Club is taking- the lead in sponsoring the Third War Loan Drive in that seetion, it was learned here yes terday from Mrs. Sidney Smith son, chairman. Bonds will be on sale through the club at the school on Tuesdays throughout the remainder of the month. In addition, members of the club will have booths on the streets there Saturday for the sale of both bonds and stamps. The Creswell Town Council has authorized a prize of S10 in War Stamps to be given the per son who sells the most bonds and stamps during the campaign, which will continue throughout September. A house-to-house canvass is also to be made before the drive ends. Every person in Creswell is earnestly asked by the club to buy at least one bond during the month. Presbyterians Plan To’form Permanent Chuch in Plymouth -<§, Will Begin Series of Reviv al Services in Tent Here Sunday Night -® Arrangements were made this week for locating a permanent Presby terian church in Plymouth. As a preliminary, it is announced that a series of revival services will bo held, beginning next Sunday night. Sep tember 19. and continung through September 30. The Rev. John D. Henderson, of Spartanburg, S. C., an evanglist of the Presbyterian church, will be the preacher, and the revival ■lo.-iot; will be held in a tent in West Plymouth. services win oegin eacn mgnt mir ing the series at 8 o'clock. The mu sic is to be in charge of a capable leader, with local talent to be used to a great extent. The tent is located in the Snell Pine Grove, across high way 64 from the Lucas dairy, one block west of the city limits at the entrance to Little Richwood Village. Everyone is cordially invited and urged to attend all services. It is announced that this series of meetings will be the basis for estab lishment of a permanent Presbyterian church in Plymouth. A church build ing is to be erected, and each Sunday there will be Sunday school and preaching services. The minister for the permanent congregation is the Rev. D. C. Craw ford, jr., pastor of the Presbyterian church at Edenton. who will divide his time between the two churches. Mr. Crawford is a graduate of Hamp den-Sydney College in Virginia and the Union Theological Seminary at. Richmond, Va. Assisting Mr. Crawford in the work here will be Miss Rachel Hassell, of Montreat, church secretary and di rector of religious education. She is especially gifted in Sunday school work and in the field of music, it is announced. Whirlwind Canvass Is Sei for Thursday, Friday of Next Week -» — Lot of Work Ahead in Or der To Meet Quota of $262,000 -« Practically all news in Washington County this week centers around plans for the campaign to sell the county’s quota of $262,000 worth of War Bonds in the Third War Loan Drive. All sections, communities, neighborhoods, organizations and practically all individuals have been drafted to help in the all-out effort to be waged for the remainder of the month until Washington County goes "over the top" again. Groundwork for a whirlwind two day drive was laid Monday night, when about 25 persons gathered at the courthouse to plan the campaign. It was decided that the effort would* be climaxed Thursday and Friday of next week. September 23 and 24. when every person in the county will be canvassed and urged to buy all the bonds possible. H. E. Beam, chairman of the coun ty war finance committee, turned the meeting Monday over to John W. Darden who will serve as special campaign chairman of the drive. Suggestions were called for. and it was then agreed to set up commit tees in every community to make the canvass on September 23 and 24. H. H McLean. W. V. Hays and Mrs. Frances M. Darden were designated a special committee to divide up the county and name a captain for each neighborhood of community. Alt hough suggest ions were made as to the personnel of the committees in the various communities, it is emphasized that the captains in each will call on other workers to assist in the canvass. Some com munities have already named their working groups, while others have not yet had sufficient time to do so. Those which have been completed Hl'l* llnti v.t i». • ovtiflny in 'S .sue of the Beacon but many of the lists were not available when the pa per went to press today and hence may not appear until next week. 'See BOND DRIVE. Page 4> Nephew Local Lady Is Killed in Action Mrs. O. A. Gephart. of Monroe Street. Plymouth, yesterday received a message stating that her nephew. Pilot J. T. Blanks, jr., 22, of Clover, Va., was killed in action while serv ing with the Army Air Forces in the Italian theatre of war on August 14. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Blanks, of Clover, Va. Young Blanks enlisted in March, 1943, and received his wings at j Spence Field. Moultrie. Ga.. in Janu | ary of this year. Almost immediately . afterwards he was assigned to duty ' overseas, and it is known that he took part in the Sicilian invasion ear lier this summer. No details of the action in which he lost his life are available at this time. In addition to his parents, Pilot Blanks is survived by a sister and two brothers. tii * ,j One Farmer To Another: Mackeys, N. 0.. September 18. 1943. To the Farmers of Washington County: It is being said that we farmers have not been buying War Bonds during the previous bond drives—Let's not let this be said during THIS bond drive. Millions of campaign workers and bond buyers each have a part to play—so. Farmers, let’s do our part! Our hoys need guns, ammunition, ships, and tanks, and before these are put in their hands they must be paid for—the money must come from “we, the people.” Our young American boys have given up their start in life, their families, and their friends to go to all fighting fronts to do their part and help protect our country. They are going through ali kinds of hardships and giving up their all for our freedom. As we over here in the eomfort of our homes think of the suffering and homesickness of our boys stationed in bleak cheerless places in Iceland. Alaska, the Solomons, and the Aleutians, how can we talk of being hurt by buy ing War Bonds? Your money not only helps out in the war when you buy a bond, but it is a safe investment for you. When you invest S18..5, you will receive a S25 War Bond: if you keep this bond to it' maturity, which is 10 years, your bank will give you S25 in cash for it. Someone will call on you during this drive to sell bonds—by this time you will have sold some cotton or tobacco, so don’t turn them down. Invest at least the money you receive from the sale of seed from one bale of eotton— do even more if you can! Remember, your War Bonds are the safest investment in the world. On the home front, we must go shoulder to shoulder with our fighting men and go our limit to back them up so we will have an earlier victory and hasten in every way we can the return of our fighting men to their homes and their loved ones. When your money is in War Ronds, it is not only an investment, but it is ammunition—SO Bl’Y WAR BONDS! Yours very truly, ,1. t TARKENTON.
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