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The Roanoke Beacon 4444444 AND WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS ★★★★★★★ VOLUME LIV—NUMBER 44 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 4. 1943 We Can’t All FIGHT—We Won't All SUFFER—But We Can All GIVE—To the United War Fund! Town opics The county board of commissioners met Monday in regular session, with Chairman E. G. Alps, J. C. Knowles and H. W. Pritchett present. Fol lowing disposition of routine mat ters, a motion was carried to put up $200 for two community canning projects, to be located in Creswell and Roper, in cooperation with the Federal government and the com munities involved. Killed when their airplane crashed near Windsor about noon Monday, the bodies of four Marines were brought to the Horner Funeral Home here Tuesday to await instructions from their relatives in distant states. Two of the men were officers and two were enlisted men. it is said. Navy officials at the Cherry Point Air Sta tion, where they were based, have not announced their names, pending notification of relatives. Due to the absence from town of several members of the city council, the regular meeting of that group was not held Monday night. Mayor B. G. Campbell said yesterday that no particular business was scheduled last Mon day, and if anything of impor tance comes up a special meet ing will be called sometime dur ing the month. Tobacco markets in Williamston and Robersonville are closing tor the season Friday of this week. Practi cally all tobacco in Washington County has been sold, according to reports, although there are a few odd lots here and there. Lieutenant J. S. Leggett, of the Air Transport Command, Washing ton. D. C.. and O. R. Leggett, store keeper first class, of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Camp Perry, Williams burg. Va., attended the funeral of Lieutenant Reuben E. Mayo, of the Marine Corps, Monday afternoon. Police Chief P. W. Brown an nounced today that Little Rich wood has been getting garbage service for the past few weeks. The service rendered by the City Sanitary Department is for trial purposes, but it will prob ably be permanently established at the next meeting of the Town Council. Officers and directors of the Coun try Club of Plymouth, Inc., will have a meeting Friday night of this week at 8 o’clock in the law offices of Z. V. Norman, president of the club. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smithson, of Creswell, received a cablegram Mon day from their son, Pfc. William Am mon Smithson, stating that he had reached a post for foreign service with the Army and that he was well and happy. He is in an Army ad ministrative unit. Plymouth people who have been saving tin cans for salvage are re quested to take them, properly pre pared. to the municipal building on Water Street, where a receptacle has been placed to receive them. Cans should be washed, labels removed, both ends cut out, and the cans then flattened by stepping on them. -<S Funeral Today for Mrs. Jane Bateman Mrs. Jane E. Bateman, widow of the late Harmon Bateman, died Wednesday morning at 11:30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Ellis, on the Long Ridge Road, near Plymouth. Mrs. Bateman was 69 years of age and had been in de clining health for about a year. Funeral services are being held at 3:30 this afternoon from the Holly Neck Christian church, of which she was a faithful member for about 50 years. The Rev. E. B. Quick, pastor of the Plymouth Christian church, is officiating, and interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bateman was the daughter of the late William and Carolyn Steeley Davis, and was born in Tyrrell County on May 14, 1874. She moved to Washington County with her par ents while very young, and lived prac tically all of her life in this section. She is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Dorothy Ellis, of Plymouth, R. F.D. 1, and Mrs. J. H. Hudson, of Norfolk, Va.; two sons, James and Harold Bateman, of Plymouth, and by 11 grandchildren. Tighten Rules Governing Issuance oi Supplemetary Gas and Tires lor Cars The Gasoline and tire situation Is really beginning to bear down on county motorists. The ra tion board emphasizes that mile age for one round trip daily to and from work is all that can be allowed when applying for sup plementary gasoline. Even this is not allowable, under the regu lations, unless a ride-sharing ar rangement has been worked out between several persons, except In very unusual and excetional cases. Under present rationing rules, 320 miles per month Is the abso lute maximum that can be al lowed motorists entitled to “B” books. When rationing: was first started 480 miles per month was / the maximum for “B” book driv ers. Certificates for new tires can not be granted unless the ap plicant has an allowable mileag:e of at least 601 miles per month, it was stated at the office of the board. All the above applies to owners of passengrer cars, of course; and it is apparent that the way of pleasure drivers, as well as transgressors, will be : hard, Indeed. Retailers in County Cited for Violating Ceiling Price Rules Draft Delinquents Being Galled Up Possibly half a dozen draft de linquents are scheduled to be or dered to report for immediate induction by the local board, as the result of the new ruling which became effective this week, it was learned Tuesday. The new regulation provides that if a reg istrant fails to report for medical examination, for induction, or if he fails to report a change of/ address, he is to be reclassified as A-l and ordered to report for im mediate induction. The names of those who fail to report for induction after be ing ordered to do so will be turned over to the Federal Dis trict Attorney and the FBI for prosecution. No extension of time will be allowed for complying with the board's orders in the future. 100 Italian Prisoners Of War Now Work At Pulp Plant Here -® Used on Yard To Unload Pulpwood From Rail road Cars One hundred Italian prisoners of war are now at work in the wood yard at the plant of the North Caro lina Pulp Company here. They be gan work Friday of last week, short ly after permission was granted by the War Department for their use in the wood and pulp industry. Those at work in the plant here come from the camp at Windsor, which recently furnished prisoners to aid farmers of this section to harvest the current peanut crop. The prisoners are permitted to be away from their base 10 hours each day. Since it requires about one hour for the trip each way, and pris oners are allowed another hour for lunch, they actually put in only sev en hours daily on the job. At the present time, they are being used to unload pulpwood from railroad cars. According to George A. Shannon, personnel director for the local plant, they have made very good workmen, so far. Most of them are comparatively young, and apparently they are glad to be out of the war. According to one of the guards, they were captured in the North African and Sicilian campaigns. The pulp company pays the gov ernment at the prevailing hourly wage rate for use of the men. The prisoners themselves get 80 cents per day credit at thefr canteen, and the excess they earn over this amount goes to the government for their food and clothing. Food and drinking water are brought from the camp at Windsor, It is understood that the Plymouth Box and Panel Company is consider ing the use of a similar group of men at their plant. The prisoners cannot be used in any work consider ed hazardous, and they are not per mitted to operate any machinery, be ing used only as common labor. Rev. O. L. Hardwick Will Return for Services Sunday The Rev. O. L. Hardwick, who is attending the annual conference in Rocky Mount this week, will return to conduct the regular services Sun day at the Plymouth Methodist church. At the 11 a. m. service the Sacrament of Holy Communion will be administered, and the choir will sing "Come Unto Me,” by E. K. He.v ser. The evening service at 7:30 will include preaching by the pastor, and a special anthem, “The Blessed Gos pel,” will be rendered by the choir. 8 Out of 30 Checked Had Perfect Record; Hearing for Others -* Grocers in County Warned That Compliance Will Be Checked Periodically Only 8 out of 30 grocery estab lishments in Washington County were given a clean bill of health last week, when they were checked for compliance with ceiling-price regula tions by assistants of the price panel of the local war price and rationing board. Not all of the grocery es tablishments in the county were checked, only a percentage of the to tal number being affected. Those who were found to be vio lating any phases of the regulations were cited to appear before the panel for a hearing. Violators in the Plym outh area were heard last night, while those from the Roper, Mackeys and Creswell sections will have their turn tonight, it was learned from Carl L. Bailey, chairman of the price panel. Not all of those cited were found to be charging more than the ceiling prices for grocery items. Some of them were charged with not properly marking goods on their shelves, while others did not have the ceiling-price list properly displayed. Others, how ever, were charged with selling spe cific items at prices above those al lowed in the price list. Trial of those cited will not be completed until tonight, and it is not known what penalties will be as sessed against those found guilty. However, it is stated that where the offense is not considered willful, the store owners will be permitted to make a contribution to the Red Cross or Treasury Department in propor tion to the seriousness of the of fense. However, if it is determined that the violation is willful in na ture. then the price panel can only refer the matter to Federal authori ties for prosecution in the courts. Mr. Bailey said the “honor roll" of those checked and found to be 100 per cent in compliance with price ceiling and posting regulations was composed of the following: J. R. Campbell, White & Bowen and J. E. Hardison, of Plymouth: J. L. Nowa rah, Isa G. Johnson, W. B. Daven port, and F. D. Wilson, of Roper; and O. D. Hatfield, of Creswell. it is empnasizect mat not ail gro cery stores in the county were check ed and that not all those cited wer guilty of overcharging. However, all county dealers are warned that they must get in line with the regulations, as compliance checks will be made at more or less regular intervals; a cer tain number being checked each time, and those who are not complying will be cited for hearing by the price panel. Although wholesalers are not under the jurisdiction of the county price panel, any retailers who think that they are being overcharged by their suppliers are urged to turn their in voices over to the local panel, which will take the matter up with the state authorities. Such information should be given to any member of the price panel or turned over to Mrs. Norma Spruill, price clerk, at the office of the rationing board in the court house. The retailer’s name will not be used in any resulting investiga tion, it is stated. -® Leslie B. Spruill Gets Commission -9 Colonel.E. J. Beam, commandant of the Finance Officer School at Duke University, Durham, announces the appointment of Leslie B. Spruill as a second lieutenant in the Finance De partment of the Army of the United States on Wednesday, October 27, 1943. Lieutenant Spruill’s home ad dress is Roper, N. C., and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan W. Spruill. Before entering the Finance Officer School during the past summer, Lieu tenant Spruill had more than a year’s service overseas as an enlisted man in the Army. He attained the rating of master sergeant before being return ed to this country to enter the school for officer training. -* Services Outlined (or Saints Delight Church Church service at Saints Delight Sunday. Bible school at 11 a. m.; W. A. Swain, superintendent. Church service at 12 by Preston E. Cayton, pastor; subject: “God’s Problem With Man.” Evening service at 7:30. The church roll will be called Sun day morning. You are invited to at tend this service. Come and bring the family, and bring your child to Bible school. To Intensify Scrap Drive in All County Schools Next Week -<t> At Least One Piece of Scrap Metal From Each Pupil Daily Is Asked Next week. November 7-13. will see an intensive drive in the schools of the county for the collection of scrap metal. Governor Broughton recent ly proclaimed October 1 to November 15 as the period for holding the Na tional Victory Scrap Drive. How ever. there were so many other spec ial activities in the schools during October, the county salvage commit tee waited until this date to start their campaign in Washington Coun ty. County Superintendent H. H. Mc Lean has instructed principals to ex plain the nature and need of scrap metal at this time to all schoc' chil dren and urge them to bring at least one piece of scrap metal each morn ing next week. The metal will be re moved from the school grounds promptly at the end of the week. Farm scrap metal is especially need ed. according to the committee. The salvage committee has desig nated the 4-H club girls of Wash ington County as sponsors of the drive next week. These girls are urged to make it their business to intensify the drive and keep the aim before their schoolmates. "It is be lieved that if all children will ex plain to their parents how important it is at the present time to get in every single piece of scrap metal that the parents will enter into the drive whole-heartedly," one of the commit tee members stated. Farm children, especially, are asked to insist that their fathers check the farms for scrap metals. Mrs. Frances Darden has arranged for a prize for the 4-H girl who does the most during the drive, and the committee hopes to Ave arrange ments made for prizes in the schools by the first of next w<ek. In connection with the scrap drive, it is hoped that each teacher will demonstrate the method of prepar ing tin cans for salvage, and impress upon the children that they must show their mothers h iv; to prepare them and the place to cake them, namely, the municipal building on Water Street. Teachers are also re quested to instruct the children how to prepare waste fats, needed for making ammunition, and where and when to dispose of them. -<s> Local Legionnaires Plan Armistice Day Program Next Week Parade, Dinner and Address By June Rose Features Of Observance -® A dinner for all ex-service men and an address by former State Com mander June Rose, of Greenville, will be main features of the annual Armistice Day celebration and me morial service by the James E. Jethro Post of the American Legion here Thursday of next week, it was announced this week by post officials. Members of the local post and ex service men will assemble at the high school building here at 10:30 aun, for the parade, which will start at the school and end at tire intersection of Water and Washington Streets in front of the Legion hall. The high school band and school children will also be included in the line of march. At the assembly in front of the Legion hall, at 11 a m., the names of deceased ex-service men will be read to the accompaniment of lolling drums. Following the brief memorial service, all former service men. whe ther or not they are members of the Legion, are invited to the dinner in the Legion Hall, where the address by Commander Rose will Ire made. Mr. Rose is recognized as an able speaker, and it is hoped all ex-serv ice men in the county will be pres ent to hear him. Besides having served as commander o fthe North Carolina Department of the Ameri can Legion, he has been principal af the Greenville City schools for 25 years, and is now assistant deputy of Civilian Defense and an active civic worker. Local stores usually close for sev eral hours during the time the Legion program is in progress, and it is ex pected that this course will be fol lowed here next Thursday. -® Aircraft Recognition Class To Be Formed in Creswell -1 Creswell.—At the request of the Army Air Forces First Fighter Com mand, Mrs. Sidney Smithson will start a new class in aircraft recog nition for people in the Creswell sec tion Wednesday of next week. All interested are requested to meet Mrs Smithson at the high school build ing at 7:30 p.m. It is hoped that a large class of both young and old will be on hand, Time Is Extended To Raise Quota in War Fund Drive Will Dedicate Honor Roll oi Pulp Mill Employees in Service November 11th A special program is being planned at the plant of the North Carolina Pulp Company here on Armistice Day, next Thursday, November 11, at 11 a.m., when the company's “Honor Roll" plaque, containing the names of former employees now in the armed services, will be unveiled and dedicated. There are more than 500 names on the plaque, it was learned at the plant yester day. Lieutenant Colonel David F. Sellards, ,ir„ of Camp Davis, will make the principal address at the exercises. D. B. Duhe, resident Nearly All Tickets Sold for Premiere of "This Is the Army" Less Than 20 on Hand Yes terday; Capacity Crowd Is Indicated Only 19 tickets remained unsold yesterday for the premiere showing of “This Is the Army,” for the bene fit of the Army Emergency Relief Fund, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Eliza Daniel, chairman of the ticket sales committee. The sale is limited to 700 tickets, capacity of the theatre, and a “full house" is assured for the initial showing here Sunday night at 9 p.m.. Mrs. Daniel said. Those who wish to get tickets are ad vised to see her immediately, as the sale will end when the remaining 19 tickets are sold. Since there are .just about 700 Washington County men in the armed services, the object of the com mittee was to sell one ticket for ev ery one of them. The list of names was published two weeks ago, as each ticket was sold the name of a serv ice man was checked on the list. Practically all names had been check ed off up to yesterday, and it is be lieved the few that remain will be checked before time for the showing Monday. Every cent of the money received for the 700 tickets to the premiere, with the exception of the Federal tax. will go to the Army Emergency Re lief Fund. The tickets sold for $1.10 each, which means the fund will re ceive $700 from the showing here. The management donated use of the theatre and its staff for Sunday night, and no expense whatever will be charged to the benefit show. There will be no passes or free admissions to the premiere, it is emphasized. “This Is the Army” will also be shown at the theatre Monday and Tuesday, but the $1.10 tickets for the premiere will be honored Sunday night only, patrons are advised. Regular prices will prevail Monday and Tuesday. Final Riles Friday In Roper for Mrs. H. M. Williams, Sr. -® Died at Home There Early This Morning After Ill ness of One Day -«. Mis. Martha Blanche Williams, wife of Henry M. Williams, sr., died at her home in Roper this morning at 5 o'clock from cerebral hemor rhage after being ill for only one day. Mrs. Williams was widely known in the Roper section, and news of her brief illness and death came as a shock to her relatives and many friends throughout the county. She was 56 years of age. Daughter of the late Warren M . and Martha Swain Spruill, Mrs. Wil liams was born in Washington Coun ty on September 26, 1887. and lived in the Roper community all of her life. She was an active member of the Methodist church there for many years. Funeral services will be held from the Roper Methodist church Friday afternoon at 4 p. m., by the pastor, the Rev. G. C. Wood, assisted by the Rev. J. Bascom Hurley, of Halifax Interment will be made in the fam ily cemetery near Roper. Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband. Henry M. Williams, sr., of Roper, one daughter, Mrs. J. R Mauldin, of Rocky Mount: and three sons, Henry M. Williams, jr., and J. Merrimond Williams, of Norfolk, Va.: and Charles K Williams, of Wil mington. She also leaves a brother, Charles R. Spruill, of Washington, five grandchildren and a number of jnfeces and nephews. manager of the mill, will intro duce the speaker and will also unveil the plaque, while the ded icatory prayer will be made by the Rev. William B. Daniels, jr., rector of Grace Episcopal church. Practically all employees of the plant will be on hand for the pro gram; and friends and relatives of men and women whose names appear on the “Honor Roll'' are invited to be present. The pro gram will last about a half hour, it is stated, and will take place on the lawn at the east side of the office building, facing the flagpole and the plaque. Scrap Campaign In Schools Here The Plymouth schools launch ed their second scrap drive Mon day of this week with the de termination to top the 50 tons collected last year, according to R. B. Trotmas. principal. The drive will continue for the re mainder of the month, and school pupils will collect scrap every Tuesday and Friday. Those who have scrap metal, rubber or paper that they wish to contribute are asked to notify any school child or call the school, and the material will he collected. To stimulate interest, the school is offering $1.50 in War Stamps every week to the two students collecting most scrap during the week, and $5 worth of stamps will be awarded to the room which collects the most Homecoming Day Service Sunday at Christian Church -« Special Invitations Sent To All Members and Friends By Church Officials -<s> Special invitations have gone out to all members and friends of the First Christian church to be present for the annual homecoming observ ance next Sunday, November 7. In vitations are signed by P. H. Darden, chairman of the church board; H. H. Allen, superintendent of the Sunday school, and the Rev. E. B. Quick, pastor. Tire program of the day will be gin with Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.. a class being provided for every age. Morning worship will follow at 11 am., when the honor roll of service men will be called and special prayer offered on their behalf. The adult choir, led by Mrs. Hilda Gurganus, Miss Agnes Davis, organist, will fur nish special music. This being the first homecoming since the building was altered, repaired, painted and newly equipped, the pastor will de liver an appropriate sermon on the subject, "The House of God." The ladies of the church are preparing to serve dinner, picnic style, in the social hall. At 7:30 p. m.. Mr. Quick will de liver an illustrated lecture on "The Origin and Early History of the Christian Church." In his college days at Bethany College. W. Va.. the pastor resided in the old plantation home of Alexander Campbell, one of the pioneers of the movement out of which grew the religious body known as the Christian church or Disciples of Christ. Most of the stereoptieon view's illustrating the lecture were photographed or sketched first hand j and are known as the best in the brotherhood. The junior choir of 20 i voices will furnish special music for the evening service, which will be fol lowed by a baptismal service. Those Who Failed To Get No. 4 Ration Book May Apply After November 10 It was announced yesterday at the office of the Washington County War Price and Rationing Board that applications for War Ration Book No. 4 would again be received at the office, begin ning Wednesday of next week, November 10. Those who did not receive their No. 4 books at the schoolhouses week before last are asked to wait until next Wednesday before applying. It was stated that no No, 4 book would bp issued unless a No. 3 book had been previously issued in the name of the appli- 1 cant. Those who do not have No. 3 books mat apply now for them, and it will he necessary to wait until they are received before ap plying for the No. 4 book. Neatly 12.000 No. 4 books were issued at the schools during the recent registration, leaving pos sibly 400 or 500 who have not applied for them yet, it was stat ed, * Only Fraction of Allotment Raised First Few Days County Is One of Few That Is Falling Down Badly In Campaign With practically all neighboring counties already “over the top,” Washington County early this week faced a disgraceful failure in its United Far Fund Drive. For that reason. John W. Darden, chairman of the county’ committee, announced this morning that the campaign had been extended at least until Novem ber 9th. an a meeting will be held following the Lions Club supper to night. when representatives of civic, religious, business, labor and frater nal organizations will seek to work out some plan to raise at least a sub stantial portion of the $4,050 quota. Canvassers were amazed last week end by the amount of indifference and ignorance concerning the United Far Fund. It had been advertised for more than a month by every pos sible means, including national net works and large and small newspa pers. The campaign was opened ear ly in October by President Roosevelt, yet many people had only a vague idea of what it was all about, and the executive head of one firm here said he'd "never heard of it.” Few people seem to realize that about one-fourth of the fund will be retained in the county, that four fifths of the remainder is for the USO. Salvation Army, YMCA and similar organizations which serve men in the armed forces: and the other fifth goes to 14 organizations devoted to tire relief of the starving in allied nations. The canvass in Plymouth was con ducted by members of the Junior Woman's Club, and they have been very faithful, in the face of some disheartening experiences. One firm refused permission for the canvass ers to solicit its employees. Several people offered contributions of 25 cents. Some turned the workers down cold. Reports have not yet been received from other parts of the county, where members of home demonstra tion clubs are to make the canvass. Mrs. Frances Darden, home demon stration afeent, said that it would possibly be next Tuesday before re turns could be received from them, as most of the clubs are planning to make their most intensive drive this week-end. It is hoped that something can be worked out at the meeting tonight to bring to the people of the county a realization of their responsibilities to the war and home fronts. The Masonic lodge, merchants associa tion, labor unions, Lions Club, churches and other organizations have promised to have representa tives present, and a last effort is t.o be made to put the county over its quota within the next week or so. John W. Darden is chairman of the county committee for the War Fund, and H. H. Allen is treasurer. Those who wish to make contributions with out being solicited are asked to sea them or give their checks or cash to any member of the canvassing com mittee. Negro Seriously Hurt in Truck Wreck Yesterday Will Everett Smithwick, colored tenant on the A. L. Owens farm, was seriously injured in a truck accident, near Jamesville yesterday morning. No details of the accident could be learned, since it was investigated from Williamston, but it is under stood that several Negroes were in jured when two or more trucks were involved in a collision a few miles this side of Jamesville. Smithwick had a temple artery severed, and had lost a considerable quantity of blood when he reached the Plymouth Clinic here. He was given blood plasma and later in the day had recovered sufficiently to be removed to his home near here.
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