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THE Roanoke Beacon Washingron County News tHTSLISIIEI) FVERY THURSDAY u Plymouth, Washington County North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon is Wash .ninon County's only newspaper • - established in 1860, consoli i.ited with the Washington County N'.'V. in 1929 and with The Sun ai 1937. Subscription Rates Payable in Advance' : In Washington, Tyrrell, Beaufort and Martin Counties: ' e year_$2.00 S:X months_$1.25 Single copies, 5 cents I Outside of Washington. Tyrrell, Beaufort and Martin Counties: : ie sear. -. _$2.50 Six months_ $1.50 Special to men in the armed serv ices of the United States: One year_$1.50 Minimum subscription: 6 months Adverti'ing Rates Furnished Upon Request Entered as second-class matter ,, the post ofliee in Plymouth, ■1 C under the act of Congress ■i March 3, 1879. January 27, 1944 The Right of Way By Ruth Taylor The other day I stood at a busy Xew York street corner. Traffic was speeding by. It seemed like one of those hopeless snarls reminiscent of pre-gas rationing days. Suddenly I saw a little child at the curb—all alone. 1 started forward to pull him back when the policeman saw him. He raised his hand and all traffic stopped while that little child cross ed safely to his school on the other side of the street. and That is democracy—where a little child has the right of way! The strength of democratic gov ernment is that it is forward looking. X' t only are all people alike in the eyes of the law, but all children are alike to be protected, to be free from want and fear, to be tenderly cared for. ;o be counted neither as rich nor poor, black nor white, Jew, Catholic nor Protestant—but just as children, the hope of the nati n, the future of the world. Only in a free land are the rights of the child respected. And only where all children are safe is any child safe. Our boys are not giving their lives Forceful Voting vs. Wishful Thinking (NOTE.—Following is an outline of remarks made by Mrs. W. V. Hays, president of the Plymouth I’arent-Teaeher Association, before the local Lions Club last Thursday night. It concerns some of the broader problems in our educational system and recommends itself to the thoughtful consideration of all citizens, especially to parents and members of service organizations.—Editor. I The main business of the Congress of Parents and Teachers Is to study j the program of the school and the ' needs of children; to advance that program whenever possible and to 1 keep it before the public. It should | be the business of other service or I ganizations also. One place we can help the schools ! is in working for better salaries for I teachers. They need to be relieved j for the safety of the things they have i had. but for the safety of their child : ren and their children to be, that they j may live and grow strong into worth j while manhood and womanhood. Recently the editor of the Swanton • Courier, up in the rockribbed state of Vermont, wrote me; “To preach the doctrine of democracy is something that ran never be lacking in inspira tion. Democracy is not only the American way of life, but must be the world way of life, or there will be no life for anybody. We will have to return to the law of the jungle if we do not put into practise our preach ing of democracy. Our words must reduce themselves to action. This is really the test.” He was right Democracy must prevail if the children of the future are to have their chance. We are fighting now for that. We are win ning the fight overseas, but we still have a fight to win at home to trans late our ideals into action. We can do so if we think less of ourselves and more of those to fol low, if we try to correct those things in our society which we condemn— prejudice, discrimination, group thinking. We give the children of our nation the right of way on our streets. Let us give them the right of way in our hearts by building for them a brave new world of brother hood into which they may enter equipped to, in turn, build a better world for their children and their children's children. -* Defective Field Wire Christian Science Monitor. In one of the most scorching de nunciations of an American corpora tion heard since the days of muckrak ing and trust busting, Federal Dis of the constant strain of maintain ing the standard of living which is necessary to their positions. Another way to help is in working for better school plants. We need more space, more modem and better equipped buildings, good gymnasiums and playgrounds. Under adverse conditions, lack of ventilation, overheat, underheat, im t proper lighting, lack of hot lunch— trict Judge Hartigan of Providence has pleaded chief guilt for the defec tive Signal Corps wire scandal on the Annaconda Wire and Cable Co. Yet the firm, which had a $1,200,000 order, can, under the law, only be lined a maximum of $10,000, Four employees, whom the court held were encouraged in their wrong doing by the company, have been sentenced to Federal prison for terms ranging from one year up to 18 months. Appeals may be taken to a higher court, but as the matter now stands these men and their employer have been held guilty of using elabor ate tricks to foist off on the Army reels of vital field wire that was full of flaws. Witnesses described how special reels of good wire were kept to be used for testing purposes, and how devices were installed with which to make it appear that certain wire withstood required voltages, though actually it did not. "If I were to establish degrees of guilt in this case." remarked Judge Hartigan, “at the head of the list 1 would put the Annoconda Wire and Cable Co., the chief culprit in this conspiracy. It corrupted the other defendants, and it did not hesitate to stoop to corrupt even women em ployees and ordinary laborers ..." Whether the motive was to rush out materials and set new production records, or to profit unduly from in ferior work and materials, the end result is equally reprehensible. We can concur with Judge Hartigan in remarking that good Army field wire is just as essential as good rifles, good machine guns, good tanks. If the boys in the field are dis turbed by home-front labor troubles, they will hardly be reassured by this example of corporate chicanery. STATEMENT OF CONDITION lymouth Building i Loan Association Of Plymouth, N. C., /Is of December 31st, 1942 (Copy of Sworn Statement Submitted to Insurance Commisisoner as Required by Law) ASSETS THE ASSOCIATION OWNS: Cash on Hand and in Banks $ State of North Carolina and U. S. Government Bonds . Stock in Federal Loan Bank Mortgage Loans Money loaned to shareholders for the purpose of enabling them to own their homes. Each loan secured by first mort gage on local improved real estate. Share Loans Advances made to our shareholders against their shares. No loan exceeds 90% of amount actually paid in. Accounts Receivable Temporary Advances for Insurance, Taxes, Etc. 12,546.25 25,000.00 600.00 58,449.50 4,217.00 21.60 TOTAL $100,834.35 LIABILITIES THE ASSOCIATION OWES: To Shareholders: Funds entrusted to our care in the form of pay ments on shares as follows: Installment Shares $66,711.30 Full-Paid Shares 25,100.00 -$ Undivided Profits Earnings held in trust for distribution to share-holders at maturity of their shares. Reserves for Contingencies To be used for the payment of any loss&s, if sustained. This reserve increases the safety and strength of the Association. Cash Over 91,811.30 7,802.18 1,000.00 220.87 TOTAL $100,834.35 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, ss: M. W. Spruill, Secretary .Treasurer of the above named Association personally appeared before me this day, and being duly sworn, says that the foregoing statement is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. _ M. W. SPRUILL, Scretary-Treasurer. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 12th day of January, 1944, W. T. STILLMAN. My Commission Expires September 3, 1944. Notary Public. f’LEASANT GKOVE Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Tarkenton and son Robin went to Mt. Olive Sunday to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Knowles and Miss Mary Elizabeth Knowles were in Wllliamston Sunday. Mrs. W. W. White. Mrs. W. B. Chesson, Mrs. Frances C. Hutchins and daughter, Rebecca attended the quarterly meeting at Roper Sunday. Ross Chesson and son Larry and Bill Phelps made a business trip to Elizabeth City Thursday. Many friends of Mrs. T. L. Wynne regret to know that she is confined to her home with a lingering case of flu. Miss Nellie Tarkenton went to Elizabeth City Sunday to see her bro ther Benton Tarkenton who is very ill at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Chesson and sons Larry and Wm. Ross jr„ visited friends at Creswell Sunday. Pat Pharr, of Richmand and Mrs. Pharr were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Phelps Saturday. ali purely physical things—the per sons who have our children in charge he larger part of the day simply can not do their best work. When a large part of their time and energy must be expended on keeping uncomfort able, irritable classes in order, the actual teaching must suffer. ii our couniy was me only one in the United States where the school plants are inadequate, it would be a mall matter. But we are only one mong thousands. If every person in every service organization in the United States would study and un derstand the vital need of better schools and would work for and vote for them there would be less crime, less poverty, less illness and even less war in the world. Our state presi dent. Mr. C. W. Phillips, says that more money is spent on crime in the United Slates than on all educational institutions, churches and charita ble institutions combined. I'm wondering if we, as parents, are all keeping up with educators in the broader program so many schools are working out? By reading, listen ing and observation. I'm wondering if we are not learning a newer con ception of education. Is becoming educated simply becoming informed about some facts that are in books, or is it learning to live successfully and happily with those about us? Youth must learn how to become cit izens of the community, the nation ind the world. Youth must learn vhat contribution each individual ■an make to universal peace and hap piness of mankind. Educators are trained and ready to teach with this broader conception of education, but are held back by lack of understand ng and lack of cooperation of the reneral public. Teachers know that success in life lepends upon one's adjustment to hose about him. The word “suc cess" covers both emotional and ma terial phases of liviftg. To be happy ind—to him—successful, the child nust be liked. He must be consid ered one of his group. If you set your child apart by letting him think or training him to think he is better or smarter than his associates, you have raised a barrier which he will have to overcome in both the social and business world in later years. Likewise, the child who is slower than his associates is handicapped. He aeveiops a sense oi mienomy ana lack of self-confidence that stays with him all his life unless he is fortu nate enough to learn better later. Teachers and principals recognize these principles of character train ing and, by new systems of grading, by encouragement, by searching out the individual abilities of children, they are helping them develop into the good citizens we want them to be. In an adequate educational sys tem, every single individual should be taught how to do some useful work. Each individual, unless he be an imbecile, can learn how to do something towards his own support and to contribute something to the common good. In this way he gains self-respect and also the respect of society. He learns that society needs him and has a place for him. It be comes important to him to fill that place successfully to the best of his ability. I don't think I’m wrong in saying that we are paying for such ade quate education, whether we realize it or not. Medical care, clinics, in oculations of all kinds are provided free to the indigent, to some extent. Free lunches, surplus commodities many state and federal taxes sup ply. Yes; we even had adult edu cation classes under WPA. Under our system of government, people must be helped when they can’t help themselves. When they can and won’t they still have to be helped. Only in a ruthless brutal society can people be stamped out when they don’t do their part in the world’s work. All these many charities and public benefactions are paid for by men like you—business men, profes sional men and farmers. Why not recognize this fact? Why not put first things first? Why not put taxes to work on an adequate national edu cation system and eliminate some of these tilings that arise from ignor ance or lack of training in skills? These remarks seem rambling, no doubt. The point I’m trying to make is this: The Congress of Parents and Teachers is working for better schools. P° ching smoky furnaces, painting grlny walls is not really our business. We and everybody else need to get a broader conception of what we can do for our children, who are the future of the world. We need to substitute some forceful voting for a lot of wishful thinking. Thank you. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the people in and around Plymouth for the kindness they have shown us and the contri butions they have made to us since the loss of our home and belongings. I—Mr. and Mrs. A, M. Walker. ENEMY STRONGER NOW THAN AT WAR’S START By MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE V. STRONG Assistant Chief of Staff G-2, U. S. Army The German Army has nearly three times as many combat divisions in the field today as there were when the attack on Poland began four years ago. The number of workers employed in war industries in Nazi-dominated terri tories has risen from 23.000.000 at the start of the war to a present total of 35.000.000 and the weapons which they are making are, in some cases, better than any which the United Nations have. One of their new weapons, a rocket gun, weighs less than 1.800 pounds and it has a fire power equal to six heavy field howitzers, weighing nine tons apiece. Even with the hiss of Italian aid, Ger many’s position has been only slightly weakened. The Ger man food ration is higher in caloric content than at the outbreak of the war, and there is nothing in the German economic picture to justify confidence in the immediate downfall of the Nazi structure. Once the United Nations’ forces have reached the lines on which the Germans are determined to stand, the days of inexpensive victories will end. Further advances will be contested yard by yard and foot by foot, and by well-trained veteran troops. Japanese manpower resources in and out of Japan are very great. The morale of both the armed forces and civi lian population is excellent and geographic factors give her tremendous added strength. The Solomons are only an outpost, more than 3,000 miles from the heart of the empire. We have yet to reach any main Japanese line of resistance or any point which they are apparently determined to hold at all costs. The Japanese are in a strong position today and their power in many respects is steadily increasing. The longer we leave them in virtual control of East Asia, the more difficult the eventual struggle will be. The main advantage we have is our ability to produce the weapons of war. If, through our unwillingness to face the facts, we give up this advantage, we may find our op portunity for victory has escap d us permanently. To insure the accomplishment of our war mission—the defeat of Germany and Japan—demands the whole-hearted single minded effort not only of even man, woman and child in the country, but also every bit of productive power, inventive genius and executive ability we possess. The PUBLIC Forum OUR SOLDIER VOTE To the Editor: For some time we have been listen ;ng and reading whether or not our enators and congressmen are going o make it possible that our soldiers overseas may vote. Some of our rep resentatives in Washington don’t fully realize our boys are fighting for that freedom which elected some of the chair-warmers that are now drawing pay from the income taxes many of our boys paid while on the battle fronts against our enemy. Are you. Mr. Representative, going to dilly-dally around and deprive the soldier of his vote that helped elect you? You promised that soldier along with all the other voters that you would represent and protect their rights. Does not this soldier have the same right of his vote as Mr. Green, Mr. Lewis, or Mr. Murray, and while they gave our president the pledge of no strikes for the duration of the war, our boys in the armed forces gave their pledge of fighting and EMPTY BARRELS SUITABLE FOR PACKING MEAT PLENTY of JeHerson Island SALT B. G. Campbell WHOLESALE GROCER FINAL NOTICE 1 Per Cent TAX PENALTY Will Be Added To All 1943 Washington County Taxes Which Are Not Paid Before FEBRUARY 1st We urge you to pay your Taxes now and take advantages oi the savings. Penalties will increase every month your taxes remain unpaid after February 1st. This is required by stale law. PAY NOW AND SAVE J. E. Davenport Tax Collector Washington County Plymouth Girls Get First Win of Season In Game Tuesday ■--— Defeat Farm Life Team, 12 To 6; Boys Lose by 26-9 Margin -® The Farm Life and Plymouth High schol teams halved a double bill on Tuesday night of this week in the local gymnasium. The local girls i registered their first win of the sea son. by coming out on the long end of a 12-6 count, while the local boys' team was defeated by the score of 26-9. Tice was high scorer for the Farm Life boys, with 9 points, while R. Bas night, with 6. led the Panthers. For I the Plymouth girls, Jackson scored ' 8 points, three field goals and a cou ple of free shots; while Roberson and | Lilley, with a field goal apiece, were best for Farm Life. There was a large crowd on hand for the games, and organized cheer ing by adherents of both schools. In the boys' game, Plymouth got off to a short-lived lead when Ayers looped in a field goal shortly after the whistle. Farm Life came back quickly with a counter offensive that skyrocketed the score to 18-2 at the end of the half. In the last period three field goals were made by Bas night and a foul shot by Winesett for the local, but they were unable to keep up with the visitors, who rung up 8 more points in the period. In the first half of the girls’ game, Jackson and Brown made a field goal apiece for the Plymouth team, and the local led 4 to 1 at the intermis sion. Jackson rung up 6 points in the final period, followed by Man ning with one goal from the field and Gurganus with a free shot. dying that we back home may still have that freedom of voting. Are you, Mr. Representative going to sit up there and let upwards to 5,000 strikes occur in 1944, as it did in-1943. as the loss of time means the loss of lives of our boys on the battle front? Are you, Mr. Representative, going to take the advice of our presi dent and put a curb on strikes and cut down the big profits of capital? The service men’s vote helped put you in office. Give them their vote. W. A. DAVIDSON. Plymouth, N. C., January 17, 1944.
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