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ITOWN: I 1 OPICS >*»*++*****{ Plymouth folks who had to go to work at 8 o’clock this morning did so without being able to wash their faces. Doing some repair work on the water lines, a valve was wrung off and the entire city water supply was off for several hours until a new one could be installed. The work was started at 3 a.m., and the water was cut on again about 8 o’clock. Mrs. C. J. Norman, chairman of the baby contest to be held in con nection with the May Day Festival, sponsored by the local Methodist church on May 1, asks all parents who wish to enter their children to get in touch with her at once. Children from infants up to five years of age are eligible for entry. The Plymouth section had an exceptionally heavy rainfall and hail storm Sunday afternoon. While there was a lot of hail about the size of marbles, no serious damage was reported. There was comparatively little wind, and while some fruit may have suffered, tobacco plant beds were said to have come through the storm without in jury. W. Ronald Gaylord, county vet erans’ service officer, is spending Thursday and Friday of this week in Windsor, where he is attending a district refresher course being helc by the N. C. Veterans Commission Representatives of 26 northeastern counties are in attendance. Col, Wiley Pickens, of Raleigh, state di rector, and W. H. Dunn, of Wilson, senior state service officer, are in charge of the meeting. County Agent W. V. Hays said this week that tobacco plant beds in general do not look as good now as they did several weeks ago. The flea beetle is causing some damage, and diseases of one kind or another are hurting some of the beds. It is ‘most too early for blue mold re ports. The golf match between the Plymouth and Rocky Mount teams, originally scheduled for Wednesday of last week, will be played on the local course this coming Sunday afternoon, starting at 1 o’clock. It was erroneaously reported to the Beacon last week that the match was set for last Sunday. Recorder’s Court Solicitor W. B. Rodman and ClerU Superior Court W. M. Darden will leave to morrow for Chapel Hill to attend a refresher course session for attor neys returning from the armed serv ices. The course is conducted by the Institute of Government at regular intervals, different subjects being covered each time. They will re turn Sunday. Work is going forward rapidly on the Men’s and Boys’ Shop, and W. Benton Liverman, proprietor, hopes to be ready for its formal opening by the latter part of next week. The new store is located in the building next to Womble’s Drug Store on Wa ter Street. -—♦ Says Coal Should Be Ordered Early -4 Early placement and acceptance of stoker coal orders was urged to day by the chairman of the Wash ington County AAA Committee, ir order to assure farmers adequate supplies during the curing season. “If orders are placed now and deliveries accepted as far in advance of the curing season as possible, it appears at the present time that sufficient supplies are available to meet the demands for tobacco cur ing, and the operation of hatcheries and brooders,” he said. The AAA Chairman pointed out that since the Solid Fuels Adminis tration is being discontinued, it is not anticipated at the present time that preference certificates, for the purchase of bituminous coal for those purposes, will be issued through the local AAA office, as Iasi year. “By placing orders with local sup pliers immediately, a possible bot tleneck in deliveries may be pre vented during the normal curin? season in July and August,” he add ed. The Roanoke Beacon ******* and Washington County News ******* VOLUME LVII—NUMBER 13 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 28, 1946 ESTABLISHED 1889 Big Meeting of County Farm Bureau Will Be Held in Creswell Friday of Next Week One of the largest Farm Bureau meetings ever held in Washington County is expected Friday night of "next week, April 5, when the ses sion will be held in the Creswell High School auditorium, starting at 8 o'clock. This will be the first time the Farm Bureau has ever held a meeting in the lover part of the county, and some friendly rivalry is being worked up about which section is to have the largest rep resentation, according to L. E, Has sell, of Roper, president of the or ganization. Not only Farm Bureau members, but every farmer in the county is invited and urged to attend. Joe Williams, of Greensboro, assistant secretary of the State Farm Bureau, will be the principal speaker, and he will review some of the work of the organization as well as its aims and objectives in the future. At the last meeting of the Farm Bureau, it was suggested that the next meeting be held at Creswell, in order to make it more conven ient for farmers of that section to attend. This was agreed upon, but some of the leaders from this section of the county stated that they were going to try to have more present than those from any other section. In order to work out transporta tion arrangements all farmers from the Plymouth section who plan to attend the meeting are asked to meet at the agriculture building here at 7 p. m. Friday night of next week. Those in the Roper section will ga ther at Barton Swain's store about 7:15. Cars will be pooled, and it is hoped to have a long motorcade from these two sections to make the trip to Creswell for the meeting. At the present time the Farm Bu reau has a membership of 204 in the county, and it is hoped this number can be raised to 500 before next fall. The need for a strong farmers’ organization is becoming apparent, if agriculture is to hold some of its war-time gains, Mr. Has sell points out. All other types of industry and workmen are organ ized, making it more imperative that farmers get together to lend strength to movements designed to improve farming conditions, es pecially where legislative matters are concerned. All who attend the meeting next week are assured an evening of real benefit, and Farm Bureau leaders urge every farmer in the county who can possibly do so to be there. Re member the time and place: Friday*, April 5, at 8 p.m., in the Creswell High School auditorium. Building Restrictions Imposed This Week; Local Plans Affected | Board of Elections ' I To Neel Saturday The organization meeting of the Washington County Board of Elections, originally set for last Saturday, has been post poned until Saturday afternoon of this week. The meeting will be held at 3 o’clock in the office of the clerk of the superior court. The board will elect a chair man and secretary and will then proceed with appointment of precinct registrars and pollhold ers who will conduct the psf maries in the county on May 25. Members of the county board of elections, reappointed March 15 by state board, are as follows: Walter W. White, of Skinners ville; J. M. Clagon, of Roper; and J. Richard Carr, of Plym outh. : Roper Red Cross Quota Is Topped i Churches and School Take : Leading Part in Putting Drive Over : -♦ Red Cross collections in the Roper section were largely made by the high school, churches and Mrs. Mil dred Swain, according to L. E. Has sell, campaign chairman for the community. They did a good job, ’ as evidenced by the fact that Roper is one of the two communities in the county that have raised their quotas. 3 With a quota of $150, collections - totaled $155.23, received from the - following: n e l t t ) 5 t Baptist church - Pentecostal Holiness . Methodist church - Zion Chapel church Episcopal church - High school -- Mrs. Mildred Swain $ 8.00 5.22 27.10 . 37.00 6.25 45.66 26.00 Total....$155.23 Mr. Hassell extends his thanks to all who took part in the campaign in any manner, by making a con tribution or taking part in the col lection. ♦ l Roper Ruritans To Meet e Thursday of Next Week r -* The Roper Ruritan Club will hold its monthly meeting Thursday night of next week, April 4, in the com munity building, it was announced Tuesday by officials of the club. An entertaining program has been ar ranged, and all members are urged to attend. The Zion Chapel church quarted will sing several numbers. Fishing Season Will Be Closed From ] April 6 To May 19, Game Warden Says The season for sport fishing in inland waters will be closed from April 6th through May 19, both dates inclusive, County Game Protector J. T. Terry announced this week. During this period it will be il legal to fish by hook and line or rod and reel in any of the creeks and small rivers of this section, although commercial waters and Lake Phelps are not af fected by the closing. Getting off to a good start about three weeks ago, sport fishermen have not been doing so well for the past week, and a half, due largely winds that have prevailed, along with a little delayed winter weather last week, which dis couraged most disciples of Izaak Walton. With fishing forbidden on most of the creeks of this sec tion after Friday of next week, most local fishermen will go to the Scuppernong River at Co lumbia, not affected by the closed season, and Lake Phelps. There are plenty of big fish at both places just waiting for the right man with the right bait to get there at the right time. It is anybody’s guess as to who, what and when that is. Several Projects Brought To Halt -♦ Leder Brothers and Belk Tyler Stores Believed Definitely “Out” --♦ A number of proposed building projects in Plymouth will be affect ed by the sweeping orders issued Tuesday by Federal agencies re stricting many types of consrtuction. Its full effects will not be known until regional offices are set up by the Civilian Production Administra tion and definite rulings are made as! to the availability of certain needed materials. With the exception of construc tion work actually underway on Tuesday, when the order was issued, all new buildings must be approved in advance by one of the CPA of fices, which are expected to begin operations this week. Approval must be secured for all new build ings, whether dwellings, stores, fac tories, theatres, or any other type. Repair work costing up to certain amounts in specific categories are excepted, and all construction work actually underway Tuesday may be completed without authorization. The order was issued to effect an increase in the construction of badly needed low-cost housing in the im mediate future, especially housing for veterans. Homes built to sell to veterans at $10,000 or less, or to rent at $80 per month or less, will con tinue to be eligible for priority help in obtaining scarce materials. Other more expensive homes will be au thorized only when construction will not impede the veterans program. Expected to be immediately af fected are the proposed store build ings here for Leder Brothers and Belk Tyler Company, plans for which have been underway for sometime. It is known that Leder Brothers intended to begin construc tion right away, and the Belk-Tyler Company is understood to have been working on blueprints for their building. Under the terms of Tues day’s order, both of these are “out” for the time being, since work had not actually been started. It is considered doubtful that any thing can be done now in connec tion with plans for a new hotel (See BUILDING, Page 4) 3 Cars Damaged in Accident Tuesday -♦ No one was hurt, but three auto mobiles were damaged and a por tion of Richard West’s fence de stroyed Tuesday night in an automo mobile accident on Wilston St. Ext. The accident occurred where the road from the country club village intersects Highway 64 near the western edge of town. The accident occurred when a Ford station wagon, owned by Aaron Cooper and driven by his son, Aaron Cooper, jr., sideswiped a Ford coach driven by Miss Ada Gray Hopkins at the road intersection. The sta tion wagon, out of control, ther plowed down two sections of fence around the home of Richard Wes and crashed head-on into Mr. West’: car, a Packard, parked in front o his home. Miss Hopkins was accompanied b; Mrs. Fred Floyd and two children and there were several passenger in the Cooper car, but all escapee unhurt. The station wagon and Mr West’s car were badly damaged while the Ford coach suffered : smashed fender, Local police inves tigated the accident, but made m arrests. .r ' Scout Leaders Here For Training Course Last Friday Night -* Officials Say Meet One of Most Successful Held In Council -4 Forty-five Boy Scout leaders from Martin, Washington and Tyrrell Counties attended the training ses sion and dinner given at the May flower Restaurant here last Friday evening. W. F. Veasey, member of the Albemarle District committee, presided over the first part of the program until Sam Bundy, of Wil liamston, took over to present the various speakers on the training program. The Albemarle district committee was hosts to the meeting, described as one of the most successful ever held in the Eastern Carolina Coun cil. There were 13 Scouters pres ent from the Martin district, 28 from the Albemarle district, 2 from Greenville, and 1 each from Wash ington and Wilson. Following the delicious chicken dinner, there was self-introduction of all Scouters and guests. Mr. Vea sey then recognized the special guests, including John B. Hackney, scout executive, of Wilson; Sam Bundy, Wheeler Martin and Hugh G. Horton, of Williamsthn; Wyatt Brown and H. B. Mayo, of Green ville; R. E. King, of Washington; Harold Whitley and Dr. A. Papi neau, of Plymouth. The training period was divided into five parts, °ach dealing with one phase of a Scout meeting. The opening exercise was explained by Hugh G. Horton, of Williamston; the troop period, by Wyatt Brown, of Greenville; the patrol period, by John Hackney, of Wilson; the game period, by R. E. King, of Washing ton; and the closing exercise, by Dr. A. Papineau, of Plymouth. Each phase of the program—and the speaker—was commented on, as well as introduced, by Mr. Bundy, whose anecdotes and humorous re marks kept the gathering in good humor throughout the two-hour program. The evening was es pecially designed to be of assistance to the dozen or more scoutmasters and assistants at the meeting, Equalization Board Unable to Complete Work Here Monday -4 Action on Requests for Ad justments To Be Taken At Meet April 1 -4 Washington County commission ers had another all-day session here Monday as a board of equalization and review, but were unable to fin ish the work on account of repairs being underway in the office of the tax collector and auditor. They will continue consideration of requests Eor adjustments in property valua tions at their regular meeting next Monday, and no reports of the ac tion taken will be made public un til all the work has been finished, it is stated. The work of checking old tax rec ords was slowed up at the meeting this week due to the changes being made in the tax collector’s office. The tax books had been piled up, and it was difficult to find the ones needed. Since little regular busi ness is scheduled for next Monday’s meeting, it is believed the equaliza tion work can be completed at that time, and definite action taken on the requests for adjustments. While a number of requests for lower tax valuations were consid ered well founded, some of them cannot be granted at this time, it is explained. The board members are without power to revalue property this year, although they can author ize relief in cases where property has been destroyed, sold, or listed in error. Where the applicant asks for a lower value simply because the old valuation is out of line, nothing can be done until a general revalu ation is undertaken, which will not be before next year. The commissioners have been working on 14 requests, and action on them will be taken at the meet ing next Monday, according to pres ent plans. Several of the applicants have lost buildings by fire, or had timber cut off their land, and one or two errors in listing have been discovered, and it is possible that adjustments will be made in those cases. Meets Scheduled For Republicans -4 Plan To Put Slate of Candi dates in Running for County Offices -- J. C. Tarkenton, of Pleasant Grove, chairman of the county Re publican executive committee, this week announced that two meetings will be held by Republicans during the next 10 days. The first is set up for Sid Harrington’s store at Skinnersville Friday night of this week, March 29, at 8 p.m., and the second will be held at the courthouse in Plymouth on Friday night of next week, Anril 5, at 8 p.m. It is understood that plans will be discussed for putting a full slate of candidates for county offices on the ballot for the November election, nominations for which must be made by April 13. All Republicans in the county are urged by Mr. Tar Ikenton to attend these important I meetings. Little Over Half of Red Cross Quota Realized —■* Roper and Wenona Only Communities To Oversubscribe Individual Quotas Up To First of This Week Although the time for ending the Red Cross campaign in Washington County is past, reports are still very incomplete. Up to yesterday it was r indicated that only slightly more than half of the $2,000 county quota has been raised, according to Mrs. - Lawrence Jones, home service di - rector of the county chapter, to - whom reports are being made. At that time only two eommuni . ties, Wenona and Roper, had “gone ; over the top’ with their individual 5 quotas. Mackeys was only a few ; dollars short, the campaign was dragging somewhat in Plymouth, re 3 ports from county colored people i were incomplete, and three com i munities, Scuppernong, Skinners i ville and Pleasant Grove, had made s no reports at all as to the progress - made. n Mrs. C. S. Heynen, chairman for e Wenona, reported more than a week ;t ago that their community had raised s $53 against a goal of $50. L. E. Has if sell, chairman for Roper, reported this week that $155.23 had been y collected against its goal of $150. l, Mrs. Edison Davenport, Mackeys -s chairman, has turned in $43.88, only d a few dollars short of the $50 quota r. there. . .. 1, Total collections in Plymouth up a to noon today, so far as could be 3- learned, stood at $646.95, while the ,o quota for the district was $1,100. However, it is known that the local canvass has not been completed, and additional contributions may help to put the campaign over. It is un derstood that the colored people of Plymouth have raised $115.1$, but this is not included in the Plymouth total, as it goes to the credit of the county colored people, who had a quota of $450. It is understood that they expect to raise their entire quota as soon as all reports are in. Some canvassers report that a few service men they approached have been critical of the service rendered by the Red Cross. Offsetting this criticism, however, is a contribution and letter received a few days ago by John W. Darden, chapter chair man, from Woodrow R. Collins, county young man who was a pris oner of the Germans. Mr. Collins wrote: “I am enclos ing a check ... a donation from my wife and I to the American Red Cross. “Being a former prisoner of war I am well aware of the wonderful work the organization does. The ma jority of the time during my intern ment the Red Cross parcels were oui only source of food and medical sup plies. I believe that all former pris oners of war will agree that w< could not have survived the lonj confinement without the help of th( Red Cross. “Our very best wishes for a sue cessful drive.” Four More Candidates Announce This Week For Offices in County Governing Boards j Will Meet Monday j County and town governing boards will hold their regular meetings next Monday, even if it is April 1st, All Fool’s Day, it is announced this week. The county commissioners will meet at the courthouse at 10:30 in the morning: the board of education at the same time in the county superintendent’s office in the courthouse; and the Plymouth City Council will meet at the municipal building at 8 p.m. Monday night. In addition to routine matters, the county commissioners hope to finish up their equalization work. Board of eduaction mem bers will decide about the heat ing plant for the local high school building, while the city council members will deal most ly with routine business, accord ing to the present schedule. Eight Cases Tried In Recorders Court Here Last Tuesday -- Thomas L. Tyrrell Jailed In Default of Bond on Non-Support Count -4 Eight cases, involving fourteen defendants, were called at the reg ular session of recorder’s court Tues day. There was quite a variety of offenses charged, and a number of fines were levied by Judge W. Ron ald Gaylord. Three defendants were found not guilty, while the re mainder either entered pleas of guilty or were convicted. Proceed ings were as follows: a fln^WlTowwfcosts for of! of a motor vehicle without a driver’: license. Admitting passing a school bu: unlawfully, Alvah Gray, white, o Plymouth, also was fined $10 anc costs. Donald M. Alexander, white, o Plymouth, paid a fine of $5 and cost for speeding. Thomas Lester Tyrrell, white o Florida, was found guilty of non support after a lengthy hearing. H was given a sentence of six month on the roads, suspended upon pay ment of $15 weekly to his wife, Mr: Marie Tyrrell. Through his attor ney, W. L. Whitley, Tyrrell noted a: appeal to superior court, and bom was fixed at $1,000. Unable to rais the bond, the young man was re manded to jail to await the Jul; term of Washington County Super ior Court. Zebedee Williams, colored, o Plymouth, was fined $5 and cost for speeding. Frank Mack Pettiford, Joe Lassi ter, Joe Mack Pettiford and Arthu Pettiford were charged with parti cipating in an affray. Arthur an Joe Mack Pettiford were found nc guilty. Frank Mack Pettiford wa fined $20 and costs and Lessiter wa fined $5 and costs after they wer adjudged guilty. Frank Mack Pettiford, Joe Las siter and Booster Barnes, all col ored, of Plymouth, were found guil ty of gambling and assessed thi costs. Julian Chambers, tired in thi same case, was found not guilty. Wililam Horton, colored, of Cres well, was fined $25 and costs fo possession of non-tax-paid whiskey ■--♦ Series of Revival Services At Roper Church in Apri -4 A series of revival services wil begin at the Pentecostal Holines | church in Roper on Monday, Apri ' 15. The public is cordially invite' to attend. Services will be hef each night. F. C. Tarkenton Out For Commissioner W. M. Darden, W. Ronald Gaylord. W. B. Rodman Other Candidates -i Interest in county political affairs is beginning to mount a little, al though not a single contest for strictly county offices has developed so far. Two candidates for office an nounced last week, and four more have made announcements this week, but there are still several of fices for which no one has an nounced. Candidates announcing this week include the following: Wilbur M. Darden, for renomination as clerk of superior court; W. Ronald Gay lord, for renomination as judge of recorder’s court; W. Blount Rodman, for renomination as solicitor of the recorder’s court. The one new en try in the field is Frank C. Tarken ton, of the Cross Roads section, who announced yesterday that he would be a candidate for county commis sioner from district No. 1 Mr. Tarkenton is the first candi date for membership on the board of commissioners, although all five places on the board are at stake in the primary and general election this year. Present members of the board, Chairman H. H. Allen and A. R. Latham, of Plymouth; J. C. Knowles, of Roper; H. W. Pritchett and T. F. Davenport, of Creswell, have not indicated whether or not they would run again. District No. 1 is composed of Plymouth and Lees Mills Townships and is entitled to three places on the county governing board. The other tow members will come from Dis trict No. 2, composed of Skinners ville, and Scuppernong Townships. The county commissioners districts were set up by the List session of the legislature, and aaftittations are "ile election', the entire county vo' the five commissioners. Mr. Tarkenton is a successful farmer of the Cross Roads section of | Lees Mill Township and is widely known in the county. He has served as a member of the Roper local school committee, and in his an nouncement yesterday states that he is particularly interested in im provement of the schools of the county. i All three of the other candidates who announced this week are vet erans of World War II. They were serving in the offices to which they ask renomination before they went into the service and received leaves of absences, resuming their duties after returning from the Army. Ex cept for the time he was in the Army Air Corps, Mr. Darden has served as clerk of court since March 1, 1942, when he was appointed follow ing the resignation of C. V. W. Aus bon. He was elected for the follow ing term in 1942. Mr. Gaylord and Mr. Rodman also were elected judge and solicitor of the recorder’s court, respectively, in 1942 and, except for the period of their Army service, have served since. John W. Darden announced last week that he would seek nomina tion as representative, and Sheriff J. K. Reid announced for renomina tion to his office. --4 Revival In Progress At Methodist Church -4 By Rev. T. R. JENKINS We feel that our church and com munity life has been enriched as a result of our spiritual emphasis week. Rev. Freeman Heath has brought some very practical and helpful and inspiring messages. We invite you to be present with us in the two remaining services. You will go away feeling that you have been with God. ! Girls' Scout Troop Is Organized Here; [ Sponsored by PTA and Woman's Club A troop of Girl Scouts has been organized here under the direction of Mrs. W. V. Hays, leader. Mrs. John Hays and Mrs. Paul Neuller are assistant leaders. Several meeting have been held, and a large number of girls between the ages of 10 and 14 years are inti rested. The next meeting will be held Mon day afternoon right after school, Mrs. Hays announces, and all tPho are interested are asked to be present at that time. The troop is being jointly sponsored by the parent-teacher association and the the senior woman’s club. The troop com mittee, named recently by the two organizations, is composed of Mrs. \V. A. Smith, Mrs. W. J. Mayo, Mrs. VV. A. Davidson, Mrs. W. V. Hays, Mrs. Bernice B. Hammons, and Mrs. Henry E. Harrison. Organization details have about been worked out, and members of the troop are now awaiting their registration cards and handbooks before beginning MtfV* work. uHjl
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