npo» lopi own opics The Roanoke Beacon ****** ANt> Washington County News ****** r !* iVew Year Greetings \ To All Our Friends ] « § p iwstx.'s,*?^ ;•»$>■;= is --.is?.* smummi’&a&Bmvtse-* VOLUME LIX—NUMBER 1 Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 1, 1948 ESTABLISHED 1889 School officials have announc ed that the three radiators for the home economics department of the Plymouth High School have arrived long last ^nd art' now being installed. The radia tors, they ?aid, had been on or der for quite a while. Thirteen whiskey stills were sold hv the county for scrap last week-end, according to County AWC Olficers L. L. Bas night, who superintended the sale. The moonshine equip ment had been captured by Mr. Basnight and his assistants in raids made on the illegal liquor factories In the count during the past two months. The strings of colored lights which have hung on the streets in Plymouth's business section during the Christmas holidays will be taken down Frfiday and put back in mothballs for another year, Police Chief P. W. Brown has reported. The town was decorated for the holiday season in 1947 for the first time since I pre-war days and the decorations ■ were considered by many to hold their own with those erected by j other and much larger towns. Dr. Wade H. Johnson, Plym outh dentist, left last Friday for Chicago, 111., and Kansas City. Mo., where he will engage his special studies in exodontia and \ other dental subjects, it has been j announced. Dr. Johnson will return to his office here around January 26. Charles Brown, son of Police Chief and Mrs. P. W. Brown, literally took off from Norfolk, Va., Wednesday morning for a flying visit to friends in Ontario. Canada, and will return to Plym outh on Saturday. He was ac companied to Norfolk by his father. No session of Washington Coun ty recorder’s court will be con ducted next Tuesday, the regular date, Judge W. Ronald Gaylord ^ has announced. Ho explained r that the reason for the holiday is that a two wet Vs session of Washington County's superior court will be conducted at that time. Operations on the grading of the new athletic field acres sc don I’ vn on Monday, at.' u u*n ; in the Washington County Athle tic Association who are in charge of the work. They said that no accurate prediction could be made as to just when the work will be finished, but expect to have the field completely graded within a few weeks. -4 Chrisiian Group Elects Minister The Rev. W. Dennis Helsabeck of Arcadia. Ind., was elected to the pastorate of the First Chris tian Church of Plymouth by members of the congregation meeting in the church building recently, according to announce ments from church officials, who added that the Rev. Mr. Helsa beck has been notified of his elec tion and word of his acceptance is expected shortly. The Christian pastor is a na tive of Winston-Salem and be came pastor of the Arcadian church following the completion of post-graduate work taken by him at Butler Bible College, In diana. He is also instructor in english at the Arcadian High School. The Rev. Helsabeck was chosen by local church members from three prospective pastors and, it he accepts the position, will fill the vacancy le^ft by the Rev. E. B. Quick who resigned here to accept a call to a Christian church in Lumberton several months ago. -4 Lake Phelps Legion to Conduct Session Friday The regular meeting of the Lake Phelps Post, Number 391, of the American Legion will be conducted Friday night in the Creswell School building, officials of the post have announced. All legionnaires are invited. Whiskey Sales Christmas Eve Break All Records at ABC Store in Plymouth In spite of the fact that total sales at the local ABC store show ed a 30 per cent decline for the entire season, sales on Christ mas Eve topped figures recorded in the Plymouth store for any one day since the establishment open ed for business in 1937, the figure standing at a total of $5,624, averaging an $11.72 sale per minute throughout the entire day, Bill Styons, store manager, has announced. The 1947 Christmas Eve sales Cliri^iniiN Holiday* Ait ll<‘|ior(«‘il ^uiri Christmas holidays in Plym outh and Washington County falling in line with the general trend noted during the entire fail and winter, were observed very quietly, according to reports from law enforcement officers in the town and the county. Sheriff J. K Reid said that very little trouble was noted in his department and that of a minor nature. No arrests were made during Christmas week, the sheriff said, adding that only one prisoner was in the county jail on Christmas Day and he was out in time to eat his dinner in freedom. Plymouth police officials re Fuel Shortage Here Is Slow To Improve County Schools 1 Reaper Monday j All the schools in Washing ton County will resume classes Monday morning at the usual opening hour after enjoying a respite from studies which be gan on Friday, December 19 and extended through the Christmas and New Year holi day season. One or two of the teachers in the various schools have al ready returned from visiting their families during the holi days and are preparing to re turn to the regular workaday schedule. A few local stu dents, betraying time-honored tradition even said that they would be glad to get back to work again. Meetings Monday Highway Commissioner to Confer with County Board; City Council to Consider Bids All governing bodies of Plym outh and Washington County will convene for their first session ot the new year next Monday, with the board of county commission ers including in their agenda a special meeting with District Highway Commissioner John Clark of Greenville. Subject of the commissioners conference with Commissioner Clark will be the condition ol Washington County’s State-main tained roads in general with an eye toward securing action on several road petitions approved by the State but never acted upon as yet. One of the petitions is reported to have been on file with the State for the past it months. Engineer W. N. Spruill will accompany Commissioner Clark to the meeting. The com missioners’ session will be held in the county courthouse at 10 a. ir. cm Monday. Other business is expected to be of a routine na ture. The Washington County Board of Education will also meet in the courthouse at 10 a. m. Mon day at which time they are ex pected to review estimates on construction of the planned new Negro high school building at Creswell on a flat-fee basis. Ad vertisements for contracts on the building construction had been made some weeks ago. but since few bids were received on the project, the board voted to aban don, at least temporarily, this method of having the work done. (See BOARDS MEET. Page V) figure, Styons pointed out, broke the estimated $4,500 sales record established in 1946. Total intake at the Plymouth ABC store for the seven days immediately proceed ing Christmas, he said, was $14 - 006.95. Christmas Eve Sales at the Creswell ABC store ranked far below the amount rung up in the Plymouth cash register, the total Creswell intake standing at $868.30, he said. Total Creswell store sales for the seven days be fore Christmas itself, Styons add porV 1 the same comparatively unruffled calm with but very few arrests being made by members of their department during the Yule tide season. Reports from the State High Patrol in Washington County stated that only two accidents Worthy of mention occurred in this section during the holiday season, and that otherwise the county’s roads were fairly quiet and peaceful. Asked the cause, direct or oth erwise, of this serene situation, one law officer pointed out that there is a bit less money floating around the county this year than usual, and; he pointed out. "Money is the root of all evil." Dealers Say Coal, Oil Still Scarce; Advise Local Consumers to Conserve Supplies -♦ According to reports from coal and fuel oil dealers in Plymouth, the fuel situation is still acute although sufficient amounts of both solid and liquid fuels have been secured to keep the town going for the time being at least. Local coal dealers stated that they had received and distributed two carloads of coal in the past week and are expecting another carload next week. They added that, enough coal had been secur ed and delivered to cleaners, laundries, and restaurants, not only in Plymouth, but in the lower end of the county, to keep those establishments going even if on an almost rationed basis. Oil dealers pointed out that to day marks , the beginning of a new allotment period for them al though they cannot, be certain that new shipments will be on hand until the week-end. Other than the beginning of a new al lotment period, it was stated, no other appreciable change has been noted in the fuel oil situation. Oil consumers and coal consum ers as well, are still advised, the dealers said, to conserve fuels as much as possible. -4 Seal Sale Drive In County Rises Above $700 Goal -♦ Total Contributions Now Stand at $755.66 Al though Less Than Half Have Donated Although only about 45 per cent of persons in Washington County receiving appeals for do nations to the 1947 Tuberculosis Seal Sale campaign have answer ed. total contributions to the drive in this county stand at $755.GG, a {flood $55 more than the county's alloted goal jf $700, Mrs. Hallett W. Everett, county chair man of the drive, has announced. Mrs. Everett added that con tributions are still coming in although in decreased quantities, but pointed out that the remain ing 50 per cent of persons who 1 were sent the Christmas seals, have not only neglected to remit ! the requested $2, but have also failed to return the stamps. At the beginning of the cam Ipaign in the latter part of No vember, 1,000 county residents were sent letters containing 200 of the tuberculosis Christmas seals and asked to return $2 or the stamps to Mrs. Everett. Mrs. Everett stated that the drive in this county ended on Christmas Day, but that contri butions are still being accepted for the cause of curing and pre venting tuberculosis ed, showed that $1,961.40 worth of hard liquor was shoved across the counter to whiskey store pa trons in the lower end of the county. Managers Styons said further that while the Christmas Eve sales figure this year established Ian all-time record for the Plym outh store, it is extremely unlike ly that such a mark will be reached here again, since most store patrons had merely put off their buying until the last minute. County Superior Court to Convene Here on Monday R. Hunt Parker to Be Pre siding Judge at Two Week Mixed Civil, Criminal Session A two-week session of the Washington County Superior Court will convene next Monday morning in the courthouse here with Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids presiding and a total of 28 cases slated for tria’ before him. The first portion of the court's session will be given over to the trial of criminal cases with most et the defendants being charged with comparatively minor offen ses, the charges listed being either assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a female, carrying a concealed weapon, or trespass. Monday and Tuesday January 5 and 6 Defendants and charges, which will be heffrd on Monday and Tuesday, as listed by the docket are as follows: Adel! Boston, colored, of Plymouth, assault with a deadly weapon and carry ing a concealed weapon: A. R. Patrick, jr., alias Bootsie Patrick, white, of Skinnersville, assault with a deadly weapon: Dorothea Righton. colored, of Skinnersville, assault on a female: Eva Righton, colored, of Skinnersville, assault on a female: Milton Spruill, col ored. of Roper, carrying a con cealed weapon: same defendant, assault with a deadly weapon: Buster Gibson, colored, of Roper, trespass; Silas Norman, colored, of Roper, trespass; Henry Webb, colored, of Roper, assault: Fred erick Sutton, colored. or Plym outh, assault on a female. Wednesday, January 7 The calender of civil actions, including 18 cases, reads as fol lows: James W. Roberson vs. Ernestine Roberson: George Fred erick vs. Louise Frederick; Web ster Hudson vs. Millie Hudson; Frances C. Hutchins vfctj ‘‘"fatty ioii rii^nii *rt, Christobel Boston: Ju^TpliwiS love vs. Bunvan BreedloW: TOP thaniel Barnes vs. Mamie Barnes: W. W. Davenport vs. T. C. Hol mes; C. H. Davis vs. Annie Nich olson; Thursday, January 8 Mary F. Harrison vs. J. L. Horner; Isabelle P. Culbertson vs. Augustus R. Patrick, jr.; John L Roper Lumber Company vs. The Texas Company. Monday, January 12 Laura Pierce vs. C. C. Rowson R. S. Browning vs. Atlantic Coast line Railroad Company; E. C Craddock vs. Marvin H. Whitley: A. L. Alexander vs. Ben Norman Tuesday, January 13 Edna B. Harris vs. P. H. Dar den: Georgia N. Exum vs. Willie J. Bell. Biggest Business House Turnabout IsNow Beginning Six Plymouth Establish ments Start Exchange of Store Locations on Water Street The Modern Barber shop moved this week to a new location on the second floor of the Old Brink ley Hotel building, initiating the first in a series of moves which will probably be the biggest lo cation turnover for Plymouth's businesses houses in many a year. Don G. Davis Jewelers will oc cupy the space vacated by the barber shop and Roses five and ten cent store will move into the spaces now occupied by Mr. Davis, Liverman’s Men’s and Boys’ Shop, and the Eureka Cafe. The dime store management said that they hoped to be in their new location by the end of this month. Liverman’s will be locat ed where the dime store is now. Womble's Drug Store will move into the space formerly occupied by Abe Adler’s clothing store and which is now being done over to accomodate the drug store, the management stating that they hoped to be in within 10 days. The Eureka Cafe will move into the space being vacated by [Womble’s and hopes to be situated by the end of the month The front of the new site of the cafe is being built over with glass bricks, and the new Womblc place will be fronted with plate glass trimmed with cream and black construction glass. Arrange ments for the turnabout were made by the six business houses [last summer. All the stores are | on Water Street. r Episcopal Bishop Here Nexi Sunday The Rt. Rev. Thomas H. j Wright, D. D„ Bishop of the j Episcopal Diocese of East Caro-1 Jina, will visit Grace Episcopal j Church in Plymouth and St. I Luke s Episcopal Church in Roper next Sunday for the administra tion of the Apostolic Rite of Con firmation, according to announce ments from officials in the two churches. Bishop Wright will be at the Plymouth church at 11a.m. Sun day and will deliver the sermon as well as administer confirmation rites. At 8 o'clock Sunday even ing, he will visit St. Luke’s Church in Roper where in ad dition to administering confir mation, he will deliver the ser mon for the evening. While in Roper, the Bishop will visit St. Ann's Colored Episcopal Church. The general public is issued an invitat;on to attend all services in the churches during Bishop AVright’s visit. Town Buil City Properties Are to Be Auctioned from Steps of County Courthouse in Plymouth The Plymouth Municipal Build ing and the town's fire house will be offered for sale at auc tion at the courthouse door at noon on Monday by order of the Plymouth town council which has reserved the right to accept or refuse any bid. Bids will pro bably be considered for accep tance at a council meeting sche duled to be conducted Monday at 8 p. m. The two buildings are located on Water Street and are being offered for sale by the council man who have decided to con struct a new fire house on city owned property near the water tank and to have the Old Market Building remodeled to house of fices .of the town’s government and police force. The councilmen have also re served the right to continue in occupancy of the present Munici pal Building until such time as the new quarters are completed and ready for use. Plans for the construction of the fire house and remodeling were approved by the council at its December meet ing. Unofficial though reliable sources have expressed the opin ion that the principal source of capital to be used in the new projects would be derived from the sale of the present Municipal Building and fire house proper ties. Plymouth Girl Leaves For School Wednesday Miss Anna Bowen left Plym ' outh Wednesday for New Orleans, La., where she will begin train-1 Sing as an X-ray technician. Be Ifore entering the X-ray school, 'Miss Bowen was clerk in the Plymouth headquarters of the | Washington - Tyrrell District Health Department, a position which she had held for the past five years. -4 School Bus Garage for County Nearly Finished With the exception of the in stallation of windows, construc tion w'ork on the county school bus garage on Adams Street has been completed, according to an anouncement from Roy F. Lowry, superintendent of the county schools. The building will be oc cupied by the mechanics as soon as the windows are put in place, 1 he added. Tax Listing in County To Get Underway Tomorrow Final Action on Passenger Train Request Lacking Expect Utilities Decision on Norfolk Southern Proposal to Be An nounced Shortly Representatives from Plym outh’s local government and from the Plymouth Merchants Associa tion have reported that insofar as they know.at present the decision of the State Utilities Commission concerning Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s requested permission to discontinue local passenger service is still pending. Plymouth delegates who pro tested the proposed removal at a hearing conducted recently in Raleigh by the utilities commis sion stated that while no final word has been spoken by the com mission they are of the opinion that permission will be granted the railroad to stop the passenger trains. Railway company executives in making their request stated that trains Numbers one and two op erating between Norfolk. Va., and Raleigh had been kept up at a considerable loss for quite sonv time and that their removal would have but little disturbing effect on mail and express Plymouth delegates attending the hearing in protest to the pro posal were W. J. Woolard. presi dent of the Merchants Associa tion: W. Roy Hampton, and W. L. Whitley, jr., representing the town and county governments. dings Sale it Monday Fenners Asked To Sign Plans Al! farm operators in the Washington County district have been urged to call at the Triple-A office in Plymouth to make out farm plans for 1948, Miriam Ausbon, Washington County AAA secretary, has de clared. It is important that farmers in the county attend to this matter immediately, Miss Aus hon stated, since the amounts paid out to farm operators for practices conlpleted in the new year must be determined from these forms. Masons io Instal Officials Tuesday Annual installation of elected officials of the Perseverance Lod ge No. 59 A F. and A.M. will be made next Tuesday night in the Masonic Hall here immediately following the lodge’s annual ban quet which will get underway at 7 o'clock. The installation will begin at 8 p. m. Elected officers who will be in stalled are C. W. Dinkins, suc ceeding Walter S. Bowen, master; L. E. Doxey, succeeding Mr. Dink ins. senior warden; W A Roe buck, succeeding Mr. Doxey, junior warden; R. T. Campbeil. tieasurer: and John W. Darden, secretary. Members of the Lodge will be appointed to fill the non-elective posts at the Tuesday meeting, the positions to be filled being senior deacon, junior deacon, two stew ards, tiler, and chaplain. All Masons are invited to be present at the meeting. Begin Re-Examining Drivers Whose Names Begin With C and D Saturday Examinations of Washington County automobile drivers in the "C-D" surname division will com mence in Plymouth this Satur day at 9 a. m., License Examiner James Boyce has announced. The C-D examination period, he said, will extend through June 30. Examiner Boyce pointed out that he will be located in the Municipal Building on Mondays and Tuesdays from 9 a. "m. until 5 p. m. and on Saturdays from I Some Observe j | Hew Years Day j! All State and county offices 1 will he closed today in cele bration of New Year's. Follow ing suite will be the local bank, post office, and Pender’s. All places of business, in cluding the drug stores, the restaurants, and other grocery t stores will he open for business j as usual. The Plymouth Mer- ; chants Association. meeting early in December, considered closing for New Year's Day, but voted to remain open instead, since “business as usual” on that day has been observed in the town for the past several years. Tax List Takers For Couniy Give Location Sei-Up -4 Period to Begin in Wash ington County Friday and Will End on Janu ary 31st Washington County tax list takers appointed by the county board of commissioners >r take listings of all taxable properties in the county for 1947 have com pleted their schedules, according to County Tax Collector E. J. Spruill, who pointed out that listing of taxes will begin on Fri day of this week and continue until February 1. Listers and their locations, as announced by Mr. Spruill, will be as follows: Plymouth Town ship: Mrs. Hermine Ramsey, list er, will be located at her office on Water Street in Plymouth each week day during the listing period; Scuppernong Township: Lister P. B. Belanga will be in the Newlands section on January 15 and 22, in Cherry on Janu ary 7. 14, 21, and 28, and will be located in Creswell during the rest of the listing time, Sundays excepted; Lees Mill Township: R. W, Lewis, lister, will be at the T. W. Tarkenlon store on January 8 and 21, at the W. B, Davenport store in Mackeys on January 1? and 27. at the T. R. Chesson store in WestOver on January 19 and 28, and at the Golden Williams store in Wenona on January 1" and 29. During the remainder of the week days in the listing period he will be at Knowles Grocery store in Roper: Skinners ville Township: Lister Walter W. While will be located at White’s store each week day during the tax-listing period. II. L. Davenport of Skinners ville was appointed tax super visor for the county. Collector Spruill also pointed out that the farm census will be taken this year, the list takers being allowed a five-year breath ing space before it has to be done again. -+-— Residents Urged Pay Taxes Early Plymouth residents have been reminded by P. W Brown, local police chief, that their town tax es are now payable at par and will be until February 1. after which one per cent interest will bo charged to delinquent payers. Mr. Brown has urged all Plym outh citizens to appear at the of fice of the town clerk and pay their town taxes as soon as pos sible and avoid having to pay the interest which will accumulate after the February 1 deadline. P a. m. until 1 p. m. Ho added that such drivers in the A-B sur name classification who failed to take thrir re-examinations dur ing the recently terminated period ailoted them may apply for their | re-exam if they are accompanied by a properly licensed driver when they appear to take the test. Drivers in the A-B group who have not taken their exams and who continue to operate an automobile, he added, are driving Prices on Livestock Are Given; Farm Census for Section to Be Taken by List Takers Listing of 1947 taxes will be f in in Washington County on Fri day of this week. January 2, and will continue throughout the month, terminating on Saturday, January 31. All county residents have been requested to list their taxes as soon as possible and avoid a last-minute rush. It was also pointed out that persons who have turned 21 years old since the la ; listing period are obligated to list poll taxes this year. Tax list takers in the county, meeting recently with the board of county commissioners were given prices on livestocks which were set as follows: sheep. $4 to $6 each; goats, $2 to $4 each; poultry, 18 cents per pound; milch cows, $60 to $100; other cattle, six cents to 10 cents per pound: horses No. one, $100 to $150; horses No. two, $25 to $100; mules No. one, $150 to $300; mules No. two, $25 to $150: meats and lard. 20 cents per pound: and hogs, 12 cents per pound. The listers were also allowed $7 per diem and mileage for their services, an increase above the $6 per diem and mileage allow'ed them during the 1946 tax listing period. They were also instructed to take the county's farm crop and equipment census for the past year. This will not be done for another five years, in ac cordance with provisions made by the State General Assembly at its session last winter. Farm |ers are urged to have full in Iformr.icn rr idy for the ,st tak rs when they appear for tax li'.vir.... Inf< rmation derived from the census is used in giving State agriculture officials a State-wide picture of the North Carolina farm set-up. List takers for Washington County are Mrs. Hermine Ram sey, Plymouth Township; R. W. Lewis, Lees Mill Towmship; Walter W. White, Skinnersville Township; and P. B. Belanga, Scuppernong Township. H. L. Davenport is tax supervisor for the county. Three Injured in Sunday Accident ---4 Three persons suffered injuries pending one of them to a Colum bia hospital for treatment when the 1937 Ford coupe, driven by Wilbur W. Tarkenton. white man, of Roper, route one, crash ed into the side of the 194fi Olds mobile tudor sedan driven by Edward K Rabey. jr„ white, of Norfolk, Va., about 300 yards south of the Albemarle Sound Bridge Sunday around 2:20 p. m. The injured persons were Mr. Tarkenton. who was taken to the hospital with head and back in juries, William E. Mansfield, pas senger in the Rabey car, who suffered leg injuries, and Mrs. Mansfield who sustained a sprained back, According to Investigating Pa trolman R. W. Young, the Rabey ear had left the bridge and was traveling south into Washington County when the Tarkenton car entered the highway from a dirt side road and rammed the right side of the I .a bey automobile. Tarkenton, Yo ng added, is be ing charged with reckless driv ing. The accident. Young said was the second occurring during the holiday season. The first occur red December 21 when a Buick sedan driven by L. S. Phelps. Creswell white man. ploughed into the rear end of another Buick driven by Richard Teel, Greenville colored, in front of the prison camp near Creswell, resulting in several broken ribs for Phelps as well as a charge of drunken driving. without a license and are liable to prosecution on such a charge. It was pointed out that during the month of June. 19-48, the latter portion of the C-D examination period, re-examinations will be given to all drivers possession chauffeur's licenses. This in cludes truck, taxi, and bus driv ers. Therefore it is considered adviseable for all other auto drivers in the C-D name group to apply for their own re-examina itions before June.

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