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jig ' -.' PACE TWO THE CSA13T03T ftIY3 Tl rURSPAY, FElC 2, 1E22 ANN UAL ST A TEM E NT. 7 if'" . RECEIPTS AND'DB COUNTY GENERAL FUND From December; ist 1920 to December' Jot. 1921 . 0 RECIPTS . . , y ' - , .SQifi T. M. Thomas; Jr; jSheriff, 1920 ;2.:i:lL:i.$17,9500 'tr r ' Clerk of Superior Court, ; Fees Registrar of Deeds. Fees BORROWED MONEY' Loan from Road Fund, ........ Loan from Bank of Beaufort ..i...:-;:i.";t: 740.60;- $49,208.20 . . 7,500.00 oiiie psci Farmers 5 the By BERNARD M. BARUCH ft V V (Reprinted from Atlantic Monthly) 92,223.711 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE Bld'g. & Loan .Ta3t,i.2l..i..i.......... Refunds, Refund, Beaufort Graded School .............1 Other Revenue Excess Fund, Thos. Thomas, Acc't (old balance). Court Huse Bond Fund (old balance) County Home Bond Fund (old balance) ...... BU3 53.51" 76-35 '82.56 271.25 - 409.97 1,498.76 $56,706.20 1 TOTAL RECEIPTS' From Dec. 1st W20 to Dec 1st 1921 DISBURSEMENTS GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE Commissioners per diem and mileage ..-..... $819.40 Registrar of Deeds, Salary & Expense 1,425.71 Auditor,' Salary & Expense J.- 1,702.41 Veterinarian,' 'Salary A Expense . 85200 County Health Officer Salary & Expense . 1,360.29 County Welfare Officer Salary & Expense ..... 412.09 Stationery & Printing, 1.1 783.75 ' Other Office Fixtures & Supplies 2,691.22 Water, Light and Phone . ........... 397.28 Fuel A Janitor ...... 895.17 Interest . ... ? 421.03 Typhoid Campaign .......... . ..... 490.00. Vital SUttstistics .. 230.50 $2,394.23 $79,279.64 $11,980.85 COUNTY HOME AND POOR ... Light Plant, Deep Well & Fixt, Co. Home ...... $2,611.08 Clothing, Groceries 6 Supplies ................ ' 1,945.52 : Keepers Salary - .... 1,108.00 Pay Roll ..... .. 1,083.53. Medical Services Interest oh County Home Bonds 78.50 150.50 Allowances to Out-Side Poor ... r.. ' 'V:''':';.; . " '' $2,210.00 Total for County Home and Poor COURTS AND JUDICIAL EXPENSE Clerk Superior Court "Salary & Expense -- Sheriff, Fees A Expense ........ . Witneaa Fees, Expense of Prisoners County Attorney ....I.......-..-. Jury Tickets .... . ...... Court Stenographer ."...."-. ... Court Cost . $6,997.13 $2,210.00 $9,187.13 $1,410.77 " 614.05 15 50 1,706.78 325.00 2,115.20 273.46 572.65 ... r--. . ; '7 ; - ' . OTHER EXPENSE - x - - v listing Taxes ...... .... Leg.l Services ..-.1...... - Insurance A Bond Premiama ..... . Improvements on Court Houie Square .... Per Diem, Pension Board ....' Repairs to Court Hons A Jail School Elcctioa Notices Refunded to Road A Bridge Fund Special Elections Coroner's Expense .......... Loan to Beaufort Graded School Expense Confederate .Vetrans to Re Union AudiUnc County Records la 1920 Borrowed Money Paid 8,406.61 Tax Refunds .ll OUer (Incidental) 10U0 $7,033.41 $1,416 24 740.00 $53.00, .7,870.63 18.00 1,072.03 125.00 25,449.27 48.00 86.80 76.81 36.76 2.U1.07 Tola! DikburseraenU from Dec. 1st 1920 t Dec. 1st 1921 B.iANCE IN TREASURER Dec. 1st. 1921 V I76.83U48 $48,630.09 $2,448.16 I TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA L . UNTY OF CARTERET. I, W. L. Suncll, County Auditor of the above named County and State, d hereby certify that the above and foregoing statement of receipts and A sburteraents, la true U V best of mf knowledge and belief. . . W. L, Suncll County Auditor. ' Carteret County, North Carolina. ANNUAL STATEMENT ; " -1-Of- ' RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CARTERET COUNTY. ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND. . From December, lit .1920 to-December ItU 19217 " RECEIPTS - ., . Tl T. M. TWcaaa. Jr. SWfl ' MaiaUaseie TaB....$l60.lt T. M.Ttoataa. Jr. Sierlff, Sinkieg fni Ts .. .$lt.7ll.6t M .......1211413 44 - , tt a Aa . .4 ,www. tortewed MaAry .............. . w Lan Paid by GralFuad Y- ' WM Imm rldby Uflrt.&Kl r4 ..;..4f.--' IMMi 1- rid by tWfatt CrU4 Uh ....... i.. . 64112. em f:ft Hjtiw.y .C4paWW " . 671.66 I' Irtft jmm to 1,613.39.. . i "inoui Tevfioe w,. ............. 171-27 l24S.330.4i $2t;(S31.1ti The whole rural world is In t r ent. of unrest, and there Is. n n paralleled volume and intensity of de termined. If not angry, protest, and an ominous swarming of occupational con ferences. Interest groupings,- political movements and propaganda. , Such e turmoil cannot but arrest our atten tion. ; Indeed, It demands our careful study and examination. It U not like ly that six million aloof and ruggedly Independent men have come together and banded themselves Into active anions, societies, firm bureaus, and so forth, for.no sufficient cause. f i' " Investigation of the subject conclu sively proves that, while (here is much overstatement of grievances and ml conception of remedies, the farmers are right In complaining of wrongs long endured, and right In holding that It Is feasible to relieve tnelr Ills with benefit to the rest of the community. This being the esse of an Industry that contributes. In the raw material form alone, about one-third of the na tional annual wealth product! on.jmd Is the means of livelihood of about 49 per cent of the population. It Is ob vious that' the subject Is one of grave concern. Not only do the . farmers make up one-half of the nation, but the well-being of the other half de pends upon them. So long as we have nations, a wise polltclal economy will aim at s targe degree of national self-sufficiency and self-containment. Rome fell when the food supply was too far removed from tm belly. Like ber, we shall destroy out own sericulture and extend oar sources of food distantly and precari ouaty, If we do not .see to It that oar farmers are well and fairly paid for their services. -. The farm gives the nation men as well as food. Cities derive their vitality and are forever renewed from the country, but an Im poverished countryside exports intelli gence and retains unlntelllgence. Only the lower grades of mentality and character will remain on, or' seek, the farm, unless agriculture Is capable of being pursued with contentment and adequate compensation. Hence, to em bitter and Impoverish the farmer Is to dry - up and contaminate the vital sources of the nation. ' . r The war shorn ed convincingly how dependent the nation Is on the full productivity of the farms. Despite herculean efforts, agricultural produo tlon kept only a few weeks or months ahead of .consumption, and that only by Increasing the acreage of certain stspte crops at the cost of redscisg that of others. We ought not to foes ret thst lesaoa when we ponder en the fsrmer's problems. They are truly com m a problems, sad there should be no sttempt to deal with them as If they were purely selfish demands of a dear-cut group, antagonistic te the rest of the community. Rather should we consider .agriculture in the light of broad national policy. Just ss we consider oil, coal, steel, dye stuffs, and so forth, as sinews of na tional strength. Qtm growing popula tion and higher standard of living demand Increasing food supplies, and wore wnot, cotton, bides, and the rest With the disappearance of free or rneap fertile land, additional acreage and Inervaeed ytalds ran come only frees costly effort This we need not expect from an Impoverished happy rural population. It will not do to take a narrow view of the rural discontent, or te sppralse H from the standpoint of. yesterday This la peculiarly an age ef flax and change and new deals. Because e thing always has been so no longer means thst It Is righteous, or slwsye hall be so. More, perhspe, 4hsn evet before, there is a widespread feelln thst sll human relations can be Im proved by taking thought, and that It not becoming fo the reasoning an mal to leave his deatlny largely tr hasce and natural lacldncn, Prudent and orderly adjustment of production and dUtrlbutlua fn accord 4 are with conjomptlna is recngnUed is wlae management In every business but that of farming. Yet. -I venture to aay, there Is a. other Industry In which It Is so Important to the pub lic 1 the city-dweller that pfodec tto fbottld bo ear, rreestag. and that distribution should he la proportion f. the. need. The na argaaiaod farmers natarallr act blind ly and impaiatvwy ana, in ao awence, aarfsvt sad dearth, 'aeeoaipe ad4 by dtocoacertiag price- arUUoao, barsos f cowawaer. On yeer es- tas rot s Uo teUe tomae of neodocfieei, and Ibora m a orarrfty ef the thrags that Me beon Clepia te Mke way far the evpeaoion at the poUte aevoagst MM fear thn ptaaih. fsaaaars aaaas lhr BokM on other croak and poUtaoe earar .the rUaa of lenartae) and ae-a. . , Aartcanwro hj the groataot and faa daaMOtsUy thw aw4 laifwrtaM ef Asjerloaa Utntca.- Ta cKias 'are hat U trancfcos'of the trro ef ue- omI BTn, re rortsof whU go iep ty taxo tha land. . We an gearUh aoKae with the farmer, to. whet Wf f tie rtrue read of lTe prosoat aaj voraai 4'iwoas ef the farmers, of a slump of alt hni!t dollars in lbs final of their inaMtity to meet mortgages or to pay current bills, and how, neektng relief from their Ills, they are plan-1 sing to form pools. Inaugurate farm ers striken, and - demand legislation abolishing grain exchanges, private cattle markets, and the, like, we ought not hastily to brand them aa economic heretics and highwaymen, and hurl at them the charge or being: seekers of special privilege. ,! Rather, we should ask if .their trouble Is not ours, and see what can be done to Improve the situation. Purely from "self-Interest, If .for no higher motive, we should help them. All of us want to get back permanently to "normalcy ," but Is It reasonable to hope for that condition unless our greatest and most basic In dustry can be put on n sound sod solid permanent foundation! The farmers are not entitled to special privileges; bat are they not right In demanding that they be placed on an equal foot ing with the buyers of their products ind with ether industries? -T- r- : r . fpRTCACE SALE. ' jrsuant to n power of aale.ou. tained In a eerta in mortgage -deed ex ecutcd by J. T, Ewell to Antony Wil lis, bearing date December: 22nd., 1914. and recorded in Book 15, page 88fc In the office of Register of Deeds of Carteret County, the under signed Administrator, of the Estate Antony Wlllla, deceased, will offer for sale and will sell to ethe highest bidder, for cash, at 12 o'clock M., on Monday Feb. 20th., 1922,. The Following describedproperty, to witr.. A certain piece or tract f land lying and being in Carteret County, North Carolina, in Smyrna Town shin, and described and denned as follows, to-wit: Beginning -t-John Jarrott'seorher known as the Red Oak. runninsr North 52 degrees W 125 poles to another of Jarrott's cor new, .th-.ceWUh bis line of the pab- : ent and Ibt dividing line between tie lots net off to Antony R. -Willis and: EenjTTyler, respectively in the John S. Smith survey 1857, tothe Main Road thence with'the Main" Road 27 poles to Jumping Run Bridge .thence up the varioua courses of Jumping Run Creek to theDavid Shefon "line, theniwitheaid:Hnr -BiegreiT West 6 polertofthe beginning, con taining 60. acres, more or less, being H 8m. nd conveyed to. Jas.i Ewell by deed of the date of Decern, bar 22nd. 1914. ' - -." ' "'.-- f O. C. Willis, , AdminlstratoV of the Estate of An- : --- thny WU1U, deceased." This January 18th., 1922. ' M. Leslie Davis, Atty. - " " - . ' ' Feb 9th. - SPEG1L Let us, then, consider some of the farmer! grievances, and see bow far they are real In doing so, we should emember thst, while there have been. ind still are. Instances of purposeful abuse, the subject should not be ap proached with any general Imputation to existing distributive agencies of do 'tberately Intentional oppression, bnt rather with the conception . tht the marketing or farm products ha. not Oeen modernised. An ancient evil, and a persistent mm. Is the nndergradlng of farm prod acta, with the result that what the termers sell as of one quality Is re told as of higher. That thla sort of chicanery should peratst on sny Im portant scale In these days of busi ness Integrity would seem almost ln credlbln, bat there n much evidence that It does no persist Even ss I wrltt the newspapers announce the suspension ef several firms from the New . Torn Produce Exchange tor ex porting to Germany as No. 2 wheat a whole shipload of grossly Inferior wheat mixed with oata. chaff and the like. Another evil la that. of Inaccurate weighing ef farm products, which. It Is charged, U sometimes a matter of dishonest Intention and sometimes of protective policy on the part of the local buyer, who fears that he may weigh outl more than he "weighs In." A greater grievance Is that at pre ent the. field -farmer baa little or no fontrol .over the time and eondltlona of marketing his products, with the result that ha is often underpaid tor his products and usually overcharged for marketing service, The differ between what tno farmer re ceives and what the consumer pay often exceeds all possibility of Justi fication. Ta cit alngle Illustration. Last year, according to figures s tt sat ed by tho railway and the grow era, Georgia watermelon-raiser received on the average Til cents for a melon, the railroads got 117 cents for carry ing U to Baltimore and the consumer paid one dollar, leaving TO 8 cents for the service ef asarhetlag and Its risks, as against SOS cents for grewlag and transporting. . The bard annate of famvllfe are replete with sack com mentaries on the erudeaess of rnt practices. Water prfacrlbos that th farmer "gooda" moat be finished within two or three months ef the year, while Baaadal and storage limitations ren- srally compel him to sell them at th tame time. As rue, other Induatrleo ire la a continuous procoo ef finish. lag goods for the markets) they dis tribute a they produce, and they can runall production without too groat Injury to tbemaelrea or the eommn- alty; but If the farmer restricts bis eutpuL It is with disastrous conao- suoncri, eotn to Mmsetr and to the munlty. The average farmer la bssr with aroducttoer for the major part of the tear, ana nu nothing u sell The talk of hie output comas oa the mar let at one. Because of lack of at or- teao,; iaTl f'fU1U- ,4f i rt but lo aboatd If r' . cssaot carry aJs gooda rang the year sad dispose of than i they are currently hooded, - U the iroat majority ef rmjos, farmers Uvo ost mat atersg in -irraiaaaa aai tare -and th financial mm.. ef tbatiarodvts test bore. . 7 Twm prod seta aro gMrailv rawed at a Bake whoa thorn hi a saatJew of both trenanaemio xaoaco waen etff an4 rar- TV enroaae, as ouor.0. ai iawt taa cnrama wot onli aril wndar prvonro, M fhororWe a, I CaodTaatago. hl ave foapna. U nke MMhet rsiJertlona U hot rotTraa. OrdoC U toost thd Chnrgoa tht Uo tarvleo storing, transport lag, tun. B.iaa4 altlatare markorjaffrtlrli hargte fhoy riaiM. or oflsn atom ita, bear koarlti on hot, oroaW IS4 prortocar, ad rt baitr the con rot of those' pet fonalng the sorvlcoa tl la tree tint It.ey are, retj the rUks of -rl.an.-1ag merhet br SilUnf et oocoibui the sreqiJt. wi,. We have some SPECIAL Prices on Fine FarmLands SEE OR WRITE Carteret Realty and Insurance" Co. Beaufort, N. C. IIMin 1 1 1) I 8 1 ITIttil I il MtittiftlltttlttTt 1 1 IM 1 1 1 u J K5 In For bntniicji iU ofiCTarEyiDnbrTpnT Men and I i . an. e Energy Food. Strong Women When you work hard you need plenty of meat to supply you with energy' and vital ity. Your appetite craves tender brown roasts- and juicy, thick steaks. Meat good for you. We have the very best meat to be boubht it is fresh and kept under the most sanitary conditions. It "'touches the spot" when you are hungry, and it builds you up. Eat more meat! CHOICE MEATS AT LOW PRICES a CD. JONES and mii of ltlf mti la a tnct roan. 1 Mi 1 G. W. Duncan INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE, - G Bargaiiu b City and Country Property C- H. BUSTTAI I REAL ECTATE J(D INSURANCE iHrCtaUMdtad : OWN YOUR OWN HOME , . . ;. . V INVUTED IN NEW H0ME5 IN BEAUFORT : BE A STOCKHOLDER NOW ' . 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