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Friday, August 12, 1932
Fishing in Mud holes for Tadpole Votes
When men running for high office go dabbling in
mudholes for tadpole votes, we need not hope for
good government from such sources. Such is the
course that it seems Mr. Hoover is going to take as
indicated in his acceptance speech Thursday.
When rulers become afraid to trust the moral and
religious forces and throw themselves at tfyp feet of
those who want laws to promote their selfish pur
poses, where will the spirit of truth find lodgment in
our government?
Nothing is quite so sickening as a man yielding
his ideals for votes.
Roosevelt's Opportunity
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If Roosevelt ousts Mayor Walker, we believe he
will be elected President. While people generally may
not be so much concerned about honesty for them
selves, there has never been a day when they have
been more concerned about' the honesty of the other
fellow. »
Since the beginning of the Seabury investigation,
many people have become convinced that there has
been much wrongdoing by Mayor Walker which has
made him rich at the expense of the city—and not
only him, but his friends have grafted many millions
out of the common folks of the city.
The American voter is ready to approve honesty
in government, and there is nothing Mr. Roosevelt
can do that will establish an abiding confidence in the
people as the dimissal of Walker.
Men —and honest men—are the need of the hour.
The demand for that type of leadership is going to
increase until official graft will not be tolerated any
where—not even in Tammany.
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Repudiating Our Obligations
When men get in a mood to repudiate their obli
gations, and obligations of the public—such as was
suggested at the meeting of the board of commission
ers last Monday—there is evidence that something is
wrong, generally with those taking that attitude. We
are more in need of a spirit in men to push forward
and meet their obligations. We should regard our
promises al being worth far more than our property.
Some citizens are so revolutionary that they would
have the obligations of their counties and towns de
faulted. Perhaps some farmers think it right to re
pudiate their supply bills, or it may be that some men
would like to default itv payment of the mortgages
on their homes, but they can not do it until the crops
of all kinds, the carts, the cows, the plows, the hogs
the hoes, and everything else on the land is taken,
and then the house and the home sold to satisfy the
mortgage, and then the balance of the debt is con
verted into a judgment to haunt the farmer and the
home owner and his family as long as they live.
No farmer or land owner should purposely default
his obligations, nor should any other persons—and
the same thing applies to to\yns, cities, counties,
states and nations.
The greatest need of the age is for the people to
shoulder their obligations, admit their errors in waste
ful extravagant living, and work themselves out of
the hole they are in. We can never cure our faults
by lamentations and mutterings. We will have to
work hard to gain the victory.
Early Training Sorely Neglected
Too little attention is being given to the teachings
set forth in the Ten Commandments. Many people
fail to recognize Sunday as the Lord's day, and go on
with their play. /
And then the commandment that says, "Thou
shall not steal," is not being fully taught, for men
and women are robbing and stealing day and night.
And two more that say, "Thou shalt not kill,"
and "Tbou shalt not commit adultery," are be
ing ignored. Our newspapers are filled with sensa
tional killings that are the outgrowth of adultery.
And then the two commandments upon which hangs
all the law and prophecy—"Thou shalt love the
Lord, thy God, ..." and "Thou shalt love thy
aeighbof as thyself,"—are almost forgotten.
OMT early training is being sorely neglected. The
people will finally have to teach the youth the value
ti character and a reverence (or God.
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J^JWDAT^AND^FWIPAY^
County Taxes Not Unreasonable
Why should we complain so much about our coun
ty taxes. They are not so after all, a careful
review shows.
The man who has SI,OOO worth of property pays
$2.15 for all county purposes. That is, it pays for
his protection in the courts, maintains his records,
feeds the poor, both in the county home and scattered
throughout the county. This sum pays all the offic
' ials, whose business it is to go—night or day—to pro
| tect each man and every member of his family and
I all of his property from assault and theft. It pro
j vides health officers to prevent the spread of typhoid
! fever, smallpox, diphtheria, and all other contagious
J and infectious diseases to which the human body
! is subject. It pays for keeping the criminals from
| running at large and menacing society.
I Then the owner of SI,OOO worth of property pays
! $2.30 to educate the 8,000 county school children,
I including trans|K>rtaition cost and every other ex
pense for the regular term of schools.
l'erhaps there can be found no man who would
kick at either of these who would complain
at the management of either the county board of
commissioners or the board of educatibh.
The major (portion of .pur taxes —that is, $8.15 on
each SI,OOO worth of property—goes to pay interest
1 and bonds. These were issued mostly for roads.
Now, how do we feel about our roads? Will we be
willing to sell them for what we have got in them,
or do we want to hang onto them? The second
est item of indebtedness is for schoolhouse. What
will we do about our schools? Shall we sell out,
I "cuss" out, and quit—or will we act like men of wis
dom, fall in line, use our schools and make something
out of the coming generations?
Every thinking man knows our ignorance costs us
vastly more—yea, many times more —each year than
all of our taxes amount to.
We are wasting a lot of valuable time in "cussing"
taxes and talking about baseball.
Enemies of Free Government
The Democratic party has made rtWre mistakes
flirting with New York during the past fifty years
than all its others put together. New York interests
want to own the Republican |)arty and destroy the
Democratic parly. And we must admit that the rul
ers of the big city have succeeded fairly well in their
desires during a greater part of the time for the past
three quarters of a century. What the Democrats
need to do is demand a complete divorce from New
York politics and denounce its character and charge
it as an enemy of every phase of good and true gov
ernment of and for the people. Ihe Democratic
party should charge New York politicians as being a
band of political self-seekers who want to throttle
every type and kind of business except those that
ixiur the shekels into their vaults.
Let Mr. Roosevelt denounce New York as an
enemy tb the common people of the country, and he'll
get a big majority in the next November election.
The Democratic party cannot convince the people
of its sincerity if it goes to flirting for the trust vote
of New York. Mr. Roosevelt can win if he will de
nounce the New York politicians as the common
enemy of free government.
Artificial Stimulation
Discussing artificial Itimulation, the unproductive
ness of confidence and the tariff barriers, Paul -6.""
Roberson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Roberson, of
this county, has some interesting remarks, as fol
lows:
Sometime ago President Hoover opened up an anti
hoarding campaign, whether he intended for the
thrifty to become spendhtrifts is not certain. How
ever, there was no great revival of business as he
seemed to think would be the outcome of such an ex
periment.
Moreover, such artificial actions will not put confi
dence in the American people nor in the world at
large. There must be a drastic revision of our poli
cies and those of the world to stimulate industry. Ao
tual changes must be made and not mere talk.
The fundamental cause of the lack of confidence
is failure of the statesmeif and people of. all coun
tries to realize the common interest of the nations,
notwithstanding the servity of the lesson to which
the World War subjected them. It seems as if they
should have learned how completely they depend up
on one another for their welfare.
It is not possible for any one country to have
sincere confidence in the future when every country
is engaged more or less in closing the doors to the
products of foreign countries by tariff barriers, and
by so doing, continually losing markets for their own
products. This is happening now and for the past
decade when nations are in debt as never before and
need more markets in which to sell their products in
order that they may meet their obligations. There
can not be confidence when such conditions as these
exist and more serious disaster is logically to follow.
No one can measure or estimate either the poten
tial wealth or trade and income of the world. If each
nation wottld only produce those commodities for
which it is best adapted, and if it were allowed to
distribute its production free from all hindrances to
other nations in exchange for goods which constitute
their basic production, the trade and consumption of
the entire world would rise to untold levels. Thus
every nation would'share in the world's natural riches
in much greater measure, and not only war, but
poverty and the depression Would disappear.
Our economic mentality is necessarily internation
al as evident from the huge loans made to foreign
nations. The nations political mentality is almost
purely national; politically the nation fear and dis
trust each other and try to hamper each other's
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NOTICE
Having this day qualified as execu
tor of the estate of Elizabeth Simp
sou, late of Willianiston, Martin Coun
t)v North Carolina, notice is hereby
given to all persons holding claims
against said estate to present them to
me for payment on or before the 23rd
day of May, A. D. 1933, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of the re
covery of the same.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make prompt settlement.
This 23rd day of May, A. D., 1932.
E. G. BAGLEY,
jy 12-6tw Executor.
P. O. Box 888, Greensboro, N. C.
SALE,OF VALUABLE FARM
1 PROPERTY
Under and by virtue .of the authority
conferred upon us in a deed of trust
executed by Eli Gurganus and wife,|
Betty C. Gurganus on the Ist day of j
December 1922 and recorded in Book
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111 WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT MESSRS.
HI JOE TAYLOR AND CLAUDE GRIFFIN WILL
OPERATE THE
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I Roanoke - Dixie Warehouse
■ Williamston, North Carolina
H During The 1932 Tobacco Season
We wish to use this means to officially and personally in
vite our Martin County friends and those in adjoining counties to _
sell their tobacco with us at the Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse, Wil
liamston, N. C.
We appreciate the patronage you have given us in the
past, and we trust we may have the great pleasure and privilege
of serving you again.
I Claud Griffin & Joe Taylor
WM PROPS., WAREHOUSE WILLIAMSTON, N. C.
WILLI AMSTON
HOWTH CAWOCIWA
K-2, page 447, we will on Saturday the
3rd day of September, 1932 at 12 o'-
clock noon, at the courthouse door in
Martin County, Willianiston, N. C.,
sell at public auction for rash to the
highest bidder the following land to
wit:
Beginning at Cedar Branch at a
gum, Gurganus and James corner,
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running N. GO W. 83 poles to a stake
at the Plymouth Road, thence up the
said Road S. 73 W. 76 poles on up the
said road S. 84. W. 13 poles to a
ground bridge and ditch, thence up the
said ditch S. 38 E. 16 poles, on up said
ditch 9 W. 5 poles to the Free Union
Road, thence down said road S. 60 E.
32 poles, S. 65 1-2 K. 28 poles, thence
Friday, August 12, 1932
S. 60 E. 72 1-2 poles to Cedar Branch,
thence np said Branch to the begin
ning, containing 72 i-2 acre*. The
Plymouth Road lies to the N. and N.
W. The land of Ed James lies to the
N. E., the land of one Cordon to the
E. and S. E., the land of one Boston
to the S., the land of one Cordon to
the S. W., the Gurkin School House
lot lies to the W.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of Eli Gurganus and wife,
Betty C. Gurganus to pay off and dis
charge the indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust.
A deposit of 10 per cent will be re
quired from the purchaser at the sale.
This the 27th day of July 1932.
W. G. BRAMHAM AND T. L.
BLAND, RECEIVERS FOR
FIRST NATIONAL COM
, PANY OF DURHAM. INC.,
FORMERLY FIRST NA
TIONAL TRUST COM
PANY, DURHAM, N. C.
a 5 4tw
- SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the authority
conferred upon us in a deed of trust
executed by Alexander Hill and wife,
Cora Hill, on the 23rd day of April,
1926, and recorded in Book X-2. page
293-294, we will on Saturday the 3rd
day of September, 1932, at 12 o'clock
1 noon at the courthouse door in Mar
! tin County, Williamston, N. C., sell
( at" public auction for cash tp the high
est bidder the following land to-wit:
First Tract: Beginning in C. H.
Davis line and running thense S. 4*
164 poles to the center of Cedar
branch, Edd James' corner; thence N.
; 77 E. 14 poles; thence S. 72 E. 8 poles;
thence N. 77 E. 12 poles; thence N.
1 E. 202 poles; thence S. 45 W. 48
poles to the beginning, containing 40
acres as shown by map made by A.
Corey, Surveyor, February 11, 1926.
Second Tract: Beginning at the head
of a ditch on the Dailey Road on the
Warren H. Hill tract of land and run
ning thence S. 89 E. 33 poles to the
I center of Molasses Branch thence; S.
29.30 E. 23 poles; thence N. 84 E. 8
poles; thence S. 23 E. 8 poles; thence
S. 14 E. 31 poles; thence S. 69 E. 9
poles; thence S. 46.30 E. 30 poles;
thence N. 85 W. 85 poles; thence N.
1 E. 79 poles to the beginning, con
taining 30 acres as shown by map
made February 11, 1926 by A. Corey,
| surveyor.
This sale is made by reason of the
I failure of Alexander Hill and wife,
I Cora Hill, to pay off and discharge
the indebtedness secured by said deed
' ot trust.
! A deposit of 10 percent will be re
quired front the purchaser at the sale.
This the 27th day of July, 1932.
C. H. DIXON, RECEIVER FOR
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
DUKHAM, TRUSTEE, DUR
HAM, N. C. a 5 4tw