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Tuesday, July 31, 1934
A Sad Tragedy
It was a sad scene when parents of eight children?
seven boys and one girl?(ticked their mangled bodies
up from a railroad track altera freight train had
passed over them The children, one 17 years old;
two 16, two 14, one 13 and two 12, were so busy play
ing cards on a railroad in the outskirts of Shelton,
Conn, they had little time to safeguard their very
lives. When a train came by tbey ran across--to an
other track just in time to be crushed by"another
train.
The card games of the world take too much toll.
The game makes children neglect their own safety.
The game often makes mothers neglect the physical
and spiritual safety of their children, which neglect
after all, just marks the beginning of the trouble
cards cause.
Only a few things so engross the minds of people
that they wilt fait to hear two puffing freight trains,__
Cards are apparently one of those few things, and
cards will surely get you.
Hitler "Rubs Into'Trouble
That young, flaunting despot. Hitler, seems to have
run into more trouble. Only a few weeks ago he was
killing his own people because he did not like them
and the way they did. More recently his influence
caused a high official of the Austrian government to
be killed. Now, we wonder what he intends to do with
all those Italian fellows who are lined up before him.
Of course he would like to kill them all, because he
seems to want to destroy everybody and everything
refusing to bow to his wishes.
Hitler hates the Catholics; he hates the Jews; in
fart, hp wms in hate the people of all nations except
the Germans, and he wants to even destroy those of
whom failing to cower at his feet. Nobody expects
a man of Hitler's type to do anything to help others,
and they know he can't do much for his own good
with the extremely selfish attitude that he possesses.
Here's hoping that Mussolini gets the? best of the
fight should there be a fight.
Save Ourselves by Saving the Waste
Reports indicate that the canneries on the farms of
this county are running full speed, and if they are
ot, they should be put to use.
Every crumb of food-stuff and every grain of feed
should Ire saved Fruits and vegetables should be
dried, preserved or canned for use until another seas
on arrives.
The family with a surplus can well afford to farm
out to the less fortunate neighbor such surplus (iff
shares, enabling the poorer neighbor to supply him
self with food by doing a little extra work.
This country is buying too much canned goods from
those who can't equal us either in growing or canning.
There will not be so much hunger in this section
this fall and winter if all the people do their best to
providq?for themselves.
Save the waste this summer; it will save you next
tall and winter
Favors Create Oligations
Those fellows who accepted gifts from prisoners in
our State recently for favors they had given in help
ing the prison inmates obtain clemency were not
quite as had as the man who beats about and compro
mises truth and honesty to procure office.- Yet, there
are far more men bought in politics by certain favors
than by actual cash paid in hand.
There is no meaner fellow traveling the highways
than the man who gives office to those who will ac
cept it on condition that they will serve their benefab
tor in consideration for his favors.
No man who accepts public office with the promise
to support the one who gives the office can be trusted
as a rule; yet, a large number do so.
Good Financial Reports
The financial report* recently published lor Bertie
and Halifax counties, our two northern neighbors,
show up well. They more than balance their 1933
budget and come out with very satisfactory balances.
We are hoping that this county will soon be able to
publish a report of the same kind. Now that we
are petting considerable back taxes, we certainly
ought to catch up some of the slack.
For the Needy or for the Politician?
Is the National Recovery Act to help the needy
poor or is it to help scheming politcians? According
to J. C. Baskerville, Raleigh correspondent lor sev
eral North Carolina newspapers, a successor to the
late J. G. Steed, Stale NRA compliance director, will
be appointed by our Slate Democratic Chairman Mr.
Shu ping and Senator Josiah Bailey. The correspond
ent further states that the two will select a man who
has been a loyal supporter of Bailey and Shuping,
and one who can be depended upon to lend valuable
assistance to Mr. Bailey in the Democratic primary
in June, 1936.
We doubt not the truth of this stale menu Yet, we
are nauseated at the thought that we have men in
high office who will stoop to such tactics that are of
such low degree as to eliminate the real purpose of a
department of our government. The scheming poli
tician apparently would make secondary a govern
mental department for his own private gain. Any
public official who will stoop to such a thing whereby
the chief will go down the line and fortify it with un
der that he may be retained in office, needs to lose
not only whatever office he holds but his citizenship
also.?? "
Certainly it is the accepted duty of the heads of
such de|>artments to go on down the line to the coun
ties and towns and pick men who will pull for the
man who gives them the fat morsel.
This is the point where Democratic government
fails. Men work for their own selfish interests in
stead of their fellowmen for whose benefits the laws
were supposed to have been made.
Times Better?And Better Ahead
Rappahannock (Va.) Record
It wins to us to tie bad form to be continually
complaining about hard times, and spreading gloom
where we should be scattering a bit of cheer and faith
among those with whom we come in contact. In the
face of rising prices during the past eighteen months,
prices rising from the low level of 52.5 during the last
year of the Hoover administration to 76.7 percent for
the month of june, 1SU4, we should be a bit morr
optimistic. On this fact, "Today" makes the follow
ing comment:
"Authorities are in general agreement that we can
not have prosperity in this country without a very
considerable rise in commodity prices, or a social and
political discipline entirely foreign to America*?even
then we could not exjrect an old-time prosperity until
several years had elapsed: fofrrthferTBasorv.rfrhe rils
covery that we have had rising prices for eighteen
months, with scarcely a significant interruption, is a
profoundly encouraging fact.
"With another year and a half of the same increase
we have seen during the past eighteen months the
goal will have been reached?in fact, prices would be
at the almost unbelievable average of 100.9 percent
of the 1927-29 level!"
While prices have advanced in certain groups,
other commodities have been lagging behind, farm
products, for instance, are yet far below normal, but
the future looks brighter and even the farmer is bet
ter off than he was a year ago. Grains are higher
and meat products are showing a slight advance, with
assurance from the administration that there will be
other gains during the coming year. So let us keep
up our chins and do our part to bring back normal
times, for the (Resident is able to accomplish ony that
which has the backing and cooperation of the people.
The Absentee Voting Privilege Must Oo
Smith field Herald.
The next North Carolina Legislature will likely
be called upon to take stock of the State's election
laws wi'h a vie? n{ dnlng a bit of reform work. At
least, such action on the part of our lawmakers
seems to be foreshadowed by recent demands voiced
in the press.
The brunt of attack apparently centers upon the
absentee voting law. Many North Carolina editors
would have the privilege of absentee voting abol
ished, and this column wishes to add its Amen.
The chief argument which has reached our ears
in favor of retaining the law is that absentee vot
ing tends to make elections more democratic since
it affords a larger number of citizens the oppor
tunity of registering their views upon the important
issues of the day.
Theoretically, absentee voting does make for
greater democracy and is desirable. In ^ non-Uto
pian society, however, where the game of politics is
not wholly as it should be, theoretically-sound ideas
are not always practically expedient.
In numerous North Carolina counties, absentee
voting has been known to make elections anything
but democratic. The privilege has been so badly
abused that to abolish it is essential for the sake of
better government. Absentee voting has been one
of the foremost weapons used by political machines
in making sure victory for the machine candidates.
In one North Carolina precinct which cast a large
number of absentee votes, it was noted that the
greater portion of the ballots were marked in the
same handwriting for the same candidate, and were
witnessed by the same person. An indication of what
may have been unfair play. Doubtless, a thorough
investigation would unveil numerous other abuses.
In the light of these conditions, the citiaenry of
North Carolina should demand from their legislators
a New Deal with respect to our elections laws.
Program of Progress
The ReidsviUe Revitm.
If the government really wants to do something
for the common people, officials should make it as
easy to get out of debt as it 1s to get out of jail.
iiENUINK BAYER ASPIKIN
Tin of 12*. formerly 25c, special,
12c. Bottles of 24s, formerly 50c,
pecial, 21c. P. P. Peel, Washington
Street. j>20-8l-pd
NOTICE OF 8ALE
By virtue of and pursuant to a de
ree of the Superior Court of Martin
bounty, entered in the case of Atlan
ic Joint Stock Land Bank of Ra
eigh vs. Oscar S. Anderson, et al,
he undersigned Commissioner will
?n Monday, August 20, 1934, at noon,
>ffer for sale at public auction, for
ash to the highest bidder, at the
'ourt House door of Martin County,
he following described property, to
vit:
First Tract: All that certain piece
>r parcel of land situate, lying and
?eing in Williamston Township, Mar
in County, State of North Carolina,
\ 1-2 miles east of the town of Wil- .
iamston, having such shapes, metes, |
rourses and distances as will more
ully appear by reference to a map
hereof made by J. R. Mobley, sur
veyor, on the 15th day of January,
1923, adjoining the lands of C. F.
Bennett on the North, the lands of
Elmer Chesson on the East, the lands
tf Moore on the South, and the Pud '
ind Burras land <?n the West, and
nore particularly bounded and de
scribed as follows: Beginning in the
Williamston and Everett road, corner
>1 the Moore land ami Elmer Chcs .
ion, thence running N, 37 degrees E.
r4 poles to a branch; thence the said
>ranch N. 41 degrees E. 20 poles;
hence N. 15 degrees E. 16 1-2 poles;
hence N. 31 degrees E. 14 poles;
hence N. 47 degrees E. 9 poles and
M. 63 E. 4 1-2 poles to Back Branch;
hence with Back Branch N. 64 W. 9
>oles; thence N. 20 W. 20 poles;
hence N. 3 degrees W. 26 poles;
thence N. 18 degree* W 18 poles;
thence N. 44 1-2 decrees W. 37 poles;
tbence S. 57 degrees W. 60 poles, to
a stump; thence S. 37 W. 9 poles to
an oak on a path; thence with said
path S. 7 degrees W. 76 poles and S.
4 degrees W. 63 poles to the Wil
liamston and Everett road; thence
with said road S. 83 E. 26 poles;
thence S. 72 E. 26 poles, and S. 51 E.
24 poles to the beginning, and being
the same land conveyed to said J. W.
and A. Anderson by the following
deeds: L. R. St raw bridge and wife,
dated Februlry 14, 1920, and of rec
ord in Martin County Public Reg
istry, Book D-2, page 350; K. G
Strawbridge and wife, dated Novem
ber 6, 1919, and of record in said
Public Registry in Book Y-l, page
517.
Second Tract: All that certain
piece or parcel of land situate, lying
and being in Williamston Township,
Martin County, State of North Caro
lina, containing 149 acres, more or
less, on the the Williamston and
Everett road (also known as the
Wild Cat road), about 2 miles east of
the Town of Williamston, having
such shapes, metes and distances as
will more fully appear by reference
to a map made by J. R. Mobley, on
the 15th day of January, 1923, and
adjoining the lands of Sylvester Cof
6eld on the North, the lands of L.
B. Wynn on the West, the lands of
the County Home on the South and
the lands of J, R. Mobley on the
East, and more particularly bounded
antPdesTTibt'd as follow*!?Beginning
on the Williamston and Everett road
DR. W. C. MERCER
DENTIST
Anounccs the opening of the office!
formerly occupied by Dr. P. B. Cone !
for the practice of dentistry.
or the Wild Cat road, corner of J.
R. Mobley; thence S. 4 W. SO poke
and S. 1J W. to a gum in a branch;
thence with the line of J. R. Mobley,
S. 63 W. 25 4-5 polc? to a stump;
thence S. 74 W. 5 1-5 poles to a pole
post; thence with the line of the
County Home N. 79 W. 99 poles to
the Williamston and Greenrille road;
thence with sad road N. 49 degrees
E. 35 poles; thence N. 10 E. 36 poles;
thence N. 68 W. 34 4-5 poles to a
post; thence N. 2 W. 22 3-5 poles to
the Wild Cat Road; thence with said
rdad N. 7 W. 14 poles; thence N. 66
W. 44 poles; and N 57 W. 26 2-5
pole.; thence N. 14 1-2 E. 116 pole.;
thence N. 57 E. 45 pale.; thence N.
26 W. 21 pole.; thence with the line
of Syle.ter Coffield N. 86 1-4 E
49 1-2 pole.; thence S. 6 1-2 W. 176
pole.; thence North 86 E. 1 4-25
pole.; thence S. 2 E. 3 poles; thence
N. 86 E. 42 poles to the beginning.
The pnrchuer at said ulc will be
required to deposit 10 per cent of the
amount of his bid a. a guarantee and
forfeit, pending confirmation of sale
by the Court.
This Jul* 21, 19J4.
J NO. C. RODMAN. JR..
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AND THIN HE SMOKID
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It's easy to overdo at strenuous summer sports. So remem
ber that smoking a Camel helps to chase away fatigue and
bring back your natural vigor. Enjoy Camel's "energizing
effect" as often as you want. Camels er jangle the nerves!
"Get a LIT! with a Camel V
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He is not in business for today or tomorrow only
?but for next year and ten years from next year. He
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You get better merchandise at a fairer price than
he could ever hope to sell if he did not have the larg
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vertising and goods that bear out the promise of the
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Don't miss the advertisements. This very day they
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