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I Editor ? 1908 1938 ?
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Friday. \oveml>ar 10. /'l.'IV.
I Hood In vmtin nil
Several years ago. several big corporations
and it is recalled that others, too. were report
ing large operating deficits Big business sat be
wildered as it patiently waited for an eventful
? turn so earnestly promised at the corner. A
short time thereafter the great business execu
tives. possessing receptive minds, expressed a
willingnes; : saved by the Democratic Ad
r mistration
That was the picture just a few years ago.
More recently the same corporations reported
new high records had been reached in their
business operations, the ledger sheet showing
fancy profits instead of losses. The information
came out in the form of a report to stockhold
ers. Simultaneously with that report came an
other attacking the New Deal and pointing out
the excessive tax burden
Business heads consider it a good investment
when they can spend billions and reap more
billions. Then it can be recognized as a good in
vestinent when one tax dollar can be spent and
two, four, six or even more can be reaped in
an increased business
It is apparent that we do not realize the value
received from the tax dollar, for it is the rule in
this country to attack the taxing system as
something foreign to democratic government
Little (.litmtir In Half 4 Century
Marked have been the changes in our every,
phase of life since July. 1896. but an editorial
appearing in Volume I, Number 84. of the East
ern Carolina News, a newspaper published in
Williamslon during the period by the late Miss
Hattie K Thrower proves that people have
changed little. Under the heading, "Abuse of
Those in Authority," Miss Thrower wrote:
We hear a great deal these days about iiborty
?liberty of speech. It is the American's heritage
sealed by the blood of the patriots of '76 We
boast of it. and under its protection became
careless of the true meaning of our privilege.
And after all it is a much abused word, and the
conclusion is often reached that we have too
much liberty of speech, or rather abuse it in a
manner unbecoming a citizen of a great govern
ment.
One strong point in the character of every
American is his loyalty to the government
when needed in her defense, yet he stands
daily and hurls abuse at that very government,
its laws and its rulers
That is liberty, but is it true loyalty?
We have no cloak with which to cover the
mistakes of any man. but hold that those in au
thority, whether they be presidents, governors
or magistrates, be allowed the same privilege
we take. Men in high position are no more in
fallible than those whose ballots placed them
there, and yet we abuse them because our pet
theory is not their's, and they cannot see things
through our smoky glasses.
We forget the example of the lowly Nazarene
who performed a miracle to pay tribute unto
Caesar, and taught at all times obedience to
those in authority and respect for the dignity
of their office. Some of us pray daily for God
to "bless the President of the United States, the
Governor of this State and all others in author
ity," and go out and hurl vile epithets at the
very men for whom the prayer was said What
base hypocrisy!
Our country is full of growlers?men whom
none could satisfy, be they ever so free from
fault. They have not the slightest conception
of what they wish nor what is best for the coun
try. Yet these men elected rulers and law-mak
ers and still the growling continues and will
while time lasts. We are a liberty-loving people
and want everybody to learn of our opinions,
so we open our mouths and they come forth
sometimes to blacken and ruin, but it is our
privilege.
What has become of the old-fashioned man
who used to pay his church dues before he took
a vacation trip??Salem Times-Mirror.
/ Peace will be visible in the world when stan
dards of living are more nearly equal. ? Ex
Daily Christian Living
Roy Parker in Hertford County Herald.
. . . Granting the importance of the pulpit ser
mon and with full realization of the necessity
for continued pastoral preaching, I believe more
firmly than I ever have that the daily Christian
living of the chairch member, and more partic
ularly of the men of the church, are the ser
mons that sustain religion and keep alive the
spirit of Christianity; and it is upon that basis
that this church or any other church is large
ly guaged and judged I subscribe to this quoted
sentiment; "1 think that to have known one
good, old man?one man, who, through the
chances and mischances of a long life, has car
ried his heart in his hands, like a palm-branch,
waving all discords into peace?helps our faith
in God, in ourselves, and in each other more
than sermons" . . . There is nothing new in these
pronouncements; you and 1 have heard them
since early childhood but on this day when
the thought and theme is a time and place for
adding emphasis by repetition More than that,
it is the time for us to take inventory of our
own selves, to learn, if we can, whether we are
living the sort of sermon about which we are
speaking, arid, if we are not. to rededicate our
selves to the ideals of good living, and Christ
ian living
It matters not what position one occupies in
the church relations?whether a leader, teach
er, deacon, or other officer, or just a plain wor
shipper?no matter how far removed from gen
eral recognition, he is one of the church group
of men impressible for good, and impressible
for evil, and it is in the nature of things that he
cannot really improve himself without in some
degree improving others Which is but another
way of saying, the lowliest of us exert an influ
ence upon those with whom we come into con
tact, and that there is no such thing as living
our own lives without making an impression?
for good or evil?upon others . Neither can
we live ? sermon on Sunday alone?by keep
ing up with the forms of worship and filling a
prefunctory place in religious activities; we
must live well and perseveringly every day of
a lifetime if we would preach the effective ser
mon for others' guidance or for the approval
of our own conscience.
The first and greatest test as a personal ex
emplar of Christian virtues and guidance comes
to us in the home life. As fathers, as compan
ions of others' children, the influence the lay
man exerts is incalculable for good or bad. de
pending upon his own daily conduct before those
of the most impressionable ages
In business, our relations with the public we
serve, daily conduct towards fellow employers,
treatment of employees all of these things
contribute to the sermon our lives are preach
ing What sort of a sermon it is will be determin
ed by the character of the individual person,
as expressed in the dealings he has with these
groups
Perhaps, there is no relation in life that pro
vides a clearer and more accurate perspective
and mirror of ones life than what he does with
his leisure time the hours and the days when
one chooses to do the things he wants to do
most It is of greater import now than ever be
fore, 1 think, especially since more emphasis
has been placed upon curtailing hours and days
of work, and there is more opportunity for the
average individual to devote his time and
thoughts to other than workaday problems . . .
What one does with his leisure time is a pret
ty fair guage of the character of the person.
During these hours one lives the life of his own
choice, and it either is constructive or destruc
tive as one chooses. 1 need not catalog the things
that one may do for good or evil. There are
plenty of them 111 each category.
1 suspect that the average church pastor can
guage his members, particularly those of us
who have reached the age where we are capa
ble of determining our own particular choices,
more accurately by what they do with their
leisure time than he can by observing them at
regular church worship, or by visits in the home
or through business dealing with them. In the
other relations of life, what we do with our
leisure time likewise determines our well be
ing 1 recall now that the medical sji^uia+tst
to whom 1 gave a personal history, in the course
of diagnosis of serious bodily ills, said to me:
"What do you do when you are not at work, 1
am not interested in what job you worked at
nor how hard you worked during business
hours. It is what you did after work hours that
will help me diagnose the causes of your ill
ness.'' In this personal experience it developed
that I had not given proper care and treatment
to my personal body during the hours of leis
ure; and true it is, and will ever be, that your
soul's welfare is largely determined by the
sort of treatment it receives during the period
when you own habits and life.
The life of a layman is one continuous ser
mon, and the pulpit is wherever one happens
to be.
An animal trainer claims that he has taught
a dog to read. And we've got spelling bees, too.?
Punch
Middle age is tfie sudden realization that the
"young married set" means some other crowd.
?Detroit News.
The idea that a man can make a fortune with
out contributing to society explains why so
many men never have any money.?Exchange.
Only rarely does a man with a hobby go
crazy. But think of his poor wife. ? Brandon
Sun, Canada .
EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having this day qualified as execu
trix of the estate of Mrs. Ada Knight,
deceased, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against said estate
to present same to the undersigned
for payment within twelve (12)
months from the date of this notice,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. AH persons indebt
ed to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
the 10th dav of October, 1939.
MRS FRANCES KNIGIIT PARKER
Executrix of the Estate of
o!3-6t Mrs Ada Knight.
NOTICE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superior Court.
County of Martin against I). W.
Downs and wife, Emma P. Downs,
George M. Fountain, trustee, Rob
ert W. McCullock, administrator of
A. J. McCullock, and E. C. Wins
low. agent of the administrator of
A.J. McCullock, Dr. S. P. Bass and
Murray Lumber Co., Inc.
The defendants. Robert W. McCul
lock, administrator of A. J. McCul
lock, deceased, and Murray Lumber
Co.. above named, will take notice
that an action entitled as above has
been commenced in the Superior
Court of Martin County, North Car
olina. to foreclose the taxes on land
in Martin County in which said de
fendants have an interest; and the
said defendants will further take no
tice that they are required to appear
before L B. Wynne, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Martin County at
his office in Wiliiamston. North Car
oltna. within thirty (30) days after
the completion of this servce of pub
lu-atum to. notice and to answer or
?ernur to the complaint of the plain
iff in this action, or the plaintiff will
ipplv to the Court for the relief de
nanded in said complaint.
This the 1st day of November, 1939.
L B WYNNE.
Clerk Superior Court of
i3-4t Martin County
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of a judgment
of the'Superior Court, Martin Coun
ty in a special proceeding entitled
"Dallas Peal et al v. Selma Wynn ef
al," the undersigned commissioners,
will, on Thursday, November 30th,
1939, at 12 o'clock, Noon, in front of
of the Courthouse door, Martin
County, offer for sale to the highest,
bidder, for cash, the following de
scribed tract of land
A tract of land lying and being in
Martin County. North Carolina, lo
cated in Robersonville Township,
Martin County, bounded on the
North by the old Wiliiamston and
Greenville Road, on the West by
Charlie Warren and Abram Rober
son and on the East by the Jenkins
Farm and on the South by Flat
Swamp and Tranter's Creek. Con
taining 196 acres, more or less.
The purchaser at the same will be
required to make a deposit of 10 per
cent of the purchase price.
This 26th day of October. 1939.
H L. SWAIN.
B A CKITCHEK,
o27 4t Commissioners
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina. Martin County. In
The Superioir^Court.
Ezell Briley and wife. Gladys Bri
ley vs. R. O. Purvis. Elliott Purvis,
Geneva Purvis and others.
Under and by virtue of an order
of L. B. Wynne, clerk of the Super
ior Court of Martin County, the un
dersigned commissioner, heretofore
appointed by the court, will, on Fri
day, the 1st day of December, 1939.
at twelve o'clock noon .in front of I
the main dwelling house on the
pi t tmscs 11?? 11? in:111> i drsrnhrd. "t
fer for sale to the highest bidder for
rash the following described real
estate to wit:
. 1
First: All of the merchantible tim
ber of every kind, nature and de
scription standing, fallen, lying and
in anywise being upon the lands
hereinafter described which will
measure at the time of cutting same
12 inches in diameter at the tree
stump 12 inches above the ground
and larger. The successful purchaser
will be given a deed by the commis
sione^^onve^inj^iucl^^tmbor in
fee simple and also granting to said
purchaser the full term of 3 years
from the date of the deed in which
to cut and remove said timber, and
also the right of ingress and agress
to and upon said lands for the pur
pose of cutting and removing said
timber and the usual rights and
privileges given in timber deeds
Second: The following described
tract or parcel of land, subject only
to the timber deed and timber rights
and privileges hereinabove provided
for, to wit
Lying and being on the East side
of the road from Bethel to Hassells.
bounded on the North by the lands
of W. R. L. Purvis, on the East by
the lands of J O. Keel, on the South
by the lands of R O. Purvis, and on
the West by said road from Bethel
to Hassells. containing 250 acres,
more or less, and being that part of
the S. C. Purvis farm owned by the
children of said S. C. Purvis.
This the 30th day of October, 1939.
ELBERT S. PEEL,
n3-4t Commissioner.
FIRST SALE!
MONDAY NOVEMBER 13
At The
Central Warehouse
ROBKRSONVILLE, N. C.
JIM UK K\. E. U. ANDERSON. CHARLEY UK AY. Props.
First Sale Tuesday, Nov. 14
At The
Red F ront W arehouse
ROBKRSONVILLE, N. C.
SEUONDSALE MONDAY at RED FRONT WAREHOUSE
Moiulay we hail tlii' hijihot-t average anil lii'sl Kali' of the
entire year. \ml what a xale it Kan. W itli Jim anil Charley
pushing ami pulling willi all their north. *e miIiI 3KM2I
I ml - of lohaeeo for an offieial average of
lll ll PREDICTIONS OF LAST W EEK CAME TO PASS
20.05
We Sell 'Em High Every Day
W hen lohaeeo sells higher, reel atshureil "HONEST" JIM anil
"IIARD-W'OKKINC" CHARLES will he the one'* celling it higher.
Be Hennihle. Sell the re*t of your erop with ui*.
JIM and CHARLIE GRAY, Proprietors
GREENVILLE
'BEST MAHKET IN THE STATE"
THERE IS A DEMAND I OK Al l. TAPES OF TOBACCO ON THE GREENVILLE MARKET
COM PETITION IS STRONG
ON EN'ERA LEAF THAT COMES OFF TIIE SI NI K. \N0 AS THE CROP GROWS SHORTER
Prices Go Higher in Greenville
Monday's Sales
1,669,506 lbs. $320,626.38 Average $19.21
Stiles II eek F ml in ft November ,'irtL
7.986.106 pounds for 81.478.110.58, Average $18.51
Sales II eek Ending October 27th.
8.067.181 pound* for Si. 191.008.97. Average $18.44
Sales II eek Entling October 20tli
8.414.2% pounds for SI.472,981.70, Average 817.45
The Big Rush Is Over!
IN A FEW DAYS YOU CAN COME TO GREENVILLE, SELL AND RETURN HOME THE SAME DAY
Five ? Sets of Buyers ?
Make A Prompt Anil A Higher Sale Possible
A GREATER DEMAND
STRONGER COMPETITION
HIGHER PRICES