THE ROANOKE BEACON
And Washington County News
Published Every Friday in Plymouth. Washington
County, North Carolina
WALTER H. PARAMORE Managing Editor
The Roanoke Beacon was established in 1889
and consolidated with the Washington County
News in 1929.
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Friday, November 13, 1936
Problems Not Yet Solved
The multitudinous problems facing the Ameircan
people were not solved in the reelection of President
Roosevelt a few days ago. Surely, it is agreed, his
reelection will make the tasks before each and every
one easier to solve and handle. Rut the task of sup
plying energy for the march ever onward is ours to
ignore or support. Success or failure will be meas
ured through our efforts, and not through those of
the president.
Assuming the leadership of a depressed people four
years ago, Mr. Roosevelt has led us far. and he did
it despite strong opposition from some sections and
with little aid from anyone. During the next four
years, it is certain that every individual will have a
part in carrying on and keeping in step with the
march of progress.
Turning to the farmer's problem, it is almost cer
tain that future aid will come through his own efforts.
If he remains idle, he can expect little to be handed
to him in the way of benefits or gifts. Surely, there is
a leadership within the farming group that can take
up where the President was forced to quit. Surely,
the farmers themselves will rally around this leader
ship, and make for a more certain future for agri
culture. Already the Farm Bureau, one of the lead
ing organizations of its kind in the world, is forging
ahead in the interest of agriculture. Will the farmers
rally to its support, or will they stand idly by and
gamble on what the marketing season will hold for
them a year hence?
The laborer finding refuge from honest work when
there is honest work will, no doubt, find it to his ad
vantage to break away from the sheltering wings of
the government. If the move requires more energy,
and enter private employment whenever and wherever
the opportunity presents itself.
The average man who has not received direct ben
tlits from the New Deal, but who has been aided be
cause others were aided, will have to continue to work
and work hard. In so much as he pushes forward, he
will profit to just that extent.
Big business is not going to return to the old policy
of "the public be damned." So long as big business
plays the game fair and square, then just that long
will it prosper. The rules of the game may not seem
fair at times, but in the long run business and the
public will profit.
The entire country was all "het up" during the
recent campaign, and it may be well to continue "het
up in meeting and handling the problems that are
to be expected day by day in the future.
Hold a Steady Course
N'ow is a good time for men to hold steady heads,
while the United States is rejoicing at the success of
democracy and enjoying a period of general pros
perity.
We need to remember that we make the most mis
takes when things run along too easily. We forget
that it is in our unguarded moments that we let op
portunities pass which we are unable to call back.
And. while things may look good on this side of
the Atlantic, conditions in the Far East are by no
means in good shape, and the war clouds are hang
ing rather heaviely over much of Europe and Asia.
The cause that has only recently won a great victory
in America is suffering greatly in the East, and democ
racy is trembling—to say the least—in Italy and Ger
many, as well as in Spain, with Fascism devouring
democracy and proposing to rule with an iron hand.
While we may propose to keep out of entangle
ments with foreign nations, we must admit that our
relations are such that we can scarcely hope to avoid
complications in the event of a general European con
flagration. So we Americans will have to apply the
spirit of brotherly love and not demand the best of
every international trade we engage in. We have too
long sought a large export trade upon a principle of
selling our trust-made goods too high in foreign lands
while dumping our general farm supplies at starva
tion prices.
We need to follow a course of conservatism as well
as conservation, and take care of our resources, both
as individuals and as a nation—and, most of all, we
should hold our heads through seasons of prosperity.
Problem Simply Solved
Rated as the nation’s safest automobile driver, John
A. Burt, Utah man, was recently bombarded with
questions by safety experts, statisticians and others
interested in his driving method that earned for him
the recognition. The man astounded his questioners
with a very simple formula, one that was not crowd
ed with mathematical precision, and one that did not
take into consideration speed. The safe and sane
rule followed by Burt centered around two words,
just two small words, “Be Polite.”
The Highway Patrol in this state and other agen
cies urging greater care on the highways are doing a
>plendid job in checking accidents, but they, with the
aid of all others, cannot check the road hog, the in
considerate driver who harbors the right that all the
road belongs to" him and no one else should even dare
drive on it. But John Burt's formula would handle
him, and how simple it is, too. Just be polite.
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PURE GOLD
FLOUR, 12 lb. bag .. 45c
BEST GRADE
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FLOUR $3.10
Packages
SALT
10c
Corn Flakes. ‘> boxes . 25c*
2 P & G SOAP
2 Super-Suds
ALL FOR
Cans
MILK
10c
3 pkgs. Pancake Flour 25c
Dressed Mullets, lb. 13 l-2e
Corned Hams, lb.25c
Sweet Potatoes, lb.2e
Corned Shoulders, lb. 20c
Country Sausage, lb. .. I8e
FRANKS, lb.17c
BOLOGNA, lb.17c
ORANGES.3 for 5c
White Potatoes, lb. . 3 l-2c
Full Line Fresh Meats ^Beef
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES
Pursuant to instructions issued by the Commissioners of the Town of
Roper, N. C., the following property will he sold at the post office door in
Roper, N. C., at 12 o’clock noon, on Monday, November 30, 1936. for 1935
taxes due and unpaid, unless said taxes, together with cost and penalty,
are paid on or before that time. Fifty cents will be added to defray the
cost of advertising each name.
This the 30th day of October, 1936
n6 4t
L. C. SNELL. Tax Collector
White
L L. Allen, 2 lots, Main Street
Phalis Barnes, 1 lot Bank, 1 lot Woodard St.
Millie S. Boney, 87 1-2 a Spruill tract
A. J. Cahoon, 1 lot Bank St
J. Clayton, Est., 1 lot Main St
Roscoe H. Downing, 1 lot Main St
Edw. Duntstan, 1 Bank & Sta. St
Mrs. J. R. Kessinger, 1 lot Boush St
T. E. Knowles, 1 lot Main St
Mrs. Jennie Leary, 21 1-2 a Roper land, 1 Boush,
1 Bank
Mrs. J. F. Leary, 1 1-2 a Roper land
Mrs. John L. R. Leary, 1 lot Main St
W. W. Mizelle. 2 lots Mill site
Mrs. Deldie Norman, Main St property
E. L Owens, 2 lots RR Ave
H. T. Sexton, 1 lot Plume St
Mrs. J. E. Sexton, Main St property
B. B. Spencer
W. B. Swain, Main St store, etc
W. R. Swain, 12 1-2 a Plume St
H. W. Tarkenton, 1 lot Boush St
John D. Biggs, Blount Bldg, Main St
J. O Highsmith, 2 lots Main St. 1 store
Colored
Robert Allen, 1 West Roper
Clyde Anthony, 1 West Roper
James Anthony, 1 Levy Wodley, 1 Boush
Percy Anthony. Boush St lot
Guy Arnold. 2 Boush St
Henry Arnold, 2 West Roper
W. H. Arnold Est., 1 West Roper
Alice Basnight, 1 Boush St
George C. Basnight, 1 Newby Street
J. E. Bostfin, 1 Boush St .
H. C. Boyd, 1 W Roper
Henry Brown Heirs. 1 Sugar Hill
Ella Bourgess. 1 W Roper
Grant Chesson, W Roper
Farmer Clarke, 2 Bank St
Freeman Clarke, 3 Boush and Bank
M. T. Clarke, 1 Bank St
Lucinda Cooper, 1 Hall Place
Charlie Davenport, 1 Boush St
George Davenport Est., 1 Newby St
Melvin Dickerson, 1 Boush Street
Clarence Downing, 1 Bank St
David Downing Est., 1 Boush St
Eliza Staton Downing, 1 W Roper
Johnston Downing Heirs
Ben Frankly;) . .
D. L. Freeman, 2 Boush, 1 Walker
J. W. Freeman, 1 Boush
Buck Gaylord, 1 Boush
B. L. Gaylord, 1 Newby, 4 1-2 a Hardy Gaylord
C. F. Gaylord, 4 1-2 Hardy Gaylord tract
C. J Gaylord, 4 1-2 a Hardy Gaylord tract
Hardy Gaylord, 4 1-2 a Hardy Gaylord tract
James Gaylord, 4 1-2 a Hardy Gaylord tract
Milton Gaylord Est.. 5 1-2 a Hardy Gaylord tract
George Godley Est., 2 Market St
Garfield Grimes, 2 Sugar Hill
Guilford Haggans, 1 Boush .
Louis Haggans, 2 W Roper
E. S. Hassell, 1 W Roper
George H Hassell, 1 W Roper
Nanny Hauks Heirs, 2 lots
John Hill, 1 lot .
William Holly Heirs, 1 Sugar Hill
James Hornablue, 1 RR Ave ' .
Van Howell, 2 W Roper
J. T. Hughes Est., 1 Boush St .
Louisa Hyman, 1 W Roper
Maggie Jenkins, 1 W Roper
Clyde Jones, 2 W Roper
George King, 2 Boush St
L. D. Lindsey, 1 Boush St
Sarah Lindsey, 1 Boush St
Luke Mann, 1 Boush St...
Amount Penalty
$10.63 $ .43
10.17 .41
54.34 2.17
6.30 .25
7.65 .31
7.20 29
.90 .04
1.22 .05
7.76 .31
30.10 1.20
3.20 .13
2.70 .11
35.56 1.43
16.14 .65
5.18 .21
5.18 .21
19.10 .76
10.24 .41
44.06 1.76
13.01 .52
13.57 .54
22.50 90
55.59 2.22
3.15 .13
1.13 .05
2.70 .11
7.18 .29
3.70 .15
5.65 .23
3.65 .15
.45 .02
4.50 .18
5.95 .24
4.04 .16
.90 .04
2.61 .10
3.60 .14
5.67 .23
9.46 .38
4.95 .20
4.05 .16
3.08 .12
3.60 .14
7.89 .32
5.86 .24
.90 .04
.90 .04
.59 .02
1.80 .07
19.04 .76
7.45 .30
2.23 .09
3.60 .14
8.10 .32
3.60 .14
3.60 .14
7.61 .30
9.61 .38
.68 .02
10.35 .42
4.95 .20
6.75 .27
4.95 .20
8.15 .33
6.30 .25
2.70 .11
.36 .01
2.24 .09
6.47 .26
1.80 .07
3.83 .15
.45 .02
4.18 .17
4.38 .18
2.25 .09
2.34 .09
6.36 .25
Total
$11.08
10.58
56.51
6.55
7.96
7.49
.94
1.27
8.07
31.30
3.33
2.81
36.99
16.79
5.39
5.39
19.86
10.65
45.82
13.53
14.11
23.40
57.81
3.28
1.18
2.81
7.47
3.85
5.83
3.80
.47
4.68
6.19
4.20
.94
2.71
3.74
5.90
9.84
5.15
4.21
3.20
3.74
8.21
6 10
.94
.94
.61
1.87
19.80
7.75
2.32
3.74
8.42
3.74
3.74
7.81
9.99
.70
10.77
5.15
7.02
5.15
8.48
6.55
2.81
.37
2.33
6.73
1.87
3.98
.47
4.35
4.56
2.34
2.43
6.61
Andrew Mayo, 1 W Roper
Blanche Mayo, 1 White Oak
Noah Miller, 1 W Roper
Sade Moore, 1 W Roper
Raymond McNair, 2 lots
Walter Norman, 1 Sugar Hill
Sonnie G. Norman, 1 W Roper
Ben Owens, 1 Newby St
Andrew Patrick Est., 3 lots
Spencer Reeves, 1 Park Ave
Button Riddick, 1 Boush St
William Riddick Heirs, 1 RR Ave
Howard Roberts, 2 Newby, 1 Bank
Macy Satchell, 3 W Roper
J H Satterthwaite, 1 Boush St
Clara Seward, 1 Rich Negro Rd
William Skinner Heirs, 25 acres W Roper
Jack Smith, 1 Boush St
Pattie Spruill, 1 Market St.
Luke Stallings, 1 Sugar Hill
Ferebee Staton. 2 W Roper
Jacob Staton Est., 1 W Roper
Lou Sykes. 1 W Roper
Reginald Woodley, Boush St
6.30 . 25 6.55
1.22 .05 1.27
3.60 .14 3.74
5.81 .24 6.15
4.12 .16 4.28
2.48 .10 2.58
2.93 .09 3.02
5.09 .20 5.29
6.98 .28 7.26
1.80 .07 1.97
1.35 .05 1.40
3.15 .13 3.28
4.73 .19 4.92
2.03 .08 2.11
5.74 .23 5.97
4.73 19 4.92
11.48 .46 11.94
7.65 .30 7.95
.68 .03 .71
3.38 .14 3.52
1.62 .06 1.68
2.03 .08 2.11
1.69 .07 1.76
3.25 .133.38
Some of It May Be
Your MONEY
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ot our depositors’ funds. Sound banking prac
tice requires us to have every assurance of repay
ment.
A conservative credit policy is a protection
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is well managed and a good one with which to
do business when you, in turn, need credit as a
borrower.
This bank is always willing to make sound
and constructive loans for the benefit of its cus
tomers and the community.
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Company
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