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Friday, December 14, 1934
We Must Work Together
The days of individual independence are gone.
There was a day -when any American had a perfect
right to sleep on either side of the log he chose, or to
pitch his tent on either bank of the creek that best
suited him. These things he can no longer do be
cause someone else is there now, which forces us to
cooperate with each other that each other may enjoy
the protection oT the same log and to drink from the
same stream. Instead of the individual o|xrrating ac
cording to his own dictates in jtfie futur- he will have
to join the group. When we all use the same roads,
the same schools and are under the same laws, we will
find it more and more oseTHiat to cooperate for the
public good rather than to let each individuall follow
the dictates of his own whims and follies that are too
often guided by his ignorance
We have too long fought our friends through indi
vidual cut-throat competition. This is esjtecially true
of the farmer, most merchants and many factories
and banks and. in fact, practically every business and
industry in the land, and by this type ot competition
nearly every business and industry has either gone
bankrupt or suffered greatly. This cramjx'd condi
tion has enabled a few farseeing and mostly .unscrupu
losu fellows to unite, their forces, of cooperation artel
plunder most of the valuable business of the country.
They now dominate most of the banks, except the jjt_
tle money changing ones scattered about the country.
They dominate nearly all the profitable mercantile,
manufacturing and other profitable business in
America. They have done this by cooperating among
themselves, and at the same time fostering individual
ism among the masses. Now that the masses have
paid the price of their folly they find the only road
to their financial redemption is through cooperation.
The owners of the great wealth of the country who
have gained their wealth by coojrerative trust forma
tions which had the power to take too much profit to
themselves from the unorganized producers and work
ers with wlioni theytraded.
The farmer has hail to sell far below cost, the la
borer has worked for a wage far too small to insure
him a meagre living because he has had to deal in
dividually with a man who was trading under a well
?organized system. Now the Organized system which
has made itself rirh and powerful in pi.liti.i inH hnsi
ness is trying to falsely feed the man he outtraded and
took advantage of for so long the idea of individual
independence, a thing he has robbed and stolen from
him for generations.
If the farmer is wise, if the laborer is wise and if
- any other fellow whose business ha? suffered at the
hands of organized wealth is wise they will stick to the
NRA and vote for the cooperative measures advanced
by the government.
The day for the individual to go out to fightl the
battles of life alone offers little hope for a reasonable
existence. Cooperate and keep out of the ditdi, or
refuse to cooperate and fall into the ditch with no one
able to pull you out.
Hoover's Explanation
former President Herbert Hoover can't charge any
of the faults of his government on the United States
Senate, for the same force that ruled the Senate un
der President Coolidge mapped out and ruled Mr
Hoover during bis administration The jxiwrrs that
reigned set Mr. Hoover to singing prosperity was just
around the corner, and it was for Mr. Hoover's friends
who pillaged and slaughtered it. That was why the
people kicked Hoover aside when it got a chance to
keep his gang from choking prosperity that it might
have a chance to come out and be with and bless the
people.
Certainly Mr. Hoover is right in charging the Unit
ed States Senate with the crime of turning down the
Geneva Arms agreement. Nobody lienies the cor
ruption of the United States Senate during the ad
ministration of Mr. Harding, Mr. Coolidge and Mr.
Hoover, The most cruel cricufixion of human
rights and justice since the resurrection of Christ was
committed by the Senate of the United States under
the leadership of Henry Cabot Lodge in the defeat
of the Coveneant of the League of Nations. Mr
Lodge and the Senate were backed by the great wealth
of our own country, the rich wanting war and hatred
to prevail in order that they might make money re
gardless of who bled and died.
Where Mr. Hoover made his mistake was in lining
up with such a gang. And now ft -is too late for ten
to redeem himself in the respect of the American peo
ple. If he did not actually help play the game, be
held the clothes while the Moceans, MeUons, the
Millses and their cohorts pillaged the people of the
entire country.
So, Mr Hoover, your books can't bring you back.
You have passed redemption. You had your day.
Y'uu listened to the gods of war and failed to promote
peace
Scaring Up a War
The munitions people are having a pretty hard
time trying to make the people mad enough to fight.
They quarrel a bit. and then figure a little, and then
Germany. France, Italy, England and some two dozen
other countries stop and read for themselves and find
they are being tawed to death to pay for a foolish war
not so long past Going a bit farther they find that
the methods of killing are going to be more brutal and
horrible in the next war than they were in the past
with nobody getting any profit except the fellows who
want war and want it for no purpose except the profit
they get out of it. Then they cool down and exclaim,
oh! we have too much sense to go to war and get kill
ed and crippled just to satisfy greed. Soon another
war lie is passed iipiind and thry get hrrf ngniii aiel
war is talked some more.
Men and nations need to keep cool and settle their
differences in peace.
Traffic Law Violations
ToownuCh may have already been said about our
traffic taws: You see it is such a tme ?|>oft to run
fast, hog the road and see if your new car will attain
the sjieed, make the hill or round the curve that it
makes little difference if we do kill and cripple our-_
selves and others.
The good times we have overbalance all the death
and destruction, and beside we forget about who iS
killed or crippled, for all damage to life, l>ody or
property is purely accidental in court, and no man
or woman should Ire punished lot merely running
over and killing or crippling people^ with their nice
new cars. In other words, let other people keep out
of the way and let other drivers stay off the road.
Well, after all, the law nor the gospel seem (o have
any effect whatever in making many drivers handle
their cars with care.
Inconsistency
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hat not o|
Elkin Tribune.
What form of taxation is there that if, not opposed
from some quartert And such opposition is invari
ably based on selfishness Taxes are o. k. as long as
tfiey air collected from the other fellow, and that is
why organized groups mostly have their way in shift
ing to the shoulder* of those who are unorganized.
At the meeting of the North Carolina Cotton Man
ufacturers' Association in I'inehurst recently, this or
ganization reiterated its opposition to the cotton
processing tax and passed a resolution asking its re
moval and suggesting thai all rental and jxirity pay
ments for cotton Ire made from the United States
Treasury.
At the same time Herman Cone, chairman of the
committee on taxation urged that the mill owners do
everything in their power to help the proponents of
the state's general sales tax.
The principle oi these two methods of taxation are
essentially the same, even the methods of collection
are similar. The processing tax is invoked to provide
money with which to reimburse the farmer for his re
j moved acreage to decrease the surplus and thus in
crease the price. In a sense it is class legislation and
"the final source of this revenue is the working man
and the bp-mer yho boys cotton goods lo hirla hie
nakedness or to keep hint warm. The manufacturer
is asked to collect the tax, by passing it on to the
consumer.
The sales tax was enacted for the avowed purpose
of saving the schools, a most commendable objective
In I"* snr.,?(iovarnor Khringhjus would have us be
beve that it saved everything else under the sun, in
cluding the credit of the state. But the main claim
is that it saved the schools, and on this basis they will
seek to retain it. Under that analysis, the sales tax
is class legislation, and it too comes from the pockets
of those who must buy to keep alive and warm. The
mrechants are asked to collect the tax by [>assing it
on to the consumer.
In the last analysis it depends upon whose ox is
gored. The cotton manufacturers last week |woposed
to keep the sales tax harnessed on the merchants, but
they want the processing tax skidded out of their way.
By the same process of reasoning it is now up to the
merchants to declare in favor of the abolishment of
| the sales tax and to request that the processing tax
be laft as is.
, The legislature is only a few weeks off, and already
spokesmen for the administration at Raleigh are
sending out their pieces to declare that retention of
the sales levy is inevitable, and there is prospect that
the legislators will be imbued with the idea, even be
i lore they go to Raleigh, that this levy, enacted purely
i as an emergency measure, will permanently be faaten
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ed on those who are least able to stagger along under
the load.
After Thanks Action
A rws ami Observer.
On Thursday the tobacco grower* of North Caro
lina had more reason than in years before to give
thanks for blessings past Now in (hough(fulness
they wish to build a future for which they may be
grateful on another Thanksgiving Day. The best
way to assure such a future will be an immediate new
sign-up of growers in the acreage curtailment plan.
The AAA will serve future thankfulness if it will order
a new sign-up now. Every day of delay menaces the
future.
Xorth Cbrolna. Martin County
K A Bailer Mamie Bailar
hill. Maryori. BarnhUl. Mac Ballc
Barnhtll Kobcraon, W. H Robyr
?on, Virginia Barnhill Roger*. Alton!
Roger*. 8. Gertrude Barnhill. Eve
lyn Barnhill Robereon, S. L. Rob
erta*. J. Elliott Barnhill and E. O.
Anderaon. Receiver of the firm of,
Barnhill Broa.
J. T BarnhUl, H. L BarnhUl. Traa
tec, H. L. Barnhill, Individually.
Curacy P. Hood Comraiaaioner of
Banks for the Slate of North Caro
lina. Branch Banking A Trust Com
pany. for and on behalf of the
Farmers A Merchants Bank, A. P
Barnhill and Garland Barnhill.
Pursuant to an order of Sadie \N
Peel, clerk of the superior court of I
Martin County, made in the above
entitled proceedings on Monday, the!
26th day of November, 1934. the un
dersigned commissioner appointed by d
fee conn will, on Wednesday, the 2nd
lay of January. UM3. at 12 o'clock nu
in 11 or.t ?i the property beranafter
Tow
described in the Town of Everett*, of
er for talc to the highest bidder, for
:ash, the foQowihc described real es
tate. to wit:
Lying and being in the town of Ev
rretts, N. C., in ihe northeast corner
yf the intersection of X. C. Highway
Siu. 90 and Main Street, bounded on
he north by the land* of the Planter*
k Merchants Bank, on the east by the
and* of E. A Clark. Estate, on the
iouth by NT. C. H%hway No. 90, and
>n the west by Main Street, the same
jenig four stores in said town of Ev
?rctts, N. C.
Said property being three brick
? tores in the town ot Everett*. N. C.,
ind said stores will be sold either a?
a whole or individually as to the un
dersigned may seem proper.
This the 1st day of December, 1934
HUGH G HORTON.
4 4tw Commisioner.
NOTICE OP SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES?TOWN OF OAK CITY
Pursuant to an order of the Board of Commissioners "f the Town oi
Oak City. I have levied upon and will sell the following laud a.id property lo
cated in the town of Oak City for taxes due aid town and the -ante being un
paid for the year 1932. Sale will he made in front of the post office in the
Town of Oak City on Monday, the 7th day of January, 1933, at 12 m., unless
said taxes and cost are paid prior to that time .
This 5th day'of December, 1934.
J A. RAW LS,
Town Tax Collector.
White
Tax and Cost
Atlantic Land ami ImproveniejglCompany, town lots $ 4.11
Bank of Oak City, J. A. Powell land
A! -s. J. L. Ballard, town lot
l J T. Daniel, guardian, house and lot .
| Mrs. Cassie M. Davenport, vacant lot
. H. J. Etheridge, "house and lot
I C. L. Ether id kc, vacant lot
I Everett and Daniel, vacant lot
i Mrs. W. R. Everett Est., house and lots
Mrs. Alice Harrell, house and lots
H. K. Harrell Estate, store and houses and lots.
Mrs. S. A. Harrell, residence and farm ?
S. K. Hines, house and lot
W. j. Johnson Estate,^-6 Thferesf, Ifouse and lot
D. (J. Matthews, house and lot
A. L. Moye, shop and lot
B. K. Moye, house and lot and farm
j N. C. Joint Stock Land Bank, farm
L. J. Davenport, house and lot
I Slade, Rhodes and Co., house and lots
i Mrs. Mc. G. Taylor, vacant lot
A. J. Waters Estate, vacant lot
Mrs. R. W. Warren, house and lot
Mrs J. B. Whitfield, house and lot
Colored
Annie Austin, residence
Walter Barfield, residence
Joe Best Estate, house and lot
Jesse Bryant, residence
Mack Bryant Estate, house and lot
John Brown, house and lot
Bertha Brown and (?. Williams, vacant lot
| S. G. Burnett and Bros , vacant Jot
I Molester Dollberry, residence
j James Dolbcrry, bouse and lot
j Charles Gay., vacant lot
N. B. Green, residence
j Meter Harrell, house and lot
! J\ B Harrell, house and lot
j Mc. Harrell, house and lot
14 tint IfMikins. vacant lot ^
TT-WTJSSST
R. C. Jones, vttul lot
Guss Parker, residence ...
Joeephine Pitt, vacant lot
H. P. Parker, residence
Gu Parker, house and lot
Manie Ljmcii, vacant lot
Eliza Ruff, residence ?
H. C. Savage, rrtidence
Raleigh Sherrod, vacant lot - ^
Uate Stat..it, vacant lot
Flossie Ta>h?r. vacant lot
Johhnir Williams, vacant lot ?
J. C. Williams, resident, house and lot and farm
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES?TOWN OF OAK CITY
Pursuant to an order of the Board of Commi&aioners of the Tottii of Oal
I.fly. I have levied upon and will sell the following land and property !ocate<
in tin- town ot Oak City for taxes due paid town and the same being unpait
for the year 1933. Sale will be made in front of the post office in the towi
of Oak City, on klonrfay, the 7th day of January, 1935, at 12 m.t unless 4a it!
taxes and cost is paid prior to that time.
This 5th day of December, 1934.
J. A. RAWLS,
Town Tax Collector.
White
Mrs. J. L. Ballard, house and lot x
W. V. Daniel and Cos ton T
L. J. Davenport, house and lot
lassie M Davenport, vacant lot
C. L. Ktheridge, vacant lot
H J Ktheridge, vacant lot
Everett and Daniel, vacant lot
Mrs. W. R. Everett Est., house and lot
Mrs. S. A. Harrell, residence .
H. H. Harrell Estate, stores and lots -
S. E. Hines, house and lot
T. H. Johnson, Guard., stores, lots, houses
W. }. Johnson Estate, 4-6 interest house and lot
D. G. Matthews, house and lot
A. L. Mop*, shop lot"
N. C. Joint Stock Land Bank, farm land -
Oak City Supply Company, stores and lots ~
I Slade, Rhodes, and Company, house and lot
I A. J. Waters Estate, vacant lots
J Mrs. R. W. Warren, house and lot
Ilrs. J. B. Whitfield, house and lot
i B. M. Wort Icy, residence
I Mrs. Alice Harrell, house and lot - _..
I Colored
Charlie Barfield, residence
Joe Best Estate, house and lot
John Brown, house and lot
Bertha Brown and Gordon Williams, vacant lot
Eliza Bryant, residence ..
Jesse Bryant, residence
Bennie Bryant, house and lot
John C. Bryant, house and lot
Mc. Bryant, house and lot
S. G. Burnett and Brother, house and lot ..
James Dolbcrry, house and lot
Molester Dolbcrry, residence -?a.
Charley Gay, vacant lot
N. B. Green, residence
K. B. Harrell, house and lot
Peter Harrell, vacant lot
Mc Harrell, residence
Caljie Jenkins, vacant lot * * -L .
Columbus Jenkins, vacant lot
R. C. Jones, vacant lot
Q. W. Jones, residence
j H. B. Parker, residence
IGus Parker, residence
Josephine Pitt, vacant lot
Eliza Ruff, residence
| Henry C. Savage, residence
Lonnie Sherrod, vacant lot
Rhoda St a ton, vacant lot
Flossie Taylor, vacant lot
Johnnie Wilson, vacant lot
J. C. Williams, house and lots, farm
SANTA CLAUS
HAS NO WORRY ABOUT CHRISTMAS, FOR HE MAKES IT A POINT TO
HAVE
A Bank Account
You, too, should save in advance for Christmas and know the
pleasure that comes from spending and giving freely during the
happies season of the year. A few dollars each week or each
month deposited with us will grow into a substantial amount by
next Christmas. Make a new resolution to begin saving a little
regularly.that you may not be embarrassed when Old Santa Claus
comes again. . a
Branch Banking and
Trust Company
WILLIAMSTON, N. C.