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Tuesday, January 28, 1936
Social Security Must Come
So race of men nor any nation has every succeeded
that failed to provide some type of social security.
The first type of security practiced was the build
ing of great walls around the cities and countries of
governments to protect the rich and the poor from
destruction by invaders, it being the common habit
in those times for one nation, city or race to take the
property and life of others at will. A great cost
was necessary to protect a city and even a country
with a wall from 20 to 40 feet on an average and as
high as 60 feet in places and from ten to twenty feet
thick. These protective walls are now seen in Da
mascus, the world's oldest city, and in Jerusalem,
where they were built centuries before the Christian
era as were the walls around Babylon and China.
The invention of gun powder made the walls
worthless in protecting and affording the people se
curity, and other methods had to be adapted. Con
ditions drifted from one thing to another. Civiliza
tion began to spread and [>eople and nations grew
more peaceful New countries were discovered, new
homes were found and men did not attempt to serae
the possessions of others. Civilization brought to
man a sympathy for the old and disabled, and alms
houses were built in all communities where enlight
enment prevailed.
Then came a new thought, one that gave rise to
old-age. poverty and sick-benefit insurance, giving
some social security. The system was soon found to
be an extortion in cost for benefits offered.
The most forward-looking countries of the world
have, within the past few years, [Kissed social security
laws guaranteeing benefits to the disabled and the
unemployed, which is most cases are created by em
ployee and employer jointly and turned over to the
government for payment under provisions of certain
laws.
Our Congress has passed an act to apply to the
people of our country, and the measure is meeting
with much resistance and severe criticism especially
from the employing public ami the insurance com
panies in many cases They seem to be determined
to turn public opinion against the act. The employer
claims it will cost him too much, and, of course, the
insurance companies know it will skim much of the
cream from their milk. Surely there may be some
minor objections to the proposed security plan, but
they are not as many and as bad as some would have
the public believe. .As a matter of fact, however, tb
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employer is well able to take care of himself in ]
shuffle, and the insurance people have never given
as many benefits in the industrial field as the govern
ment will pay, nor is the industrial insurance company
half so sure with its risks as the government is.
The main point advanced by the opposition is tax
ation. We would like to see a people who are will
ing to pay taxes for human advancement, but there
are many who would doubtless stand by and see a
friend or neighbor hunger and die for food rather
than pay a few paltry dollars in taxes to furnish them
the means of an existence, including a few joys and
privileges of life.
N'o people can advance in the line of social, moral
or spiritual welfare when tax dodgers or tax haters
?re in command. Our government has for a time re
tained 2 1-2 percent of its employee's wages each
month and placed the amount in an old-age or dis
abled- pension fund. And it has proved a great
blessing to many in their old age and periods of ill
health.
&
America's greatest danger is in the propaganda of
?elfish interests who want to rob the people of their
income, and then let them die in poverty without
even one hope to brighten their last days on earth.
It will be a great day when strong men hush their
?elfish murmuring when they are called upon to help
the weak. What we need is a generation of states
men who are able and willing to find more opportuni
ties to nuke the world better and have a willingness
to support such acts even at the cost of taxes.
Too Much Human Slaughter
Three persons killed every day is too much of a
human slaughter by automobiles in one relatively
state. A few people, it it true, will be killed
with the best of care, but when it comet to
killing 1,095 people in North Carolina each year, it
it cartain that a large majority of these deaths oc
curred through gross carelessness ol one kind or aa
kill
thr drinking driver perhaps kdb
than any other single class. The prevailing ?irj
stna to be that a driver has to be reeling dnmk he
fare he B dangerous As a matter oft fact, thr driver
with oar or two drinks is even more dangerous, he
cause he is not suspected.
The driver urith two drinks requires three times
as hmg to visualise approaching danger- in emergen
ties and to transmit this realization to the control of
his running machinery as it takes a man without li
quor in him The driver who causes an accident
and then comes into court and boasts that he was
not drunk because he had taken only two or three
drinks should receive the same punishment as the cmr
who wallows and spews into the gutter.
Too many times that son or daughter who is
brought home a broken and mangled corpse ?fc
killed by some -me who was only partially intozkaled:
and then the tendency is to soft-pedal the whole af
tair by saying he was not drunk.
Then we find too many saying that a culpable
driver was not speeding. They seem to think a
driver is not speeding so long as the wheels touch
the ground Sometimes young people pile up in cars
in gangs, -mothering the driver so that he cannot
handle the car properly, with the result that it goes
into a tree, bridge, or swamp. And then some peo
ple, especially young girls and boys, too frequently
urge some boy who is driving his father's unpaid for
car. to "step on it and see what she will do. Lots !
oi death- and many wrecked cars come from this
urge from the frivolous. And then, of course, some [
trouble- from drivers who haven't sense enough to
drive a car nor to do anything el-*.
We must do something, and we must do our best
to stop so much human slaughter. We should, all of
one accord, do our several parts. The man walking
along the highway must use more care, as well as j
the man who drives. N'o driver should be allowed to
drive who does not know the traffic laws. No person
should attempt to drive an automobile if he has tak
en as much as one big drink of liquor without three
hours. No man should drive when sleepy. Every
person should report every act of carelessness seen m
any driver. We all need to back the courts and offi
cers in their efforts to enforce the law. The sooner j
all people recognize the necessity of observing greater
care in the handling of automobiles and firmly re
solve to observe common-sense rules of safety, the
fewer deaths and injuries from automobiles there
will be.
Only Two Courses Open
There are so many interests in America that an
agreement is next to impossible on anything regard
less of how good the plan advanced may be.
The people want a neutrality law that will keep
them out of war, and the young men who have to
do the actual fighting are very anxious for the plan.
The big (iroducers of war materials are against it be
cause they think it will restrict their profitable tradr
Now what shall we do? Save our people from the
slaughter of war and our country from honknggiy.
or shall we say that the profits of millionaires an
more sacred and le: the munitions kings bring us into
another war?
If we continue to swallow the thought manufac
tured for us by the wealth of this nation, it will not
be lone before our claim to a free and imlejiendrni
government will be gone.
It May Be in the Constitution
lltrltord" County II<raid
We are not even close to being an aulhunty ?m
law. constitutional or otherwise, but we think that
we can discern injustice when it looms as large before
our ryes as does the latest order coming from (be
I'nited States Supreme Court, which decrees that all
of the 5200.000,000 odd collected by processors of
farm products out of the consumers of the nation it
the form of processing taxes under the AAA, which
thr Supreme Court declared invalid, shall he forth
with turned over to the processors. This huge sum
of money was collected out ol the consumrr of this
nation?you, the laborer in the mill, thr tenant on
the farm, the clerk in the store, and the jobless who
Lought food with thr doles handed out by thr Federal
relief -and not one cent of it came out of the treas
ures or profits of thr manufacturers who fowght and
killed the AAA with their lawsuits before the Supreme
Court Yet under thr court's latest decree, these
manufactures and processors are to receive this as
tounding extra profit which has been taken horn the
pockets of the consumers of this country, a triple in
justice again-} farmers, consumers, and the treasury
of the I'nited States which at last must make up the
loss.
Such may be the law of the constitution, bnt it is
tar short of justice and right, if anything we hare
bern taught about this is true And if such is am
constitution, it is sadly in need of revision and cor
rection.
Beating the Depression
Cuter County Index
Necessity, it is wisely said, is the mother of in
vention. So it was with a young lady of Hickory.
N. C. who some few months ago. when
funds would not permit occasional visits to thr I
ty parlor to have her hair curled. The sataatioa
no doubt serious. The curls in her hair
uncurling Truly, the girl was in what is <
known as a dilemma. Then she am
emery. One day she noticed one of her cows I
thr hair of another?and the cow's hair carted I
tifully. Having made this observation the mid i
lady peuceeded further. She sprinkled salt ?
head The cow liked it and began beting,
the ynmg lady's buses began to curt I
What a discovery! Suggest it to j
next time At aamtinnr a,visit to the
SALE: CON
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ville jan-M-il
Hav
ot the estate at D. D. Stalls, i
late at Martin County. North Caro
lina. this b to notify all persons hav
the estate of said
to exhibit them to the un
at her home m William -
. North Carolina, on or before
the 14th day of January. 1937. or
this notice will be pleaded in bar ot
their recovery All persons indebt
ed to said estate will pine make
?MMdiate payment
This the 14th day of January. 1996
Mrs SUDIE STALLS.
Administratrix ot D. D. Stalls
Hidh G. Hot Ion. attorney j!4 6tw
NOTICE or SALE OT KEAL
By virtue of the authority of the
Superior Court for Martin County,
the undersigned will on the 22nd
day of February. 1996. at 12 o'clock
noon, on the premises described, ex
pose to sale the following described
property:
Being one house and lot in the
team of Hamilton. N. C. formerly
owned and occupied by Jerry Ben-,
nett and wife. Lucy Bennett
JOS W. BAILEY. I
|ar.-21 41 m Commissioner.
SALE OF VALl'ABLE FARM
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a deed
of trust executed by William James
end aife. Lillian James, on the 1st
day of December. 1922. and recorded
in book K-2. page 498. we will, on
Saturday, the 15th day of February.
1936. 12 o'clock noon, at the court
house door in Martin County. Wil
Lamston. N. C. sell at public auc
tion for cash to the highest bidder,
the following land, to wit:
A tract or parcel of land lying and
being in Robersonville Township.
Martin County. Hi ale of N C. and
being lot No. S allotted to Lillian
James in the divisihn of the lands
.1 her father. R T. Thylor. and fur
ther described as follows: Begin
ning at the comer of lot No. 4 in the
center uf the canal in Ross Swamp
and running along the line of kit
So 4 S 34. 15 W 31 80 chs to the
center of the toad, thence along the
center of the said road N. 74. 45 W
9 40 chs to a stake, corner of lot
So A thence along the line of lot
No A N. 34 15 E. to the center of
the said canal, thence down the cen
tor at the said canal its various
courses, approximately 9 chs. to the
beginning, containing 30 acres, more
or less The adjoining land-owners
arc C D Taylor and Leyta G. Tay
lor. the canal referred to on the S [
and Andre* s land on the N.
This land is sold subject to all un
Thts sale is made by reason of the:
failure of William James and wife. [
i .iiisn James, to pay off and dis
charge the indebtedness secured by |
said Deed <
of Trust.
A deposit of 10 per cent will bel
required from the purchaser at the|
sale
This the 3rd dav of January. 1936
INTERSTATE
TRUSTEE CORPORATION.
j21 4tw Substituted Trustee
Durham. N. C.
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the power
contained in that certain deed of
trust executed to the undersigned
l.-uslee by J S Ayers and wife. Lucy
Ayers. on the 19th day of March
!92A and recorded in book S 2. a! j
page 125. we wilL on Monday, the!
3rd day of February. 1936. 12 o'
clock noon, at the courthouse door]
1.-1 Martin County. Williamston. N
C. sell at public auction for cash;
to the highest bidder the following]
land, to wit:
A certain bouse and lot situated on
the east side of Front Street in the
town of Hamilton. N. C. adjoining
the lands of F. L Haislip and S. D
Matthews and more fully described
by lefeieme to Martin County rec
ords. book X-2. page 34.
A certain store and lot situated on
the west sade of Front Street in the
town of Hamilton. N. C.. adjoining
the lands of the W W. Purvis Heirs.
Hatshp and Davenport and J. B
Williams Est. and more fully de
scribed by reference to Martin Coun
ty records, book X-2. at page 34.
This the 2nd day of January. 1936 |
T. B SLADE. Jr..
j7 4tw Trustee.
SALE or VALUABLE FABM
Under and by virtue ot the au
thority conferred upon us in a Deed
of Trust executed by Joseph H. Mi
Telle and .wife. Connie Muelle. on
the 15th day of December. 1926. and
lecorded in Book X-2. Pages 387
368. we will on Saturday, the 1st day
at February. 1936. 12 o'clock noon,
at the courthouse door in Martin
Inow readyiI
FARMERS SUPPLY
COMPANY
K. t
County. WilUemston. N. C. sell at
P'Siir auction foe rnh to tha tufh
est bidder the following land, to
Adjoining the lands of Joe Moye
on the N , the lands of Henry Wynn
on the E; the lands of Buck Clark
and W . E Little on the S.; and the
lands at J. L Roebuck ao the S.;
and more particularly described as
follows Beginning in a path on the
Public Rd. corner of the lands of
Buck Clark and W R Little; thence
mith said rd. N. 42 1-4* E 39 1-5
pules and N . 38 1-2* E 47 3-5 poles;
thence S. 45 1-4* E 34 pules thence]
K. 55* E 71 1-5 poles;
W 101 3-5 poles; thence N. 70* W
110 4-5 poles to Horsepen Branch;
thence with Horsepen Branch & 4*
W 58 poles to Bates Branch; thence
with Bates Branch S. 3* E 82 poles;
thence S 67* E 49 1-5 poles; thence
S 39* E 28 28-100 poles to the be
ginning. containing 118 1-2 acres,
more or less, and being the same
land conveyed to Joseph H. Micelle
by J. A Micelle. Trustee, by deed
dated Dec. 30. 1922. and recorded in
Martin County Public Registry in
Book K-2. Page 582.
This land is sold subject to all
unpaid taxes.
This sale is made by reason of
the failure of Joseph H. Micelle and
wife. Connie Micelle, to pay off and
discharge the indebtedness secured
by said Deed of Trust
A deposit of 10 percent will be
required from the purchaser at the
sale.
This 10th day of December. 1935.
INTERSTATE TRUSTEE CORP..
jan-7 4t Substituted Trustee.
Durham. N. C.
NOTICE
North Carolina.
Martin County.
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed to the undersigned
trustee on the 22nd day of July, 1929.
by J G Godard and wife. Carrie G.
Godard. and of record in the pub
lic registry of Martin County, in
book C-3. at page 42. said deed of
trust having been given for the pur
pose of securing a certain note of
even date and tenor therewith, de
fault having been made in the pay.
n-rnl of the sard note, and the stipu
lations contained in said deed of
trust not having been complied with,
r.nd at the request of the holder of
he sard note, the undersigned trus
tee wilL on Thursday, the 20th day
of February. 1936. at twelve o'clock
nucn. in front of the courthouse door
in the town of Williamston. offer for
sale, to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described real estate,
to wit:
Being the store and lot in the town
of Williamston. N. C. bounded on
the north by Main Street, on the east
by the store of Mrs. Gordy. on the
south by S. R Biggs' heirs, and on
the west by the store of S. R Biggs
Drug Company, and being the store
new used as a restaurant.
This the 20th dav of January. 1938
ELBERT S. PEEL.
j21 4tw Trustee.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
' Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon us in a deed
of trust executed by L. A Clark and
wife. Essie Clark, on the 19th day
of November. 1924. and recorded in
book T-2. page 269. we will, on Sat
urday. the 15th day of February.
1636. 12 o'clock noon, at the court
house door in Martin County. Wil
liamston. N. C.. sell at public auc
tion. for cash, to the highest bidder
the following land, to wit:
All that eerlain tract or parcel of I
land lying and being in Poplar Point
Martin County, and State
ToenMMR L .
of North Carolina, mntaining 119
E*.
by Everett Branch, on the E.
by lands oi Jim BarnhilL on the S.
by the Wild Cat Rd, and the lands
of Jim Barnhill and on the W. by the
lands of J L Wynn, and more par
ticularly descrfced as follows, to wit:
Beginning at a stake in Everett
Branch, the corner of J. L. Wynn
and the land herein conveyed,
thence S 4 1-2 W. 123 poles, S 20
3-4 W. 6 poles, S. 43 1-2 W. 109j "
S. 33 1-2 E. 33 poles. N 46 E 206
133 poles.
poles. N. 12 E 133 poles, thence N.
44 W 6 poles. S. 72 W.70 poles. S.
SS W. SO poles to the beginning.
This land is sold subject to all un
paid taxes
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of L. A Clark and wife. Es
sie Clark, to pay off and discharge
the indebtedness secured by said
Deed of Trust
A deposit of 10 per cent will be
required from the purchaser at the
sale.
This the 3rd day of January, 1936.
INTERSTATE
TRUSTEE CORPORATION.
j21 4tw Substituted Trustee.
Durham. N. C.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the au
thority conferred upon me in a deed
of trust executed by J. W. Crisp and
wife. Ida Crisp, on the 24th day of
October, 1929. and recorded in book
B-3, page 291, I will, on Saturday,
the 1st day of February, 1936, 12 o'
clock noon, at the courthouse door
in Martin County. WUliamstoa. N. C.
highest bidder, the following lend,
sell at public auction for cash to the
to wit:
All those certain tracts of land ly
ing and situate and being in the
County of Martin and State of N. C,
Hamilton Township, near the town
of Hamilton, described as btiff
tract No. I, containing MJT acres,
more or less, and tract No. 10, con
taining 31.00 acres, more or less,
making a total of (1JT acres, more
or less, and being a part of what is
known as the B. B. Sherrod Farm,
as surveyed and platted by C. H.
Rtvelle, surveyojt in October, 1930,
and recorded in Martin County, Reg
ister of Deed's office in book L. D. 3,
page 164.
This land is sold subject to all
unpaid taxes.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of J. W. Crisp and wife, Ida
Crisp, to pay off and discharge the
indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust
A deposit of 10 per cent will be
required from the purchaser at the
sale.
This the 16th day of December,
1935.
J. S. PATTERSON.
jV 4tw Trustee.
Durham, N. C.
666
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NOTICE TO
TAXPAYERS
Save the Penalty
By Paying Your Taxes Now
A |)enalty of 1 per cent
will begin February 1st,
1936.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
Martin County
We Take Pleasure in Announcing the Appointment of
MR. BOB INGRAM
AND
MR. BOB EVERETT
AS OUR WILLIAMSTON AGENTS FOR
DependableF ertilizers
Plant Bed Goods
NOW ON HAND
We Also Hare a Full Stock ot
MASCOT LIME - LIBERTY UME - MEAL
AND HULLS
A full stock of the above items will be available at the Farm
ers Warehouse, Williamston, N. G, at all times.
Eastern Fertilizer Corp.
J. V. CHAMPION, President NORFOLK, VIRGINIA