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See But Little Hope for Counties Recovering Road Money Officials Spending Surplus To Head Off Demand for Refund Burden for Improved Roads Likely To Remain on I Property Owners Evidently laughing up their sleeves after Martin and at least 43 other counties went ahead 15 or 16 years ago and aided the state high way commission start its road im provement program, tome politicians and savers of the state in other counties who held back and drove swift bargains home to gain equally as much for nothing are now ex plaining why the several million dollars will continue as burdens on real property in the 44 counties. The so-termed reasons given by one correspondent do not deny the justness of the claims made by the rmintiss; in short, the correspond ent points out that all the money will be spent before the legislature meets again. Apparently the high way commission will see to it that there will be no money left when the time comes for it to pay honest obligations. Writing after the pattern of the correspondent, some journalist of great discerning power refers to the county claims as a snowball that grows larger day by day. Regard less of the size of die claims and re gardless of the action the highway commission may take in cleaning out its treasury before'the legisla ture meets, those acquainted with the early building of highways in this county know they have just claims to much of what is being asked for. When the roads were built in this county, the state shared its gasoline tax revenue. This revenue was tak en away, and the burden was dumped on real estate, and today Martin property owners are paying close to $1 on each $100 property valuation for roads that are used by motorists from Maine to Mexi co. Certainly these motorists pay to rids the roads, but the highway commission collects and stuffs th? revenue into its pocket. - Martin County gets not a cent. Twenty-five cents was too much for a motorist to pay in crossing ov. er Chowan River when just a few years ago he gladly paid 75 centi or $1 and lost from 1 to 3 hourt crossing the stream on a ferry. The present governor became irritated when he was stopped and hi-jacked out of a few cents when he was traveling to Raleigh for the inaug uration. And then there were thow poor travelers who had to pay a few cents to ranch a watering hole; ao the governor summed up the situa tion and did a great thing?he strong ty favored the removal of tolls on all t'gtdf ? The living 10 to 19 miles from pavement was for gotten, but he is reminded once each year and threatened with the sale at his home to pay taxes that bonds issued to build the Roanoke River bridge and causeway may be paid. just as a rolling snowball hut regardless of size, it must be admit ted that size has nothing to do with what is Just or unjust. No doubt some of the claims are without foundation, for some coun ties circled their territory with high ways. But then there are those counties that lent aid to open the through route, and now they are be ing belittled by somb of the smart boys up Raleigh way. The highway commission might spend its million bridging the oceans and closing the mountain gaps, but those property owners, living miles from a hard-surfaced road and whe pay gas and property taxes wiU still harbor in their minds a grudge against those who would make lit. tie of an honest obligation. Surely there is some means of ef fecting a settlement of the claims. Probably highway construction could be concentrated in the 44 coun ties to offset the claims, but thii method is too removed from poll tics to get anywhere, no doubt. There are records where business men wenl into bankruptcy and mad* money, but if North Carolina finds its necessary to spend its million! .and go bankrupt to avoid the pay ment of its honest debts, then it will be high time for the 44 counties U withdraw their claims. The opinion of the Raleigh boyi is set out in the following recently printed under a Raleigh date line "The chances are exceedinglj slim that any of the 44 or more cour ties seeking a refund from the stati for roads built by the counties anc then donated to the state or taker over by it later, will ever get a pen ny back from the state, accordini to most opinion here. There ar< IS or 19 reasons for this belief, th< first one being that by the time th< recently appointed county road deb commission completes its study an* submits its findings and recommen ualions to the general assembly, n< money will be left in the highwai fund with which to pay these claim even if they are recommended Many observers are confident th< commission will never recommeni the payment of any of these claim: "The second reason for the belie that the claims will never be paid i'even if recommended, is the oppo ? sit ion regarded as sure to devek>| >| in the general assembly from tb r' counties which are not seeking r< counties, or rmther the e counties, to oppose that if it a it would have to come out of highway maintenance and better ment funtt with the bmB that the other counties would have to do without some $*.000,000 worth of road work so that the other ties could be paid that much for old roads ahnady Ttoh, some of which are already worn out 'It was this development which blacked the enactment of the hills introduced m the IMS general as sembly to refund some $$,000,000 to. 44 counties and prevented the bills ever ceiling out of tNb committees on roads. The bill to create the to study the road debt claims was brought out as a substi tute and compromise bill to pre vent these counties from getting mad, or as mad as they would have become if their claims had been turned down cold, especially since there mas enough money in the iilghkay fund in 1933 to pay these claims. "But all of the highway surplus is going to be expended or pledged for expenditure by the time the 193*1 general assembly gets here, so that there will be nothing left from v. hich to pay these claims excepl current revenue, even if they should be approved." September Is Best Time For Planting Hairy Vetcb Hairy vetch may be sown from August IS to December 1. but Sep tember planting usually gives best results The crop will grow on practically all amis in North Caro lina from heavy clays to coarse sands but the soil must be inoculat ed. When used for hay, vetch should be planted with oats, barley, or wheat For soil improvement, it is often planted with rye Use a bout 15 pounds of vetch seed to the acre LEGAL NOTICES NOV1CK OF SALE Under and by virtue of a judg ment of the Superior Court Martin County in an action entitled "Fed eral Land Bank of Columbia vs. Jesse l&nnui h lafley et al." the undersigned commissioner will, on Monday. September 2Sth. 1936. in front of the courthouse door in Wil liamston. N C. at 11 o'clock noon, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described land All thai certain piece, parcel or tract of land, containing 75 acres, more or less, situate, lying and be ing on the road from JamesviUe to Washington, about seven miles from JamesviUe. Griffins Township. Coun ty of Martin, state of North Caro lina. having such shapes, metes courses and distances as wiU more fully appear by reference to plat thereof made by Sylvester Peel, sur vej or. March 25. 1919. on file with the Federal 1-and Bank of Colum bia; and being hounded on the north by the lands of Henry Roberson and L E Corey, on the east by James ville and Washington road, and Beaver Dam Branch: on the south by the lands of Claudius Roberson. and on the west by the lands of A F Manning and A D Griffin, this being the same tract of land hereto, fore conveyed to the said Mrs. Jes sie L La 1 ley by Ephraim Peel, trus tee. by deed dated March 15. 1919. recorded in the office of the Regis LEGAL NOTICES try of Deeds for Martin County. This 34th day of August, 1936 B A CRITCHKR. None* or SALE Under and by rirtue of an order by L Bruce Wynne, clerk of the superior court, and under the authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed by Isaac napkins and wife. Susan Hopkins, on the 1M> day of January. 1935. to John Hill Pay lor. trustee, and re corded in book M-3. page 340. in the office of the register of deeds for Martin County, default having been made in the payment of notes se cured in said deed of trust, the un der signed trustee will, on Friday. j August 28th. at 13 o'clock noon, at LEGAL NOTICES the courthouse door of Martin Coun ty. in Williamston. North Carolina, offer at public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following de scribed reel estate: Lying and being in ll-e town of RobersonviUe. County of Martin. State of North Carolina, being sit uated on Academy Street (formerly Outterbridge Street, adjoining the lands of Spencer Williems. Leis White James. Outterbridge Street, now Academy Street, and ditch, and being the same house and lot in the said town of Robersonville formerly owned by Lucy Thompson BrUey at the time of her death. Being the identical property conveyed Decem ber 23. 1929. by Lucy Thompson Brtley to Susan Hopkins, deed duly recorded in book A-3. page 298. of LEGAL NOTICES Martin County registry. Said tract of land containing one-hall acre. This the 27th day of July, 193(1. JOHN HILL PAYLOR, jytt 4tw Trustee: NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina. Martin County Under and by virtue of the oower f sale contained tn a certain deed F trust executed to the undersigned trustee by Mack Williams and wife Maggie Williams. on the 14th day of February. 1931. and of record in the public registry of Martin County in Book E-3. at page 156. said deed of trust having been given for the put poae of securing a certain note of even date and tenor therewith, anil the stipulations contained in the said LEGAL NOTICES deed of trust not having been com plied with, and at the request of the holder of the said note, the un dersigned trustee will, on Monday, the 31st day of September, 1038, at 12 o'clock noon, in front of the courthouse door in the town of Wil liams ton. X C . offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction the. following described real estate, to w it: AH our "undivided interest In and to a certain tract of land situated in Goose Nest Township, on the Ham dton-Palmyra road, and formerly owned b> General Williams, and more fully described by reference to Martin County records This the 19lh day of August, 1038. J. B. EVERETT. 21 4lw Trustee. Notice to All Delinquent Taxpayers On or about the first of October the delinquent tax list will be ad vertised. Please arrange to pay your taxes this month, as it will save you extra expense and embarrass ment With the opening of the tobac co market next week, many people will come into the possession of a few dollars for the first time in sev eral months. Apply part of this money to your taxes. Sell your tobacco in William ston or Robersonville, and by all means pay yours taxes during Sep tember. C. B. Roebuck SHERIFF, MARTIN COUNTY Williamston, N. C., August 27, 1936. To the Tobacco Farmers of Martin and Adjoining Counties* The 1936 tobacco marketing season gets underway next Tuesday morn ing. and it is with pleasure that we announce the Old Reliable Roanoke-Dixie Tobacco Warehouse will again figure prominently in the handling of the crop. Upon a long record of service, fair and square dealings, i*. Claude Griffin and Jule T. James, proprietors or the Roanoke-Dixie, cordially urge you to give them em opportunity to serve you this season. We do not promise anyone the impossible, but we do promise every facility in the marketing of tobacco with the double assurance that your tobacco wlllbe handled proper ly and that the priec will be at the top figure. We are hopeful that prices will be good this year, but regardless of what they are. Griffin and James never let a pile go by until the top price has been reached. Our years of ex prience in the tobacco business enables us to handle tobacco to the advan tage of our patrons, and toward this end we pledge our untiring efforts that when you have sold your crop you can have the satisfaction of knowing that you got the highest possible prices. Qur house has made, and will continue to make, an enviable record in the tobacco business. It has sold more tobacco than any one other house with one set of buyers in the world. In addition to this it has afforded general satisfaction, each patron receiving every consideration humanly possible for one to give. We have efficient employees in every department, making it possible to sell your tobacco, get your check and return home when you want to. We are large enough to give you everyjmarketing advantage, and yet small enough to giv our personal attention to every customer, assuring him that the patron age accorded us will be appreciated at all times".^*OTrpe^isonhel" is not to be equalled in the business, and we want you to meet them. Carlyle Langley will be our assistant sales nAnager. and Norman Harrison, Roy Griffin, Luther Peel, Sammy Taylor, and John D. Lilley will handle the book and of fice work. Thousands of farmers sell with us every year. Ask any of them if the Old Reliable Roanoke-Dixie Warehouse in Williamston isn't the best place in the belt to sell tobacco. - ??_ We have first sale on opening day. September 1, and we will be look ing for you then and often thereafter. Remember Griffin and James are at your service with a guarantee tn at they will get you the most for yourtobacco. O Very truly yours, ROANOKE-DIXIE WAREHOUSE, S. CLAUDE GRIFFIN and JULE JAMES, Proprietors. SELL YOUR TOBACCO IN WILLI AMSTON An Unusually Good Town With a Good Tobacco Market THE TRUE VALUE ? pi ? ? ~ Of Any Merchandise You Buy Is Indicated by Qua lity and Style of the Product and the Price You Pay for It BarnhiH Brothers strive to maintain standards of true values by selling you qual ity products at the lowest prices possible. Our buyers are constantly on the alert for the best values on the large markets, and we pass these values on to our customers. No matter what your needs are, come to Bamhill's and you'll find the latest styles for men, women, and children. When selling tobacco in Williamston make our store your shopping quarters. The guiding principle of our clerks is to see that every cus tomer is well served and completely satishd in every way. Barnhill Bros. & Co. WILLIAMSTON. N. C.
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