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THE ROANOKE BEACON And Washington County News Published Every Friday in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina " The Roanoke Beacon was established in 1889 I and consolidated with the Washington County News in 1929. Subscription Rates In Washington, Martin, and Tyrrell Counties One year 3ix months Outside of Above Counties One year . Six months . (Strictly Cash in Advance) Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Plymouth, N. C„ under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Friday, June 5, 1931 .75 $2.00 1.00 Why The Income-Tax Law Falls Down Our Federal income tax laws are not raising enough money to meet our obligations, and for the first time since the war period we are selling a billion dollar long-term bond issue. After we succeeded in reducing our public debt from twenty-four billion to fifteen billion dollars .we find the law passed by Congress a few years ago is not producing enough revenue to pay current bills. The only trouble with the law is that it was passed to protect the rich man, and when the rich do not have to pay taxes and the poor can not pay taxes, the country finds itself without money to meet its ob ligations. The United States is the only one of the civilized nations that the tax on incomes is not on a graduated scale above ? 100.000. England’s income tax schedule applied in the United States would have paid all of our bills. Our trouble is that too many Mellons have been dickering with Congress, and it takes too much off of the man who was able to bear it and not hurt his business. The principle of income tax is certainly one of the best methods of taxation, but it certainly should be on a graduated scale, starting with a low rate on small incomes and going higher as the amount of income goes up. Regaining Worth-While Happiness There is no need to look for prosperity for every body if we all take our own advice. In fact, if we do the things we are being taught, it will cut the gro cers’ trade 60 per cent. The Minnesota wheat farmer will lose a part of his trade, the Kansas haymaker will lose all his trade; the tin-can manufacturers and the Chicago meat packers will have to "shut up shop, so far as trading with North Carolina farmers and little home towns, such as we have in our State .goes, i One of our great troubles has been too much trad ing. We have paid too much freight charge.-; and too many commissions. We have bought potatoes from Maine to plant and from Florida and Minnesota to eat. We buy cabbage and rutabagas from New \ork. milk and butter from Iowa. When we look clear across the page and see that we have sold nearly everything we have produced, losing the freight and commission charges, and then look on the other page and see that we have bought nearly all the things we need, we will not wonder at our poverty. When every farmer in the country does the proper thing for his own good, it is going to put lots of other things out of business. The task for the country is a complete reorganiza tion id business. It wall require a submission of our pride and banish lots of our laziness. Our biggest task is to stop going down hill, change our business methods and march back up hill again. If we will diligently pursue such a coures, we will regain o'ur homes and our real worth-while happiness. Verily, The Old Order Changeth Will the people hold their ground against the poli ticians? In the recent fight, the rank and fde of peo ple have won a great victory in the way of tax reduc tion. It is significant that nearly all those fellows who have been called the leading politicians stood against tax reduction for the little fellow—and the fight has been won over their protests and in the face of their efforts to block it. The public is gaining in political wisdom. They have heretofore, in a large way, acted somewhat like attle —when the bell cowlows, the calves all bleat. Things have now taken a change and the people find that they have been bulled too long. Hereafter they are going to ask their candidates who their friends are and how they have been making their living. Oh, they are going to ask lots of questions. Now is a good time to look over the field, while our memory is fresh, and see how they are lined up. See where the candidates for governor stood in the fight. See whether they were for you or against you, or whether or not they lacked manhood enough to stand on either side. The proper thing to do is to take up people who are outside of the political trust, and then we will have somebody worthy of trust. Whatever may happen, don't follow the lash-crack ing. ringmaster type of politicians. Hard To Find a Place The several thousand graduates who are being turned out of the colleges and universities in our State this week will, in many cases, find it hard to find a place. The schools are full, and a thousand of the teachers in them are to be turned out and be added to the young army who are anxious to find a place to start life and make a living, only to find too many lawyers, too many doctors, too many book keepers, too many clerks, too many merchants, too many people for the jobs. The result will finally be that all those who are faithful, diligent, and willing to do their best will soon find jobs and be absorbed in the machine of progress. But those who stand and wait for a call will doubtless stand a long time. FOR SALE, Seven Young Jersey cows, and one Jersey bull, Three oi these cows are fresh and the rest will be fresh soon. See George E. Case. Terra Ceia, N. C. j-S-lt PEANUT HAY FOR SALE: 20 tons on band. $15.00 per ton. Harrison Brother-, and Company, \\ illiamston. N. C. mv29 2t NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the author ity invested in the undersigned com missioner by the C lerk of the Super ior Court of Washington County, in an action entitled Agusta Hayes et al vs. W. R. Howcott et al, 1 will on the 8th day of June. 1931. offer for sale at public auction at the court house door in the town of Plymouth. N. C., at 12 m., the following de scribed lot in the town of Plymouth. N. C: Bound on the north by lane lead tig to Madison Street, south by Ma4i son Street, east by lot of Mary E. Hill, west by Mount Hebron parson age lot. Terms of sale: Cash. This 7th day of May, 1931. P. H. BELL, Atty., mvl5 4tvv Commissioner. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of a power of sale embraced in a certain deed of trust dated the 16th day of March. 1929, executed by \Y. T. Freeman and others to H. D. Bateman, Trustee, and registered in the office of Register of Deeds of Washington County in Book 102, page 235, and default having been made in the payment of the note there by secured, and application having been made to said trustee for a sale of said land, the said undersigned trus tee will expose at public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at the court house door of Washington County at 12 o’clock noon on the 20th day oi June, 1931. the following described land: Lying and being in Lees Mill Town ship, Washington County, North Car olina, bounded <»n the north and east by the Folly Road, on the south by the White ditch, and on the west by the land of Mary Bateman heirs, con taining 120 acres, more or les-, and being the same land owned and occu pied by the late Henry L. Freeman, and it being further that tract or parcel of land described in a deed from J. E. Phelps and wife t<> W. T. Freeman, dated September 4, 192b, and recorded in book 97, page 39, and also described in a deed from A. L. Owen-, mort gagee, to J. E. Phelps, dated Septem ber 3, 1926, and recorded in book 97, page 37. The said sale will he made subject to unpaid taxes. This the 19th dav of May, 1931. H. D. BATEMAN, mv29 4t Trustee Z. V. Norman, Atty. "notice sale of valuable PROPERTY Bv virtue of a Deed of 1 ru-t ex ecuted by J. W. Williams and wife, Lilia D. Williams, for certain pur poses therein mentioned, which said deed of trust bears date July 23, 1923. and is registered in the office of the Register of Deeds of Washington County. X. C., in Deed Book No. 83, page 561, 1 shall on Monday, June 8. 1931, at 12 o’clock Noon, offer for sale at the Courthouse door in the said County at Public Auction, for cash, the property conveyed to me in said deed of trust, to-wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land situated, lying and being in the State and County aforesaid, and in the town of Roper, which is more particularly bounded and described as follows: Adjoining the lands of the M. E. Church, the lands of J. E. Phelps and others and being the store and dwel ling now occupied by the said parties of the first part, said property fronting about thirty-two feet on Main Street in said town and extending back about one hundred and thirty-four feet and being the same property conveyed to the parties ,,f the first part, or said J. W. Williams, by deed from N. B. Mi zclle, which -aid deed is duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Washington County and to which reference is hereby made and same made a part hereof for purposes of_a full and complete description of said property. This Ma' 6, 1931. ESTELLE MARTIN, Administratrix of \ an B. Martin, i-29 Trustee. NOTICE OF RESALE Under and by virtue of authority contained in a certain mortgage deed given by Edgar Bateman and wife, Minnie Bateman, t<> J. W • Snll, on the - day of -7, 192—» an'l registered in the office of the register of deeds of Washington County, in book 77. at page 230, said land having been sold to the highest bidder for cash on the 27th day of April for $300 under the authority contained in said mortgage and the bid having been raised 10 per cent bv H. C. Hooker within the itme specified by law. the undersigned mortgagee will resell the following described lands to the high est bidder, lor cash, at the courthouse door in Plymouth. N. C ., on Monday, the 15th day of June, 1931, at 12 o’ clock noon. Beginning at the public road leading from Plymouth to Roper at H. ( . Hooker’s corner, thence westward with said Hooker line 200 feet to D. O. BrinkleyV line, thence northwardly with D. O. Brinkley’s line 100 feet to Mollie Hardison’s corner, thence east ward!}’ with Mollie Hardison’s line to the public road, thence southwardly with said public road 100 feet to th * beginning.” The bidding will start with 11. C. 1 looker - bid <»l $3.30.00. This 20th dav of Mav, 1931. J. W. SNELL, my22 4tw Mortgagee. Van B. Martin, Attorney. NOTICE OF SALS Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain mort gage deed executed by W. T Downing to R. \V. Johnson, dated the 1st day of May, 1930, and recorded in the of fice of the Register of Deeds of Wash ington County, in book 93, page 144, to which reference is made, default hav ing been made in the payment of the indebtedness thereby secured, the un dersigned mortgagee, upon demand of the holder of the indebtedness, will offer for sale, to the highest bidder for cash, at the courthouse door in Washington County, at 12 o’clock noon on Monday, the 22nd day of June. 1931, that certain real property de scribed in >aid instrument as follows: Beginning at James Moore west ward corner and running a straight line to Conaby Creek, and westwardly with said creek to Mack Holly’s cor ner: thence eastwardly with Mack Holly to Andrew Lewis line, and thence northwardly with his line to Ransom’s line; thence with Ransom’s line to his north corner; thence an eastward course with Ransom’s line to the main road; thence northeast wardly with the road to James Moore’s line, the beginning, containing fifty acres, more or less. The bidder at such sale will be re quired to deposit as much as ten per cent of the amount bid as a guaranty of good faith pending confirmation. This the 15th day of May, 1931. R. W. JOHNSON, my22 4tw Mortgagee. By W. L. Whitley, Attorney. NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina. Washingon County. Under and by virtue of a power oi sale embraced in a deed of trust ex ecuted by P. M. Ambrose and wife to Z. V. Norman, Trustee on the 4th day of January, 1928, and recorded in Washington County Public Registry in Book 74. page 460, and default hav ing been made in the payment of the note thereby secured and application having been made to said Trustee for a sale of the land hereinafter described for the payment of said note, the un dersigned Trustee will expose at pub lic sale to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door of Washington County on the 2nd day of July, 1931, at 12 o’clock noon the following de scribed real estate: hirst Tract: Lying and being in Plymouth Township and bounded on the north by A. R. Dupree, on the east by tlie Will Turner land on the south by the old road leading from Plymouth to Roper, on the west by the Woodlawn Road. Second Tract: Bounded on the north by the Woodlawn Farm, on the east by the Woodlawn Road and on the south by the old Plymouth and Roper Road, on the west by Willis Roberson. Both tracts containing 30 acres, more or less, excepting from the first tract State Highway No. 90. The said land will be sold subject to a deed of trust in favor of Mrs. Minnie P. Johnson, and subject further to all unpaid taxes that are a lien on said land. The bidder at said >ale will be re quired to deposit ten per cent of his bid pending confirmation thereof. This the 1st dav ol June, 1931. 7 ' V. NORMAN, j-26 Trustee. From the WORLD’S BACK WINDOW V> By CHARLES H. McSWAIN I met a certain Plymouth merchant the other morning who was smiling front ear to ear. So I said, “Old Sock, I dare say that business is getting bet ter despite this Hoover prosperity.” "Probably so." replied the merchant. “I just received this leter from one of my customers who has been owing me an account for a long time.” The letter read as follows: "Dear sir: You letter, relative to the little account I owe you has been received. And I wish to advise that I have classified all of the accounts I owe into three groups. Croup No. 1 consists of accounts I intend to pay within 30 days: Croup No. 2 consists of accounts I intend to pay when I get the money: Croup No. 3 consists I never intend to pay. ‘‘But since your letter was cordial and nice, I am taking the liberty to transfer your account from Croup No. 3 to Group No. 2. Thinking that you would probably be interested in knowing of this transfer. I have taken the time to write you. "Yours ven truly." A real letter. I call it, and gives me an idea for a song, as the movie actor would say. I think I shall start clas sifying my personal debts just as soon as I get money enough to employ a bookkeeper to do the job. Well. Doc McGowan and I are al ready making our plans for killing all the deer in this section when the ga soil comes on, the Doc being some thing of an expert at deer slaying. In one respect, the Doctor is practically in my class when it comes to shoot ing deer. He has never shot but one deer during his entire hunting experi ence. Thus far, I have never even shot one, but tha tis no reason why I am not going to. And speaking of Doctor McGowan, reminds me of what his mother-in-law. Mrs. Fanny .\yer>. told me today. She stated that she noticed where I had written something about the Doc’s various and sundry dogs. “But I don t like dogs,” she said, "and I can't see why anybody should like them. And that is the way it goes. One person likes dogs, while another per son is just vice-versa. But usually, most everybody either likes dogs or cats. And there are some few people who even relish hill-goats, parrots, ca nary birds, and the like. Cleopatra, it was. I believe, who was very fond of snakes. j But the person who takes the record ! for liking all species and descriptions, [of animals and pets is a colored man I used to know, by the name of Uncle ; Billy Butler. Two other gentlemen and myself had a bachelor apartment . , some several years ago. and it so hap- | jpened that this Uncle Bill was our cook, housekeeper, butler, and dish- | washer de luxe. Uncle Billy was a verv j faithful- man to his duties, hut withal j we notice that he seemed to be sad and always grieving about something. So we made inquiries. He told us that he had no pets, and that if we didn't mind, he would like^ to get a few. He was given permission to help himself. And help himself he did. In a few weeks Uncle Billy had pro cured 14 hens. 2 roosters. 2 cats, one blind hound dog. a hilly-goat, two rab bits and a ground-hog. The place was I simply littered up with Uncle Billy’s pets. But he was never sad after that. It kept him pretty busy looking after his menagerie. When he started to feed the blind hound, the chickens tried to eat up his food. The billy-goat de voured everything he could get, such j as shirts, tin cans, shoes, etc. The rabbits gnawed down all the shrubbery and the ground-hog burrowed holes all over the place. However, Uncle Billy used all these pets to advantage. He could tell what the weather was going to do by the actions of the chickens with the as sistance of the ground-hog. Hence, I suppose all these various things, such as dogs. cats, hilly-goats, et cetera. : have their rightful place in the sun. NOTICE OF SPECIAL TERM OF COURT j In conformity with the provisions i of Section 1452 of the Consolidated j Statutes, notice is hereby given that ! a special term of the superior court j of Washington County will convene on Monday, June 15. 1931, and con tinue for one week. Said term will he for the trial of civil cases. This the 25th day of Mav. 1931. GKO. \Y. HARDISON, Chairman, Board of mv29 3t County Commissioners. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of authority contained in a certain deed of trust executed by Jacob Staton and wife on the 30th dav of January, 1930, record | ed in hook'74, page 499, in the regis ter of deeds office of Washington I Countv. the undersigned trustee will. >n the 27th clay of June, at 12 o’clock toon, at the courthouse floor, sell to :he highest bidder, for cash, the fol owing described property: Beginning at the southwest corner )f lot No. 2 on Railroad Avenue, or Alley No. 4. and running with the line >f Lot No. 2 north 55 degrees, east llh eet to the northwest corner of lot No. 5: thence with the line of l"t No. 5 south 35 degrees, east 90 feet to the northeast corner of lot No. 0; thence ivith the line of lot No. 9 south 55 de crees west 116 feet to Railroad Aye., >r alley No. 4; thence uitli the low of Railroad Avc., north 35 degrees west 90 feet to the beginning. I bis the 25th dav of May, 1951. A. 1.. 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