Home and club News By Eleanor Pratt Covington Don't forget Mrs. W. G. Stancil’s demonstration next week. Mrs. Stan cill will demonstrate cooking an en tire meal. She will also demonstrate canning sausage. -<3, Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Clint Tarkington, and Mrs. W. B. Ches son are on the arrangement program for the Roper Demonstration which will be held in the Roper High School club room at 2 o’clock next Wednes day. Mrs. Stancill will demonstrate "How to Cook Meals on the Steam Pressure Cooker.” -- Miss Lula Watson can put nice shuck bottoms in chairs. The finish ed bottom is very pretty and Miss Lula does her work at a reasonable price. The (finilhed |bottom looks something like the Rush bottom. -» Mrs. R. C. Jackson was last week elected yard leader in her club. Mrs. Jackson is making plans to begin work at once. -- Mrs. Ida Ange entertained the the Hoke club last Tuesday. The attendance was large, and Mrs. Ange gave the club members a real good time. -<|> The home agent will spend the en tire day at the Roper High School ! Friday helping the parent-teacher as sociation plant the school grounds. Every child in the Roper school and every parent in the Roper district will be asked to do everything pos sible to help make the school grounds beautiful with properly planted na tive shrubs. Every club member now selling on the curb market wrears a white dress. Standard scales have been installed and the income each Saturday is gradually picking up. The curb mar ket opens promptly at 8:30 every Saturday. Chickens will sell for 20 cents a pound on foot Saturday. Tur keys will sell for 25 cents a pound. Bring your turkeys to the Plymouth market. There has been several calls for squirrels. We would like to have COMPLETE PLANS TO HELP NEEDY (Continued from page one) plan. Men and women will take care of their work in the place of their res idence. Regular reports of the work by the field man and the members of the organization will keep the central committee informed of the progress. Those present at the meeting Mon day night included T. J. Swain, W. R| Hampton, A. H. Stier, Z. V. Norman, A. L. Alexander, Frith Winslow, R. E. Dunning. G. W. Hardison, F.. H. Hicks, L. W. Gurkin, J. B. Edmund son, E. fl. Liverman, James W. Nor man, J. B. Sutton, Abe Adler, Miss Pratt Covington, and Walter H. Para more. Announce Services For Roper Episcopal Church Sunday school at 10 a. m. Confirmation class at 10:30 a. m. The preaching mission will begin' Sunday night at 7:30, with Captain Esterbrook in charge. These serv-, ices will be held throughout the week,' each night at 7:30. Monday night, November 10, Bish-j op Darst will administer the rite of I confirmation to a class. Creswell Auxiliary To Hold Bazaar December 4 ——« Creswell.—The Ladies Auxiliary of the Methodist Protestant Church will hold its annual bazaar Friday night, | December 4, at Mrs. Simmon’s store. A good attendance is urged by Mrs. j Eva Spruill Bateman, who will aid in the work. them. Pecans will sell for 20 cents a quart Saturday. Sweet potatoes sell for 10 cents a peck. Irish potatoes. 20 cents a peck. Miss Helen N. Estabrook, State j house furnishing specialist of State College, spent Wednesday here in a conference with Miss Pratt Coving ton. She also attended the meeting of the Alba club. A discussion of next year’s program featured the con ference with the home agent. She left Thursday for Elizabeth City. -S Mrs. W. G. Stancill will give a demonstration on cooking an entire meal on the pressure cooker at Roper, Swain. Creswell and Alba clubs. This demonstration is open to the public. NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR DRAINAGE ASSESSMENTS The sale of the following property for the special assessment of the Pungo River Drainage District will take place at the Washington County Court hour door at 12 o’clock noon, Monday, December 14, 1931 (Signed) J. K. REID, Sheriff of Washington Countv. 80c Will Be Added to Each Person’s Assessment to Pay Cost of Advertising J. F. Allen, part tract No. 108, 32 acres .$ 16.00 R. W. Allen, part tract No. 108, 32 acres . 16.00 Maggie B. Allen, part tract No. 108, 21 acres .. 7.24 S. E. Harris, part tract No. 108, 24 acres . 12.10 C. A. Faucett, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 32.00 C. A. Faucett, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 40.00 F. R. Allen, part tract No. 110-114, 20 acres . 10.00 W. P. Dunbar, trustee, part tract No. 110-114, 33 acres . 8.25 Staton Harris, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 40.00 B. M. Holton, part tract No. 110-114, 20 acres . 8.00 Glover B. Allen, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 32.00 Clarence Boyd, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 32.00 W. E. Matterson, part tract No. 110-114, 32 acres . 32.00 John M. Buck, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 32.00 John M. Buck, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres 32.00 N. B. Williams, part tract No. 110-114. 40 acres . 6.00 Jacob H. Dunshee, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres 16.00 Samuel Sawyer, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 24.00 Frank J. Hartung, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres 16.00 Frank J. Hartung, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 16.00 David and L. L. Radcliff, part tract No. 110-114, 9 acres . 2.48 E. W. Matterson, part tract No. 110-114, 75 acres . 2.06 E. W. Matterson, part tract No. 110-114, 71 acres . 19.53 C. S. Poison, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 E!iza!>eth E. O’Conner, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres 22.00 John L. O’Conner, part tract No. 110-114, 81 acres . 22.00 John L. O’Conner, part tract No. 110-114, 34 acres . 9.35 John L. O’Conner, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 John L. O’Conner, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 J. L. O’Conner, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 George and Susie Jurick, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 W. A. and Amanda Curney, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 William N. Fenstermaker, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Delton, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Delton, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Delton, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 G. T. Burrell, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 Lula Kirkman. part tract No. 127 (C), 11 acres . 5.50 C. S. Poison, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Dillon, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Dillon, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Dillon, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 H. T. Dillon, part tract No. 110-114, 80 acres . 22.00 NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND FOR DRAINAGE ASSESSMENTS NORTH CAROLINA—WASHINGTON COUNTY. This land, lying and being in Washington County Drainage District No. 5 of the following-named persons and corporations will be sold for delinquent drainage assessments on Monday, December 7, 1931, at 12 o’clock noon, at the courthouse door of Washington County. The said tract numbers have reference to the drainage map of said district and the said lot numbers have reference to the subdivision map of the Norfolk Southern Land Company of tract number one of said district: George Gustoff. lot number 1 and 2, tract 1 . $220.86 Norfolk Southern Land Company, lot 17, 39. 40, 41, 42, 51, 52, 57 58 59, 60, 61; 63: 80: 81; 82; 83; 84: 85; 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93 94, 95. 96; 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108- 112; 113; 117: 119; 120; 121; 122; 123; 124, 125; 137, 139, 140 5,898.16 H. F. Drobisch, lot number 18, 19, 20, 21 . 418.90 Alden' G. Saunders, lot Number 24, 25, 43 ... 276.08 John K. Radford, lot number 26 ... 110.43 C. C. Saunders, lot number 44, 45, 46 . 331.29 D. J. Saunders, lot number 47, 48 . 220 86 Wm. D. Evans, lot number 49, 50, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 . 1,104.30 H. T. Dillon, lot number 64, 65, 66, 67 . 387.88 Wm. G. Olwin, lot number 79 .. 110.43 Fred Fasso, lot number 109, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116 622.58 John L. Roper Lumber Company, lot number 126, 127, tract 23 . 265.97 H. J. Loeffler, lot number 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 1,159.46 G. V. Lewis and others, tract number 2 ...... 129.49 J. D. Craft, tract number 5 . 28.44 J. F. Blount, tract number 6 . 8.65 Maggie E. Phelps, tract number 8 ... 5.36 Mrs. Ida Blount, tract number 9 . 18.50 W. M. Sadler, tract number 10 19.36 Levi Woodley, tract number 11 and 18 35.10 George Boughden, tract number 12 . .56 C. Maxwell, tract number 13 . .14 George Davenport, tract number 13 .05 \\ . M. Bateman and W. R. Swain, tract number 14 91.92 Lois Gaylord, tract number 15 and 19 . 7.27 Charles Williams, tract number 16 ...„...20 Howard Roberts, tract number 17 .32 L. L. Lewis, tract number 20 .14 L. J. Barco, tract number 21 .47 T. E. Knowdes, tract number 22 . 1.06 E. Harrington, heirs, tract 24 10.65 W. C. Thompson estate, tract number 30 . 535.42 Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, special assessment 54.39 This the 5th day of November, 1931. t_ J. K. REID. Sheriff. Methodist Men Have Oyster Roast Friday -» The retiring stewards of the local Methodist church entertained the re maining members of this board at an oyster roast at the old power plant building here Friday night. The re tiring members were D. V. Clayton, P. VV. Brown, and A. L. Owens. Oth ers present included Dr. R. L. White hurst, J. L. Norman, W. J. Mayo, A. E. Brothers, Leland Thompson, C. J. Norman, B. G. Campbell, and Jack Willoughby. Program of Services At Local Episcopal Church -<s> Sunday, November 15: Sunday school at 10 a. m. Confirmation class at 4 p. m. Evening prayer and sermon, 7:30 p. m., when the Rev. Mr. Jackson will begin his preaching mission, lasting the entire week. Tuesday evening at 8 p. m. the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of East Carolina, will be at the evening serv ice for confirmation. Mock Wedding To Be Given at Colored Church -- A mock wedding will be given on night of November 20 for the benefit of the Ladies Aid Club of the New Chapel colored Baptist church. It will be an elaborate affair with 40 or more participants. A short musicals will precede the wedding. S. J. Stew art is president while F. O. Bell, as secretary, is aiding in the supervision of the marriage. -$ The basket found near the bed that had been occupied by Mrs. Anne Bur ley before her death at Hillsboro, O., contained $4,200 in bonds, $80 in cash, 2 diamond rings, and other valuable I articles. TAXATION IN THIS COUNTY (Continued from page one) erty is chargahle for the payment of same. Budget System Not Strictly Followed In former years the budget sj*em .was not strictly followed, and county commissioners made an estimate of .current expenditures and levied a tax , accordingly. If their expenditures ex ceeded the tax levy, nothing was said I about it. and the result was an accu mulated deficit. These deficits were funded by bond issues. While this practice contributed to the present op pressive tax burdens, nobody was to blame for the reason that the expen ditures in excess of the tax levies were legitimate and were for a necessary purpose. 1 do not mean to complain at any particular board, but very oft en extravagances and bad manage ment were allowed to squander some of our tax money. However, this sit uation is no longer tolerated, and while I do not approve of centraliza tion of power at the State Capital, some agency or department of the State was compelled to lay the hand of restriction upon county expendi tures, otherwise the counties would probably have bankrupt themselves. Therefore, under recent legislation, counties and other municipal corpora tions are required to make up a budget to be approved, or disapproved, as the case may be, by the local government commission at Raleigh, and the tax rates to raise this revenue are fixed accordingly. The county commission ers and other governing boards can not exceed the expenditures set up in their budget under a severe penalty. We, therefore, feel that we are rea sonably secure from further bond is sues on account of deficits. Safeguards Against Future Bonds The local government commission at Raleigh also has exclusive control of all bond issues by countie.- and oth | er municipal corporations, and if a proposed bond issue is not for a legit imate purpose, or is untimely, or im ' practicable, it will not be allowed, and no bonds are legal without the approv al of the local government commis sion. The local government commis sion was established by act of the last session of the legislature, and wheth er it has the approval or the disap proval of the public as a perpetual en tity, something of the sort was cer tainly necessary to check the indis criminate issuance of bonds increas ing local tax burdens. We. therefore, come to conclusion that these bonds are issued and out standing to the amount of $1,224,600 at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1920, including county-wide, school district, and cities and towns. The I state can not be censured because we have created an enormous bonded debt locally. It is the product of our own activities and we alone must pay the bill. This condition is not attributable to any political party, because the same prevails in every county in the state, and every board in this county, re J gardlcss of politics in late years, is sued bonds until December 1, 192S. I hope that, except in extreme cases of necessity or emergency, the people of Washington County will not tolerate any further bond issues until we have paid off a substantial part of the pres ent burden. INCREASE SWEET POTATO STORAGE HOUSE CAPACITY The sweet potato storage house ca pacity in Carteret County has been in creased by one-third this season, per mitting about 100,000 bushels of sweets being cured and stored in the county this winter. -m Census figures reveal that approxi mately 1,000,000 children are living in remote mountain districts of the South ern United States. Linwoocl Hassell Hurt While Cranking Auto Linwood Hassell is suffering from broken bones in his right wrist as the I result of craking an automobile that kicked him. The accident occurred Monday. -® Honey Bees Block Trailice In A West Virginia Town -3> Rowleshurg, W. Va.—Bees be bees, as Ellis Parker Butler didn’t say, but these particular bees almost be traffic !policemen. Anyway, they had the “stop and go” sign on Rovvlesburg’s main street for a while on an afternoon recently. About two bushels of bees swarmed in front of the Hollis store, sending pedestrians scurrying in all directions and halting the movement of automo biles and all other traffic. W. C. Wilson and others volunteer ed to save the day. When they ap proached the bees, however, the in sects became frightened and after buzzing around for a time, flew to a tress oil the old Shoch property, where they were eventually surround ed and forced to “beehive” themselves. -# A total of 203 stitches were required to close the razor slashes suffered by Porthos Allen, at Boston, Mass. Collects Dictionary On Weather; 15,000 Words -$ Some people collect stamps and some collect snufT boxes, but C. F. Talman, librarian of the United States Weather Bureau, is collecting words relating to the weather. His ency clopedic weather dictionary, when com pleted, will contain about 15,000 weather terms, including slang, dialect, and scientific names for weather phe nomena. It may be some years before the dictionary is finished, but mean while each definition is filed on a card and the cards are in daily use as ref erences for the scientists of the ‘Weather Bureau and others. Norfolk Southern Railroad Passenger Schedules Effective May 31, 1931 PLYMOUTH, N. C. Daily Lv. 2:05 PM. Raleigh, New Bern, Goldsboro, Beaufort, and intermedi ate points. Lv. 12:25 AM. Raleigh, New Bern, Goldsboro, Beaufort, Charlotte, Fay etteville, and intermediate points. Sleeping cars Raleigh and New Bern. Lv. 12:25 PM. Norfolk and intermed iate points. Lv. 3:23 AM. Norfolk and intermed ite points. Sleeping car. For tickets, Pullman reservations, and other information address or apply to W. C. JONES, TICKET AGENT Plymouth, N C. J. W. PERRY COMPANY Commission Merchants 700 FRONT STREET — NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Cotton, Norfolk Peanuts, Suffolk This old Commission House makes cash loans up to 80 per cent on Cotton and Peanuts sent to them to store. Reduced storage charges. Never parehed9 never toasted Camels are fresh in nature’s own mild way! J^VERYONE knows now that Camels are the fresh cigarette. If inquiry went deeper, it would reveal that Camels are the natural moisture cigarette. That’s important, because in handling fine to baccos, when you process out natural moisture, you sacrifice freshness and flavor too. Camel smokers needn’t worry about that, because Camels are blended of fine Turkish and mild Domestic tobaccos that are never subjected to violent process ing. They need no parching or toasting to make them smooth, palatable, cool. That’s why the Camel Humidor Pack is such a boon to Camel smokers—it preserves the freshness, flavor, natural moisture, fragrance that are in this fine ciga rette to start with. Camels are fresh in nature’s own mild way, and if you want to see what that means in unalloyed smoke enjoyment, switch to them for just one day — then leave them, if you can! R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company’s Coast-to-Coast Radio Programs R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY Winston-Salem, N. C. CAMEL QUARTER HOUR, Morion Downey, Tony Wons, and Camel Orchestra, direction Jacques Renard, every night except Sunday, Columbia Broadcasting System PRINCE ALUERT QUARTER HOUR. Alice Joy, “OW Hunch,” and Prince Albert Orchestra, direction Paul Van Loan, every night except Sunday, N. B. C. Red Network, See local paper for time Made FltESII - Kept FRESH ^ Don’t remove the moisture-proof wrapping from your package of Camels after you open it.The Camel Humidor Pack is protection against perfume and powder odors, dust and germs. In offices and homes, even in the dry atmosphere of artificial heat, the Camel Humidor Pack delivers fresh Camels and keeps them right until the last one has been smoked ® 1931, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

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