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I THE ROANOKE BEACON j And Washington County News Published Every Friday in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina WALTER H. PARAMORE Managing Editor The Roanoke Beacon was established in 1889 and consolidated with the Washington County News in 1929. Subscription Rates In Washington, Martin, and Tyrrell Counties One year . $1.5l, six months . Outside of Above Counties One year . . $2.00 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 17, 1932 More Money 'and Reduced Debts There will be no freedom from hard times so long as we have to pay so much interest on debts with so little money. The American people will have to wage war against debts or make war to increase money circulation. Congress would do well to start something and not wait for the voice of the big gang. Starving folks can fight. Congress had better do something besides trying to enlarge our debts and increase our interest obligations. Divide the debts by two, or multiply the money by two; then we will see things improve. The Begging Line Grows The line of beggars is growing daily. Things can not improve just as long as men wait for work, and there is no work. Barring a few cases of real misfortune, it is safe to say that most of the hunger in the southland comes from ignorance and laziness. Many heads of families have very little more knowledge of how to lay out plans to make a living than a horse. They have al- i ways had a leader to do the thinking and directing. They may be honest and industrious, yet have never gotten to the point in the activity of life to think for themselves. Now that the man who has helped that i class of workers is no longer able to help them, they are at a loss to know which way to turn and are doubtless in the worst shape of any class of people to ' be found. Of course, the lazy never have much any way. When times are good, they find it easier to beat a living than when times are hard. The families of the lazy deserve sympathy, but the man who is too lazy to do when he can deserves to be paid in actual hunger. His Choice \Y O. Saunders in his newspaper, The Independent, advances some able reasoning, we believe, in connec tion with the race between Senator Cam Morrison and R. R. Reynolds for a seat in the United States Senate. Mr. Saunders says: '1 am as strong for repeal of the Eighteenth Amend ment and State Rights in the handling of the liquor problem as Bob Reynolds is. Probably more so, for I have nothing to gain and perhaps something to lose, b\ my opposition to National Prohibition, while Bob Reynolds hopes to gain a seat in the United States Senate with a salary of $10,000 a year and a couple of blonde stenographers thrown in. But there are more important issues confronting America than this aggravating issue of Prohibition and this is no time to commit problems affecting the bread and butter and liberties of 120 million Americans into the hands of happy-go-lucky sky-larking irresponsibles of the Bob Reynolds type. File restoration of beer and light wines or the legalization of ardent spirits in America is not going to cure the depression in America any more than light wines, beer, whisky and cordials have relieved the de pression in England, France, Germany, Italy, Poland or Belgium. They’ve got their beer and depression too, over ther. No European country with all of its : liquors, cordials, wines and beers has escaped the depression. • In the crisis facing America I prefer to be repre sented in Washington by an elder statesman of mature and sober judgment who is profoundly concerned with our graver problems and whose first concern is not whether 1 shall or shall ilot have a glass of beer." Ability To Borrow Will Not Relieve Sampson Independent "You can’t help a man by loaning him money when he’s already in debt, but you can help the farmer by providing a profitable market for his produce,” said , one of the candidates in the course of an address prior ! to the primary. Plenty of truth in that statement. Truth is, many of the debts now bearing so heavily j upon the public in general are the results of loans— j Federal and Land Bank loans. And, as we have stat ed before, in most instances the loans were secured , when they were not badly needed, if at all. Money I was borrowed because borrowing was easv and because of the long time given for paying back the money borrowed. However, due to changed conditions, it now takes j about three dollars to repay one of the amount bor rowed when cash was more abundant. It is true 'that ability to borrow has proved a blessing to many, while at the same time it has proved the undoing of others. Easy credit has cost thousands of North Carolinians their farms and homes, and no doubt the same thing applies throughout the country. What the country needs to bring the return of pros perity is not government loans, but as suggested by the political speaker, the real need is fair prices for farm produce and work for the idle millions. That is the crying need of the present day and the man, or •woman, who furnishes the remedy for this ill will be placed in the Moses class. WILLIFORD’S ««5 YELLOW FRONT MARKET PLYMOUTH FOLKS BUY! WHILE YOU GET IT AT WHOLESALE COST PURE LARD - 50 POUND TINS qq Friday and Saturday Only 5 lbs. 25 lbs. SUGAR 23c 10 lbs. 43c $1.10 100 lbs. $4.16 National Biscuit Co. CAKES or CRACKERS FLOUR 12 lbs. 25c 24 lbs. 45c POLKADOT Snow White Flour, 12 lbs. 35c PET MILK, large can, 3 for 19c tax JtsacK MEAT, lb. 5c Rib Side MEAT, lb.7 l-2c BEANS, 3 lbs. for 10c Large Prunes, lb. 5c Apricots, lb. 10c No. 2 Can Del Monte Sliced Pineapple 12 l-2c Large Can Peaches 12 l-2c Best Foods Quart Salad Dressing 27c Jello, pkg. 7 l-2c 5 BARS LARGE IVORY SOAP 25c Was -35c 50 DELICIOUS ANGEL FOOD CAKES Special 2 for 25c Meal, 10 lbs for 12 l-2c Fancy Lettuce, head 5c California Celery, stalk 10c Tomatoes, lb. 10c Fancy Lemons, doz. 19c Golden Ripe Bananas, 5 lbs. for 19c New potatoes, lb 1 9-10c Cabbage, lb. 2c & 2 l-2c Milk, large can 5c Jelly, lb. 10c TWO LARGE PACKAGES CORN FLAKES AND TWO POUNDS BANANAS, FOR IN OUR MARKET Bacon, not sliced, lb. 12 l-2c Picnic Hams, wrapped, lb. 10c Sausage Meat, lb. 10c Fry Steak, lb. 15c Stew Beef, lb. 10c I DC J^ancy ceet Koast, id. Hamberger, lb. 15c Round Steak, lb. 20c Electric Sliced Breakfast Bacon, 2 lbs. for 35c TKaSeaM ||i|:, | 11! i (III WHAT’S WRONG AND WHY What’s wrong and why? That’s the question the whole world is asking, never in the history of mankind has the equilibrium of civilization been so upset 1 Probably more newspapers, maga zines and informative literature are printed in the United States of Ameri ca than anywhere else on the globe— vet. are the people generally well in t'ormd? Answer that question for yourself. Do not the majority of our people seem to he headline readers? They eagerly buy the latest edition; scan the headlines and then discard the paper. Every one seems to be in a tremen dous hurry. Millions are out of em ployment; have no food, and possibly no shelter, yet one will see even the unemployed hurrying along the streets, with nowhere definite to go, but, nev ertheless, in a terrific hurry to get there. Time now seems to be of little relative value; yet, with all this sur plus time on their hands, very little of it is devoted to contemplation and constructive thought. Rather, the “talkies” must be visited, even though hunger may ensue as a result: The slot and gambling machines must re ceive their quota and even the dance halls and pool rooms are allotted thtir share of the meagre pittance a vailable. And, it may be asked, “what part has the automobile played in this gen eral disruption of morale.” The ex tensive purchase of autos helped in no small measure to cripple the rail ways; this and the introduction of the busses. Both the bus and the auto have been and are a distinct and very great aid in business, but it is the abuse of these facilities to which the writer refers. Every Sunday the highways are crowded with autos of every descrip tion, whose drivers are spending their hard-earned money on gasoline—not because, in many cases, they want to go to any particular place, but rather because they feel they must be on the move going somewhere just to enjoy the novelty of motion. Who suffers as a result? The own ers of the cars; many accidents caused by congestion and incompetent driv ing, resulting in the loss of many lives. Under no circumstances must one he along with one’s conscience: no time must be spent in contemplation of the great things of life, and, as a result, church attendance suffers. What the auto and bus fail to ac complish in this connection the radio does with neatness and dispatch. It’s far easier to sit in an armchair at home by a cozy fire or cooling fan than to sit in a stuffy church! And further more the collection plate is not passed at home. Then, can it be possible that the church has helped to accomplish its own downfall through careless preach ing and conduct in general? Before the World War, if it became noised around that a certain minister was unorthodox, that was the end of his usefulness in the Christian minis try. He was tried for heresy, and, rightly, unfrocked. Now, it has become quite the fash ionable and ordinary thing to proclaim one's disbelief in the Ten Command ments; in the literalness of the Scrip tures; in sin; in eternal punishment; and in all, practically, the essentials of a Christian life as understood and practiced by our forbears for many years. Certain radio preachers seem to teach that all these may be ignored but as long as one does the best one knows how it will be all right with Jesus, and our future residence in heaven, or a state of bliss, is assured. It seems that the Creator of all things forgot to take into considera tion the marvelous intellectual power of those living in A. D. 1932. Wlnle the writer is not partisan in any sense, lie feels that there is hut one church which leads all others in faithful attendance and in the observ ance of discipline. Names need not herein he mentioned, but as soon as the others follow that example, Chris tianity will be the gainer, for when one physically attends a house of wor ship one is bound to come under the I spiritual influence more strongly and naturally. It’s all very well to talk i of worshiping God by woodland stream and in the cathedral-like for ests, but is that scriptural or orthodox? ] Then, we have great dissatisfaction with the financial outlook of the coun try: The farmer has his tale of woe; likewise the general artisan and busi ness man all complain that capital is oppressing labor and the working man. Our president has been blamed for al most everything from the wreck of the Hesperus to the overthrow of Tam many Hall—if that be possible. There is a spirit of unrest prevalent throughout the entire world. Crime is rampant, and even the possession of great wealth does not prevent suicide —as witness the case of Eastman, the j kodak manufacturer, and many others. How apropos the sacred invitation, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and NOTICE: WE HAVE A FULL | shipment of sulphate of ammonia, ‘ nitrate of soda, and land plaster on hand. Call at boat house just back of Hampton's Store and get your needs or write us and we will deliver to you. Eastern Cotton Oil Company by James C. Smith and R. W. John ston. je 17-3t I GARDEN WORK IN JUNE IMPORTANT I —•— ! Will Determine Value of j Area During Remainder Of Summer -® Work done in the home garden in June will determine the value of the area during the remainder of the sum mer, suggests E. B. Morrow, Exten sion Horticulturist at State College. It may be necessary to irrigate this year and those who do not have the water available under pressure might arrange to divert a nearby stream so that the water may he run between the furrows during dry weather. In _ - ’■ " I he found in practical Christianity. In conclusion, it seems that man kind is seeking that which can only are heavy laden, and I will give ye rest.” In practical Christian unselfish serv ice only can rest and satisfaction be J found. C. BELMONT HENDRICKS. this case, it is necessary to cultivate before a hard crust forms on the soil. Fertilizing the asparagus beds and keeping up cultivation should be set for the late summer crop. Plants set in June should be put in deeply so that the roots may reach the lower and more moist soil layers. A supply of sweet corn may be as sured by making successive plantings each three weeks. Some of the early maturing varieties may be planted as late as ten to twelve weeks before the usual date of killing frost. Go over the watermelon patch each two weeks and remove the misshapen melons while they are young. This will permit the strength of the vines to go into the production of good melons. The cantaloupe patch will benefit by a spray of Bordeaux Mix ture to prevent leaf or foliage di seases. Sweet potatoes may be started in .lime from vine cuttings. Where these cuttings are made t’nfft disease-free plants there will he no disease in the potatoes produced. Wanted for 1933 15 good tenants or share croppers that can furnish themselves in part. For Western and Shepard Farms situated on Lake Phelps. je3 4t J. L. PHELPS NOTICE! The Washington County Board of Commission ers will sit as an equalization board for the purpose of equalizing and adjusting tax values for the year of 1932, beginning June 20th, and continuing each day thereafter for this purpose as long as it appears neces sary. All taxpayers are hereby given due notice of this meeting. JOHN W. 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