THE ROANOKE BEACON
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.
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Friday, August 3, 1934
For the Needy or /or the Politician?
Is the National Recovery Act to help the needy
poor or is it to help scheming politcians? According
to J. C. Baskerville, Raleigh correspondent for sev
eral North Carolina newspapers, a successor to the
late J. G. Steed, State NRA compliance director, will
be appointed by our State Democratic Chairman Mr.
Shuping and Senator Josiah Bailey. 1 he correspond
ent further states that the two will select a man who
has been a loyal supporter of Bailey and Shuping,
and one who can be depended upon to lend valuable
assistance to Mr. Bailey in the Democratic primary
in June, 1936.
We doubt not the truth of this statement. Yet, we
are nauseated at the thought that we have men in
high office who will stoop to such tactics that are of
such low degree as to eliminate the real purpose of a
department of our government. The scheming poli
tician apparently would make secondary a govern
mental department for his own private gain. Any
public official who will stoop to such a thing whereby
the chief will go down the line and fortify it with un
worthy and irresponsible cheap political puppets in or
der that he may be retained in office, needs to lose
not only whatever office he holds but his citizenship
also.
Certainly it is the accepted duty of the heads of
such departments to go on down the line to the coun
ties and towns and pick men who will pull for the
man who gives them the fat morsel.
This is the point where Democratic government
fails. Men work for their own selfish interests in
stead of their fellowmen for whose benefits the laws
were supposed to have been made.
A Sad Tragedy
It was a sad scene when parents of eight children—
seven boys and one girl—picked their mangled bodies
up from a railroad track after a freight train had
passed over them. The children, one 17 years old;
two 16, two 14, one 13 and two 12, were so busy play
ing cards on a railroad in the outskirts of Shelton,
Conn, they had little time to safeguard their very
lives. When a train came by they ran across to an
other track just in time to be crushed by another
train.
The card games of the world take too much toll.
The game makes children neglect their own safety.
The game often makes mothers neglect the physical
and spiritual safety of their children, which neglect
after all, just marks the beginning of the trouble
cards cause.
Only a few things so engross the minds of people
that they will fail to hear two puffing freight trains.
Cards are apparently one of those few things, and
cards will surely get you.
Hitler Runs Into Trouble
That young, flaunting despot, Hitler, seems to have
run into more trouble. Only a few weeks ago he was
killing his own people because he did not like them
and the way they did. More recently his influence
caused a high official of the Austrian government to
be killed. Now, we wonder what he intends to do with
all those Italian fellows who are lined up before him.
Of course he would like to kill them all, because he
seems to want to destroy everybody and everything
refusing to bow to his wishes.
Hitler hates the Catholics; he hates the Jews; in
fact, he seems to hate the people of all nations except
the Germans, and he wants to even destroy those of
whom failing to cower at his feet. Nobody expects
a man of Hitler’s type to do anything to help others,
and they know' he can’t do much for his own good
with the extremely selfish attitude that he possesses.
Here’s hoping that Mussolini gets the best of the
fight should there be a fight.
Favors Create Oligations
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Those fellows who accepted gifts from prisoners in
our State recently for favors they had given in help
ing the prison inmates obtain clemency were not
quite as bad as the man who beats about and compro
mises truth and honesty to procure office. Yet, there
are far more men bought in politics by certain favors
than by actual cash paid in hand.
There is no meaner fellow traveling the highways
than the man who gives office to those who will ac
cept it on condition that they will serve their benefac
tor in consideration for his favors.
No man who accepts public office with the promise
to support the one who gives the office can be trusted
as a rule; yet, a large number do so.
Save Ourselves by Saving the Waste
Reports indicate that the canneries on the farms of
this county are running full speed, and if they are
ot. they should be put to use.
Every crumb of food-stuff and every grain of feed
should be saved. Fruits and vegetables should be
dried, preserved or canned for use until another seas
on arrives.
The family with a surplus can well afford to farm
out to the less fortunate neighbor such surplus on
shares, enabling the poorer neighbor to supply him
self with food by doing a little extra work.
This country is buying too much canned goods from
those who can't equal us either in growing or canning.
There will not be so much hunger in this section
this fall and winter if all the people do their best to
provide for themselves.
Save the waste this summer; it will save you next
fall and winter.
Sparing the Rod
Much has been said since the days of Solomon on
| the subject of punishment by the rod. So strongly
has the question been pressed that the right of teach
ers, delinquent directors and even of parents to cor
rect children is being disputed. The youngster who
becomes a nuisance in the neighborhood, who pesters
others, breaks up and steals and destroys everything
in the community torchers and troments man and
beast wherever he goes, is sent to some school for cor
rections or some prison for punishment and then
claims immunity from punishment after continuing
his depredations still gets the commendation of many
people.
Solomon in his wisdom came clean and clear in his
views on the question as many men and women of
both patience and wisdom have done since. Now
what are we to do about this matter? Shall we let
the childre throw knives and forks and punch out each
other's eyes at home because they too good to whip,
and then permit them to go over into the neighbor's
yard and destroy his belongings because they are too
good to be whipped? From there they are allowed
to enter the highways to cut, shoot, bootleg, rob and
steal, and then when they are sent to some state in
stitution they are still too good to be whipped even
after reasoning with the child has failed.
Of course we all wanted worse treatment than that
of the rod for Dillinger. We wanted him killed, and
he was killed. Doubtless sparing the rod in his early
days spoiled him and carried him beyond the power
of the rod.
Certain y many mistakes are made in punishing
children end even grown persons. However, many
more mistakes are evidently made for failure to pun
ish. Proper punishment at the right time and in the
right way s evidently one of the most effective ways
eved devised for restraining man from evil deeds.
And it should be encouraged, not by those in author
ity, but by parents who love and by rulers who want
to make good citizens of the wayward.
T he Humble, Patient Ox
The ox cart is still to be seen. When we remember
that this cot ntry was virtually built by the ox as the
principal be; st of burden, we need to consider the ox
still as a de readable animal. A beast that will pull
logs from tl e swamp all day long and feed himself
from the pa; ture at night without cost to his master,
it is to be admitted that he is not only a beast of
burden, but one of economy as well. If a man can't
buy a tract ;r or a mule, he can still clear the land
and cultivate a crop with the humble, patient ox.
Presidents Not Immune
Even Presidents are not immune from family trou
i bles.
President Roosevelt's family has suffered the mis
fortune of aaving several divorces. We, of course, are
not placing the blame on Mr. Roosevelt nor his chil
dren. Now we find President Wilson’s daughter di
vorcing her famous husband. William G. McAdoo on
account of incompatability. Of course, we all remem
ber the suspicions about President Harding. Grover
Cleveland, who was a bachelor until he entered the
White House, was charged with doubtful morals,
which all points to the fact that neither wealth nor
position insures perfect peace in life.
It is unfortunate to have such easy divorces among
the upper crust of society. It naturally leads those
who are less prominent to get the idea that the dis
carding of a wife or a husband is not so bad after all.
Too many divorces weaken the moral fiber of so
ciety and carry us just a step downward. Men and
women need to count the cost before marriage and
then stick to their vows.
A New Source of Taxation
A new source of taxation has shown itself by the
recent action of the Atlantic Beach ownership. They
sold their bridge and the state has made it free. But,
behold, when you get across to the beach you cannot
get to the ocean to bathe without paying a quarter.
Now, let the state put a 50 per cent tax on their
income and cut the maximum charge to 20 cents. Or
it will be better for the state to acquire a strip of
land on the beach and post a notice “Bathing free.”
Presidents and Actors
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Sampson Independent.
No sane person wwild deny that the job of be
ing President of the United States is the most im
portant of them all, or that of late years it is the
most difficult, and yet there are 110 persons in the
movie industry who draw larger salaries than that
paid the President—more than $75,000 a year. The
vast sum of $315,000 was paid to one unnamed ac
tor, the second highest $296,250, going to an “ar
tist.”
LESS MILK USED
WHEN NOTFRESH
Soured and Unsanitary
Milk Causes Lack of
Use as Drink
The rapid souring of milk handl
jed carelessly has been given as a chief
| reason why milk consumption is low
jon many farms.
Unsanitary and slightly soured milk
is not palatable and it is easy to see
why farm families whose milk is not
1 cared for properly do not drink as
|much milk as they should, says A. C.
IKimrey, extension dairyman at State
! College.
To keep milk clean and fresh, it
should be strained through at least
three thicknesses of fine cheese cloth
immediately after milking, Kimrey
said. It should then be poured in
standard-size quart milk bottles and
sealed with standard bottle caps.
Then the bottles should be placed
| in the coldest water available and al
lowed to cool. The water should be
changed as often as necessary to bring
the milk rapidly to the temperature
of the water.
On farms where ice is kept, the
milk should be placed in the ice box
after it has ben cooled by water.
Where ice is not kept, the milk should
be left in cold water until it is to be
used.
The cream can be poured from the
bottles and kept for churning or other
purposes. The rapid cooling of milk
in bottles will cause the cream to rise '
more quickly and completely than is 1
the case when milk is not cooled and
where it is stored in large vessels, :
such as buckets or cans.
Milk thus handled is completely |
sealed from dust, odors, or other
form of contamination. It will be
found much more convenient for the
housewife to handle milk in bottles
than in the usual way, Kimery said.
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Austrian Winter Peas
Suggested For Fall
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Though all three of the winter
growing legumes commonly planted
in North Carolina each fall are nearly
equal in value for forage and soil im
provement, it appears that this is the
year to plant heavily for Austrian
winter peas.
“My reason for making this sug-1
gestion is that the seed of the Aus-!
trian pea is comparatively low in
price as compared with crimson clov
er and vetch,” says Enos C. Blair,
extension agronomist at State Col
lege. “Field demonstrations show
that when other tilings are equal,
crimson clover, vetch and Austrian
winter peas make about the same
yield of hay. They also give about
the same increase in soil fertility
when turned under; but, for some
reason crimson clover seed and vetch
seed are high in pr;e this season and
if the winter peas may be purchased
at a less price there is no good rea
son why they may not be substituted
for vetch and clover.”
Blair says the price of crimson
'clover seed is nearly three times and
the price of vetch seed is over twice
that being asked for Austrian winter
peas. Assuming that 20 pounds of
either clover or vetch or 30 pounds of
Austrian peas is the right amount to
sow on one acre of land, the cost of
seeding the vetch is 50 per cent more |
than for the peas and the cost of
seeding crimson clover is about 200
per cent more.
He suggests that all growers plan
ning to sow a winter cover crop this
fall, investigate the possibility of
planting the Austrian peas.
GENERAL HAULING, LOCAL
and long distances. Reasonable
rates. See A. R. Phelps, Roper, N. C.
jy27-5tw
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Washington County.
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority contained by a certain
mortgage deed executed by J. M.
Horton (widower) to C. L. Weeks,
mortgagee, dated the 24th day of
March, 1930, recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds of Washington
County, in Book 93, on page 139, de
fault having been made in the in
debtedness thereby secured, the un
dersigned will, on Monday, the 27th
day of August, 1934, at 12 o’clock
noon, at the Courthouse door, Wash
ington County, offer for public sale to
the highest bidder for cash, that cer
tain real estate described in said in
strument as follows:
Lying and being in the Town of
Plymouth, on the North side of Main
Street adjoining the land of joe
Cooper, and fronting 50 feet on Main
Street and running hack in parallel
lines at right angles to said Main
Street 200 feet. It being the same
property described in that certain
conveyance recorded in Book 83, page
591, Washington Countj Registry.
Bidder will be required to deposit
ten per cent of amount bid as evi
dence of good faith in complying with
terms of sale, to go a.- liquidated
damage in event bidder should fail to
complete sale upon confirmation.
This 26th day of July, 1934.
C. L. WEEKS, Mortgagee.
By Edward L. Owens, Attorney.
Aug3-0tw
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained in that certain mortgage
deed executed by Maggie E. Phelps
and husband, J. E. Phelps, to the late
Dr. B. F. Halsey, dated the 19th day
of May, 1928, and recorded in the of
fice of the Register of Deeds of
Washington County, North Carolina,
in Book 102, page 149, to whcli refer
ence is hereby made, default having
been made in the payment of the in
debtedness thereby secured, the un
dersigned will offer for sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House door in Washington County,
at 12 o’clock noon, on the first day
of September, 1934, all of that cer
tain property described in said in
j strument as follows:
i "That certain tract or parcel of
' land known as the Farmers Union
j Supply Company store property and
; being the same property described and
j conveyed by a deed from W. L.
Whitley, commissioner of the Superior
Court, to B. F, Halsey, recorded in
Washington County Registry in Book
; 84, page 409, which said deed in its
| entirety is made a part hereof for the
j purpose of description in as full as if
I herein at length set out, together with
| all references to conveyances and
i other records therein contained.’’
I The bidder at such sale will be re
quired to deposit as much as 10 per
cent of the amount bid in cash as a
guaranty of good faith pending con
firmation of the sale and the right is
reserved to reject any and all bids.
This the 31st day of July, 1934.
IDA M. HALSEY,
} Executrix of the La'-t Will and Tes
i tament of Ur. B. F. Halsey, Deceased,
j ' Aug3-4tw
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
I and authority conferred in that ccr
i tain mortgage executed by H. W\
| Olliver to J. H. Craddock, mortgagee,
| dated January 24, 1925, and recorded
in Register of Deeds office of Wash
ington County in Book 77, page 511,
to which reference is hereby made,
and default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness secured
thereby, the undersigned mortgagee
will offer for sale, to the highest bid
der for cash, at the courthouse door
in Plymouth, X. C.. at 12 o'clock M.
on the 3rd day of September, 1934,
all that certain property described in j
said mortgage a> follows:
“All that farm known as the J. B.
Basnight farm, bounded on the West
by the main road, a part of said
farm deeded to Lester Davenport. On
the South by Willie Olliver’s land,
on the East bv the swamp belonging
to L. C. Spruill, on (lie North by the
lands of James Tarkenton heirs, con
taining about 60 acres, however, ex- j
cepting from this sale the lands sold j
to H. W. Olliver by J. B. Basnight j
under deed dated-dav of Decem
ber, 1920.
Terms of sale: Cash. The high
est bidder will be required to deposit
ten (10) per cent of his bid as a
guaranty of his good faith pending
the confirmation of the sale.
This 2nd dav of August, 1934.
J. H. CRADDOCK,
Aug2-4t Mortgagee.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having this day qualified as the
Administrator of Mrs. Nellie C. .
Beasley, late of Plymouth, Washing
ton County, North Carolina, 1* here
by give notice to all p: rsons holding
claims against said estate to present
them to me for payment at Plymouth,
N. C., on or before August 1, 1935, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
This the 18th day of Julv, 1934.
J.' T. McNAIR,
Administrator of Estate of
Mrs. Nellie C. Beasley.
July 20 6tw
~ NOTICE OF~SALE ~
Mrs. Mae Simmons, individually, and
as general guardian for Enoch
Warren Simmons, a minor, and as
next friend for Kathleen D. Sim
mons, a minor, wife of the said
Enoch Warren Simmons, vs. Emma
Brantley and husband, Wade
Brantley, and Emma Brantley as
general guardian of Fannie Es
telle Simmons, or Moore, a minor.
Under and by virtue of the Order
of Sale entered in the above entitled
proceeding- by the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Washington County,
North Carolina, on the 16th day of
July, 1934, and as directed thereby,
the undersigned. Commissioner of
the Court, will offer for sale, to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House door in Washington County,
North Carolina, at 12 o’clock noon,
on Monday, the 20th day of August,
1934, that certain property described
'and referred to in the petition in said
proceeding as follows:
“Adjoining the lands of W. P. Mc
Cabe, H. H. Bateman, the M. M.
| Alexander heirs in the town of Cres
well, beginning on the south side of
Main Street at the M. M. Alexander
heirs northeast corner 200 feet east
wardly from the corner of Main and
Fifth Streets: thence, running south
j westwardly along the M. M. Alex
ander hcir.s line parallel with Fifth
Strict 200 feet; thence, southeast
vvardly parallel with Main Street 100
feet: thence, northeastwardly along
H. H. Bateman’s line 200 feet to Main
Street thence, along Main Street 100
: feet to the beginning.”
! The bidder at such sale will be re
, quired to deposit a< much as ten per
cent of the amount bid as a guaranty
of good faith pending confirmation
t:. -,>! r by fii court and subject
to the orders of the court in said pro
ceeding.
Tiiis the 16th day of Inly, 1934.
VV. L. WHITLEY,
Commissioner of the Court.
July 20-4tw
APPLICATION FOR PARDON
OF WILLIE HOWCOTT
North Carolina, Washington County.
Application will he made to the
Governor of North Carolina for the
pardon of Willie Howcott convicted
at the August Special Term, 1931, of
the Superior Court of Washington
County for the crime of murder in
the second degree and sentenced to
State’s Prison for a term of not less
than ten nor more than fifteen years.
All persons who oppose the grant
ing of said pardon are invited to for
ward their protests to the Governor
without delay.
This the 10th day of July, 1934.
REBECCA HOWCOTT.
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Condensed Statement of Condition of
Branch Banking
& Trust Company
Plymouth, N. C.
At the Close of Business June 30, 1934
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $ 1,158,446.45
Other Stocks and Bonds 44,706.00
Banking House and Real Estate 448,642.86
Cash and Due from Banks $2,878,695.33
United States Bonds 3,410,012.29
Bonds of Federal Land Banks, Home
Owners’ Loan Corp., and Federal Farm
Mortgage Corp. 1,318,875.48
North Carolina Bonds 1,409,652.85
Municipal and other Marketable Bonds 1,267,306.41
Loans Secured by Marketable Collateral
With Cash Values in Excess of Loans 791,571.07
- 11,076,113.43
$12,727,908.74
$ 400,000.00
400.000. 00
200.000. 00
215,215.36
129,166.12
8,000.00
11,375,527.26
$12,727,908.74
Trust Department Assets Not Included
F. D. I. C.
The Branch Banking & Trust Co. is a mem
ber of the Temporary Federal Deposit Insur
ance Fund, and the funds of each depositor
are insured up to $5,000.00 by the Federal de
posit Insurance Corporation.
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock—Common
Capital Stock—Preferred
Surplus .
Undivided Profits .‘ .
Reserves .
Dividend Payable July 1, 1934 .
Deposits .
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