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THE ROANOKE BEACON And Washington County News Published Every Friday in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina WAI-TER 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 Ons year ___$1.50 Six months_____ 75 Outside of Above Countiss One year __— $2.00 Six months _ 100 (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, August 6, 1937 Hiding Behind Big Wages Much has been said about dictatorships rising up to threaten the freedom of the people, but existing dic tatorships in industry today are little noticed, and when the laboring masses rise up to explain their plight, a world enlightened by warp-sided Boake Car ters do not seem to understand the language or pleas coming from the common man. It stands to reason that few workers would strike if they received wages that afforded an existence plus a few of the luxuries that modern advertising would have us believe are necessities. We have only the dis torted facts, and it is difficult for us, so far removed from the strife centers to understand the war between capital and labor. Go to other sources than Boake Carter's column, and at least one will tind both sides represented. The high wages paid by Henry Ford are pointed out and referred to time and again, the "big money leading the public to believe that Mr. Ford is first a friend of labor over and above everything else. But there is more to Ford's policy than a wage scale. The motor magnate, in stepping up wages, steps up pro duction, some say, in a far greater proportion. The huge plants take young men, sap the life's blood from their bodies and soul and kick them out as old men often before he reaches the age of 35 years. That same young man could enter any normal business, earn half as much pay and live twice as long, enjoy ing the things of life in sharp contrast to the machine soul created by the mechanized assembly lines in this country. Ford and many others are trying to hide their labor driving policies behind high wages, but one of these days when relief agencies carry a large percentage of human beings whose minds, bodies and souls have been warped by a high-geared machine, we will look back to the motor industry’s high wages as nothing more than a mask hiding a labor dictatorship. Then there are others who are sapping the life blood from human beings and paying nothing while they do it. Senator Robinson In the death of Senator Joe Robinson, of Arkansas, the national administration is not the only one experi encing a great loss. The common man, once he recalls the leadership of the man during these past few years, well realizes he has lost a friend, a friend who cham pioned the rights of the little man. It is alleged that the Senator did not have his heart and soul in some of the proposals he worked for in the halls of Congress. His record shows, however, that if the allegations were true, he made secondary his own opinions that fairness and justness could be extended to the lowly and weak. It is a bit difficult to understand such allegations can stand now that it is knowm he laid dowm his life in the battle for what he believed right and what he thought was for the best interests of the common masses and the country as a whole. Government by Influence With the lobbyists swarming around the legislative halls in increasing numbers, and with relations and friendships crowding into the inner chambers of rank ing officials, the trend toward government by influ ence becomes more marked. Every now and then government by representation is made possible just before election time by a recorded vote. Reports have it that Governor Lehman's stand against the Supreme Court reform proposal was really that of his wife, the former Miss Edith Altschul. It further develops that Mrs. Lehman’s brother, Frank Altschul, is a member of an international banking firm and chairman of the listing committee of the New York Stock Exchange, and that, partly because of her brother's influence, she has been cool toward the New Deal. Where is representative government when a lone person can effect such strong influence? Suppose the President’s court plan was all wrong, would it not have been better for the expressed opposition to have come from the people and not from an international banker and a member of a stock exchange? Representative government pulls to the front about election time, but it is overshadowed so soon by the influence of the big fellow and at the expense of the masses. Probably more influence has been brought to bear against President Roosevelt in his administra tion of representative government these past five years than in any other period. It has reached into party lines and has effected a gross neglect of the people's wishes by such men as Josiah Bailey, Carter Glass, and others. That Fellow Bailey Again Our own Josiah Bailey, the firm advocate of restor ing prosperity by balancing the budget and placing the money kings back in power, took leave of absence from his sacred trust a few days ago, when he voted to over-ride the President's veto of the bill continu ing low interest rates on farm loans. It was a matter of only a few millions, but the change in the stand taken by Senator Bailey complicates the matter and adds bigness to those millions. High interest rates in the past have not helped the farmer, but the economic system allowing the farmer to work for nothing has ruined him. Mr. Bailey’s rec ord has been to favor that system, but he turns around and favors something that means little one way or the other. If he ever faces the public again, he will, with all the oratory at his command tell how he voted to help the farmer, forgetting all about his efforts to hold the teeming millions in economic slavery. Sectional Selfishness Sectional selfishness has cropped out in a big way these past few months, and it is apparent that one section, just so long as it enjoys the benefits, cares lit tle about the fare of another section. In plain lan guage, many sectional divisions are playing the role of an oversized hog, a hog that grabs everything for itself and denies another even the right to live. There are those who want their economic status improved, and they also favor the economic status of their fellowman improved, regardless of sections. There are others who want the government to economize and balance the budget, but appropriations that offer them benefits must not be decreased, they say. In a near-by shipbuilding center, loud pleas are heard demanding increased appropriations for build ing warship and other instruments for wiping out in nocent mankind. Those same persons deny the rights cf farmers to a control bill that will insure them some measure of economic stability. A starving man on an eastern Carolina farm, or a freezing woodcutter in the Northwest can die and rot, for all our shipbuilding friends care, but increased appropriations must be made for more ships. Balance the budget by having the farmer produce the necessities of life at less than cost; let the jobless starve by cutting off relief, the shipbuildrs just don’t seem to care. In the farming areas, in fact, right here in eastern Carolina, there are those who favor crop control plans, even if those plans are put into effect at the expense of the great constitution. But all the other purposes and intents of the constitution must be preserved in the name of freedom, the same group yells. ‘‘Build us up, but let the rest of the world go by,” they yell to their sectional representatives. Build great politi cal bridges and deepen ditches; we’ll benefit while the rest of the state and nation foot the bills that run in to millions. The employer favors increased purchasing power at the expense of another employer that his goods will sell, but the first employer does not favor even fair wages, in many cases, that his employees may buy articles and goods manufactured by the second em ployer. When each section realizes that its economic life is closely knitted to that of another, that one cannot rise or fall without affecting the other, the sooner there will be economic stability for the whole. EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS The Board of County Commission ers met in regular session Monday, June 7th, 1927. Present: J. M. Clagon, chairman: Frank L. Brink ley and E. F. Swain. Mr. Frank L. Brinkley introduced the following bond order, which was read at length: “An Order Authorizing the Issuance of $55,000 of Road and Bridge Re funding Bonds of the County of Washington, North Carolina, to Refund Outstanding Bonds. Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Washington as follows: Section 1. The Board of Commis sioners of the County of Washing ton has ascertained and determined, and does hereby declare, that the following bonds of said County have heretofore been issued by said Coun ty and are now outstanding, viz: (1) $45,000 Road and Bridge Bonds, dated January 1, 1920, oay able $4,000 of bonds on January 1st in each of the years 1932 and 1933, $5,000 of bonds on January 1st in each of the years 1934 to 1938. in clusive, and $6,000 of bonds on Jan uary 1st in each of the years 1939 and 1940, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consist ing of forty-five bonds of the denom ination of $1,000 each; (2) $10,000 Road and Bridge Bonds, dated June 1, 1922, payable $2,000 of bonds on June 1st in each of the years 1936 to 1940, inclusive, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consisting of ten bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each; and that said bonds were issued on or about their respective dates, and that said county received in pay ment therefor not less than the face amount of said bonds, and that all sums received in payment for said bonds have been applied to the pay ment of the cost of constructing or reconstructing highways and bridges in said county, or to the funding of indebtedness incurred therefor, and that no part of the principal of any of said bonds has been paid, and that all of said bonds are valid and binding obligations of said county, and that every expense defrayed from the proceeds of said outstand ing bonds constituted a necessary expense of said county, within the meaning of section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution of North Caro lina, and also a special purpose, within the meaning of section 6 of Article V of said Constitution. Section 2. For the purpose of re funding the debt evidenced by said bonds, there shall be'issued, pursu ant to the County Finance Act, as amended, bonds of the County of Washington of an aggregate princi pal amount which shall not exceed fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000;. Section 3. A statement of the coun ty debt of the County of Washing ton has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said county, and is open to public in spection. Section 4. This order shall take effect upon its passage, and shall not be submitted to the voters.” The foregoing order was finally passed on the 5th day of July, 1937, and was first published on the 6th day of August, 1937. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said order must be commenced within thirty 'days after its first publication. MARY S. CAHOON, Clerk, Board of Commissioners. Mr. Frank L. Brinkley introduced the following bond order, which was read at length: “An Order Authorizing the Issuance of $60,000 of General Refunding Bonds of the County of Washing ton, North Carolina, To Refund Outstanding Bonds: Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Washington as follows: Section 1. The Board of Commis sioners of the County of Washington has ascertained and determined and does hereby declare, that the fol lowing bonds of said county have heretofore been issued by said coun ty and are now outstanding, viz: (1) $12,000 Courthouse Bonds, dat ed January 1, 1917, payable $1,000 of bonds on January 1st in. each of the years 1933 to 1936. inclusive, and $2,000 of bonds on January 1st in each of the years 1937 to 1940, in clusive, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consist ing of twelve bonds of the denom ination of $1,000 each; (2) $10,000 Courthouse Bonds, dat ed January 1. 1919, payable, $5,000 of bonds on January 1st in each o; the years 1939 and 1940, bearing in terest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semi-an nually, and consisting of ten bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each; (31 $12,000 Funding Bonds, dated July 1, 1915, payable, $1,000 of bonds on July 1st in each of the years 1932 to 1935, inclusive, and $2,090 of bonds on July 1st in each of the years 1936 to 1939, inclusive, bear ing interest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable annually, and consisting of twelve bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each; (4) $11,000 Funding Bonds, dated May 1, 1927. payable. $1,000 of bonds on May 1, 1932, and $2,000 of bonds on May 1st in each of the years 1936 to 1940, inclusive, bearing interest at the rate of four and three-quar ters per centum (4 3-4%) per an num, payable semi-annually, and con sisting of eleven bonds of the de nomination of $1,000 each; (5) $15,000 Funding Bonds, dated June 1, 1925. payable $2,000 of bonds on June 1, 1932. $1,000 of bonds on June 1, 1933, and $2,000 of bonds on June 1st in each of the years 1935 to 1940, inclusive, bearing in terest at the rate of five and one-half per centum (5 1-2%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consist ing of fifteen bonds of the denomi nation of $1,000 each; and that said bonds were issued on or about their respective dates, and that said county received in pay ment therefor not less than the face amount of said bonds, and that all sums received in payment for said bonds have been applied to the pay ment of the cost of erecting a court house for said county, or building or rebuilding roads and bridges m said county, or the funding of indebted ness incurred therefor, or to the funding of outstanding indebtedness of said county incurred for neces sary expenses of said county, and that no part of the principal of any of said bonds has been paid, and that all of said bonds are valid and bind ing obligations of said county, and that every expense defrayed from the proceeds if said cutstanding bonds constituted a necessary ex pense of said county, within the meaning of section 7 of Article VII of the Constitution of North Caro lina, and also a special purpose, within the meaning of section 6 of Article V of said Constitution. Section 2. For the purpose of re funding the debt evidenced by said bonds, there shall be issued, pursu ant to the County Finance Act, as amended, bonds of the County of Washington, of an aggregate princi pal amount which shall not exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000). Section 3. A statement of the coun ty debt of the county of Washington has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said County, and is open to public in spection. Section 4. This order shall take effect upon its passage, and shall not be submitted to the voters.” ine ioregomg uiuei wd& iuicuxjr passed on the 5th day of July, 1937, and was first published on the 6th day of August, 1937. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said order must be commenced within thirty days after its first publication. MARY S. CAHOON, Clerk. Board of Commissioners. Mr. Frank L. Brinkley introduced the following bond order, which was read at length: ■‘An Order Authorizing the Issuance of 563,500 of School Refunding Bonds of the County of Washing ton, North Carolina, To Refund Outstanding Bonds. Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Washington as follows: Section 1: The Board of Commis sioners of the County of Washing ton has ascertained and determined, and does hereby declare, that the following bonds of said County have heretofore been issued by said Coun ty and are now outstanding, viz: (1) $4,500 Mackeys High School Building Bonds, dated August 1, 1924, payable, $500 of bonds on Au gust 1st in each of the years 1931 to 1939, inclusive, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consisting of nine bonds of the de nomination of $500 each; (2) $20,000 School Funding Bonds, dated May 1, 1927, payable, $2,000 of bonds on May 1, 1932, $3,000 of bonds on May 1st in each of the years 1936 and 1937, and $4,000 of bonds on May 1st in each of the years 1938 to 1940, inclusive, bear ing interest at the rate of four and three-quarters per centum (4 3-4%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consisting of twenty bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each; (3) $3U.OOO School Funding Bonds, dated June 1, 1928, payable, $3,000 of bonds on June 1st in each of the years 1935 to 1939, inclusive, and $5,000 of bonds on June 1, 1940, bear ing interest at the rate of four and three-quarters per centum (4 3-4%) per annum, payable semi-annually, and consisting of twenty bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each; and (4) $19,000 School Bonds, dated December 1, 1923, payable, $2,000 of bonds on December 1st in each of the years 1933 and 1934, and $3, 000 of bonds on December 1st in each of the years 1935 to 1939, inclu sive, bearing interest at the rate of five and one-half per centum (5 1-2%) per annum, payable semi annually, and consisting of nineteen bonds of the denomination of $1,000 each; and that said bonds were issued on or about their respective dates, and that said county received in pay ment therefor not less than the face amount of said bonds, and that all sums received in payment for said bonds have been applied to the mak ing of expenditures necessary for the maintenance of the public schools by said County, as an administrative agency of the State of North Caro lina, for the six-months term re quired by the Constitution of North Carolina, and that no part of the principal of any of said bonds has been paid, and that all of said bonds are valid and binding obligations of said county. Section 2. For the purpose of re funding the debt evidenced by said bonds, there shall be issued, pursu ant to the County Finance Act, as amended, bonds of the County of Washington, of an aggregate princi pal amount which shall not exceed Sixty-Three Thousand. Five Hun dred Dollars ($63,500). Section 3. A statement of the County debt of the County of Wash ington has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said county, and is open to public inspection. Section 4. This order shall take effect upon its passage, and shall not be submitted to the voters.” The foregoing order was finally passed on the 5th day of July, 1937. and was first published on the 6th day of August, 1937. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said order must be commenced within thirty days after its first publication. MARY S. CAHOON, Clerk. Board of Commissioners. Mr. Frank L. Brinkley introduced the following bond order, which was read at length: "An Order Authorizing the Issuance of $40,874.38 of Interest Funding Bonds of the County of Washing ton. North Carolina, to Fund In terest on Outstanding Bonds, Is sued for Purposes Other Than School Purposes. Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners o fthe County of Washington, as follows: Section 1. The Board of Commis sioners of the County of Washington has ascertained and determined, and does hereby declare, that said coun ty owes, by way of interest on the following described bonds hereto fore issued by said county, the fol lowing respective amounts, viz: (1) $5,230.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $50,000 6% Courthouse Bonds dated January 1, 1917; (2) $3,000.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $25,000 6% Courthouse Bonds dated January 1, 1919; (3) $13,475.00 interest on bonds constituting part of an original is sue of $145,000 6% Road and Bridge Bonds dated January 1, 1920; (4) $1,605.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $30,000 6% Funding Bonds dated July 1, 1915; (5) $2,933.13 interest on bonds constituting part of an original is sue of $50,000 4 3-4% Funding Bonds, dated May 1, 1927; (6) $5,690.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $70,000 6% Road and Bridge Bonds, dated June 1. 1922; (7) $1,801.25 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $35,000 5 1-2% Funding Bonds, dat ed June 1, 1925; (8) $2,640.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $35,000.00 5 1-2% Funding Bonds, dated February 1, 1925; (9) $1,800.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $20,000 6% Road and Bridge Bonds, dated May 1, 1923; (10) $2,700.00 interest on bonds constituting part of an original issue of $30,000 C% Funding Bonds, dated June 1, 1922; and that all of said bonds were is sued on or about their respective dates, and that said County received in payment therefor not less than t'.ie face amount of said bonds, and that all sums received in payment for said bonds were applied to the purposes for which said bonds were authorized to be issued, and that all of said interest accrued on or before the first day of July, 1936, and that no part of said interest has been paid. Section 2 For the purpose of fund ingsaidintereshthereshallbeis sued, pursuant to the County Finance Act, as amended, bonds of the Coun ty of Washington of an aggregate principal amount which shall not exceed Forty Thousand, Eight Hun dred, Seventy-Four and 38-100 Dol lars ($40,874.38). Section 3. A statement of the county debt of the County of Wash ington has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said County, and is open to public inspection. Section 4. This order shall take ef fect upon its passage, and shall not be submitted to the voters.” The foregoing order was finally passed on the 5th day of July, 1937. and was first published on the 6th day of August, 1937. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said order must be commenced within thirty days after its first publication. MARY S. CAHOON, Clerk, Board of Commissioners. Mr. Frank L. Brinkley introduced the following bond order, which was read at length: "An Order Authorizing the Issuance of $27,572.91 of Interest Funding Bonds of the County of Washing ton, North Carolina, To Fund In terest on Outstanding Bonds Is sued for School Purposes. Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners of the County of Washington as follows: Section 1. The Board of Commis sioner of the County of Washington has ascertained and determined, and does hereby declare that said Coun ty owes, by way of interest on the following described bonds hereto fore issued or assumed by said Coun ty. the following respective amounts, viz: (1) $702.50 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $10,000 6% Mackeys High School Building Bonds, dated August 1. 1924; (2) $6,064.17 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of $100,000 4 3-4% School Funding Bonds, dated May 1, 1927; (3) $2,216.65 interest on bonds constituting part of an original issue of $40,000 4 3-4% School Funding Bonds, dated June 1, 1928; (4) $6,769.59 interest on bonds constituting part of an original is sue of $100,000 5 1-2% School Bonds dated December 1, 1923; (5) $1,020.00 interest on bonds con stituting part of an original issue of SI.5.000 6% Creswell High School District Schoolhouse Bonds, dated September 17, 1918; (6) $5,400.00 interest on bonds constituting part of an original is sue of $60,000 6% Plymouth Graded School District School Bonds, dated March 15, 1920; (7) $5,400.00 interest on bonds constituting part of an original is ue of $60,000 6% Plymouth Graded School District Bonds, dated May 1, 1921; and that all of said bonds were is sued on or about their respective dates and that, in the case of the bonds issued in the name of said County, said County received in payment therefor not less than the face amount of said bonds, and, in the case of the bonds issued in the name of any school district, such school district received in payment therefor not less than the face amount of said bonds, and that all sums received in payment for said bonds were applied to the purposes for which said bonds were author ized to be issued, and that all of said interest accrued on or before the first day of July, 1936, and that no part of said interest has been paid. Section 2. For the purpose of fund ing said interest, there shall be is sued, pursuant to the County Fi nance Act, as amended, bonds of the County of Washington of an aggre gate principal amount which shall not exceed Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two and 191-100 Dollars ($27,572.91). | Section 3. A statement of the County debt of the County of Wash ington has been filed with the Clerk of the Board of Commissioners of said County, and is open to public inspection. Section 4. This order shall take effect upon its passage and shall not be submitted to the voters.” The foregoing order was finally passed on the 5th day of July, 1937. and was first published on the 6th day of August, 1937. Any action or proceeding ques tioning the validity of said order must be commenced within thirty days after its first publication. MARY S. CAHOON, Clerk, Board of Commissioners. W atts-W illiamston Thurs.-Fri. MAT. 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