THE ROANOKE BEACON
And Washington County News
Published Every Friday in Plymouth. Washington
County, North CaroHna
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 20, 1937
Making Tenant Farmers
Congress is giving much consideration to the farm
tenancy problem these days, but its efforts to make
farm owners out of tenants will prove fruitless unless
stronger efforts are made to stop making tenants out
of farm owners.
It is estimated that 200,000 farmers will lose their
farms and homes this year by foreclosure, and that
number will be materially increased if tobacco and
cotton prices follow the route of the recently market
ed irish potato crop. Congress will have to advance
a stupendous transformation program if this loss is
offset and if any added gain is to follow in solving
a problem that is threatening the economic life of the
agricultural sections of the country.
The radical variation in farm prices within the short
span of a few months has reduced more farm owners
to near serfdom than any other one thing. The sav
ings of a lifetime have been wiped out and countless
farms have been placed on the block, the owners find
ing it impossible, after years of toil, to continue mak
ing annual payments. The government within the
past three or four years materially reduced the num
ber of foreclosures by ordering moratoriums and pro
viding lower interest rates. Resulting relief is only
temporary. Solution of the problem rests with sta
bility of production, as far as weather and other con
ditions permit and with stability of prices to a certain
extent.
For a number of years, land banks have started the
farmers on their way as land owners. Interest rates
and principal payments proved no serious problem
as long as the farmer received a fair return on his in
vestment and a living wage. Saddled by a debt with
a life of 20 years, the farmer accepted the obligations,
his determination and willingness effecting something
with a degree of certainty for future security. The
first year passes and the installments are paid, leaving
the farmer probably enough to feed himself and cover
his hide. Planting season comes again, and the task
of satisfying the mortgage is started, the farmer still
entertaining hope that bye and bye the little farm will
be his and there will be no heavy interest payments
to sap his life's blood. The third year, the fourth,
and possible the fifth year pass into history, the farm
er never faltering in his efforts to handle the man-sized
job.
There are sixth and seventh years, when production
exceeds demand, and prices drop. Production costs
are not met with the income from the crops. Person
al property is seized, and the first blow that is certain
to prove fatal is struck. Taxes accumulate, and the
farmer turns to time buying, creating a certain gamble
for himself as well as the credit man. Ordinarily
heavy plantings following in due course, production
surpluses pile and prices go lower. And in another
year the wheels of the foreclosure machine start turn
ing. ine iarmer is suia uui wiui uu ticuu iu ms
count for the payments he has made, for the foreclos
ure sale is centered around an amount that will satis
fy the mortgage holder. Sometimes there is a little
left over, and then a smart public criticizes the farmer
for not starting the same grind all over again.
No one is assured a market stability, but industry
can alter its plans, cut production overnight. The
farmer finds no advantage in closing an acre of land
or in unhitching and stabling a mule, for the taxes
continue and the animal must be fed. It has been
customary for the farmer to increase his production
on the theory that if one bale of 6-cent cotton will not
pay the taxes, two bales of 6-cent cotton will. Henry
Ford and General Motors never added to their profits
by making two cars when only one was needed. But
it is a violation of the farmer's freedom for the gov
ernment to come to his aid with a program that will
stabilize production and prices and eliminate pitfalls
that few now escape.
The little man continues to believe that President
Roosevelt and the late Senator Robinson knew these
conditions and were bent on having them corrected,
even if the reform required reorganization of the Su
preme Court. It is a certain fact that the rapid trend
to serfdom for thousands of farmers will never be
checked until a production schedule is formulated,
and that production schedule need not be so entirely
different in principle from that employed by industry.
But, with a peculiar sense of freedom, some leaders
apparently block any and all efforts to bring hope and
opportunity to the down-trodden.
Why Adjourn?
Why should Congress quit Washington the middle
or latter part of this month, when there is so much
to be done? There is much important legislation
needed now for the welfare of the nation in the few
months to come. Apparently the welfare of the na
tion and its masse? means little to some of the mem
bers of Congress, for they are willing to quit and re
turn home.
Those who vigorously attacked the court reform
proposal seem to entertain the belief that they have
saved the country by having continued an aged con
stitution, and they care little or nothing about what
cotton, tobacco or peanuts sell for, or whether the
masses live in houses or freeze in the open. The plight
of labor means nothing to them. They have their
constitution and there is the assurance that the old
order of things will be continued for the most part,
so why should they suffering the Washington heat
longer and earn their $10,000 annual salaries?
In the world of sport, the quitter is called yellow;
the quitter in Congress would have us believe he is a
statesman.
Social Unrest and Public Opinion
Christian Evangelist
In the long run the real arbiter in the current capi
tal-labor conflict in the United States will be public
opinion, and public opinion is formed by a complex of
self-interested pressure groups, making their cases in
the newspapers, over the radio, through the magazines
and moving pictures, and expressed in the leadership
of the politicians. Public opinion, if free and unfet
tered, will go along with sanity and reason, and re
act against violence and petulance. There are three
parties concerned directly in the present-day social
unrest and each party has done things both good and
bad, both positive and negative, in the formation of
a favorable public opinion.
Laboi leaders have been both wise and foolish. They
have been wise when they have led their followers
into a better understanding of modern economic prob
lems and increased the sense of solidarity in their
group. They have been foolish when they have coun
seled violence, and they have been weak wherein they
have been unable to discipline their followers.
Then, Capitalists have acted both wisely and fool
ishly. Some of them, like Myron Taylor, of United
States Steel, have decided upon conciliation and agree
ment. Others have been unwilling to go so far, but
at least they have been willing to talk the problems
over with their opponents in a man-to-man fashion.
Others, like Tom Girdler, have been petulant and
childish, unwilling even to meet with representatives
of labor.
Government is the third party concerned, and the
agencies of public administration have been both wise
and foolish. Governor Murphy, of Michigan, has evi
dently gone the second mile to effect conciliation when
ever possible. The Federal mediation board did the
best it could and is not to blame for any failure whidi
resulted from its efforts. On the other hand, public
administrators must be bitterly condemned for such
brutality and violence as occurred in South Chicago,
when policemen, with guns and clubs, beat and killed
strikers and their sympathizers.
Violence is always dangerous, always ineffective,
and always acts as a boomerang upon those who em
ploy it, whether it be in the interest of capital, labor,
or public administration. In the long run the em
ployers of violence will lose in the court of public opin
ion. If the better elements of each of these groups
will come forward and make their cases before public
opinion, the democratic processes will work toward a
solution.
In the meantime, if justice is to issue out of the
present conflict, the instruments of public opinion
must be free and unbought. The press must be hon
est in reporting the news and unbiased in its treat
ment of facts. When passion is high, when competi
tive interests are deeply in earnest, when class war is
threatened, when excited politicians stir up partisan
and racial feeling, when threats take the place of rea
son, then it is doubly important to have the facts
of every given situation truthfully and fairly chan
neled down to the average man.
Bandmaster in Heaven
Charlotte News
The Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins is dead, and they
are burying him today. He lived a singular life here
below, one of caring for the homeless young of his
race, and pleading with band music on street corners
lor ihe aid of passersby. His Negro bands and sing
ers have appeared before royalty and before the peo
ple of all the states of the Union, and through them
the children in the Charleston orphanage received
much of their support.
A day or so ago, when he was full of years and his
bands were in far places, the Sweet Chariot swung
low and, being assured after half a century of striv
ing that at least some of his chillun had shoes and a
place to lay their heads, he stepped aboard. And we
have the fancy that he hummed spirituals all the way
up to the Pearly Gates and was very much at home
when he arrived.
A Wasted Life
(1 ’atchman-Examiner
A wasted life is not always an evil life or an idle
life. It is an easy thing to allow life to be filled with
matters of small importance or with affairs of such
varied and conflicting tendencies that the days and the
weeks and the years shall pass with no definite goal
reached and no effective work done. No one of the
things that have occupied time and attention may be
wrong in itself, but the outcome of life is as absolute
ly nothing as if nothing had been attempted. The
flitting of the butterfly is serious and earnest compared
with such a life, for the butterfly gathers food and
lives a life of beauty.
Aimless lives are neither useful nor beautiful. And
it must always be remembered that if our lives are to
have an aim and trend toward a definite end the pur
pose and control must come from within. Outward
circumstances do not usually conspire to shape a life
to the best mold. The decisive purpose that rules your
life must be supplied by yourself and adhered to and
made effective by the firmness of your own determina
tion.
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NOTICE
North Carolina, Washington Countv.
All persons will take notice that
I have this day qualified before the
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Washington County as executor of
the last will and testament of Mrs.
Sarah A. Spruill. All persons in
debted to the said estate are request
ed to make immediate settlement
with me. All persons having claims
against the said estate are notified
to present the same properly item
ized and verified to the undersigned
within twelve months from and aft
er the 13th day of August, 1937. or
else this notice will be pleaded in
bar of recovery thereon.
This the 13th day of August, 1937.
HUGH PATRICK,
a20 6t Executor.
Roper, N. C., R. F. D
NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to an order of sale en
tered by the Clerk Superior Court
in a decree entered in a special pro
ceeding entitled “Minnie McNair and
hubsand, J T. McNair, Z. V. Norman
and wife, Florence B. Norman, vs.
L. H. Windholz and Morris S. Haw
kins, receivers of Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company,” appointing and
directing the undersigned commis
sioner .after due advertisement, to
expose at public sale and sell at the
courthouse door of Washington
County, the lands hereinafter de
scribed, the said order of sale hav
ing been entered on the 13th day of
August, 1937. the undersigned Z. V.
Norman, commissioner, will expose
at public sale to the highest bidder
for cash at the courthouse door of
Washington County, on the 15th day
of September. 1937, at 12 o’clock
noon, the following described land:
Lying and being in Plymouth
Township, Washington County,
North Carolina, described and de
fined as follows: The Henry E. Wolfe
home place lying on the east side of
U. S. Highway 64. south of the town
of Plymouth, and bounded on the
west by said highway, on the south
by the lands of A. L. Owens, on the
east by Ben Tetterton land and oth
-ers, and on the north by Enoch L.
McNair, the Joe Boston one-acre
tract, the O. O. Jackson-Eliis Lee
tract and others, and being that land
known as the home tract of Henry
E. Wolfe, sr., and Henry E. Wolfe,
jr., containing five acres, more or
less.
mere is excepieu nuui me duuv^
described land a strip or streak, 66
feet wide, being 33 feet on each side
of the center of the main line of the
Norfolk Southern Railroad track as
now laid our across said tract of
land, which said strip or streak is
owned by Norfolk Southern Rail
road Company, or its receivers, and ,
is not authorized to be sold.
The said land will be sold subject
to the taxes of 1937, and the high
est bidder ta said sale will be re
quired to deposit ten per cent of his
bid as the guarantee of good faith
and to be forfeited upon his failure
to comply with his bid upon notice
tha this deed is ready for delivery.
This the 13th day of August, 1937.
Z. V. NORMAN,
a20 4t Commissioner.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Washington Coun
ty. In the Superior Court.
Floyd M. Willford vs. Mary B. Will
ford
The defenant, Mary B. Willford
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Washing
ton County, North Carolina, where
in a complaint has been filed de
manding a divorce a vinculo by the
plaintiff, and the defendant will fur
ther take notice that she is requir
ed to appear at the office of Clerk
of Superior Court of Washington
County in Plymouth, North Caro
lina, within thirty days from the
30th day of July, 1937, and answer
or demur to the said complaint filed
therein as aforesaid, or the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
This the 30th day of July, 1937.
C. V. W. AUSBON,
a6 4t Clerk of Superior Court.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Washington Coun
ty, in the Superior Court.
Virgie H. Thompson vs. Lloyd C.
Thompson.
The defendant, Lloyd C. Thomp
son will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Washington County, North Carolina
for the purpose of securing a di
vorce from the bonds of matrimony
and the above named defendant will
further take notice that he must ap
pear at the ofTice of the Clerk of
Superior Court in the town of Plym
outh within S'1 days from the 10th
day of Septemoer. 1937, and answer
or demur to the complaint filed
therein or the plaintiff wdll apply
to the court for the relief demand
ed in said complaint.
This the 10th day of August, 1937.
C, V. W. AUSBON,
a-13 fit Clerk Superior Court.
NOTICE OF SALE
By virtue of the authority con
tained in that certain deed of trust,
executed on the 1st day of Decem
ber, 1935, by W. B. Tetterton and
wife, Alice Tetterton, to Southern
Loan and Insurance Company. Trus
tee, and recorded in the office of
the Register of Deeds for Washing
ton County. N. C.. in book f!9. page
108, default having been made in
the conditions of said deed of trust,
the undersigned Trustee will, on
the 13th day of September. 1937, at
12:00 o’clock, noon, at the court
house door of Washington County,
N. C., offer for sale at public auc
tion to the highest bidder, for cash,
the following described property:
All those certain lands situated in
Plymouth Township, Washington
County, N. C., containing 121 acres,
more or less, situated on the Public
Road .about 1 1-4 miles from the
Town of Plymouth, in Plymouth
Township, Washington County, N.
C., having such shape, metes, cour
ses and distances as will more fully
appear by reference to plat there
of made by Elbert J. Respass, sur
veyor, on the 3rd day of Decem
ber, 1924, copy of which is attach
ed to the abstract now' on file with
the Southern Loan & Insurance
Company, Trustee, Elizabeth City,
N. C., the description of said lands
by metes and bounds being as fol
lows: Adjoining the lands of A. R.
Latham, William Morgan, A. C.
Garrett and others, and beginning
at a corner in the line of A. R. La
tham and A. C. Garrett the run of
Maurattock Swamp and running
along the various courses of said
swamp N. 64 degrees 30 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 65 degrees 40
minutes W. 297 feet; thence N. 73
degrees 30 minutes W. 96 feet;
thence N. 32 degrees 35 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 54 degrees 15
minutes W. 55 feet; thence S. 53
degrees 35 minutes W. 52 feet;
thence S. 27 degrees 50 minutes W.
100 feet; thence S. 44 degrees 45
minutes W. 200 feet; thence S. 61
degrees 10 minutes W. 134 feet;
thence S. 88 degrees 15 minutes W.
48 feet; thence N. 71 degrees 45
minutes W. 100 feet; thence N. 73
degrees 35 minutes W. 100 feet;
thence N. 81 degrees 45 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 70 degrees 25
minutes W. 152 feet; thence N. 60
degrees W. 100 feet; thence N. 13
degrees N. 57 feet: thence N. 57 de
grees 45 minutes W. 84 feet; thence
S. 67 degrees 45 minutes W. 87 feet;
thence N. 49 degrees 15 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 67 degrees 10
minutes W. 61 feet; thence N. 75
degrees 15 minutes W. 100 feet;
thence N. 58 degrees 30 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 86 degrees 30
minutes \Y. loO fee'; thence N. 78
degrees 59 minutes W. 66 feet;
thence S. 66 degrees 30 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 87 degrees 35
minutes W. 93 fee,; thence S. 68
i egrees 30 minutes W. 100 feet;
thence S. 71 degrees 30 minutes W.
68 feet; thence S. 12 degrees W. 74
feet; thence N. 64 degrees 30 min
utes W. 124 feet; thence S. 59 de
grees W. 100 feet; thence S. 31 de
grees 15 minutes W. 112 feet;
thence S. 37 degrees 30 minutes W.
100 feet; thence S. 46 degrees 25
minutes W. 100 feet; thence S. 30
degrees 25 minutes W. 100 feet;
thence S. 32 degrees 10 minutes W.
100 feet; thence S 61 degrees 10
minutes W. 100 feet; thence S. 72
degrees W. 100 feet; thence N. 71
degrees 10 minutes W. 100 feet;
thence S. 87 degrees 35 minutes W.
100 feet; thence N. 76 degrees 30
minutes W. 100 feet; thence S. 87
degrees 40 minutes W. 100 feet;
thence S. 89 degrees 40 minutes W.
70 feet to a corner in the line of
A. R. Latham; thence along the
said Latham’s line S. 7 degrees 15
minutes E. 393 feet; thence S. 55
degrees N. 1432 feet to a corner;
thence S. 45 degrees 40 minutes W.
430 feet to a corner in the line of
said A. R. Latham and William
Morgan; thence along the line of
said Morgan S. 69 degrees 35 min
utees E. 1250 feet to a corner;
thence S. 24 degrees 5 minutes W.
737 feet to a corner in the line of
said Morgan and Sid Allen: thence
along the said Allen’s line S. 74 de
grees 45 minutes E. 867 feet to a
corner in the line of said Allen and
A. R. Latham: thence along the
line of the said Latham N. 20 de
grees E. 2015 feet; thence N. 21 de
grees E. 653 feet; thence N. 26 de
grees 45 minutes E. 583 feet to the
point of beginning, containing 121
acres by survey made by Elbert J.
Respass, on December 3, 1924.
The above property is sold sub
ject to a first deed of trust execut
ed by W. B. Tetterton and wife, to
Southern Loan & Insurance Comp
any, Trustee, dated December 1st.,
1935.
The above property will be sold
subject to all taxes now due and
unpaid.
A deposit of five percent of the
amount bid will be required of the
successful bidder at the hour of
sole.
This notice dated and posted this
llt'n day of August, 1937.
SOUTHERN LOAN AND
INSURANCE CO.,
a-13 4t Trustee.
By Worth and Horner. Attorneys,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
HR. V. H. MEWBORN
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