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THE ROANOKE BEACON And Washington County News Published Every Friday in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon was established in 1889 and consolidated with the Washington County News in 1929, Subscription Rates In Washington, Martin, and Tyrrell Coantie* On* year .. ... ---$1.50 5i» months - .-.-.- 3* Outside cf Above Countiea One year $2.00 Si* months ~ - 1-0® (Strictly Cash in Advance) Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Plymouth X L , under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Friday, September 10, 1938 K Give Them Consideration It’s an encouraging sign when thousands of little tots and youngsters start the trek to school to again add to their store of knowledge and prepare themselves for the battles that face them with a definite certainty in the years to come. Probably right here in our own school some youngster is now building the foundation in support of a solution to perplexing problems that are certain to present tnemselves in years not so far away. In preparing pupils for the tasks in life, the school experiences many problems of its own. There is the underprivileged child, the little fel low who doesn't seem to have the knack of learning and who sometimes, we are afraid, is recognized as a liability. It isn t right to direct the teacher to center her attention on the back ward pupil and ignore the bright little fellow who can grasp easily the instruction offered by the school. And neither is it right to center all attention on the bright pupil and ignore the less fortunate or backward tot. It is to be hoped that the schools will give equal consideration to all, remembering that the dirty-faced ragamuffin’s need for an education is possibly even greater than that of the bright young fellow who can look out for himself. We would plead for the best instruction for every child, but urge that the backward tot be recognized as a bit of humanity and not as a cold liability that must be tolerated. It is so easy for one to ignore the needy and take his place wtih a higher group, where the sailing is comparatively easy. The trend of the times has been to push the strong up and push the weak down. One does not have to go far from home to find little chil dren in tenant homes where conditions border close to serfdom. The hope of these little bits of humanity rests largely in the hands of under standing teachers in our public schools. Sure ly society will have taken a forward step when it gives these little people a new lease on life, and recognizes that in helping to solve their problems it will have bettered itself. Education Never Ends Mount Olive Tribune One of the wisest remarks we have read for a long time was made by a New York judge the other day. “Only a clod speaks of his edu cation in the past tense." In ruling that a trust fund established to “complete" the education of a boy should be continuous throughout the oeneficiary s life, Surrogate Delehanty point ed out that education is an unending life-long process of development. Education does not consist in filling a child’s mind with knowledge. The discipline of formal .study is merely laying the foundation of an education. The intelligent student brings away from school little more, at best, than an under standing of how knowledge may be acquired and from what sources. If he has been fortu nate in his teachers, he will also have some comprehension of the relation of each kind of knowledge to all others. So equipped, one’s education may be said to begin after he has finished school or college and tries to apply the knowledge and mothods he has been taught, to the practical affairs of life and the art of living. He finds in his con tact with his fellowmen new problems every day that were never mentioned in his text books. How well educated he finally becomes depends upon how well he succeeds in learn ing from his day-by-day experiences. Not So Strange Hugo Sims in Roxboro Courier People in the United States who wonder why Euro pean nations cannot get together and settle their ha treds in the interest of peace might take time off to read some of the debates that occur between the var ious sections of the United States. The wages and hours bill, the anti-lynching bill, the farm control measure, the housing program, and vari ous labor bills cause heated discussion in this country where the people, for the most part, of the same gen eral type. RAMBLING ABOUT By THE RAMBLER ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE NOW— At last Hoover and Roosevelt have gotten to gether ... In fact, they have been working in perfect harmony helping the Roanoke Beacon install its new Linotype and press in Plymouth. . . . Roosevelt (Ruffin) hails from Williamston, and (Sam) Hoover is a Plymouth resident . . . both are gentlemen of color. . . . Just what their political views may be is not known. MORE GOOD NEWS— Theer is a possibility that Washington County in the not too distant future may have a Na tional Forest . . . Which, in addition to the new pulp mill, the $300,000 Scuppernong Farms De velopment, the new Albemarle Sound bridge, and the State Park, of which there has lately been talk, would be , . . not so bad. Proof that this National Forest proposition is more than just rumor is the fact that W. I. Stev ens, a forester from the regional office at At lanta. Ga., is making a survey of the county woodlands. . . . And of certain areas in Pasquo tank and Dare Counties, also. “A good many owners of woodland in this sec tion evidently are anxious to sell,” he said . . . "But the government is in no hurry about buy ing ... It is very careful in its selection of the tracts for National Forests . . . Buys only at low prices.” Working with Forester Stevens on his survey here is J. W. Chalfant, a junior forester from Croatan National Forest near New Bern . . . Croatan is a typical National Forest. . . . Ac quired by the government about three years ago it is now being developed by 300 CCC workers. . . . Fire roads are being built, observation tow ers erected, and soil conservation work is well under way. . . . Some day, if this forest develops as older ones have, it will yield large amounts of timber . . . which the Forest Service will sell to private in dustry. . . . National forests are intended to con serve the nation’s wood supply. . . In order that in future years good lumber may be available at reasonable prices. . . . LABOR DAY OBSERVED HERE Something new in these parts was the Labor Day holiday given several hundred employees by the James Stewart Company . . . Many of the men left their jobs early Saturday afternoon . . . and had half of Saturday, all day Sunday, and all day Monday off . . . Which gave many a chance to go home to families in Virginia, South Carolina, and even further . . . GOOD WORK—LET'S KEEP IT UP Your Rambler is pleased with the splendid manner in which members of the Lion’s Club, individually and collectively, responded to a plea for funds with which to buy football uni forms for the Plymouth High team. Just a few days before, Cleaton O. Armstrong, the new coach . . . who we think will be pop ular here . . . told your Rambler that in his opin ion the present football equipment is worse than nothing, as it gives no real protection. Congratulations, therefore, to Principal Trot man, Coach Armstrong, School Committee Chairman Carl Bailey, and to Mr. W. A. David son . . . who started the ball rolling to get the boys some new helmets and suits . . . Credit is due also, and many thanks from the whole community, to the Lion’s Club for its do nation of $25 and to the following for their per sonal contributions: J. R. Manning, Carl L. Bailey, P. W. Brown, A. J. Riddle, Dr. T. L. Bray, L. S. Thompson, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Papi neau, W. A. Davidson, E. F. Still, W. W. Hen derson, and E. H. Liverman. This is a good start . . . But it is only a start. . . . Football is a great game . . . perhaps the fin est of all games . . . opinions, of course, will dif fer as to that . . . But it does build character as well as health . . . And the boys who play it de serve the support of all public-spirited citizens. If the all other organizations in Plymouth will come through in the same splendid way that the Lion’s Club did . . . The Plymouth High will have a team equipped to meet the best . . . And we believe the boys will do the rest. PROOF FOR DOUBTING THOMASES— Proof that should convince any doubting Thomas that Plymouth is a boom town is a re port made by Chief of Police P. W. Brown to the City Council this week ... A few months ago, he said, the city purchased 40 water meters in anticipation of the needs of the Kieckhefer mill and houses . . . Now the mill is to supply its ov/n meters . . . but 20 of those purchased have already been installed in private resi dences here. MR. PATRICK PROTESTS— There seems to be something wrong some where . . . D. O. Patrick, the Creswell store keeper who was brought into Recorder’s Court last week charged with assault on J. D. Smart, electric welder-farmhand-magician, swears he never saw the man until he met him in court. Mr. Patrick came around to the office and asked that your Rambler give him an oppor tunity to clear himself in the public prints . . . Said he has never been arrested on any bootleg ging charge, and that he certainly was not guil ty of the alleged attack on Mr. Smart. Croj) Control Plans Of Congressmen Not Made Public —<*,— Washington — Government offi cials have withheld comment upon the criticisms of our crop control policies, contained in the report of the international institute of agricul ture at Rome, while opponents of the program were preparing to ob tain full text of the declarations for ammunition against projected legis lation. Although both senate and house are pledged to enact crop control legislation at the next session of the Congress, as stated by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, no one has foreknowledgee of the precise form it will take. At the present time it was indicated, the greatest pressure for such legislation comes from the southern cotton planters who claim that they need federal bounties and other aid that they may market their crop without loss. Some of the farm leaders are will ing to accept the recent Gallup poll as an indication of farm sentiment in respect of another AAA. “This is expected to be a fair in dication of the sentiment that con I gressmen will find upon their re turn home to face their constituents fallowing the close of the last ses sion of Congress." declared the Am erican Farm Bureau federation. 'Speedier action on a farm bill I when they return to Washington in ! November or January will undoubt edly result.” Federation Is Active The Farm Bureau federation was extreme]} active during the last . ession of the Congress in advocacy of “crack down” crop control legis lation. as proposed in the Flannagan bill, in contrast to the voluntary control proposals of Chairman Mar vin Jones, of the house agricultural i ommittee. What the federation expects the i ongressmen to find on their re urn home as given in the poll is hat in the east central states 35 per cent of those polled favored anoth erd AAA, while 65 per cent were opposed thereto; in the west central states, 45 per cent approved and 55 per cent opposed; the Rocky Moun tain area showed percentages of 41 and 59, respectively, and Pacific coast, 40 and 60 per cent, respective ly. The belief is held by some here that it may subsequently be found that some of the erstwhile strong est advocates in the government of “crack down” crop control legis lation are not nearly so enthusias tic about the matter now. However, there is no evidence of the slightest retreat by President Roosevelt from his stand in favor of general crop legislation. I Minis Go Forward For Entertainment Program ill Fair ■ —» "Lucky Tctcr' Will Again Be Feature Attraction; Farm Fxhibils Stressed A sparkling program or entertain ment has been arranged for the Wii liamston Fair, which will be held October 5-9. Resident Manager Har vey Walker announced today. A number of outstanding attrac tions have been secured through the efforts of General Manager Norman Y. Chambliss of Rocky Mount and George A. Hamid of New York, in ternationally known showman who is the nation’s most prominent pro ducer of outdoor entertainment. While the agricultural side of the fair is being stressed. Manager Wal ker explained that high class en tertainment is a major factor in any exposition's success. So that all children of Martin and surrounding counties might have an opportunity to visit the Williams ton Fair, Manager Walker announc ed that Tuesday. October 5. opening day of the fair, has been set aside as Children’s Day. and every youngster who comes to the main gate before 4:30 p. m. will be admit ted free Outstanding feature of the Wil liamston Fair will be the return en gagement of “Lucky” Teter and his Hell Drivers, fresh from a triumph al tour of Europe during which new death-defying feats were added to their program. A prime favorite at Williamston, Teter will present his motorized daredevils on Friday of fair week. Gracing the midway will be the World Wonder Shows, with fifteen thrilling rides and 20 novelty shows. Manager Walker emphasized that no offensive shows or concessions will be tolerated. Two harness races will be run on Wednesday. and two more on Thursday, with professional auto races on Saturday capping the week's special entertainment pro gram. To be presented nightly in front of grandstand will be the Continental Revue, a fast-stepping musical show with 20 girls in the chorus, a spright ly swing band, and fun galore. This sparkling revue was produced by George A. Hamid and is being brought South for the first time this fall. Augmenting the grandstand en tertainment each afternoon and night will be 10 spectacular hippo-1 drome acts, presenting some of the finest talent in the country. Each evening's program will be capped by a dazzling display of fireworks. AUCTION SALE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned Albemarle Mutual Ex change, a Corporation, will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash certain real estate and personal property owned by said corporation, which real estate and personal property is described as follows: Beginning on the western edge of Kendrick’s Creek at the Northern edge of N. C. Highway 90, U. S. Highway No. 64, and running along the Northern edge of said highway to the point of intersection of said highway and the public road known as the Cross Road; thence North wardly along said cross road to the W. T. Spruill or Millie Boney line; thence Northeastwardly along said line to Kendrick's Creek; thence up the creek its various courses to the point of beginning, being all that tract of land conveyed by W. T. Spruill and Alice C. Spruill to Ida Blount by deed dated January 1, 1895 and recorded in Book 36, Page 164. except that portion of said land lying fm the South side of said high way. Said deed above referred to is made a part thereof for purposes of description, said land being the second trace thereby conveyed. Said personal property consists of a quantity of grading and wrapping bins for tomatoes, together with stands and certain other equipment used in connection therewith, and other miscellaneous items of person al property. Said sale will be held on Satur day, September 11, 1937, at 12 o’clock noon on the lot of land here in offered for sale, and be continued thence to the place where said per sonal property is stored in the town of Roper. The terms of the sale will be cash, and right is reserved to re ject any and all bids. Right is fur ther reserved to confirm any and all sales immediately when made and to immediately close the same, or to submit same to its board of di rectors for confirmation or rejec tion. This the 1st day of September. 1937. ALBEMARLE MUTUAL EXCHANGE By E. R, Lewis, President s3-2t 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 1 expose at public sale and sell at the I courthouse door of Washington I 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-Ellis Lee t: act 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. There is excepted from the above 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 at 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 that this deed is ready for delivery. This the 13th day of August, 1937. Z. V. NORMAN, n20 4t Commissioner. MUSICIANS We stock a complete line of popular sheet music, musical in struments and musical supplies. We invite a call at our store. Mail Orders Solicited Peele’s - Jeweler 121 Main WILLIAMSTON, N. C. Can People really appreciate the Costlier Tobaccos in Camels? THE ANSWER... It’s a Proud Mother That Cares for Her Young TJns and... WILSON is proud of her thousands of staunch to bacco friends and equally proud that more money is being paid here. Opening prices were good and individual averages of $31.00 per hundred were recorded for tobacco sold on the two opening days. Where there’s a will, there’s something sure to fol low and the world’s largest and highest bright leaf market has a big will and a higher dollar is the result. Prices in Wilson are regular and factories cannot be glutted from the daily sales. W ilsonTobaccoMarkeit Is Growing Bigger and Better
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