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IT THE Roanoke Beacon and Washington County Notes PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY j In Plymouth. Washington County. North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon is Wash ington County's only newspaper. It was established in 1889, consoli dated with the Washington County News in 1929 and with The Sun m 1937. Subscription Rates (Payable in Advance) One year_$1.50 Six months_ .75 Advertising Rates Furnished Upon Request Entered as second-class matter at the post office in Plymouth, N. C., under the act ol Congress of March 3, 1879. Friday. Sept. 30, 1038 And Speaking of Forgotten Men Whatever has become of those viewers-with-alarm who have been preaching for the last few years that conditions in the United States were worse than in the European na tion:-i Especially those who have been accusing President Roosevelt of trying to assume dictatorial powers that would put the Hitlers. Musso linis, and Stalins in the shade? If they can be found, perhaps this would be the best time to ship them over to Germany. Italy, and Russia, and let them have a little taste of the ideal conditions they claim exist there in comparison with conditions here. Sot All Farmers Are Fighting the Farm Program Opponents of the farm program are naturally more vociferous than those who support it, for it is one of our human traits to be much louder when we are ''ag'in" something than when we are "for" it. This is amply proven in our primaries and general elections when it is much easier to get a man to the polls to vote against someone than it is to get him there to vote for someone. However. J. P. Bardin, of Black Greek, last week had a letter in a State paper wherein he "spoke right out in the meeting" to tell of some of the benefits of the farm program as it had affected him personally. The myriad of ways in which the farm program can be used to advantage was probably never better illustrated than in the story he told. His letter follows: 1 have heard so much kick against the control bill this year that I thought I would write a letter telling how greatly benefited I have been by the farm program. In 1931 and 1932 I owed a $6,000 debt on my farm and hardly could pay the interest on it. Now I have paid that off and have repaired the buildings on the farm. I am still making a good living. Before the farm program it took eight to 10 acres of tobacco to pay for the fertilizer and now7 it only takes two or three acres. I complied with the AAA and alsc with the conservation programs and only use about one-half the amount of fertilizer I did before, and I am making twice the amount of corn per acre I did in 1931 and 1932. At that time I had a lot of meat to buy and almost every time I went to town I had to buy a piece of meat and a sack of red dog. I could weigh my hogs on small scales then and now I have to weigh them on cotton scales. Instead of buying the meat, now I am buying a place to put it. I had a lot of trouble with thieves stealing by tobacco before we had tobacco allotment cards and lost many hours' sleep watchhing over it and now I have no trouble. I can leave the pack house unlocked and sleep sound, which is worth about five acres of tobacco to me. If anyone doubts this statement, I can prove that there has not been any hog feed bought on my farm in five years. I wish all our farmer friends could see this and give the farm control program their full sup port. Let Us Hope We Can Let W ell Enough Alone Events have moved rapidly in Europe during the past week, and by the time this appears in print, the long-expected general European war may be under way. Whatever the causes underlying the crisis and re gardless of the outcome, there is a universal feeling of thanksgiving in the United States for "our blessed oceans" which more or less serve to keep us out of the whole sorry mess. Our deep distrust of European poli tics and diplomatic maneuvers have been more than justified by the recent occurrences, which have seen once proud nations completely repudiating their solemn agreements and treaties. To the average American citizen, this has resulted in the adoption of a cynical attitude toward all treaties and governmental pledges, and one can find very little respect over here for any of the so-called world "pow ers" embroiled in Europe's troubles. It is indeed a sorry spectacle, and the one hope of almost every person in this country is that we can remain out of it. We financed and helped fight one great European struggle, out of which we received only hatred and ill-will from even those we sought to help. Let us remember that lesson and continue to hope that we can stay out of whatever the present con troversies may lead to. -« Get Into the Swim Next month, a week will be given to informing the pubilc of the haz ards of one of man's most destruc tive enemies—uncontrolled fire. Fire Prevention Week, which has been an 'annual event ever since it was pro claimed by President Wilson more , than two decades ago, will begin | October 9th and run through the 15th. A few vivid figures illustrate the importance of the Week. Each year fire destroyes about $300,000,000 worth of property directly—and the indirect loss brings the total to the billion-dollar mark. Worse yet, it kills 10,000- people horribly—an av erage of 27 each day. That is what WE HAVE FIRST SALE! Monday, Oct. 3rd 2nd SaleFri.,Sept.30 It has been proven for the past several years that October is the time to sell your best to baccos for the most money, and the CENTRAL is the place. Bring your tobacco in Saturday for our First Sale Monday as we expect block sales on most all markets. CentralW arehouse E. G. ANDERSON H. S. EVERETT DUG MORROW, Sales Manager TOM WHITE, Floor Manager Robersonville, N. C. carelessness, ignorance and incompe tence breed. There isn't a hamlet in the country which won't be reached to some ex tent through Fire Prevention Week activities. And there isn’t a citizen in the country who can provide a sound alibi if he fails to absorb some of the simple facts and information that are all that is needed to prevent and control most fires. Governors of states and other public officials will take part. Insurance organizations will issue pamphlets, run advertise ments in newspapers and periodicals, tint! prepare window displays. Fire marshals and chiefs will speak. Every media of communication involving the spoken and printed word will be brought into play in a concentrated national effort to make the Week a success. Believe it or not, tire prevention is fun—even as instruction in lire prevention is nowadays made dra matic and entertaining. It doesn't take much in either time or money. It does pay tremendous dividends. Mark down the date of Fire Preven tion Week on your calendar— and get into the swim. -<3> Good Farmers Whitevillc News-Reporter During the past week in riding through the rural section of Colum bus county we have seen several farmers busy cutting tobacco stalks. Soon these men will have their land disked and plowed and a winter cover crop will be sowed. These are unmistakable signs of a progressive farmer—a man who al ways is a step ahead in looking after his farm work. He does not look at his land as something from which a living is to be drained. Experience has taught him that you get out of the soil just what you put into it, and he appreciates the value of nourishing and enriching his farm land. League Sponsors Ice-Cream Supper The Young Peoples' League of the Methodist Church here gave a ben efit ice-cream supper in the Log Cabin on Friday evening. Nine dol lars were added to the treasury from this sale. Currituck Hog Growers Plant Large ff inter Grazing Crops Currituck hog growers will plant an enlarged acreage to winter graz ing crops so as to reduce feed costs and prevent internal parasites in pigs. In the Grandy community over 1.000 pounds of Crimson clover seed have been ordered to date. Rambling ...About By THE RAMBLER Help—Helit—Help!— We see a lot of critical comment about how the farm program is handled. Maybe a lot of it is justified, but before passing final judgment, glance over the note which appears below. It was written by a farmer to aid in clearing up some matter con nected with the farm program and turned in to the county agent's of fice here a week or so ago. Possibly you can figure out just what the writer is getting at; if so. you will be doing the clerical force in the lo cal office a great favor by translat ing it for them. Here it is, just as it was turned in. except that the names used here are fictious. of course: “John Jones lived where Jim Smith is living now. and the lat ter lived where the former lived at the same time. They ex changed places in December. There is no record of where Jim Smith is now. but there is of where Jones is. But when it was made, it was under Smith's name. Where Smith is now. and where John used to be, it was all listed under Sam Jones, John's father. John was not known as a farmer until this year.” Mixing 'Em l p— John G. Bragaw. of Washington, recently had the following in one of his columns: "A friend over the way tells me about a Negro preacher who, prepar ing for service one Sunday, picked out his hymns, put down the num bers, but left his hymn-book at home. "When time came to give out the first hymn he announced 'Number 136.' When he opened the book, num ber 136 was 'Way Down Upon the Sewanee River.' " ‘Hold on, we can't sing dat. Le's sing number 143.’ "When he turned to that it was The Old Oaken Bucket.’ “ ' Can't sing dat. either. Try 502.’ He turned to 502 and that was 'That Old Sweetheart of Mitre. "The old man was worried. ‘Why, looka here, bretheren,' he exclaimed, 'somebody's done stole our song books and put 'Piscoble hymn books in here!’ ” Now, Now— "This girl's fresh from the coun try, and it’s up to us to show her the difference between right and wrong.” "O. K, pal. you teach her what’s right.” In a Hurry— Every nowr and then, when we figure we’re being rushed to death, we pull out a little clipping from "Shining Lines,” house organ of the Mergenthaler Linotype Company, which deals with the futility of hur rying in general, and cites an object lesson as to how little it all really means. Maybe you'll enjoy it as Sell Your Tobacco in Robersonville on Our FIRST SALE! Fri., Sept. 30th We are making good sales every day for our large number of customers. These sales were made on our floor Monday and Tuesday of this week. They are authentic and official. KEEL & EVANS Pounds Price Amount 160 40c $ 64.00 42 31c 13.02 30 29c 8.70 $ 85.72 Average $36.95 232 H. T. NORWELL Pounds Price 210 25c 154 30c 150 27c 80 33c 62 33c 50 35c 42 40c 24 36c 772 Average Amount $ 52.50 46.20 40.50 26.40 20.46 17.50 16.80 8.64 $231.00 $32.37 H. J. POWELL Pounds Price Amount 92 17c $ 15.64 200 35c 70.Q0 110 35c 38.50 60 38c 23.80 462 $146.94 Average $31.78 Sexton & Perry Pounds Price Amount 58 40c $ 23.20 164 35c 57.40 256 36c 92.16 86 26c 22.36 564 $195.12 Average $34.59 The better grades of tobacco are selling better— In fact, much better at our Warehouse. Sell with us Friday. Adkins and Bailey W arehouse ROBERSONVILLE, N. C. nuch as we did: "When wisdom deserts us now and hen, and hurry thoughts take pos session of us, we go tearing around hither and yon with a look of des peration on our faces. Goodness, how Ousy we are! We huff and puff and struggle and strain and rack our selves. When we go home at night the members of the family peer out timidly from the windows and if they see the cement of the sidewalks sracking under our determined stride, they bolt out of the back door and take to the mountains. As for ourselves, we go inside, and. without taking off either overcoat or galoshes, we throw ourselves into an easy chair and gloom. And when it comes to doing a tall and lofty job of gloom ing. we acknowledge no superiors. "But when we get rested, or get away from the office on a trip and have time to see ourselves and our job in perspective, we chuckle. We can see that our hustling, bustling, driving, strenuous self is like the drunk who hailed a taxi and fell in to the back seat. He barked an executive order: " Shay, driver,' he ordered, ‘drive me ‘round the block a hundred timesh.’ 'The driver a slave for obedience to superior intellects, drove around and around. On the sixty-fifth trip, the stew shouted to the driver, 'Step on it, buddy, I'm in a hurry.’ ” .4 Simplified Weigh— “They never need any of those new-fangled scales in Ireland," said the Irishman. "There's an aisy way to weigh a pig without scales. You get a plank and put it across a stool. Then you get a big stone. Put the pig on one end of the plank and the stone on the other, and shift the plank until they balance. Then you guess the weight of the stone, and you have the weight of the pig." War Talk— "Where did you get the black eye?” "In the war." "What war?" "The boudoir." LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE Superior Court, North Carolina Washington County. Washington County vs. W. E. Hassell, Nancy Hassell. W. L. Whitley, Trus tee. W. T. Phelps, O. L. Godwin, Wilbert Lee Hassell. Winton Mur rell Hassell. Helen Louise Hassell. Elton Edward Hassell. Lillian Marie Hassell. Harry Augustus Hassell, James Johnston Hassell and- Wil liam Jennings Hassell. The defendants Elton Edward Has sell and Helen Louise Hassell will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Washington Coun ty. North Carolina, as follows: To foreclose the lien of the tax certifi cates held by the plaintiff for the years 1932 and 1933 against the land in which the defendants holds an in terest. the said land being described as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Scuppernong Township. Washington County, North Carolina, inherited by said W. E. Has LEGAL NOTICES sell under the will of his father, Red den Hassell, and situated on the County Road leading from Creswell to Plymouth and adjoining the lands of J. N. Gibbs, Lillian Hatfield, and others, and for a more complete des cription, reference is hereby made t,o the will of Redden Hassell. That there is due on said certifi cates the sum of thirty-seven and 19,100 <$37.19> Dollars with interest as alleged in the complaint. The said defendants. Elton Edward Hassell and Helen Louise Hassell, will further lake notice that they are re quired to appear in the office of the Clerk Superior Court, at the Court House in Washington County, Plym outh. N. C.. within thirty (30) days from and after the 7th day of Octo ber. 1938. and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. This the 13th day of September, 1938. C. V. W. AUSBON Clerk Superior Court si6 4| Don’t let your nerves get tired, upset... Smokers find Camel’s Costlier Tobaccos are Soothing to the Nerves! FIRE-CHIEF gasoline Remember this about Fire-Chief— at its price you can get no better gasoline anywhere. Literally it is unexcelled. Now read about the services listed below that go with Fire-Chief. 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