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Entered as second-class matter
at the post office in Plymouth, N.
C„ under the act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
Friday. October I /. 1938
Consider IT ell Before
) ou ) ell Too Loud
Publication of the county and town
delinquent tax lists and mailing out
of the 1938 tax notices to mind the
rather sore subject of paying our
annual toll for the governmental bles
sings we enjoy. Nobody likes to pay
taxes, but they constitute an honest
obligation which we should be only
too glad to pay. when we come right
down to a fair consideration of the
matter.
We are not willing to do without
any of the comforts and blessings
that our tax money purchases, but
practically everyone of us. without
exception, rise upon our hind legs
and howl every time the word “Tax
es" is mentioned. Possibly some of
the tax money is wasted, but we
have the remedy right in our own
hands in the ballot, and if the waste
becomes too great it is simply a re
flection on ourselves and not neces
sarily on those who are in charge be
cause we are the ones who permit
such things.
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lire Prevention Is
I ft To the Individual
Von, the reader of this article,
possess the fire prevention key. You
possess the power to help reduce the
nation's fire loss, which now totals
about a quarter of a billion annual
ly, to an insignificant sum. And you
can help save the ten thousand per
sons who now die horribly each year
from fire.
By the same token, it is you who
must pay the bill for our collective
national carelessness with fire and its
hazards. And it is you who suffer
when fire strikes.
Many of us mistakenly think that
fire prevention involves the purchase
of expensive and complicated equip
ment, plus an involved system of in
spections by high priced experts. That
is true only in a minority of cases.
A very large proportion of all fires
occur in homes and on farms—and
in these cases adequate fire preven
tion usually requires little expendi
ture of either time or money. Im
properly stored inflammable liquids,
uncared-for heating plants, amateur
electric work, accumulated derbis of
various kinds in attics, basements,
closets and out-buildings—these are
major sources of fire. And these grave
hazards can be done away with
quickly and for little or nothing.
Next time you read of a fire, large
or small, think of its cost and being
partially paid by you. You pay it
in decreased purchasing power, in
community retrogression, in lost jobs,
in higher insurance rates. Think of
the thousands of such fires that cons
titute America’s gigantic and inex
cusable total waste. Then answer
this question: "Is the little effort that
would make my property safe, worth
while?”
Death Begins At 10
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Basic reasons for America's shame
ful automobile accident record in
19.17 were "too much speed and too
little courtesy" according to a new
booklet entitled "Death Beigns at
40” just issued by the Travelers In
surance Company. The booklet pre
sents a complete analysis of last
year's traffic accidents, based on of
ficial figures from the 48 states.
There is no intention in the book
let. acording to the editors, to advo
cate 40 miles an hour or any other
fixed speed as a top limit. To quote:
"there are times as in heavy traffic
or heavy fog, when 30 miles an hour
is suicidal: other times when 50 miles
an hour seems reasonable. Every
driver should know, however, that if
he does have an accident it is more
likely to mean death if he is going
fast.”
Many of the feature? in the book
let have been prepared especially to
show what happens in the higher
brackets of speed. It is pointed out,
for instance, that a car is four times
harder to stop at 50 miles an hour
than it is at 25, and nine times hard
er to stop at 75 miles an hour than
at 25. A new word, ‘‘turnabilitv"
has been coined to express another
speed factor. The driver’s turn
ability, the booklet shows, de
creases rapidly as his speed increase.
Thus, he can make only one-fourth
as sharp a turn at 50 miles an hour
as he could make at 25 and only one
ninth as sharp a turn at 75 as at 25.
Another set of figures shows that
if you have an accident while driv
ing under 40 miles an hour there
is only one chance in 44 that some
body will be killed but if your acci
dent comes while you are traveling
faster than 40, there is one chance
in 19 that somebody will be killed.
While the folly of high speed pro
vides the main theme of the booklet,
there is a secondary theme which
runs consistently through the issue.
It is the need for courtesy on the
highway.
IT’S—?
Rambling
...About
By THE RAMBLER
Too. Too Rad—
Everybody's feeling sorry for the
Cubs. Just let us get a whack at the
loser's share of the world series kale
—$4,600 per man—and you can feel
just as sorry for us as you want to.
Final Audit—
Last week's story about the clerk
in Washington who built a fine house
out of his "profits” brought in the
report of a local soft-drink-stand
owner, who. after closely observing
the actions of his fountaineer one
Saturday, casually observed about
quitting time:
"Well, it's about 11 o'clock. Just
hang up your vest and take the cash
register home. I want to check up.”
They Do, Indeed—
The fellow who thought up the fol
lowing must have been observing this
Rambler's efforts on a golf course:
An old lady was out riding with her
son and his wife. Presently they
came to a group of buildings sur
rounded by a high wall.
"What is that, son?" she asked
pointing to the buildings.
"That is the state insane asylum,
mother," explained the son.
Next they came to a golf course,
adjoining the asylum, which was well
populated with the usual Sunday
crow'd.
"Oh. isn’t it nice of them to let the
poor crazy people out into the pas
ture!" exclaimed the old lady. "But
they do act queer, don't they?"
ff'hy Bring That Up—
And the imminence of the general
election brings to mind the tale of
the candidate for office who came
home in the wee small hours and gave
his wife the glorious news: "Darling.
I've been elected!"
She was delighted. "Honestly?"
she said.
He blushed and did not answer.
Naturally—
The ever-reliable AP is authority
for the true story about an Asheville
cop who knew all the answers to
questions propounded by tourists. It
says a tourist, who had stopped in
Pack Square at Asheville and ob
tained travel information from a pa
trolman was about to drive off when
he sighted the tall granite monument
erected to Zebulon Baird Vance,
North Carolina's Civil War Gover
nor.
"Who's monument is that?” he
asked.
"It’s ourn,” the cop replied.
Kneu' What He Wanted—
Edwin C. Hill, radio commentator
and King Features Syndicate writer,
recently quoted an original document
from The Law Journal, and com
mented as follows:
“For unconscious humor and for
quaintness, a will filed for probate
last June in Anderson County, Texas,
is unsurpassed. It was the will of
Herman Obelweiss, and in drafting it
he asked neither the assistance of the
legal fraternity nor that of Noah
Webster. Nevertheless, the document
was not lacking in force, and there
was no uncertainty about how and
why Herman Obelweiss wanted his
property divided. It is worth reprint
ing in full and in the original form.
"Mr. Obelweiss's classic seems too
good to be fact, but The Law Journal
published it among its correspond
ence without a blink."
WILL OF HERMAN OBF.LWEISS
"I am writing of my will mineselluf
that dam lawyer w'ant he should have
too much money, he ask too many
answers about family, first thing i
want i don't want my brother oscar
get a dam ting what i got. he done
me out of forty dollars fourteen years
since. I want that hilda my sister
she gets the north sixtie akers of at
where i am homing it now. i bet she
don't get that loafer husban of hers
to broke twenty akers next plowing
time gonoph work.
"She can't have it if she lets oscar
liver on it i want i should have it
back if she does, tell momma that
six hundred dollars she been looking
for for twenty years is berried from
the backhouse behind about ten feet
down, she better let little frederick
do the digging and count it when he
comes up. pastor lucknitz can have
three hundred dollars if he kiss the
book he wont preach no more dumb
head polotiks. he should a roof put
on de medinghouse with and the eld
ers should the bills look at. momma
the rest shud get but i want it that
adolph shud tell her what not she do
so no more slick irishers sell her
vokum cleaners dey noise like hell
and a broom don't cost so much, i
want it that mine brother adolph
should be my execter and i want it
that the jedje shud pleeze make
adolph plenty bond put up and watch
him like hell.
' Adolphus is a good business man
but only a dumkopf would trust him
with a busted pfennig, i want dame
sure that schlemic oscar dont nothing
get. tell adolph he can have a hun
dred dollars if he prove to jedje oscar
dont get noghing. dat dam sure fix
oscar.
(Signed)
"HERMAN OBELWEISS."
They All Learn—
A young man. married only recent
ly. was talking to a groceryman here
this week: "My wife likes tea. while I
like coffee."
"Oh, well." said the grocer, who
had been married for quite a few
years, "you'll soon get used to tea."
In the Beat of Families—
A couple of boys were talking things
over last Sunday afternoon.
‘Gee, Jimmie," said one, "when I
went by your house this morning I
heard somebody swearin’ something
awful! ”
“Aw, that was just my dad," said
the other ' He was late for church
and couldn’t find his hymn book,"
Simple Logic—
Congressman Byard Clark told the
following at a farmers’ meeting in
Columbus County recently, according
to the Whiteville News Reporter:
A somewhat pedantic and scatter
brained school-teacher asked his pu
pils this question: “If a cow ate
poisoned weeds and the dairyman
sold the milk to a mother who gave
Peanut
Bags
FOR SALE
We have a full supply
of peanut bags for sale.
Come & get your needs.
Same place as last year.
Latham - Johnson
PLYMOUTH
Notice of Sale of Property For Delinquent Taxes
Pursuant to instructions issued to me by the City Council of the Town
of Plymouth, N C . the following property will be sold at the courthous
door in Plymouth, N C., at 12 o'clock noon, on the 7th day of Novembe ,
1938, for 1937 taxes due and unpaaid. unless said taxes, costs and penalty
are paid on or before the 7th day of November. 1938, Fifty cents will be
added to defray the expense of advertising each name.
'Signedi P. W. BROWN,
014 4t Tax Collector of Town of Plymouth.
WHITE
Mrs. S. R. Bateman, 1 lot Jefferson street. _$ 20,00
J. W. Beasley Estate. 1 lot Washington St.__ 20.00
Mrs. Addie L. Brinkley. 1 lot Main Street _ 75.60
D. O. Brinkley. Estate. Corner Main and Jefferson Sts., bal. _ 107.51
Mrs. Minnie C Burgess. 1 lot Main St. _ 112.30
Laurence Clark. 1 lot Main Street _ 41.60
Mrs. J. E. Doughtie, 1 lot Monroe Street _ 11.60
Paul Faust. 1 lot Fort Williams Street _ 17.00
W. R Hampton. 2 lots Water St.. 1 lot Main. 1 lot Madison, bal._ 93.40
R. H. Hardison. 1 lot Washington St._ 38.30
Mrs. G. W. Harney, 1 lot Main St, lot Third St._ 93.60
J. M. Horton, 1 lot Main Street _ 72.24
E. R. Jackson. 1 lot Washington St.. 2 lots Main St.. 1 lot Water bal. 82.10
Mrs. Laura Johnston. 1 lot Main Street__ 52.50
Mrs. Lizzie Knight. 1 lot Main Street _ 39.10
L. S. Landing, 1 lot Jefferson St.. 1 lot Water_124.00
L V. Landing. 1 lot Brinkley Ave. _ 40.79
Mrs. Margaret Leggett, heirs. 1 lot Washington St. _ 24.00
Raymond Leggett. 1 lot Washington St. _ 70.35
Mrs. T. S. Lucas, 1 lot Third St._ 28.00
Madge L. Lyon, 1 lot Main St. _ 56.50
O. H. Lyon. 'Guardian' 1 lot Madison St._ _ 2.80
Mrs. Estelle Martin, heirs. 1 lot Washington St._ 20.50
W. T. Nurney, estate, 1 lot Jefferson St.___ 58.70
P. O. Price. 1 lot Corner Fort Williams St. _ 23.85
Mrs. Lillian Sugar. 1 lot Third St.. 1 lot Water St._ 96.20
J H. Smith, Sr.. 1 lot Third St. _ 40.50
Mrs. Clarence Spruill. 1 lot Washington St. _ 17.44
Mrs. Jennie Spruill, estate. East Water and Washington Streets. 49.00
Mrs Blanche Swain. 1 lot Third Street, balance_ 72.50
W. E. Waters. 1 lot Wadison Street_ 34.23
L. T. Weede, 1 lot Jefferson St. _ 30.00
T. H. Williams, West Fourth Street - 69.75
COLORED
Julia Ann Allen, 1 lot Meadow St. -$ 4.50
Fannie Armistead, 1 lot Wilson Street___ _ 7.00
Thomas G Axurn. 1 lot Water Street —- 10.60
Emma D Ballard, heirs, 1 lot Madison Street .. -- 5.00
Hannah Ballard. 1 lot Madison Street - 8.00
Daniel Bateman, estate. 1 lot Wilson Street-- 7.00
John Bell, heirs. 1 lot Madison Street. - __ 34.00
Martha Bell. 1 lot Third Street _ — -_. 6.00
P. H. Bell. 1 lot Littlecourt & Third Streets. - 15.30
Thomas Brimby. heirs, 1 lot Fourth Street - 6.00
Annie J. Bowen. 1 lot Water Street- 9.00
S L. Bowser. 1 lot Water Street _ - - - 10.49
Matilda Boyd. 1 lot Walson Street - 5.00
Mary E Burnett. 1 lot Brinkley Ave. - - 2.00
Wesley Cherry .1 lot Fourth Street - 3.00
Mary Clark. 1 lot Fourth Street - - 5 50
Dave Cobb. 1 lot Fourth Street - 4.00
Aaron Cooper. 1 lot Monroe Street --- 19.15
Joe C. Cooper. 1 lot Fifth Street - 14.00
K S Cooper 1 lot Monroe Street - 16.50
Frank Cotton. 1 lot Madiso nStreet - 4.80
William M. Dempsey, heirs, 1 lot Wilson Street ..... 2.00
^Annie Downing, 1 lot Fourth Street . 11.00
W. H. Ellis, corner Water & Madison Streets .... 22.10
Addison Everett, estate, 1 lot Main Street__ _ 39.50
Roxanna Everett. 1 lot Main Street _ 11.00
Victoria Felton, 1 lot Wilson Street__ _ 4.00
Hannah Freeman, heirs, 1 lot Freeman Court_IIIIIIIIIIIII 7.50
Charlie Garrett, 1 lot Fourth Street _ __ _ _ 9.95
Mamie Garrett, 1 lot Wilson Street_II_II.II_II 11.00
Susan Hall, 1 lot Adams Street___ _ _ 6.00
Millie Halsey, heirs, 1 lot Water street_II'II I 6^50
Irving Harrell, heirs, 1 lot Water Street_ 3.00
Joseph J. Harris, 1 lot Fourth Street__ _ _ _ 16.95
Washington Harris, 1 lot Fourth Street _IIIIIIIIIIII 5.15
Mamie Hassell, 1 lot Fourth Street_ . _ _ 8.50
C. C. Heath, 1 lot Water St. _ I ” _ 5.00
C. D. Heath. 1 lot Water, 1 lot Main, 1 lot Water _ _ 23.50
Henry Hines. 1 lot Main Street _ 17.65
Edith and Elijah James, 1 lot Wilson Street_ 9.00
Josephine James, 1 lot Wilson Street _II_I.II.IIII_ 4.80
Mary James, heirs, 1 lot Water Street _I_IIIII_ 11.00
Emma Jenkins. 1 lot Fourth Street _ 9.00
Cain Jennett, 1 lot Seventh Street_ __■_ 7.04
Zion Jenett, Sr., 1 lot Fourth Street _I_ 9.50
William M. Johnson, 1 lot Main Street_I_ 5.00
Elizabeth Jones, heirs. 1 lot Water Street _ 3.50
James Joyner, 1 lot Water Street _ 2.50
Lucy Joyner, 1 lot Fourth Street_I_ 3'oo
Annie King, heirs, 1 lot Madison Street _ 24.00
Dawson Lee. 1 lot Fourth Street_ 10.00
Mary E. Lowery, estate, 1 lot Main St_ ll'oo
John McDonald, heirs, 1 lot Wilson St. _ 1L00
Issac Mitchel. estate, 1 lot Water Street_ 6.00
Dr. L. S. Mitchell. 1 lot Monroe Street _ 37 26
J. D. Moore, estate. 1 lot Adams, 2 lots Madison, 1 lot Elmore Street,
3 lots Little Court. 2 lots Wilson Street _ 71.50
Lucy Moore, heirs. 1 lot Freeman court _ 3^00
Sam Moore. 1 lot Wilson Street _ 5 00
C. M. Owens, 1 lot Third Street. 1 lot Madison Street_ 23^00
Carrie Patrick, 1 lot Wilson Street _ 18.00
Annice Pettiford. 1 lot Main Street _ 1L24
Mack Pettiford, West Main Street _ 5’80
Roberta Pettiford. 1 lot Water Street __I 11 00
Ruben Pettiford, heirs, 1 lot Water, 1 lot Wilson, 2 lots Main, 2 lots
Fourth, 2 lots Water _ 81.00
Joe Rhodes, heirs, 1 lot Madison Street _ 5'oo
Charlotte Rucker, 1 lot West Water St _ 1100
Nancy Simon, heirs 1 lot Freeman court _ 4 80
Washington Simon, heirs, 1 lot McClee, 1 lot A. C. L._ 5 60
Ethel Smith, 1 lot Main Street _I 4 00
Fannie Smith, 1 lot Freeman Court_II 5 00
George Smith. 1 lot Wilson Street ___ 6 00
George W. Smith. 1 lot Madison Street _ 15.00
Josephine Smith, 1 lot Water Street _ 2 00
Senora Smithwick. 1 lot West Main Street _ 8 00
Ada Stuart, 1 lot Wilson Street _ 7 00
James S. Tharp. 1 lot West Main Street_ 16 00
Albert Thach, 1 lot Fourth Street _ 10 00
A. L. Towe, Norman lot. Wilson lot, 1 store _ 26 36
Malitha Towe. heirs. 1 lot Wilson Street _ 18'00
Jeremiah Walker, heirs. 1 lot Water Street _ 5^00
John E. Walker. 1 lot Madison Street _ 18 00
Abraham Watson. 1 lot Wilson Street _ 6 40
Helen Weaver, 1 lot Madison Street _I 6^00
Susan Webb, Estate, 1 lot Fourth Street _ 7 50
Tazewell Wheelock, Freeman Court _I 27A5
Charlie White, guardian, 1 lot Little Court_II 6 00
Arthur Wiggins. 1 lot Fort Williams Street... 6 00
it to her baby who got sick, how old
am I?"
Without hesitation, one youth on
the back row spoke up. 'You're 42
years old. teacher."
"Why. that's right." said the in
structor. "Now tell the class how you
got the answer."
"Well." drawled the boy, "I got a
brother who's 21. and he's just half
as crazy as you are."
iTegalnotices
NOTICE
In the Superior Court. North Caro
lina. Washington County.
The Town of Roper vs. Maggie Leary,
John Leary and wife. Mrs. John
Leary and Jannette Leary.
The defendants above named and
all other persons claiming any inter
est in the subject of the action will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Washingon County.
North Carolina to foreclose a lien
for taxes levied by the plaintiff: and
the said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to ap
pear at the office of the Clerk of Su
perior Court in the courthouse in the
town of Plymouth. N. C. within thirty
days from the 1st day of November,
1938. and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in said complaint.
This the 3rd day of October. 1938
C. V. W. AUSBON
o7 4t Clerk of Superior Court
NOTICE
In the Superior Court. North Caro
lina, Washington County.
The Town of Roper vs. Clyde Skyles,
Gladys Skyles, J. H. Skyles. Elsie
Skyles. Martha Skinner. Edward
Skinner. William P. Sadler, Helen
Moore and husband Hubert Moore.
The defendants above named and
all other persons claiming any inter
est in the subject of the action will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Washington Coun
ty. North Carolina, to foreclose a lien
for taxes levied by the plaintiff: and
the said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to ap
pear at the office of the Clerk of Su
perior Court in the courthouse in the
town of Plymouth, N. C. within thir
ty days from the 1st day of Novem
ber, 1938, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the plain
LEGAL NOTICES
tiff will apply to the court for the re
lief demanded in said complaint
This the 3rd day of October. 1938.
C V. W. AUSBON
07 4t Clerk of Superior Court
NOTICE
In the Superior Court. North Caro
lina. Washington County.
The Town of Roper vs. Louis Knowles
and wife. Mrs. Louis Knowles:
William Knowles and wife, Mrs.
William Knowles.
The defendants above named and
all other persons claiming any inter
est in the subject of the action will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Washington Coun
ty, North Carolina, to foreclose a lien
for taxes levied by the plaintiff: and
the said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to ap
pear at the office of the Clerk of
Superior Court in the courthouse in
the town of Plymouth. N. C. within
thirty days from the 1st day of No
vember. 1938, and answer or demur
to the complaint in said action, or
the plaintiff will apply to the court
for the relief demanded in said com
LEGAL^JOTICES
plaint.
This the 3rd dav of October. 1938
C. V. W. AUSBON
o7 4t Clerk of Superior Court
NOTICE
In the Superior Court. North Caro
lina. Washington County.
The Town of Roper vs. Mrs. J. R.
Kessinger.
The defendants above named and
all other persons claiming any inter
est in the subject of the action will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Washington Coun
ty, North Carolina, to foreclose a lien
for taxes levied by the plaintiff; and
defendendants will further take no
tice that they are required to appear
at the office of the Clerk of Super
ior Court in the courthouse in the
town of Plymouth. N. C. within thirty
days from the 1st day of November.
1938. and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or the plain
tiff will apply to the court for relief
demanded in said complaint.
This the 3rd day of October. 1938
C. V. W. AUSBON
o7 4tClerk of Superior Court
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