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TheRoanoke Beacon AND WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS Published Every Thursday in Plymouth, Washington County, North Carolina The Roanoke Beacon is Washington County’s only newspaper. It was estab lished in 1889, consolidated with the Washington County News in 1929 and with The Sun in 1937. Winner of North Carolina Press Associa tion Awards for General ‘Excellence in 1940, 1941, 1946 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Strictly Cash in Advance) In Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Beaufort, Bertie and Martin Counties: One year____$2.00 Six months... ....$1.25 Single copies, 5 cents Outside Washington. Tyrrell. Hyde. Beau fort, Bertie and Martin Counties: One year___$2.50 Six months......._ . ..$1.50 Special To Men in the Armed Services of the United States: One year___$1.50 No Subscriptions Less Than Six Months Advertising Rates Furnished on Request Entered at the post office in Plymouth, N. C., as second-class matter, under pro visions of the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Thursday, May 29, 1947 The urge for tolerance is closely associat ed with those who are quickest to accuse other people of intolerance. ■* - With the books that have been written it would appear likely that everything has been said. -o Next Tuesday Brings on Opportunity Voters of Plymouth—those of them who have registered—will decide next Tuesday whether the town will go forward or remain static in the few years immediately ahead. They will determine if the population is to be increased by 500 to 700 people and if the assessed property valuation is to be upped by approximately half a million dollars. These things will be decided then, because that is when extension of the present city limits is to be ratified or rejected. We believe fhe limits should be extended. The town needs these additional people and it needs the additional property valuation. Only by such extension can additional reve nue be secured to provide the additional fa cilities which are a prerequisite for building more houses, the town's No. 1 need at the present time. There are numerous other rea sons why the limits should be extended, bul this is the most important. The extension will not work a hardship ot anyone. It does mean the payment of ad ditional taxes for those in the area proposed to be added, but the individual amounts will be small. Already they are receiving some of the benefits afforded by the municipal government. They will get others as rapidly as extensions are possible, and they will share in whatever additional benefits are afforded people of the town in the future. Plymouth has an opportunity to make a great stride forward next Tuesday. Whether it does so or not rests entirely with those citizens who have registered for the special election. In this connection, the following little article on “My Town,” from Pipe Progress, may be worth a few minutes' consideration: "My town is the place where my home is founded; where my business is situated and where my vote is cast; where my children are educated; where my neighbors dwell, and where my life is chiefly lived. It is my home spot for me. My town has the right to my civic loyalty. It supports me and I should support it. My town wants my citizenship, not my partisanship: my friendliness, not my dissension; my sympathy, not my criticism' my intelligence, not my indifference. My town supplies me with protection, trade, friends, education, schools, churches and the right to free moral citizenship. It has done things that are better than others, the best things I should seek to make better, the worst things I should help to suppress. Take it all-in-all, it is my ! town, and it is entitled to the,best that is in me," Production Not Enough The emphasis that some experts are plac : in" upon industrial production, in connec ! tion with the effort to keep our economy going at a record pace, is not the whole story ; r>f the crisis that threatens to engulf the ! United States. I The nation witnessed a famine amid plen ty less than twenty years ago. There was no lack of production, either of industrial or agricultural products in the Thirties, but production did not solve the economic ills of the nation. The crisis came on us because the processes of distribution became dogged. They ceased because the oil of distribution is money in the hands of the public with which to buy. The problem now confronting the United States is not one of production alone, but also of maintaining the buying power of consumers. This can be done in two ways: (a) by raising the dollar income of the buy ers: and, (b) by reducing the price of goods. Either way, the purchasing power of the na tion is increased. The Other Fellow When it comes to the campaign to volun-! tarily cut prices, which business men know is what should be done, the general at-! titude of most individuals is expressed vocal ly for price cuts, with a silent prayer that i - the other fellow make the reduction. ' 1. Is Russia cooperating in the Internation al Bank for Reconstruction and develop ment? 2. What Eurapean government recently dropped its Communists Ministers? 3. How many Veterans have exhausted their unemployment benefits? 4. Why are married couples in some States permitted to divide their income for federal tax purposes? 5. Has farm production per worker in creased? 6. How do U. S. exports and imports com pare? 7. Are corporation taxes higher in Canada than in this country? 8. What happened to the idea of stockpil ing strategic war materials, not available in this country? 9. How many soldiers are under arms to day? 10. What large American city recently had a smallpox scare? (See "The Answers" at bottom of column) -o A Few SMILES Bored Meeting Committees meet with much ado, With much ado the/ sit; They move, adjourn and meet anew, And—now and then—commit. Putting Him Right Usher (to cold, dignified lady)—Are you a friend of the groom? The Lady—Indeed no! I am the bride's mother. A Scotch Joke When the doctor told McTavish that his wife’s tonsils should have been removed when she was a little girl, he sent the bill ;o his father-in-law. No Sooner Said Than Done Let’s go on a "buyers' strike,” Said the couple, one to another, So they packed their things and went To visit her father and mother. How You Know The three Chinese sisters who aren’t mar ried: Tu-Yung-Tu. Tu-Dumb-Tu. No-Yen-Tu. The ANSWERS 1. No. 2. France. 3. More than 225,000. 'jfp- j 4. Nine States have socalled community property laws which presume equal earn ings by husband and wife. 5. Yes: compared with pre-war years, about 42 per cent. 6. Estimate for 1947: Exports $15 billions; imports $6 billions. 7. No. 8. The Army and Navy Munitions Board is taking some steps in this direction. 9. Estimate: 19,000,000. 10. New York where 6,350,000 persons were vaccinated. Librarian Sta-es 17 Books Shelvec -■* Seventeen new books hav been placed on the shelves of th Washington County Public Lib vary, at Plymouth, Mrs. H. G Harris, county librarian, has an nounced. Mrs. Harris stated tha several of the books, notabl; "Gentleman's Agreement," b’ Hobson and "A Garden to th< Eastward,” by Lamb had bee: featured this week by a national ly distributed magazine as beini among the most popular novels o the current season. Other books shelved are: “Peri Antoine," by Murphy; “Angel’: Flight.” by Holstius: “Blacl Fountains,” by Wynd; “Jec Blaine's Woman," by Wells; “Th< Tin Flute,” by Roy; “Return t( Night.” by Renault; “Waltz intc Darkness," by Irish; “Candle u the Morning." by Miller: “Thre< Came Home,” by Keith; “The Left Hand Is the Dreamer,” b\ Ross: "Red Sun and *Harves1 Moon.” by Champneys: "Touch stone," by Janet; “Treasure oi the Brasada." by Savage; "Wet of Lucifer,” by Samuel; and “Val ley of Wild Horses,” by Grey. FUR STORAGE AND CUSTOM CLEANING Now Available At Reasonable Rates LEDER BROTHERS i~ IWanted 1000 KEYS TO JWP ★ Car Keys Nioh! Ie!ch Any Cylinder-Type )LnrJ* Keys Kade ★ Home Owned anti Operated by MILLER WARREN Plymouth, N. C. WATERPROOF 11; iiiiicK Lighter, Handle Faster and More Uniform Than Any Other Brick. Red and Natural Color in Stock. Rea & Skiles J. L. RAE PLYMOUTH, N. C. W. J. SKILES WHEN THE FAMILY CIRCLE umKIN If you are the type of man %ho looks ahead, you realize there will be a period of readjustment when you are gone. Your family will be in need of immediate cash to pay accumulated bills •nd get a debt-free start—plus a definite Income until they can arrange to carry on without the income you ■*uve been providing. The Jefferson Standard Readjustment Plan will ^ive your family the necessary time to adjust itself Id changed circumstances. The adjustment can be a Cadual one—the severe shock of sudden change can avoided. Ask for, complete details today, at no •ost to you. A. L. ALEXANDER Offices No. 12-15 Harney Bldg. Plymouth, N. C. Office Phone 233-6 House Phone 292-1 We Welcome Inquiries About Prospective Mortgage Loans on Improved Real Estate JEFFERSON STANDARD - LITE INSURANCE COMPANY GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA There's no place like "HOME" for FORD Service Your £±rrrt dealer knows your y2>rd best! I [ t 1 E i Masses Trinity Sunday 2 In Windsor and Edenton I -» Edenton.—The Most Holy Sac rifice of the Mass will be offered Sunday, June 1, Feast of the Most Holy Trinity, at 8 a. m., in Duke of Windsor Hotel convention room. Windsor, and at 11 a. m. in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Eden ton, each including sermon on "Reverence God's Holy Name,” Holy Communion, followed at once by Sacred Heart Devotions, Sunday school, with confessions at Windsor 7:45 to 7:55, Edenton 10:30 to 10:55 a. m., stated Father F. J. McCourt, Rector, who invit es everybody to all services. Week-mornings: Mass, Commun ion. Devotions. KEEP COOL lor Summer in Newest Styles for i MEN and BOYS ■ at \ Gandersoit's j * New selection of sum- | mer pants, in Shark- I skins. Gabardines and J Tropicals, $5.95 up. i * Newest Styles in all I wool Men’s Suits and 1 Student's Suits, in J hard finish worsted, gabardines. & tweeds. * Newest Styles Sport !' 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