The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 1. NO. 30.
Tobacco Prices
Good On Geor
Tobacco continued to maintain
an average price well above 22
cents a pound during the auctions
in the tobacco belt Friday.
Offerings Friday were some
what greater than the previous
day, did not reach the amount
of the opening day sales. Better
grades of tobacco made their ap
pearance in most of the ware
houses and average prices were
slightly higher at some of the
centers. ,
It was estimated that between
500,000 and 600,000 pounds of to
bacco were on the floor of the
warehouses at Valdosta, one of
the big centers, and that an aver
age price of between 23 and 24
cents a pound was maintained
during the day's sales.
Sales at Tifton maintained an
average of 24.86 cents a pound
the first three days of the auc
tion as compared with an average
price of 13.69 the first few days
last year.
The average price at Vidalia was
reported to be slightly higher Fri
day. A total of 79,000 pounds were
3old, bringing between 4 an J 38
cents a poun^j.
Farmers over the section gen
erally reported satisfaction with
this year's prices, which are near
ly double those of last year.—At
lanta Georgian.
COTTON FARMERS
WANT CROP CONTROL
TO BE CONTINUED
D. W. Watkins, assistant chief
of the AAA cotton section, told
visitors attending Farm and Home
.week that some form of production
control is essential to the perma
nent prosperity of agriculture.
The AAA reduction programs
are emergency measured, he ex
plained, and probably will be re
vised a great deal before a long
time program is offered the Amer
ican farmers.
But it is clearly evident, he said,
that some form of i)ation-wide co
operation is necessary, for it has
been demonstrated time and again
that unorganized farmers have but
little to show in the world of or
ganization in which they live.
Surveys made in many sections
of the country have indicated that
nearly all the growers who are
cooperating with the AAA and who
are receiving benefit payments"
want the programs continued.
There has been some agitation in
certain quarters, he said, for aban
doning the Bankhead act and the
AAA programs, but it is largely
the work of non-cooperating grow
ers and interests which profit most
when cotton prices are low.
The cooperating growers have
earned their payments, he said, and
it would be unfair to them to de
prive them of these payments by
discontinuing the program. He
also pointed to the demoralization
of markets that would follow the
increase in production should all
restrictions be removed.
He said the talk about unfavor
able weather reducing the crop all
that is necessary is without foun
dation. As a matter of fact, the
carry-over for this year will be
around 10,000,000 bales, only 3,-
000,000 bales short of the highest
carry-over on record, he said.
It will take another year or two
of curtailed production to elimin
ate the large surplus which has
piled up from previous years, he
declared.
ARMY AMMUNITION
STOLEN
Philadelphia. Federal agents
recovered 27,000 rounds of Army
ammunition from a sporting goods
3tore here, after receiving informa
tion, from the store's manager.
They declare that the ammunition
was stolen from an army post in
New Jersey and has been used by
gangsters in the West and South. o
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SHELL HITS DESTROYER
Toulon, France. —A shell, fired
by accident from the destroyer
Vantour, landed on the deck of a
sister ship, killing two sailors.
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Gates county farmers will buy
foundation stock of pure bred
Guernsey cows from Davie county
as a part of the new deal farming
begun by Farm Agent Rich.
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I Says Percentage Of
; Deseased Cattle Low
Only 15 of 2,500 Head Re
ceived In Raleigh Destroy
ed Ruggles States
Although no compilation has
J been made of the number of cattle
, among those being shipped into the
| State by the Emergency Relief Ad
j ministration which have had to be
! destroyed because they were dis
; eased, reports received by George
! R. Ross, director of rural rehabili
i tation, indicates that the percent
t age is small.
5 Of the 2,500 head of cattle ship
ped into Raleigh from the drought
-1 stricken West, only 15 were found
1 hygienically unfit to be released
• | from quarantine. Records are being
i, kept of all cattle destroyed in the
i State.
"The percentage of diseased cat
i tie is very low," said John Ruggles
■ of the rural rehabilitation office.
■ Mr. Ross has termed the cattle,
! all of which are three-fourths pure
bred beef variety, as being "sec
■ ond grade" stock. All of them have
1 been given a cursory examination
■ by the Department of Agriculture
• agents and are tagged in the ear
with a "U. S. pass."
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CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
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The United States Civil Service
' Commission has announced open
t competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Chief engineering draftsman, $2-
600; principal engineering drafts
man, $2,300; senior engineering
draftsman, $2,000; and engineering
draftsman, $l,BOO a year, for work
on ships. Optional branches are (1)
ship piping, (2) ship ventilation,
(3) marine engines and boilers,
and (4) electrical (ship). Closing
, date, August 10, 1934.
The salaries named are subject to
i a deduction of not to exceed 5 per
i cent during the fiscal year ending
; June 30, 1935, as a measure of
■ economy, and also to a deduction
of 3 1-2 per cent toward a retire
i ment annuity. #
; All states except lowa, Virginia,
i Maryland, and the District of Co
> luumbia have received less than
i" their quota of appointments in the
apportioned departmental service
i in Washington, D. C.
Full information may be obtained
i from the Secretary of the United
States Civil Service Board of Ex
aminers at the post office or cus
'■ tom-house in any city, or from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washirngton, D. C.
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SELLING WATER
Creston, lowa.—Water is now be
ing sold at five cents a gallon as
city sources have been exhausted
and inhabitants are allowed only
20 gallons to a household. This
supply comes in every morning in
30 tank cars. Farmers with good
springs are hauling water to town
1 and selling it.
Twelve communities in Orange
county have prepared data for hav
ing rural electric lines placed for
' serving the farm homes of each
community.
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Reports from Chatham county
indicate a rather severe boll weevil
infestation with a number of farm
ers beginning to dust with calcium
arsenate.
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ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1934
ESSAY FINALIST
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Mildred Speight, 'of Hookerton,
who represented the Central dis
trict in the State finals of the |
seventh annual essay contest of the
North Carolina Cotton Growers Co
operative Association.
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PLANT MORE COWPEAS
ON VACANT ACRES
The cowpea is a good crop to
plant in July on land retired from
the cultivation of cotton, tobacco,
corn, or wheat, says E. C. Blair, ex
tension agronomist at State Col
lege.
He warned of the poor policy of
allowing- the retired acres to grow
up in weeds, which not only detract
from the appearance of the farm,
but also makes it harder to culti
vate the next crop grown.
Weeds add little, if any, to the
soil's fertility, but a good growth of
cowpeas turned under will furnish
as much nitrogen to the soil of 300 ,
pounds of nitrate of soda to tha
acre, Blair said.
Cowpeas planted in July will
have time to reach a height of
three feet before frost, he said, and
will add to the general tilth of the
soil by supplying organic matter as
well.as nitrogen.
The latest rules governing land
retired from the production of ba
sic crops under AAA contracts per
mit the picking of pesas from the
vines for table use or the harvest
ing of the whole crop for hay, pro
vided it is used at home and not
sold.
If the mid-west the recent
drought has caused a shortage in
feed crops this year and the price
of these commodities is expected j
to be unusually high this fall. Blair
warned that n o North Carolina 1
ftrmer should fail to produce
encugh feed for his own use and
thereby have to pay the high mar
ket prices for feed.
NEW DEAN
Dr. Geneva Drinkwater, who has
been chosen as Dean of Women at
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina. For *he
last three years she has been Dean
of Women and Associate Professor
of History in Carleton College in
Minnesota.
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While a few tobacco anf cotton
growers are found who have plant- 
ed a small excess in acreage above
their contracts, each offender is
eager to correct the mistake and
come within the bounds of his al
lotment, find measuring parties
sent out by county agents.
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Treasury will furnish money for
loans to industry.
Tableware
Glass, China, crockery, Cutlery
W. D. JOYNER
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Lower Tobacco Tax
I Would Help Farmers
A graduated tax on cigarettes
that would permit the sale of five
cent packs was suggested at Farm
and Home Week at State College
by J. B. Hutson, chief of the AAA
tobacco section.
Such a tax would increase the
sale of inexpensive cigarettes and
thereby stimulate consumption as
well as bring more competition
into the manufacturing end of the
industry, he said.
Greater consumption will enable
the growers to sell more tobacco,
he pointed out, and greater compe
tition among manufacturers will
tend to bring weed prices up. •
He suggested the present tax
rate of $3 a thousand on cigarettes
tp retail at $4.25 or more a thou-
I sand. Into this class would be
I packages of 20 cigarettes selling
for 12 1-2 cents or more.
Next would be a tax of $2 a thou
sand on cigarettes to retail for be
tween $3 and $4.25 a thousand.
This would include packages of 20
cigarettes selling for 10 cents each.
The lowest bracket would be a
tax of $1.40 a thousand on cigar
ettes to retail for less than $3 a
thousand. In this group would be
packages of 15 cigarettes to sell
for five cents.
Mr. Hutson said he was aware
that some people were afraid that
such a graduated tax would tend
to reduce the price of the better
quality weeds, but he said it was
his opinion that the increase in
consumption of cheaper cigarettes
would not materially affect the
sale of the better grades.
The cheap cigarette, he said, will
draft many recruits from the smok
ers who have been rolling their
own from various mixtures, many
of which are of the cheapest grade.
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Unanimous approval of the
Bankhead and Kerr acts was ex
pressed by farmers attending the
annual Farm and Home Week ex
ercises at State College last week.
BIG CLEARANCE OF
SUMMER
SHOES
FOR
Men Women—Children
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR WHITE SHOES
AT A BARGAIN
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226 S. MAIN ST. PHONE 1600
LABOR DAY I
Monday, September 3
Spend the Week End and Labor Day in the Country—
the Mountains—at the Seashore, or visiting Friends and Rela
tives Back Home.
Our Very Low Fares make a Short Vacation extremely
economical.
Tickets On Sale Daily
One Way and Round Trip PerMila
Coach Tickets JJ CCfltS Traveled
♦Round Trip Tickets 0 Per Mile
Return Limit 15 Days ~ CCIItS Traveled
*Round Trip Tickets Per Mile
Return Limit 6 Months CCfltS Traveled
♦One Way Tickets 3 CCfltS . Per Mile
* Good in Sleeping and Parlor Cars on payment of proper charge*
for space occupied. No Surcharge.
Compartment, Drawing Room and Open Section Sleeping Cars
Modern Coaches—Convenient Schedules
* Be Comfortable in the Safety of Train Travel
For full information consult
Your Local Ticket Agent or communicate with
J. S. BLOODWORTH, D.P.A., Raleigh, N. C. Phone 621
Southern Railway
System
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NEW CO-OP HEAD
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M. G. Mann, of Raleigh, who has
been named general manager of
the North Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association, a coopera
tive organization with more than
17,000 members.
TO FIGHT MONOPOLIES
In what is considered a reply to
Senator Borah's assertion that
monopolies are thriving under the
New Deal, Senator Lewis, chair
man of the Democratic campaign
committee, declares that the Ad
ministration will proceed t 0 pun
ish certain manufacturing and
financial establishments who vio
lated the codes and poined with
each other in fixing prices—even
against the government itself.
TO DEFEND ALASKA
The big bombing planes that go
to Alaska will photograph the area
from the air with the view to
locating the best available spots
for defense works in case of fight
ing in the Pacific. Incidentally,
Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
are on the direct air route between
Japan and the United States.
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Three Hyde county farmers have
purchased pure bred Shropshire
rams to head their sheep flocks.
Less Milk Used
When Not Fresh
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The rapid souring of milk han- :
died carelessly has been given asj
a chief reason why milk consump-j
tion is low on many farms.
Unsanitary and slightly soured
milk is not palatable and it is easy
to see why farm families who3e
milk is not cared for properly do
not drink as rruch milk as they
should, says A. C. Kimrey, exten
sion dairyman at State College.
To keep milk clean and fresh, it
should be strained through at least
three thicknesses of fine cheese
cloth immediately after milking,
Kimrey says. It should then be
. poured in standard-size quart milk
bottles and sealed with standard
bottle caps.
Then the bottles should be placed
in the coldest water available and
allowed to cool. The water should
be changed as often as necessary
t 0 bring the milk rapidly to the
temperature of the water.
On farms where ice is kept, the
, milk should be placed in the ice box
Where ice is not kept, the milk
after it has been cooled by water,
should be left in cold water until
it is to be used. 
The cream can be poured from
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Final
Clearance SALE
Now offers you a real opportunity to get Quality
Garments at a mere trifle of their worth. Many thrifty
people buy them now to start another season with
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WHY YOUR DRUGS MUST BE FRESH
Your doctor will tell you that
effectiveness of a pre
scription depends upon the .
freshness of the ingredients. * our doctor has faith
Our sys'tem of dating all pre- j n our prescription
scription drugs guarantees
that no stale, ineffective drug department
will lessen the benefit of your
prescription.
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the bottles and kept for churning
or other purposes. l"he rapid cool
ing of milk in bottles will causa
| the cream to rise more quickly and
j completely than is the case when
milk is not cooled and where t is
! stored in large "essels, such as buc
kets or cans.
| Milk thus handled is completely
sealed from dust, odors, or other
| forms of contamination. It will bo
found much more convenient for
the housewife to handle milk in
bottles than in the usual way, Kira
rey said.
BOY, 7, LEARNS TO
BREATHE
Edgewater Park, X. J.— Russell
Page, 7, is learning to breathe
again after being in an oxygen
tent for 71 days while seriously
ill. He is blowing up toy balloons
in order to begin breathing normal
ly again.
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Hoke and Harnett farmers were
among the first to fill out and
sign their applications for cotton
allotments under the Bankhead
Act.
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