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VOLUME 1, NO. 39
Rocky Mount Church
To Have New Pastor
Rocky Mount.—Rev. E. A. Sim
erly of East Radford, Pa., will ar
rive here Tuesday evening to as
sume the duties of pastor of First
Christian Church, succeeding Rev.
W. C. Foster, who recently moved
to Georgia.
Announcement of the new pas
tor was made here Wednesday by
officials of the church.
Mr. Simerly is a native of Teu
nessee and was educated in the
university of that state. After he
received his A. B. degree, he at
tended the University of Tennes
see law school and for ten yeara
practiced law before he entered the
ministry.
ERADICATE DISEASE
IN DAIRY CATTLE
Studies made by the North
Carolina experiment station and
the veterinary division of the State
department of is help
ing dairymen rid their herds of
bang's disease, according to Dr.
C. D. Grinnells, in charge of re
search at State College.
Veterinarians and dairymen over
the State have been working with
tke experiment station and the
veterinary division during the past
five years, he said, and deserve
credit for much of the work done.
The only way known to elimi
nate the disease is to remove from
the herds all animals which are
infected. This means that dairy-
Men have frequently had to
slaughter some of their best ani
mals, Dt. Grinnells said, but they
faave made the sacrifice in the in
terest of the future.
At present there are about 115
in the State which are
known to be free from the disease,
including 55 which are complying
■with the regulations governing
the award of accredited herd cer
tificates.
To aid in the fight against the
disease, which is sometimes known
as contagious abortion, the U. S.
bureau of animal industry is now
paying indemnities to dairymen
"who sign agreements to comply
-with the regulations: that infected
animals be slaughtered, that safe
guards be exercised in the pur
chase of new animals, that good
sanitation be maintained, and that
herds be revested so that any re
infestations may be discovered.
Under the agreements, the gov
ernment will pay not more than
S2O a head for grade animals and
not more than SSO a head for reg
istered, purebred cattle, Dr. Grin
nells said. The owner will be al
lowed to keep the salvage value
of the animal slaughtered.
Twenty Catawba Jersey breed-
ers have signed up to have their
cattle tested for Bang's disease.
Others are expected to join the
movement.
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chase goods advertised
in these columns tell the
merchants you saw it in
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ABSENTEE INSTRUCTION
See by the papers that the
State board of elections, which
had a trying time the past sum
mer investigating—and finding—
irregularities in Democratic pri
maries, is trying to do something
about them. The State board has
sent to county boards instructions
for dealing with the absentee bal
lot which seem to be rigid enough.
The complete instruction has not
come under observation but a sum
mary published gives the provision
that applicants for absentee bal
lots must sign the application and
the ballot. There is to be no send
ing of agents and signing by oth
ers, except in the manner pro
vided for persons who can't write
their names. No agent can se
cure a ballot for an absentee until
he has the signature on the ap
plication form. Applicants who
write the county election board
chairman for forms will be ac
comodated, the letter being au
thority.
Names of persons voting absen
tee must be posted at each polling
place on the morning of election
day, so that any observer may see
and have the opportunity of chal
lenging an absentee before the
vote u eut, (ir . : ,
Registrars and judges in each
precinct must fill out a special
form furnished, along with other
forms, showing how absentee re
quirements were met. Failure of
the eleetiofn officers to observe
the requirements is a misdemean
or. There are other details sug
gesting that the State board is en
deavoring to show 'em and there
can be no excuse.for failure by
professing ignorance.
All these things have been
known before. The "irregularities"
—so irregular that were
mostly open and notorious frauds
—in connection with absentee bal
lots hitherto were not on account
of ignorance. They were done a
purpose. If any election official
don't know he didn't try to find
out, purposely, that he might
plead ignorance. The State board
seems to be trying to impress the
ijeqjuirements. Whether the in
structions will be observed will cle
pend on how the county boards
and the politicians who direct the
conduct of elections feel about it.
If they decide to have the usual
number of irregularities they wiil
have them. The only thing the
State board could do, in such
event, would be to teach the re
calcitrants, with proper emphasis,
that; election laws must be ob
served same as laws against theft,
misappropriation of trust funds
and other criminal statutes.
But the State board wouldn't—
if it continues as in the past.
Wouldn't be good policy, the poli
ticians would argue. Might hurt
the party. Which would mean
that dishonesty in elections is
necessary for political health. One
might think that a reaction would
come some time among the honest
folks who are much in the major
ity but who don't major in run
ning elections. But dishonesty in
elections seem s to be accepted as
something that can't be avoided.
Which is the way the veteran W.
C. Newland, of Caldwell, puts it.
Mrs. Mary J. Griffin
Mrs. Mary J. Griffin, 90, died
e&ily last Friday at tbe home of
her son, Jay D. Griffin in Red Oak,
near this city. Funeral services
were held on Saturday morning at
10:30 o'clock, interment being
made in the family burying
grounds near the home.
Mrs. Griffin, the mother of elev
en children, survived her husband
by 20 years. Six of her children
are living. They are Jay D. Grif
fin, H. D. Griffin, W. S. Griffin,
D. B. Griffin, J. L. Griffin and
Mrs. J. H. Jones, all of Red Oak.
BURN LABOR CAMP
Salinas, Calif. —After a day of
high tension unknown parties at
tacked and burned a Filipino lab
or camp, owned by the head of a
Filipino labor union.
Poultryment of Caldwtll county
recently had 1,555 birds blood
tested for Bacillary White Dia
rhea with 31 reactions.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, (
These Boots Will Tramp in Congress
Judge P. L. Uassaway cuptured the congressional Democratic nomi
nation from the veteran Ton McKeown in the recent Oklahoma primaries,
and as this Is equivalent there to election, the boots the jud?e is shown'
wearing will soon be clomping in the chamber of the flower house in
Washington. Uossaway is a practical cow hand and never wears any
other style of footgear.
Rocky Mount Fair
The Rocky Mount Fair will open on October 15th and run
through October 20th. Great preparations are going for
ward to make this one of the best fairs that Rocky Mount
has ever held. With the financial improvement of this sec
tion we are expecting a large number of exhibits. There
will be free attractions and a midway that wife not be sur
passed by any fair in North Carolina. It is expected that
record breaking crowds will be in attendance. More detailed
information will be given from time to time as to the at
tractions that will be on hand. Mr. N. Y. Chambliss is sec
retary of the fair company. The active management of the
local fair is under Mr. E. J. Gordon, who is the resident
manager.
Radio In Kitchen Stove
The public utilities department of the City of Rocky
Mount has recently received a new supply of gas kitchen
ranges equipped with radios. We wonder if the old adage,
that necessity is the mother of invention, brought about
this added equipment or has it become necessary to insure
domestic tranquility to place a radio in the cooking stove
so as to put the cooking stove in competition with the auto
mobile with it's radio. Regardless of whether this invention
was added by reason of necessity, or whether it was added
with the view of entertainment, the stoves are here equipped
with this new modern device high powered radio so that the
cook shall no longer be in seclusion and while she cooks she
may be in touch with the uttermost parts of the world.
The housewife cooks with gas which the city supplies and
the radio station supplies the necessary talking so it doesn't
leave anything for her to do but to cook and be informed and
entertained by this new invention.
The president of the North Carolina Bankers Association,
Mr. Millard F. Jones, recently issued a statement relative
to the part that the bankers of this counry have had in help
ing the recovery program. He declared that he feared some
had misinterpreted the President's statement in which the
President referred to the British situation stating, "Let it be
recorded that the British bankers helped." Mr. Jones felt
that this statement might be inerpreted by some as inti
mating that the banks in North Carolina, as well as the
banks throughout the country, had not done their part and
he gave figures showing what investments North Carolina
banks have in bonds; also other United States banks.
We feel quite sure that the President in his statement
was not referring to North Carolina banks, as we have
heard the loyalty of the North Carolina banks questioned
as every one feels they have done their best under the trying
circumstances. We feel confident that he was referring to
some of the Wall Street group of bankers, who if they have
done their part in the great recovery program they also had
their part in helping bring about the condition that the
country was in when the President took hold of the reins
of government.
According to information brought out in the Senatorial
investigation it was shown that this Wall Sreet group had
unloaded foreign bonds and securities which were practically
worthless and they absorbed the savings of our people and
caused many local banks to be wrecked by their banking
methods.
BENEFIT PLAY
PROVES SUCCESS
Tarboro.—The play entitled:
"Pirate Gold," for the benefit of
the Eason Tiney Post American
Legion's charity fund was given
in the opera house last night. The
performers, who were local people,
played their parts in a most cred
itable manner and won hearty ap
plause from the audience.
WANTS MANCHUKUAN
NAVY
Tokyo.—That Manchukuo must
build an ocean fleet when finances
premit is the declaration of Ad
miral Suetgsugu, head of the Jap
anese navy.
Housing Board eases loan rules
to speed work.
OCTOBER 12, 1934
Meadows Is Named
E.C.T.C. President
Choice of School Trustees As
Successor to Dr. R. H.
Wright
Greenville, Dr. L. R. Meadows,
head of the department of Eng
lish, was elected president of East
Carolina Teachers College by the
college's trustees, meeting here to
day.
Dr. Meadows succeeds Dr. R. H.
Wright, who died last April. For
the past five months he has been
acting head of the college.
The new president has been a
member of East Carolina's faculty
since its organization a quarter of
a century ago.
Since coming here, Dr. Mead
ows has been away but twice,
once when he served in the army
during the war and again when he
took his Ph. D. work at Columbia
University. He was awarded the
degree in 1928.
In addition to heading the Eng
lish department of the college, he
was director of the summer
school for 13 years.
Dr. Meadows was born in Lafay
ette, Ala., May 14, 1884. When he
was a child, his family moved to
Louisiana where his early school
ing was received. He got his A.
B. degree at Peabody College, and
entered the teaching profession at
Crockett, Texas. Later he went
to Yale, from where he came here.
He has been married twice. His
first wife was Miss Lida Hill, of
Darlington, S. C., who died in 1925.
In 1927 he married Miss Louise
Goggin, of Shelbyville, Tenn.
HAS WORKED IN
MILL FOR 64 YEARS
Mrs. Mary Deite, 72-year-old
woman of Double Shoals, Cleve
land, has worked in cotton mills
of the state for 64 years. She
doesn't believe in strikes and his
never one time been late on her
job. She is still working every
day.
Her first mill job, she says, was
at the age of seven years, when
she was forced to stand on a box
in order to do her work, and now,
after six and a half decades of
steadily working, doesn't know
how long she will continue.
"Just how long I'll keep on
working, I don't know," she says.
"Sometimes I think I'll take a lit
tle vacation, but I guess I wont.
I wouldn't be satisfied outside of
Double Shoals, so I guess I'll keep
my job as long as they let me
work, even if I live to be very old"
Her only illness in her long life
was of appendicitis a few years
ago.
LOCKED IN CAR 11 DAYS
Bedford, Ind.—Too weak to
identify himself Walter Urwiler,
66, of Cortari, Ariz., was found
locked in a refrigerator car. He
said he had been a prisoner for 11
days. His lips were blistered for
lack of water.
PASTOR DECLARES
WESLEY BELIEVED
HORSES IMMORTAL
Baltimore, Oct, 12.—Dr.
F. J. Prettyman, dean of the
pastors of the Baltimore Con
ference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, tonight
told that body that John Wes
ley, founder of Methodism,
believed in the immortality of
horses.
Nor was Wesley alone in
that belief, Dr. Prettyman de
clared. "I feel sure that some
of the early Methodists would
feel more at home in the other
world on horseback than they
would trying wings. There
was a comradeship between
the Methodist preacher and
his horse that needs still to
be told in song and story . . .
Early Methodism went for
ward on the hoofs of horses."
Dr. Prettyman once chap
lain of the United States Sen*
ate and now pastor of the
Methodist Church a t Freder
icksburg, Va., was among the
principal speakers at today's
session of the 150 th annual
session of the conference.
Bulletin On Pastures
Issued At College
Ti. value of pastures and
methods for starting and main
taining a good sod have been set
forth in a bulletin recently pub
lished by the State College exten
sion service.
The authors, E. C. Blair, exten
sion agronomist, and A. C. Kim
rey, extension dairyman, have gone
into detail in outlining the grow
ing of various types of pastures
in different parts of the State.
Pastuers can be used to control
erosion and at the same time pro
vide nutritious feed for live stock.
The authors point out the need
of erosion control in this state,
where the damage is said to
amount to about $70,000,000 a
year.
' Pasture grasses contain proteins,
minerals, vitamins, roughage, wa
ter and other things needed in
livestock feed. When animals are
I not working, they can be turned
into a good pasture and kept in
good condition without other feeds.
When animals are working, the
amount of concentrated feed they
need is much less if they have ac
cess to a pasture.
Pastures do best on heavy, rich
soils, but the grasses will also
grow on less fertile soils and farm
ers who wish to save their most
fertile soil for other crops may
make use of their less fertile soil
by putting in pasturage.
Three types of pastures are com
mon to this state: mixed grasses,
carpet grass, and Burmuda grass.
The first two are good on soils of
medium or good fertility. The
later will thrive in fertile soils and
do well on less fertile land.
One of the most important con
siderations is to provide a mixture
of grasses, if possible, that will
supply grazing -throughout the
the year, except the months of ex
treme cold weather.
Copies of the bulletin, extension
circular No. 202, may be obtained
upon application to the agricultu
ral editor at State College.
YELLOW RACES ARE
GAINING ON WHITES
A world survey of population
growth shows that today the yel
low races are multiplying five or
six times faster than the white.
In Europe, Jugoslavia wins the
reproductive stakes with a 35 net
increase per 1,000 head of the pop
ulation every year. The number
of children born to every 1,000 in
Britain has fallen in the last 60
years from 30 to 16. In 1915, the
birth rate in the United States
was 25.1 per 1,000 of the popula
tion; in 1931 it was 13.0. In con
trast Shanghai enjoys an annual
increase of 55 per 1,000 followed
by Tokio and Osaka with increases
of 44 and 33, respectively.
The next ten years should see
195,000,000 additions to the world's
population; Europe is expected to
contribute 20,000,000, the Ameri
can continent 35,000,000, and Asia
140,000,000. In the absence of
earthquakes, wars, famines, and
other calamities, the population of
Tokio will by 1964 have risen from
4,970,000 to 10,536,000, putting it
far ahead of London, New York,
Berlin or Moscow.
WAITED FOft END OF
WORLD
Wellington, N. Z.—Because a
native dreamed that the world
was coming to an end hundreds of
Maoris in the village of Waitarata
stopped work, gave away their
money and property and sat down
to witness the end.
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ROCKY MOUNT
FAIR OCT. 15-20
Rooky Mount, October 8 th.—
All preparations have been com
pleted for the Rocky Mount Fair,
to be held October 15th-20th. The
Rocky Mount Fair will be official
ly opened at four o'clock Monday
afternoon, October 15th.
The World of Mirth Shows with
twenty rides and twenty-five clean
shows will occupy the midway.
The World of Mirth Shows will
come direct from Raleigh after
playing the North Carollina. State
Fair, and it is said to be tha
largest traveling company in the
country.
Great improvements have been
made in the Rocky Mount Fair
Grounds. The buildings have been
freshly painted and everything
appears to be in readiness for a
great fair. The agricultural ex
hibits are under the supervision of
Mrs. Effie Vines Gordon, home
demonstration agent for Nash
Great interest has al
ready been shown in the poultry
show. The Rocky Mount Fair is
being managed by Mr. E. J.
Gordon, but it is under the general
direction of Norman Y. Chambliss,
manager of the North Carolina
State Fair.
The grand stand attractions will
be the greatest ever seen in East
ern North Carolina. Cevone's Band
will be on hand for the occasion.
The World of Mirth Shows travel
on thirty steel cars and will reach
Rocky Mount Sunday afternoon,
October 14 th.
Thrilling attractions will occupy
the race track. Stanley's combin
ed racing program has appeared
once before in North Carolina, and
will be augmented by Fred Spor
hase's attractions.
' • Prospeots lo»k bright for ti»»
greatest fair ever held in Rocky
mount in view of general improved
conditions and manifestation of
interest in agricultural exhibits,
and the fact that practically all
of the attractions at the North
Carolina State Fair will be pre
sented at the Rocky Mount fair.
Also don't forget thrilling auto
mobile races on Friday and Satur
day afternoons.
JUNIOR ORDER HAS MEETING
The Junior Order of Whitakers,
North Carolina, entertained at an
open and social meeting with a
barbecue supper last Friday night.
There was quite a large group
present and it proved to be a most
enjoyable occasion.
The meeting was addressed by
Jake Winstead of Whitakers and
Rocky Mount, District Deputy of
the Junior Order, also by R. T.
Fountain, former Lieutenant-Gov
ernor of North Carolina. The
Whitakers camp is quite an active
group in the Junior Order.
Mrs. Annie Valentine
Rfrs. Annie E. Valentine, 52,
died late last night in a local hos
pital following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held in
Greensboro on Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'cock from the home of her
sister, Mrs. Albert Brooks. She
wari a former resident of that city.
She is survived by her husband,
George S. Valentine; two children,
George and Frank Valentine; three
sisters, Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Her
bert Victory, of Greensboro, and
Mrs. Latta Bell of Washington, D.
C., and two brothers, Will Pashal
of Greensboro and Norman Pashal
of Charlottesville, Va.
United States cotton crop ex
ceeded abroad this year.