The Nash County News
VOL. IV. NO. 4*\
“SHOWER OF GOLD” CONTEST
OFFICIALLY OPENING TODAY
FIRST LIST OF NAMES
PRINTED BUT WINNER MAY
NOT HAVE ENTERED YET
CAMPAIGN WILL CLOSE AT 10
I .M.. SATURDAY, OCTOBER sth
Picture?, of Some of the Children
Who Have Entered Will Be
Published Next Week
Today, for the first time since I
the “Shower of Gold” circulation
campaign was announced, the list j
of entrants is published. It is a
most comprehensive list and it at- j
teste the popularity of the Nash j
County News.
The list is not yet complete, j
Many other names will be added!
during trie week as mothers and j
friends enter their little ones in I
the race for cash prizes.
The first group of pictures of
< andidates will be published next j
week. By this time next week the
camnaign depatment hopes to have '
many more Nash county boys and 1
gtri? working for the 5 big prizes.
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Big Extra Vote Offer
256,6900 extra votes will be cred
ited on each $15.00 worth of sub- ,
Hcnptions turned in this week. All j
subscriptions that have heretofore;
been turned in will count, on this I
offer.
Today is the official opening day |
really it is entry time. Prom to
day until the close, October sth. is
the time when the prizes will be
won. Those who have offieialy en- J
tered will he found elsewhere in j
this issue and are in on the ground
floor. Their parents or friends are
taking trie first steps toward mak
ing them safe when it comes time
t< send them to college or start
them in business.
Many of the contestants plan to i
use the money, if they win. for the
home or other purposes until it is |
time for college. There are no
str-mps atached t/» what the winner
rj.ji d< with the money. It will be-
Jonp to them to do with as they
.may see fit.
Ideal Time to Enter 'New
It if not too late to enter and it
it i an ideal time to make nomina
tion* arid pet started. This week
will be the first offirial week of the
oampa'ii'T Those who have entered
will pet down to business. The race
will be on. There is no red tape
connected with the distribution of
the prizes. They are absolutely
free
kwi/! over the list of candidates
and enter your own boy or pirl. If
you have no children, enter the
Tiarm of a deserving little friend.
Thf list of standings of various
workers will he published from
t ime to time throughout the cam
paipn. Those who have received
votes will receive credit in the pub
lished list, but at no time dunnpi
the oampapn will the ful vote
strength be published.
The larpe number of candidates
indicates the sr>endid interest that
ha» been shown in the campaign
from th* first preliminary an
nouncement which was. made a few
days ape
SPRING HOPE, NASH COUNTY, NORTH CAR., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND. 1035. $1.50 PER YEAR
FARM NOTES
Bv T. H. LeCROY
Teacher of Vocational Agriculture
Spring Hope
To take new ideas and develop
ments and apply them successfully
to practical situations calls for a
type of pioneer. Such a man is I.
B. Gardner of Spring Hope. He is
one of the first few farmers in
Nash county to successfully grow
alfalfa on a large scale. Starting
five years ago with his seedine. he
now has twenty acres of alfalfa
from which he has already secured
this year three cuttings and will
get two more. Each cutting has
yielded approximately one ton of
hay per acre. Besides having
America’s leading quality hay to
feed his own stock. Mr. Gardner
produced last year enough hay
f%om the twenty acres to ( feed
about twenty mules which he kept
the past spring for sale, sold about
fifty tons and had nearly a carload
left at the beginning of this sum
mer. “I made nearly enough from
that twenty acres alfalfa to run
my family.” says Mr. Gardner.
One of the best ways of becom
ing a beter farmer is by being a
Hose observer of what other farm
ers are doing. One can profit by the
mistakes and successes of others.
Now is a good time to check with
your neighbors on results of dif
ferent fertilizers, varieties, meth
ods of cultivation and other opera
tions. What one farmer demon
strates successfully is worth more
in getting better farming practices
followed than what the county
agent and vocational teachers Can
get done in years otherwise. How
ever, what one farmer successfully
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IN THE NASH COUNTY NEWS’
“SHOWER OF GOLD” CAMPAIGN
The votes opposite each name show only the nomination votes. A list of
candidates and their votes accepted for publication will be published after the
report comes in Saturday. Who will lead in the first count? Some sections art
not adequately represented. Enter your boy or girl today.
All candidates must make a report Saturday either in person or by mail.
250,000 Extra Votes on each $15.00 worth of subscriptions turned in this week
This is positively the biggest extra club vote offer that will be made during the
campaign. GET YOUR WINNING VOTES NOW CONTEST OFFICE OPEN
UNTIL 9:00 P. M. SATURDAY.
Name of Child Entered by Address Votes
Kenneth Pitts Mrs. John Pitts Spring Hope 25,000
Coleman Brantley Miss Elizabeth Brantlev ..Sprit./ Hope 25,000
Melba Sykes - Mrs. W. G. Sykes Spring Hope 25,000
Carl Strickland __Miss Wynellt Strickland, .Spring Hope 25.000
Mary Farmer Brantley Mrs. W. O Saunders Spring Hope .... . 25,000
Jvie Lane Wilder Frank Wilder Spring Hope 25,000
Julian Warrick, Jr. Miss Margaret Pierce Spring Hope 25,000
|osephine Thompson Mrs W. H. Thompson Middlesex 25,000
Flbert Bunn Mrs Lucile B. Valentine .Rocky Mount 25.000
Laverne M. Jones Mrs. A. J. Jones Bunn 25,000
MaTy K. Stanfield Bob Ricks Stanfield Nashville 25.000
Dirie Ray Glover Miss Lottie trickland Rl, Spring Hope 25,000
Evelyn Smith Mrs. Jva Smith Bailey 25.000 •
Ronald Braswell Miss Iva Edwards R 2, S<pring Hope .. 25.000
Agnes Sidney Bunn Mrs. C. S. Bunn Rl. Spring Hope .. 25.000
Kenneth Matthews Miss Ozelle Matthew* Momeyer 25,000
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UK RALPH « M,IM»NAI.»
McDonald Will
Run for Governor
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, above
of Winston Salem, leader of the
anti-sales bloc and champion of
the schools in the 1935 General As
sembly, Monday announced his can
didacy for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor of North Caro
lina.
In his brief announcement Dr.
McDonald calls for a definite
choice between "machine govern
ment for the benefit of the few”
and ‘ genuine democratic govern
ment for the benefit of all.”
“The problems which North Caro
lina faces center around taxation,
government organization, educa
tion, and the social-economic wel
fare of the people of the state. My
willingness to become a candidate
for governor is based simply on
the fact that my entire life has
been devoted to a study of these
problems,” he says.
In a recent session of the Gen
eral session of the General Assem
bly McDonald became known
throughout the State for his unre
lenting opposition to the sales tax,
his ardent support of the public
schools. McDonald also led the
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ADDITIONS TO RURAL
ROUTES ONE AND TWO
Street-Highway
Allocations Made
Proposed allocation of funds for
maintenance of municipal streets
used as highways was announced
Friday by Capus M. Wayniok,
chairman of the State highway and
public works commission.
With more than 300 towns in
volved. the total allotted in the
tentative list is $470,546.10. It is
| designed for division on 857 miles
of municipal streets in towns with
.an aggregate populaton of 1,047,-
1845.
‘ The proposed allocation is not
on a per capita basis, but is based
on what apears to be the mainte
nance needs in the municipalities
as they have been estimated by 7 our
engineers.” Waynick said.
Winston-Salem received the lar
gest allocation, $38,8277.00. Some
towns got as low as $50.00. Hie
following are some of the towns-on
the allocation list and the amounts
they will receive: Bailey, $775;
Franklinton. $380; Louisburg, $990;
Middlesex, $775; Nashville $660;
Raleigh. $290; Rocky Mount, SB,-
975; Spring Hope. $450; Yonngs
ville. $130; Zebulon $.320.
Tobacco Barn
Lost in Flames
Bursting into flames about 2:30
o’clock Sunday afternoon, a bam
belonging to Mr. Richard Aberna
thy near Spring Hope, burned to
the ground, carrying 600 sticks of
tobacco worth about $150.00 up in
smoke. A falling stick of tobacco
was believed to have started the
fire. Mr. Abernathy’s total loss was
estimated at approximately $500.00.
NEW SERVICE TO START ON
SEPTEMBER 16th
W ill Serve Over 100 New Families
Postmaster John C, Matthews
Saturday announced that he had at,
last received approval direct from
the Post-office at Washington, D.C.,
on the proposed changes and addi
l tions to Rural Routes 1 and 2 from
the Spring Hope postoffice. For
over two years Mr. Matthews has
been working hard to secure this
extra aeccommodation, and as a re
sult of his earnest efforts; the
backing of those on the unserved
sections who prepared various pe
titions: and the work in Washing
ton of our new congressman, Har
old D. Cooley; the plans have gone
through in entirety. Mr. Matthews,
rs well as the mail carriers B. L.
Corbett and C. H. Stallings, and
their patrons, feels distinct pride
and pleasure that his recommenda
tions have reached such a success
ful completion.
7’he new layout, as outlined be
low, will give daily mail service to
over one hundred families now
wihtout mail facilities. Notice is
hereby given to those on the new
terrtory desiring to receive mail to
have their mail boxes up and ready
to meet the carrier on September
16th. Government specifications for
correct mail box erection is given
elsewhere in this paper. Naturally
the changes will slightly affect the
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Tobacco Markets
Open on Monday
PREPARATIONS COMPLETE
FOR THE LARGEST SEASON
IN HISTORY
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High Averages Predicted
Tobacco markets in the Bright
Leaf Belt will open promptly at
9:<*b o’clock on Monday, August
26th. for the sale o r loaf tobacco.
Farmers in the Eastern it.lt are
ready and a record opening day is
oweeted. All ihe ma-tets near here
lave been mt*k*ng n
and special preparations for the
ofK-nings, and if the high averages
that have prevailed in the Georgia
markets follow into this state it
should he a booming vear for
growers of the golden leaf. The
biggest advice the seaso;*.';.J toba 1 -
eo men have offered is “Don't rush
your crop too fast.” Markets *>lat
have already opened in the ;'tate
have been piling up averages worth
reporting, radiogrems t ec-deed just
a? we went to press from f. E.
, Barnes, hea l of the Tobac :o B jara
of Trade in Fairmont, told »f 26c
i averages on the sale of many
| pounds on the market there.
Rocky Mt. Facilities Enlarged
i By Geo Arrington, Sup. of Sales
The Rocky Mount tobacco inter- •
ests. have just completed the larg
est extension and remodeling cam
paigns in the history of the mar
ket and all warehouse* and redry
ing plants will be ready when the
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