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The Rockv Mount Herald
VOLUME 1, NO. 3
: Roosevelt Birthday Honored
Close to Tar Heel's Heart
Dr. Mike Holt, Famous Or
! thopedic Surgeon, Heads
Warm Springs Staff
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Chapel HUI, Jan. 27.—The heart
of one North Carolinian —although
with President he now calls Geor
gia his adopted state—glows warm
' with keen delight as he views thp
nation's preparation to make its
\ appropriate and unique birthday
tribute to its President.
That Tar Heel is Dr. Michael
Hokfe, graduate and ex-football
captain of the University of North
' ' Carolina. Dr. Hoke is medical ad
visor and chief surgeon of the
. Warm Springs Foundation, found
« flßthd fostered as a favorite
'! fftwsevelt charity,
t Mr. Roosevelt in 1931 induced
Br. Hoke to give up his extensive
; practice in orthopedic surgery in
- Atlanta, and assume the medical
♦ direction of the widely known in
stitution in South Georgia.
A pioneer in the art and science
at orthopedic surgery, Dr. Hoke
early in his career directed his
pvactice toward the treatment and
correction of orthopedic abnormali
ties, particularly as regards the
afW-efTects of infantile paralysis,
life became a leader in this field
of remedial surgery more than
twenty ye%Ss ago and is now re
garded as its outstanding ex
ponent. He developed methods of
ifrteatment and a technique in bone
surgery that has won him inter
national reputation.
Nation-Wide Practice
So great was his skill and so
wide his reputation, patients came
to his Atlanta offices from all parts
mi the country. But private practice
sitae did trot quench Dr.
eagerness to spread the benefits
Ida acquired technique to crip
pied children unable to receive
surgical aid. With v associates he
inaugurated and sponsored the
i«hain of Scottish Rites Hospitals
for Crippled Children that now
stretches across the nation.
The call to go to Warm Springs
gave him even further opportu
nity for extending the benefits of
his skill and knowledge. And now,
as he anticipates a great national
endowment of money and interest
for the Warm Springs Foundation,
Dr. Hoke burns with neto zeal to
carry forward his fight for the re
covery of physical powers for
crippled children.
Tribute From Roosevelt
His has been a colorful career
of action, experimentation, and
sueeesscful operations tinged with
'the magic of miracles. The splen
did tribute paid Dr. Hoke by Presi
dent Roosevelt upon the latter's
▼isit to Warm Springs recently is
testimonial of his work.
"He is a man who is dear to my
haart," said President Roosevelt,
"because he is not above a lpgicai
experiment. He is also dear to
aiy heart beet use in a larger per
centage of cases than anybody
else I know, his experiments work."
Dr. Hoke was born in Lincoln
Comity, North Carolina, in 1874, a
son of the Confederate General
Robert F. Hoke, whom it is said
OMieral Lee had designated to
succeed himself in the command
of the Confederate forces in the
event of the latter's death.
In 1931 the University of North
Caofelina conferred upon him its
honorary degree of Doctor of
Barws.
Despite his eminence and the
honors that have come to him Dr.
Hoke is a most modest man. He
receives the praises of his clientele,
the public and his fellow prac
titioners with something akin to
shyness. He Stands at the top of
his profession, and a conspicuous
{ fact of his life is that his best
work has been done under the
benign cloak of charity.
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NASH GINS 25,748
BALES TO JAN. 16
According to figures released by
the Department of Commerce, Bu
seau of the Census, there
58,748 bales of cotton ginned in
Nash County from the crop of
1933 prior to January 16, 1934, as
•••pared with 27,363 hales ginned
L. B. Gregory
Buried Wednes.
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Was Prominent Rocky Mount
Citizen and a Pioneer To
bacco Leader in Eastern
Carolina. Buried Wednes
day.
Following a decline in health
for several years but preceded by
an extreme illness of less than
twenty-four hours, Lewis Brodie
Gregory, age 63, died last night
at his home, 415 Falls road. Mr.
Gregory was one of the pioneer
tobacco men of this section of the
state, an active factor in the build
ing of the local market he came
to Rocky Mount in 1892 and was
associated with the American To
bacco company here continuously
for 46 years save for a brief trans
fer to other markets.
He enjoyed the distinction of
having been the first person to
redry tobacco for-that company, at
that time an important accomp
lishment which later made pos
sible the vast expanse of business
built up by that firm. Until five
years ago he was in active charge
of the local interests of that coi&-
pany but an impairment in health
forced a lightening In his duties.
The sales of tobacco on the local
market were halted in his honor
during the hours of the funeral
while the membership of the local
tobacco'board of trade made up
the list of honorary pallbearers.
-Mr. Gregory was' born -in Gran
ville county, a son of Capt. Archi
bald H. ' Gregory and Lucy Jane
Gregory, and attended Hornor
Military academy. He is survived
by his widow, one son, R. H. Greg
opy of Richmond, Va., and Edmond
R. Gregory of Richmond, Va.
The funeral was held from the
home Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock by Rev. Francis Craighill
of the Church of the Good Shep
herd, of which the deceased was
A member. Mr. Craighill was
assisted by Rev. B. T. Brodie of
Enfield. Interment was in Pine
view cemetery. The active pall,
bearers were W. B. Lee, W. E.
Fenner, W. E. Massenburg. Rob
ert D. Wimberly and Drs. E. M.
Perry and A. T. Thorpe.
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Mrs. J. L. Home, Sr.
Passes Wednesday
Mother of Rocky Mount Pub
lisher Dies at Age of 81
Mrs. J. L. Home, Sr., died at
her home here today after a long
illness. She was 81 ears of age.
Prior to her marriage Mrs.
Home was Miss Lula C. Parker,
of Wilson, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Parker of that
city. She was educated in the
private schools of Wilson and at
Louisburg College. Mrs. Home
was a member of the First Metho
dist Church here and for a great
number of years had been active
in the work of the church.
At one time she was the presi
dent of the Missionary Society of
the North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Home is survived by her
husband, J. L. Home, Sr., one
daughter, Mrs. 0. L. Thompson, of
this city; two sons, J. L. Home,
Jr., publisher of the Evening Tele
gram of this city, and Caleb L.
Home, of Atlanta, 'Ga., three sis
ters, Mrs. Tom Durham of Dan
ville, Ky.; Mrs. C. H. Russell, of
Belhaven, and Mrs. Z. V. Barnes
of Hiteville, and one brother, C.
D. Parker of Belhaven; and a
number of grandchildren.
Interment will take place in the
family plot in Pineview cemetery
here with Rev. George Perry of
the Methodist Church here offici
ating after funeral services held
from the Methodist Church. The
han>- and date for the services has
not /been announced.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934
Attorney's Fees In
Banking Department
Attorneys' fees paid by the
Banking Department since Gurney
P. Hood has been Commissioner,
upon reliable information, for the
two and one.half year period, has
been $328,473.41. For the period
from June 1, 1931 to June 1, 1933,
fees allowed and paid were $242,-
736.72. For the half year period
from June 1, 1933 to Jan. 1, 1934,
■the fees were $85,737.69.
Grand total: $328,473.41, and of
this amount, one Goldsboro law
yer, according to reports from the
News and Observer, Mr. Kenneth
Royal, from the home town of
Mr. Hood, received a loan of
Wants to Tax Liquor
Reduce Auto License
We notice eminating out of Ra-1
leigh a news story from the
of a Raleigh correspondent sug
gesting that a tax be placed on
liquo r and that same be used to
supplement the Highway funds so
that automobile tags may be re
duced. The Highway Commission
is now already expending six
cents on each gallon of sas used.
They also expend the money from
the sale of auto tags, besides
ceiving large Federal fluids from
the National Government. The
amount being so large that they
find serious trouble in spending it;
it being pointed out on several
occasions that they had so much
money which they did not need,
that they actually fiad put people
on the payroll without any duties
to perform, giving them the title
of cohtatt "ftlri.' This suggestion
appears absolutely ridiculous to
the Herald.
The contention was made dur
ing the last Legislature that the
Highway Commission was expend
ing too much money, and notwith
standing this contention tjieir
funds were not cut, when the pub
lic schools were cut from twenty
Will Start Adult
Class at YMCA
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Class in Citizenship Will Be
Opened at Y. M. C. A.
Tonight
Another CWA educational pro
ject will get underway here at 7
o'clock tonight when Miss Emma
Corbitt will open a class of citizen
ship for adults at the Y. M. C. A.
The project, approved by the
North Carolina department of edu
cation and R. M. Wilson, superin
tendent of the Rocky Mount school
system, is being aimed at the edu
cation of local citizens in regard
to civic government and other
phases included in a regular civic
government course.
The class will be operated on
CWA funds and no charges will
be made for enrolling in the class.
Local interested persons have been
requested to get in touch with the
Y. M. C. A.
Miss Corbitt will conduct classes
from 7 to 10 o'clock on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evenings
and a cordial invitation has been
extended to the public to attend.
The coursfe is expected to in
clude a study of the operations and
functions of civic government, vot
ing, and the handling of govern
mental affairs, and other similar
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TARBORO HIGHWAY
HOME IS DESTROYED
BY FIRE TODAY
A fire of unknown origin early
today destroyed a house owned by
Z. E. Gaynor and occupied by
Henry Hill.
The house was located on the
Tarboro highway and firemen an
swered the aJarm at 6:50 a. m.
Three other alarms when an
swered by local firemen produced
only minor blazes.
Federal Home Loan system's re
sources put at $2,600,000,000.
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$8,312.43, for his services this
past year, which is far in excess
of the amount paid the Attorney-
General of the State who gives
all of his time, while Mr. Royal
gives only a small part of his.
And if Mr. Royal's services are
necessary, it seems as if it would
be economy to employ him as an
assistant to the Attorney-General.
There has been intimation from
time to time that a great many
of these fees have been used to
pay political debts, and certainly
such a necessary department of
government as Banking should not
be used for this purpose.
three millions to sixteen millions;
but for the' help from the Civil
Works Act, a great many fine
school buildings, which cost the
taxpayers money, would be falling
into decay without sufficient funds
to repair them, as the school ap
propriation did not contain enough
to make these repairs.
A State that pays more atten-
tion to roads than it does to its
schools, will find in the future
that instead of a continued ad
vancement in growth as we have
had in the past, we will find our
progress will be retarded. Teach
ers at this time are heing under
paid, and our suggestion is that
those who expect to be in the next
Legislature should be thinking
about sources of revenue from
which funds may be derived so
that our teachers maj£ be properly
paid and our schools may have
the necessary funds to carry on its
work, so vital to the life of every
home in this State.
We believe in roads, but we be-
lieve in schools first, and it has
been a mystery why the Legisla
ture has been so generous with
the Highway funds and yet dealt
so with the schools.
Lawyers Conduct
Bar Examination
The lawyers of the State this
week conducted its first examina
tion for admittance of new mem
bers to the bar. This agitation
has been going on for several
years, and while we hope that it
will prove a success, yet we could
never see any need for the change.
Lawyers who received their di
plomas in the past have always
felt very proud of having their
licenses signed by the five mem
bers of the Supreme Court. While
it is possible that this Bar Com
mittee may be as learned and as
capable as the Supreme Court, it
is hardly probable and nobody |
thinks so. And if it is the object
of the Bar Committee to under
take to restrict the number of
lawyers, then this is certainly
wrong, if they have the necessary
learning and ability; and certainly
no one could say that the Supreme
Court, the highest court in the
land, has ever been anything else
but just and fair.
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FINAL WEEK TOBACCO
SALES STARTS HERE
Despite the chill winds that
made travel in wagons or open
trucks decidedly unpleasant a
"considerable" quantity of bright
leaf tobacco was offered for sale
here Monday as the market pre
pared for the final week of sales
this, season. The market closes
after sales Friday.
Sales for the season are slightly
above 48,500,000 pounds, third
largest in tha state, and money
paid to farmers is well above SB,-
000,000.
It is expected that approximate
ly 1,000,000 pounds will be sold
during the week to bring sales
close to the 50,000,000 goal set
here prior to the opening of the
tobacco season.
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London financial circles praiso
Roosevelt's gold move.
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E. C. Jernigan, Spring Hop
Gets Vocational Award for'Si
Game Laws Are
Explained Here
Open Season Until Feb. 20 in
11 Counties, Including
Nash—Others' Close
Jan. 31
State and Nash county game
officials today offered what they
termed "the answer to hundreds
of inquiries" regarding the closing
of the hunting season in this sec
tion.
Eleven counties in the eastern
zone, which includes Nash county,
will observe open season until
February 20, while the remaining
seven counties in the zone will
permit hunting until January 31.
Those counties in which one may
hunt legally quail, turkeys, etc.,
until February 20, are as follows:
Cumberland, Transylvania, Har
nett, Nash, Halifax, Northampton,
Hertford, Person, Martin, Bertie
and Washington.
The seven counties where thfl
season will be closed on January
31 are as follows: Warren, Frank
lin, Wake, Chatham, Lee, Moore,
and Richmond.
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MEETING CALLED TO
CONSIDER PLANS FOR
CpMMUNITY CENTER
Tarboro, Jan. 29.—Consideration
of a proposed community recrea
tion ground will be given here
Wednesday at a meeting called by
J. A. Abernathy, superintendent
of Edgecombe county schools and
Miss Katherine Millsaps, Edge
combe home demonstration agent.
Three persons from each school
( district have been named and
. these persons will meet in the
court house here to discuss plans
for such a project. It is expected
! that about twenty persons will be
present at the session.
NURSERY SCHOOL
HERE CWA PROJECT
Enrolling twenty-five children
of pre-school age, the local nursery
was opened here this morning at
No. 915 Arlington street.
Miss Mary Hilliard, Miss Katie
Bradley, Miss Hallie Brake and
Miss Louise Bartholomew, instruc
tors, took charge of the class this
morning and began organization
of the class which will be held
each week day from nine o'clock
to three o'clock.
Mrs. M. K. Nichols, teaching a
class in art for unemployed adults,
[ also opened her class this morning
at the same place.
Both classes are being operated
with funds from the civil works
administration with the exception
of fuel and rent which is bein£
contributed by the local Civitan
club. The two projects, however,
are being operated as separate
units.
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EGEMORE'S INC. MOVE
TO BRASWELL BUILDING
The firm of Egemore's, Inc.,
composed of Mr. N. H. Egerton
and Mr. Moore, and who have for
the past several years operated a
men's ready-to-wear establishment
near Belk Tyler's store, have
moved their store to the Braswell
building, located between the
Standard Drug Store and Rose
Drug Store on West Main St
They are now ready to take
care of their large trade at this
new place. They also have a
large new line of spring goods on
hand and ask that you come in
and see the values.
FINDS SISTER AFTER
THIRTY YEARS
St. Petersburgh, Fla.—Dining in
a cafeteria, H. L. Boyle, of Lon
don, Ontario, recognized at a near
by table a Bister he had not seen
nor heard from in thirty years.
New York.
FINDS TIME TO TAKE ACTIVE PART IN CHURCH
ACTIVITIES, CO-OPERATIVE PROJECTS, CIVIC
CLUB, AND GRANGE ACTIVITIES. HAS TAKEN
ACTIVE PART IN SCHOOL CAMPUS BEAUTIFI
CATION. >
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E. C. JERNIGAN
Popular Young
Woman Buried
Tues Afternoon
Miss Jessie Ruffin Denton, of
Whitakers, Dies Here
Miss Jessie Ruffin Denton, pop
ular young Whitakers girl, died in
a local hospital late Sunday fol
lowing an appendicitis operation
and subsequent complications.
She was 19 years of age and
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Cicero Denton, of Whitakers.
Funeral services were conducted
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
from the home and interment was
in the Whitakers cemetery.
The following ministers assisted
in the funeral: Rev. B. D. Critch
er, of Red Springs; Rev. George
W. Perry, pastor of the First
Methodist church here; Rev. J. D.
Howell of the Baptist church of
Whitakers; and Rev. Julius
Moore, of Whitakers.
Miss Denton was well known in
this section* and had made many
friends. She attended the Whita
kers high school and Eastern
Carolina Teachers college at
Greenville. She was a member of
the Methodist church. Her pastor,
Rev. Carlos P. Womack, was too
ill to attend services.
Besides her mother and father,
the attractive young girl is sur
vived by two brothers, Dr. Ernest
Cicero Denton, and Thomas Roy
Denton, all of Whitakers.
Pallbearers for the funeral on
Tuesday were: Active, H. A. Bras
well, Arlie Pullen, Cliff Weeks,
Jake Winstead, Raymond Smith
and Sam Anderson; honorary, G.
F. Tucker, J. P. Burnette, J. White
of Whitakers; C. A. Griffin, Clar
ence Brake and W. G. Weeks, of
Rocky Mount; Sam Dickens, of
Enfield; J. M. Cutchin, Jr., W. D.
Weeks, Lawrence Pittman, Joe
Cutchin, J. E. Cutchin, J. L. Dick
ens, H. L. Latham, Roscoe Pitt
man, Herbert Mayo, L. L. Draugh
an, Zeno Mann, J. C. Knight, E.
M. Gunn, R. A. Bradley and R. R.
Bradley, all of Whitakers.
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NEGRO ORGANIZATION
MAKES CONTRIBUTION
TO HOSPITAL
A contribution of bed linen and
bed jackets has been made here
by the Mary B. Talbert Federated
club, a Negro organization of this
city, to the Negro ward of the
local Park View hospital, it was
learned today.
The funds were secured through
the cooperation of the local church
es, clubs and other organisations.
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Cost of farm relief in year is
P£t at *1,883,000,000.
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State's Candidate
For Southern Title
North Carolina's State Teacher
of Vocational Agriculture in the
high schools for the year 1932-33
is E. C. Jernigan, Spring Hope
toacher, announced Roy H. Thomas,
State Supervisor of Agricultural
Education. Mr. Jernigan not only
has the honor of receiving the
State Master Teacher award but;
will also represent the State as
candidate for Master Teacher of
the South.
Home Projects
Working with 116 all-day and
evening pupils, Mr. Jernigan super
vised 133 home projects represent
ing a part of their practical work
and thereby assisting them in mak
ing a total labor income of $20,-
478.43. Of the projects carried by- -
these students, 85 were tobaccn
with a total of 317.5 acres; cot
ton, 15 with 37.5 acres; corn, 14
with 43 acres; oats, two; home
garden, two; bees, one; poultry,
five with a total of 1,240 hens and
hogs, eight with 42 head.
Under the direction of Mr. Jer
nigan the local cooperative organi
zation bought baby chicks to the
extent of $480; fertilizer $1,608;
tobacco canvas $210; and ground
limestone $376; making a total of
$2,673. This organization also
sold 100 registered Duroc Jersey
hogs for $700; 200 bushels of soy
beans $200; and 100 bushels of
cotton seed for SSO; making a total
of $950 or a grand total of $3,623
worth of products bought and sold.
A look int 0 Mr. Jernigan's com
munity activities shows the follow
ing: Poultry laying houses built
12; brooder houses 20; brick
brooders 20 and laying hens kept
by students 5,000 with a net profit
of $1,768.42 from 11,167 dozen
eggs. Fifty farmers used high
grade potash tobacco fertilizer and
cultivated their tobacco by the
ridge method. Tobacco seeds were
cleaned and treated for 120 farm
ers. Seventy per cent of the com
munity cotton growers are growing
longer staple cotton and 25 acres
of cotton were grown for certified
seed. In the seed improvement
program 350 bushels of approved
abruzzi rye seed were planted
along with 10 acres of approved
corn, 20 acres of soybeans, 24 acres
of alfalfa, and 10 acres of lespe
deza. t
Twelve pastures were establish
under Jernigan's direction during
the year and six farms were ter
raced.
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Live-at-Home
In carrying out f he Live-at-
Home Program, most of the farm
ers established an approved gar
den and grew enough feed crops.
for their livestock as well. Two
thousand fruit trees were also
pruned.
Jernigan's effort toward live
stock improvement caused 50 or
more farmers to adopt approved
feeding practices; two purebred
bulls were introduced and 60 pure
bred hogs were sold to farmers
for breeding purposes.
The publicity program consisted
of a community fair carried on
under Jernigan's direction. Three
window displays hi the stores of
local merchants were put on by
the students and tw 0 shop exhibits
were displayed at the school dur
ing commencement. The following
were also included in the publicity
program: 126 news articles, an
active advisory committee; the A
program of work presented before J;
civic organizations of the town and'*
county, six field meetings were
held, a banquet given the fathers
by the all-day students and a joint
social wag given for the Ycong
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