BUY AND SELL IN ROCKY MOUNT, TRADE CENTER OF EASTERN CAROLINA
VOLUME 1. NO. 34.
Premiums Restricted To
Carolina Products Only
4 The North Carolina State Fair
will restrict its premiums on agri
cultural products to North Carolina
> growers alone and will pay compet
itors $10,500 for the agricultural
exhibits made.
j'This means that Tar Heel farm
* era should plan to enter more of
their products at the Fair this
years," says Dean I. O. Schaub,
head of the extension service at
State College. "We are asking our
county farm and home agents co
aid growers in selecting and pre
paring exhibit material when pos
sible but we shall not be able to aid
in this work to any great extent
due to emergency canning and crop
adjustment programs now under
» way. The fair last fall was an ex
cell#nlf exposition but failed to
measure the agriculture of the
State because of the few agricul
tural exhibits made. I am hopeful
that this will be remedied this
fall."
The State Fair will be held dur
» jng the week of October 8 to IS.
The premium list has been printed
and is now ready for distribution,
Mr. Schaub said. Those desiring
copies of the list should make ap
t. plication directly to Mr. Norman Y. i
Chambliss, manager, at Raleigh. I
, » Until last fall, county home and \
agents were able to give
considerable time to selecting, as
sembling and preparing farm pro
ducts for exhibit at the annual
State Fair. However, the cotton
plow-up campaign, the tobacco
program prevented the agents
work and the emergency canning
"from an active part in helping with
the fair in 1933.
This should not deter individuals
from selecting their choice live
. Stock, field crop and garden pro
* ducts to be shown at the -fair
fall, said Mr. Schaub .
| DANIELEY DISMISSES
TRAFFIC LAW CHARGE
Charges against Frank Shelton,
- Rocky Mount man, of careless and
p.* reckless driving and failing to stop
it. after an accident were dismissed bv
Magistrate J. B. Danieley in Ra
|jf leigh, Monday, when the prosecu-
A on to show that Shelton
was driving his truck at the time it
"v crashed into the .car of E. F. Grif
| fin, who lives near Raleigh.
" The defense offered no evidence.
Chief of Police O. F. Hedgepeth, of
Rocky Mount, who has held that
job for "just 20 years" and who
recently was prevented by public
protest from resigning, was to
have testified in behalf of Sheltoh.
The accident, in which Griffin's
jf car was badly damaged, occurred
| August 18 about three miles from
Raleigh on the Milburne road. A
Nugr®, alleged to have been driv
l. i«S the track belonging to Shelton,
! has disappeared. Griffin contem
, plates civil action against Shelton.
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The Rocky Mo
Peanut Program
Is Planned For
Eastern Carolina
North Carolina farmers planted
205,000 acres of peanuts in 1933
, but in most counties the acreage
was small and of little economic
importance. In 12 eastern counties,
however, the crop is of tremendous
economic importance and growers
are concerned over the proposed
marketing agreements to be start
ed with the crop this fall and
worked into an adjustment pro
gram with the crop of 1935.
North Carolina farmers also will
be glad to know that the peanut
program is in the hands of J. B.
Hutson, who has handled the flue
| cured tobacco situation so satis
factorily to this Staae. Dean I. O.
Schaub, head of the extension ser
vice of State College, says the
counties most largely affected by
the proposed program with pea
nuts are Halifax, Northampton,
! Hertford, Martin, Edgecombe,
I Gates, Bertie, Chowan, Pitt, Ons-
I low, Perquimans and Washington.
1 He has not yet designated an ex
tension worker to have charge of
the plan in the State but will do
so as soon as details are worked
out at Washington.
A conference was held at Wash
ington on August 30 for the pur*
pose of determining the details of
the marketing agreements to be in
force this fall and a public hearing
wa s held the following day, August
31, to determine the rate and scope
of the processing tax which will be
used with the production adjust
ment program next year. Fu'l de
tails of the plan will be completed
and contracts ara expected to be
made available to grower* before
October 1, Mr. Schaub says.
Under the plan now proposed,
benefit payments would be made
thi 8 season on that portion of the
peanut crop diverted into oil which
would bring the returns of such a
portion in line >vith the returns
from the part of the crop used for
•shelled goods. This will allow
growers to divert, without loss, a
part of their crop to oil, depending
on the prices being paid for shell
ed gpods, Mr. Schaub said.
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CHAPLIN IS WEALTHIEST
OF HOLLYWOOD STARS
Hollywood, Calif., Sept 3.
Charlie Chaplin remains the
wealthiest in Hollywood's film col
ony.
Greta Garbo has an SBO automo
bile compared with Joan Craw
ford's $2,010 one.
Will Rogers is the largest land
holder. Harold Lloyd has the cost
liest furniture.
These are some of the facts
about the private affairs of the
movie folks in the records of the
county tax collector and the county
auditor offices.
All the figures are assessed val
uations. The actual value may be
much higher.
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N. B. KILLEBREW
Tarboro.—N. G. Killebrew, well
known citizen of this county, died
at the home of his son, Mack, Sat
urday night at 7:30 o'clock follow
ing a week's illness. He was 84
years old. Ibe Killebrew family ia
one of the best known and most
prominent in the county. Mr. Kii
lebrew was engaged in farming for
many years. He was held in the
highest esteem by all. He was a
member of the McKendree Metho
dist church and the funeral service
was held there Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. Mr. Stanford of
the Pinetops Methodist church,
Surviving are one brother,
George, one daughter, Mrs. John
D. Lancaster, of this city, and
three sons.
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Nine poultrymen of Beaufort
county plan to keep records c u their
poultry flocks this coming year in
an effort to determine source and
amounts of inncome.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934.
Great Round-Up of Wild Horses
Mere is seen the traditional chuck wagon of the Old West crossing
the Multilist river in Oregon followed by wild horses during one of the
longest and largest round-ups of wild horses in the state. The herd was
driven 4.10 miles over streams, deserts and mountains.
What Shall We Do With Frauds
In Elections
Appearing in the Greensboro News under Clark's Com
ment there is a statement which says: "It can be said for
the Hitler election in Germany, which is questioned as to
freedom of expression, that the absentee ballot was not util
ized. See pictures in the papers where a 94-year-old man was
being taken to the polls in a wheel chair to fulfill his duty,
and a woman invalid carried from a hospital on a stretcher
to the polls to vote for Hitler." It further states: "If Hitler
had known of the advantages of the absentee ballot and had
secured some of our North Carolina election experts he
might have secured a larger vote and greater unanimity."
The inference from the above statement is that Germany
was criticized for taking sick people to the pollß to vote,
while in North Carolina the absentee ballot has been used
by the machine to not only vote sick people but a great
many people who were not sick. It also voted people who
had been gone from the various counties for many years.
There has been a report that one Magistrate in one county
certified three hundred and fifty ballots. Yet according to
the Greensboro News, notwithstanding the conditions that
prevailed in Carteret, Surry, Polk, Wilkes, Alexander, Guil
ford and Person counties, there has been no prosecution and
the matter has been left just where it was before any inves
tigation was ever made, except the nomination was taken
from one Judge and given to another Judge and the condi
tion appearing about equal on both sides according to re
ports from the Election Board.
We cannot hope for any better conditions in elections in
North Carolina until those charged with the Administration
of elections in this state prosecute those that are guilty of
these frauds rather than commending them for their frauds.
In the last two elections in North Carolina there has been
more charges and surcharges of frauds in elections than has
been made in this generation and the prior generation. Now,
who is responsible for this condition? Who is charged with
the duty of reporting these matters?
ELEVEN REASONS WHY THE NEW CONSTITUTION
SHOULD NOT BE PASSED
1. The proposed new Constitution gives the Legislature
the power to pass any kind of tax laws without any limita
tions or Constitutional restraints.
2. The New Consitution gives to the Legislature the pow
er to make both male and female pay poll tax to an unlimited
amount. The old Constitution provided that not more than
$2.00 could be levied and that for schools and the support of
the poor.
3. The new Constitution gives the Legislature the power
to give to the Governor the right and power to appoint all
county and city officers and it absolutely destroys all local
self-government. The present Constitution provides that each
county shall have a Register of Deeds, Clerk of Court, Treas
urer, Sheriff and Coroner. .These officers are not mentioned
in the new Constitution which leaves it up to the Legislature
to run the counties from Raleigh, if it so desires.
4. The proposed Constitution takes from the people the
right to elect their State Board of Education and instead of
the people electing the said Board it provides the Governor
shall appoint the State Board of Education.
5. The new Constitution gives to the Judicial Council the
right to make all rules of Court Procedure, which has here
tofore been made by the Legislature, except the rules gov
nering the Supreme Court.
6. The new Constitution abolishes the Courts of Justices
of Peace and places the matter in the hands of the Legisla
ture to establish such Courts as it might desire.
7. _ The new Constitution permits the married woman to
dispose of her land and real estate without the written con
sent of her husband. The old Constitution stated that the
man and wife must consent.
8. The new Constitution gives the veto power to the
Governor. He is already appointing more than 30,000 state
employees. What more power can he desire ?
9. The new Constitution gives the Legislature the pow
er to increase the number of Supreme Court Judges. The
Supreme Court is a Constitutional Court and our present
Constitution provides that the people themselves shall in
crease the number of Judges by vote or constitutional
amendment. Associate Supreme Court Justice Brogden says
that this section places the Supreme Court in politics and
that the Legislature could increase the number of Supreme
Court Judges so that the Governor could appoint Judges who
would favor an unconstitutional act which the Legislature
had passed or where the Court had heretofore held uncon
stitutional and for this reason Justice Brogden calls this to
the attention of the people.
10. The old Constitution provided for County Government.
The new Constitution makes no provision for County Gov
ernment and makes it a creature of the Legislature. Can the
people afford to give to a Legislature that power?
11. The old Constitution provided that all powers not del
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Tri-State Rally
To Be Held Here
More Than 500 Delegates Ex
pected for W. B. A. Rally
On October 11-12
More than 500 delegates from
the Carolinas and Virginia are ex
pected to attend the annual rally
of the Woman's Benefit Associa
tion, which will meet here on Oct
ober 11-12.
Mrs. Etta M. King, Norfolk re
gional director, has requested all
local officers to meet with her in
a preliminary gathering at the
Ricks hotel on Thursday night,
September 6 at 8 o'clock. Plans
for the rally are expected to be dis
cussed at this meeting.
Mrs. T. P. Green is president of
the local unit, and Mrs. P. N. Har
per is financial secretary.
Officials said today that the an
nual banquet will be held at the
Ricks hotel on the night of October
11, while the pageant and dance
will be given in the recreation hall
on October 12 to honor the visiting
delegates.
Complete plans for the program
will be announced at an early date.
ENTERTAIN AT DINNER
FOR 34 IN CITY J All,
Police Are Hosts At Delight
ful Affair; Another Party
Tuesday Morning
Members of the Raleigh police
department were hosts at a de
lightful Labor Day dinner party in
the city jail Monday evening. Cov
ers were not laid for 34 guests.
Thrown ensuite for the occasion,
the second and only floor of the
jail was attractively decorated in
the holiday motif. Fifty-watt bulbs
suspended from the lofty ceiling
diffused a soft glow over the
scene, lighting up the colorful nos
es of half a dozen drunks draped
over bunks and iron bars, whose
shadows formed a lovely pattern
against the dingy walls.
A three-course dinner of potato
salad, steak, biscuits and java was
served by Mrs. W. W. Bishop, who
can't remember feeding a larger
party since 1932, when 40 guests
were present at one dinner.
Enjoying the week-end festivi
ties at the jail were more than 85
guests, most of whom were called
away by their bondsmen before re
freshments were served.
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock,
Judge Wiley G. Barnes, Prosecu
tor D. Staton Inscoe alnd City
Court Paul Dowell were joint hosts
at a large affair for which most
of the guests were expected to re
turn.
The guests settled fo r the re
freshments at Judge Barnes' par-
PULLETS SHOULD BE FED
DEVELOPING MASH
Pullets hatched in April and are
now beginning to lay should be
continued on developing mash until
at least 25 percent production is
reached. The higher protein con
tent of the laying mash would force
the birds and, at this time, a large
percentage of pullets have not at
tained full body weight. Forcing
such early matured birds without
full body weight would probably
lead to a severe neck moult in the
late autumn and this condition
should be avoided if possible.
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SAFE FIRECRACKERS
Manufacturers of fire crackers
in an NRA agreement, have de
cided to eliminate magnesium and
aluminum in their products. These
elements have often produced ac
cidents because of their quick
acting explosion. Small boys, how
ever, will be given plenty of noise
because the fire crackers, mostly
made in the Orient, will be manu
factured with especial attention
paid to the "bang."
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THE POWER SURVEY
Schedules are being sent to pow
er companies and municipal plants
throughout the country in order
to secure information for the pow
er survey of the nation.
SIMMONS AGA
NEW CONSTITUTION
Davis And Hutson
AAA Speakers At
Wendell Fair lon
Farmers Cooperating in Ad
justment Program To! Be
Canvassed About Its Con
tinuance Next Year; Re
sponsibility On Growers;
Speak in Farmville, Too
(By C. A. Upchurchh, Jr., Staff
I Correspondent or News and Ob
server.)
Wendell, Sept. 3.—Ranking offi
cials of the AAA today witnessed
at first hand the encouraging re
sults of the government's efforis
to insure a fair price for products
of the farm.
Swinging through the heart of
North Carolina's bright leaf tobac
co belt, Chester C. Davis, head of
the Administration, and J. B. Hut
son, chief of the AAA tobacco sec
tion, found optimism predominant
where, a year ago, producers of the
"golden weed" were glowering un
der clouds of dissatisfaction.
They emphasized to the hearten
ed growers that whole responsibili
ty for continuance of the success of
the crop adjustment plan lay
squarely on the doorstep of each
individual farmer. The AAA chiefs
formally ended their first visit to
North Carolina this afternoon with i
addresses in W«*dell, where the
East Wake Fair was opened.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Hutson spent
Sunday night in Greenville as
guests of J. Con Ivanier, head of
the warehouse code administration
for North Carolina. Today they in
spceted the market there and visit
ed the floors at Wilson and Farm
ville before coming to Wendell,
where they were heard by an ap
preciative 'audience of about 500
farm folks.
Will Canvass Growers
Mr. Davis announced, in an in
terview, that the AAA is planning
a series of surveys among farmers
to determine opinion iabout contin
uance of the crop management pro
gram. It will begin before the end
of the year, he announced, with
producers who signed corn and hog
reduction contracts, and some time
next summer a canvas will be made
of cotton, tobacco and wheat farm
ers, where contracts run through
1935.
The canvass will be conducted in
community meetings by farm
agents and assistants.
"It will be more the taking of
opinion than an election," Mr. Da
vis said. "Thorough and frank dis
cussion of all problems arising un
der the adjustment program will be
featured. Judging by authoritative
opinion advanced to me on this
trip, a cross-section of the belt in
dicates it wants to prolong the pro
gram. One man told me, 'We want
to sign up for 100 years'."
Up To Farmers
Both speakers, who were paying
their first visit to the bright leaf
markets, stressed the fact that pro
longed success of the program was
a matter that rested entirely with
the growers. Confidence was ex
pressed that contract signers would
be able to stand prosperity and
realize that abandonment of their
curtailment agreements next year
would work to the detriment of the
whole farming population.
Where a year ago a near riot oc
cured at Wendell, when disgruntled
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Says Many Of Its Provisions
Are Repugnent To Princi
ples Of Popular Rule
New Bern, Sept. 4.—l n a letter
to Dr. John B. Wright, Raleigh,
former U. S. Senator F. M. Sim
monds today voiced emphatic oppo
sition to the proposed new State
Constitution, commended Attorney
General Brummitt on his fight
against the measure -nd paid a
compliment to Governor Ehring
haus without mentioning him by
name. Following is the text of the
Simmons letter:
"Replying to your letter of re
cent date suggesting that I make
a statement for publication, of my
position with reference to the pro
posed new Constitution, I wish to
say I am most emphatically op
posed to the ratification of this
measure. Many of its most vitally
important provisions are repug
nant to the fundamental principles
of our hereditary system of gov-
I ernment by the people and for the
people. To safeguard these prin
ciples our pioneer forefathers
pledged their fortunes and their
lives.
Centralizes Power
"Fo r government by the people
and for the people this document
would substitute government for
the people by the chief executive
of the State in cooperaion with
certain agencies of the State, coun
ties and municipalities, the mem
bership of some of which he would
appoint.
"The dangers of these proposed
changes in our system of govern
ment are greatly increased by the
ancillary provisions of the docu
ment, practically removing all re
strictions upon the amount of in
debtedness which these various
agencies within their respective
jurisdictions may incur, as well as
the rate of taxation they may im
pose upon the property and th»
heads of the people, wihout re
gard to age.
Necessary to Act Now
"If the people would forestall
and safeguard themselves against
the manifest dangers inherent to
these provisions of the proposed
Constitution, they must act now by
defeating its ratification in the
coming election. If they fail and
these extra-ordinary powers are
conferred by the Constitution and
thus protected against legislative
acion, it requiresonly ordinary fore
sight to forecast that if ratified
there will in all probability sooner
or later be evolved a State-wide
political organization with practi
cal control of the entire election
machinery of the State. (In this
connection it should be remembered
that we may not always have, as
•we now have, a governor who we
know would frown upon such po
litical devices.)
"Manifestly in such a situation
only the most heroic action on the
part of ahe people would restore
to them the right of self-govern
ment and the control of their local
affairs.
"Beyond all dispute there are
many admirable and desirable pro*-
visions in the proposed new Con
stitution, but their importance
pales before the dangers of its ob
noxious provisions.
"It is indeed unfortunate that
the people, under the act of sub
mission should be required to vote
for or against the proposed Con
saitution as a whole.
"Before concluding I wish to ex
press my admiration of Attorney
General Brummitt's brave and able
fight against these dangerous in
novations."—News and Observer.
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