VOLUME 1, NO.
Large Attendance
At District M
More Than 300 Members of J.
O. U. A. M. Expected in
Nashville On Friday
More than 300 members of the
Junior Order United American
Mechanics, representing three co
unties, will gather at 3 o'clock
Friday afternoon in the lodge hall
at Nashville for a district meet
ing, acordincg to an announce
ment made today by officials of
the order.
Nash, Edgecombe, and Wilson
are the counties to be represented,
while the district is the twenty
third.
Jake Winstead, Nashville, dis
trict deputy, will preside over the
gathering which will be represen
tative of the entire section, ac
cording to reports. Several nation
al, state, and district dignitaxies
also have promised to be in at
tendance.
Headed by John Vann, council
or, more than 100 Rocky Mount
members of the lodge No. 41 are
planning to make the trip to
Nashville and sit in a body at the
meeting.
The various lodge delegations
will be battling for three loving
cups at the gathering it has been
announced. The cups are given for
membership, activities, and attend
ance achievements.
The local lodge has won the at
tendance prize for the past two
years and will be placing a strong
bid to capture it again this year.
Officials of the order today
called upon all juniors in this sec
tion to make every effort to at
tend the gathering on Friday.
They have stated that the meeting
in Nashville bids fair to surpasß
anything the lodge has ever at
tempted.
Plan Now for
Better Cotton
Fanners Should Plan Now To
Plant Improved Seed Next
Year Says L. Bruce
Gunter
By Roy H. Park
Fuquay Springs. Farmers
should plan now to plant improv
ed cotton seed next year to keep
the quality of North Carolina cot
ton at high levels, L. Bruce Gun
ter said here upon his return from
the November board meeting of
the directors of the North Carolina
Cotton Growers Cooperative Asso
ciation.
Although government reports
show that 79 per cent of the cot
ton crop in this State is 16-16ths
or better this year, Mr. Gunter
said it was brought out in the di
rectors' meeting that the quality
is off in some sections where
growers have neglected to give
proper attention to their planting
• seed.
The ten farmer-directors of the
cotton cooperative represent every
section of the State's cotton belt.
Mr. Gunter is director of the fifth
district, composed of Wake, Frank-
Jin, Warren, Vance, Granville,
Durham, Orange, Chatham, Ala
mance, Guilford and
counties.
High Quality This Year
"Taken as a whole, the quality
of the North Carolina crop is es
pecially high this year," Mr. Gun
ter said, "and when marketed
through the cooperative approxi
mately four out of five bales will
'command a premium.
"With this fact in their minds,
farmers more and more are
turning to their own cooperative
for their government 12-cent loans
where they can get the full re
urard for their better grades and
staples, and the result is that our
deliveries are running far ahead of
expectations."
Mr. Gunter pointed out that ev
ery bale handled by the cooperat
ive is classed by a government li
censed grader and that substan
tial premiums are paid on all cot
ton better than middling 7-8 when
sold. These premiums are higher
than usual this year because of
the low quality of the crop in
other states, Mr. Gunter said.
The Rocky Mount Herald
New Postmaster
Assumes Duties
Mr. EJlias Carr Speight has been
appointed Postmaster for the city
of Rocky Mount by President
Roosevelt and has asumed the
duties of his office. Mr. Speight
is a gentleman of pleasing person
ality and possesses the ability to
serve Rocky Mount well in this ca
pacity.
He was born and reared in Ed
gecombe County, the sbn of the
late Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Speight of
said county, his father being a
prominent physician engaged in 1
the general uractice of medicine
for more than forty years in Ed
gecombe County and also repre
sented his county for three terms
in the State Senae.
Mr. Speight for the past several
years has been Secretary of the
Merchants Association for the city
of Rocky Mount, and' he succeeds
Mr. G. T. Matthews who has be
come associated with the Standard
Insurance & Realty Company of
this city.
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FORMER POSTMASTER
STARTS NEW DUTIES
Matthews Resignation Effec
tive November 16
G. T. Matthews, former post
master of this city, who recently
resigned to accept a position with
a local insurance company and
building and loan association, to
day began his new work at his of
fice at No. 125 Tarboro street.
Mr. Matthews, whose term ex
pired April 28, 1934, had held the
position of postmaster till an act
ing postmaster could be appoint
ed. On October 4 Mft Jfottlygr
sent a letter to the f'ostoffice de
partment in Washington asking
that his resignation be accepted
effective November 1, 1934. He
received a notice from the de
partment on November 13 and his
resignation became effective three
days later.
Mr. Matthews is now connected
with both the New Home Building
and Loan association and the
Standard Insurance and Realty
corporation. He was postmaster
here for several years before his
resignation recently. E. Carr
Speight, well-known local citizen,
replaced him as acting postmaster.
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS
The United Staest Civil Service
Commission has announced an
open competitive examination as
follows:
Principal pathologist (cotton
and other fibre crops and diseas
es), $5,600 a year, Bureau of Plant
Industry, Department of Agricul
ture. Closing date, December 10,
1934.
The duties are to direct the
work of the Division of Cotton and
Other Fiber Crops and Diseases in
outlining, initiating, and adminis
tering a national research program
on the production, improvement
and diseases cotton a nd other fiber
crops, conducted in cooperation
with the State Agricultural ex
periment stations and other agen
cies. Extensive education and ex
perience in this field are required.
The salary named is subject to
a deduction of not to exoeed 6 per
cent during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1935, as a measure of
economy, and also to a deduction
of 3 1-2 percent toward a retire
ment annuity.
AH States except lowa, Ver
mont, Maryland, and the District
of Columbia' h ave received less
than their quota of appointments
in the apportioned departmental
service in Washington, D. C.
Full information may be obtain
ed from the Secretary of the Unit
ed States Civil Service Board of
Examiners at the post office or
customshouse in any city which
has a post office of the first or
the second class, or from the Unit
ed States Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington, D. C.
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Kingsford-Smith is first to fly
the Pacific Ocean both w#ys.
AAA reports indicate
bushel wheat crop In 1935.
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1934
Carload E.R.A.
Cattle Shipped
12,000 Pounds Shipped by
Rail to Wilmington
This city's first car load of
slaughtered ERA cattle was ship
ped to Wilmington today for dis
tribution, according to Mrs, R, D.
Bullock, local relief administra
tor. 4 *
The meat, which was loaded in
to an Atlantic Coast Line refrige
rator car, represented the carcas
es of about 30 head of cattle, the
administrator said, with, each cow
weighing approximately 400 lbs.
for a total weight of 12,000 lbs.,
of meat in the shipment.
Slaughtering of 500 head of
cattle was begun last week at the
fairgrounds where the cattle which
were bought by the government
and shipped to the south are being
kept.
C. W. Jacks, who is in charge
of the handling of the cattle here,
reported that the cows, together
with feedstuffs were coming in
regularly every day .
Slaughter Pen
Now Operating
14 Persons Given Work in
Newest Emergency Relief
Administration Project
The local Emergency Relief Ad
ministration payroll showed a new
project today, a slaughter pen
project which had placed 14 men
at work and probably will give
work to additional employees as
the project develops.
Only $50.60 was added to the
ERA payroll for the past week,
due to the fact that the forces
»w,ere«- emplajied - -only «
latter part of the week. A total
of 265 persons received $1,941.31
for the period, according to figur
es obtained from the local office.
Starting last week when a few
head of cattle were shipped here
for slaughter at the fairground,
at least 500 o fthe cattle which
had been brought to the south
from the west will be handled here
within a short period, according to
information received here.
The fair grounds have been
places in readiness to accomodate
the cattle which are fed and wat
ered under the sueprvision of C.
W. Jacks. The slaughtered meat
is being shipped to various points
for canning, according to Mrs. R.
D. Bullock, local relief adminis
trator. Local butchers are slaugh
tering the cattle.
The airport employed the larg
est number of workers here last
week as 86 persons received
$510.90, while the mattress plant
again gave employment to 68 per
sons wtih a payroll jf $453.
Other projects included the fol
lowing: Eastern Carolina Train
ing school, 34 persons received
$228.20; city-wide (drainage, 29
persons, $170; and the Negro
grammar school whefe 20 persons
received a payroll tqtalling $202.-
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FIND SMUGGLED CHINESE
South Keansburg, Iff- J.—Federal
Narcotic agents, raiding an isolat
ed house, found eighteen frighten
ed Chinese guarded by a strapping
Trinidad negro and five police
dogs. The had been
smuggled into the country along
with twenty others Jbut were be
ing held until friends or relatives
paid the customary smugglers'
fee of from SI,OOO tl> $1,500.
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DUST BLOCKS ROADS
Calgary, Alberta. Day was
turned into night when a 250-mile
wind, whirling across farm and
branch lands, blew cjust like snow
in fields and piled It along high
ways. Even with lights on, auto
mobiles were "dust-bound," as
drifts obstructed the roads.
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HOMES AT NORRIS
The unit cost for houses at Nor
ris, Tennessee, constructed to ac
commodate the families of work
ers constructing -thi Norris Dam,
ranged from $2,845 to $6,365.
jMaking Life Masks of Indians
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. .. William H. Egberts, chief preparator in anthropology for the National
•museum In Washington, Is now engaged tn developing life masks of
BiacWgft and Sioux Indians, for an exhibition of the department of
physioM anthropology. He is seen here putting the finishing touches to
the madi of a chief of the Blaekfeet, as he Is surrounded by unfinished
product! of his craftsmanship.
ARE ALDERMEN FROM THE EAST SIDE OF
ROCK&" MOUNT SEEING THAT THEIR SIDE RECEIVES
IT'S I?AIR AND JUST PROPORTION OF THE PUBLIC
EXPENDITURES? NEEDS ADVOCATE IN THE LIKE
; NESS OF LATE SENATOR BARRETT
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Is east side of the City of Rocky Mount receiving it's just
proportion of the public expenditures for public improvements? It
is hesitation that we raise this issue but in our opinion
we feel^th at it is in justice to the whole citizenship of Rocky Mount
that w* have ventured to call this to the attention of the public.
While «mch of this money has come from State and Federal sourc
es, yet jfchere has been much of it from the public treasury of Rocky
Mount,,'with the recommendation of the Board of Aldermen gener
ally periling as to where the money is to be spent.
Do tie wards on the west side elect stronger and more elert men
to the iity council than the east side. We cannot feel that the Al
dermen, coming from the west side have more ability than the Al
dermem from the east side, but we are constrained to believe from
what Ifas actually happened that the Aldermen representing the
wards on the west side have been much more elert in seeing that
the berfefits, which are being distributed, go to their side more so
than tte Aldermen on the east side. Now, we feel in raising this
UMUKMIS staking this— statement
which are as follows:
Oa the west side a city lake has been built at a cost from unofficial
reports of about $40,000. An airport has been constructed at a. cost
of about SIOO,OOO. The Federal road and street projects in the di
rection of the Country Club were made at a cost of from $50,000 to
SIOO,OOO. A beautiful project along route No. 40 beyond the airport
was completed at a c °st of approximately $25,000.
At the last meeting f the Board of Aldermen there was a resolution
presented for the construction of an athletic stadium on the west side
of the city, which was deferred, and which the city can well afford
to do without until we can get some playgrounds for our small chil
dren. There was a resolution .passed for expenditures of beautifica
tion around the already highly improved and expensive lake. A fur
ther resolution/ was passed for the widening of Church Street. In
our mind we feel that it would be a fine thing to widen this street
but it is not any more necessary than play grounds for our chil
dren. There is maintained on the west 3ide the Braswell Park which
is viry necessary and much needed. The Battle Park fo r which the
City Rocky Mount pays SIOOO.OO a year rent is also located on
the West side. Now, on the east side we do not have'a park of any
kind. There have been some sewerage extensions on the east side
but the west side received some as well. We had a small triangle lot
of about an acre known as the Kite lot which has now been consum
ed by the city Reservoir. NoW, these are the facts and we are willing
to. any impartial judge pass on these items. We stand for the
whole of Rocky Mount.
The School Board has asked for a plot of ground opposite the Lu
theran Church to be used as a playground. This request has been en
dorsed by the American Legion Post, the Civitan Club and many in
terested citizens. The Board has not yet taken any action on this
matter, yet without any request, so far as this paper is advised,
save private real estate interests, it ha 3 ordered large and addition
al expenditures around the lake.
The late Senator Bassett raised this question when the- first pav
ing project was put on in Rocky Mount when it appeared that more
of the benefits were to be spent on the west side and finally an agree
able adjustment was made. When the second paving project came on
and the program was laid out and it was found that this same con
dition existed then Senator Bassett raised the question as to it's
fairness and finally an equal adjustment was made and if he were
living today we feel that the present conditions would not exist. We
call these things to the attention of the public and to the Board of
Aldermen who represent us and in so doing it is not with the view
of raising a controversy but to see that all of our citizens who
pay taxes receive fair treatment.
The east side certainly needs a spokesman in the likeness of its
departed friend, the late Senator Bassett.
New Rates For
Current Users
New rates, designed to increase
the current consumption of the pa
trons of the Carolina Power &
Light Co., have been put into ef
fect. The rates seem at first
glance rather complicated, but
upon investigation are simple
enough: The corresponding month
last year is used as, in a sense,
a-minimum, and the new rates are
applied if they make a saving.
If the user would pay less under
the old rates than under the
new then the old rates, or cor
responding new rates apply. The
inducement rate will take effect
only where a saving is effceted.
However, with current available
to larger users at rates show
ing reductions as high as 87 per
cent it is hoped by the company
officials that most of their pat
rons will take advantage of the
new rates and use more current,
either adding needed electrical
appliances, or making freer use
of the appliances they already
have, remembering that from
about 8 to as high as five or six
hundred kilowatt hours can be us
ed for no extra cost, depending on
the amount used last year.
Senator Allsbrook Scores
Sales Tax In Tali
Hunters Warned
Not Sell Game
Any hapless hunter who is
caught selling his kill or any per
son buying and serving quail in
public eating houses will find
himself in a clinch with the law,
according to an an nouncement
made today by Charles D. Ben
bow, Jr., Nash county game war
den. •*
Mr. Benbow called attention to
the fact that buying and serving
quail in public eating places pure
ly a violation of the state game
laws, and promised that all viola
tions will be prosecuted.
The game warden said that it
was contrary to the law for a
hunter to pay a restaurant pro
prietor a certain sum of money
for cooking quail brought into the
plaee by the hunter.
Shooting snipe and wookcock re
quires a, federal duck stamp as
these birds are classed as migra
tory wild fowl, the game warden
also reminded,
New Service
Station Opened
Midtown Super Service Now
Brightens Washington
And Hill Streets
Completely remodelling and
equipping the Old Sinclair Station
in the rear of their store, W. D.
Joyner & Sons have recently op
ened one of the best and most
modernly equipped service sta
"Sins in iTount, 'Tt
the Midtown Super Service.
Among the improvements made
are the installation of a washing
pit, complete line of grease guns
for specialized greasing, Champ
ion spark plug cleaner and tester,
and a complete line of accessories.
The building has been repainted
as well as the rea r of W. D. Joy
ner & Sons' store and the wall
of the adjoining building.
A notable feature is the light
ing-system, composed of two high
powered flood lights in addition to
the regular lights about the sta
tion, which makes it the truly
bright spot of the town at night.
Negro Confesses
Nurder Of Girls
Alice Hill, 13 and Ellen Hill,
9, Killed by Philip Jones,
Negro, 25, at Clifton
Forge Va. Missing
Since Sunday
Night
Philip Jones, arrested for the
slaying of Alice Hill, 13 and Ellen
Hill, 9, children of Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Hill, of Clifton Forge, Va.,
is reported to have confessed to
the double slaying and to a crim
inal attack on the older child.
The Hill children had been miss
ing since Sunday night, and
searching parties had been scour
ing the country. One of these
parties found the children's bodies
in a rain washed gulley in the
woods near the home 6f Jones.
A shotgun with a broken stock,
evidently the weapon with which
the children were slain, was
found in the bushes near where
the bodies were found. The gun
bore blood stains.
Jones, who was arested short
ly after the bodies were found,
is reported to have made a con
fession to the authorities at Clif
ton Forge, and a more complete
confession to the sheriff of Henri
co County, Va., in Richmond,
where he was taken for safe
keeping when feeling rose to
such a pitch in Clifton Forge that
authorities feared for the safety
of their prisoner.
Our foreign trade for 9 months
of 1934 30 per cent above year ago.
SI.OO PER Y
Says Sales Tax Dangeroa
Piece of Legislation to Re
tain on Law Books
ASKS FOR SANE THINKING
In an address before membei
of the Scotland Neck Merchant
Assocation at a dinner meetin
of that body Tuesday night ill th
basement of the local Baptil
church, Julian R. Allsbrook c
Roanoke Rapids, Senator to lei
resent this county in the nti
General Assembly, discussed th
problems confronting the me ret
ants and other citizens of tn
State, and told business men
this place that he considers tl
chief task of the next Generi
Assembly to be that of retainer
the essential functions of tl
State and eliminating the
sential. -
, Bernard Allsbrook presented tl
evening's speaker as a man whQ
not a merchant but who is deep
interested in the affairs of tl
merchants,
Senator Allsbrook began h
remarks by giving a brief resim
of merchandising and its evol
tion. He spoke especially of tl
marked trend toward the buildii
of towns from rural areas, poin
ing out the important part in e
| ery community that its merchan
play. He said a merchants ass
ciation is a life-giving influwk
I to constructive movements in
community.
"The sales tax is creating j
unfavorable attitude toward tj
payment of all taxes," the Ha
. fax Senator stated, "and it is
dangerous piece of legislation
retain upon the law books," ]
further told merchants. But i
quickly hastened to say that tl
real job o fthe next General A
jeommi eftAUS
leigh in Januarry, will be to 1
tain the essential functions of t
State and to eliminate the no
fundamental. Mr. Allsbrook ss
that merchants contribute mo
and are rewarded less than U
group in a town, and in bringii
his address to a close he expr*;
ed the hope that the next Gene
al Assembly would work to t
end that the State can carry fe
ward with increasing force and
flciency the functions of its go
ernment without increased tax
tion. He asked that the people
this county do constructive thin
ing during the next few weeks
as to improve their local, coun
and state governments. i
LANDS DISABLED PLAJi
Newark, N. J.—A disabled trai
port plane, with seven passeng
and a crew of three, circled t
airport here for nearly an ha
while ambulances, fire waga
and police cars could be asserab]
for its emergency landing. X
plane's landing gear was Stu
half way out of the plane. T
pilot, however, managed to la
safely.
CUBAN TRADE BETtEI
Exports to Cuba in SeptetiU
were thirty-five pe r cent lari
in value than in August, seemil
ly as a result of the recent tn
agreement with the Island Repi
lie. Agricultural exports wi
valued at ?1,0f8,500 in Septeml
compared with $600,000 in Augj
GIRLS PAY BY ANALYS
Cambridge, Mass.—Girls god
to a recent dance were taxed 1
market value of the chemicals ti
made up their bodies and th
escorts had to pay from 55c to 1
depending upon the analysis
the chemicals in the body of th
girl friend.
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Eastman warns railroads
wholesale speed rivalry.
Page says our needs will be ]
first in tariff bargaining.
Roosevelt scores mortgage usi
as he backs 5 per cent plan.
Readers, when you par
chase goods advertised
in these columns tell the
merchants you saw it in
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