The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 4, NO. 35 Much Interest Is Shown In Rocky Mount Fair Intense interest among farmers ot Edgecombe,- and adjacent chides is shown in the record ting requests for premium books 'l- from the Rocky Motfint Fair, which will be held from September 26 t,o October 2„ Resident Manager Pal mer V. Boyd declared today. A total of $2,500 in Agricultural premiums is offered, including liot ings for a big livestock department added this year, Mr. Boyd explained. He formerly was connected with fairs at Danville and South Boston, Va., and is a past commander of the Coleman-Pitt post of the Amer ican Legion. All his life Mr. Boyd las bten interested in Agriculture, and farm exhibits wil be one of the main features at the Rocky Mount Exposition. In charge of agricultular displays at the Rocky Mount Fair will be Mrs. A • John Barrett, who has been asso ciated for many years with the farming interests of Nash and Edge combe counties. She is receiving the splendid cooperation of Mrs. Ef fie Vines Gordon, Nash County Home Demonstration Agent, and County Agent Suggs. Starting off with a bang, the Rocky Mount Fair will offer on i opening day, Tuesday September » 28, the thrilling show provided by Lucky Teter and His Hell Drivers, who will return by popular demand for another exhibition of breath taking thrills. This troupe of mo torized daredevils, who left North Carolinians gasping last year, will come back with an amazing new repertoire of deathfdefying feats on " wheels. Their performances, char acterized by sheer foolhardiness, has neved been duplicated. County Agent Suggs will be in charge of the program on Wednes- '' day, which has been designated as , Farmers Day. On Friday, Septem ber 31, which ha ß been set aside as Children's Day. All youngsters from Nash, Edgecombe and adjoin ing counties will be admitted to the ' grounds until 4:30 P. M. without charge. Professional auto races, with some of the nation's best dirt track drivers competing for gold and glory, will be the feature on Satur day. „ , ~ On the midway of the Rocky Mount Fair will be Frank West's World Wonder Shows, with 155 thrilling rides and 20 novelty shows. Mana ger Boyd emphasized that nothing but legitimate shows and concessions will be allowed, and that the pub lic will find nothing offensive on the midway. A feature attraction every after noon and night will be Hinge's Ro deo, a Wild West outfit with 40 people and 25 head of stock, who are appearing in North Carolina for the first time this season. Brought I here at gTeat expense, Hankie's Ro deo will present a peculiar display of cowboy and Indian entertainment. 9 Augmenting the rodeo each night will be the Continental Revue, with 20 girls in the chorus, a sparkling swing band and a galaxy of mirth, maids and melody. In addition, 10 l spectacular hippodrome acts, pre senting some of the finest talent in the country, will be presented be fore the grandstand each afternoon and night. Each evening's performance wUI be climaxed by a thrilling display of fireworks, for which SI,OOO has been budgeted for the week's pro gram. . . Already practically all the exhibit space in the Floral Hall has bee* engaged, according to Manager Boyd. The fairgrounds are being greatly improved, with the grand stand repainted and a new entrance provided. Premium books will be mailed without charge upon application to the office of Manager Boyd, at Rocky Mount fairgrounds. Thus far, a record-breaking number of per sons have applied for the books, giving indications that the Rocky Mount Fair will have one of the finest displays of Agriculaural pro ducts ever seen in this State, Mana , ger Boyd said. W. T. REGES BURIED NEAR RED OAK SAT. Fnneral services for William T. Reges, 78, who died at the home i of his son near Red Oak Saturday, were conducted' from the home at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. G. W. Harrell, pastor of tho Red Oak Baptist church, and Rev. P. H. Boswell, pastor of the Primi tive Baptist church of Wilson, con duced the services. Mr. Reges died after a brief ill ness following a sudden strol.?. He is survived by two sons, R. U. Reges of Red Oak and G. H. Re ges of Petersburg, Va., and a daugh ter Mrs. M. H. Cookendoffer of Petersburg, Va. o Watches Once Small Clocks Watches originally were small clocks and were worn hung from the girdle because they were too large for the pocket. First Plows of Tree Branches The first farm plows were made of crooked tree branches and worked by man power. Tragedy Hits Relatives Of Local Nan Local Man's Brother, His Brother's Wife And Child Killed Curtis Bacon, of this city left here Tuesday afternoon for Pem broke, Ga., where he attended funer al services for his brother. Herbert Bacon, and his brother's wife and young child. Mrs. Herbert BAcon and the chill were killed instantly in an automo bile accident Sunday as they were returning to their home in Savannah from Dublin. Ga., where they had attended the funeral of a relative of Mrs. Bacou. Though he was not at first considered seriously injured, Mr. Bacon died early Monday in a Dublin hospital. A second child of the Bacons is in a Dublin hospital and their third child, who did not accompany his parents Sunday, remains in Savan nah. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Bacon and the child were conducted [Wednesday in Pembroke, Mr. Bacon's original home. Surviving members of Mr. Bacon' 3 family, besides the two children, are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ba con of Pembroke; three brothers, Curtis Bacon of this city, Luther and Orin Bacon; and a sister, Miss Tommie Bacon of Pembroke. Mr. Bacon's brother who lives in Rocky Mount is employed as a com positor for The Evening Telegram. 0 City Fire Loss Is Low With $900,000 Involved In Fires Last Month, Loss is $224 With six fires in the city last month involving buildings and build ing contents valued at $909,025, the fire loss of the month totalled $225 according to Fire Chief J. R. Sors by's monthly report. Sites of the six fires were: the city power plant, which was struck by lightning; a store, two residences, and two automobiles. The buildings involved in the fires were valued at $104,175 and the con tents, at $804,850. Insurance on buildings and contents amounted to $810,250. BROTHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT IS DEAD Services For Brother Of John N. Batts Was Held Funeral services for Roy E. Batts of Jacksonville, Fla., brother of John N. Batts, manager of the Rocky Mount Furniture Company here, were held Wednesday at 3 o'clock at the old Batts family home near Wallace.. He was buried in the family cemetery. Mr. Batts died at 2 o'clock Mon day afternoon in Jacksonville. Originally a resident of the sestioi near Wallace, he had lived in Jack sonville for about 20 years. Mr. Batts is survived by his wife and children; one brother, John N. Batts of here; and four sisters, Mrs. C. C. Jenkins, Mrs. Willie Bradshaw and Mrs. Myrtle Cavanaugh of Wal lace and Mrs. Edgar Brinson of Beu lahvilk*. FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SANATORIUM State Senator L. L. Gravely an nounced that he had just received PWA confirmation of a SIIO,OOO loan which has been sought for the com pletion of the state tuberculosis sana torium in Buncombe county. This sum, Senator Gravely said, will be added to the $137,500 ap propriated for the completion of a patient wing and $20,000 made available for a nurses' home by the 1937 General Assembly. The Nash county legislator, who played the leading role in securing the sanatorium for the state, de clared. "We can now finish the en tire plant which will accommodate 380 patients." Senator Gravely served as chair man of the sanatorium committee while another Rocy Mounter, K. D. Kattle, was chairman of the site committee. COBB APPOINTMENT IS MADE PUBLIC Robert B. Cobb of Nash county will manage the Greenville branch office of the North Carolina state employment service, R. Mayne Al bright, director of the serviee, has announced. Albright, in announcing Cobb's appointment, said it had the appro val of the North Carolina unemploy ment compensation commission. The Greenville office serves Pitt 'county and is a branch of the dis trict office in Rocky Mount. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937 [N*jONNGTON «, /[W • 6>pj!ly UNITED STATESVNATOR ****** The first session of the Seventy fifth Congress is now a matter of history. During the next few weeks there will be many reviews of the legislation enacted and its effect on the daily life of cur people. Econo mists will figure new laws in the light of the cost to business and industry. Emphasis will be laid on total appropriations as compared with Federal income. And organiza tions and groups will begin to form their lines to press for more legislation when the Congress again convenes in January. Few will contend that, from the standpoint of new legislative ac complishments, the session just end ed was worthy of great sifinificancc. But it can be stated accurately that the session was adjusted to the needs of s our people, with the exception of the failure to enact farm legislation, which is the first, order of business for the next ses sion. It can also be said that the Con gress met at a crucial time in na tional affairs. Our people had hard ly absorbed the great mass of new laws enacted during the period of the depression. Recovery was on the way and is gaining daily. Thus it was for the best interest of the country that the Congress adopt the trial and error method of con sidering legislation. This was done and it has helped lay the founda tion for the things that contribute much to the permanent stability of the country. Adjournment found virtually all members of Congress in agreement that, farm legislation Is needed. And the failure of Congress to put through quickly some law of a tem porary character will work out for the best interest of the farm popula tion. It means that members will come bock with & fresh view of farm needs, with talks with "dirt" farmers clearly in their minds, and with first-hand information on the actual condition of the f§rm. Members of Congress are In agree ment that the President's insistence that farm, legislation be taken up as the first thing in January is assur ance to the farm population that the condition of agriculture is of ex treme importance to the Administra tion. There is every reason to be lieve that this'will meet the demands of farm spokesmen. One of the most hopeful signs on the horizon for the taxpayers of the country is the keen interest be ing shown in an effort to simplify the national tax structure. Much "behind the scenes" work has been done by Congressional committees and by the Treasury. There is grow ing belief that our present system of levying taxes is overburdened with inequities and taxes that are not justified by the revenue pro duced. There is also reason to be lieve that tobacco prices are great ly affected by the duplicate taxes imposed by the Federal and state governments. Some contend that tho Federal Government collects unusu ally heavy taxes on the one hand and then attempts to aid the farmer on the other. Therefore, if new tax legislation comes at the next session there will be a strong fight for a complete overhauling of tho whole tax structure. It undoubtedly mean much to taxpayers, whether corporations or individuals. PRESENT REGAN FOR NAT. COUNCILMAN W. S. Wilkinson addressed the Rocky Mount chapter of the Amer ican Institute of Banking at its an nual organization dinner meeting here this week, ad F. P. Spruill de livered a welcome to out of town guests. J. C. Braswell presented a resolu tion endorsing J. A. Reagan, cashier of the Peoples bank, as a candidate for national councilman. Educational courses to be offered by the chapter, were announced: Wiley W. Mears will instruct a course in bank administration and Jack Murchison will instruct a course on negotiable instruments. M. F. Jones urged all members to enroll for the courses. LIFE EXPECTANCY IS NOW #0 YEARS According to statistics just releas ed by one of the large insurance companies of the country, people are living longer than ever before. The figures show tluvr in 1930 the expecta tion of life at birth reached the all time high record of 60.31 years and marked another advance in 25 years of steady mortality improvement. Tobacco Market Opens With Large Sales Good News For Rocky Mount At the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen there was placed in the City Budget an item in the sum of $22,000 to be expended for acquiring park sites and playgrounds fdr the City of Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount has been sadly behind in its development of parks and playgrounds and we would like to commend the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen for this great for ward step in placing this substantial sum of $22,000 in the budget to be used for acquiring park sites. These parks and playgrounds will be used by all of our people and Rocky Mount will never experience an expenditure that will give more profit to the people for a like amount than this sum properly expended. The Mayor in his address to the people upon taking oath of office advocated more parks for the City and the Junior Chamber of Commerce has given its support to the project. It looks like we are indeed making headway in Rocky Mount on a project that will prove beneficial to everybody. Rocky Mount has had large sums of money spent on other proj ects, many times greater than herein mentioned, but this sum will produce vastly greater benefits to the public than any former sum. We have seen for many years back, the serious need of this proposed development. MARKET OPEN IN ROCKY MOUNT We attended the opening of the Tobacco Market this morning. There was a large quantity of tobacco on the floors, and Rocky Mount was honored with the presence 'of citizens from fifteen or twenty counties. Streets were lined on all sides with automobiles from the depot to Tobac co Town. While most of the offerings were of the early curings, yet the quality of the tobacco seemed to be good. At the time of the writing of this article, we have not heard what the general average will be for today, but the prices seemed to be running good. Rocky Mount conducts four sales which assures the tobacco farmers an early sale and generally a first sale when they bring their tobacco fro Rocky Mount. OLD AGE PENSIONS We have heard many criticisms of the manner in which the Old Age Pension Law is being put into effect through out the State. The aged people in the last campaign were led to believe and given hope that they would receive some thing in the neighborhood of $30.00 per month. From this fund, the United States Government was to put up half and the State the other half, but from the way this fund is being administered in North Carolina, we doubt whether the average will be SIO.OO. Some few will get more and many will get less. We know of a case which we have mentioned in this pa per before, which comes directly to our knowledge. The old man is eighty-four, sick, requiring constant care of somebody to nurse him and wait on him, yet his allowance has only been SIO.OO. He is without children, without a wife, without property and his days cannot be long. In North Carolina, the part that the State was to put up to match the Governments half, has been divided between the State and the County. This pension law should not be ad ministered solely to take care of the indigent of the county. It should be administered so as to give relief to our old people that the President of the United States intended when the law was passed. Of course, we would not advocate giving it to the old people who are able to provide themselves with comfortable necessities. KINSTON GREEKS IN SAD PLIGHT Couple's Small Daughter Barred From United States By Immi gration Law Kinston, Aug. 25.—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tambacos were in a sad plight today and friends of the cou ple said they would appeal to offi cials at Washington to aid them. Tambacos has lived here for years. Several years ago he went to Greece, his native land, for a visit. When he returned he brought a bride. He had married a widow in the old coun try. They left behind the woman's small daughter, now 10 years of age. They were informed the immi gration authorities at New York wouljl not permit them to bring her into the country. The child re mained with poverty stricken rela tives in Greece. Tambacos promis ing to send for her when he was assured she would be permitted to land. More than two years have elapsed since he returned, accompanied by his wife. The child remains over seas. The immigration authorities have not consented for her to join her mother and stepfather. Tambacos is a partner in a res turant business. "1 am well able to provide for the child," he said. "She grieves for her mother. We hav e had many letters from her. My wife ig in tears for days at a time. The last letter indicated the girl had missed many meals be cause the people with whom she ig staying ar e unable to secure food at times. I am anxious to bring her here and make an American of her. I am an American citizen. I cannot understand the regulations whicu permitted me to bring in my wife but would not let me bring in my stepdaughter." LEAF FIRMS GET PRAISE OF ADAMS District Social Security Office Here Is Prepared For Tobacco Season Rush "The tobacco industries are extre mely cooperative with the social se curity act," Geoge N. Adams, man ager of the field office of the Social Security Board here, declared after a conference today with warehouse and tobacco factory representatives. The tobacco men discussed with Mr. Adams details of the social se curity act as it applies to seasonal | tobacco workers, in preparation for ! the market opening here tomorrow. | "Every worker must have a social ' security account number," Mr. . Adams said. j As its own preparations for the ; tobacco season rush, the social se curity office here can point to an in creased personnel and to an arrange ment by which the office now issues social security account numbers ov er the counter on its own authority instead of relaying them from Ra leigh or Washington. Mrs, Ruth G. Duffy, detailed to the office here from Washington, joined Mr. Adams' personnel this week as junior administrative as sistant. The other members of the office staff are Mrs. Lurline D. Lew is and Miss Nan J. Robertson, ju nior stenographers. The office staff may be increased to ten persons la ter as it takes over the complete ad ministration of the social security accounts in the 20 counties of thu district. Mrs. Adams' office here now issu es account numbers to those who call at the office, on the third floor of the new municipal building, with in a 24 hour period. The numbers requested by mail are still issued from Raleigh, however. Dozier Is Asst. City Manager A. D. Dozier, well known local man who has been connected with various governmental ageneies in the capacity of auditor, has been selected to fill the newly-created post of assistant city manager of Rocky Mount. In making the announcement, City Manager L. B. Aycock said, "We feel that we have secured the best man available for the job." The post was created by the board of aldermen at a recent session. Mr. Dozier, a native of Nash co unty, lived in Rocky Mount for many years and owns a home here. Recently he has been connected with the WPA at Statesville. TEACHERS NAMED IN NEGRO SCHOOL Four New Teachers Will Be Includ ed In Faculties Of City Negro Schools Faculties for the Negro schools of the city will include only four new teachers, Superintendent R. M. Wil son has announced. The new teachers will be Miss Georgia Mae Dawson, teacher of Eng lish and music at Booker T. Wash- I ington school; Miss Fannie L. Tay lor, fourth grade teacher at Lincoln school; Mrs. Lucile Battle Davis, second grade at Annie W. Hollaui school, and Miss Minnie R. Law rence, first grade at Holly street ; school. Professor O. R. Pope will continue as supervising principal of the Ne gro schools, as well as principal of the Booker T. Washington school. Other members of the faculty at Booker T. Washington will be: Miss Anna E. Brown, history and Latin; Miss Onelia A. Davis, science and maih; Mrs. Ernestine B. Davis, home economics; Samuel L. Dudley, ndustrial arts; James A. B. Hubbard, science; A. K. Lord, assistant princi pal, science; Miss Esmeralda Rich, liistory; William R. Tweedy, English; Miss Lois P. Turner, English and Li tin; Mrs. Annis W. Bryant, French and Latin; Miss Poeahontas Whitley math; Mi 88 Ethel Wyehe, math; Mrs. Mary L Backus, third grade; Mrs. Martha B. Townsend, third grade. The faculty members who will re turn to Lincoln school are: Professor C. T. Edwards, principal and seventh grade; Miss Georgia T. Pugh, first gride; Mrs. Annie W. Noville, second; Miss Petty L. Brown Mrs. Nettie W. Brake and Mrs. Mary W. McKoy, third grade; Miss Essie M. Eetzer, fourth grade; Mrs. C. A. Battle, Mrs. Corlease F. Mor gan and Mrs. Helen C. Redding, fifth grade; Alexander H. Bryant, Miss Annie K. Flournoy and Miss Vinie O. Murray, sixth grade; Miss Ella L. Battle, sixth and seventh grade history; and Miss Ethel Lucas, seventh grade. Those returning to Annie W. Hol land school will be: Principal Boyd L Ancrum, who will teach seventh grade; Mrs. Mary R. Wimberley, first; Mrs. Lillian W. Reeves, third; Miss Martha Evans, fourth; Mrs. Lendora Y. Brown and Miss Mabel B. Coote, fifth; Mrs. Lossie L Cradle, sixth; and Miss Ju lia O. Pitt, sixth and seventh grad" English. Faculty members expected to re turn to the Holly street school will be Mrs. Lucy W. Pridgen, principal and first grade teacher; Mrs. Susie A. Hagans, first; Miss Lizzie A. Pitt man, first; Mrs. Threse Pittman and Ila K. Wood, second. The faculty of South Rocky Mount Negro school will be: Mrs. Annie R. Williams, principal and teacher of fourth and fifth grades; Miss Mary C. Porter, first grade; Mrs. Lillian P. Thigpen, second and third grades; Miss Lillian I. Smith, third hnd fourth grades. At Mount Herman school will be Mrs. Lena R. Davis, principal and teacher of second and third grades, and Mrs. Sarah W. Sorrell, first and second grades. Wore Prince Alberts In the "nifty nineties," most United States senators wore Prince Alberts. The frock coat was a sym bol of statesmanship and a beard was the mark of a man of maturity and substance. NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and address to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. C. Name Town State Route No SI.OO PER YEAI A steady stream of bright leaf tobacco in trucks, trailers, wagons, and carts has flowed into Rocky Mount until the tobacco on ware house floors has reached over a quarter of a million pounds accord ing to the estimate of George P. Arrington, Sales supervisor of the Tobacco Board of Trade. "Tobacco is coming in good," remarked Mr. Arrington. The opening sales, which wore broadcast over Rocky Mount's ra dio station, WEED, at 9 o'clock from, the warehouse floor, brought thous ands of growers from all parts of the bright leaf tobacco belt. Rocky Mount warehousemen and market officials have made every preparation to «linch a successful fKiasou and to surpass the total fig ures of the 1936 season here both as to number of pounds sold and the average price, Mr. Arrington de clared. Last year Rocky Mount soli 39,927,982 pounds for an average price of $23.12 a hundred pounds, paying to farmers a total of $9,216,- 407.99 for the 1936 crop. SUMMER SCHOOL ENDS AT E. C. T. J. Large Number Of Students Receive Degrees; About 700 Attended Wilson, Aug. 21. R. B. House, dean of administration at the Uni versity of North Carolina used tho topic "A Good School" in a com mencement address before 700 sum mer school students of Atlantic Christian College Friday night. With a large enrollment during the summer session, officials said the fall registration, which begins (September 1, is expected to exceed previous years. Those receiving degrees were: Annie T. Duffy, Catherine Lake, Daisy Gay Browne, Wilson; Ruth Tingle Basnight, Vanceboro, cum laude; Milton Lee Basnight, Vance boro; Mary Lucile .Swindell, Ed ward; Mary Moore Wetherington, Vanceboro; John Holland Manning, Route 1, Erwin; Mattie Ward Sad ler, Seven Springs; Bertha Ireue Morton, Jacksonville; Yerdia Mau reen Hobson, Dunn, cum laude; Ruth Strickland, Elm City; Richard Wes;t Richardson, Vanceboro; Lou Bell T. Williams, B.ulahville; Alice Kuth Killebrew, Falcon, cum laude; Mat.ie Lee Gainey, Dunn, cum laude; Hazel Louise Gunter, Coats, cum laude; Bertie Mae Bass, Black Creek; Vera Robinson, Atlan tic; T. R. Aiusley, Creswell, Mrs. Julia S. Avery, Cove City; Cinney Crisp, Pinetops; Mavelle O'Neai, Bailey; Ralph Whitfield, Lucuma. WILSON FARMERS TAKE PART IN FARM TOUR 60 Representative Planters Engage In 75-Mile Tour Wilson, Aug. 25.—For the first time in the history of farming in this section a group of 60 representa tive farmers of the county took a farm tour through 75 miles of Wil son county farm lands yesterday and had a good as well as instruc tive time doing it. They were accompanied by W. L. Adams, county farm agent, J. A. Marsh, assistant county agent and M. E. Evans, of the farm agent' 3 office here as well as W. C. Warner government soil conservation expert and member of the tobacco staff of the extension bureau of State Col lege. Starting at 9 o'clock yesterday morning the farmers first stopped at the farm of A. S. Barnes isear here and inspected a v-shaped drag for terracing and the other various masses of terracing in the figfit against soil erosion. After a number of stops in tha morning the farmers and others gathered at Dixie Inn for lunch and several speeches and ended u> their tour at 4 o'clock at the court house here. During the day's trip they studied dairying and pasteur work at the Fairfield dairy; the hog feeder and farring house at W. R. Roger's farm at Stantonsburg; the trench silo at R. W. Roger's farm; crop rotation, pasteur and cattle at the farm of Dr. S. H. Crocked; forestry thinning, corn variety test, cotton seed treat ment and other things at the farm of agent Adams; green manure crops at P. L. Woodard's farm; and after lunch studied poultry, cotton seed treatment at J. C. Tomlinson's farm in Black Creek; lespedeza and corn variety tests of F. W. Boswell's farm; terracing and forestry at C. A. Bramos' place and farm management at Howard Watson's farm.