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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 4, NO. 37 W. EDGECOMBE HIGH SCHOOL IS OPENED THURS. Seven New Teachers On Hand For Opening Of Rural ScJiool new teachers were present i- for the opening of Weat Edgecombe school at 9 o'clock Thursday morn ing, Principal J. G. Feezor announc ed. The teachers met with all other Edgecombe teachers at a county wide meeting in Tarboro Wednesday and also attended a meeting of the_West Edgecombe teaching staff at tho school in the afternoon. Four new school busses replaced older models and the school will op erate a total of 16 school busses as last year, Principal Feezor announc ed. J. W. Vann and Miss Gladys M. Gaston will conduct the boys' and girls' athletic programs. The West Edgecombe faculty in cludes: High school—J. G. Feezor, princi pal of the school.; Miss Elizabeth Evans, English; J. W. Vann, Eng lish; Miss Vera Joy Mcßane, mathematics; Miss Christobel Gates, science; G. M. Lecka, science and French; Miss Gladys M. Gaston, his tory; Miss Elsie Seago, vocational homo economics; J. A. Kenny, vo t cational agriculture. ■ Grammar grades: Mrs. J. L* Cobb, t Miss Jessie Helen Belche. Miss Mary Saunders, Miss Mamie Proctor, Miss Mabel Cherry, Mrs. Bessie Credle, Mis s Mary Lee Worsley, Miss Lou ise Cummings and Miss Margaret Boberson. , Primary: Mrs. W. C. Brake, Mis® Annie Mears, Miss Mary Worsley, Mrs. Ollie G. Reynolds, Miss Annie X Bell Bradley, Miss Florence May, Mrs. Maybelle Wheless and Miss Reverie O. Williams. Public school music: Miss Edna Williams. Piano: Mis s Esther Farmer. Commercial. Mrs. R. A. Martin. SCHOOLS ARE STARTED IN EDGECOMBE Superintendent N. E. Gresham re ported that the ten white schools in the county opened for the term Thursday morning. The Tarboro grammar and high school opened on Wednesday. The colored schools of the county open in October, no of ficial date having been set at this The ten white county schools that started on Thursday were: West Edgecombe, Battleboro, Leggett, Speed. Conetoe, Mayo, South Edge combe, Crisp, Macclesfield and Pine year 3,246 children enrolled in the ten white schools the first day, and school authorities stated that there was probably an increase this year over last. Over 5,000 col ored children are expected to start the fall term in October. Two new principals appeared m this county for the first time. R. W. Isley replaced J. W. Grant at South Edgecombe and B. M. Crawford be came head of the newly created Speed high school. Forty-nine new and reconditioned buses were deliv ered to the high school drivers Tuesday, after they had instructions from the state high school patrol men. Faculty meetings were . held Wednesday afternoon and a general teachers meeting was held Wednes day morning at th© Court House m Tarboro. Letter Carriers Meet At Tarboro Speight And Mangum Take Part In State Meeting—State President Lawrence Heard Tarboro, —E. Carr Speight, Rocky Mount postmaster, gave a short talk and W. W. Mangum, of the Rocky Mount post offiiee, district president of the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers Association, presided at a semi-annual meeting of the associa tion in Tarboro last Monday. Representing Rocky Mount were Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Speight, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Capps, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Butler, Jr., and Mr. Mangum. Mr. Capps is secretary-treasurer of the district organization. Those attending the business ses sion in the Tarboro Baptist church Monday morning numbered over 100 with their and friends and rep rofr/ '1 Nash, Edgecombe and Hali fax panties. Mayor R. Brooks Peters, Jr., made an address of welcome and President Mangum responded. Talks were make by Carey P. Law rence of Mooresville, state president of the organization, and Mrs. Ken neth Taylor of Magnolia, president of the women's auxiliary. Dr. J. P. Keech and Dr. J. L. Pea cock of Tarboro also spoke. Reports were made of the state convention held at Greenville July 5 and 6 and the national convention in New Orleans August 16 through 20. Barbecue dinner was served in the Baptist church, after which the men's and women's organizations held a joint session. IN WASHINGTON ■ WHAT IS TAKING PLACE BY UNITED STATES SENATOR Development of new uses for ag ricultural commodities offers some hope for future improvement in farm conditions. It is one of the most important thingß that the Fed eral Government is £oing for the farmer. To the South, it will ,inean new demands for farm products, new industries and new fields of employ ment. As the Government has helped agriculture through better weather reporting, insect and pest control and the handling of surpluses, it is now strengthening its experiments in finding new uses for surplus prod ucts. While the value of this large-scale research cannot be overestimated and carries benefits that accrue to busi ness and industry as well as the farmer, it is a type of Federal ac tivity that gets too little public at tention. It is not headline news. Only when some new and revolutionary discovery is made do our people gen erally learn of the effort made. President Roosevelt has shown a high degree of interest in the de velopment of new uses of southern agricultural products. In connection with pending legislation to establish a regional research laboratory for this purpose, the President sggest ed that the states cooperate to the extent of providing buildings and grounds, saying: "I consider tho aims and puropses of the project highly meritorious and would be wil ling to favor the Federal Govern ment doing its part to further them." More recently, the Government hag set aside SIOO,OOO to be used for experimenting with a view to ex panding the use of cotton and cot ton products. A wide variety and novel fields are undoubtedly avail able for the use of cotton, ranging from windbreaks to control soil- Llowing to its use in the building of highways, which has won widespread attention. There is some reason for the be lief that when new farm legislation is drafted it will c6ntain a provi sion for the establishment of regi onal research laboratories to find new uses for farm products. Where those laboratories will be located is yet to be decided, but whether in Norti Carolina or elsewhere the betlSfits to farmers will be equal. There are many possibilities for the extension of present uses of ag ricultural products in industry. Al ready research is underway that in dicates that large quantities of sweet potatoes may be used to manu facture starches used in the tex tile industry and now imported. New oils, new chemicals,- can be produc ed on the farm. Some chemists say that there is even some possibility of synthesizing rubber from the forest product turpentine. New industrial products having special properties are expected from the processing of vegetable oils, such as linseed, soybean and tung oils. Industrial plants are always on the alert for new chemicals and means of producing them. There is also hope that the Congress will give more and more attention to pro tecting the American market, where oils aud chemicals now being im ported can be produced in this coun try. Some progress has been made and more laboratory work on the part of the Government will un doubtedly impress additional mem bers of Congress with the new op portunities for benefits to the far- There is a growing appreciation in Congress for the important work be ing done by the men and women n the Federal service who are quietly going about their work of aiding the farmer. The work of extension agents, the men who are out fight ing pets and insects, the crop re porters and others, has never been fully appreciated. Newer with their army of press age nts have been more in the limelight. The great majority of Federal employees, and state employees as well, who are now engaged in hun dreds of ways in helping the far mer, are men and women who are making their activities their lite work. They are immune to politics. They daily go aDout their labora tory and field work quietly and with a degree of interest displayed by perhaps no other class of Fed eral workers. The present effort to help the far mer by developing new uses for ag ricultural products, .will also give loyal Federal employees new tools with which to do a job in which they are vitally interested. Three submarine cables will pro vide electricity for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on its Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. Nearly 200,000 tons of rock in a seawall bind the firm sand fill of Treasure Island, site of the 193!) Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Bay. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937 CAFES MAKE GOOD GRADES Standing* From Last Inspection Av erage Ten Points Higher Than Year Ago Cafe gradings in Rocky Mount have been raised about ten , pointß in the past year, health department officials commented today in an nouncing cafe standings from a re cent' inspection. "Cafes as a whole are much im proved and the general trend is up ward," Sanitary H. E. Atkinson said. "Some of those who received the lowest grades in earlier inspec tion have reached Grade A and high Grade B ratings." In an inspection about a year ago eight cafes were closed because of low grades but during the recent in &pection none were closed. "Public opinion will do more to improve cafe sanitation than all the inspection we can do," was the com ment of W. Murray Linker, repre sentative of the State Board of Health, on a visit to the health de partment last week-end. "The public is encouraged by the State Board of Health to pay attention to the rat ing of cafes. The ra'ting covers general methods, equipment and con dition of the building and should not be misconstrued to mean th« ex cellence of cooking." The average of cafe grades rose from about 79 a year ago to about 89 at the last inspection, it was pointed out. The marks and grades of Rocky Mount cafes, according to the last inspection by health department of ficials, were announced as follows: Grade A New York Cafe 98.5 C. O. D. Drug Store 96.5 Pomi Inn Cafe 96.0 Main St. Recreation Hall .. 96.0 Matthews Drug Store 96.0 Coffee Shop 95.5 Frozen Delight- 95.0 Busy Bee Cafe 95.0 Lantern Inn 94.5 Hicks Drug Store 94.0 Liberty Cafe 93.5 Winstead's Cafeteria 93.0 "Royal Palm Cafe ■ 91.5 Mrs. Saunders Tea Room .. 91.5 Union News Restaurant 91.5 Mrs. Jenkins Sandwich Shop 91.5 Duke's Luncheonette 91.0 Andrews Drug Store 90.5 Mrs. De Mai Sandwich Shop 90.0 Lakeview Inn 90.0 Sonny's 90.0 Rocky Mount Mills Canteen 90.0 Brooks-Hunter Cafe (Col.) .. 90.0 Grade B Artis Cafe (Col.) ■ 89.0 Thomas Cafe 88.5 Whitfield's Cafe (Col.) 885 Blackwell's Sea Food Cafe . 88.0 Coastal Lunch 87.0 Street Car Lunch • 86.5 Soda Shoppe 86.0 Pike's Place 85.5 Mano Cafe 85-° Coney Island Lunch ........ 85.0 Hardy's Place 84.5 Friendly Cafe 84.0 Luper Street Cafe (Col.) . ■ 82.5 Hollywood Cafe 82.5 Smith's Luncheonette 82.0 Farmers Cafe 81.0 Dixie Cafe 81.0 Grade C Dixie Cafe ITS Privette's (Col.) 75.5 Palace of Sweets —not graded, be ing repaired. Charles Stores —being repaired. Bob Melton's Barbecue —not grad ed. Man Drowns After Rescue of Wife Rocky Mount Man Drowns In Noble's Mill Pond After Rescuing His Wife Funeral services for Claude A. Trevathan, 38, automobile accessory salesman who drowned in Noble's mill pond Sunday after rescuing his tvife, were conducted at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning from his mother s home at 733 Peachtree street. Elder A. B. Denson, of the Falls Primitive Baptist church, conducted the funeral. Interment followed in I'ineview cemetery. Mr. Trevathan dived into the pond to rescue his wife, who was thrown out of a canot when it struck a snag, and he succeeded in bringing her to the side of the canoe, but he himself drowned. Coroner J. G. Baby of Tarboro pronounced his death "accidental drowning while rescuing his wife." 11 Mr. Trevathan, bis wife, his i-i* year-old daughter, Irene, and a neighbor's child were in a canoe on the mill pond, eight miles from Bocky Mount in Edgecombe county, when the accident occurred. He was a salesman for Bawls and Winstead auto parts company on Washington street. Surviving relatives are his \wie» Mrs. Minnie Gibson Trevathan, and daughter,- Irene; his mother, Mrs. Claudia N. Trevathan; and two sis ters, Mrs. Maude T. Ward and Mrs. Arrah T. Knight, all of the above of Rocky Mount; and four brothers, J. E. Trevathan of Winston-Salem, W. L. Trevathan of Wilson, B. B. Tre vathan of Raleigh, and P. E. I re vatlian of Templeton, Pa. Active pallbearers for the funer al wero L. L. Landin, Clyde Hender son, J. 11. Orr, C. G. Winstead and B. E. Winstead, all business associa tes of Mr. Trevathan, and Robert Trevathan, his cousin. All are resi dents of Rocky Mount. Farmers Want Crop Control There was a great meeting of farmers in Raleigh, Wednesday, held at the Frank-Thompson gymnasium of the State College. This meeting represented the very highest type of agriculture in North Carolina. They met to dis cuss national farm legislation and to let our national rep resentatives in the Congress of the United States know that they were interested in farm legislation and desired an equitable farm control act. It was estimated that there were more than two thousand at this meeting, and the re solution requesting an extraordinary session of Congress be called was passed unanimously, save one vote of a citizen by the name of Mr. Johnson from Johnston County, who seemed to have some apparent complaint, real or imagi nary, because he felt under the old law he had not receiv ed as much allotment as he desired. It was further report ed this citizen who stated that he travelled three thousand miles per month, was employed by a large power company. The farmers in North Carolina are unwilling that agricul ture shall collapse as it did under the Hoover administra tion. They proposed to have some legal control, to which they are entitled. CITIZEN S COMMITTEE BEFORE COUNCIL A group of citizens composed of Reverend C. Ross Rit ichie, Mrs. J. H. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Fountain, J. W. Wiseiger, W. M. Daughtritige, and Paul Holscher apear ed before the Board of Aldermen on last Thursday night, September 2, urging the Board to purchase the block of land bordered by Cokey Road, Hill and George Streets for park purposes. Short addresses were delivered by Rever end Mr. Ritchie, J. W. Wiseiger, R. T. Fountain and Mr. Holscher. It was urged upon the board the importance of acquiring this land immediately since some of the holders were preparing to make some improvements or planning to sell, unless steps were taken to acquire this land. This block is located within two blocks of the business section and all of the buildings have fallen into decay and the City would only have to purchase the land. This entire block it appears could b e purchased for almost what the City was compelled to pay for one lot on which to locate the high school gymnasium by reason of there being an expensive building on the lot. The School Board has already passed a uaninjous resolution requesting the Board to purchase this lot and a like resolution has been passed by the Civi tan Club. The resolution presented by this group was re ferred to the new park committee and it is expected that it will receive favorable action before this committee. DRINK SO AS NOT TO GIVE OFFENSE TO OTHERS Many sections in North Carolina have taken advantage of the liquor law denominated by its fathers as "liquor control law," and voted themselves the right to sell liquor. There are many sections still that are willing to grant those sections liquor that want it, but do not care for it them selves. Many counties have voted by large majorities against the legal sale of liquor. We notice by the morning papers that the town of Four Oaks voted a majority against selling liquor within its borders, yet there is being established in their midst, over protest of a majority vote of its citizens, a liquor store which has the approval of the High Commissioner of li quOT, as he is supreme authority on liquor dispensation. It has been a long time since liquor was legally sold in North Carolina until just recently. Many of those who voted for prohibition have passed away and a new genera tion has grown up. Many of our people who are enjoying the privilege of free legal liquor and would like for it to keep on in the same manner. In order to continue to havo this right they must use it in the least arrogant and of fensive way. Even parents who are heavy liquor drinkers themselves, do not desire their children to be drinkers. Under the supposed democratic form of government, the town of Four Oaks should have been permitted to govern itself and let a majority of its citizens prevail rather than the order of the High Commissioner of liquor. The liquor law itself prohibits the bottle being uncorked or opened in the liquor store. There is evidently some good reason for the law. This within itself gives notice, for if it is improp er to drink m a liquor store, we must of necessity be care lull where we do drink. What is true of the community, is also true of the individual. Many clubs composed of a gen erous and good-feeling men never allowed any hard liquor to be drunk openly in their reception rooms, but general ly maintained private rooms where those who wanted to quench their thirst might do so. This, to our minds, was a proper way of handling alcohol if it had to be drunk. i „ man y of ou r olde r people have habits that are already formed, and while it would not be within our province to suggest that they change their habits, yet if they must satisfy their appetites, they should at least do it in a quiet and inoffesive way wher e it would be the least temptation to our young womanhood and manhood. The opening of an ABC bottle, which is against the law J Je opened in the place where it is sold, yet is opened in a fashionable society gathering without even a napkin or veil to shield or tone down the hardness of the liquor, is such a breach of decorum and convention that unless this condition is improved, we predict that the time will not be long when this question will be up for adjudication again. Many contend if liquor is to be drunk, it is right to dr,ink it anywhere. If there are members of a club desiring to drink liquor, we do not deprive them of their right, buc in order for it not to be offensive to other members of the club, there should at least be a room where they could retire so that their drinking might not give offense to others who do not indulge. GROUP URGES PAVING OF LOCAL ROAD Prominent Eastern Carolinians To Ask Highway Commission For Test Farm Route Paving of the Edgecombe county road near here which connects the Rocky Mount-Pinetops highway and the highway entering Tarboro from the south will be the aim of a com mittee of leading Eastern Carolinians who will meet here soon and pre sent the matter to the state highway commission and D. Collin Barnes of Murfreesboro, highway commissioner, Chairman T. A. Avera of the com mittee said. Two main reasons why the com mittee seeks to have the road pav ed, Mr. Avera stated, is that on the ten mile stretch of uupaved road are the Upper Coastal Test Farm, which it is estimated that 20,000 persons visit each year, and the largest ru ral school in North Carolina, West Edgecombe school with 1,000 pupils. Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott has declared that the road should be paved and has expressed deep interest in the project, the committee chairman said. EVsderal authorities who contribute annually to th© support of the test farm have also declared their interest in get ting the road paved so the farm might better servo tho farmers, he said, and the stat© should be able to secure Federal funds for the pro ject. Paving the road has the endorse ment of both Nash and Edgecombe county commissioners, it was stated, and also of the Edgecombe county school board. At a recent meeting of interested Nash and Edgecombe county citizens here F. S. Wilkinson, president of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Com merce, was authorized to appoint a committee to represent this section in placing the project before state highway officials. The committee ap pointed includes: T. A. Avera of Rocky Mount, chairman; Senator W. G. Clark of Tarboro; W. C. Hargrove of Tarboro, W. C. Hargrove of Tarboro, chair man of the Edgecombe county com missioners; M. L. Laughlin of Tar boro, Edgecombe county auditor; Representative W. W. Eagles of Mac clesfield; R. V. Knight of Tarboro; M. Jones, Representative W. E. Fen ner, Senator L. L. Gravely, R. R. Gay, chairman of Nash county com missioners, and R. D. Godham, all of Rocky Mount; Judson Blount of Greenville; J. I. Morgan of Farm ville; F. M. Bridgers of Wilson; J. E. Lambert of Rocky Mount and John T. Thorne of Farmville. Playground Is Dedicated At Battleboro Battleboro, Sept. 8. —Battleboro's now tpwn playground, sponsored by Mayor M. L Strickland and equip ped by private donations, has a growing amount of equipment and is reported by children and grotup ups to be a great success. At present the playground equip ment, solicited by Miss Mary Phil lips and Mrs. M. R. Marriott as sisting the mayor, includes 20 swings, two sandboxes, a slide and several park benches. The playground is situated on a shady corner lot just off Main street, lent to the town by Miss Helen Ward as long as it is used as a playground. | Logue Corbett Is I* Buried In County Tarboro —One of Edgecombe's best known, and most prosperous farmers was buried at his home place in Macclesfield last Sunday. Logue Corbett, 52, who had been ill for about three or four months, who had been taken to Southern Pines about eight days ago, to be treated for tuberculosis, died sud denly of a heart attack Saturday morning, at 5 A. M. He was brought home and buried Sunday afternoon at 4:30. Surviving him are, his widow; Mrs. Annie Corbett; and six children: Mrs. Lyman Eason, Misses Louise, Mary Howard and Anne Corbett, and Jack and Logan, Jr., Corbett, all of Macclesfield. Elder Robert Boswell, of Wilson, a Primitive BanHst minister, con ducted the services at the home, with interment in the family bury ing grounds close by. 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 YEAH NINE CENT COTTON LOAN FOR FARMERS Arrangements for making the 9- cent government cotton loan avail able to farmers will be completed on or before September 15, accord ing to word from Washington receiv ed at State College. To qualify for the full 9 cents a pound, said E. Y. Floyd, of State College, cotton must be 7-8 inch mid dling or better. Cotton with a 13-16 inch staple and middling or better grade will qualify for 8 cents a pound, while cotton 7-8 inch in staple but un der middling grade will be eligiblo for 7 3-4 cents a pQUnd. However, no loans will be made on 7-8 inch cotton too low in grado to be delivered on contract under regulations of the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges, or on 13-10 inch cotton under middling gTade. The loans will bear interest at 4 per cent and mature on July 31, 1938. To receive a loan, a grower must agree to comply with the 19- 38 agricultural conservation pro gram. Floyd pointed out that the loans will enabl 0 farmers to hold their cotton for better prices rather than have to dump it on the market as soon as it is harvested. By spreading the sales over a longer period, .he continued, the market should hold up better than if this season's crop were dumped on the market as fast aa harvested. The cotton price adjustment pay ment also offered will be similar to that of 1935, except that the lim it has been raised from 2 up to 3 cents a pound. The amount to be paid on eacii bale will bo the difference between 12 cents a pound and the average price of 7-8 inch middling cotton on the day the bale is sold, the adjust ment payment not to exceed 3 cents a pound. DENTON HEADS TRIBESMEN Local Man Named Sachem Of Dis trict Five As Red Men Hold Con clave in City C. H. Denton of this city, former ly junior sagamore of the Fifth District of the Improved Order of the Bed Men, was named Sachem of the District Monday, when repre sentatives from each of the tribes comprising the division gathered at the Masonic Temple for a district session. Approximately one hundred dele gates were present for the meeting, representing, in additio nto the local Tawpacc tribe, the Occoneechee No. 21 of Durham; Roanoke No. 39 of Roanoke Rapids; Mohawk No. 58 of Henderson; and the Juanita No. 196 of Epson. The district No. 5, includ es the largest area in Nor.h Carolina. Mr. Denton welcomed the visiting Red Men at the opening session at 2:30 Monday afternoon, and Wal ter Bass of Durham responded on behalf of the group. Following the response, minutes were read, re ports from tribes were presented, and further business was cousidered. Senator L. L. Graveley then ad dressed the members briefly, point ing the origin of the present Red Men's organization. At the conclusion of Senator Graveley's talk, members adjourned to the Christian church for a supper session. Rev. A. K. Simerly, pastor of the First Christian church, extend ed members a welcome and was toast-master ai the supper meeting. New olticiii Is of the Red Men, in addition to C. H. Denton of the Taw paco Tribe, elected Sachem at the business session, are L. B. Harring ton, of Henderson, Senior Sagamore; Mr. Long, of Oxford, Junior Saga more; N. H. Ayseue, of Epsom, Prophet; Tom Rooker, of Henderson, Chief of Records; and Mr. Hacock of Durham, District Deputy. The loving eup for the largest per centage of members present at yes terday's meeting went to the Juani ta Tribe, No. 196, of Epson. The sportg program of the Gold en Gate International Exposition in 1939 ranges from horseshoe pitching to air races. Restaurants of the world will be found on Treasure Island, site of the 1939 Golden Gate Internatioua! Exposition. Stately lines of palm trees will be a decorative * note at the 1939 World's Fair on San Francisco Bay.