The Rocky Mount Herald
(UME 4, NO. 52
REEKS ELECT IN WASHINGTON
iURLESHMD n
TAKINP
r ilson, Dec. 18.—For the first
since her e was PI Arc
aded some 10 years out-
was elected president of ny
Wilson chapter of the American >.
lenic Educational Progressive As- p. u
ation at the election of officers. |f JA. U
hdinag P. Surles, of Rocky *y * .
int, was elected president for | U
nfljtt two years to succeed Soc- UNITED STATES SENATOR
« Glarmis, of Wilson.
Members of Eocky Mount, Wil- -
Farmville, Kinston, Baleigli,
ham, Chapel Hill and other It seems difficult to realize that
;es in eastern North Carolina at- by" the end of the current week six
led the meeting. Ihe chapters Christmas Days will have passed
nbership covers almost the entire . (Hoo ; u
itory of eastern Carolina.
istallation of the officers will take ed on the highways of North Car
e jiext Thursday here. ohnfl - These never-to-be-forgotten
ther officers elected for the next vehicles were a grim reminder of
years are Bill Williams, Golds- the despair thut gripped the State
> vice president; James Manos, from Currituck Sound to the peaks
ky Mount, secretary; Chris Sou- °{ Mount Mitchell Fortunately,
Wilson, treasurer. Christmas Day of 1937 will find hopa
he new board of governors in- and optimism prevailing throughout
les Socrates Gliarmis, Wilson, the State.
jman; Mik e Yannoulis, Wilson; " seems fitting at this season to
ro Kounoukles, Rocky Mount, write about some of the reasons for
ry Williams, Goldsboro; Bill To- this new spirit and the "looking
Goldsboro ahead" attitude of the people back
esident-elect Surles, a native of home. Here in Washington there >s
U Greece, is a prominent mer- feverish activity among North Caro
tin Rocky Mount. linians - Thousands of Tar Heels
now residing in tho National Cap
ital are making plans to rush home
f Harris Dies Of ward for the holidays or to greet rel
, • atives and friends who will come
Arrldpnt TtlilirieS hero, Members of Congress are
J likewise anxious to be with their
. constituents. This binding of fami
rboro, Dec. 18- R. L. Harris, 44, lies and friendly ties js one of the
morning in a Rocky Mount finest evidences of this season of
tal of injuries obtained in an "peace on earth and good will toward
nobile accident twb weeks ago men."
he fell off a car, near Oak This is also a period of stock
taking. It is the proper time to an
. Harris was born in Edgecombe alyze gains, and losses,
ty and was a successful farmer. For the farmer, there ig new
Lvfld near Hobgood. He was a hope in the Farm Bill. It combines
ser of Calvary Episcopal church, features of both compulsory and vol
oro, and a member of the Ameri- untary control of crop prduction.
Legion. Its objective is to maintain price le
wa3 unmarried and is survived vels under which the farmers sell
iur sisters: Mrs. Mollie Dunn of their commodities. Night sessions in
and, Mrs. Laura Webb of Old the Senate to secure passage of this
a Mrs. Charlie Howard of Old bili before Christmas offers evidence
ai Mrs. C. M. Parris of Mac- of the vital interest that th 0 Con
(mn J. I* Harris gress has in tho farmer. Differences
irboro. "* "between the measure passed by the
neral services will be held Sun- House and that passed by the Senate
afternoon at 2:30 with inter- will be adjusted in conferences,
in the family burying ground. An indication of the thorough man-
Rev. M George Henry, rector of ner in which the bill was finally
jry Episcopal church', will offi- drafted is found in the fact that it
required lengthy debate on the floor
of both houses. In tho House of
Representatives ten days were devot
lOrJldO Paying e d to debate on the Farm Bill, the
- • longest time given to any legislation
ngor Pension Sum Within the last fifteen years.
® For the wage-earner, the Holiday
■ Season brings hope for new wage
nddag Million And Half Month- standards and working conditions.
0 B Its $45 Per Month Program The Wage and Hour Bill will be a
. live issue at the regular session
nver, Dec. 12.—Colorado is pay- convening in January. This is per
iearly $1,500,000 monthly undo.- haps the most misunderstood of ail
,5-a-month old age pension plan, legislation. It wduld affect only in
ighest in the nation, while near- dustries engaged in interstate com
state departments or 10 educa- merce. The local merchant, the 10-1
1 institutions may be closed be- C al druggist and the local butcher
of lack of funds. would not be affected, except inso
,te officials, in need of $4,000,- far as he would be helped by higher
0 operate regular state depart- wages in the community paid by in
s, are prevented by law from us- dustries engaged in interstate com
learly a million dollar pension cerco. The fact that our splendid
balance. This "jackpot" is to Governor and the capable members
stributed among the pensioners 0 f the North Carolina Development
g January as a '"bonus," pro- an( } Conservation Commission have
1 by the constitutional amend- aeon fit to frown upon the practice
ithat established tho pension 0 f trying to secure for the state in
dustries that employ "pauper labor"
to Treasurer Homer F. Bedford working under "sweat shop" Condi
todAy that to avoid closing 40 tions, is evidence of the new thought
departments and penal and j n North Carolina with reference to
table institutions, he would tako wages and hours,
ar maintenance funds from 10 ].i or the business man, there is hopfl
educational institutions, under j n the fact that shortly after Jan
rity of an Attorney General's uary y i the Congress will turn to
on and Supreme Court decisions. a new tax legislation. It is widely
seeking to unravel tho fi- recognized that taxes are definitely
al tangle officials are eyeing retarding business. Another rea'son
than $31,000,000 of "earmarked" for hope on tho part of tho bust
i . that arc bulginf? the statt ness man aro the many signs that
lry, but these can not be used indicate new harmony between gov
y general fund warrants. ernmcnt and business. There is no
K legislature which adjourned reason why tho government or busi-
Tay appropriated more than ness should view each other with sus
-10,000, exclusive of tho old age pi e ion. One of the finest things that
on and the other special Congress can do is to help eliminate
i, to be pajd last July 1. It en- atmosphere of mutual suspicion.
a two per cent service tax JJ. is time to realize that every
i it expected to yield much of thing rests with business. Our gov
evenue. ernment could not exist, nor could
} treasurer estimates only SB,- ] a i,or be employed, unless business
>0 will be received to meet moves ahead.
general fund appropriations. Changes are needed in both the
pernor Teller Amnions denied ideas of government and the idea of
Auditor Thomas Annear's re- business. In my opinion, there is no
I for a special session of the attempt in Congress to penalize bu
iture to tackle the financial giness as such, but rather to elimi
le. The Governor indicated ho nate harmful practices that exist in
invoke the State Power Act business. Fortunately, the great body
i s'a-vvs him to suspend for not 0 f business men are in agreement
set l three months the activities and it is only a stubborn minority
iepgrtment where funds are ex- that seeks to retain the advantage
ed- of the "Hoover Buggy Days" that is
—; , causing the trouble.
ven pigs fed by J. K. Gray, Jr., For the country, there is hope in
ilub member of Green County, the now attitude of members of Con
hinx a net profit of $73.28 or gross. Legislative proposals aro scan
a bushel for 94.5 bushels of ned more closely. Evidence of this
fed to the pigs. is found in the careful attention giv
„. ~ en to the Farm Bill. The fact that
Ufax farmers are cooperating i t required more than thirty days to
those of Edgecombe to use tho paag thifl legislation indicates the
tieg of the Edgecombe Live- comprehensive way in which it was
Association in marketing eur- studied.
hogs grown in Halifax. These things alone should stimulate
" 7 ■ " „ . ®° w confidence. It is much needed,
the last hog sale at layette- Lack of confidence is holding back
1 Cumberland farmers sold 293 economic progress. It is retarding
l\ weighing 59,455 pounds for employment and there is every rea
son to believe that once the Congress
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1937
FINAL FIGURES
ON COT. CROP
1937 Production Now Set At 18,746,-
 000 Bales; Record-Breaking Yield,
i
Washington, December 9.—The ag
riculture department forecast an.18,-
746,00J bale record cotton crop today
j in its final 1937 estimate.
A bale is figured by the depart
ment at 500 pounds gross weight.
Last month's estimate was 18,243,-
000 bales, an increase of 670,000 over
October.
The previous record was 17,978,000
bales in 1926. Last year 12,399,000
bales came from tho fields and in
the five years 1928 to 1932 an aver
age of 14,667,000 bales was produc
ed.
The heaviest per acre yield on
record caused tho new production
high. The department said it was in
dicated an average of 264.6 pounds
had been grown on 33,930,000 acres.
This compared with 34,383,000
acres estimated July 1.
Tho record-breaking acre yield
compared with 197.6 pounds last
year. The previous record yield was
223.1 pounds in 1898.
North Carolina's acre yield was
forecast at 336 pounds and her total
production at 775,000 bales.
The census bureau's report for
ginning in running bales to Decem
ber 1 included: North Carolina, 709,-
320 bales this year and 403,488 bales
last year.
College Occupies
Its 22 Story Home
Cleveland, Dec. 11. —Fenn College
Cleveland's "fairy-tale" institution
of learning, in February will move
into its new downtown home, a lux
urious 22-story building which never
liag been occupied.
Tho structure rivals the skyscrap
er homes of the University of Pitts
burgh and Northwestern University's
downtown college in Chicago.
It was built in 1930 by the Pru
dential Corp. at a cost of $2,000,000.
Oroginally it was intended as a club
for wealthy yachtsmen. Reverses dur
ing the dopression, however, caus
ed abandonment of 'the club plans
and the building was taken over by
the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion.
Fenn trustees purchased it at a
Federal auction for $250,000. A to
tal of $450,000 will be expended for
back taxes and remodeling before
the college moves into its ne whome.
The new home supplies the climax
in the fairy-tale-like rise of the
school.
Founded in 1881 as a small educa
tional unit of tho Cleveland Y. M
C. A., it employed a cooperative
plan, dedicating itself to the large
number of young men and wom
en who were unable to attend col
lege due to lack of money.
Three small buildings in down
town Cleveland were purchased to
accomodate increasing enrollment.
Under the cooperative plan, stu
dents after their freshman year were
given employmnt six months out
of the year. Aside from financial
aid the work provided practical ex
perience for students enrolled in
the engineering, business adminis
tration and liberal arts program of
fered by the college.
The Gila Monster
In the reptilian age tho iguanodon
was about thirty feet long. However,
he is no longer the, monster ho used
to be, having shrunk from thirty
feet to one foot, and today is known
as tho Gila monster. He lias tho
five-fingered claw which resembles,
very much, the human hand; a dia
mond shaped head, which is charac
teristic of poisonous reptiles.
The Gila monster is not always
fatal to humans, but is sure death
to small animals and is not too
kindly to the birds. The birds of
the desert seek tho most secluded
places to hide their eggs, for there
is nothing that Gila relishes morn
than bird eggs. They place them in
the barrel cactus which is covered
with a million needles. This, how
ever, does not frustrate Gila. Short
sighted though ho is, he measures
distance and feels his way with his
tongue. He walks over the needles
as though he were walking on 1
Brussels carpet and finds his way
to the bird's nest.
The Gila monster stores his food
in his tail and hibernates during
the winter, drawing upon the stored
supply. When he fights an animal
he turns upside down to bite, poi
son running down his teeth. This
animal is very prettily colored in a
design similar to many Navajo In
dian blankets. In fact, it is said
that from the Gila monster the In
dians took their pattern.—Ruth Riv
kin in Our Dumb Animals.
charts its definite course, as majr be
expected,with the convening of the
regular session, business and labor
will make a new attempt to solve
their respective problems and move
ahead together.
The hope for this, and tho rea
sons for this hope, add to tho
Christmas joy of citizens everywhere.
Potential Soup for Large Kettle
When the crew on the skipjack seiner Garfield hauled up one of its
nets off Oceanside, Calif., they found entangled in its strands this 475-
pound .leather-back turtle, so called because of a heavy black skin which
covers its shell. Frank Mineghino, fisherman, is seen showing the prize.
Merry Christmas To You
The Rocky Mount Herald wishes for all of its subscribers
and friends a happy and prosperous Christmas. We hope
for you all good health, plenty of food, and that Santa
Claus will make his annual trip through this section, leav
ing' the stockings reasonably filled. There is great peace
and joy in store for all, provided we train our heart and
mind to understand and enjoy the wonderful blessings that
are showered upon us every day. So let us train our hearts
and minds to be ready for Noel and have real blessings and
pleasure. Our city and section has been wonderfully bless
ed, in a material way, in the bountiful crops that we have
been permitted to raise during the past year which has been
practically so throughout the United States. There is rea
,son for great joy among our people and we feel that we
have been unusually blessed in having at the head of this
great nation President Roosevelt, a man whose heart
beats in unison with hopes and ambition of the great com
mon people of this country who has been the President of
the whole people, rich and poor alike rather than selecting
a few and we should be joyful in this.
We hope that in the past year our paper has served a
useful purpose in leadership, education and in understand
ing to acquaint the people with many of the real problems
that so vitally concern their welfare. In conclusion, we again
say, we wish you a merry and happy Christmas.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING FOR COLORED CHILDREN
The completion and opening of the beautiful new Pri
mary and Grammar School for the colored people of our city,
situated on Coleman Avenue will be a very much needed and
fine Christmas gift to the colored children of Rocky Mount.
This building is beautifully designed and well constructed
with 14 class rooms, library room, coat room, etc. In addi
tion, this is a building that has been long needed to relieve
the congestion in the colored schools. For the city has
grown so fast even though buildings have been built from
time to time there has remained congestion all along.
We commend the Board and congratulate the colored citizens
of our city.
Small Boy Is
Disinterred
Laurinburg, Dec. 20.—That A. T.
Brown, Jr., 12-year-old son of a lo
cal automobile mechanic, is recover
ing tonight after being buried alive
for 15 minutes, is credited to heroi - ;
head and foot work of two small sons
of Bill Plywood, plant employee, 8
and 9 years old, who dashed t> a
house 200 yards away, and summon
ed a Negro named Garfield, a church
janitor, to dig the boy out from un
der three feet of each which covered
him when a cave which the boys
had spent a week i ndigging, collap
sed.
Thomas, brought by one of the
boys, rushed young Brown to the
Laurinburg Hospital and although he
was unconscious for two hours, D r -
A. W. James, surgeon said tonight
he ia expected to recover, barring
complications.
Mrs. J. B. Taylor
Dies At Her Home
Mrs. J. Blount Taylor, CO, a resi
dent of this city for many years,
died at her home Friday following
a lingering illness.
Funeral services were held from
the home, 307 South Church Street,
at three o'clock with Rev. F. H.
Craighill, Rector of the Church of
the Good Shepherd, officiating. In
terment followed in Pineview cem
etery.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. C. H. Bedgood and
Mrs. Jewel Fowler, both of this
city, and a son, Jack Taylor of Wil
son.
Mrs. Taylor is also survived by
two sisters, Miss Eve Martin, of Bal
timore, Maryland, and Mrs. E. M.
Stanhope, of this city, and one bro
ther, Harry S. Martin, of Hagerstown
Maryland.
Reports continue to accumulate
from county agents showing that cot
ton yields have been increased by
one-half a,bale average per acre
whero the seed wore treated for dis
ease before planting.
Donations Of Toys
Made By Tarboro
Truckload Of Toys Turned Over To
Edgecombe Welfare Department
A half-ton truckload of toys, about
250 of them, were turned over to the
Edgecombe county welfare depart
ment for Christmas presents to needy
Edgecombe children.
Collected by the Tarboro Rotary
and Kiwanis clubs and Tarboro Boy
Scouts, the toys had been renovat
ed by Miss Isabel Ross' National
Youth Administration organization m
Rocky Mount. Miss Nannie Hincs
was in charge of the NYA work on
the toys.
Repainting and repairing th 0 toys
ond dressing the dolls cost only $3.32.
according to M. W. Haynes of Tar
boro, a member of the Tarboro Ki
wanis committee.
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Conduct Rites For
Mrs. Pattie Carter
Funeral services for Mrs. Pattie
Carter,, 56, of Woods, were held this
afternoon at two o'clock from the
Summeriin funeral home with Dr. J.
W. Kincheloe, pastor of the First
Baptist church, officiating. Interment
followed in the family plot at th-3,
Battleboro cemetery.
Mrs. Carter died at a local hospi
tal Saturday night after being ill
two days with heart trouble. She was
the daughter of the late Jim and
Harriet Mangum of Granville coun
ty and was active in the Baptist
church since girlhood.
She is survived by her husband.
S. E. Carter; five sons, J. E. Carter
of Whitakers, J. S. Carter of Battle
boro, A. B. Carter of Chicago, S. M.
Carter of Nash county, and C. P.
Carter of Portsmouth, Va.; six
daughters, Mrs. W. A. Mathews of
Portsmouth; Mrs. George Farmer of
Elm City; Mrs. W. C. Moore of this
city, Mrs. L. 1.. Merz of Houston,
Texas, Mrs. C. M. Blandford of Whit
akers, and Miss Mildred Carter of
Nash county; a brother, J. W. Man
gum of Nash county, and 14 grand
children.
TOBACCO MARKET SETS NEW
RECORD FOR SEASON HERE
Kinston Market
Sets New Record
OVER Fifty-One Million Pounds Sold
For Twelve Million Oollang
Kinston, Dec. 12.—Official figures
today revealed that 51,569,934 pounds
of tobacco were sold here during the
1937 season, which began near the
end of August and ended Friday.
Growers were paid $12,677,044.81
an average price of $24.58, at trie
nine warehouses. Ten warehouses
were operated in 1936. Two were
combined this year.
Tho season wag the most success
ful in the market's history, Tobac
co Board of Trade heads said. •Re
ceipts were tho heaviest ever. The
average price was more than two
cents higher than in 1936. Because
of "blocks" on many days receipts
were several million pounds lighter
than they should have been, it was
claimed. Four sets of buyers were
not enough. The Board of Trada
will continue to work for a fifth set.
Sitting Bull's Kin
I Takes To Archery
Salem, Ore., Dec. 17.—Sitting Bull's
granddaughter had to enroll in col
lege to learn to shoot a bow and ar
row.
The kinswoman of the Sioux In
dian chief who fought Custer to the
"Last Stand" in Southeastern Mon
tana in recent history is now a sen
ior in Williamette University here.
The young princess from Culbert
son, Mont., has displaced her Indian
name, "Waste .Agidiwihn," for the
simple title of Evelyn Welsh. Her
Indian name translated means
''Bring Pretty," or, more literally,
that some day she must do something
to bring honor and distinction to
her tribe.
Miss Welsh haj been prominent in
Williamette stutrent life. She is na
tional historian of Daleth Teth Gim
mel, organization for independent
women; was twice president of the
university's international club, and
takes active part in all choir and
glee club activities.
Although her mother is of Ger
man descent and her father part
French, she considers the Sioux tribe
her people. Misg Welsh was reared
on a large Montana cattle ranch
where she learned to shoot and ride,
j "But," said the princess, "I had to
come to Williamette to learn to use
the bow and arrow. I took up arch
ery."
George D. Hawks
Makes Last Run
Kinston, Dec. 17.—George D.
Hawks, 71, Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road conductor, made his last run
this afternoon and evening. It was
from Weldon to Kinston.
- He will retire at the end of the
year after 54 1-2 years in the com
pany's service. For the next two
weeks he will be on leave. He will
live in a hotel here.
There was no "Coast Line" when
Hawks, as a youth of 17, embark
ed on his career. His first employ
ment was with the Petersburg Hail
road, as a crossing flagman in Pe
tersburg. But Petersburg road
became a part of the A. C .L. when
the latter was organized, so the vet
eran considers that all of his ser
vice has been with one system. He
hag been on the line between Kins
ton and Weldon 46 years. For many
years ho has been a passenger con
ductor.
He has never been in a major ac
cident.
Wednesday night 33 railroaders
and others gathered in tho union
station here to pay tribute to Hawks.
There wero speeches by the district
superintendent and others. The old
conductor's eyes wre moist when
Charles L. Ellington and V. Lee Tur
rentirie spoke. They aro retired engi
neers who were Hawks' train-mates
for years. Touching were the re
marks of Will Moore, Negro porter.
"We have been together 41 years,"
said Moore.
The "Christian character" and
friendliness of th were ex
tolled. "H 0 has a smile for every
stranger as well as every acquain
tance," it was said. His associates
said "Capt." Hawks was the most
popular man on the Kinston-Weldon
line.
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SI.OO PER YEAH
Nearly Fifty Million Pounds Of To
bacco Sold On Market There
Tho Rocky Mount tobacco market
closed its doors yesterday after wil
ing 49,340,712 pounds of bright leaf
tobacco for a total sum that was one
third more than last year, George P.
Arrington, sale s eupervisor, said o
aay.
The 1937 crop sold hero brought
$12,488,032.50, compared with $9,216,-
407.99 in 1936.
The $25.31 average led last season's
by $2.23 per hundredweight.
Local warehouses sold nine million
pounds more of tobacco this year,
the 52nd season of the Bocky Mount
tobacco market, than during last
year. The total was 39,927,982
pounds. During this week less than
300,000 pounds was sold here for an
average of $14.16.
Reynolds To Get
Personnel First
Expansion Of Anti-Syphilis Cam
paign Expected To Require Three
Months
Tho anti-syphilis campaign, to be
enlarged by the income from a $7,-
000,000 fund made available by the
Zachary Smith Reynolds foundation,
should get underway in about three
months, Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State
Health Officer, said last night.
The first job in expanding the
campaign, he said, will be that of
engaging a qualified personnel to ad
minister anti-syphilis treatment. Un-.
til 61 additional syphilologists, clin
cians, technicians and nurses are
found qualified to do the work, the
SIOO,OOO already yielded by the Rey
nolds gift will be used only in ex
isting clinics.
Since the gift was announced Sun
day, Dr. Reynolds said he had re
ceived scores of inquiries. Some
came from existing clinics, and
others eqme from areas where the
treatment is not available. Those
areas sufficiently interested to sup
plement the fund will receive its
benefits, he said. When the expand
ed program gets underway, it will
cover approximately a million people,
or one-third of the State's popula
tion, Dr. Reynolds said.
The health officer termed the gift
a "real trust." He said, "I am not
willing to use any of it, unless I
have qualified personnel to put in
the field to do the work properly.
When I have that, we will begin."
Demonstration centers will be chos
en as the first step in th ecxpanded
program, and 10 or 12 of the State's
86 clinics will get funds to broaden
their work. The immediate expan
sion will begin in the thickly popu
lated areas.
Dr. Reynolds stated last nght that
existing clinics were unable to give
adequate treatment because the ap
plicants overflowed their capacity
and no follow-up system could bo
afforded to check results. The first
step in expansion will be to increase
treatments to four per month, rather
than the two and two and a half
now given, and to establish means of
tracing down re/ults.
Governor Hoey said yesterday he
was "very much pleased" to hear of
the gift. ''The syphilis menace is a
tremendous thing," he said, adding
that increased funds "ought to go
a long way toward getting it under
control." ,
Robert N. Benson
Dies At Hosp. Here
Robert Nelson Benson, 66, of near
Battleboro, died at a local hospital
following an illness of several
months.
Funeral services were held from
the home. Interment followed in the
Battleboro cemetery.. Ho is survivod
by his wife and several children.
FUEL MADE FROM
MUD IN INDIA
Karachi, India, Dec. 17. —A pro
cess for producing fuel from mul
has been patented by H. Greenfield,
Karachi industrialist. He proposes
to found a vast new industry on the
mud which is found in inexhaustible
quantities all along tho coast from
Karachi to Bombay. This particular
kind of mud is full of semi-decom
posed fibers of seaweed.
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Experience shows that greater pro
gress in improved farming is found
in those counties where there is both
a home agent and a farm agent at
work.