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The Rd§ky Mount Herald VOL' .MF, (i MM HER 1. MOSG WILL HEAD JACKSON DAY I • DINNER IN RALEIGH SATURDAY Hon. o. I!. - Moss. ChaMittßii of Kasli County's Democratic Executive edminittee,' will figure as chairman for tliis county at the nnnuaf .lack son Diiinei which is to be held in Raleigh on the night of January 7 at So' 'lock at the Sir Walter Hotel, Appointment of Mr. Moss wan made liv State s inter John I). I/arkins, (). B. MOSS * 'Jr., of Jul Gount.v. Stat eliair liian of the dinner committee. •'As the Do Mocrutic cTFairman in Nash (-unity, Mr. Moss has been very helpful in the past and •we are counting on him and other good Democrats in the county to» help us raise our part to help wipe'out the deficit incurred by the National " JVii ' I'll- Kx.cutive, Committee in the recent campaign," said Chair man I.arkius. ■N'lsh county has been asked to Vaise SJS • ;is its part in the stute wide campaign that will culminate with the annual Jackson Day dinner in lialeigh, where a Democratic speaker of national reputation • will deliver an address that will leave no doulit in the minds of those who hear him that there is a Democratic administration in Washington as "'well as one in lialeigh, Chairman Larkins said. Persons contributing $25.00 or more will be invited to attend the statewide dinner in lialeigh and Chairman Larkins announced a three way plan for those planning to at tend the event. Plan one calls for the payment of $25.00 at the time of reservation; Plan two calls for the payment of $12.50 at the time of reservation and the balance on March 1; and Plan three calls for j»the payment of $15.00 at the time of reservation, with $5.00 on March 'ls and $5.00 on April 15. One-fourth of the money raised in North Carolina, Chairman Ijirkins pointed out, will be retained for use of the State Democratic Executive Committee. Names of those securing ♦reservations at the dinner will be sent to James A. Farley, National Democratic Chairman, and each will receive a card of thanks from the National Chairman. Oats Acreage Shows Gain In This State Good livestock iceders unani mously consider oats as one of the best available feeds for livestock, ' and particularly so for young grow ing animals. The increasing know ledge of the value of oats is evi denced by the fact that North Caro line farmers seeded for grain 308,- *l3B acres to this crop in 1038, or an increase of 25 percent t»*er .1937, Oats are more bulky than any » other of the cereal grains, but in common with them are deficient in protein. However, this deficiency causes no worry to the Southern farmer, says Karl H. Hosteller, pro cessor of a ■ nml husbandry at State College, became he has hvailablo . at a reasonable price protein-rich supplements such as cottonseed meal soyle-an meal and peanut meal. To obtain tho most value from oats in livestock rations, it is im portant to supplement them with these protein-rich feeds that con tain nutrients which are lacking in oats, I'rof. Hosteller says. They are the safest grain -or work stock and young animals, ahd most useful in starting cattle and' sheep on feed. In tho entire ttottou Belt, more than 4,000,000 acrcjs were seeded to oats in 1938. l|'ndc,ubtodly, this greater acreage oats not only heciiusa of vilue ah grain but also i>ecou»Mßn|tf tiuiir "mlue, either aloni^fcjlSj. : ?|(B«c" crop, Official tobacco Vote Released By Wallace, Secretary Wallace announced t!i • j official vote J>y which growers or > 11 ue-oured tobacco rejected fedora I marketi quotas on next yearN crop in a referendum held Decern ber 10. The results gave 132,460 votes for quotas and 100,033 against. The cro > control law under which the rcferen dum was held requires that quota-, to lie operative must be approved by a two-thirds of those voting. The proposed national marketing quotas was 754,000,000 pounds. The vote by states: Alabama, 122 for, 8 against, per cent for 93.1. , . , Florida, 2,589 for, 1,504 against , , per cent for (12.3. , *' i Georgia, 15,500 for, 9,481) against per cent for 02. North Carolina, 88,222 for, 65,85 fl against, per cent for 57.3. South Carolina, 15,759 for, 10,580 against, per cent for 59.5. Virginia, 10,272 for, 13,434 agaiu.se - per cent for 43.3. New Fire Truck Is Expected Soon First Addition In I'ecade To Arrive Here Within Next Month .City officials are expecting to receive the city's new fire truck, the first purchased here during .a , decade within the next month, it ; has been learned from City Mana- . ger L. B. Aycock. The new truck wilf be what fire- . men describe as a "triple-combina tion" machine, an American-La France product that will cost the , city about $7,0(70. , It will replace a truck that has , been in use here for about a quar ter-century. The new machine will be station ed - station - number two on church street. Old Christmas Is Observed In State ; i Preparation Progress In Coastal Town Of Rodanthe i Manteo, Jan. 4".—(Preparations for Itodanthe's old Christinas, the day , celebrated in preference to Decern- , ber 25 by many families in the^ f south but by only one community, , progressed merrily this week as the , day drew near. , On January a the 200-pound , Coast Guardsman P. Tillett, succes- sor to Captain John Allen Midgett . will again officiate as Santa Claus , at the imported Christinas tree, while ( rumo r has it that Ben Dixon Me- , Neill, news feature writer resident i on Roanoke Island, will play the Old Buck heretofore carried on by native Rodantlians. i Few visitors are expected from . any place farther than Manteo to , witness the ceremony in the Ro danthe church, but these expect to make a holiday of the trip thirty miles down the barren banks over , sand and thin marsh grass. Rodanthe's share in the Dare coun ty Christmas tree celebration held , in Fort Raleigh Christmas night has been kept over for the children un til tomorrow. This will include toys . and red stockings of fruits, nuts, and candies. While Santa Claus dispenses theso gifts with genial cheer, Old liuck will untie through the meeting with mischievous pranks to delight the children. Originally twelfth nights were more a time for carousing than for the giving of gifts, so both these spirits will be in tune with the oc casion. lor winter grazing and for hay. New fall sown varieties that are more resistant to cold weather have also contributed to the increasing I popularity of this crop, i A suggested daily ration for idle . horses and mules is: Oats, two • pounds; cottonseed meal or cake, • two pounds; and liay or bundle 5 stover, 12 pounds. For animals at t light work, the oats are increase 1 i to four pounds, the liny cut to six , pounds, and six pounds of cotton , seed hulls arc added. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA I R'DAY, JANUARY 6, 1938. Control of Blue Mold Explained In Bulletin Bine itijold is one of the most seri l cus prob letu.s of tobacco growers of ! this and. other states. To provide a ! better understanding of blue mold, also called "downy mildew," and to ! describe effective methods to coin ' bat it, j:l report lias been compiled I cooperatively by representatives of Duke I niversity, the agricultural experiment stations and extension servicer of North Carolina, South Cnrolin a and Virginia, and the N. C. Dep irtment of Agriculture. This' report is contained in Ex tensioi Circular No. 229, entitled "Blue jNlold of Tobacco and Its Con trol," .which is available for free distribution upon request to the Agricultural Editor of State College, Raleigh. ( b^MjPljlgft 01 j.!^' tftc causes of of treatment ar* zol (P. I)|. B.) fumigation, and (3 Iby sprays. In explanation of the ) diHi ulties 1 encount red in controll ing blue t,uold, the report says: "Treatmentsi used for disci's-, so other crops yore not entirely satis fact' ry win applied to tobacco, and therefore,\ new methods of pro ctdere had to devised. The .;iie. er should bear', in mind that tin methods outlined* the lx * States oceurrefr'iVjwf .wfi£n it was noted in Fldt; riilT And' (jeoifgi a. Foi I some unMunvftk 'i eason it did not again attract attention \until 1( years later when it reappeared in Florida and Georgia until spread rapidly into all tobacco (producing states east of the Mississippi River except Wisconsin. s ..Except in the case of actual in vasion, let the people of tho United States themselves vote on the issui of war! That is the substance ot "The Peace Amendment" which wil' come before the new Congress when it convenes in January. The resolution which will be in troduced in botty Houses will pro vide that ''the authority of Con gress to declare war or to conscript citizens for military duty abroad shall not become effective until confirmed by a majority of votes cfast thereon in nationl'il referon dunifl .... except in the event ot attack, invasion, or military expedi tion from abroad against the Unit ed States or its Territorial posses sions" or against any other nation in tho Western Hemisphere. "If the issue of war wore to face our people today," writes Genevieve Parkhurst in discussing the proposed amendment in the Jan uary Good Housekeeping, "wo would not be asked our opinions. And if we gave them, they would be ig nored. I have been told that, pre ceding our entrance into the World Wlar, only one Congressman took the trouble to find out what his con stituents thought about it. Their re sponse was overwhelmingly again sending our troops overseas, but by •a great majority both Houses vot ed as tho President asked them to vote, and wo were plunged into war up to the hilt." There is nothing irregular about this procedure, since the Constitu tion specifically gives Congress the power to declare war. "And unless the Constitution is amended, Con gress can plunge the people into a war which is not of their choosing whenever it desires. Similar bills have been introduc ed before, only to be shelved or al lowed to die in Committees. "These bills must bo brought out of Com mittee," Miss Parkhurst writes. ''They must bo passed. In import ance and necessity, this legislation transcends any othor which may come up in this session of Con gress.—Scotland Neck Common wealth. Beauty is a form of Genius—is 1 higher, indeed, than Genius, as iv needs no explanation.—Osear Wilde ~~ For Homemakers L ' I STANLFV W NBOKNE UTILITIES COMMISSIONER CAROUK APOWERAND LIGHT REDUC IS RATESJN FEBRUARY Win borne Estimates Much Money Wil' P«i Saved By New Electricity Rates Stanley Winborne.l slate utilities •omniissioner, estimated that Norta Tar' lina customers (if the Carolina n ov,cr and Light Company would ave $71(5,000 annually beginning February 3 under a npw schedule of | ates for electricity; Winborne broke djnvn the total is follows—s232,ooo fo r residential iustomers, $164,000 fpr commercial lighting, $120,000 for two classes of R«ial power consumers and ftolilies comrfiissioner said hei If no states adjoining the Rs with rates as low, with Bible exception of TVA rotes. ''The- new rates are lowe r than we possible a year ago," he aid ''They are promotional rates to ncreaso consumption. Every previ lUS reduction has resulted in in creased sales.' Following conferences between the Jtilities Commission and officials! f the Carolina Power and Light' 'ompany, extending over a period if several mouths, am agreement has been reached for another reduction lilt, in .hi an nual saving to' the eo tasumers of j the farolina *«d flight Co. present customer*' bills,. The entire reduction for bgttk Worth and South Carolina is upprojnmi.t"ly ■fl ,000,000. Reductions have been made in residential rates, commer cial lighting rates, commercial com bination rates, both lorge and small, and in textile mill rates, effective on all bills rendered on and after Feb ruary 3, 1030. The new residential rates are as follows: 3.9 c per kwh for the first 50 kwh per month 2.9 c per kwh for the next 100 kwh l per month. 1.9 c per kwh for the next lTt) kwh per month. 1.5 c per kwh for all additional] kwh. Slightly over 50 per cent of thi residential customers of the Carolin.'i Power and Light Company use less than 50 kwh per month and these customers paying SI.OO minimum bill and such customers will receive 25 per cent more current for the $1 00. Five years niro the top residen tial rate was 10c per kwh for tho first 3o kwh per month, the custo mer then paying 's3 for 30 kwh. Under this new residential fate ho will receive 25 plus "k.vhs for SI.OO and will receive 100 kwhs for $3.40, just 40 per cent more (ban five years ago was paid fo r 30 kwhs. Kvery class of residential customers will ro ceive a reduction, but tho largest reduction is given to the consumers under 50 kwhs, for the reason that tho rate for largo consumers is al ready low. This ,rate means that a customer can burn a 100 watt light ten hours for 3.9e, or a 50 watt i light twenty hours for 3.9 c, and *the . more electricity ho uses tho less will bo the cost per hour, until it ( j reaches loc per kwh. This reduction j in residential rates will save the I residential customers of the Carolina | Power and Light Company in North , Carolina, based on their present bills, "j $232,000 per year. 1 The new commercial lighting rates I! are as follows: 3.9 c per kwh fo r the first 1,000 kwh I per month. } 2.9 c per kwh for the next 3,000 kwh per month. , 1.5 c per kwh fot all additional | k'.vh. , , Ninety percent of the commercial lighting customers use less than 300 kwh per month, the large com- , m»Nfi»l customers hetftft an (mother i schedule, with i> tower rate for i largg consumption This 90 per cent , of commercial lighting customers get a reduction of 22 per cent and will , pay, based on present bills, $164,000 less per year. ( Anothe r schedule is provided for commercial customers contracting | for not less than 5 kw and taking f all lighting and power serviee re- s quired on the premises through one , I meter at one point of delivery. The , Irate for this service is as follows: | $9.00 for the first five kw or less-: of Demand per month. $1.50 per kw for the next 35 of Demand. SI.OO per kw for all additional kw i of Demand j The following are the rates for energy consumed: $2.25 pe r kwh for the first 90 kwh per kw of Demand. , 1.5 c per kwh for the next 2500 kwh. 0.85 c per kwh for all additional. , The method of determining the , Demand has been liberalized in fav or of the customer and reduced from 80' per cent to (50 percent of the i highest Demand established in pre ceding months. Still another schedule is provided for large commercial service avail able to customers contracting for I liV. less tlinn 50 kw and tuking nil I lighting and power service required •on the premises through one kwh I' meter at one point of delivery The monthly rates for this service are s follows: $95.00 for the first 50 kw or less of Demand. SI.OO per kw for all'additional kw I of Demand. . The,energy charge is as follows: 2.0 c for the first kwh per kw of Demand. 0.9 c per kwh for the next 25,000 kwh o.Be per kwh for all additional ; kwh. I The same change is made in the| method of determining the Demand ' as in the' pi'eceding commercial schedule. Neither of tile commercial sche- duk'S for which contracts arc requir ed arc applicable for breakdown, s t standby pr resale service. Based on tho bills of customers using tho class of service to which t tho two commercial schedules for I which contracts are required are np plicabh will receive by these new o rates a reduction of some, over s t (Pleaso turn, to page four) State Election Recommends Number of Changes j ________ Would Break Down Size Of The, Precincts And Absentee Vote. A; >few State-Wide Registration Is IJrgtd By State Board Jarred by the "stink" smelt in j North Carolina elections in years i gone by, the State Board of Elec-j tfons is recommending a number ot'[ changes in the voting laws. Albert 1 Coutes, director of the institute of. Government, analyzes the recommen dations in the following article: I In a report which dodges no issues' and compromises no principles the State Board of Flections recom-j mends to the governor und the gen eral assembly: (1) the subdivision of large voting precincts with not more than five hundred voters; (2) j a new statewide registration of vot-! era to eliminate tens of thousands, of names of dead persons, non-res idents and disqualified felons from the registration books; (3) the abol iti( n of markers and the provision of assistants only to fhe occasional vbter who is illiterate, blind, para lytic, or laboring under oUie r phy sical disqualification willieh prevents him from marking his own 'Fallot; (4) repeal of the absentee ballot law and provision of a safeguarded' method for legitimate use of absen tee voting. The board recommends the "sub division of those precincts in which more than five hundred persons vot-' ed in the election of 1936, into such precincts that not more than five hundred persons will vote in any! precinct," in order (1) to relieve: congestion at the polls, (2) to pro- j mote the orderly conduct of elec tions, (3) to lessen the opportun-' ity for irregularities and frauds, i (4) to remove unnecessary hardship ! 1 on election officials in counting bal lots .with the consequent delays in election returns. In many counties the registration books are scarcely more tlinn lists 1 of names," without information as ' place of birfh, "par- j 1 ty affiliation and date of registra- j ' tion, as required by registration f laws. They contain names of hun-j' dreds of thousands of dead persons,j : non-residents, and disqualified fel- ' ons." 1 "To remedy this condition," says ' the Board, "we recommend (1) new 1 statewide registration; (2) that this 1 statewide registration bo made -with- 1 out access or reference to present ( registration books; (3) that any du- * ly qualified voter who may be ab- ' sent from his precinct during the registration period, may, by making 1 proper affadavit register by mail, 1 if it can be done consistent with ' the constitution." ''There is need," says the r "port,' 1 "for the assistance to the occasion-1 ! al illiterate, to voters who are!' blind, paralytic, or laboring i ,ier-' other physical handicap which pre- 1 vents them from marking their bal- ' tots; but there is no need for mark-1' ers to assist voters who are not thus handicapped, in order to regis- ' ter the will of the people at the ' polls. i ' "We recommend the abolition of ' all markers in general elections and ' primaries, and making provisions for ' tho handicapped by the enactment of a statute substantially as follows: ! Any voter, who by reason of any physical disability is unable to mark his ballot, and such disability is ap-1 parent to the register and judges of elections, or any voter who shall |' 1 make oath, to be administered byi tho registrar, that he is unable to read, may, upon request, bo aid-1 ed by a near relative, who shall be' admitted to the booth with such vo- ' ter, or, if no near relative is pros-, ent, such voter may call to his as- j sistance any other voter of said pre-j cjnct who has not given aid to ano ther voter, and who shall likewise ' be admitted to the booth with such | • - | NOTICE Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount | Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and ad- I dress to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. ft. I I * | Name S Town , State Route No " SI.OO PER YK»* . voter.'' , "There is well nigh universal recognition of the abuses of the present absentee . ballot law," eo» tinues the report, "and many of" these abuses have come to the* at tention of the Stae Board of Elee ; tions. i'he most prevalent abuses r»- j suiting from the use of the present (law are: (1) many voters using thv. •privilege are not entitled to use it; ! (2) many non-residents, and others | not qualified to vote, cast votes bj , the use of this law, clad thus nullify the will of an equal number of i qualified voters whose votes have' I been honestly cast; (3) many bal ' lots are east by means of forgery •of names of qualified voters, ob j tained on forged applications and I voted on spurious and forged sig natures to what purport to be affi davits; (4) many intense partisans! with the connivance and cooperation of the custodian of the alwentee bal lots improperly and unlawfully ob tain possession of official ballots, with supporting certificates, in blank, and in ''market basket" fash ion, go out in quest of votes; in many instances forging the signa? I tures of persons whose names arc sinned to the'affidavits and ballots; (J5) mniiy, partisan workers and man* others inspired by the desire foi financial ''gain, obtain large numbers of official ballots in ihe name of I absent voters, and vote them foi I sueh candidates as they please, anc* in many instances "hawk" these bat | 'ols for -ale >o perso.is willing to , buy and pay for them; (li> many | notaries, justices of the peace, an»l other officials authorized to ad minister oaths certify that the al leged alrent voter has taken the required oath, and affix their seal to such certificate without admir »t.nug an oath and in ni-r.v without ever seeing the voui- w'.ios vit. "Opportunity for abuse, grows out of the failure of the law to safeguard the i-ustody, isaun.icu and subsequent handling of the ab ■entee ballots. The l:i-.v is defective in that. (1) it permits agents (so-called) to obtain ballots for other persons to vote; (2) ir permits the chairman of county boards of elections and precinct re.g istrars to issue the ballots; (3) bal lots are issued up to and on elec tion day; (4) there is no sufficient check on the ballots issued and a* sufficient report is required by the persons issuing same. "From its experience over a num ber of years, the State Board of" Elections ie fully satisfied that thci* are many more absentee ballots use"f in primaries than in general elee tions, and .that the abuse of th,» absentee ballots is more widespread and general in party primaries than in general elections. The abuses are not limited to either party in gen eral elections, nor are they limited o any side in a pr!sii*y contest. "We recommend" the absolute r&- peal of the present absentee ballot law. The majority of this board ba lieves that there is need for an ab sentee ballot law by which persons legally entitled to vote, bu. wli l otherwise eould not do so, can ex ercise their right of franchise but sueh a law should so safeguard flu* custody, issuance and subsequent handling of the absentee ballot that fraud would 4>e well nigh impos sible, and if committed, certain of detection. "If the authority to issue absen tee' ballots is limited to one man ; and lie is kept in the spot'light by ' reason of that fact; if the delivery of the ballot is limited to the voter, himself, with the elimination of mid- Idle men; if the keeping of the ab- I sentee register open for inspection. I continually, in the office of tho I chairman of the county aboard of I (Please iufii io page four)