The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 4, NO. 6
IANK OF FREMONT BECOMES
UNIT OF BRANCH BANK
\ Fremont, Feb. 3. —The Bank o
\\ Frotnont, operated here for the la«
J) 38 years, Monday became the Fr
'** mont branch of the Branch Banl
ing and Trust Company.
Jack L. Satchwell, formerly telle
with the Goldsboro bank of th
Branch Banking and Trust company
\ is .the new officer in charge.
Cutlar Lee, who opened the Ban!
of Fremont here in 1900 and ha
been its president until today, re
mains with th e institution under thi
| J F. M. Wateon, who was cashie:
I \ under the old bank, will also remaii
J the change.
1 \\ "^ e to them," said Mr
K - Lee, "and are certain that th
J " Branch Bank will give Fremont full
adequate and complete banking facil
Si ities."
i«' Under the arrangement in effeci
I' today with Mr. Batchwell as managei
the Branch Bank takes over the as-
It sets and assumes the liabilities di
the Bank of Fremont.
Mr. Satchwell will move his farn
-8,, v ily to Fremont in about a mohth.
Kv/y H. D. Bateman of Wilson, is pres-
Wrjrfi ident of the Branch Banking and
mJi Trust Company which maintain:
branches at Elm City, Selma, Fay
etteville, Goldsboro, Williamston,
H ' \ Plymouth, Kington, New Bern, Fai-
I «\on, Warsaw, Wallace and Trenton,
1 BURGESS IN
I BATTLE CALL
WA (BY CALE K. BURGESS)
L M Organize, Work and Win
/I The tide of battle has turned.
During 1937, the Wets forced 13
They called thee© elections
the Counties where they thought
' they could win most easily, but
, they lost in" more than 55 pe* eent
of the territory selected by them
selves.
Furthermore, these 18 elections
Rwere hertd under the provisions of
/ a statute prepared by the Wets
j\ themselves. By legalizing beer up
to 24 per cent alcoholic eon tent and
* \ permitting transportation of whiskey
H* into Dry Counties, this statute im
paired th© effectiveness of prohibi
/ in all Counties and created a
' situation that the Wets thought
If* would enable them t ocarry every
, Counity. But they lost in 10 of he
!,_J 18 elections and they have not been
p* able to set up liquor stores in any
County West of Durham,
s . Now is the time for the friends
of temperance to redouble their ef
forts and wipe out the beer shop 3
and liquor stores that are increasing
human slaughter on our highways
V and disgracing our State with drunk
* enness, debauchery and crime. This
goal can be achieved if those who
I are opposed to the liquoi) traffic
will -work for the nomination and
election of Representatives and Sen
ators who will vote against liquor
and who will provide an effective
plan for law enforcement. A vast
, majority of our citizens are opposed
to this destructive traffic; and wj
can elect a General Assembly that
will give us righteous laws and
elect Sheriffs, Solicitors and Judges
who will enforce these laws.
Opposition to the liquor traffic
is right; and right will triumph.
Si „ To doubt thig is to lack faith in
I God. With determination and faith,
\ we must organize, work and win.
| \ We call upon the friends of tem
j \perance in every County and in ev
j Vry precinct to meet immediately
" and organize for tho purpose of
nominating and electing Legislators
and law enforcement officers who
will close the beer shops and liquor
| and drive the liquor out.
Jr. O. U. A. M.Holds
Meeting at Clinton
Clinton, N., C., Jan. 3.—The local
Council of the Junior Order on
!> Thursday night had quite an enjoy
jil able affair. The Rev. Mr. Brown
local Councilor gave a free supper,
a fish fry to the large membership
I of the local Council's members al
ii' so members from the adjoining and
'( surrounding Councils in attendance.
|Vi Interesting speakers were present
[•' 1v and also representatives of the State
| Council. Everyone present soundly
and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
: LOOKING AT
WASHINGTON
(Hugo S. Sims, Washington Cor.
respondent)
FILIBUSTER WINS
After being laid aside for a few
1 days, while the Sena e acted onl
the Administration housing bill,
' the anti-lynching bill was before tho
Senate again last week. Apparently
hopelessly blasted when the Senate
the chances of final passage were
refused by a vote of 51 to 37 to
apply cloiture, which would have re
stricted debate. The motion for
cloiture failed to secure a majority
when a two thirds mapority was nec
essary to cut off the flow of oratory
that continued to roll from South
ern Senators, determined to prevent
passage of the bill.
"LITTLE" BUSINESS
Following his conference with big
business men, the President saw to
it that small business men were in
vited to Washington for a conference
and a chance to put themselves on
the record. It is undoubtedly a fact
that many so-called small business
men, in many so-called small cities,
are worried by threatened competi
tion from bigger companies. For
this reason they hesitate to mako
improvements and hold down inven
tories to as small a volume as pos
sible.
As one such business man said to
ihe writer last week, these small
.merchants, wholesalers and operators
of independent business ventured,
have a keen fear of an invasion of
their field by a highly centralize 1
group, which will enow them under.
Some of them insist that present
methods of stock selling, plu s con
venient bankruptcies, enable big con
cerns to crush out competition, even
at a loss. Then the inside boyg re
organize and take the field for good
inasmuch as the small business man
has lost his capital in the fight and
has no source from which to get
additional funds. The picture may
be a little bit hard to catch but there
are many readers of this column
who will understand exactly what !
the "little" business man had in
mind.
HOUSING BILL
The first piece of major legislation i
to go to the White House was itie '
housing bill, sent to the President
last week when the Senate, by a close 1
vote, eliminated the much-debated !
"prevailing wage" amendment spon 1
sored by Senator Lodge. The Pre - 1
ident had already directed the RFC
to set aside $50,000,000 to invest in
large-scale mortgage associations an-1
inasmuch as the associaions can lend .
twenty times their capital this in ,
sures at least a billion dollars for
housing loans. The FHA will insure ,
mortgages covering 90 per cent, on ,
homes costing up to $6,000 and 80 (
per cent, of the additional cost up ,
to SIO,OOO. Down payments will have ■
to be ten per cent, and the borrow- ]
er will have 25 years in which to j
pay the balance. v 1
1
GREETINGS TO SPAIN ,
Twetoty-eix Senators and thirty
four members of the House have
transmitted a message of greeting
and sympathy to the Spanish Cor- j
teg, meeting at Barcelona, and prais- ,
ed the fight that the loyalist mem j
bers of the Spanish parliament are (
making to "save the democratic in- ,
stitutions" of the Spanish Republic .
from its enemies, "both within and (
without Spain." Party lines were
disregarded, with six Republican Sen |
ators end two Republicans in the (
House, and one Progressive joining .
a number of Democrats in signing
the document made public by the
Spanish Embassy.
BORAH'S WARNING
The foreign policy of the United j
States will be thoroughly debated
in the Senate. Last week discussion
got off to a good start when Senator
Borah warned that the nation was
risking war by permitting the world
•to believe that it was in an alliance
with Great Britain and that the two
powers are building up their navies
under a "tacit alliance." The result,
according to the Idahoan, was a
world ''practically gone mad" in an
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ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1938
GROWERS OF
PEANUTSASK
ASSISTANCE
Two Hundred Meet At Jackson,
Send Delegation To Washington
Jackson, Feb. B.— After hearing
the opinion voiced by several pres
ent that peanut farmers of North
Carolina and Virginia are courting
disaster if peanuts are left from the
farm bill in Congress, 200 peanut
farmers representing nine peanut
counties of Virginia in a meeting
here this afternoon unanimously ap
pointed a committee to confer in
Washington with Secretary of Agri
cul.ure Wallace as soon as a hearing
can be arranged concerning his
views on what the department can
offer peanut farmers if peanuts are
not included in the farm bill.
The committee, to be composed
oi presidents of the various county
Farm Bureaus, the directors of .e
State Peanut Stabilization Corpora
tion, the State Peanut Committer
and E. F. Arnold, secretary of tho
North Carolina Farm Bureau, with
county farm agents being invited to
act in advisory capacity, was dele
gated with full power of discretion
to do what they think best after
discussing the matter with Secre
tary Wallace.
Bhe consensus was that an active
fight should be made to include pea
nuts in the farm bill or secure a
separate peanut control bill if the
Department of Agriculture could not
offer assurance that peanut farm
ers would be aided without a sepa
rate farm bill for peanuts.
PARAGRAPHS
For Busy Folks
FIRESTONE IS DEAD
Harvey S. Firestone, rubber mag
nate of Akron, Ohio, and titular head
of the great organization that bear 3
his name, died in sleep at his Flo
rida home Monday. Death was attri
buted to the formaton of a blood
clot on one of the main arteries
leading from his heart. Funeral
services were arranged for him later
in the week from his Akron home.
SAVE EDENTON RECORDS
Agai n refusing to allow the State
Historical Commission to take over
its priceless records, Chowan coun
ty moved this week to repair ths
vault in which they are stored so
that they will be safe in Edenton.
Efforts are being made to have the
historical commission repair some of
these records that are in need of it.
IS IT A STRIKE?
For the second time within a week
the old adage that "they seldom did
and never resign" which has been ap
plied to Congressmen as well as other
well paid government employees has
received a knockout blow. For two
Congressmen have signified that they
will retire at the completion of their
terms. These two men, J. Walt?r
Lambeth, of Thomasville, represent
ing tho eighth district, and W. B.
Umstead, of Durham, representing
the fifth. Both could have been rea
sonably sure of reelection.
"LOTTA LIKKER," IS RIGHT
Four garbage cans were required
to hold th© empty whiskey bottles
after a recent dance in the Munici
pal auditorium in Raleigh in which
only colored people took part. Whito
dancers, so authorities say, leave on
an average of one garbage can full
of bottles. Reason—the colored danc
ers were not allowed to leave the
building on, "pass out," while white
dancers do most of their drinking
in cars. Anyway, its a lot of liquor.
INDIGNANT
Tarboro business men held an ia
dignation meeting recently because
a news story used the word, "fil
thy," in referring to th e condition
of Edgecombe eating houses. They
claimed that conditions, while not
up to par, did not deserve such a
harsh word.
DIMES
President Roosevelt's Infantile
paralysis fund was increased by
SI,OOO dollars Tuesday when Senator
Overton, of Louisiana presented 10,-
000 dimes contributed by persons in
Central Louisiana.
Should Stay On Highway
We are carrying in our issue this week a statement
from Honorable A. J. Maxwell, Commissioner of Revenue
and Supervisor of the Highway Patrol relative to the sad
deplorable number oft deaths and traffic accidents upon our
public highways in North Carolina. This is indeed a sad
sad picture and we arree with him that it is a problem of
major importance to f>e faced.
We are glad that rpw instructions to the highway pa
trolmen has been prepared and that they will give more
time to the supervision of the roads.
The patrol has had to spend too much time collecting
taxes for the state, t&ey have had very little time to give
to patroling the roads. We believe it may well, he said,
that not more than JO percent of thei rtime has been giv
en to road supervision! and we say this without any criticism
j of the prtrolmen for they have been required to be revenue
| collectors and license!distributors rather than perform the
duty which the legislation intended for them to assume.
We are indeed glad that the Commissioner of Revenue has
seen fit to order them to the roads and hope they will be
relieved of the dutyi as tax collectors, so they may stay
on the Highway.
MANY ANNUNCE FOR OFFICE
We notice from the press reports that there will be much
activity in political circles for the various judicial offices
throughout the state. We believe that it has been report
ed that there will be around 12 judical contests, this is
a healthy sign. If we are to maintain any kind of de
mocracy the people have got to take an interest in gov
ernment, and it is always a healthy sign when the peo
ple think enough of their offices to want them and are
willing to enter into honorable contest for these offices.
The trouble with the country today there has been so much
centralization in government, so much central control, so
much appointing, and the people have had so little part
in all of it that it is indeed wholesome to see these candi
dates file for office and submit their cause to the judgment
of the people. Every member of the Supreme Court got
his job by appointment, except one and more than 80 per
cent of the Superior Court Judges have received their jobs
by appointment rather than by election by the people.
JUDGEBONE
ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY
Judge W. H. Bone oF Nashville,
has announced this week that he
will be a candidate in the June
primary for the nomination of
Judge of the Second Judicial Dis
trict. This makes two candidates
for this office, I. T. Valentine gave
notice of hie candidacy several
months back and prior to the ap
pointment of Judge M. B. Barnhil!
to the Supreme Court. Judgo Bone
was appointed Judge by Governor
Hoey.
Protests Large
Corporate Salaries
(BP Robert W. Wlnaton)
One oflHhe chief causes of the
present discontent is undoubtedly
high salaries paid corporate officials.
As will be recalled, the main de
fense of tho sit-down strikers was
this, that the companies asking man
datory injunctions to remove the
strikers, had come into Equity with
unclean hands. The companies were
wasting their assets in excessive
salaries.
In order to remove this evil, I
recently wrote Robert Doughton to
place in income tax of 100 per cent
upon tho excess of salaries above
$75,000 a year. This plan should
remove one source of popular ill
will. Is it wise to inflame the pop
ular mind by allowing anyone to
make more, as a salary, than the
President of the United States?
In thig critical period of our na
tional life it occurs to me that we,
one and all, should strive for peace,
good-will and brotherly love. Let
me, therefore, add one soothing word
in conclusion. It relates to Sloan's
salary, of which so much has been
writen. Hi s is the largest salary in
America and he is the president of
General Motors. Sloan's gross salary
is $561,311. Deduct for U. S. in
come tax $351,314.14 and for State in
come tax $44,654.88, and the actual
amount received by Sloan will be
$165,341.98.
In God's name I implore the Amer
ican people to compose themselves.
Farm record books kept by Jack
son County growers show a 100 per
cent improvement over those of the
preceding year, reports H. R. Clapp,
assistant farm agent.
Columbus County strawberry grow
ers ar 6 interested in thinning their
pines because tho practice provides
more straw for mulching the berries
MONOXIDE
WIPES OUT
DAREFAMILY
Five Buried On Roanoke Island Af
ter Tragedy In Norfolk Sunday
Manteo, Feb., B.—Four members
of one family, dead of monoxide
gas poison as they slept in their
hous e in Norfolk, were brought
home to Roanoke Island this after
noon and buried in adjoining graves
in a little cemetery at the south end
of the island, and the body of the
fifth victim, a eousin and lodger with
them in their home in Norfolk, was
buried among his own people in the
cemetery at Manteo.
Schools were suspended and busi
ness shut down for the hours of the
funeral, since the five who were
dead were related to almost every
inhabitant of the island. The cas
kets were opened at the graves and
hundreds of relatives, dazed by the
magnitude of the tragedy that had
wiped out the entire family of close
relatives, natives of this close-knit
ted island, passed by them.
Buried i n th 6 little cemetery at
the Wancheso end of the island were
Mr. and Mrs. David F. O'Neil and
their 7-year-old daughter, Goldie,
and Mrs. O'Neil's sister, Mrs. Effie
May Alojasin, who lived with them
in Norfolk.
Buried in Manteo services pre
ceeding the services for the four,
was Lloyd Haynian, youngest son of
the veteran keeper of old Fort Ra
leigh and cousin of the O'Neil's, who
lived with them in Norfolk and whj
died with them when leaking gas
wiped out the family Sunday.
Arriving on Roanoke Island a few
minutes before 1 o'clock the funeral
cortege halted briefly at the west
ern end of the bridge, one of the
four hearses bearing the bodies
turned into Manteo, and simple fu
neral services were held for Lloyd
Hay man.
Three other hearses waited at the
end of the bridge crossway until the
funeral party returned, and then
proceeded to Wanchese, where a
throng-packed island highway was
in waiting.
The services were brief, the lo
cal choir sang "Shall We Gather at
the River," and the burial service
was read by the Rev. Rush W. Lov
ing, pastor of the Spurgeon Memor
ial church in Norfolk. He was as
sisted in the prayer by the Rev.
Jam a W. Sneen, pastor of th e Wan
chese church.
Growers attending the Tobacco
Short Course at State College last
week numbered about 150 a day for
the four days with 83 registering
for the entire. week.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL
TALKS ABOUT ACCIDENTS
OFFICE OF
TREASURER
ABOLISHED
Auditor's Office To Handle Treasur
er's Work—Annual Audits Sug
gested
There will be no Nash county
treasurer after the first of the
month of December, 1938, Nash coun
ty commissioners decided in their
monthly meeting in Nashville.
The commissioners abolished the
office of county treasurer, effective
at the expiration of the term of J.
T. Taylor the present treasurer.
Abolishing the office of county
treasurer had been considered by the
commissioners for some time. Mod
ern accounting and banking methods
had made the office, which was once
important, unnecessary, the board of
commissioners concluded.
The transactions handled by the
county treasurer will be transferred
to the county auditor's office when
the treasurer's office is abolishd.
The addition of one clerk in the
auditor's office will he all that is
necessary to effect the change, the
commissioners believe.
Abolishing the office of treasurer
will save Nash County about sl,-
800 a year, estimated R. R. Gay, l
chairman of tho county commission
ers.
Just completing its first audit in
10 years, Nash county should have
annual audits, the commissionres
agreed, and Chairman Gay suggest
ed that the board expects to author
ize audits annually in tho future.
Plant Diseases
Cost Huge Sum
Thousands of dollars are lost an
nually in Nash County from cot
ton and tobacco diseases according
to J. S Sugg,. County Farm Agent.
Mr. Sugg stated that many farmers
are taking advantage of the newer
methods of disease control but the
majority are following in th e foot
steps of their ancestors and are
failing to get advantage of the con
trol methods which have been dis
covered through scientific research
of the experiment stations through
out the nation.
He announces that Dr. Luther
Sha>v f Extension Plant Pathologist of
State College and L. T. Weeks, Ex
tension Tobacco Specialist, will be in
Nashville to discuss tobacco anc,
cotton diseases on Friday night,
February 11 at 7:30 P. M. The meet
ing will be held in the Nash County
Court Room and a large group of
farmers are expected to attend. All '
farmers in Nash County are cordi
ally invited to come and hear these
plant diseas.es discussed and the
methods which ar e used in combat
ing the diseases.
The average income returns for
treating cotton seed alone according
to actual experimental results in
1937 figured $11.27 per acre on those
acres where treated cotton seed were
planted. The cost of treating them
was 25c per acre. There are other
disease control methods which have
produced equally as startling figures.
THREATENS REPORTER
John G. Thomas, Wilson corre
spondent for a number of daily pi
pers, and reporter for the Wilson
Times, was warned over the tele
phone to, "lay off the numbers rack
et." No threat was made ag to
what would happen if be didn't do
as ordered. Whatever it wag, it will
have to happen, for Thomas' regu
lar article on thig form of fraud
appeared in the Times aa usual.
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SI.OO PER YfIUW
Commissioner Maxwell Tallw Of
State's Highway Death* Aarf
Asks Redaction
Editor's note: The following arti
cle on highway deaths in North Car
olina, pointing out that the death
rate in this State more than doubles
the average of the 10 best sfatea,
should make North Carolinians ask
"What's wrong with us," said its
author.
I like to talk and write about-
North Carolina "firsts." Hero i a a
North Carolina "worst" and one {hat
is within our power to correct.
At least wo are worse than 42
other states; slightly better than the
seven worst states; a little more
than twice as bad ae the average of
the 10 best states; and 25 per cent
worse than the national average.
If I were trying to alibi I would
raise the question as to whether th*
10 states shown i n white as "best"
states have ao complete a system of
accident reports as we have. They
probably do not. But there could no-„
be a percentage of inaccuracy that
would change the picture materially.
At any rate that is the bad kind of
national advertising the State is re
ceiving. The map is put out and
broadcast by the National Safety-
Council, covering records of the
first 10 months of 1937.
We do know that 1,123 human
lives were snapped out on our high
ways in 1937, and 7,990 additional
injuries running from temporary to
permanent. W e know that the prop
erty loss in itself was appalling.
What To Do About It?
What can you and I do about it?
What ought you and I do about it'J
I admit that my responsibility is
somewhat greater than the average
citizen's.
The lsw has placed in my gener
al supervision a highway patrol of
1-1 men, with full equipment for
policing highways; a radio system to
flash the news and head off reck
less drivers, and a license law witL
power of revocation for proper
cause. Still there has yet been. n»
receptive diminution of fatal acci
dents, even when related to increas
ing vehicle registration and gaso
line consumption.
Apparently o ur peopl e are becom
ing more and more mindful of this
shameful record—this daily menace
to the life of every citizen—a s mun
icipal organizations give more
thought to traffic regulations; as
local safety councils are organized;
as chambers of commerce and civic
clubs put on safety campaigns, and
as safety training goes into the pub
lic schools, and is preached from
pulpits.
Juniors Meet
At Lillington
Lillington, N. C., Jan. 27. —The lo
cal Chapter of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics had an
enjoyable meeting here Thursday
night. The program was very inten
sely interesting and the supper and
music and the whole affair was
highly successful and thoroughly ap
preciated by the local and the at
tendants from surrounding Councils.
The District Deputy Jno. W. Jer
nigan, of Payetteville and ether
State Council Officials were also in
attendance and all soundly and
thoroughly enjoyed themselves and
the meeting was well planned anil
successful.
CONDEMN SCHOOL
A Lenoir County grand jury re
cently condemned as unsafe the La-
Grange Qrimmox School Building
Thii is the eldest school strnctare
in the county, having been built iu
1900.