The Rocky Mo
VOLUME 5, NO. 9
MEETING OF
BAPTISTS IN
TARBOROWED
Discussion Of "Living Religion" To
night Is Open To Public
Tarboro, March 2.—Baptist minis
tors of the Roanoke Association met
at the First Baptist church hete
today for several meetings of tho
regional conference.
The day's program began with de
votions at 10 o'clock this morniri?,
followed by worship services and ex
change of expressions. A confer
ence session on "living Religion,
The Christian in his Relationship
with God," concluded th© morning
program.
Devotions at 2 o'clock opened the
afternoon sessions, with denomina
tional tasks following, in which a
proposed retirement plan for pas
tors was discussed. The session ad
journed for recess at 3 o'clock.
Another conference session on
"Living Religion," to which the
public has been invited, is scheduled
for 8 o'clock tonight.
CRUSHERS
GET PEANUTS
The movement of peanuts to the
oil mills has slightly strengthened
-the open market, but late reports
from the North Carolina Peanut
Stabilization Cooperative more of
the goobers will bo sold to tho
crushers. Nearly 8,000 bags hjavo
boen moved out of Martin County
to oil mills in Wilmington, but no
bids have been asked for those
goobers stored in cooperative ware
houses at Williamston and Rober
sonville.
The recent offer together with
peanuts already placed by this asso
ciation for crushing, aggregates 5,-
500 tons of which quantity 2,400
have already been crushed into oil
up to this morning, according to
daily reports reeeived by the asso
ciation. It was learned from the of
fice bf the 'association that peanuts
acquired by the Virginia and Geor
gia associates a>e being sold each
week in increasing volume for
crushing into oil and that it is th 9
present policy of the three associa
tions to continue to sell peanuts for
oil so long as there appears to be
a earplug above normal edible
trade demands.
* DUKE GETS
BIG BEQUEST
Edward Bayard Halsted, New
York stock broker, left a million,
dollar estate to Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore, and Dukq Uni
versity, Durham, and several in
dividual beneficaries, it was disclos
ed when his will was filed Thurs
day.
Halsted, a partner of the Wall
4 street firm of Halsted and Harrison
died February 3, in Ventura, Calif.,
at the age of 78.
Tho two universities each were
left half of the undetermined re
siduary estate, along with addition
al benefits from other funds. The
Duke bequest specified four $G0,003
• funds for scliolarshipi in medicine,
science, journalism and history, a
total of $240,000.
A $350,000 trust fund was left to
a brother, Osborne Halsted, of
. Plainfield, N. J., who will receive
the income, tho principal going on
his death to his son, Osborne Hal
st'ecL also received SIOO,OOO
in cash.
Lif© income from a $250,000 trust
le was left to a sister-in-law, Sarali
Townsend Halsted, of Glen Cove,
Long Island, and upon her death
the principal will be divided be
tween Johns Hopkins and the North*
field schools, East Northfield, Mass.
A $150,000 trust fund was to
Miss Oarolyn C. Van Blarcom, of
New York, the principal to be di
vided on her death between Duke
and Johns Hopkins.
Edgecombe 4-H club members rais
ed $48.65 for President Roosevelt's
I infantile paralysis fund through tho
Ik sale of farm products donated by
P'i t£e members.
CRAIGHILL IS
HI-Y SPEAKER
Rev. F. H. Craighill, pastor of
the Church of the Good -Wuiplierd
and authority on nature lore, spdke
to the members of the junior and
senior boys Hi-Y clubs at their regiw
lar weekly sessions held at the Y.
M. 0. A. Ife discussed the valuo of
birds. .
Mike Carr and John Perry were
appointed by the senior club to
mak e arrangements for t' ie deputa
tion team wHidi will be brought
here from Davidson college. Henrj
Coghill, chairman; W. L. Harring
ton and D. B. Powell were appoint
ed to the program committee for
the joint meeting. Reese Bailey wa3
appointed to investigate the religi
ous survey.
At the junior meeting names
were submitted for membership. A
committee of Carl Gardner, chair
man; Bill Elliott, and John Daugl'-
tridge was appointed to work with
the senior club in drawing up a
program for the joint meeting.
Prominent Lawyer
Dies in Wilmington
Wilmington, March 2. —L. Clayton
Grant, prominent 'Wilmington attor
ney and former legislator and Stats
Senator, died here this morning at
3:30 o'clock of a cancer of the
throat.
He had been ill for sometime but
became critically ill only a few
•weeks ago after returning here from
New York, where he had undergone
treatment for his throat ailment.
Thrice a representative from New
Hanover county in the General As
sembly and once a Senator from this
district, Grant, one of the leading
trial lawyers of this section, hai
taken an active part in politics, his
last term of office was in tho 1933
legislature. In 1934 he entered the
race for the Democratic nomination
for Congressman from this district
but was defeated by J. Bayard
Clark, of Fayetteville.
Grant was widely known as a
trial lawyer and during his carear
defended more than 100 persons
charged with capital offenses, only
two of whom ever paid the supreme
penalty. One of these was Edg.tr
Leroy Sraoak, gassed last month at
Raleigh for the poison murder of
his daughter, Annie Thelma.
He is survived by his widow and
three daughters. Funeral arrange
ments have not been completed.
Virginia Growers
Get Large Amount
Richmond, Va., Feb. 26.—Virgin
ia tobacco growers received $23,-
021,775 for their 1937 flue-cured
and burley leaf crops, Henry M.
Taylor, statistician of the State De
partment of Agriculturo, reported
production sales of flue-cured toba-c
co in the 11 market cities of tho
state were 92,849,989 pounds for $20,-
628,786, an avgrago price of 22.22
cents a pound, Taylor reported.
Sales were about five per cent
greater than in 1936 with tho prico
average abpute the same.
Public Demands
Work Education
Wants Vocational Training For
Youths Who Will Not Get High
er Education
Chicago, Feb. 26.—-The American
public is demanding that secon
dary schools train their noncollege
bound pupils for successful compe
tition in commerce and industry,
Dr. William H. Johnson, superin
tendent of Chicago schools said to
day.
Dr. Johnson made the assertion in
describing a shift in tho education
al stress in Chicago's high schools
to put more emphasis on vocation
al training—a shift which has
brought widespread comment, some
favorable and somo unfavorable,
both in and out of scholastic eir
cles.
The new system of providing certi
ficates of accomplishment to grad
uates in commercial, industrial and
technical courses which do not qual
ify pupils for collego was inaugu
rated, Dr. Johnson said, after an
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ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1938
i BUSINESS IS
BETTER SAYS
BANK ORGAN
Signs that business, in some rj
spects, is better than reports indi
cate, were cited in a recent issui
of Banking, publication of Ameri
can Ba-nkers Association.
"At the beginning nf February,
for example," the publication said,
"public works and utility construc
tion contracts were closed amount
ing to more than twice the total
of the same period last year. Sim
ilar contracts by private engineer
ing concerns were also above last
year's records.
"These activities will require the
purchasing of supplies in a large
amount and the orders do not yet
appear in any statistical reports."
On basiy of lorg range outlook,
the survey said, "i' would seem
the prospects for the steel business
are better than they have been,
even during the period preceding
the rise which began two years
ago."
The publication reported "a con
siderable degree of hope prevails
in all quarters that basic recovery
will get under way during the
spring season but there is general
agreement that cooperation between
government, labor and business is
an absolute prerequisite."
DRINKING IN
27 COUNTIES
.During The Last Eight Months Of
1937, One-Fourth Of State Paid
Nearly Fiv e Million Dollars For
Booze
During tho last eight months of
1937 the 27 counties of North Caro
lina in which liquor stores are le
gally operated sold $4,446,541 worth
of booze on which the state col
lected $317,646 as seven per cent
sales tax. Is it any wonder that
the taxeaters and office holders in
Raleigh and other places are oppos
ed to closing up these hell holes
where they are getting in so much
money to keep them living at the
fountain headf
Durham county whisky stores led
the counties in the sale of bever
ages with $609,322, with Wake neic,
selling $411,482 in spite of its late
start. Tyrrell, which opened in No
vember, trailed, selling only $4,442
worth and paying $3lO in taxes.
Receipts to the federal govern
ment in liquor taxes during tho
whole of 1937 amounted to $587,-
622 from North Carolina, compare!
with $382,300 the previous year.
The counties operating liquor
stores, their gross sales and the tax
paid, as reported by Revenue Com
missioner Makwell, is as follows:
Gross Tax
County Sales Paid
Beautfort $114,495 $ 9,709
Bertie • • •.' 47,820 9,708
Carteret 80,325 5,622
Chowan 21,245 2,187
Craven 95,126 6,649
Cumberland .... 140,193 9,817
Dare 27,862 1950
Durham 609,322 42,652
Edgecombo .... 252,438 17,670
Franklin 107,530 7,527
Greene 39,202 2,731
Halifax 266,122 18,623
Johnston 242,280 16,959
Lenoir 214,713 15,029
Martin 105,791 7,405
Mo*or 0 176,366 12,373
Nash 164,963 13,648
New Hanover ... 375,993 26,319
Onslow 37,045 2,593
Pasquotank 107,728 7,540
Pitt 279,711 22,163
Tyrrell 4,442 310
Warren 79,082 5,533
Wilson 235,903 16,513
Vance 161,955 11,337
Washington .... 37,395 2,617
Wake 411,482 28,803
Total $4,446,541 $317,646
Used Cave for Glass Work
The first glass maker in Scotland
was George Hay (1566-1625). He
took advantage of a peculiarly
formed cave at Wemyss, on the Fife
coast, and set up his furnace there
in.
Farmers of Duplin County have
ordered 34,000 feet of drain tile co
operatively this winter.
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John Joseph Lorencik, twenty-two-year-old farmer, and hia bride
to-be, Henrietta WiLhelmina Pieper, seventy years old, a practical nnrse,
happily pose for their picture at Unlonville, Conn., for in a few weeks
they plan to marry. "They said she was too old for me to marry, that
I ought to find some one nearer my age," Lorencik said in commenting
on his forthcoming marriage. "Well, I know lots or that kind of girls,
and what would I have? Some one who has me out all night until three
in the morning running around."
N. C. Happy Over Announcement
of Hon. R. L. Doughton
We are glad to learn that Honorable R. L. Doughton has
announced that he will be candidate to succeed himself in
Congress this spring. That news will be welcome news to
every North Carolinian who loves his state. Congressman
Doughton has been President Roosevelt's strongest right
arm in making this Democratic Administration the great
success that it has been. The depression has been raised
and there is sunshine in the souls of millions that were
hungry and naked when this administration went into of
fice under the leadership of President Roosevelt.
Congressman Doughton is a man full of years and full
of honor and full of good works, but with it all he is
the youngest man in Congress, and we do not see how
North Carolina could have gotten along without his splen
did services. Mr. Doughton has had to carry on the work
of his own district, he is chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee of the nation, and his office has had to
handle most of the important matters that should have
been handled in the office of the Senior Senator of North
Carolina because Senator Bailey was out of harmony with
the White House and was unable to treat with the Presi
dent and this work naturally fell upon our distinguished
Congressman, R. L. Doughton.
BAILEY BELIEVES IN THE LAW OF THE JUNGLES,
"SURVIVAL OF THE STRONGEST."
Senator Bailey—we hardly know what to say about the
attitude of Senator Bailey. He believes that "Big Busi
ness" should be allowed to operate without any control, he
believes the power companies should be allowed to ope
rate without any regulation, he believes the trust and
holding companies should be permitted to form and ope
rate without any government control. And as for Crop
Control, he believes that the farmer should plant at will
without any kind of control and he believes its perfectly
alright for the tobacco companies to get together and fix
prices, yet he believes it is wrong for the farmer to act
together and operate under a control program and to cap
the climax in the mornings paper we find that he is op
posed to governmental control in trying to eradicate syph
ilis, the scurage and blight of the human race. He be
lieves in the law of the jungles, "the survival of force,"
rather than reason.
We had a lady to ask us this morning if we thought
Senator Bailey was himself. In reply to this question we
stated that evidently Senator Bailey must be himself be
cause he was the only senator that had voted against the
great National Relief Bill in the Congress and the only
Southerner to vote against the great farm control act. This
is in line with his record from the beginning of his mem
bership in Congress.
VOTE FOR FARM CONTROL ACT
We cannot cfose our paper this week without again call
ing to the attention of the farmers of the tobacco belt
the importance of voting and doing everything possible to
induce all of their neighbors and friends to vote for the
new Crop Control Act. We have not seen an honest to
goodness dirt farmer opposed to the act but still there is
propaganda being issued out from various sources and car
ried by numerous people for the purpose of creating fear
and putting distrust in the minds of those of short mem
ory.
It is absolutely necessary that lis act be adopted. The
farmer cannot expect the government to do anything else
for him until he has given this act a trial. If the act is a
failure then the farmer can ask t\ government to change
it. But unitil it is given a trial tu farmer just as well stay
out of Washington. We sincerely urge all tobacco raisers,
large and small, to support and vote for the adoption of
thi's new Crop Control Act.
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FLUE CURED
ACREAGESET
Washington, Feb. 24.—The AAA
announced today tentative state,
flue-cured tobacco acreage allotments]
under which soil conservation pay
ments will be made to growers this
year.
The allotments are independent of
the marketing quotas which will be
established for th e tobacco if grow
ers approve at a referendum on
March 12. The marketing quotas
will bo expressed in pounds.
The acreage allotments are:
Georgia between 71,000 and 7-I,OJC
acres.
South Carolina between 89,00)
and 91,000.
North Carolina between 575,000
and 580,000.
Virginia between 84,000 and 86,-
000.
FARM INCOME
JUMPS IN N.C.
North Carolina's principal farm
crops brought $196,587,000 in 19-
37, an increase of 13 per cent over
1936, according to Julian Mann,
extension statistician at Stato Col
lege.
This increase of nearly $26,000,000
wag probably brought about by thy
'above-average prices received for the
bumper tobacco crop produced last
year, Mann said.
Government payments for partici
pation in the agricultural 'conserva
tion program jumped sharply in 19-
37. In 1936 the payments amounted
to $4,302,000, while last year farm
ers received a total of $12,217,000.
Receipts from the sale of live-
I stock and livestock products showed
a slight decline in 1937. In 1936
the figure was $2,965,000; last year
it dropped off to $2,589,000.
Adding livestock, crops, and gov
ernment payments together, the 19-
37 total was $35,500,000 over that
of the previous year.
In all major geographical, divi
sions of the country, except the
north-western group, increases in
farm income wer e shown last year,
Mann pointed out.
In the South Atlantic division,
South Carolina and George were the
only states which slid backwards ii
1937.
The favorable prices received for
tobacco was perhaps the factor
which kept North Carolina from join
ing these states in a decreased in
come, th 6 statistician declared.
Next to Florida this this state
has the largest net increase in the.
southeastern division. Including
federal payments to farmers coop
erating in the conservation program,
North Carolina's increase was 17
per cent.
Legion To Meet
Friday Night
The regular meeting of the Cole
man-Pitt post of th© American Le
gion will be held at 7:30 o'clock
Friday night at the Duke luncheon
ette on the Tarboro highway, Com
mander J. Lewis Clinton announced.
The meeting will be in the form
of a Dutch supper, Commander
Clinton said as ho urged all mem
berg to attend.
A feature of the meeting, the
commander said, will be a discussion
of the forthcoming poet officers' con
ference to be held at Qoldsboro on
March 5-7, inclusive.
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ISOLATION IN FACT
American isolation, in world af
faire lias been intensified by the
recent development in Europe. A
result, there is almost complete
unanimity in the prediction that
Congress will speed passage of the
President's naval construction pro
gram. In fact, it would not be sur
prising if the bill, in addition, pro
vides for several auxiliaries recom-
I mended by Admiral Leahy.
That tho surprising reverdal of
British determination to go ahead
cent statements in this country on
the part of Secretary Hull and oth
er officials, denying any understand
ing or agreement with. Great Britian
involving the use of the American
fleet under any circumstances, leads
some observers to the opinion that
the British got tired of waiting for
cooperation from the American de
mocracy and decided that it must ar
range its affairs without regard Do
tho United States.
On this side of the Atlantic, the
British determination to go ahead ein
phasizes the isolation of the United
Slates and makes plain the neces
sity of adequate defense against all
contingencies. The United States,
having repeatedly asserted that it
preferred to face tho world alone,
is taken at its word and permittel
to make its own plans.
MEANS BIGGER NAVY
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs, as its hearings drew to a
close, heard Hear Admiral William
G. Du Bose, Chief of the Naval Bu
reau of Co®structiou and Repair,
declare that the new 35,000-ton bat
tleships now building are actually
larger than the 43,200 ton battle
ships which wore scrapped under
the provisions of the Washington
Treaty for the limitation of nav.Vt
armaments. At that time, tho Mon
tana and other ships of the •43,200-
ton class, under construction when
the limitation pact was signed, bas
ed their tonnage on the ship's fuel
capacity and full loaded with sup
plies and ammunnition. The ton
nage of the 35,000-ton ship now
building does not include the weight
of fuel, stores or supplies of any
kind. The North Carolina and Wash
ington, now being built will be 714
feet long and 108 feet wide. The
scrapped battleships would have
been 624 feet long and 104.8 fe«*t
wide.
ABOUT BATTLESHIPS
Admiral Du Bose wns questioned
by the Committee in regard to the
passage of battleships through the
Panama Canal and gave his opinion
that it would be possible to build
a 60,000-ton ship that would go
through the Canal. He pointed out
that every battleship in tho Navy
will be over-age by 1949 and all but
two of them by 1947. The fleet now,
ho said, is twelve and not fifteen
ships, as the New York, the Tex
as and the Arkansas have already
been delegated to training service
duty. He expressed the opinion that
the Pennsylvania, tho Arizona and
the Oklahoma, now with the fleet,
are already obsolete.
When asked how long it would
tako to accomplish tho projected
fleet expansion, Admiral Du Bose
replied, "From eight to ten years"
with existing facilities for construe •
tion. It would be possible, how
ever, he said, to use the three navy
yards and the three private yards,
equipped to build battleships, pro
vided additional equipment is in
stalled, to lay down three battle
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