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The Rocky Mount Herald VOLUME 5, NO. 28 Nash County Farm Tour Is Enjoyed By Large Group The second annual Naab County farm tour was witnessed by 51 peo ple Entranced J. 8. Sugg, Nash County Farm Demonstration Agent, who conducted the fai-m tour. The prize of a Sheaffer fountain pen furnished by the Ward Drug Company of Nashville for the best description of tour written went to Mrs. Frank P. Phillips of Battle boro. The second prize, a bag of fertilizer, furnished by firay R. King, went to J. G. Yick, Nashville, Route 1. The prize of one pair of overalls, far' the person responsible for the greatest number of people from any one community went to Mrs. Will May of the Corinth com munity. Occording to Mr. Sugg the farm ers gathered on the porch of the Nash County Court House at 8:45 A. M. on Tuesday morning, July 5, And received instructions pertaining to the schedule of the tour. From Nashville the tour proceeded to Cas talia where the group was shown a meadow strip which was Tory in teresting on the farm of W. J. Lan caster, a demonstration Service in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Servce and Soil Conser vation Service at Raleigh 'and Franklinton. The meadow strip was sown with Bermuda grass, White Dutch Clover, Red top clover, orch ard grass and lespedeza. There were 12 terraces in the meadow strip bringing water from an area of ap proximately 28 acres. The vegeta tion planted in the meadow strip held the soil and there was no sign of erosion from the large amount of water which it has carried. The strip 3 now being used by Mr. Lan caster for the purpose of grazing cows. The next stop was of very much interest. K 4-H club boy by the name of Charles Cone had on dis play a Beautiful Hereford steer which he is feeding to show at the State Fair next fall in competition with other baby beef projects of 4-H club members throughout the state. Charles pruchased the steer when it weighed 460 pounds. The steer is now eating 27 pounds of concentrates consisting of ground corn, cotton seed meal and molass es feed. In addition the steer has the hay he can eat. The steer will be sold for beef after the Fair. It is estimated that the steer is gaining three pounds per day at the present time. Rural electrification and its utili zations were topics of the next de monstration at M. F. Morgan's farm. Electrical appliances such as irons, ■vacum cleaner, fans, refrigerator, water heater, water pump, electric water for the grindstone, radio and varibus lightning fixtures were seen in operation at Mr. Morgan's. In addition to this electrification project a beautiful registered Perch eron stallion and a registered Ayer shire bull was shown the group while at Mr. Morgan's. From Mr. Morgan's farm the group journeyed to C. S. Bunn's farm where the most economical wa ter system in existence was viewed, the hydraulic ram. This ram has been used by Mr. Bunn for thir Old Hay House Dismantled To Build New Store Here Frame Building At Marigold And Main Will Be Replaced By Brick Market Dismantling of the old Hales and Edwards hay house, a frame stor age building at Marigold and S. E. Main street built in tho 1890's was begun yesterday. The structure will be replaced by a brick building which will house one of the new A & P "super markets," a type of self-service gro cery store that is being introduc ed into several cities of North Car olina. ''lf the weather permits, we hope to be operating in the new building by September 1," was the statement of A. Fant, district supervisor, as workmen began to desmantle the old hay house. The frame building had not been used in recent years except occa sionally for storage and the board of aldermen had considered con demning it. Tho Hales Edwards teen years with a maintenance cost of only #22.00. This ram jtas pow ered to operate by &,-sppng on ifr. Bunn's farm and furnishes ample water supply for the farm needs, two years ago. The colony hog house for the sani tary production of hogs wn« view ed at Mr. Bunn's also ami-a- great deal of interest was shown in the crop rotation plan that Mr. Bunn Mr. Bunn puts on land every year followed by cotton and then followell by tobacco. A beau tiful field of tobacco was seen grow ing on which soybeans had grown At J. A. Daniel's farm the group was convinced that it paid him to treat his cotton seed. On one field a beautiful stand of cotton was seen growing and in an adjoining -field where the seed were not treated, even though all other conditions wre the same, a poor stand was seen. While dinner was being prepared by Buck Overton at Sandy CTOBS J. W. Bone's yard wa a viewed by the crowd and Mrs. Gordon, Home Demonstration Agent, explained some of the very good points in home beautification. Mr. Bone had demonstrated to all who had made a visit to his place that a fine lawn can be made by planting the proper seed and preparing the soil properly before the seed are planted. While lunch was being served the Planters Golden Bell Boys furnish ed string band music for the group. At the first stop after dinner a longleaf pine planting demonstra tion was seen on the farm of Mrs. Susan J. Langley. Mr. Page, Assist at Extension Forester, from State College discussed the forestry prob lems of Nash County. A three year rotation was next explained on the farm of K. E. Bone and a vetch demonstration showing the value of vetch as a soil improv er was also explained. The purpose of the three year demonstration is to improve the soil and reduce the possibilities of disease infections in the soil. From there the crowd journeyed to the last stop on the farm of C. E. Bell. At this stop many things were to be seen. An electric water system was being installed in Mr. Bell's home which was in the proc ess of being remodeled. The Coun ty Agent explained the location of different parts of the water system and explained Mr. Bell's system of diversification in farming. The dif ferent sources of income which Mr. Bell had was brought out by the County Agent which amounted in number to thirteen. At this point the tour adjourned at 4 P. M. as per schedule. Agronomists at State College re port research results showing that where tests were made with lime and sweet clover over a period of yearu, corn yields were boosted from 39 to 63 bushels an acre and the produc tion cost was cut from 64 to 47 cents a bushel. Vance Lowe of the Elon College 4-H club recently purchased two pure bred Jersey heifers and one bull from Iredell breeders. Company, which originally used it, is believed to be the second busi ness house to be established in Rocky Mount, later becoming th-3 George S. Edwards Company. The property is now owned by B. D. Rabil, who is Building the new store. The building and the stor> altogether will represent an invest ment, District Supervisor Fant es timated, of $35,000 or more. The new struoture will be a one story brick building 126 by 41 feet, with 5,500 square feet of floor space. When completed it will be, Fant said, "one of the most mod ern and up-to-date stores in east ern Carolina." The "super-market" is a new kind of A & P store, ho said. Several of the "super-markets" have recently been opened in other cities of the state, one opening in Raleigh three weeks ago, in Hendersonville last week, and others in Charlotte, Durham and High Point. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1938 250,000 ARE PLEDGED TO DRIVE SAFELY , • v - ' - If all of the cars of all of the people who have pledged themselves to drive safely in the Purol-Pep Drive Safety Crusade were placed end to end, they would reach in a solid line from Raleigh, N. C., thru Atlanta, Ga., to Chattanooga, Tenn., according to latest figures made pub lic today by J. B. A. Daughtridge local Purol-Pep agent. Over one fourth million signed pledge cards have been turned in at the Crusade headquarters, he declared. The Drive Safely Crusade—now un | der way for over three mon,ths —is being conducted in Georgia, Tenne see and the Carolinas under the leadership of Wiley L. Moore, one of the South's leading citizens and president of the Wofford Oil Com pany, the Pure Oil Co. of Tenne see and the Pure Oil Co of the Carolinas. A red, white and blue "Pledged To Drive Safely" emblem that fas tens on the license plate is given to each person who signs th pledge and thousands of these safety re minders are now traveling the streets and highways of Dixie. Day by day, the number of emblems is increasing and each one represents a driver who has not only pledged himself to drive safely, but who is doing his part to help make the other fellow safety conscious too. Cash prize contests conducted in connection with the Drive Bafely Crusade have helped to popularize the subjet of safe driving. The con tests are based on some phase of the safety problem. For instance, $3,- 750 will be given away in July in a contest centered around a picture in which there are traffic mistakes for the contestants to discover. F'rst prize is $500.00. Thousands have already entered the preceding contests in this se ries. At first, the congests were lim ited to drivers only, but now they are open to everyone who is a legal resident of Georgia, the Carolinas or Tennessee, in the belief that every body needs to take an interst in safe driving, regardlss of whether they drive an automobile or not. Motorists who have not yet en listed in the Drive Safely Crusade are invited to visit any Purol-Pep dealer for full information. The op portunity to help with the cafety problem will be quickly provided. Infant Dies From Dose of Box Lye Four-Month B Old Negro Child Al legedly Fed Concoction By Nurse Tarboro, July 6.—Mary Lee Dick ens, a nine year old Negro nurse from Marten County, admitted today that she mixed a solution of box lye, sugar and water, and gave it to four-months-old baby girl of Percy Harrison, Negro tenant farm, on the Orb Savage farm, near Speed. Harrison was in the field yester day when the Negro girl ran tJ him and said the little baby had a funny look. The father ran to the honse, where he found tho cliild dead, with evidence of tho box lye oozing out of it s mouth. Asked to explain, the girl said she was "playing" and "didn't know" that the stuff was poisonous. Harrison came to Tarboro this morning, and told Sheriff W. E. Bardin and Clerk of Superior Court A. T. Walston, who turned tho case over to Mary Ellen Forbes, welfare and child delinquent head for Edgecombe. Mrs. Forbes stated at noon that she didn't know what J action would be taTcen as there was: no home for wayward and uncon-1 trollable Negro girls in the state. Coroner J. G. Raby said that he would investigate but that all the facts tended to show that the baby died as the result of having Been given poison. Harrison obtained the girl from Oak City for the summer to look after Ms two children, aged 3 years and four months. The three year old child was unharmed. Attorneys say there is nothing that can be done with the Negro girl whether sho intended to kill or did it accidntally. It's an easy matter to chase any man you can get on the run. L| J§i| ||| J J:\ ] pi ' A At work on a reconstruction of • life-sized head of the largest pleisto cene bison skull ever found are Miss Ardis McNeil and William O. Huff, who are preparing Ate exhibit as a part of the display of the University •f California at the 1939 Golden Gate International exposition. R. A. Fountain and Son Build New Warehouse In Farmville The tobacco market at Farmville will open this season with five to bacco warehouses. Prior to this season four houses have been run in Farmville by two firms. R. A. Fountain and sons ol Fountain, will open a new house there this fall nd the building is now under con strustidn. This new warehouse will bo known as Fountains warehouse and will be one of the most up to-date and modern in the state and large enough when filled with to bacco for a days sale with one set of buyers. Farmville market is one of the largest markets of the state and right in the heart,of the flue cure tobacco belt. NEW BRIDGE IS NEARLY COMPLETED Construction On Falls Road Bridge Expected To Be Completed By August 1 The Falls Road highway bridge, unider construction since June of last year, will probably be complet ed by August 1, it has been learn ed from W. O. Sessoms, superin tendent of construction. The floor of tho $87,000 bridge jias been practically finislied and the concrete siderails are martially com pleted. The approaches to the bridge are being graded and remain to be paved. The new bridge will offer a 36- foot roadway for highway traffic, nearly doubling the traffic width of tlie old bridge, aliout 20 feet. The roadway will be flanked by two five foot sidewalks. Constructed of reinforced concrete, the bridge will Be of a modern de sign similar to the Tar river bridge on the Battleboro highway at the northern edge of the city. It is ex pected to improve the appearance of the Falls Road" dFossing and to offer greater visibility. The bridge is being constructed by Kiker and Yount, contractors of lteiclsvelle. During the past 12 months 40 to 50 men have been em ployed in the construction. Work of the bridge was seriously delayed in the spring by the flood ing of Tar river, which washed away temporary Bridges and caused some of the construction machinery to ba I lost in the river. Further delay re sulted from unfavorable conditions I unexpectedly found at the river bed when the work of setting piles was begun. Prompt applications of quick-act ing fertilizer, such as nitrate of soda, are advocated for corn, cotton, sweet j potatoes by agronomists of the North Carolina Experiment Station due to the constant rains which have leached out the original plant food material. George Lathan has been declared the champion wheat grower of Union County with a yield of 58 bushels per acre. Ho turned under a heavy crop of cowpeas and used 500 pounds of 16 percent, superphosphate per acre in preparing his land for the wheat. DEATH TOLL OF HOLIDAY REACHES 517 The 72 hourg of the Independence Day week-end brought violent deaths to at least 517 persong in the Unit ed States. In contrast to the Fourth of July of other days—when hospitals were filled with fireworks victims—only three persons throughout tho nation were killed by that cause. Tho greatest destroyer of lives was automobile accidents which kill ed 258. The second greatest number of fatalities was 141 drownings. Twenty persons killed themselves and 27 more were shot by other persons, mainly by accident. Trains killed 18 and the remain ing 50 fatalities resulted from such causes as lightning and accidents in the home. More died in New York State than in any other—39 —of which 2l were automobile accident deaths. Pennsylvania had the next worst record with 33 while Michigan re corded 29 and niinois 28. Nebraska and Nevada were the only two states without a violent death in the three days. Violence and accidents caused at least 15 deaths in North Carolina during the week-end period. Barbara Ellen Jones, seven-year old Mecklenburg county girl went swimming with friends in the Ca tawba river Mjonday and was drown ed. Carol Briggs, 16, of Craddock, Va., drowned at Bay View, Pamlico river resort, 19 miles from Wash ington, N. C., and Robert Gibson, 19, negro, met similar death in a mill pond near Laurinburg. Joteeph O. Barbour, 15, of Ra leigh, slipped down a stair while I playing and was injured fatally. Automobile mishaps took the larg est toll. Daniel Cecil Kennington, 22 an electrician in the United States Na vy, was hurt fatally when liis car left the road near Statesville. He was the son of Rev. R. H. Ken nington, Methodist minister, of Nor wood. Two youths, Weldon Parrot, 19, and Herman Hickling, of Burling ton, were killed when their auto mobile overturned near Elizabeth town. A highway accident near Charlotte cost the lives of James Caldwell and V. L. Thompson, both of Mooresville. George Edwards, cotton mill work er, was killed by a hit-and-run au tomobile near Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. George Kelly, 50, died in a Fayetteville hospital from injuries suffered in a grade crossing acci dent. Coroner Mitchell, of Cabarrus' county, said William Baxter Par nell, 32 confessed he fatally stab bed his sister-in-law, Martha Jane Fink, 19, after he had chewed a root which a negro fortune teller gave him. Two negroes were killed in knif ing and shooting scrapes at Ra leigh. Another negro was shot to death at Albemarle. | Is The Mayor Practicing His Slogan? It has been a custom in Kocky Mount for the city bank ing business to be divided among the banks in fact the Sanies have demanded ft and rightfully so. According t» agreement the City's banking business is carried on by one £ank one yeaij and the next year by the other bank and when we had three commercial banks it rotated among the three. The city insurance business formerly was written by two firms Wilkns-Bulluck Insurance Company and Kocky Mount Insurance and Kealty Company, until a great protest among the other insurance agencies arose and the public's insurance business of the Icity was divided and much ot the city business is carried on this way except the legal business of the city. Up until about 12or 15 years ago the city never had a regular employed attorney and the legal business of the city was handled by the late L. V. Bassett. Some time pror to Mr. Bassett's death the pres ent city attorneys, Messrs. William Thorpe and Isaac Thorpe received their license and. were appointed city attorneys and Senator L. V. Bassett, a man of great legal experience was supplanted with salary at S2OO per month besides re, ceiving attorneys fee in tax suits which has given these gentlemen according to the best information this paper can get between three and four thousand dollars per year since their appointment which was in tlhe neighborhood of twelve or fifteen years ago, receiving this money apparently with out even the formality of a new election or if there has been a new election it has never been given out to the press or the salaries. The lawyers have stood around on the streets and discussed this unfairness, but lacking the bold ness of the banks, insurance companies and other business interests have done their talking on the streets and not be-' fore the Board of Aldermen for they felt it probably lacked some dignity which they threw otf last Saturday. The Mayor of Kocky Mount's slogan, Mayor J. Q. Kobin son in his campaign last year for mayor against Honorable T. W. Coleman, the incumbent, was "passing the honors around." Now we have no criticisms to otter of Messrs. Thorpe ana Thorpe but certainly there are many firms of lawyers that are peers in every capacity of the city at torneys and when they were appointed beng largely with out experience supplanted, probably the ablest lawyer in this character of practice in eastern Carolina when they were without experience. The city has always followed the practice since these attorneys were appointed when it had important litigation of employing assistance for the city attorneys. The last suit the city had of any consequence was the Hamilton case, in this suit in addition to the city attorney Messrs. Spruill and Spruill were paid 5)5450, Messrs. Battle anu Winslow $450 and Mr. J. P. Bunn and T. T. Thorne were to help to try he case should it reach the jury which it never did. Mr. Bunn S2OO and Mr. Thorne $125 so it shows that the Board of Aldermen does consider that Kocky Mount has attorneys which it considers the peers of the present city attorney in every respect and capacity. But why should the City of Kocky Mount need these lawyers to sit in their meetings every meeting* like wet nurses when the mayor himself is an outstanding lawyer, lhe mayor pro-tem an unusual outstanding lawyer and 4 he city man ager hmself a lawyer ot capacity, yet it appears that the Board in order to give recognition to these ci'y attorneys cannot meet or does not meet without them or one of them. This attorneyship was created according to informal o:i un der the mayorahty of L. L. Gravely who is a veiv co.-e friend ot the owner of the tivening Telegram who i* a, brother-in-law of the present city attorney. Other l rj in Kocky Mount have wives and children who at times have been in need. Mow is it fair that the city bujness shall be conducted by one firm or lawyers with ti. sr?at number ot lawyers m Kocky Mount who can do the work. These lawyers families need bread and meat and some on the luxuries that this salary is buying tor the city attorney. LAWYERS URGE CHANGE IN RULES OF ETHICS The district meeting of the Bar Association here last Saturday brought a very discouraging outlook for the fu ture of the average lawyer. According to press reports and information received from attending persons. In time past ib has been considered highly unprofessional for a lawyer to seek business and subject to disbarment. The lawyers here last Saturday went on record as favoring a change in the rules so as to permit lawyers to advertise their wares in competition with other agencies which are not only ad vertising their capacity to do legal work but sending solici tors out for this purpose. The question might be asked is not the lawyer himself responsible tor this trying con dition. For the past 10 or 12 years a tew corporation law yers in the state have put through the Legislature laws that practically take from the average citizen the right to have his case tried by a jury of his peers. This same class of lawyers under took to limit th e supply of lawyers by new, unnecessary requirements, but still the number of lawyers has not decreased and the offshot and summary df the whole thing is that th e lawyer has at last awaken ed to find that there are no longer courts to need their services. It appears that in only a short time many of the judges wlil lose their jobs for in this section the judges are not holding courts more than half time, and then the (matters are so trivial as to not require much attention. At the district meeting in Franklin a Supreme Court Judge addressed the association and urged higher salaries for judges when the judges were receiving 8 thousand dollars salaries already, and when the lawyers whom they were ad lars. $8,000.00 seems a hefty salary for judges in compari son to the meager drippings of lawyers who heppen not to be of the favored class, many having to'seek relief jobs. ———— —————— . —I ■ ■ ~NOTI ~ Those desiring to subscribe to The Rocky Mount Herald may do so by sending SI.OO with name and ad dress to The Rocky Mount Herald, Rocky Mount, N. (S. Name Town State Route No SI.OO PER YEAH
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