The Rocky Mount Herald
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 31
GROUP PUNS TO INVESTIGATE
* POOR HOUSE OPERATING PLAN
The operating policy calling for
the discharge of inmates and the
possible conversion of the Martin
County home into a tuberculosis
sanatorium la likely to be investi
gated by a group of local citizens
at the regular meeting of the com
missioners here next Monday.
"We axe not well acquainted with
the new-fangled policies, and until
we learn the motive behind the
plan there'll be no charges against
anyone," the spokesman for a group
of fifteen or twenty citizens ex
plained.
Opposition to the apparent move
to clear the poor house of its in
mates developed when one of the
poverty victims was asked to ac
cept s2o a month and vacate: Left
on Williamston's main street, the
former poor house inmate sought
shelter in the common jail the first
night, but was returned to the home
last night by welfare authorities.
Two or three inmates left the
home some time ago, and others are
said to h&re b&n directed to va
cate as soon aa possible. Several
victims of tuberculosis have been
moved into the home, but a definite;
policy for closing the home to the
poverty stricken and converting it
into a sanatorium has not been
formulated, it is understood. '
While the large number of tuber
culosis victims presents a problem
within itself, current public opinion
is against turning out one group and
taking in another unless the change
can be effected satisfactorily.
The proposed conversion program
is being sponsored by welfare agen
cies -Wi lliamsto n.
Nash Young Lady
Gets 4-H Post
The annual 4-H Club Short Course
at N. 0. State College in Raleigh
Saturday after installation of new
officers at ■ a candle-lighting cere
mony.
The newly-elected officers are:
Archia Prevatte of Robeson county,
president; Miriam Sexton of Nash,
vice president; Margaret Wagoner of
Guilford, Secretary and Harold
Shaap of Alamance, historian.
Miss Sexton is daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. E. C. Sexton, now of
Rocky Mount but pastor of the Mo
meyer Baptist church for many
years.
Tarboro Horse Is First
In Agawam Park Feature
Agawam, Mass, Aug. I.—Black
stone, drive iby the veteran Dr.
Hugh Parst all, today walked off
with the feature grand circuit race,
The Nation il, at Agawam Park.
Blackstom i, black colt, which ha 8
been one o: i the outstanding pacers
of the seas p, won the first heat in
2.07 and & vered the second mile
heat in 2.08 } Duke of York furnish
ed the con' fcntion in both heats.
Blackstom topflight 2-year-old pa
cer is owni d by Ben J. Mayo cf
Tarboro, N. jC.
During h: i previous starts last
month. Bla kstone was cheated out
of possible victories because of
rain. At O d Orchard Beach, Me.,
Blackstone 1 'on the first heat of the
2-year-old h adlin'3 event, ana theu
a downpour I halted the program.
Rain contin ed until the grand cir
cuit moved >ere.
Last Prid y, Blackstone captured
the first hei s in the featured "The
American," *nd again rain""\ halted
the day's racing.
Harris No in, in the second heat of
the classifie I trot, accounted for
the biggest layoff of the day. Driv
en by Elia i, the trotter finished!
strong to f aish second behind
Knight Han ivfr, and paid its back
ers $135.40 or place tickets.
Cherry H mover won > the day's
opening raci, the 2-year-old trot, by
finishing firi t in both heats.
Arch Han iTer won the second di
vision of th . Classified Trot by fin
ishing secoi d in the opening heat
and taking the second handily.
The daily double today paid $115,-
80 for the >aekers of Cherry Han
over and H ivoline.
Knight H mover took the Classi
fied Trot, ai d Atlantic Hanover won
the 3-ycar-i Id pace, "The Arden,"
which carrit 1 a purse of SBOO.
Yeggs Crack Safe
Get Postal Funds
Tarboro, Aug. i.—Experienced
yeggmen blew open the postoffice
safe at Speed, 15 miles from Tar
boro, early thi 8 morning and escap
ed with about SIOO in cash and
SIOO in checks.
Postmaster R. H. Langston found
the safe blown off its hinges, lying
in a mass of clothing, when he
ojpened the store this morning. Small
wires led from soap on the door to
the outside window, where tracks of
a car gave Sheriff W. F. Bardin
reason to believe that the wires had
been tapped to a car battery after
nitroglycerine had been poured in- J
to the combinations.
Mr. Langston runs a small store
in connection with the postoffice
and he said that S4O of the cash
taken belonged to the government
for stamps and money orders and
the other S6O to him for his store
sales.
The Sheriff and his men took,
finger prints and forwarded them to
: Raleigh. No one heard any noise
and hothing was known af the rob
bery until Langston found the
wreckage.
REYNOLDS SPEAKS
More than 140,000 privies, involv
ing a total cost in labor and ma
terials of $3,864,871.20 have been
built in North Carolina, in connec
tion with the Community Sanitation
Program, it was announced by Dr.
Carl V. Reynolds, State Health Of
ficer.
This program, which is sponsor
ed by the State Board of Health, is
carried on in cooperation with the
Works Progress Administration and
with the United States Public Health
Bervice and property owners..
"I consider this undertaking an
outstanding service to the State of
North Carolina," Dr. Reynoldg de
clares, "in that it furnishes sani
tary conveniences to a class who,
otherwise, would be unable to secure
them, but its major importance lies
in the fact that it works toward the
prevention of typhoid fever, diar
rhea, dysentery, hookworm and oth
er diseases which may become preva
lent through the absence of ade
quate sanitary facilities."
Nash County received 66.
HOEY TO SPEAK
AT TEST FARM
________
Raleigh, Aug 4—Governor Clyde
R. Hoey will be the principal speak
er at the N. C. Department of Ag
riculture's Upper Coastal Plain Test
Farm, near Rocky Mount, at the
field day exercises Thursday, Aug
ust 11, Commissioner of Agriculture
W. Kerr Scott announced today.
Millard F. Jones, President of the
Planters National Bank, Rocky-
Mount, will be chairman for the day
which will be devoted to tours of the
test farm, agricultural exhibits, in
addition to the addresses.
Commissioner Scott will speak on
"An Adequate Marketing Program,
A Need in North Carolina Today."
Assistant to Commissioner D. S,
Coltrane will speak on "Methods by
which the North Carolina Fertilizer
Bill Can Bo Reduced By Two Mil
lion Dollars;" Dr. R. F. Poole, North
Carolina Experiment Station Pathol
ogist, will speak on "Peanut Disease
Problems;" and E. F. Arnold, Exe
cutive Secretary of the N. C. Farm
Bureau Federation, will also speak.
W. G. Clark of Tarboro will intro
duce Governor Hoey.
Mrs. E. P. Van Landingham, Edge
combe County Home Demonstration
Agent, will be chairman of the la
dies' program, which will begin at
2 P. M. Misg Rose Ellwood Bryan,
Extension Agent-at-Large, will give
a demonstration, "The Charming
Hostess."
A workstock pulling contest will be
featured in the afternoon under the
direction of Edgecombe County
Agent J. 0. Powell assisted by Qua
E. Lancaster, an Edgecombe county
farmer. David Weaver of State Col-
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1938
Medical Venture
Now Faces Probe
.Justice Department Seeks To Deter
mine Status Of ''Organized
Medicine"
i Washington, Aug. 1. —The justice
department soon will begin a grand
jury investigation to determine
whether "organized medicine" has
violated anti-trust laws in opposing
; a cooperative health society.
The decision to conduct the in
quiry was announced last night, by
Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney
general, who said the outcome would
have "far-reaching consequence on
one of our most pressing problems."
The immediate issue was a situa
tion which arose in Washington af
ter 2,500 federal employes formed
Groijjp Health Association, Inc. The
organization retained its own physi
cians to provide full medical care
for members, who pay monthly fees.
The immediate issue was a situa
tion which arose in Washington af
ter 2,500 federal employes formed
Group Health Association, Inc. The
organization retained its own physi
cians to provide full medical care
for members, who pay monthly fees.
Arnold said the American Medical
Association, the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia and some
officials of both had tried to prevent
operation of the Association.
Those accused, he declared, had
threatened expulsion from the Dis
trict Medical Society of doctors
who accept employment with Group
Health Association or who consult
with its physicions. Staff doctors
of the Cooperative Society, he added,
had been excluded from Washington
hospitals.
Arnold said the justice department
considers this a violation of the an
ti-trust laws because "it is an attempt
on the part of one group of physi
cians to prevent qualified doctors
from carrying on their calling and
to prevent members of Group Health
Association from selecting physicians
of their own choice."
Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the
Journal of the American Medical
Association, said in Chicago that the
Association might comment on Ar
nold's statement in a day or two.
Mrs. Owen Injured
In Gar Accident
Mrs. Joe Owens Of Macclesfield Is
In Critical Condition At
Tarboro
Tarboro, Aug. I.—Mrs. Joe Owens
of Macclesfield, 58, was in a criti
cal condition in a loUal hospital
this afternoon as a result of an
automobile collision lost night.
Attendants at the Edgecombe Gen
eral hospital said she suffered a
broken nose, broken arm, cuts about
the face and head and body, and
possibly fatal internal injuries. Her
condition today was considered less
encouraging than when she was ad
mitted to the hospital last night.
Her husband and 19 years old
daughter, Louise, were overnight pa
tients at the hosjpital with minor in
juries suffered in the accident.
A car driven by Walter Phillips
of Macclesfield sideswiped Owens'
car lost night on the Tarboro-Crisp
highway, Owen s told Highway Pa
trolman Otley Leary. The patrol
man charged Phillips with recklesa
driving and set his bond at SSOO.
According to Owens, his car was
meeting three cars on the highway
between Tarboro and Crisp when
the last of the three cars attempt
ed to pass the other two. The one
driven by Philips, failed to pass the
two cars safely and collided with
Owens' car. Phillips' car ran into a
ditch after the collision, but Phil
lips escaped serious injury,
N. T. Parker, a passer-by, brought
Owens and his wife and daughter to
the Tarboro hospital about 9:30
o'clock last night.
Farmers, warehousemen, and busi
ness men are watching closely the
opening of tobacco markets to s'Je
the effect of the new AAA program
and adverse weather conditions on
prices. North Carolina farmers will
get their first chance' to offer this
year's crop when the Border Belt
warehouses open August 4.
lege and Paul L. Fletcher, of the
Stat Department of Agriculture, will
have charg of the "dynamometer,"
7device used to determine the pulling
-ability of workstock teams.
Tammany' Types Plea for Survival
i mBHBH
"Tammany," pet cat of the New York city hall for the past nine
years, for whose sake Deputy titayor Henry H. Curran declared the
building was in a state of siege for several days after it was rumored
that the department of public bußdtngs and the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty fa; Animals had entered into a conspiracy to liquidate
the feline, is shown at the typewriter. Mr. Curran, in a letter to Edward
H. Markham of the department oI public buildings, asserted that "Tam
many" had rid the city hall of rats and was the wisest and bravest •(
all cats.
Foundation Stone of a Democracy
Is Honesty In Elections
Democracy in which is the rule of the peo
ple through its elected servants and officers must depend
upon honesty in elections'.And the failure of a government
to give honest elections when it has the authority and the
responsibility to see that we do have fair elections is one
of the greatest blows Democratic government can receive.
The government selects these officials and many of the
officials have been caught in fraudulent acts and yet none
of these officials have been indicted or even had charges
brought against them. Now whose duty is it to see that
the law is enforced? There are plenty of laws on the books
to give honest elections but the laws are not being en
forced. Why will the solicitor send a poor negro to jail
for selling a pint of moonlight liquor or for stealing a wa
termelon yet they will not prosecute a violation of the elec
tion laws ? The Governor under the law has the power to di
rect the attorney general to prosecute violations of the
law but it has not been done. A member of the election
board made a statement last week that more than 23 per
cent of the entire votes of,. Pavidson County was absen
tee and that many of the precincts voted more than 40
per cent absentee. One Justice of Peace is reported to have
taken 780 probates and one doctor is supposed to have cer
tified more ill people than he could possibly have called on
in any day, in fact several days. This condition exists. At
torneys in this case have been assaulted with no prosecu
tions. They have carried pistols to protect themselves and
were indicted by those who undertook the assault them
but the ones who assaulted these gentlemen have never
been prosecuted. Is the solicitor and the Judge in league
with this kind of thing? Is the arms of the law short? We
do not think so.
But the legislature has been called in extraordinary ses
sion to meet on the Bth, and unless the governing Author
ities are willing to take some steps to give us honest elec
tions, certainly the Legislature should give relief in this
special session. Major McLendon mapager of Governor
Ehringhaus' campaign and his chairman of the Board of
Elections said that he was well acquainted with the steal
ing of elections in North Carolina and nobody doubts that
he is acquainted with it. He is reported to have made the
statement that the practice of stealing was a disgrace among
men and unsightly before the Lord. Now we can not have
Democracy when officials are stolen by corrupt election of
ficials. The fundation of Democratic government is honest
elections. A woman was convicted of running a disorder
ly house in this community and she undertook to prove that
sne ran an rderly, disorderly house. The Judge said that
there was no such thing as an orderly, disorderly house
tor the foundation of such a house was disorder and
there wasn't anything connected with it that could make
.it orderiv. You can have no Democracy where officers are
I stolen. The foundation of Democracy is Honesty in Elections.
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ROCKY MOUNT'S MARKET CONSTANT AND STEADY
The Eastern Carolinas tobacco market will open on Aug
ust 25tfi. It is expected that the prices will be as good as
last year, according to the reports from the Georgia
markets. Rocky Mount, the gate way for northeastern
North Carolina is equipped in every way to take care of the
large sales of tobacco which are expected to come here
this fall. Its tobacco market is convenient and well locat
ed for the convenience of the farmer and in close proxi
mity to the business district. Rocky Mount is one f the
earliest markets developed in Eastern Carolina and its
grSwTh has been steady and constant. The mushroom ball
hoo wh'ich has been characteristic of many markets has
never been resorted to in Rocky Mount. Its history and
record is its most dependable advertisement.
REQUEST OF STATE INSTITUTIONS AMOUNTS TO
EIGHT MILLIONS
The State institutions have filed request with the State
Budget Bureau for eight million dollars worth of additional
buiidings. Now the Legislature has been called into extra
Legislature session for the purpose of making laws and
appropriations to match grants from the Federal relief
fund. We believe that this is an opportune time to secure
needed buildings but we do not think it wise or expedient
just because some money is in sight to build buildings that
are not needed. It is not only an extravagance but there
is nothing that will destroy an institution quicker than too
many unused buildings and too much unused equipment.
This condition Ts much worse, than to be reasonably short
of "buildings and equipment.
Go to a town that building after building is empty and you
would not think of starting a new business in that city.
REVERED MINISTER HONORED
ON NINETIETH BIRTHDAY SUN.
O. H. Lindsay, 36,
Dies Here
Parcel Post Clerk At Local Post Of
fice Died In Hospital
Oliver H. Lindsay, 36, who for the
past 15 years had been connected
with the local post office, died in a
local hospital following an illness
of around two months.
Funeral services were conducted
from Trinity Lutheran church at 4:-
1 30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by
Rev. C. Ross Ritchie, pastor, assiat
| ed by Rev. A. E. Simerly, pastor of
| the First Christian church.
Survivors include the widow and
two children, Donald Edwin, 7, and
Jannice, 2; his father, Joe Lindaay
and his step-mother, Mrs. Lindsay;
all of Rocky Mount, and a sister,
Miss Anne Lindsay of Philadelphia.
.Mr. Lindsay, who lived at No. 600
B'uena Vista Avenue, had been par
cel post clerk, holding one of the
windows at the local postoffice, for
the past three years. Prior to that
time he had been on the general de
livery routes.
A member of the Lutheran church
and of the Junior Order members
of the latter served as pall bearers.
HEALTH KING
For the second consecutive year,
the crown of the North Carolina 4-H
King of Health has been placed on
the head of an Ousley.
This year, Clifford, strapping 16-
year-old youngster of Harnett Coun
ty, won the coveted award at the an
nual 4-H Short Course hold at State
College last week. Last year,
his brother, H. C., was crowned as
|he healthiest club boy in the State
at the same event.
Queen of -Health this year is
Ruth King, 16-year-old Iredell Coun
ty club girl.
This year's Short Course was at-'
tended by 850 farm boys and girls ,
from 93 counties, delegates coming
from as far west as Cherokee and J
Dare County.
During the week they took active
part in a balanced program of re
creation and education. Demonstra-j
The North Carolina flue-cured to
bacco marketing quota for the 1938- j
39 marketing year to be apportioned
among growers is approximately
494,934,000 pounds, reveals E. Y.'
Floyd, AAA executive officer at
State College.
P.-T.A INSTITUTE IN
CHAPEL HILL AUGUST 812
To prepare local leaders for bet
ter work in their communities, the
N. C. Congress of Parents and
Teachers and the University of
North Carolina will offer a five-day
training course to bo held at Chap
el Hill, August 8-12. This Institute,
for which certificate credit is given, |
is the eleventh annual session, hav-1
ing been startd in 1927. Attendance
of several hundrd is expected; op
ening session i 8 at 7:30 Monday ev
ening in Hill Music Hall.
Director of the Institute is Mrs.
J. Buren Sddbury of Wilmington,
under whoso presidency the North
Carolina P. T. A. attained a record
enrollment of 65,630 members for
the past school year. Mr. Russell
Eight million dollars ia a large amount of money though
the country has been dealing in large figures lately. Some
businesses alone are v/orth a billion dollars- With all the
improvements that have been spent on state institutions it
is hard for us to believe that there is need for eight million
dollars worth of new buildings but we feel sure that the
Budget Bureau will make due investigation and act accord
ingly.
NOTICE
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I.OO PER YEA*
The Rev. John 8. Moore was the
guest at a Children's Day HOOM>»
coming rennion fete, in honor of'
the revered church worker'* nine
tieth birthday on Sunday, July 31,
at Woodland Friends church neat
Genoa.
Program at the big gathering
consisted of exercises by the chil
dren, an address by Hugh W.
Moore, eon of the guest, and im
promptu tributes to the guest of
honor in the morning, followed by
a picnic dinner at noon.
Mr. Moore has long been an efi
fective church worker in the Friend*
church, and still holds membership
in th Woodland church, where he
has served as part time minister for
many years. He was visiting min
ister of 'New Hojpe for 20 years, and
he organized the Rhodes church in
Grantham township, where he haa
been pastor since its organisation
47 yars ago.
He has held appointments at Ga
sey's school, near where fimmui
Baptist church i« located, and tor
several years aided in Sunday school
work in a chapel at the old Arling
ton Mill site.
A farmer of some note in thia
section, Mr. Moore has «old much
produce in Goldsboro, and he own*
Myrtle Springs, whose water is u*ed
by many people in Goldsboro for
healthful qualities found in its min
erals.
Mr. Moore is the son of the late
Mr. audMrs. Curtis Moore, and has
a brother, Dr. Jesse H. Moore, who
for 30 years ha« been a profes
sor in Lincoln Memorial University,
Tennessee. They have a son, Hugh
W. Moore, anil a daughter, Mrs.
ltose Herring of Wilson, Another
sou, Ezra, died while participating
in Friends rehabilitation work in
France during the World War.
By a former marriage, Mr. Moore
lias two living children: Mrs. Min
nie Southerland, Mt. Olive, and
Mrs. Laura Edgerton, Kocky Mount,
lie has six grandchildren and 3
great grandchildren.
His late wife, who was his helper
in church wfork for ntunyyears,
and he were educated in the pah
lic and private subscript! n schools
near their communities as thjy
grew up. Some of the schools ware
sponsored by the Friends of thj Bal
timore Yearly Conference.
Hundreds of friend* throughout
the county and els. « h re vv.jrt! i.i
vited and :o bring their ;> "lie bas
kets to help commentur:.: 3 the
birthday of Rev. Mr. Moor.-.
M. Brum man, director of the Uni
versity Extension Division, ia in
charge of arrangements at Chapel
Hill.
Those attending the Institute will
bo quartered on the campus in Ay
cock Dormitory. In addition to clasa
| ea three times a day, there will be
j informal social affairs including a
j reception by the Chapel Hill P. T.
A. on Monday and a visit to Duka
University 011 Thursday evening for
a carillon recital.
Principal visiting speaker is Miss
Clarice Wade of Washington, D. C.
[publicity secretary of the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
who will present various phases
work at different sessions.