North Carolina Newspapers

The Rocky Mo vqtfeg»,wm»w» . * —■ ■ , XOOQ For Cotton Appears Certain CawMdUr Cr«tt Corporation Pro gram Still Lack* Wallace'* COB * Srmatlon Washington, Aug. 16. —A commod ity credit corporation loan program for 1938 cotton appeared certain to day, but lacked Secretary Wallace'i ♦ confirmation. The closing average price of cot ton on ten designated spot markets fell yesterday below a level which Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion officials have said would make a loan mandatory. The closing spot price was 3.20 i cents a pound. "he level fixeo in the IP3B farm ac' at whiah a loan program becomes r.wndatory is H. 25 cents a pound on tlie basis of th > latest calculation. Tin minimum tate at wh • . the nri.culture a»cr«taiy may fix the loan is 52 per cent, of parity, which is an estimated 8.25 cents a pound. The maximum is 75 per cent, or as liigh as 11.80 cents a pound on the present parity figure of 15.87 cents ' a pound. AAA officials have indicated that if cotton loans are made they will be at or near the minimum. Suc.i was the case of wheat loan.' recent ly approved by Wallace and govern ' 4 ed by the same for nun as cotton. Officials said thoy wer>( prepared to go ahead with a coitoa loan pro gram and disclosed two possible dif ferences between a J 933 program and the one in oporaho.i lsa year, when * the rate was nine ceti ~i a pound. They said one wonll be a require ment that all applications clear through AAA county committees to determine the.eligibility of produc ers far loans, principally compli ance with' acreage allotments. The ' miums on cotton of higher quality, other would . be, provision for pro- The 1938 cotton production esti mate is 11,988,000 bales. This year's carry-over is 13,400,000 bales, in eluding 7,000,000 bales of govern ment holdings. INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES AT ANNUAL CONVENTION Representatives of the Rocky ' Mount DhTtrlct' of the Southern Dix ie Life Insurance Company have re turned from Wrightsville Beach where they attended the annual convention given by the company. The convention was held August 3,1 4, and 5. The following, having made all qualifications of the home of fice, were entitled to the trip. Mr. ' and Mrs. S. E. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Braddy, Miss Louise Barnes, and W. M. Sutton of Rocky Mount; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Wilson, T. B. Glover, and Monroe Jonkins of Roa- j noke Rapids; W. R. Ivey, W. E. Jor ' dan, J. E. Miles from Wilson, S. E. | Wilson is District Superintendent. | I w. L. King Buried In Pineview Cemetery Rites Conducted For Local Resi dent Who Died Suddenly Friday Night Funeral services for Walter L. King, 55 year old local resident who died here suddenly Friday night, were conducted Sunday afternoon, j Rev. C. W. Goldston, pastor of' the Clark Street Methodist church, conducted the services from the home, 815 Sunset Avenue. Interment •followed in Pineview cemetery. Mr. King had lived here a nnmber of years and been employed by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for 37 years. He was a native of Wilming ton. He is survived by three daughters ''Hazel, Louise and Rosalie, who live j here; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie K. Lewis and Mrs, P. G. Curtis, both of Asheville, and Mrs. J. H. Hin yard of Acme. The pallbearers were P. B. Har per, R. E. Lee C. A. Cochran, C. L. Sanders, C. M. Blankenehip and Robert Dennis. Some North Carolina peanut fields are now in good shape, but excessive rains in July almost drowned out many fields and caused grass and 'weeds to grow luxuriantly, says E. Y. F'.oyd of State College. Jurist Urges Clean Voting Sinclair Says Rigid Enforcement Of Laws Is State's Only Remedy Lumbertan, Aug. 16.—Rigid en forcement of corrupt practices laws is North Carolina's only remedy for election irregularities, Judge N. A. Sinclair of Fayetteville told a new Robeson County grand jury yester day. "Gentlemen, you'll have to have a solicitor with the nerve and abil ity to indict, a jury to convict and a court to jail those persons who participate in the vast amount of ir regularities in North Carolina elec tions," Judge Sinclair said. Abolition of the absentee ballot would do little good, he said. "The laws made to correct such practices of vote-stdaling, bribery and the use of 'slush' funds must be enforced," he declared. "Then you'll see cleaner elections." Judge Sinclair also called for the in efforts to prevent murder, to follow the example of England, "where murderers are put to death less than six weeks after the crime is committed." "There are no more murders in Robeson than in any other county." Judge Sinclair said. "Murder is wholesale in North Carolina, prev alent all over the United States. "The reason for so many mur derst Juries are chicken-hearted and week in convicting a criminal of first degree Thurder when tfcey know he is guilty," he declared. "Between 90 and 95 per cent of the persons who commit murder in the United States are never convicted, because • of weak jurors." The oath was administered by Clerk of Court C. B. Skipper to Vom Walters, foreman and the 17 other members of the jury. Rocky Mount Given P. W. A. Sch. Money Washington, Aug. 16.—Although neither the State nor local unit P WA projects authorized by the Gen eral Assembly last week, have yet been passed on in Washington, small IPWA projects for North Carolina continue to filter through the compli cated machinery through which all such allotments must pass. Today's announcement was a grant of $39,262 to pay 45 per cent of the cost of a school building on the Nash County side of Rocky Mount, j The three-story brick building will have six class rooms, locker rooms, ! six offices, guest rooms, sick wards, I dining room, kitchen, storage rooms, j j boiler and fuel rooms, a gymnasium lan auditorium and a library. ■ 8.8. Arrington Dies Here Suddenly Bennett Bunn Arrington scion of one of the pioneer families of Rocky Mount, was fatally stricken with a heart attack early Monday at a to bacco plant where he was employ- I ed. Associates at the Expert tobacco company said that Mr. Arrington v.as standing on a platform at the I company shortly before 7 o'clock when he apparently suffered the at-1 tack. He was rushed to a nearby j hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral services were to be con ducted from the home at 723 East ern Avenue at 4:40 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with interment following l J hore. Rev. G. W. Perry, pastor of ( j Trinity Methodist church at Durham and former pastor of the First church here, will be in charge of the rites and will be assisted by Rev. R. L. Forbis, pastor of the' Second Presbyterian church here. Born in Rocky Mount on April 17, 1882, Mr. Arrington was the son of the late Alfred W. Arrington and Ballard Bunn Arrington, Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary Allen Arrington, and three children, Margaret Ballard, Martha' Bunn and Francis Allen Arrington. A sister, Mrs. Lucy Arrington John ston and a brother, Charles B. Ar-j rington also survive. UPCKY MWiyT, POUWj >AMOW* FSIPAY, AUGUST It, 1933 WINTER COVER CROPS BUILD UP PARK LAND Cotton And Cora Stalk* Contain Valuable Organic Matter To Your Chemical Fertilisers (Br Guy A. C.rdwell) It has been a mystery to me why soil improvement has not been stress ed far more than this has been done in our day and time. No far mers meeting should be held with out some reference being made to the importance of soil improvement with manures, both animal and plant manures. Since mules and horses have been supplanted by motors in city, town and country until these animals have become as much of a rarity to the younger generation as elephants and lions were in the time of our child hood; and further since neither Henry Ford nor General Motors have designed an attachment for their cars to turn out humus and plant food that we had in abun dance in the liayday of real mul'? and horse power, we have learned to depend largely upon chemical fertilizers for crop yields. Chemical fertilizers are all right and I am for them —we cannot get along without them in our garden ing and farming operations and got anywhere; but they would give much! better results if we would help theui/ by putting ample humus into the soil. | It has been stated a ton of air dry cotton stalks with leaves attach ed contain about as much plant food as 500 pounds of a 7-2-6 (N- P-K) fertilizer. Much of the waste in using plant residues, such as cot ton and corn stalks and grain straw, can, be eliminated by firsit learning the V&lue of these materials and then adoptirf'g farm practices designed to get the full benefit from this much needed organic matter. Some cottoh growers consider cot- ' ton stalks worthless and spend time iand •• energy burning and rjUcing them off the land. Cotton plants contain a high percentage of nitro-' gen, phosphoric acid and potash, or the very elements often bought to ' grow the stalks. Dry cotton stalks with tho leaves and burs analyze about 2 per cent nitrogen, one-half of 1 per cent phosphoric acid and 1 1-2 per cent potash, while cooton seed, which are considered good fer tilizer carry about 3 per cent ni trogen and 1 per cent each of the other two elements. The pounds of nitrogen per 100 pounds of material determine large ly the rapidity of its decay and benefit to plants when plowed un der. The high amount of nitrogen in cotton stalks cause them to rot rapidly when plowed under and to give up much plant food to the growing crop. Much of the plant food in stalks is water soluble and for this reason fall turning of green plants may result in considerable | loss from leaching unless fall crops are planted to take up this avail able fertilizer. Corn stalks have a lower percen tage of the plant food elements, but the larger acreage tonnage offsets this difference, so that in pounds per acre corn compares favorably with cotton in value of vegetable mat , ter left on the land. An average acre of corn will produce about one ton of stover, but where the leaves are pulled for fodder about 200 to 400 pounds less material is left on. the land. ( Since corn stalks carry only about • one-half as much nitrogen pound I for pound as cotton stalks, they are I considered rather poor fertilizer and j often when plowed under on soil in ! organic matter and nitrogen the fol lowing crop will show effects of ni trogen starvation with yellow leaves and poor growth. This is explained by the fact that vegetable matter containing less than 1 per cent of I nitrogen takes nitrogen from the soil | for its decay and leaves very lit | tie for use of the growing chop. j j For this reason, corn stalks can ,be made of immediate benefit to I the following crop only when i strengthened with nitrogen. Where the corn is cut and the whole plant fed, the uneaten part should I be mixed with the manure so as to increase its nitrogen content and hasten decay. Where the entire plant is removed from the land there is j danger of rapid depletion of soil ; fertility, as the stalks and leaves alone carry away about 18 pounds of nitrogen, 3 pounds of phosphoric I acid and 26 pounds of potash per ton. They Conquered the Colorado River e•. . - HRW - . The six adventuring members of the Nevills expedition, with their food supply almost exhausted, are shown standing in their home-made boats as they arrived at the tiny hamlet of Lee's Ferry, Ariz., victors over 300 turbulent miles of the Colorado river. Left to right: Eugene Atkinson, University of Michigan geologist; Miss Alzada Clover, University of Mich igan botanist; Den ITan-is cf Soda Springs, Idaho, a Geological survey em ployee; Norman D. Nevills of Mexican Hat, Utah, the leader; Miss Lois Jotter, also of the University of Michigan and assistant to Miss Clover, and W. C. Gibson, artist-photographer of San Francisco. Heavy Tax Sales Costs Rocky Mount adopted the policy many years ago of having property listed by lots and in many instances the city proceeded to make its own diversion of lots for tax purposes. This may be a better v»ay for the city to keep up with its property and to see that all property is on the tax books but it is very hard on the taxpayer when he has been unable to pay his taxes and his property has to be sold and each little parcel, whether it has been divided or not, many of them im aginary divisions, regardless of the small value, is taxed with the enormous bill of cost. We have the court cost, we have the attorney 'fees, we have the increase interest, in fact, we know of instances where the taxes are not more than one or two dollars yet the cost assessed in many instances amounts to ten or fifteen times more than the taxes. Wje are not com plaining about the sales but certainly the governing, authori ties of our cit yand counties could order these units consoli dated so as not to' kill the value of property by these bills of cost. The Legialture should look into, this matter. Rocky Mount having listed its property this way m&kes both coun ties, Nash and Edgecombe, follow the same policy. As far as Rocky Mount is concerned it is an unfortunate burden on the taxpayers of Rocky Mount. Some way ought to be adopt ed for the consolidation of these suits especially where the property all lies on one body. RELIEF MONEY FOR POOL Rocky Mount was one of the first cites in North Caro-; lina to build a modern swimming pool and it has been a| great enjoyment to the young people of Rocky Mount and many of our grown people have enjoyed it as much as the children. This pool was built many years back and while it ip still serving a most useful purpose and will continue to do so our city has grown much since the bulding of this pool. At the time this pool was built our population was some where between 13 and 15 thousand now we are a city. between 25 and 30 thousand. The pcol was plenty large at that time but on account of the general use of it, it is being too much crowded and the newer pools we are told have a more sanitary arrangement for eliminating impurities in the water and it looks to us like the city might secure some ot this public money from the Government to build a larger and more modern pool which would cost the city but as most of the cost of the construction of a pcol of this kind wouirt be very largely in labor which the Government is very much interested in giving employment to those who are out ot work. It is probable the city is already giving consderafon to this project. We believe in economy and we would not be in favor of bonding the city for very much for tnis pur pose. But this relief is being allocated for propositions muc i less worthy. ROCKY MOUNT TOBACCO MARKET OPENS AUG. 25th The Rocky Mount tobacco market opens for the sale of leaf tobacco on August 25th, 1938. Rocky Mount is fu y prepared to take care of the large amount of tobacco that ; is expected on this tobacco market this season Rocky Mount has enough floor space to insure to those who sell in K° ck > Mount that they will not be bothered with block aales Rock> Mount is one of the oldtest tobacco markets in the Eastern nart of the state and has been known as a obacco town and has had constant and steady growth, dependable in all seasons and in all years. Says Milk Is Best , Drinks For Summer Milk shakes make the best hoV weather drinks, for they are nour- , ishing as well as refreshing, said. Miss Ruth Current, skate homo de- ] monstration agent at State College, j They offer the food value of i the milk, and contribute more cal orics in the chocolate, caramel, i fruit pulp or syrup, and other ingre dients that may bo mixed in. Vanilla and almond extracts make ; good flavorers. Nutmeg and cin namon may be sprinkled on top tho drink. A patch of mint growing in tho backyard will supply an attrac tive garnish. For a banana shako, crush very ripe bananas to a pulp, then shake this pulp with milk until it is blend- > Ed smoothly. Other soft fruits may be used in a like manner. A ''float" can be made easily by placing a scoop of ice cream in the milk shake. Always add a dash of salt to milk shakes and other summer drinks. Salt not only improves the flavor, but also is needed to replace tho large quantities of salt lost in per spiration during hot weather. As a matter of fact Miss Cur rent added, it is wise to use plen ty of salt in seasoning food too when the mercury rises toward 90 or 100 degrees. A bowl for mixing, an egg beater or a regular shaker are the only equipment necessary for mixing milk shakes. Have the infredients cold. Mix the drink quickly and serve at once. Vary the flavor combinations for variety and to suit the family taste. Four Student Fliers Get Pilot Licenses Two Other* Hake Solo Flight A Municipal Airport Four student aviators received their private pilot's licenses at the municipal airport during the past week-end, it was learned from B. E. Lee, manager of the airport. The licenses were granted to J. T. Ayers of Williamaton, J. T. Bradshaw and Gerald S. Grant of Goldsboro, and J. W. Dickens of Nashville. The licenses were issued by J. G. Nail, Bureau of Air Com merce inspector who was making his monthly visit to the airport here. Nail has also licensed Foy E. Pul ley, airport employe, as an airplane mechanic, Lee stated. Pulley already holds a private pilot's license. Two student pilots made their solo flights recently at the airport, Lee announced. They were Carl S. Thompson of Roanoke Rapids aud Robert M. Waller of Kinston. Waller has bought an Arrow sport plane powered by the Ford V-8 engine, and Thompson is planning to buy a plane in the near future, Lee stated. V. W. Critcher Is Claimed By Death Funeral Service* Were Conducted From Home at II O'clock Thursday Funeral services for Vassar Win gate Critcher. 56, well known farmer who died here Tues. night, Were con duoted at 11 o'clock Thursday morn ing from the lio'me, 503 Sycauiore street. His death followed a sudd"ii heart attack suffered Sunday. Dr. J. W. Kinclleloe, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. G. W. Perry, pastor of the Trinity Metli- Odist church of Durham and former pastor of the First Methodist church here conducted the rites. Burial fol lowed in Pineview cemetery. Mr. Critcher is survived by his wife, a daughter, Anne, and a step son, Gordon Burns. Among other relatives are also a sister, Mrs. J. L. Cozart of Durham; two half-brothers, ' A. R. Critcher of Roeky Mount and | R. B. Critcher of Wendell; and two j half-sisters. Mrs. Lex Veazey of Dur ham and Mrs. E. E. Mayo of Rocky Mount. He was born at Oxford in ISS2, son of R. O. Critcher and Lucy F.iw- I ier Critcher, but had lived here for | most of his life. He attended the old University school here and was at er associatied* with the Export Leaf Tobacco Company until three years ago. He loft the tobacco industry for reasons of' health and became en gaged in farming, which he continu ed until the time of his death. Active pallbearers were I. W. Man- Kum, Bin Bunn, Ira Gunn, R. L. Arrington, Charlie Arrington and Leon Upstain. The honorary pallbearers included R. A. Bruome, T. C. Young, W. B. Lea, Dana Rucker, F. M. Arrington, B. 11. Thomas, Walter Bulluck, G. F. Tucker, W. E. Fenner, 11. A. Has ley, Dick Duke, M. F. Jones, W. E. Spruill J. E. DiKard, Mauriee Dauglitridge, J. 8. Goriiam, H. H. Weeks, l)r. M. L. Stoue, B. T. Dawson, Ed Lee Daughrtid,re, Ed Bell and Lee Bunt ing. GRASS IN PEANUTS Many peanut fields in Virginia and North Carolina have been reported as abandoned after heavy rains brought on an extreme grassy con dition, says E. Y. Floyd, of State College. Seventeen Ashe County sheep growers sold 125 lambs last week for $832.65 net to the growers. The av erage net price for all grades in the pool was 8 1-4 cents a pound home weight. ' NOTICE ' 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. fe. Name : Town State Route N0.... SI.OO PER YF4# i Body Found Of ij Drowned Negro l Tarboro, Aug. 16.— They found tb* body of Norfleet Kearney, Jr., 14- year old colored boy, who drowned 1 in Fishing Creek, yesterday as h« B tried unsuccessfully to swim aeraas t to join his white boy compauions. '• «The body was recovered two hours after the colored boy's hand faded '• into the water, and his three white • boy companions swam fast to the ' spot he disappeared from, but too ' late. Kearney had followed Rrnest Cobb " Abrams, 16, Elisha Abrams, 23 and ' Ben Franklin Abrams, 12 white boy '• brothers, to the "old swimming hole" •" at Fishing Creek, near the Strayband e Farm, in number 4 township, Sunday f | morning, just before noon, to "cool off." r He saw the three white boys "peel ! > to the skin" and dive in, swimming across the narrow creek. He peeled off and dived in but after a few r strokes sank. The white boys jumped 6 in to swim to hie help but he had '• disappeared, and despits much div- ing, were unable to locate him. 0 Later he was found by searching parties, over two hours after he sank from sight. Deputy Sheriff Tom Bardin inves tigated the drowning, and Coroner 1 Dr. J. G. Baby, said "Accidental drowning." STANHOPE Misses Annie Lee and Loree Mor gan were at Myrtle Beach, S. C., last r week. Miss Patsy Morgan, little daiigh - ter of Mr. an if Mrs. Jack Morgan, i* of Florence, S. C., is visiting her i grandmother, Mrs. Li'.a Morgan. The Bevival at Stanhope Baptist 5 church begins next Sunday and con . tinucs through the week. Miss Carrie Dillard speut M>n r' day with Mrs. E. H. Harper ' i Misses' Gladys and Leta Brantley -! are vacationing at Virginia Beach. Miss Catherine Viek :inci Raymond * Lancaster were married Saturday ai - tcrnoon in a quiet ceremony. r Mrs. A. Y. Batchelor of Spring '. Hope spent the week-end with her , sister Mrs. W. M. Dickinson. 1 Mrs. Lanie High is visiting in the > home of H. L Dillard. Mabel Roberson spent last week y with her brother in Wilson. Eloise Hathaway was the guest of !. Annie Gay Dickinson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Thonip r son of Wilson were guests of Mrs. 1 Z. H. Brantley. One of our sweetest and most f useful community girls came near s being the victim of a prank at r Strickland's Pond Saturday P. M. - at intervals not so far apart soma i- reckless young gallantf strives ti> immerse other bathers against their i- will and discretion. On account of J. these nit witty joy seekers, these d frivolous fool-hardy folks, it is hard ly safe for a reticient young lady J or a middle size girl to enter a pool !• I without the constant care and pro i. tection of a bravado. What is fun '. for them will be turned to sorrow, '» shame and shakles someday we aro 1 afraid. These boys and | men aro ', cowardly bullies seeking opportunity [• to submit the helpless to discoin " fort, uneasiness, danger. They need a hot iron brand like the horsea from Texas so we will always kuow them. Had this retiring well behaved little lady lost her life as she came near doing, not only her relatives but all Stanhope and round about I would have organized and seen that s the silly imposter got his due and b* . | condemned as a murderer. The com - 9' munity's wrath was high and this isn't the first offense by such sim pleton's no not by a long shot. Mary p Helen Dickinson was unwillingly r and in the midst of protests sub - merged; we rejoice that fate willed B her a longer life than it seemed for B a while was her portion: "First Aid ' restored her.