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PAGE TWO The Rocky Mount Herald Published Every Friday at Rocky Mount, North Caro- Hm, by the Kocky Mount Herald Publishing Coropanj Catered as second-class matter January 19, 1934, at tho post office at Rocky Mount, North Carolina under tfie Act of March 3, 1879 ftrVscription Hates: One Year, $1.00; 6 Months, 60s TED J. GREEN News fcditor and Manager M. BULLUCK Assistant Editor Advertising rates reasonable, and furnished to pros pective advertisers on request ■ftfelioation Office: Second Floor Daniels Building, Bocky Mount, Edgecombe County, North Carolina A BIG STEAL Tfce Williamston Enterprise Sincerely believing that had a meritorious oaim, Martin County people recognize the Jjfusal of the State Highway and Public Works Commission to refund to several counties money expended for the construc taon of main highways as the one big steal of the century. The State has repudiated its .promise to the people, they say, and they are irked no little to l see an all-powerful agency continue its ruthless march on the l»cks of poverty and actual want back in the counties. Forced to recognize the refund problem, the Stete administrations apparently said in uie that not a single crumb will all from the heavily laden table of the highway commission, and today the only •danger hanging over the road fund is the right of the General Fund to step in and take a bite that the numerous commissions "flight continue well fed. Facts and figures well planted in the minds of Martin County people have never been brought to light by those designated with the task of investigating the merits of the claims to road refunds. "Advance the money now, and the State will assume the responsibility later," Martin County people •were to'd. "There'll be some revenue for you from the gas tax," they were assured. The promises have been forgotten by those who made them, and the gas tax is packed away in Raleigh out of reach of everyone except the few. At no time was it ever pointed out that North Carolina paid for a road and then turned around and maintained that it was not right to pay for a link connecting the first road. Little was said about at least one county and possibly other receiving re funds. Martin County spent half a million dollars building main highway routes and after saddling its property owners with heavy taxes it did not and could not properly fi nance its secondary system. And then the North Carolina Highway Commission comes along and points out that Martin County -failed to build good secondary roads, and intimates that it cannot do anything to re lieve the situation. The claims to road refunds have been de nied and the highway folks now say Mar tin County is getting its share of the main tenance fund. It's a peculiar system of book keeping they have up in Raleigh. SYPHILIS » The Smithfield Herald A year ago, the public generally got all worked up over the prevalence of syphilis in the United States. Statistics showed a big percentage of infection and the disease was recognized as Public Health Enemy No. 1. Johnston county citizens, along with those of other sections, discussed in civic clubs and other groups, the situation and one *ould have thought that an intensive drive to wipe out the disease was imminent. In North Carolina, increased interest has been manifested in the drive against syph ilis and in September this state led all the states in the Union in the number of cas es reported and taking treatment. Report ing 5,849 cases. North Carolina even exceed ed New York with a population of 13,000,000 reporting only 5,283. Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, state health officer, sees in this fine report, evidence of cooperation among doctors and clinicians. The interest in Johnston county however has not kept pace with that in the state. With a population of 60,000 people, only 39 cases of syphilis were reported in the coun ty hea'th office in September. The law con cerning domestic servants seems to have been overlooked, though the facilities are at hand for complying with it, and the excite ment of a year ago seems to have died dovn. The public seems to have fallen back int» Its accustomed status with syphilis Btiii iiioiuiously undermining the health of a large percentage of our population. MILLIONS OF TREES CUT FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS With the coming of the holiday season, the Christmas looms as an important part of the festivitie t. From the Pacific Northwest, througu Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Mich:, gmn, and as far east as Maine, mod- i era lumberjacks are bucking snow i and fast-freezing swamps to cut 1 Christmas trees that will be decora' 1 ed with gleaming glass ornaments i and colored lights. In practically ev- ery American home, even the mo.'t i fcnmble, decorating the ever-firean i Christmas tree has become »■ cm- ( DOCTOR OF DEMOCRACY News and Observer Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Univer sity of North Carolina welcomes you not on ly as the leader of the people of America bold'y groping for a way out of economic depressions, but also as the leader of the people of the world valiantly hoping for a way forward from democratic retreat and international despair. Through your leadership the voice and ideals of America are counting on the side of oppressed minorities and disinterested majorities. The America for which you gal lantly speak, inclusive of factions and par ties, stands for the freedom of open and wide discussion of all issues and a fair hear ing to all sides; for the ways of peace and democracy rather than of war and dictator ship; for a new hope to youth and a more equal educational opportunity to all children in all the states; for the right to honest work whether in private industry or on public works; for humane nation-wide minumum standards of hours wages and conditions of fair competition in justice to workers and business men; for money as the medium of exchange rather than as master of labor and enterprise; for the saving of our souls, min erals, forests, and waterpower; for the se curity of banks, farms, industries, and homes; for farmers as equal partners in our economic society; for the advancement of American democracy by more equality of bargaining power through the organization of workers, the cooperation of farmers and information of consumers; for social secur ity against old age, unemployment, sickness, and the hazards of modem society; for in telligent production as a way of abundance and decent consumption as a way of life; and for a more abundant distribution of the good life for all people in the eternal adven ture toward the Kingdom of God. In appreciation of the democratic faith and the humane hopes your American lead ership gives to the people of the world in this time of crisis and bewilderment, the University of North Carolina, by the vote of the faculty and the trustees, confers upon you the degree of Doctor of Laws. ELECTION DAY IN GRAHAM COUNTY The Zebulon Record Under the heading "Funny Incidents Dur ing the Election," in the Graham County News we read these interesting, but not so funny facts about the election: The Associated Press in Charlotte called up asking the particulars concerning the killing of five men. Three State policemen were present to help keep the peace. A candidate decided to go in and help mark the ballots; a deputy es corted him out; the police took the deputy's pistol and put him in jail. The sheriff ar rived, ordered the police to release the de puty and return his pistol, which they did. Boys and girls under age registered and their votes were challenged; one man quot ed the law, another said they weren't going by the law; flashing his gun, another said they were; other guns appeared before what very near became a tragedy passed without bloodshed. A thousand (presumably C. C. C. workers) who had sold out and voted absentee votes were hauled out of the county. So reads the funny incidents of election day in Graham county. The Graham County News, published by a woman, one who has sound opinions and strong convictions, says it "is opposed to vdting dead people, cats, dogs and cows, and to stealing elections. What this coun ty needs is for people to get cleaned out on the inside; then they will want to do the right thing." The News has already begun a campaign to clean things up and get ready to have "an honest, honorable, upright election" next time. j Fifty years ago this editor, as a small boy, was a spectator at elections in Rob binsville. At times things were pretty bad. Only real live folks voted in those days, much less the sort of human and other var mints the News accused as parading as bo na fide citizens. Occasionally differences would arise and there would be a bit of cutting or shooting, but it appears things have gone from bad to worse among our native hills, and also in spots and blots all over our state. * More power to your pen, Sister Horn buckle! Shedding printer's ink is far better in the long run than shedding human blood. Spread it on, thick and heavy. Presses are more powerful than pistols. torn. Forest Service officials estimate that over 10,000,000 balsam, spruce, fir, and pine trees were cut last year and sold for several million dollars and of these the national forests supplied about 800,000, tae balance coming from farm wood lands and state lands. While this seems to be an enormous quantity of small trees to be cut each year, foresters at the U. 8. Forest Prod ucts Laboratory, Madison, Wis;, re cognize th e Yuletlde season as THE ROCKY MOONT HERALD. ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA boon to the economical practice of forestry, provided, of course, tH trees are cut without excessive wast, and in such a manner as to keep the land continuously producing more trees. Properly done, Christ mas tree harvesting is sustained timber yield on a small scale. The cutting of Christmas trees 0" many forest areas thins out tie small trees which otherwise woulc be wasted and allows the remaining trees to develop into sawtimber site In other instances the use of sub marginal land for the growing ot Christmas tree crops yields a proiii able income as a side for man," farmers. While the largest national fores! output of Christmas trees it in toe West, the largest demand is in the! East. In recent years a large num j ber of small longleaf pine tre?s i from the South have been put upon I the market. Cutting in national fo'-j ests and in private woodlands is done to thin and clear stands. 70 PER CENT Flue-cured tobacco growers have been allotted 754,000,000 pounds ot leaf under the 1939 AAA program, says E. Y. Floyd, AAA executive officer at State College. North Car olina will receive approximately 70 per cent of this amount if more than two-thirds of the growers throughout the flue-cured area vote in favor of quotas on December 10. Preliminary figures of the Bureau of Census show t'ne United States .to have a population now of 130,215,- 000. o 0 | LEGAL ADVERTISING 0 ■ 0 NOTICE Under, an order of resale and un der the power contained in a deed of trust given by Helen C. Cooper (unmarried) and Chloe M. Cooper (unmarried) to I. J. Dowdy, Jr„ Trustee, on March 7, 1936, recorded in book 347, page 209, Edgecombe county registry, the undersigned will again offer for sale, at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, on , Thursday, December 22, 1938, at twelve o'clock M., before the Peoples Bank and Trust Company in the city of Rocky Mount, North, Carolina, that lot or parcel of lani situate, lying and being in the city of Rocky Mount, County of Edge combe, State of North Carolina, more particularly described and de fined as follows: Beginning at a stake in the south ern property line of Marigold Street, 100 feet easterly from the intersec tion of the southern property line of Marigold Street with the eastern property line of Washington Street; thence with the southern property line of Marigold Street S. 69 degrees fi minutes E. 75 feet to a stake, Arlington Terrace, Inc. co-- ner; thence with its line S. 19 de- FIRST CHURCH OF j CHRIST SCIENTIST Sunday morning lerviee 11 A. M. The reading room in the enurch edifice is open daily execept Sun day and legal holidays, from throe to five P. M. I I | I. T. VALENTINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW General Practice in Both State and Federal Cor#t« NASHVILLE, N. C. HILL-PROCTOR PRINT SHOP Commercial Printing Of All Kinds 114 Washington St. Phone 39 Rocky Mt. t " t RICHARD T. FOUNTAIN;; 1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW I J General Practice in All ;; J State and Federal ;; 1 Courts !; X » ♦' O I 2 Office, Daniel Bld(. I ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. ' Her© is your chance to buy him leather sole slippers at a bargain price. They are excellently made anf equipped with springy rubber |> _ - /~^~^ heels for extra comfort. ****s■ x^ grees 15 minutes W. 286.2 feet to a: stake in the Dorsey Battle line;] tfcence with the Battle, Oupton, anl| Parrish lines N. 70 degrees 30. minutes W. 177 foe't to a stake in I the eastern property line o£ Wash-! ington Street; thence with the east-] ern property line of Washington Street N. 19 degrees 15 minutes E. 12 feet to a stake Mrs. Hyman L. Battle's corner; thence with her line S. 70 degrees 30 minutes E. 102 feet to a stake; thence with the Battle, Smith, Braswell and Edward lines N. 19 degrees 15 minutes E. 177 feet to the beginning, by survey made by E. L. Hunley, Civil En gineer, March 3, 1936, magnetic bearings November, 1894, plot of said survey now being on file with the Builders Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rocky Mount, and be ing the identical property conveyed to R. T. Fountain, Trustee, by C. C. Cooper and wife, by deed of trust recorded in book 277, page 137, Edgecombe county registry, and by R. T. Fountain, Trustee, conveyed HHIIIItllltlllllllHlllimilUIIIIIIIIVHII4 1 DO YOU KNOW— I | Your Old Mattress Caa = E Be Made Like New Per = = Snail Proportion Of Or- E i final Coat? I SOUTHERN | | Mattress Co. § | CALL PHONE 1712-W | r Rocky Mount, N. C. = fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiuii Minn tiiimiiiT { fresh fishli | SPECIAL SUASUW tor I! ! Ocean View | SPOTS | Which We Receive Daily ;; t Call The i BEAUFORT !: i And ;; | MOREHEAD X | SEA FOOD | t Phones 1610-1836 t 157 Washington St. i ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. \\ z / ii 4++++++++++++++++++++++* +++*++++++♦♦♦++♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ > T We have recently Installed the j J 1 Hild System Rug, Carpet and !• * Upholstery Cleaning Equip- •' J ment. Call Ua for Expert j) •t. Service in All Cleaning and • > T Dying J J f GUARANTEED ]\ CLEANERS | L. F. "DUCKY" CLARK 1 MAIN OFFICE 11 ? 522 N. Church St. + BRANCH OFFICE " J 115 N. Main St. *■!"!' ii' Miii a#e in iln i! 111 Progress Cleaners DRY CLEANERS PRESSERS DYERS CALL US TELEPHONE 909 213 N. EAST MAIN ST. DOUGLAS BUILDING Rocky Mount, N. C. to Helen C. Cooper and Chloe M. Cooper, by deed dated February 2L 1936. December 3, 1938. I. J. DOWDY, Jr., Trustee NOTICE OF RE-SALE Under and "by virtue of an order of resale of the Superior Court of Nash County, made in the Special Proceeding entitled, "T. A. Wu liams, admr. of E. A. Williams, de ceased, et al vs. Nadine H. Wil liams, et als," the undersigned com missioner will, on FRIDAY, THE 16th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1938, be tween the hours of Eleven o'clock A. M and Twelve o'clock, Noon, iu front of the Courthouse at Tarboro. North Carolina, offer for resale to the highest bidder for cash, thut certain tract of land lying and bo ing in No. 7 Township, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, and more particularly described as follows: A certain tract or parcel of .and situate near the Town of Battleboro, containing 145.6 acres, and being tracts NOB. 1 and 8 as shown on he map of the Marriott Farm which was surveyed and plotted by Jamas W. Held, Surveyor, which map is recorded in Plat Book 1, Page 12J, Edgecombe County Registry, to which reference is made for full description by metes and bounds and being the identical landi conveyed to E. A. Williams by the Virginia- Carolina Land Corporation by deed recorded in Book 218, Fbge 114, Edgecombe County Registry. This 30th day of November, 1938. L T. VALENTINE, Commissioner (122-9) LOOK OURS OVER FOR CHOICE WEEK-END BAGS, TOILET SETS ! AND PERFUME GIFTS WHILE OUT i I SHOPPING 11 TRY OUR EATS HOME COOKING j; Moore's C. 0. D. Drug Store jf 356 S. Main St. Rocky Mount. N. *C. |[ FOR BEST PRICES AND QUALITIES, CALL ON * CARBISCO FEED MILLS I Manufacture All Kinds * HOC, COW, POULTRY AND ! MULE FEEDS ? BUY AND SELL GRAIN, HAY, AND ALL FEED |i PRODUCTS GRIND AND MIX YOUR HOME + GROWN FEEDS 1 So. Grace St. Rocky Mount, N. C. + HEADQUARTERS FOR f & ttAfmaA JiceA HOLDERS, AND DECORATIVE LIGHTS Our Prices Are the Lowest in the City. We Deliver. H. H. Weeks Seed Store 219 Tarboro Street Phone 393 Rocky Mount, N. C. 9^ I Have In My Barn Plenty Good Young Broke Mules Priced To Sell Or Exchange.. Come To See Me, Giis Z. Lancaster Cokey Road Across The Street From Planters Cotton Oil & Fertz. Co., Rocky Mount, . C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 1938 DR. R. L. SAVAGE Diseases EYE, EAR, NOSE AND TROAT GLASSES FITTED Office over Five Points Drug Store Rocky Mount, N. C. i ■ B. E FOUNTAIN ATTORNBT-AT-LAW General Piactic* Office Daaiel Bniltfiai ROCKY MOUNT, 11. C. f- ANNOUNCING TO MY CUSTOMERS and friends hat I have now opened my place and am equip ped to refinish, rebuild and up holster all types of furniture. CAMPBELL'S ANTIQUE SHOP 709 N. Raleigh St. : Phone 434 , J. A. CAMPBELL. Owner
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