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WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930
NUMBER 35
FATES GIVE U. S.
IATIONAL PARK
aver Urged To Attend Ses
kuicentennial Celebration
At Kings Mountain
HOLD BIG GATHERING
By M. L. SHIPMAN
ALEIGH, Peb. 10.—The Capital
and the State itself “sat^at the
td of the table" on the occasion
[formally launching the Great
poky Mountains National Park in
ilngton, D. C., on last Wednes
|y, when delivery of deeds to
a,000 acres of land lying in North
jtrolina and Tennessee was made
Secretary of Interior Wilbur by
Dvernor Gardner of this State and
Korton of Tennessee. North Caro
_iians accompanying Governor
fardner to Washington for the oc
don were Mark Squires, chair
an of the North Carolina Park
ommtssion, Lenoir; Dr. E. C.
(jrooks, Raleigh; Verne Rhodes,
sheville; D. M. Buck, Bald Moun.
=in; John G. Dawson, Kinston;
plato D. Ebbs, Asheville; Lieutenant
governor R. T. Fountain, Rocky
..fount; Stuart W. Cramer Jr.,
"ramerton; Former Lieutenant Gov
.nor J. Elmer Long, Durham; and
IHarry L. Nettles, Biltmore, of the
[Park Commission, and Attorney
[General Dennis G. Brummitt and
[Auditor Baxter Durham, represent
ing the State administration, and
[ Judge L. R. Varser counsel for the
; Park Commission. In accepting “the
tender" Secretary Wilbur termed the
presentation of the deeds an his
toric occasion and assured members
of the committees of the two States
represented that the proposed Nat
ional Park measures fully up to the
requirements of a national park
Barea because of its high mountains,
its deep valleys, its rugged charac
ter and its unexampled variety of
trees, shrubs and plants. The event
Is considered "another important
step in the establishment of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park,” which wiU ultimately com
prise half a million acres of scenic
territory in the Southern Appalach
lan wange.
If President Herbert Hoover fails
to attend the Kings Mountain ses
quicentennial celebration on October
7th, next, it will be no fault of
North Carolina, South-Carolina, or
Tennessee. Committees composed of
distinguished citizens of the three
States named recently presented
themselves at the White House and
extended an urgent invitation to the
President to come dowm and Join in
the big event on the scene of a
Revolutionary conflict staged 150
-•years ago. Governor Gadner, of
Ntforth Carolina, Governor Horton of
Tennessee, Adjutant General Dozier
representing the Governor of South
Carolina, Senator P. M. Simmons
and Representative Chas. A. Jonas,
of this State, did the oratorical
stunts which may bring the Presi
dent to Kings Mountain next Octo.
ber. Barring pressing official duties
at the time President Hoover is
left absolutely without excuse to ab
sent himself.
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary
of Agriculture the administration of
President Woodrow Wilson, deliver
ed the principal address at the an
nual Chamber of Commerce dinner
at Meredith college here on Friday
evening. Mr. Vrooman is in the
State collecting data for another
recently started.
Jackson Day Dinner
A political event of more than
; passing significance is North Caro.
Una’s first Jackson Day dinner, to
: be held in Raleigh on March 15th,
under the auspices of the Young
Peoples’ Democratic organization of
which Tyre C. Taylor is secretary.
More than 400 have expressed the
Intention to attend and the large
number of prospective participants
helped the committee in charge to
the conclusion that the banquet
should be held in the city audito
rium instead of at the Sir Walter
Hotel according to initial plans.
Some of the speakers invited are:
National Democratic Chairman
Shouse, Governor O. Max Gardner,
Senator F. M. Simmons, J. W.
feailey, Josephus Daniels and for
Jmer Governor Byrd of Virginia.
Speeches will be limited to fifteen
minutes for the "big folks’’ and to
five minutes for the “small frys”
who do the “introducing.” The five
aspirants for the 1932 gubernatorial
nomination are to be allowed six
minutes each if they want it. The
entire program will be broadcasted
over the local radio station WPTF.
Henry Burke, assistant director of
the State Budget bureau, gave em
phatic denial to the report that
half a hundred State employees had
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harvest Queen
You can't blame the gentlemen at
Utah Agricultural College for pre
ferring Misa Beryl Bown, blond
and petite. She became "Queen of
the Harvest" by winning the popu
larity contest at the college's an
nual Harvest Ball.
Halifax Officers
Give Chase To Car
While searching for evidence in
discharge of their duty, Chief of
Police Grey and Officer Keeter and
Mr. Read of Roanoke Rapids gave
chase to a Ford car east of here on
Saturday morning about 4 o’clock.
The chase led through Weldon on
to Halifax where the officers lost
their men. They hid in a by-road
at Halifax and waited for the re
puted bootleggers to return, which
they did about 45 minutes later.
The officers then overtook the
negro men, who at their approach
began pouring whiskey upon the
car, “and the car was so wet with
whiskey, It looked like they had
run it through a creek of liquor,”
one of the officers said,
The officers were unable to find
any whiskey on Walter iSlue) Pat
terson, or on a negro by the name
of Wallace, the only occupants of
the car at the time of the arrest.
The men were carried to Roanoke
Rapids and placed under a $200
bond for their appearance the next
morning. The bond was forfeited
when they failed to appear. Pat
terson was found at his home in
Roanoke Rapids sick in bed, but
Wallace has not been located. Pat
terson’s bond was raised to $750,
and his case will be tried as soon
as he is able to stand trial.
Prepare For Weevil
Early This Year
Cotton growers are beginning to
realize that control of the boll
weevil is a regular part of the rou
tine in growing cotton and that to
continue growing the crop at a
profit, provision must be made for
this work.
“We are receiving hundreds of re.
quests from all parts of the cotton
growing section asking for definite
information about the boll weevil,”
says C. H. Brannon, extension ento
mologist at State college. “Manu
facturers of dusting machinery and
calcium arsenate tell us that they
the receiving orders and indications
are that a .umber of dusting out
fits will be sold throughout the
State this season. Those who buy
these expensive implements must
keep in mind one important fact.
Dusting must be done exactly right
or no results will be obtained."
Mr. Brannon says that in most
farm operations there is no exact
way of doing things. One must use
his own judgment within certain
limits about how he shall plow, cul.
tivate, apply fertiUzers or harvest;
but. when it comes to poisoning the
boll weevil by dusting, there is only
one way and growers should not
Jump into weevil control without
being adequately equipped and fully
informed. Much money has been
wasted in the past because poisoning
has not been done right. Yet the
methods have been standardized
since 1917 and are both practical
and efficient.
There are a number of North
Carolina cotton growers who have
poisoned successfully and have pro
duced good crops of cotton despite
ravages by the weevil. Mr. Brannon
offers to send detailed Information
about how this is done to any
grower who will write him for the
information.
The first cooperative car of dolo
mitic limestone for use under to.
bacco in Caswell county this season
was recently ordered by eight grow
ers.
Auxiliary Comedy
Pleases Many At
Local Opera House
"Hi-Hat," a musical comedy di
rected by Miss Frances Cherry of
Mar-Drix Co., Tifton, Ga., and
si onsored by the American Legion
Auxiliary, was held in the Opera
House here on Wednesday night of
last week and gave the theatre lov
ing people of Weldon an oppor
tunity to see their own in the rolls
of actor and actress. And how they
did act! "It was the best home
tnient show I ever saw,” one pres
ent declared.
In answer to the questions as to
whom deserved the praise in "Hi
Hat,” answers have invariably been
"all of them deserve commenda
tion, for they all were splendid,”
but to Emily Joyner, as Billie, the
leading lady, and to Sterling (Baer)
Pearce, as Dr. Dick, the leading
man, praise has been most gener
ous. The choruses were very good
and the costumes beautiful, it was
said. While Emily Joyner and
Baer Pierce gave mostly the serious
side of the play, the humorous side
was well taken care ot by Sara
Purrington, in the roll of Miss
Parksley, an old maid, and by
Ernest Jones, as Jason, one who
had trouble with his speech. Words
of praise were also expressed for
Miss Cherry for the manner in
which she directed the play.
A committee composed of Mrs.
T. A. Whitfield, chairman, Mrs. W.
G. Suiter, Mrs. R. T. Daniel and
Mrs. W. O. Davis were in charge of
the arrangements for the play, in
which $35.00 was made by the
Auxiliary. "We wish to express our
appreciation to all those who took
in the play or lent their efforts in
any way toward the success of
Hi-Hat,” one of the committee said.
The cast of characters and mem
bers of the various choruses fol
low:
Cast of characters—Billie, Emily
Joyner; Dr. Dick, Sterling Pierce;
Becky, Katherine Collier; Pinkie,
Alfred Marlowe; Bunch, Walter Al
len; Nell, Julia Turner. Jim, Jack
Pope, Jone, Mrs. Harry Moore;
Miss Parksley, Sara Purrington;
Jason, Ernest Jones; Interne
Slovcki, Walter Sledge; i accom
panist, Louise Farber.
Chorus girls—Doris Draper, Mary
Jane Zollicoffer, Eleanor Chitten
don, Mary Bell Draper, Callie
[Grant, Laynette Dixon, Mary Letha
[Barnes, Lillie Mae Carter, Frances
House, Jane Bryan Gregory, Anna
Harrington and Janice Draper.
Cupids—Ernest Turner, Barbara
Batchelor, Eva Frances Coppedge,
Helen Jones, Gene Dixon and Emily
Jones,
Sunbonnet maidens—Nan Armis
tead, Marjorie Collins, Frances
Earle Mohorne, Margaret Sheph
erd, Bernice Collins, Genevive
Gregory, Elizabeth Holmes, and
Nancy Suiter,
School day chorus — Sterling
Mohorne Jr., Allen Dickens, O. B.
Hardy Jr„ Bill Davis, Howard Tew,
Carl Keeter, Meade Mitchell Jr.,
Raymond Stephensor Sara West
Davis, Lula Hart Draper, Frances
Johnson, Isabel Garlick, Nan An
thony, Alice Moore, Betty Suiter,
and Marion Browder,
Bathing beauties—Frances Oakes,
Alice Whitley, Frances Moore, Vir
ginia Suiter’ Mary Virginia Whit
field, Lucile Traylor, Agnes Oakes,
Phylis Whitaker, Julia Harris,
Mamie Nash, Barbara Mae Lewis,
and Irene Pierce.
Robbers Raid Oakes
Store At R. Rapids
Forcing their way into the back
door of Oakes Dry Ooods Store at
Roanoke Rapids, robbers on Friday
night maide away with 20 suits of
clothes, 20 dresses, $65 in cash and
valuable papers and receipts. The
robbery was discovered by Walter
Woodruff, manager.
Eleven suits of clothes were found
between the band hall and the
home of B. S. Webb on Jackson
street, and the money box was
located by boys at play under the
railroad trestle. The papers were
undisturbed, but all the cash wras
missing.
ATTEND conference
Dr. W. G. Suiter and W. F. Dyer
attended an American Legion con
ference at Durham on Monday
night. Commander Leigh of Shaw
Post was on the program for a
speech but was unable to attend.
U. D. C. TO GIVE
SEVERAL PRIZES
Organization Seeks To Create
Greater Interest In Work
In North Carolina
LIST OF PRIZES GIVEN
In an effort to create greater in
terest in the work of the U. D. C.J
and encourage the work among the
young people of the State, leaders
of the organization are offering
several prizes for best papers and
for other work promoting this
plan. A list of these prizes, as
given this paper by an officer of the
local chapter this week for publica
tion. follows:
Mrs. Glenn Long of Newton, third
vice-president of the North Caro
lina division. United Daughters of
the Confederacy, and director of
the Children of the Confederacy,
has announced the following prizes
for 1930:
1. Twenty-five dollars offered by
W. W. Fuller of Briarcliff Manor,
N. Y. Ten dollars for the best: ten
dollars for the next best; and five
dollars for the third best essay on
“'What Does Confederate Memorial
Day Mean?” Open to all school
children of the State.
2. Ten dollars in gold offered by
Mrs. Alex Cooper of Henderson to
the pupil in North Carolina public
schools writing the best story of
“The Jefferson Davis National
Highway,” with particular reference
to its beautification through North
Carolina. This prize is given through
the Jefferson Davis highway com
mittee of this division.
3. Ten dollars in gold offered by
Mrs. J. S. Welborn of High Point to
high school pupil in State for best
paper on “True Story of the Loyalty
of a Southern Slave.”
4. Ten dollars in gold offered by
Hon. Josephus Daniels of Raleigh
to the pupil in the public schools of
the State for the best essay on
“Running the Blockade in North
Carolina During the War Between
the States.”
5. Ten dollars offered by Mrs.
Charles S. Wallace of Morehead
City on “My Favorite North Caro
lina General in the War Between
the States.”
6. Ten dollars offered by Gen.
Albert L. Cox of Raleigh in memo
ry of his father, Gen. William Ruf
fin Cox, to high school pupil for best
essay on “History of the Second
North Carolina Brigade.”
7. Ten dollars offered by Mrs,
Garland Daniel of Greensboro to
pupil in public school for best essay
on “North Carolina’s Navy in the
War Between the States.”
8. Ten dollars to a high school
student of the State for best essay
on "First North Carolina Cavalry,"
offered by Mrs. J. A. Gaither of
Newton as a memorial to her father,
Col. Wm. H. H. Cowles, who was in
command of the regiment.
9. Ten dollars offered by Mrs. T.
E. Sprunt of Wilmington to high
school pupil of the State for best
essay on “History of the Junior
Reserves.”
10. Ten dollars in gold offered
by Mrs. Walter Crowell of Monroe
to any high school student in the
State writing the best essay on “In
fluence of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy in Keeping Laws.”
This prize is offered in honor of
the donor's mother, and is to be
known as the Frances McMullen
Newby memorial.
11. Ten dollars offered by the
fifteenth district to the high school
student in the State for the best
essay on "Life of Zebulon Baird
Vance.”
12. Five dollars offered by Mrs.
C. H. Stearns of Statesville In
memory of her grandfather, James
Kenneth Land, for best essay on “A
North Carolina Heroine in the War
Between the States.” This prize is
offered to members of the Children
of the Confederacy of the division.
13. Five dollars offered by Mrs.
H. P. Grier Sr. of Statesville to
member of Children of the Con
federacy for best essay on “The
Seal of the Confederate States.”
14. A medal offered by Mrs. L. F.
Neal of Kings Mountain in memory
of her grandfather, Lieut. Alfred V.
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LEGION MEETS
The Shaw Post cf the American
Legion held its regular meeting on
Friday night at which time Dr. W.
G. Suiter, E. S. Jones and W. B.
Joyner were appointed as the Pro
gram committee. The Legion is
adding a kitchen and making other
changes at their hut and other civic
organizations will hold meetings
there, it was said by one present.
Rescued From Mountain Top
* 0Kk *
Lost for three days atop Mount Wilson, 20 miles from Los Angeles,
the three University of California students pictured above were rescued
unharmed, except for extreme suffering from exposure and lack of food.
They became lost while hiking and were the object of the greatest hunt
since the Mount Taylor airplane disaster last fall. Left to right, they
*r«: Jack Schwartz, 18; Celia Caplan, 18, and Lawrence Kotkin, 20.
Young Boy Steals
Clothing For Girls
In Roanoke Rapids
Unable to raise the necessary
funds to provide his girl friends
with dainty clothes, Chester
Vaughan, 16-jear-olct white boy of
Roanoke Rapids, resorted to lar
ceny to obtain the coveted articles.
As a result he and his father were
bailed for appearance in court on
Monday but failed to appear, and
three white girls are in Halifax jail
charged with receiving stolen
goods.
Vaughan is charged with stealing
a dress from Mrs. K. Jenkins store
on Saturday and also with the
theft of six pairs of bloomers and
eight pairs of hose from Oakes
store. The clothes were recovered
by Officers Grey and Keeter and
the three girls arrested.
Need Poultry Flock
On Every Farm
The farm poultry flock is not ex
pensive and because of the excel
lent food it produces, should be
found on every farm.
' During a part of the year, a
flock of from 50 to 100 hens will
forage for much of their food,"
says Dr. B. P. Kaupp, head of the
poultry department at State Col
lege. ‘ The chickens consume bugs
and worms which are injurious to
crops and clean up waste grain
abcut the cow and horse barns. The
flock needs to have a comfortable
house which can be kept clean and
plenty of mash and grain feed.
Corn, oats, wheat and barley to
feed the flock may be grown at
home and made into a ration that
is just as satisfactory as any com
mercial mixture. Formulas for
preparing these rations may be
had from the poultry department,”
Dr. Kaupp says that every per
son should eat at least two eggs
every day. This means that two
cases of 30 dozen eggs each is
needed for each person in the
State each year. Twenty to 25
pounds of poultry should also be
consumed by each person on the
farm in a year.
To find out the potential market
for poultry and eggs in a county,
cne should ascertain how many
hens there are within its borders.
These hens should average at least
100 eggs each. If each hen lays 100
eggs and each person consumes 500
eggs, it would mean that there
should be five hens for each per
son to supply only the home needs.
More hens than this should be
kept, however, so that a surplus of
eggs may be available for sale.
Then, too. says Dr. Kaupp, pul
lets must be raised each year to re
place about one-half of the mature
hens. Five eggs to set will be
needed for each pullet in the
breeding pens. If the farm flock is
to be kept at 100 hens, this means
that 250 eggs must be set. To do
this without an incubator requires
15 setting hens. If the family con
sumes 200 pounds of poultry on the
table, 25 hens and 50 fryers will
supply this amount.
FINED $5 AND COSTS
Jimmy Smith, local negro, was
fined $5 and costs here in Mayor’s
court Sunday morning for being
drunk. Smith was found drunk on
the streets of Weldon on Saturday
night by Chief Crewe.
Fugitives From Law
Captured Here; Are
Now Working Roads
Buster Brown, negro man of
Weldon, sentenced in the last
court at Halifax to the roads for
ten months and who jumped the
chain gang after serving only a few
days; and Charlie B. Jones, local
negro, who forfeited a $250 bond
under which he was placed follow
ing his hearing in Mayor’s court in
which he was accused of stealing
from the Weldon Fruit & Produce
Co., were caught here on Thurs
day night at the home of Lena
Brown, mother of Buster Brown, in
West End, Weldon.
The negroes were caught by
Chief Crewe and officers Massey
and Thorne. Brown was turned
over to the road camp from which
he escaped, and Jones was tried be
fore Judge Devin at Halifax last
week and sentenced to eight months
on the Halifax roads.
P. T. A. To Observe
Founders Day On 17
Thirty-three years ago Mrs.
Theodore W. Birney, a native of
Georgia, realized a dream of what
organized, intelligent motherhood
might accomplish the world over.
The love of Mrs. Birney for her
own children was a Spring from
which there flowed wide love for
all children. She was indeed one
of God's mothers and so gave birth
to the Parent-Teacher movement
whose 33rd anniversary will be
celebrated February 17th by the
school children all over the nation.
The Weldon Parent-Teacher as
sociation plans to observe Foun
ders Day in hopes of promoting an
understanding of the purpose of
the founders, and the importance
ct the Parent-Teacher movement
in the educational, religious,
philanthropic and social life of our
country.
On February 17th at 3 p. m., in
the high school auditorium, the
pupils of the public schools will
stage a one-act play and a short
pageant. The association extends
an invitation to all parents to come
and enjoy this entertainment.
Not only our own children but
“every child” is a Parent-Teacher
child. So this association wishes
to endorse the three goals for 1931
tor North Carolina's children:
“Limitations on Hours for the
Working Children of N. C."; “Edu
cational Requirements for Work
Permits"; "Employment in Dan
erous Occupations.”
In order that the above exten
sion work may be carried out in
this State and Nation the Parent
Teacher association of Weldon is
going to ask each child in the
school to bring a small donation—
not to exceed 10 cents. This gift is
to be presented at the Founder’s
Day program. So we are asking
all parents to co-operate with us
and help the working children of
North Carolina who toil a legal day
of eleven hours and week of sixty
hours without the State's guaran
tee of even the ability to read and
write.
The meeting on Monday, the
17th, will take the place of the
regular monthly meeting of the as
sociation.
BITES OFFICER IN
JAW AND IS SHOT
Negro Is In Hospital At Roa
noke Rapids As Result
Of Bullet Wound
KEETER SEEKS DOCTOR
ROANOKE RAPIDS, Feb. 12.—
Ed Arrington, local negro, is in the
Roanoke Rapids hospital with a
bullet hole through his stomach,
and L. E. Keeter, police officer of
Roanoke Rapids, is carrying the
teeth prints of Arrington, put there
when the officer arrested him in
Peoples Theatrerhere on Saturday
night.
Officer Keeter was summoned by
a negro employee of the theatre to
go up in the balcony and get a
negro out who was drunk and dis
oiderly. The officer went up and
asked the negro to come out, but
was met with a lot of words and a
refusal to go anywhere. While at
tempting to pull the negro from
the theatre the officer was struck
several times. Hand-cuffs were
brought into play, but as they were
slipped on one hand the negro
jerked loose and attempted to hit
Mr. Keeter over tne head with
them, but failed to do so when E.
R. Watkins, w'ho accompanied the
officer to the theatre, caught his
hand.
The negro then sunk his teeth in
the left jaw of Mr. Keeter. The
officer reached for his gun and
struck the negro over the head in
an effort to make him release his
hold upon him. With his jaw still
in the teeth of the drunken man,
Mr. Keeter pointed the gun in the
oack of Arrington and pulled the
trigger, but a move at that second
swerved the gun and the bullet
sunk itself in the ceiling of the
theatre. The officer then pushed
the gun in the negro's stomach and
pulled the trigger. Arrington was
carried to the hospital where he is
said to be in a serious condition.
The negro's teeth nearly penetrat
ed the jaw of the officer, who was
given treatment by a local doctor.
Farm Tax Burden
Is Too Heavy
Farmers are carrying the chiet
burden of taxes today because tax
ing systems are based mainly on an
intiquated property tax. The only
hope the farmer has for permanent
tax relief is through a complete and
thorough revision of the present tax
system in North Carolina and the
establishment of an effective tax
administration.
This is the opinion of Dr. G. W.
Forster, agricultural economist at
State college, who made a thorough
study of farm taxes for the State
Tax Commission in 1928. As a result
of these studies, Dr. Forster believes
the farmer is unfairly taxed. He
advocates a system including a per
sonal income tax designed to reach
all personal income derived from
whatever source, emphasizing es.
pecially the need for reaching in
tangible personal property, which
now in a large measure escapes tax
ation.
The property tax should be modi
fied so as to relieve property owners
and also to eliminate double and
triple taxation which is so com
mon now and which is the cause
of so much dissatisfaction. Dr. For
ster also advocates a business tax or
tax on the net Income from busi
ness enterprises, which is entirely
separate and apart from the per
sonal income tax. Such a diversi
fied system of taxation efficiently
and justly administered would give
farmers real and permanent relief,
he says.
Dr. Forster recently declared that
the administration of our tax law
is inadequate and needs to be re
vised. The chief defects are irre
sponsibility of tax officials, ineffi
cient and dishonest personnel, and
unscientific methods used in the
assessment of property and in the
levying and collecting of revenues.
The remedy to this, he said, is the
creation of a fiscal commission with
broad powers to study tax problems
and effect the necessary reform.
APPOINTED DEPUTY
R. T. Daniel has recently been
appointed as District Deputy Poten
tate of Sudan Temple, Ancient Ara
bic Order of Mystic Shrine. The ap
pointment came through Dr. H. M.
Poteat, Illustrious Potentate.